Lil' October Pumpkins 2013

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Generally from Ultrasounds. Although my MW with my first baby estimated what the weight would be pretty accurately. She was a few ounces off and that was just feeling baby through my tummy.
 
I don't know how much weight baby puts on per week now either but bub measured at 3.5lbs on Monday at 30 weeks and she gave me an estimate of 6-7lbs birth weight!
 
I had my estimates by ultrasound too.

Lady - My daughter was 6lb 2oz at birth and she was estimated at only about 2lb 4oz at 30 weeks roughly, so I would guess somewhere around 7-8lb for your baby if there estimate was correct! I know a lot of ladies who say their babies weight estimates were way out compared to when baby was born
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I was told it's about half a pound a week they put on. At 29 weeks my baby was approx. 3lbs 9oz so a bit of a chunker!

Maze - my DH assumed we'd be in separate rooms too! Romantic eh?! I think we're going to try shifts so DH will feed baby between 8pm - 2am and then I'll do 2am - morning but we'll have to see how it goes as that will only work if I can express and if it isn't disturbing us both too much.

I've had a strange couple of days. Yesterday (second wedding anniversary) woke up to find body was totally numb and no baby movements at all. Day before he'd been a bit quiet. Counted kicks for a bit and he was moving but not much. To cut a long story short ended up being admitted to hospital (where baby of course started kicking up a storm!) but then they had concerns about my health - breathlessness, heart palpitations, fast pulse etc. Turns out my 28 week bloods showed I was anaemic and have low white blood cells and platelets but my crap midwife hasn't even told me so I've been getting worse and worse and eventually ended up in this state. So was monitored all day as they wanted to check it was definitely anaemia causing these symptoms and not a blood clot, they attempted to keep me overnight but thankfully I was discharged at 11pm. Such a horrible crappy upsetting day, can't even begin to describe how upset I was and feel so let down by midwife and anniversary was ruined :( Luckily though I'm now on iron tablets, looks like I will hopefully be consultant led now so I won't have to see rubbish midwife anyway and we pretended today was our anniversary so had a lovely day shopping, cinema and DH took me out for a meal. I am so done with being pregnant, bring on October already!!
 
Thanks sisterrose...i think it also depends on what u eat too she told me to bcareful now up until the due date as what u eat now really matters as baby.absorbs so much now.

Well i guess its a case of wait see when bub pops out lol!
 
Sorry to hear that Broody! I am glad it was an easy fix with iron pills. Would have been nice for her to tell you so you didn't have to have that scare though!!!
 
Broody sorry to hear about your crap day.

I am also having a bit of a worry have been bleeding since Monday on and off only browny pink. Mw are unconcerned and reckon its due to sex.

See the mw tomorrow so hope they give me some advice.
 
Broody :hugs: sorry you had such a crappy day yesterday, how terrible that nobody let you know about your 28 week bloods!! Now that you know what the cause is though, you can start taking something for it and hopefully will start to feel much better soon :-) xxx

Goddess - I hope you get some advice on what's causing the bleeding tomorrow, surely it would have stopped by now if it was purely caused by sex? :shrug: Let us know!
 
so this question would be for mom's who have already experienced labor, I have seen lot of videos on youtube where most of women -in pushing stage lie on their back , but i have heard its not ideal position, i am confused about this. i need some advice and insight ladies
 
I never got to actually push with any of my babies due to emergencies, with my first I spent most of my labour on my side. I had wanted to be crouched in the tub on my knees but my blood pressure was too high. I think, generally though, it is what is most comfortable for the mother.. and can sometimes depend on the situation. Some labours allow you to be more mobile and flexible than others due to your vital signs, the baby's vital signs, whether or not you've decided to have an epidural (then you do need to remain on the bed, most likely a lot of women in the videos had one.)
 
mayurid12 said:
so this question would be for mom's who have already experienced labor, I have seen lot of videos on youtube where most of women -in pushing stage lie on their back , but i have heard its not ideal position, i am confused about this. i need some advice and insight ladies
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They say pushing while on your back is not ideal is because of how your pelvis is aligned with the baby in the birth canal. When you are laying on your back, your pelvis is tilted upward which isn't allowing the baby to be delivered plus laying on your back is counteracting against gravity as well. Most of the time, nurses will actually set the bed when you are getting ready to push to tilt at a upward degree to help your pelvis tilt downward so usually it's not a big of a deal. I remember when I started pushing on my back it didn't feel right, like I was uncomfortable to push that way and my nurse said to try a few different positions until I found one that felt right and that maximizes my pushes. Turned out propping myself up with my elbows with the bed tilted worked best and I delivered with no issues.

Keep in mind, many ladies are different: some feel comfortable pushing flat on their back, some feel comfortable pushing while squatting on the floor, some feel comfortable pushing with a rope of blanket/towel, some feel comfortable with pushing with legs pushed back or outwards away from their body. THe point is what works for you will work for *you* because you are you and your body and baby is not the same as the woman in the next labor room. Thus... referring to my first paragraph, some women's pelvis might not point upward and pushing on their back works for them just fine.

I wouldn't worry about the youtube and how pushing on your back is bad, etc etc, you will discover fast what positions works for you and everything will fall into place. Good luck!
 
As for everyone else who are having issues, don't feel bad, I am dealing with pregnancy issues as well (SPD pain and feeling flub and huge and tired and blah) ... I guess it's safe to say we all are out of the babymoon phase of the pregnancy... BOOOOOO. :haha:
 
Yep, babymoon is over. Having issues trying to get moved over to consultant led now so it's all doing my head in.

Goddess how are you with the bleeding now?
 
Psht, with the exception of my stupid cold/acid reflux/terrible combination, I feel wonderful. Then again, I didn't hit the Babymoon stage til almost 7 months anyways.

We're finally finishing the nursery today. We just have to touch up some final paint spots, hang the mobile, make the curtains, and load it up! Whoo hoo!
 
Its still there but very very light and only when i wipe. My MW did tell me to expect it to last for at least 3 days on and off.

In regards to pushing baby out. I was on my back 1st time and ended up in the Or but DS was stuck. With 2nd labour my mw let me direct what i wanted, when it came to the pushing stage she wanted me on a bed but i i went into the cat position on all 4s and DD kind of fell out after a few pushes. Certainly cat postition or being in an upright position is best for delivery for sure, gravity helps.
 
I'd love to know what estimated weight of this little one is, but we don't get growth scans unless fundal height is measuring small/big. I did have one with my DS and at 28 weeks he was estimated at 2lb 13oz! He was born at 36 weeks weighing 6lb 2oz.

I feel a lot bigger this time, and think this baby will be biggest of all.

I have hospital appoint on monday, and i'm hoping to discuss and possibly book a date for a C-Section. Having a date will make it seem so much more real, because i still can't get my head around that fact i'm having another baby!!
 
I think because i'm nervous something will go wrong i can't led myself believe we'll have an actual real life baby in our house! Will prob feel like that until he's in my arms.
 
I can't wait to see who will be first out of us to have babies ;) I keep noticing people like Broody, and Maze who only have five weeks left until term!
 
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