November/December Babies - new thread

[susanmt]

To make it easier for all of us!!!

Thanks, Grommit.

Had my 34 wk scan today - placenta is still low
. I may have to have a c-sec - seeing the consultant on Wednesday. Otherwise baby seems to be OK and is definitely a boy!

Congrats, Grommit. I'm extremely envious (expecting another girl)

tinyfeet, I've had this a lot too & asked the same question & the answer I got was also olbas oil. Can't get that by me, so can't say it helped or not. I did try lots of vicks on a tissue on the pillow next to my nose (seemed better than direst on the pillow or on pj's) this worked for the initial falling asleep, but for me, like you by the sounds of it, the worst bit was waking in the night from it. I found that the best thing was to slightly raise my head - eg a bigger pillow. I always have just one quite thin pillow,, so it took a bit of getting used to but definitely helped a lot.

Grommit - sorry to hear about your placenta... Do you know how low it is ?
It can still move up but I understand the stress this puts you under ! Hopefully you can buy some time...

Grommit, sorry to hear your placenta is still low. Must be getting you down.
Susanmt, good luck with the op.
WWW, how did the move go? Are you feeling settled in yet?

I'm currently enjoying my first few days of maternity leave - but with exactly 3 weeks to go it feels like my days of lazing around are numbered (and dd was 5 days early)! Feeling very apprehensive about labour, but am really looking forward to being able to eat something nice: didn't realise I was addicted to bananas - as well as the obvious chocolate etc - until told several weeks ago that I had to cut out all sugar including fruit from my diet until the baby is born. I keep dreaming of the most unlikely things: trifle, boxes of chocolate biscuits, yoghurts... Very sad
Which of us do you think is going to be first? I'm on tenterhooks.

Thanks, Monkey. I am operating on very little sleep these days due to the sneezing thing. I will try to buy some olbas oil on-line.

Have just looked on-line and found both the 'olbas oil' and the 'olbas inhaler.' does anyone know which is better? the inhaler is much cheaper than the oil. thanks.

never tried either, but I'd reckon having oil on your pillow is less disruptive than fumbling about & spraying up your nose at 2 in the morning.

Mine seems to be getting better by itself - had really bad few weeks with nose, but last night even went the whole night without having to get up for loo, or for the kids either, and nose behaved itself too, so here's hoping yours will behave too, tinyfeet!

Are you in the uk - surely most chemists sell it & you could maybe have a try (of the oil not inhaler)?

WWW, sorry, posted here last night before reading your other thread. I think your fears are quite normal - I'm feeling very similar, without even having lost a family member, although my dad's recent chronic illness has made my parents' mortality seem pretty close. I can't add anything as remotely wise as the advice you've already had on the other thread, but I just wanted to let you know I wasn't being intentionally insensitive...
Tinyfeet, hope you manage to get your nose unblocked. It's the little things that really get to you at this stage, isn't it? Not that sleep deprivation is little, but YKWIM I hope.

Hi Sprout and Monkey, As you might notice from the odd times of my postings, I am in the US. I did go ahead and order the olbas inhaler, as it was half the price of the oil. Hope it's as effective though. Still only a half night's sleep. I wonder if this is my body's way of preparing myself for the sleepless nights which will follow after DD2 is born. All of you in the UK should be grateful regarding your maternity leave. I will have to work up until my water breaks! and even then will only get a few months off work.

Well, I am booked in for a C-S on 27/11 - a bit scarey!!!! I suppose at least I can plan ahead....

hope your nose sorts itself out, tinyfeet, & grommit - it's quite exciting, though, to have a date?? I bet you'll be counting the hours, never mind days/weeks.

Hello - I had my op and I'm back home - practically pain free though very, very tired. The stent has stopped 99% of the kidney pain which is fantastic, but it does irritate my bladder a bit - so I am at the toilet more than usual - and it was bad enough before!!! But this means I can come off the pethidine so that the baby can be born locally - which was the most important thing to us. I have to step down the dose of the pethidine - so I am taking it without any pain at the moment, which makes me feel like a real junkie! It was also good as I didnt have to have a general anaesthetic in the end as they were able to do it under a spinal - which was ghastly, I'd never had a spinal or epidural before and it was rather weird - though it worked.
Anyway, thought you'd like to know. I'm very glad I went and got it done.

Hi, i'm a newcomer! I'm due on 27th november

Sounds like everything went well, Susanmt. Glad to hear it. Welcome to Hinnigin! You're due the same day that Grommit is scheduled. Nothing new here - still not breathing at night. Oh well

Oh I am pleased for you susanmt.

susanmt - glad to hear your op went well and that you're on the mend.

hinnigan - welcome, always nice to have someone new join in. Hope things are going ok.

Am having dreaded GTT tomorrow, nothing to eat from 9pm tonight until 11am tomorrow - nightmare, am sure I will have chocolate withdrawal symptoms! Does anyone know what will happen is the results are abnormal? I am now 38 wks and sort of wonder if it's worth doing at all at this late stage. Any info welcome.

Susanmt - I am pleased the operation went well - hopefully you will be more comfortable now

susanmt - really glad the procedure went well, hope everything continues smoothly.
Grommit, I expect that means you'll deliver before me! I think it is nicer to have a birthday in November though - feels a bit more separate from xmas (ds was due 2 Dec and arrived 28 Nov).
Well, I guess we might expect our first 'Nov/Dec' babies any time from now! How exciting

Susabmt - glad it went well for you. Podmog was asking for you on the 'threw a wobbly' thread.

This might help chanelno5.
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Mears - Was hoping you would be around, thanks for the info. The bit about the main reasons to identify diabetes in pregnancy was a bit scary. Are the risks to the baby really that bad? Am worrying enough about things going wrong as it is, I think the later stages of pg are the most worrying as you are so near and yet so far, and you just never know when things might start happening! If the GTT results are abnormal, I have a hospital appointment for next week, what do you think they would do? When I saw the doctor at the hospital last week, she didn't check the size of it or it's position etc, just it's heartbeat, do you think this means that they aren't too concerned about me? Hope you don't mind me asking all these questions - thanks Cno5

chanelno5 - sorry to worry you Please don't be worried, very often the GTT is normal and you would be advised to cut down on sugary food. When the test is normal it just means the kidneys are chucking out extra sugar. If it is abnormal, it depends how abnormal it is regarding treatment. It may just need controlled by diet therefore you would see a dietician. Sometimes insulin is needed for the rest of the pregnancy. If you have developed gestational diabetes then you would advised to be induced about 38 weeks. It resloves once the baby is born. HTH.

Thanks Mears, I feel better now and will just see how things go tomorow.