November 2012 - Bring out the paddling pools

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2124734-November-2012-Roll-call

PR that is so very bizarre, hope your all ok this morning

Wanda hope breakfast is now a go!

YW as someone who had a breech it isn't the best but at least you know now and you can take very good care of yourselves

BP and stunt hope you had better nights as did izzy

Hiya VQ lovely to hear of plans

We have speech! Almost overnight J has suddenly started talking. He seems a lot happier too so it must have been a difficult developmental leap. We have had thank you, tree, ball, bird, not that, hug, apple, and a hello dad. It's amazing how it just came out of nowhere.

DS1 is back at school today for a settling in session and J is going to the CM so I have some one-on-one time with DS2. I'm going to take him into town and have lunch with him at Pizza Express. It will be very civilised.

J is back on the Omeprazole and has started sleeping through again. A good thing too as DH has hurt his back doing weight training yesterday. I think at his age he needs to take better care of himself.

Quick check in from Derbyshire.

Scan went well. I have a low lying placenta though so get to be scanned again at 32wks. That will be on my birthday so get another peak at baby in the morning and then DH will treat me to a slap up lunch. Sorry to hear of awkward baby positions yw.

Had a fab wedding on Saturday (after a few mishaps in the morning inc me falling over). It was a wonderfully thought out wedding and the girls had such fun. They both partied till midnight.

Arrived in Derbyshire yesterday. Today we are off to a farm, followed by cream tea which is all freshly baked at the farm house. You phone ahead and place your order and they pop the scones in the oven ready to take out when you arrive so they're all warm. Delish.

pr that's a very bizarre playdate. You deserve a fag!

Have a good day all.

Yay for scans Eliza and sounds lovely. Hope you are ok after the fall

Sounds like a lovely day stunt and awesome on the speech

Sounds fab eliza put me In The mood to make scones.

I didn't realise L was breech pikz and you actually had him through the regular route?

You will probably end up with a right old chatterbox now stunt !

Ok so I am going over to a my one friends this morning for a play date. My shopping budget is non existent at the mo till pay day this week so is it ok to take blackberries freshly foraged and some beetroot picked this morning? Rather than cakes from the shop?

I would be delighted if you turned up to mine with fresh fruit and veg wanda

I'd prefer it to cake actually.

Not had him normally wanda, they only found out at 40+1 he was transverse so had a emcs that day. His bum was engaged as a head, they did try turn him but it didn't work and I was already having contractions

Thanks Pikz given the likelihood of induction for GD anyway I'm increasingly thinking I should just plump for an elective section. Given that if I'm induced and baby is in an odd position the odds of an emergency section are pretty high!

Mmmmm scones. Bugger you diabetes!!!!

And yey for scans Eliza am sure your placenta will have moved up. Fingers crossed.

Good luck to Pass and all those back at school today xxx

No way Wanda, you've met DS1, poor old J will never get a word in edgewise!

YW I would urge you to think carefully about your options. I've never had an ELCS but the two EMCSs I had seemed to be hurried and risky. They were both due to APH but in both cases I had been in the hospital for hours and hours then suddenly it was a case of 'knock her out pronto'. By all accounts an ELCS is a completely different experience so if you think it's going to go that way then a planned may be the better option. The recovery from a CS is certainly less fun but IMO episiotomy stitches are way worse than CS stitches! It's a difficult decision to make though so talking it over with people with different birth experiences will help you and Mr YW decide what to do.

You are right stunt recovery from and ELCS is entirely different from an emergency and IME the bruising and stitching of my fanjo was much more debilitating than the stitching from my ELCS. Infact it took till child number 4 which was relatively straightforward for me to realise how delivering naturally could have a quicker recovery time than a c section. After numbers 2 and 3 I thought my c section had been much easier.

I should imagine that is not the case with an EmCS though.

One of the things that makes an ELCS easier to recover from is that you are rested, prepared, and not stressed. An EMCS is stressful as you have been trying to get your baby out for so long, in considerable pain, and the sudden shift to surgery you were not expecting is traumatic. I can't really compare my emcs to my elcs as far as recovery is concerned, as unrelated things went wrong after the emcs. But it was very easy after the ELCS and I was only allowed 3g of paracetamol a day. Having experienced both induction and emcs, and elcs I know which one I would pick in the imaginary future.

It is a difficult decision to be faced with and surgery does sound like a scary option if it's not something you had really considered up to now. I guess you have to weigh up what is best for you and the baby, the least stressful and least risky.

Glad you're reassured pennie I would agree that it is good that anxiety or a tendancy towards it has been picked up so early. Sounds like she is doing very well I am sure she is v proud when she says things you understand, which will help in itself.

Back at home, journey was good but long. O was a superstar once again. I haven't seen her in an hour, she is busy in her bedroom making a mess. She really needed to be back, her sleep went pants.

