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I'm struggling to get him latching on he did it perfect straight from c section but I let him down and I don't know how to and I fear I ruined the chance now as he is so used to a bottle now :-(

Good luck mummy's hope your babes are on there way if not then making there way looking forward to all the mths updates xx
 
Hope everything is ok Princess! Christie - good luck getting labor started on your own! You too Powell!

I also ended up in labor triage last night - was having sharp stabbing pains that radiated toward my back plus contractions that wouldn't go away. I thought I was having back labor but it turns out I have kidney stones 😞

They gave me a bag of fluids and a shot of morphine in my butt and sent me home with a prescription for Percocet. JUST what I need on top of being 38 weeks pregnant - MORE pain. I went right to sleep when I got home because I was pretty loopy from the morphine and now it's 4:30am and I can't get back to sleep and just feel super groggy. Fingers crossed I can pass the stone(s) soon! Gonna call in sick to work and just chug water all day.
 
We are checked into the hospital. Little man has decided to get things going on his own.
 
Oh best of luck saraVO!!! Hope everything goes super smoothly - Cannot wait to hear all!!!

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Princess I'm not really feeling baby move either much but everytime I go to phone doc I get a good kick but then nothing for ages again and this baby usually kicks the crap out of me!! Typical baby is moving as I type this!!

Hospital apt in morning praying for a sweep to get me going but as of yet all signs and signals have totally disappeared.

Powell - beyond frustrating. I hope you either get some relief or go into true labour soon. FX for you :)
 
Oldermummy78 said:
I'm struggling to get him latching on he did it perfect straight from c section but I let him down and I don't know how to and I fear I ruined the chance now as he is so used to a bottle now :-(

Good luck mummy's hope your babes are on there way if not then making there way looking forward to all the mths updates xx
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Just keep trying!!!!
 
Seeing as these false labor cramps are pretty common for us second time moms I was wondering if any of you were getting a ton of them earlier on and now nothing? From 32 to 37 weeks I was getting so many, every night I thought ok this is too painful not to at least be the START of something... But then they fizzled out and now at 38+4 I only seem to get typical BH tightenings. Feeling like labor is farther away than ever before (waters went at 39+2 with DD)
 
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Powell130 said:
Just got home from getting checked cuz I was feeling the contractions pretty strong in my cervix, hoping for SOME progress..NONE!

Doc said "take two Tylenol and a hot shower for the back pain and come back if they get closer together, water breaks or red blood"

I do believe my body is playing mean tricks on me lol I'm glad I wasn't in labor but it sure felt like the start of something! It's now 2:30AM and I'm going to bed lol
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:hugs: So frustrating isn't it!

Wonder if we'll have any little babies today! They are definitely not in a rush though are they!
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Sooo frustrating!! I was sure I at least dilated a little more :cry: I'm not going in again unless I'm screaming with every contraction no matter how close together or long they are! I was wanting to get there in time to at least have the option for an epi (and with a little notice so my mom can possibly get here in time from two states away) but I give up. I'm just gonna wait until it feels like I'm gonna have him right then and there. This sucks. Induction sounds pretty good right about now. I'm not going for it but it sure does sound good knowing he'd be on his way :haha:
 
SaraVO said:
We are checked into the hospital. Little man has decided to get things going on his own.
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Good luck!

So many April babies starting to appear now! I really do feel for all of you having false starts :( how frustrating!

I am super stressed right now and today feel like crap :( we started renovating our bedroom at 34 weeks pregnant, under the promise it would be done by 37 weeks. Well I'm 38 tomorrow and we're half done :( and i have a c-section scheduled for next Wednesday! No cot built up, no flooring even down in our room. I keep losing bits of plug but thankfully it never amounts to anything. If everything else goes to plan the room should be finished on Friday and then I can get the baby stuff sorted over the weekend. But man is this cutting it close!

Sorry for the rant haha this is the first time I've properly sat down in weeks, feels good to get it all out!
 
Was just informed since baby B is bigger than baby A if she flips then they will encourage a section. They don't really feel comfortable with a breech extraction of a bigger second baby. Makes sense but still will be disappointing.
 
Good luck sarahvo

Oldermummy dont feel had hunny keep tryin xxx
 
I am not feeling well today. Kind of "delicate"... like I'm on the verge of coming down with something. :wacko: I certainly hope that's not the case!

I've been having BH for several weeks now with a few "ouchies" (what my doctor calls real contractions) sprinkled in. I was 70% effaced two weeks ago and a fingertip dilated, and 70% effaced and 2cm dilated last Thursday. My next appointment is tomorrow so I'm hoping for more progress! I'm scheduled for induction Sunday night (I've got some weird umbilical cord thing that they're paying attention to these days) and I'd love to go before then. I think I'll ask for a sweep? And I definitely want to talk over my induction options to see if the hospital only does Pitocin or if I can start with something gentler if my body is looking like it doesn't need too much encouragement. I'd like to be up and mobile as long into labor as I can, and I get the feeling with Pitocin I'd want the epi right away.

A couple weeks ago I ended up at the doctor's office for truly terrible pains in my left side. After many many tests, her best guess was kidney stones, and she sent me home. The pain lasted the rest of the day, but were really gone by the next morning! She decided it must have been a muscular thing. Well, they came back on Saturday, and the pain was so bad I vomited. I could feel a rope of SOMETHING running from my upper thigh towards my belly button, so i think it's definitely muscular. But now I'm worried that it happens when the baby drops lower, and since that's pretty much ALL that labor is, I'm nervous that I'll feel this pain constantly throughout my labor. I'm prepared for contractions, but I absolutely cannot handle 12 hours of excruciating pain that is constant. Has anyone else had any experience with this?
 
That's pretty much what my labor contractions felt like. I couldn't walk with that shooting pain radiating down my legs during each contraction and had an epi as soon as I could.
 
So I've decided I'm not delivering at the hospital closest to us. We are going to Duke Regional in Durham, NC instead of this small town hospital. It's the #1 hospital in this state. It's 45 mins from the house we live in now and less than 30 from the new house. I'm gonna finish my prenatal care with Dr Dumbass but when I go into labor we are going to the other hospital. I have too many worries about Dr Lewis delivering me
 
Powell130 said:
So I've decided I'm not delivering at the hospital closest to us. We are going to Duke Regional in Durham, NC instead of this small town hospital. It's the #1 hospital in this state. It's 45 mins from the house we live in now and less than 30 from the new house. I'm gonna finish my prenatal care with Dr Dumbass but when I go into labor we are going to the other hospital. I have too many worries about Dr Lewis delivering me
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You should double check with your insurance company to make sure you'll be covered there. I didn't realize this until my friend dealt with it (she travels a lot for work and so she called to find out about coverage just in case), but many insurance companies will not cover your delivery if it occurs more than a certain distance from your "home" hospital. For my friend it was 60 miles. She would have had to pay out of pocket. It sounds like you might be OK from your new house, but if you haven't changed your address by then or some other red tapey bureaucratic nonsense, they may refuse to pay.
 
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