Due Sept 2017

[Dani_b]

Hope you're doing ok Dani. Keep thinking of you!

How are you feeling Tess?

It's my due date today. Feel free to come any time baby! I'm desperate to know if we are or now!

I went for a nap and now the pains seem to have gone again. Going to have a bounce in the ball

 

[Tess08]

Oh no dani 😞 gutted for you! Hope some bouncing on the ball will do the trick!

I’m feeling better today thanks 😊 had a great sleep last night coz I was so exhausted from being sick all day. Only got up to pee 4 times during the night which is amazing for me haha!

Been walking around Glasgow for hours today and my bump is feeling VERY heavy so I’m hoping it helps kick start something. If not then I really don’t know how much more I could do x

 

[Dani_b]

Oh no dani 😞 gutted for you! Hope some bouncing on the ball will do the trick!

I’m feeling better today thanks 😊 had a great sleep last night coz I was so exhausted from being sick all day. Only got up to pee 4 times during the night which is amazing for me haha!

Been walking around Glasgow for hours today and my bump is feeling VERY heavy so I’m hoping it helps kick start something. If not then I really don’t know how much more I could do x

Pains are back again now, had a bounce on the ball and a walk around the shops. Going to start timing them now with an app as I feel they are getting stronger. I don’t want to leave it too long as it’s a 20 min taxi ride to the hospital

 

[DJ987]

Sounds promising Dani!

 

[gingmg]

Good luck Dani!

 

[Tess08]

How u getting in Dani? I’ve been in the same boat as u tonight! Had 2 hours of pains in my back coming and going. Started timing them and they were 8-10 mins apart and lasting 30/40 seconds. Phoned the hospital who told me to hold off until they were 5 mins apart and lasting a minute each. Over the next hours they gradually got less and less and after a bath have completely stopped 😞 I’m so gutted! Going to try bouncing on my ball now to bring them back! X

 

[Tess08]

How u getting in Dani? I’ve been in the same boat as u tonight! Had 2 hours of pains in my back coming and going. Started timing them and they were 8-10 mins apart and lasting 30/40 seconds. Phoned the hospital who told me to hold off until they were 5 mins apart and lasting a minute each. Over the next hours they gradually got less and less and after a bath have completely stopped 😞 I’m so gutted! Going to try bouncing on my ball now to bring them back! X

 

[Dani_b]

Baby is here. I’ll post a story once I’ve got a better internet/WiFi connection

 

[DJ987]

Baby is here. I’ll post a story once I’ve got a better internet/WiFi connection

Yaaaaay! Congratulations Dani! Can't wait to hear more.

 

[Tess08]

Baby is here. I’ll post a story once I’ve got a better internet/WiFi connection

Congrats! 😆 I went to bed hoping I would wake during the night with more pains but nope. It’s 8am and I’ve just woke up to absolutely nothing 😞 gutted! X

 

[DJ987]

People are really starting to pee me off now. If one more person says to me you could have had a c section and have a week old baby by now I think I may lose the plot!!

 

[Tess08]

People are really starting to pee me off now. If one more person says to me you could have had a c section and have a week old baby by now I think I may lose the plot!!

People r really so inconsiderate at times. I don’t know why they think it’s ok to say certain things 😕 you should be able to have whatever type of birth u like and not have to explain yourself to people. It also grates on me that people think a section is such an easy option. One of my friends had a section and had so many problems with her stitches etc afterwards that the only time she left the house in the first 8 weeks of her baby’s life was to register her! X

 

[MrsKChicago]

Congratulations, Dani!

I can't believe people take c sections so lightly. I'm glad we have the option when they're necessary but I can't imagine thinking major abdominal surgery is the easy way out. It's hard enough to care for a newborn after an uncomplicated vaginal birth. It's hard going past due but a healthy mama and a baby ready to be born are worth waiting for.

 

[gingmg]

Congrats Dani!!! Yay! Can't wait to hear. Did you have a boy or girl?

 

[Babybump2017]

Congrats dani! 😘😘😘

Can’t wait to hear about it

 

[Tess08]

Had lack of movement today after my labour scare last night so just called hospital and I’ve to go in to be checked. Feeling nervous because I know the hospital I’m booked into will offer me induction even if everything is fine because I’m overdue. Not sure what to do because I really wanted to try and go on my own but at the same time I’m just desperate to get him out... x

 

[Dani_b]

*edited to add birth story*
Unplanned Home birth 25 September 23.22 weighing 9lb 2oz
Baby Declan Aiden

Baby was due 14th September, but decided to keep us waiting an extra 11 days.
I had been up since the early hours with pains which died off after a sleep. At around 4pm the pains started again and were starting to get stronger and longer. We phone hospital at 7.30pm and they say to come in. At 10pm we are sent home again, as I’m apparently still only 1-2cm and still contracting irregular. Get home around 10.30 and I decide to try get some sleep, I get upstairs around 11pm with pains practically constant, next minute I shout down that my waters have gone. Partner phones hospital, but we decided ambulance will be more helpful. Phone for help and the man on the phone talks partner through what to do. At 11.22pm baby is born and about 10 mons later the paramedics arrive to help check over baby and contact the on call midwife.
We get transferred to hospital just to check how baby is doing as it was a quick delivery, and was aloud home at lunchtime today

 

[MrsKChicago]

Oh my goodness! That must have been crazy! Glad you and baby are both ok!

 

[DJ987]

Wow that's amazing Dani! I'm glad you are both ok. Congratulations again!

I hope everything is ok with you Tess. keep us posted!

It does annoy me that people take c sections so lightly as though it's the easy option. My wound got infected and opened up again both times, it was horrendous. Really hoping baby decides to come before next week but what will be will be!

 

[Savasanna]

Congrats Dani! Unplanned home birth must've been so intense! Glad to hear everyone is healthy and doing well. Welcome, Declan!