June Bundles of Joy - 2016

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They never discuss anything with me. I should have been taking Asprin since 12 weeks due to my Pre Exlampsia risk and wasn't told anything about it until 30 weeks! My MW is really nice but I don't feel in the loop at all. Hopefully he'll save me all of this bother and come out soon.
 
I've been told that they won't do a sweep until 41 weeks unless it's for a first baby and then it will be offered at 40 weeks, really not sure why or what the difference is :shrug:
I'm hoping that my midwife will offer one at my next appointment else I'm not going to be offered until 9 days overdue, as it will be induction 10-12 overdue there seems no point in a sweep that late.

AFM- I had bad stomach cramps early this morning and for the last couple of hours have been having braxton hicks every 10-15 minutes apart. I don't tend to get them in the morning usually. Apart from that I've had no other signs whatsoever :)
 
vanilla- i've been having plug for weeks :( and bh for weeks. I just had brown plug this am got real excited and nothing since. this sucks!


as for the period while i was breastfeeding i had my period show up at 6m pp and once more at 12m pp, i stopped bf'ing at 13 months and i had it come back every 2 months for like a half year. but it took years to regulate again.


2 days til due date. i can't even believe i'm still pregnant. My mw had said she'd offer me a sweep at the last appt but she couldn't reach my cervix :dohh: but i'm going to ask for one tomorrow. I'm both excited and terrified.

Suddenly remembering what labor actually means and all that aftercare is freaking me out.
 
They won't do it my area either until 41 and considering that's when my next app is anyways I don't suppose I have any choice now but to wait =/

Lavo your care sounds like mine but I'm on my third so at least I have a bit of experience with everything. Bless ya :hugs:
 
It seems to be pot luck with care depending on your area! At least I'll know what I'm looking for with the next one, if Rupert ever leaves that is. :haha:

These June babies aren't being very cooperative are they? My Husband has been saying for weeks that my labour would start today during the England v Wales game... absolutely no signals from Rupert and it kicks off in half an hour.
 
I get a sweep at my next app - 40+5 . It's weird how much it differs from area to area.
 
I suppose that is what they mean by postcode lottery ? haha. It's like when i watch one born and the hospital on that looks like a bleeding hotel compared to my local birth pit lmao
 
I was offered a sweep at 40 weeks, but I refused.
Will catch up properly tonight... Lots of new posts.

Congratulations Geralyn! She is stunning.. :)
 
I'll have a sweep at 40+4 next week. Usually it's 41+ for second + mums but you can request one for after 40 weeks. Xx
 
Boo, I have been giving Hannah a bottle every 3 to 4 hours (depends on how much breast feeding we do between bottles). At night the pediatrician said she could go 4 to 5 hours. She drinks 30 to 60 ml per feeding. This is formula though, not breast milk as pumping doesn't work for me :(

Ehj, I hope all went well!

Geralyn, congrats on your baby girl <3 I hope you're recovering well from the c section.

Still trying to catch up on the forum so I'm probably missing bunches. Hannah hasn't had a bm in 24 hours and I just got off the phone with the pediatrician with what we can do to stimulate.
 
CRP has gone down to 7, which is great but needs to be below 4 to go home. She missed a dose of antibiotics today because her canula came out and then they wanted to wait for the CRP before putting a new one in, just in case she didn't need it. :dohh: So we will probably be in until Saturday.

Weight wise I'm still getting different advice from every source. We are waiting on a weigh in tonight, she is up on NICU having her canula put in at the moment. The infant feeding specialist wants me to stop formula top ups if she has gained at all and stick to the ebm... There is no way I'm risking that tbh.. I may try to stop when she is around her birth weight but I am not letting her go over 12% loss and getting stuck here. Saying that we may still go over the 12% today and then I don't know what we will do as I can't force her to feed. I don't let her go over 3 hours as it is and double pump after every single feed, give ebm and formula as a top up until she refuses it. :/ The doctor said the next step would be to only give her 15 mins max at the breast each time as she might be using up too many calories and to give the rest as formula... So confused.
 
Personally, Angel, I would trust what the infant feeding specialist says because doctors have little to no breastfeeding training. At best doctors have done a one day course so they are just as ill informed as the next person.

Her CRP is great. You may find it has come down tomorrow because her body should be working alongside the antibiotics and they also work on bit of a delay which is why they take 24-48 hours to work. Fingers crossed.
 
Starlight it's normal for babies to go a few days without a bm
 
Ladies - question about waters - if they'd gone - how long would it take to soak a pad? I've only had a small patch on the pad but it's brown and I just don't know what to do.
 
Tinky_82 said:
Ladies - question about waters - if they'd gone - how long would it take to soak a pad? I've only had a small patch on the pad but it's brown and I just don't know what to do.
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For me a thick maternity pad was full within an hour but I'm pretty sure you can have a slow leak. Boo and Pixie will know more because they were discharged for a little while with theirs. I would ring and ask advice in case it's meconium.
 
Thanks Dory as I've been having my show I'm not sure if it's that causing the discolouration or not it does seem more blood than meconium.
 
I lay on my side for 30 minutes and when I stood up it soaked the pad in a minute or two hun x
 
Yes it's definitely not that there's barely anything and I'm not feeling gushes. I think it's just discharge and my show but it's so difficult to know what to do. The discolouration is barely there.
 
It's always worth getting checked out hun! For peace of mind if nothing else :hugs:
 
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