Lil' October Pumpkins 2013

[broodymrs]

Love the nursery sis rose!

I didn't mind my due date. We were ttc for so long that i just wanted it to happen. Having said that pretty glad it's not xmas. It's actually great timing as i'll be off work for my fave time of year: halloween, then bonfire night, my bday, then xmas!! So excited!!

We've redered

 

[goddess25]

Your right it is great times to be off.

 

[broodymrs]

Phone went wierd! We've ordered nursery furniture this week, delivered end of july, same week i start antenatal classes. We're doing an intensive 2 week course.

Just starting to think about labour. I will most likely have pain relief, maybe pethidine and i'd love a water birth. Other than that happy to go with the flow, although i do want to know when my final chance for an epidural is just in case i'm finding it really bad. Been really good and not taken hardly any meds and no_naughty foods or drinks while preg so drugs are my reward during labour!

 

[girlnboots]

We havent bought much either. We're having our baby shower in a month, but the gender is a secret til then, so we're just waiting to see what hand-me-downs people give us from their baby girls before we buy too much. We're on a fairly tight budget, so we don't want to spend money we don't have to.

https://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s544/girlnboots13/20130523_193516_zps0bfaa1a6.jpg there's my nursery so far! The painted half anyways. I also made a beaded mobile that isn't quite finished either.

 

[Girly922]

We haven't even started the nursery yet. I want a lion king theme. Lol. I did order the nursery furniture last night though. Being delivered towards the end of July. It was a really good deal in argos. It's the mamas & papas teo set. Cot bed, wardrobe and chest of drawers with changer for £340 plus the cot bed mattress at half price. We're not exactly working to a budget but I love a good bargain so if things have a good sale, I'm sold. Lol. Plus, this way, we'll have more money aside for when baby gets here. I want to take as long off work as I can.

I love the cot skirt girlnboots!!

 

[Murmers0110]

Cute nurseries ladies!

Am I the only o e that wants a hospital vaginal birth with the epidural ??

 

[tx614]

Murmers- I am also having a hospital birth with drugs! Not sure what drugs as I hadn't heard of a lot of the ones you ladies are talking about. I had only heard of the epi. What are the others?

Sisterrose- I LOVE you pink, brown and tan wall! Did you paint it, or are those the sticky wall decals. I think it would be so hard to paint stripes but we are doing the same colors in our nursery and I may steal your idea! We were just going to paint all pink...but that is a lot of pink!!

 

[jbell157]

Cute nurseries ladies! I'm similar to goddess, we won't be buying or doing anything until mid to late August. Its mostly due to the remodel though.

Murmers I want to deliver in a hospital but I want to try not to get an epidural. My mom had four kids naturally and I'd like to do the same.

Tx614 we use stadol here in the states. And I don't think we have gas or air.

 

[PreggyEggy]

I had an epidural last time, it was a big mistake for me. It was bliss for about an hour, then stopped working on one half of my body. It happens sometimes apparently, but it was not a nice experience at all! They wouldn't do anything about it, and I obviously couldn't get up and move about to relieve my pain. I had to go to theatre hours after the birth for a manual placenta removal and they had to give me a really high dose and tilt the table to the side of my body that could still feel was much lower then the other side.

I'm determined not to have one this time, no way! They still want me to go for a review to talk about though. It's part of the reason I'm having a home birth, no epidurals there!

I had pethadine last time too, and didn't like it either. It was odd. It knocked me out for hours but I had no knowledge of it, and I was exhausted when I did come back around so it didn't really help! It also really messed with my sense of the passage of time, I felt really spaced out.

Gas and air is fun though! It's good cause the effects wear off quick so there's no real after effects, and it feels just like being drunk as a skunk! I kept offering it to DH in front of the midwife, hahaha. I had a tooth ache for days after, I really bit down on the mouth piece towards the end. I'm going to try and get DH to stop me doing that.

I used tens as well, and would definitely recommend! I'll be renting one again this time.

Has anyone had a water birth? I'd love one, but my house is very tiny. Not quite sure how it would fit, though I know they do little ones. I'm just trying to decide if it will really make a difference.

Either way, I'm hoping that labouring in the comfort of my own home will give me a quicker labour! I was 26 hours last time. :/

Am I the only one not doing a nursery too? Everyones look so lovely, I'm jealous! I just spent so much money on that stuff with DD first time round, and she never used any of it. Her cot bed is still mostly unused. She slept in her moses basket for the first 6 months and then in bed with us, could not even fathom putting her in her lovely expensive room! Ah well, it was still fun to do.

