May 2012 babies - so far 8 yellow, 22 blue, 21 pink!

[RBurnett]

I hear of people taking caster oil to bring on labour...isnt that a really bad thing to do?

 

[Ems77]

From what I understand, yes. Not entirely sure about the ins and outs of it though.
Found this:

I took castor oil when I was pregnant with my son. I went into 17 hours of hard false labor. The nurses at the hospitol told my that it was wrong to take it. It cause diarea among other things and that whatever I was going through I was putting my baby through the same thing. I'm not sure if they were trying to scare me . Good Luck

Under this link: https://www.pregnancy-info.net/forums/Labor_Questions/castor_oil/

 

[RBurnett]

All I am going to do is bounce on the ball and have sex. Cant take RLT as it says not to if you have a history of breast cancer in your family and because I have had endometriosis.

 

[wavescrash]

I have noticed multiple comments about wanting babies to come early. 40 weeks is a standard time frame, because this is the time frame in which it takes the average baby to fully develop and be born without any issues.

If you're not going to listen to the doctor (in the case of a high risk pregnancy) or do things to make your baby come early, there are consequences to these actions. Period.

Please, let's just bitch it out ie, the aches, pains and misery, but not do anything literal to make our babies come before they are ready.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you but at the same time... all these things that people try or say they want to try... we're told they won't work unless the baby is ready anyway and that nothing will induce labor if baby isn't ready.

 

[anti]

I'm quite happy for bubs to stay in there. I'm enjoying pregnancy and don't want it over yet!!

 

[Ems77]

we're told they won't work unless the baby is ready anyway and that nothing will induce labor if baby isn't ready.

That is very true. I just got really concerned when the person was put on pelvic rest, figured she was far enough along for no harm to be done and is paying for it now... that bites and I wouldn't want it to happen to any of us...

 

[wavescrash]

we're told they won't work unless the baby is ready anyway and that nothing will induce labor if baby isn't ready.

That is very true. I just got really concerned when the person was put on pelvic rest, figured she was far enough along for no harm to be done and is paying for it now... that bites and I wouldn't want it to happen to any of us...

Oh definitely. It's a different story when you disobey direct doctor's orders. Hopefully her baby starts doing better though :/

 

[RBurnett]

waves - hows ur pain?

 

[wavescrash]

waves - hows ur pain?

Still hanging around :/ I tried napping for an hour and was woken up by some pretty strong cramps. I tried timing them but it's so hard to do and I don't think they're regular anyway... just constant with some BH thrown in and some stronger cramps thrown in on top of it all. OH gets out of work in an hour and we're going to head to L&D when he gets here.

Both my brother & sister were born a month early, I was born 2 weeks early and I had my first at almost 2 weeks early plus a pre-term labor scare this pregnancy (& in my first) so I'd rather be safe than sorry. Some of these cramps have been pretty painful and I have a high pain tolerance so that's why I'm worried.

 

[bumpin2012]

everything I am doing I have my OB's permission to do. I would never go against her wishes in a effort to get baby out. I have also researched everything I am choosing to do and none of it "triggers" labour, but is meant to help labour along once it actually begins. I too believe that all these "efforts" will only work if baby is actually ready to come. 40 weeks is also a guideline as most babies arrive around 40 weeks. Babies born after 37 weeks are developmentally no less complete as a 40 or even 42 weeker, in an uncomplicated, normal pregnancy.

 

[RBurnett]

U can never worry too much. These babies life's are in our hands.

I just reading about raised Uric acid and its a lil scary. I have all the pointers to preeclampsia! Swollen feet and hand, my BP is a lil high and now the uric acid has raised..its one thing after another!

 

[Ems77]

waves - hows ur pain?

Still hanging around :/ I tried napping for an hour and was woken up by some pretty strong cramps. I tried timing them but it's so hard to do and I don't think they're regular anyway... just constant with some BH thrown in and some stronger cramps thrown in on top of it all. OH gets out of work in an hour and we're going to head to L&D when he gets here.

Both my brother & sister were born a month early, I was born 2 weeks early and I had my first at almost 2 weeks early plus a pre-term labor scare this pregnancy (& in my first) so I'd rather be safe than sorry. Some of these cramps have been pretty painful and I have a high pain tolerance so that's why I'm worried.

Definitely go into the L&D, and keep us posted!

 

[wavescrash]

waves - hows ur pain?

Still hanging around :/ I tried napping for an hour and was woken up by some pretty strong cramps. I tried timing them but it's so hard to do and I don't think they're regular anyway... just constant with some BH thrown in and some stronger cramps thrown in on top of it all. OH gets out of work in an hour and we're going to head to L&D when he gets here.

Both my brother & sister were born a month early, I was born 2 weeks early and I had my first at almost 2 weeks early plus a pre-term labor scare this pregnancy (& in my first) so I'd rather be safe than sorry. Some of these cramps have been pretty painful and I have a high pain tolerance so that's why I'm worried.

