Beach Bumps - July Rainbows

[JFG]

Thanks ladies, defo contractions they've been 5 mins apart for last 2 hours lasting about 40 seconds can still talk and walk through them called hospital and they said all sounds good but to call and go in once they're unbearable! Walk was fun I kept having to slow down through contractions lol!

Thanks merri

Hope baby drops for you MJ and you don't have to have a csection x

 

[ladykara]

Congrats flapjack... Sorry it didn't sound like it went to plan, will keep checking for your birth story, but yay she is here !!! Xx

Sorry guys I didn't have time to read all the posts, popped in to see if any ones beach bumps have turned into babies yet. Taylor just cries so I don't have time to do anything anymore, we think he has colic.

Sending labour dust to everyone still due... Hugs guys xx

 

[merristems]

lady K i hope he settles down soon xxxx

Jfg hopfully youre at hospital having baby now!! Good luck honey drop by when you can xxxxxx

 

[JFG]

I'm afraid not merristems been up all night with pains every 5-8 mins but I was so tired went to bed to try to sleep and they've slowed down a bit still coming every 10 or so mins no regular pattern and painful but not yet unbearable, I'm continuing to lose bits of plug too, this is going to be one loooooong labour!! Got mw apt at the hospital today so I'm still going to attend and see what they say! x

 

[Dollybird]

Aw jfg! I just read the first few updates I missed.. Got all excite thinking you must've had bubs by now, then saw this page and saw u hadn't!! Aw well at least things have started I'm sure it won't be long for u. I read an article for midwives on oxytocin release and how to promote it to promote a quick labour.. Because apparently certain things can slow contractions or make them stop..
So it said to promote them : dim lighting, relaxation, privacy, touch, familiar faces.
Things that inhibit oxytocin release: thinking (apparently its important that during a contraction people don't ask u questions), harsh lighting, fear.
Oh there was more but can't remember it all.. Will try and find the article.
Jess hope bubs gets down low for u!! Can't believe u being induced Next week!!How exciting!
Ooh the pools sounds lovely ladies - dont think we have outdoor pools near me.. Suppose I could swim in the sea though!!
Lk hope bubs colic settles soon!
Afm - no change! Cramps again last night but were gone by the time I woke for my first piddle. Bah. Roasting here again today. I'm off to a BBQ this afternoon.. Dunno how I'm gonna survive the heat though! Xxx

 

[Dollybird]

Found it! https://midwifethinking.com/2010/08/18/the-effective-labour-contraction/

 

[A1983]

Thanks Dolly-im going to get my OH to read it too, very useful, although I can't guarantee I wont totally exclude the 'fear' element! My friends who have gone through a second birth and therefore feel more in control and less at the mercy of the mw's say to 'take yourself to a happy place during each contraction' and don't feel pressurised to speed things along like some bossy mws try to get you to do to get you done and out more quickly. Apparently labour slowing down can be justxa matter of baby needing to reposition, you needing to reposition ie more upright or you both just needing a break and some food and drink. It is hard to know when you haven't done this before though and you're told your body needs some help when actually it knows completely what it's doing. I'm really going to try and avoid any inductions etc which could distress baby-but arguing this with an experienced mw mid labour may be tough if im not sure what is best! I hope my oh will be my voice and reason too.

Hope you're ok Jfg! Xx

 

[merristems]

You sound very wise a1983. Getting hubby to be your voice is very important, it must be far to easy to get swept along with the excitement of it all and to just nod yes to any suggestions when really all you need is a little time and space. Thats why im having a home birth i want us to be in control, if they is a desperate need for intervention its 10mins to hospital. Stop start labours are a tricky one especially if you have arrived at hospital and they want that bed back!

I had i big cry lastnight feeling sorry for myself must stay positive though only a few weeks to go now.....!

 

[Dollybird]

Aw merri honey I know how u feel!! And when I was at 35 weeks the thought of going much further seemed horrific but there's me gonna be 39 weeks on Tuesday and it actually has gone quick. As strangely I feel more relaxed and accepting of things now- even being sore and uncomfy isn't getting to me as much. It will go quick and you'll have your little baba and all this waiting will be just a memory.
A1983 I've been coaching hubby as well- and my big sis is also going to be there so she knows what I want and what I don't want. My worry is that if I don't have them
To stick up for me ill lose my mind with pain/excitement/fear and just do as I'm told lol. I know I don't want any opiates - am very sensitive to morphine, and when my nephew was born he needed resus due to pethidine my big sis had been given during labour. I was there at that birth so it's really stuck with me. If I desperately need pain relief the only thing I want is an epidural and only if I really need it. I also want them to really encourage me to move about.. I'm pretty sure ill need a lot of support in tht area! Xxx

