drip drip drop little april baby shower

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hope i got the title right.

does anyone else think maybe rtuff has gone into labour?? her last message said that the baby was 3/5 engaged which isnt supposed to happen in 2nd or more pregnancies until right before labour! hope she's ok.

I am back from the hospital and it was as I suspected a false alarm. I noticed a large wet patch where I was sitting earlier but I have had an internal and it would appear that my waters are intact.

I posted a few weeks ago about the communication difficulties I was having with the Registrar I have been seeing. Hopefully I will be having a VBAC but I did inform the Registrar at both of my appointments that in the event of going over my due date I do not consent to being induced or having my waters broken. At my 36 week appointment I was given an induction date of 22nd April (11 days after my due date) I reminded the doctor that I am not in agreement to be induced and he said if you don't want to be induced we can break your waters I told him for the second time that I do not want my waters broken and that if I get to this date I want an elective csection, he then said that I could have an elective csection on 22nd April. I know that booking a csection is not that simple and I expressed my concerns to my midwife at the time, she was in agreement with me and said that if I go over my due date she will book me in for a section on 22nd April. When I went to the hospital today I saw a lovely midwife who was very surprised to read in my birth plan that I do not consent to being induced and having my waters broken as the Registrar has booked me in for these procedures on 22nd April! So now I have to go back to see the same silly man on Monday to request an elective csection that I have already requested at my 20 and 36 week appointments! The midwife checked the diary and has said that they are fully booked for the next 4 weeks so what do I do?

I could strangle the bloody man I don't know how to make myself more clearer. I am going to write him a letter so that it is on record that I have made this request on three occasions but if they can't fit me in what do I do? I have no confidence in this doctor whatsoever. Hopefully this will all be academic and I will go into labour before then. Fingers crossed.

dollshouse I can't advise anything, but I am so sorry that you are faced with this aggravation so late in your pregnancy. You are absolutely right to send a stiff letter of complaint (I always copy such letters into the press office and threaten to do a sad-face story in the local paper - can resolve problems quite quickly, but that is an aside). Also, remember if you don't consent to induction and ARM they will HAVE to perform a CS.

helenwombat I was induced in Australia (pessary only) and was still allowed to labour in the water. I didn't stay there long because I thought it was slowing me down, but I was certainly allowed in.

thedollshouse dear oh dear . Really hope you get everything sorted OK.

my dd has lost all her plug thats where the water was coming from so they said

Does that mean they think it will be very soon ilovesprouts? I hope everything goes OK for your DD.

So so sorry for you dollshouse, you don't need the stress at the moment. Can you ask to see another doctor? There must be someone more senior who you can explain all this to who can sort it out. Hope you go into labour before then in any case, but as someone else says, they will have to find a space for you to have an elcs if you don't agree to induction, they can't force you.

Dollshouse, ask to see the Consultant, and nobody of a lower grade. Also get in touch with PALS (patient liaison) asap to get their help. They will find space for you if needed as would be deemed an emergency at that stage, but would be better for everyone if things could be planned now.
Good luck...

Thanks for advice everyone. I have asked to see the consultant but they have said she will only see patients with high complications so I am stuck with the Registrar. I intend to send the Consultant a letter by email in advance of the appointment on Monday explaining what has happened and stating that I expect to be given a csection date on Monday within 2 weeks of my due date. The odd thing is when I saw the Registrar a few weeks ago he gave me a form to sign which asked me whether his communication skills were satisfactory or inadequate. It makes me wonder if he is under some sort of performance monitoring scheme.

Home with baby Aurel who arrived on the 7th (a week late!)at 2.32am. He weights 4.1kg (9lbs) and he is gorgeous!!! (OBVIOUSLY!! [WINK])
i had a successful VBAC and im very happy with everything!!
Will post more later!!

Congratulations Tostaky, fabulous news. AND a successful VBAC...thats what I like to hear, I am even more determined now. What a beautiful name as well. Big baby - I am expecting a big un too - I can't wait to heat the full story. Take it as easy as possible.

Meant to say Dollshouse, hope you get the booking sorted, what on earth are they playing at. I can't believe they would book you in for an induction when you had a section last time..is that the drip only? anyway as one of the girls said, nothing happens without your say so. Good luck.

hi its a case of wait and see

Congrats Tostaky - also loving the name! Congrats to Chegirl too and good luck to Dollshouse for getting through to your consultant.

I am home now with baby Isaac who is doing really well. Also a successful VBAC (although he needed forceps to turn him the right way around), and despite some discomfort, I'm delighted with how things went. 5 hours beginning to end which in the end included a 3 hour second stage so it all progressed very quickly. Was having dinner at 7pm on Tuesday night, DH still at work, then at 9pm thought I'd be having a home birth as I was already pushing! Midwife was amazing but as he was facing sideways, he needed a bit of help.

Compared to the 3 day epic marathon birth of DS1 that ended in em c-s, this was easy and I feel so different now, although walking is a little ouch!

Will try to put some pics up in a mo.

DS1 is home tomorrow from Grandparents so looking forward to seeing him and seeing his reaction to his little brother!

