December 2013 - creeping closer but no more hospital stays please god!

[LadyMedea]

We are a chatty lot!

pink This is my third day in hospital and overall iv had 3 hours sleep. Im on 15 minute obs because my heart rate the lowest its been in here is 112! Im fed up of being in the dark no one will tell me anything i have no idea what is going on and when i ask they say they will send a doc!

Had a mental breakdown last night the midwife had to calm me down i just wanted to go home i even thought about ripping my drips out my hands...yuk!

So far i have been told...
im positive for early labour
Im anaemic
Iv got high pulse&BP
Im having trouble breathing on my own
I may have a lung clot
Iv got to measure every bit of my urine and every time i drink and wright the times!
Im attached to the monitoring machine 24-7 even in sleep not aloud to come off unless i need a wee!
Iv had an Xray, Ecg, main artery blood test, 7 blood tests, 2 drips, oxygen, steroids, blood thinning injection, blood clot scan in my legs and endless obs!

Oh and to top things off my EX boyfriend showed up last night! But on the upside babies been such a happy bunny all the time...my contractions are coming and going and they arent going to stop my labour if i do fully ever go into it!

Sorry for the rant iv just had enough!!

Arghhhh ds1 has been up since 4am and wouldn't go back to sleep even when I brought him into our bed. All he did was tell me to stop blowing at him so tired and I need to be jolly for Santa today.

Worst night sleep ever, everytime I lay on my right side it hurt like hell and it felt like jelly baby was all on that side and gave me the biggest kick ever, I'm assuming it was to tell me to move.

Dp has decided he wants to call jellybean, wait for it..... Jesse James....no way in hell! Never! Not gonna happen!
Now his family think its funny and keep calling him that until I bit their heads off yesterday, my niece is called Jessica, its just too close to that plus I don't like it and ds2 middle name already James as is dp's middle name and his dads first name, why oh why would we need another one?

I have a feeling I'm going to have to pull the i carried him for 9 months so I get to name him card I wouldn't mind if any of them had any decent contributions but they're just trying to be funny and at nearly 37 weeks pregnant I think my humour is vanishing lol.

tmi alert I am so so sick of thinking labour is finally starting and its just constant need a poo pains, really thought it was it last night and this morning but after a loo trip the pains go.....I'm gonna be pregnant at 42 weeks I think.

Wow! Sorry for the huge rant, just couldn't stop lol.

chelsea gosh you've been through it lately you poor thing.
Hope it went ok with your ex though. I hope you get some answers soon sweetie. xx

Just hopping on to say hello. Some of you may be aware that my DS, due Dec 4th arrived last Saturday at 35 wks (+4 I think) he did end up in NICU as he had liquid on his lungs and was having a little trouble breathing and I did end up with an emcs as he went into distress but everything is absolutely fine now

So chelsea I know you're anxious and worried and stressed but it will be okay. You are in the right place and they will be taking very good care of you and your baby.
I hope this doesn't sound patronising, but please be grateful they have time to give you all of the drugs and test you. They're making sure that when your little one does arrive that you and your child are as ready as can be.

Best of luck lovely. Time for the 7am feed for me (we've been home since Thursday and all is well) but do keep posting, I found it really helpful xxxx

Aw bless taking I'm so jealous I want my 7am snuggles so happy everything is well for you. Keep in touch. Xx

Congratulations Takingthestairs. I am glad to hear you amd little one are well.

Chelsea we are with you as much as is possible online. I think you mentioned where you are in real life and I don't think it is near me, or I would come to visit you. I am in Bristol. I hope that doesn't sound crap.

I hope it went well with your ex (the ex bit was noted, well done) and that he didn't cause you any more stress.

I have suffered from poor sleep from the beginning of this pregnancy and it seems the slightest bit of stress keeps me awake. This week I am concerned my dp is going to run himself into the ground, and separately, if I get another bleed, I will spend the rest of my pg in hospital, and I got the tiniest spotting which I am hoping stays that way!

