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[Hann12]

Ah freckles I'm already dreading my husband going back to work and we haven't even had the baby yet!! You'll do great though and you have us to turn to
Glad Elliot is doing better with the feeding too.

So as you can see I'm up. I have been trying to resist checking in on here for a couple of hours to convince myself I can get back to sleep but I can't.
I woke up first at 11.15 and got back to sleep but been up again since 1. Getting period cramping again, more BH, lower back pain and a feeling of indigestion and nausea BUT not in waves, just constant! So it's clearly not labour it's just my body playing with me which is even more frustrating. I think I'm going to see if the acupuncturist can see me in the morning, they might be able to help either move it along or soften the cramping.
Sorry I've done nothing but moan since yesterday afternoon

 

[amand_a]

just a quick one from me William jack was born via c section at 11.12 weighing 8 pound 9 we are both doing well.

 

[Britt11]

Hi everyone,

Just a quickie & i'll try & catch up later.

Sophie Grace was born in Friday 1st July at 2.57pm weighing 7lb 1oz. She's just perfect and i love her so so much xxx

Talk to you all soon xxx

omg congrats Sparky!
Also big congrats to Amanda
SB- look forward to more pics and reading your story

Girls, TBH I am having a really hard time, I think I am the most overdue woman on this thread and to top it off I had a pretty bad fall today. I was sitting on our patio chair and it lost footing and the back chair leg went off the deck and I fell backwards and landed hard on my back, bum and hands and I also hit the side of my bump I was just devestated, baby seems to be okay and moving lots so thats good. I cant believe that happend at the end of my pregnancy, I am almost 41 weeks and I have had enough...

 

[Clareabell]

Congrats Amanda, looking forward to seeing pics of baby William

Britt what a horrid thing to happen. I really hope baby makes an appearance soon.

 

[BlueViolet]

Up for another feeding and typing one handed. Yey for multitasking, otherwise I would have fallen asleep by now.

Wez, good luck in the morning. Feel free to call if u want to talk or have questions about the induction process. I'm rooting for you. I think you're one strong lady to be going through heavy contractions all this time. I can't wait to see pictures of Jonathon.

Curlew, good luck too! You can do it

Sparky, big congrats

Amanda, yey! Congrats!

I can't wait to see pics from both of you.

Britt, I'm sorry to hear that you went through that. Remember that the baby is nicely cushioned in there. How are you doing? Do you have a bruise?

Hann, my labor started with period pains. I doubt they're BH, but I'm no expert. I had downloaded a contraction timer to keep track. They're awesome. Good luck! You can do it

Freckles, I know what you mean about feedings being one of the few times to catch up. I hope Elliot puts on more weight. I'm hoping Jillian gets back to birth weight by next week.

Mummy and Tor, hope you feel better. I think the baby is getting further down, so sounds like things are progressing well

Eve, good luck! Sounds like we'll be meeting Atticus soon

SB, big ! I know what you mean about nipple pain. Hang in there! My nurse told me not to let the baby on there for too long because it makes the nipples so much worse. She said to break the latch after 20-30min or when the baby is asleep. I've been using a pacifier if absolutely necessary. I know it's a bit of a taboo subject, but I think once the breast feeding is established it shouldn't matter. You need to take care of yourself first.

Gotta run. Poor Jillybean just spit up milk through her nose. I just cleaned her up, but I feel so bad for her. Now she's got hiccups and from the sounds of it the diaper I just changed is loaded again. We witnessed our first projectile poop the other day. It went the distance. I'm surprised we didn't sit there with measuring tape because we were so impressed. We laughed like crazy and changed yet another changing pad cover. I learned now that you need a shield just in case...having a diaper under her wasn't enough.

 

[caz_hills]

Eve – how are those pains this morning? Hope they have gone and that you can continue to enjoy your relaxation at home before Atticus comes along!

Simmy – sounds painful! Do you think the baby is moving downwards and getting ready?

Freckles – hope you are ok today with your husband going back to work – it happens so quickly, I actually feel quite sorry for the guys. Sounds like your BF’ing is going so well – hope today is ok.

