EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Wickedchicken6]

Have we heard anything about @Farmer Connie and her doctor visit?

I haven't seen her at all. I was wondering too.

 

[daxigait]

She is on East Coast time I think and she said the appointment was at 9 so I was hoping we had heard something.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I think she's just being overly cautious - i'll suck it up, until at least 24 weeks. Once I have steriods on board, and can do the fetal fibernectin tests, I'm not going to live in my bed once the tests say that labor's not likely to happen with in 7-14 days. I'll just listen to my body after that. It worked well last pregnancy.

It's good she's being overly cautious than not cautious enough.

Well, with #2, I had multiple infections. by the time we caught and started treating, I'd been having irritability for weeks (and I'm already prone to uterine irritability with the best, and had early dilation with my first, too. was 2-3 CM dilated as a first time mom by 32ish weeks. They never sad anything weird to me, so I wasn't concerned.)

With #2, cervical length above 3-4 is normal. by 22 weeks, I was 3.8 when I had been a 4 around 16 weeks. they decided to recheck me at 24, 26, and 28 weeks. I went in and was 3.4 by 26 weeks. they figured they'd check me once more, walked in, and had no length lefet and was 1-2cm dilated.
They wouldn't let me leave for 6 weeks after that! It was awful. lol IV fluids, antibiotics, magnesium sulfate on days with really bad irritability, contraction meds on a schedule, I was bored out of my freaking mind.

Baby made it to 39 1/2 weeks.

with my twins, I wasn't allowed any treatment, or monitoring, Doctor wouldn't listen to my history, because "well your other babies made it to term." -- so? I had a history of early dilation and irritability, with twins, that pretty much garauntees an early delivery. his ignoring my symptos, resulted in their birth at 24 weeks.

After that, the next pregnancy, my MFM - treated me with progesterone from the get go, and I didn't dilate until after 32 weeks with her.

So far, at 18 weeks, my cervix is above 4, but I'm staying on top of symptoms - and having a 24+ hour period of non stop irritability with big chunks of mucus plug being dislodged from it - they aren't taking any chances at least until viability. At 24 weeks, we can do steriods, and after that, the fetal fibernectin tests (a negative is very accurate) allows me to relax at home for a couple more weeks, we take it every 2 weeks until 34 weeks. Then All restrictions are lifted at 34 weeks and I stop progesterone at 35-36 weeks.

Last time, that resulted in me giving birth at exactly 38 weeks.

I was okay with that. LOL

Oh wow, that's a lot to go through! 39.5 weeks is exceptional!
The doctor for your twins should just be .

They induced me at 38 because they were afraid he'd be too big with the diabetes. But I did an exceptional job with my sugars...I weighed 4 pound less than when I got pregnant. That's super scary hearing about you experiencing the irritability with big chunks of mucus plug being dislodged. I'm glad you're on top of it. It's still scary though.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

They induced me at 38 because they were afraid he'd be too big with the diabetes. But I did an exceptional job with my sugars...I weighed 4 pound less than when I got pregnant.

gestational?

 

[ronott1]

Oh no! Darn community services officer! View attachment 1142521Blue is nice! I envy your white eggs.
It's one color I don't have in the LF.

The owner of the rental next to us did not know I had chickens. She complained and I had to cut back to 6 hens. She wanted to make me get rid of all of them but it is legal to have chickens in Woodland. I am keeping them up against the fence we share now....The new renters seem fine with the chickens

 

[ronott1]

I know but say it as a SOP. That's awkward. Or is it just me???

It sounds awkward but A SOP is correct since the first letter is a consonant. Most do not follow the rule though so an is used much too often

 

[BantyChooks]

It sounds awkwared but A SOP is correct since the first letter is a consonant. Most do not follow the rule though so an is used much too often

Isn't the rule that when it sounds as if there is a vowel (E) first the word "an" is used too?

 

[ronott1]

Yes, but it has the E sound at the very beginning, no?
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/405753/writing-a-sop-or-writing-an-sop/405760

Some sound it out, other say the full thing when they see it. Some might say "SSOPP", as is sloppy...Abbreviations are taking over the Modern text crazy world....

Thanks for the rule explanation!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

View attachment 1142688 My eggs.. lol they don't want to hatch.

If I was a chick, I don't think I'd want to hatch either.
It looks like too much work!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Vicron is what I've recommended in the past. It is what my vet gave me after I had Ms to clean my coop. I now use it in a spray bottle on my shoes and on those of anybody who comes out where my chickens are.

I've got both the powder form and the tablet form. I quite like it. It was used at the hog barn I worked at 20 years ago and it still sounds very effective. I like that aspect. I like that it has virtually no smell either. I also use chlorhexidine.