Due May 2020 (7)

[sao81]

Continued from thread 6!

Moonstone12 congratulations- she’s beautiful.

Anyone else getting impatient now? I’m not even due yet ha ha

@Moonstone12😻fabulous many congratulationsxxx beautiful baby and birth story x rest up with your lovely family x

Hi everyone hope all is well! I haven’t posted in a while but been catching up on everything. Lovely to see the new arrivals 🥰
I think I had my bloody show this morning so packing my bag just in case 😬 38+6 today xx

Hi ladies, yesterday morning I had our perfect baby boy Oliver James weighing a diddy 6lb 7oz. He's just the cutest little dot ever. He decided he wanted to come early and arrived 16 days before his due date!

His actual birth was fine, I went into the birthing centre at 2cm dilated and progressed to 8cm in 3 hours on just 2 paracetamol!!!! Felt like a right hero. Suddenly had an urge to push thought I needed a poo but no I needed to have a baby! We got back in the water but needed to be assessed again and within a minute of being assessed I was pushing and there he was. He was a surprise gender and my husband is speechless he's a boy as he was adamant we were having a girl. I could not love him more.

Sadly I did have a really nasty 3rd degree tear and had to be blue lightened to hospital shortly after Oliver's birth. He and his daddy had to follow on after us. I lost 2L of blood, half of the blood in my body... it all got very scary at one point. I'm now recovering on a ward with my son but not my husband and my iron levels are so low I pass out as soon as I stand so I've got to have a blood transfusion today. I was meant to be out today but I'm not going to be. I'll be honest I'm feeling so overwhelmed and low without my husband next to me to help me get through all this but it's been nice to bond with him. I just want to get well so I can actually pick him up. At the moment the midwives have to pass him to me. My milk has also stopped today because my iron is so low, so that's not helping my mental health. It's all a bit much but worth it for this gorgeous boy. Hopefully I will be reunited with my little family soon 💙

Beautiful baby boy MrsF! Congratulations😍 Hope you recover quickly x

Wow @mrsf1204 what a quick labour. Sorry to hear you've had some troubles afterwards but you're in the best place. I can understand how you're feeling re no husband with you but you will be ok and you can do this. Get well ASAP please.

Ps your boy is just beautiful! ❤️

Huge congratulations @mrsf1204 hoping you’re on the mend after the transfusion and can get home as soon as poss xxx

Oh @mrsf1204 I've been thinking about you since your last post! Congratulations on beautiful Oliver! He looks so comfy and cute and perfect 😍 Wishing you a healthy recovery after your trauma ❤️

@mrsf1204 congratulations! I’m so sorry the birth didn’t turn out the way you wanted but at least you are both safe in the hands of the hospital. Hope you are back home soon to be a family again 💕

@mrsf1204 your a trooper he's gorgeous and I'm so glad you are recovering now! that must have been so scary for you all. Take care and can't wait to hear of you getting home xx

Congratulations to all the new babies - they're coming fast now !

Me & Margot had our day 5 check up today, we're both doing okay, I'm still sore but they said that's to do with how she was born, Margot is down to 6lb7oz now, she's so teeny ! My last baby - her big brother - was 9lb14iz born !

How are all the new mummy's doing ?

Hang on in there all the mummy's to be - it won't be much longer ! Enjoy having a bump, I miss mine so much - and enjoy not having milk boobs coming in yet - they hurt !

@mrsf1204 Congrats and I know how you feel! I am high risk as I had a 3rd degree tear wish my first 7 years ago and lost 1.5 litres of blood. It took me a good while to feel normal so don't rush yourself.

