Pregnancy after our preemies support thread!

[Lianne1986]

woohooo im 36 weeks 2day! x

 

[AP]

happy 36 weeks lianne!!!!!

 

[Lianne1986]

sandi i just realised ur almost 32 weeks - eekkk! how u feeling? x

 

[AP]

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Im ok!!! I sat last night freaking myself out that i might have to push a 'massive' (term) baby out. Thats something thats always bewildered me, when i see newborns with their mums and im like "That massive baby was in your tummy?!?!?! " I'm getting proper scared now, like actual worried!

Does that make sense?

 

[Lianne1986]

i completly know what u mean lol cuz im the same!

i propa struggled to push tyler out, he had a big cone head (and a headache) when he was born and he was 5lb. so how the hell am i gonna push a 7-8lb baby out. eeekkk.

im shitting myself big time lol

 

[nkbapbt]

I know I am no where near ready/close to be thinking about delivering a huge term baby...but it's a MASSIVE fear! I had so much tearing with Lakai and he was fully engaged and ready to come out...I am dreading a term baby.

Happy 36 weeks Lianne!

 

[AP]

Aw nic honestly, I have this theory in my head- that all in all it will be a less painful experience because they would be heavier and gravitys on ur side and all.....

 

[Lianne1986]

i have been havin period typet pain in my tummy & back all day, on and off. not sure if it is the start of sumthing or not?

chris wanted me to go & get checked but i said im gonna see what happens overnight.

i am gettin a lot of pressure in my back and 'dwn there' but i dunno if its just where hes moving

 

[LoveleeB]

Hi,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Lee and I have an 11 month old son who was born at 31 weeks 0 days. He was a really good size (for 31 weeks) when he was born but was in the NICU for 5 weeks. I'm now 24 weeks pregnant and I'm just hoping to make it to 32 weeks! I'm very glad to have found this forum!

 

[nkbapbt]

Lianne - I would go get checked!!!

LoveleeB - Welcome! Congrats on both babies!

Sandi - I hope you are right. I also had no idea what I was doing with Lakai, and I was sick from the infection...so there was other factors..not to mention being scared spitless! I just keep thinking "ow ow ow ow" whenever I think of it. LOL! No complaining what so ever though. I would rather deal with having that sort of pain than the pain of having another preemie.

 

[clairec81]

Sorry to butt in ladies, dont usually have anything useful to say as this whole premmie thing is still a mystery to me..but i did have my little boy who is now 3 at 40wks - went into labour on his due date! He wasn't huge by any stretch of the imagination, 7lb 1oz but bigger than some and it was absolutely fine. I think when their full term and a bit bigger their 'ready' almost and it was not too bad at all. Gas and air helped and i suppose if your pushing out a 2lb-er or a 7lb-er its all the same feelings, may just take a few more pushes. You will all be fine and whats more i can tell you that the experience of having my son placed on my tummy straight away was worth every bit - would have gone again at that point i was so happy! Your all doing so well - keep up the positive thoughts girls.

 

[Lianne1986]

pains have gone! i think its all in my head, im driving myself mad!

sandi u tagegd me in something on facebook bt it wont let me see it?

 

[AP]

That's cause it's gone lol!

I had tagged you in a status saying something daft while I was watching One Born Every Minute, was pretty much chickening out having a big baby

I deleted it in a huff. Soemone was pretty patronising. She said some thing how her LO was 7lb 6oz and she had morphine and blah blah and I realised she must have thought having a preemie was nothing like a full term birth. I dunno what she thought, maybe she thought I had just spat Alex out or something....

 

[Lianne1986]

ohh she sounds like shes jelous then!

y do sum ppl say stupid stuff? idoiots! wud be good if we cud of just spat them out eh?! did u have a difficult birth with alex?

 

[AP]

ohh she sounds like shes jelous then!

y do sum ppl say stupid stuff? idoiots! wud be good if we cud of just spat them out eh?! did u have a difficult birth with alex?

Not at all.
Had contractions, was 9cm when they realised I was actually in labour
My waters were broken in theatre and they were ready for a section but Alex went into place so I was wheeled out again,got an epidural and pushed her out not long after.

Too drugged up to care much I guess.

Sooooo lianne how r u feeling, you're less than a week away from term!! We've had some good stats on this board so far!

 

[Lianne1986]

im not feeling too bad, the spd is very very sore now, struggling to do anything, feel bad for Tyler & Jamie-Leigh, there bath times get shorter & shorter, chris helps but i wanna do it iykwim. i cant get dwn on the floor n play anymore, we just sit at the table and play guess who or monopoly lol we made cakes yesturday and i did nothng but tell them off
if the pain wasnt there id be fine!

i cant believe im 6 days away from being full term. im gettin nervous now about the labour. still havent got my pram but have everything else. i dnt even know what pram to get lol x

 

[AP]

You haven't got your pram? love it!

I realised our pram is gonna be fab. Baby (I'm am struggling not to say the name these days!!!) will be hidden under Alex , it doesn't look like a double when baby is in newborn mode,so no nosey weirdos!

If there was one thing I hated with a passion, it's nosey strangers peering into the buggy, after a few months I just started running into them with the pram then the age question followed

I don't get it, I wouldn't walk right up to a buggy and peer in and touch a strangers child so why do others?

 

[Lianne1986]

i know yea lol i saw ur pic of ur pram

i saw sum women this morning, she serves dinners at tylers school and she said 'oh ur havin a baby, i didnt realise, then continuned to say when hes here she's just got to have a cuddle'

yea right lmao i dnt even know her!!! and she touched my bump - get off!!!



are u keeping ur babies name a secret then?

 

[AP]

Aaarrrggghh you become public property huh? I was out a few weeks ago and a drunk guy went to touch my bump and my mate nearly belted him
Apart from that I've been lucky but I've been indoors a lot with the SPD since Xmas. I'll go out if I have someone to help otherwise I don't bother!

Wee Alex had popped up to see what I was doing on the iPad just now and next thing I know she's sleeping propped up against me

 

[Lianne1986]

i have to walk to the school 3 times a day. its not very far about ten minutes but ten minutes feels like a lifetime when ur in pain lol bcuz jamie-leigh is only at preschool she does 2 1/2 hours a day. nightmare atm.

awww bet she looks really cute bless her. does she undertsand about bein a big sister?