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

[Wickedchicken6]

Wicked's the Virkon lady. Virkon is a disinfectant.

Ta da!!! It's just little 'ol me.

never heard it, must only be available in the VWN

Nope. I believe you've got it too. It's a bit pricey. $$ Or at least I think it's a bit pricey...but then I think everything's a bit pricey.

So I don't know if you can go by what I say.

http://virkon.com/en/news-events/news/well-positioned-in-the-united-states/

 

[DwayneNLiz]

You had yummy food at work.

this is very true, and my mom is now picking up my daughter from school on thursdays so i will have yummies on thursday nights too

Liz!!!! Big hugs! View attachment 1142664

Howdy!

forgot to ask about Heather??!!??

 

[BantyChooks]

I think I'll pass. If your TV requires manually changing the channels it means you'll probably have those rabbit eared things and next you'll be asking me to hold them in place so the TV stays in tune.

That's quite tiring for the arms, so you're wise to pass.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I was on full hospital bedrest for 6 weeks with #2. I cannot afford to do that this time, especially if baby and I are otherwise doing okay. lol

Modified means I'm allowed to be at home - and get up to shower and use the rest room and other than that, no grocery shopping, long walks, lifting. I can hug my toddlers, but not hold them standing up, kind of a deal. lol

If I get up to grab food - I can't make a meal for the entire family, just grab a quick snack and go back to resting. If I have to go somewhere, use a wheelchair - if I have irritability for more then 3-4 hours in a row and the medication won't slow it down - I have to go get IV fluids :/

I was "supposed" to be on full bedrest at home...but one has to eat. And our house is a split level and the bathroom's on a different level. Mine was a bit different, it was due to blood pressure. I understood better when they put me in the hospital for diabetes and the lady with me had her pressure spike and they had to induce. She wouldn't induce and had a ways to go. She disappeared and never came back.

Yours still sounds more serious to me than mine did.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

That's quite tiring for the arms, so you're wise to pass.

I would think so too!

 

[daxigait]

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

 

[kajira]

@kajira You are in my prayers.

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.

 

[Christinecam]

My eggs.. lol they don't want to hatch.

 

[daxigait]

Ta da!!! It's just little 'ol me.

Nope. I believe you've got it too. It's a bit pricey. $$ Or at least I think it's a bit pricey...but then I think everything's a bit pricey.

So I don't know if you can go by what I say.

http://virkon.com/en/news-events/news/well-positioned-in-the-united-states/

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.

 

[kajira]

I was "supposed" to be on full bedrest at home...but one has to eat. And our house is a split level and the bathroom's on a different level. Mine was a bit different, it was due to blood pressure. I understood better when they put me in the hospital for diabetes and the lady with me had her pressure spike and they had to induce. She wouldn't induce and had a ways to go. She disappeared and never came back.

Yours still sounds more serious to me than mine did.

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