**December Snowflakes - 2016**

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bubbles, so sorry you had to go through that! I've heard it's excruciating.
 
Omg jessicasmum how scary; I can't imagine! So glad you and DD are ok though!
 
tommyg said:
Please can I have some reassurance that being induced isn't going to be that bad?
With DS he was 6 days late but I had a fairly easy water birth with no interfering. I laboured at home, walking laps of my kitchen and lots of time in the bath.

This time I have been told they don't want me to go over my date. I'm shit scared of being in labour, but not far on enough to be in the labour suites. So does that mean I am limited to the bed bay, no bath, no where to walk?

I can't be doing with worrying about this for 18 weeks.
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I have been induced with BOTH of my babies. They induced me 5 days early with my son. The induction itself really wasn't that bad--but I had back labor and it was SO painful! After 12 hours of a "fussy cervix" before they finally broke my water I was begging for an epidural. Once I got that epidural, everything was just fine! 24 hours total labor time from the beginning of the induction, 1 hour of pushing.

With my second, they tried to let me go natural. But by 41 weeks little girl still hadn't come, and she was measuring significantly behind, so they thought it best to induce again. This one was actually a lot easier than my first. 12 hours of labor and literally 3 pushes. The pain wasn't nearly as bad, but I was paranoid and went for an epidural anyway.

I don't know about in the UK, but here in the US with an induction you ARE mostly confined to the bed. You have to have monitors on your belly and an IV, which restricts your movement even if they do let you walk around. My hospital doesn't offer water births, but I would assume with the monitors you wouldn't be allowed to do that either. :\

Overall, though, I would say that my inductions were a positive experience. The worst I had to deal with was a nurse that I didn't like, and not feeling my contractions and knowing when to push with my first baby because of the epidural. Haha! My mom had to watch the monitor and tell me when to push, which is probably why it took an hour of pushing to get my boy out.
 
Jezika: Because the appendix was so bad it cause it a intussusception into the bowel, the mucus was found in the appendix not the bowel, they thought they saw evidence of it in my left ovary but not the case. It's just one of those very rare things, psedomyxoma peritonei only 1 in a million get it. The operation is huge if I ever need one for it and I'd also have chemo while in the op which is a heated chemo that is pumped round me. I just pray I'll be one of the lucky ones that doesn't ever need the op.
I'm lucky that I'm only 20 minutes away from the specialist cancer hospital that deals with it, there is only 2 hospitals in the country that deals with this, the hospital I go is classed as one of the best and they've been very good so far especially around the subject of me having another baby.

Bubbles: Thank you. How are you feeling now?
 
I had 2 inductions. One cervadil+ oxytocin+breaking my membranes. It was long, the cervadil was rough because it took a long time. The actual labour I ended up having an epidural at 7-8cm, he was born shortly after. My recovery was pretty easy.

Second induction was 2 doses of gels which pur me into full labour. Chose to have my waters broken at 5cm. He was born 1.5 hours later after about 2 minutes pushing. It was entirely drug free, completely natural birth. I had complications after as did my little but that was more due to the speed he was born rather than the induction.

I'm likely to be induced this time too. If my cervix is ripe enough I'll be opting to have my waters broken only, or have my cervix ripned and water broken if my cervix isn't ready. I'll avoid oxytocin drip if at all possible unless it's absolutely needed.
 
I'm doing much better, jessicasmum. No more pain at all! Thanks for asking! :)
 
counting, did you go over-due and that's why you were induced? Or was there some other reason?

I am thinking it might be nice to actually go into labor on my own this time, but I'm not sure what the likelihood of that is. I will certainly opt for an induction if I go to 41 weeks again!
 
Genevevex said:
counting, did you go over-due and that's why you were induced? Or was there some other reason?

I am thinking it might be nice to actually go into labor on my own this time, but I'm not sure what the likelihood of that is. I will certainly opt for an induction if I go to 41 weeks again!
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No, I was induced for blood pressure both times. First induction began at 37w and he was born at 38 (cervadil took a long time ripening my cervix) second was born 3 days before his due date.

