MARCH 2014 Monkeys! - Please join if you're due in March 2014

[Blessedbaby]

LOL BaniVani i can just imagine the look on his face

i too get cramps under my bump when rolling from one side to the other with the right hurting more than my left ...

my stretchmarks are becoming red now ...

@waitingfordamon ... im glad u got your date ...

 

[donnarobinson]

Morning girls hope ur ok. That story is so funny ! X

 

[HappyHome]

Can I ask, anyone who had a VBAC appointment with the consultant...did you go alone...is there any point my partner being there? x

I went alone to mine, but I've had 2 VBAC's so didn't particularly need the appointment myself really.
If you are pretty clued up on the aspects of VBAC you should be fine, they'll give you information to take home so if you didn't take it all in you can read it when you are ready.
If your other half doesn't quite understand it or was frightened about the previous section it may actually help him to go.




Cramps and BH are part and parcel of my nights now. I find that the only real way of getting a decent amount of sleep is sleeping as upright as I can, it's frustrating.
I have had a lot more BH this time than any previous pregnancies. Sometimes they get a bit strong i wonder whats going on! My last two labours have started with big bloody shows (really scary waking to blood soaked bedding I can tell you) so part of me thinks that may be the case again, but who knows.

Oh I'd have to sleep with a pad under my bum or under my bedding to protect the mattress from getting blood stained! haha....

I have an old blanket under the sheet

Hello all.

Well, I may chicken out before said date, but as of this moment I have scheduled a repeat c section for a gestational age of 39w6d, or March 7. I feel a sense of release from the feeling of conflict regarding choosing vbac or c section....
Only time will tell whether I will turn tail and run from the prospect of surgery---but for now there is a planned day of delivery which will allow my mother to schedule time away from work so that she can be with our daughter for the delivery weekend.

xx

I think you will be more relaxed now you at least have a date. I hope it goes well Hun xx

 

[Eltjuh]

Omg, can't believe that story! That's funny!!


We've got our hospital tour tonight! Looking forward to seeing where our baby will be born!

 

[wannabubba#4]

Banivani that is hysterical lmao, poor hubby! But why give Viagra as a present at a baby shower lol? Omg!!

Waiting... Yay on getting your date, isn't it weird that you have your baby's birthday date already lol. Unless you go early if course

Enjoy your tour Ella, hope the hospital is everything you are expecting, and more xx

Hope everyone else is good today.

I picked up my birth pool last night, sorted out a pile of old towels a basin, and a bucket and have told hubby to get some water proof sheeting from work. Feels so much closer now I am sorting birthing equipment lol. Going to need to get some nice music sorted for relaxing in the pool now xxx

 

[donnarobinson]

I wish I could be calm and looking 4ward to labour but the thought of it almost brings me to tears, I no its worth it bt I'm so scared lol x

I'm giivng birth in the same hospital I had my son in x

 

[wannabubba#4]

I wish I could be calm and looking 4ward to labour but the thought of it almost brings me to tears, I no its worth it bt I'm so scared lol x

I'm giivng birth in the same hospital I had my son in x

Donna, generally second labour's go much quicker than first ones hun so try not to get to worried. Worrying and panicking makes the pain worse, try to get some hypnobirthing in, or at very least keep telling yourself you can do this!!!!
Because you can, you have done it before, this time will be a breeze

Don't get me wrong I have my very scared moments too ( have had 2 excellent labours and 2 not so) but am trying to focus on having a positive experience this time around, positive mental attitude lol keeping in control, and letting my body do naturally what it can do xxxxx

 

[donnarobinson]

Thanks hun, ino ur right , and yup ino I've done it b4 and keep saying hopefully its gotta be better 2nd time round , just fingers crossed . Ino once thre born worth it x

 

[Eltjuh]

I'm definitely not looking forward to labour/giving birth, but can't say I'm terrified of it. I've done it before so I can do it again. And Lucas' labour wasn't the easiest with a long early labour (3 days!!!) and then him coming out with his hand on his face, which I reckon may have been the reason it took so long for things to get going properly... And then the pushing stage taking about 2 hrs, they actually thought about using ventouse or forceps but didn't need that in the end once they hooked me up to a hormone drip to get my contractions stronger again! (they kinda died down). So this time I'm just hoping it won't take so bloody long!! 12 hours from start to finish I'd be pretty happy with!! Wouldn't want a VERY fast labour either, cause I've heard that can be pretty scary!!

Anyway, you can do it Donna! You've done it before and therefore you can do it again, and like Donna said, 2nd labours tend to be easier!!

 

[donnarobinson]

I had a horrible dream last night I had chad and then I hemoraged and needed a hysterctomy and I was in a coma 4 a month , wen I woke up he had been took home and the mil ad took over and he had colic, she hadn't been sterlising his bottles al the time, he had sma wen he was ment to have cow and gate, he slept with her I was furious ! Lol x

 

[donnarobinson]

I think I'm more scared of being ill after & hemoraging again, it was the pushing which I hated ! Where as some women find that a relief , I didn't 2 hours I pushed on the verge of needing forceps but I got him out after I was cut , then the stitches fell out , so was so sore , but yeh I think I'm dreading the pushing and after the most x

 

[Blessedbaby]

Im scared as well LOL ... did this 13yrs ago so Im really scared of labour but Im more scared of going into labour morning hours ... we dont have a car and live 1hour away from our hospital

 

[donnarobinson]

Aww bless I'm scared of leaving my little boy aswell gna miss him so much! We haven't spent a night away from each other since he was born !

So I hope I'm in and out. X

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Im not looking forward to birth. The pushing stage was just xhausting...i was begging fr a c section not bc it hurt but bc i was tired!! Everything else was fine.... I worry about a failed epi, or baby having to need emerg c sec etc....agh.....

 

[Nikkilewis14]

I have stretchmarks just on my hips, they turned red, still small, but red.

 

[donnarobinson]

I was begging 4 a section2 yeh I was tired , yeh my epidural stopped working I dnt want one this time x gna try a water birth if I can x

My stretch marks have started to go red on the ends x

 

[wavescrash]

I have stretchmarks just on my hips, they turned red, still small, but red.

I noticed the same thing the other day


As for pushing/delivery - with my first I pushed for an hour or more. They were talking about using a vacuum and I freaked out and managed to get her out myself. However I didn't know HOW to push. Nothing the nurses were saying were making any difference.

With my second, someone told me to push like you're pooping. That's what I did (on top of having used Raspberry Leaf Tea, which I think helps) and it made a world of difference. I pushed for maybe 20 minutes? So keep that in mind when you're in delivery this next time. I thought about it the whole time leading up to pushing (I had a mini panic attack while they started setting up my room for delivery lol.) Push like you're pooping. If you poop on the table that means you're pushing correctly

 

[HappyHome]

I picked up my birth pool last night,sorted out a pile of old towels a basin, and a bucket and have told hubby to get some water proof sheeting from work. Feels so much closer now I am sorting birthing equipment lol. Going to need to get some nice music sorted for relaxing in the pool now xxx

Sound perfect preparation xx

 

[donnarobinson]

I cudnt push properly cuz I was so scared of pooping ! Lmao x

 

[HappyHome]

I have no idea if I've ever pooped during labour, DH claims I didnt but I'm not so sure....