July/August (Summer Sunbeams) 2012!

[Torz]

Congratulations Apple, hope you recover quick hun x

The MW showed me to stroak Alfie cheak from his mouth to his neck (the flow that the milk goes) to get him to start sucking again, that worked for me. Also if baby falls asleep while on the breast i found slowly pulling away would get him to start sucking again. Good luck hun, it does start to get easier. I think sometimes that they are so sleepy & recovering after birth that they dont want to do anything but sleep.

I'm really hoping & praying baby doesnt come today, its my OH's birthday & would have been my brother-in-laws birthday today also. My B-I-L unfortunatley killed himself on new years day this year, i just want to keep this day for my OH & B-I-L & not have to add this babys day to the mix.

My sister threw a huge BBQ for my B-I-L last night & i had the most awful pressure down below in my pelvis. My sister who's had 4 kids said it sounds like babys head is really engaged & ready to come out. I've woke up this morning & the pain & pressure has gone so i'm hoping baby stays in for a few more days atleast. I'm thinking next weekend would be a nice weekend for baby to come lol. not long now tho

 

[Cingraa]

Pains set in properly around 3/4am and have woken me every hour since. They're around 10 minutes apart on average but again am putting it down to a practise run until I have something definite to go on...have the whole family on standby and excited, just gotta see if Sprout fancies today as her day!

How are all of you lovelies doing this morning? Any more news?

Xx

 

[puppycat]

Good luck Cingra!!!

Nothing here

 

[apple_20]

Sounds promising cingra.
I'll try that too torz I hope baby stays for another day.

Going by my ticker I should still be massively pregnant I'll need to sort a new one soon.

 

[Cingraa]

The pains have eased off in regularity but really upped in intensity, not sure what this means.

I managed to fall asleep around 4 after not having much for a half hour or so but was woken up just now (5ish) with a really strong one in my back and tummy. When I go to the toilet there is more pink blood smears rather than brown now so I'm guessing this is deffo the start of the real thing but could still have ages til we're going properly, aaah!

My bump has really 'dropped' now too, it almost looks saggy if that's possible!

Good luck keeping those bubbas in girlies really hope it works out well for you and you get to enjoy your weekend!

 

[TTCinBC]

Definitely sounds like the start of labour for you. Good luck!

 

[puppycat]

labour dust. Walk around and stay active where possible hun, that'll bring it on

 

[kat82]

Oooo wish labour would kick in I went midwife on wednesday and she managed to do a sweep. I was 2cm dilated and been getting tons of pressure and pain and keep losing bits of plug but nothing definate happening . Good luck to everyone when D day arrives xx

 

[jmandrews]

Looks like we will have a few new arrivals soon!!! Can't wait to see everyone's updates
My computer has crashed so I am forced to update on my phone. As soon as I can I will get on my DH's computer and post pics of Everlee she is 10 days old today! It's hard to believe. Hope everyone is doing well!

 

[TTCinBC]

4 more days for me! Freaking out a little bit more each day! Lol

 

[DHime]

WOW... everyone has been busy. GL to all.
congrats apple! I am totally envious that your milk came in. I am still fighting for drops

 

[Torz]

I really thought 'this was it' last night. I woke up after 2 hours sleep needing to pee soo bad. Got back in bed & had excruciating back ache, painful braxton hicks & the most awsome pressure down there, it felt like my waters were about to break. The only thing that made me think that it was a false alarm was the baby was going crazy moving about in there.

Just one more day to get through, i really want an August baby. While i was laying awake in pain last night it made me realise i still have things to buy for my home birth, i think a trip to asda is in order today!

 

[apple_20]

I'm sorry to hear that dhime i think it was because I had lots of skin to skin and just kept offering boobs. I know you wouldn't have had it that easy though.

I'm feeling much more normal today though I do wonder how I would feel without the pain killers!

 

[TTCinBC]

What painkillers are you taking Apple?

They only gave me tylenol 3's and ibprophen supp in the hospital. Then just the T3's at home i think. Maybe the odd pbprophen pill here and there..

 

[apple_20]

Paracetamol Plus something for the swelling. Working well though.

 

[TTCinBC]

So basically the same as what i will get. The ibprophen was for the swelling/inflamation and the tylenol for the pain. Did you get sutures, staples? Ive also heard someone said their doctor used surgical glue. I had sutures last time and its the same OB, so im wondering if it will be the same. I started healing faster once the sutures were out. Im getting a little anxious about the surgery friday. Excited to sre my baby, but not so much about the pain lol

 

[apple_20]

I had staples which they took out on day five what a relief! the pain during surgery was non existent apart from anesthetic stinging. it was no where near as bad as I had imagined.

 

[buttons1]

bleuh feeling crappy today started feeling excited with it now being August and all turned rubbish after seeing midwife. They were running late so we ended up being there for 2 hours my toddler was climbing the walls by the end which made it stressful. As I has strep B last pregnancy which they found after delivery I have asked several different midwives this time if there is anything I need to do and if there are any implications of it this time, they have all said not to worry and not said anymore about it. Last time I raised concerns again as i know it can be very dangerous if the newborn catches it and still nothing was explained or looked into, however this time a different midwife again said it should be looked into and has sent a urine sample off to be tested. It makes me really cross that I have been ignored and no body has done anything until now when I am due in 10 days. Also I had a trace of glucose in my urine for the third time so mw is pushing for me to have a glucose tolerance test I said what is the point when i have so little time left but she said i should really have it as if it turned out i did have it then the baby might have been getting extra glucose through the cord so when it is cut at birth they may get ill as they may have difficulty maintaining their blood glucose levels so they need to know if i do have it even if there is no time to do anything about it in pregnancy as it'll put me at high risk and they will need to keep a closer eye on baby. So am booked in tomo morning at 8.45 and 10.45 I can't blooming eat or drink from midnight tonight until 11 tomo. Thursday morning is the only time my DD is in nursery so what was going to be a nice peaceful child free morning is not taken up with that grrr

 

[apple_20]

Oh no buttons it sucks that you can't eat
.with strep b I believe testing earlier could have been pointless as it can come and go. At least now the results will be accurate. X

 

[buttons1]

I know that it can be present one minute and not the next I'm just cross that it has been totally ignored even when I have bought it up. Also I know the precaution for it is iv antibiotics during labour 4 hours before delivery but my previous labour was only an hour and a half from start to finish so I had bought this up too and it has been making me really anxious