Hann – poor you, you are having such teasing signs and it must be horrid. Hope you got back off to sleep or at least got some rest. Here’s hoping that the acupuncturist can see you today. Keep smiling – hopefully you are nearly there!

Amanda – huge congrats on the birth of little William! A boy – we needed more boys in our group as we have had so many girls!!!!

Britt – oh I can’t believe you had that fall, that is horrible. I really really hope you are ok hun – thinking of you. Glads babba is moving loads to reassure you – you will pop soon, I’m sure.

BV – lovely to hear from you and yay for multi-tasking! Projectile poo is something people have told me about but obviously am yet to experience...... sounds interesting!

AFM – going to go for a long walk today, get baby moving down hopefully! And seeing the NCT girls (with cake!) this afternoon before the wedding tonight. So a quiet ish day for me. After my major hormonal imbalance day yesterday, I’ve woken up feeling better and more positive so that is a good thing! I hope it continues!!!

 

[Aaisrie]

Congrats Amanda!! Looking forward to piccies!!

Wez & Curlew hope everything goes well today!!

Hann I was taunted last night too

Britt hope you're okay after the fall

BV don't be silly, Atticus is just a big tease!!

Caz just been left feeling really tired and achey this morning - I think I need a holiday from pregnancy hahaha Enjoy your time with the NCT girls!

Freckles I'm glad BF is going a bit easier now!

 

[Hann12]

Great news Amanda! Looking forward to seeing photos

Congratulations to Sparky too!

Britt - your post made me feel so sad for you, you sound so down have they done a sweep? When will they look at inducing? One of my friends tried reflexology and her waters broke the next day and I've been trying acupuncture but I haven't started induction on that yet. Maybe something like that could help? Glad the baby is okay after the fall too

BV - your post made me laugh, naively I was not aware of projectile poo, I'll be looking out for ghat, something tells me you can't prepare for it!!

Caz - glad you are feeling better today, it horrible feeling down. I hope you have fun with the girls, always make me feel better!
Eve - sounds like we were both teased last night again!! I was up from 1-4, in the end my back was painful so I went into the living room and read my book whilst bouncing then went back to bed at 4 and slept until 8.

I'm going to see if the acupuncturist can fit me in this morning or tomorrow and just tell her the signs. I am fine with waiting till my dd for the baby but I'd rather not have constant period pains in the process, she might be able to ease them, I mean what causes them anyway?!!
Seeing my nct girls for lunch then we are going to meet the first nct group baby. Looking forward to having a cuddle with her. Greg is so jealous, he is desperate for ours to come now, never seen him so excited!

 

[Aaisrie]

Hann normally the thinning and dilating of the cervix and the muscles preparing for labour. That's why you've lost your plug already because the cervix is dilating :]

 

[Hann12]

Hann normally the thinning and dilating of the cervix and the muscles preparing for labour. That's why you've lost your plug already because the cervix is dilating :]

Oh okay in that case its a good thing but annoying!!
Trying to get through to my acupuncturist now to see if she can see me today, at the minimum I'll get 30 minutes of quiet time and hopefully some sleep!

 

[Doodlepants]

:wave: Hi everyone!!

Sorry it's taken me sooo long to come online! It's been extra long as I was so fed up and busy just before the birth- I didn't want to bring you all down with my moaning lol- I thought I was having another false alarm so was peed off waiting for my contractions to go away again but they never did!

I hope everyone's doing well- I'm going to have a mammoth catch up in a min

Thanks Jenni for keeping everyone posted

Naomi was born at 1.11am on the 4th July
Weighing 8lb 15oz.

I had a lovely birth, basically I was getting contractions on Monday all day but didn't think anything of it as they was irregular and I'd been having them on and off all weekend- Sunday morning they were coming every 4 mins but I had a feeling they'd die down again- they did so I thought nothing of it.

Sunday evening they seemed to be coming fairly often so M timed them and said they were every 5 mins and lasting a minute each- I thought they'd go again so said I'd have a bath and if they were still regular after that I'd call- I only said that to shut him up as I really thought they'd go! Anyway, in the bath they were coming every 5 mins still but I was breathing through them fine but M called anyway and they said to call my parents to have H and come in.

We get to the hospital at 11pm and I tell M to leave everything in the car as I'm 100% sure they're going to send me home and tell me I'm like, 2cms at best....

