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[Hopes314]

Are braxton hicks usually pretty obvious? Are they painful? I feel like I never know whats going on in there

 

[phoebe]

I'm having braxton hicks Phoebe x

Thanks Tink, its a strange new world to me The mw said to me that where i needed to go that it was kind of 2 forces fighting each other. And that the BH's were making me bear down and that i was hanging on for grim death, thinking i was having if u get me. Plus that the bleeding could have come from a fissure that may have occured from all the pressure. Gawd pregnancy is so glamorous

 

[phoebe]

phoebe i understand completely about things moving a little slowly in there lol. OH decided to inform the dr yesterday about my pebble poop, so she gave me a prescription. Nothing yet though, its been a couple days and it's still holding out hahah

phoebe(and everyone else!) are you going to take any kind of childbirth type class? The hospital that I'm switching to offers lots of childbirth type classes and breastfeeding ones and whatever else. Was wondering if its worth it.. seeing as I'm clueless!

I am completely clueless about the antenatal class thing, really unsure what to do myself so i am glad u asked. Hopefully our Mummy Ding Dongs can shed some info?? As for BH i am fairly sure i've had then before and they werent painful. My tum just felt tender and super tight if u know what i mean. Well that is with the exception of monday lol. Where i thought i was gonna spontaneously combust!!

 

[Hopes314]

so phoebe then no wonder you felt like you had to push lol

 

[phoebe]

so phoebe then no wonder you felt like you had to push lol

If only i'd known that at the time hehehe. I honestly didnt realise old brother constipation has a lot to answer for x

 

[coral11680]

hey girls, just on my second piece of yummy

great news about the taxi driver poppy, this will be a great week for you! look forward to your tests tomorrow!

forgot what else I read now!!

 

[Tinkerbellxxx]

Yes it is a weird sensation, takes a bit of getting used to I did the classes and found them really helpful. They can be pretty patronising sometimes, but I think its good to go. Gives you some info and confidence x

 

[phoebe]

hey girls, just on my second piece of yummy

great news about the taxi driver poppy, this will be a great week for you! look forward to your tests tomorrow!

forgot what else I read now!!

Boohoo hiss hiss!!! I want cake it is my unofficial birthday xx

 

[ladybeautiful]

..continuing my last post,

babyd, glad to have you back! sucks about the night shifts possibly getting in thw way of BD'ing...what yours and OH's daytime schedules like?

PK - SO very excited about you and OH moving forward with tests! Glad U/S is likely clear! Good luck to you and DH, and keep us updated!

LEW - so cool you're starting to feel baby move! I have been having some random sensations but am trying not to get too excited, but 2 nights ago I did feel bubba moving a lot on my doppler so pressed down deeper with the doppler and baby kicked vigourously!! And I could actually feel the corresponding movement (and down in my cervix too ) was sooo excited and I teared up!

China... sorry to hear OH's is being stingy. That must really hurt. I would do the same as you too - withholding and just sorta playing it cool until he is gagging for it. Men are such strange creatures Anyway, ENJOY SPRING BREAK!!!!! :THUMBUP:

Regalpeas, Lupine, binary, Damita, and any Ding Dongs I've missed - and !

 

[Tinkerbellxxx]

Stop talking about the cake took me all evening to forget how yummy it looked x

 

[ladybeautiful]

Hopes - I got the gummies at Target. Yeah I was disappointed by how many nutrients the one-a-day and similar chewies were missing, and lucked upon Vitafusion's presnatals. They have 800mcg of folic acid, a little of the other B vits and other stuff, ubt not enough calcium I think. I take Target's generic brand 'Up & Up' iron... they're small in size and so far my nausea hasn't flared up after taking them. (I had read that it's the iron that usually causes nausea and vomiting).

OH and I just signed up for a birthing class starting 10 days from now. She is teaching the 'Bradley method' which encourages drug-free labour and delivery by teaching breathing exercises, movements to do during labor and stuff... we'll see how it goes...