They expect I'll have blood pressure issues again as it seems to be my normal, plus baby has a cord issue which will likely result in another induction. I want to have another natural birth, and I'd have liked to avoid induction but I just want a healthy baby who doesn't need to be born too early. I wanted to go into labour on my own so badly with #2 but it wasn't in the cards for me. Now I'm more content with knowing I likely never will.
 
counting, makes sense! Healthy baby and momma is the most important thing!
 
So, I'm doing a lot of DIY stuff for this baby. Limited budget and all.

I decided for this little girl that my color scheme is going to be pink and grey and gold, and the "theme" would be hippos and stars. Of course, it's nearly impossible to find hippos on anything right now. So I decided to start making some myself.

Behold, home-fabric-paint-stamped hippo crib sheet! I had my hubby draw the hippo and carved the stamp myself. Then bought the fabric paint and some star foam stamps from the local craft store.

https://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/genevevex/HippoSheet_Final.jpg
 
Wow, Gen, that's so impressive! What kind of fabric paint did you use? Do you do craft stuff for a job or something? If not, you should; I'd defo buy your stuff.

Bubbles, glad you're feeling better.
 
Wow Genevevex that looks great!! I would definitely pay money for something that looks that good, what a brilliant idea. I wish I was crafty in that way!

I'm having a lot of Braxton hicks today. I've just been out for lunch with my parents and I've had painless contractions every few minutes for a good hour. I've also had an ache in my lower back since yesterday. The contractions aren't painful and haven't become more regular so I'm trying not to worry about them but I've never had so many at once before and wasnt expecting to at this stage. Has anyone else experienced this?
 
Genevevex - that looks amazing! I'm not crafty at all so I'm very impressed! Hippos are my DD's favourite animal!

Grace - I've never had braxton hicks in my last pregnancy or this one so I can't really help but it sounds normal from what I've heard from others.
 
So I've been reading a lot about SUA. I've decided if he doesn't end up getting delivered earlier ( high risk with sua) I'm going to ask to have him delivered at 38 weeks. The stillbirth risk is just too high imo to wait any longer than we absolutely have to. Makes me anxious. I really want to sit down with a doctor and be able to discuss all the questions I have and anxiety I have about everything but I haven't gotten a chance yet. Frustrating. So I'm stuck reading scientific articles and trying to figure things out. I feel so anxious I have to wait until half way through October to have him checked on again( ultrasound). I know it's a good sign they aren't so worried they think we need to do one sooner but I'd rather have him over evaluated than under.

Extremely glad I'll be 26 weeks in 3 days. Such a huge milestone. So much more likely he'll do alright and arrive safely.
 
Looks amazing, Geneveve!

Counting all that sounds scary, is your dr. concerned?
 
The Dr was so distracted my last appointment and she hadn't even read the ultrasound report from a few weeks prior :/. So I've not even had a good chance to talk to anyone aside from the specialist giving me the elevated chromosomal risk of 1/100 when it happened and telling me he looked otherwise healthy so was probably ok, but might have growth problems so I have to come back for another scan at 32 weeks.

I'm trying to work on my birth plan especially since he could be early but it's hard when you haven't been able to actually, really talk to a Dr.
 
Jezika said:
Wow, Gen, that's so impressive! What kind of fabric paint did you use? Do you do craft stuff for a job or something? If not, you should; I'd defo buy your stuff.
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Hehe. No, I do computer stuff for a living. Though I had a little Etsy store on the side for a while, about 3/4 years ago (y'know, before children). Thanks for the compliment, though!

The fabric paint I used is called "Fabric Creations"--it's soft fabric paint rather than the puff paint. I bought it from Hobby Lobby (live in the states). It comes in little tubes just like acrylic craft paint. It was a little annoying, because you have to iron it to heat-set it. Ironing the sides of a sheet is NOT fun. But other than that, no complaints. I think I am going to see if I can stick the next one in the dryer to heat set it rather than ironing.

GraceER said:
Has anyone else experienced this?
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I have been having braxton hicks for the past month or more, especially when walking "too much." Though mine have been very painful. Once I sit or lay down and rest for a while, they subside. The doctors told me that if walking causes them, don't walk so much. *rolls eyes*
 
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