Beach Bumps - July Rainbows

[A1983]

Unsuccessful sweep-so annoying!! She couldn't even reach my cervix boooo so fed up now. Another sweep booked for Wed and then induced Friday do you know if you have to be bed bound during induction ie when on a drip? X

 

[Dollybird]

Yeh it's constant monitoring but I stood at side of bed a lot and the also let me go on the birth ball as the cables were long enough. Sorry your sweep didn't work xxx

 

[A1983]

So you can stand, lean over back of bed and bounce on ball?

We're your contractions back to back? Hideous?

 

[Dollybird]

They were pretty horrific before I got the gas an air but the gas and air was magic- I found it sore but manageable with that. That's why I was so dissapointed to hae to end up with a section as I think I could've given birth with just the gas and air. Xxx

 

[Dollybird]

Lk my wee mans been a bit grumpy past few days- not wanting us to put him down he just wants cuddles constantly (cries as soon as we lay him in his Moses). We think he's had a sore tummy though he was constipated for a couple days and his Bowles have only just started moving again. The midwife thinks it was the change from breast milk to formula and says it should settle down. But I do think aside from the constipation that he has learned if he cries we'll pick him up! Wee monkey. Hope bubs settles for u soon xxx

 

[flapjack10]

A - soz about the sweep

Lk - I have a perfect baby, but nahhhh not really! It sounds like colic, which Martha can be partial to as well. It normally starts early evening and nothing will console her - hence my previous post about sticking the dummy in her gob!

We find that giving her a bath and massaging her tummy a little with olive oil makes her feel nice. We try to do it just before the kick off time. She's had a couple of poos and that cheers her up too. She tends to kick off when she's blocked up. The other night she had colic and we lay her on her changing mat with no knickers on and bicycled her legs and patted her bum with warm water and cotton balls. This relieved her windiness - oh the trumps that came out of her!

Dolly I loved the gas and air too, but then it just didn't cut it anymore and I was biting on the tube and everything. Then they took the g&a away from me and I had to do it on nothing I bet you could have done it on g&a, but it's gotta be what's best for baby. So many of us have had interventions on here.

Full nights sleep - wow amazing!

Xxx

 

[ladykara]

A- sorry to hear sweep day was a let down, but I really think you could go any day now, unfortunately being induced less active but fingers crossed it won't come to that x

Thanks ladies, Paige had colic and screamed for hours in the evening, Taylor is just restless than screaming .. May have to sculpt standing and using a sling... X

 

[merristems]

Oh A1, so sorry sweep was a no go. Im sure things will start happening soon and you wont need induction. Dont they begin with the pessary first then pitocin drip, hopefully they will allow you to be as active as possible, what are you now 41wks? You can still turn down induction if you can hold out.

Dolly, i cant remember if you said but why did you get csection in the end? Was it deceleration of babys heart rate?

I really hope gas and air is all i need!

 

[A1983]

Thanks Merri, yeah they use a pessary first but if that doesn't work its then the drip, and im 41 weeks today..so 2 days off 42 weeks next Fri when induction is booked. I've been bouncing like crazy this arvo and I had 3 braxtons WITH cramps within an hour :-D ha ha-prob means nothing! It's all stopped now tho. So far ive just been getting braxtons on their own. Having a spicy thai for dins, then a bath and some more bouncing-im loving the whale music my oh puts on to my bouncing too-find it quite relaxing!

 

[merristems]

Awww bless dh thats lovely that he putsup with the whale music for you, im too embarrassed to even do my yoga in front of mine as i feel like a whale!
At least youre getting bh and cramps thats fab
Im yet to have any bh

 

[Dollybird]

No thankfully bubs didn't become distressed but I'd been 48hrs with no waters and despite the pitocin I stopped dilating at 6cm. Turns out that was because of how he'd turned in mg pelvis and gotten stuck, we were so lucky actually that he hadnt become distressed as the doc says there was no way he would've come out naturally. So someone was obviously watching over us xxx

 

[merristems]

Oh wow dolly thats so scary im so glad you are both safe and sound are you feeling stronger yet after op? I know it can knock you for six. Great that you have some helpers on hand, im not suprised you felt sad leaving him for the first time, must have been very weird after carrying him 9months xxxxx

 

[A1983]

Ahhh Dolly, hope it's not an infection.

How are everyone's baby's today?
I'm currently bouncing on ball-Dolly I see you as the queen of bouncing-did you go quite hard so to lift your bum off ball or just bounce within ball?!

For the past 24 hours and about every 15-30 minutes (so not regularly) I get such a tightening and unlike bh's so far, I have to stop what im doing and just blow through them-it builds up right from low down and tum goes rock hard and it's like an achey tight cramp-but different to period cramps...lasts about 20-40 seconds-they vary. Is this something or nothing? I've read some women having contractions for days and I don't even know if this is that. No back aching or anything like that.

 

[merristems]

Mmm a1 sounds like things could be hotting up! I really hope so fx they get more regular try and relax into it a bit sounds promising eeek!

My baby has been going nuts today! So so active ive never been so uncomfy, kicking loads all over the place its starting to worry me, could i be too hot or could baby baby be distressed? I have jyst watched a 2hr film and it was wriggling the whole time and really pushing out

 

[A1983]

Merri I have an extremely active baby and so much so ive wanted to check he's ok! By all means do check-but for me bubs just has really active times-sometimes for an hour or more...I have found lying on my side or bouncing on ball calms him down..along with talking to him!

 

[Dollybird]

Just bounced into it. And I kinda want round in a figure of eight on it aswell (think it was lk that suggested that?) the tightening a soud promising. The day my waters broke I was getting odd tightenings that were different to bhs. Very uncomfortable around the top of my bump.. Almost like tummy cramps that I got when I had a flare up of my ibs but they would only last 30secs and I'd feel the tightening alongside them.. Never had any pain with my normal bhs.
Don't worry merri I had days like tht with my wee man. Sometimes I couldn't sit down it was so uncomfy- like he was stretching and kicking. Guess cause there's less room. Xxx

 

[merristems]

Oh thanks ladies i guess i was just worried because heshe doesnt nomally get so crazy in the day. Seems ok nOw, having a rest at last. I woke up and baby was all on the right squished up maybe it was trying to get into a better position?

 

[Dollybird]

So went to the docs today- turns out I have not one but TWO haematomas at my wound site... Prob through doing too much. The doctor says they should eventually absorb back into my body but in the meantime watch out for
Signs of infection. Praying they absorb without infection occurring.. Couldn't bear a setback like that.. Just wanna be fit and healthy to enjoy my bubba!! Xxx

 

[A1983]

I hope so too Dolly xx

Quick update-contractions 10 mins apart from 8pm-2am, couldn't decide whether to sleep or bounce/bath etc-they were painful and could not sleep if they were to continue so after lying in bed for 2 hours they did subside. It was a relief but also I worried id undone all my hard work. Slept til 6am-waking about once an hour to a contraction (especially when turning in bed???) Now im up, had brekkie and washed so gonna drink rlt and bounce-so far nothing happening is this a bad sign for things progressing? Sent oh off to work today. One friend says to sleep this arvo, another says to stay upright..don't know what to do-prob a bit of both. Just don't want to get to 2am again and still no further as ill need energy for when in actual labour x

 

[merristems]

Ah crap dolly, thats not good, you need to rest lady, that was a big op and it takes at least 6wks to heal nicely at least there is no infection but slow down! Naughty!

A1 im with you do a little ball action but i would try to conserve energy now sounds like labour is immenent and you will need to feel strong for it. Weird the contractions stopped but mabey babys head stopped pressing on cervix? Good luck today xxx