Due November 2008 - hang on a minute, that's NEXT MONTH! Yikes!

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Not that it'll even BE November by the time we run out of space on this thread...

Shame about the curry, rutho. I think I know the monkey you mean.. v.cute.

I think the avocado thing is definitely an iron thing for me. I have also eaten nearly two bags of satsumas in as many days.

Misdee good luck and hope everything is ok

Obs no wonder your DH is stressed and got upset - it must have been very very scary for him - see it hasn't affected your Scrabble ability though - a 78 point word fgs

Saurus sorry your curry tasted funny - I guess the sooner we all get our bodies back the better eh?

Had a lovely meal out tonight - although a bit disappointed that my boss couldn't be bothered to come. But anyway, had 3 courses and am now officially stuffed and have an unqunechable thirst but don't want to drink too much otherwise will be on the loo all night!!

hello there oh MN ones.
Ceebee glad you enjoyed your meal out. Was this your "going on MAT leave" meal? Good girl going 3 courses - a girl after my own heart .
Obs good luck tomorrow at Kings. Hope you aren't too stressed and that your DH is OK now.
Rutho - what a bummer the curry tasted pants. It's funny what being PG does to your taste buds.
We went for a Pizza tonight - American Hot - yum! Still tastes good to me!
P.S. Have been taking RL tablets for 2 days. Have period like cramps - is this normal?
P.S. Dog has been sick multiple times tonight - including by my French teacher's feet during my recital of Les Trois Mousquetaires. He didn't find it tres amusant.

Well, I am on early this evening, trying to shift my body clock so that I can get to sleep before 2 am!
Don't suppose late night sessions on here help matters

It is so exciting to here about people who may or may not be going into labour and getting to meet their babies!
i keep reading into everything and then having to go off to check when people are due. ruth I was convinced you were nearly there with all your cleaning of sofa covers! I thought she is nesting and no question, baby is coming soon! But you are nearly a month off.

There has been so much chat today and I really must start to take notes cos I can never remember anyo of it when it comes to adding my bit.

vit K, I am just going to take it, I am afriad i just blindly trust them. If i am told it is good for my baby, baby will prob get it. i do remember, slightly looking into it last time, and deciding ok, so will just go with it again.
placenta injection thingy I got it last time and I got a retained placenta (had to go in after about 8 weeks when bleeding still hadn't stopped, to get it all removed). So I told them that whichever one I got last time, I didn't want that one this time. How gennd (sp???) up am I? um, not very.
But one of the consultants told me that there was every possibility that my retained placenta had more to do with my bicornate (again, sp??) uterus than anything else, which makes sense. So every possibility that it will retain again, but this time they are not going to send me home until they have scanned me to make sure there is nothing left behind. So I may get my natural birth but could still be thrown into theatre, a day or so later, for a clear out anyway.
Ah well, they can put me to sleep for that and I will gladly accept the rest
I am a bit frightened of that mashooheesive needle for, an epidural, myself. Much happier with the old mask.
'We are just going to let you breathe some nice air now, missy'
'Ya, right! I know what that stuff is', thinks I and boom, I was out!
Fabo stuff!

So thats me, frightened of being induced cos I hear it hurts more and frightened to get an epidural cos the sitting still whilst being jabbed with haauge needles scare the bejesus out of me.
Then I don't want the pethedine cos it will knock poor LO out. DD was knackered enough with a completely natural, though drawn out, birth.

So I am with merry, in a dream and not really thinking about the realities of anything, be it C section or labour itself, except the moment they give me my LO (or in merrys case LO's)

Quick update on my kitchen. It seems that we have bits missing Though it could just as easily be that DH can't find them, he is such a clutter!
We had a week to do the stock check but, you guessed it, that was the week I was in hospital and flying around the country! So now we prob haven't a leg to stand on for getting the correct parts.
But I am hoping I can just sit tight here at my parents and leave it to FIL to chase.
Not holding my breath though.
Although my mum is really good at that kind of stuff, maybe I can delegtate it to her?

Oh god
that was a mega post! I had no idea! I just hit send without even checking, bet there are loads of mistakes too!

am back .everything ok. off to bed now so will update tomorrow.

