May Babies - Blooming? Us? Never!

[hockeymum]

A new thread for the final 6-12 weeks! Nearly there girls!

Don't fret about being here all on your lonesomes, you guys that are due later............I'm not due to the 24th and I just know I'll be late. Plus, I am working at home from now on (with very little to cocupy my time) so I will be on MN 24 hours a day looking for distractions!

Write to me!

On another note, my feet have begun to swell like nobodies business............great.

Also wanted to pass on my congratulations to Hockeymum! Fantastic news and well done .

Good to be able to catch up with everyone - especially since there's a few of you who are getting quite close now! Very nearly had a baby myself at the end of last week when I went into hospital on Thursday evening having had some bleeding! 24 hours and some mild panic about potentially being too small later, I was let out again with a few raised eyebrows when I mentioned that I was still working!

Anyway - not long to go now and I have as of today, told everyone that I'm cutting back on hours and travel for the next week or so until I finish. I've also binned an off-site that I was due to attend at the end of the week. Pleased to be able to say though that I've had no further bleeding and following yet another scan, have an approx. 5.5lb baby already...with another 5 weeks left to go.

Have to say though - that I'd be extremely surprised if I now last to full-term.....so we'll see!

littlemisspiggy - Its my last week at work also its not been to bad this time as i only work part time, so will be speaking to everybody lot more in the coming weeks.

runtus - I'm due the 23rd, so i know how you feelin, my legs and ankles also swell, i find this happens if i stand for too long, i've put on more weight this i'm about 13 stone with still 4 weeks to go.

capes - you won't be on your own, i will probably go over my date like i did the last time, i hope not as i'm gonna be fretting about giving birth as my first child was 8lb 9oz.

Keep smiling people, we'll have all our gorgious babies very soon!!!

:) :)

Well done HockeyMum! Cannot believe the first baby has arrived - there is hope for us all.

I am due on 20 May and was told this morning that my baby is 3/5 engaged. Happy that progress is being made although I know theres a long way to go!

Have a good Monday!

Hello all,
Due on 17th and counting down the days. My friend tells me I will be at least week late (no idea why she thinks this, but her vibes are very often right) I'm 3/5 engaged .. but i think baby has moved since I saw MW. Also have swollen feet, ankles and hands, especially when I wake up. Have gone from no sleep to can't get enough sleep. So, listening to my body and haveing shocking lie-ins while I can.
Congrats Hockey family - lush name, glad it all went well. Wonder who'll be next! Speaking of names, we STILL have not decided....

Had my first mat leave day on my own today, DP been on leave for a couple of weeks. It has been lovely. Took the chance to sleep in, wasn't going too but fell back to sleep and it was just so nice to wake up and it not be the middle of the night!
Am trying not to count the days (23!!) as I am sure I will go over like most first timers. Bag packed ish. Not much else to do. Going to clean leather sofa tomorrow, I know how to live

Spent the day trying to put hosp bags together but have in fact spent all day putting things in and then taking them out again...........hmm. Had a small fight with myself over how many nappies to take and finally rang my mate that had a baby 18 weeks ago and she said take a whole packet and then you may still need more - so thats that settled! She also said she needed about twice as many baby clothes as she had packed as her little boy went through about 4 sets of clothes the 1st night.........so have now doubled my quota of clothes for him.

I am going to need bigger bags.

Did manage to pick up a real bargain on Ebay today though - really funky bright red change bag which is way nicer than the boring black one that came free with the pram...........whoopee!

Meant to ask - at what point are you supposed to start taking the Arnica pills to help with healing? I bought some at the weekend but don't know whether I am supposed to take them pre-birth or straight after..........and how long for??

fenny1 we still haven't decided about names. I think i know what i want for a girl ( its my turn this time!!) but struggling for a boy. i think boys names are more tricky. i've got loads for a girl, like last time. time will tell everyone thinks pink this time.... but i want another blue....

I WANT MY BABEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes i have lost it and i am sick of being pregnant.

everything is ready to go!

c'mon baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all – thought you might like to know – my son is here! Isaac was born at 10:38 p.m. on Thursday 20 April (just before Theo - congratulations HockeyMum. Theo’s a Taurus, isn’t he?).

Our story, in brief, is that we went into hospital on Thursday for a growth scan on bump, to check baby’s progress, and were told that I was being admitted that day to be induced as baby hadn’t grown. We went home to collect our bags, and returned to hospital. After an examination we were told I was to be given Prostin that night, and they would come to break my waters in the morning. I was given the Prostin at 8:30 p.m., and it kicked in pretty quickly. However, as well as giving me incredibly powerful (and painful) contractions, it also ruptured my placenta! The pain from the rupture was excruciating (far more so than the contractions) and it was continuous, unlike the contractions which did, at least, fade away. The placenta, having come away from me, was going to prevent baby from being born naturally, so I was taken in for an emergency caesarean section.

We were kept in the delivery suite for 12 hours, as Isaac needed to go into an incubator. I was then admitted to the postnatal ward, but Isaac was sent to the Special Care Unit because he wasn’t feeding – he had no suck reflex and so wouldn’t take from me or a bottle. He was fed with a syringe for a while. It took 24 hours for him to develop the suck reflex. In this time I was using the breast pump to try and stimulate my milk. Ultimately, two days later, we managed to get our acts together – me in producing and Isaac in sucking – and he was able to feed from me.

