Come and talk to me about your Induction

[McPhee]

I'm booked in for an induction this friday, first baby, and no idea really what to expect. In an ideal world, going in with an open mind is preferable. But in practice I'm probably going to be prone to losing it

I'm currently 37 weeks, but measuring 41 weeks with Polyhydramnios, large baby with enlarged abdomen, plus being back to back

So, what should I expect? What was your experience?

Be honest, I can take it

Congratulations McPhee :o

Morning Mummy McPhee. How long will you have to stay in hospital for?

That mucus thing frightened the beejesus out of me. DS brought it up in one go in the early hours. I had no idea what it was.

I felt awful the first day but much better by the second.

Congratulations :) :)

Agree with Maryz re rugby hold. Until she got too big and started constantly pushing off with her legs on the back of the sofa!

Hope all is well with you McPhee?!

Cor blunt, what a rubbish night. Molly was desperately upset most of the night, nothing suited, but she was happy to almost use me as a dummy. The midwife suggested we just let her have one. She has such a strong need to suck, I'm starting to get sore. I'm feeling a bit rubbish, because we only brought them as a total last resort. But, yeah last night I suppose I did get desperate.

I've used the rugby hold quite a few tomes now, especially good at keeping her off my stomach!

I found that my nights in hospital with DD were crap but it improved massively when I got home. Get DP to have lots of daddy cuddles today while you sleep. He can wake you if she needs you but you need to rest and recover too and he didn't have the same bad night that you did. It gets easier I promise.

Wonderful news, thank you for your updates; congratulations!

Don't forget it's normal for a newborn to use you for comfort (not just food) so it's almost constant at first and the sucking establishes your milk supply.

Morning. The first night with DS1 was appalling. he just screamed the ward down, whereas all the other babies and Mums were fast asleep.

Don't worry about the dummy. When things settle down just take it away.

When can you escape? x

I'm gonna have one more night and escape tomorrow. My nephew is desperate to meet his new cousin, I'm planning on being there when he walks in from school. I can't wait to see his reaction :-D

I discharged myself in the end. I wanted my own loo, and to lie on my settee, and in my own bed.

Oh, that's lovely that your nephew will get to meet her. Don't forget the camera!

Agree with others that bf does get a hell of a lot easier after the first 2 weeks. You will be sore but it will pass.

Have you tried swaddling Molly. DD cried a lot at night until I swaddled her. She obviously needed to feel cosy and secure and as it was impractical for me to hold her 24/7, we started swaddling. Resembles the secureness of being in the womb. Yes, sometimes she wriggles her arms up and out but mostly she just slept in her little cocoon!! One of the best things we did for her (and us) in terms if getting some good quality rest.

My ds2 screamed for the first night too - the 'girl' in the bed opposite me said (loud voice) to her boyf ' she is obv not as experienced as me at calming a baby' ! (She'd had her dd 3 days before mine - my 2nd child!)

(but i did feel better when the nurse said 'oh you've called her Amber? I had a dog called Amber...')

Anyway, what i'm trying to say is, ignore everyone else,it's better when you get home.

Take care.

Fgs don't feel guilty about the dummy. YOu will still get your milk in and it will be plentiful. If she suckles all the time you will be in agony so dummy fine. Also smother on Lansinoh after every feed. Keep it up sweetie it'll all come good.

After the other night being so bad, I was well prepared for tonight to run a similar vein. But, molly has been an absolute dream. She finished feeding at half midnight, slept until 3-30am, fed till 4-07am and has just gone back off to sleep :-)

And I'm sat here with a coffee, and a celebratory wagon wheel :-D

Home day today, and I feel strangly nervous, and yeah ok s bit tearful at leaving all these gorgeous midwives behind. Also, it means we're getting closer to when my DP will need to travel back up to Scotland. Heavy heart...

Hooray for Molly and Wagon Wheels

And I'm very sorry if you thought my comment was criticising you for using a dummy - I didn't intend it to come across that way (DD had a dummy, DS just refuses the buggers). I simply wanted to say that newborns do suck almost constantly for food and comfort, from reading MN it seems lots of new mothers aren't aware of this and are taken by surprise and think something is wrong (when it isn't) and that the sucking helps milk production. But I know it can be bloody painful and I am that you had a better night.

Yeah for Molly mcphee . Glad last night went better for you and hope you get home OK and feeding is going alright

Re: dummy I was excatly the same as you pre baby - I was convinced I wasn't going to use one . DD was an extremely sucky baby too and we used a dummy very early on and it was a godsend . Could not have got through without it - it really comforted her and helped her get to sleep. She self weaned from it at exactly 6 months (the time when hvs say they should stop using them) when she started to find her fingers. Please don't feel guilty about using them at all - whatever it takes to help you both at this stage is fine. I felt bad for a few weeks but then accepted it and never looked back.

Oh, and just to add to my previous post, I was (and still am) a bfer and DD got on fine with the dummy.

Great news that you had a good night. You'll get yourselves settled into a nice little routine and then M

Oops...hit send to early!

...MOlly will decide she wants to shake things up again and try a new routine!!! These babies like to keep us on our toes.

Hope you're enjoying Molly. And that wagon wheel!!

We're hoe :-D

Molly is in bed now, so I'll let you know how her first night at home goes......not sure I'm going to sleep very well

Yay! You escaped.

Hope you had a good night. x