new mums & mums to be !!! Who`s baby is due next ???
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How you guys doing on the weight gain side.....
Well weighed myself today and have gained 2 stone.....:sigh:.....only gained 2 stone in my entire pregnancy with my son so figure I will have a good bit to loose when I have the baby.....funny enough I am wearing size 12 maternity clothes but they do add extra material in the legs and bum and of course tum - so they are much bigger than standard Size 12......
Anyhoo, not going to focus on it too much...wondering how you guys are doing........
Well weighed myself today and have gained 2 stone.....:sigh:.....only gained 2 stone in my entire pregnancy with my son so figure I will have a good bit to loose when I have the baby.....funny enough I am wearing size 12 maternity clothes but they do add extra material in the legs and bum and of course tum - so they are much bigger than standard Size 12......
Anyhoo, not going to focus on it too much...wondering how you guys are doing........
Sunflowers
Wants to be a yummy mummy
Not sure how much I've put on, think it was about that by your stage..
Not worrying about it now, I can't do anything to burn anything off so will worry about it when bean is born! Lost my appetite a little since been in bed so that's probably a blessing!
Not worrying about it now, I can't do anything to burn anything off so will worry about it when bean is born! Lost my appetite a little since been in bed so that's probably a blessing!
Sunflowers
Wants to be a yummy mummy
Ahh, hope the next scan is easierr to see everything!
I've had a really tough couple of days, hopefully tomorrow will be easier.. Haven't been able to get downstairs all afternoon...
I've had a really tough couple of days, hopefully tomorrow will be easier.. Haven't been able to get downstairs all afternoon...
nina
Silver Member
Bea - good new for an active baby! I as well Cant wait to hear who your lil bump is!
Sunflower...sorry to hear bout the pain...its all worth it and will be over soon...
I actually was feeling poorly all day yesterday...all crampy and achy down there...went to delivery suite at 8pm...they did the full check and everything was fine (no preterm labor that is!)Sent me home with co-comidol (spell?)...but havent needed it today! Verdict: something to due with the ligaments stretching and my c-section scar from last year...
anyways...just was happy to see her moving all about!
this week is almost done girls!!!!!!!!hang in there!
Sunflower...sorry to hear bout the pain...its all worth it and will be over soon...
I actually was feeling poorly all day yesterday...all crampy and achy down there...went to delivery suite at 8pm...they did the full check and everything was fine (no preterm labor that is!)Sent me home with co-comidol (spell?)...but havent needed it today! Verdict: something to due with the ligaments stretching and my c-section scar from last year...
anyways...just was happy to see her moving all about!
this week is almost done girls!!!!!!!!hang in there!
Hi Nina...great to hear from you....it must be scary to bet admitted to the labour ward....glad to know everything is ok and fingers crossed that achy/pains will subside......hugs
Hi Sunflower.....hope you get some reflief soon - it must be so frustrating.....take care hun.
Hi Sunflower.....hope you get some reflief soon - it must be so frustrating.....take care hun.
nina
Silver Member
I hate headaches -- cuz I have to avoid the paracetamol due to the heparin and aspirin thinning my blood -- Make sure you stay well hydrated (I have realized some of my headaches are in fact due to dehydration)...glad you are benifiting from the support belt.
Sunflowers
Wants to be a yummy mummy
Have a good massage Bea, hubby bought me a pamper day for christmas (well, promised rather than bought!) and I'm so looking forward to having that, will be a nice treat once the baby's born and I can get out of the house again!
Nina - gosh, must have been a bit scary ay? Glad everything turned out ok in the end - and at least you got to see your labour ward! Might take a little of the "fear of the unknown" out of it when you go in to labour now ay? I used to get quite dehydrated at work if I wasn't careful - realised because, as you say, I was going home with headaches.. Started taking a 2l bottle of water in to work and making sure I drank at least that, if not more (12.5hr shift) and they all stopped!
Sonkie - glad the support belt is working..
I've had my parents down this weekend and it has really really taken it out of me, even though I've been in bed for most of it.. Even the pethidine hasn't quite got rid of the pain this time.. I've got my mw coming out on thurs and I'm really going to sit down (well, lie down ) and discuss birth options with her - at the moment I've potentially got just under 16 weeks to go (if I go overdue which, with a first baby, is entirely possible) and I honestly can't see how I'd get through it and still be in any state to labour.. I'm sleeping for between 2 and 4 hours a night in total but only getting 20-40 minute snatches at a time and I'm utterly exhausted already.. What I'd be interested to know is whether they would recommend an elective section or induction of labour and, if so, when.. But then if I go down the elective section route I'm then commiting myself to 6 weeks recovery and possible sections in the future (which may or may not be a blessing considering spd gets worse with each pg).. If I go for an IOL then I may well still end up with a section anyway but at least I'd have an epidural sited before the induction really got going so it wouldn't be too bad.. I dont know if my pelvis would cope with labour at the moment - something people have been gently intimating to me for the last few weeks... So a lot to think about - and chat to my mw on thurs.. I think she's going to most likely end up sending me in to talk to one of the consultants about all my options - will be a fun trip in an ambulance! Despite all this I'm still reasonably bright most of the time until the pain gets really bad, at which point everything seems so hard and frustrating.. But then Bean kicks away merrily and reminds me it's all worth it, even if thre's still a while to go yet..
