rise & mrsjw thank you 😊 moving house whilst over 34wks is not to be recommended. I'm causing issues! Especially because I want a homebirth. I am going to forget about it over the weekend and ring new doctors on Tuesday 👍🏼
shiniberry some hospitals have Bluetooth monitors that can be used in water and for a more active birth. May be worth an ask at your hospital. I am sorry that your birth plans are having to change 😔
barnes & badger I am a late May too (25th) so I rec I will still be here for a while too. Bean was 40+4 and turnip 39+1 ... I'm working on a 40+ this time. I am not ready at all for spud. Not at all!
badger, hungarian thank you. I've let my friend from yesterday know that I am here for her. The other is family and is my children's god mother, I have every intention of asking her to be spuds too. Obv I won't ask her for a number of months, i think she would want to be asked than me not. I feel so bad for them both 😞
I agree with staying here. Could we update the spreadsheet with babies once they're born, with dates and possibly birth weights. No names though to keep anon on mn?
teaspoon I love the uncle graham convo. Turnip has recently asked me to show her the whole the baby is going to come out of, at the top of her voice in the middle of Tesco 😳 sooo embarrassing.
yellow I was induced with turnip due to my waters going and no contractions. I had no sweeps as risk of infection, so they did pessary ....did nothing. Then drip. Drip got my labour going. I was hooked up to the drip but I asked for no internal exams, no big lights, don't offer pain relief, active birth. I got everything I asked for.
I asked for gas and air around 2.5hours in, prior to that point I was bouncing on a ball and using DH as a pillar I felt safe and secure holding on to him. He didn't do anything as I don't like to be touched when labouring but I held on to him. Once I was using gas I was on the bed but on all 4's kind of using the head rest thing as my support.
It was more painful and intense than beans spontaneous labour but that's due to your bodies natural pain relievers not having chance to be released apparently. However she was born in 3 hours and I only used gas and air.
I wasn't allowed the pool as I wasn't allowed to get the wires for the drip wet. I had a slight tear that needed stitches and that's when they put the big lights on. The room I was in didn't have anything other than big light so that had to put the lamp thing used for examinations on and turned it upwards as a bit of a uplighter. Overall it was a more positive experience than with bean even though the labour started medically. I felt listened to and in control of my labour.
autumn thank you. That is lovely advice. My friend yesterday was around 6wks when miscarried. Her husband (trying to be positive I think) said "oh well at least we know that I'm fertile" which she was really upset about, she said she felt that he just thought she'd come on her period late but because she had experienced the fatigue and the positive pregnancy test it had sunk in completely with her. She doesn't seem to be that bothered about my pregnancy as we would have been 8months apart, but I just don't know what to say as no matter what I say or do she is still going to be hurting.
I've worked today 😪 but only 2 more working weeks to go 😊👍🏼
I have really cramps back ache this evening and cannot get comfy. Watching moana with the littles .... it's amazing!