April bunnies

Pumagirl - 18th March - Girl - 6lb 9oz
PrincessTweetz - 25th March - Jude - 7lbs
Lineky - 28th March - Hazel
Neeko - 29th March - Hannah - 8lb 15oz
dani87 - 29th March - Girl - 6lb 11oz
ReneRusso - 30th March - Matilda - 8lb
nicnacinoonoo - 1st April - Kacie 6lb 4oz
Hoopsandbaby - 2nd April - Benjamin 7lb 4oz
Snowtiger - 3 April - Wilf
Eastendmummy - 7 April - Issac
Chegirl - 7 April - Rudy
tostaky - 7 April - Aurel - 9lbs
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Rtuff 25 29th March #2 - BOY (brother for DS)
walkingbookworm 30 31st march 2010, #1 - BOY
tCindy 40, 2 April 2010 @10.30am #2 GIRL
spaghettina 34 3rd April 2010 #1 GIRL
thighsofcheddar 35 04 April 2010 #2 GIRL (sister for DD)
thehuntress 36 4th April 2010 #2
DwayneDibbley 30's 4th April 2010 #2 BOY.
Helenwombat, 28, 5th April #1 BOY
mcchesers 34 06 April 2010 #2
weetiger 33 06 April 2010 #2 - BOY (brother for DS)
Charlieandlily 06 April 2010 - GIRL
MissMackenzie 31 06 April 2010 #2
Bettymum 38 07 April 2010 #2 BOY (brother for DD)
Wellieboot 33 08 April 2010 #2 GIRL (sister for DD)
katgod 37 08 April 2010 #3
BelfastBloke, 39 (DW,+me), 9th April 2010 #2 BOY (brother for DD)
Bungo101 35, 10 April 2010 #2 GIRL (sister for DS)
Jennysbean, 31, 10 April 2010 #2
(sister for DS)
thedollshouse 37 11th April 2010 #2 BOY (brother for DS)
Slineky 36 12th April 2010 #1
Bexybear 39 14th April #2
chowmein 32 14th April 2010 #1 GIRL
CinnabarRed 34 14th April 2010 #2 BOY (brother for DS)
Chynah 40, 14 April 2010 @2 GIRL (sister for DS)
Toady 37 17th April 2010 # 4 BOY
Rumpleteaser, 24, 18th April 2010 #1
ThePhantomPlopper 29 18th April 2010 #3 GIRL (sister for DS and DD)
Zeeky, 33 20th April 2010 #2
Mistymoo, 32, 20th April 2010 #3
pillia78 31 21st April #3 BOY (Brother for DS 1 and DS 2)
shelinka, 36, 21st April 2010 #3 GIRL (DSIS for ds and dd)
JPL81 28, 21st April #1
Miceju, 27, 21st April #1 BOY
stinkypinky 40 23rd April 2010 #2
wizbitwaffle 28, 23rd April #1 BOY
flybynight 38 24th April 2010 #4
RLP 37 24th April 2010 #2 BOY
Trying4Baby1 30 25th April 2010 #1
slightlycrumpled 36 25th April 2010 #3
ilovesprout 30th April 2010
Babymonster 29 2nd may 2010 #2 (c section at 39 weeks)
Boodstress,35, 27th April 2010 #2

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Congratulations tostaky fantastic news!

Really great to hear news of all these successful VBAC's, makes me feel a lot more positive.

Eastendmummy well done for such an efficient labour this time, your first mirriors my experience with DS1 so I would be over the moon if I had a similiar scenario. I actually got goose bumps

Congrats Tostaky!
Glad it went so well Eastend.

I have uploaded a pic of Rudy on my profile. Hope it worked.

Congratulations tostaky and eastend! Lovely lovely news!
chegirl I can't see your profile, I want to see baby Rudy! .
No news in the Bettymum house, but at least it means I can sit in the sunshine doing not very much .

Congrats Tosataky and happy you had such a positive birth Eastend.....
I am hoping this weekend brings a small person for me, have been so hot for the last 2 days and really sore back pain last night, contractions still coming and going though....
i feel a bit leaky as well but not sure is that is pelvic floor related or amnio fluid, its just a bit and tbh i dont really want to have to go to be monitored ( did that last time and it was a waste of time) bit more difficult when juggling a toddler as well...
I am ridiculously more laid back about this pregnancy than last time!

xx

Its difficult when it comes to amniotic fluid isn't it Jennysbeann ? I am pretty sure that my waters have partially gone (happened with ds1, there was a tiny pin sized hole that meant that I continued leaking fluid but it was so small you could only see it on the scans) but the internal examination showed that they are still intact so they are treating me as if they have not gone. Huge straw coloured stain on our sheets which is enough to convince me that they are leaking.

I was signed off my midwifes books yesterday, she said she doesn't need to see me until after the baby arrives. Is it normal to be signed off so early? I could go on for another couple of weeks yet and would prefer to continue having my urine sample and blood pressure checked just to make sure all is well and there is no infection, there has been no discussion about sweeps either. I was a bit naughty and I tried to book a follow up appointment via the doctors receptionist and pretended that I didn't know I had been signed off her books but she wouldn't give me one anyway she said you are due on Sunday so there is no need to see the midwife again. I am finding this all very strange.

I was signed off last week as well Dollshouse it is strange but I guess with subsequent pregnancies they are less inclined to monitor you so closely, I did feel a bit abandoned to be honest but I have her number....That is not meant to sound threatening!
If you want your preassuer checked, you should just call up and get it done, I am planning to do that if still intact on Monday.
Will think of you this weekend!! Due tomorrow - come on....
x

Thanks Jennysbean. So it must be standard to sign you off when you get close to your due date. I said to my midwife that I would prefer to stay on her books but she said I could go to the hospital if I needed to, its 15 miles away and I don't have a car so I think if I do need to see someone I will just book an appointment at the GP surgery which is a 2 minute walk away.

Fingers crossed for some more arrivals this weekend. I have to keep reminding ds1 that although the baby is due in 2 days time he may not arrive for a while. He is so excited he is literally climbing the walls!