Thanks for listening guys - and if I ever moan too much on here then slap me with a wet fish - sonkie, you live near enough to come and do it in person!!!
xx
Nina - gosh, must have been a bit scary ay? Glad everything turned out ok in the end - and at least you got to see your labour ward! Might take a little of the "fear of the unknown" out of it when you go in to labour now ay? I used to get quite dehydrated at work if I wasn't careful - realised because, as you say, I was going home with headaches.. Started taking a 2l bottle of water in to work and making sure I drank at least that, if not more (12.5hr shift) and they all stopped!
Sonkie - glad the support belt is working..
I've had my parents down this weekend and it has really really taken it out of me, even though I've been in bed for most of it.. Even the pethidine hasn't quite got rid of the pain this time.. I've got my mw coming out on thurs and I'm really going to sit down (well, lie down
) and discuss birth options with her - at the moment I've potentially got just under 16 weeks to go (if I go overdue which, with a first baby, is entirely possible) and I honestly can't see how I'd get through it and still be in any state to labour.. I'm sleeping for between 2 and 4 hours a night in total but only getting 20-40 minute snatches at a time and I'm utterly exhausted already.. What I'd be interested to know is whether they would recommend an elective section or induction of labour and, if so, when.. But then if I go down the elective section route I'm then commiting myself to 6 weeks recovery and possible sections in the future (which may or may not be a blessing considering spd gets worse with each pg).. If I go for an IOL then I may well still end up with a section anyway but at least I'd have an epidural sited before the induction really got going so it wouldn't be too bad.. I dont know if my pelvis would cope with labour at the moment - something people have been gently intimating to me for the last few weeks... So a lot to think about - and chat to my mw on thurs.. I think she's going to most likely end up sending me in to talk to one of the consultants about all my options - will be a fun trip in an ambulance! Despite all this I'm still reasonably bright most of the time until the pain gets really bad, at which point everything seems so hard and frustrating.. But then Bean kicks away merrily and reminds me it's all worth it, even if thre's still a while to go yet..Thanks for listening guys - and if I ever moan too much on here then slap me with a wet fish - sonkie, you live near enough to come and do it in person!!!
xx
Hi Sunflower....thanks for sharing what you are going through - it good to hear from you and really admire you keeping in good spirits (hold the wet fish slap yet Sonkie!!!)....I wont even try to give you advise as all pregancies, labours and birth are individual and personal.....however my experience of c-section wasnt that bad..honestly!! (had an emergency one after 14 hours of labour as baby's got very stressed....)
I spent 5 days in hospital and went grocery shopping on the first day I went home (with hubby with me of course), went to lunch each Sunday after the c-section, hubby and I made love after week 2, went to hubbys passout (hes a fireman) at day 9 post birth.....and went shopping each week/walk each day either around the corner Spar or to local coffee shop etc...the only thing I couldnt do for the 6 weeks was drive (as I was advised not to by hospital).....oh and decided I would include dusting and hoovering in that 6 week ban too...... My current consultant has decided given the sequence of events leading to my c-section has recommended another one this time....which I am expecting to be even better as I wont have the 20 hour per labour and 14 labour to "get over" as was as the shock of a emergency section.
Best of luck with the mwife/advice etc and hope you manage to get some more rest to keep your spirits high!!
I spent 5 days in hospital and went grocery shopping on the first day I went home (with hubby with me of course), went to lunch each Sunday after the c-section, hubby and I made love after week 2, went to hubbys passout (hes a fireman) at day 9 post birth.....and went shopping each week/walk each day either around the corner Spar or to local coffee shop etc...the only thing I couldnt do for the 6 weeks was drive (as I was advised not to by hospital).....oh and decided I would include dusting and hoovering in that 6 week ban too...... My current consultant has decided given the sequence of events leading to my c-section has recommended another one this time....which I am expecting to be even better as I wont have the 20 hour per labour and 14 labour to "get over" as was as the shock of a emergency section.
Best of luck with the mwife/advice etc and hope you manage to get some more rest to keep your spirits high!!
Sunflowers
Wants to be a yummy mummy
Thank you bea.. xxxxxx
nina
Silver Member
hey sunflower,
it must be more than exhausting...but thank goodness pregnancy isnt forever! the pain will be over soon enough?! 16 weeks isnt too far... (although I am just trying to countdown to week 34 -- which is almost 7 1/2 weeks away!If my body makes it til then, I will be more than happy to have a healthy stable premie at that time...)
My experience with an emergency section (due entirely to my health degrading quickly)...wasnt actually bad...I was up and moving next day (and even took a shower with DH help!) The only pitfall I found was lack of bladder control -- and thankfully I was still in hospital when the 2 occasions of a we'ed upon floor occured (majorly emabrassed to say the least) -- but I was afraid to admit that I couldnt feel a full bladder or the need to empty -- oh yeah, and another pitfall was all the gas! It had to come out somehow -- and I couldnt help when and where! other than that -- the surgical site healed beautifully and I ever needed pain medications (actually wasnt allowed any due to the high BP).
