October 2005 (#6)

[Joseyjo]

carry on ladies....

just packed my hospital bag - after a last minute trip to tescos for nappies of all things! I was SO not organised!

moving for us will be fine because the army pack and unpack for us, so ive just got to direct! But yes, we must be MAD!

Know the feeling about just wanting to sleep - I tend to lock myself in the living room with Jess and let her do what she wants while i lay on the sofa!

Well, had an "interesting" morning at preschool with my ds. Was just about to make a sharp exit when all hell broke loose as about half a dozen toddlers realised mummy was gone. Much banging on the door, tantrums and tears. Ended up staying the whole session trying to help out and am now shattered. Tomorrow I must make sure that, if I'm going, I am one of the first out before it all kicks off!

I know exactly what you mean ButtonMoon. The midwife I saw this afternoon suggested a home birth which would be lovely, however one big draw back - no epidural! It's also my fear that I'll hear those horrible words, "but the anaethesist is busy in theatre" or similar. Keep reminding myself I've done it twice without one (but not for want of trying!).

Glad you've sorted out the situation with your brother Moomin. Don't blame you for feeling irritated. I feel irritated if someone so much as looks at me at the moment! I'm up and down all over the place.

BRING ON THE EPIDURAL!

Dont know if i could do a "natural" birth..... pain free is definately the way to go!

HEAR HEAR!!!

I feel like having one right now and I've only got a stitch!

I want one now just to see me through making dinner.

I was watching a 'natural' birth on discovery health this afternoon, and it suddenly makes the c section i might have to have look very appealing indeed.

If I don't need a c section I will def be opting for the epidural this time!

lol morningpaper

the only thing im worried about is getting to the hospital on time - my MW reckons i could end up with a homebirth becasue apparently 15 minutes pushing with jess means this one is likely to be even quicker.... th fact i had been in labout 17 hours didnt seem to matter to her!

I will be off at the first sign of a contraction me thinks and pace the car park!

BUGGER BUGGER AND BLLCKS

I have grade 4 placenta praevia again!
They wanted to admit me today but I howled and they felt sorry for me and I'm allowed to stay at home for the next 2 weeks if I have someone with me at all times that could drive me to hosp if I start bleeding (so my brother has come in handy after all!). I had to have a steroid injection in my bum in case bab comes early, the help her lungs; I've got another one tomorrow. My consultant said I'm not to go to work for my last 2 days as it will mean driving to Brum on my own which is a no-no incase I bleed. Dh is off work tomorrow so he's driving me there so I can pick up my stuff and say goodbye to everyone.

I've got to go for another appt in 2wks and he said he'll admit me then, so I'll have 3 weeks in hosp and the c-section is booked for 10th Oct. If all is well I may be allowed home for weekends [weak smile emoticon]. Bawled my eyes out at the hosp thinking about not seeing dd every night, but as dh said, it's for the best and in the great scheme of things it's not that long....... I spose ....

I just have to take things easy now and hope nothing goes wrong. My brother has freaked out a bit about the responsibility of it all. He wants dh to take him for some dry runs up to the hosp asap! bless....

Now dh and I have to sit down tonight and sort out childcare for when I'm in hosp. I think dd will end up at nanny and grandad's which is the next best thing to home, but I just wanted she and dh to be together for the last few weeks. Oh well....

Bugger and bollocks Moomin. So sorry to hear that and I hope that you won't miss your girl TOO much! What a way to start!! I hope that things work out!! Thinking of you xxx

GROAN... not even 9am and I'm already knackered and wondering how I'm going to cope with dd on my own for two days (DH away with work). Aargh if only you could take maternity leave from your own children...

poor you moomin 3 weeks is quite a long time. When is your actual due date? You'll have to make sure you take loads of nice food, good books and magazines in hospital with you and just try and enjoy the rest (hard I know).

Morningpaper, I wake up every morning wishing there was someone here to take care of dd as I really find it hard to get any energy.

