Due in Dec

Regarding birth plans....is that something we work on with our midwives of do we do these ourselves? Im a little worried that Im now nearly 34 weeks and dont have one!

Due to financial reasons I am having to come straight back to work after my paid parental leave (baby will only be 3 months old). Is anyone else is the same situation and what are you thinking of in terms of care for baby?

Hi everyone......

havent been on since last week! who ever thoughti could last that long?

it was great meeting you roksana and drama!

 

sorry i only skimmed through the last couple pages-

sorry dagster to hear all your house problems

 

drama glad bubs is a good size- and boy you look great! bubs is hiding in there!

 

motherof6 my birthplan is just like yours in that i dont really have one- I told MW id like to just see how it goes....and walk walk walk.....then gas....then push.....but am open for whatever-lol-except CS! lol

 

sunshine im not going to start work til baby is about 6- 8 months......il think about childcare next year-lol

debsb i know what you mean about having hormonal days...sucks!

How you doing motherof7? roksana?

 

Ane and I have been staying at my parents place......just another stupid DH thing that is making me think id rather do without his male stupidity and stress! either its that or im just being really hormonal!-lol- hes begged us to come home but im fine here for now

 

yeay its nearly the end of the week!

Thanks Mrshouse - was awesome meeting you too.
Sorry to hear your hubby is being silly - hope you sort things out soon!

I dont plan to dream up some ideal of how my labour will go. I just want to be informed and make some decisions before hand e.g. I dont want gas/pethidine but I want an epidural, I do want baby to have the vitamin K shot etc. Obviouslt if I need to change plans e.g. an unexpected c-section then I will just have to go with the flow.

I think mine will be done at 36 weeks too - My Obs said to book a longer appointmnent for that one so guess he wants to hear what I have in mind. Im also not opting for a c-section.

Dagster if youre looking at monitors around that price range you might like to consider the respisense. Its a breathing monitor that your baby wears rather than the matress so it doesnt go off when you lift baby out of the cot and forget to turn it off, it monitors babys breathing regardless of where they are and has far less false alarms than the other breathing monitors. However you dont have the luxury of hearing if your baby wakes but as you said he will be with you most of the time anyway. Im getting one because even though baby is sleeping in my room if he does stop breathing I could sleep through it and not know.
If youre interested here is the website
http://www.respisense.com.au/Default.asp
and theres a thread on the forum about them too.

Well Im off to have my growth scan and 4d scan now - cant wait!

Edited by dramateyz

Re daycare - I will be finallising that next week, I am going with Kids Inn, I dont have time to search anymore for anywhere else.

Arianne will be going to daycare at 7 months, still will be heartbreaking but will need to go back to work.

Drama - Thanks for the link to the baby monitor. Hope your scan goes well. I hope I have another scan later. .

Aimstar1 - So sorry about your friend passing, I am glad it was a good service.

Hi everyone! Its been a long day of studying today! But I feel so satisfied with the amount I have done!

Sunshine- I went to midwife today and thought that we might be talking about birth plans but she said we will next visit- just over 36 weeks. My little girl is also going into an early learning centre at 3 months- when I go back to uni. Well hopefully- cos at the moment she is 44th on the waiting list ! The centre is on campus so its nice and close. She won't be going every day of the week tho- some days she will go to work with her Dad and she will also stay with great grandma and also I will have some time when I'm not at uni.

Apparently my lil girl is measuring BIG! Well very long at least lol. Hmm I hope she's not a giganta-baby. lol.

Hmm I've been wondering what kind of monitor to get too- might look in to that respisense...

I hope I have a better sleep tonight- she was making me SOOOOOOOOOOO uncomfortable!!!

I wonder how many of our babies are gonna come early...

Hey im with noodle, im also just popping in to let you all know im still alive lol ive had such a busy week im so glad im finally home and getting to relax!!

Nothing exciting happening though, lily is great shes been a very active little thing the past few days, my ribs and organs have had quite a hammering! Off to have a scan 2moro so will be good to see how shes doing in there and how big she is, and also to make sure she really is a she lol.

Anyways hello to everyone! Sorry no personals will catch up another time

Morning ladies,

Wow really quite here, everyone must be very busy sorting baby stuff .

Motherof6 - Happy birthday for miss 4.

Not much happening here, Farmers have got 50% some underwear so now may be a good time to stock up if anyone needs to.

I hope everyone has a great long weekend, I have baby shower tomorrow YAY!! looking forward to it, so i'm off home this afternoon to make cupcakes.. .oh and have a nap ofcourse hehe

Hi guys,

Havnt been on here for couple of days...as I have had Drama's with Bubba and me...well ME!!

On Tuesday I felt like my BP was high as I was feeling headachy and grumpy, went to pick DD from parents and asked mum for her BP machine. Took it home and checked and it was 158/105...CRAP I thought. Even after a shower and all that my BP was really high. Had a big spat with DH (like I knew I would)...Told him to FO....called MW and left a msg....then at 9.30pm called health line. They told me to go to the nearest Doc...I had 15 min. DD was asleep so I got dressed and told DH to look after DD and that I am going to DOC...and took off.

Docs looked at my BP it was 145/97...and there was protein in my Urine...not much but there was some. He told me to rest up and go to middlemore if I have any other problems. I txt MW to let her know on Wed...and she called back and said go to middlemore NOW!

So I pack DD and myself and go to middlemore. spend 5 hours on the monitor...had bloods and urine test done.....DD was soo good but really bored! I was hungry!! Any who the lef me go and told me to rest yesterday so I want at work...and my Comp is still crook...

I had another checkup with docs yesterday, BP is still highish but not bad enough to put me on meds. My Urine came back fine on Wed but again showed Protein yesterday....they will monitor me closely every week with a quick scan next Thursday.

Bub is ok tho...happily moving around...they actually kept me for 5 hours because the little miss wouldnt stay put and kept moving so the heartbeat monitor couldnt pick up a continuous reading...but they were happy that she has enough energy to move that much!

I am trying not to stress about it...because I might end up with pre-eclempsia (sp??) but until that happens I dont wanna panic!

Sorry for lack of personals!!

MrsHouse - MEN!! Thats all I have to say!

Dagster - Its ok hun...I am sure you will sort out the living issues. Just try and not stress I know its hard!!
Oh and nice bump!!

And then I cant remember who said what!! Sorry!

Have a great day all!!

roksana! hope you do rest up this weekend and mustv been scary!.....

 

aimstar that sounds scary as well but i guess with lots of information youre well prepared

 

becky good luck for BS 2mrw- hope you get lots of great stuff-mind you all baby stuff is sooooo cuuuuttte!

 

happy birthday motherof6's miss 4!

 

was going to camp out at the beach this weekend but unlikely with the rain-so mayb retail therapy and movies will do- still at parents house and not really in a rush to go back to DH......

 

hope everyone has a good weekend!