Hope a meeting with the consultant will ease you worries.
I go on Wednesday to see baby...so excited...hopefully she is growing well -- shes definitely moving all over the place!
it must be more than exhausting...but thank goodness pregnancy isnt forever! the pain will be over soon enough?! 16 weeks isnt too far...
(although I am just trying to countdown to week 34 -- which is almost 7 1/2 weeks away!If my body makes it til then, I will be more than happy to have a healthy stable premie at that time...)My experience with an emergency section (due entirely to my health degrading quickly)...wasnt actually bad...I was up and moving next day (and even took a shower with DH help!) The only pitfall I found was lack of bladder control -- and thankfully I was still in hospital when the 2 occasions of a we'ed upon floor occured (majorly emabrassed to say the least) -- but I was afraid to admit that I couldnt feel a full bladder or the need to empty -- oh yeah, and another pitfall was all the gas! It had to come out somehow -- and I couldnt help when and where! other than that -- the surgical site healed beautifully and I ever needed pain medications (actually wasnt allowed any due to the high BP).
Hope a meeting with the consultant will ease you worries.
I go on Wednesday to see baby...so excited...hopefully she is growing well -- shes definitely moving all over the place!
Sunflowers
Wants to be a yummy mummy
Heya nina, yeah - I'd be quite happy with a 34-35 weeker, chances are we might not even need to go to nicu at that gestation (at least that's the case at my hospital if the apgars are good enough) but I'd still rather have a nice term normal delivery if I can.. But we'll see.. The consultant I'd be under is lovely too which is nice - I'd be well looked after, as I would be by the midwives, I dont think I'd be sdhort of visitors from the amount of them who have said theyd pop in!
Sunflowers
Wants to be a yummy mummy
Had a bit of a breakthrough last night, took the pillow case off my 5' pillow and wrapped it in a sheet, then folded up a single duvet and put that in the pillow case, put the 2 pillows next to each other and made a little hole about half way down to dip my pelvis in to and lay sort of on my side I suppose - in a "nest" with both my knees together.. I slept for 8 hours - woke up twice for a wee (what an acheivement compared to usual 10-12 times!!) and felt like I'd slept for 1000, what a difference.. If I can sleep like that even once a week then I'm quite happy not to ask for an elective section and just sit it out to wait for a normal labour..
Managed to get down to the pub (all of 20 metres away) - first time I'd been out of the house in 2 weeks.. My parents were going back today (been down for the weekend) and so we went down there for a roast, but by the time I'd sat there for 10 minutes waiting for the food I was ready to go back to bed, by the time I'd eaten I was really really sore again.. Took me nearly 10 minutes to get back to the house, literally 2 steps at a time.. Even hubby was suprised as to how slow I was bless him.. But still, when they came back they brought me rhubarb crumble and custard - it was lovely.. I then slept for about 3 hours, it had really taken it out of me!!
Just waiting for painkillers to kick in again and then going to sleep, hubby on a night tonight (just the one though, yay!) so I'm on my own, hoping I sleep as well as I did last night - but even 4 hours would be ok after how I slept last night so dont mind!
Hope everyone else is ok!
x
Managed to get down to the pub (all of 20 metres away) - first time I'd been out of the house in 2 weeks.. My parents were going back today (been down for the weekend) and so we went down there for a roast, but by the time I'd sat there for 10 minutes waiting for the food I was ready to go back to bed, by the time I'd eaten I was really really sore again..
Took me nearly 10 minutes to get back to the house, literally 2 steps at a time.. Even hubby was suprised as to how slow I was bless him.. But still, when they came back they brought me rhubarb crumble and custard - it was lovely.. I then slept for about 3 hours, it had really taken it out of me!!Just waiting for painkillers to kick in again and then going to sleep, hubby on a night tonight (just the one though, yay!) so I'm on my own, hoping I sleep as well as I did last night - but even 4 hours would be ok after how I slept last night so dont mind!
Hope everyone else is ok!
x
sonkie
Gold Member
Hiya guys.....not been on pc much....if i sit still for too long its painful to get out of chair......my pelvis is now starting to play up......hope its not a sign of a big baby...eeek. I suffered this with Callum and he was 9lb 11oz.....I was hoping to have a dainty little girl.....lol.
Anyway the hips are still playing up at night about every hour....it feels like they come out of joint........anyway I am no where near as bad as Helen.......hope you can ease some of your worries on delivery when you see consultant.....I am also under a consultant at Derriford though cant remember name....but saw dr called Natasha......?????
So not too long to go for us all....hopefully we will get through and come out the other side much fitter...hee hee
Anyway the hips are still playing up at night about every hour....it feels like they come out of joint........anyway I am no where near as bad as Helen.......hope you can ease some of your worries on delivery when you see consultant.....I am also under a consultant at Derriford though cant remember name....but saw dr called Natasha......?????
So not too long to go for us all....hopefully we will get through and come out the other side much fitter...hee hee
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