MSE Pregnancy Club 25

pigpen

IHateDida wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Thank you Pigpen!!!! You have brightened my evening but erm.....I'm not sure that I would want him burrowing his arm up my err....:eek: and then waving it around a bit!

and it got in there how exactly?

I know in Japan that they advise woman that birth is 42 weeks but you are battling against the system of 40 weeks here. One way or another, this baby has to come out - I am just going to take one day at a time - I live quite far from a hospital so they could delay mw's in getting here - I have already been told that if there is someone else with a HB in the area at the time - that it will be much quicker to get to a hospital. I don't fancy OH delivering the baby if I have a choice!

Remember it is my first so I haven't been through anything like this before. I am still positive - not going to push the system too much - I work for the public sector too - so at the end of the day have to place some trust in what is happening, even if I don't entirely agree with it. If I get too worked up over things; its not good for me nor the baby. I am just going to hope for another sweep tomorrow (by a mw NOT my OH!!!) - if it doesn't emerge then I will bin my birth plan, and just see what happens.

Bin your birth plan anyway.. they are a waste of time and effort and thought.

It isn't pushing the system it is getting from it what you want and if you think they deserve your trust you are quite mistaken. most problems and unplanned homebirths are caused by medical negligence! Trust yourself and your body and no one else!

Don't just accept what they tell you, half if it is made up on the spot with no back up or proof.. question everything and don't ever be afraid to ask for a second or third opinion.

I's ask for a scan on Monday to see how the placenta and blood supply to the baby is and if it is all ok there is no reason to submit to induction unless you want to.

There is some sad news over on 12-24 week thread.. Sweaty Betty delivered one of her tiny twins this morning and he sadly didn't make it.. Please keep her and her other little one who is hanging on in there in your thoughts and prayers.

*BigBird*

Oh, that's so sad about Sweaty Betty. Lots of positive thoughts for the remaining little one, I hope s/he can hang on in there.

I'm still lurking, but not getting to post much as usually on my phone and it's too much of a faff I keep checking in to see if Dida and Mrsj have popped yet! Huge congrats snozberry and glad to hear you're home now.

Glad everyone's enjoying the raspberry and lemon curd cake I need to make another one myself.

As for me, I'm just packing bags for a trip to the hospital They are being F-ing useless at deciding who is responsible for sorting out Olly's tongue tie, so we're no closer to getting it snipped. He's finding feeding difficult and, at 9 days old is still losing weight. So we have to go in to get him checked over and make sure he's not getting dehydrated, then looks like he will have to be bottle fed so that we can keep a check on how much milk he's having. I'm hoping I can express what he needs, but not sure how feasible that's going to be with a 'helpful' 2 year old tearing around the place.

Luciferswench

Attempting to clear out stuff today as we have been given loads of stuff for baby bean. Baby number 4 and i had nothing as i gave everything away after DD 7 and thought we were going to struggle. Now i cant believe how kind everyones been. Mum keeps asking what she can buy and theres nothing to buy.
26 wks exactly today. Got a very wiggly bean today.

amus

Will have to try this lemon cake sounds lovely! I do seem to have had an obsession with lemony things this pregnancy. Better go easy though, thats a lot of cake I could fit in between now and the end of september!

Lola888

That cake sounds amazing. I made a lemon drizzle cake last week, but the raspberry sounds so good I am drooling right now!

I just searched for the recipe so just in case anyone is looking for it go to page 700 on this thread

amus

Can anybody direct me to the post number, I can only see 477 pages on the thread? Think its to do with my settings.

Toothfairy4

Here you go amus definitely trying this tomorrow! Sounds scrummylicious

23+2

Sam1984

Amus its post number #13992. It is delicious!

Sam1984

Well done toothfairy!

Any luck with that bouncing Dida?!


35+2

Courgette

Hi everyone,

I'm doing such a rubbish job at posting on here. Been lurking loads though but just don't seem to get many chances to post

I've been following the overdue mummies and thought I'd share my experiences. My eldest DS1 is 15 and I had him naturally and spontaneously at T+17 without any dramas. I was starting to get noticed but there was absolutely no pressure to induce. I'd agreed to be monitored but that was about it.

Fast forward 12 years to DS2 and the pressure to induce at T+10 was pretty strong. I was first referred to the consultant at T+10 who was a completely reasonable Hunan being. I explained to him firstly that DS1 was pretty 'late' and totally healthy and that I also disputed my EDD - they had moved me forward a week at the 12 week scan which I had always disagreed with. He simply crossed out my wrong EDD and replaced it with the one based on LMP and referred me back to the community.

I was re-referred to the consultant 7 days later, had more monitoring which showed babe was still fine but still not showing any signs of actually being born. Saw a new consultant who sat me in a windowless room and quoted stillbirth statistics at me and told me I needed to be induced immediately or the sky would fall in.

By this point I was definitely somewhere between 14&21 days over so I agreed to be induced... but not for 48 more hours. Went home, bounced like mad on my ball etc etc but went in on the Friday for induction. Pessary inserted mid afternoon.... absolutely zilch. Pessary #2 24hours later.... still zilch. Midwives said I could leave the hospital and go for a walk into town if I wanted but I couldn't go home.... my house was closer to the hospital than town so I went home. Back to the hospital about 10pm and woke up at 4 with tummy ache, nothing more than that. Had a paracetamol, mw examined me and performed sweep#6 and told me I was 5cm. DS2 born 90mins after first waking up with no pain relief other than the paracetamol.

I'm going on about all this because
1: not all women have 40 week pregnancies and it's a very western and recent thing to get excited by women who go a long way over
2: consultants are human beings and you can have a conversation with them and expect to be heard
3: induction does not necessarily mean terrible pain

Good luck to all the overdue mummies. If it helps someone said to be when I was well overdue to remember that birth is just as big a deal for your baby as it is for you. These few days are nothing in the course of your life but are so important for your baby and I know it can seem never-ending but it really isn't

Courgette, 32+2 - 11 weeks to go!

PS, by his 12 week scan, DS2 was born at 43+4 weighing 8lb3oz and showing absolutely no signs of being overdue