@itsybitsya so glad you and Margot are doing well :) it's crazy how much you miss the bump isn't it 🙈

Can I just ask, what's the difference between a 3rd degree tear and a cut? I had to have a cut due to forceps last time and stitches (I don't know the technical name) and the consultant said I'll likely tear due to the scar from last time 😬😬😬😬

@mrsf1204 congrats on your new arrival! Sounds like such a quick delivery! Must be difficult without the support of your husband but You are in the best place - they will look after you

@mrsf1204 congratulations he is so cute and you sound like a warrior! Wishing you a quick recovery

@november90 The cut I believe is on the outside to help get the baby out without tearing naturally. A clean cut is meant to heal faster than a tear. (someone correct me if I am wrong as I haven't has what)

The tear I had was internal from either his finger nail or the skin not being able to stretch enough, so tore.

@mrsf1204 he's gorgeous, congratulations! I had a similar experience with blood loss, I had two transfusions in the end. Kept blacking out and had to have the midwives feed and change him for me for the first 24 hours. When I finally got in the shower the midwife told me to pull the cord when I was ready to get out but as I leant forward to pull it I blacked out and hit the deck. I woke up butt naked, in a wheel chair, dripping wet, surrounded by about 3 midwives. So scary but you will feel much more human after a transfusion. Keep taking the iron tablets and any pain relief you're allowed too. My milk took 6 days to come in but I was always going to bottle feed so can't help there. It will take a while to feel properly normal again but hang in there, soon it will be a distant memory. Soak up that gorgeous boy 💙

Back at hospital today due to reduced movement and paims, turns out baby has gone from being fully engaged 4 days ago to footling breech 😩 my head is all over the place, they have no elective section dates available, was supposed to be getting induced on 13th May but that's probably out the window now. Terrified to try ECV due to.anterior placenta, feel like I have no control over my birth now

Oh @sao81 I'm so sorry about your news! I can't even imagine how stressed you are! What is with all these last minute turners on this chat!!! What options have they given you? I know it probably feels unlikely but he could still turn! He's must've just done it so it could happen again!! Did the midwives say he was engaged or was it from a scan?
I had a scan at 36 weeks which was head down but I'm really not convinced. My midwife felt my tummy last week and said he was 1/5 engaged but didn't sound massively confident about his positioning! 😩

I really hope you're ok lovely xxx

Also it's such a shame that Mumsnet doesn't have baby birth clubs like other foroums I've used in the past, I'll miss this little chat when our little ones are here!

@sao81 that sounds so stressful! Can you go to another hospital which does have section dates available? Like november90 said - the baby may turn again the right way!

@sao81 oh! Try not to worry. As mentioned, can they offer you a date at another hospital within the same NHS Trust? Surely they can't just leave it at that?
What other options have they given you?
I know what you mean re ECV - I've been reading a fair bit this weekend and can understand your concerns.
Maybe try looking at the spinning babies website and seeing baby goes back to head down?

@november90 @CharlieB93 @123pandy
he was transverse at 32 weeks, head down 33 weeks, 1/5 engaged 2 weeks ago and still head down on a scan last week - so head down she struggled with head measurements! He was really active yesterday you could see my stomach rolling as he moved, that must be why 😥 the midwives were all shocked he had moved! They've said to go for another scan on Wednesday and make a plan from there, theres a chance he could be classed as unstable lie but they need me to be 37 weeks to decide next steps apparently? The hospital is only 10 minutes away, and as its the womens I feel really safe there re covid as they only really have patients there for labour/antenatal, I'm just upset that I thought I'd have the baby in 10 days time and that might not happen now. Worrying over a possible emergency section too if I go into labour earlier, I need a gin 😩

Oh @sao81 I so understand your worries. As you know, this one was breach right up until 36 weeks and as I said earlier I'm not massively convinced he hasn't moved into the breach position again. I keep getting a massive lump at the top which I was told is the bottom but the movement feel odd for a bottom of that makes sense 🙈 It's the unknown isn't it which is hard to deal with. I miss the midwife drop in clinics where you can just air these concerns out/get checked without needing an app etc. So hopefully you should know more on Wednesday did you say? How do you feel about a c section? How many weeks are you now?