Those who are waiting to TTC

Magicboo

Morning All,
Re the weight loss thing, I'll probably try to lose a few lbs before TTC in Oct/Nov, but mostly so I feel better about myself. TBH, the only thing that can motivate me is myself (good old Catholic guilt!!), so I don't mind either way about it being on the thread.
DH (teehee! First time I've put DH instead of H2b!) and I had a chat about baby making last night, he really doesn't want me preggers when we go to New Zealand (BTW-mega jealous Kalama, I would have loved to be married over there, but was too scared to disappoint the parents! I would also move over there tomorrow if I could find a way to get a visa ) as he thinks I won't be able to enjoy it so much. As I've never been pregnant before, I don't know if I'll fly through it or have problems, so I can't really argue with that-but I would love to start trying ealier .
I'm going to buy some folic acid & pre-pregnancy vitamins at the weekend-has anyone got any recommendations please?

kavics17

I actually went to Boots the other day and they had folic acid on the reduced section:). It's still good until June 2012 and was than third of the price. So guess who has taken the first tablet this morning:rotfl:?

I went for plain Folic Acid as I'm taking multivitamin anyhow, and still has appr. 3 months supply left.

**confuzzled**

mintedby30? wrote: »

I thought I'd share my birth story from when I had m y DD who is now 6. Could make this quite a long post though! We'll stop halfway through for coffee and (broken!) biscuits!!!:D

So I was due on the 30th of October, I didn't mind at all when I gave birth, just wasn't too keen on having a halloween baby!! Anyway it turned out she was stubborn- can't imagine where she gets that trait from! My mw said I'd be taken in on Nov 11th to be induced, the 11th arrives and OH and I head into hospital for 2pm.
I was put on a baby heart tracer and examined, mw said I was already 3cm dilated and therefore couldn't be induced anymore as I was already on the way.
At this point I had no pain at all, I was put back on the tracer and we were left to relax. At about 9pm I was examined again and the mw said I would be taken down to have my waters broken but that it could be 5PM THE NEXT DAY!!!!!!!!!
She told OH to go home and get some sleep so I asked to get home for the night too as I really didn't want to be at hosp alone and I knew I wouldn't sleep. They were fine with that but said to come straight back if my waters broke naturally or if labour really got underway.

OK, breaktime, tea? coffee? freshly baked lemon drizzle cake? ...OK, breaktime's over.

I still didn't sleep much that night but was much more relaxed being at home. I got up the next day, pottered about a bit and had a bath. By this time the pains were more frequent, still a good 1/2 hour apart though and still mild. We headed back into hospital at 2pm, again I was put on the tracer. At about 4pm I was examined and during that examination my waters broke. Labour really kicked off after that! I had a go of the gas and air but didn't like how spaced it made me (control freak much?!) I had a pethidine injection at around 9pm and that really helped take the edge off the pain. It honestly really isn't as bad as it's made out to be though! No soap acting screaming etc! Someone else was saying how dramatic some of the "One born every minute" girls are with their screaming, lol. I felt it the most in my back and had the poor student midwife running back and forth to the microwave with my heat pack, bless her she was fab!!
At about 1am I started pushing and believe me I was pushing like hell!! Nothing was happening though so at about 2.30am a consultant came in and tried the ventouse (sp?) Again nothing so they finally got out the forceps :eek: At 3.07am on Sat 13th Nov 2004 Abby as born weighing...... 9lbs 9 1/2 oz!!!!!!
To be fair I am 5'10 and DH is 6'3 so we weren't expecting a teeny little 5lb-er but we definately weren't expecting that!!! I had found out at 37 weeks during a "query breech" scan that we were having a girl but DH didn't know so that was lovely him having that surprise. He cut the cord too.
It got a bit dramatic after that, I lost 1ltr of blood and had a transfusion a few hours later, the placenta hadn't come away properly and trying to get it out had caused the bleed but it was all handled so professionally. We stayed in hosp 2 nights then home to start our life as a family! God it all seems so long ago!

