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Due Sept 08: The one where we pack our bags and write our birth plan.

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mamamufin · 28/06/2008 10:03

I thought I would be brave

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becaroo · 04/07/2008 12:53

I think can be a good idea to do one second time round as at least you have some idea whats going to happen and what you do want and what you REALLY dont want....In my experieince they dont even ask to see birth plans anyway (I think most midwives/drs are quite contemptuous of them tbh)

My dh knows what I want and what I dont want so they can harrass him

I have forgotten sunshine - are you planning a homebirth this time round or am I getting you mixed up with someone else???

biglips · 04/07/2008 12:53

oh and my pelvic joint is loose abit again...best to do them exercises today.

Sunshinemummy · 04/07/2008 12:54

biglips my baby is currently transverse and feels high. I'm constantly getting something poking in my ribs (v. painful) and often feel breathless.

Sunshinemummy · 04/07/2008 12:56

bec am having an elective c-section. Would definitely not be allowed a home birth, although it really isn't for me anyway, but, after last experience, think on balance that c-section is our best option. Obstetrician has been great and talked me through options but left decision totally to me. So different from my sister's experience when she had to fight to be allowed to try VBAC.

biglips · 04/07/2008 12:56

Sunshine - yes, it was the same here as i felt it was on my side that i was getting kicked. Usually by 36 weeks they turn around to get the head engaged.

Sunshinemummy · 04/07/2008 12:57

I have a very wriggly baby this time round. She makes it clear when she's not happy with how I'm sitting or lying, and she knows just where to poke to really hurt me. Do you think this is a sign of things to come?

biglips · 04/07/2008 12:58

Am i the only one that hadnt thought of any names yet!!! i havent even looked in the baby names book but i do like Ethan if its a boy or Ciara if its a girl...but dont know yet...it was the same as with my DD's name as i found it on the last minute as i do love unique names

biglips · 04/07/2008 13:01

mine wriggles between on and off every afternoon and then 7pm till 10pm and then when i wake up to go to the loo, sometimes it wont keeps still!!....also i noticed that everytime i talk...it kicks me...is that the sign to shut me up!!

becaroo · 04/07/2008 13:06

Your last experieince sounds very traumatic sunshine

My sister had an elective cs with her second son due to problems with her first pregnancy and it was fab I was her birth partner and it was all so calm and reassuring....no dramas and she was home in 2 days!

becaroo · 04/07/2008 13:08

...think it is starlight who is planning a home birth.....god, my memory!

becaroo · 04/07/2008 13:10

I like Ethan biglips.....

hopefully · 04/07/2008 13:32

Biglips, we've had a girl's name sorted since about 6 weeks pg, but still haven't got a boys name, and have slightly given up hope! We have a vague shortlist, and I think we'll worry about picking one if it turns out to be a boy...

Sunshinemummy · 04/07/2008 13:48

Mine has a name and has had one since we found out she was a girl (I'm not allowed to say, DP will kill me). Sometimes I go off it a bit though so am worried that, by the time she's here, we won't like it any longer.

That's what happened with DS. He was Felix until the day before he was born and then we suddenly went off it, so he had no name for three days while we came up with the one he has now. It hasn't hurt though as we both love his name.

Sunshinemummy · 04/07/2008 13:51

TBH last experience was more traumatic for DP and he remembers it all - I remember only vague bits of it. But I do know I don't want to go through it again as it was exhausting and I don't want to spend the first few days wiped out because I've spent three days in labour!

imoscarsmum · 04/07/2008 13:57

i booked a facial for me and dp in august as a last treat and forgot my home phone when thy asked - blamed on new house (lie) i know its preggars brain!

Pidge · 04/07/2008 14:19

Quick one from me as I'm supposed to be packing for a weekend's camping in Wales - the weather forecast is terrible: rain, rain and cold! Still, we have no kitchen here, so maybe by comparison a soggy campsite will feel like luxury.

I have no birth plan (homebirth hopefully and I think the midwives know what I want), no bag packed (I know I should in case of a hospital transfer, but I didn't last time and am notoriously disorganised!), no baby names sorted, absolutely no baby kit though I'm sure dd1 and dd2s stuff must be in the loft somewhere!! I need to get myself sorted don't I.

