MSE Pregnancy Club 28

penguingirl

Glad you had a good weekend arbrighton and that bump was OK after more drinks.

I'm very glamorous- drinking pineapple juice while using a breast pump to boost oxytocin! Yet to actually get in the bottle- I'm only getting a bit out and seem to mainly just get it over my boob, lol, but it's worth a go! Walked into town for brunch this morning and saw one of the real housewives of Cheshire and got jealous as even she had a baby, lol. Oh well, 2 more mornings at worst! MIL has also helpfully been telling OH about how all her babies were a bit early, as were OHs SILs, and that MIL only took 4 hours with her first from waking up with contractions to having his brother. OH has attempted to alter her expectations but who knows...

firebird082

arbrighton wrote: »

dvised to drink more (min 3 litres per day, said the lady apologetically) and if that didn't pep up movements, ring again to see about going in. Bean perked right up though once I was drinking more and lady did say it was common to get those calls when it was that hot.

That's really interesting - I've been downing pints of cold squash like there's no tomorrow due to the warm weather, loads more than normal! Had no idea I should be aiming for such a large amount though...why don't they tell us these things?!

We've had a really productive day - thank goodness for bank holidays! Nursery is now all sorted, bar cot, which doesn't need to be done yet, and plenty of storage for all the stuff M&D are bringing over this week. Baby's clothes and kit all sorted and put away, and I feel like I can think straight at last! I guess that might be nesting kicking in :rotfl:

I was mildly horrified last week at aqua for a coup[le of the ladies to mention that they both had very quick labours with their first babies - to the tune of a couple of hours :eek: I was previously merrily expecting it to go on for quite some time at home! I suppose there's no telling until things start to kick off, but it's a bit of a worry...

snowscreamer

Penultimate day at work today and having felt absolutely fine for weeks I am actually quite glad! Had lovely weekend but last night think baby dropped further and I had a little wobble and felt most uncomfortable for a few hours. Sleep seems to have fixed it for now but the fact that baby is arriving imminently seems to be becoming real now.

As DH was reminding me whilst I lay in the bath desperately trying to soothe the pelvic pressure last night; it really isn't a problem now if baby arrives. Everything is ready enough. There are bits I'd still like to do but they are really fairly inconsequential in the long run. Fingers crossed for an uneventful next couple of days and then I can chill hard at home!

I think vanilla8 must have a baby by now? Fingers crossed for you penguingirl this week; you'll be meeting your baby very soon!

april87

Penguin I really feel for you. It's so frustrating when people who aren't due go before you. I know it's silly to get annoyed by it, but it can't be helped. Jeez I get annoyed and I'm not due for another few days yet. Hopefully an induction won't be needed and baby decides to make an arrival. If it is, my fingers are crossed and I hope all goes swimmingly.

Cats hows everything with Clara, both well I hope.

Snow enjoy your last 2 days. Hopefully your sleep will remain fixed until baby is here.

Fuzzie hopefully baby will play nice, and wait atleast until your appt.

Glad everything is ok Arbrighton, and glad you enjoyed your weekend.

Another one with a wee scare. Contractions/leaking Sat night and I was in that way I wasn't sure what was going on. Wasn't convinced it was the start of labour, phoned the labour unit who advised to pop up just to be on the safe side. Turns out I have a UTI, which attributed to the leaking. She couldn't feel my cervix as it was too high and that bumps base heartbeat is low. Got home just after midnight and never been so glad to see my bed. Fell out the bath yesterday on to my side, not ideal. Bump's been moving grand though, so no worries there. I've just been feeling really sorry for myself/fed up the past few days and I don't really feel like myself.

Another thing on Sat at the hospital I told the OH that I didn't want to BF straight away, and I surprised myself as I've always said I would give it a try and not put too much pressure on myself to make it work. I realised over the past few weeks this is something I've felt o anxious and torn about and it wasn't until I said it out loud that I realised it had been troubling me so much. Now I know about all the benefits of BF but i don't know why I've come to such a cross roads about it. I mentioned it again to the OH this morning and he wants me to do what I feel best doing. I guess it stems from me worrying about if its not easy/struggle/produce enough. Also others opinions which is something that's never bothered me before, and then how I'll feel. I'm scared I won't feel like myself. I've tried so hard to keep my head balanced with my changing body, and I am looking forward to getting it back to a degree of normality but it does play on my mind a fair bit that what if I breast feed and it doesn't. I know I shouldn't really put too much thought/pressure on myself to bounce back, and I know it will take a while I guess I'm just worried that it'll have a bigger impact on my mental health than it should which then spirals into its own other issue.

Actually feel a bit of relief getting it down. I really don't want it to turn into a BF v FF its just that I have not heard of a single person I know express any similar concerns and I feel like I'm just being selfish/weird.

Beckyy

april, I hope you're feeling better after a rubbish few days! The heat must be awful at the minute when you're almost due.

I honestly wouldn't put pressure on yourself around feeding. I really wanted to BF and the first few days were a bit uncomfortable but I never really had any issues, some input from the infant feeding advisor helped with basics. If you decide to then you need to just trust your body to do it's thing. There is a very small percentage of people who are unable to feed due to medical reasons, the majority of the time it's lack of support and peer pressure which causes people to stop because honestly, our society isn't particularly BF friendly. Everyone is obsessed with 'giving a bottle'. How you decide to feed is your entirely your decision, but if you would like to try then do just that and see how things go. There are some really helpful FB groups 'Breastfeeding younger babies and beyond' and 'Breastfeeding support UK' which may be useful.

Good luck in the heat ladies!

cats2012

April we're doing well thank you :-) 10 weeeks today!! So sorry penguin that baby hasn't arrived yet but either way he will be in your arms very very soon.

As for breastfeeding - I second everything Becky said. Ask for help time and time again if you need. I literally took every bit of help they offered l, and asked for more, even though it seemed to be going fine. Also the first two weeks really are the toughest - if you can make it 2 weeks it settles so so much. All I'd say is I believe if you don't start BF straight away it's much harder to pick it up, as opposed to if you try BF and it's not for you you can just switch to bottle and move on. I would say take each day as it comes if you do give it a go - I'm still doing that now and whatever happens I'll be proud of what I managed :-)

Love to all and fingers crossed for a sudden rush of babies!!

penguingirl

Snowscreamer- enjoy your last couple of days at work. It is a great moment when it suddenly dawns on you that you are as 'ready' as you're going to be and can wing it from here.

April- glad bump is ok and hope the UTI clears up quickly. The answer to the bf/ff is whatever suits you. I think the trick is to make your peace with it and as long as you're not feeding baby Mcdonalds and vodka you'll probably be fine. The mums in my nct group have really varied- some have taken to bf-ing despite thinking they didn't fancy it, others have struggled and switched to formula, some chose a mix from the beginning to involve dad, some have breezed through it and some have needed support from be counsellors, tongue tie etc. My plan is to give it a go and see what happens, but do what is right for you and it is entirely your choice.

Cats- hope you and Clara are doing ok and it is easier now it has cooled down a bit. I'm sure you remember the frustration of waiting!

I'm doing ok, have a sweep this afternoon. I've been finding nights really hard as it's too much time with my thoughts and bump is super active which can be painful, but after a little cry with OH (which I think is almost entirely hormones) at about 10.30 I slept much better so feel more positive today. Only one more disappointing morning to go! A family friend who was due on 18th May and was booked for induction today had her baby yesterday, so fingers crossed it could still go that way. My main concern about induction is being in hospital from the beginning, whereas I would like to be at home. But that will get forgotten about after I guess. Let's hope sweep has a magic effect this afternoon!

cats2012

Penguin would you definitely have to be in from the beginning? For my induction I had been booked in for the pessary first and I would have then been able to go home to isee if that worked. All being well things could then have progressed pretty much as naturally as possible. It would have only been if pessary didn't work that they'd have given hormone drip and therefore been in hospital.

As it turned out I obviously didn't need it but a natural labour resulted in only a couple of hours at home and a highly medical birth so there really is no guarantee no matter how things start off!

penguingirl

cats2012 wrote: »

Penguin would you definitely have to be in from the beginning? For my induction I had been booked in for the pessary first and I would have then been able to go home to isee if that worked. All being well things could then have progressed pretty much as naturally as possible. It would have only been if pessary didn't work that they'd have given hormone drip and therefore been in hospital.

As it turned out I obviously didn't need it but a natural labour resulted in only a couple of hours at home and a highly medical birth so there really is no guarantee no matter how things start off!

I'll speak to my midwife again today, but last week she said I would go straight on a drip if I needed induction as my cervix has softened and started to dilate so I've already gone as far as the pessary would get me. But she also said she didn't think I'd need inducing in a million years as I seemed so close to going- but that was 6 days and a sweep ago!

Edit: she did also mention that they could just break my waters as an initial attempt to budge things along. Will hopefully have more of a plan this afternoon

snowscreamer

Still got a really heavy feeling in my pelvis walking today... glad my commute isn't any longer than it is!! Seems to settle when I'm sitting or lying though which is better than yesterday evening when it was constant. Anyone else who is late on got this? At 33 and 35 week midwife appts head was 2/5 palpable and midwife said she didn't suspect baby would drop any lower now before labour... puzzling.

Anyway seems to be manageable but I was enjoying being mostly painfree! If nothing changes then I foresee lots of time with my feet up during maternity leave. Thank goodness we've been so organised so far and there's nothing pressing to be done albeit plenty I would like to do.

Really feeling for those of you playing the waiting game. Feel like I'm going to be quite terrible at it!