Due in August - Part 8

[eenywifemum]

ok! new thread then ladies !

Trying to to get too het up about it, I know that 3 weeks ago when I had the scan that baby was a good size according to their measurements, maybe he's going to be lean and slender, maybe I need to eat more to fatten baby up !
She was also yabbering on about baby's movements and I should go to the hospital if the movements were any different.
She's the head midwife too!!

Hi everyone. Well, I've been for my scan and it's good news - dd is head down!!!!!!!!! Excuse me a minute...

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Sorry, but it all means that I can have my home birth as planned. Time to crack open the raspberry leaf tea.

Pink - hope you ok and contractions are the real thing!

Now where did I put that tea..........?

I have every faith in you Melsy. You seem to be coming on really well with these sessions and sound very positive from your posts.
It does sound very very good.

BB, Just keep an eye on things. Thats all you can do really. I'm sure everything will be fine

I'm going to have to go soon. Supposed to be getting ready so we can go out and buy a new bed so that I can break my waters all over, lol

Wooohooooooooo!!!!
Sarahlou

My god girl, you know how to have a good time. Raspberry leaf tea

oh I have missed so much excitement!!

Pink are you still around?? What's going on?????

Yellow!!! Wow!!! And bumble - good luck!!!! we're thinking of you!!

you can email me at senatorvass at gmail dot com - I would love to hear from all of you!!! I'll take all your addresses down! If anyone wants a gmail account let me know and I will send you an invite.

Congrats Saralou!!!!!!! ooh thats what we've all been hoping for!

Aahhh they can drive yah mad the midwives sometimes , but I suppose they dont like to think theyve missed anything.

Id like to know more about the placental delivery by natural means , is it oxytocin they inject if medically done ? What happens if it wont expel naturally ?

corr I missed a flurry there in my posting .

CONGRATS sarahlou, thought youd gone quiet !!!xx

, thought it was your birth announcment , trust me to be an idiot and not read properly, Well congrats anayway xx

If it doesn't expel naturally then you have to go under to have it removed. Very rare though.
Its ergometrine or oxytocin. Called both.

Thank you so so much yellow for what youve said ,Im getting all emotinal now, such lovely words of encouragment.Its great its comng through on posts , as my sister said I went in hospital one person and came out another and with the help of my phychologist and the hypnobirthing lady Ive really started to climb that wall. Nearly up and over !!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeek I trust that the general is only used AFTER theyve used the oxytocin??

so there must be more risk to trying to do it
withought the injection?

corr I really must change both of us , have playdate and mum here in 15mins eeeek I look like mumma frumpa!!

Oh yes

I'd rather have the thing out so that I can be cleaned up and what not quicker but thats me all over. I want everything yesterday

melsy you ARE doing really well!

Yellow have your contractions stopped?

Where is Pink?

Melsy - first time around I delivered placenta naturally in the pool without the injection. However, when I went to the toilet later, I was a bit worried about the amount of blood that was coming out. It sounded like I was having a wee but I wasn't - IYSWIM! Mw asked if I wanted the injection as would help shrink the uterus and reduce the amount of blood. I did and it did! Mind you, the next 4 weeks were bloody horrible (pardon the pun!)

Mine have well and truly stopped. Starnge though as they were good ones and been having them all night.

Oh well.

Hope your ok Pinky!

sarahlou how were the next 4 weeks horrible?

yellow dont worry I think I've heard something like that can happen a couple of days before REAL labour begins, so it could still be around the corner!

Heres hoping

Eeny - I meant with regard to the lochia and the wearing of those lovely maternity towels.

isnt lochia the covering the baby has when they come out?

No, that's vernix. I mean the blood from the womb.

God I hate them mat pads.
Having said that I didn't wear them for very long. Only had about 3 packs and that was it. Just used normal sanitary towels after that.

right thanks sarahlou

I have 2 packs of mat towels now, ready to go and I will send Sal out for more as and when needed!

3 packs?????? Mind you, I did have to put two in at once for the first week, one overlapping the other so it felt like I was wearing a nappy!!!