It looks like berolina's placenta is going to stay put.

[berolina]

Had another bleed today - a lot lighter than the last one, but worrying all the same. I went to the hospital as per instructions and had a very detailed scan, as a result of which I have now graduated from 'placenta praevia partialis' to 'totalis' (I don't think they do the 4-grade scale over here). Because a bit of it is on the other side of the cervix and the the bit directly over the cervix is a sort of 'bridge', they think it is very unlikely it will move. Ho hum - a pregnancy of being very careful (and I'm not quite 21 weeks yet) and a CS seemingly await. It probably means I can't go away either, doesn't it?

On the upside, hey did the whole detailed looking-at-the-organs thing too and the baby is fine and doing very well

x posts Ellbell

From everything I've heard, an emergency CS following a fraught labour is nothing like a planned, calm, peaceful CS - please don't worry about that at all

I have added you! Not sure of your due date though - think you are very close to me but don't know date!

x posts Floss! Don't worry, I won't abscond to the Aug thread - my EDD by my dates is 14 Sept, by 9 week scan 17th, since readjusted back to 14th. Which means 37ish weeks is end Aug

With a planned one you can make lots of decisions if you want - eg music, if you want to find out the sex for yourself, who gets to hold the baby first, all sorts of stuff. It can be a totally amazing and calm experience. I was high as a kite after mine just on euphoria!

sounds lovely, aloha The immediate aftermath of ds's birth was rather odd and fraught - he was rushed off straight away, only to come back fully dressed and fortunately with Apgars of 10 - everyone was buzzing around and I distinctly remember being the only one to record his time of birth - and then my blood pressure crashed and I was out of it for 10 minutes or so. It would/will be nice to have that immediate post-partal time to savour.

The time when I held dd when I was still in theatre (being stitched up, though I wasn't aware of it, really - being stitched after my natural delivery was far more traumatic) were magical.

I have a photo taken minutes after she was born (by the anaesthetist) and my grin would reach from here to where you are. I haven't got it in an electronic form, but I will see if I can get it scanned so that I can send it to you. (It's also worth a laugh to see my dh in a hospital gown about 10 sizes too small for him!)

You will have someone monitoring your BP at all times, so it shouldn't drop dramatically and leave you 'out of it'.

The time [...] were magical? Oh dear... and me a sad old pedant too!

When DS1 was born we had a trainee anaesthetist monitoring me - he commented that when the baby was finally removed (some rummaging was involved!) and held up so that I could see him, my heart rate doubled (unknown to me)

(That baby is now 18, and while pissed at the weekend decided to dye his hair so dark he now looks like Elvis )

WW!

When I was a student I lived with some guys who'd regularly decide to cut one another's hair when they got home from the pub on a Saturday night. They never learned!