Take care of yourselves all and Chelsea remember to keep in touch.

Morning all

Hey taking I'm looking forward to the cuddles too!
Glad everything's okay with you.

chelsea hang in there and hope the ex turning up wasn't too distressing.

Had the most amazing mexican meal last night which propelled junior into chronic fidgeting and fussing. woke up at 4 with either an elbow or a shoulder wedged firmly into my groin. DH wakes at the gasping to find me on all fours wiggling my hips frantically. classy.

Hope everyone has a good day today. I have to find a way of moving a literal tonne of rubble off my front garden after our builder took off after the job leaving it all behind. Bstard. Making a pregnant lady lift bricks fcker.

Keep strong chelsea I know it seems like everything is whirling like crazy around you at the moment, but you just need to take one thing at a time. Well done for coping with the ex being there. We are all here for you if you need us whatever time of day or night. Chin up chuck.

bohemian that sounds like a fun night I would throw the bricks at the builders head. or just stare at them and hope they disappear haha.

hello taking glad you and baby are okay. I am very jealous of the snuggles. I'm getting impatient to meet baby whisper!

pink hope you don't get more bleeding as that's the last thing you need. Just take it easy and keep your DP informed of what is going on. Perhaps have a chat with him about him working too hard is making you anxious? He might just see it as he needs to get stuff finished asap because it is stressing you out?

I have had a coffee today for the first time in months. It has made little one go absolutely mental. Not sure i'll have another one until after it's out as it is rather uncomfy! I am the most awake and motivated I have been in ages though and have done two loads of washing, sweeped mopped and hoovered the whole flat, done all the washing up and put it away, cleaned the windows and just took a batch of lovely smelling blueberry muffins out of the oven. I seem to have lost my tolerance for caffeine as I used to have to have two cups just to open my eyes in the morning before I got pregnant haha.

On the plus side I am going to see my dads friend who's daughter has just had a baby so I get newborn snuggles and the friend is a retired midwife and is going to check me over (mainly because she wants to be nosy) as I feel like I might be having high blood pressure and my headaches are back.

Happy Saturday to all and to anyone feeling miserable/unwell/having problems I offer you all a big squishy hug and some blueberry muffins to cheer you up. (no idea where this fantastic mood has come from but I could skip around all day singing)

Sorry for all you're going through Chelsea

Was going to go out and about but just got a text to say my delivery is on the way but helpfully no times, grr!

Oh well I suppose it means I'll have to crack on with the cleaning I've been putting off.

God your all so lovely! Thanks so much it means alot!

The EX turning up wasn't much bother but i asked the midwife to not let him come back i am not one bit interested anymore, all he done was say im doing a shit job at being pregnant..erm hello i didnt make myself go into labour you did with your stressing me out!!

Think being in the army has sent him a bit crazy he doesnt seem to be himself since he came home!

Im just focusing on getting better:) dying for a bath but not aloud one! Had my first injection for the blood clot and im not coming out any time soon boo! Baby is highly active on the plus side and her heart rate is back to normal.

Hope all you lovely ladies are hanging in there keep your legs crossed! I have a feeling this thread is jinxed ;)

taking so glad you and baby are doing wel!! Very jealous of the squishy hugs. I'm 34 weeks today and I have enough now. Fell huge and fed up of being so tired and cold!
4 weeks until we move!

chelsea glad you're feeling abit better. Sorry to hear tot won't be out for a while. But you are in the best places and regardless of what your dick EX boyfriend says you are doing an amazing job. Pregnancy is hard enough without added pressure from dicks like him.
Be glad you found out what he was like now. On my opinion and man that walks out on a pregnancy girlfriend is not a man at all.
Keep doing what you're doing. Not sure where you are but I'm sure it's far. It you was close if come and visit and bring lots of chocolate and trashy mags lol.
Just think every day that goes by is a day closer to meeting your little one. And no man will come close to the love you will feel for them.

