August 2016 Babies (thread 6) - Ready to Pop!

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New thread - the one where we stop being pregnant and become new mamas! So close to the end. Exciting!

Congrats on all the new babies!!! daytona you'll be surprised how quickly you and DC1 adapt to the new baby. I do remember my oldest (just turned 2) was very clingy to her Dad for a while after DC2 was born, and I distinctly remember her waking up from a nap one day and I went to give her a cuddle. The baby started to cry and she lost her temper and asked me just to let the baby cry and stay with her. Within a couple of weeks I don't think we could image life without DC2, and now they are really close. I'm nervous now about having DC3, but only in how I'll cope....after my 12 week mat leave, I'll need to get 2 older DC to school bus by 7am, and then baby to nursery and myeslf to work by 8.....DH is out the door by 6.15am so I'm on my own. I think we'll just have to be very organized and have bags packed, and clothes laid out the night before???
Baby is back to breech (after being head down for a couple of wonderful days....I could actually breathe and bend over) ....the good news is he currently only has one cord loop around his neck so DR says they can at least try an EVC. I do have a c-section scheduled for the 22nd, but really hoping I won't need one. If they do an EVC (at 39 weeks) and its successful, they'll induce me immediately. I was hoping to avoid an induction this time, but I suppose its preferable to a section? at least two more weeks to go at work, I feel like I can't think about this baby quite yet. My boss did call me today and encourage me to start working from home and working shorter days. I just feel guilty about doing that, everyone is so busy right now. I wish I could just fast forward to the nice part when I'm not at work and sat up home cuddling a newborn!!

Thanks everyone that's reassuring it just feels really hard at moment , to see him screaming and breaking his heart shouting my mumma or my dadda and sobbing away

We are trying not to over do it , like he hates my husband touching baby so he is just handling baby minimum at moment , a couple of time my toddler hasn't reacted, which feels good.

We feel guilty though, it's like his world has come crashing down

Anyone else got a constantly feeding baby ,baby is 4 days old and my milk is in and he literally fed constantly all day today , biggest gap was a hour

That said tonight he fed at 1030pm and has slept till now 3am till I actually woke him for a feed as didn't want to leave him any longer as he was weight today and 5% less than birth weight so wanting to get weight up.

He just fed for around 10minures and is straight back to sleep

So I can't complain really. Hope this nighttime pattern continues even if I do have to feed all day long

Congrats on new babies!!

Ugh, fed up. 40+2 and no signs of labour or anything progressing.

Had enough of people calling so no longer answering the phone. MIL came yesterday, looked at my bump and said "ooh I think you've got a good week and a bit left" THANK YOU. Just what I want to hear when I can't sleep due to horrific heartburn and needing to pee.

Had a MW appointment at 40 weeks and she did not want to give me a sweep at all. She said they will offer one at 41 weeks but it is just an offer and she would advise I don't take it due to it being painful and can cause bleeding. She advised lots of cuddling and kissing to release oxytocin to bring on labour...

Omg Daytona can't tell you how jealous I am that you have a constantly feeding baby . My girl will not feed and we have weigh in tomorrow. She weighed 4lbs 10 yesterday I don't understand why she doesn't want to eat!!!! I have the worst engorgement pain ever!!!!

Day 2 of vomitting here. If this is a sign then I won't complain..but God, could I not have had a nicer one instead? In a better mood today, despite being a bit stir crazy..was considering a hot curry for lunch but not so sure now that I don't feel 100%. Should I just give it a go? Or not aggravate my belly any more?

Oh pear sorry to hear that, hopefully she will start soon.

Hi all, have been off the grid due to a super scary last couple of weeks . Went in for an early induction on 22nd July at 37 weeks, days of early labour but no real progress and then ended in a crash section on 25th July...Baby Jack was born at 13.03 but not breathing and heart rate dropping to nothing so straight to NICU for ventilatory support. Meanwhile I was having a massive haemorrhage in theatre followed by some lovely post op sepsis. Thankfully after a ropey start for both of us all is much better now, Jack doesn't seem to have any long term breathing difficulties although still lots of problems with feeding and jaundice. Neonatal unit have been unbelievably spectacular. These guys are my absolute heros .

Congratulations to all new arrivals!!

jeezypeepers that sounds like a bit of a nightmare! Glad you & baby are doing better now!!!!!!!

Goodneas Jeezy that's quite an entrance for you! Hope you're okay.

pear - have you tried hand expressing into a syringe and then syringe feeding your DD? That was what we were taught to do in hospital when DD was too sleepy to feed properly...

Thanks Day...maybe we could swap? just for one night...you'll love it I'd probably be complaining with sore nipples though so you can't win

Buscuit I'm now expressing with a Medela electric pump.

jeezy you poor thing!! How's everything well? I hope in return your little one is being really really angelic for you and that the early days are a piece of for you!!

