*October Bumpkins*2014* 43 Babies Born!

[Yo_Yo]

C section rates are INSANE in some areas. By me they are 40%. They state so little women truly need a csection. Some say as little as 4% but will vary depending on which study. Midwife is way to go IMO-can always get reffered if midwife sees issue or get Doctor at delivery of whoever is on call.

She Is having twins though and will be high risk and is even more opt to having a c section with them. But whatever it's everyone's own choice

I wondered about that very thing. Because it's twins now I could be labeled automatically high risk, and with my PCOS I believe that also increases my miscarriage risks though my doctor has me on medication to decrease those risks.

We hired a doula a few weeks ago and she's worked with my midwife time many times. We already suspected twins so I asked her if my hope for midwives is just a lost cause with that. She told me absolutely not. They definitely do twin births and can even stick with higher risk pregnancies and work with a doctor if they feel one is necessary. Even home birth is still an option if the pregnancy goes smoothly, all looks good and the babies are both head down. I'm not counting on that as I know it's probably very common for it to be one down and one breech. But I don't want to be automatically forced into a c section just because it's twins. Twins can have perfectly healthy vaginal births. Whether I need a doctor or can stay with a midwife I'll just be very sure to do my own research and be able to make informed decisions and not be bullied into a c section because it's easier for the doctor or because the hospital has me on a liability clock. Those things simply are not right. If something does happen and I truly need a c section I'm totally fine with that, but so many c sections are the results of unnecessary interventions and everyone goes "oh thank goodness or c sections that we were able to save that baby!" When more often then not the baby wouldn't have been in danger if everyone involved had allowed the mother and baby to do their thing together without unnecessary medical interruptions. You can tell I feel strongly here lol sorry....stepping off soap box lol

Really in the end my belief is that every woman deserves to know her options. A schedule c section might be one woman's dream birth. Another's may be a vaginal with an epidural. Another's may be a home water birth. The point though is that it's the mothers who should be making those decisions, not doctors vacation schedules or hospitals lawyers or health insurance companies. I believe pregnancy is our journey as mothers and we deserve to have the best experience possible.

My pregnancy yoga instructor with dd2 had twins with a natural birth, she says it was a brilliant experience. So did hubby's cousin

Aim to go for the birth you want lovely. I have to say I did with dd2, and I actually really loved my birth experience and wish dd1s was as positive. Never thought I'd say i loved giving birth!

 

[MamaMac123]

How is everyone symptom wise? I had a tough evening yesterday. Extreme exhaustion, massive heartburn and just that overall feeling of sick and blah. I haven't had true morning sickness yet but I can't think it's not coming. Those of you who have ms, how soon did it start for you? I'm 6 weeks today so I imagine it could hit me any time now.

Oh also, my pregnancy pillow may be the greatest thing on Earth! Haha anyone having trouble being comfortable at night I totally recommend it! I still have to wake up to pee but I'm sleeping much better otherwise.

 

[cntrygrl]

Ultrasound went great this morning. Baby is measuring two days ahead and heart rate was at 174. Starting to look more like a baby and less blob like, Lol.

 

[Kittycat155]

I think risk of being sued if something goes wrong has caused the twins=csection in some places.

I agree Csections can help but when they are overused many times it is from interferrence or trying to push baby out when just not ready yet. My sisters friend had a Csection for "big baby" turned out it was ALOT smaller then the ultrasound had measured.
There is one practice that is accounting for more then half the csections at a hospital near me. The hospital has a 33% csection rate and that is pretty low for the area. The hospital has many midwives/very pro breast feeding and natural birth if that is your thing. Tubs/showers and wireless monitoring so you can move freely. That group will more then likely not leave as they also invested money into the maternity ward.

 

[Kittycat155]

I got to order a pillow. I have bad hip pain to start with if I do not turn often during night so that should help ease that too. I can just see my smaller dog falling in love with pillow. Tried to tell her pittys and pitty x sleep outside on concrete in many places but she has taste and style, and a thief for taking over my pillows at night!

 

[Yo_Yo]

Ultrasound went great this morning. Baby is measuring two days ahead and heart rate was at 174. Starting to look more like a baby and less blob like, Lol.

Aww that's great news!

 

[Yo_Yo]

How is everyone symptom wise? I had a tough evening yesterday. Extreme exhaustion, massive heartburn and just that overall feeling of sick and blah. I haven't had true morning sickness yet but I can't think it's not coming. Those of you who have ms, how soon did it start for you? I'm 6 weeks today so I imagine it could hit me any time now.

Oh also, my pregnancy pillow may be the greatest thing on Earth! Haha anyone having trouble being comfortable at night I totally recommend it! I still have to wake up to pee but I'm sleeping much better otherwise.

