MSE Pregnancy Club 21

bellabear_2

Oh and anyone that has any preg apps on their phones...they make for a bit of depressing read after D-day! They either start talking about 'your newborn' or go right back to the beginning! (The babycentre one is still going but only until week 41 which starts 'congratulations!' grrr lol).

digitalphase

Aww massive hugs to Nic and Vroom x

I have to say though that I don't think SPD and headches can be compared as they are not the same at all. Headaches are an acute pain, SPD/PGP is chronic.

• Acute pain is temporary and related to a specific cause, e.g. a stubbed toe or fracture. Treating the cause usually brings relief.
• PGP pain generally starts off as acute pain, but can become chronic.

• Chronic pain is described as pain that has been present for more than three months, either constantly or intermittently.

In the case of 'proper' SPD it often goes on for 3 months or longer. Then throw into the mix a headache and you have a really nice life :eek:

I'm not saying one or other is worse, but that they are not in the same category as each other. Headaches are often resolved by paracetamol, whereas SPD can only be slightly managed by it. Only takes the finest tip off it. Headaches also don't go on for months and months 24/7. If they do then it isn't a headache, something is badly wrong.

I'm sorry but I feel SPD is not taken as seriously as it should be, as if it were proper SPD then it would not be dismissed so easily. SPD is dibiliatating and can and does leave you housebound and unable to fulfill simple daily tasks.

galvanizersbaby

Apricot wrote: »

That's what I thought but my mum said if it's windy baby has no shelter due to the low sides I have no idea! I think we are just going to buy the pram for now and then decide when she gets here whether we actually need it or not. Seems like an awful lot of money for something that's only going to last a few months :eek:

lol! - it has a hood and I've brought the liner so I'm sure it will be fine
Mind this will be a summer baby where my other 2 were born Oct and March so she shouldn't suffer from too much wind turbulence.

I think your idea is a sensible one - I am tempted to buy the cot but in reality I know I probably won't bother with it.

Dipsy_2

Thanks Galvaniser - I am going to take my bag out of the car this evening and re-pack for section! Did you feel anything during either sections? The doc said I will feel tugging!

Bella - I had a traumatic birth last time and my baby got stuck; they think this is a much bigger baby (nearly at the top of the fundal height chart which suggests around 10 - 11lb, although I do not trust these charts to give any accurate measure) and time is passing, putting more weight on her! There is no way of knowing exactly how big she is though until she is here - watch I will have gone through the turmoil of making this decision and she will be a 6 pounder!!

The midwife managed my sweep on Friday, but it didn't do anything. I think your midwife will probaby offer you a sweep - have you had one already? I can't remember if you said. The consultant told me this morning that they usually leave you until 14 days after due date to do an induction, hth x x

pigpen

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

I've had 2 sections and planning to have another with this baby.

Advice wise depends what you want to know (I can tell you what to expect) but one essential thing is to make sure you take over the bump knickers with you and also make sure whatever you take to wear immediately afterwards doesn't put any pressure on your section wound which will be low (just above your bikini line)
So forget any under bump trousers and think dresses/over the bump stuff for a bit.;)

I would say in my experience an elective section is a pretty relaxed and calm way to give birth - just more of a nuisance and pain afterwards - good luck for Thursday! x

disp. knix are fine too..
Don't forget even though you have a catheter you need to change your pads! It is easy to forget if you don't need to pee
Don't sneeze, cough or pick up the kettle for at least a few days! (guess who dropped a full kettle all over the floor)
rip the plaster off fast... your nerves are cut you can't feel it but it pulls the would if you do it slow.. you can feel that!
If you can get OH to shave to your pubic bone the night before do it at home.. seriously.. dry shaving your pubic hair is no pleasant!
jewellry off.. I remembered it all but my earrings.. well you can't see those can you?
you don't need a labour bag so put your toiletries in your hosspital bag..

Peppermint tea afterwards helps if you get trapped air.. It gives me chronic runny bum though.. you've been warned.

Drink loads to keep your bladder flushes in the 24 hourss aferwards while catheter is in.. it reduces infection risk.

The antiseptic spray makes you hurtle off the bed it is freezing.. seriously freezing... the local anaesthetic they use before the spinal is very painful... and the spinal doesn't hurt at all.. feels like hard poking in your back. When they ask if you can cough.. it is to make sure your tummy is numb.. the abdominal muscles are paralysed by the spinal which is why you can't cough.

Oh.. ask them to do the catheter in theatre.. you can't feel them fiddling on your foof and it doesn't hurt.. it is agony otherwise.

walk about as much as possible after.. it prevents the thrombosis (DVT) as it keeps blood flowing and helps get bp back to normal..

Just go home in your pj's.. you won't be the first!

pigpen

oh.. and it feels like someone doing the washing up in your belly.. and when they say 'you'll feel pressure now' that is the moment they are taking baby out..

Dipsy_2

Thanks Pigpen, will defo use your advice x

Apricot

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

lol! - it has a hood and I've brought the liner so I'm sure it will be fine
Mind this will be a summer baby where my other 2 were born Oct and March so she shouldn't suffer from too much wind turbulence.

I think your idea is a sensible one - I am tempted to buy the cot but in reality I know I probably won't bother with it.

Lol that's what I thought - im getting the footmuff too & I have a moses basket so wouldn't use it in the house.

galvanizersbaby

Dipsy wrote: »

Thanks Galvaniser - I am going to take my bag out of the car this evening and re-pack for section! Did you feel anything during either sections? The doc said I will feel tugging!

Bella - I had a traumatic birth last time and my baby got stuck; they think this is a much bigger baby (nearly at the top of the fundal height chart which suggests around 10 - 11lb, although I do not trust these charts to give any accurate measure) and time is passing, putting more weight on her! There is no way of knowing exactly how big she is though until she is here - watch I will have gone through the turmoil of making this decision and she will be a 6 pounder!!

The midwife managed my sweep on Friday, but it didn't do anything. I think your midwife will probaby offer you a sweep - have you had one already? I can't remember if you said. The consultant told me this morning that they usually leave you until 14 days after due date to do an induction, hth x x

As Pigpen says it feels a bit like someone washing up in your tummy.
For me the feeling is akin to have a tooth removed at the dentist but with no pain (obviously) - you can feel pushng and pulling and a lifting/giving sort of feeling - hard to describe.

Not unpleasant in my experience so don't worry.

Also forgot about the peppermint tea - it is really useful for afterwards.;)

madbird_2

re Carrycots, I'm not getting one, I've just got a cheapish footmuff, I really can't see I'll get the use out of one of them. I need a parasol though, apparently its awkward to get one to fit the Loola?