March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[Kte]

Stelly: - Happy discharge day!!

Skeet: Hurray, so your officially on leave now?!

Anna: Congratulations on the arrival of William

MrsChezek: Tanks, its been a week of it, wasn't in again until after 7, at least OH came to rescue us with the car. I just keep telling myself, 3 more weeks! Typical you will be off bed resd when your ready!

iPretti: Dont you just hate the gas pains, like we need anything else to content with. You end up thinking 'uh-oh what's this?' then suddenly !! I know you getting frustrated and have been for a while Did you hear back about your gall stones?

 

[iprettii]

KTE thanks for remembering about my gall stones. I saw a surgeon about them and it looks like my surgery date is March 28th. I was orginially told it could be done the same day that I give birth so that I could have one recovery date, but now I'm being told that it has to be 2 weeks after so that the swelling in my uterus could go down. The surgery is too remove my gall bladder. I'm just looking forward to being done with all of this.

 

[heaveneats]

personal questions for you ladies... have you still been DTD? OH and i still have been regularly since he always wants it bit i'm finding it uncomfortable, some times i just say no way not tonight, but i've heard from some of my friends they stopped DTD until thy wanted to to get labor started

 

[rmsh1]

We have stopped DTD now, just until we want to try it to start labour, but we had already cut back as it just did not feel "good" for me anymore. I think it is partly the cm I have going on, there is a lot of it, and it is not the lubricating type if you know what I mean So it felt weird and I have not been too keen. Now we will save it til this baby has to get out

 

[Kte]

Ipretti: Aw that is a shame they can't do it at the same time.

heaveneats: We have prob DTD once, we didn't do it much when I was pregnant the first time around either. I'm not a believer that it kicks off labour anyway, I think it's more coincidence but if people are up for it at the time and are desperate for LO to arrive it's not a bad way of trying to bring things on really! LikeI say, personally, not really for me. It's not comfy!

AFM: Got my birthing dress! Hurray! I went to look at some nighties and really did not want them but I found a beach dress from Primark, £4! It's short but covers the modesty and is airy for the top. The plan is to get these hospital bags packed over the next week - starting tomorrow - still have a few bits and bobs to buy which is why it will take the week but I finally have my list!

 

[baby_maybe]

Heaveneats - we have just started dtd again, but we hadn't done it since bfp up until I had my cervical suture removed as I have to be on pelvic rest until then. I probably wouldn't be that fussed otherwise, but a) I really needed it after that long and b) I'm quite hoping it helps to at least soften my cervix up a bit before the consultant checks if I'll be favourable for an induction around my due date. If I'm not I may opt for and elective section instead as he doesn't want me much past my due date.

 

[anna1986]

Hi all

Thank you for all your congrats

We r both doing really well and should be home tomorow as long as little man keeps his feeding up over night as he's being a bit lazy with it!

Will put a birth story up once were home

In the mean time here's my teeny little man
(Sorry pics round wrong way)

 

[Mrs. AJ]

Oh he's so perfect, congrats again!

As for dtd, we've been doing it all along, some positions are definitely more comfy than others at this point! As for inducing labor, the sperm supposedly softens the cervix, orgasm can kick off contractions....so you dont necessarily need to dtd for that, if its too uncomfortable

 

[anna1986]

For those of you askin about DTD me n hubby had sex the night my waters broke!!

 

[rose.]

Ahh he is soo gorgeous Anna!! Makes me want to meet my little man even more.

Hope your first night with sol at home went ok, stelly!

Hubby and I haven't really dtd that often at all through the pregnancy - we have probably done it a handful of times!! I do miss it but we had a scare with spotting after sex early on which really put me off. Once I've finished work and am ready for him to come though, I think we will try it again!

 

[Lou1234]

Look what happens when I don't read this thread for a few days!

Stelly, hope you had a good first night at home with Sol.

And congratulations Anna! William is gorgeous. Look forward to reading your birth story.

 

[rose.]

I've started operation bouncy ball today. At my appointment on Thursday the midwife said I should start bouncing as baby's head is still free. Hoping that a bit of bouncing every day will help him get engaged for next time!!

 

[Lou1234]

Good luck Rose! I sit on my ball at the dining table for breakfast and dinner!

Both comfortable and might have helped a few weeks ago to move baby to a head down position.

 

[sethsmummy]

anna congratulations hun!!! Your little man is simply gorgeous

Stelly - Woot for having Sol home!! I hope your first night went great.

Everyone else - I hope you are all keeping well. Sorry i dont keep up to date with this thread, i promise to start checking in properly

sounds like lots of you are laying off the sex. I promised dh tonight silly me lol. Been loosing my plug lately and having lots of random pains. Cant wait for the next few weeks to be over with. Im so done being in constant pain now.. and bowling ball syndrome is seriously annoying me. The shooting pains up the foof whilst walking is not nice. xx

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

Congrats Anna and Stelly!

As far as DTD, DH and I really haven't since December now. I get irritated with it now since we are so limited on positions, and I never really manage to get much out of it. So 30 minutes in I eventually just give up. So, needless to say, it's not really part of our routine anymore!

 

[sharnw]

We havent DTD since I was 14 weeks pregnant. Had a scare with some spotting :/
I was kind of thinking about DTD soon over the next week though?

 

[Stelly]

Aw thanks ladies, it was such a wonderful feeling coming home from the hospital and walking through my front door for the first time in 2 months...and with my SON!

It was a great night, which fortunately I was running off of pure enthusiasm lol cause little man has some awful gas right now from the breast milk fortifier they switched him too, so there was no laying down for Sol, he would only sleep if he was being held on his tummy against my chest. So that's what I was up doing all night... and now all day lol. I'm so thrilled he's home, I'd carry that boy till the end of the Earth if I have to.

Oh and he's 2 months old today and a whopping 4lbs 13oz

 

[Stelly]

Oh, and now that I FINALLY have my laptop, here is a few pictures from the very beginning to now just to catch ya'll up photo wise!

 

[Stelly]

and just a few more

 

[sethsmummy]

aww im so glad you enjoyed your first night home. I hope his gas settles soon hun, that cant be nice for the poor little man! He is just so gorgeous

Sharn so sorry you had a scare hun. I had one also at 10 weeks after DTD. But was told its just because the cervix is easy to irritate whilst pregnant. So i know to expect perhaps a little spotting after sex.

athena - i normally dont get anything from DTD anymore either.. but the last time we did it i enjoyed it. Then the 1st time last night i enjoyed it. The second time i didnt though.. just couldnt enjoy it probably because i was so uncomfy and tired though.

Sounds like my DH is one lucky so and so lol. As promised we DTD last night at 10.. then when he came to bed at 3 (id been awake since 2:30) he started pestering me again... i mean like what the hell After half an hour i gave in since i knew fine well id get no sleep till he got what he wanted so we DTD again! 4am rolled round... then 4:30 and dh is flat out snoring his head off and since he wraps himself in the duvet he was sweating and making it too damn hot. I just couldn't get comfy so decided sod it at 5am when ds woke for a bottle and got up. So its going to be a looooong day! Feeling a bit crampy since the 2nd time though.

hope everybody is feeling good this morning xxx