January 18 #7 The one with all the arrivals

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New thread with space for babies!

Arrivals lounge
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Waiting Room
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@Chocolateshortcake – EDD 10th January TWINS!!!
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@ForumUsername that certainly sounds promising!

Keep us posted!

I would really like things to start the way nature intended... to a point, and then take assistance once I'm overdue etc.

Xx

41wks tomorrow. Wasn't prepared for how frustrating going beyond 40wks could be!
I have a sweep booked for tomorrow. Still undecided about whether to have it done. I haven't had any early signs e.g. no show, just mild cramping the past few evenings that last about an hour and then stop.
Would it make sense to get the midwife to assess cervix anyway to see if favourable? Her attitude towards a sweep is that it doesn't often work for a first-time mum, but better to try something in case it works, than to do nothing and require an induction/change to consultant-led care next week.

Never heard of a sweep being dependent on previous birth. Last time I had one at 41 weeks and she said I was quite dilated and baby would be along soon! Went for a walk that evening then went into labour at 2am!

Sweeps help if you're already on the way I think but are just a bit uncomfortable if you're not.

(In other words, I'd go for it ilikeeyes)

If midwife offers a sweep can you ask to be examined first to see if cervix is actually open? I've heard from a lot of people if cervix is closed it is pointless having one and just irritates/hurts you.

If midwife examined me and found my cervix was closed could I just tell her to stop and not bother with it?

As far as I'm aware it's not possible to do a sweep if the cervix is closed. Unfortunately in order to determine if it's open or not they need to examine you. I'm one of those people that find them painful whether or not I'm dilated or not. When I was getting my waters broken at the weekend I had to use gas & air or I would never have been able to stand it. I think most people only find them painful if their cervix is closed. Otherwise just uncomfortable. You should be able to ask them to stop at any point during the examination. I was always told to say stop if I wanted them to.

I'm the same as stylishduck and I was dilated. I was pleasantly surprised this time as although it wasn't fun,it wasn't as bad as I had built it up from memory of one in my previous pregnancy. And that's coming from someone who would have gas and air for a sweep if i could!
My midwife was good Gemco and I did get her to stop at one point but actually it was manageable.
Yy to g and a for waters stylishduck I think that's very normal!I had it for having the pessary at my induction last time!

I had my first sweep yesterday, and tbh it was nothing like as bad as I thought it would be, but I suspect that was because my cervix is still fairly closed, apparently according to my notes it only admitted the fingertip and nothing at all has happened since. So, back to waiting.

Hi Katmarie we spoke on another thread -glad it wasn't too bad. My pain started around 5 or 6 hours after I think but was definitely worsened by sex. Not sure that was a good thing really though as it didn't come to much in the end and no baby!

Sorry am on the wrong thread! This is the one I spoke to you on! I've got a revolting thread going about the aftermath of my sweep

@Mortigua I'll have to check out your other thread! It's been nearly 24 hours now, so I'm pretty sure I'm in the 'not working' camp for first sweeps. I'm booked in again for next Wednesday. The joy...

I think I am in the not working camp too despite feeling hopeful both last night and the one before. I've got another on Saturday if they have space to see me. Trying to accept whatever comes now and stop obsessing but it's so hard !

so I went in for my induction on Friday 12th for acute polyhydramnios. Couldn’t have propess until 8pm due to tightenings 6-7:10 and being prev CS. Had propess at 8pm with a bishop score of 5 and was contracting all night from 9pm, had pethidine at 4am which helped for an hour. Things settled down a bit then propess fell out at 8.40am on Saturday morning. Examined and waters broken at 10.30am. By 12.30 I was contracting like the clappers and in agony, cervix 3cm Dilated and thinning out. Had epidural at 1.30pm and at 2.30pm was 4cm dilated, thin cervix, head coming down. At 6.30pm cervix 9cm. Epidural worked but the pressure after 50mins from a top up was agony and had me screaming. At 9pm I was fully dilated and started pushing at 11.10pm. By 11.40 the pressure was so painful, and at 00.30 I requested the doctor to come and pull him out. Lots of shouting, screaming, tears, epidural top ups and examinations and the doctor was about to pull him out. 01.02am head visible and 01.07 I pushed my boy out. Then went on to hose 2.1L and have a 3rd degree tear. 4 units of blood later, lots of drugs and I made it.

Zachary was born weighing 4.5kg/10lb.

OMG @Mummyme87 what an ordeal that sounds!

Congratulations though! Zachary is gorgeous. I hope you're recovering ok

Oh Ladies, I would like to reply to every single of you! You have posted so many things since I last was here.
However Im just going to post a quick update: Im 40wks+5d, booked induction for 41+6 (Im trying to hold on and wait for a natural start for as long as baby girl is well). And will try a sweep 41+5...
Im actually enjoying my time now as my diary is free, and I can do so many things, sleep, and go through baby clothes much more thoroughly.
Pelvic Girdle pain (PGP) is managed by an osteopath - Im happy bunny. She helped me so much! I could barely get out of bed and reach toilet, and now Im enjoying little walks to get milk to the shop, and even a swim in the pool! PGP is still there but its nothing compare to the previous pain.
My DP booked a week off work next week, and is more anxious than me about baby being late :)
Good luck everyone!