My ms started at about 6+4 days. I've not been sick yet, just feel like I'm going to be sick..then nothing!


Pregnancy pillows are great. Had one with my last baby as I had hip pain, was really helpful.

Hope it helps your hips kittycat!

 

[MamaMac123]

My hubs and I had our Facebook announcement all planned out then found out its twins and had nothing haha

Been thinking on it for a few days with my friend and DH and had a few ideas but nothing I was super excited about. Then just now it hit me! A great idea I'm stoked about! Yay! DH and I will be making it tomorrow as part of our date night. I'll post it up when it's ready! can't wait! Yay!

 

[Laelani]

Just got my call. I go for my first ultrasound on Monday morning!!!

 

[StarBrites]

Soo last night I woke up in the middle of the night around 1:30 AM feeling very dizzy and weak, had some chest discomfort and abdominal cramping, confusion, and vomiting. I hadn't had a scan yet so I had no idea if baby was even in the right place and was immediately worried it was an ectopic pregnancy or something and I just wasn't bleeding yet. So we went to the hospital and they checked everything and gave me some IV fluids and medicine. Checked my urine again for a UTI because I was still having all the symptoms. Everything came back fine. They aren't exactly sure what was wrong but they are pretty much chalking it up to just being pregnant and not getting enough water and all that.

Also, we got to see our baby for the first time. My boyfriend took my hand and started tearing up. They said the baby was in the right place, was the around the right size for how far along I am, and the heart was just beating away. It was also bouncing around everywhere! I am so glad that everything is okay and I can stop worrying. I'm ready for the morning sickness to be over though

 

[jmandrews]

My hubs and I had our Facebook announcement all planned out then found out its twins and had nothing haha

Been thinking on it for a few days with my friend and DH and had a few ideas but nothing I was super excited about. Then just now it hit me! A great idea I'm stoked about! Yay! DH and I will be making it tomorrow as part of our date night. I'll post it up when it's ready! can't wait! Yay!

Congrats on twins!!! You should check out Pinterest for cute twin announcements

 

[jmandrews]

Thank you all so much for all your love and sweet encouraging comments. It helps me in more ways than you will ever know. I'm excited to hear about your beans growing. I can't wait to join the pregnancy club again.

 

[zephyr]

How is everyone symptom wise? I had a tough evening yesterday. Extreme exhaustion, massive heartburn and just that overall feeling of sick and blah. I haven't had true morning sickness yet but I can't think it's not coming. Those of you who have ms, how soon did it start for you? I'm 6 weeks today so I imagine it could hit me any time now.

Oh also, my pregnancy pillow may be the greatest thing on Earth! Haha anyone having trouble being comfortable at night I totally recommend it! I still have to wake up to pee but I'm sleeping much better otherwise.

Around 6 1/2 - 7 weeks it hit me ive been taking a morning sickness supplement with b6 and ginger that had been really helping up until the last day.

With the twin birth, I delivered mine vaginally and my leading twin was alot smaller than my second (5.13 and 7.7) he was head down so was she kinda, they said her position was 'not quite transverse, not quite head down' but she arrived head first face up.
im pretty sure as long as the leading twin is head down they will allow you to attempt a vaginal birth even if the second is breech. At least that is what they do here. I think it depends on the ob and history too. Mine was going to allow me to attempt a breech birth if my leading twin was breech based on my history but I wasnt keen on that.

I think there are risks but its good to read everything you can and educate yourself

 

[La Mere]

Mushymilkfor2 and La Mere -hope your sickness gets a little better. It's a horrible feeling!

Im really tired! It's raining here and I have to go walk and pick up dd1 from school.

Got to get some energy!!

Thank you, Yo_Yo! I hope so too, my mom is supposed to be sending me some MS supplies! Lol, sour jolly ranchers and sour gummies!

C section rates are INSANE in some areas. By me they are 40%. They state so little women truly need a csection. Some say as little as 4% but will vary depending on which study. Midwife is way to go IMO-can always get reffered if midwife sees issue or get Doctor at delivery of whoever is on call.

She Is having twins though and will be high risk and is even more opt to having a c section with them. But whatever it's everyone's own choice

I wondered about that very thing. Because it's twins now I could be labeled automatically high risk, and with my PCOS I believe that also increases my miscarriage risks though my doctor has me on medication to decrease those risks.

