The Chatterboxes

[hayley x]

Aww Claire i was like that when we was putting our pram together. To us its really delicate but to them they just pull and push until it does what they want it to.

You just reminded me, when we were putting ours together we had to fix the back wheels they just clipped on and i said to hubby it wont turn round (the wheel) thinking we had pushed it in too far or something and his reply 'are they meant to move' ITS A WHEEL turns out the break was on, lol. He would kill me if he knows i've posted this lol.

Bet you cant wait to have it together to play with xxx

 

[pinkclaire]

Glad it's not just my bloke lol. I suggested we go to the shop and get the lady to show us, well that went down like a lead balloon lol

 

[twiggy56]

Happy term-day MS!!! and also Happy 36 weeks hayley!! My god, everyone is guna start popping before me, damit girls!

NP, sorry you feel rubbish hun I think im going to get yet ANOTHER damn cold...jamie's brought this one back from work and its inevitable im going to get it too Right as im now heavily pregnant and uncomfortable as it is!! grr! Hope it doesnt develop into anything hun....try some vitamin water or something to maybe keep it at bay?

claire- jamie was a bit of a brute with ours aswel, now the front wheel clicks lol. Bet u he's put it on the wrong way round!! and its non-removable!!! Ru happy with the pram though? Do we get some piccies?!

 

[pinkclaire]

I've just put a piccie on facebook twigster!

Has anyone heard from MS today? Just thinking I haven't heard anything after her status last night.

 

[twiggy56]

oooh! Just seen the piccy, claire its a beaute! Verrrry nice...i like it alot!

Yeah MS hasnt had any recent activity on FB after her tightenings last night?! omg maybe it DID happen for her?!

should someone giv her a txt u think?!

 

[pinkclaire]

Yeah I've just txt her cos I was worried x

 

[Beautywithin]

MS was on FB, she replied to randoms wall mess x

 

[twiggy56]

MS was on FB, she replied to randoms wall mess x

oh, thats fine then...has she designated one of us to text if things start happening?

I got my £500 Surestart grant into my bank today! im well chuffed! Oh and iv also finished my birth plan!

Has everyone else got theirs done?

 

[Beautywithin]

Iv got her number!! never have my fone on at mo tho lol

yay to the grant.....what you spending it on ?! x


see im lost with all this birth plan.. with Paris my MW just basically just jotted down some notes on what would happen if things went wrong, MW hasent even said anything about a birth plan this time round

share yours with us twigster x

 

[pinkclaire]

My midwife did mine this week BW, we just went through the part in my notes about it, that was enough for me let her write it down lol.

As I'm in a birthing centre I don't have the option of pain relief other than pethadine which I really really don't want, so just told her about wanting skin to skin, waterbirth, stay as upright as possible, explained about my hips being sore and also that I don't know the sex and if possible i don't want anyone to tell me I want the baby handed to me so I can look lol. I told them to ask hubby if he wants to cut the cord at the time, asked me about how I want to give birth to placenta and vit k x

 

[twiggy56]

I think im going to get some cloth nappies, get my collection started so i can have her in cloth by like 12 weeks?

My friend sarah is an expert on cloth and she has the most gorgeous designs in nearly every make! So shes helping me get the right ones to suit me! Was going to buy the swing also but we've been given a near brand-new one from a friend of MIL so i dont even need to buy that anymore! Pretty much got everything else....

Ok well my mum went thru all the things to mention in the birth plan with me, it was great to be able to ask for her opinion as she knows the in's and out's obviously!

i'l see if i can post it in a onner....

 

[twiggy56]

Who do I want with me during labour and birth?
Birth Partner: Jamie (Fiancé/baby’s father)
Sally (Mother)
I do not wish to be left alone during labour and birth

My environment for labour and birth
I would like the room to be as private as possible.
I would like my own music (ipod in dock).
I would like to wear my own nightgown.
I would like to eat small snacks regularly.
I would like to have as few people coming in and out as possible.

Baby’s heartbeat monitoring
I am happy to have any monitoring necessary by the midwife/medical staff- if everything is straightforward however, i would prefer intermittent doppler monitoring.
I am happy to have CTG if advised.

