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January 2014 Thread 16 - More babies arrive or we make delicious lasagnes whilst we wait

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enormouse · 15/01/2014 11:27

Here you go - New thread! (Procrastinating wildly)

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BuntCadger · 31/01/2014 10:09

Best charge phone now Grin x

MrsVDB · 31/01/2014 11:11

frizz I second a punch! But glad he's being more supportive. I'm waiting for the supportive streak in my dh

Last attempt at Sweep before Sundays induction. Wish me luck :)

Frizz1986 · 31/01/2014 11:12

Good luck mrsv

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 31/01/2014 11:12

ellen - big hugs. Welcome to MN by the way.

Second all the advice you've had so far. I'm having to exclusively express as DD won't latch on. Breastfeeders please feel free to tell me to STFU if this will affect supply but might be worthwhile expressing some bottles if you can so DH coukd feed your little girl and you could get a little block of sleep? If infacol doesn't seem to be working, I would thoroughly recommend dentinox - DD's burps could lift the roof off.

Re the teary episodes. Definitely ask for support from your midwife and GP. However, rest assured that we all have them.

I have 13 months between my DS and DD must be mental and yesterday was awful. DS wouldn't sleep and was horrifically overtired. We were all sobbing together at lunchtime until he eventually collapsed from exhaustion. Sleep deprivation is a complete bastard and makes everything seem a million times worse.

frizz - please administer a sharp kick to the hollows from me. That is. Not. On.

B.ack later to catch up. Hope everyone else is well.

humpty - think I'm about a week ahead of you post delivery? My pile(s) have nearly gone and they were so bad I was googling laser surgery. Courage mon brave!

chocoloulou34 · 31/01/2014 11:21

Hello all. Well I wrote on here on sunday morning explaining I had been feeling bit rubbish and thats why I had been off here. Was feeling a lot more positive then suddenly I started getting bad pains. My kidney pains not been too bad at all since having sebastian and been patiently waiting for my hospital appointment to arrive. Like u was saying had terrible pains. Was like being in labour again!! I ended up passing out after a couple of hours if trying to manage the pain myself and next thing I know I'm in ambulance with the flashy lights and sirens wooo. Would be exciting if I wasnt in so much pain!! To cut a long story short the next day I had an emergency op to remove huge stone that had got stuck in pipe between kidney and bladder. Ouchy. Am now at home recovering and hoping soon I'll be pain free!! Was all very mad as u can imagine with a newborn at home and the 2 girls. Oh has had to take the week off work sick.
So am gonna have another catch up now!! Hope theyre are not many ladies left still waiting...

Spacefrog35 · 31/01/2014 11:29

loulou Shock wow. talk about exciting absolutely bloody terrifying. I so hope that is the last of them now - you've had enough to deal with!

Lots of rest & Cake for you.

fryingpantoface · 31/01/2014 11:59

Oh my gosh loulou

Felix90 · 31/01/2014 12:00

This thread is moving fast!!! So much to catch up on.

Choco how awful Shock glad you've got it sorted now and wishing you a speedy recovery.

Frizz your DH needs a massive kick up the arse. Don't really have any advice after what everyone else has said but I good he pulls his finger out and does his share.

Welcome ellen Smile again don't have much advice as everyone else has been ace as usual. Hope things improve for you soon.

I think my milk is drying up. I've been expressing every time Sylvie has her bottle and was getting around 2oz each time, which then went down to just over 1oz a time and now I've barely been able to express 1oz over two expressing sessions! My boobs feel pretty empty all the time now too. Im not going to stress about it as she's getting fed regardless (and to be honest I hate having to express all the time!). I managed 4 weeks of bf and a further 2 weeks of combi feeding so it's not like she's not had any breastmilk at all but I still feel a bit sad about it all Sad

MerryPops · 31/01/2014 12:00

Scary loulou but hopefully this will be the end of your problems.

Good luck mrsv I have 41 week appt today, hopefully I will be favourable for sweep and I will get an induction date if needed. Really didn't want to go down the induction route but just want the baby here now.

Dh has a hand operation 25 Feb and will be one handed for around 4 weeks so I want to try and get baby home and settled before I am looking after both of them!

BuntCadger · 31/01/2014 12:34

loulou Shock hope you make speedy recovery. how traumatic but glad they've hopefully fixed you xx

HumptyDumptyBumpty · 31/01/2014 13:06

frizz not on. Someone on here (maybe another thread...) is militant about the fact that in the day you each have a job: you look after Aurelia, he goes and teaches. At night in your 'leisure' time, you share responsibility equally. It's your 'leisure' time as well as his. I feel v strongly about this.

GummiBear74 · 31/01/2014 13:21

Welcome ellen, sounds like you've been through a horrible traumatic experience, but you're clearly a lovely caring mum who just wants to do the best she can. And that's the most important thing!

frizz, had to have a little meltdown at my DH, too - felt like he stops working, sits on the sofa and just plays some crappy game on his iPad and leaves the baby to me. Some days she just doesn't settle at all and I feel like I've literally been holding her non-stop and just want to hand her over for a little while. But it did clear the air a bit - he has been doing a lot that I wasn't acknowledging in my sleep-deprived, hormonal, shrieky state. For us it's about communication and me asking for help rather than expecting telepathy.

Could someone please explain the 'vest under a top' feeding method? Anything to reduce the levels of boob flashery would be appreciated!

