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LindsayB0505
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Update: I'm still at home
Still having contractions but they vary from 4 minutes, 5, 7, 10 even apart. They are getting more painful though. DH is going to be home in about an hour and we will decide what to do then.
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Re: Update: I'm still at home
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Yay!!!
Here's just a few suggestions:
-Go for a short walk with DH (it can help speed labor up)
-when you are havign a contraction, have DH watch you and see where you tense up (shoulders, face, etc...) then during your next contraction have him put gentle pressure on that point or just touch it (ie: if you are scrunching your face, have him touch your forehead) and say "relax" or "breathe"-it really worked for me.
-put rice in a tube sock and warm it up, the put it on your lower back or around your neck, it can help you relax
-try a warm bath
And don't forget, if they hurt, you can moan through them. Deep moaning (while I know it can sound crazy and caveman-esque) can help with visualization, relaxation, and can be a natural pain reliever.
Good luck!
I know that the moaning sounds weird, but on day 3, after so many hours, it is quite literally the only thing that helped me. I found too that laying down made it worse because I wasn't really able to do anything to help myself, Ironically enough for me the most comfortable contraction I had on that last day was when I was sitting up getting my epidural haha... I'm not sure about that for other people though.