Chicken Quilt Block Swap---BLOCKS ARE IN THE MAIL!!!

[Lunachick]

I have one more rooster to finish up and I'll be mailing them out on Wednesday. I finally got caught up!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

I'll let you know when they get here. I still need to finish mine

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Ok folks, it's time to have those blocks in. I know everybody is busy right now, I know I sure am. Let's get them in as quickly as you can.

 

[verthandi]

Mine should be at your home today. How's this for interesting. I sent the chicken blocks to you priority and another box media mail to KY. Both are scheduled for delivery today. I am beginning to think that adding delivery confirmation tags, hustles those package just as fast as priority mail.

 

[babymakes6]

Mine will be in the mail tomorrow at the latest. I had a small scare last week when my doctor mentioned inducing me this week! I still had so much to finish, that the blocks got pushed back. I need to finish the last 4 today, and they will be sent.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

I'm sorry if I sound ignorant, I don't have any babies, but why do they do that? Induce labor? Won't the baby come when it's ready? I was always told that I was a 10month baby. Mom supposedly knew when she got preggers with me even though I was a surprise. I had a friend that carried her baby 11months. She had an old timey doc that kept say, "When he's ready, he'll come out."

 

[Lunachick]

Coyote, did you get my package yet? It actually went out Thursday priority. I'm not sure how long priority takes, I would think two days. You should have my 24 blocks in there. I know you said you'd let me know when they came, just a little nervous with the USPS lately.

 

[babymakes6]

Quote:
My first baby was 4 weeks overdue. It is the only one that I started labor on my own. We had a midwife-a doctor will not allow you to go past 2 weeks overdue at the most. When she was born she was only 7 lbs. 15 ozs. BUT she was 22" (that is long-especially for a girl!) Normal length is 19-21." I was in labor for 65 hours-again thanks to the midwife who kept talking us out of going to the hospital, even though I was having hard contractions every 60-90 seconds and had no sleep for 3 days and wasn't dilating. When she was born (finally at the hospital!) she had an Apgar score of 2. They have a system called the Apgar score that they check babies at birth, five minutes, and 10 minutes to see how they are responding. They grade them on 5 things, with a 0-2 for each.

1.activity and muscle tone
2.pulse (heart rate)
3.grimace response (medically known as "reflex irritability")
4.appearance (skin coloration)
5.respiration (breathing rate and effort)
Doctors, midwives, or nurses add these five factors together to calculate the Apgar score. Scores obtainable are between 10 and 0, with 10 being the highest possible score.

She also had severe meconium-she had a bowel movement before she was born-usually caused by extreme stress. She did not respond at all for about 7 minutes. About the only thing she had was a heart beat. She was on oxygen for 2 hours, and we came home the next day. This was all due to me being so far past due and being in labor for so long. Had we not gone to the hospital, she would have been stillborn, and I likely would have died also.
I am having slightly high sugar problems with this baby, and that causes high birth weight. The baby also could have problems regulating blood sugar after birth, and if sugar gets too low, could cause brain damage. That is the biggest reason he is wanting to induce me early.

 

[Lunachick]

Yikes, good luck with your new baby! Hope everything will be OK.

My last baby was born almost 30 years ago, you tend to forget what it was like after that many years. I wish you and your baby the very best!

 

[babymakes6]

Thanks, Luna. The last two, I was induced at a week overdue. I would much rather be induced than wait for my body to decide it is ready-for me it doesn't happen that way!