February 2013 Babies

To all of you single mum i give you a medal. You guys have to be sooo strong and just amazing. My thoughts are with you all the way xxx.

Im going toward a water birth for sure. I love the water and Bee T im pretty sure they do it in Gizzy hospital. I cant wait to be in labour and experience it ( probably say the opposite once im in the middle of it ). Xmas came early today a friend of mine who has 3 kids just gave me 3 rubbish bags of clothes , blanket, cot sheet, changing table, car seat, breast pump, maternity clothes, moses basket etc just very cool. And all in good condition. I got given a cot and mattress too. Im so blessed ! I wont need to shop at all by the sound of it !!!! yeah !!!!
Hope all you girls are ok. xxx

Edited by soleil

hehe @ ring of fire mumtomany, I'll leave you to explain that one!

Thank you for the kind words and encouragement ladies, even though I'm new to the forum I appreciate the kindness

It wasn't until #3 that I thought about a water birth. I was too scared to even ask or outline what I wanted to do. I was basically told get to hospital, on the bed, push - kind of thing.

BUT I did run myself a very deep, very warm bath when I was labouring with DS #3 - it took the edge of the contractions. But I purposely waited, when you begin to contract you get all panicky, then it's starts getting a bit sore and you think that this is the pain - BUT NO. Once the pain became intolerable, I ran the bath - contractions were still 5 mins apart. I stayed in the bath for almost 3/4 of an hour, topping up with warm water.

Once that became intolerable I got out and contractions were 1 min apart.

Went to hospital, had baby 30-40 mins later

So I eventually got my timing right.

I know what I want my birth plan to go like now, and a water birth is definitely the one for me :)



Soliel, you are so lucky to have good friends that care about you enough to help you out like that! That's awesome news and it must be a real relief for you too!

Anyone else popped out like a pumpkin is tucked under your shirt?

Still no results back, hopefully Monday. Cramps are a pain, but will wait and see. Hard with fathers day this sunday and all the men I know are drop kicks lol

WheresWally66
Ekk ok basically when your perineum stretches out as the baby start's to crown it "can" not alway's feel like a chinese burn down there. It's because the skin needs to stretch out so Thin. Not nice but your baby is almost there when you get to that point. And like i said i have only had that with the one birth. They do say water helps with that the be honest. And most likely i only got with my water birth because he was born so very quickly


soleil
Wow that is fantastic to be given all that hun what a great friend.

I should add i am no longer a single mum and have been with DF for 6years now

hehe ring of fire, still makes me laugh at the saying (but not the pain!)

What is vbac? Gosh you'd think after 3 children I'd know...

Yes baby number 4 on the way - but yes it's been almost 10 years since I last gave birth!
DS 1 - laboured for about 4 hours (then 6 years later)
DS 2 - laboured for about 5 hours (then 14 months later)
DS 3 - laboured for about 40 minutes lol (knew what I was doing and what to expect)

The designer mum on one born every minute last week was AMAZING especially considering it was her first bub!

I'm totally loving and enjoying being preggers I am very happy and content and love how my body is changing and growing. I love the thought that I'm growing a baby and mindful that this will most likely be my last. The flutters are becoming more noticeable and I'm just loving the whole thing. I feel really blessed!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekends

Going for scan tomorrow has been having a brownish discharge today.

MW didn't seem to concerned when I told her I can still feel bubs moving around in there she thinks I will have a low lying placenta so put my mind at ease somewhat.

So hopefully the scans all good looking forward to seeing bubs again. So have put myself on bed rest for the day.

Thinking of you Bubbaloo, am sure all will be fine and enjoy your bed rest.

Labour isnt' that bad Princess. Mine was awesome, honest!!   My MW did tell me before hand that there are no awards for going pain free and I ended up having an epidural after being induced (and hearing horror stories). It was bliss and DD was born shortly afterwards as I was so relaxed. You will be fine whatever you decide at the time.

Bubaloo, how stressful for you! I hope that you manage to get some sleep tonight, I can imagine the thoughts running through your head. I had to force myself to listen to music to fall asleep or read until my eyes were heavy so as to fall asleep... Will be thinking of you tomorrow!



Karnie, I liked the comment your MW gave you about painrelief - absolutely! There are no awards so don't feel like you shouldn't have pain relief. I always went into each birth prepared to ask for relief if I needed it. But one thing I did do, is really prepare myself for the labour. I do endurance training and it's totally mind over matter, just pushing yourself... I found that, that was all I needed to rely on.



I had a mantra! The pain is good - it's hurrying my body along to bring me baby. LOL something like that... put the pain into perspective for me. But it was the most ultimate of endurance events and definitely a treasure!



PrincessB, IVF really does 'kick start' your body, OMG when I think I'm going to have FOUR children I am secretly afraid and aghast at myself that I am also single...

Edited by lovedup - 30 September 2012 at 8:44am

I just signed up for pregnancy yoga classes - start next week, better than doing absolutely zilch.

Anyone else exercising or doing something active? What works for you?

Had a tough night last night, feeling sorry for myself lol, cried all the tears I had, then drifted off to nod land. Determined that I'm going to get back on track to that confident, self-assured, successful woman I know I can be..

Everything is all good they couldn't find the cause of the spotting/discharge. Baby is spot on for measurements have booked 20wk scan also for the 1st October due date has moved forward to the 12th only 3 days.

Was going to start doing some light excercise today but decided to give it a miss after yesterday so probably start next week now.

charmonthefarm - you do SO much more activity than me! If you think that's not enough I will seriously have to up my A game because I've been very slovenly lately! (16 weeks to be exact!)

Can't wait for your scan too! Exciting!

Bubbaloo I had a bit of spotting from some sight placenta separation - it could have been ligament stretching or an old bleed maybe. My scan is on the 3rd of Oct - It'll be a busy week!

Thank you phantom tbh the birth is the thing I'm looking forward to the most, but I appreciate your kind words, sometimes I doubt myself to the extreme - I'm hoping it's hormonal and I don't have to keep going through these tears and emotions..

Weather was pretty rough today, terrible for playing and being outside, but good if you throw a sickie