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chocaholic110

hypno06 wrote: »

I did ask for a tummy tuck as they stitched me back together.......but sadly it was not to be!!

Now if they would do that at the same time the choice would be made!! I haven't put on a lot of weight this time, only on my stomach, but I think when the baby is out my stomach might hang to my knees! :eek:

I'm not really sure what I would choose. It hurts enough when the midwife feels where the baby is, never mind pushing him round. Also I've had really long labours with DD and DS (4 days and 2 days) so not having to go through that would be nice, but then doesn't recovery from a CS take a while?

Got to say, none of the options really appeal, but I suppose he has to come out somehow!

hypno06

I didn't try manually turning him - DS had turned head down like a good little boy, then at 36 weeks did the reverse, and decided he would go head up! when he re-turned himself it was pretty painful so didn't want to go through that to try and get him in the right position!

Recovery is a bit of a nuisance when you have other children because you can't pick them up for a cuddle etc. I can't remember how old yours are but for me it was a problem because DD was only 15months old herself so still needed a fair bit of attention, lifting into bed lifting into the bath etc which I couldn't do. Older kids will obviously not need the same amount of lifting so less bother in recovery. Also, older ones can do more to help you - fetching and carrying, leaving you able to recover and spend time with the new one.

chocaholic110

My two are 13 and 9 - not sure I could lift them if I wanted to!!

hypno06

chocaholic110 wrote: »

My two are 13 and 9 - not sure I could lift them if I wanted to!!

:rotfl: :rotfl: Put them to good use in the 6 week recovery period - at least they are at a good age to help (although at that age bribary or force may be required).

pandapaws

Hiya! That's a bit of a bummer about the baby - with a bit of luck he'll gradually turn himself over the next week or two and save you the bother. If it were me (and as I'm out to catch everything that you've got, it may well be in a few weeks!) I think that I'd possibly consider the section, simply because I can still remember just how bloody painful labour was the first time round, and mine was about 8 hours, not several days!

I had a bizarre thought when getting up for work yesterday, and trying to get my eyes to adjust to the bathroom light - do you think babies must get hellish headaches when they're first born from the sudden transition from dark womb to sudden bright light? Think how awful it is if someone turns the light on in the middle of the night - it must be a million times worse as it would be the first time the poor little thing's eyes have ever seen light (or anything at all) of any kind! But I suppose it would be a bit much to ask the midwife to deliver in the dark, and definitely not advisable if you do go for the CS option. Maybe kittens and things that are born with their eyes closed have the right idea. That was just my little irrelevant thought for the day that I thought I'd share - sorry!

Hope you're feeling much better today anyway. Just take it easy!

chocaholic110

:rotfl: Having a little giggle to myself at your last post! I did read somewhere (probably in one of those pregnancy emails that I get every week) that as your skin stretches it does let some light in so maybe it's not a complete trauma - probably still not nice though - no wonder they cry!

Now...drum roll please......

I HAVE A TIDY ATTIC!!!!

Everything is much more organised and DD has somewhere to play again, Even got OH to carry the vacuum cleaner up and vacuumed the carpet. I now ache all over and will probably regret it tomorrow but I'm so pleased it's done!

pandapaws

WOW! How do you do it?! I made a start on packing for our imminent move this evening (no progress on house, but we WILL move before this baby is born!), put 8 glasses into a box, then promptly ran out of newspaper! Oh well, it's a start!

I know my skin has stretched, but there are so many layers of fat in between my skin and the little man inside that I doubt any light at all will be getting in! He's in for a major migraine when he's born then - maybe that's why DS screamed for the first 6 months - lack of pre-natal light! Hmm, we've got one of those flexi torches in the garage... I'll stop now, probably best if I don't go there!!!

chocaholic110

pandapaws wrote: »

I know my skin has stretched, but there are so many layers of fat in between my skin and the little man inside that I doubt any light at all will be getting in! He's in for a major migraine when he's born then - maybe that's why DS screamed for the first 6 months - lack of pre-natal light! Hmm, we've got one of those flexi torches in the garage... I'll stop now, probably best if I don't go there!!!

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Did I miss something on the house move for you to be packing?

pandapaws

Nope, sadly not. But we had all the 'posh' dishes out at Christmas, and it seemed pointless piling them away in the cupboard again as we won't be using them in this house. Decided that I might as well make a start on boxing up all the kitchen stuff that we don't really use as we are going to have to move by the time baby is born whether we've sold or not, so might just rent for a bit. Since my mobility seems to deteriorate by the day then I thought I should really start packing now!

We've got a 3 page spread (which I've pre-read and it's hideously embarassing!) in the local paper on Friday and an open weekend next weekend, so we're keeping our fingers very tightly crossed.

What happened to your plans to move? I remember you accepted an offer, but it fell through I think?

chocaholic110

It did. Then not much since. We did discuss going joint agency with another estate agent just before Christmas. I said we'd phone them after Christmas to confirm. Really not sure what to do; the houses we're interested in aren't even started yet. But we do need somewhere bigger. There again, not even 100% certain my job will still be there in September. There have been threats to cut teachers for the last 3 years and again this year according to the deputy head. It's difficult to know what to do!