Due October 08 - The Final Countdown!

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Here we go again then ladies....

29th Sept perkypopsy first baby Surprise North Herts (Ware)
29th Sept WombFor1More 2 ds's 1 dd Boy
30th Sept Aubergenie first baby Surprise
30th Sept sambrads 1 ds Girl
1st CantSleepWontSleep 1 dd Boy North Herts
1st accessorizequeen 2 ds's Twins - one of each
1st loulou33 1 ds Surprise Southern Scotland
2nd snowymum first baby Boy Near Oxford
2nd 1sttimer80 first baby Surprise. Hydronephrosis discovered. Extra scan at 28 weeks (7th July) planned. Edgware (Royal Free, Hampstead)
2nd FranMum2B first baby Surprise Kingston
2nd my3honeypies 2 dd's Boy
4th minervaitalica first baby Surprise (unintentionally!)
4th hedgepig 1 ds Surprise
4th pistachio 1 dc Secret
4th annwoo 2 dc Surprise
5th myjobismum 1 ds Surprise Poole, Dorset
5th rosebury 3 ds's 2 dd's Boy Bristol
6th Bethoo 1 ds Girl Salisbury
6th iuseantiageingstuff 2 ds's 1 dd Boy
6th ronshar 2 dd's Surprise (with dangly bits ) West Sussex
6th hoff first baby Boy Spain
7th belgo 2 dd's
8th kookiegoddess first baby Surprise
8th Alexa808 first baby
8th Ksal first baby Surprise Hitchin
10th Lozza70 first baby Surprise NE London (Woodford)
10th emkay 1 dd Surprise West London (Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea)
10th pepperrabbit 2 ds's Surprise
11th staceylouisex first baby Girl
12th milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo 1 dd Boy Salisbury
12th star6 first baby Boy Surbiton
14th tedmundo 1 ds Surprise Bristol (Southmead)
14th twinklytoes 2 dd's Boy
15th mum2jakeyroo 2 ds's Surprise Near Lancaster
16th moodywren 1 dd 2 ds's Boy Lincolnshire (nr Spalding)
16th bigmouthstrikesagain 1 ds 1 dd Girl Mid-Beds
16th WheresTheAuPair 1 ds Boy
19th MrsTittleMouse 1 dd Girl
19th rach010 1 ds Surprise (but dp knows!) Lincolnshire
20th 07mumstheword 1 dd Surprise Bristol
20th AandMsmum 2 dd's Surprise Bristol
20th KnickersOnMaHead 1 dd Boy
20th jenwa 1 dd Girl Worcestershire
20th firsttimer08 first baby Boy. Dilated renal pelvis - rescan at 34 weeks. Greenwich
21st hansnava 1 dd Surprise Luton
21st rowanmac 1 ds Surprise North Scotland
21st caramelbunny 1 dd Surprise Manchester
21st jess1996 first baby Surprise
21st GirlWithTheMouseyHair first baby Surprise (but written down in case of moment of weakness!) SW London (St Thomas)
21st lilbitmum 1 dc
22nd SmudgeyDoodle 1 ds Surprise Newcastle (Gateshead)
22nd wombleprincess 1 dd
23rd Sallypuss first baby Probably girl Herts/Essex border
23rd Emmsy1 3 ds's 1 dd Girl The Wirral
24th sparklesandnowinefor9months 3 ds's 1 dd Surprise
24th Personanna 1 ds Boy Peru
25th Flum 2 dd's 5th June Wiltshire
26th oliviaelanasmum/4andnotout 3 dd's Girl
26th mariekg 3 dc Girl
27th Rhian82 Boy
29th Ekka 1 dd Surprise
30th Jambers99 1 ds Girl NW London (Hillingdon)
?? mybabysinthegarden 1 dd

star no just exercises, had to do gentle ones last time. Will def be doing them again. When I BF last time I did my pelvic floors to keep me awake during the night then progressed to gentle tummy exercises.
Tha maternity pads are usually by the baby items not sanitary towels (well in tescos they are and boots). They are called maternity pads but very heavy (night time) sanitary towels will also do. DH got me some as he searched everywhere for mat pads whilst I was in hosp and had only taken 1 pack and he could not get them from the chemist to got normal ones and they were better than the tescos mat pads.

star no just exercises, had to do gentle ones last time. Will def be doing them again. When I BF last time I did my pelvic floors to keep me awake during the night then progressed to gentle tummy exercises.
Tha maternity pads are usually by the baby items not sanitary towels (well in tescos they are and boots). They are called maternity pads but very heavy (night time) sanitary towels will also do. DH got me some as he searched everywhere for mat pads whilst I was in hosp and had only taken 1 pack and he could not get them from the chemist to got normal ones and they were better than the tescos mat pads.