I was examined when we got there- it seemed like it was taking forever but eventually she said 'You're not going to believe this but you're 6cms!' Wooohooo I was so shocked I said 'I thought you were going to send me home again!' she said 'so did I!! You're coping so well!' I felt rather pleased with myself lol!

The MW asked if I wanted to go into the pool (the room was lovely- dark lighting, en suite, pool, ball etc) but I said no as I didn't want to go in too early and run out of pain relief options lol!

After about an hour I asked her to fill the pool for me as the contractions seemed to be getting a bit stronger and she had said that things would happen quite quickly once my waters had gone so that scared me into it a bit lol (which I was thankful for soon after!)

Once in the pool the contractions were so strong that I would say they were almost unbearable- the water felt amazing on my back though.


I went on all fours after about 10 mins or so in the pool and I felt something pushing down, on the next contraction I couldn't help but push- my waters went.

With the next couple of contractions I pushed and out she came!

It was amazing!

Naomi had her first feed in the pool and I delivered the placenta naturally so had a completely med-free birth I'm very proud of myself

It was much quicker this time- we were at the hospital for 2 hours before she was born - it went so quickly!

It was lovely afterwards- I got out, had a shower while M had a cuddle and got pooed all over Naomi fed again and we went to the post natal ward where she slept for ages!

The first day she was so tired we were having trouble waking her for feeds so she fed my expressed milk from a teaspoon twice but she has made up for it since- she is a booby monster!

So that's it really- pretty uneventful- I didn't need any stitches or anything and my bleeding is really minimal, my tummy looks pretty normal and I haven't had any constipation- something I was really worried about! I've been really lucky this time

I'll try and add some pics- some are a bit gross lol so please accept my apologies!

 

[Hann12]

Doods what an amazing story! I bet it was worth waiting a bit longer to have a labour like that! Sounds perfect and Naomi sounds gorgeous

 

[Doodlepants]

Photos......

 

[caz_hills]

Wow Doods - what an amazing birth story! It sounds perfect and the water birth element just sounds wonderful. You must have done sooooo well without any pain relief - you are a trooper! I love the photos too - she is adorable.

So pleased for you, huge congratulations! xx

 

[caz_hills]

Hann - did you manage to get an appointment for your accupuncture? Hope so, even if it's a short session it would be good for you to help things along! xx

 

[Hann12]

Doods she is sooo gorgeous!! You must be over the moon!

 

[Hann12]

Caz yes just got one for 11 so will see what she says, she apparently can tell if the baby is close to coming, so far it hasn't been but hope she says differently today!!

 

[Tor81]

Amanda, congratulations on the birth of William Jack, gorgeous name!

Maria, what an inspiring birth story! So pleased for you. And the photos are amazing, you must be so in love with little Naomi!

Simmy, thanks for the empathy, sorry you're feeling it too. I've resorted to sleeping on my right hand side for a couple of hours each night now.

Freckles, glad you & Elliot are getting on better with the BF. I bet it will be very strange at first with your DH back at work, have you got family/friends local to pop in?

Ah Hann, sorry you've had a crap night hope the acupuncturist can fit you in & can do something to help. Try and at least get some rest if you can hun. *

Britt, don't blame you for feeling sorry for yourself, falling off your chair must have really shaken you up, was someone with you at the time?

Caz, glad you're feeling positive today, enjoy cake with NCT girls and the wedding later.

Thinking of Curlew & Wez today, exciting!

AFM, parents, brother and grandparents are all driving up for a visit today, will be lovely to see them.*

xx

 

[BlueViolet]

Doodle, I was just thinking about you. Congrats! She's beautiful. Your labor story is great. That's the type of birth I had envisioned. I still haven't fully come to terms with mine. I do like one of the results. She is worth every minute of what I went through. She's cooing right now after feeding. There's nothing else like it.

 

[caz_hills]

BV - that is so cute! I hope Jillian is ok.

Hann - great news! Hope it goes well for you.

Mel - I've just remembered that we are in single digits until our due date - 9 days to go!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!!! So exciting!

Tor - hope you have a lovely day with your family - that sounds wonderful.