Definitely go into the L&D, and keep us posted!

Thanks and will do I'm sure all is fine but I would really just rather be safe than sorry. Who knows if she did something during the exam to "speed things up". She was a bit more rough than MY doctor was during my exam last week and some of these cramps are enough to make me whine out loud haha. LO is still moving but definitely less than normal and it's been harder to walk so I'm assuming she's lower than before. Tylenol and rest didn't help. I tried heat on my back, didn't help. So we'll see.

He's off work in half an hour, home within the hour so we shall see I just feel annoying going in since my OB told me not to worry already. I'm just going through the emergency room and playing dumb saying I wasn't sure if I needed to go through the ER or straight up to L&D and then calling up to L&D from there that way they can't tell me not to come in, I'll already be there haha. I may neglect to mention my internal until I get into L&D as well but we'll see haha.

 

[frangi33]

lol, waves do what you need to do to make them check and double check - fingers and toes crossed for you and let us know soon!

vaurissa I very much doubt any of us would wish pre term labour for our LO's - there's a lot of talk about getting things moving once they are fully developed ie 37 weeks but the fact is there's no pill/method that we could use to bring on labour if LO wasnt ready to be born - some of us are just getting tired and huge and wishing the days away till we meet our LO's.

i feel like i practically do have lo already ive been sat stroking her foot this evening as she has it rammed out my tummy - she's defo not ticklish!

 

[zephyr]

We had a great time at the movies, but I had 17 contractions during the movie, the movie was terrible (Oh's choice) so yeah I counted contractions lol some of them were so painful I had images of giving birth in the theatre but of course aside from a few more afterwards nothing happened.
THEN I got home and slept 4 hours solid which has not happened in ages, I must of been exhausted! Woke up at 4am though and could not sleep and even considered getting up to clean and pack bags etc but didn't wanna wake everyone.
Maybe it will happen on its own soon? I dunno I found that stretch of sleep to be very strange cos mines been broken for months now every hour.
I'm sorting out my last few things I need to do today, buy rechargeable batteries etc and pack my bag......then I'll feel less worried about going into labour cos all I could think about last night was "Typical, no batteries for my camera"

I take my anti nausea meds when I wake up at 6am to pee so that way I dont wake up vomiting, well this morning I forgot and I'm pleased to know I'm not just taking them for nothing now and that I still am actually sick. I could not stop spewing it was awful!! Wont be forgetting to take those again.

Bumpin - May 1st is still my preference cos I promised a friend I would tell the babies to come then, also I really did want May babies but I will be just over 38 weeks I think so not sure if I wanna wait that long, the lady I spoke to yesterday said they like to do it during the 37th week if I ask for one so that date is not looking likely.

Its quite funny, I was against having an induction at all but after she said I may not get an epidural if I don't get one and described the reaching up into the uterus to pull the second baby out being a slight possibility I am completely okay with the induction now lol
I just still cant get over the being told to treat my labour like normal labour now and not go in to the hospital till contractions are 3 every 10 minutes!! It feels wrong because all my babies have been on time or late. I suppose with twins its different though......

OH is handing in his notice for work today! So nervous about moving on, so many changes over the coming weeks! Man I hope everything turns out okay.

 

[wavescrash]

So that was a pointless trip to L&D.

They put me on the monitors for 20 minutes or so and checked my cervix before sending me on my way. No change in my cervix but I was definitely contracting, the monitor was picking it up and it was happening when I wasn't feeling LO move. I would feel it tightening and OH would watch it appear on the monitor. The nurse was saying that either I was breathing too heavily or LO was moving causing it to register. And since it wasn't affecting my cervix, I was good to go and to take 2 Tylenol.

I just wish she'd have acknowledged that they were contractions and not made it seem like I was making it up. Even if it didn't mean anything. LO's heart rate was all over the place. She's usually between 140 and 160 but several times it registered at 192-197. I didn't feel her moving about most of those times either which is what the nurse said caused the jumps. Apparently I'm just another paranoid, crazy pregnant lady. Oh well. At least it didn't change my cervix but ugh, it's so uncomfortable and Tylenol/heat have not been helping.

 

[zephyr]

Sorry to hear you are so uncomfortable! Sounds like what I'm going through dont worry it wont be too much longer. When you hurt do you sit down? I usually take any sign of pain as a cue for me to sit down and put my feet up Unless of course I cannot avoid it, like in the middle of the supermarket or something......

