JOEYJOJO'S PREGNANCY DIARY

Happy 30 weeks. In single figures now...9 weeks and 6 days :D
 
ooohhh and happy 30 weeks!! :D xx
 
So....30 weeks today..eeeeee!! Getting ever closer to D Day



Its been a long weekend. SIL's baby was due this Friday and as you all know she ended up in hospital on Saturday night. I now know that her waters didnt go naturally. She went to hospital because of lack of movements and (Im not sure exactly what happened) but a doctor ended up breaking her waters. She then spent the whole night in agony...to find out she was only 3cm dilated the next morning. Gas and air wasnt cutting it so she had morphine (apparently they dont do Pethadine anymore *shrugs*). Didnt know this but the morphine was given via injection in the butt!! Ouch.....! Anyway....by that afternoon she had only dilated another 1cm and so she was hooked up to a hormone drip to get things moving quicker and also given an epidural because the pain had become too much to bear. Cut to an hour later and baby's heartbeat kept dropping and so its clear the baby is in distress...doctors took some blood from baby's head aswell. All confirmed baby was in distress and so she was rushed for an emergency c section. It became clear why baby was then in distress - the umbelical cord was wrapped twice around baby's neck and the contractions had been making it tighter and tighter for baby. To add to that he wasnt breathing when they got him out and so the next 2 minutes were spent trying to get baby breathing. Must have felt like a lifetime to my SIL and her hubby :( They did get him breathing after the 2 minutes thankfully. So yeah...all in all a very stressful time for SIL and her hubby...but also the family.

I have been in tears this weekend and its all a bit close to home for me and has now got me panicking even more about keeping a check on movement and wondering how my labour will go and what will happen to my baby. Incredibly stressful. My SIL and me had spoken a few weeks back about 'cord accidents' and movement and how we hoped it wont happen to us etc.....so for it then to happen to her has freaked me out considerably. As I say - too close to home.

All of that AND the fact that I soon have to stop taking the baby aspirin that I have taken since my BFP in this pregnancy and which I feel has saved my baby.....its adding up to a lot of stress at the moment. Its almost like in my head the aspirin has kept my baby alive and if I stop taking it something will happen.

Anyway - on the upside..my SIL and baby are now fine! I will put some photos in a post to follow.
 
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First Photo - SIL's baby
Second Photo - Baby with SIL and her hubby
Third Photo - My hubby with his nephew
Fourth Photo - Me at 30 weeks :)
 
Wow that must have been terrifying for everyone!! It's one of those scary things that crosses your mind with the movement thing. The pics are so cute though. And I love your bump!!
 
Oh my! very terrifying :( I'm glad all is well in the end though, that's the main thing. Hope your SIL is ok?? Baby looks very cute x

I'm sure everything will be absolutely fine with your baby, labour/birth etc. It's so worrying when someone close to you has a bit of a traumatic one, particularly when you're 30 weeks pregnant as well hun because you'll be worrying for yourself of course. But I'm sure everything will be fine, please try not to panic xxx

Love your bump pic! xx
 
sarah_lou1981 said:
Wow that must have been terrifying for everyone!! It's one of those scary things that crosses your mind with the movement thing. The pics are so cute though. And I love your bump!!
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Yeah it was very scary and Im really glad all ended well and mum and baby are ok. Its just scared the living cr@p outta me a little bit about my little boy!
 
PrincessPeach said:
Oh my! very terrifying :( I'm glad all is well in the end though, that's the main thing. Hope your SIL is ok?? Baby looks very cute x

I'm sure everything will be absolutely fine with your baby, labour/birth etc. It's so worrying when someone close to you has a bit of a traumatic one, particularly when you're 30 weeks pregnant as well hun because you'll be worrying for yourself of course. But I'm sure everything will be fine, please try not to panic xxx

Love your bump pic! xx
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Awww thanks :)

Yeah SIL was ok yesterday when we all went to see them...just very tired and she was still numb from the epidural so Im presuming that today she'll be on some painkillers if thats worn off. Not sure :p


I think my anxiety just refuses to go away really. I mean...i know the two miscarriages I had were early on and Ive got SO far in this pregnancy....but its like the aspirin has been whats been keeping little man ok and Im scared to stop taking it but know i dont have a choice
 
Awww firstly what a gorgeous little one - soooo alert in that picture and all that hair...just adorable!!

