UK SMOG Wannabes - November (moved from PL)

Inglewood - I just wanted to say I LOVE YOU i feel so much better today and I think its mainly down to be able to drink - hot water works thankyou thankyou thankyou if you were here right now i would hug you!!!! I have the sweet syrup stuff from the chemist - DH is a pharmacist so he brought it home yesterday hoping it kicks in soon. Just want to get to my next scan and know baby is ok as still spotting :(

FX for all waiting for you BFP and lots of belly rubs to the pregnant ladies and lots of hugs to those on the diet x x

Just read a post on FF of a lady who is expecting her 4th boy....she is devastated - i could only think that will be me soon.....not that i feel i will be so devastated this time just an acceptance of no pink princess ever ever

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Originally Posted by Sunset

inglewood ~ it must be nice to "know" what to expect this time with the CS.. at least you've been through it before :) what is the recovery like?

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The best thing will be knowing 'what day' they will be here this time! My 1st c-section being a 1am drama was tough and I learnt so much from it during the recovery as you forget it's Major Surgery after all. having a urinary catheter after for 24hrs and a new baby to carry was odd! With ds2 being semi-planned (6 days b4 due date) I was calmer and I knew what was ahead, but I was worrying more about the spinal than the actual section!! Made Dh come in and hold my hand!!! lol But didn't make the same mistakes after ds2 like rushing around thinking I could walk 2miles to the post office to pay my road tax like I did with ds1, getting there in agony, braking down in tears and calling a taxi home!! It's a painful recovery, the first week esp is tough, but then I do not imagine pushing out a baby then being 'stitched' down below is a walk in the park either!! Bless you all! I dreaded that tear so much with ds1 I used almond oil to 'prepare' my perineum in the wks leading up to his birth....then had a section!! lol hate not being able to drive until the doc says you can either, ds1 was made to wait 6wks!!! ds2 my dad had a stroke when he was 3wks old and the doc took pity on me and let me drive then!!

I am jealous of all ladies who have had 'normal' say births, feel I have missed out, but if my babies are meant to come out the 'sunroof' then so be it!!! lol

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Originally Posted by charlieispy

Inglewood - I just wanted to say I LOVE YOU i feel so much better today and I think its mainly down to be able to drink - hot water works thankyou thankyou thankyou if you were here right now i would hug you!!!!

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Fantastic!!! It helped me so so much too!!! I did actually hug the girl at work who told me about it!! Hot lemonde was my next step, so maybe in a few days!! Hope it continues to help?? xx

Hi girls,
Thank you all for your lovely messages :-) Baby O slept from 11pm-5.45am today, was lovely! although he's been sleeping in our bed the last few nights :-/

When i done my birthplan this time i had 'i want an epidural' top of the list lol, the dr was hesitant to give me it because this was my 3rd baby and he said even though i was only 3-4cm 30 mins previous that i may end up having the baby before it kicked in, i was like no way am i anywhere near giving birth!! so i got the epidural thank god, it worked for 30 mins then he was born, still glad i got it though, the last hour or so was horrendous, i cant do pain lol.

Aww babymad, your poor little boy, so glad the ops over and hes doing well :-) bet his brothers are looking after him.

I so hope you find out next week what sex the twins are inglewood!! im dying to know lol :-)

Waves to you all x x

aw petal, i love your siggy, so cute!

I had a full episiotomy which i dont think is any better than a c-sec really....was really laid up with it. Have heard it is very common to need one if you have the epi because your body doesnt get used to the pain and so when the pain hits, the body struggles to push the baby out leaving the mw's no option but to cut. Having said that i would STILL choose the epidural anyday when i face so long pushing. Didnt have an epidural with ds2 and it still took as long (that damned twisted pelvis!) to push so im thinking whats worse.... no epi, excruciating pain and no cutting or epi, little pain and cutting.... no brainer for me!!

Wow girls you've been busy chatting!! :)

Chocolate sorry the doctor didn't give u want thing, hope b6 works well for you!

Charlie so glad to hear your feeling better! :)

Babymad hope your lo is ok, bless him!

Petal what a clever boy sleeping for so long!! I honestly believe that for the first few weeks of having a new baby you just kinda wing it! Well I do anyway, pretty much anything goes like sleeping in same bed etc, then once you've got over the birth and sheet tiredness it all falls into place!!

Well today I had ds1's parents evening, he's on target for his year group and all I all it was a positive report, however they did say that he can be lazy at times and has a potential to achieve more, his dad seems to be dwelling on the negative of it all, and when I kissed tommy before he went to stay at his dads I felt so sorry for what grief I know he will get from dad tonight.
On a plus we had a curry for dinner nom nom lol

charlie, it was that syruppy stuff that i was thinking of...still cant think of the name! glad inglewoods suggestion worked for you and you have had relief ;)

Dola mama I had pre eclampsia with induction and bp of 190/140 with ds1 so choice or complaints his birth. With ds2 I had high bP so had to be monitored which is fare enough but I could sit on the birthing ball so why I had to labour on my back god knows

Oh I was cut with ds1 as I needed vontose after 3.5 hours pushing he was back to back with the cord round his neck so the cord was short and holding him in. A doctor cut me and I was welled numbed before she did it and she stiched me with no pain. That was far nicer than tearing with ds2. The birth was a piece of p!## compaired to the sticthes - worse pain I have ever felt and there was no need to feel it

God the 2ww never gets any easier does it?! I'm only 2dpo and had to resort to building a playmobil pirate ship for ds1s birthday on Monday to pass the time away! Dh never gets home before 10pm and now towie and made in Chelsea have finished there isn't even that much trash on tv to get me through the boredom! Urgh!