**~February Lovebugs -The Last Tri~** 37 Blue,41 Pink,26 Yellows

[2bananas]

I've written mine too, and put it in the co-operation card. Am swollen too, its weird, wasnt like that the first time. 14 days to go, really hope that its sooner than that - is that selfish of me? Bought the mattresses for the cot and cradle today and the sheets for the cot, have pram and car seat washed and put together, have been practicing collapsing the pram and clicking car seat into it, dont want to look like a wally in the car park ....

Of course its not selfish to want to have the baby out!

Im been deseparate to get him out for weeks lol not budging though!

xx

 

[2bananas]

Isnt it exciting that Vicky's havin the twins right now - well, probably here by now arent they???

Hows everyone today?

x

 

[Beautywithin]

Morning


wonder if vicky has had her babies yet


38 weeks !! yipeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[teal]

Congrats on 38 weeks!!

 

[Caz-x]

Congratulations on 38 weeks!!!!

Going to go and read the update on Vicky now x

 

[blackrose]

Congrats BW , how's everyone ??

 

[2bananas]

yay 38 wks Beauty!!
x

 

[Caz-x]

I just had my 36 wk home visit. Birth Plan done, visiting hours confirmed. Flumps head is down but still ceph free at the brim, 'almost in' as the MW just said. Going to give it a good talking to later to gets it's head down & that it will co-operate and come before its due date 'almost' in is just not acceptable

On the downside, had to sigh a form to agree for delivery at our local mw led unit & had to listen to all the 'bad' things that may happen etc. Basically our main Hosp is 40 mins away & in an emergency if there isnt an ambulance in the area it can take up to 20 mins for an ambulance to get to the unit alone then the transfer - so it could take 1hr to get to the hosp in an emergency . Its made me think, as I know that you can bleed very heavily after birth and require surgery, or if baby is distressed & needs to be got out immediately they cant do anything here at all. Trying not to dwell on it and will trust my instincts as I can opt to go straight to the main hosp while in labour if I feel like it.

Had a lot of aches & pains this morning, spesh 'down below'which may mean that flump is getting ready to engage - fingers crossed.

Hows everyone else???

 

[bec&1stbump]

Hi everyone. I'm quite new to this forum. I am due in 4 weeks time!! And can't blooming wait now!! We're not sure what we're having yet as wanted a suprise. Its our first. I am actually looking forward to going into labour- to experience it all! Hope you all enjoy your last few weeks and sleep as much as you can whilst you can. xxx

 

[2bananas]

I just had my 36 wk home visit. Birth Plan done, visiting hours confirmed. Flumps head is down but still ceph free at the brim, 'almost in' as the MW just said. Going to give it a good talking to later to gets it's head down & that it will co-operate and come before its due date 'almost' in is just not acceptable

On the downside, had to sigh a form to agree for delivery at our local mw led unit & had to listen to all the 'bad' things that may happen etc. Basically our main Hosp is 40 mins away & in an emergency if there isnt an ambulance in the area it can take up to 20 mins for an ambulance to get to the unit alone then the transfer - so it could take 1hr to get to the hosp in an emergency . Its made me think, as I know that you can bleed very heavily after birth and require surgery, or if baby is distressed & needs to be got out immediately they cant do anything here at all. Trying not to dwell on it and will trust my instincts as I can opt to go straight to the main hosp while in labour if I feel like it.

Had a lot of aches & pains this morning, spesh 'down below'which may mean that flump is getting ready to engage - fingers crossed.

Hows everyone else???

try not to dwell on the possibility of something going wrong. The chances are minimal and even if you do need transferring for anything it will be fine. we'd drive ourselves nuts if we keep going over the 'what if's' - so dont worry

Hope bub is engaging then! wish mine would! head down but releuctant to stay engaged!

 

[teal]

bec&1stbump - Hello and welcome

caz - I'm hoping to have my baby at a midwife led unit but I won't know for sure until my risk assessment which is next Wednesday. Main hospital for me is about 20 minutes away. I've started having doubts as due date gets closer.

I've been feeling loads of pressure low down today so hoping that's a sign baby is moving down! xx

 

[Caz-x]

I just had my 36 wk home visit. Birth Plan done, visiting hours confirmed. Flumps head is down but still ceph free at the brim, 'almost in' as the MW just said. Going to give it a good talking to later to gets it's head down & that it will co-operate and come before its due date 'almost' in is just not acceptable

On the downside, had to sigh a form to agree for delivery at our local mw led unit & had to listen to all the 'bad' things that may happen etc. Basically our main Hosp is 40 mins away & in an emergency if there isnt an ambulance in the area it can take up to 20 mins for an ambulance to get to the unit alone then the transfer - so it could take 1hr to get to the hosp in an emergency . Its made me think, as I know that you can bleed very heavily after birth and require surgery, or if baby is distressed & needs to be got out immediately they cant do anything here at all. Trying not to dwell on it and will trust my instincts as I can opt to go straight to the main hosp while in labour if I feel like it.

