July 2011 - the final push!

[buttonmoon78]

I'm not going to do the stats as it took up so much of every page! Welcome, everyone!

just a quickie will catch up later. babytwit was born last night weighing 7lb14 e are both great he is (obv)very cute. hope you are all well

Twit and Mitchell - congratulations! Wow! People are popping all over the shop!!!

HighFibre I've added you to FB x

All quiet here although my next door neighbour (terrace) is having her roof redone so scaffolding people arrived at 7.30am and are climbing all over the place - looks like my ideas of lovely lie ins and sitting quietly in the garden knitting are not going to happen :(

Congratulations Twit and Mitchell!

I'm absolutely shattered today despite sleeping reasonably well last night - only had to get up once to pee! I'm so glad that it's cooled down now, it was unbearably hot here yesterday. I'm starving as well, having major cravings for quiche at the moment!

button i so know how you feel, i am extremely sensitive atm and any normal little thing that i could have dealt with rationally is upsetting me much more.

Still very hot here in kent, sun is out full on again, not like yesterday. But still very warm for me as im really feeling it. Dh not at work til midday so he did school run, i had to go for lie down was reading to ds3 and all the words just started swimming laid on bed went straight to sleep! am up now had some water and an apple really need to get through some ironing or boys willb e out of clothes soon!

Congratulations Twit!! Looking forward to the full story.

It's cooled right down here in nottingham too. I have come out for a walk round the hospital grounds.

Who's next then, apart from me?

Congratulations Twit and Mitchell. It is so exciting that it is all happening now.

My milk has come in now so we have a much more contented baby today. Finally got round to giving DD a bath too, so she has lovely fluffy hair.

Managed to make it to the school concert last night, and of course had everyone from the village crowding round me for a look. It was lovely though, and I'm glad i could be there for DS1.

Pff I am SO hot. It's still baking here in the south east and I had the most horrible night sleep, I feel like I sweated my body weight, nice.

Congratulations Twit and Mitchell, what is it with all these July babies coming in June though!? ----

I can't start my pineapple diet until Friday, tis very annoying. Not a BH in sight either, and babybadger is no longer pushing on my pelvis, just pummelling my ribs and lungs. In this heat, it is making breathing properly quite difficult. Plus my bras don't fit anymore but no way am I spending another £50 for some that are going to last a couple of weeks until I can go for proper nursing bras! Ok, rant over for now

Spanner I am incredibly jealous! I had to get up 8 times in 1hr 30mins last night - that is approximately every 11minutes - and then I stopped counting as it was so depressing and frustrating....:(

Badger whereabouts are you? im in West Kent and agree still very very hot here, cannot cool down. In the last half an hour it has clouded over considerably tho so fingers crossed i can go sit out in the rain in a bit. So much to do but feeling so hot and faint. Dh called my mum before he left for work she's coming over to do school run (and hopefully tea!) so a couple hours peace for me while ds3 at nursery. my feet feel so hot and swollen, the thought of going over due is seriously depressing and we aren't even in July yet!!

Am loving that the sunshine has made it far enough north for us. DH has just taken DD out for her first walk in the pram, taking DS2 to nursery. It is our village festival this week and the last week of term so it will be nice to have good weather for it.

DH and the boys are doing the 3 mile family bike ride tonight. I think I'll pass this year .

DH is worried that the mws will think we are lazy as we weren't dressed when they came today. I told him I'm pretty sure they are used to it. I finally managed a shower and to get my cocktail of drugs into me at lunchtime.

eglu tell your dh that my MW told me off last time for being up and dressed at 10am 3 days after the birth

I've just had the most pointless trip to town lasting 2.5 hours. I had three jobs to do and managed to complete none of them. M&S can't order the bras I want, my watch is still not fixed (despite a telephone call saying it was) and can't sort DH's watch either. V

So I went to primark and bought 8 pairs of full briefs (I hate that word!) and a pair of pjs. Will await decision tomorrow re induction/section before I buy any more hospital bits.

I'm so hacked off. Trolling around the shops is never my idea of fun but especially at the moment. Time for some cream soda to wash down some pills and a mars bar I feel.

Oh, and congratulations Twit!

ooh a mars bar, could just do with that.

really clouding over now, think i will be sat out in the rain soon!

button i feel the same about shopping, having struggled with bf ds2 and 3 am not sure about getting nursing bra's? Got some lasinoh whilst half price in sainsbo's and will see how i go i think, im not putting any pressure on this time.