MrsVDB · 31/01/2014 13:51

choco sounds awful! Glad your on the mend though

So cervix is still too high :( it's lower than it was so she gave it a poke while fishing for my tonsils and more plug came out but think Sundays induction is inevitable now

Ladies who've been induced... What do I need to pack? An overnight bag? Did you get dressed or in pjs? I assume lots of entertainment is main thing. Also what happened with dh paternity leave? I'm in on Sunday but expect to still be in with not a lot of progress on Monday and I'd like dh to be with me. Would he have to start paternity then?

GummiBear74 · 31/01/2014 14:14

mrsv, not sure about paternity leave as things happened so quickly. I just added some extra daytime clothes to my labour bag in case we were sitting around waiting for a day or two, and made sure that we had stuff to do. I spent a few hours bouncing on my ball while playing cards with DH once they had put the gel in. I had my iPod and a speaker to play bouncy music, too!

Maybe that did some good, because I didn't need the second lot of gel and went from my cervix being really far back, long and closed, to 4cm dilated in about 8 and a half hours (4 hours of contractions)! She was born less than 2 hours later, in the pool, so being induced doesn't necessarily mean that there'll be loads of intervention etc. (Although I'm aware that I was lucky!)

Felix90 · 31/01/2014 14:15

MrsV pack a decent amount of clothes (I got through loads!) and lots of stuff to entertain you as you may have a lot of waiting around. I went in wearing a vest top and jersey trousers, and packed a couple of pairs of leggings/comfy jersey dresses, some jogging bottoms and more vest tops and a few pairs of pj bottoms with 2 button down nighties. Also fluffy socks! I forgot my slippers though Hmm oh and a hoodie and clothes to go home in. I was on the postnatal ward 3 days and only got dressed properly on the last day. In total I was there for 5 days so pack enough just in case (or have an extra bag in the car that DH can collect if you are in longer than expected).

As I went in on the Friday, DP took 1 day of paternity leave then. He had Christmas off anyway so the mon/tues I was in hospital didn't count and he continued the rest of his leave at the start of January.

MrsVDB · 31/01/2014 14:46

Thanks guys. gummi you've given me hope! Dh has agreed to take Monday as holiday if not paternity so he can stay with me (within visiting hours)

AnotherStitchInTime · 31/01/2014 15:10

Welcome Ellen sorry to hear you had such a rough time. As someone who has had a traumatic first birth with an EMCS and a traumatic third ELCS birth (with major PPH and an emergency hysterectomy) 6 weeks ago, I can safely say that it does floor you in more ways than one and this is only natural so please don't blame yourself. Time is a great healer.

It might be worth you calling Birth Crisis, just being able to talk about the birth and how you are feeling can help. Feel free to PM me too if you would like and you feel I could help in any way.

Lack of sleep is a massive factor in how you feel post-birth. Things that I have tried to get baby to sleep on their own that worked for my three are: propping the head end of the cot up/reflux wedge, putting a t-shirt I have worn over the mattress, putting a hot water bottle in the cot to warm the mattress before I put them down, sleeping sitting up with baby in a sling on my front, DH wearing baby in sling while I nap, heartbeat sounds/white noise, baby sleeping in bouncy chair while I nap, taking baby for a walk in the buggy to get them to sleep then leaving them there while I nap or letting DH take them out in the buggy while I nap. There are also rocking devices that you place your buggy or moses basket on that get some good reviews such as Robopax.

Also because you had a major PPH make sure you are taking iron supplements if your iron level is still low because anaemia can make you feel very tired and emotional and just exacerbates how you are already feeling.

choco so glad you are ok and in less pain, that must have been very traumatic

frizz glad your DH has started to engage his brain and think about someone other than himself.

MrsV go for comfort, I lived on ante-natal ward in maternity leggings, big t-shirts/nighties, fluffy socks, slippers and a dressing gown for two months! I did have two outfits and a pair of trainers for visits to the shop/walks, you may want some outdoor outfits too as walking helps the induction process.

BuntCadger · 31/01/2014 15:55

Finally decided on name for baby Grin Zachary Benjamin

TarkaTheOtter · 31/01/2014 16:55

That's a post full of great tips another

TobyLerone · 31/01/2014 17:43

Sodding hell, loulou! Glad you'll be on the mend soon. It's about time!

MrsV, I wore my normal clothes during induction until I had an epidural, when they made me wear a surgery gown which opened at the back.

Frizz1986 · 31/01/2014 18:22

Wow choco little bit eventful for you then! Hope things are back to normal soon.

Yay bunt

MrsVDB · 31/01/2014 19:06

So dh has just dropped the bomb that he'd rather only take a week paternity (only 1 week paid) due to work commitments. This is out first and I'd much rather have him at home while I get used to it. What did you all find?

TobyLerone · 31/01/2014 19:21

A week isn't enough, IMO. And there's no way DH would think so. He goes back on Monday after 4 weeks off, but I appreciate that we're lucky.

MrsVDB · 31/01/2014 19:30

That's what I thought toby his thinking is he can take another week off in a month when baby does slightly more. He said well see how it goes but don't know if he's just saying that to keep me happy

TarkaTheOtter · 31/01/2014 20:10

mrsv that's not terrible logic on his behalf. With both newborn phases I've been ok at first then really struggled at about 4 weeks when the adrenaline has worn off and the weeks of sleep deprivation have taken their toll...

...But he needs to reassess his priorities a bit. In the first few it's work that should be making compromises not his home life.