June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[Lil_Pixie]

Oh teeny hopefully breaking you waters will be all you need and it'll send you into labour (almost) naturally

Rhi that's an excellent description! Lovely pic angel!

I'm really impressed with her hitting 8lb, but it feels mental that she's 7 weeks old and still 2lb off Xander's birth weight

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Hugs teeny hope everything is okay and you have baby in your arms very soon!

Counting down the days for you rhi!

Awww lovely pic angel!

Rabdlm question but has anyone ever sent a thank you card to their midwife or health visitor etc? I didn't last time due to having not so great care and a bad experience but when I was having Henry I had such a lovely midwife from arriving at the hospital to Henry being born and she made such a difference.. I was crying inbetween contractions when we got there because I was so terrified but she made me feel at ease and I stopped feeling scared at all. And she was just really caring and I felt really treated with respect by the staff as a whole.. So different from the 1st time round. I'd love to send a thank you card or something even though they will have forgotten me by this point but don't know if it's a normal thing to do?

 

[Becyboo__x]

Squig, my little boy had gaviscon in his bottles for silent reflux, so when i rang i just asked for the same. I would maybe just ask them for that if its easier.

Poppy has been a different baby over the past 24 hours, shes been asleep after feeds and no crying with belly ache. She was awake for a lot of the day on Wednesday and so over tired. Really glad it seems to be helping.

Starlight i dont keep Poppy upright, i feed her on my lap, she generally drinks 3oz straight off, i sit her up, burp her, see if she wants the other oz and then shes put straight back in her basket. Light off and dummy in, she goes straight off to sleep at night time where as day times are a bit harder. I think its because there are so many noises/lights etc but at night she seems to really like the dark.

Sydney is beautiful! Same dummies as Pop, i brought about 20 million Mam ones because thats all my other two would have and she typically likes the TT ones

Hope the HV goes well Pixie.

Dory im so sad for you and Georgia. Its so horrible to see them in pain isn't it

Boo, we dont do too much tummy time either atm. Although she loves to be layed on her tummy with her legs under when shes got belly ache. Love Arthurs smiles on the picture a few pages back Oh and i while i rememeber, P has hiccups about 2/3 times a day, still!

I'm having the over tired problem atm with Sydney but she's looking at getting to wanting to be held all the time some people would do it but I just don't want a clingy baby even being only nearly a month old I can tell she screams the house down but soon as pick her up she instantly stops became more often too I couldn't leave her crying by any means but I know as soon as she falls asleep and I try move her she knows

Dummies I got advent/TT and another which I don't know what make they was .. But she only likes the TT ones must be the shape of it .. I ended up getting all the animal designs as they were all on sale

Sydney still has hiccups every single day multiple times she did when inside me too .. But it really irritates her her whole body shakes aswell, my step dad when he has them it's painful for him strangely! Didn't know they could be

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Still no baby. No induction yet. Waiting on a delivery suite bed so they can break my waters. xx

Ohhh hopefully once they do it will be action stations!! Baby will be here in no time =) u have waited long enough !

 

[Teeny Weeny]

I'm here another 2 hours and then I'm leaving. I've waited 7 hrs already and it's my 3rd day here.
I will refuse induction after today and go post dates.
Sorry for being miserable. I cannot stand being pregnant a single second longer. Xx

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I'm here another 2 hours and then I'm leaving. I've waited 7 hrs already and it's my 3rd day here.
I will refuse induction after today and go post dates.
Sorry for being miserable. I cannot stand being pregnant a single second longer. Xx

SUrely they should have had a bed for u for today anyways ?! Was this not ure scheduled induction date afterall ? I'm not surprised though it's what my hospital did to me . Couldn't even book me in until term plus 12 because of bed shortages (induction used to be at term plus 10 here) and when I showed up they made me wait around for basically the whole day before sending me away. Hence why baby was born at term plus 15
Induction here is now term plus 12 anyways Ughhh.

Some areas are really far more overstretched than others. I think that becomes obvious when you go online and see other people's experiences etc.

I hope a bed becomes available for you soon

 

[Starlight32]

Teeny, that wait sounds frustrating! It's crazy how unorganized it sounds over there. I had to wait like 30 mins for a room after checking into L&D and I thought that was too long!

