Hey ladies,
Just read that thread inzi, I don't believe for a minute that person is in our group, total liar! We all think you did a great job and it took a lot of will power to do what you did and keep the weight off. You look fantastic! Hope you've forgotten all about the silly cow this morning!
Well done on the potty training success, waht a brilliant idea to get the fairy to talk to Jane
NC - Glad the dentist app went ok and it's nothing drastic that needs doing.
for you at the £20 laptop charge!
Hmm a creme egg and wispa fest WITHOUT me, not sure I can allow that
Hope your colpocopy goes ok, I had several and although they're not how i'd ideally choose to spend my time they were not too bad, will be thinking of you x x x
Mine - Lol at you being half way through your creme egg . There is a simple sollution to this problem, just buy packs of 6 from shops like home bargains and £ stretcher, only £1.99 YUM YUM.
BB4 - I hope it's not as late as sunday but will be sending a creme egg express delivery if it is.. do you have creme eggs where you are?
Sympathies of the nedtime situation, I can understand how with 4 to look after you feel you're running out of steam to be consistant, heck, I struggle to be with just the one.
Good your dh is home to help out a bit and that you're getting the house orgnaised, I love getting rid of junk and sorting things out. Well, I love the end result anyway.
Wel, my midwife appointment was more than a little irritating to say the least!
Nothing major, just lots of little things. Dh took the afternoon off work to take me i the end so he could be with me and look after me
I was told last time I would be monitored for 30 mins 'as per procedure' and offered a sweep. When I got in they were all having a chin wag round reception and i could see that my 2 least favourite midwives were on shift (all the rest are absolutely lovely but these 2 are just annoying, one is really bossy and abrupt and the other is really ditsy and asks me the same questions over and over and always writes the wrong appointment times in my notes).
Anyway, the ditzy one said 'oh how may weeks are you now then and I was like oh I'm T+10, just like last time! She was like oh you went over last time did you? I said yes (bearing in mind i've had about 3 appointments with her where we've discussed my previous pregnancy in detail and my 3rd degree tear)
She then said that a student midwife would be doing my appointment whilst she watched. The student introduced herself and was very nice but I was never actually asked if I minded this?! I was a little nervous at the thought of a student doing my sweep but tried to keep calm.
Once in the room with the ditzy one, student and dh, the ditzy one asked 'is this your 1st baby then?' I had just told her a minute ago in reception that I was overdue, LIKE LAST TIME! So that filled me with confidence that she really listens, not!
The student checked my blood pressure and wee sample etc and they asked if I wanted a sweep, I said 'yes I understood I was here for that, and to be monitored'. The ditzy one then looked at me confused and said 'why do you need to be monitored? We don't usually do that...' I was like 'well that's what the midwife tole me I was coming in for at my last app, she said it was procedure and even checked that with the other midwives on duty that day'. That was actually why dh took so much time off... She said again oh I don't think you need to be, i've never done that, you're just low risk aren't you?' (bearing in mind she hadn't even looked at my notes and appeared to know nothing about my situation I don't know how she was so sure I was 'low risk'. She went off to check and said 'no, i've asked all the others and they said no need to monitor you, you're just low risk blah blah blah'
I wasn't too bothered either way but I was annoyed that i'd been told that was going to happen and dh had used a lot of his flexi time to be there then it wasn't happening.
The student felt my tummy and thankfully baby still at the front and not back to back . Ditzy one then had to double check if head was engaged for her and I didn't really like that idea cause she's always rough and pokes my pubic bone really hard with her fingers . Anyway, she prodded around and it did hurt a bit and I was making noises such as 'oof'. The concluded the head was 4/5ths so 1 5th engaged...
Then they said so you want a sweep and I was like 'yes! (again)' they said to take my bottom half off and hop on the bed so dh gave me a hand with my bottoms and I got on the bed and they didn't even cover me then were just like 'oh you can put that blanket over yourself', I'm used to the midwife doing that and didn't feel very looked after...
The student did the sweep and was actually very nice and surprisingly gentle, wasn't as bad as the one I had last time with Dylan. She said I was 2cm dialated and cervix soft although still posterior (at the back). I onticed she wrote in my notes I had a bishops score of 4, need to look that up to see how ready my cervix is....
Anwyay then dh helped me get dressed again and the ditzy one was like 'Right, lets get you boooked in for the induction'. Not 'how do you feel about induction? or This is what the procedure is', no I was just TOLD that this was happening. Anyway, I asked when they usually do it and she said 'oh well they don't let you go over 14 days cause by then the placenta has done it's job and start to not work as well' then she added' oh some women refuse for whatever reason but then you do have to be monitored every day'. I thought, oh nice of you to mention that but not actually offer me the option! Thankfully I don't really want to go over 2 weeks and am willing to be induced but I would have been nice to dicuss my options rahter than just being told...
So we all marched through to reception and the student called the hosp I am to give birth at. I was a bit annoyed by this as they hadn't even told me what day they were planning on booking it before ringing and were now on the phone arranging it
So, I was there desperately trying to listen to when it was going to be booked and getting ready to say 'no thanks' if they tried to book it ealrier than fri. Thankfully they did book it for fri evening.
So if I don't go in to labour before fri at 8pm I have to call the hosp to see how busy they are then go in for 9pm if they have room for me...
Sorry i've babbled on and on about my appointment there, I just wanted to get it off my chest cause it's been irritating me a lot! Glad dh was there as I would have felt quite intimidated and bossed around on my own. He wasn't happy with how it went at all! I know it could have been worse but they're usually so lovely at our midwife unit, it's just a small one and all the other midwives are really friendly and always take time to listen and discuss things with you.
Off to give Dylan some milk, will be back later x