AUGUST 2022 (Thread 4)

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@Celyn22 ivf due date was 17th august. Nhs scan one was 13th august. My section was booked for 11th august due to placenta previa. Baby apparlently didn't agree with any of those dates.

@PopGoesBang congrats!

This thread looks like it will soon fill up with babies.

@PopGoesBang yayyy congratulations, wonderful news! Hope you & baby Imogen are doing well! X

Congratulations @PopGoesBang and welcome baby Imogen! Hope you're both still doing well and heading home soon!

😂Me too! Our due dates are the 8th and 9th, I wonder which one of us will be unluckier in how long baby stays put!😂

Hahaha I was like that at 35 weeks too! Desperately trying to make it to 37 weeks so we can get moving and now 39 desperately wanting to get moving😂

@ToCaden and @PopGoesBang huge congratulations to you both on your new arrivals. Hope they're both doing well, and the mummy's too of course.

I'm in for elective c-section tomorrow - 3 weeks early due to GD and size (big).

Husband is bringing toddler home from nursery with a temperature, ear infection suspected. So I got precisely one day of rest on my maternity leave 🤦

Good luck for tomorrow @KCat82 - hope all goes well!

Oh gosh @KCat82 . How big are they? Hope all goes well 😊

@Isonthecase she was estimated 8lb1oz at 35+5. I don't feel like my bump is representative of that size and I know people say the estimates can be way off so we'll see 😊

@KCat82 good luck for tomorrow, hope everything goes smoothly for you and baby 🙂

@KCat82 good luck!!

@CoalCraft ahhh toddlers are tiny little balls of plague… I live in fear of what’s to come. Ours catches something at least once a month. We have one week left in this pregnancy and we’re overdue for her latest germ infestation 😂

Good luck @KCat82 very exciting to think baby will be here this time tomorrow!

Good luck @KCat82 - hope it all goes smoothly! My section is the day after yours! X

@KCat82 Good luck, how exciting!

@madeleine85 The frustrating thing is while she's had a low level cough/runny nose permanently since starting nursery she's hardly ever properly poorly. I think this is maybe the fourth time she's been sent home ever? So why now 😭 Thankfully it looks like it's not tonsillitis or anything else too bad, just a normal virus, so hoping that with Calpol and cuddles tomorrow she'll be good to go back in Thursday 🤞

Still in hospital sadly. Was going to be discharged yesterday, but they're a little worried about possible edema so staying until tomorrow at least.

Suffering a little as only letting me have paracetamol and ibuprofen. Pain was ok the first day, but not covering it now. Midwife yesterday let me have some oramorph, but seems to depend on who you have on shift.

Getting increasingly little sleep due to pain and ward activity, so looking forward to going home.

Thanks all for the good wishes.

@ToCaden sorry to hear you're suffering. Hope they let you go home soon.

@ToCaden Sorry to hear that, hope they get you sorted with some proper pain relief and get you home soon x

@ToCaden the postnatal ward and it's painkiller provision is notoriously awful. Hope you're out soon! Would they let you go up to co codamol?

@Isonthecase nope. Only choices are paracetamol and ibuprofen every six hours (often less as they rely on you to prompt them and can't give it if your midwife is busy. Had over an hour of zero pain relief as midwife was with another patient). Even got told if they give me oramorph (only other solution) it might mean they'll decide not to discharge me.

Just want to go home at this point. Been googling whether I can discharge myself ama if they state the reason as being me having oramorph. (Will ob stay if they decide baby does have an edema issue that would be dangerous to discharge because of).

Getting almost zero sleep here which I imagine is not helping my pain tolerance.

@Isonthecase I've got some cotton PJs from M&S that are low neck enough for easy breastfeeding. (Personally I couldn't be dealing with faffing about with buttons in the middle of the night!). They worked well last time. Not maternity specifically, I just got them in a size Large. Only £12. Yes I agree re the night sweats (plus the engorged boobs that radiate heat)- I couldn't bear any synthetic clothes last time, just too sticky! Oh the joys 🤣

(I did also have some button up maternity PJs where I just kept the top buttons undone, but found the marks n spencer ones more comfy).

Looks like I'll be adding another to the early August babies! Waters broke today at 37+5 so have been in for a check, now back home hoping for contractions to start and if not then back to start induction tomorrow.

Quite glad to have a little notice to get the house sorted, have a shower etc. And very glad I bought a pack of the maternity puppy pad things, I really thought waters going was an all at once thing but 4 hours later it turns out not so much!

@Mufflette Exciting times! I ended up getting those puppy pads things too as I was convinced my waters would break at work... so glad they didn't but still put the pads down on the sofa and bed just in case 🫣 hope everything goes smoothly for you - is this your first?

Good luck @Mufflette that is really promising!! Fingers crossed it all goes well for you.

Thanks @AbiGoLucky @madeleine85 yes, first one for me. Really hoping for contractions to kick in before induction but I'm just going with whatever happens from this point!