Lottie, what an arse your anaesthetist is, I am glad that something is going to be done about it, although doesn?t help your memory of the birth of your girls. Easy to say try and focus on the positives rather than the negatives, but I know I felt much better after I had talked and talked and talked about my labour ? it really was a trauma for me, and I needed to get it all off my chest. In a nutshell I was 2 weeks overdue, went in for induction, 2 nights in hospital, finally 3cm dilated to enable the ARM to break my waters? waters broke (it was a like a scene out of little Britain!), long walk, then attached to drip, super painful contractions for hours, still only 5cm dilated, passed out, lost H?s heartbeat, alarm, room filled, dh white as a sheet, all calmed down, soldiered on some more but still nothing happening, obstetrician decided emergency c-s, and H was born at 2.02am . Didn?t get any music either, but to be honest ? the whole thing was a huge relief after a few nightmare days ? every member of staff was AMAZING. It turned out H was in a funny position and would never have come out naturally, and at 9lb3oz it was probably for the best I am a curvy girl, but in terms of pelvic width, I am pretty small ? so the poor love was getting pounded against it and gave up for a bit, thankfully only as a warning to us to get me to stop bouncing on the ball
Ok, I said in a nutshell didn?t I ? I did write my birth story on here before so apologies for the repetition. As you can see Lottie, I still feel the need to talk about it, it does me good. So for what it is worth, my advice is keep telling people. Don?t brush it under the carpet and I think you will be able to come to terms with it all much easier. I am disgusted that your dh was not with you the entire time, I would have thought that it was standard practice unless you are having a general. It was hilarious seeing dh in scrubs
You are doing so well with the breastfeeding, honestly, one of the midwives said that H would not be a breastfeeder ? and it took her a couple of days to get it. As it turned out she loves a bottle more, but we forced her managed to breastfeed for 14 weeks exclusively and then at least some breastfeeds until 20 weeks when she finally stopped waking every night for food, which was the nail in the coffin of my supply. Hang in there and keep going, the more you feed and express the more you will boost your supply. I know you like a supplement, and I am fairly sure I read that fenugreek capsules are supposed to boost your supply. Worth a google.
Minxi, lovely to hear from you, cannot believe ds3 is 9.5 months now!! Frightening how fast time flies isn?t it! How old is your eldest now?
Sorry to hear that you have had poorly boys, hope all is better in time for Christmas.
Greedy have a great time in Lapland, hope Marcy is feeling better in time.
Chooster, it really is shocking that credit card companies are able to do that, and play Russian roulette with companies like that. Personally there must be some comeback, if people are booking trips with a company then the payment should be made as agreed. I can?t get my head round how they are allowed to get away with it.
Anyway, here?s to 2010!
fettle your dd sounds lovely and positive, a girl after my own heart!! A positivity princess. Hope you made the carol singing. You are looking forward to 2010 too aren?t you , not long now.
That feeling when you bring them home from hospital is so weird isn?t it we were the opposite, we had H on us all the time, probably should have put her down more often
Honey how are you enjoying the snow? Apart from freezing your brain?
Loads of snow here ? hope it snows like this next year
Right? enough of my waffle, I have presents to wrap and a house to clean ? we are hosting Christmas for the families this year, and I need to make up guest room for my brother and to a bit of a clean up operation?