Darling buds of May and June bugs!

[minidancer]

I hope you get home today. Maybe Isobelle pressing on your cervix is what is causing the bleeding. As long as you are both ok that is the main thing. You will be able to relax much more at home too xx

 

[moggi]

One of the gynae registrars has been to see me and said my cervix isn't looking great and they're going to fully investigate after shes born. They've detected some cysts that they think are causing the bleeding. They said they are most likely harmless but will have a good poke around when its safer to do so. I asked if they're likely to interfere with a normal delivery and they said probably unlikely which is good. Nobody seems to be able toagree what to do with me, keep me in for observation or send me home to come into assessment unit daily or just home or what?! I can hear them from here lol. No talk of induction thankfully XxX

 

[minidancer]

You sound like a medical mystery to them Really hope you can go home and fab news about no induction!! Let Isobelle come in her own time is much better xx

 

[moggi]

It wouldn't be the first time I've been a medical mystery lol. I'll update when I've got an answer of some description XxX

 

[meganOUFC]

I hope u have a better day today and they can shed some light in your mystery. XxxX

 

[meganOUFC]

Hope everyone's feeling ok

 

[minidancer]

Morning ladies, how are you all?

I hope you are ok Rose and Debbie and Leanne and Nicola enjoy your first day of mat leave!

How are you Megan?

I have been having uncomfortable bh/contractions over the weekend. They aren't regular or getting any worse but I think baby us getting ready to make an appearance! I have my 38 week midwife app today so will see what is what then. Il let you know how it goes xxx

 

[moggi]

I'm ok thanks, just waiting for the doctors to find out if I can go home Had horrible tummy ache wake me up several times in the night, started getting concerned then found out it was trapped wind Hope everyone else is ok? XxX

 

[moggi]

Oooh sounds promising Suze, let us know how you get on I had a run of bh on sat eve, they were pretty intense and lasted for a couple of hours, started being every ten mins,even the staff on here were slightly concerned but I've been ok since apart from going to the loo every couple of hours, must be the hospital food lol XxX

 

[minidancer]

Rose I hope they let you go home today Put your feet up and chill until Isobelle arrives.

I have been going to the toilet more too, I have cold symptoms and have been really grumpy and emotional this weekend. I don't think it will be within the next day or so but maybe this week baby arrives. Wish he would hurry up ha ha!

 

[moggi]

I've felt like i've been coming down with a cold too, feel pretty ropey really but just want to get home. Exciting to see if he'll make an appearance this week for you, you know men though, never in a hurry lol. Just remembered i had my midwife appt this morn, at least i wont have to go to that! Doctors should be around sometime in the next hour, fingers crossed I can go XxX

 

[minidancer]

Ha ha that's true, since it's a boy he will probably be really late now!

Hope all goes well with the doctor, has your bleeding stopped? xx

 

[Elanesse]

X

 

[moggi]

Yes bleeding has stopped but they picked up ++++ blood and +++ leucocytes in this mornings sample so they want me to hang around until the lab results are back ho hum, so close to escaping but not quite. I've been letting some of the student midwives use me as a guinea pig too lol apparently with the tape im measuring 31 weeks so a teaching session ensued about why this was evidence for serial growth scans and then they had a go with doppler and couldn't pick her up for love nor money, even the midwife had serious difficulty. i was really panicking but then it turns out all this bed rest has made her turn back to back she is now officially a naughty little monkey according to the midwife supervising. Got horrible low down pain now but i think thats from all the attempts from the students to decide how engaged her head is. Leanne, you stay in bed as long as you want lol, take full advantage of it XxX

 

[minidancer]

Leanne sounds like the perfect start to mat leave!! Stay in bed as long as you want, make the most of it!!

Rose hopefully everything comes back ok and you can leave soon. It's good the bleeding has stopped and I'm sure the leukocytes will just be a urine infection or something easily treated with antibiotics. Isobelle sure does like to scare you doesn't she?! Hopefully she will turn back round for you. It's great you ate letting the students do that, I am of the opinion that they need to learn as they're the future of midwifery and the only way they can do that is by being allowed to do stuff like that. I had a student for my last birth and on the ward and they were absolutely fantastic. The ward one sat with me for ages on about 4 occasions showing me how to get LO to latch and get breastfeeding off to a good start. I never suffered from sore nipples of anything like that and I know it is thanks to her.

 

[moggi]

They think its just an infection but theyre just being cautious. Isaid can't you just send me home with some antibiotics but the doctor had no sense of humour whatsoever and just said no. As for the students, being a student nurse myself i know if you don't get the opportunities in practice you're stuck. I've heard some of the women in here refusing to have their bp done by students, its an automated machine so little chance to get it wrong! One of them is actually a registered nurse already just returning to do midwifery. It was a student who did my anti d at 28 weeks, she was fine. They're from my uni too so we've all got something in common. XxX

 

[minidancer]

When I was in hospital having LO last time I was disgusted at how some women were talking to the student midwife on the ward, it was terrible! Are they letting you home or do you have to stay to take your antibiotics?

I had midwife appointment. I am measuring 41cm now so I have to see the consultant for a growth scan this week. I thought that would be the case as at my booking appointment they said if I was measuring big towards the end they would scan me. Baby is just at the brim and not engaged, midwife said she didn't think labour was imminent because of this but my LO never engaged until labour last time so I hope she is wrong!! Everything else seems fine apart from my bp being slightly raised and midwife said my face looks swollen and puffy-I hadn't noticed They aren't concerned just now as my urine was clear with no protein. Think it is probably water retention that is causing the swelling, that is what it was last time.

 

[gypsy1981]

Haha Leanne, sounds like you're having a lovely lazy day! I'm planning on one of those tomorrow, as long as my mother in law doesn't turn up anyway as she texted earlier to see if she could come and see me but luckily I was out

I've not stopped so far today. I took Steven to work at 8am as I wanted to keep the car for the day, went to my mum's and spent the morning with her, met Steven for lunch in the pub, nearly got wiped out by a tosser in a white van on my way home (grrr), had a nice leisurely walk to the post office to post some stuff I sold on eBay, bought myself a magazine and now I'm going to chill out on the settee with my mag and some crappy tv until Steven gets home and then going shopping. I was going to go this afternoon but he's worried about me pushing the trolley and lifting the bags on my own

Suze I hope this is the start of things for you. You had your daughter at 38 weeks didn't you? Rose is right though, he's a boy so won't be in a hurry to go anywhere! I was hoping mine would be born this week but she isn't showing any signs of going anywhere. She was 3/5 engaged at 36 week appointment and still 3/5 engaged at 37 weeks so looks like she's got herself comfortable for now. I have been getting a few tightening feelings this weekend but not sure if its braxton hicks or just cos she's pushing her back out and stretching everything.

Rose I hope you get home soon. You must be fed up of being stuck in hospital now. Hopefully it won't be for much longer x

Hope Debbie is ok. Was just thinking this morning she may have had her baby by now if the bleeding didn't stop. The first of our little wrigglers may already be among us

 

[gypsy1981]

By the way - can you all believe it's May tomorrow? The month that we all have our babies!

I was looking through the forum earlier today and there's a thread for babies due in January 2013, how scary is that? I can't believe it's 8 months since I got my BFP x

 

[moggi]

They haven't started any antibiotics yet for some unknown reason, saying they want the results to come back first?! I thought starting on a broad spectrum one would be what they'd do but not as yet. Yeah can't believe we're all so close now and i was wondering about debbie too. Glad your appointment went well Suze, let us know how your scan goes XxX