***December Dreamers*** 70 babies born***

[xkirstyx]

haha nah thats fab hunny hopefully it wont be to long for you!

 

[sammiwry]

Sorry not to update with that news girls, but thought that ness ought to update with the news as it's looking like the start for her!!

 

[Nessicle]

Lol it could be a few days yet kirsty til I'm in established labour anyway

Thanks for updating everyone Sammi x

 

[samantha.xo]

Hi everyone! Finally home from the hospital after being there since about 5.15pm!

I called delivery cos of the bad pains I was having so they wanted me to go in and get checked out. About 7pm they put me on the monitor to check contractions and baby, baby of course is absolutely fine and the Mw said my contraction trace was 'beautiful' lol definitely good contractions so she decided to do an internal - my god that was THE most painful thing I've ever experienced! My cervix was tucked behind Ava's head so she had to walk it forward so she said I'm only 1 cm dilated but not very effaced yet but I figure 1cm is better than nothing hey?! It's on the right track!

She said I could have a bed on the ward and some diamorphine lento home with some cocodamol - opted to go home as no point pacing the ward as it could be anothr day or two yet til I'm in established labour. Mw advised hot baths and gym ball to help my cervix dilate and efface more but i should hopefully have a baby by the weekend

My contractions have kicked up a notch since the internal anyway so that's good!

Ness! You go girl, good luck

 

[sammiwry]

Lol it could be a few days yet kirsty til I'm in established labour anyway

Thanks for updating everyone Sammi x

That's ok! Hopefully next time it'll be cos your in actual active labour

 

[lozzy21]

We might actualy get a baby born on its due date!

 

[xkirstyx]

anyone heard from charlotte?

 

[bambikate]

anyone heard from charlotte?

She's gone quiet... hope it's a good sign! xx

 

[ARouge]

I've had my baby! I had him on December 7. He was 10 lbs 3 ounces and 21.5 inches long!

 

[Nessicle]

Ouch ARouge! Well fed baby! Congratulations!!!

Fx Charlotte is in active labour or has had her baby!

I've just got up managed the best few hours sleep I've had in ages courtesy of co codamol and an empty stomach ha!

Contractions stopped for now but given I'm not in established labour I expect that'll keep happening so just on the gym ball while the cervix pain has calmed down! Feel like I have some motivation knowing I've started dilating though!

Xx

 

[Mincholada]

yay for you ness! hope you'll progress nicely! you deserve it!

i must say, i have no clue how you guys managed to be off for quite some weeks. i'm so fed up and bored now and i've only been off for 7 days. i even painted my toenails, as i was so bored and now that it's been cooler down here, i didn't really care about them. after MW appointment and crying, i went walking to the shops for 2 miles, bought stamps for my thank you cards for baby gifts and picked up a sandwich from subways. had lunch at like 3:30 PM and felt like taking a nap. so got into bed and had just drifted away when parents came back from their day trip and swung by and knocked me out of my dreams. :-/ i kinda wanted to be left alone, but they were so excited to tell me about the big alligators that were next to the road they took to an indian reservation in the everglades and my dad sooo wanted to know what the doctor said and when baby is coming... bla bla. somehow they really didn't notice how stretched my nerves are about that.

have been having my usual braxton hicks all day, but nothing else, not even spotting from the uncomfortable cervix check. hmpf! well, i guess i could get a little excited about seeing my baby on ultrasound again, but then i think it's more anxiety if everything will be okay. haven't seen her for 5 months!!! waaaah!!!

come on out baby girl! tomorrow will be nice & warm again here in south florida, so there should be nothing holding you back!!!!!!

 

[Nessicle]

Thanks Jenny! Well id I'm anything to go by don't underestimate BH's

I think if I hadn't been so big and in pain and not sleeping i would have Definitly continue working but i had to stop as it was too painful and exhausting just getting around it is boring now at this stage though just waiting around xx

 

[Mincholada]

well, you know how ready i was to stop working, but maaan, don't know what to do with myself. but then i'm all by myself, so maybe it would be different, if i'd at least have an OH around in the evenings.

btw. AAAAAAAH, it's starting! the questions about if i haven't popped yet and the "good recommendations" of what to do to bring on labor. i might just shut FB off for a couple of days and won't answer my phone! i must say people have actually been really good until now, but still, don't start bothering me now when i'm getting fed up!

 

[WILSMUM]

yay ness!! so pleased things r starting for you!

and for those girls with their babies just to let u know the night feeds get easier - ailsa is going 5-6 hrs at night now - last night she had a feed at 11:30 and then didn't wake up again till 4:30!

right best get this liitle misses bum changed so i can get the last of her bottle into her so i can then get on and get breakfast etc sorted, DS has to b at school early today cause he's off to see the puppet theatres production of Alice in Wonderland!!

