**Calling all Northern Ireland Pregnant and due 2012 ladies **8 girls born 15 boys**

[mummylanning]

ohhh good sign lanning hopefully you get a good nights sleep tonight.

aw thanks nessa shes such a smilie wee women, she can be abit grumpy iv im not quick enough with her bottle tho lol

conina wont be long till hes a month dosnt time fly.

well me and OH both decided we would maybe try for another baby when i about 38ish maybe abit younger, doctor gave me hope of twins she has 2 girls and had twin boys at 38

x

Me too, i dont think i could do labour being this tired! I can imagine how grumpy i would be!

Nothing like planning ahead but then I am already thinking that I will probably starting trying for No 2 this time next year. Twin boys would be a nice surprise after the two girls

 

[holywoodmum]

Glad your BP came down, hopefully things will get moving soon now... did you persuade DH to dtd?!

Hope the review goes well courtney, were the jabs OK then (12 weeks? I can't remember!)

 

[izzy29]

was up at hsp today and have been given an induction date for 2 weeks today!!!i really hope baby makes an appearance and avoid induction as i know it will more than likely end in an emergency secton for me.

 

[holywoodmum]

wow izzy! How come early? It won't necessarily end in a section, the majority of inductions are successful! I reckon you'll go before me then (queue bunker!)

 

[izzy29]

wow izzy! How come early? It won't necessarily end in a section, the majority of inductions are successful! I reckon you'll go before me then (queue bunker!)

Lol, i may not. Because of being monitored for GD I have to deliver between 39-40 weeks. I was surprised when she said the 39th week but maybe that is just the day they induce my cases. Suppose at 39 weeks my chances are smaller of delivering myself before then but u never know. I was induced last time and it was horrendous, prob due to baby birth weight and i know this time its totally different as I have to progress pretty quickly or it will be a section but I would rather have a planned section if that was the case. If only someone could tell you what is going to happen. It felt like the end of the world today when the Doc gave me the date, it all seemed so final. everytime I think about leaving my little girl to go into hosp I well up. Just thinking what if something went wrong, god I have to stop thinking about it, I am welling up now. Wish I could fast forward a months time and everyone was safe and well and recovered.
Back next week for a sweep. I asked for one today but she said no, from 38 weeks at least.

 

[holywoodmum]

Aw hun, I really hope you go on your own before then in that case. I had such a better experience of a non induced labour. I had heard of GD patients being induced at 40 weeks, but not 39, can you refuse the induction and ask for a little more time to go on your own?

 

[izzy29]

I suppose I could but if I leave it another week I will be full term and they don't let you go over so if there are no beds etc it would delay things. I wouldn't want to risk anything happening if I delayed it all. Must start trying all the natural induction methods to see if I can get baby shifted. DD started to make a move at 40+2 so maybe second time round might be a bit earlier.
HWM have they given you a recent weight estimate? Baby was 5.14 last week and then yest was 7lb!!! I didn't even say anything. I have no confidence in them estimAting at all, it is so different between diff people and diff machines.

 

[holywoodmum]

Not since 34 weeks, when it was just under 7lb... I'm back to the doctor tomorrow, and I think she's going to be cross with me cos I decided not to go to the diabetes specialist and that I'd just trust the results of the test they did already. I don't think this baby will hit the 11lb mark like B did, nor does my MW...

 

[mummylanning]

Glad your BP came down, hopefully things will get moving soon now... did you persuade DH to dtd?!

No movement as yet! Yes I got DH to DTD but he wasnt happy about it! My sister suggested that i get him drunk first but he doesnt drink so he just had to man up!

Back to hospital tomorrow if nothing happens!

 

[mummylanning]

Izzy, i hope your induction goes well or that LO makes a move before then. They were talking about inductions with me on Tuesday and it scared the hell out of me as 50% of the people i know who have have inductions have had C sections...although the other 50% had nice, normal, even easy labours. I got myself all upset during the night and it was horrible so I know how you feel and its ok to cry.

 

[Conina]

Ooooh can't wait for the new babies to arrive!!

YoungNImum - he'll be a month so soon, it's a bit scary, I want him to stay at this age!!!

 

[mummylanning]

Ooooh can't wait for the new babies to arrive!!

YoungNImum - he'll be a month so soon, it's a bit scary, I want him to stay at this age!!!

