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[kraftykoala]

Hey ladies!

Well, Landon Michael was born at 10:47 a.m, weighing 6 lbs 5 oz and 18 inches long! After a couple hrs here, I hadn't gotten past 4 cm dilated, so they started me on pitocin. I was only on it for a bit, and dilated to 9.5 quickly. They said I was in active labor about 4 hrs or so, very fast for a first birth. I had him out in 4 or 5 good pushes...had to give me an episiotomy as I went so fast that I wasn't stretching enough, and I have a 2nd degree tear they also stitched up. But he's a blonde, blue eyed cutie!

I'll post a pic soon!

Awwwwww congratulations!!!

 

[Squishy1982]

I am rough today, have thrown up 4 times already! I can't even keep fluids down this morning. I am getting enough sleep but still feel exhausted!
DH didn't come to bed until 3am, his new lego wii game appears to be more important than sleep at the mo. he woke me up when he came to bed and DS woke crying after a bad dream at half 1. I don't cope well with broken sleep when feeling so ill.

DH has just gone to the tip and then he is going food shopping so i can sit on my arse all day lol

god, all I do lately is moan lol

 

[sethsmummy]

hey sparkle hun!! happy birthday!!

aww no cottleston, what does dh work as? the box sounds like a good idea hun then you know he has things to keep him occupied when you just need to chill for a while.

damn squishy i feel sorry for you being sick so much. did your dh go settle ds when he woke since he was already awake? thats the rule in this household. your dh can do food shopping my dh would come out with nothing but crap he has NEVER done food shopping by himself.

xxx

 

[kraftykoala]

Happy birthday Sparkle!!

Oh I am so hormonal today, all I want to do is weep!

 

[Squishy1982]

hey sparkle hun!! happy birthday!!

aww no cottleston, what does dh work as? the box sounds like a good idea hun then you know he has things to keep him occupied when you just need to chill for a while.

damn squishy i feel sorry for you being sick so much. did your dh go settle ds when he woke since he was already awake? thats the rule in this household. your dh can do food shopping my dh would come out with nothing but crap he has NEVER done food shopping by himself.

xxx

He did come upstairs but by then I had already ran through to him.
My DH is better at shopping than me although he does take forever. We meal plan though so he goes with a strict list and we rarely buy anything that isn't on the list.

The sickness is worth it as long a my little lady is ok, it is vile though. Back at docs on Tuesday so will probably be given a 4th lot of anti sickness tablets to try, more urine tests etc x

 

[AnimeChic]

Hi ladies can I join? I'm plus size and pregnant first time, really worried about my midwife appointment and being over weight. Will it cause me problems?

 

[Squishy1982]

Hi ladies can I join? I'm plus size and pregnant first time, really worried about my midwife appointment and being over weight. Will it cause me problems?

Hiya!

You will be classed as high risk if your bmi is high which means you will be under consultant care rather than just midwife led.
I have to have extra scans to check the babies growth etc. x

 

[sethsmummy]

Hi ladies can I join? I'm plus size and pregnant first time, really worried about my midwife appointment and being over weight. Will it cause me problems?

hey hun congratulations on your BFP

Dont worry too much about your midwife.. hopefully you get a really nice one like most of us ladies have had

Being bigger can cause some problems but i believe we are at no more risk than anybody else hun. There are plenty of big women out there who have a problem free pregnancy. I think if your going to have problems its going to happen regardless of your size xx

 

[CottlestonPie]

Welcome Anime! Don't worry too much about your weight. If you have a midwife who makes a big deal out of it, just switch. It's something I wish I'd done last time. Apart from 1 consultant appointment, glucose test and 1 extra growth scan at 36 weeks, I didn't get anything that "normal" sized people didn't.

DH works as a er.... Applications something specialist thingy.... Um. He works on computers in an office in London. his boss is awesome and has told him that if I need bed rest (or just having a super rough day) he can work from home. He's also working from home on the days I have appointments and scans which is nice. But as he's been out of the office for so long he does t want to take the pish so we're going to try and make it to 28th jan (21w scan) without him needing a day at home.

On the shopping front, I'm SO LUCKY. DH loves taking Toby food shopping. If I go we end up arguing in asda about what to buy lol so I stay home and catch up on housework while he shops! He's actually just left to do it now... I've got the tumble dryer on, bedding in the machine... The rest can wait though... I'm getting a bit faint and things look blurry so I think I'll just make the bed, have a drink and a lie down. Maybe think about names for a bit!

 

[sethsmummy]

Hi ladies can I join? I'm plus size and pregnant first time, really worried about my midwife appointment and being over weight. Will it cause me problems?

Hiya!

You will be classed as high risk if your bmi is high which means you will be under consultant care rather than just midwife led.
I have to have extra scans to check the babies growth etc. x

Depends on your hospitals guidlines. my bmi was 44 and i was not going to see a consultant. I only started seeing one through choice, i actually asked to see them and my midwife does most of my appointments. xx

oh my gosh i want one of these miracle men that can do shopping.
cottleston have you had enough to eat/drink this morning hun?? sounds like you need to sit and relax hun.. oo and gz on being halfway

sounds like a reaaly good job and a damn good boss too!

xxx

 

[CottlestonPie]

I think my bmi was 36 when i was preggy with toby and i had one consultant appointment. They took my blood pressure, told me it was pointless coming back and was midwife led from that point on. This time, I have to be consultant led but I actually like it. I always felt a bit rushed with my midwife (and I didn't like her). So it's not a bad thing!