Only 2 days to go to find out if Ruby's still breech and if I need a c section, and if so I should get a date. Dh is adamant she'll turn and I'll have a natural birth, so much so that he's self employed and has booked his diary solid for the rest of the month. I've told him he might have to cancel some jobs, but he won't be told... oh well, we shall see!

Hope everyone else is ok xx

Thanks BBB and mp. I'm trying to be as chipper as I can about it all. With dd's pregnancy it was all a bit of a drama when I was admitted, and it was on our wedding anniversary. I cried for 2 days solid and wouldn't speak to anyone - had the curtains around my bed drawn at all times. I found out later when I was a seasoned inmate and made some friends that they called me Tantrums and Tiaras for the 1st week!! So I'm determined to try and be a bit more grown up about it this time!

It's a new hospital now anyway and wards are 2 or 3 beds at most, all with their own TV (which costs a fortune but I think could be a necessary outlay!) and lots of friends rang last night, very sympathetic and offering books, mags, chocholate truffles and visits to keep me sane.

I'm just about to type up the childcare itiniery for MIL that dh and I sorted last night. I tell you, they wouldn't have any of the problems in New Orleans if I'd been in charge; it's an absolutely military operation.

A big week for us - dd starts pre-school today - dh has just taken her - and it's her 4th birthday on Sat - so I need to concentrate on the positive.

BTW, BBB I love the name Ruby!

(Haven't been around in ages again!)

Oh Moomin, I'd go mad! That's my worst fear... I had a dream about being stuck in hospital for the last month last night actually (weird!) you poor thing, I hope your friends turn up lots with truffles! Your little un'll barely remember you disappearing for a while.. I'd be really upset about it too though - you have a every right to do your Tantrums and Tiaras act again!

I thought I had good reason to be grumpy... and I so don't! Sophia's lovely and cephalic etc etc... but I've got this horrible weird wheeze that starts whenever I get off my ase... I go all clammy and start dripping with sweat and I can't breathe, it's like a panic attack without the panic... very odd, mw thinks I might be getting a chest infection... my urine was full of, well everything nasty you can have too so it's been sent off to the lab and I 'have to rest - lots' because there was protien and sugar.. (diabetes and* pre eclampsia? Lol!!) so I'll have to go back and have myself pricked with horrible needles... wah!

I'm still having my homebirth though dammit

Hope the rest of you guys are all feeling well, and not waddling around like a duck with a pole shoved up it's bum!

Moomin, thanks for saying that about the name we've chosen I've had a lot of people saying they don't really like it (not that we care as me and dh do!) but for you to say that was really nice! Also hope your dd enjoys pre school!

Fastasleep, good to see you back, was wondering where you'd got to. I'm sure all your tests come back ok. I had a few urine infections and stuff when pg with dd but all got cleared up with antibiotics. And I, for one am definately waddling round like a duck with a pole shoved up its bum

Oh Moomin, I'm sorry you're going to have to spend time in hospital. I found it hard enough spending a few days there - that would be me crying solidly too. At least those wards sound a little more civilised. Don't suppose they could arrange internet access for you!?!?

Hope your dd enjoys her pre school and birthday . Bet she can't wait!

Poor you moomin but at least they are taking good care of you. Your db can make you a cup of tea for a change .

I am suffering from insomnia and backache but baby seems to be fine, I can't wait to meet her - six weeks seems ages to me. I am still going for a homebirth, I wouldn't want an epidural unless I was going to have a cs. I don't like needles

I bought myself a rocking nursing chair this afternoon as a treat. And I have hired my mothers help she is doing six weeks starting 24th October. She is 22 and really nice. Ds is going to have his own personal play leader! I hope I don't sound too much as though I am boasting, I do appreiciate how lucky I am.

Sorry to hear about the hospital stay moomin - I know it's the last thing I'd want so big (((()))) to you.

I'm due to see my consultant tomorrow to get my homebirth OK'ed. Baby has now been the right way up (ie upside down) for a few weeks so shouldn't be a problem. Have shown my boys one of the homebirth programmes on Discovery Home & Health but it wasn't very graphic (iyswim) so need to schedule another one - not that they'll be in with me, just want them not to be worried about any noises I might (?!) make / messy baby etc.