My LO cant arrive soon enough, over the last 24 hours i have developed Bells Palsy. Its only mild but its causing me some pain in my eye, where i cant blink. OH thinks i am blinking fine and keeps telling me to stop rubbing my eye, which is the only way i can clear the dust, eye drool etc. So i am completely done on being pregnant.

Oh and I was told yesterday that I probably wont get my midwife led/water birth as with everything else that has gone on with my BP and stuff i'm probably going to have to be monitored during labour! If they turn round and tell me I have to give birth on my back I am going home!

Sorry for the rant...emotional and overdue today

 

[EmyDra]

I was monitored during my labour Mummylanning , but I insisted that I wanted an active labour so they put a clip on Silas' head, which allowed me to move about and do whatever I wanted whilst they were fully able to keep track of his HB etc.

You NEVER have to give birth on your back unless you have an epi or you choose to. I finished off on my back about 5 hours of standing/sitting/squatting, I was too tired to do anything else at that point and it did ensure that he was pushed out pretty slowly (felt like he was coming fast when I was squatting and it scared me somewhat).

Have you had a sweep yet?

Courtney - we had a similar discussion in that we might like another baby, perhaps in 10 years. If the family doesn't feel complete or so. I'm probably going to be 26ish when I'm done with BFing and 6 years is bloody long enough to have been pregnant or BFing for, I NEED a break, couldn't do three in a row like that (even if I really wanted too).

 

[mummylanning]

Emydra- thanks for the reassurance. I had my sweep at 39 + 6 as they want to try and get things moving without induction.

I'm off for reflexology this afternoon to try and lower BP and encourage LO out!

 

[holywoodmum]

Lanning, sounds like you're having a rough ride. Were you back at the docs today then? (yesterday?) FX you can sitll get a good active birth even with a bit more close attention... Hope the reflexology works for you.

I had my doc appt today, after a farcical morning of dashing around (missing changing bag (complete with purse, keys), trip to kindergarten to see if it's with the bugggy, trip home again when it isn't then I find it right next to where the buggy had been parked... then in to town for a mooch before doc appt, call from kindergarten to collect B who apparently wasn't well, so back there and back to town again!) A complete comedy of errors! Anyway, nothing wrong with B thankfully, so she came to docs with me, then I had to "entertain" her while I was on the CTG machine for 20 mins - then had to give my belly a good old jiggle to get a response from baby.
Doc then scanned me, and the wee bugger has gone bum down again - can't believe I got so close to 39 weeks and it's breech. I think it turned on Wed. Gutted doesn't come close. The docs is a total worry wort, started going on about section before due date, so I'm panicking cos my parents don't get here until due date and I have to go to hospital to discuss my options (so much on having decided to use the birth centre, a decision I agonsied over!).
MW was a bit more level headed, she's coming to the hospital with me so hopefully language won't get in the way. reckons there's still time turn back, and that they can't make me have a section before due date if that's what it comes to.
Shit day.

 

[EmyDra]

So sorry to hear that Lucy thinking of you. Would they attempt a turn? Must be so hard with the language barrier too - can't see why they'd do a section before 40 weeks, that sounds stupid (unless they are concerned about the size). Really sounds like you're having a boy to me (but you know already), and if it is then typical boy! Or you sooo have a wee anti-pink tomboy on your hands.

 

[holywoodmum]

Yeah cos of the size Emma... the doc is scared shitless that DD2 was 11lb!

 

[EmyDra]

Doc needs to get over himself! It's your body and that is NOT a good reason to be scheduling you before you EDD. Grrr...not as easy to get your point across though

 

[holywoodmum]

Luckily it won't really be her that decides,.. it'll be someone at the hospital I think. Thank goodness for my down to earth Englush speaking MW!
How was Switzerland by the way?

 

[mummylanning]

Holywood, if you are not scared of having a big baby, why on earth should your doctor be. Your not asking them to push it out I like the sound of our midwife though and its good to have someone to go with you and help out, not only with the language but as someone else who knows what they are talking about!

Yup back to hospital BP seems to be steadying around "borderline" and they are beginning to think i have the opposite to white coat syndrome as my BP always drops to safe levels by the time I leave. News to me as I hate hospitals and all doctory type people with their big needles.

Am hoping reflexology will have helped, it can take a few days but I was there in the hope that she could just relax me and maybe lower my BP a bit. I did feel great afterwards. Shame you cant go back two days in a row!