Hi everyone, hope you're all doing well! I've been following this thread for ages but haven't really posted so far! It has been nice to read about your experiences of pregnancy so far. I'm 31 weeks and 5 days and due on 8th July (a girl), if you don't mind adding me to the calendar! It all still feels a bit surreal and I can't believe how fast the time seems to be passing now!
I had my midwife check up today and everything seems fine with baby's size and heartbeat, but she's lying in breech oblique position apparently. Last time she was transverse so lying straight across...maybe she is gradually moving round. The midwife said that if the baby is still breech at the next check up in a month, I'll get a scan to check the position then might need to have her manually repositioned, it's called external cephalic version I think? Don't know much about it but I'm crossing my fingers that she moves on her own as it sounds a bit uncomfortable from my Googling of it (which I know is not always helpful!) 😕
We spoke about birth plan today aswell and it all still feels so unknown so I'm trying to learn as much as I can! I had my second antenatal class online tonight about the different forms of pain relief, stages of labour, etc. Last week's class was 2 hours but tonight she whizzed through it in 45 minutes and it felt a bit too fast. I've done a few free online antenatal classes, but am wondering whether it's worth paying for some too? The Honest Midwife seems good but I'm not sure if it's worth paying if I can probably read a lot of the information online!
Thinking about the whole birth experience seems so strange, I'm just hoping I'll cope ok with it! It just feels like 5 minutes since back in November when I found out, and now the big day seems to be coming along so quickly. I've been reading a bit about breathing and relaxation during labour, and was going to get a tens machine although I suppose I'll only find out if it works for me at the time. I was wondering about trying the birth pool aswell as it sounds good and if I don't like it I could always get out again! Just can't believe I'll actually be meeting this new little life inside me in 2 months!
I'll need to start thinking about hospital bag too...I was thinking around 5-6 vests and sleep suits but one of the online classes I did said to take 8-10 which seems a bit much! I'll need to get my list done as it makes me feel much more organised! I don't think I'd let my husband pack as he normally just chucks a few things in a rucksack at the last minute before we go somewhere, which won't really be very helpful in this situation! 😄🙈
Sorry for the rambly post! Nice to meet you all 🙂