Keep smiling :) xxx

Apologies for random words and sentances that don't make sense lol stupid phone.

Taking- so glad you're home and enjoying life with your new bundle. We're all massively envious! Hope it's plain sailing from here.. Certainly makes things feel pretty real for us lot!

Chelsea- you're doing a great job of keeping positive. I know it must seem so scary but the docs will always be really cautious with any concern about blood clots as they're more common in pregnancy. The treatment is the injections so they're already treating you and fingers crossed they can just stop if your scan is clear.

Chelsea you're doing so well, I don't think I'd be coping as well and I'm full of admiration for you.

Tried to have a chat today with DH about what will happen on 'The Day'. We're agreed that as our last birth experience was just pure terror which ended with us both sitting in a room, shell-shocked and babyless, we'd like something a little more tranquil this time and don't want baby taking out of our sight. I don't think it had occurred to DH that he might have a part to play in proceedings though and he seems very reluctant! I also realised that he isn't used to a clinical environment, blood and guts, so it turns out he's worried about coping with it all and the whole fainting thing. I've asked if he'd be comfortable taking the baby and having the initial skin to skin while I'm being stitched, but he kind of changed the subject after I asked if he wanted the baby cleaning first! Think I'll leave it for now and present him with a list of options nearer the time, poor soul!

Aw bless feather my dp took ds2 while I was being stitched but he was put directly on me for skin to skin after birth as it took a while for them to get placenta out and everything before the stitching began so dp put his clothes on etc but he'd been cleaned up and in a towel by this point.

dalton park was fun, we all got great views of Santa arriving with the elf and then on his sleigh with the reindeer. Ds1 face was a delight until Santa went past and he asked where are mine toys bless him I had to explain that Santa still brings them down the chimney into his home and then he was ok.

Just got back from the nighttime fireworks which were great as usual.

I've now been sick twice today and been to the toilet about 4 times but I'm now putting it down to a bug of some sort and not impending labour lol.

Hope everyone had a good day and hang in there chelsea your doing great xx

Thanks for the advice whisper. Glad you were having a good day.

Thanks for all the good wishes. I am loving being at home with DS. Newborn cuddles are amazing.

whisperMen that's quite the shot of energy you have! Loving the nesting. Watch out for "period pains" and a few hours later a loosening of bowels... That's how my early labour started!
Though a walk to the osteopath and back and a treatment on my sacram almost certainly sped things up, esp as I presumed the contractions were Braxton Hicks and just kept going with my day

I really wish that was happening for me taking I'm classed as full term tomorrow and I've been having period pains for weeks with loose bowels later....I'm royally fed up, surely I can't have had a bug for 3 weeks this happened with ds2 but I can't remember for how long.
Yesterday on and off cramps and again this morning and my stomach goes hard with them every time but my BH still don't hurt and it always stops by the afternoon
Got my last consultant appt tomorrow so I guess I'll ask her.

My nesting has well and truly gone lol although I do have a need to bake so me and kids are going to make ginger snaps later on, if they start behaving as thy are being little shits darlings this morning.

Morning all

Hope you are ok chelsea. It's hard I know but you are in the right place.

Taking am glad you home and all is well. You will be an expert and our elder by the time we are home with ours!

Can't be arsed to get out of bed this morning lol. But really need a wee. Sigh.

Morning all

Wish us luck as we try to move the ton of rubble the builder left. I've been ordered to stay on breeze blocks, plasterboard and little bricks.

Found out more of the peeps around here are pg now. It's all quite exciting and unnerving at the same time!

Morning everyone!

many congrats taking had heard you'd given birth -so glad all is ok and jealous you already get to cuddle baby tho I know its best mine stays inside till term!

Chelsea it must be horrid having so many tests done but like taking said, it's all for you and baby to make sure you're both ok so it'll be worth it. keep us posted with how it all goes.