Your poor SIL she really went through it didn't she - thankfully she picked up the reduced movements and got it checked. My niece was the same - they tried to induce but Libbie's heart rate dropped very early on with very small contractions....she too had the cord around her neck twice so entered the world via the sun-roof (c-section). It's very scary but the babies let us know when they aren't happy so in that way the monitoring is very useful in labour.

Try not worry yourself too much, it's very difficult i know - i had a friend who had a hellish delivery very recently and it's had me worried, but you have to trust your body and trust that the midwives and consultants will do whats required to have a healthy baby and mum at the end.


Oh and what a gorgeous bump you've got!! Perfect :) x
 
When do you have to stop taking the aspirin? They put me on it too but didn't tell me how long for.
It's totally understandable that you're nervous. Seeing someone go through it must be hard, especially as you've had it so hard to get to this point. X
 
Kim26 said:
Awww firstly what a gorgeous little one - soooo alert in that picture and all that hair...just adorable!!

Your poor SIL she really went through it didn't she - thankfully she picked up the reduced movements and got it checked. My niece was the same - they tried to induce but Libbie's heart rate dropped very early on with very small contractions....she too had the cord around her neck twice so entered the world via the sun-roof (c-section). It's very scary but the babies let us know when they aren't happy so in that way the monitoring is very useful in labour.

Try not worry yourself too much, it's very difficult i know - i had a friend who had a hellish delivery very recently and it's had me worried, but you have to trust your body and trust that the midwives and consultants will do whats required to have a healthy baby and mum at the end.


Oh and what a gorgeous bump you've got!! Perfect :) x
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Awww thanks Kim :)

i try a lot to put the anxiety to the back of my mindbut deep down it is always there and i think the mixture of what happened to my SIL this weekend and having to stop the aspirin soon has flared it all up for me
 
sarah_lou1981 said:
When do you have to stop taking the aspirin? They put me on it too but didn't tell me how long for.
It's totally understandable that you're nervous. Seeing someone go through it must be hard, especially as you've had it so hard to get to this point. X
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The private specialist I had seen told me to stop taking the aspirin at 32 weeks and the hospital consultant I saw said 36 weeks...so im going with the later one and stopping them at 36 weeks lol!
 
JoeyJoJo said:
Awww thanks :)

Yeah SIL was ok yesterday when we all went to see them...just very tired and she was still numb from the epidural so Im presuming that today she'll be on some painkillers if thats worn off. Not sure :p


I think my anxiety just refuses to go away really. I mean...i know the two miscarriages I had were early on and Ive got SO far in this pregnancy....but its like the aspirin has been whats been keeping little man ok and Im scared to stop taking it but know i dont have a choice
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Oh honey, I totally understand. Miscarriages can seriously "haunt" you I think. I know mine has.
Mine was 6 years ago and was obviously very upsetting at first, but it's now I realise it must have affected me more than I thought. I have thought for so long "there's something wrong with me", "I can't carry babies", "I'll never have a baby". When I fell pregnant with this baby, I've been convinced something bad will happen and it's only been the last 5 weeks or so where I've felt ok about it all. In fact, I think it properly hit me on Saturday night watching the dvd of my little girl that she is real, and she's on her way, and that she's absolutely fine in there. I was sobbing, absolutely sobbing because I genuinely could not believe my body was working, and was doing/had done all the things it was meant to do so this baby could survive and grow x


It's so tough. Mine was a very different circumstance admittedly - I was only 17 and it was unplanned, so definitely not ideal. My baby would now be six this month had he/she survived and I've since thought that it was probably a blessing in disguise because it was also this month 6 years ago that I met John. Had the baby survived, we most certainly wouldn't be together. I'd be a single mum, and I wouldn't have the life I do now. I wouldn't have married John, and I wouldn't have my little girl on the way. So, I can't imagine the pain of losing 2 babies with your husband. That must have been incredibly hard, and I'm sure, like me, you still have your anxious moments - even though your 30 weeks pregnant.

