The world health organization has a chart which is for breastfed babies you can use next time
http://www.who.int/childgrowth/en/
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The world health organization has a chart which is for breastfed babies you can use next time
http://www.who.int/childgrowth/en/
@surgena I rejected all of that stuff for both kids no problem with my dr. Strep b is like yeast , its naturally occurring but you can have an overgrowth one day and not the next and once you are positive here thats, even If you test negative the next time, so I don't see how being negative would comfort me at all. Vit c and garlic is supposed to help fight it for anyone that was positive before though. I am super paranoid now with this pregnancy but that after birth stuff always bothers me. Hoping I can birth at the birth center again so I don't have to deal with fighting with the nurses not to make my babies eyes all blurry.
Stalking. :nails: xxx
I think I'm going crazy and am seriously contemplating a homebirth! Right now my pregnancy notes have me going to the birth center, but I can change my mind as late into the pregnancy as I want... and I'm thinking of seriously staying at home. I got stressed out last time because we don't have a car (I don't have a British license and my husband doesn't know how to drive), so we had to keep waiting for the "right time" to go because it was a £15 taxi ride... but if I went too soon, I would have another £15 taxi ride home! (I live in a small town... not the same town as the birth center/hospital.)Quote:
Originally Posted by spinningmadly
When we finally went, it was so late at night that we had to call a taxi company that was in a different town, therefore unfamiliar with our little street... which you either have to reverse up and drive out or vice versa... it is VERY VERY narrow and you cannot turn around to get out!
We told him to park at the END of the road and not to drive up... we'd walk down to him, but he didn't listen and drove to the door! He was like, "Okay, so where can I turn around to get out?" and we were like, "YOU CAN'T! You have to reverse!"
Oh my God, the contractions in the back seat while he struggled big time to get out... stopping, starting, drive up, reverse down, drive up, realign the vehicle, reverse back, etc... it took forever... and sitting down with contractions suuuuuuuuucked. Then he drove like a psycho all the way there, which stressed me out. Then I got there and I was checked and I was NOT dilated (AHHH!) but fully effaced, and they almost sent me home, but of course I explained the nightmare getting there. So they ran me a lavender bath and got me breakfast and told me to move around and they would check me in an hour and see if things changed before they really sent me back home. Luckily I was up to 3cm within that hour... so I got to stay. But geez, it was stressful!
I think if I stayed home, 1) I could get a birthing pool which a woman was constantly using at the birth center so I never got to use it, 2) if I NEEDED it, I could use gas and air at home (which isn't used in the US and I DO NOT know WHY! It might save a lot of women from automatically going for the epideral!), 3) I would have a named midwife coming to ME, to MY house, attending me and I would be in my own home environment, 4) if i HAD to go to the hospital... I'd get a free ride!
Haha...
I'm seriously considering it!
I hear ya! I know that in my head, but it was spot on for my DS and several friends' pregnancies, so it gets me a bit bummed...although, if it's a pH test, it makes sense that it did exactly the same thing for this pregnancy as it did for my last. I tend to run alkaline. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly Spirit
In any case, thanks for the encouraging words. I will try to snag a nub shot at my 12 weeker and post it on the ultrasound forum in a couple of weeks. I do enjoy being pregnant more than anything in the world, so I'm gonna live it up! (first trimester sickness aside...uggh.) ;)
Hello ladies :wave:
Hope you don't mind but am invading your thread of the evening so i can stalk Rosie - i know i'm early (she said 10 and its only 8:30 here) but am getting a little impatient so am here ready and waiting just in case - come on team pink !!!!!! :pinksperm:
I'm just now reading this part of the thread, and I hope I can add some helpful information. I struggled mightily with supply and baby weight gain issues with DS1, but for me this reared its ugly head around 3 months. Initially, I believed it to be due to going back to work, but my lactation consultant recommended that I have my thyroid function checked since my let-down reflex was also becoming sluggish. Turns out that I had developed severe postpartum thyroiditis, which can affect up to 10% of women in the six month postpartum period! Long story short, I went on Synthroid immediately, and my issues slowly improved, although my supply never fully recovered. After trying every herbal supplement known to man, I eventually started Domperidone (30 mg three times daily), which was a game-changer for our breastfeeding relationship. My supply increased significantly, and I was able to keep DS exclusively breastfed (along with some donated breast milk). He weaned on his own just shy of 17 months. After all I went through, the tears I shed, and the struggles we faced (including nursing strikes on and off from 8-11 months!), we emerged relatively unscathed in the end. I am so thankful for my wonderful lactation consultant and my long-suffering DH for supporting me; it was totally worth it!Quote:
Originally Posted by mummypink
I admire you for your efforts with your children--most women would not have persevered as you did. I am praying that your (and my) next experiences will go more smoothly! :) xo
I completely agree! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by auroara78
Thank you, mrshoneyez! :)
:wave: Turning the page, congrats and good luck with your 12 week scan.
Thinking pink thoughts for you, Rosie!
I just remembered my dream last night and there was just this subtle part of it that REALLY, REALLY disturbed me. :( Remembering it and I can't shake it. I hope it means nothing because it was just awful... bizarre and just weird and awful. I don't even know if I would want to share it, it disturbed me that much!
Sorry ladies......it is another boy for me as well. I was feeling pretty bummed. Nothing has been working in my favor lately so I'm not surprised. The good news is I will get my girl. If I a capable of another pregnancy we will try sperm sort. If not we will adopt.