Kasha - your birth story was lovely - I know you'd have preferred him to stay put a bit longer, but it sounds like he is doing absolutely brilliantly. So congratulations and long may he continue to thrive.

hopefully · 04/07/2008 14:39

Ooh, whereabouts in wales are you going? am sure it will be nice whatever - lots of bracing fresh air and... erm... stuff. I love camping, wish I could persuade DP to go again, but he is convinced I will go into labour in the middle of a field if we go.

digitalgirl · 04/07/2008 15:39

kasha thank god you were in hospital, with sneaky contractions like that! what a beautiful birth story, I hope mine goes as smoothly as that. I've been having braxton hicks for weeks now, but baby seems to be wriggling lots so I think we're ok for a bit.

no birth plan here yet although am picking bits and pieces up along the way I suppose I should write them all down to make sure I don't forget anything:

Would like to practise a natural, active birth (but will be open to a mobile epidural if the labour lasts longer than expected and wears me out).
Will take a ball, bucket and my yoga breathing exercises in with me.
Will need to keep to positions that don't aggravate SPD.
Want skin to skin as soon as baby's born, no wiping, and to try and breastfeed straightaway.
Not sure if DH wants to cut the cord or not
Fine for oxytocin to deliver placenta
Fine for Vit K injection

Is that it? Do I need to think of anything else?

bogie · 04/07/2008 16:14

Hi all I have just got back from center parcs and have had a lovley week hope everyones ok just had a quick skim through the posts
kasha congratulations

Pitufina · 04/07/2008 17:25

hopefully - we have the same issue. We decided on a girl name almost immediately but cannot agree on boy names. Any I think of DH doesn't like and vice-versa.

StarlightMcKenzie · 04/07/2008 18:18

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carrieon · 04/07/2008 18:30

Hello everyone, it really is the end of Friday now, and what a great Friday! I am pleased to report that ponymum makes fabulous banana cake (whatever she may say to the contrary, I couldn't detect any burnt bits!) which mamamufin and I thoroughly enjoyed! Anyone else want to join the next Yorks meetup?
Dh and I are off on a date tonight. We 'won' a meal for two at Cafe Rouge at a charity auction a few weeks ago, so tonight feels free although we technically paid for it. Can't wait

notcitrus · 04/07/2008 18:47

It's hard writing a birth plan when you have so little idea of what odd things medics might want to do. My midwives don't do any discussion of birth until the 36-week appt, which seems a bit late (they have noted I'd like the midwife-led unit, when I insisted on asking about it).

I guess mine boils down to "don't touch me or do anything without my explicit consent" - unless a genuine emergency in which case they'd better explain as much as possible to Mr NC, and "gimme my baby the minute it comes out and I'm hanging on to it." Don't trust a hospital not to lose him!
And they'd better let Mr NC or one of his two backup people stay with me at all times, or else. This is my priority and all 3 of them are prepared to politely but firmly refuse to leave me alone, along with citing the DDA as necessary and the costs of a speech-to-text reporter (I suspect the latter will make the hospital very happy to oblige me! )

Physio discharged me today on the grounds that there was nowt else she could do unless I get much worse or much better. Did give me a support belt though, which does make walking less painful although still can't do it for long. I'm supposed to wear it for walking but then not for sitting (it digs in then), which led to my trying to unpeel 3 foot-long bits of velcro under my clothes while on the bus...

Yesterday tried a self-push wheelchair but I don't have the strength for real pavements, so we swapped it for a getting-pushed-only one. Which meant I was then at the mercy of Mr NC to get me home. He only tipped me out once...just can't get the staff nowadays...

lollyheart · 04/07/2008 18:52

Hi all.

mmmmm any banana cake left for me i dont normaly like sponge cakes but i have taken a fancy to them.

Ive changed my boys name again but i no its the one Fraser i love it.

Im not doing a birth plan the only thing i really really want is a water birth im praying it will be free when im in labour.

Im up for a meet up im in basingstoke i dont mind meeting somewhere in the middle. my mum makes great cakes so i will bring a couple with me mmm

StarlightMcKenzie · 04/07/2008 19:10

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