star no just exercises, had to do gentle ones last time. Will def be doing them again. When I BF last time I did my pelvic floors to keep me awake during the night then progressed to gentle tummy exercises.
Tha maternity pads are usually by the baby items not sanitary towels (well in tescos they are and boots). They are called maternity pads but very heavy (night time) sanitary towels will also do. DH got me some as he searched everywhere for mat pads whilst I was in hosp and had only taken 1 pack and he could not get them from the chemist to got normal ones and they were better than the tescos mat pads.

oh bugger! My computer being slow and keep saying its not working then it sent it 3 times!! Sorry.

How many packs do you need??? I got one pack of night time pads. I'll go back and search baby section... 3 packs - will that last?

mine said unavailable for a bit, too... might be just MN being really busy or having updates or something

Depends on how many in pack! Also some women may bleed longer than others. I would go for at least 3 as then you have enough for hosp and coming home and then DH can go to shop if you need more! Imagine a really really heavy period that lasts a few weeks! Sorry if TMI! Just want to warn you. YOu can then change to panty liners after anyway. (you may want to get some too!)

I know that I dont wear sanitary towels when I have my period so wearing them was strange and I just wanted to keep changing them so they were clean, they do hold quite a bit but just nice to have lots of them.

Don't they stitch you up if you need it? So can you use tampons to prevent the mess?

hello ladies had a bit of disaster last night!!

started feeling really really sick at 9 oclock then was sick evey hour on the hour until 12 . then every 15 mins til 6 this morning my dh was so worried about me and phoned doctor who said it was a bug and let it run its course .
by 6 i was throwing up blood and could hardly breath while i was being sick it was awful and very scary !!
i thought i was going to push the baby out i was retching so badly .

my dh got me to phone the admission unit at 9 this morning and mw said i was on the verge of dhydration but they did not want to admit me as they did not want me bringing the bug to the ward !!

i have still been sick but not as much and have been feeling very sorry for my self all day thankfully dh is off work but he has it to!!!

33 days here to go but i think i could be goiung alot sooner .

sambrads you poor thing!! Drink lots of water and get lots of rest! Sounds awful, I hope you feel better soon.

star they do stitch you if you need it, but everything will be very stretched for a while so no tampons for the after the birth bleeding - also more likely to introduce infection so you have to be careful.
When I had DS1 stupidly it did not occur to me that there were stages of bleeding, so I had mat pads and pantyliners - I had to ring my mum to fetch me some ordinary pads ("always" seemed to be the best) as the mat pads are HUGE and like sitting on a stupid cushion down your pants after a couple of days. I have one pack mat pads and several of the nighttime always long pads for this time.
Such a glamorous topic!

Stitching you up doesn't stop you from bleeding star - they don't actually stitch up your fanjo! Can't use tampons - too much risk of infection, and chances are you'll have some clots which can't be absorbed by one (a few cm in size and looking like a piece of liver is perfectly normal, sorry!).
Great to hear that your scan went well. A slightly small head is no bad thing when it comes to the birth, as that's the hard bit to get out .

Yuk for sickness sambrads - sounds horrid.

GWTMH - I opted for injection for placenta and vit k injection last time, and will be doing the same this time. Last thing I want after labour is to spend another 3 hours trying to deliver the placenta - would much rather spend time with my new baby! DD being given the injection was horrid - hurting my brand new baby - but it was over quickly, and although the risk associated with not having it is small, I prefer no risk to low risk. Oral is just a hassle IMO - hard to force a baby to swallow something just because you want them to.

Well I certainly fancy myself to be one of the first to give birth, given that I'm due on 1st and hospital still say they won't let me go over! Sure someone will be early though, and my money is still on AQ to be first. In fact she's been absent for a while - maybe she's had the twins already .

jenwa - my placenta moved up ages ago thankfully - much earlier than they'd expected. Found out because of having scans every 4 weeks for growth.

On the placenta injection thing - last time they gave me no choice as I was induced/had GD (?). I had had a retained placenta with DS1 so wanted to try delivering it naturally - as in my head the injection contracted my uterus too quickly for the placenta to escape - but when I said this in my birth plan and to the midwife her exact words were "not a chance".
So that was that really, and it did come out on it's own as predicted with DS2, so I'll probably go straight for he injection this time. HTH.

