34 weeks

[miserableandinpain]

34 weeks plus 2 with baby no3.
Ds 1 is 3.5 years. Ds 2 is 2.5 years and i am exhausted! Hubby works most days of tge week. I help by doing a bit if admin at home plus all house duties.

Come down with a sire throat. Ds2 has conjunctivitis and i have insomnia!

Any one else?
Feel like my body cant go on any more. I hope she comes at about 38 weeks. I feel like i cant go on any more :(

Spd is horrendous today managed to get dd2 to nursery with her lunch and now not getting off the sofa! Counting down the days till induction currently 31+4 and induction at 38 weeks so 45 days to go!

Stupid websites Too. 37 weeks it is. Not that it makes any bloody difference to when baby decides to come. I'm taking my children on a long walk round the park today to get baby to start limbering up.

Mcbaby

How did you manage to get an induction!! Please tell me!

Yeah it's all a guess to be fair.

Doctor reckons my obstetrician won't let me go over due date but I reckon the ob will wait until I'm 40+12. Told them thats not happening....ive read the statistics so il be in there from 40 weeks & wont leave!

TooBloodyTired I think I got the consultant on a good day. I have had spd since 17 weeks this time combined with a history of depression and anxiety. I have also had two precipitous labours the last one 45 minutes so the anxiety of giving birth alone at home with two kids was too much!

I am not bloody surprised!

I'd be absolutely terrified giving birth on my own with no one around.

Fingers crossed, whoever I see next Thursday....they will be nice!

Hello everyone - sending sympathy, I feel your pain! I'm 34 weeks tomorrow with dc3, have a 4 and 2 year old and have hit a wall this week. After a horrendous pregnancy with dc2, this has been comparatively better, though was sick to 24 weeks and awful reflux until I finally got a prescription for Omneprazole at 28 weeks (miracle stuff).

Am woefully unprepared, physically exhausted and to top it all now need to go to Europe for a couple of days next week.

I'm a section so know I only have 5 weeks to go thankfully. But 5 weeks feels like a loooong time.....

Nice to have some company for the final slog....!

Oh dear i have had braxton hicks all day. Deffo not realy labour. But omg the pain. I had them in my other 2 pregnancies. I think she will be early but i hope not too early. Hubby is away at the end of next weeks for 4 days

Miserable,I've had them all day too, roughly every 9.5 minutes since last night it's just annoying! I'll be 34 weeks on Monday so a tad too early for me too. I hope they ease off for you xx

Thank you and for you. They are getting quite frequeng and painful. Im reluctant to call the midwives and drag hubby and kids to hospital. As no one to watch the other 2. We are planning a home birth. Does anyone know if they will still do a home birth if she decided to come at 35 weeks? Or is that really too risky?

I think a home birth at 35 weeks would be too risky as baby might need some additional help. I think it would be worth giving triage a call and seeing what they say. Have you tried a bath?

35 weeks is too risky, baby will need steroids. If they are getting painful i think you should ring. Can dh put the kids in the car and drop you off? Or could you self check your cervix? (Not everyone agrees with doing this) it's the only reason I haven't gone in as my cervix is high and thick.

I would try to check my cervix but have no idea what to check for. With the other 2 it took 5 hours to get to 4 cm and then 20 minutes to go to 10! So my body isnt very reliable when checking. I might try a bath in a mo. Ds2 has just gone back to sleep. He woke up sick every where

I would call to be on the safe side. Could you get a cab to the hospital and leave DH at home with the Dc if needs be? Until someone else can get there?

Dh has just said why did you let me book to go to away when you will be 36 weeks? I said um i did warn you. And im not 'letting' you. I gave you the info and as an adult you decided it is fine or it went in one ear and out the other.. Plus i have a feeling i will get to 38. We went on a lomg distance drive yesterday. 2 and a half hours each way plus a 45 mimute drive to a different destination. Had to sit in the back as kids were being too much so i reckon its just a reaction to that. I dont feel worried or like its happening. He is now worried though haha. My waters tend to pop first. So unless that happens i dont think i am worried or unless i have proper strong pains. I know every birth is different but i think we just know what is happening with our bodies. In the bath now :)

If i need to tben yeah taxi is fine but there litetally is no one else to look after kids. We dont have any family other than my g patents who are too old. He has never been in the room for the birth.he missed the 1st by mistake. I gave birth 20 minutes after he left to get sone things for me. Midwofes dismissed my concerns and refused to check me then lo and behold theres the head!
2nd i kicked him out for the pushing. I dont feel as if he needs to see the gory blood bits and the other things that might come out...he is of a different culture thoigh and is normal for him and made it easier for me. He was just outisde the door and came in straight after
So i am not actually worried about him being there for the action. But would obviously like him to see lo asap. I dont have a birthing partner. Cant stand the fuss. And like to just get on with it. But thats just me.

So just an update. They have slowed down and gone down to their 1 an hour regularity. I hope she stays put for 2 more weeks then i will be happy. Just ordered sone cheap towels and a waterproof sheet for the bedroom... can anyone recommend anything i might need for a home birth?

Just lots of cheep towels! You'll still need a hospital bag just incase anything goes wrong, other than that i don't think there's anything particularly special you need.

I'm glad things have eased off for you :) hoping she stays put for a couple more weeks!

Thanks. We just have to get on with it! Already packed and emergency bag. Bad lower back oain has started though and contracting again so hoping she stays put

My body keeps having a clear put today. i have been mnetting to keep my mind off it. Might have caused offense to someone on another thread. im thinking this is the start if the real thing. God i hope not. Hubby is 2 and a half hours away

Trying a warm bath again. I wander if she knows her dad is going away so shes trying to come early...lol. not great but we will see. I bet i am still here a week after my due date!

miserable I've been very similar for a couple of weeks now. Currently 37+2. Last couple of days I've had a constant feeling of needing to poo which is apparently a sign of my cervix effacing/dilating. Also lots of BHs and pains radiating down to my upper thighs. Lots of period pains. It's been a nervous day because DH was working two hours away and all our available help was also coincidentally a few hours away at weddings and stuff. It's just been me alone with the children. Been a bit spooked by being alone and feeling like im about to go into labour!

Also have a homebirth planned. Lots of towels, a hand mirror, tarpaulin - though cheap shower curtains work - and a pool. Are you in the U.K.? La Bassine delivered my (second pool) within a day a few weeks ago. It'll hopefully be my second home birth.

Oh and my second was similar to you - five hours to get to 4cm, and then from 4cm to full dilation, transition and delivering it was 45 minutes!

Me again :)

If you are in the U.K. Boots do great maternity mats you could deliver on - they're quite similar to the ones the NHS use. So really useful for a HB. You also need a flat space for them to take the baby to so they can do their checks and weighing and everything. Bags packed as if you were going into hospital - and also in case you transfer in. It's also just handy to have everything you need close by and organised.

My friend told me this is typical of stop start third labours. It's very annoying!

thanks rescrub yes i have ordered some more cheap towels. don't want our nice big ones ruined if we can help it! lol bath has helped a bit but back still really hurts. i have ordered a waterproof dust sheet lol to put onto of our mattress. no birthing pool for me. can't be doing with water. swimming makes me nervous so i can't stand the thought of floating in a small pool pushing a baby out. not the same i know. but i don't want to feel panicked. i birthed both times on my back but if i still have this back pain will try something else. yes in the UK. would they let me have a home birth before 37 weeks do you think? I'm feeling she might come a bit early. have midwife on tuesday so i can ask but i feel weird asking her things. also for a home birth how likely is it to be your midwife you see at the gp? do they visit home births too or are they separate midwives all together?