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Katie111806
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38w appointment update
So today was my 38w appointment and the second dreaded internal.
TMI alert -
I got undressed to get ready for the exam and as I sat on the table I started leaking!  So when the doctor came in I told her and so she wanted to make sure it wasn't amniotic fluid so she called the nurse who then proceeded to bring in the largest speculum into the room. I almost lost my lunch.  It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life and I seriously thought I was going to pass out. I don't know if I am just a wimp or what but I really wish I had kept my mouth shut about the fluid! Anyway, it wasn't amniotic fluid but apparently I have my 4th yeast infection of my pregnancy.  She hooked me up to the ultrasound for a sec to measure the fluid as well just to be sure.
Then I had the internal and although it still hurt like a mother, after the fluid exam it seemed a lot easier. I am just about 3cm and 50% effaced and the baby's head is still very high.
So the plan is for me to continue to play it by ear. I have a scheduled C/S for 11/18 (my due date) but if I go into labor on my own before then it will be a kind of wait and see if I will need the C/S since  is so big and they are really not sure I'll be able to get him out on my own.
Either way she told me to make sure my bag is packed! 
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Posted 11/4/08 10:16 PM  |
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Re: 38w appointment update
Oh that doesn't sound fun at all. I can't believe you have had 4 yeast infections, ugh!!! I feel your pain with that!
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| Posted 11/4/08 10:19 PM |
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Kris516
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Re: 38w appointment update
ugh, sorry to hear of that experience.
Can I ask a dumb question? How did you know you had yeast infections? I leak  all the time, but thought it was "normal".
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| Posted 11/4/08 10:36 PM |
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autumn
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| Posted 11/4/08 10:44 PM |
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Katie111806
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Re: 38w appointment update
Posted by Kris516
ugh, sorry to hear of that experience.
Can I ask a dumb question? How did you know you had yeast infections? I leak all the time, but thought it was "normal".
The first one I didn't feel at all - it was at my first appt and when I had my annual exam the doc saw it. The second one was immediately following (the medicine didn't work so it was really like the first one just continued.)
The third one I got from taking an antibiotic. Today's I also don't feel...the leaking I experienced when I was at the appointment was A LOT and different than my normal "leaking" which I've had the whole pregnancy. This is why she was concerned it was amniotic fluid especially since I'm so far along. She took several swabs and looked at them under a microscope - that's the only way she could see it was yeast since I wasn't having any symptoms of an infection.
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| Posted 11/4/08 11:08 PM |
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Pina929
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Re: 38w appointment update
Wow how exciting...just a little time left!!!
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| Posted 11/5/08 7:34 AM |
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kelsept
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Re: 38w appointment update
Do internals start to hurt when you dialate? Mine didnt hurt at all last week but i was not dialated at all...i am nervous for this week!
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| Posted 11/5/08 8:38 AM |
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Katie111806
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Re: 38w appointment update
Posted by kelsept
Do internals start to hurt when you dialate? Mine didnt hurt at all last week but i was not dialated at all...i am nervous for this week!
My doc said they get easier as we dilate which makes sense since there is more room then. I can't believe yours didn't hurt-i am such a wimp!
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| Posted 11/5/08 9:53 AM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: 38w appointment update
I'm sorry you had to go through that. I have a very low threshold for pain so I'm not looking forward to internals. You're getting so close! 
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| Posted 11/5/08 1:27 PM |
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