MSE Pregnancy Club 25

fluffnutter

KatyLiz wrote: »

Now I know baby is growing ok again I won't be delivering early for any reason.

Famous last words! Baby will come when baby wants to come

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

rjh090384 wrote: »

Well obviously I'm
Glad he hasn't come out sunroof exit but on other hand I'm not getting the birth I want now and the idea of being induced on a four bay ward does not appeal at all lol.

That's what's happening to me tomorrow if things don't start moving today.

I've given birth naturally 4 times & would prefer that to being induced. I had high hopes after my stretch & sweep yesterday but nothing much happened after I went to bed & I don't even feel achy today.

Aimless

sexymouse wrote: »

Thanks for that advice on the iron Aimless - after looking online I was a bit worried about the natural third stage not being able to happen due to blood loss, as I wanted my birth experience to be as natural as possible. It's good to hear that this could still be the case. Have got my prescription for ferrous gluconate now too, so hopefully my tummy will be able to tolerate that better than the sulphate version.

Realised when I got home that the midwife forgot to do the MRSA nose swab that was meant to be done at 36 weeks. Moon thinks it should be ok to do next appointment, but not sure if I should contact the midwife to let her know. Is this a routine test done everywhere, or is it just in the south?

I think a natural third stage is better personally, as you're doing things at your own pace. If you leave the cord instead of cutting it immediately, the blood in it has a chance to go back into you or the baby. My plan was to leave the cord till it stopped pulsating, then see how I felt about having the injection. But by the time it had, and I'd had a few cuddles, the placenta was practically out anyway, so I didn't bother.

Obviously you may or may not have a problem with blood loss, but if you do, it won't be down to your iron! When I looked into it, people were talking about levels of 7 or 2, 10 seems quite reasonable for a pregnant lady.

Oh, and after 36 weeks when I refused the iron infusion, no-one has ever checked my iron again.

MRSA swab, we don't have that round here.

Cake4brains

Thanks BCS, will have a look on the benefits and D&D board now. Never been on there and I havent a clue about it all but will see what they say!

Katyliz, Im 28 weeks tomorrow. I hope you're wrong about not being able to claim anything too :rotfl:. Got the letter from jobcentre today so will see about making an appt monday

Countrybum, lovely to 'see' you over here. You're right, lots of support and advice on here, and Ive been taking advantage of that since I joined . Dont know anything about RH-, sorry

Fluff, re iron tablets, my hb level was 11 and they put me on them. Must vary from area to area

AFM, I've been absolutely starving the last few days. Babies must be having a growth spurt! Well I'd better get myself off my backside and get some free listing done on ebay, got some Michael Mcintyre tickets to sell. Would have loved to go myself but know I will be so uncomfortable sat there for hours. Need to make some cash to buy more baby bits :cool:

colli

KatyLiz wrote: »

They aren't modern enough at my hospital to have tv's or phones by the bed. They have one tv per 8 people and no phones at all, so I guess that's why they can't make rules like that. It'll certainly be boring for me if I get stuck in as I don't even have a modern internet capable mobile. I can't figure out how to work them, so I've never bothered

I thought that but got myself a smart phone last week, as I thought it would be good for entertaining myself at hospital, sending out birth announcement emails/pics and there seem to be some useful aps for breastfeeding etc. It's soooo easy to use, I've found it easier than when I changed phone last time (just a normal one to a newer model) and it should work out as about the same price or a bit cheaper :money:. the only problem is it's a 24 month contract and I've already dropped it about a dozen times (once nearly down the loo), I don't think I dropped my old £25 ever!

rjh090384

If u phone job centre plus they will tell u what u are entitled to and send u forms. If u phone citizens advice they give I a more comprehensive advice re benefits

rjh090384

I have an iPhone but the maternity unit is a network black hole. No one can get a signal there. Its
Ridiculous!

dizziblonde

scottishchick27 wrote: »

My midwife told me I couldn't bring in my phone charger as it hasn't been checked by an electrician, this was the same in the last hospital too.