Alyssa sorry to hear you're not feeling great -with a bug or pre labour?? I didn't sleep great last night either- at about 2am I woke needing to pee, horrendous heartburn (damn, didn't get away with a chinese without suffering!) and then baby was kicking so much I think he/she was trying to get out!! And all in the direction of my fanjo- so now I'm confused- maybe he/she is breech tho it doesn't feel like there's a hard head shape at the top this morning...

whisper I can't believe you've not had coffee for so long- but then I'm a coffee addict! I feel bad, but I have one small one (machine made so probably as strong as a regular size instant) when I wake then a couple of teas throughout the day (that's a big reduction as I'd usually have maybe a tea and one or two coffees if I wasn't pregnant) I don't seem to get a major reaction from baby (maybe he/she is used to the morning buzz- lol!) but I do still feel a bit guilty as I know it's not that good for them...

Hoping DH will paint nursery ceiling today (he HATES painting and normally wouldn't do it) I told him I'll do the walls so it's the least he can do really. 34 weeks today and I'm getting anxious that I've pretty much done NOTHING! No clothes washed, no hospital bag done, no nursery....

and also a friend said she'd post her electric breast pump to me after half term, I still haven't had it but don't want to pester her (not sure if she's now not wanting to due to postal costs) but if she doesn't I'll have to fork out for a new one and don't want to have baby and not have one handy....

oh and good luck with the rubble Bohemian that's rubbish what the builder did- try not to do too much- I know it's hard as I've had to do stuff I'm not supposed to do with my SPD but you don't want to injure yourself.

Take it easy with that rubble bohemian what a dick of a builder.

Does it feel like little hands/legs causing a weird pain down there mum I get it often but little one is definately head down, I always think after it happens if I look down ill see a hand popping out, I remember having the same thing with ds2 and the consultant looked at me like I was a crazy person as that was the only way I could describe it lol.

I think my body is just getting ready for labour as my plug is still coming out in bits, some days more than others. Really wish I'd kept track of how long this lasted with ds2. I think I'm just sick of feeling all the false alarms now, I was that fed up I was telling dp to give me a stretch and sweep
Rather scared at the fact I think he was going to try

whisper I'm quite ashamed to admit I never quit the caffeine at all, I did last time and I was an utter bitch
I have about 3/4 cups a day but did stop the coke due to the horrendous heartburn it causes.

mum it'll be interesting to see if this one has lots of hair as I still have bad heartburn every day and funnily enough during the night if I turn onto my right side.

Alyssa I haven't given up caffeine either, although I have cut down. Initially I cut down to 1 large cup a day (proper coffee) but that's crept back up to 2. I have been substituting hot chocolate and hot chai tea (obsessed with this as it smells like mulled wine!) for coffee though, as usually I'd have 4-6 large coffees in a day!

Ooh, on the hair/heartburn thing (I know it's bollocks but still) I'm looking forward to seeing his hair, it was clearly visible on scan at 30 weeks and my heartburn's been unbelievably horrible this time round!

I didn't really make a conscious decision to give up caffeine. I was a proper coffee/energy drink addict before I was pregnant due to being a uni student and never getting enough sleep. I just went off the smell of coffee in the first trimester and redbull made me feel really sick so I just stopped drinking it. I hadn't really noticed I had given it up until I had a strong craving for coffee yesterday and realised I hadn't had one in months.
I'm not feeling great today. Had crampy pains in the night and I sort of feel like I am leaking but it's not loads and not enough to soak my makeshift pad. It just feels like a lot. I'm probably just peeing myself, such is the glamour of pregnancy

bohemian don't carry anything too heavy will you? That is what DP's are for! It'll make him feel manly

Hope you feel better soon alyssa

mum I feel quite good about having packed my hospital bags. DP decided we needed to do it after hearing about the two babies being born early. It's nice to know that if anything happens I can just pick up the bags and go.

Keep your chin up chelsea you're in the best place for you and baby. I know it feels rubbish being stuck in there, but it won't be forever and they will sort you out. Big hugs