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[fifi-folle]

Oh BV she's lovely. I just want to squeeze her cheeks!

afm - well who knew it could happen so quickly. PND has walloped me round the head. My wonderful stepmother told me a lovely little anecdote that no new mother should ever be told and now I am convinced something is going to happen to my Doodle and I have been crying non stop for nearly 2 hours now. Thanks then. I actually felt the threads of my sanity snapping as she was telling me. I even tried to stop her but she just carried on. Getting dragged to the MW tomorrow morning. Cannot WAIT for the happy pills to kick in so I can carry on enjoying my daughter instead of watching her obsessively to make sure she is still breathing.


Sorry to be so bleak....

Don't apologise. Hoping it's just the baby blues and not the start of PND. If it is you know the signs, you're on the treatment and hopefully you can just keep telling yourself that these are thoughts caused by the PND. Obviously I've never had PND but have experienced depression on more than one occasion. You're in my thoughts x

 

[Doodlepants]

Hun.
FFS why on earth did she say something like that to you?!!
At least you're aware of what's going on so can be one step ahead iykwim?
Hopefully your meds will help and you'll start feeling better soon
I hope it's all going OK otherwise, you have a beautiful family xxx

 

[Aaisrie]

Awww DM I really hope your pills kick in fast :[ PND is a horrific illness and how dare your MIL....

Hann it's not scary!! If you lie on your back it's pretty easy to feel the head if it's not too far into your pelvis :]

 

[melissasbump]

Linds, what the fuck is she playing at?!!!
Like the others say at least you are recognising the signs and can do something sooner rather than later about it, hopefully the pills will kick in soon for you

BB, Glad all is well with you!

Doods, if constantly sitting on the loo and baby having a disco in there means its working, then by god it is!!! Dont know how im gonna sleep tonight! lol

 

[MrsWez]

DM, What an awful thing to do to a new mother. I hope your happy pills kick in soon. If you'd like, I'll cross the pond and kick her. Once I'm not pregnant that is.

 

[curlew]

oh Lindsay - big hugs honey. At least you will have your MW tomorrow and the meds will kick in soon. How could your Step mum be so insensitive.

I was a bit worried when I heard how much you were doing as I recalled that you had said that this had happened the last time.

Feel free to come on here and speak to us at any time as talking can help and none of us are here to judge you.

 

[caz_hills]

Just back from date night and off to bed early but didn't want to read and not say.... Linds - take great care of yourself, and take it easy. Big hugs to you - I hope the meds kick in soon and that you feel better.

Big hugs xxxx

 

[Hann12]

Eve I tried to have a feel around and I honestly do not have a clue! I'll just have to be patient and wait until my appointment next week!

Linds - hope you are okay

 

[mummySS]

DM, - at least you are recognising the signs and have thought ahead about controlling them. It could be baby blues but if it is full blown pnd (and I'm sure you know the difference), you know what to do. I'm so sorry you're feeling down, ffs what was your stepmother thinking?!!

We are here for you anytime x x x

 

[mummySS]

Any news from SB?

 

[Aaisrie]

Aww Hann :] I didn't have a clue when I was pregnant with Saraya, I just put my fingers where the MW put theirs to check and had a feel LOL


Wondering if anyone else here is gonna do delayed cord clamping?

 

[Hann12]

Yes I was going to do that, wait for it to stop pulsing then have it cut.
I finally wrote my birth plan tonight!

Can't sleep, after spending the day exhausted it's so annoying to not be able to sleep!!

 

[Aaisrie]

Yea, I didn't know about it when I had Saraya but I read loads about it and how an average of 30% of your babies blood is left in the cord/placenta rather than going back into their body!! Shocking... can't believe I didn't know about it.

 

[mummySS]

Is anyone starting to dread bedtime, no matter how tired you are, because you know you're going to have a crap night's sleep and just be uncomfortable? Sigh, i guess it's probably nothing compared to when the baby's here!

Eve, i am thinking about delayed cord clamping too, doesn't it have something to do with when they give you the injection to get the placenta out as well? god i'm confused, vaguely remember my NCT teacher harping on about deferred active placenta management (i think that's what it's called) - it's the mix between having it delivered naturally and having the injection straight away. If you defer the injection it means they can let the cord pulse. Or something like that. Sorry if i'm confusing the hell out of everyone, just ignore me if i am!

 

[Aaisrie]

I don't think it's related purely because I didn't have the injection the first time, you don't NEED the injection and from what I've read a lot of women are given it just to speed things up!! The MW just massaged and pushed my tummy really hard and the placenta was delivered but leaving the cord to stop pulsing takes on average 5m [I think after the placenta has detached] but it allows the blood to go back into your baby. I found this FB group had a lot of interesting articles:

delayedcordclamping

Including:

omg-you-did-not-just-clamp-out-a-third-of-my-babys-blood-supply << By a MW

cord-blood-collection-confessions-of-a-vampire-midwife

cord-clamping-and-stem-cells << By a Dr

 

[mummySS]

Thanks - either way, it seem to make sense to let the cord pulse for a bit so that your baby gets the best from it. Apparently it is standard practice for them to cut the cord straight away, so you have to really insist on it.

 

[Aaisrie]

Yea, I didn't even know about this with Saraya, unless you LOOK for info or someone tells you about it then you wouldn't even know!! Funnily though since looking at it [and it seems to make perfect sense like you said!] there are articles written in like the 1960's and even one written by Darwin about how we should let the blood go back into babies!! I even found an article about the risks of early clamping [which is anything before it stops pulsing] and it's creepy!

 

[mummySS]

just makes you wonder why the flipping hell they cut it straight away! In a rush i guess... cash strapped times...

 

[Aaisrie]

I think it seems to be either efficiency or just "because it's always been done like that" type thing!!! LOL

 

[MrsWez]

Eve, I didn't plan on it but now that I've read about it, I definitely want to do it!!

I hope SB is doing alright.

Hannah, hope you get some rest and good job on getting your birth plan done.