April 2013 Part 8: Welcoming our Easter Chicks & as Alex & Evan hopefully go home!

[toobreathless]

Over here Ladies!

I hope you don't mind me starting this thread too.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1689714-April-2013-Part-7-As-our-miracle-Alex-continues-to-grow-the-one-that-sees-us-reach-TERM

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1560543-April-2013-stats-thread

Wonderful news for today as we welcome babycandy and little Charlotte and hoping that this thread sees little Alex and Evan home very soon.

How many more babies will this thread see?

Thanks tea, delighted up report I have a 'happy baby' in there :) heart rate steady and activity all good. I'm home now. They took some bloods but didn't need to wait, they'll call me if there's a problem but they don't anticipate any. Phew. I feel very relieved. Definitely worth being checked out if you're worried :)

I hope things get moving soon Empress, are you trying the old wives takes?!

Yes indeed! Have had two hot curries lately. Lots of walking. Might have to give sex a try but feeling a bit sore after the sweep!!!!

Maybe give it 24 hours?! Stay away from the castor oil!

I've just spent some time on my gym ball. According to my notes baby is 3/5 engaged so I'm encouraging her in the right direction I hope! Oh mentioned to the MW about the tenderness at the bottom of the bump and she said that's because baby's head is so low down and she's engaged.

Oh and woo 38+0! :)

V envious of those of you starting to have real signs of things moving.

At last mw appt baby almost 2 weeks ago was head down nicely but only 1/5 engaged. And I'm not having any of the lower bump tenderness or "lower region" aches some of you have been describing, so I can only assume progress is still a way off. Have mw appt Friday so hoping babe will have moved further down by then. Starting to feel really tired and uncomfortable now......seriously just want things to start happening grrr!!

Sorry for mememe post.

Good luck faith and empress and anyone else who is heading towards the home strait. Hope everyone else is well too xx

38+4

Thanks always. I don't think my labour is too imminent but heading in the right direction for 38 weeks I guess!

anyone else who's overdue still around? I feel like suddenly everyones having their babys and leaving me behind!
40+2

I'm one day over bird and getting oh so impatient! I'm drinking raspberry leaf tea all day, walked loads, had a sweep yesterday and have pretty much forced DP to have sex with me for the last 3 nights and nothing not even some bad Braxton hicks! I think I lost my plug this morning and got very excited but have felt nothing since the midwife said the head was very low but notes still say 3/5 so still a way to go I guess! Aargh it's driving me mad especially with this stupid PUPPP rash!

Also, it's safe to have sex after losing mucus plug right??? I know you shouldn't after your waters go but can't remember if its the same for your plug??? Googled it but some say yes and some say no.

Not sure mrssimkins - I'd check with mw.

bird - think we were due date buddies and I'm definitely still here! Time is standing still! I can't sleep and baby is going absolutely nuts inside me. Seeing mw today- she'll offer a sweep but, as frustrated as I am, most of me thinks that baby will come when it's ready and to just chill out. Not sure.

40+3
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Morning from Blake and I!

Well had an eventful 3rd day, which coinciding brilliantly with the day your hormones are meant to kick in with baby blues MW came and said he was jaundice, so had to go to the hospital for tests, luckily his levels were not sufficiently high enough for us to be kept in, so sent home with orders of lots of milk and sleeping by the window. Made me cry think, i really do have a lifetime of worrying about every perfect hair on his head!

Today my milk came in fully too, I'm in love with my new Dolly Parton-esque boobs! And have to say I am loving breastfeeding! Last night he got the feeding every 3 hours but without the sleeping but tonight he has fed and slept for 2 and a half hours IN HIS COT ON HIS OWN! So I have slept too!

For those still waiting, best of luck it will be here before you know it and it really is just amazing. I love the new daily triumphs you go through and if you can and want to breastfeed, I am absolutely loving it, such a bonding experience. The first 2 days you worry you're starving your child and then you get tired and think about just giving him a bottle to sleep but so glad stuck with it as feel confident we have both sussed it now

mrs sex after plug loss is fine - as long as waters haven't gone.

bird 40+4 here. Getting truly fed up now. I had a bloody show on Monday and false labour all that night (I'd had a sweep on the Saturday, so possibly the blood was from there). Some contractions last night but I had a great nights sleep for me (11-5.30) and I've woken up to a bloody show today so possibly things are moving (no VEs or sex to cause this one).

Have a MW appointment today and so may ask for a sweep to see if I've made any progress. I was 2cm last time, so I'll cry if I'm still the same!

To make matters worse, my friend who was due on the 16th has just had her baby!

Sneezy I hope things are starting for you today.

Faith glad monitoring went well and baby's happy and healthy.

I have managed to catch a d&v bug it's horrible. Everything I eat sets me off, even drinking water. In doing my best to keep up with fluids but its hard knowing every thing that I drink creates more cramps and vomiting.
I have been semi productive though and sorted all my post birth medication with my neuro so I can straight back on it as soon as possible. The fluid from my shunt that collects in my upper abdomen is really uncomfortable. I'm finding it hard to breathe if I sit upright or lie down. The only way I can feel normal is by leaning forward slightly and leaning in my thighs.
Still there is only 12 days to my cs and baby is fully engaged so it may not even wait that long! After meeting my friends newborn I'm itching to meet mine.
I can't believe we are 1/3rd of the way through April - not long all we'll all be cuddling our gorgeous babies!