We hired a doula a few weeks ago and she's worked with my midwife time many times. We already suspected twins so I asked her if my hope for midwives is just a lost cause with that. She told me absolutely not. They definitely do twin births and can even stick with higher risk pregnancies and work with a doctor if they feel one is necessary. Even home birth is still an option if the pregnancy goes smoothly, all looks good and the babies are both head down. I'm not counting on that as I know it's probably very common for it to be one down and one breech. But I don't want to be automatically forced into a c section just because it's twins. Twins can have perfectly healthy vaginal births. Whether I need a doctor or can stay with a midwife I'll just be very sure to do my own research and be able to make informed decisions and not be bullied into a c section because it's easier for the doctor or because the hospital has me on a liability clock. Those things simply are not right. If something does happen and I truly need a c section I'm totally fine with that, but so many c sections are the results of unnecessary interventions and everyone goes "oh thank goodness or c sections that we were able to save that baby!" When more often then not the baby wouldn't have been in danger if everyone involved had allowed the mother and baby to do their thing together without unnecessary medical interruptions. You can tell I feel strongly here lol sorry....stepping off soap box lol

Really in the end my belief is that every woman deserves to know her options. A schedule c section might be one woman's dream birth. Another's may be a vaginal with an epidural. Another's may be a home water birth. The point though is that it's the mothers who should be making those decisions, not doctors vacation schedules or hospitals lawyers or health insurance companies. I believe pregnancy is our journey as mothers and we deserve to have the best experience possible.

I love your view and how you are so calm about it! I also agree with you very strongly that it should be the mother's decision on how she gives birth and brings her child into the world! I attempted a home water birth with my first, but was non-emergency transferred to the local hospital due to dehydration and exhaustion (my daughter was very reluctant to come even after I finally went into labor! ) and was still able to have her naturally, even with no pain meds and labor with my daughter was about 17 1/2 hours! Labor with my son was about 5 1/2 hours and I had him at home in what some refer to as a "free birth" or "unassisted birth". It was just my husband and I present for the birth. I even did all my own prenatal care during that pregnancy.. am tentatively planning the same for this pregnancy, but plans always change!!

Thank you all so much for all your love and sweet encouraging comments. It helps me in more ways than you will ever know. I'm excited to hear about your beans growing. I can't wait to join the pregnancy club again.

So glad to see you! I hope you are doing all right. We certainly miss you and can't wait to hear your good news when it comes!!

 

[MamaMac123]

Soo last night I woke up in the middle of the night around 1:30 AM feeling very dizzy and weak, had some chest discomfort and abdominal cramping, confusion, and vomiting. I hadn't had a scan yet so I had no idea if baby was even in the right place and was immediately worried it was an ectopic pregnancy or something and I just wasn't bleeding yet. So we went to the hospital and they checked everything and gave me some IV fluids and medicine. Checked my urine again for a UTI because I was still having all the symptoms. Everything came back fine. They aren't exactly sure what was wrong but they are pretty much chalking it up to just being pregnant and not getting enough water and all that.

Also, we got to see our baby for the first time. My boyfriend took my hand and started tearing up. They said the baby was in the right place, was the around the right size for how far along I am, and the heart was just beating away. It was also bouncing around everywhere! I am so glad that everything is okay and I can stop worrying. I'm ready for the morning sickness to be over though

So glad everything is okay! That must have been so scary. What a relief to be able to see your little one!

 

[Jcliff]

Had my scan!! My due date is October 4th officially! I'm almost 10 weeks wow! Saw baby bouncing around and waving so funny! Heartrate was 153bpm! Dr said if I wanted to do another c section hell schedule me for September 29th! I'm still not sure if I'll attempt a vbac. I have time to decide! Feeling good today!! Glad apt went well! Hope everyone havibg a good day!

 

[Loopy Laura]

Really pleased cntrygirl and starbrites for your good news!

I still don't really have any symptoms except extreme hunger pangs. I woke up at 3am and had to eat a bowl of cereal before I could go back to sleep! Otherwise I'm a bit worried about my lack of symptoms and feel like I should be having more. My scan next Wednesday feels like a lifetime away!!

 

[Loopy Laura]

Congrats jcliff! That must feel amazing to be further along than you thought!

 

[Yo_Yo]

Thank you all so much for all your love and sweet encouraging comments. It helps me in more ways than you will ever know. I'm excited to hear about your beans growing. I can't wait to join the pregnancy club again.

I was wondering how you were.

Nice to see you in here honey sure it won't be long until your back with a bfp

 

[Yo_Yo]

Had my scan!! My due date is October 4th officially! I'm almost 10 weeks wow! Saw baby bouncing around and waving so funny! Heartrate was 153bpm! Dr said if I wanted to do another c section hell schedule me for September 29th! I'm still not sure if I'll attempt a vbac. I have time to decide! Feeling good today!! Glad apt went well! Hope everyone havibg a good day!

That's great news!

Will change your date on the first page it's great to be further on that you think, a few days nearer for you now!

You have plenty of time to decide on a c-section or vbac.