Due Dec 08 - Christmas inductions ... The Holly and The I.V.

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Here I have done it!!!!!

Just need more babies now!!!!!

oh Katie are you ok, and more importantly is your dog ok?

katie my goodness. What a traumatic day for you. It sounded so scary. Glad all ok for now - and you are just right to be at home rather than parents evenings. Take it easy, you poor thing.

ZJ thanks for the kind words. Glad you are getting to relax a bit on ML now. Don't worry - I am sure I will still be waiting for my baby well after Xmas eve and you will be all done and dusted!! But my word - do I feel odd. Baby feels down round my knees - never had this before. can't understand how I will feel like this for an other 4 weeks (at least?!). Maybe this is just what your body feels like third time around when your pelvic floor is wrecked and the baby is back to back.

DH has gone out for a posh meal tonight with work. But his mobile died - so he emailed me the restuarant no. and the mobiles of other people he is with. Part of me would love to call the restaurant and give him a heart attack - and then ask him something like what time is he coming home

Thanks for your concern Veggie! The dog is fine. DH has taken him for a walk to his favourite place - the pub (actually both of their favourite place ) to make it up to him.

Morning,

Gosh I decide to have an early night and it was really busy. I'll never do that again.

Zoe Thats what we were told at the ante-natal classes I went to when I was expecting DS. You could only ring them if you were within 30 minutes of giving birth or if you could feel the head. But it could have changed by now or different MW's have different ideas.

I'm not going to go with the home birth. I would feel happier in hospital as DH won't be stressed that something will go wrong. So then I won't be stressed either.

Morning all

Just a quick one. Veggie, I am so sorry for your loss. Hope you and your aunt and uncle are as OK as can be expected. It's such sad news. Take care.

Any more movements etc Kayz? And Lal, I hope you are labouuring at home as I type

My tummy is very sore this morning, esp my navel, and I think I have dropped. Am wearing my joggers as my jeans are too tight round the bum and thighs. Lots of jobs to do today as per usual.

I have taken my rings off too as my fingers look a bit puffy and I don't want to be yanking them later. That makes me an unmarried mother of 3. I can't believe that in 2008 people are so censorious about people having babies out of marriage - how Victorian! I was quite happy not to get married (when pg with DD1) but DH was keen. His mother was so keen she rang me up to harangue me and when that didn't work offered me money! That wasn't why we did it, of couse, but her old fashioned attitude surprised (and annoyed) me.

Yesterday, I had a real treat - I was sent a photo on my phone of Octavia! Needless to say, she is absolutely beautiful. She has huge dark eyes and a dusting of brown hair. Lady T sounds much more chipper too, and her pain in more under control. She's no longer off her tits on morphine - hurrah! SHe thinks she might be out on Sunday. I'll keep you posted if I hear from her today.

Must dash - love to all.

Still having back pains and loose bowels. I feel quite sick this morning but that could be the 2 bowls of porridge. It was so nice I had to have another bowl.[greedy smiley]

Chutney I got the piccie too. She is a doll isn't she. Lovely to see some of the thread babies in the flesh. You get to hold yours on Monday, you lucky thing! Hope nothing happens before 8 am monday. Looking forward to your tips on managing 3!! ps; mailed you re contacts no.s

Lal thinking of you honey - and that perhaps you have had/are having your homebirth right now.

Kayz go with what feels right for your birth. If you would be stressed at home b/c of DH's worries, hospital is the place for you and I am sure you will have a great birth there too.

Exciting news Lal I hope your homebirth is going to plan.

Sorry to hear about your cousin Veggie.

Re sanitary pads I would just like to add that my hospital midwife recommended the Tesco value ones last time. If you aren't using the pads specifically for maternity use be aware that some like Always have a coating on them which can irritate healing stitches. But of course none of us are going to have any of those!!!

Re Vit K: excellent summary Invisible. My midwife did say that the oral vit K doesn't taste nice so you have to balance a one-off injection when baby doesn't know what is going on anyway with the ongoing difficulty of trying to get yucky drops down your baby for several months. Also at the hospital here, if your baby goes into the neonatal unit, babies are given the injection as a matter of course which is what happened with my DD last time. I have decided to go with the injection again this time as my baby is likely to be very big and therefore not have an easy birth.

I've been off the thread for a couple of days (shifting furniture and tidying) so apols for not respondong to everyone

PD: My urine test for Strp B cam back -ve but the GP then did a vaginal swab which was +ve. So you might want to ask for the swab as well. The no urine testing thing sounds very weird, the community midwives (at the GPs) test mine when I remember to bring a sample along, just for sugar and protein I think. Mind you I haven;t managed to get a mw appt for next visit as they are fully booked so not sure when I can discuss my birth plan, which I need to write bearing in mind the Strep B result and antibiotics issues. Ia also arrived at the hospital pretty late on with DS, 5 cam dilated and he was born 3 hours later, so need to think about turning up a bit earlier this time (if they don't send me home).

