19th October Ladies ... **5 Births Already**

[Phantom710]

Hahaha same Kater! As soon as I hit 38 weeks i'll be trying everything

I'm pretty sure I felt him stretching last night. It was crazy.... very different from the rolls/kicks.

Halloween would be nifty as that would be hubby and my 3 year anniversary of getting..."together". As in, that's when we started dating. BUT I think I'll just suffer

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can you imagine.... looking back through all our posts on this thread after baby? Following our whole little journey? all our grumbles and laughs. hahah

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Oh i really want my baby to be born before Halloween i will also be trying everything from 38 weeks onwards lol i tried everything to get Tyler to come but ended up being induced at 40+13 no way will i go that far again lol and i would really rather avoid having to be induced again

 

[Phantom710]

I've heard induction makes the labor harder, i wonder if that's true?

 

[x-TyMa-x]

I think so because your body isnt ready to do it naturally itself, mine was very slow due to the induction , really hope i can go myself into labour this time x

 

[katerdid]

I'm pretty dead set against induction if I can help it. I've read all sorts of things that show it generally makes labor harder and longer for you. Though if it's waaay past time and the bugger still shows no sign of moving, what else can you do?

I had a semi-emergency appt with my midwife today. Turns out I have fluid in my kidneys and that's why I'm in crazy pain. I don't have enough in there for them to safely do anything about it, but I have enough for me to feel it. Really sucks...I'm already all achey from stretching muscles, and now I have searing localized back pain on top of it.

 

[Mary Jo]

ouch, kater, that sounds awful!

last time I was very gently induced, just to speed things up, because my waters were leaking and the doc thought it would be a while till I was in established labour. I'd been in for monitoring that week because of lack of movement from LO, so they didn't want it to linger. plus they wouldn't let me go home after they'd ascertained it was definitely my waters that were half gone. so I didn't want to hang around for days on the horrid antenatal ward. they just put a pessary in, I was 2cm dilated but almost full effaced so the midwife didn't think it would take too long for things to get going. and it didn't. I only had the one pessary and it dropped out after a couple of hours, but it did the trick. Adam was delivered naturally about 12-13 hours later. I was so so glad it worked and I didn't need a pitocin drip, that apparently causes agonising contractions because the body hasn't had time to produce any endorphins (especially if you're induced from not being in labour at all). my contractions were bad enough for me to request an epi, but they did build up over quite some time, they were not full on straight away.

if I was in the same situation again, I'd not go in to hospital with leaking waters, unless there was meconium in them, I'd wait till they went completely, because once in they wouldn't let me out. I would rather have done the first bit of labour at home. it's not like they let you get the pain relief at the beginning anyway. I'd hope to do without a pessary as well.

 

[BabyDeacon]

im looking to do all i can i will be working right up to the 3rd october if i pass my essay.... so will be walking loads so hopfully bring it on... but its my borthday 24th my dads borthday 28th... we have litrally 10 days spare out of october with out a b day on it!

 

[Phantom710]

I'm really hoping walking will do the trick for me come time

although i went for a walk with hubby the other evening and had some painful braxton hicks, so it's hard to keep exercising when it hurts :S

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Kater - hope your feeling better soon xx

Ohh i am gonna do plenty of walking this time too ladies towards the last few weeks, if i can manage as last time i got terrible SPD and it restricts you , Its already started up again over the past few weeks, if im walking a long time ......infact i see the physio on monday for it x

 

[BabyDeacon]

aww kater -- Hugs!!!!!

 

[Phantom710]

SPD?

 

[x-TyMa-x]

symphis pubis dysfunction, its a condition brought on by pregnancy by the pressure of the baby on your pelvis ... google it hun , its a real nightmare i hope none of you ladies get it x

 

[nypage1981]

Ooooh, I had an AWEFUL labor on pitocin. I had to be put on it because my water totally broke and several hours later my body was doing nothing....after 16 hours of the worst painful labor, i was so dilusional and out of it but had to try and push for 2 hours until they said its not happening. So c section happened and during that they said "oh, baby is facing us, thats why wouldnt come out."....well my shock was, couldnt they tell this the whole fricken 18 hours ?!?! NO one knew that she was sunny side up? Come on.....we coulda tried to flip her or something. Grrrr.

Anywho- thats why im going for a c section. Probalby a week early. yay me!

Kater- hope oyou feel better soon, do you need meds or anything? Is this an infection, or where is the fluid from and what do you do to make it go away?

I have only one kidney so hoping nothing weird happens with it!

I have such a short torso, really long legs but short torso and am in agony lately whenever im sitting upright. This makes my uterus feel like its pushing against my ribs because its such a short area! My ribs are killing me unless im laying, and laying my hips hurt. OHHH boy! I asked for this? ahhahahaa

 

[Mary Jo]

I had SPD with Adam, and it was horrible. It's started up again, I felt twinges from really early, about 9 weeks, but it has only just started to kick in hard. I am mobile but slower. Also having a LOT of round ligament pain this week when out walking. It's so annoying, but not much I can do!

 

[x-TyMa-x]

horrible isnt it mary jo - i asked my midwife if there was anyway i would maybe be lucky enough to escape it this time around and her reply was "No sorry if u had it last pregnancy your pretty much certain to get it again and its usually worse & symptoms occur earlier" ...

 

[katerdid]

Oouch, SPD not fun!

No meds, just Tylenol and the occasional Vicodin when it gets really bad. She said there really isn't anything I can do, other than hope it passes quickly. Not sure where the fluid came from...she didn't say and I didn't think to ask. It's not an infection though. Said if I had more fluid in there they'd be able to do something, but then I'd be in the hospital and it would not be good. Said it's more common with pregnancy though.

 

[Phantom710]

I just had a slight Spaz Attack. I counted, and in weeks we have between 13-16 weeks left (counting from wednesday at 24 weeks) Does that seem really close to anyone else :O

Also, as promised I'm attaching photos of my 23 week bump, and a video of our latest big baby item.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfEdjcPnLAI

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Brilliant bump hun & video Eeek exciting stuff all this baby buying

 

[Mary Jo]

horrible isnt it mary jo - i asked my midwife if there was anyway i would maybe be lucky enough to escape it this time around and her reply was "No sorry if u had it last pregnancy your pretty much certain to get it again and its usually worse & symptoms occur earlier" ...

yeah, that's what I was told as well. at one point in my last pregnancy I did seriously question whether I'd be able to go through it all again - but I knew even then that I would. I am really careful, and I have been lucky so far, a couple of times I've jarred myself and been in a lot of pain, but it's always settled down again. still, it's early days. I really hoped to control my weight and hopefully help myself that way, but this morning I weighed and I am already 17lb up from what I was at 7 weeks. poo.

 

[sam#3]

someone asked me this morn how long i had to go, which is the first time, usually people ask how far gone i am, and when i said anywhere from 13-19 weeks i felt giddy with excitement!!!!