The March-ers 2019 - #10 More Babies

[Angelmiracle]

Thread 10 Mamas- let's hope there's LOTS of birth announcements on this one!!
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Link for Postnatal thread for anyone ready to join

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/3522550-The-March-ers-2019-Baby-Talk-1

@AssumeItWasSomethingClever congratulations! Sorry the last part was probably very stressful, hope you're doing well now.

@Jenlou1992 Best of luck for today, baby will be here soon

Congratulations @assumeitwassomething clever! And good luck @jenlou1992 - your beautiful baby will be in your arms soon

I had my little boy at lunchtime today, weighing 8IB exactly and nowhere near the ten pound prediction. Post caesarean pain is not great right now and my husband is leaving soon to take care of toddler. I'm dreading this night as I'm scared they won't help me feed and change him enough. They seem very busy.

@Dalesgirl16 congratulations on your new baby boy 💙 Make sure to press your button and ask them that's what they are there for especially post section. Hope the pain eases soon.

@jenlou1993 hope it all went well or goes well 😊 will be worth it once baby is on your arms.

@dalesgirl16 congratulations 😍 guessing you'd had growth scans saying to expect a big baby? Hope you're enjoying lots of snuggles with your new boy 💕

Congratulations @Dalesgirl16

Congratulations @Dalesgirl16 - hope you are getting some rest and the pain is easing

We're still in hospital after birth on Tuesday due to baby having undiagnosed infection. He's on antibiotics and doing well.

Does anyone know how much help hospital expect to provide to mum overnight? I had failed forceps/cup delivery ending up in emergency section. Partner is here during the day from about 9am-10pm but I feel like at night time I'm always pressing my buzzer asking for things. I can't pick him up on my own/change his bum/prepare his formula in kitchen. I'm 3 days post section and feel like I'm doing so shit and getting on the staffs last nerve! Am I asking too much from them?

Congratulations on any new babies! Keep going and you'll soon be on the way to those still waiting. X

@caseofellen sorry to hear your baby isn't well!! With helping, I'd imagine it very much depends on the trust and how busy they are etc but where I had mine, it didn't feel like anything was too much trouble and they were encouring you to press your buzzer and also took the babies off for a couple of hours if you just needed to sleep and they were causing you too much grief in the night. I get the impression from reading things on here that that's fairly rare and it seems like most places are as you've described, particularly if they're short staffed ... But ultimately if you don't ask then you don't get, and the worst they can do is say no (which theyre clearly not going to do) so it sounds like you just have to continue being assertive when your partner isn't there in order to get them to do things. It doesn't sound like a good system as there will be people who are more condition with asking for thjngs who get more help even if there are others who need it more, but I suppose in many ways that is life and it sounds like you are getting your needs met even if you feel like you're annoying them!

@Dalesgirl16 congratulations!

@CaseofEllen sorry to hear baby isn't well, hope he's on the mend soon.

No idea how much care you should get overnight but I would imagine that if you can't do things for yourself, the midwives would expect to be helping out. Hope youve both had a good night

@CaseofEllen I was only in for one night after my C section but as i had a catheter in had to buzz for everything, including picking baby up and putting him down again. I was just smiley and apologetic and nobody seemed to mind. I bet they don't mind about you either - your guilt about it is probably just telling you that they do. Xx

Hope baby is better soon @caseofEllen.

Is there a particular reason you can't get up to do the things? You may want to mention that to staff, as these days on post section you'd usually be home.
My neighbour in hospital this time had an emergency section but was up and walking up and down to NICU on day 2. Do get yourself checked out if you don't feel right.

@CaseofEllen I was v anxious about this last night as they seemed reluctant to even say they'd help me. They passed him to me maybe once last night and then I was on my own in agony. I made them take catheter out so I could at least move. It was a horrible night as baby needed me every two hours and I'm in great pain today. Just want to get out of here now as my husband has to leave at 5pm to collect toddler and can't stay overnight. See no reason to be here as it would make me ill. It was so noisy too. Think I got one hours sleep!

Can I ask all those who had caesareans what painkillers they were given? I've been given cohydramol which I'm finding ineffective. I think I will call my GP on Monday and ask for co-codamol?

@Dalesgirl16 I had one half-dose of oramorph in hospital the morning after the section to give me the courage to go to the loo. I also had two doses of something that might have been cohydramol. Other than that it was just paracetamol and ibuprofen. I took them until day 10 and then stopped as I wasn't actually in pain anywhere other than my boobs. If you are in bad pain definitely speak to HCP about it.

Really? I'm in bad pain when I try to move at all! I did have one dose of oramorph. I'm home now but want to call GP and ask for something better than cohydramol on Monday,

Congratulations @dalesgirl16 - hope you can get a handle on the pain soon bless you. Defo don’t suffer in silence - would you the maternity ward be able to help you out with some pain relief if you rang them?

Congratulations @caseofellen - hope you and your baby get to go home soon!

Just wanted to check in to say I am thinking of those waiting for their lovely babies to arrive.

@Sictransitgloria thanks for thinking of us 😀 It feels like baby could stay inside forever 😄

@Dalesgirl16 I was given a shot of liquid morphine after the op and then just paracetamol from then onwards. I got two tablets twice a day when I was in hospital. (Was only in there a day) now I'm home, I could really do with more pain relief as I'm struggling to be honest. I'm taking paracetamol and ibuprofen together every 4 hours.

@angelmiracle it won't, baby will be here before you know it...although most likely as soon as your sister has stepped back on that plane!!

@Dalesgirl16 yes really but I think I was perhaps quite lucky with both c sections in terms of pain? The worst pain I felt from it was stinging in my scar after I showered for the first few days. I was extremely careful not to use my tummy muscles to do anything and am only just now starting tp use them a bit when sitting up, so maybe that helped me in not experiencing pain? I certainly felt breathless after exertion - I always needed to take a couple of minutes between sitting up and standing - and found that I couldn't project my voice after I had exerted myself, but it didn't hurt. Definitely ring someone for advice. It might be totally normal but I'm sure the maternity ward will be able to offer advice.

@AssumeItWasSomethingClever split your pain relief! You can take 8 paracetamol in 24 hours (you are taking too many if you are doing every 4 hours round the clock) so take 2 every six hours. Then also take 2 ibuprofen every 6 hours, but stagger it so it's midway between your paracetamol doses. That way you are getting pain relief every 3 hours. That is what the hospital advised me and I found it worked really well. @Dalesgirl16 perhaps this would help you too if you are not already doing it?

@cardboard33 Yes I can see that happening!!

Had a lot of pressure for most of the night and was waiting for cramps to start. DH headed to work this morning and I asked him to keep his mobile on him at all times.

However up with DS for breakfast this morning and all has calmed down

@angelmiracle hope things start for you soon. I was awake most of the night with what I think is early labour contractions - mostly in my back and pain around the lower bump, sometimes whole bump. Maybe 30-40 seconds about every 20 mins. Just got up for tea/toast and they’ve slowed a bit ... not sure if this is it or not? No bloody show or waters yet, though I think I did lose some mucus plug over the last week.

Hope those of you who are waiting get some progress today.

@Nightmanagerfan sounds promising 🤞especially if you're feeling it in the bump? The pressure/pain I have feels like it's the cervix doing something maybe baby's head?!

I noticed pad I'm wearing is saturated so now I'm not sure what it's from definitely doesn't smell like urine. Should I put on a maternity pad rather than wearing Always if it needs checking?? I know some people have mentioned watery cervical discharge maybe it's that from the sweep.