Due April 2009: Episode 17 - We're off of work and ready to push, time for DH's to attend to that bush!!

[BabyBolat]

Inspired by our Smutty x

Where has everyone gone? I wasn't calling you lot twunts

oi mrs come back ere

Um Lulu I don't think there would be 100 women in the entire UK who have eaten their own placenta . I am happy to go with the pseudo science here if this woman was happy to ingest the stuff and felt it worked. I am told she came from a long line of postnatally nutty people.

Bach Rescue Remedy is based on the experiences of one lone fisherman, and I would probably put these two 'cures' in the same category.

I love a good placebo, me.

Lulu, I didn't take it personally because I think it's a bit daft, and I actually sniggered when the mw told me, but then had to calm down when an eyebrow was raised at my inappropriate response.

Boffin - " I am told she came from a long line of postnatally nutty people." may i just stress this has nothing to do with me

Nutty, is that perennial massage oil for a particularly favourite shrub or bush???

BTW I suppose you haven't thought of it like this, but you could actually just give in to fate, and go down the natural delivery/birthing pool route at the appointed time, to save your joints and ladygarden. It means hanging on a bit more, but they are dead right about the recovery period, and if you avoid the epidural etc then you are more likely to avoid forceps/ventouse, which can do even more damage to your hips. So it just means a bit longer in pain before the birth to get better more quickly afterwards. Only a thought, anyway.

I have been told I can have the baby any time from now on if I like (36 weeks), but I have decided to let nature take its course for this exact reason. BTW today I have put myself down to 30mg 4x day of codeine and it has gone surprisingly well, mainly because of the improvement in the glutes.

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Just keep scoffing your placenta casserole, woman!

Nutty, what is your ward like??

Ju - that reminds me of an even more offensive word 'gunt' which apparently describes a gut which hangs down so low as to conceal the, errr....

Aaaaanyway..... swiftly changing the subject to errr... yummy placenta recipes? Anyone?

My mother said that placenta eating was quite fashionable in the hippy trippy 70s. She bailed out on grounds of vegetarianism (which was an acceptable get-out clause to hippy trippy types I believe).

I have to say I cannot imagine anything more disgusting. Mine was vast and hideous.

Hola Nutty, glad you're back! Also good(ish) news about it not being PE for now. I don't know what to advise re. VB / CS - go with your instincts?

I wonder what Barbarelly called her babies? Hopefully she'll feel better soon and we'll hear more details. Fingers crossed.

So had a pretty good day in town - it is a trek though with this pregnant belly and LO sitting on my bladder most of the time but had lunch and then went to see an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Was really good. There were also two mums in there with babies about 4 months old, and they actually managed to keep them quiet! I wouldn't have been able to take DD to a museum sadly as she would have just puked everywhere but if this LO is not sicky then I'll definitely take her places.

Kitty how was the pampering?

My SIL kept her placentas in the freezer for a while until she was ready to bury them in my parent's garden. I wasn't keen when my mum offered me a dish that had been sitting in the freezer next to the placenta...

Schulte I did take pukey DD about with me but was armed with loads of muslins always.

Boffin ROLF lol yup ladybush

the reason i want an epidural is that i cant stand the pain as it is and cant walk so my movement is buggered for any kind of active birth, can you imagine what it would be like at birth? i cant bear to think of it. adding anymore pain would possibly tip me over the edge and with no movement or pain relief either

i dont have much option on the pain relief fromt due to the fact i cant stand gass and air, pethadine i really dont want, so that leaves me with epidural.

i had epidural with dd and managed to push her out on my own, so i feel comfortable with this option, tried and tested if you like and i know that there will be an end to the pain (cant really swig morphine during labour lol) waterbirth is an option but as they said the chances of me getting the 1 pool is slim to none on the day, again no pain relief with waterbirth .

i'm ok to do natural VB,(i dont want induction at all tbh) i do feel like i will be forced to do it anyway, i doubt my pleas for CS will be listened to due to the mutterings of "easy option" etc by the proffessionals

i sound like i do just want the easy way out i suppose, maybe i'm being a bit to posh to push lol but i really dont think my body is up to it this time round. i feel to weak and tired to breath let alone bring a child into the world. i also dont want to be to screwed to look after my baby or for any extra pain during birth to breed resentment iyswim its been traumatic all the way through and i just want my baby coming into the world to be a nice experience.

sorry mammouth explination

fab that you have cut down on the meds and are feeling better i'm really pleased xx

Why did she want to bury them Schulte (if that isn't too intrusive a question)?

Goodness Nutty I would have thought that after the pregnancy you've had you would have been a pretty high-priority candidate for a planned c-section.

Lulu - I think you're required to bury it.

Boffin - ward was ok was shareing with 2 other ante natal ladies, roasing at night and one lady was a right snorer so no sleep. basically got left to my own devices. i didnt really see ant point me being there apart from the regular bp & temp checks. oh and i got put on a monitor twice. but i did get to see a consultant and anethsetist so was worth being there for the 10 minuites it took for them to chat to me this morning.

sorry i sound like a moany old goat lol

My little brother is very fond of the word gunt. I often have to refer to the urban dictionary after conversations with him.
The jammy sod is off to Egypt next week. Boy do I need a holiday soon. 2006 was the last time.

gunt great word, must find a use for it a some point

2006!?

Wow. That's a long stretch. You must be gagging to get away.

Smutty there is always a snorer on a shared hospital ward. Tis the law.

LuLu - lol i thought she was going to suck me in!!

Just be thankful that it was an antenatal ward and not a general medical ward, Nutty. I used to work on a general medical ward and there it is the law that there is always at least one confused old lady who tries to climb into someone else's bed in the middle of the night and does a wee there.