Seths, I have eaten and drank plenty. Slept well too. I'm putting it down to stressing out too much today. I think after lunch I'll treat myself to a nice long bath... That should sort it!

I will call my man a miracle shopper if he returns with Ben & Jerrys haha!

 

[sethsmummy]

sounds like a good plan hun mmm ben and jerrys i love that stuff but its too expensive for me xx

 

[Cherrybump]

Congrats on giving birth hun .

I read all those posts and now im at the end i forgot what to type useless i am lol.

Happy birthday sparkle. x

I wish i had a man to take care of me lol ryan sleeps on the couch and his sleep pattern is all over the place right now he cant get himself to fall asleep at a normal time so he's up until last 5,6 in the morning and i get up about 9 so i cant sit on the couch because he's hogging it lol so im going to try and save some cash and get a one seat thing from Agros that about 100 pound i will need a seat for when the baby is here for me to sit comfy to and breast feed.

But like you say cant argue with them and there sleep. told him he could always just jump into them bed i dont mind as i get him not long after he's out lol and this baby is going be be crying through the night wanted fed and stuff so im most likely going to be in the living when she does wake up and such.

Best bit that im now loving about being pregnant is when im lying flat on my back (like last night) she must have been stretching out as i could feel her pushing my belly out this whole section went hard. i think it was her feet as i was trying to make it out lol but i thought it was so kool but weird lol. xxx

 

[Squishy1982]

Hi ladies can I join? I'm plus size and pregnant first time, really worried about my midwife appointment and being over weight. Will it cause me problems?

Hiya!

You will be classed as high risk if your bmi is high which means you will be under consultant care rather than just midwife led.
I have to have extra scans to check the babies growth etc. x

Depends on your hospitals guidlines. my bmi was 44 and i was not going to see a consultant. I only started seeing one through choice, i actually asked to see them and my midwife does most of my appointments. xx

oh my gosh i want one of these miracle men that can do shopping.
cottleston have you had enough to eat/drink this morning hun?? sounds like you need to sit and relax hun.. oo and gz on being halfway

sounds like a reaaly good job and a damn good boss too!

xxx

Its mad how the trusts vary, my friend who lives in peterborough was classed as high bmi and she was only 1 over. she had to fight to not be consultant led

 

[sethsmummy]

my god squishy thats bad! with seth by bmi was 35 and i was midwife led till later on in the pregnancy when i started having complications. This time if i hadnt asked to see the consultant i would be midwife led. now im shared care, see consultant at 16, 18, 28, 32 and 36 weeks the last 3 is growth scans and booking my section. no idea if i will see him after that or just the midwife.. i think it depends how my BP and bloods go as i get further on.

hey Cherry hun ooo that would annoy me lol. I like to able to sit on the sofa when i get up in the morning. my friend stayed over one night and i got so wound up that she didnt move when seth and i got up in the morning lol. You will deffo need a comfy seat to sit on when baby arrives hun. I think hes going to have to sort his body clock out before baby comes. Does he work through the night and thats why he sleeps in the day?? or is his clock just out of whack.

awww not long before you will know what bit is what when baby moves

xxx

 

[MeMeBrown]

Sorry haven't been on to update but we are team PINK

 

[kraftykoala]

I've got a tub of ben and jerrys in the freezer I can't eat I might also start hoarding creme eggs ready for March

 

[sethsmummy]

Sorry haven't been on to update but we are team PINK

congratulations hun!

krafty co-op has creme eggs on offer! My sister got a pack of 6 yesterday for £1.50. Seth keeps eyeing them up but theres no way im letting him loose with one.. haha done that once before and im not in a rush to repeat the experience mess was not even the right word to describe what i had to clean up lol x

 

[realbeauty86]

Hey ladies!!! I haven't wrote but I've been keeping up

Kal: congratulations on the birth of the LO ... I kept getting on to check for updates lol.

Sparkle: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY!!! hope u enjoy it... mine is Wednesday. I love us Capricorns lol...

Meme: Congrats on team it seems like most of us women are having so it's nice to see some girlies

I hope everyone is doing swell. I wonder who's next in line to deliver!!! So exciting!

Oh and im quite happy today because its VDAY for me ... finally lol

 

[Cherrybump]

He works one night a week in a night club but he was working new years eve. (9.30 until 5am) the doors closed to public but there were all kept in to carry on drinking lol pretty much free drink and he found 48 pound threw out the night lol just people dropping there money so he manage to get breakie that morning lol ever since then his sleep pattern has been off.

Im the same i like to get up make breakie and sit on the couch and if im going anywhere i get myself ready after i woke up more xxx

Ps i just relized there is another page after i start typing lol x