"Does anyone else not test early" Refugee Club

[Toms Mummy]

Yeah mrs eddie, my friend gave me this long sausage shape pillow, its fab and i cant sleep without it! But add me, my oh, tom, sometimes the dog , and the pillow! It gets pretty crowded in our bed!..... I might just swap places with tom for the next 3 months!

 

[Mrs. Eddie]

Yes, I definitely think I would be hopping in Tom's bed, sounds like a full house

I am going to be offline for a couple of days, fulfilling my duties as an MOH for my sister's wedding. I don't think I will be able to check back here until August 6. Hope everyone keeps doing well; looking forward to catching up once I get back

 

[baby1wanted]

Hope the wedding goes well Mrs Eddie!
And hope you get some sleep soon Toms... Is it a bad thing that I am already claiming the bed as mine and mine alone quite regularly?!

 

[Toms Mummy]

Wow your sisters wedding has come rnd so quickly mrs eddie! Have fun x

baby1, that is completely fine to claim the bed

 

[more babies]

Here's two pictures from the day after I had him. The black and white one is a picture the hospital took and the other is me awkwardly trying to take a picture of him while holding him

 

[Toms Mummy]

Very sweet more babies!.... That's really nice of your hospital to take such a lovely pic. What is his name? x

 

[Noo]

How gorgeous! Does he have a name yet? I still can't quite get my head around the fact I'm going to have another little person in te house even though we have spent half the day starting on painting the base colour for the nursery!

 

[Buttercup2]

Here's two pictures from the day after I had him. The black and white one is a picture the hospital took and the other is me awkwardly trying to take a picture of him while holding him

Congrats!! Such a smushy little guy! I just want to cuddle him

 

[baby1wanted]

Ah he really is beautiful morebabies!! Absolutely lovely photos

 

[annio84]

Hi ladies! Sorry for the delay in getting on again. I was readmitted to hospital over the weekend with heavy bleeding and I passed a clot the size of my fist! Luckily all is well and I'm home again with antibiotics and iron tablets, but I'm severly anaemic so everything is an effort.

Anyway, DH has taken Grace for a walk so thought I'd tell you all a bit about my labour and birth.

So I woke up at 1am on 26th with contractions every 15 minutes or so and managed to dose off between them. It was only after the third one I realised what kept waking me! So I got up and pottered around trying to keep myself busy. I had some light snacks and at some point got in the shower to try to relax (we don't have a bath). Anyway, I didn't really notice it happen but by 6 am I woke my hubby so he could time my contractions for me and I had 4 in 10 minutes so I rang the birth unit. The midwife on the phone asked me some questions and then asked how I was coping and advised me to try to manage at home for as long as possible as I was coping well. So DH made me some tea and toast which I guzzled down and then wanted more. Sadly a few bites into the second round it all came back so I gave it up as a bad do. By 9am I had been pacing the floor for a couple of hours because sitting still hurt too much, hubby timed some more contractions and they were two minutes apart so I decided to take some paracetamol and head off to the unit. Unfortunately the paracetamol made me sick again all over the kitchen floor! So then had to wait for hubby to clean it up. The midwife checked me at 20 past 9 and I was 5-6cm but baby was back to back. So I got in the birth pool and managed to cope well with my contractions by breathing through them. I loved the birth pool! I was checked again at half one and midwife and I were sure I'd be nearly there but still only 5-6. So I tried getting out of the pool and walking around for a couple of hours. It worked cos 2 hours later I was 8cm. I got back in the pool then because I was getting a bit worm out from pacing and the pains were getting stronger. I started getting the urge to push which was really overwhelming and odd. Sadly around 5pm it all started to go wrong. I got a temp so had to get out of the pool and then after about and hour out again my waters broke and they were meconium stained so I had to be blue lighted to the main hospital. I was beyond caring but there was no room for hubby and I could tell he didn't want to leave us. They gave me gas and air in the ambulance because I didn't cope as well without DH and they were hoping it would distract me from pushing!

At the main hospital they finally checked me again at 10 past 8 and said I could start pushing. The midwife then ran out of the room as the emergency buzzer was going! So I'm lying there wondering if I'm still allowed to push or not! I pushed for just over an hour and finally her head was crowning. I was so not prepared for that and completely freaked out and started yelling at the midwife! She shouted at me and then after a couple of breaths baby's head was out and I had this awful feeling of needing to poo. Fortunately she was out in 1 more push.

