MSE Pregnancy Club 21

DueMarch11

Good luck Spaghetti............Im hoping to be following in your steps pretty soon!

Just found this:

Can I tell if labour is about to happen soon?


Maybe. Signs of the approach of labour include:

• Lightening (when the baby's head begins to drop into position in your pelvis). You may notice that you can breathe more deeply and eat more, but you'll also need to wee more frequently.
• Your vaginal discharge becomes heavier and more mucous.
• You'll have more frequent and noticeably more intense Braxton Hicks contractions.
• You may have loose bowels

I got all of these yay, midwife today said this baby is ready to come, whoop!

gratefulforhelp_2

spaghetti_monster wrote: »

gfh - after my last message I got in nice warm bath - was lovely! Now back to the contractions..... Just got a call from the hospital telling us to come in this evening anyway with hospital bag and all and we'll just go back home if it's still really far off!

Excellent news. Good luck.

strep B Have a friend who has a friend whose baby died(stillborn) as a result of undiagnosed infection. Thanks for the reminder, I will ask tomorrow when I go.

wendz86

Evening all.

My Moses Basket is lovely yay, looks very nice. We have about a hundred boxes lying about now as the cot bed came today as well. Can't decide when to put that up.

Hope al is going in the right direction Spaghetti!

madbird_2

Hi ladies, hope you are all well, good luck Spaghetti! Not much to report here, baby is being hyper, plus I think I've got a cold!

digitalphase

wendz86 wrote: »

Evening all.

My Moses Basket is lovely yay, looks very nice. We have about a hundred boxes lying about now as the cot bed came today as well. Can't decide when to put that up.

Hope al is going in the right direction Spaghetti!

Where did you get your moses basket from Wendz?

Sammy_Girl

Evening ladies

Labor vibes to Spaghetti - hopefully we will have a baby by the morning :j

Strep B - Is this test offered as standard then? I haven't been offered and won't see the MW until I'm 38 weeks.

Wendz - Congrats on the moses basket and the cot bed - getting the big stuff makes it seem so much more real, doesn;t it??

GFH - How's Truffle doing today? Any more accidents? My Teddy used to do his poos behind the sofa :eek::o Don't think I could cope with the toilet training again!

So I am now on Maternity Leave :j:j:j Was a little sad, but now I can't wait to meet my little lady and start the next chapter of our lives :happyhear

Right, off to make my third cup of RLT of the day

dustystar02

DueMarch11 wrote: »

Good luck Spaghetti............Im hoping to be following in your steps pretty soon!

Just found this:

Can I tell if labour is about to happen soon?


Maybe. Signs of the approach of labour include:

• Lightening (when the baby's head begins to drop into position in your pelvis). You may notice that you can breathe more deeply and eat more, but you'll also need to wee more frequently.
• Your vaginal discharge becomes heavier and more mucous.
• You'll have more frequent and noticeably more intense Braxton Hicks contractions.
• You may have loose bowels

I got all of these yay, midwife today said this baby is ready to come, whoop!

I got three of these already :eek:

dustystar02

Good luck spaghetti

Strep b not tested as standard as far as I'm aware. I was tested at 28wks but apparently it can develop at any stage in your pregnancy so even if you get the all clear at one stage it can develop later on. I guess if it was common then would be tested as standard?

Well done on starting mat leave sammy. Still 16 working days for me and they are ddddrrrrrraaaaaggggggiiiiinnnnnggggg

mrsspendalot

Strep B testing isn't offered as standard at the moment. I tested positive for it in pregnancy #2, so have since been tested in pregnancy #3 (negative) and will be tested again this pregnancy at 37 weeks.

I had a slight 'show' at 27 weeks and some strong contractions so they thought I was going into prem labour. I was swabbed at the hospital once the contractions stopped to see if there was anything 'going on' that shouldn't have been, and this is what came back. I would never have known otherwise.

wendz86

Digital - I got it from John Lewis. My Grandma is kindly paying for the basket and we paid for the stand.

Sammy - yes does make it seem very real now we have baby stuff everywhere!