June 2013 - thread 6 - will this thread see any early arrivals?

[AlohaMama]

Welcome back all June-ers, just realised we were about to run out of space on the old thread.

Sarah - my view was if it was possible to just breathe through it for every woman they'd have been no need to invent those drugs in the first place... One thing I'd say having done it, don't let the NCT person convince you it's a good idea to have an epidural for hte early stages if it's going slowly so you can sleep and then let it wear off for the pushing stage when you need to feel what you are doing - I did this, the pushing stage is the bit that hurts the most and when you most need the pain being killed!

anyway, so my news - oh I have finished work!!! I'm officially on holiday until 37 weeks then mat leave starts - oh yay! No leaving present from my boss or leaving lunch (not surprising really as he's a bit of an arse who's having a midlife crisis, just not the norm for our company - when I went off having DC1, I got a load of Harrods baby clothes from my then boss, on top of the general office present and taken to The Square in Mayfair by her, that's sort of what's expected at our place). But lovely John Lewis vouchers from the PAs and researchers, and a toy giraffe - although I nearly didn't get it as one of the other PAs wanted to steal it!!!

Now the sun's out, I think on Monday when DS is in nursery I might book a pedicure, my toenails are rather "rustic" looking but not sure I can do them myself, and DH and I don't have the sort of marriage where we could clip each other's toenails without feeling some of the romance has died.

On the swollen ankles front, I have one swollen ankle and one perfectly normal sized one, is this a good or bad thing???? I have had v low blood pressure thoughout this pregnancy (too low at one stage), I did end up with cankles last time round, is this just one of those things or should I be concerned? (It doesn't hurt so it's not like I've damaged that one - just seems odd they'd not gone as a pair)

I'm so nit mentioning code names to Dp - I'd probably need a code name for the code name that could be used in public!

Had first of two midwife sessions yesterday as part of antenatal class - and my 34 wk apt on Friday - both midwives were very good with the 'have pain relief if you need it' - yesterday's did say there will be a point (8cm?!) where they will encourage you to carry on rather than do an epi and risk slowing things down. And she said she won't be telling us how to breathe as we're all old enough to have learnt that by now - relaxing and breathing are left to us, if you don't know what's best for you they probably can't teach it!

Hope everyone with all the checks going on is doing ok - I had leukocytes and protein in my urine again on Fri but no uti symptoms and I had only just finished a bunch of antibiotics so mw said it could be a) not eating enough and the carbohydrates being broken down and used by body to keep going (I had been very bad on Friday so that could well have been it!) and to drop a sample into GP if I felt any symptoms and get more antibiotics - touch wood all been ok and I've been much better with eating!!

only cankles with the hotter weather - gotta find my flip flops to stop the attractive over shoe hang but that will also mean sorting my toe nails, I assume they are still present haven't seen them in a few weeks.

NOT. my new phone has a thing about nits and not nots! I probably should be worried about what it's trying to tell me!

I really like being pregnant and told DH last night how I wished it could last a little longer because feeling baby inside wriggling away is just lovely. Sorry. Not helpful I know. I'm that git in the pregnancy books that apparently doesn't exist.

I'm one of them too SunnyL.
Enjoying being selfish and having the wee wriggler all to myself!

Wow loads going on my next midwife appointment isn't until 13th may seems ages away since your all having yours now ill be 35 weeks at mine it's coming so quick finding it difficult to get up from sitting down at the mo

Thankfully no uti or swollen ankles so far so good
Hope everyone with pain gets sorted soon

Ah, forget, I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to let anybody else hold baby at all. He's mine!!

My mother in law seems to think she will have him alone while I'm on maternity leave, but I don't think so.

I need to not be clingy. :-/

I think with the way ours have been mrsbri they will be wriggling out of or grasp to dance about!! :)

Sunny I loved my first pregnancy, adored being pregnant until I went overdue and it was 32 degrees during the day. Hell. On. Earth.

This time its been fecking hard work, mentally and physically. Partly due to unrealistic work deadlines (self imposed), partly due to having a toddler, partly due to this simply being a more difficult pregnancy and finally due to us trying to renovate much of our house before June. Wish I could have had a second blissful pregnancy, I'm not sure I'd have TTC had I known I'd have one like this!

Ha ha, forget, that's very possible. :-)

Aw sunny and forget don't whisper about it! It's good that you're feeling so good! Also gives me a bit of hope that I'm just in a phase!

Maw hope you manage to make it to half term! I went back last week claiming I might try a week after half term and had started to reconsider but the end of the second lesson on the Monday!

I'm sure someone said on one of our previous threads but I can't remember- when can they start your mat leave from if you're signed off? Is it 34 or 36 weeks? Or a totally different number if weeks?

Starting to worry myself about baby's extreme head down ness at this stage- any second timers with experience of this?