@Mummyme87 congrats!!
Thanks for sharing the details! My baby girl is going to be rather big - I just have to get ready for anything. Your post helps a lot!
Your baby is lovely!

@Mummyme87 thanks again re encouraging colostrum harvesting. First 3 days were very uncomfortable, and almost nothing was happening, then on the 4th something like a breakthrough happened - and even if its a small amount - it is double than those 3 first days. Will see what happens on the 5th :)
Im also secretly hoping this harvesting (and other things like pineapple, Raspberry leaf tea, dates, walks) will help to start labour without the need of induction next week :)

@Millsbynight - how are you doing?

Hi Everyone! I hope you're all doing well, whether you are still waiting or if you're little ones have arrived already?

I just wondered if anyone had found any reasonable nursing tops/dresses? I'm getting sick of just wearing shirts!

Owltrousers or anyone who knows about Bishops score, do you know how to convert the head station into 5ths palpable ? My baby has been 1/5 palpable ( so 4/5 engaged ) since 34 weeks.

Argh sorry wrong thread again !

Hi guys, I haven't been on for a week or so as baby Oliver arrived last Saturday night. Here's my birth story:

Back in mid December I had my first false labour - loads of BH and the odd proper contraction along with shooting pains down my legs and unbearable SPD/PGP. Went to bed hoping to get some sleep and see what happened. They changed to the real thing and got to about every 10 mins but after a few hours I felt baby wriggle and literally pull up out of my hips and the whole thing stopped, pains and all!



The same thing happened a few more times over Christmas, each time more intense.


At 41+1 I had a sweep, was already 3cm dilated and effaced to about 1.5cm. That evening the contractions started again and went on until the pain in my pelvis was so bad I had to crawl up the stairs to bed.

I headed in to hospital the next day (last Thursday) to try and get someone to work out why I was ending up in so much pain as the midwife said it just didn't make sense to be unable to walk at that point in labour. As the baby was clearly active and seemed fine, sadly I would say I was fobbed off a bit as they put it all down the normal PGP pain and gave me some painkillers!


After a few more false starts, on the day of his birth, the Midwife came to visit and admitted she was a bit worried as to why things weren't progressing. She did another internal and this time oliver's head was wedged with all his weight against my pubic bone in what she thought might be brow presentation but I was a good 4cm and head very low (only about 1cm from vagina entrance let alone the cervix!!). She had a little go at nudging him by getting a finger between head and bone (ouch) but didn't want to accidentally break my waters.

Being only a couple of days away from 42 week scan and consultant appointment I made a new birth plan to ask for them to confirm baby's position however they could and if still wedged then I wanted an elective c section. However if position was more favourable I was still hoping to do it naturally at home rather than being induced.

I went for a bath as the pain in my hips was so bad, then just lay on the sofa hoping for movement, Pelvis, leg "spikes" and lower back pain just got worse and worse with me in tears thinking I was going to end up at the hospital but my hubby forced me to call the midwife back as one way or another something was very wrong. (He thought it was probably next stage contractions).

Midwife arrived and actually agreed withe me that they didn't seem like contractions, but she checked his position again and not only had he turned but he'd gone fully straight in perfect birthing position & I was 5cm dilated!

Due to the pain and the fact that I was already half way there I got into the birthing pool in the hope it might relax me and bring real contractions on, so in I went and immediately wanted to push! In my mind I didn't feel ready so was holding back for about 3 contractions to be honest but by the 3rd/4th I couldn't do anything but go with it.

First half of the next contraction and his head was out followed almost immediately with the rest of him shooting out in his sac under the water towards the midwife. I've never felt so odd afterwards - Just total shock that it was already over in such a short time! Second stage of labour noted as being just 11 minutes. (I'd argue the first stage was probably a month 😉)

The only annoying thing was that the placenta took another 45 mins as I suspect my body was as shocked as me!

Blimey purplepoppyseed that's quite something! The body is a very strange thing. Glad all turned out ok and you have your lovely baby - congratulations!

@ndo4000 - I am still waiting for my baby girl to arrive but as I am trying to harvest some of the colostrum, I am using nursing kind of tops.
Have you heard of Bravissimo? I shop there for my bras, and just recently I did get couple of tunic type of tops and wrap dresses with a V shape neck - it works perfectly as nursing tops. One top I got there was only 7GBP - Im very happy with the purchase.
I did shop at Amazon Warehouse as well - 2 nice tops from there for a fraction of the price.

@PurplePoppySeed - wow ! quite a story! Congratulations, and thank you for sharing.
How is SPD/PGP now? I also did have those BH and shooting pain down both legs and unbearable SPD/PGP recently - but put it all down to my slipped disc and SPD/PGP combination. Your story gives me hope for things to be actually moving towards the birth, I am so hoping to avoid induction next week!