How will I cope with the pain?
I wish to be as mobile as possible and to be free to move/walk about.
I would like the midwife to prompt/suggest suitable positions (I would like the midwife to suggest the optimum positions)
I wish to labour in the birthing pool but my preference is not to deliver my baby in the water (I only wish to use the water as a form of pain relief).
I wish to use gas & air throughout.
I wish to be offered drug-related options to choose from.
My preferred pain relief is all those listed above, however I would like to be offered an epidural if I felt I could not cope with the pain.

Vaginal examinations
I am happy to have any examinations necessary and would appreciate explanation of findings.

How would I like to give birth?
I would like the option of any position I feel comfortable with/recommended.
I would like the syntomentrine injection to aid delivery of the placenta.
If the baby cannot be examined in my presence /needs to be taken out of the room I would prefer (if it is possible) for Jamie/my mother to accompany the baby.

(Immediately) After my baby’s birth
I would like Jamie to announce the sex of the baby.
I wish to have skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth.
If possible, I would like Jamie to cut the cord.
I would like the baby to wear the hat that I have provided.
I consent to the baby having the vitamin K injection.
I wish to breastfeed the baby.

Assisted delivery
If additional medical assistance is required then I am happy for the midwives/medical staff to use whatever interventions deemed necessary to deliver the baby safely.
In the event that a caesarean section is needed I would like Jamie to accompany me into theatre. After baby has been examined and all is ok I would like baby to be brought straight to me, and then after, for baby to be with Jamie at all times.

Student Midwives
I consent to having a student midwife in the room to observe labour/delivery but do not wish for the student to do the delivery itself. I wish to have the same student throughout labour/delivery and do not wish for students to ‘change over’- purely because it is my first baby and I would like as much continuity as possible.

 

[nervouspains]

Wow just read your birth plan twigs, its great xx

 

[Beautywithin]

Hope mine goes as smoothly as last time... i just want gas and air, may have an epi if the labour is over 9 hours, B dont want to cut the cord, he dont do well with blood, think he would faint, only thing they ask me about the placenta is did i want to keep it! i did'nt even look at it last time, i was on cloud nine thanks to the gas and air lol, but want to least look this time, my main fear tho, is having a C-section for whatever reason ...... thinking about it makes me feel really sick... thing is not sure what im scared of exactly lol x

 

[nervouspains]

Lol BW, my OH is the same, well his intention is to cut it- but well, he passed out once at the mw's when I was having blood taken, so im wondering what the hell he will be like when im in labor, and when they say time to cut the cord lol xxx

 

[twiggy56]

Thanks NP- i hadnt even considered alot of the stuff iv got written in it until my mum asked me! Its so strange how just writing it all down makes it more real! Im now actually thinking...'omg i have to give birth!!' For so long it has been something so distant and 'sometime in the future' that i didnt need to think about because it was ages away...now its like 'its next month so start thinking about the biggest thing your body will ever endure in your life'!!!

BW- i dont know if id want to look at it! Iv seen a placenta on tv when i watch these birth programmes but im not so sure if id want to see mine lol. Some cultures eat it dont they?!

I told jamie he's not to tell me if i poo myself and he's not allowed to look if they're giving me an episiotomy either!!

 

[twiggy56]

omg callie- iv just realised....how scary is it that, at our exact dates today Heidi had sydnee!!!

OMG!!

 

[nervouspains]

Omg! Ooooh! Wow just think that she went in to labor now
Oooh part of me wants too as well- he has been constently under my right rib today & it is sooooo painful! Esp sitting down! xx

 

[twiggy56]

I know, its really scary isnt it?! But kind of makes me want to go into labour now too seeing how beautiful sydnee is!

Well im getting feet stuck in between ribs now im sure...she lodges it in there and doesnt know how to get it out unless i wiggle to help her!!

we should be moving up a box soon should we not?! Im sick of second last baby!!

 

[pinkclaire]

I don't want to see the placenta I don't think. I've told hubby if he even thinks of getting the camera out while I'm in labour we're getting divorced. Also that's another reason why I want a waterbirth so that he can't see as much (other than the poop etc floating round ha!) he's not squirmish at all, he was a trained medic in the army and he finds it fasinating but he's not looking at that! How could I ever have sex with him again!