Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[Inoue]

Sterile morning urine makes sence I guess ~ she said to ask the doctor for that red top bottle so if they look at me wierd then im sure they can change it and give me the correct bottle. Thanks for your info anyway! x

 

[Scally]

Are the red top ones are the those iddy biddy ones that they expect you to be able to direct your urine into!? lol

Well MW appointment was uneventful! The lady before me was in there half hour i was in and out fast!
Same old same old 4 plus sugar, no surprises there! BP good, measuring almost 3 weeks behind now, she said nothing to worry about- funny with fundal height though when i saw consultant at 36 he measured me at 37, and she has just measured me at 36! Lol, I cant see how! lol

x

 

[Sarahcake]

The red top ones should be the same size as the white ones, least they always have been that ive seen anyways lol

Glad your appointment went well I guess there isnt really a grand amount they can really do for you at these appointments now that your planned section is coming up really bloody fast lol I really just dont get fundal height, there's so so many things that can affect it. It scared the life out of me at first, especially when Logan was supposedly measuring 42 weeks at 32! But I kinda just nod and agree to it now and be on my way as I dont really trust it tbh!

 

[Scally]

I figured the consultant was a man so measured bigger! lol x

 

[time]

I always thought smu meant second morning urine am I wrong?!

Good luck anyway inoue can't believe they questioned you so much about going private for the strep be test! Your decision!!

Oh ally the fundal height measurement is so old and boring now I don't know why they bother at all as each time they come back with a different measurement! My last appt I was 4 weeks behind still and she just shrugged it off so don't think even the midwifes take it seriously.. They're just ticking it off their list of things to do. Baby has probably changed position for you or fluid level could have changed!

 

[Inoue]

Glad you got on ok (yet uneventful) at mw check Scally . What time do you go into hospital for C-sec? X

Time, im going to do second pee and wash beforehand so ive covered all basis . What a palava for some liquid penicillin, I could nip into work and nick some without this much effort! X

 

[pops23]

Can't believe she got snotty with you, seems to me all women should be tested anyway, bloody cheapskates!!

Thats for the trapped wind/ pain sympathy, glad to know its not just me!!

I've got a medela swing, got it for £99 with some amazon vouchers I had from my birthday, haven't actually opened it yet, going to this weekend and work out how to use it and maybe give it a whizz to help labour on.. nipple stimulation is meant to work isn't it?

xxx

 

[Scally]

Inoue- i go in at 7.45, they schedule two per day, the first person goes down about 9 and the second one 2 hours later- i think we'll find out if i am 1st or 2nd when we go for the pre op on Friday. But if there are emergency ones we might be there all day waiting etc- i think if we havent gone down by the afternoon they put you on a drip to stop dehydration etc. I really hope i am first and there isnt any emergencies- going to be crazy nervous waiting in the room for too long!

x

 

[time]

Arghhh ally that's so exciting!! Fingers crossed you are 1st in and not waiting round all day!

 

[Sarahcake]

The excitement would just be overbearing for me right now Ally if I were you haha! Im horrible at waiting for certain days to come around

 

[ttc_lolly]

Yes pops it is, give it a bash I'm going to start using mine from tomorrow onwards!

 

[ttc_lolly]

Ally, what was your recovery like after your previous c-sec? x

 

[Sarahcake]

Im tempted to join you ladies and crack out the breast pump myself...not literally like join you mind, that would just be weird lol

 

[time]

Haha!! I tried it lastnight but nothing.. May give it another go tonight along with some pineapple!!

 

[Inoue]

If you use the breast pump though, does any milk come out? Dont we need that beginning milk for the baby?

God I hope you get first slot Scally! Id be a nervous reck if I had to be the second one x

 

[Sarahcake]

As far as I am aware, It would be colustrum that came out now as milk doesnt actually get produced until the hormone to allow that to happen is released, which happens when you birth your baby.

Colustrum just regenerates over and over until your milk is there to replace it, so I cant see any harm in it. Can the colustrum be kept and frozen though? Would hate to waste it if there was no need.

 

[Scally]

Lauryn- my last recovery was horrendous but thats because of the emergency- i had bladder trauma (from where they had to shove her back up the birth canal), i had an infection and got a temperature straight away (they didnt know this so i was breastfeeding her and she stopped breathing because i heated her up so much), i had retained products so bled for about 2 months, and sometimes in those 2 months it would pour out of me clots and all all over the floor- the infection/bleeding got so bad i had to give up breastfeeding at 4 weeks. But do u know what even with all that the c section recovery itself wasnt too bad, i remember being able to walk around a nearby town at 2 weeks post c section.
My consultant reassures me this time that it wont be as bad as that, and that they will treat me with antibiotics in theatre to try and prevent an infection.
x

 

[Scally]

My main thing was the suffering Izzy had last time, and this time that can hopefully not happen to this baby x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Yeh Inoue don't worry about wasting colostrum, your body will continue to produce it until after a few days when your baby's born and your milk comes in. You probably won't be able to pump that much out at the moment, like a drop or 2 at the most.

 

[ttc_lolly]

Oh god Ally that sounds horrific I hope it isn't as bad this time round for you. I'm so scared of even the thought of having a c-sec because of infections and whatnot, I also don't like surgery so I'd probably have to be put out completely!