Due Sept 2017

[sadeyedlady]

Ugh feeling absolutely rotten today. SPD has me bed ridden, serious pressure in my pelvis and feeling generally unwell/nauseous. Can't wait for baby to be here already

 

[Tess08]

I think we are all at the ready for baby to just get our stage lol.

Do we have any babies yet? Ladybrown, babybump? X

 

[ladybrown33]

No baby yet and at this rate I'm pretty sure I will be induced on Tuesday morning. Right now just finishing some last minute things before baby gets here. I'm just as tired and miserable and barely walking.

 

[Babybump2017]

Yes!!!

25th August at 5:21am! She weighed 6lb 13oz and is absolute perfect! I was induced if you remember me saying. They put the pessary in at midday Thursday and if I'm honest the pain started almost straight away like a bad period pain. by Thursday evening I was in quite a lot of pain and about 3 or 4cm dilated but still managed without any pain relief. Then once it got to about 1am I was starting to feel the pain more and more so they gave me pethadine so I could get the rest between contractions and then they planned to break my waters as soon as they had a space on the labour ward (this all happened on the pre labour assessment unit!) which was pretty bad I thought! But they didn't need to break waters as they went on their own and then the pain got so intense and they had to rush me round to the labour ward or I was going to end up having her on the toilet! From my waters breaking to her coming out it was about 30 minutes. So I think I had it quite lucky if I'm honest! The pain I was having was in my back and bum though not my stomach and it sounds disgusting but I really needed a poo so much which they wouldn't let me do because they were scared she would end up being born on the toilet! So the pain from that was just adding to the contraction and it was hell but she is perfect and so content. I'm grateful it was all so quick, they didn't even have time to stick an Iv in me. Over the moon! I'll change my photo to her in a min

 

[Dani_b]

Congratulations babybump

 

[Tess08]

Congrats baby bump! What have you named her? Your induction experience sounds very similar to mine! I got the first pesserie n started getting contractions 20 mins later but they kept telling me they weren't real contractions because the first pesserie is only to soften your cervix for labour. Needless to say, a couple of hours later when my waters broke they were forced to give me an internal and had to rush me round to delivery because I was 8cm dilated! They had sent my husband home as it was about 11pm by this point and I was so scared I was going to have to do it all by myself lol. Luckily he made it because she was back to back and got stuck on her way out which slowed things down but if she hadn't been then he would definitely have missed it because I was already pushing by the time he got back through to the hospital. I'm so glad everything went well for you and your little bundle is here safe and sound x

 

[Babybump2017]

Thank you so much her name is Layla Jade

 

[gingmg]

Congrats babybump! She's beautiful! Such a quick labor! Hope you are well xx

 

[MrsKChicago]

Congratulations!! She's so cute! Sounds like she made a dramatic entrance.

 

[ladybrown33]

Congratulations!

 

[Tess08]

Love the name. Very pretty she's gorgeous x

 

[sadeyedlady]

Well done Mama!!

 

[MrsKChicago]

How's everyone doing? New mamas adjusting? Any more babies? I swear with my son's due date group, half the babies were born by this point, I can't believe how long all these September babies are holding on!

I'm feeling so pregnant this week. Baby girl is definitely getting into position, she's feeling really low. Peeing every five minutes, lightning crotch, and that general engaging baby feeling are making this a ton of fun... I declined a cervical exam at my appointment today because it wouldn't give us any usable information right now, but I'm kind of curious. Too bad there isn't a less intrusive way to check. Nothing like pregnancy to make me wish the human body had some strategic peepholes

DH has Monday off for Labor Day, which gives us an actual two day weekend - he generally has Thursdays and Sundays off. So I'm hoping labor doesn't hit before I'm due so we have that last long weekend together, but after that she can go ahead and come any time. What happens happens, but I'm hoping I don't have another three weeks of this.

 

[gingmg]

My baby is pretty low too. My midwife said he is getting into position and doesn't think I'll go to the end. She didn't check me, but I'm curious if I'm dilated at all. Yesterday I thought I might have been starting to go into labor, but it all passed and I feel ok again today. Technically I still have 3 more 12 hour shifts left. Friday, Saturday, Sunday night. Have no idea how I'm going to do it. Seems impossible. Can't imagine how I'm not going to go into labor on Labor Day after this last long work weekend. That sounds awful- going into labor after being up all night working. I'll give it my best shot but I'm going to have a low threshold for calling out this last weekend. Was hoping to go away next week for one last little family trip, but we will see. We aren't going to be far so I don't even care if I go into labor and we have to come home, I just was really looking forward to a few days away.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Oof, that sounds miserable! Try to take it easy as much as you can.

 

[lilmisscaviar]

I think we are all at the ready for baby to just get our stage lol.

Do we have any babies yet? Ladybrown, babybump? X

It turns out the reason I was having so much pain is because labor was right around the corner. I never got a chance to try any natural induction methods. I had my baby boy on August 24th. I went to the hospital at 9 am after having contractions every 3-4 minutes and period pains. He was born at 10:47 am. Thankfully despite the polyhydramnios I had a super fast labor and delivery, but man when they popped my waters (which surprisingly hadn't broken yet) it was like the flood gates opened! It turns out I had placental abruption from the polyhydramnios which is why I went into spontaneous labor so early. He was having trouble latching and was spitting up half of his feeds but thankfully now he is doing better about not spitting everything up. Still having some latching issues that we're working on. Anyways I was 35w3d and he weighed 7lbs 10.5oz so the ultrasound I had the week before must have been close. Still can't believe he is here but I'm in love

 

[MrsKChicago]

Congratulations! What a cutie!

 

[Dani_b]

Congratulations

I'm off for my 38 week check today (37+5) hopefully this will be the last one and baby will come before 41 weeks where the midwife will offer a sweep.

 

[Tess08]

I think we are all at the ready for baby to just get our stage lol.

Do we have any babies yet? Ladybrown, babybump? X

It turns out the reason I was having so much pain is because labor was right around the corner. I never got a chance to try any natural induction methods. I had my baby boy on August 24th. I went to the hospital at 9 am after having contractions every 3-4 minutes and period pains. He was born at 10:47 am. Thankfully despite the polyhydramnios I had a super fast labor and delivery, but man when they popped my waters (which surprisingly hadn't broken yet) it was like the flood gates opened! It turns out I had placental abruption from the polyhydramnios which is why I went into spontaneous labor so early. He was having trouble latching and was spitting up half of his feeds but thankfully now he is doing better about not spitting everything up. Still having some latching issues that we're working on. Anyways I was 35w3d and he weighed 7lbs 10.5oz so the ultrasound I had the week before must have been close. Still can't believe he is here but I'm in love

Congrats caviar!! I assume that's him in your picture? He is gorgeous what have u names him? Did you have any of your other babas early?

I'm 37 weeks today and I'm so ready for baby to come now but there's still a few things we need to get sorted. Still waiting on drawers being delivered to let me get sorted through clothes but they aren't coming until Sunday and I still don't have a pram! My friend is giving me her old one but it's in storage at her grandads house and he is in vegas until next week so I suppose baby will need to hang on in there. My DD was 5 days late so I'm not expecting to go early anyway although like you say Chicago, I'm feeling like baby is really low already and I don't remember feeling that this early on with my first x

 

[ladybrown33]

Congratulations, misscaviar!
I am being induced this morning I will let you all know how it goes.