MSE Parents Club Part 10

tarajayne

Glamazon wrote: »

Jack is most upset you [STRIKE]couldn't be arsed to[/STRIKE] didn't come round for tea - I made cakes tonight



Yeah I got told next time would be quick and not to hang about at home.

Tara - I am very :mad: at your thread being hijacked!

Didn't realise they were all still there, flippen eck, I just told them all to bog off!!! :mad:

Sami_Bee

chopsticks wrote: »

I am tempted next time Sami, but this one went so quickly (from 2cms at 7:15am to being born at 10:29am, with no examinations or pain relief until 10am) that I'm worried the MW wouldn't get to me in time.

When I had given birth the MW said to me "if you have a second baby, you need to get to hospital, or if you're having a home birth call the MW, as soon as you start contracting as it could be half the time next time".

I just think "what if they can't get to me in time". I couldn't cope with just me and DH. I cried when I got to hospital cos I was so relieved there were people who knew what they were doing (at that point, I didn't know they were going to leave me in a bathroom for several hours!).

I know you have the fear of them not getting to you, but if you have time to get to hospital then you have time for a MW to get to you
My fave MW lives just down the road from me so if it was her on call duty when I started she could have been with me in minutes
The best bit about a HB is that you wouldn't be left alone so non of that alone worrying:T

I too was told not to hang around as Ed's birth could be very short going by Chris taking just short of 7hrs (4hrs 'established labour') due to this I called the hops straight away and told them how quick my 1st labour was, they sent a MW straight away and she stayed with me until he was born.
She said she would normally have left me and told me to try to get sleep but due to previous labour time she stayed.
As it turns out Ed's labour was longer, I had twinges all day, realised I was in labour when I had a show and some contractions and he arrived 6hrs 20min later:)

tarajayne

I'm not commenting as I'm still very upset at having to be induced with Maddy. Sorry, not ignoring! X

searching_me

right bed time for me ... philip is already snoring so best drag him ... nighty night lovelys xxxx

money_maker_3

Sorry all, not been paying much attention tonight, watching mindless TV instead !!

Am heading to bed anyway

Catch you all tomorrow
Nighty Night xx

jennynoo

Thanks for the advice yesterday on Erin not feeding on my left side. I took a mixtures of the advice given and expressed a bit then tried feeding her again and she was fine! That was after her not feeding all day from the left so maybe there was a blockage that the expressing cleared or a bit of milk that tasted funny? Who knows, just glad everything is back to normal now. OH has been at home all day today and Erin has been laughing at him loads

I love watching OBEM, makes me realise how lucky I was getting the birth I wanted but also glad I did the preparation like RLT as suggested by the lovely ladies on here.

Sami_Bee

Aww sorry Tara, I've forgotten what happened now but I'm sure you did what was best!
If you want to 'voice' anything then do go ahead xxx

tarajayne

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Aww sorry Tara, I've forgotten what happened now but I'm sure you did what was best!
If you want to 'voice' anything then do go ahead xxx

No, I'm fine. Just feel bad when I don't join in sometimes. It ends up like I'm only talking about me when I'm actually avoiding something. IYKWIM!

elle_gee

Mission for tomorrow - find socks with guitars on *rolleyes* :cool: (SIL's birthday present, along with perfume and Sweeney Todd DVD - novel mix!)

I'm baby free tomorrow - with nowhere specific to go! :eek: Aiming to get up earlier than normal, bottle for Rhys, take him to be weighed, then on to Mum's for brekkie there and then home again for me, leaving Rhys with Mum. Have got errands to do in town (like bank my Christmas money cheque!) and clothes of Rhys' to sort and things to list on FreeCycle. That ought to keep my occupied for a while

tarajayne

Night Sami, Elle, Jenny and anyone else still mad enough to be here! X