IS NATALIE JANE IN LABOUR - PART TWO !!

[lulumama]

no ....still not! LOL!

Hmm. Will put some thought into it. I think the reason DH would be miffed though, is that I think he would think I didn't trust him to help (I actually won't be surprised if he faints or gets sick). He'd think it was a bit of an invasion of privacy. He's really private. Not like me spilling my most personal info to all and sundry in cyber space and anywhere else people can't escape me!

Oh well. Have a bit of time to think about it yet.

a doula shouldn;t interfere and get in the way....get him to have a read of some of the websites....and if it is something you feel strongly about, let him know....!!

doulaing is more about being not doing, so she shouldn;t get in the way and would obviously be discreet about things ....!

Thanks lulu.

you are welcome!

right...NJ , debbsy.....where are yooooooooooo>

and MKG, LVBG&T, Mars......

am boooooooored...and lonely....

The hospital were supposed to ring back this afternoon with the blood test results, but surprise surprise they haven't. I didn't have to pee in an envelope, I did a normal sample but htye gave me one of those clear plastic envelope things to put the bottle in to take to the GP surgery, which turned out to be probably a waste of time because they had already sent all of todays samples off and by tomorrow my sample will probably have gone past it's use by date!

For now the homebirth is still an option, it is only if these two tests (if we ever get the results!) show anything up that the homebirth will be out of the question.

The conclusion is basically, as long as the results of the bloods and of the sample are OK, then they are quite happy that it isn't pre-eclampsia, that the swelling is just down to being heavily pregnant, and the wee thing is either that instead of my body getting rid of it it is sitting in my tissues, which is why I'm swelling, or I have a water infection of some sort.

There were no internals, no sweeps, no nothing really, just another midwife making another absolutely hilarious comment about 'at least the lack of sleep is getting you ready for a new born' which helps me out loads and makes me feel tonnes better!

Sorry, I am a moany old trout today!!

you will probably have had the baby at home , after a 30 minute labour before you get your test results!!

whinge away,... i always find a really good SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM

AND

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGH

help too!

Well I am going to be spending the evening chasing after them if they don't ring soon, I need to know what's going on, what if I was start to go into labour tonight? I wouldn't know if I was to get to the hospital quick or if I would be OK at home.

Oh I would have swung for the MW for saying that about lack of sleep. Pathetic.

It is what nearly everyone I have told about it all has said, I guess people don't really know what else to say.

It is probably partly my fault, even when all I feel like doing crying and yelling at them till they do something, I still go in with a nice smile and am friendly and calm, so I probably seem friendly and calm to them, if I went in and told them exactly how I am feeling I might get more of a response!

i was once operated on for my second ectopic pregnancy (which involved taking out my right tube) on New Year's Eve. (Happy New Year Aitch!)

the theatre nurse who brought me round said 'did you have a nice christmas, dear?' and i said, 'yes, i did, i thought i was pregnant and might actually get to have a baby this time' (i was surprisingly compos mentis and unsurprisingly rather bitter.)

anyway, she said to me as i was being wheeled out of the theatre... 'oh you wouldn't want a baby, dear, believe me i've had four. they keep you up all night and it gets worse from there'...

i cried and cried and cried, of course, and then i called her boss and put in an official complaint.

do i win? do i win the competition for the cruellest and stupidest thing any medical professional has ever said, ever? [mad-eyed grin]

sorry to hear that you're feeling blue, NJ, i was only joking about the envelope...
let's will this little sucker out of there... c'mon, if we all do a Uri Geller and think birth canal type thoughts, it might work?

hey, sorry i've been away, I took Mateo to see Santa Claus, and do some birthday shopping because he's got two parties next week.

Has anyone heard about Debsy's sweep?

NJ, I'm sorry that they did nothing for you. Doctors suck.

Aitch, you definitely win, what a bitch!

MKG, Debbsy has posted that she has lost some blood and has been having pains, and ahem, absolutely no problem what so ever going to the toilet if you get my drift?!! So things are looking really good for her

aitch....that is sodding appalling.....!!!

debbsy certainly sounds positive....NJ - time for another DIY sweep methinks!

NJ,
have you heard anything yet?

I had a bath and fell asleep in it I have just rang and she said the results will be back in the next half hour and she will ring me then.... Won't hold my breath!!

My face has blown up bigger than ever, sod it everything is bigger than ever, even my girly bum as DS calls it! I have got to the point where all I can tolerate wearing is big nightshirts that don't restrict me in any way.

I've had enough now, it is time this baby came out I think.

sort of in bed and getting out of bed to check on your results back later xx

any thing doing debbsy...NJ....have you called them again>>>

x post sorry ! XX

hi no still uncomfy bump v tight and periody type pains again im just resting in bed at the minute xx

Poor you NJ. I hope they call you soon and things get under way.xx

She has just rang back, she said there is one test still outstanding but the rest are all fine and clear.

ok....debbsy...hang on in there

NJ.....home birth good to go then??

Seems so.

Only 599 posts till we closed down again. do you think we'll make it.