MSE Pregnancy Club 25

Queen_of_the_Hive

CL wrote: »

Me too. I'm sure people will think I'm exaggerating, but when I was pregnant with my DD, I became totally addicted to Ice-cream Mars. My DH would buy a dozen of the family size boxes at a time when they were on offer, and I had at least four a day for the last 2 months of pregnancy. It was a miracle I wasn't the size of a bus! I was also a bit mad on Coco Pops.

I'm trying to be a bit more restrained this time as I was very slim when I got pregnant last time, but this time I hadn't lost all of the pregnancy weight, so can't afford to gain as much.

Hahaha this made me laugh as I am currently loving Crunchies!! Restraining myself to one a day though!!

Queen_of_the_Hive

ikkle87 wrote: »

You might find a month is a bit long, when you've been cooped up on your own without adult conversation it starts to get to you and that's just on maternity leave never mind when the baby is here and your tired and emotional too.

I'll second that! No baby yet but been at home now 4 weeks waiting for bubba and its driving me nuts!! :mad: Looking forward for bubba coming just so I can get out and about and meet other yummy mummies!! There doesnt seem to be anything for bumps in my local area.

Queen_of_the_Hive

robyn297 wrote: »

My waters have broken :-)

Wooo hooo good luck Robyn!!

bellola

Good luck Robyn!

Day off today so I'm popping to the shops to get some hospital bag bits and some new shoes that actually fit!

Hope everyone has a good day/

ferrety

Morning,

Yeah, best wishes Robyn hope everything is going to plan and perhaps you are already enjoying your cuddles.

I plan on doing some baby washing today and start putting things in hospital bag. We only live a few mins away from the hospital so am only taking an overnight bag and leaving the rest at home fully accesable for OH to collect if needed.

Have a good day everyone and take care in the heat x

sexymouse

Morning all!

Good luck to Robyn!

AMC I went to antenatal class last night too (NCT) and it was all about induction. There are 4 methods of induction that they cascade in this order, but you don't have to have any of them if you don't want them:

1. Membrane sweep - midwife uses 2 fingers to try to seperate the cervix from the membranes.
2. Pessary - 1or2 suppositories are inserted in the vagina containing prostaglandin (an artificial version of the chemicals found in semen that are meant to ripen the cervix). It can take 24 hours for these to have an affect (you'll not allowed to go home unless there is a severe shortage of beds, so they can monitor you). This process can be repeated twice.
3. Breaking the membranes - the midwife/consultant breaks the waters with a special hook similar to a crochet hook.
4. Drip of an oxytocin-simulating drug - this really gets the labour going and can be quite intense.

From what I gathered the downside to induction is that the contractions go from 0-60 a lot quicker so the body doesn't have so much time to get used to the pain levels and adapt, so it is more likely that you will require pain relief. As has been said earlier, you DON'T have to accept any form of induction as long as there is seen to be no risk to you or the baby - you will need to go for daily monitoring of the heartrate and your BP etc, but the teacher of the class said you are officially overdue when you are 40+10 (40+12 here), but one lady who she taught went to 40+19 before she gave birth naturally here. Oh, and when they say your risk of a stillbirth doubles if you go overdue, they are correct, but the chances go from something like 0.02% to 0.04%. Hope this info is useful for you and any others facing the prospect.

Moon has finished the chest of drawers. :j Only thing is, the pollen count is meant to be really high today, so not sure that I should wash Bean's clothes and dry them outside as they will end up covered, and if he takes after me with allergies, he may react to them (I get hayfever and get a rash if I sit on grass with bare legs due to the pollen).

Well I'm off to get some breakfast now.

Hugs to all who need or want them, and labour vibes where appropriate.

sexymouse xx

rjh090384

This heat is killing me. I hate it. Hit a lot of half days at Uni this week so been taking to bed naked for naps lol. At night I sleeping really well actually. No middle of night toilet breaks etc. heartburn a but mad at minute. Just had weetabix and it's mad already.

Feeling all hot and bothered. Us pale Irish don't cope we'll with heat never mind being pregnant lol

fluffnutter

sexymouse wrote: »

Drip of an oxytocin-simulating drug - this really gets the labour going and can be quite intense.

Ain't that the truth! Contractions on oxytocin are mental. I didn't realise that you normally have an epidural when you're induced that way and carried on merrily puffing on my gas and air wondering why it felt like I was trying to push Jupiter out of my arse.

fluffnutter

sexymouse wrote: »

Breaking the membranes - the midwife/consultant breaks the waters with a special hook similar to a crochet hook.

The really experienced midwives knit you a matinee jacket whilst they're up there.

fluffnutter

sexymouse wrote: »

Only thing is, the pollen count is meant to be really high today, so not sure that I should wash Bean's clothes and dry them outside as they will end up covered, and if he takes after me with allergies, he may react to them (I get hayfever and get a rash if I sit on grass with bare legs due to the pollen).

I think it will be fine, sm. I don't think newborns get hayfever. I'm a real sufferer too (which was a nightmare when I was pg because I was reluctant to take antihistamines). Freddie seems utterly unconcerned about pollen. In fact he's utterly unconcerned about everything unless it produces milk. My gutsy little pig isn't even three weeks old yet and he's already put on a pound :eek: