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chewmylegoff

LydiaJ wrote: »

So glad all is well. How many weeks have you got to now?

Probably about 10 more weeks - 27wks now and 37 is considered full term for twins.

zagubov

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Just had the first "babies haven't moved for 24 hours" panic attack. OH got to the hospital before me as I had to go home from work and drive across to the hospital with her maternity notes which she had left at home. Initially with the Doppler thingy they could only pick up one heart beat (I missed that part of the panic thankfully, OH said she was terrified...) but then they wheeled a registrar and a consultant out and did an ultrasound and everything was fine, they have just shifted into a position where their legs aren't sticking out or something.

The surprise of the day was that I found a parking space at the hospital in less than a minute, significantly better than the 45 minutes it took me on a previous visit. The bonus is that we had a scan scheduled for New Year's Eve which we now don't need to go to.

Glad it all turned out well. Both DD and DS were born at your hospital (I think) and we found it perfectly fine. The parking was difficult but we lived virtually ten minutes walk away by the time of the second birth. The maternity ward was like a vast victorian vault when DD was born but it was like swish and modern by the time DS came along. The register office is right next to the hospital for when you need to register the birth.

Are you getting a bigger car? We moved up from a (old proper small) mini to a massive micra when DD was due. They wouldn't let us take the baby out until we'd strapped it into the baby seat for the car. Wish I'd practised that!

Nikkster

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Just had the first "babies haven't moved for 24 hours" panic attack. OH got to the hospital before me as I had to go home from work and drive across to the hospital with her maternity notes which she had left at home.

Phew!

I don't think I'll ever forget when I accompanied my friend when that happened to her. The sound of the heartbeat when I opened the door after they invited me in was incredible.

My friend also had to call via home to pick up her notes - she got a (gentle) telling off from the nurse... the notes should be going everywhere the baby(ies) go(es)!

purch

Not long to go now.....

...less than 3 minutes :eek:

https://santatracker.google.com/#village

SingleSue

I had the opposite with Josh, he went absolutely ballistic in my tummy at 37 weeks, far out of the normal kicking. I contacted the midwife at the time because it didn't seem right and 5 weeks later, it proved it wasn't.

Turned out he had finally settled head down ( he had been breech and transverse several times) and in the process of going between the two, he had managed to tie a true knot in his cord. The manic movement had been Josh becoming distressed as his oxygen was being reduced and his food source all but cut off.

He actually lost weight in the those last 5 weeks and came out absolutely starving and of course during the process of delivery, the knot became tighter and tighter, cutting the oxygen supply completely hence the troubles that came during delivery and his lifelong struggles now.

I just wish the midwife had taken me seriously when I rang, we could have avoided all that came after.

chewmylegoff

zagubov wrote: »

Are you getting a bigger car? We moved up from a (old proper small) mini to a massive micra when DD was due. They wouldn't let us take the baby out until we'd strapped it into the baby seat for the car. Wish I'd practised that!

Already done. A NP came and took the mini away and now there is a big lump of 4x4 on the drive which doesn't really fit down our road. I miss the mini.

LydiaJ

SingleSue wrote: »

I had the opposite with Josh, he went absolutely ballistic in my tummy at 37 weeks, far out of the normal kicking. I contacted the midwife at the time because it didn't seem right and 5 weeks later, it proved it wasn't.

Turned out he had finally settled head down ( he had been breech and transverse several times) and in the process of going between the two, he had managed to tie a true knot in his cord. The manic movement had been Josh becoming distressed as his oxygen was being reduced and his food source all but cut off.

He actually lost weight in the those last 5 weeks and came out absolutely starving and of course during the process of delivery, the knot became tighter and tighter, cutting the oxygen supply completely hence the troubles that came during delivery and his lifelong struggles now.

I just wish the midwife had taken me seriously when I rang, we could have avoided all that came after.

Oh Sue. Such a huge "if only".
Sending hugs.

purch

Generali wrote: »

It works as a carrier of other flavours like rice and pasta.

Personally speaking I don't think Rice or Pasta have much favour :eek:

vivatifosi

Online FatFace sale has started and there's still fair amount of stock if anyone's interested. I know that Mr Spirit likes their clothes.

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

Online FatFace sale has started and there's still fair amount of stock if anyone's interested. I know that Mr Spirit likes their clothes.

I've just bought a light fitting for my dining room (BHS sale has started too).

And I'm eyeing up holidays to Cuba :eek: