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[Sudsy Chick]

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Thats funny, and slightly embaresing. But whats even worse, is when your introducing a pony gelding to a new mare, camera has a delay, and you catch a mount instead of the pretty side by side...

Stupid hormonal pony. He puts EVERY mare he meets into heat!

Oh my - that would be embarassing! I remember when I was a kid wondering if I should really be watching the horses when they were doing that LOL

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Oh wow - the size difference is huge! And a very pretty rooster too, so sorry to hear he passed.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

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sorry to hear you're sick

I hate that feeling of too much to do and not enough energy to do it! hope you're feeling better soon.

I always tell the girls I'm the rooster since I could probably crow better than I can lay eggs!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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Oh! Oh! I love the pics!!!! Maybe your wife will be convinced to come over to the dark side with these? maybe? She looks smitten already in that pic!!!!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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That throat tickle/coughing thing might be the start of a sinus infection. If you don't feel better soon you should head to the doc for some meds. Sinus infections stink! I've had more than my fair share of them. Feel better soon!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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Yes, Jbear in Lake Tapps has some. I also have a pair that I hatched from eggs I got from her and I have another 4 pullets from another breeder that are due to start laying at any time. PM me if you want eggs down the road a little ways!

 

[Ogress]

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Glad the baby is fine! Those anti-contraction drugs sure are fun! Initially I was on indocin by IV, and starting at 28 weeks I went into real labor a few times, so then I got injections of terbutaline or something like that. It stopped the contractions, but they failed to first mention to me that it makes your heart race, so I had a panic attack thinking I was about to have a heart attack! I'm a but surprised they stopped your labor at just about 38 weeks. 38-42 weeks is considered full term. Olivia was born by C-section at 35 weeks. She was tiny, and had no sucking reflex then, but she was breathing on her own. I would have preferred it had she come out a week or 3 later. One nice thing about being born early, their lungs are not developed enought to be screamers. She was nearly 2 months old before she could cry loudly.

If you make it till Tuesday,your baby will be born on my birthday

We need some more good things associated with that day, right now, it starts with the Greco-Persian battle of Artemesium in 430 BC, the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, Nixon's resignation, and Jerry Garcia's Death (Greatful Dead). About the only good thing is Betty Boop's public debut in 1930.

Yeah I have no idea why they stopped the contractions--other than the doctor looked "busy and bothered" to be there....LOL I'll have to see tomorrow if I've progressed any more.

Yeah....the contractions were pretty horrible...they were 4-6 minutes apart, 40-60 seconds long and "coupling" which meant there was no break in-between.

The stuff they have me on is a heart medication that actually LOWERS your blood pressure...mine was pretty high when I went in (I was in a lot of pain & anxious) but after I settled in it was 110/64. Before I left the hospital, it was 100/60. I was told that I'd be dizzy and to get up slowly to avoid tipping over. I tend to spring out of bed because once I get my momentum--I don't want to stop it!

I had coupling in labor for DS that is when I swore at everyone in the room that I did not give a *(&#* what my birth plan was, I was getting an epidural!

I agree, I think it is too often on the Dr's schedule and not when your baby would come naturally. The way I see it is everyone is done at a little diiferent time, and so long as you are full term (I was told that is 37 weeks but read elsewhere it is 38), everything is moving along as it should, and there is no added risk to mom or baby, let baby come when it is good and ready to, be that 37.5 weeks or be it 42 weeks. My itty bitty 90 lb SIL gave birth naturally to a 10 lb 2 oz baby boy, 2 stitches, hardly any pain on his due date. Less than 2 years later, she was induced at 41 weeks, tore badly, lots of pain, and that boy was under 6 lbs. Clearly he needed more time in the incubator than his brother, but the Dr. had his tickets to Fiji and was not going to have one of his colleagues do the delivery. Of course I say this, and I had 2 C-sections, though not by choice.

Get yourself a big tall glass of iced lemonade, put your favorite movies on, put your feet up and relax and enjoy these last few days. In a short time you will no longer feel so hot and bloated, stretched out, tired and cranky. I know a lot of people told me I would feel worse after the birth because I would be so tired and depressed. Thankfully, that did not happen to me. Other than the incision pain, I felt a million times better than I did when I was pregnant, elated, and full of energy. I hope your after-birth experience is good like that. I think it will be, just a gut feeling.

 

[CarolynF]

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What a wonderful pic... SO CUTE! Congratulations!

 

[cmsdvm]

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Yes, Jbear in Lake Tapps has some. I also have a pair that I hatched from eggs I got from her and I have another 4 pullets from another breeder that are due to start laying at any time. PM me if you want eggs down the road a little ways!

Remember that it's almost time to sign up for the Puyallup Fair, which will have- TA DA! The first ever table top serama show in the Northwest. Plan to enter your birds. It will be fun!

 

[Amethyste]

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That throat tickle/coughing thing might be the start of a sinus infection. If you don't feel better soon you should head to the doc for some meds. Sinus infections stink! I've had more than my fair share of them. Feel better soon!

ugh ya have been fighting a sinus thing at one time or another my whole life. I think this is more of a cold AND sinus flareup tho so I am hopeful. The coughing and tickle are not frequent...outside it didnt really flare up much at all, so yay!!

I actually feel better than I did the other days, and have been getting lessening of the headache so I think I am on the tail end...at least I hope so! My husband got a new job and we have not gotten the new ins stuff just yet so I can only do what I can do. I am doing much better than last week tho!

appreciate the concern tho

 

[justbugged]

Amethyste I hope you get to feeling better soon. My DH had a cold earlier this week. He is still coughing. If he gets me sick, I am going to forget the recipe for pot roast.