I was stressing about not being able to renew my license (it expires on the 16th) and not having rechargeable batteries for the birth but I picked some up today and renewed my license!! woohoo so now I am officially free to give birth and can relax and wait! Well......after I pack my bag today

When I went to renew my license I snapped at a very rude woman! she kept coming up to the line to make sure we had filled in our forms right and I was next to be seen with about 8 people behind me waiting. I had already been standing there for 10 minutes. Anyways she took one look at my form pointed out that I needed to write New Zealand in full and told me to go do that then head to the back of the line OMG straight away I laughed and said quite snappily "Oho there is no way in hell I am going to the back of that line, are you serious?" and pointed to my belly and then she just stared at me blankly and so I said "Well I'm not....." and then I turned and waited some more LOL so she said okay well you can come back to where you were standing then.
Was she for real? did she really expect a heavily pregnant woman who had kids with her to re wait in a line longer than what she had already waited?!
Sorry for my rant but I thought that she was quite rude.

 

[Ems77]

So that was a pointless trip to L&D.

They put me on the monitors for 20 minutes or so and checked my cervix before sending me on my way. No change in my cervix but I was definitely contracting, the monitor was picking it up and it was happening when I wasn't feeling LO move. I would feel it tightening and OH would watch it appear on the monitor. The nurse was saying that either I was breathing too heavily or LO was moving causing it to register. And since it wasn't affecting my cervix, I was good to go and to take 2 Tylenol.

I just wish she'd have acknowledged that they were contractions and not made it seem like I was making it up. Even if it didn't mean anything. LO's heart rate was all over the place. She's usually between 140 and 160 but several times it registered at 192-197. I didn't feel her moving about most of those times either which is what the nurse said caused the jumps. Apparently I'm just another paranoid, crazy pregnant lady. Oh well. At least it didn't change my cervix but ugh, it's so uncomfortable and Tylenol/heat have not been helping.

Dammit, I wish people would listen! I swear sometimes those maternity docs and nurses think we preggos are stupid and nuts! Grrrrrr

 

[kwood]

I'm a watermelon..how did that happen, feels like the last 9 months has gone by so quickly. Only 3 weeks to go now. Today was my last day at work as well and yesterday my boss said I can have a lie in and come in an hour late. I didn't know this was so they could decorate my desk. I was given 6 vest, 3 sleepers, a 4 piece clothing set, and little Micky mouse stuff animal my boss picked up at Euro disney, a baby memory book and 105 pounds in Babies r us gift vouchers. Plus flowers and cupcakes for everyone. It was so nice and totally unexpected.

Ready to relax and put my feet up now. Going to pack bags tomorrow and getting my haircut. My SIL and her family are coming back from California on Saturday and are going to stay the night which will be nice as they haven't seen our new house yet. Then my Mum is arriving from the U.S. on the 26th to stay for 6 weeks, so I'm hoping the baby doesn't come before she arrives as she really wants to be there for the birth.

I can't believe we are all so close, looking forward to hearing all of the birth announcements to come.

 

[RBurnett]

kwood - that was very nice of your work to do that for you.

I have done my birth plan -

Rachel Burnett
Birth Plan – Medway Maritime Hospital

This plan is a reflection of my wishes for the birth but is no way inflexible. I understand that for many reasons my plans may need to change to suit the needs of myself and my baby.

Water Birth – If available I would like access to a birthing pool for the 1st and 2nd stage labour. It would also be my preference to deliver our baby in the birthing pool.

Companion – I would like my husband Marc to be with me at all times. Should I not be in a position to make an informed decision, I will trust his judgement to do what he feels is best for myself and my baby. I would also like my sister Michelle and mum Jackie to come into the room in turns when I feel like I need them. I would prefer not to have groups of medical students involved in the birth.

Mobility – I would like to be as mobile as possible during labour and be free to try various positions for both first and second stage. Ideally I would like to remain as upright as possible to allow gravity to take its course.

Pain Relief – I have a TENS machine which I would like to use for as long as it is effective. In addition I would like to have access to Entonox and possibly a hot bath for further pain relief for as long as possible. I would like to avoid epidural or pethidine althogether.

Second Stage – Gentle support and firm guidance on when to push and how to minimize any damage through tearing would be appreciated. I would like to be advised if an episiotomy seems necessary and all efforts made to avoid this being the case.

Intervention – If assistance is needed, please use suction rather than forceps.

Theatre – If it is absolutely necessary to undergo a c-section I would like Marc with me. Please use a spinal block. I would like the catheter inserted after anaesthetic.

Post Birth – I would like my baby to be placed on my chest immediately after delivery and have skin to skin contact for as long as possible. We would like to take photographs at this stage.

Umbilical Cord – Please wait until the umbilical cord has stopped pulsating before allowing it to be cut. Marc would like to cut the cord.

Placenta – I would prefer a managed delivery of the placenta.

Vitamin K –I would like vitamin K to be administered to the baby via injection.

Feeding – I would like to breast feed my baby as soon as possible and would like guidance on this.


Bad new about my sister, she has started bleeding. She has been booked in for a scan on Tuesday as she will be 6 weeks then. She not had any pain so Im keeping hopeful as some ppl do bleed in early pregnancy but still be ok..