We made up its ok :) he was just winding me up the wrong way, didn't help he laughed at me at one point, he made it up by buying me a cheeseburger after our feeding class, it didn't finish till 9! Was a good NHS class about breasfeeding, but there was a lot of 'now I'm not going to say ff is the devils food' and 2 mins later going on that ff is going to cost thousands a year and you'll be in the doctors all the time cause the baby will be infected, have leukaemia and be very ill... I'm all for bf and am going to try my hardest but she was a little preachy

AmI, it's 36 weeks where you can be forced to start mat leave.

And I read something on babycentre which said that early engagement doesn't necessarily mean early delivery. Here's hoping!

Thanks mrsbri!

Dd engaged fully at 38weeks, she arrived at 42weeks so don't worry AmI its not a foregone conclusion.

Although. Carrying her rhat low for a month sttetxhed everything so this time baby has been part engaged since very early on, I can eat a lovely big meal but haven't crossed my legs in months!

Hope all you lot with protein-pee are ok and no further complications, and glad that some at least are enjoying the pregnancy!

Glad you made up Steff - what better way to apologise than by buying a cheeseburger?!

So I have a whooping cough vaccine question. I tried to get one this morning after having got a prescription from my dr. After 45 mins fighting honolulu traffic (see it's not all perfect in paradise!) I then had 45 min debate with the pharmacist and nurse, who wouldn't give it to me, because the manufacturer's notes said it wasn't safe for pregnant women. Eventually gave up and thought that I'd just try and get the baby vaccinated as soon as possible (6 wks rather than 2 months) then got a phone call on my way home saying that they would give it to me after all, as they'd just found out that advice had changed in the last month and now all pregnant women were recommended it (not previously the case in the US, I was making a special request). Grrr. Anyway the main problem was apparently that it was DTaP rather that Pertussis alone. So, for those who've had this in the UK, do you know if you got the DTaP combined vaccine or was it a whooping cough/Pertussis vaccine by itself? I'm now a bit worried about taking un-necessary risks and am wondering if I should just wait to get baby vaccinated rather than doing it in-utero.

Now off to take a lie down under a fan while ds naps. So hot here now, I feel like I'm continuously sweaty - urgh.

Aloha i had a combined jab not just pertussis. Think it was diptheria, polio and something beginning with T - probaby tetanus or typhoid. I was totally up to date with the jabs (i do a lot of travel to tin pot African countries) but they gave me it all anyway. I may still have the leaflet in a coat pocket so let me know if you want more info.

I was going to be starting at 37 weeks anyway, wouldn't mind starting a little early hopefully I just had a really busy day yesterday and actually will be able to keep going.

Anyone got a wedge pillow? Been propping my back up on one of those sausage type long pillows and having a normal one between my legs, but was feeling really uncomfortable last night (spd). It's bloody agony! Got a tubigrip for in the day, but I hate feeling all restricted by it. And the spd seems to have got worse since having it, but I am guessing it would have been MUCH worse without it.

Don't whisper about enjoying you pregnancies ladies, at least some of us are doing ok! I feel like I have turned into a complete moaning misery guts so it is actully nice to know that some people are ok. In fact, if it wasn't for feeling like half of my fanjo is burning,I would probably be in the same boat!

Mmmm. Cheeseburgers. Do you reckon there is anywhere I can get one at 6.30 in the morning?

Aloha they're giving DTaP here too, I was told they don't do a single whooping cough vaccine so are giving the preschool booster version

Thanks sunny and rue, sounds like it should be OK then. I think I'll try for it next week.

Aloha, we are given the child's combined jab here. Because we have it for baby, not us, the smaller dose is fine as the amount which crosses to baby is then just enough to see it through tip it can be vaccinated after birth.

There isn't a single whooping cough vaccine to use, apparently.

I have a Dream Genii pillow, Maw, and wouldn't be without the support it gives bump. Even though he kicks it and fidgets against it!

Hope everyone starts to feel better soon.

Ah...Rue, this is what happens when I start a reply and then have a shower before finishing it!

Morning all

I think I may be the first! Absolutely delighted to say the twins are here: Imogen Rose at 4lbs 4oz, and Pippa Florence at 4lbs 3oz. From start to finish in under 12 hours!

Was staying at my parents as DH was on his last work trip to London before staying at home, waters broke at midnight, contractions started at 1am, was fully closed at 1.30, 4cm by 4am, they arrived at 11.17 and 11.27am. DH got to the hospital at 9.30am!!

Ended up with forceps in theatre. But epidurals are marvellous. And gas and air took the edge off before then.

I found it an overwhelmingly positive experience. Although I could have done without the paediatrician who came in to tell me they were fine and to announce that as I'd had a c section they would be sleepy for a while?! I shrieked louder at that than at anything else!

Good luck everyone. I have to say the midwives and staff have been marvellous, and the only time I was scared was when I first for into theatre.

Now it's a case of 7-10 days in hospital for me, and 3-4 weeks for the girls. They're in SCBU and so tiny and gorgeous. But doing well.

Hope everyone else is ok and that things go well for you all.

Wow! Congratulations. How far along were you?

Beautiful names too. :-)

Well done. How exciting!

congraulations Collector!!!!!!! Gorgeous names! And well done on having twins without a c section. (agree with epidural comment!)

How many weeks were you?