Eglu very jealous that your baby is in the pram unlike mine!!

Oh I've moved on now. Onto Iced Gems.

Needed to as just been on the phone to the garage about our new car to confirm delivery. Now not expected til Mid July at the earliest. Having been promised end of June and expecting to give birth in mid July I wasn't happy.

So did I coherently explain this and demand that they sort alternative transport to fit us all in?

Did I heck. I cried.

Congratulations Mitchell

I cried on the phone to someone the other day Button, I don't do crying (unless completely alone!) and even as I was crying I was thinking WTF is going on?! I did manage to just go silent and let her keep talking but I think she knew, she had just told me I am going to be about £100 a week worse off than I'd thought so I might not be able to afford to take much mat leave so it was pretty obvious!

Cannot remember what I was going to say now Was no doubt moaning about something! Only 2 days till my due date, was very achey this morning and got a bit excited but nothing more than the odd BH now.

I'm soooooooooo tired

Sorry

Congratulations Twit!!!

Can't keep up with all these babies!

Pesha that means I've only got 2 days til I can say 'I'm due this month'

I don't normally do crying a lot either but I had forgotten how cathartic it can be!

I'm really nervous about tomorrow's appt though

Well as long as you don't have your baby before me Button, that really would be taking the piss!

Tomorrow is discussing whether you're c section or induction or anything else isn't it? What are you hoping for?

I think I'll be having a similar discussion at hospital appt on Thursday. I don't think CS is an option for me really but I expect they will be talking about induction and I am imagining I'm going to have a fair bit of monitoring if I'm at risk of cord prolapse. I also suspect having a sweep is now off the cards unless they keep me in afterwards. Definitely not the sort of birth I was hoping for but TBH I am so fed up being pg and in so much pain all the time that I just want it over with! I am worried about another birth on my back with the monitors on constantly though. With all my labours the pain has been all in my back and so much worse if sitting or lying down. Plus if I have to be in hospital from the word go its probably going to seem like a very long labour. Gah am thinking and worrying about it all now, don't think I can really argue with their advice too much so need to just chill and go with the flow and try not to stress I think. (I should add I mean this specifically for me and my circumstances, not in any way suggesting other people shouldn't argue with their drs!).

It is about induction/section but I'm worried they're going to place a lot of pressure on me to go for ecv again when they discover in the scan that baby is really not behaving. And although dh is coming, he was initally v understanding that I didn't want to go for ecv again but is now freaking out about section recovery time and I'm not sure how supportive he'll be if I flatly refuse

He's got this idea that he's going to get the dr to agree that if they turn it and then in labour it's found to be op again they'll take me for a section then. Like hell they will...

I know what he's saying - opting for a section is not something I'd do lightly, but I can't face another ecv or op labour. I really wanted to die last time.

And the problem is that he's read all the stats about section recovery times etc forgetting that there can be a world of difference between emcs and elcs.

So whilst I can't wait to see baby on the scan again (and nor can DH - he's not seen it since the 12wk scan) that's being outweighed by the dread of the appt itself. So not feeling v positive about it!

Congratulations to Twit and Mitchell. Good luck Cara x
Only 2 more days at work wahoo and then baby can come whenever he/she is ready. Going to be an emotional day bcoz as well as finishing work its my ds's last day with the childminder who has looked after him since he was 5 months old for 4 days a week.

Aw button you should let him read what you've just written re ecv. And pesha please try to stay positive and calm or before you know it you'll have raisED BP and that is not nice

Anyhoo thought I'd regale you all with my non standard labour.

