MSE Pregnancy Club 25

Bamama

Well Rups... I had the jab for the afterbirth as with my low iron they were concerned about bloodloss. I felt no contraction... just the midwife giving the occasional tug at the. cord. I believe she did have her hand on my belly so she may have felt a contraction?

I didn't pee from 3pm Christmas eve until probably the same time Christmas day! When they tell you drink... make sure you do!

I didn't have a bowel movement until boxing day evening. It was basically very dark green and so loose. I had another one later in the evening. I informed the midwife who said to see if I had any more. I went again the day after and it was "normal". Still green though lol! I don't know if it's normal or maybe to do with the pethadine? As of this morning it's back to normal.

Blood loss is another weird one. I'm not really bleeding. It's watery... maybe a sort of um... you know when you dissolve jelly? That kinda thing. Not period like at all. And I'm getting practically nothing.

Anything else you wanna know? Lol xxx

dizziblonde

I had to have my placenta manually removed last time - in chunks! Remember those bits where James Herriott was always getting up close and personal with cows' rears in All Creatures Great and Small... that basically - they were yanking chunks of it out!

Hubby turned around at the wrong point and got to see a bucket full of shredded placenta being carried out of the room by a very green-looking student!

martafdz

I had quite a lot of bleeding but no problems with bowel movements. I had "emptied" before going to hospital and I was dead worried during labour that I'd end up passing some, but mw laughed it off and told me I wasn't going to, which I didn't. After labour I didn't eat much the following day, so it took me 48h to go, but no problems at all, even though I had a 2nd degree tear. I found that relaxing and holding a wet maternity pad or tissue against the stitched area helped. But mainly relaxing and stop thinking the stitches might suffer, I had no problems. The distilled witch hazel on a pad helped a lot. Also, the pads from hospital and the ones from mothercare made me feel sore and caught my stitches, Tesco or boots are firmer and smoother to the skin, imo, at least if you have stitches.

P.S. Bleeding was watery too, make sure you stand up every few hours and walk a big. I spent s lot of time sat down and the blood accumulated and later on I passed some huge clots, mw came and checked them, and they were ok but scary looking!!

Rups32

handy to know in case i see it and freak out!! or anyeone else does. it is good to know. My best friend said she had her BFP last week and we were chatting and i mentioed me getting a sweep next week and she didnt know, and then she said i dont need to know. I said actually no harm in knowing so you are aware but just go mad thinking about it. so rather know what to do than think about it later and ask why no one said anything? you know? thanks. xx

morocha

i remember i bled heavily the first time but can not remember how many maternity packs i used. How many did u use during the first week ?

i had to the injection to remove the placenta too, i was exhausted, couldnt be bother to push it out.

Lozzy88

Hi ladies, bamama your very brave after my first baby it took me 11 days to do a bowel movement as I had stitches and I was worried something would fall out or pop lol, are you getting many after pains? All I can say is they get much worse with every baby, I think these alone are putting me off number 4 lol.


Well I made a rookie mistake today, got is all ready and in the car got my new double pushchair to pop in they boot and its too big! Am gutted why didn't I check earlier, am going to see if my sister wants it she's due in may and her car is massive compared to mine.

Now my mission is to find a double that will fit my corsa boot lol

I hope your sweep works for you rups, none of mine did for me! Lol

Rups32

lol lozzy i will get one on wed if this naughty one doesnt show by then. lol. i am also going to opt for the injection for the placenta, whenever i get there, unless it ends up being a c-section..

had a few periody cramps again and my tummy went hardand i couldnt feel baby so i panicked. had some fried egg and a glass of coke and little ones moving now. phew.. i just want it here now..:(

morocha

Ohh my first bowel movement was hard and the first time i needed a wee, it felt very weird, i thought, ohh it feels like my whole body is loose inside , it helped pouring water with a jug. These are things that books do not mention properly. I was v. annoyed with my mum afterwards, she did not say anything about so much bleeding or going to the toilet or even just lifting my legs to get into the bath.

Rups32

i bet weeing after birth would be so hard. ouch ouch.. i will remember this. bamama mentioned putting some vaseline on too first before.

nomorespending

Hello everyone,
Can I join this group? Haven't been on mse for ages now but need to get my act together and get busy preparing for first baby in May.. Had 20 week scan and am having a baby boy! Haven't bought anything yet but have been given a cot.. Have huge debts but all being well I am selling a house I had been renting out (long story) and this should clear all but about 5k of my debt , hoping house will go through by end of jan and I can sort my finances out properly...
Have put on lots of weight, my hair and skin are vile at them moment, but I have just started to feel him move a little bit so not feeling so grotty now!! Going to have a mooch through recent posts
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