That said, you are 30 weeks pregnant :) with a beautiful, healthy little boy. Unfortunately, it's unlikely you'll know for definite if it was because of the baby aspirin, or whether he was just meant to be. But you can trust in your body honey, it's got you this far and he's clearly doing well in there so you're doing a very good job. Please try not to worry. Your going to be in very good hands when it's your turn to give birth, and they will do their very best by you and your little man. You're going to be fine sweetie :)

I hope I haven't upset you by saying all of this :\ It wasn't intentional (bringing up the m/c's etc) - I just want you to know that I understand to a degree the anxiety and upset with m/c's - and that this is your time now :) Please try not to worry xxxxx
 
PrincessPeach said:
Oh honey, I totally understand. Miscarriages can seriously "haunt" you I think. I know mine has.
Mine was 6 years ago and was obviously very upsetting at first, but it's now I realise it must have affected me more than I thought. I have thought for so long "there's something wrong with me", "I can't carry babies", "I'll never have a baby". When I fell pregnant with this baby, I've been convinced something bad will happen and it's only been the last 5 weeks or so where I've felt ok about it all. In fact, I think it properly hit me on Saturday night watching the dvd of my little girl that she is real, and she's on her way, and that she's absolutely fine in there. I was sobbing, absolutely sobbing because I genuinely could not believe my body was working, and was doing/had done all the things it was meant to do so this baby could survive and grow x


It's so tough. Mine was a very different circumstance admittedly - I was only 17 and it was unplanned, so definitely not ideal. My baby would now be six this month had he/she survived and I've since thought that it was probably a blessing in disguise because it was also this month 6 years ago that I met John. Had the baby survived, we most certainly wouldn't be together. I'd be a single mum, and I wouldn't have the life I do now. I wouldn't have married John, and I wouldn't have my little girl on the way. So, I can't imagine the pain of losing 2 babies with your husband. That must have been incredibly hard, and I'm sure, like me, you still have your anxious moments - even though your 30 weeks pregnant.

That said, you are 30 weeks pregnant :) with a beautiful, healthy little boy. Unfortunately, it's unlikely you'll know for definite if it was because of the baby aspirin, or whether he was just meant to be. But you can trust in your body honey, it's got you this far and he's clearly doing well in there so you're doing a very good job. Please try not to worry. Your going to be in very good hands when it's your turn to give birth, and they will do their very best by you and your little man. You're going to be fine sweetie :)

I hope I haven't upset you by saying all of this :\ It wasn't intentional (bringing up the m/c's etc) - I just want you to know that I understand to a degree the anxiety and upset with m/c's - and that this is your time now :) Please try not to worry xxxxx
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God no you havnt upset me at all! Im very open when it comes to talking about the babies I miscarried as I feel like talking about it helps more than bottling it all up. I too always felt like there was something wrong with my body and it was my fault i kept losing my babies. Its why when the GP told me they wouldnt do any tests until i miscarried a third time...i decided to go private...and im so glad i did.

I completely know you're right - miscarriages do haunt you...I'll never be able to forget what happened and it will probably affect me in any future pregnancies I have (anxiety-wise). I guess I just have to do what i can to keep the negative thoughts and anxiety at the back of my mind and try to be positive and not stress. Easier said than done but i can only but try eh!
 
JoeyJoJo said:
God no you havnt upset me at all! Im very open when it comes to talking about the babies I miscarried as I feel like talking about it helps more than bottling it all up. I too always felt like there was something wrong with my body and it was my fault i kept losing my babies. Its why when the GP told me they wouldnt do any tests until i miscarried a third time...i decided to go private...and im so glad i did.

I completely know you're right - miscarriages do haunt you...I'll never be able to forget what happened and it will probably affect me in any future pregnancies I have (anxiety-wise). I guess I just have to do what i can to keep the negative thoughts and anxiety at the back of my mind and try to be positive and not stress. Easier said than done but i can only but try eh!
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Exactly, and this baby may help you a lot honey :) With any future pregnancies, you will have the experience of growing a healthy baby - so it may actually help with anxiety :) You'll know that you can do it :) xxxx
 
PrincessPeach said:
Exactly, and this baby may help you a lot honey :) With any future pregnancies, you will have the experience of growing a healthy baby - so it may actually help with anxiety :) You'll know that you can do it :) xxxx
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Thats definitely a good way of looking at it. Also (god forbid) if anything were to go wrong in any future pregnancies I would have little one to keep me going etc :) xxx
 
Oh yeah - a new development today. My ankles and hands are swollen and so Ive come to the point of having to give my engagement/wedding rings to hubby to put away for safekeeping because my rings keep getting stuck. Boooooooooo!!!!
 
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