 

[tx614]

I had an epidural last time, it was a big mistake for me. It was bliss for about an hour, then stopped working on one half of my body. It happens sometimes apparently, but it was not a nice experience at all! They wouldn't do anything about it, and I obviously couldn't get up and move about to relieve my pain. I had to go to theatre hours after the birth for a manual placenta removal and they had to give me a really high dose and tilt the table to the side of my body that could still feel was much lower then the other side.

I'm determined not to have one this time, no way! They still want me to go for a review to talk about though. It's part of the reason I'm having a home birth, no epidurals there!

I had pethadine last time too, and didn't like it either. It was odd. It knocked me out for hours but I had no knowledge of it, and I was exhausted when I did come back around so it didn't really help! It also really messed with my sense of the passage of time, I felt really spaced out.

Gas and air is fun though! It's good cause the effects wear off quick so there's no real after effects, and it feels just like being drunk as a skunk! I kept offering it to DH in front of the midwife, hahaha. I had a tooth ache for days after, I really bit down on the mouth piece towards the end. I'm going to try and get DH to stop me doing that.

I used tens as well, and would definitely recommend! I'll be renting one again this time.

Has anyone had a water birth? I'd love one, but my house is very tiny. Not quite sure how it would fit, though I know they do little ones. I'm just trying to decide if it will really make a difference.

Either way, I'm hoping that labouring in the comfort of my own home will give me a quicker labour! I was 26 hours last time. :/

Am I the only one not doing a nursery too? Everyones look so lovely, I'm jealous! I just spent so much money on that stuff with DD first time round, and she never used any of it. Her cot bed is still mostly unused. She slept in her moses basket for the first 6 months and then in bed with us, could not even fathom putting her in her lovely expensive room! Ah well, it was still fun to do.

What are tens?

 

[PreggyEggy]

What are tens?

Very sorry, I should have said! It's like a machine that you connect to the skin of your back that delivers little electric charges during contractions that are meant to relieve pain.

You can read more about them here:
https://www.babycentre.co.uk/a542581/tens

If you have a look at them, make sure you're looking for once designed for pregnancy, because you can also get machines for backache, etc.

I found it great, it really helped me to concentrate on the tingly buzz of the machine during contractions. It sounds like it should hurt, but it doesn't.

 

[tx614]

Thanks! That sounds pretty cool; I have never heard of it. I wonder if they have it in the states?

 

[Maze]

When I was in labour with my son, I did over 24 hours with absolutely nothing, not even a tylenol. I was having a lot of back labouring and they had me on pitocin as well and vaginal suppositories to soften my cervix. I was overdue and they were inducing me as my blood pressure had become quite nasty.

Honestly, I was in a fair bit of pain. I didn't yell, or cry, or anything like that. I think I was more red in the face than anything. However, no matter how many times they asked if they could give me something for the pain I systematically replied "I'm fine." Which was really weird, because going into it I had every intention of having pain relief, I had nothing against it... but it was like someone had hit a switch in me and my body became determined to do what it had to do and didn't want anyone butting in.

Can't say what would have happened if things continued down that path though, and I hadn't had an emergency c-section due to my son's heart rate, I really don't think I'd have gotten any kind of relief though. I was on a random unexpected mission.

Also - great nurseries everyone!

 

[Junebugs]

Love the nurseries ladies!!!

I am doing it natural this time and i think i am going to go with a home birth and if i do i want a water birth aswell. I LOVE the water and i think it would really be a good pain reliever for me.

I got an epi last time and was actually in alot of pain from it.... I hated having to lay on my back only and not being ablr to move at all. I had done like 16 hours of pain free but i was talked into doing the epi from the nurse because the guy was already there doing someone else so she said if i didnt do it then, then i wouldnt get it later most likely (because he was very busy :eyeroll: ).... i HATED that i got pressured into taking it, that is the reason i went with a midwife this time.

 

[girlnboots]

Wow, my phone skipped bunches. I would love a home water birth, but my OH is forcing me to go to the hospital, since this is our first. Otherwise, my birth plan basically states leave me alone and let me labor the way god intended, whether its on a birthing ball or crouching down and growling like a tiger.

The more I read about epidurals, the more I'm hoping I can resist it. There's so many bad stories and side effects, and even "normal" experiences are a little off.

