June Bundles of Joy - 2016

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Squig34 said:
There's a lot of pickle craving going on here. I have a friend IRL who's craving pickles & she's expecting twins. Just sayin' ;)
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Pickles here too... Cut up in tuna salad.... Mmmmmmm!
 
I had a very fast labour with my 1st too, it was only about 5 hours start to finish, most of it i spent at home because i thought if i went to hospital theu'd send me home, was in timeabsolute denial i was actually in labour with most people i knew having had false starts. Far too late for pain relief. The midwife were saying i'd want a home birth next time as probably won't make it to hospital in time but that terrifies me!
 
Just made my first appointment with the midwife for February 20. It's so funny to see that most people here are using midwives because it's not common in the US. Most people use doctors and look at me like I'm crazy when I say I'm using a midwife
 
I'm jealous of all of your fast labored...mine was 40 hours. I'm hoping it goes quicker this time
 
Woah, 40 hours!!! I was induced at 12noon on Sunday and delivered 10am on Monday, so 22 hours labour and I'm told that 19 of those were active. Not sure if that is the norm or not but it was an absolute killer and the worst experience of my life.
 
My first was four hours and my second was an hour and a half. So maybe I should just suck it up and go without any pain relief. It seems to work for me, I can't imagine the epidural fella would get to me before I had already gone home :haha:

I always go overdue though, 14 days over and 15 days, so maybe a fast labour is my reward for having the gestation period of an elephant hahah
 
I had one of those horrid stop start labours. I was having contractions on and off for 6 days before I was induced. Ended up with emcs anyway :dohh:

Geralyn I think everyone in the UK has just midwives for thr most part. With my first pregnancy I didn't see a dr until I was 10 days overdue, and then it was only because I had pre eclampsia.

This time I'm high risk so I think I'll see a dr twice :haha:

I've got my booking in appointment in the morning and my appointment with the trial people tomorrow afternoon. Busy, needle filled day :dohh: hope I've got some blood left when I come home!
 
With Micah my waters broke at midday on Friday, but nothing else happened. There was meconium in the waters so I was induced and started contractions in the evening. My experience of labouring overnight was awful, my midwives kept me on the bed on monitors and tried to talk me into an epidural when all I wanted was gas and air which they said wouldn't be enough. An angel if a midwife took over at 8am (still only 4cm) and let me move about and gave me gas and air. Micah was born at 11.34am and I went from 4-10cm sooooo fast that nobody believed me! I don't know what to expect this time.
 
I had Doritos for breakfast. Sigh.

I was soo sick this morning and was in tears from gagging and looked over and saw a bag of Doritos and suddenly that was the only thing that sounded good. I ate some and immediately felt better. They were delicious. lol
 
SecondNote said:
I had Doritos for breakfast. Sigh.

I was soo sick this morning and was in tears from gagging and looked over and saw a bag of Doritos and suddenly that was the only thing that sounded good. I ate some and immediately felt better. They were delicious. lol
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I'm enjoying doritos too! Potato crisps are bleurgh but something about the salt and corn is good.

I've hardly kept anything down today though, I'm so so thirsty and my head is pounding, I know I'm dehydrated but apparently this baby isn't allowing any liquids past my lips. I manages a small amount of plain yogurt and about 5 grapes.
 
vaniilla said:
I want to know what early admittance for epidural is too, I wasn't able to have any pain relief with lo and it left me pretty traumatized so I'll be doing everything I can to get something this time.
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With Madi when I got to hospital I was 10cm dilated and pushed and she was born, it just wasn't how I expected. I had no time for anything, not even to get changed. Her heart rate dropped and they made me give birth on my side I hated it.

With Zach I was sure to go in adap so I could have some pain relief and get myself more set up and comfortable. When I got there I was told I was only 4cm dilated and go home, get some sleep (it was 3am) and come back in the morning, when I did go back in I was 10cm again and had a horrible time. Again.

I think she just means that if I go in to hospital and I'm 1 or 2 cm dilated they will try their best to keep me in so I can get an epidural.
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That sounds very traumatic :hugs: I hope this time will go much better.

The hospital I was in was clearly very understaffed the day I gave birth, we went from being ignored - DH had to walk around the corridors trying to find a midwife and when he found one to check on me they rushed in with a doctor saying lo had to get out asap and all I remember is them yelling at me don't you want the baby out, you're going to have a cesarean if you don't push harder etc they were just assholes really, in the evening when DH went home they said lo needed to go to SCBU for monitoring so they took for him for a few hours and nobody was telling me a single thing and I was just sat there alone, it was horrible.
 
Hello ladies! Somehow I never stumbled upon this group until now. I would love to join! My due date is 6/22. This is my first pregnancy and it took awhile to get here so hubs and I are beyond excited/ nervous. We had our first scan already and won't go back for a 2nd appointment (no scan) until November 30th.
 
Midwives are definitely becoming more popular in the states. I saw one with my first and seeing them again with this one.

Well midwives but a different office.

My first I went in at 3 cm dilated but my contractions were so close together and long lasting they kept me in. Had me walk around for a while and that helped. I had her naturally so no epidural. Hoping to do the same this time.
 
mrs.green2015 said:
Hello ladies! Somehow I never stumbled upon this group until now. I would love to join! My due date is 6/22. This is my first pregnancy and it took awhile to get here so hubs and I are beyond excited/ nervous. We had our first scan already and won't go back for a 2nd appointment (no scan) until November 30th.
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There are 3 of us now due on the 22nd. :happydance: Welcome! I added you to the front
 
Welcome, Mrs Green :)

Wow sounds like some of you have had really bad experiences with labour & delivery :/ I hope it's better for everyone this time. I hope only to use gas & air too; I had it when I gave birth to my son earlier this year & it was pretty effective.

Karlilay, so glad to hear you had a good midwife who listened to you :)
 
Super jealous of all the fast labors! I think I was technically in labor for 16 hours or so. The last three of those the nurse said I never moved from a 9.5, which was absolute misery. I truly believe now she just did not have a clue what she was doing and I could have delivered much sooner. She was absolutely awful. I was determined to do it without pain meds, and I did! That's the plan for me again just wishing I could skip the three hours of misery this time. And the awful delivery nurse.

All I'm craving is basically every kind of sweet known to man! Ugh. I want them all, all the time. I'm going to be huge by the time this is all said and done :dohh:
 
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