We were discharged from hospital yesterday, and had a wonderful night at home, being looked after and spoiled rotten by Daddy and Grandma. The midwife came today to check us both over, and was worried that Isaac was a little jaundice, so referred us to the hospital (not that I’m sick of that place). So today we went up to the hospital again, and low and behold, Isaac is jaundiced. So we have to go back up to the hospital tomorrow for monitoring, and possible re-admittance for treatment!

Hopefully I’ll get my stitches out tomorrow too!

Abi - congratulations on the birth of your little man - so sorry to hear that it wasnt exactly all plain sailing though

Hope all goes well at the hospital tomorrow - and that you and Isaac continue to do well XXX

Wow, 2 down! Congratulations Abi.

I want to be next! I think I will explode if I am pregnant for one more day.... Having lots of pains that amount to nothing, grr..

Abi - congratulations!

Abi - congratulations on the birth of your son.
Don't worry too much about him being jaundised, my first baby was jaundised and we had to be re-admitted, he had to go under the ultra violet light for 24 hours, after that he was completely fine.
I hope everythings alright.
:)

Wow another one gone! I am getting seriously jealous now...............still 4 weeks to wait!

Was supposed to be going into the office today (London) rather than working from home but have called and said i am not coming. I am just not up to it anymore and last night I was almost in tears I felt so dreadful at the thought of trekking all the way in. Supposed to be in tomorrow too but not sure that is going to happen either. They are not happy but I am not killing myself for anyone other than this baby I'm afraid...........I am working from home and have said to put any calls through to me direct here so what else can I do? I literally cannot walk to the station without having to sit down for a rest so going all the way into town and back 2 days running is just not going to happen.

Any tips for reducing the swelling in ankles by the way? Mine seem to have taken on the appearance of a 50 stone woman overnight
Thought I might try DP's foot spa at my desk ?

Abi congratulations on the birth of your son hope all goes well for you today

Runtus I have 4 weeks to and have just embarrasingly driven my son the very short distance to school because my legs are already hurting and swollen and I didnt get up till 7:30

I still have to go to asda yet and buy some stuff to pack my bag

Wow - congrats Abi.....hope you and Isaac both make a speedy recovery.
Runtus - I know how you feel about the trek into London. I just about managed my last week, but it was all such an effort. Can't offer too much advice on how to reduce swollen feet except to drink lots and lots of water which seems to have worked for me.
Well it's Day 2 of my maternity leave, so I am heading off to John Lewis with a very short list of things I 'need' and will doubtless come back with bag loads of stuff - ah well
Have a good day everyone.

Runtus - re your swollen ankles what really worked for me last pregnancy (strangely I haven't suffered this time at all!) was a fantastic pedicure at my local beauty salon! It included a foot / ankle mask which was peppermint based - feet wrapped in clingfilm, put into heated boots etc. Amazingly all the swelling went down afterwards and importantly stayed down for quite a while afterwards too!

So - it may be a slightly more expensive option - but the indulgence feels fab and it does seem to work!!

Congratulations Abi. THe placenta rupturing sounds scary. Hope you are feeling OK now. Its a pain having to go back to hospital with brand new baby, DS had a bit jaundice but got over it pretty quickly.

Just thought that one of the things my Dr ws worried about when he noticed my platlet levels wer low - was the risk it could be an indicator of Pre-eclamsia. At the tome he dismissed it as I didn't have any other signs but guess this could be one couldn't it?

Think I will try and get checked out today to be on the safe side.............hopefully it is just a late pregnancy thing but better to be sure i guess?

Get it checked out just in case, but I remember midwife saying that three indicators were need to diagnose precalmisa. Bloods, protein in urine and Blood pressure. One symptom on its own does do not mean preclamsia.

No I know but I'm going to see him at 4pm anyway to be on the safeside. I have pretty lo BP normally (about 90/50) and my urine tests have all been fine so apart from the platelet thing, I have always been fine so far.

Just want to check that is all still the same today and then I can get on with just being fat with big ankles!

Morning All. Wow Congratulations AbiGilby and love the name Isaac!! By the way when was your due date supposed to be?

Runtus, I know what you mean about the treck into work. Mine have just accepted that I'm not rushing anymore and they'll just see me when they see me (ie anything between 9:30 and 10:30).

Saw the midwife yesterday who said baby was 2/5 engaged which she said was v. unusual at this stage in a second pregnancy. Cue DH and I promptly went to get more stuff like nappies and emergency formula milk cartons just in case. Last time I beat myself up in the first few days because DS couldn't get enough breastmilk and was screaming blue murder for ages.

Also getting swollen fingers. Found myself getting up at 3:am to remove my rings with soap because they were so uncomfortable.

Roll on delivery!!!

Congratulations Abi!!! Hope the jaundice resolves itself. Love the name Isaac!

Had a mw appointment yesterday and my bp was a bit high, so having an extra check on Thursday - am hoping it means delivery isn't too far off, as it did go up a bit towards the end of the previous 2 pregnancies. I've been really lucky and had no swelling at all - one thing I found helped in previous pgs, is to sleep with your feet on a pillow which lets any fluid drain away.

The mw said she thinks this baby is not so big as my previous two (9,12 and 10,2) - we'll see! Good luck anyone else going into labour soon!