Awww can't wait to do it all again now!!!!!!

the start of your BS is strangely similar to mine, DD was due 31/10/10, decided to lay in wait, induction booked 12/11/10(cool birth date huh?:)),contractions started on 11/11 at around 6am :mad:was absolutely textbook until they examined me at 9cm dilated and...... *heres the difference* she was undiagnosed breech, was rushed in for section, she got dragged out of me at 15.29, DH went over to her and cut the cord:) meanwhile I'm losing 1.2litres of blood(yup I'm a bleeder:p No transfusion tho, was strangely chuffed about that:o) and the surgeon couldn't see what she was doing(due to bloodloss) and nicked my bladder! that all got stitched up sent to HDU for a night(very nice and peaceful, sat up half the night with mw on duty having tea & cake(purely medical as I need to increase my blood & sugar levels;)) and baby staring:), got sent to maternity ward next day was in hospital til sunday(gave birth on thurs) when I persuaded them to let me take my baby home, they weren't keen coz of my bladder and hefty catheter:o had to be kept in til they knew my bladder had healed ok, but I persuaded them and told them I'd be very good and hubby will look after us:) went back to hospital on the 19th for a cystogram(bladder scan/check thing, was the youngest there by approx 60yrs:o) luckily all was good catheter removed and I could finally be a proper mum to our DD(upto this point DH was doing everything:() This is the reason I'm supposed to wait til Nov to ttc, can't have any extra pressure on my bladder so need to go to for another cystogram before we ttc to doubly make sure there's no chance of leakages!
I'm just glad I'm the one who got butchered and not DD, that would've been a billion times worse!
and I can't wait to do it all again:) but hopefully next time will be textbook:D and I'm very proud to say I didn't swear once through contractions and only lost my sense of humour and started on G&A at around 2pm:j Oh did I mention I wanted a very natural birth...hmm maybe next time eh? other recommendation is if you can have a water birth or labour in a warm bath..do it! The pain relief is better than G&A imo!!

clearing_out_my_pockets

I'm happy to post weekly weight loss in the thread, but I don't think it should go on the opening post as it's not relevant to everyone

Kalama

euronorris - I'm in Kenya. Today I really know I am in Kenya as the power failed at work at 10am and then the generators failed and then the computers failed... Twas great fun especially as when we have no power none of the doors work and none of the bathrooms have windows or emergency lighting.

MagicBoo - I agree with your DH - wait till after (or during!) the honeymoon as you want to be able to enjoy all that wine and seafood while you're there! We did worry briefly about our family (it was just us, a photographer, a helicopter pilot and the celebrant) but at the time we were living in Pakistan and it was touch and go as to whether we got to New Zealand. I can cope with us losing money etc but not with our families going to all that expense and then us not making it!

as for the weightloss - agree with the consensus that we keep it up to individuals whether they want to mention it in their posts rather than having something on the front page.

RebekahR

mintedby30? wrote: »

Sorry, forgot about the break, have edited one in!!

Bit late now! LOLOL.

RebekahR

Best place i've seen for folic acid is Sainsburies. £1.05 for 90 tabs. Buy 2 get 1 free.

Magicboo

Kalama wrote: »

MagicBoo - I agree with your DH - wait till after (or during!) the honeymoon as you want to be able to enjoy all that wine and seafood while you're there! We did worry briefly about our family (it was just us, a photographer, a helicopter pilot and the celebrant) but at the time we were living in Pakistan and it was touch and go as to whether we got to New Zealand. I can cope with us losing money etc but not with our families going to all that expense and then us not making it!

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you, the photographer, a helicopter pilot and a celebrant?!! Now I'm seriously intrigued!!
RebekahR-thanks for the Sainsburys tip, I'll pop in and see if I can find the offer x

RebekahR

Failing Sainsburies Tecos is only 5p more expensive! And I think but maybe wrong they are on a buy 2 get 1 free aswell. Even if not 90 tabs is 3 months supply. And they recommend taking it for 3 months before hand. I really should get some and get on with it!

Kalama

oh yeah - we got married on top of a mountain. getting in and out of the chopper in my dress was a challenge and my heels didn't stay on for long! not sure if this will work but the little person is standing more or less where we got hitched...

http://www.newzealand.com/travel/sights-activities/scenic-highlights/scenic-views/scenic-highlight-details.cfm/businessid/63683.html