Due in June.....fill the rest in yourselves if we offend you so much

[hollyandalice]

Happy now???

Glad I'm not the only one annobal !!

Yes bumper, your dh sounds very caring and understanding! My dp would have just gone "Right..."!

I'm quite happy coz dp has gone to get the boys and the eldest isn't coming! He's the one that shouted at me last time and called me a cow! It is so much less stressful when there's only two of them to deal with, so hopefully my weekend should be ok! Hooray!

Can I buy them if I double up on breast pads?

I moved house 2 weeks after dd was born without telling Next where I had moved to and they've not found me yet! Maybe you should move foxy, then you won't have to pay it!

Ooh they look nice!

Trying to get DH to check MN out. Not sure if that is a good idea though. He said he might check it out, but I made him promise not to search on my screen name which he saw from the secret shower gift and card! Don't know why I want him to, don't necessarily want him on my territory (he said he'd stay clear of this antenatal thread - I said he could pop in an introduce himself!) but I jsut want him to be doing some research and stuff, plus I won't feel so guilty about spending all my time on here!

only if you strap maxi-pads across your nipples will they be a good idea

but the dark ones will show up the milky puke more ....

blimey, its a minefield, isn't it???

but what if HE shares the MN addiction???

We were thinking that annobal! Move to Australia and run away from our debts!!

perhaps we could get a job lot sent to Annobel - when are you moving?

Norty Holly! Did you really do that? You felon! I'm too much of a wuss to do things like that - plus I'm a civil servant - sort of instills a sense of civic duty in me!

Hope your weekend goes ok Holly. Good news that the eldest isn't coming. Could this be the start of a habit now he has got a bit older and probably has other stuff he wants to do? Bracing myself in sympathy of impending chaos!

Bumper I know what you mean - I tend to close down the window when I have to pass the laptop over - I do get a bit territorial. Good for research tho...

H&A - do you have DHs children every weekend?

That's what I do in case he sees my last posts! He wouldn't though - he's too worried about what he might read about himself!

LOL H&A and Foxy - next year might be a bit late. I could always buy under my MN name

DH is convinced that the majority of posters on MN are men...

Not sure how that works with the antenatal thread tho

I don't let my dp read mn, not that he really wants to!

Annobal we have the boys every other weekend, though I'm putting my foot down in a few weeks and they are not coming til after the baby is born. I am not going into labour when they're here! Oh the horror at the thought!

Sounds like a very sensible idea - minimise stress wherever possible (DH is downstairs cooking dinner so I can 'rest' )

Good evening everyone.....
Moan alert..............
Just seen my GP this afternoon - armed with my xrays and loads of info re birthing pool hire to take with me to the hospital (hoping she could help me change the 'not allowed to take birthing pool in' policy) and she stopped me in my tracks...
My LO has been transverse pretty much the whole time - and very rarely moves head down. She feels that this may be because my mangled pelvis isn't comfortable for him and it's natures way of protecting me and him.
So.....she has told me to hang fire until 37 weeks to see what position he is in - as she seems to think my chances of having to have an elective c section are very high
Am now shitting myself re - surgery / recovery etc. Plus the fact If that is the case I will be having him aroung 30th May!! FFS! 3 weeks! Fucking fucketty fuck fuck.....

yes, well hopefully this is the start of a new thing, the eldest not joining them. What about the picnic on sunday? TBH I might not make it 'cos DP has informed me he's back at lunchtime on sunday, which is bad because he'll probably be narky and hungover, but good because I might be able to get him to do something at home!

Oh fuckfuckityfuckfuckfuck dkma! That's shit! I hope lo moves round the right way soon. I'm sure you'll be fine if you have a cs, but it would be lovely to have the birth you want! ((HUGS))

Foxy I hope this is the start of him not coming, he makes me feel really uncomfortable TBH as he has made it perfectly clear he doesn't like me! Re. picnic, I can prob still make it, but if you can't that's fine! Dealing with a hungover dp is pretty hard work! Let me know and I'll let you know !

OK DKMA, sweetie, hun, hugs and all that - deep breaths, calm thoughts....

now IMHO GPs are NOT an authority on labour or AN issues, so don't take it as read that you will be having a c-section. OK? Callllmmmm.... perhaps you should speak to your consultant and MW first before you fill with fear. Yes, you may have a c-section, but lots of women do and recover very well and quickly. And an elective one is not as clinical as an emergency one, at least you can be awake and see your baby as soon as s/he's born. So its really not worse case secenario.

Why don't you start a new thread on this? Perhaps lulamama or someone is around, she always has positive things to say and ideas on what to do.

I hope this helps, you must be feeling gutted poor thing.

DNMA - wow, that's deserving of a moan! Don't know what to say to make you feel better. I can understand that you feel upset though.

Firstly though, don't panic, you will be fine whatever happens. Secondly, don't know what the others think but can you get a second opinion? Thirdly, I don't know much about it, but there are things that you/midwife can do to get the baby go head down (i'm sure they try to turn breech babies) can you give those a go?

Oh DKMA - that's definitely deserving of a moan - I'm so sorry. There are lots of things they can do though to turn the baby and definitely get a 2nd opinion. I think there's even yoga positions you can try (Bumper?).

btw I was talking to imw about this today and she was saying that you can try to turn them if they are breech, if not you can deliver naturally a breech baby.

Thanks!
Maybe I was being niave about having a lovely water birth - and that is still the best case senario.
I just haven't allowed myself to face up to the fact that a cs might be needed.
I saw my mw on wednesday and have a list of exercises / positions to help get him head down (am sat on my birthing ball at the mo!) and I can get him to move a bit after really trying - but then after 3/4 mins he goes straight back to his usual wrap around position (am a very strange shape!!) He will soon run out of room to move like this I suppose?
I have 3 weeks to see how he will finish up, but if he is not in the perfect blast off position than a cs would be best option as my pelvis is an unknown entity.
Suppose I am shitting the epidural part of elective cs - I would want a general - I just couldn't cope.
To top it all off - I have black spots in my vision - sign of pre eclampsia, and my BP is a bit high for me (usually 90/50 ish, today 110/65), so GP wants me to go to A&E if black spots get any worse - with a wee sample.

Fucking great!
Fuck it - no point worrying - nothing I can do!
Fucking AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSEEEEEEE.

Thanks for all your support tho. DH thinks it's exciting cos I could be having LO on his birthday!! Yippee!

DKMA you are not being naive at all! Of course you want a lovely natural birth! It can still happen, but if you do have a cs you will still end up with a lovely wonderful bundle of sweet smelling soft skinned yummy baby!