So, I need to eat my words from earlier It appears that my DS is probably suffering a little bit more then I realised with the new family dynamic!! He's given my DH hell today and has been quite rude at times which is very unlike him. Perhaps we just had a false easy start

My little angel is actually feeding better tonight now that I've given her express top ups today! I've brought nipple shields for the night feed. I've also told DH that he can sleep downstairs tonight. I can't bear another day of his precious sleep deprived attitude. I'd rather suffer alone and do the long shift solo...I say that now

With that in mind I better get myself to bed early tonight!!

jeezy What a scary start for you all. I'm so glad both you and baby Jack are now recovering. Congratulations to you both.

I've been having distinctly different sorts of cramps over the last couple of days. Much more intense, all across the bump and in my back. Also feel the baby pushing down low. Really thought it was starting yesterday, although I've done this twice before I've never actually gone into labour so I don't really know! It seems to come and go at the mo, so I can only assume it's just more intense braxton hicks.

The heart burn at the moment!! Feel like I'm living on tablets. Water helps, but not as much!

4 more days of this, that's all I've got, assuming it's not the start of labour of course. I really don't envy this of you who are over due, sending 'hurry up' vibes to your babies now!

I'm weirdly content with being pregnant again now and not desperate to get this baby out! I think it's because I still feel like we have jobs to do in the house (nothing major just sorting out ds' new room, cleaning etc.)

Remind me of this when I have a bad day full of heartburn!

38+5 now and no signs!

Oh jeezy, what a start! So glad the NICU team are treating you well. Are you & Jack still in hospital? When will you be home? Hope all goes smoothly from here on for you both!

Whoa, Shanster, you eldest is just 2 & you're about to have your 3rd? You legend! I thought 2 under 2 was a challenge, but you are hard as nails with 3.

I read that as oldest had just turned 2 when second was born, but I could be wrong.

rumisyum ....that just made me laugh. I think I'd have run away if I had 3 babies in 2 years!! Oldest is now 7, Dc2 is 5 and I've forgotten more about the baby stage than I remember :)

Hi all I could do with your experience and advice, apologies if it's a long one I tend to ramble a bit..
So it's my due date Wednesday - yay! - I have a midwife appointment and she's coming to my house. She's said she can offer me a sweep of I'd like one, but also pointed out she thinks it's too early but that's besides the point.
Now the tricky part. My OH's parents are off on a holiday on Thursday, very bad timing but they've had this booked for well over a year and it's his Dad's 60th, they've hired a massive villa in Spain for 3 weeks and the whole family are supposed to be going over, we were going too! Oops!! Now I know I should probably be more selfish but it is their first grandchild and I was really hoping he would make an early appearance so that they could meet him before they went.
So my thinking is.... Maybe whether if I explained this to midwife she would do an examination and give a rough idea whether everything was atleast just getting softer and preparing or whether there was no hope he was coming anytime soon?? Because they'v said they would hang around if we thought he might come in the next few days... Or am I kidding myself??
I think if it wasn't for them I would turn down the sweep and try and let things progress naturally as I'm not overly uncomfortable just bored and impatient, and I know things will happen when they will happen and there's not much to do about it, I just feel terrible and like I'm going to ruin everything and really want them to meet him as a newborn not a 3 week old baby!!!

Anyway, any advice/experience in that respect would be much appreciated xx

Ellie - oooooo that's a conundrum If it was me I wouldn't have a sweep unless I really wanted one myself. Mainly because it might not work and then you've gone through all that for nothing. Is this your first sweep? In my experience sweeps when your body is not ready are a bit uncomfortable. However, maybe others might say on here that they don't mind sweeps at anytime. There are a few positives about having the baby when they're away...1) You will be able to totally relax and not worry about an overflow of visitors (the visitor part after birth can take a lot out of you). 2) You can FaceTime the family without all the hassle of arranging visits at the hospital/home. 3) It gives you breathing space to establish feeding and spending time with the baby before they return. Also, they won't be meeting a 3 week old baby. Babies drop their weight in week 1 and then start to gain again in week 2. So my girl was 5lb1 and then she dropped to 4lb 10 and today I will find out if she has gained anything. My son took about 2 weeks to gain but he had tongue tie and was a terrible feeder. Hope that helps!

Oh and Ellie if you go 1 week overdue let's say then that is even less of a waiting time!

Saying all that you could get to Wednesday and think oh to hell with it...I want this baby out

pear Thankyou that's helpful, yes it's my first baby so first everything! When she told me at 38 weeks I'd decided that I would see how uncomfortable I was feeling (thinking by now I would feel like a rhino with a sore head) but actually apart from being unbelievably bored of not being able to ride my ponies and bend down without getting out of breath I feel ok! And she said she would offer induction on the 22nd which i will probably take, so they could just come home a bit early, and they're happy with doing whatever they will delay flights and what not if needed.
Life would be much simpler if he stopped being stubborn like his Dad and just arrived in the next few days haha

Oops sorry posted at the same time! Yeah there is always that haha

P.s hope your little one has gained some weight today!!

Oh jeezy that sounds so frightening! So glad all is well now!
I felt similar when they rushed my baby straight off to SCBU and then sent her to a neighbouring town without me worst thing ever. Hope you're both doing better now xx

Does anyone have the link to the Grad thread? I really should move over but I can't find it