Home Birthers & Hopefuls!

[KandyKinz]

congrats PB! I'm thrilled you got your home birth this time around I too love the name!

 

[moomin_troll]

i spoke to another doula today and im seeing her thursday. tomo ive got my 25 week mw check so i will tell her i want to get things moving with a homebirth. if she dare trys to tell me not to i will change mws lol having my baby in a bush is safer then my local hospital lol

i keep getting days where my hb starts to feel real, then i get scared of labour but hearing all ur lovely ladies positive births makes me feel so confident

 

[chuck]

Quickest Mw appt today ever!

Straight in on time and out of the door within 10 minutes! LOL all is well head down (despite being a naughty monkey and being transverse last night) BP good, pee good, fundal height spot on etc.

I just wish he would stop hiccuping!!!!!! This twitchy bump is driving me potty!

In other almost non bump related news why are the general public such arseholes!! I was at the bus stop it was very busy no more seats 9I was sitting) and a very frail old lady putters up using a walker and struggling along and who is the only person thoughtful enough to offer her a seat? Only the very very pregnant lady!!

I'm glad a bus came only a few seconds later so I didn't have to go garraty at people for not offering her or me a seat.

Plus it's super weird being at home without the boyo here, really quiet -especially since we got rid of the kittehs (sob), but he is being spoiled rotten by the outlaws so I'm not too worried about him - more them LOL they'll be run ragged by the end of the week!

 

[moomin_troll]

i love the days when zanes not around lol hes not a difficult toddler but its nice to not have to think about him lol enjoy ur u time

 

[PeanutBean]

Here it is, enormous and in full technicolour glory!
https://www.babyandbump.com/birth-s...102-dramatic-arrival-indigo.html#post10302416

 

[pinkmonki]

PB - You are amazing! Your birth story is both utterly compelling and beautiful even considering the trip to hospital. X

 

[SmokyJoe78]

In other almost non bump related news why are the general public such arseholes!! I was at the bus stop it was very busy no more seats 9I was sitting) and a very frail old lady putters up using a walker and struggling along and who is the only person thoughtful enough to offer her a seat? Only the very very pregnant lady!!

I'm glad a bus came only a few seconds later so I didn't have to go garraty at people for not offering her or me a seat.

This has happened to me too, or a couple of times I've had DS in the sling, and no-one offered a seat

 

[SmokyJoe78]

Brilliant birth story PB - had me in tears!

 

[pinkmonki]

Morning ladies

I'm still here.. Waiting not so patiently Still nothing happening of any note bar a few good contractions yesterday that refused to have any sort of regularity to them.

When I had the sweep last Wednesday I honestly believed I'd be holding my baby rather than having another today! 11 days over is bloody ridiculous and I may throttle the next person who tells me that I must have a very comfy womb!

Anyhoo, it looks like I'm going to be subjected to the dreaded induction talk today. Sigh. I genuinely don't have the energy for yet another fight but I'm damned if I'm going to be induced. I'm guessing that I'm going to have to submit to hospital monitoring come Saturday and hopefully that'll be enough to keep my homebirth on the cards for a few more days. Although technically I'm already over the dates they'd prefer (it's a 10 day over induction policy here)

I could happily just curl up into a ball and cry today

 

[PeanutBean]

Oh big pink! Keep strong and do what you think is right. Once I started thinking about the possibility of going post-dates I decided I was happy to get the recommended scan offered at +12 to make sure there wasn't a physical reason baby wasn't coming, then assuming all was well I'd discuss the monitoring protocol and see how that went for a while. Good luck today!

 

[pinkmonki]

Thank you Was your night any better with Indigo?

I'm OK with having a scan and being monitored, hell I'm even OK with being induced if there's a physical reason why bubs isn't shifting. I just don't want to lose my homebirth for no reason other than baby obviously wanting a bit longer to bake. It's an odd irony that I've had a perfect textbook pregnancy and yet I've already had to fight once to birth naturally and I'm on course to have to fight again.

 

[PeanutBean]

I felt the same way. And you know in hospital people kept saying I was three days overdue - that really pissed me off and I had to keep correcting them! Do none of them read NICE or WHO guidelines and reports?

It was kind of the same as the night before. Me crying at 2am from sore nipples (she will not open her mouth properly) and sore bits. The nasty suppository I was given stung and ached for hours and I have no improvement to show for it this morning do don't think I'll bother with any more! So again we both got 3 or 4 hours sleep a d I've woken with a headache yet again. Hopefully there will be more napping today. DH is desperately trying to get on top of things in the house so he can slow down a bit and I wanted to get my birth story down before I forgot anything!

 

[pinkmonki]

That's it exactly. I'm so sick of family and friends asking when they're going to induce and explaining over and over that I won't be letting them and why. Ack!

I wish I could offer some advice re her latch but the only thing I remember from the early days with Cole was to feed whilst lying down on my side, it was the only position that worked at first. And Lanisoh was my very bestest friend!
Also try Preparation H wipes, they're oddly soothing. And maybe a couple of drops of tea tree oil on a pad held against the offending lumps seemed to soothe also. Least from what I recall last time.

 

[PeanutBean]

Byron never got it right no matter what I did. I have problems with boob size which means it's mostly impossible to feed without needing a finger to create a breathing dimple and I honestly think my huge full spherical boobs are hard to pull into their little mouths sufficiently. Even when she goes on with a big mouth it slips out as soon as she starts to suck. I find lying down very difficult for feeding and couldn't do it at all last time. I can't get the height of baby and nipple right. But now I can't sit well or for long because I'm so tender so that doesn't help either! I think the latch issue has to be put up with til I am more mobile as the other pains are more pressing! I have lansinoh but am not liking it so much. I used boots own cream last time but was given some lansinoh. It makes my nipples stick to my top - ouch!

 

[pinkmonki]

Bugger. I feel for you, I really do. It's so bloody hard to get right and must be even worse when there's size problems combined with being sore. Would it be worth getting in touch with a lactation specialist?

I hope you find a way that works for you both, but do keep in mind that sanity and happiness trump all in the end.

 

[PeanutBean]

Oh we'll be fine. If I could toughen up enough to bf for 8 months last time I'll manage this time too. I'll probably see someone when I'm finally mobile if it doesn't get improved in the mean time. I know what needs to be done, just kind of limited by other factors and a short fuse because of my other pains (and probably baby blues of some sort).

What time is your appointment?

 

[pinkmonki]

Damn you're a strong and determined woman! I told you you were amazing!

It's at 2:20pm. Every time I think about it I feel like either crying or letting out a primal battle wail hah! Meh what will be will be I guess. If all else fails I'll hire some sort of dog catching pole and tug the little bugger out

 

[PeanutBean]

Have a good cry this morning, get the emotion out of your system if you can so that you feel calmer and more collected at the appointment when you need your rational head on. You'll be fine!

 

[pinkmonki]

I'm substituting having a cry with eating an Easter egg haha!

 

[sugarcube84]

i never got on with lansinoh either! i felt it kept my nipples too moist so the scabs never dried out and healed properly. Im sure things will get easier when your milk comes in, at least then you could express a bit off so your boobs arent as full that might help with her latching.

Its mad to think how difficult the first few weeks are the night feeds, being sore, getting to grips with feeding, the emotions, the visitors.. and now a year on hes on cows milk a bottle in the morning and one at night, likes to feed himself and is on 3 meals, hes almost walking, can say a few words and is sleeping though and hes a proper little person!! They grow up so quickly!!