Where's the April thread gone??

[Rtuff]

Can someone put a link to it for some reason i cannot find it!!

I have mentioned it before but was wondering if anyone else has a breech baby at the moment. Mine was at my last appt.

Hi Misty,
Mine is head down and apparently is highly unlikely to change from there, so no help I'm afraid.
I haven't looked at the site, but I think there is a website called Spinning Babies which gives you excercises to do to try and turn the baby. Might be worth a shot?? Sorry, I don't know anything much about breech presentation.

I did have a breech presentation with my dd which they did do an ECV for and that was successful so if this one stays the same hopefully I'll be able to have that done again with success.

I did read about some exercises to do but you have to stay in uncomfortable positions for quite a while and do it a few times a day.

One other suggestion was to visualise it I don't think that will work somehow

Mistymoo I'm oblique breech at the moment and I'm a bit stressed about it because they usually admit you at 37 weeks. Seeing consultant at 36 weeks and will be pushing for csection at 38 weeks. They normally schedule csections at 39 weeks but I had ds1 at 37 weeks and he was fine. I can't spend two weeks in hospital prior to the section as it will be a nightmare trying to arrange for someone to look after ds1.

I don't think this baby will budge as it has been in this position for a long time. Ds1 was also breech throughout the pregnancy.

thedollshouse I hope things work out for you. I am just 33 weeks today and can feel the baby trying to move but am not sure how it's doing. If the MW is still unsure at my 35 wk appt she is going to send me for a scan.

I'm half hoping to have a scan as I only had a 12 wk one (that's all they do in Highland except for complications. It would be nice to see the baby but it would mean it's not in a good position so I don't really want that

Wizbit & Rtuff - I've never been able to aim into a sample bottle, even when I've got no bump (end up with wee all over my hands!) I have a designated plastic jug that I wee into then transfer correct amount into sample bottle. The downside of this is that DS must have seen me doing it once recently, as when he's in the bath he now tries to wee into the jug I use for rinsing his hair !

Hi chatty ladies

I also have a bigger pot that I used for opks and hpts and now for urine samples - much easier, especially now.

Rtuff Very that you have a definite end in sight and can count down the days. I've had lots of cramps and pressure but apparently not uncommon for this to last for 4 weeks or more!

Mistymoo and Thedollshouse My MW said that they could try to turn the baby via a scan and a muscle relaxer at 38 weeks. (She thought mine was breech 2 weeks ago but seems fine now) Apparently headstands in deep water swimming front crawl and spending lots of time on all fours can help too. Good luck.

I'm 37 weeks today so keep telling myself in 5 weeks I should be a mum of 2. In some ways it doesn't seem real yet...

Dwayne i have the fear too but I'm in the middle of making up a labour CD in the vain hope that will help

Mistymoo my baby was breech up until 31 or 32 weeks, i tried the ironing board technique and i also do yoga and told to go on all fours bum in the air and lean on your elbows and some how, maybe coincidence (sp) but baby tuff has turned and is now 3/5 engaged all within a few weeks, so i'd say it's definitely worth a try! DS1 was breech the whole way through and didn't turn (to my and the midwife's suprise when i was in labour)!

Okay so i missed the common sense of using a jug too! Sounds all sooo much more simple now!

Hi ladies

It's been a while since I checked in. Hope all you breech babies turn - my baby was breech untill 31/32 weeks (lke Rtuff) but has since turned head down although not engaged yet!

And I have also been given an 'end-date' with an induction scheduled for March 29. I can't believe it. That will be 39 weeks, and I'll be surprised if I make it to then as DD came at 38 with waters breaking in bed! Crazily, I'm still working full-time but it is getting tougher. I plan to end in a couple of weeks. But we've got two sets of builders in the house, so it is almost more relaxing to be at work than at home. But should all be done in the next two weeks and I'm just praying he stays in until then.

I'm starting to feel quite nervous about the birth. I didn't have such a wonderful experience with my DD (epidural didn't work and some other problems I won't scare first-timers with). I'm hoping that the elusive 'easier' second birth comes for me.

hello ladies,

Just checking in to see how everyone is getting on, I'm good and mini-hoops is well and truly head down and ready to go, had a scan on monday to check position and just to have a growth scan, little dude is weighing in at 5lbs 11ozs and looking good, manaaged to see his little face on screen and could make out a chubby cheek and nose

Can't believe I'm nearly 36 weeks, we might have some little babies soon.....wonder who will be the first to pop?

rtuff am loving your new thread title, you have my vote!!