Very fat feet - can't get my shoes on lots of the time - but otherwise fine - not feeling overly tired but have nicknamed myself Jemima (Puddleduck). 5 and a bit weeks to go - on the home straight ....??

Midwife appointment today.
Good news - Boo has turned, so no longer breech.
Bad news - got to go in tomorrow for another appointment as blood pressure very high. Gone from 110/60 to :

120/78 120/78 & 140/90 (they did it three times, the 140 being the last one and apparently worse).

Hopefully it's because I've been wound up at work today (which will make me feel really guilty if it's my fault) but if not, not sure what they're planning on doing. I've had a bit of dizziness, but they said that in itself is not a major problem as I have not had headaches / too much swelling etc, and nothing in the urine sample from this morning.

Anybody any good with blood pressure - is that really bad?? Shouldn't ask really as was given strict instructions to come home, sit and relax and do nothing!

Sorry to hear about all the other stuff going on for everybody else. Lets hope it all picks up soon for people. Happy thoughts to all of you.

I'm normally 110/60 or 120/70 - yesterday at midwife I was 130/76 but mw said that was perfectly normal. Why did you midwife keep re-doing your bp? It's like she wanted to stress you [puzzled]. I also get the slight dizziness.

Elf, it's the bottom BP number that they worry about so much, as it's the heart in it's resting phase ('diastole') - anything above 90 is usually enough to start concern, but i agree that it sounds like your MW was just putting your stress levels (therefore, your BP!) up by checking it so often. In that situation, they should go with the first reading only. 2 more days till i see my Consultant....

Not only am i waddling like a duck, but i now feel like i'm going to wet myself with every step i take, i assume from where the baby is so head-down? Most uncomfortable. Think i'll have to give up driving soon too, as everything feels 'scrunched up' when i sit in the car, and i don't think the local constabulary would take too kindly to my driving with the seat in a horizontal position

I'm really pleased everyone's baby seems to have turned.

Am I the only breech left?? Feels quite lonely now Well at least I don't have the discomfort of baby pressing on bladder, just the pain of having a hard head underneath my ribs.

Elf, hope your blood pressure settles down tomorrow, can't offer any advice as really don't have any experience of this at all.

BBB - wouldnt guarentee mine is head down anymore after today.... kicks are back to down below again and SO much squirming about i feel sick. Wont know until MW appointment next thursday so you may not be the only breachy left!

if it isnt the feet down in my bits, this baby has a bloody big head!

36+3 today - saw midwife and she said that everything was fine and "I'll see you in two weeks although you might have had the baby by then of course." ARGH!

She said that as it's my second to go in to the hospital when the pain got bad, and not to worry about frequency of contractions.

ooo it's all getting a bit near and scary now for us all, isn't it?!!!!

BBB, no you're not the only one still breech - mine can't engage because of the stupid placenta of course, so her head is under my left rib and feet above my right hip - ummmm, comfy!

Db now has piles and you'd think it was the first (and worst) case ever known to mankind. I'm sure he's having a phantom pregnancy, and is acting like every woman's worst nightmare of what a man would be like if he was pregnant. I txted my friend to tell her about db's latest 'bum controversy' this morning as I've been keeping her updated on what he's been like, mostly to keep myself sane or I'd throttle him(she is also a mum) and she just said 'welcome to the bloody club!' It's soooo making me apprectiate dh, who is just like a cat when he's ill and takes himself off to a quiet corner and doesn't make a meal of it. I know he's probably in the minority there - most other men I know seem a bloody nightmare when they're ill! Honestly if I didn't keep my tongue between my teeth every conversation we'd have would be a round of 'Competitive Pain Syndrome'. Rather his girlfriend than me! He must think real pregnancy's a doddle. Only 2 more weeks of him anyway; my dad wants him to stay there when I go into hosp.

Dd loved pre-school today and can't wait for tomorrow.