November 2020 babies - thread 9!

[Iona1985]

In honour of our third trimester I thought we should start a new thread!

@MoreGinPlease2020 congratulations!

Ive been checking the thread everyday for our November baby arrival posts! There will be more and more each day now! Exciting!!!

@MoreGinPlease2020 huge congratulations!

@SqidgeBum I'm with you there. 37+6 today. Being heavily pregnant and a dealing with a very active toddler all day is something else!

Thanks @littlegem84
Yeah I'm quite nervous as I heard its uncomfortable and because baby is big I'm wondering if the will have room to move baby. This is my 4th and never had this issue before. I am keen to avoid a csection so will probably try the ECV even though so feeling great about it

Hugh congratulations @MoreGinPlease2020

Congratulations @MoreGinPlease2020!

Many many congratulations @MoreGinPlease2020 !! Enjoy the cute cuddles

Congrats, so exciting! 37+3 and it's so strange to think baby could come today or in 5 weeks!

Congratulations @MoreGinPlease2020! Fantastic news! I’m so hoping mine comes early (37+4 today) but really doubt it. I’ve had what feels like period pains the last few nights - has anyone else had this? Is this braxton hicks? I didn’t have anything like that in my first pregnancy!

Massive congratulations! So exciting when babies news comes through.
Sending lots of well wishes and new baby cuddles!
Xxx

Yay the babies are coming! Congrats @moreginplease2020. Hope you're recovering well.

To the poster asking about ECV I personally am anti them. I stopped mine halfway through in my first pregnancy. I found it very distressing, and imagine it was for my baby too. They dont have a particularly high success rate and the baby can simply turn straight back. I get wanting to avoid a section, I did at the time, but mine was actually really good and I healed really well. Best of luck whatever you do.

Huge congrats @MoreGinPlease2020 hope you & baby are doing well x

Just put my out of office on until January 2022 . Only 35 weeks but had 4 weeks of annual leave to use up.

Feeling glad to be done. 4 weeks to go until section as I have decided against the induction. So unless he comes early naturally on a countdown to Nov 18th.

Looking forward to more birth announcements!

Congratulations @MoreGinPlease2020!! Delighted she’s here safely.

And hurray for finishing work @FilthyforFirth!

Thank you @filthyforfirth for sharing about ECV. I will have a good think about it between now and Friday

Congrats @MoreGinPlease2020 so happy for you, I'm sure you and baby are enjoying all the cuddles.

Tmi sorry but is anybody else getting darker and/or more excessive discharge? I have worn panty liners for months but having to change a couple of times a day. I'm currently 37 +3

Has anyone started thinking about what to do about family and friends meeting baby when they arrive? I'm starting to really overthink it!

@wannabebump we’ve been thinking about it. It looks like rules will be tighter anyway and we have (and will) follow the rules for meeting up. But our parents will isolate for a few weeks and then we’d be ok with them coming to visit and hold baby, not sure about friends... some are being really well behaved, others aren’t - and some are key workers so no choice but to be out and about! May do some zoom calls to introduce baby to friends early on.

Worth noting in any tier I think there are exceptions for grandparents who can provide childcare for children aged under 14 so I think there’s a bit of wriggle room...

I’ve been struggling with this. My mum is in Ireland anyway and no idea when she’ll be able to get over the visit, or if I’d even be happy with her travelling. In laws are up north and still in tier 2 but could be tier 3 soon. They will be desperate to see the baby but they are both key workers and can’t isolate beforehand so I’m really not comfortable with them holding her. I know the risks to a baby are very low, but I don’t want me or DH to catch it when we’re dealing with a toddler and a newborn, especially as I’ll hopefully be breastfeeding again. None of my friends will expect to hold her anyway - most have had babies this year of their own and I haven’t held any of them!

It’s so hard isn’t it! I feel very strongly that social contact is so important for a baby’s development but I’m also worried about him or me or hubby catching COVID from well meaning visitors. I’ve been working from home for the past four weeks and DH has been working at home since March, so we are pretty much hermits now. Not sure how comfortable I am with the idea of visitors. This is the only bit about being pregnant that I’m finding stressful to be honest...it’s really getting to me.

I'm in South Yorkshire and we are going into tier 3 on Saturday, I'm going to be 38 weeks tomorrow and like you all, I really don't know what to do regarding letting people see my baby. It's really upsetting isn't it and I am finding it so hard at the moment as I would love for all my immediate family to be able to visit once she is here as her pending arrival has gave us all a bit of much needed positivity during this awful time x

@MrsR87 if it makes you feel any better, social contact really isn’t beneficial for a baby for the first few months - they really just want to be with their mum and either won’t be aware they are being held by someone else, or will hate it!

@HarrietM87

That does make me feel a bit better. Thanks 🥰

Has anyone else here been told they need a Covid test prior to their section? I was told this today and my section is next tuesday. The concern I have is that I was told if I test positive I won't be allowed a birth partner. Anyone else any knowledge of this?

Our birth pool arrived yesterday. Need to decide which furniture to move out of the way and where to put it!

@futuredreams - I asked about testing prior to a section and was told this is routine for all women giving birth. With a section they are doing it a couple days before and with spontaneous labour they are doing it there and then. My hospital are not testing birth partners and advised it wasn't necessary for us to shield beforehand (just to adhere to the guidelines as we have been doing). TBH I didn't ask the question of "what if" I tested positive, but I wasn't given any reason to think my birth partner wouldn't be allowed for the section.