On a bad note, just went to the dentist and nearly fainted in his chair, it was then I realised why I can't lie on my back for any lenght of time, he had to sit me back up quickly!! Still feel a bit woozy now.....

Is anyone else's bump starting to drop? Mine has dropped quite a lot in the last 3 weeks and I am starting to get a lot of stabby pains in the foof area

Anyway am going to have a lie down....hope everyone is feeling fab and no-one is feeling too nervous aout up and coming d-days

Looks like you win the thread title naming this time as well Rtuff, would you like the role of official thread-entitler forever?! Good on you!

Neeko, Dwayne, yes I took have THE FEAR big time. SO many anxieties swimming around my head. Not helped currently by the fact that i appear to have flu (or a very bad cold with added exhaustion, shakes, shivers, hot and cold sweats and constant aches & pains) which isn't helping much. At the moment my mum has DS1 for the day to give me time to sleep (aka mess about on MN) but I panic when I think "what will I do if I'm ill with a toddler and a newborn, and Mum's on holiday?!" Aargh!!

I'm not sure which way up little one is, but I'm doing a bit of time on all fours in the evening, spreadeagled over a birthing ball, which I hope will help. Am 34.4 weeks now and haven't seen a midwife for a month, so when I go next week it'll be nice to find out which way he's lying. I hope he's head down - it feels like it.

Hoops my bump has also dropped quite a bit, and I've been having lots of pressure, grumbly period-type-pains and stabbing pains in the doofer-region, so part of me is expecting to go into labour imminently, while the other part is thinking "hmm, I do seem to recall people saying this can go on for weeks..." I have got my hospital bag in the boot of the car now, though, just to be on the safe side!!

Despite the fear, I'd almost quite like it over and done with as soon as possible really. It's knackering isn't it, this last month or so? Nature's way of making labour & birth look appealing, presumably...

Its getting exciting!!!

Hello all,
Yep another one here with stabbing pains in the foof region, think he's trying to headbutt his way out .
Had my midwife home visit yesterday, she is very positive about everything and assures that the second birth will be much quicker and easier than my first was. And so as not to scare first timers, my first was only bad because DD had gone back to back and put her head in a funny place. Everyone else I knew having first babies when I did seemed to have very straightforward labours, with only one or two exceptions.
I caught sight of myself side-on and naked in the mirror at the weekend and burst out laughing because I just look like someone's sellotaped an enormous lump of plasticine to my tummy. It looks so odd. We've only got one mirror that you can see more than your face in, so I hadn't really seen what I look like and it was quite a surprise, my bump looks very different from the side than it does looking down on it!

My, um, foof is in OK shape (for now). The constant period-type pains and occasional painful contractions in the evening are grinding me down a bit though. I have 8 weeks of this to go. Seven if I'm being hopeful. I had my first 4 weeks early but I don't think that'll happen again.

And ladies, I won't even mention piles. Suffice to say Nobby from Viz magazine springs to mind. I've been like this post birth before, never pre-birth!

Moan over!

Joining Mumsnet for the first time - just read from the side lines with my 1st pregnancy. 32 weeks with second, would love to share the next 8 weeks. Where do I find how to speak the speak? (DS, DH etc.)Look forward to chatting

Hi all.
Dwayne Not sharing my playlist as none of you will ever speak to me again. Let's just say it's very ecclectic and DH wrinkled jis nose at it, but since I'll be the one having contractions he can stuff it

LOL at those of you who never thought of weeing into a jug but also kudps to you for managing with a sample bottle for so long.

I'm also having lots of stabbing pains, braxton hicks and pressure down below but have read that this is common in the MONTH leading up to the birth of the 2nd and subsequent ones

I had a huge burst of energy earlier and did some heavy duty cleaning plus checked and packed the hospital bags again. I know I have far too much stuff but I'm scared to take any out in case I don't have enough IYKWIM.

Anyone watch "One Born" last night? I want a birth like that woman on her 5th. Think she only pushed twice!

What're you all planning for the birth. I have my TENS machine and have been using my Natal hypnotherapy cd and birthing ball. I'm hoping tp deliver in the pool this time and manage on gas and air (but am open to more pain relief, if necessary)

Boodstress Welcome! Click on Acronyms (above in blue writing) and just ask about any we've made up!

Thanks Neeko! If 'Foof' is what I think it is then I have been having alot of stabbing pains there.. its seems so early and my bump has dropped too, it feels like its hanging on for dear life at this stage.

Hi Boodstress - pop up to the top of the thread and click on acronyms - that should clue you up. Don't feel you have to use them though - I would never refer to my husband as dear husband in real life, so I don't do it here!

You should copy and paste the list of names as well, adding yourself in.