Hi
At the beginning of this pregnancy I too made the mistake of reading on the internet, really shouldn't have because when I then got the reaction I did from the GP I felt like complete crap so I went to see a private consultant who didn't seem at all shocked or worried. She was lovely, very reassuring. The main concern she had for me was placenta accreta which thankfully I have no signs just yet.
After my 5th section I was told the front lining of my womb was very thin, not sure what to make of that as we as no medicals have no idea what thin really means. Anyway all seems to be well so far apart from my emotions. God, they are all over the place. I have never felt such an overhaul of emotions while pregnant before. Maybe it doesn;t haelp that my youngest is a terrible sleeper and is awake until all hours. He is two and so full of energy. My other four are school age so get a little break from them. It is hard at times but we as mum's just get on woth it. The children are all very good, they have the odd argument/disagreement which can be funny but they are all really close. Ages from 2 - 16, 4 boys, 1 girl. Would love another girl as my Daughter is fed up being surround my males. But the most important thing is that he/she is healthy of course.
Being sterilised is a very difficult decision t make as the choice is taken away from you. But I think 6 is plenty and as I am worrying about things that might go wrong I don't think I will be able to go through this again. Finding pregnancy this time round very draining. I am 35 and always had in my mind that I wouldn't want to have children any older than that.
I don't feel amazing but thanks, I feel like I am always battling to please everyone and nothing I do ever seems to be good enough. I found the jump from 2 - 3 children the most difficult after the 3rd, it really didn't make any differeence to us. Yes, it is hard work and they take up a lot of time but the benefits/rewards are jsut so worth it.
Try not to read to much because no one every really posts a nice story, it is all the horrible ones that are available for us to see.
How did the 3 others go? Did you have any complications? Was recovery ok? I only ever had that one problem with my bladder but that was unavoidable so can't complain to much. Of course there are risks but that is life in general so relax and enjoy as I am sure it will all work out ok.
Take care xx
My first c/s with my son, now 7 years, was an emergency. I was induced 2 weeks early due to my blood pressure being high and they said that babies heart beat wasn't right, kept coming and going. They used that gel stuff and after a few hours I was still only 3 cm dilated so they put the drip on me, which apparently they wasn't supposed to do due to my circumstances. The drip was awful, made everything accelerate and my baby was in distress. The sister in charge started screaming at the midwife to take the drip out and then I was rushed to theatre for c/s. My son was born a healthy 7.1. Poor little thing had a bump on his head from where he was pulled out. But we were both well and I recovered well.
Second c/s with my daughter, now 5 years (only 14 months between her and son) I chose to have as they told me that there's a 30% chance of the same thing happening again. No thanks. 30% seems like a lot to me. And my last experience was so bad that I was put off of trying to do natural again. Everything was lovely. I had such a good experience. No problems during pregnancy, had c/s when I was supposed to. Healed well and she was born a healthy 7.14.
Third c/s with daughter, now 3 years, I had to have (as you know after 2 they don't like you to have natural). Pregnancy was fine. The only problem I had was when they were putting the epidural in. The guy didn't seem to have a clue what he was doing. I felt the needle going off to the left side of my spin. So not surprisingly, it didn't work. He then spent the next 5 mins trying to convince me it must have worked. This sent me into a panic. I then threw up and was given an air bag to calm me down. Then a nice lady pushed him aside and took over. She confirmed it hadn't worked and that I could let them retry or be put to sleep. Being put to sleep terrifies me, so I opted for them to retry. Thankfully it worked and after that all was fine. Recovered and healed well. Had a healthy 7.12baby girl.
So second was my best, hope fourth can give me another nice experience. Luckily I haven't had any problems with womb or bladder or any health issues yet, so fingers crossed.
Got a feeling I'm not preggers this month though, think an early AF is on the way. Never mind. try and try again ay.
I haven't really been trying til this month. Haven't really taken it that seriously til now. Think it was because my 3 year old is a bit naughty and it put me off a bit. I was trying in 2010 -11 though, but when it wasn't happening I stopped trying and thought I'd wait for a while as youngest was still only little and the not knowing each month drives me mad. I didn't have to try before, it just happened. How about you? Did you have to try?
Thank you xx
Recovering from c/s is hard though. So sore after. But i'm sure we'll all be fine. Lots of love and luck xxx
. So its ok. Will keep checking in on you. Loads of love 
