Remember, remember, the month of November (2010), babies all over the shop!

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sancerre that is good to know re the syntocin drip, ihavent needed it with the others and it is my big fear.

anyhow my mum has arrived as she is staying to look after the boys, they however are hyper as she is here and the chocolate cake she brought hasnt helped!

we are trying to get them in bed and they are certainly being very trying!

still it means i am not thinking about tomorrow too much....

I hope it all goes well for you tomorrow 4madboys, thinking of you.

Thinking of you 4madboys! Hope the weekend brings babies for those still waiting.

Privet and umf, I hope you're not feeling too anaemic - did they give you transfusions (I guess not for you, umf, if you stayed at home :)) or lots of lovely constipation iron tablets?

umf, congratulations, so glad you had a better experience than last time, and (after a spot of googling) lovely name and apt nickname :o

pj and JFly congratulations, and sorry to learn of your EMCS and crash CS, respectively. How horribly scary - glad your DSs are both ok :)

blondecat no advice, hope it's not coeliac as b00kw0rm has offered, but at least you would have an explanation and treatment plan if so

b00kw0rm please keep posting to remind us December 'uns that it gets better (and worse!) :o

4madboys and comtessa, good luk! :)

News from the llandb front.

Sam (Samuel) born by planned c-section on Wed 1st December, just after 9:30 a.m. Surprised us by being a whopper of 4.22 kg (9 lb 5 oz) (despite my being told to expect a 7 1/2 lb baby from growth scans), and also surprised us by being at an oblique lie, so would have needed a c-sec anyway.

I was expecting to be induced on Tues 30 Nov (due to the obs suggesting that the high level of HCGb was a risk factor), with the proviso that if the induction was deemed unlikely to succeed, then rather than risk a lengthy induction with a VBAC, I would go straight to a planned c-sec. Aha!, thought I, either way, I shall have a 30 Nov baby.

But no - no induction as my cervix was closed as a closed thing (all those weeks of pre-labour for naught), but no c-sec that day either! They told me to go home and come back first thing the next day.

So on Wed 1 Dec, I had a slightly surreal journey to the hospital in the pre-dawn, with a crescent waning moon, twinkling morning stars and such, and streetlight on snow, and thought, this is all rather romantic; I should try to take this in but I'm in complete denial that I'm about to have a baby! It was a bit like going to a job interview, but nicer :)

Despite the puking from the various drugs, and having a stonking cold and hacking cough (they told me they'd admit me anyway as all patients and staff had the lurgey and the baby had to come out), it was a whole lot less scary and nicer than an EMCS.

Um... that was quite a ramble - time to hit 'post'! Hello to all new babies and to remaining bumps :)

Congratulations llandb, good job you went straight for the c section, sounds like it all went perfectly and in such a romantic setting! Hope the lurgy clears up soon.

Looking forward to news from 4madboys.

I type this from my phone while sitting on a birthing ball and trying to keep one eye on the monitoring equipment as it seems that every time I move, the monitor loses LO's heartbeat.
waters broke at 5am, was in triage at 8am. There was some meconium in my waters so immediately transferred to labour suite for induction. Drip Omar around 4pm as pessary had no effect and Cx starting to get stronger now. Really hoping LO comes along tonight rather than tomorrow morning as DH a bit poorly and run down and could really do with good night's sleep but obviously is not going to leave before LO arrives. Hope all going well with 4mad and congratulations to llandb.

Finally comtessa!! Sorry to see you had some meconium but hope things progressing well for you. Give my love to the delivery staff at qmc! Look forward to your birth announcement shortly.

umf wow, that is quite a story, very glad you're both ok. I'm not sure I would have been as calm as you sound like you were!

Congrats also to Pj, jfly and llandb!

Jfly, another very scary one from the sounds of it. Very glad you're both ok too.

Llandb, no I didn't have to have a transfusion, just syntocin drip and something up my bum! Have got iron tablets and feeling very much back to normal now, 5 days on. Hope you recover soon from your CS, sounds like a lovely setting! And 1 Dec is a good birthday, I reckon!

Best wishes to comtessa for a speedy one!

4mad, hope it went well

Well done llandb!

Good luck comtessa, hope you are cuddling your new baby by now :)

good luck comtessa hopefully it is all over now!