By the time I was discharged with Erin I had my blackberry charger and my laptop plugged in permanently - I'd taken up residence - I checked the laptop idea in advance (bedside telly barely worked at the best of times) and was told it was a stonkingly good idea by lovely midwife (who'd had a premature baby and been in crappy transitional care herself) who told me she'd brought hers in with a pile of DVDs like I was planning on doing, then booked her online shopping delivery to arrive a few hours after she was finally discharged!

And if you want tales of odd people on maternity wards (scroll past if you're apprehensive)...


The woman who'd had about 5 kids before but was so flaked out by the delivery she had to be yelled at by the staff that "YOU MUST FEED YOUR BABY" at three hourly intervals. Then her hubby showed up at the start of daddy visiting time, dropped the toddler off with her, and vanished off out for the rest of the day meaning we had the delights of this toddler banging the ward bins constantly (poor Erin would jump a foot in the air every time) and running around pulling back curtains and looking under them.

Obnoxious breastfeeding woman from hell - the formula and teats were kept at the nurses' station and so you had to do a Weakest Link-esque walk of shame to go collect one... so I went to collect a teat (note - not even a bottle of formula) and this evil cow just sat and tutted and glared and muttered at me all the way there and back... so I made sure to do the next feed with my bed curtains back - so she had to see me juggling a baby, a nasal gastric tube, a bottle of expressed boob juice and me desperately trying to coax this tiny thing to take some milk by mouth too. Evil cow never did apologise and no doubt has a glowing career harassing bottle feeding mothers in cafes.

"My premature baby trauma" woman (I wanted to strangle this one with a breast pump) - this one was delivered onto the ward at some ridiculously late hour with all the midwives issuing praises from the heavens for her amazing birth (at full blast - they never did manage to get a woman onto the ward late night quietly). She then proceeded to use the bedside phone to ring about 10 friends to tell them about her premature baby ordeal... baby was 1 day early... then 30 minutes later to ring them all again to relay the details of her first breastfeed... repeat at hourly intervals until the will to live was lost.

The dad who was kicked off the ward on social services' say-so.

The mum and visitor who almost had a physical fight because visitor was saying baby was suntanned and mum said it was jaundiced.

Another not only curtain peeking sibling - but one who'd climb on the ready-made up beds, on the windowsills, in the sinks while no one bothered to try to stop it.

The three who stared at me like I was going to try to steal their babies because I didn't have mine beside me in a cot as she was on NICU.

KatyLiz

fluffnutter wrote: »

Famous last words! Baby will come when baby wants to come

True, but I'm totally sure she's not budging until overdue. It'd make my life easier if she came a week early, and babies never try and make our lives easier

colli wrote: »

I thought that but got myself a smart phone last week, as I thought it would be good for entertaining myself at hospital, sending out birth announcement emails/pics and there seem to be some useful aps for breastfeeding etc. It's soooo easy to use, I've found it easier than when I changed phone last time (just a normal one to a newer model) and it should work out as about the same price or a bit cheaper :money:. the only problem is it's a 24 month contract and I've already dropped it about a dozen times (once nearly down the loo), I don't think I dropped my old £25 ever!

I am tempted to get one from a convenience point of view, but I don't think I'd find it any use. I have weird fingers that screens don't respond to. I tap and tap at DH's HTC and nothing happens. I have the same problem in Argos on their look up stock points and any supermarket self serve checkouts. I press and press and nothing ever happens, then I get strange looks as I attempt to press with my knuckles instead :rotfl:

Lol at your stories dizzi! It seems to be the case of the longer you're in there the more strange people you come into contact with.

colli

KatyLiz wrote: »

I am tempted to get one from a convenience point of view, but I don't think I'd find it any use. I have weird fingers that screens don't respond to. I tap and tap at DH's HTC and nothing happens. I have the same problem in Argos on their look up stock points and any supermarket self serve checkouts. I press and press and nothing ever happens, then I get strange looks as I attempt to press with my knuckles instead :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:maybe they're not for you then!