February 2013 Love Bugs

[Wiggler]

Good luck Em

I'm going to do some of the more strenuous housework after the sweep, going for a walk isn't an option for me, I have been housebound for months now.

 

[smileyfaces]

Don't go too far

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Just had my sweep - was actually really happy it was even physically possible at 38+4.

Cervix 1-2cm, moving forward, 1cm thick. She was able to admit a finger and do the sweep to both the inner bit and external bit of the cervix which she said was positive.

It was uncomfortable but not really painful.

She told me to go for a walk but no longer than 30 minutes and then just to have a nice relaxing day as much as possible to get the oxytocin going

 

[BeccaxBump]

Ooo! Hope it works hun!
xoxox

 

[smileyfaces]

Hope it works for you AP!!

 

[BeccaxBump]

Wish I could get a stretch and sweep early! Haha! I'm so impatient.
xoxox

 

[Wiggler]

Hope the sweep works AP.

Just got my foot spa out for the first time. It's better than sex, I swear it! My feet are in heaven!!!

 

[BeccaxBump]

Ooo! Sounds lovely Wiggler.

I'm booked in for a foot massage on Monday - hoping it helps progress things.
xoxox

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Wish I could get a stretch and sweep early! Haha! I'm so impatient.
xoxox

I am glad my MW is quite clued up with things like that - I didnt know it could even be done before I was induced with my daughter.

I sort of think it is a relatively natural thing and if I am going to be induced either way next week it is worth trying, I am more hoping it helps in the process of my cervix getting ready so an induction just with the gel works rather than the drip.

 

[BeccaxBump]

Seems lot of people don't like being induced.

I don't get a Stretch and Sweep until 40+2, hoping I go into labour before that.
xoxox

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Seems lot of people don't like being induced.

I don't get a Stretch and Sweep until 40+2, hoping I go into labour before that.
xoxox

It is just the lack of control that I want to avoid - when I ended up on the drip last time it was just all very unnatural and my plans had to change.

I understand the reasons for it but I would rather avoid it if possible.

Fingers crossed you will have no need for a sweep!!!

 

[Wiggler]

The thought of induction terrifies me Anything that increases the risk of stirrups and intervention terrifies me at the moment.

AP - I really really hope you can avoid the drip

 

[AmeliePoulain]

The thought of induction terrifies me Anything that increases the risk of stirrups and intervention terrifies me at the moment.

AP - I really really hope you can avoid the drip

How were your deliveries with your older children?

I am trying to block out last time to be honest and just approach this time with an open mind.

 

[BeccaxBump]

Hope do AP! Hope your sweep works and Wigglers!

We need more babies!
xoxox

 

[smileyfaces]

Im not allowed a sweep till 40+7!!!

Wiggler, I actually asked for stirrups when I had LO I was too tired to hold my legs up anymore and OH 'wasnt holding them right' hahaha so I asked for stirrups...Id defo use them again!

 

[Wiggler]

Bethanys was brilliant, straightforward and easy. Dylans was awful, back to back and trying to come out forehead first, major decels, I was prepped for a emergency section, it was horrible, luckily they managed to move him in the end. And I am pretty certain being in stirrups the whole time is the reason that my SPD doesn't go away when I'm not pregnant too.

I am doing everything I can to make sure this baby comes out nice and easy like Bethany with no damage to my poor pelvis, bouncing like a crazy person, I am hoping to avoid ANY pain relief as I need to feel my pelvis, I'll be staying active during the labour. If anything happens that means I will need stirrups they said I can have a c-section instead.

 

[BeccaxBump]

Quick question ladies, if baby was fully engaged at 38 weeks, my midwife said she'll stay there until labour now, I just don't feel huge pressure down there, I feel the need to pee a lot more, and it hurts down there when she moves, she won't have moved will she?
xoxox

 

[Wiggler]

Quick question ladies, if baby was fully engaged at 38 weeks, my midwife said she'll stay there until labour now, I just don't feel huge pressure down there, I feel the need to pee a lot more, and it hurts down there when she moves, she won't have moved will she?
xoxox

I don't think so hun, first babies get wedged in there pretty tight lol

 

[BeccaxBump]

Oh that's good then. I'm such a worrier. I blame the fact I'm a ftm!
xoxox

 

[smileyfaces]

Im at the midwife at 2.30, barely felt baby move today so gunna see what she thinks. Also gonna ask about my shrinking bump, it is getting smaller! I havent been worried but its starting to feel a bit 'off' now in my mind, it shouldnt have shrunk this much IYKWIM.