Hello all, sorry haven't posted for a while, in between feeds and cuddles I don't know where the time has gone.
quick birth story for you:
Sat night contractions started quite mild about 9 minutes apart, went to bed and was woken at midnight with stronger contractions coming about 4 minutes apart - went into labour ward around 2am (DP was adamant we had to go!) only to be told still too early and was sent home.
Waters broke at home at 4am, called labour ward around 6 and was told to come in to check. They confirmed waters had gone and were concerned that there might be some meconium, as a result was admitted to antenatal ward (as still only 2cms dilated) for 'pad monitoring'. contractions getting stronger and longer but not any more frequent, eventually got to 4cm around 11am so sent up to labour ward (not before having tried gas and air and vomiting all over the ward )
got in bath and this wasn't really easing the contractions as had moved round to my back and causing shooting pains down both my legs. progress was slow so midwife suggested pethidine and a nap for a couple of hours - i duly obliged and despite being given anti sickness meds threw up everywhere a lot again. so not surprisingly when was offered top up i declined!
got to 6pm and was in agony but still only 6cm, and decided i couldn't cope with pain any more as couldn't be mobile due to leg pain. I caved and asked for an epidural - which I got nearly 4hrs later!
anyhoo 6 hours later i had been pushing for an hour and half when they decided DS was stuck and thought he might be OP - thy did a scan and it showed he was a bit sideways making his head a lot bigger so was told instrumental delivery was only option.
forceps was the most horrendous pain i have ever felt - remember screaming and swearing a lot (having been quiet up til this point) felt like my bones were being torn apart. he was born at 5.55 am on 29th
They turned DS with forceps and I was then able to push him out myself. had extended episiotomy and about 7 doctors staring at my fanjo
I then had post partum heamorrage, so was put back on synto drip and like privet some tablets up my bum.
all in all birth plan went out the window and missed out on instant skin to skin with DS which I wasn't happy at.
was kept in til tuesday night (when I demanded to go home)
feeding took a while to get going as he wouldn't latch on - cue lots of tears from me, but going better now, though more demanding that I imagined
but am feeling very overwhelmed at the thought of DP going back to work tomorrow.
comtessa hope things are well underway for you now. everyone else sorry for long post, hope you are all well and enjoying your LOs.

eek didn't realise had written so much - well done if you can be bothered to read

lainey that sounds horrendous. Hope you're recovering all right. Good to hear the feeding is improving.

Comtessa and 4madboys, here's hoping you're busy having baby cuddles now.

Oh lainey. You had such a rough time of it. I can't believe it took you 4 hours to get an epidural. That is, well, outrageous. Did it not take effect or did they use the forceps before you got it? How awful for you.

And how many people said "but the most important thing is you have a healthy baby"? I HATE that. Of course a healthy baby is the most important thing, but why do people have to negate the birth experience in the same breath?

I had a bit of a cry in the shower today. I think two EMCS has made me contemplate my mortality a bit more than I ever cared to. Hormones, eh?

Good luck comtessa! I hope you're all snuggled up with baby!

Sounds awful Lainey - big hugs

Hope its gone well and baby is here comtessa

lainey and jfly hope you're both starting to feel better soon. When they started the forceps for me was the only time I shouted during the labour. I was drugged up to my eyeballs and I could just feel all the bones grating against each other. bleurgh. And you're so right jfly, all those comments about how it's somehow all worth it because you've got a baby as some sort of compensation for being in agony were so unwelcome.

Once the hormones die down things do start to get better though :)

Oh and I do hope 4mad and comtessa have made it!

Oh lainey, you poor thing, that does sound like an awful ordeal you had :(

I know you're probably not contemplating another one just now(!), but a friend of mine had a similar sounding experience with her first and when she had a second baby she was able to get an ELCS on the basis of the first birth being so traumatic, something to bear in mind if you think it might put you off having another! She's completely evangelical about ELCS now!

Anya Louise Grace Petersen was born at 7 12am today by emergency c-section. 11lbs 8oz. Exhausted after 24+hrs labour . DH fab and had first cuddle. DD latched in no problems after about 20mins post -birth. Exhausted and will post properly when home on Tuesday.

Yay comtessa!! Congratulations. So glad your DD is finally here and all well. And wow what a size. And beautiful name too. Well done you. I look forward to meeting her soon!!

Hooray for all the new babies! And well done mummies. Hope those of you who had a rough time are starting to feel better, the more time you spend with your babies.

Am now 11 days overdue and being induced tomorrow unless anything happens between now and then - have had some blood in the toilet (sorry, tmi!) tonight which is the most exciting thing to have happened so far, so we'll see... wish me luck!

Well done Comtessa, lovely name and Huge!! Glad youre all basically ok :)

Wow well done comtessa!

Good luck SGJ :)

Congratulations comtessa!!!!