Bugger I had just typed a lovely post and my stupid computer lost the page. Bugger

Star, Great news about baby size. You def dont want a big head.
Post delivery the bleeding is like a period. Can last a couple of weeks. Quite heavy to start with but trails away. Def no tampons due to infection as your cervix is still open.

I had synto for both DD's. It helps to get your placenta out quicker and thus less pain. Also you may not even realise you have been given it. The second midwife will do it just as you deliver baby. You are normally far to busy to notice a small injection in your thigh
When I was working for ambulance service I had to take loads of homebirth women to hospital because up to 5 hours later they were still waiting for placenta to deliver!
Also both DD's had Vit K. I couldnt find a good enough reason not too. I decided to concentrate on the immunisations they get at 2,3,4 months. I think those timings are right. It was 4 years ago. That is enough of a nightmare to think about/go through.

Sambrads I feel for you love. I hope you are managing to keep some fluids down. Down strain too hard though, you dont want to pop baby out too quickly

Thanks.
lovely.
Placenta injection? Do they just inject something into your belly, then? MW never mentioned this.
Wow, hard to believe some people will be delivering in less than a month!!!

Into your thigh star, not your belly. Delivering the placenta is called the 'third stage' of labour, and the drug just helps it to come away more easily.

star - my midwives didn't mention the injection either. got asked just as I was about to push. it goes into your thigh just as baby comes out, you don't tend to feel it.

after dd1 realised there was so much the midwives don't tell you. the other one was giving me choice over feeding. I was attempting to bf dd1 and she wouldn't settle so midwife took her for the night and asked whether I wanted them to give formula via bottle or sugar water via syringe. I didn't know which was best and too tired to even ask their opinion. just told them to get her to settle and sleep!

star sorry logged off last night as computer kept getting frozen and I was tired too! Like everyone has said though about the tampon and stiches thing. Dont worry though, your new baby will keep you busy to allow you not to think about everything that is going on!

Placenta injection is in the top of your leg, not painful after giving birth. I had one as just wanted to get it over and done with as had long labour.

sambrads hope you feel better today.Poor you thats must be awful. Look after yourself if you able!

csws well at least that worry about the placenta has gone then! I will find out in 2 weeks.

star have you thought of joining any parent craft classes, I went to my first yesterday(decided I wanted to meet mums who were due at the same time as me, and wanted to see if things have changed much since my last classes 7 years ago) and MW covered all this is yesterdays session. I had forgotten alot of the stuff that she covered, a lot of the girls there, were going to be 'first time mums' and they asked loads of questions,similar to some of the questions you ask. Next weeks session is about pain relief so I will be going to that one, but not the next one as it's all about BF and medically I can't do that. one of the weeks will be dedicated to 'bathing' the baby and the last week is a talk by the health visitor, who will cover things like 'vaccinations' it's really worth going to these classes if your a first time mum, you get to meet some lovely people and will feel more relaxed about the whole situation. It's just a thought!x

Sambrads You've had such a rough time over the last few days I hope you feel better today.

Reading all about the head sizes, pads, bloods, placentas etc has brought it home to me I've got to go through it again it'll be worth it

I agree with PP that always nighttime pads are better than maternity pads. Maternity pads are like sitting on a soft brick. I used maternity pads in the hospital (because they were free) and switched to nighttime pads when I got home.

You'll need plenty of pads as you'll have to use them before the birth too if your waters go and you don't go straight into hospital.

07mums I know what you mean. I'm planning a homebirth this time round and have been reading some of the homebirth threads.

Last time round I was in tears when I developed complications and had to go into hospital. This time, I starting to wonder if a homebirth is really for me.

sambrads I hope you are feeling better soon. Get your OH to buy lots of rehydation sachets for you. They really do help. I've have developed a medical condition that has meant that I've kept very little food down since July and probably won't until after baby arrives so I know how rough you must be feeling. I take rehydration sachets after each bout of sickness and sip them them between times as well. They stop me getting bad headaches and feeling really shivery

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last night i decided it was about time i put cream on my piles so got the mirror out and was horrified by what i saw! it looks like i have a whole grape stuck to my bottom! and i had to rub the cream in! yuck, just hoping it goes by week 40!
can you casue damage during labour if you have piles? dont want to rupture my bowels or anything.

today i do not feel as exhausted as i have been, condsidering i did not sleep well at all, if it was not weeing every hour it was when i moved my sides hurt. i do wonder if the baby suffers when i do as in tummy pain like stitch.

good news - i got my maternit ygrant through so after mw on monday i am ging to put deposit down for a buggy, it will have to be p&t.