Good Luck to you all, btw.

How exciting gatecrashing an ante-natal thread!

glad all ok misdee

missy, I have bicornuate uterus, too. I'll discuss it with my consultant on wed. Obviously I've never had a 'normal' 3rd stage as both c-sections so it's an unknown for me (another one!!) I do feel like a first timer with this whole labour thing, having not got past 1st stage with DS.

Shame about your kitchen- v.frustrating!

c section qu. how do they get the placenta out? i had syntocin last time to get my contractions stronger to get ds out so obv it was already there to get placenta out. does placenta come out 'vaginally' with a cs?

afaik, it all comes out of the sunroof MerryM

I assume they use the same drug to make it come away from the wall of the uterus, and hat this is administered via the drip you have in, and then it's just lifted out. You know I didn't consider that at all.

Maybe one of the lovely doulas on here will know the answer to that one.

The vaginal bleeding after a section isn't as bad after the first day or two, and isn;t as clotty, probably because they clean a lot out via suction before you are stitched up.

It's done surgically, not sure if you need any medication to assist with the process, but it's very quick. My third stage was about 3 minutes with DD! Your placenta(s) will be removed then obviously they will stitch you back up- it doesn't take too long but it seems like an age.

You will I hope be able to snuggle the babies a bit after they have been checked whilst all this is going on then prolly DH will help get them cleaned up and dressed.

I think they must give you the morphine immediatley after because I can't remember going from theatre to recovery room either time, (bit hazy) but DH then appeared both times with baby all dressesd and swaddled and paediatrician helped me latch them on for a feed.

I sympathise with Missy, the worst bit for me is having the spinal- I don't like it at all, but really it's all so calm and the surgical team both times were very kind and reassuring.

My advice would be to make sure you and DH ask about all this, so you know exactly what to expect. Even with my emcs , DH and I were kept very fully informed about what was going to happen etc. and it made it a lot easier.

HTH

glad all is OK misdee and I hope you can get some rest tonight.

I'm not tired now after my mammoth nap, and poor DH is still doing housework!

lol I took so long to write that, cross posts with Daisy

As a p.s. ..during the boring bit, whilst they stitch you up, don't look up at the light fitting- it's very highly polished! I saw a bit more than I wanted last time, lol. Though maybe you would be interested.. DH peeked over the curtain which I find a bit yuck!

I remember moving onto the bed from the operating table and thinking I was going to fall off pinkee. With DD anyway; DSs birth is a bit of a blur at the end.

Getting the spinal in was definately the worst bit as you are so aware of it; unlike when in labour with DS when I was in so much pain that it just kind of got lost in the mix!

I found it really hard to relax and they had made DH sit at the other end of the room so he couldn't even talk to me. The theatre staff were brilliant though and try to keep you talking and preoccupied throughout.

I saw more than I wanted to as well and it made me feel really ill; the anaesthetist was lovely though and did his best to distract me. I also had a conversation with the OB about maths tutoring for his son who was going to be doing his GCSEs the following year and about doing a tummy tuck whilst he was at it, but he said I might prefer a plastic surgeon for that! Very bizarre.

I also remember being desperate to get a hold of DD who was being cuddled by DH whilst I was being stitched up.

there are photos of it all on my FB profile merryM I think!

I think I was a bit fuzzy at that point.
I remember thinking the MW in recovery was writing in the most enormous ledger, absolutely massive, and I was chatting away to her about how big it was etc. She was really lovely and humoured me throughout, but obviously I was a bit off it on the morphine.
I am a bit sensnitve to morphine and anaesthetics, though, the tend to have quite a strong effect, I know this isn't the case for everyone.

there's only one of the three of us that the anesthetist took. I'll upload the others tomorrow for you to have a wee look ....if I can find the leads for my camera that is!

lol daisy surreal conversations during surgery. They must hear all sorts of stuff.

That's a good idea. The one of me with DS is very funny. I'm blinking, but it makes me look half asleep and DS is all shiny like a perky new pin looking straight at the camera with a slightly suprised look on his face.

