MSE Pregnancy Club 20

Teenie_D

SusanC wrote: »

I know lots of breastfeeding supporters aren't keen on recommending expressing but I'd totally recommend having bottles and a breastpump. From ten days I expressed and OH did a 10.30 pm feed of EBM and I'm sure without that small daily break from feeding in those early days I would have found breastfeeding much more difficult and may have given up.

Yep me too ,after a couple of weeks I started expressing and it meant I could get to bed and DH could give last feed, it was a godsend. I also used to express during the day and freeze it so DH could get up at the weekends during the night. He enjoyed it as he felt he was doing something too and he had that time at night on his own with DD.

SusanC_2

Oh yes, apparently I missed my booking appointment yesterday (they left a message on OH's mobile) so now I need to contact the practice manager to make sure I don't have a missed appointment on my records given that a) I did not make the appointment, b) when the MW phoned OH on his mobile two weeks ago, he told her I hadn't made it and to cancel it and c) they hadn't actually told me when it was. :mad: You'd think it was mandatory to have your booking appointment between 8-10 weeks.

lwcus78

Hi peeps,
Sorry, not read back, I'll do it later when DS in bed. I'm 38 weeks, and was told at my appt today that I'll have a date for c section nxt week if I not gone naturally by then. I woul much prefer to try a natural birth if poss. So I'm fishing of ways to induce labour naturally. I've read about them but just wondered who's tried things and did it work. I'm especially interested in the accupuncure/reflexology/homeopathy. And also the castor oil-I know its not recommended so I might safe that one til last.
I'm feeling very teary today too.:(
xx

annibee

Krystaltips wrote: »

To be fair, it was my SIL who suggested coming to my house... My sister wanted to meet her at Ikea which is about 2mins down the road.. She never visits me so it would not occur to her to come here...

No midwife has ever poked a finger up *ahem* there... Although after the many stitches DD1 caused I did get a pain killer suppository... Felt like I'd been kicked up the behind for hours after...

:rotfl: I had a few stitches with ds1 and cant remember them going up that way either...... but then again at that point I think I had lost a grip on all reality lol

SusanC_2

Krystaltips wrote: »

To be fair, it was my SIL who suggested coming to my house... My sister wanted to meet her at Ikea which is about 2mins down the road.. She never visits me so it would not occur to her to come here...

That's weird - does your sister have some objection to your house or something?

If IKEA was two minutes from us Alice would want to go every day. (Which with free hot chocolate would be quite tempting.)

sharkeybabe

Well ladies & bumps - Baby Sharkey's nursery is all finished, now just need a baby to put in the room now.lol. Cant remember who asked about how much money we had spent on baby stuff, but I am estimating that we have spent nearly £1500!! and my dad bought me the pram, I now need to cut my spending down or else I'm gonna have a lovely baby nursery but no electricity or food.lol.

annibee

lwcus78 wrote: »

Hi peeps,
Sorry, not read back, I'll do it later when DS in bed. I'm 38 weeks, and was told at my appt today that I'll have a date for c section nxt week if I not gone naturally by then. I woul much prefer to try a natural birth if poss. So I'm fishing of ways to induce labour naturally. I've read about them but just wondered who's tried things and did it work. I'm especially interested in the accupuncure/reflexology/homeopathy. And also the castor oil-I know its not recommended so I might safe that one til last.
I'm feeling very teary today too.:(
xx

((hugs))

in terms of natural inducing (is that even a word lol) I tried everything too ds was 2 weeks late yep i was term + 14 and what made him appear in the end? - Going to the hospital (I dont like them so i imagine I got really tense and started things off lol).

I had a membrane sweep the night before but I wasnt dilating - he wasnt even engaging lol so i took down my water pool (as i had home birth planned) and sulkily went to the hospital for inducing the next morning - when I got there my contractions came and I got to go home again :rotfl: so yeah maybe try to frighten yourself lol - although I imagine thats not well reccomended.

I had my water birth as planned although trying to put up the water pool whilst having contractions was a bit stressfull lol

SusanC_2

lwcus78 wrote: »

Hi peeps,
Sorry, not read back, I'll do it later when DS in bed. I'm 38 weeks, and was told at my appt today that I'll have a date for c section nxt week if I not gone naturally by then. I woul much prefer to try a natural birth if poss. So I'm fishing of ways to induce labour naturally. I've read about them but just wondered who's tried things and did it work. I'm especially interested in the accupuncure/reflexology/homeopathy. And also the castor oil-I know its not recommended so I might safe that one til last.
I'm feeling very teary today too.:(
xx

Obviously I know nothing about the reasons for them wanting to do a CS and wouldn't advocate not following medical advice without careful consideration but you don't *have* to have one when they suggest it - it is only their recommendation and it is up to you to decide whether to follow it.

janinie7

SusanC wrote: »

I have a Boots Parent Club change bag I'm not going to use which you could have if you wanted. It's against the rules for me to suggest giving me your address through MSE but I'm fairly easy to find in the non secret facebook group.

Thanks SusanC I may take you up on that offer, although I am hopeful Boots will see sense and send it out to me anyway, I have spent around £100 with them in the last cpl weeks so I will be annoyed if they dont! However I will search for you on facebook and let you know if they dont Thank you!

LilacPixie

Things slowing down sammy If i stand they kick into life again so i'm staying horizontal No homebirth for me, my BP is shot to bits, already had a full course of steroids for baby and only 36 weeks so its a full on medically managed birth for me. Up until Monday baby was breech too and it was looking like a CS on 31st Jan but as it is i'm ok and baby was head down