April 2013 TTC girls, where we ALL get our babies!

Lill, lots of good luck tomorrow. Don't give up the dream of a good birth. My friend was induced in awful health circumstances and had a great birth. Just think you'll have your DS in your arms very very soon. We'll all be wishing you a good birth and thinking of you.

My DS has been such a sweetie tonight- all giggles and smiles and cuddles. I love watching him and DH together. They just love each other to bits. He's fast asleep now and we have just been remembering his birth. DH said there were a few moments he thought he was getting woozy when he was going down to have a look when I was pushing so he stayed up the head end until the midwife said the head was out. He thinks women deserve a medal for everytime they give birth.

It must be very hard Ducky. You are right though. It's done and you are going to have to grit your teeth because you will bump into them. You are bigger than that and can do it. You'll always have your DD because she was part of you. You have DS as well and he's lovely. Let them get on with it- they obviously aren't very sensitive people.

Thanks guys, I'll keep my fingers crossed that the pessary works
Oh Ducky, I'm so sorry Like cupcake says, other people realise that woman is in the wrong.

See other people are seeing that what she's done is wrong. U have good enough reasons not to want to see her or speak to her at all. Can't imagine how u must feel

Just ate a ton of garlic mushrooms and was loving it whilst eating them as they were so so good but now I think I'm going to throw up the thought of slippery mushrooms is making my stomach twist blehhhhhhhh!

Lulu that made me laugh and how nice that you'll have some family close by! That's wonderful news :)

Oo Lill good luck!!! :D yay!! Don't worry the pessary usually works quite well tbh :) u may still have ur water birth :) I obv can't comment on EMCS as my experience wasn't the best. But u really easily could go vaginally.

And Ducky don't worry about the smear test it'll he absolutely fine! :)

Siarie glad ur all doing so well! :)

My stomach feels so tight on the plus side I'm sat with a bowl of cereal and a cuppa washed all the bedding today and got it dry in the sunshine :) so lovey fresh bed tonight I can't wait!!

lil EMCS isn't so bad, the midwife came to take out my stitches yesterday (5 days since op) and everything feels pretty normal now. Before it felt tight, I have to wear granny pants as all mine are too low on the scar until it heals completely but the important thing is that babies are safe.

The only down side was that I couldn't pickup DD from her cot until my cathetar was out. But the midwifes were on call to do that.

Last night went a bit better, still had her crying and doing the gas type movements but I managed to soothe her into her hammock eventually.

We went to register her today so she's offically on the grid now! Also popped to get some extra clothes since she's just too big for some of the newborn items we got.

And I totally agree about sleeping men. DH would sleep in every day if it wasn't for me. One day, after we broke up at the end of a term on a Friday, he stayed in bed until after 4pm on the Saturday, got up, showered, had something to eat and said he was tired and went back to bed until Sunday.
Grr!
Meanwhile, I was up by 8am, cleaned the kitchen, hoovered and did the shopping for the week and made tea.

Great news Lulu! It'll be so nice for you to have them near, and nice for DS to have his auntie and uncle nearby.

Well, I've just got back from he midwife. She tried to do a sweep but my cervix was still posterior so no luck But... I'm booked in for induction TOMORROW!!!!!! I'm completely terrified. And I feel so, so incredibly guilty because I feel like I'm forcing baby out before he's ready. I said that to the midwife and she said, yes but he might not ever be ready and you could wait another week and still have to have an induction.
I'm just really scared because my midwife reckons I'll most likely need the syntocinon drip and some kind of intervention e.g. ventouse or forceps if not EMCS because he's big
I really had my heart set on a water birth with minimal pain relief and it looks unlikely that'll happen unless the pessary works, which it probably won't since my cervix isn't ready.
It's just I'm so, so sure I never want to be pregnant again, I haven't enjoyed it at all so this is the only time I'll give birth and it'll probably be the opposite of what I imagined and wanted
I know I could wait but I'm just so enormous and heavy and my knees are killing me and I can barely sleep, and whats more they told me to reduce my anti depressant medication before I was term (so that baby won't be too dozy when he's born - I can up the dose when he's out) which I did so I'm also getting stressed/upset/anxious etc. which is making everything harder to deal with. So it was a choice of either wait another week or so, and in the meantime get physically tireder and more stressed and generally not very good mentally, or be induced now but give up all my plans of a natural, calm labour.

Well, SIL and boyfriend have gone. Lovely time had by all. DS was a little sweetie and apart from an embarrassing incident in the middle of thenight when DH nipped to the loo for a pee and came out to bump into the boyfriend- DH was naked, boyfriend in bathrobe- all went off well.

But there was news! They are planning to move up here- his family come from Durham- and get married! We are really pleased. They decided at Easter and are telling PIL tonight.

It'll be really nice to have some family closer. They have gone off with loads of house details from estate agents. He has sold his flat and moved in with her and she rents hers. Her job can transfer here and he can work anywhere as he is an independent therapist. So we are hoping they'll be up here in the summer.

What is mens' problem??! DP has now eaten nearly all the bacon He was like, "But you bought two packets didn't you?" No DP, did you see another packet of bacon in the fridge???

X post Ducky - you managed to have him vaginally though didn't you? Is that why you needed an episiotomy because he was back to back?

Thanks cupcake, I'll give that a go
I'm a bit with DP this morning. He refused to get out of bed this morning to be ready to answer the door to the man whom was coming to look at our oven which is broken (even though last night he said he'd be the one to do it but then denied It this morning and made a big fuss) even though I'm the one who's been sleeping terribly for the past 2 months. So I got up and dressed just in time to let the oven man in and then DP got out of bed literally 5 minutes later and came and got in my way making himself a coffee while I was trying to make a cup of tea for myself (our kitchen's small and DP is very big). And then he was like "you can go back to bed now". I needn't have got up in the first place!!!
Also, day effort yesterday I asked him to do the hoovering and he still hasn't finished all the rooms!! It all needs doing again by now! Honestly, he can be so bloody lazy. He was in bed until 1:30pm yesterday and then spent the rest of the day playing on his x box! It's like living with s teenager sometimes It was such gorgeous weather I'd wanted us to go for a picnic in the park but ended up going by myself.
I hope he grows up a bit once the baby's here.

Forgot to say, Lill if ur worried he's turned back to back get on ur hands and knees like ur scrubbing the floor and just rock and back forth. It helps encourage them the get into the right position :)

Oh and because I'm craving sweet things my cereal is frosted shreddies haha

Tori and Ducky I didn't know u could cook rats meals! when I had a hamster I gave him rice tho lol

But Ducky my Ms has never really gone at all just some days it's not as bad as others. I'm 12 weeks this Friday/Saturday :) my scan is on Tuesday so in 6 days time!!! I'm so nervous already.

Cereal is one of the only things I eat that makes me feel better rather than sick
And bananas!