MSE Pregnancy Club 24

MrsExcited

Miss_Money wrote: »

sorry both my 2 previous girls were back to back and NOTHING I did to encourage them around worked. I just had to put up with it. tbh If back to back labour is more painful than front to back.. then i wouldn't worry too much! I coped on gas and air and it wasn't that horrendous yes it hurt, but doesn't all labour?! I found that moving around helped and this little one is front to back.. so labour should be a breeze this time round right?! :rotfl:

Aww thanks for that Miss Money. That is very reassuring.

Yes i agree your baby will just POP out very very easily!! :rotfl:

To be honest I am just dying to meet my baby and find out what he/she is like. And also to find out if he/she is a he or a she! I am glad we don't know though and if someone came in the room with a scanner and said let's find out I'd still say no.

I was a very naughty child so I hope the little one is not too much like me. Although I would love a mini me!


What's going on with you today Miss Money? Any movement?

Miss_Money

Mrsexcited you will be fine i'm sure I have one girl who is like her father and a mini me (in looks AND personality) I love both to death but people always comment on the youngest being my doppleganger! I'm really excited to find out what my third girl is going to look like
I'm in agony today I walked maddie to nursery and back and again to pick her up and felt like my legs need to be amputated! shes really really low down and feels like shes about to fall out of my foof any minute. I keep having random contractions whilst pottering about but NOTHING concrete yet. it's driving me mad. my cervix is open and soft and I'm just dying to go into labour its driving me batty! the kids are at their dads this weekend so it's my last weekend of peace in reality. It'd be nice to get the labour over and done with tomorrow so i can rest on Sunday i'm a wishful thinker aren't i? :rotfl:

MrsExcited

sending you loadsa labour vibes! Hopefully baby will come very soon!

When is your due date?

Sorry about your pain - hopefully it should go after your third girl is here!

I would love a mini me for DH too but he has got quite a big head and very square shoulders so I'm a bit worried about giving birth to a mini DH! LOL!!

MrsExcited

ok - i'm signing off now - have a fab weekend girlies!

It looks like good weather here at last!

xxxxxxxxx

labour vibes to thoses who need them and pain free vibes to the poor spd ladies. xxxxxxx

Miss_Money

due date is the 21st... :eek: If she manages to hang on in there until then i will be amazed!

fluffnutter

Fishcake_Random wrote: »

I am one of those anti medicine types. I refuse any and all things medical without extremelly careful thought before hand. I believe that if I am ill then I will notice. I also believe that pregnancy is not an illness and hate it being treated as such.

I agree that the medicalisation of pregnancy and life in general can have its drawbacks, but you're not just making decisions for yourself now, you're making them for your baby.

It's an irrefutable fact that certain conditions won't be detectable by you, you won't necessarily feel ill. Your glucose can be too high without your realising it. You can have protein in your urine indicating pre-eclampsia is likely even though you feel fine. Bringing both of these under control will help you and your baby. Group B strep will have absolutely no symptoms whatsoever if you're just a carrier, but if you transfer this to your baby during its birth, your baby could die.

None of these tests are invasive; it's always a balance between risk and benefits, particularly is something is unpleasant or costly, but for the sake of a quick blood test or a swab I'd do it willingly if I thought it might help my baby.

Having said all of that, I totally support your right to make these decisions yourself. It's all about being informed at the end of the day, isn't it.

Miss_Money

fluffnutter wrote: »

I agree that the medicalisation of pregnancy and life in general can have its drawbacks, but you're not just making decisions for yourself now, you're making them for your baby.

It's an irrefutable fact that certain conditions won't be detectable by you, you won't necessarily feel ill. Your glucose can be too high without your realising it. You can have protein in your urine indicating pre-eclampsia is likely even though you feel fine. Bringing both of these under control will help you and your baby. Group B strep will have absolutely no symptoms whatsoever if you're just a carrier, but if you transfer this to your baby during its birth, your baby could die.

None of these tests are invasive; it's always a balance between risk and benefits, particularly is something is unpleasant or costly, but for the sake of a quick blood test or a swab I'd do it willingly if I thought it might help my baby.

the rhesus neg test rang true with me too... that can kill a a baby if they are different to your blood group. they are born "blue" and need transfusions. some don't make it that's why i've always agreed to the anti d injections even though I have panic attacks and sob like a baby when they inject me. I couldn't bare the thought of me not doing something and it would harm my babies.

however that's just me. I suppose she has assessed the risks and deemed them acceptable to her. everyone is different i guess.

fluffnutter

Please tell me, Fishcake, that you at least know whether you're rhesus negative or not :eek:

Miss_Money

fluffnutter the thing with being rhesus neg is it doesnt affect your first baby only subsequent ones.. more scary imo. After I had 1st dd i whined at the midwife "do i have to have it?!" actually no i didnt whine i sobbed! petrified of needles etc. she said "no you don't have to have it. I wont force you. However should you need a blood transfusion in later life it probably wont work. Your blood will have mixed with the baby's during pregnancy and your body has now built up anti bodies against the babies blood type. that is now swimming around in your system. if you had a blood transfusion your body would attack the blood being given to you. Also if you choose to have another baby and it has a different blood type to you (quite likely) your body will now see that developing baby as an intruder and reject it. Meaning either you will abort in early pregnancy naturally, OR if you manage to go full term you will have what they call a blue baby which will need multiple transfusions to survive." needless to say her word didn't need saying twice.. i told her to inject me, and excuse me whilst i sobbed! It wasn't worth the risk to me not having the injections. I'm glad i had them as i now have 2 beautiful girls and another on the way. And even though this will be my last baby I will still have the anti d injection after the birth if she has a different blood group to mine because should i ever need a blood transfusion i want to live through it to be with my girls!

fluffnutter

Miss_Money wrote: »

fluffnutter the thing with being rhesus neg is it doesnt affect your first baby only subsequent ones.. more scary imo. After I had 1st dd i whined at the midwife "do i have to have it?!" actually no i didnt whine i sobbed! petrified of needles etc. she said "no you don't have to have it. I wont force you. However should you need a blood transfusion in later life it probably wont work. Your blood will have mixed with the baby's during pregnancy and your body has now built up anti bodies against the babies blood type. that is now swimming around in your system. if you had a blood transfusion your body would attack the blood being given to you. Also if you choose to have another baby and it has a different blood type to you (quite likely) your body will now see that developing baby as an intruder and reject it. Meaning either you will abort in early pregnancy naturally, OR if you manage to go full term you will have what they call a blue baby which will need multiple transfusions to survive." needless to say her word didn't need saying twice.. i told her to inject me, and excuse me whilst i sobbed! It wasn't worth the risk to me not having the injections. I'm glad i had them as i now have 2 beautiful girls and another on the way. And even though this will be my last baby I will still have the anti d injection after the birth if she has a different blood group to mine because should i ever need a blood transfusion i want to live through it to be with my girls!

Plus they won't take your word for it that it's your last baby! They'll always veer on the side of caution... you might change your mind!