Veggie: so sorry to hear about your cousin

Lal: any more news?

Seems like we're all suffering from aches and pains and hormones - had a bit of a weep at some ungodly hour yesterday morning for no reason at all!

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I hope so Cat. As long as he is here by the 8th I'll be happy. But the sooner the better really.

hello everyone!
no entertaining dreams last night i'm afraid, due mainly to the fact that I only slept between 4 and 6am! I spent hours with period pains which I think I imagined were worse than they really were, and then my mind just wouldn't switch off because I was thinking about labour and birth and sorting out dd1 and whether the people who've offered to have her would really want me ringing at 2am! Finally zonked about 4am then woke up at 6 with no pains. Lots of tightenings though so maybe BHs?

Well I saw the reg this morning - everything is going so well with my urine and BP - they want to see me next week and probably do a stretch and sweep (they don't want me to go over due as I'm hoping for VBAC)...Probably should have asked the doc but WHAT IS A STRETCH AND SWEEP?!!! I am seeing images of chimney sweeps and brushes and it's not good!

It's a while since I saw Arti on here - any news on her?

Trace: I thin they stretch your cervix and membranes in the hope of starting things off - haven;t had it myself, supposed to be uncomfortable but not overly so.

Cat - interesting what you say about you and DH having different attitudes to things...as my last birth was emcs we had made no plans or decisions about anything and it all just 'happened'...this time we've got time but seem to be avoiding all decisions! He seems completely unaware that we have choices in things (vit K, pain relief options, cord cutting...) and thinks we will just do as we're told like last time! I guess we're both quite chilled and open to doing 'whatever it takes' but I'd like him to at least acknowledge he has a part to play...but I guess we don't know what it will be! waffle waffle - sorry! I also think that sometimes you have to let something go if it's a major issue to your other half - Kayz I'd be doing the same as you re home birth in your situation, just because at this point, keeping the peace and supporting each other seems more important to me than taking a stand - but I know that I'm a feeble can't-stand-confrontation person so that's not the case for everyone! After his mega reaction against reusable nappies I've decided to leave it for now and see what happens...I'm a bit tired and emotional to try to resolve it so we'll maybe tackle it again after the birth.

aw...I felt sorry for the guinea pigs as it's so frosty this morning so have brought them in and they've fallen asleep on the settee...how cute!

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Trace That is something we agreed on straight away. We used disposables with DS and we both thought it would be cheaper and better to use reusable nappies.
I have told him that if when we have number 3 I will be having a homebirth. He has a good 3/4 years to research it then.

Oooooh I have found somewhere for us to have a York meet up. Apparently there is a new club where there are men giving lap dances!!!!

sounds more entertaining than B+Q!!!!

Yeah I wonder if we get free lap dances if we go into labour there.

I can not stop eating this morning. I have had loads to eat. I wonder if that is a sign of impending labour?

mornin all i'm off to my course today, so will just pop in before i get ready to go. Taking DS with me today as DH has loads of work to do, and has a sports massage appointment this afternoon. DS is not happy about this wants to stay with dad.

Chutney OMG at your MIL, how bizarre, what difference does it make. I love being married to my DH but a little part of me wishes we had waited to have children first as i would have loved them to have been there. hey but did you take the money???

Kayz homebirth is something to think about for next time. I didnt do it first time because i just didnt have the confidence but after the great experience we had a the birth center we decided we didnt want it any other way this. It sounds like your hospital maternity is quite midwife led anyway so that is a good thing. DH and i had a chat last night about what would happen if we disagreed on an aspect of this birth and it was difficult as we didnt, but the one thing we initially disagreed on was using an independant midwife, i wanted to try the NHS and he wanted the IMW, he let it be as i seemed so sure it would be alright but in the end he was in the right about that one.

Cat- it's not good to get too hung up on things but i think it is good to read up and be prepared. Also i think we are in a unique position that it is hard for the DH/P's to understand in that these babies safety all and basically getting them out all comes down to us. Its hard and quite scary. But luckily we can do it ad i guess it is also hard for them as the ones that usually protect us to watch us go through it.

Cat - they woke up with sound of the camera but have put an awake picture on my profile!!!They were dd's 4th birthday present but I seem to be the main care-giver!!!!

Kayz i wouldn't even have a lap for them to dance on right now.

oooohhh and sorry Kayz for assuming you should have a 3rd when you may not want to.

Awwwww Trace they are gorgeous.

I am tempted to get myself DS a rabbit for Xmas. Might have to talk to DH about it.

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