MSE Pregnancy Club IX

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gotta - i got out voted by the kids and OH :rotfl: x

tiamai_d

Evansangel wrote: »

:rotfl: it still makes me laugh haha.

Cant imagine my doctor saying 'foof'

Jeeez im bored. Have to pay my credit card by monday but have no internet access lol. Must go and find a library x

Ha! I remember a doctor telling me how they would induce me with DS1... 'We just stick two fingers up your fanny with some gel on then, give it a twirl and then you stay in bed for an hour before we take you to the labour ward and stick some needles in you' with a big cheesy grin She had me in stitches!

Squishy

tiamai_d: that has got to be the best description of an induction that I have ever heard! :rotfl: I love it!

Evansangel

tiamai_d wrote: »

Ha! I remember a doctor telling me how they would induce me with DS1... 'We just stick two fingers up your fanny with some gel on then, give it a twirl and then you stay in bed for an hour before we take you to the labour ward and stick some needles in you' with a big cheesy grin She had me in stitches!

Ahahahaha :rotfl:

Least it calms you down a bit

x x

money_maker_3

tiamai_d wrote: »

Ha! I remember a doctor telling me how they would induce me with DS1... 'We just stick two fingers up your fanny with some gel on then, give it a twirl and then you stay in bed for an hour before we take you to the labour ward and stick some needles in you' with a big cheesy grin She had me in stitches!

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

money_maker_3

I'm having chicken tika and rice for dinner
Yumm yumm !!!

I had quite a productive day today, no painting done, but all the washing is done, my 2 loads of charity shop clothes that werent worth trying to sell have gone and a trip to the dump has also been achieved !!

Well I say I did it, I drove OH did all the heavy lifting !!!

aless02

LOL @ the induction description.

Thanks for the welcome all! You lot are quite chatty, so it's going to be hard to keep up with all the new posts!

money_maker_3

aless02 wrote: »

LOL @ the induction description.

Thanks for the welcome all! You lot are quite chatty, so it's going to be hard to keep up with all the new posts!

This isnt chatty, you should see the posts in the middle of the week when everyone is on !!!!!!

If there are too many pages to catch up on, just ask if anything major has happened and you will be informed !!:D

Weekends in here are soooooo slow

skintchick

sugarspunsister wrote: »

Evening all, just off for a bath and then gonna come back for a read and catch up but... thought I'd get this out of the way first:

Well, as promised - here's my ECV (External Cephalic Version) update - hope it's not too long and boring!

In complete honesty, it was a total breeze and also successful (yay!) despite little dink being nearly 38 weeks with her bum lodged firmly in my pelvis. Actual procedure lasted about 5 minutes and involved more 'jiggling' than pushing or pumelling. My consultant seemed to rely more on the baby to do the work encouraging her to do little kicks which would propel her whilst he guided her into position rather than forceably manouvering her himself.

When I first turned up, they put baby on a CTG monitor for 15 minutes or so to get some baseline readings. They also took my temp, blood pressure and is it oxygen saturation? (the clip on your fingertip with the red light). Once they were happy with all that - they did a quick scan so that the consultant could judge where her bum and head were and also check that there was sufficient amniotic fluid.

Then I had to sign a consent form to state that... a). I understood the procedure and that the risks had been explained to me. b). I consented to an EMCS if things were to go wrong and c). That nothing further would be done without my permission.

It was uncomfortable, but at no point did I feel like it was hurting enough to hurt the baby or really cause any pain penetration deeper than the surface tissue if that makes sense? Any 'proper' pain was purely pressure caused by the consultant's thumb or finger digging into my ribs or a soft bit rather than any pain over my uterus. I winced and it caught my breath about 3-4 times at the absolute most. The closest I can come to describing it is saying that it's a bit like pressing on a bruise - painful, but totally within reasonable pain thresholds. Oh, and whilst he was 'turning' her, the midwife kept checking with the CTG pad that she was tolerating it all happily and they consulted the ultrasound scanner once or twice so that he could double check her position.

After the procedure baby was monitored on the CTG for about 35-40 minutes to make sure that she was happy with her now 'upside down' world and I was sent on my way!

I will say that my consultant does have a good reputation locally for performing successful ECVs, so I may have had a lucky experience. If I was in the same situation again, I wouldn't hesitate to have another ECV.

I've also been told that when I go into labour and phone the labour ward, I need to let them know I've had an ECV just so that they can admit me a little earlier to do a quick scan before letting me progress through natural labour relatively uninterrupted!

Anyway, from one complete wussy wimp I hope that offers some insight into what you might expect.

Glad it went well. I'm concerned I might have to have one of these but don;t know how or when they will be able to tell me whether the baby is right way up or not? Was breech at my last scan but could well have turned I guess.


Welcome newbie Maz! Congrats! :T

Mookie - the MW was probably feeling for legs to check for swelling. My Gp made me jump when he suddenly grabbed my ankles at my last appointment! I thought he was trying something on at first :rotfl:

On travel sickness, mine has got really bad now I'm pregnant - being in the car with anyone makes me want to hurl so I'm a bit worried about going to Paris next month on Eurostar in case I am ill.

Well, I have loads of work to do with a Monday 9am deadline so gonna have to work this evening and tomorrow afternoon and hopefully that will be enough to get it done. I am paid by the hour but I think I have a good 8 hours left to get done.

OH and I are watching TV and chilling out after a loooong lie-in (till 12!) and have eaten hot dogs yum!

Evansangel

money_maker wrote: »

I'm having chicken tika and rice for dinner
Yumm yumm !!!

*jealous* lol.
OH doesn't like curry so we dont have it

Got dominos tonight though x