Fluffeh hope you feel better soon. Late pregancy is uncomfortable enough without being ill as well xx

fluff hope you feel better soon. I caught a D&V bug at 39 weeks and it floored me, very unpleasant.

sneezy birdbrain empress wishful and anyone else over due & fed up hope you get to meet your babies soon!

Good morning from C & I, we spent yesterday afternoon at the local hospital having Blood tests for C and a general check over after she lost too much weight. They let us home with a plan and then the Paeds Reg rang to say the bloods showed dehydration and discuss the options with us. We chose to stay at home overnight and give top ups and we are going back this morning for more bloods and a re weigh. C is not bothered by all this fussing around! Fingers crossed today's bloods are better & she has put a bit of weight back on or we wil be admitted for NG feeding, they are pretty certain this is all due to C's very rapid arrival- my body has been in a state of shock and it's taken longer for milk etc to come in.

Bird I have now tipped into overdue, 40+1 today and hoping baby will appear before the end of the week but had no signs other than a little bit of lower back ache. Midwife appt this morning but sweep isn't offered until 7 days over but I don't think I'd want it yet anyway.

Breathless, hope your appt goes well this morning and bloods and weight have improved

Even though dd is only on day 8 today it seems like she has been here forever! Seems a million years since I was pregnant and feeling like I would remain prengnant forever.
Chin up ladies you will get there! X

Yep I am still here and still pregnant. 40+5. Thoroughly fed up.

Toobreathless - good luck for today's tests. DS had the same issues - lost weight, became dehydrated then got a bit jaundiced. I had a section and it is pretty common then too as milk takes a while to come in.

We ended up topping up with ebm by cup for about a week to reverse the weight loss and dehydration. That was stressful as I was in a constant cycle of feeding, pumping and then cup feeding top ups but it didn't last long and it did the trick. We are now just bf'ing and DS got back to birth weight at 3 weeks - a bit longer than usual but no one was concerned. Good luck!

39+0 and no sign of anything happening here. Apparently baby's head is free so bouncing on my ball to try to move things in the right direction.

faith, I'm really pleased everything is looking good.

fluff hope you feel better very soon.

too I hope you get some good results today and C is gaining weight.

too hope today goes well.

Empress

Had another sweep. This one was so painful and I was really teary once MW left.

I'm 2-3 cm and very thin and soft. Cervix is still posterior but she said that doesn't necessarily mean it won't work (I do have a posterior cervix normally though, so not sure if that makes a difference). She said the blood I had this morning is a good sign.

She hasn't made another appointment, she's just going to ring on Saturday to see how I am. Induction a week tomorrow if no baby.

Sorry for the whining - I'd be ok if it wasn't for all this false labour at night. The contractions are so painful they are stopping me sleeping.

40+4

nice to know there's still other people around very jealous of those of you who have had shows and stuff as I haven't or at least I haven't noticed it so I really just don't feel like labour is on the way I think this is the baby laughing at me because I made sure I was really organises in case I had it early....oh well as DH said last night I won't stay pregnant for ever the babys got to come out some time. If I haven't had it by this time next week they'll probably induce as I'll be 10 days over then. Even though I didn't want to be induced at the moment I'm quite looking forward to just getting it out!!!!

sneezy sorry you had such a rubbish appointment, don't worry your baby will come eventually!

40+3

bird I have had 3 DC now and never had a show until in full blown labour! So you may end up like me you never know, my waters have also never broken on there own. X

Well back from midwife apt and not very happy as apparently the fundal height measurement is the same as it was 3 weeks ago and am now measuring under the 10th centile. Referred for growth scan but no scan appts available for another 10 days at which point they would be looking to induce me anyway, absolutely appalled by this! the best she could do is get me an appointment with the consultant tomorrow but whats he going to be able to tell me without seeing a scan?

Lellula- that is completely apalling!! However I'm confident that if the consultant is worried he will organise a scan for you. If not start making a real fuss. Am sure everything is just fine so stay calm in the meantime

Aw leuella sorry you are being all worried, no scan dates is pretty bad but I'm sure consultant will be able to pull strings if needed. If any difference I have only gained 1cm after 3 weeks and my mw just said its really only guessing and nothing to worry about.

I had a bad day yesterday literally cried for 6 hours then oh and me argued, so I cried for another 3! I hadn't really thought how my horrible moods effect him too - even though I keep my bitchiness to myself I still make him feel uncomfortable by being silent and miserable, trying to make more effect now since he is too and I feel much more cheerful today in myself.

No sign of the baby, seem to be losing my plug gradually for about 10 days now, and having a lot of aches/pains and braxton hicks. Hopefully not too long, have sweep booked for next wed when I will be 40&5 and induction week later.

Loving the baby pics on Facebook! too I hope paeds appt goes alright and lil c starts gaining soon.

jh I hope you are resting enough!

sneezy how annoying, at least induction is in sight, personally I am counting the days till induction now and just assuming that's what will happen.