 

[JDH1982]

Congrats FJ, another rainbow - so exciting xxx

Hope you're recovering well xx

 

[monro84]

Ok I have been wondering about lightening crotch. I really had not had much pain there until last night I sat for about 4 hrs through dinner and a fund raiser at a church and when I got up from dinner (which I had had my legs crossed through most of it) I had a really sharp pain in my pubic bone every time I stepped with my right leg. It has gotten worse since yesterday. But only if I sit for a while and have to get up and walk sonewhere. After walking I begin to feel better after about 5 min of movement but its those first few minutes that hurt so bad that if I have to get somewhere in a hurry I have to drag my right foot and leg (just figured out this relief a few minutes ago) so when dh gets in from playing golf he has something else to make fun of me about because for the past week he has been making fun of me waddlibg because my hip was hurting but now I look like a dead leg waddling duck lol.

 

[mackjess]

lol. I've had to do the dead leg walk, usually after I use my birth ball.

last week I dreamed my water broke in my sleep, but woke up and was bone dry. last night I dreamed I was shopping, went to the restroom and had bloody show. I even dreamed I posted about it on here. lol, but woke up and nothing. come on baby! I'd love it if he showed up on his own, but thinking he won't till I get induced next week. been bouncing on my ball and super sore from it. today ended up quite a bit cooler than it was supposed to so I'm headed out for a walk.

I wonder how jfg is doing? how we get more births this week!

 

[flapjack10]

Sorry girlies been so hectic! Will update soon!

Love to you all and here's some labour dust for all you girlies still waiting

Martha is amazing I am so in love! Can't believe cheekyface was a girl I was do sure she'd be a boy!

Just born - forceps marks
https://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s496/flapjackx10/AA9D9A2F-2131-46CC-9B88-ACEBBDAC5F10-3064-000002BF2E98FC0D.jpg

With mummy on day two
https://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s496/flapjackx10/33DC3379-F68F-4316-8F74-C7C96A73589A-3064-000002BF4B4A24C4.jpg

All smiles

https://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s496/flapjackx10/E4075101-B115-467C-B7DA-202AA36998B5-3064-000002BF706DEC93.jpg

Pretty in pink

https://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s496/flapjackx10/9D14806A-0BA3-4719-BC22-49878AC8E6DA-3064-000002BF8D0E0A29.jpg

She was 6lbs 14oz when born btw!

xxx

 

[A1983]

Ohhh she is beautiful fj-what a little cheekyface And yes you mustve been surprised with 'it's a girl' if you were convinced a boy-im exactly the same so if team pink emerges ill be really shocked!!

Ahhh so forceps were needed "-/ how are you now?! I know you must be so smitten and in love ♥ but would love to read your birth story...and get any tips before mine!! Congratulations fj-Martha is an absolute beauty! xxxx

 

[Dollybird]

Aw fj she is beautiful!!! xxx

 

[BeautifulD]

Oh fj! She's gorgeous!!!

What a gorgeous bunch of babies we've all created

I can't wait to see who's next!

 

[merristems]

What a little stunner well done on becoming a mummy and a family. I hope she brings you much joy xxxxx

 

[A1983]

Ladies can I ask a tmi question?! How much mucous plug have you been losing and does it only mean something when it's a lot/bloody? Today when ive wiped ive had some stringy mucous/ewcm about the same amount as if was ovulating but not clear like that-no blood though, just..beige! Sorry. Thing is I know women can lose bits for days or even weeks and then it can regenerate so probably a pointless post! Ahh well

 

[monro84]

FJ--She is adoriable congrats!

A1983--I have been loosing a little bit of it but no where near alot unless I went to the bathroom and did not see it However I had alot of BH yesterday and today I have had alot and I have period type cramps today. I called my ob's nurse and she said from the sound of it it sounds like early labor. I wen to the bathroom alot yestrerday and was very liquidy. Today I went 3 times so far the first two it kinda hardened back up but then the last one was right after I got off the phone with the nurse and that was nothing but liquid so I think my body is doing the cleaning out thing and prepairing. So if this is the real thing then as far as I know I still have not lost much mucus plug or had the bloody show yet.

 

[merristems]

Hey monro, about lightening crotch, i get it when i have been on my ball but i have spd. I havent crossed my legs since 13wks due to spd! Couldnt if i tried now!! Hope those aches and pains are somethinig promising xxxxx