00:53hrs waters go.
0200hrsish I contact labour ward and warn them.
Then I fall asleep.
0600hrs alarm goes off and I get up with DH and pack kids off to school. Irregular contractions begin.
1030hrsish contractions are regular but easy peasy BUT because I have a history of being quick (although already I am behind schedule ) I contact the labour ward who send some-one out to me.
SHe arrives and guess who it is? It's the one who put my BP up (ok, ok). First thing she wants to do? yup.
Then she checks me (yuk) and I'm only 3 cm . So she buggers off.
I have something to eat and fall asleep again, my back, legs and feet are really sore and DH rubs my back. Have a few proper contractions then fall asleep again. Am very much behind schedule now.
I now lose track off time.
MW comes back and says I am 5 cm now. So officially in labour but she keeps on about having to go in to hospital if things haven't properly progressed by 8pm. FFS.
Second MW turns up shoos her away saying she has no further appointments and will stay with me. SHe is LOVELY. She tells us that I will not have to go in until 24hrs has passed, but from the sounds of it only my hind waters have gone and if that's true then we're ok anyway.
We sit, well I lie, (I pace about as well) on my bed under the fan watching wimbledon and chatting. My contractions pick up.
She has a furtle and says 10 cm, BUT that my waters are still bulging so they haven't actually broken yet (properly at least) yay! Ok TMI here but she had to check this during a contraction . mucho ouchy. Any way they go as she is doing this anyway (she was a bit sneaky and gave them a good tweak).
She calls the next MW who arrives to me in almost transition, who is also lovely. Nice hair. Can't remember her name though....
Some time later I want start pushing so get on my side in the end. Then I move to a more semi upright position. Then my body takes over and I argue about whether my leg is relaxed enough or not. This is a fine tactical move on her part as it takes my mind off the fact that it is taking longer than normal and I'm, frankly, fed up. (yes at the pushing stage lol). Anyway I had been really worried about tearing again etc and she knew this and so coached me through the head bit which was far worse 'cos it was slower I guess than I had had before.
Head out I have a vague recollection of her saying hello to BabyTwit before I pushed his body out. I'm not sure if this really happened, but it wouldn't surprise me. Turns out 2nd stage lasted 6 mins not the hour or so I had guessed so not too bad. Then we cracked open the gas and air so the placenta could come out and they could check me. Even better I only had a slight graze and needed no stitches yippee!
SO everything is great with both of us (although waiting for day 5) and BabyyTwit is feeding really well and pooed on DH while he was changing his nappy hehehehehe.

Congrats on the babies! I am so jealous.

I have had the day from hell so far. After waiting for more than an hour and seeing 6 other women who arrived after me being seen to I complained and was seen. They measured the baby at being 7lb 2oz which is in the 40th percentile range. All measurements have been above 90th percentile range so far (at 23 and 34wks). I know it isn't an exact science but at 34 weeks baby was measured at 5lb +/- half a lb and I was told that the baby should gain a lb a week from wk 35 onwards so from what I have been told baby should be at least 8lbs.

The other really annoying thing was that the reason for the appointment today was to make sure that the baby could fit through my pelvis. When I asked the doctor I was told that the head isn't fixed so would squeeze through. I explained I had back problems, pins holding my pelvis together and that if the weight was in the 40th percentile why the head is in the 98th percentile and if this presents a problem in my case.

After the scan things just got worse as I had to do another urine sample and they checked my blood pressure. The results came back that I was spilling protein and my blood pressure was high. What a bloody surprise. It was 12:15pm by the time I was seen. It had been 3 bloody hours since I had arrived and 5 hours since I had last had food and fluids. The Dr came back and gave me a huge container to piss in and told me to bring it to a lab center after I have collected my urine for 24hrs. Thank goodness I asked for instructions as she missed out the vital parts of the urine needing to be kept in a fridge and that I should start in the morning after my first pee. There is no way I am keeping urine in our fridge so I bought a little fridge that will be delivered this afternoon. It sounds silly but the fridge was $80 and I don't like the thought of my pee sitting next to my grapes.

Twit That is great. I hope to have something like that. Great that babytwit pooped on your DH!

Aw want2b :( No wonder you had raised bp after all that, hope you get your answers btw x
Lovely birth story twit and glad you got such nice mw's (in the end). I shouted "Come on Cashew!" during mine - mw just laughed.
Very best of luck for tomorrow button!
How are things Cara? How long will they let you go with your waters gone btw? I only ask because ours give us 24 hours before they induce us.
I also had a wee cry today, well crocodile tears actually, but was so sore & tired I wanted to greet. DH been working so hard recently to get a new shop open so had been going in early and working lunches, really don't think he realises what difference it makes to have a wee bit extra help with DD. She has been sky-high the last few days too so after lunch I just put her in the cot and crawled into bed myself - I got a full 1 1/2 hours of dozing yipee!!! I made the mistake of asking if he thought my bump had changed shape today - "Yeah, it's sagged. Kinda like a beer gut gone south"

lovely birth story twit! I love birth stories

super that is awful treatment!! no wonder your bp was high.

to everyone else the end is really in sight lets keep going....well not much else we can do anyway is there!!

Just done boden sale order so happy about that, and feeling strangely calm this evening!