I had a few shags with best friend but agreed not to continue it even though we both would do it if we were based in the same country. So need to be busy to forget about him.

I need to catch up on the thread, but tonight is all about sleeping.

Hugs and lullabys lily

For some reason having a massive wobble about Ds1 going into reception school. Homeschooling? I am scared of the fire of his excitement about life, his interest in books, learning and remembering stuff being put out.

I don't know why. I know the place we are sending him is stretching and the couple of people I talk to say their children love to go into school In The morning.

How has the blood sugar been YW - is the diabetes responding to diet change?

Jupiter I don't know. My first diabetes clinic appointment isn't until Wednesday! Feels like ages and the only advice in the interim has been what I've found on the internet.

Thanks for all the advice re birth options. I'm just wary of an EMCS following a clusterfuck of induction, episiotomy, forceps, ventouse etc. I'm really thinking just going straight for an ElCS might be better. If they remain footling I'll have no choice.

If it's any help YW once I found out the choice was not mine it was all very calm and controlled and I felt better that it was in control again if that makes any sense

ELCS is the way to go YW if the little rascal doesn't move. And I would also choose that over induction if baby is likely to be bigger. All that matters is that you and baby get through it safely.

Back to work tomorrow with a spring in my step. Will need to keep quiet as still not got a copy of the contract.

I cut DD1s hair today. I decided to thin it out too, with thinning scissors. I really must remember to check they are thinning scissors. She now has a stubbly bit. Oops. Thankfully a side parting with a clip is hiding it. I do not have a good track record with cutting hair

VQ

Vair weary. F slept, dh snored, I forgot to pack earplugs

Shall keep stuff crossed that the wee dude spins round and slows down the chubbing-up, YW, bur just in case he/she does neither of those things, I think the advice up thread is, as ever, v sensible. Hope alll goes well on Wednesday.

Glad you're back safe, Lily. Shame things couldn't go any further with your friend, but hopefully something even better is waiting around the corner.

Speaking of which, Chasing could do with updating us on the bf situation??

Yum to veg, Wanda. Shall pm you my address just in case you're ever passing

PR that sounds totally bizarre Errrr, not much else to say than that. Just plain old odd.

Yay to chat, Stunt! Hope pizza date was fun.

F has fallen in love today. With some rhinos (a la bear, yw). Forget the other animals, of which there were hundreds, she spent the day wandering the animal park shouting/wailing "aaaaaaaah-noooooo". Currently sleep dodging lots so am trying hard to ignore her performance of miss polly had a dolly...

Thank you BP, I had only just got that fucking tune out of my head

Oh ok sorry, I thought you were testing already.

I was talked out of an ELCS when going through the options but ended up with one anyway as the induction didn't work. It partly depends on if you go to 40wks or not which will depend on how the diabetes is managed. Although having been told how important it was that I had him at 38wks, the urgency seemed to disappear once I was on the induction ward. I don't honestly know what I'd recommend but the breech factor would sway towards CS. The baby still has time to somersault though so I guess wait and see. That's not very helpful is it?!

Hi all! Hope you all had a lovely weekend :)

vq sounds like the selling is going brilliantly!

sorry it didn't work to reduce the omeprazole stunt :(

gender stuff - e has not mentioned boy or girl type stuff yet. The only thing he's said so far is that pepsi max is daddys. When in fact it is mine I am fully expecting it though, I remember both of my nephews going through an I hate pink type phase. Mind you, actually, my siblings haven't really been like that. I don't know. It is all food for thought though and certainly makes me think some! Makeup wise, i said on FB e thinks i put eyeshadow on him in the morning. I do mine then he closes his eyes and giggles so I can do his. My brother was the same thinking about it.

sorry to hear J's sleep is bad again izzy do you know if there's any cause for it?

Have also never read paper dolls!

woohoo for surviving gt!

wow vq so it's all systems are go! hope J is ok today?

hey pikz :)

wow pr that sounds completely bizzare!!

awesome re j's speech Stunt! Hope you've had a good day with ds2

glad your scan went well eliza!

sounds like your lo is doing fab now pennie bless her :) that's great

glad you got home safe lily

vq!

hopefully baby will spin round for you yw!

best go and get some shut eye i guess, am so tired, I keep having periods of an hour or two at night where i just can't sleep! its driving me nuts!

He is ok thank you Kyz. Cough no better, no worse. No temp tonight which is a bonus. He had a good day at Nursery, despite being chucked on the floor head first by a burly 4yo. Over enthusiastic apparently little shit

I cannot sleep at the moment through excitement. DH feels lost. I am going to have to write lists for him. We have a lot to do, but his way of coping is to sit and watch TV, or watch me working. Not happening!

Best part of a big move is lots of lovely lists. Make sure you put some easy things to do on there so he can cross them off and be motivated.

Hugs kyz insomnia sucks x
I am having an early night but debating whether to watch sth on my iplayer or read a book...