***April Sweet Peas 2011*** join here (48 babies born)

[JeepGirl]

Little update from me. I suppose I got the wish I wanted, though not in the way I kinda wanted it.

At the midwife's today they saw that my BP was high, and my swelling as increased to a level they didn't like, so they had me go for tests, and the tests wanted me to go to the hospital. So now i'm at the hospital. The baby is being monitored for any distress and my blood pressure is being monitored as well... the lower number is the one that they are worried about because it keeps jumping up to 100 sometimes, but it is lowering too. So that's good.

More then likely (midwife said 100%) i'll be induced sometime tomorrow night. They've already given me cervical gel to get my cervix ripening so that when they do induce it's easier to get things going.

I guess i'll be meeting little Josaphine sometime this weekend.

Awe hun, I didn't get the birth I wanted either. But in the end all that matters is a healthy baby and mom

 

[bernina]

Sounds very promising MissFox!!! Hope they keep up and get closer and closer together!!

 

[MissFox]

I hope they do too. I'm gonna try another bath tonight and hope hope hope that it kickstarts something. It's been going on for days up and down and up and down so it should be clicking into gear sometime soon... I hope!!

 

[bernina]

Enjoy the bath, hope it gets things going really good!!!

I'm getting the stabbing pains in the cervix again but not holding my breath as I've had them many times before. Really hoping I get the start of contractions again. Tuesday night they started as soon as I got into bed. About to head up soon so we'll see!!!

 

[MissFox]

Yea- I am having such a hard time going from sitting to standing and it's just pain. I mean- I'm sure it's just prep for whats to come but some of the cervix pain I get too makes me grasp for air!

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Congrats to all the girls finally having their babies!!

Operation Eviction failed last night, but only being 1cm and baby being -5, I should know better. Operation Eviction Attempt 2 shall commence April 11. I'd love for this baby to be born on my anniversary.

 

[happy_hayley]

sorry to hear that crazybird and jen hope it all works out
good luck caro hope BP is normal
congrats gem and jeepgirl
good luck gertrude

finally started sorting out my hospital bag yesterday lol. Having back spasms today. Abit worried as LO isnt moving all that much just a couple of wiggles here and there but will keep an eye on it i guess there aint a lot of room for her to move much.

hope everyone else is ok.
sorry if i missed anyone.

 

[2ndtimeAbz]

Good Morning!

Have woken up feeling very positive today, maybe it's because my body might actually decide to crack on with this giving birth lark, or maybe it's just that it's another beautiful day in Brizzle and one of my mates is back from uni 'up north'. Cleaning this morning and park this afternoon methinks....

So what if I'm 41 weeks tomorrow?

 

[chocojen]

Morning,

Gertrude and crazy sorry to hear you are not well, thinking of you both

I have woken feeling really happy today too Abz and considering the day I had yesterday this surprise me, I think it must be the weather. Am meeting a friend today for a coffee/lunch and then gonna have a really quiet afternoon with my feet elevated as they have swollen even more the last couple of days, I am sure it is just the heat though.
x

 

[lisaed]

congrats jeepgirl, sorry it was such a difficult birth x
congrats Gem thank god everything ended up ok for you xx

miss fox i know how you feel its a nightmare when it keeps stopping and starting, one minute i think its time and my oh starts panicking but i dont trust them anymore so keep holding on and they die off

im scared of a big baby too and keep thinking the same about him not fitting through my pelvis even though i know is head is engaged it doesn't mean the rest of him will fit

 

[AmethystDream]

i guess because i'm bigger, i have this mindset that most ppl will assume my baby will be "big" because of that and i must prove them wrong. plus my MIL keeps saying she'll be a big baby, which is 8.5 lbs to her which just upsets me more. but then she's also the one who said my daughter was going to come home pregnant at 15 (apparently her idea of a joke), so i should really just ignore everything she says. then i have dreams where i don't want her anymore cuz she's ugly and my proverbial cup runeth over with hormones.

If that is the only reason that you think you will have a big baby, let me put your mind at rest. I'm a 'big' girl and my babies to date have been:

6 lb 15
7lb 6
7lb 8
and now Pickle, who we assume from scans will be a touch heavier but around the same as the youngest girlie.

Funnily enough, lil Miss 7lb 6 (or Willow as she prefers to be called ) was a far smaller baby than her older Sister, despite her being heavier. Oldest and lightest girlie is now the tallest 10 year old you ever did see with feet that are a UK ladies size 7... go figure

 

[chocojen]

you look fab lisa xx

 

[lyndsey37]

ladies does being 2/5 engaged mean fully engaged?

 

[lisaed]

ladies does being 2/5 engaged mean fully engaged?

unfortunately not! you start at 1/ 5th and need to get to 5! sometimes they tell you the position with a minus and then you have to get from -5 to 0 xx

 

[loopy82]

Congratulations to Smeej, Jeepgirl and Gem!

Have just got back from my growth scan and unfortunately baby is already bigger than the safe guidelines for breech birth and I could see myself on the scan that she has a big head. Have had to opt for an elective caesarean on the 12th as I just don't think the risk to baby is worth it. Excited to meet my little girl on Tuesday but have to admit I'm feeling very down about it all at the moment.

Hope everyone is having a good day, am going to go and enjoy my last aquanatal session now

 

[Emmy'sMommy]

Great bump lisaed!

to you loopy82! and anyone else who needs them today!

 

[BrandiCanucks]

ladies does being 2/5 engaged mean fully engaged?

unfortunately not! you start at 1/ 5th and need to get to 5! sometimes they tell you the position with a minus and then you have to get from -5 to 0 xx

It's the opposite here. 5/5 is at the brim but not engaged at all, just still floating. 0/5 is fully engaged. I was disappointed the other day when my midwife told me that. I'm losing hope for an April 12 birth.

 

[lyndsey37]

ladies does being 2/5 engaged mean fully engaged?

unfortunately not! you start at 1/ 5th and need to get to 5! sometimes they tell you the position with a minus and then you have to get from -5 to 0 xx

It's the opposite here. 5/5 is at the brim but not engaged at all, just still floating. 0/5 is fully engaged. I was disappointed the other day when my midwife told me that. I'm losing hope for an April 12 birth.

yeah mine starts backwards too so am i close to engaged then?

 

[MissFox]

aww loopy!!! you tried!
still having mild contractions. wish they would just do something!!!

 

[DanaBump]

im not too sure what the 5/5 thing is but my dr explained to me that when baby crowns, she is at +4 and even with birth canal is 0 so me being -1 means she's high but not too high. dunno if that helps any.

still bleeding from wednesday's check. was told not to worry as it's brown but miss abbygael hasn't moved really so now i'm home from work focusing on getting my fetal kick counts. high risk for still born pregnancy sucks.