 

[Mrs. Eddie]

I am back from my sister's wedding, everything went wonderfully well and though I am tired today was so happy to be a part of it; though I must admit I was a tad emotional (pregnancy hormones) and did get a bit sick of people asking how I was feeling, was I sure that the baby wouldn't be born during the ceremony/reception, etc.

This week is going to be insanely busy at work so will do my best to pop in when I can. I have my 38 week midwife appointment tomorrow and have a feeling that she might want me to stop working a bit earlier than the 16th so I am trying to get as much done as I can before that time.

Morebabies, what an absolutely gorgeous boy. You must be so thrilled that he is here

Annio, thanks for sharing your birth experience. I'm sorry that you had some problems at the end and that you've had to be re-admitted to the hospital. Hope that you're feeling better and enjoying your time with your little girl.

Hope the rest of you are doing well too!

 

[Toms Mummy]

Annio, that sounds like a nice birth Obviously besides being rushed to the hospital but I'm glad it all went naturally. Hope you feel better soon

Mrs Eddie, glad the wedding went well, I can imagine it being tiring, hope you get some time to relax soon! Bet you can't wait to finish work!

I'm feeling good atm, I have discovered a bump support band which a friend has given me, it is fab and has taken some of the weight of the bump off! At my midwife app she said that because I am slim I will probably measure slightly smaller than what I am but I measured right on 28 weeks... I said I wasn't expecting a small baby after my son was born at 6lb 8oz but 4 weeks early!.... if it's true that they put on half a lb each week in the last 4 weeks then he should have been 8lb 8oz at 40 weeks. So I am guessing this girly will be atleast 9lb! Eek!

 

[baby1wanted]

Thanks for sharing Annio! And hope you're feeling better soon
Glad the wedding went well Mrs Eddie, not long to go now
Toms pregnancy bands are amazing!! I cover the obstetric wards at work sometimes and often give these out to the prenatal patients. I'll be getting myself one as soon as I'm any half decent size!
All ok here, having some issues with blood pressure bit otherwise fine

 

[more babies]

Thanks for all the wonderful comments ladies! His name is Landon and its hard to believe it was a week ago yesterday that I had him. He ended up getting quite jaundice but its steadily going down. I hate to have to keep getting him poked to have his levels checked though. I have been finding breastfeeding difficult at times especially with the lack of sleep. I also feel very guilty about the amount of time it takes away from my girls and they hate that they can't help feed him and be a part of it. They also only have a few weeks left of summer vacation before heading back to school so I feel bad we can't do much and also wonder how breastfeeding is going to work out with the amount of driving around I do on a daily basis with the girls school and sports. Just taking it day by day for now but just find it so stressful at times. I am also still very sore from labor and pushing so hard and long so really have to keep my walking to a minimum. DH had to go back to work yesterday which sucks but it was nice having him around especially since he has to work so much. I still find it hard to believe we actually have our baby boy. Really amazing!

Mrs. Eddie happy to hear you made it through your sisters wedding without any problems! Also good luck with your busy work week and try to relax whenever possible! Soon you little Isla will be here!!

Annio thanks for sharing your birth story! I hope all is going well with you and your little one!

 

[Toms Mummy]

Great to hear from you more babies! I hope the BF sorts itself out soon, sometimes it can take a few weeks to really settle in to it and maybe start introducing expressed milk?..... I BF my son but it was only my son I had to worry about, so I'm a bit more nervous this 2nd time round, like as you say, it can take away a lot of your time!.... Beats making up bottles 10 times a day though, and all that money you save on formula maybe you could put it away for a special treat for your girls?

 

[more babies]

I just ordered all the things I need to start hopefully getting a freezer stash going. I didn't want to order anything before hand just in case it didn't work out. I don't like not having a schedule and not knowing how much he's eating each time especially since a lot of times he falls asleep shortly after starting. The nonstop feedings at night are really hard too. Still just taking it day by day and will see how things are going at the end of august to see what will be doable once school and sports start up for the girls. I will say though having started breastfeeding it makes me feel so guilty and bad if it doesn't work out.

 

[Toms Mummy]

more babies, I hope it doesn't take too long for him to settle in to a nice feeding routine x

 

[justmeinlove]

Annio, more, remember you're welcome to join the fb group?

 

[Buttercup2]

More babies, don't give in to the mommy guilt! It's too easy to beat yourself up about everything. You are an awesome mom who is doing everything right by your family, whether breastfeeding works out for you or not. Enjoy it and don't let guilt sneak in!

 

[more babies]

Thanks ladies! We had a pretty good night last night so it was good to get a little bit of sleep. I think part of my problem also is that I don't feel 100% comfortable breastfeeding, especially with other people around.