Also if you guys remember about my stomach pains/tightening, was able to see doc soon after... she didn't outright say it was Braxton Hicks, but said it might be things growing and stretching and she kept insisting they could be round ligament pain (although I think there's a difference between the sudden sharp pain of RLP and the more lasting pressure/tightening feeling that I was having?) Like Tink and some of you said, I think it's BH too, and I've been having them off and on almost daily now... not very pleasant but <knock on wood> no intense pressure or anything cos then I would panic thinking I was going into labour! Also she found I had a yeast infection <yuck>, probably picked it up from swimming in the club pool... using some ointment for it...

anyway that's my long rambling update

 

[Jenny Penn]

Just wanted to say to Poppy that your last tests defo looks like a bfp im so happy for you it brought a tear to my eye, fingers crossed you get a lovely line tomorrow! x

 

[Hopes314]

ladyb-so do you plan to have a drug-free birth? It would be lovely if i could handle it, but I have my doubts. Not only that, my SIL and other in-laws have their doubts when I said I'd like to try. SIL said "oh honey! you dont want to do that!"

 

[coral11680]

at Tink and Phoebe sorry girls ! I make you both a cake very soon!

Talking of braxton hicks I only had them with Chloe and only about 3 days past due date and onwards, wonder if I will get them at all this time?

 

[coral11680]

hopes I think its a very personal thing. I personally am happy to get as much pain relief as possible but some women prefer the natural process. I never took any classes before and wont be this time but I'm sure they do help somewhat.

 

[ladybeautiful]

ladyb-so do you plan to have a drug-free birth? It would be lovely if i could handle it, but I have my doubts. Not only that, my SIL and other in-laws have their doubts when I said I'd like to try. SIL said "oh honey! you dont want to do that!"

Yeah that's the intention now anyway, plus I'm planning to have a water labour and water birth, so I'm FX that the water will take some of the sting away. I've been watching a lot of documentaries about the birthing/hospital system where they try and push drugs on you just for their own convenience to shorten labour and get out outta their hands soon, scared me a bit. So as of now the plan is drug free, but we'll see when I'm howling in pain in the delivery room!

Do you have a netflix subsciprtion hopes? these documentaries are available on netflix online instant streaming...

 

[ladybeautiful]

yeah I agree with Coral... it's definitely a personal choice... and in the long run it's immaterial what the birth process was, all everybody wants at the end is a happy outcome and a healthy baby

my cousin had her 1st drug free and was almost passed out by the end of it... her second one she had an epidural and she said a couple of hours later she felt so good she had to remind herself she'd just given birth to a baby!

 

[Hopes314]

Nope, dont have netflix. But I have heard of what you are mentioning. And I'd love a drug-free labor. Are you planning to have the baby in a hospital, and the hospital is permitting a water birth!? I bet that is rare but sounds lovely. I feel the same though, my mom has always had long labors and if I have a long labor I'd like to be able to walk around/shower/etc. instead of being confined to bed with numb legs from epidural. Although that opinion may change when all im thinking is "get it out!"

 

[ladybeautiful]

Although that opinion may change when all im thinking is "get it out!"

Well actually we're going back home to India to have our baby because we have both families there and it's much easier to get help etc. The gyn there has her own small set up and she does a lot of water births.. my SIL had a water labor but regular delivery with this same doc and she was very happy so we'll be seeing her too..

Have you been watching one born every minute? a few episodes I did see the nurses encouraging the moms who were working through a long labor to get up walk around, shower etc. Also, didn't you say you're going to a practice that's more natural birth oriented? Sorry if I remembered that bit wrong...

 

[Hopes314]

Although that opinion may change when all im thinking is "get it out!"

Well actually we're going back home to India to have our baby because we have both families there and it's much easier to get help etc. The gyn there has her own small set up and she does a lot of water births.. my SIL had a water labor but regular delivery with this same doc and she was very happy so we'll be seeing her too..

Have you been watching one born every minute? a few episodes I did see the nurses encouraging the moms who were working through a long labor to get up walk around, shower etc. Also, didn't you say you're going to a practice that's more natural birth oriented? Sorry if I remembered that bit wrong...

That sounds lovely going to a small set up with the water birth and everything. It seems like it will be very calm. There arent many options like that available here as I'm sure you know! Yes I have been watching one born every minute, and I saw that too, walking and stuff is supposed to help move things along. I think being able to move around will make it seem more do-able.. hopefully lol. And yes I'm switching to a midwife practice, still at a major hospital and everything but I will have a midwife instead of an obgyn there for me and these ladies I'm going to see are 'supposedly' very supportive of natural births and that sort of thing. Haven't had my first appointment with them yet so we will see