 

[broodymrs]

Yeah I've heard epidurals can slow down your labour and you can't feel your contractions so you don't know when to push and the midwives have to tell you. Having said that my friend who is on baby no 2 swears by them and she said there is a new type of epi that only partially numbs you so you can still move and still feel your contractions a little bit, but not so much it hurts. I'm going to discuss pain relief with my midwife and see what she says. They are very anti-epi where I live though. I think probably because it slows the labour down and they prob want the hospital bed back! I find that a nice warm bath cures anything for me, so I would love love love a water birth, but there's only one pool at my hospital so apparantly it's really difficult to actually get it unfortunately.

I am hoping DH will let us start on the nursery today. I've just been paid my bonus so got it stashed away in savings for my little babes, but I can dip into it for nursery decorating. Meeting my mum today for shopping so she would love to help me get the stuff.

Going to go a little off topic now just to update on my drama of a life if anyone's interested! Spent yesterday afternoon in the emergency labour ward as when I went to the loo at work my knickers were soaking wet. I've been having a bit of leakage all week and spoke to L&D on Mon about it so when I called they said to go straight in. I was terrified, didn't want to bother DH or my mum until I knew what was happening and even the midwives and drs weren't sure as they said from what they could see there was no fluid, but the urine sample I gave them looked a lot like fluid. They eventually let me go with instructions to monitor it but they don't think it's fluid. They did also have a chat with me about stress levels as I burst out crying when I was there (although quite understandable I think given the fact I thought I was going into labour!). So I am chilling this weekend, and I think I will ring in sick next week so I can properly rest and keep an eye on this fluid, and also for my stress levels as it is work that stresses me out. Then after next week I'll have to see. Still not sleeping and I've been diagnoses with diastasis recti so am in constant pain so I'm just a bit of a wreck at the moment!

On top of all this there is still the situation with my bro's 'accidentally' pregnant girlfriend. She is having a hard time of it as her firbroids are causing probs so it is just awful for her atm. Me and my mum are supporting her though, and we should have some test results today so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Even though it isn't an ideal situation I can see my bro will be a great dad, and it's lovely that Dylan will have a cousin of a similar age.

Sorry for rambling off topic.....will hopefully be posting some nursery pics later! xx

 

[Girly922]

The hospital I'm booked in with have recently opened a new midwife-led birthing suite so in total they now have 4 birthing pools I believe. I'm really hoping this means I can have one of them! Lol. I'm booked to hopefully go into the midwife-led unit and on there you can't have an epidural. If you want/need one they have to transfer you to the delivery suite. You can have gas and air, and drugs. But there aren't any anaesthetists on the unit. They've basically tried recreating a home birth experience in the unit, but you're there at the hospital if anything goes wrong.

Wow, broodymrs. That doesn't sound like fun. Try and take it easy hunny! Lots of rest

 

[Sbmack]

Girly922, that's great news. With four pools, your bound to get one of them. There's only one in my hospital, but my doula and the women from the hospital assures me that I will get it if I'm determined. Everyone interested in a water birth has to take a class on it and less than half actually end up delivering that way.

For those of you considering a natural birth, you should watch the documentary "The business of being born". You can get it on Netflix. It really solidified my desire for an epi free experience. Mostly because I want to be able to walk around and move through the contractions and I don't want to deliver on the bed. I think it would take a lot longer because your body isn't feeling the contractions. I also am really hoping that nothing causes me to be induced because it looks like Pitocin can be a scary drug that causes the pain to be magnified. Also, I believe they make you stay in bed once you receive it. I would most likely get the epidural if that happens.

Everyone's nursery's look great. We haven't done much yet. It's currently my work office. I've cleaned most of my stuff out besides my computer and desk, but we still need to strip wallpaper and do some maintenance to the ceiling. The joys of living in an old house.

 

[KalonKiki]

Lovely nurseries, ladies!

I would have loved a water birth, but unfortunately we don't have the option in my area. I worry about the horror stories with epis, but I still intend to get one mostly because my mother insisted that I do and my OB also thinks it's a good idea. After giving birth drug free four times and then having drugs the fifth time with no ill effects, I'm hoping that she's right and that everything happens the way it's supposed to with the epi. I hope that I have a quick labor, I'm more worried about a long labor than anything.

I'm curious about the options you all have overseas though, I've never heard of them before. I'm guessing that we don't have those options over here in the states.

 

[jbell157]

Broodymrs how scary! I think your plan to take it easy and take next week off is a good one. Keep us utd.