Had a lot of aches & pains this morning, spesh 'down below'which may mean that flump is getting ready to engage - fingers crossed.

Hows everyone else???

try not to dwell on the possibility of something going wrong. The chances are minimal and even if you do need transferring for anything it will be fine. we'd drive ourselves nuts if we keep going over the 'what if's' - so dont worry

Hope bub is engaging then! wish mine would! head down but releuctant to stay engaged!

Lazy devils arent they!!! I know they say that 2nd ones dont usually untill labour but..... it would be nice for us to know they are lat least getting ready to join us!

 

[Caz-x]

bec&1stbump - Hello and welcome

caz - I'm hoping to have my baby at a midwife led unit but I won't know for sure until my risk assessment which is next Wednesday. Main hospital for me is about 20 minutes away. I've started having doubts as due date gets closer.

I've been feeling loads of pressure low down today so hoping that's a sign baby is moving down! xx

Fingers crossed for you. I am V Low risk & the mw said that she hasnt known any real 'emergencies' requiring transfer in the 5 yrs shes been there, they are mainly from mums getting too tired to push properly & needing artificial hormone drip to speed things up, so that kinda made me feel better.


Welcome to the lovebugs bec&1stbump

 

[gills8752]

Positive thoughts caz! You'll be fine. If you feel at any point during labour that you're not sure then you can always go to hospital before it starts to get too far along. The midwife's are trained for this so you'll be fine.

Just had my first gift sent to me this morning - its all kinda real now! It was a gorgeous winnie the pooh fleece coat and matching bibs - soo adorable and super soft.

Have to say - I'm feeling great today! Had a sore night sleeping but had my breakie and a bath and got my tubey grip back on and I feel like I'm 22 weeks pregnant again. I can hop and skip around the house - I'm going to go spring clean my bedroom now hehehe

 

[teal]

gills - glad your feeling great and tubey grip is helping! xx

 

[2bananas]

Hi everyone. I'm quite new to this forum. I am due in 4 weeks time!! And can't blooming wait now!! We're not sure what we're having yet as wanted a suprise. Its our first. I am actually looking forward to going into labour- to experience it all! Hope you all enjoy your last few weeks and sleep as much as you can whilst you can. xxx

welcome to the lovebugs!

 

[2bananas]

Positive thoughts caz! You'll be fine. If you feel at any point during labour that you're not sure then you can always go to hospital before it starts to get too far along. The midwife's are trained for this so you'll be fine.

Just had my first gift sent to me this morning - its all kinda real now! It was a gorgeous winnie the pooh fleece coat and matching bibs - soo adorable and super soft.

Have to say - I'm feeling great today! Had a sore night sleeping but had my breakie and a bath and got my tubey grip back on and I feel like I'm 22 weeks pregnant again. I can hop and skip around the house - I'm going to go spring clean my bedroom now hehehe

lol. Glad you're feeling good!!!

I just cleaned the middle floor of the house - just the top and bottom to go now Nice to have the energy to do it though - I think im nesting, loving the smell of flash and bleach everywhere too and polish. Hope my sudden cleaning frenzy means baby is coming


YEAH RIGHT!!!!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Gill- glad you had a good night

BW- congrats on 38 weeks

2bananas- My birth plan is just bullet points, it's just like one side of A4. MW said it's mostly stuff they do as standard anyway so it's just written down incase I'm in no fit state to speak.

Had my 36 week appt today and I was wanting to give birth in the MLU but the MW has told me today as baby is measuring small, and my bump is small and I've not gained almost any weight (only 4lb on my booking in weight, MW was really shocked, I just pointed out the fact that I haven't managed to eat a full meal for 8 months and I think she might finally be listening now ) it's likely I'll be considered high risk so will have to be the main hospital ward for me.

I asked her what it could mean about him measuring small, she said really she can't say too much as it's up to the consultant, but if he hasn't had a decent growth spurt by my scan next weds then they may induce me early, or they may decide to scan again one week later and see what happens from there. My bump has grown 1cm in a week and half so he is growing but i'm still only measuring 30cm so pretty far behind. She's also written in my notes that the consultant needs to be aware that I've had very minimal weight gain.

xx

 

[vinnypeanut]

2 more lovebugs have arrived then. Well done and congratulations Vicky...cant wait to see photos!

Congrats on 38wks BW!!

Gills where can i get one of those tubey grips from? They sound like a godsend!!
Id love to feel 22wks pregnant again.
Mind you my friend told me last week that shes pregnant....about 10weeks gone. I felt soooo sorry for her, think id rather stab pins in my eyes than be back at 10weeks!! haha
xx

 

[MandaAnda]

It's actually a brand name, Tubigrip, and comes in all different sizes. I got mine from my physio, but you could probably order them off Amazon or similar.