June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[vaniilla]

I had an episiotomy, the idea of it splitting in labour makes me want to throw up I really hope not!

 

[Tinky_82]

Me too vaniilla hopefully it will all be fine for everyone.

 

[mommyxofxone]

Ugh me too with the comments. Constantly. People that I've seen for ears suddenly are trying to get in on all of this. So annoying!!!!

 

[tinkerbelle93]

It definitely feels like when you're pregnant standards of what is socially acceptable vanish. When you're not pregnant people don't just randomly comment on your body shape and size or start asking questions about your periods, but for some reason when you're pregnant anything goes!

Boo 7lb probably seems tiny still if you think lots of newborns are already born a fair bit bigger than that, and you don't see many newborns out and about anyway as they grow so fast.

 

[Boo44]

Soooo true tinkerbelle! I couldn't stand that this time when I was pregnant, people commenting on my chin, my belly, even my big pregnancy nose! I felt so on show it was awful! People would never comment on this stuff if we weren't preggo

 

[Boo44]

These tesco newborn babygrows must be smaller and slimmer than all the other newborn size stuff he's worn - look, a perfect fit for once he's not drowning in fabric!!!
Georgias mummies go to tesco for nice smaller size babygrows!

 

[Lil_Pixie]

That's funny - Georgia has got away with one first size sleepsuit and it was from tesco!

 

[AngelofTroy]

I am getting so nervous about going overdue again. My son had meconium in his waters when he was born at 41+3 and I am concerned it will happen again. It could have been dangerous.. I had to be induced, and I wasn't allowed my water birth. I feel like history is repeating itself.

 

[GeralynB]

10 days until baby...so close but yet seems so far away!!

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Arthur is so adorable! Ahh I'm getting so broody now with all these gorgeous little newborn pics

Not long geralyn!

Hugs angel I know how you feel due to my own crappy birth experience and feeling like history will repeat itself! I've always placed emphasis on having a good experience second time round to make up for what it was like with DS so it just feels like more pressure.

Ladies who have been induced before what was the experience like? I'm a bit confused with the leaflet they've given me. It says they start off with a pessary medicine and give it 24 hours but often that doesn't even work??

 

[AngelofTroy]

Induction wasn't actually a bad experience, I just really want to experience a water birth. It was actually nice not labouring at home in a way as I didn't have to worry about when to go in.

With me they inserted the pessary and after a while sent me to walk up and down stairs.. It didn't work for me so after 12 hours they hooked me up to a drip of pitocin, and a continuous trace monitor. Within a few hours I had strong regular contractions and I had my son within 12 hours of the drip being started. I have nothing to compare to but the contractions were bareable and I managed them with gas and air, I actually had some pethedine quite early on but it didn't help I just felt sick, so I don't really count it! So induction doesn't always been an epidural. Hope that helps!

 

[Boo44]

It depends what kind of pessary if it's the bog standard prostin pessary like I had with my first, they insert one and then 6 hours later see if there's any change and insert another. This can go on at 6 hourly intervals for up to 3 or 4 pessaries then at our hospital if there was still no change you'd have a 'rest day' and start again!
That's v unlikely with a second or more baby though. Usually you'd need only one or two pessaries then if they could they would break your waters. Again with a second baby or more they would give you a couple of hours after breaking waters to see if the contractions would start up themselves before starting the drip.

Even with my first I only needed one pessary then never needed the drip as after having my waters broken I started contracting myself and got all the way to 10cm. So fingers crossed you'll have a quick experience if you do need inducing xx

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I had my induction at exactly 42 weeks and I was already 4cm (had been for over a week) when I had the pessary put in. So I guess that would be considered favourable.

Basically nothing happened all day etc. Dh went home at kick out time (ugh) and I just sat about bored but not in pain still etc. About 5 am the woman in my ward gave birth so they woke us all up to ask us to give her some privacy.. I left the room and paced the corridor completely confused as to where the hell the "day room" was. Then decided that in fact my back was sore and they could get lost. So I went back to my bed. They came over to have a moan at me when I told them they could get lost basically as I was tired and sore and wasn't getting up to wonder the corridors. So she said she would check me as I was clearly in pain (explains my mood haha) I took off my pjs and pants and the pessary flopped onto the floor Hahah. She had a look and said "oh 8cms you need to go downstairs" went downstairs rang my husband who arrived twenty mins later and then baby was born about half an hour after that. No pain relief or stitches needed etc. The worst part was having to be on the ward the night before with the rude staff etc.

 

[Dory85]

Omg Rhi I nearly woke Georgia up laughing at that... 'and the pessary flopped on to the floor'!

 

[karlilay]

I am getting so nervous about going overdue again. My son had meconium in his waters when he was born at 41+3 and I am concerned it will happen again. It could have been dangerous.. I had to be induced, and I wasn't allowed my water birth. I feel like history is repeating itself.

Hope it makes you feel better, but I wasn't overdue. Poppy was born on her due date, and when they popped my waters for epidural, she had also pooped in me. When she came out the baby doctors took her and made her cry and she had apgr score of 9 at 1 minute No one was concerned at all, sometimes if jugs happens.... I really don't think you'll be long

 

[karlilay]

I love that the Georgia's, Arthur and Sydney Rose are all so so small and delicate, Pop is a beast.... I can squish her in first size stuff from Next and I could t with either of the others, so I'm loving that. She's got an 'upto a month' sleep suit on now though, which fits perfectly. Little chunk.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Tink both times I was induced.

I didn't need the pessary because they were already able to break my waters both times.

The first time the drip didn't do anything (the cannula wasn't working) and I had a section

This time I was already contracting but I'd dilated to 2 cm in 3 days so not much at all. The contractions started building within minutes of being put on the drip and I wanted gas and air after about 30 minutes.

It was very painful and I did have an epidural but I'm absolutely certain I would have managed with gas and air had I been allowed to stand up and move a little (they let me for a while and I coped fine while I was standing)

They started the drip about 5pm and Georgia was born at 11.30 so 6.5 hrs in total. Honestly the worst bit for me was the band that measures contractions was bothering me and every time I got a contraction it felt so tight and made me feel like I needed to be sick. I begged them so many times to remove that one and just leave the fetal heartrate one but they wouldn't

 

[Lavochain]

Arthur is a cutie (love his name too).

I'm looking for some insight from those of you who've gone through this before. I've been experiencing some period like pains and back ache/tenderness for a couple of days. I've also been getting some sore and stabbing pains inside my lady parts. Could this be my body getting ready for something or is this just normal for how far gone I am now? I've always had extremely painful periods and the pain isn't near that level, it is just 'there' if that makes sense.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I'm still getting that lovely pain I mentioned a few days ago. The one that feels like being stabbed in the cervix. It's turned gross though now lol. I was walking out my bedroom and I got a particularly nasty foof jab/stab and then my leg was wet (delightful right) just loads of plug .... total barf Hahah. Ughhh. Pregnancy is the most disgusting thing. My vagina is sneezing LMAO. I am wondering if those pains might be slight dilation ? But that feels like getting ahead of my self. Anyways I hope none of you were eating

 

[mommyxofxone]

No starlight yet???


Just wanted to say I went into labor naturally at 40 weeks as well. And my waters were broken at 9 & 3/4 cm and there was meconium in it as well. I was still allowed to push naturally and she was fine as well came out angry and crying lol

I also want to add I'm terrified this one will have it in there too!