Betty asks…
Could I still ovulate normal or will it be later?
Ok I have a 2 year old son & we just had a miscarriage in January which was called a “chemical pregnancy” & I did it all natural with no pills or a D&C…I got my period 2 1/2 weeks after the miscarriage & it was a normal period, 5 days as usual & I got my next period March 18th (27 days later) then my period was due on April 15th but it was 6 days late & came on April 21st. We are TTC again & my doc gave the okay in Feb. My periods have always been 27-29 days ever since I was 10 years old…so do I still ovulate the same? I calculated my ovulation date to be May 5th & I had the thick, slippery, stretchy, egg white CM 2 days after my period until May 7th or 8th but I still feel like I have it but it’s different, it feels like I peed myself but it’s more of an watery whitesh-yellowish color & lots of it. Did I ovulate on time or what? We had sex on the 28th, 30th, 1st, & 6th so I am hoping that this is our month.
Michelle answers:
Noway to tell if you OV unless your using the strips and even then those arent fool proof . Take a test around the 22nd of this month and see what happens =)
Good Luck
Carol asks…
my cats first kittens?
we got her about a week ago and she is very pregnant… it says your supposed to feed her kitten food throughout her pregnancy and up to 3X more than normal… well i have no idea how much she ate before we got her because she was a stray… shes less than a year old so im worried that shes going to eat her babies or not lick the placenta or whatever off their face so they will suffocate ( I read that they have to do that within the first few minutes ) I doubt that I will be around when she has kittens to watch and help out if needed because I have school and work every day! The thing I read said that the first litter may be confusing for the cat and she may not do the right things resulting in the death of the kittens… What chance do they have at living? how did your cat do at its first litter?? Are most cats natural mothers and know what to do???
Michelle answers:
Don’t worry. Check and see where in the house she tends to go to sleep. She will start “nesting” She’ll probley have the kittens there. Make sure the room is kept warm and there are some old towels that you don’t mind tossing later in there. If your worried about her not eating enough beforehand try some canned cat food. Make sure you stick to a regular time table for feeding. If she knows about what time she is going to be feed she shouldn’t do it. There will be a thing that looks like a meat sack that will come out with each kitten. She does need to eat that. She’ll wash the kittens off first before eating it. Give her space during labor. It’ll be ok. My first cat gave birth when I was 6 in the place she felt safest. Sleeping between my knees at night.
Joseph asks…
Does this sound like post natal depresion?
My daughter was born 6 weeks ago via emergency ceserean. My whole pregnancy my goal was for a natural drug free labour and to breastfeed for at least 3 months. So first up, I developed pre eclampsia and was induced which I didnt want. Then the fetal heart monitor shoed my daughter was distressed so I was rushed in for the c-section and put under general anesthetic. My little girl was born at 11.10am and I didnt get to meet her till a bit after 2pm. Breastfeeding was a nightmare.. She has a tounge tie which drs didnt condider serious enuff to fix (they just snip the skin) and couldnt latch on properly..she wasnt getting enuff milk and would just scream and refuse the breast. I ended up using a nipple shield which helped for a little while until it affected my milk supply. I gave up after 2 weeks because she had lost too much weight. Another thing getting me down is after my baby was born I was told that she was a ‘miracle baby’ I had undiagnosed Velamentous Cord insertion and Vasa Previa , a very rare complication that has a mortality rate of 95% when not diagnosed until labour. If she was born naturally she would have died. She is 6 weeks old now and I think about it all the time..all the what ifs ..I cry thinking about how I tried all the things to induce labour at home.. I could of killed her.I feel like god didnt want her here and it was by some miracle the Drs saved my baby. Im scared that at any moment she will be taken away from me.I feel like a failure for not having a normal delivery and not being able to breastfeed like a mother should. Are these normal feelings or do I need to see some one?
Michelle answers:
Hunny i think you need to talk to someone, though the feels are failure are normal they are NOT healthy! When i had my son i was induced because he was to small and the plencta had started falling off the wall and if that hadn’t been detected my son would have died as well, i was lucky to be able to have him normally but did get drugs because after 16 hours i couldn’t handle the pain anymore! My sons grandma ( i’m no longer with my sons father) would do nothing but talk about how she did it without any drugs and how much better it is to do it without drugs…grrr it annoyed me and really upset me. My son to was born with a tongue tie and yes i know what the breastfeeding issues you are talking about, I to felt like a failure because well that’s what are breast are for to feed our beautiful babies but i learnt that I was doing a wonderful job ( and i’m sure you are as well) with how i was raising my son. I had alot of bad talk about not breast feeding ( again my sons grandmother and her stupid oh babies NEED to be feed breast-milk, and only real mothers breast feed) i thought to my self that I knew i was an Amazing mother maybe i couldn’t breast or push out my baby with out drugs but he was healthy and very happy, what more could i want! I want you to know you are not alone, email me anytime that you need to talk. My e mail is in my profile. I know how you feel and what your going through!
