Due April 2009 - Chapter 27: Waters Have Broooooken.............Like First Stage Laboooour

[SmuttyNuttyTaff]

Here we go again, may we birth more babies on this thread!!

Ohhhhh we're on our way to birthing day!!!!

The baby list...
12 Feb: Skiingone: MARIANNA 4lb 4oz
20 Feb: Glaskham: RUBY MARIE 4lb 3oz
04 Mar: Barbarella: ESTELLA, ROSANNA, OTIS
05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Babypringle: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
28 Mar: Claireykitten: VIOLET ROSE 7lbs 9oz
29 Mar: WhatFreshHell: BABY FRESHHELL 10lb 5.5oz
31 Mar: Mumblemum: ORSON XERXES

Still yet to hatch...

30 Mar : BabyBolat: 1st timer
01 Apr : Rachelinscotland: DD 3 years, and DS 2 years in March
01 Apr : Juwesm: 1st timer
01 Apr : Chickenbalti: DS 4 years DD 17 months
02 Apr : BoffinMum: BOY! dd(21) ds(10) ds(7)
02 Apr : MathsMummy27: GIRL! DD 3 years
03 Apr : purlease: 1 m/c, 1 DD 3 years
03 Apr : Kalikaroo: SURPRISE! (28), 1st timer, lives in Scandinavia (but too shy to say where!)
04 Apr : Bleuravin
04 Apr : Bumpalump
06 Apr : ToastnHoney: first timer
06 Apr : Mummyontherun: DD 22 months
06 Apr : pintofstella: DS 5.7
08 Apr : LuLuBai: 1 DD born 02 Apr 07
09 Apr : Oddeyes (30): GIRL! DS 17 mths, 1 mc. London
09 Apr : Minush
10 Apr : hopeful1
10 Apr : mrsfossil: 1 DS 6.5
11 Apr : Bubbaluv: 1 DS 1yo
11 Apr : SpringySunshine: BOY! 1st timer.
12 Apr : Brettgirl, 1st timer
13 Apr : Dungungirl(30): BOY! 1 m/c, DS 4 years
14 Apr : AuldAlliance: DS3.8 BOY!
14 Apr : Woody2shoes: Second DS
15 Apr : electra
15 Apr : Sarahmum: DS 10yrs
16 Apr : tristaleejac(25): 1 ds, 3 years
17 Apr : Surprisenumber3(32): DS1 9 DSS 9 DS2 5 GIRL!
18 Apr : gingersarah: 1st baby
18 Apr : Lauren61
18 Apr : salbysea: (28) 1st timer
19 Apr : Kittycatisgettingfat (29) 1st timer
21 Apr : B52s: DS will be 2 and a quarter
21 Apr : Staryeyed
21 Apr : Schulte
22 Apr : PuzzleRocks: DD 22mths GIRL!
22 Apr : soon2befamilyof4 DD 13 months.
23 Apr : FatandFedup DC3
24 Apr : conkertree (27): DS 17 months
24 Apr : Bronze (Gawain) - 4th DC
24 Apr : Frekkles
25 Apr : Swaliswan: DD 17 months
27 Apr : Bicnod
27 Apr : Carameli
27 Apr : ilovesummer 3rd dc
27 Apr : purplemonkeydishwasher DS 3yo
30 Apr : Nutty Taff (27) DD nearly 5 GIRL!

Fab baby pix, WFH. Have cheered me up no end.

WFH - oooohhhh how gorgeous!! what a cutie!!

ooh, hadn't realised there were so many of us planning a homebirth! OK, not millions, but nice to see there are a few!

still no sign of anything happening! And it's such a beautiful summer like day - warm, sunny and absolutely lovely alllll day! Would be perfect to have a baby today - and not feel like it's the middle of winter (which it did last week!). Been washing & hanging out clothes on the line and cleaning, dusting, hoovering the downstairs. Seems the nice weather gives one energy for cleaning house! But I'm a bit zapped of energy now...and don't feel like cooking dinner. However, my 2 toddlers (and possibly husband too! ) will be wanting some food, so better go get on with it!

Just marking for later - we're buying walls...

WFH he is adorable!!!

Ooh, WFH he's gorgeous.

Just got in to find an answerphone message from MW saying that I not only have staphylococcus but also gardnerella, so she's sending me a prescription and "if we treat it before the birth, things will be fine."
Have gone into panic mode now!

Internet searchs reveal contradictory things about risks during PG/childbirth. Typical and not v reassuring.

BB - BACK AWAY FROM THE DIY, YOU LOON!!!

Boffin - well done for the walks and good luck with your dh WRT the AP xx

Rachel - yay for the spring cleaning

Auld - big ((hugs)) xx

Auld - what on earth are staphylococcus and gardnerella? I am sure here they don't even test for these things?

Schulte - Gardnerella

Schulte, staphylococcus is a bacteria, which causes things like food poisoning and takes various forms. MRSA is one evil form...

Garnerella is a bacteria that is present in the vagina, and causes infection and problems if there is an imbalance (notably during PG or if the woman is tired).

In France they do a swab at your MW appt one month before the due date, and run a whole battery of checks. This is what mine turned up.

Staphylococcus possibly a version of TSS toxic shock syndrome

I have absolutely no symptoms, BTW (the sites I've checked all say gardnerella is associated with a smell of rotten fish: I have not been wandering around for weeks stinking of putrid fish).

Gosh how come they don't test for that stuff here?

Auld - that would only be if its really bad though i would guess, and not noticeable if you haven't been getting discharge etc, the swabs get taken quite high up too

You must be right, Nutty.
Don't know why they don't test in the UK for these things: maybe because most people get symptoms and consult? France is very keen on blanket tests.
I wish I'd been in when the MW called, as I have no idea of the risks and have read some scary stuff online. On top of everything else I've been stressing about over the last few weeks, I'm not feeling confident enough to deal with anything more...

Auld - it does say that metronidazole would clear it up and my doctor was going to give it to me for something or other so should be safe in pregnancy though not sure, do feel free to check xx

thats for the gardenella and the other looks like its just penecillin to clear it up, so you should be ok, try not to worry

Have read; will catch up in a bit.

Just wanted to say that baby WFH is gorgeous. I'm now pointedly sighing at my bump, but he's being a typical boy & not getting the hint. I particularly like the third picture - a classic case of grumpy old man

The pessaries the MW has given me are called Colposeptine, which is Chlorquinaldol and oestrogen as far as I can tell. That's for the staph. aureus.
She said she's sending me a prescription for sachets for both me and DH for the gardnerella, and I don't know what's in them. The prescription probably won't get here tomorrow, and I don't want to spend days fretting about what germs are attacking my fanjo.
I'll try and call her tomorrow, but she's very hard to get hold of.

Auld, it sounds like one of those things where a little knowledge is almost a dangerous thing to me. If you had been over here there you never would have known and probably been fine. As it happens some simple antibiotics are likely to do the job anyway, and the mw sounds quite reassuring. And you need never smell of fish again.

Auld I don;t know how you cope with all this in another language! No medical expertise to offer, but a cup of (RL) tea instead.

AH WFH what a gorgeous boy!!! He's perfect... well done to you both!

I often wonder that about Auld. It always feels brave enough getting my car fixed in German. I can't imagine giving birth and dealing with all this stuff in another language as well.

I am not competing on the other thread as I am still too frazzled after the day's traumas. So you'll have to poke each others' eyes out without me for once.

Nutty, how are you doing back and SPD wise at the moment? Has the rest helped at all?

oi Kitty share that smoothie...

Pineapple and semen smoothie???

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm like a twister