MSE Pregnancy Club 26

littleskintdragon

Hi ladies - had a scan today to check babys position and its head down, not engaged, but i know thats normal. Sure the little monster had moved before i got into the room because i had a bum poking out in a completely different place!
The said baby was measuring small, so now i have to go back in 2 weeks for another growth scan at 39 weeks? Seems a bit pointless to me personally that late.

Hope everyone else is doing well x

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Metranil_Vavin

Well, when I was posting on here yesterday morning, complaining of feeling a bit 'off', little did I know that within a few hours I would be giving birth - at 3.04pm to be precise!

I was timing the pains as they were coming mid morning, and what I thought was a bit of a gippy tum following a huge Mexican blow-out meal th night before, was actually contractions that by the time OH arrived home, were coming every 3 mins and lasting 40 seconds :eek:

By the time he got home, I was in agony and told him we needed to head to the hospital ASAP. The journey was arduous (darned London traffic lights against us all the way!), and even worse, when we finally arrived at the hospital, were met by a massive queue to get into the car park. It was a last minute decision to go by car and not cab, and when we got there and saw 7 cars queuing in front of us in a one in, one out, I nearly lost it!

So OH had to drop me at the door, somehow I managed to get myself up to the 4th floor (god knows how..I was practically elbowing people out of the way for the lift!), arrived at the delivery ward and was put in a room and told someone would be with me shortly. Waited there about 5 mins then staggered out again and screamed at all the staff standing about that I needed help NOW!!! Then I suddenly needed the toilet really badly, and WHOOSH..waters broke everywhere :eek: Worse still they were brown so I knew I had meconium in them and needed baby out asap.

After that everything went in a blur. OH was still fannying about trying to park the car, so I was on my own in a side room (hadn't even made it to a delivery room at that point) with a lovely midwife who examined me and announced I was fully dilated..I had to get her to repeat that..so I'd gone the full way between the morning at home and early pm arriving at hospital. There was no time for any drugs or epidural - both of which were in my b.plan..I am such a wimp..so was rushed off to a delivery suite, basically pushed a few times and out she came! I did it all on gas + air..I still can't quite believe it. With DS I was in labour for 28 hours and had the works as far as pain relief!

Stayed in hospital last night because of the meconium in the waters, but home now thank goodness feeling overwhelmed, tired, sore and shell-shocked!

Baby Lola Ann was born at 3.04pm, weighing 7lbs, 2oz. She is gorgeous and perfect, I however need to re-piece my head now!

Congrats Baleb, and sorry for the queue jumping courgette!

littleskintdragon

Congratulations mv - sound mad but better than a long drawn out labour, lovely name youve chosen x

vic3

Aww congrats MV I'm so pleased you had a quick labour. Pease tell me that your DH managed to park the car in time for the birth?! X

lobey

Congrats MV!! Hope your OH made it in time for the arrival of your little girly. X

Metranil_Vavin

vic - he very nearly missed it! Luckily he made it just as i was heading into the delivery room!

lao_cat

Congrats MV what a beautiful name x x x

vic3

Metranil_Vavin wrote: »

vic - he very nearly missed it! Luckily he made it just as i was heading into the delivery room!

Oh, I'm really glad he made it. Well done both of you! X

BadlyWrittenPoem

WalkingOnADream wrote: »

I have been stalking this thread for a long time but created a new username today to post so I can't be identified with my regular name!

I'm 30 weeks with my first and I am thoroughly fed up with my family now. I don't know if its my hormones making me more sensitive or if my frustration is justified. It's only really my mum and nan who are winding me up, some of their comments include:

1) I stupidly told them one of the names we like which begins with a 'T' they both said they hated the name and will refuse to call him it, instead they will call him 'tatty head' as that's the nickname he will get off other kids!? I nearly said to them if they won't call him his name then they won't see him, but I bit my tongue. We haven't even decided on a name yet anyway but we really like this name.

2) They have informed me they will be coming to my house twice a week for their tea when i start maternity leave as i have barely seen them throughout my pregnancy - no they wont.

3) My mum said she will be taking a couple of weeks off work after I've had the baby. She only works part time anyway so I can only assume she is planning on spending a lot of time in my house with me. This is my idea of hell, I know it's going to be tough with a newborn but I'm very independent and would prefer to be alone and figure things out for myself - especially as ill be breastfeeding so I don't want people around me all the time.

4) We currently rent a very close relatives house and the baby will be going into the room which is already decorated as a nursery. It was very recently decorated and is still spotless with matching blackout curtains, yet my mum is horrified i wont be repainting the room and won't have a theme. It's fine as it is and the baby won't care!

5) apparently not having a wardrobe to hang baby clothes in is some form of crime and a chest of drawers is not good enough?! There is no way I am faffing around hanging up baby grows which can be folded much more easily.

I am stressing out about how I am going to put my foot down when baby is actually here. I need to find a way to tell my mum not to take time off work. I'm sorry for the length of this post but its got to the point where I can't get to sleep stressing about these things and feeling really angry about their comments!

All advice regarding handling overbearing relatives is much appreciated!

I don't have any advice on how to deal with them but I am totaly with you that they are being unreasonable!

Lola888

Congrats MV! Wow they do say the 2nd one is usually faster and easier!