 

[Mizze]

We might actualy get a baby born on its due date!

Havent we had one yet!!

I've had my baby! I had him on December 7. He was 10 lbs 3 ounces and 21.5 inches long!

Yey - congratulations!! And WOW!! what a weight

yay ness!! so pleased things r starting for you!

and for those girls with their babies just to let u know the night feeds get easier - ailsa is going 5-6 hrs at .night now - last night she had a feed at 11:30 and then didn't wake up again till 4:30!

right best get this liitle misses bum changed so i can get the last of her bottle into her so i can then get on and get breakfast etc sorted, DS has to b at school early today cause he's off to see the puppet theatres production of Alice in Wonderland!!

Morning!

Great news Ness - FX from here.

Hopefully its all kicking off with Charlotte too.

Minch hon - hopefully everything will start with you too very soon. It took a while when mat leave started for me to wind down and not be bored -its a different mindset - although I used holiday and went earlier id left so much undone I was quite busy until this week!

Wilsmum - morning! Glad to know it gets easier. Ive been up 5-6 times already and finally gave up at 5am and I dont even have a LO to feed yet!

Keep having dreams about not being able to make it to the hospital or them not having staff if I do - its because we have snow on the way over the weekend. We get it so rarely here people go into panic mode and the entire city seizes up! Ah well im only a couple of miles from the hospital and DH will get me there by hook or by crook. Getting out of my sloping cul-de-sac will be the most difficult but as the back garden slopes down the hill we might literally stick me into my old skiing stuff (bigger size) and get me down that way - the pavements last year were literally coated in ice and the cars just slid and crashed into each other using the road was a nono. Once we hit the main road we will be okay as long as its not rush hour! Am worrying over nothing it could be 2-3 weeks before I have to deal with that anyway

Mizze xx

 

[WILSMUM]

i remember in the summer suddenly having a mad panic of being snowed in and not being able to get to the hospital - DH told me not to be soo silly we never get snow in November!!!! Lol!!! I'm just glad that the hosp agreed to me having a sectin cause if I'dbeen left to go into labour and give birth naturally I would have been in a right panic cause of all the snow so I know how you feel Mizze (kinda) but I'm sure all will be fine!

 

[Mizze]

Thanks hon - im sure it will be - I suspect any snow reaching here will be minimal and will be long gone before I need to get to the hospital.

Hmmmm - debating whether to have my third bowl of crunchynut cornflakes or not??

I actually woke in the night with a chocolate craving - oops we havent had any in the house for about 2 days im obviously suffering withdrawal symptoms....

Mizze xx

 

[spencerbear]

hello again

Sorry ive not been on again, but unfortunately James was taken back into scbu. we are now home again and hoping it stays that way this time.

Congratulations to all new arrivals in my absence.

Ness glad things are starting to move along for you

 

[Mizze]

Hey, spencerbear!

How is James doing? So glad he is back out of scbu.

And how are you doing - it cant have been an easy few days.

Mizze xx

 

[spencerbear]

James birth story:

We went into maternity for inducement on monday 6th @ 8.30pm. We were monitored for an hour and James postion checked. Then pessary went in. Had to be monitored again for another hour. During this time i started getting a really horrible pain in my back, but had been warned that it might happend and that it would go away.

About 11pm, OH was sent home and i was transfered to ward. The pain in my back didnt ease up but for a long time didnt get any worse, they gave me some painkillers for it. I spent from 1am wandering back and forwards to the toilet and by 3.30am the pain in my back was unbearable but still didnt feel like labour or contractions, just chronic backache. Not long after that i was found by MW just rocking on my bed to ease pain and she thought i was in labour, so off we went.....

Turns out, James had shifted back to back and id only dilated 2cm. For the first time i was demanding pain relief and had pethedine. I didnt feel 1 contraction in my stomach, just all in my back. His heart rate started dropping, so they started to organise a c-sec but fortunately once they popped my waters, things progressed rapidly. James arrived at 7.09am after a 7 min 2nd stage and 7 min 3rd stage.

His face was quite blue and he was grunting lots. he was also not holding his temperature, so they took him to scbu. Turns out they think they had my dates wrong and he was induced at 37 weeks and not 38. That coupled with an infection is what caused the problem. But while there we discovered his tongue tie, this meant his tongue couldnt move and breastfeeding was impossible. This has now been cut and he is a different child.