MSE Pregnancy Club 24

emsbet

Miss_Money wrote: »

Fluffnutter- The type of blood that you lose after a baby is erm... not pleasant.. there's lots of clots and "normal" sanitry wear just doesn't "contain" all the contents (yes that is vomit worthy) In fact with dd2 the clots wear soooo big i had to wear 2 pads at a time overlapping so it didnt run down my leg barf

I can well imagine, after my second mc at 13 weeks normal pads were not good enough and I had to use the massive ones from the hospital so I'm guessing after birth it's even heavier.

xx

fluffnutter

Right then, I'm trying to get together bits and pieces for my hospital bag, so I'm off to Boots to take advantage of their 3 for 2 offer and buy some maternity pads and some maternity mats for the bed. We've not long had our new bed and we both love it to bits. I'm a bit horrified at the thought of my waters breaking in bed and soaking the mattress!

Miss_Money

fluffnutter wrote: »

Right then, I'm trying to get together bits and pieces for my hospital bag, so I'm off to Boots to take advantage of their 3 for 2 offer and buy some maternity pads and some maternity mats for the bed. We've not long had our new bed and we both love it to bits. I'm a bit horrified at the thought of my waters breaking in bed and soaking the mattress!

me too! im sleeping on a shower curtain with a throw on top

fluffnutter

Miss_Money wrote: »

me too! im sleeping on a shower curtain with a throw on top

That has made me LOL

BB1984

fluffnutter wrote: »

http://www.londonacupuncture.co.uk/showCondition.asp?ArticleID=4

I'm far too much of a sceptic to believe this kind of thing, but each to their own

Haha me too! But figured that anything's worth a try!

Miss Money, I will write a birth plan even if I have a planned c-section, but I'll wait to see what happens at my scan. No point in wasting time thinking too much about water births etc before I know what the situation is!

BB x

fluffnutter

BB1984 wrote: »

Haha me too! But figured that anything's worth a try!

I go to pregnancy pilates (run by a midwife) and she says there are a few specific exercises that can help turn the baby. Might be hocus-pocus too but perhaps worth googling?

BB1984

fluffnutter wrote: »

I go to pregnancy pilates (run by a midwife) and she says there are a few specific exercises that can help turn the baby. Might be hocus-pocus too but perhaps worth googling?

Yeah there are - seem mainly to consist of kneeling on the floor with your head on the ground and @rse in the air... easier said than done! :rotfl:

fluffnutter

BB1984 wrote: »

Yeah there are - seem mainly to consist of kneeling on the floor with your head on the ground and @rse in the air... easier said than done! :rotfl:

Pregnancy's so dignified, isn't it?

MrsManda

As Miss_Money said, heavy duty normal pads just won't hold it. Every antenatal appointment/class I've been to have made the point that women who come in with standard all night super absorbent pads rather than pads developed specifically for maternity use ALWAYS make a mess, feel terribly icky and uncomfortable and have to send someone out for maternity pads.
My friend ended up staying in hospital unexpectedly so went through her 24 pads and ended up using the hospital ones which she described as being like bricks and STILL needed to use two at a time.
This pregnancy/labour malarky is very icky

I talk to inanimate objects all the time - I thank the cash point, automatic doors, tell the kettle to hurry up etc... I think it's perfectly sane and polite - the problem comes when you hear them replying

BB sorry baby is in breech
One of the things which was mentioned in my antenatal classes is that there's a theory that more babies are breech these days due to our posture and lack of physical housework. The midwife suggested trying to lean forward when sitting down rather than slouching, bouncing on or leaning on an exercise ball and if you're feeling up to it moving around on your hands and knees as if you're scrubbing the floor in order to help gravity move your baby around.
Not sure how much use this is likely to be but could be worth a try.
I'd still probably write a birth plan if you want to as a lot can happen in a week and there's no harm in writing it providing you're flexible.

22 degrees! that's really warm. Our house is rarely more than 18 degrees - the maternity unit makes me feel really stressed because it's 25 degrees on the ward so I feel overly warm even doing nothing. The NHS website suggests a room temperature between 16 and 20 though I think my midwife just said to keep an eye on baby and if they feel hot remove a layer, if they feel cold add a layer. The other suggestion was that baby should have one layer more than you.

http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1955.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/getting-baby-to-sleep.aspx

LittleMoog

MrsManda, thanks for your detailed reply re: complaining to the hospital. We're seeing my FIL on Monday, who's recently retired as the medical director of a large hospital in the same county. I'm going to ask him what the right channel for complaints is, and then put together a letter. It's now probably too late to prevent any damage done to our baby (consultant wouldn't commit to whether there'd been enough of a problem for this to have happened though ) but there should be a standard maternity procedure (and I think it ought to follow the national NHS guidelines which my GP ignored) so I will definitely complain to improve the service for future patients.