long cycles support thread :) the yelping vaginas club! (closed group)

[Rachel789]

Dee-he is gorgeous! Love the name too

Bethany- that is great news about a shorter cycle! I hope you catch the egg

The epidural was no big deal at all. I was in so much pain I barely noticed it. And luckily you don't have to watch it going in.

 

[Diddums]

Was it easy to sit still between contractions when you were having the epidural?

 

[mrsc81]

Dee he is gorgeous

Good Luck Bethany!

 

[seabean]

I also didn't think anything of the epidural. I was in so much pain at that point that it would have been completely counter-productive and probably make the experience a negative one instead of positive. It's such a personal decision though that you should just go with your gut. I don't think you should feel like less of a mom if you cave and get it though. They don't hand out medals for surviving without one. I would have liked to try to do it, but it just was too much. They are pros about putting them in with contractions, so don't worry about that aspect. And since its your back you don't see anything and the site is numbed first so all you feel is some pressure. The dose these days is low so you still feel contractions when they come and can push just fine. I was telling the nurse it was time to push again before the monitors even picked up that I was contracting. I still felt my legs amd everything, just no pain.

 

[Rachel789]

I knew the more still I was the faster they could get it in so that was my motivation for not moving!

 

[bnporter81]

Dee, he's so precious! Love the pics

I agree, I've had 3 epidurals and I think the pain of being in labor at 5 or 6 cm. far outweighs the pain of getting the epidural. For me it was hard to hold still when I was having contractions so close together but you just have to make yourself do it. It's over in no time and then you have hours (usually) of not being in pain and actually being able to relax before you start pushing. Totally worth it.

Thanks everyone...FX'd this will be my sticky cycle

Katya, I was on the Metformin but I haven't taken it in months so I really believe it's mostly the Inositol/Folic Acid combo that's mostly been helping with my glucose.

 

[mrsc81]

If only I had time to get an epidural

 

[Missbx]

Looks like I'm going to ovulate soon opks getting darker! x

 

[bnporter81]

Good luck, Miss

 

[Diddums]

Good luck Missbx!!

Bethany I hope you get a temp spike to day to indicate ovulation!!! Hope the inositol/folic acid is helping. Why did you stop the metformin? Xxxx

 

[Missbx]

I had red spotting last night only a little bit & brown this morning I have no idea what this could be my opks are still neg I'm going to try and do another today x

 

[bnporter81]

Miss, sometimes a woman can have some spotting right before and during ovulation...I was googling it yesterday because I was having some light pink spotting. Maybe you're about to ovulate and that's what it is

Thanks Katya. I had a .5 of a degree spike this morning, so hopefully I did O. yesterday I stopped the Metformin because I was taking it for a while and I wasn't really seeing a change in my cycles and it was wreaking havoc on my stomachI started reading about Pregnitude and the ingredients in it and started taking them. After a couple of months they seem to be working...FX'd.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Today is my little boy's birthday, so I'm off to buy decorations!

 

[Diddums]

Yay it's V-day for me!! And to celebrate we're off to order our travel system, baby shop and meet my good friends week old baby girl! So excited!!!

 

[Diddums]

Miss, sometimes a woman can have some spotting right before and during ovulation...I was googling it yesterday because I was having some light pink spotting. Maybe you're about to ovulate and that's what it is

Thanks Katya. I had a .5 of a degree spike this morning, so hopefully I did O. yesterday I stopped the Metformin because I was taking it for a while and I wasn't really seeing a change in my cycles and it was wreaking havoc on my stomachI started reading about Pregnitude and the ingredients in it and started taking them. After a couple of months they seem to be working...FX'd.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Today is my little boy's birthday, so I'm off to buy decorations!

Yay for temp spike!!!! Hope this is it for you Bethany. And happy birthday to your LO for yesterday xxx

 

[mrsc81]

Cant believe how fast its going Katya
Baby shopping

 

[bnporter81]

Sounds fun Katya. Hope you have a good time

 

[Diddums]

We finally decided on a nursery set for baby Went to mamas and papas and they had the one i fell in love with ages ago on sale at 30% off. So we've ordered it for delivery mid October!!!

https://mamasandpapas.scene7.com/is/image/mamasandpapas/oceanspringrange?hei=1280&icc=sRGB%20IEC61966-2.1&iccEmbed=1


Also ordered our bugaboo buffalo

 

[rmsh1]

Lovely set Katya! Cant wait til we move into a bigger place and I have a room to organise for Emma But both OH and myself have jobs now so we will move into a bigger place as soon as we can! Yay!

 

[Diddums]

Yay on the jobs and house front Bex!

We've found a new house i love, but its attracted a lot of interest and im not sure whether we will get it. We have to submit our last and best offer a week on monday. Fingers crossed!!

Has anyone got a Pink Lining Yummy Mummy changing bag? Or can anyone one comment on the durability/quality of the bags? I love the look of this one, and the size and pockets inside etc but its quite expensive at £79.00.

https://johnlewis.scene7.com/is/image/JohnLewis/232124937?$prod_main$

 

[bnporter81]

Aww, I love the furniture, Katya! I bet it will look beautiful all set upDo you know what colors/theme you're going to use yet or are you waiting until your next ultrasound when you know more for sure what the sex is?