And the whole C section thing ..hun you had no choice, this was your baby’s life, she is more important then how you had her. My fiance mom had all her babies from a c section because of health reasons. Congrats on the baby and feel better hun!
James asks…
20 weeks pregnant, with…. what?! TRIPLETS?!! :O?
hey my names Amie, and i figured i was pregnant because i missed my period, which has always been super punctual, and then a week or so later i keep throwing up and stuff. i took a test and it said, yep, baby.
anyway im 15, but i dont live with my parents, i live with my cousins because i have 14 brothers and sisters (oldest is erin -19, then genevieve and helena(twins)-19, then sophie-jo -17, then jared-16, me -15, brad and ethen(twins)-13, then katie and freeman(twins) – 11, then theodore, gaylen, and monica(triplets)-9, then jaylynn – 5) and my parents sent some of us away because they wanted more and there wasnt room, i lived with my dads sister since i was 11.
so i kept it a secret only that i told one of my friends who is pregnant too. she was the only one to offer me support, i had never been to the clinic but i lied and told her i had.
anyway i got worried when my cousin is in the middle of her third trimester, and i was almost the same size! i was about 25 weeks i guessed, and suddenly wondered if i was carrying multiples…?!
i did go to the clinic and i got a lecture about not coming to appointments, and health issues etc… anyway he lay me down and started the ultrasound across the top of my stomach, i looked at the screen and straightaway saw the blurred image of the round body of my baby, i was so excited, then it looked like my thoughts were confirmed, i could see another baby behind! ‘twins!’ i exclaimed, but the nurse kept frowning at the computer screen, moving the thing around my stomach untill she apparently found what she was looking for, ‘nope…’ she said, i was a bit confused, then she looked at me and said ‘triplets’.
i nearly passed out.
anyway she put the moniter thing on my belly at the bottom, just above my crotch angling it flat to my thighs, and we could see 3 heads on the screen! it really made it real for me then, there wasnt just one baby, but 3!
when i went home i really felt like i needed some support, but i called and told my parents, and they called me a little whore, and said if i went through with the pregnancy – they would cut me out, and i would never hear from them again.
i hung up, these babies were worth more than them. anyway who were they to call me a whore?! they have 15 kids, right now expecting twins again! i decided to keep them, i told my aunt, and she was dissapointed in me, but in the end supported my descision, i cant believe she didnt notice my bump, but i had been wearing baggy clothes and old shirts so i guess.
my aunt rosalie is looking after me like a dream, and i asked her if they would let me have a vaginal birth, she said probably not, but i really want to do it natural, no drugs either just push them out naturally.
i just want to know have any of you ever had a natural birth before? what was it like? will they let me? is there places i can go where they will let me have a natural childbirth? am i too young to be allowed? am i allowed a homebirth if a midwife was there? can i film the c-section if i need one? how long will my babies have to stay in the ICU?etc,etc… please just help me with info on triplet delivery 🙂 thankyou xx
Michelle answers:
First of all I would like to say good for you for making the extremley hard decision to keep those babies, its hard caring for 1 and you made the decision to keep and raise all 3! Second, I agree how dare your parents, they didnt even keep their own kids! Not to mention if you are that far along, you cant just get rid of them anyway…at least I’m pretty sure late term abortion isnt legal yet, but regardless…more than likely you will have to hace a cesarean simply because the probability of all the babies being head down for a vaginal delivery is pretty slim, and it might be too dangerous if the babies share a placenta, as ones cord can wrap around another and so on…there are many possibilities that can come up with multiples, so its probably just safest to have a cesarean anyway. As far as how long they will have to be in the nicu, it depends, on how far along you can carry them. Some women can carry mulitples full term, though due to your young age, and immature body you probably will go early, but since you are already at least 20 weeks, they will try to get you to make it to at least 32 weeks, you will probably be put on bedrest shortly to ensure you carry as long as possible. No, you cannot have a midwife home birth, simply because of the fact that being young and carrying multiples, no midwife would even consider (or shouldnt) doing a home birth as too many complications may arise. As far as filming, you have to check with the hospital you are delivering at, as they have their own rules about such things. Good Luck To you.
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