 

[joeybrooks]

I sent a card last time to one particular midwife and will send her one this time again as shr was so lovely and as it turns out she absolutely remembered me.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Definitely just lost all my plug... well I bloody hope so. Ovawise I have a serious health concern. Barffff. So gross. And my period pains are ramping up!! Oh crikey. Feeling quite nervous now. It might well fizzle out but. Yikes!

 

[tinkerbelle93]

Omg hopefully it's the start of things rhi!

I never lost my plug in labour this time round, when would it have actually come out? When they broke my waters?

 

[Lil_Pixie]

I didn't see any plug this time either

Oooh rhi!! Keep us updated! Like every 10 minutes lol

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Tink I lost my first after a sweep with my First baby. And that was either the morning of the day I had him or the day before I forget TBH lol it just came out when I went toilet.

I was induced with my second and I never noticed it at all that time. I wonder if maybe it's one of those little messes the midwifes clear away without saying anything lol.

 

[Starlight32]

Rhi, any update?

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Just period type pains. I am freaking out though as I got to 8cm last time without anything more severe than "period pains" at least my husband finishes work in 10 mins. Once he is home I might feel better about everything. Very anxious ATM. Everyone thinks a fast labour is awesome but it really freaks you out for the next one ! Eeee

 

[Dory85]

Hugs teeny hope everything is okay and you have baby in your arms very soon!

Counting down the days for you rhi!

Awww lovely pic angel!

Rabdlm question but has anyone ever sent a thank you card to their midwife or health visitor etc? I didn't last time due to having not so great care and a bad experience but when I was having Henry I had such a lovely midwife from arriving at the hospital to Henry being born and she made such a difference.. I was crying inbetween contractions when we got there because I was so terrified but she made me feel at ease and I stopped feeling scared at all. And she was just really caring and I felt really treated with respect by the staff as a whole.. So different from the 1st time round. I'd love to send a thank you card or something even though they will have forgotten me by this point but don't know if it's a normal thing to do?

I sent a card for each child. In the UK nurses and midwives can use thank you cards as part if their evidence needed to renew their registration.

 

[mum22ttc#3]

I don't think mine was as fast as yours rhi if I remember correctly what you wrote but it was pretty quick (2hours 40 mins with dd4) and that freaked me out enough. I ended up the hospital the day before to get checked for pains as I was worried I wouldn't get there in time otherwise.
As it turns out we did only make it there 35 minutes before he was born and it took us 10-15 minutes to walk down to maternity. I told everyone beforehand I was hoping to add at least an extra hour into labour and usually it's the other way around lol doesn't help our hospital is 30 minutes away and it took an hour or so to realise I was actually in labour.

Hope that it is the start of things for you and that it doesn't go to fast

 

[Teeny Weeny]

Good luck Rhi. I hope this is it for you. Xx

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Thank you mum2. Someone who understands Hahah. Usually people just laugh. I suppose it's hard when someone else may have had an awful 15 hour labour and you're like "I would have loved a few more hours" it's not likely they are going to give you much sympathy

My hospital is about 30 mins give or take. The main road leading to it between our two towns has about 8 sets of traffic lights on it. So I'm desperate to avoid rush hour. When I was doing the school run I heard on the radio that there was an overturned lorry blocking it ATM... and I did think "well now I'm going to go into labour" ahaha sure its been cleared up by now though.

I do hope it does mean something although trying not to get my hopes set up too highly. Its been an emotional week already.

 

[Tinky_82]

Good luck Rhi.
Teeny I'm so sorry you are frustrated I hope you get a bed soon.
Tink I sent a thank you card to my community midwife and to the maternity ward. This time I'll be sending you the community midwife, the midwife who delivered Casey and the ambulance crew. I know they probably won't remember but I am so grateful for their care.

 

[Boo44]

Gorgeous photo Angel!! Beautiful children

Oh Rhi fingers crossed!

Teeny I hope everything gets going soon I feel for you xx

Pixie - I feel a bit the same. Like I'm so proud Arthur is 9lb but then everyone says oh he's 9lb at 7 weeks he's sooooo tiny! Add that to the fact he's still asleep more than he's awake and I feel a bit sad that these first weeks have been clouded by me worrying about stuff that I didn't have to worry about with the others! But he's so adorable and he'll get there in his own time I know xx