Morning all. Insomnia strikes due to dog vomiting again in the night. DH was particularly useless and told me "just leave it til the morning". If he'd actually seen the vom he might have responded differently.
Interesting reading about your experiences of CS Pinky and Lacks.
Missygoo hope you get the missing parts to your new kitchen. It's always the way that you don't realise there's a bit missing til it's too damn late! Maybe you can milk the pregnancy card and hope the supplier has a heart....?
I've now got a feeling I might start a little earlier than my EDD, and DH is not going to have finished his work. He's self-employed which is normally great from a flexibility point of view, but he's right in the middle of the biggest job of his life, and he can't just handover to someone else. Hmm - my Mum is on standby just in case.
I'm now playing Scrabble with a random person in Peru....

Margot, what's up with the 'real' MM? Can't just have been the holly tablets surely. Hope your baby hangs on for dh, will probably be middle of night so I'm sure he will be around! Then Mums are better at the 'looking after' bit anyway. What makes you feel like you're going to 'go' early?

Thanks pinky and lacks for the 'real' info. It's a lot better than what you read on the websites!!! I got quite high on both my epidurals last time so no doubt this time too. I went really hyper and couldn't stop talking and laughing! It was great. But as you say, in the middle of contractions you don't feel the epidural at all, dreading it a bit this time. I am hoping that in my drug induced clarity I will have name inspiration! Just like those arty people.

I read up the NICE guidelines for caesareans. I don't think the hospital have followed any so far for the information stage (I have actually had no info other than 1 A4 leaflet). As long as the surgical stuff is correct. At least it will be the consultant (the one who always tells me I am not going to 'make it' to the relevant date) who will do the op as it is scheduled and not an emergency.

Dh went to work at 6am today as it is his last day for a while. He is going to be exhautsed tomorrow.

I am 37 weeks today! Full term, hurrah! I made it.

Wow Merry ongratulations you have done so well and it will all be over tommorow. Good luck!
Another piece of advice re C sections is that it is worth checking hospital policy on DVT, some hospitals ask you to wear surgical stockings and some use a contraption called flowtrons which are like long socks that inflate and deflate to stop blood clots forming. My hosp used these but no-one told me they were on so when the feeling started coming back into my legs it felt like they were tightening and it freaked me out big time. I do actually remember syaing over and over - 'what is wrong with my legs'
Obs good luck today.
Missy hope you get the kitchen sorted.
Misdee glad you are OK.
Monkey hope the real MM is ok soon.
I went to see my great niece last night, she is so tiny and so cute I could have just kept her! Good news too - or slightly beter anyway, Daddy is going on November 4th for around 6 weeks so my niece has time to get her head round it bless her.He might even be home for christmas!
Hope everyone is OK today.x

Morning all

Merry congratulations on getting to 37 weeks - I bet you thought it would never happen....now tis time for the babies to arrive - yeah!! Do you know, I never thought about how they removed the placenta either - it was just done and I was stitched up and given DS. Have you got your theatre music sorted? Sad as it is, I am thinking of Michael Buble as it is nice, gentle, relaxing music that both me and DH can listen to - listen to me, I haven't even got agreement for a elcs yet and I am deciding on my music .

Monkey poor dog, it must be more than the tablets surely? I hope she (or he) picks up again soon as I am sure you don't really want to be cleaning up vomit at the moment. I bet you are also wiping the floor with the Peruvian at Scrabble aswell aren't you??

Right, DH is being all pathetic today and making me run around after him as he is still poorly - just what I booked the day off for but I am going out for lunch with some colleagues so at least I get a break from the sighing, huffing etc etc

Will now go and update Scrabble

MerryM - Well done you for making it this far!! I can't believe that tomorrow you are going to meet your babies!! That is so exciting!
ceebee LOL at your choosing your music despite CS not yet confirmed. Tee hee. Hope you enjoy your lunch out. Hold on - dinner last night, lunch today - have you got a secret fancy man? C'mon, admit it!!!
Lady good news for your niece - well, better than him going away today at least. Fingers crossed he's home for xmas.
Thanks all for kind wishes to the real MM. I thought I'd done a good job of clearing up last night, but had to have another bash this morning. Me feels our carpets might need professionally cleaning anyhow after the home birth!!