I have to say I don't like the potty shot I got, I don't really see a penis but I don't see girl parts either. Sorry I couldn't break the cycle.
Surgena then stay at home. Dd was supposed to be a Hb but I just wont do it again bc it has a bad memory now. That and my Hb midwife I love can't do births in nc , it's not legal here, and she helps run the birth center in sc , where it is legal. So she'd get in a lot of trouble if she did nc. But I love the birth center anyway
I'm so sorry Rosie !!!! :( our stats suck for this due date group!!!
Injust saw anther newborn at the store , another damn girl. I really feel like I lost my chance at a girl by losing my baby that was due now
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Originally Posted by spinningmadly
I always hated that it was illegal in some places in the US. Drives me crazy (I'm from the US, remember!)
I remember my cousin telling me I was putting my life and my baby's life at risk by using a midwife and all I could say to her was that it was the NORMAL practice here that midwives are the first point of care and person you see when you have a low risk pregnancy... Consultant led care is reserved for very high risk. But she just didn't get it.
I'm just so glad they really respect midwives here and know how important of a role they play in the birthing process, and that we have this list of options that we can choose... i.e. you can pick to go to the more medical labor ward, you can go to the birth center, or you can stay at home. I love that the choice is ours and no one dictates us in that choice... because it's our birth.
I feel so strongly about the homebirth. Would have the first time but it was the whole... first time baby, maybe play it safe. I feel like I have an idea of it all now and I know what NOT to do that I did last time... it feels like a more clear option for me.
Sorry about being home with your DD. :( I know and can understand why that would be so hard to do again. *hugs*
Oh sweetie I'm sorry you didn't hear pink big hugs to you. Congratulations on your little man xxQuote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
Oh my what was it???? xxQuote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Aw no Rosie, really sorry you didn't hear pink - hope baby was ok though - healthy and perfect and that your coping ok with everything - seems we are all destined to have boys latelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
Yep, it is the same here they don't routinely test for it but my old doctor used to as she had once had a patient who lost a baby as a result of it. She didn't actually tell me she was testing but just did it from a urine sample along with other routine tests. I asked for it to be done this time since I was found to be positive last time and apparently it has come back as negative which is good news. I'll ask to be tested again at around 32 weeks though as it can come and go. I wasn't tested for it when I was pregnant with ds1. Seems so silly for them not to do it in the UK as it is such an easy test! You can pay to have it done yourself though in the UK, think it costs about £12.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Definitely think I will make more of a fuss this time if they try to put me on a drip to speed things up as it was so unnecessary last time! She hadn't even checked me to see how far dilated I was and I kept saying to her I knew it was close. I think it was about 30 mins from her putting me on the drip to him being born, and when I said I needed to push she looked at me in disbelief and then panicked when she checked me and realised she could see his head!!! I'm really quiet in labour so I think because I'm not screaming she assumed I must be ages away from giving birth!
Hope you get some reassurance from your midwife Suregena, I remember my morning sickness kept coming and going around 9 weeks so try not to worry too much. xx
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Originally Posted by mummypink
Well, maybe they do sneakily check... like you say. You're in the UK so you know more than me probably (this American... in the UK for only almost 6 years!)
This pregnancy has just been too easy that I feel like I'm doomed. :( I hate this constant edge of doom during the first trimester... just drives me crazy!
Rosie - I am shocked!!!!! Did you post your potty shot? I am here for you....us girls were put on this forum for a reason and we are all in this together. Big hugs...everything will work out in the end.
The way the group b strep was explained to me was that you can have it without knowing anything about it as it doesn't cause you any problems, but if you have high levels of it then it can cause premature labour and it can also cause meningitis in the baby after it is born, particularly if your waters break early. If you are found to have it (like I was in my last pregnancy) they give you antibiotics to clear it, then you are tested again at around 34/35 weeks if it is all clear they just monitor the baby more closely after birth and if you are found to have it again you are given antibiotics during labour.Quote:
Originally Posted by spinningmadly
I think one of the main things is just being aware on the effects it can have on the baby as most people aren't aware of it at all, which is quite scary in places where you are sent home with a baby within hours of giving birth.
I like the idea of a homebirth in theory but I'm just too scared of something going wrong and not having the necessary help on hand. The maternity wards here are fab too so I think it is actually better for me in terms of recovery to be able to have a few days in my own room at hospital away from home so I'm not trying to sort the boys out or do jobs.
I know in the UK you can get rushed in and out of hospital though so I may feel differently if I was still in the UK! xx
lol! Our paths must have crossed - I've been living out of the UK for 6 years now over here in Norway :)Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Wow, I can't believe it! I really thought yours was going to be a girl, are they absolutely sure?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
Sending you a BIG hug, congratulations on your gorgeous little man. xxxx
I am sorry you didn't hear girl. I promise you it will be ok xx
Oh Rosie, I thought for sure yours was a girl. :( Congrats on the sweet boy, and HUGS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
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DOH! That's right - you're in Norway! Where my cousins are from. :)
Group B strep is VERY dangerous if you deliver and baby gets an infection. I had a friend who had to be taken to Chapel Hill (2.5 hrs away - very specialized hospital) where her baby spent over a month and nearly died (she didn't know she had it). I had group B strep last time and I got to the hospital at 7 CM. They rushed to get a bag of antibiotics in my IV...everything was fine with my baby! Very scared of it after that!
I had a friend here who was not treated and her baby ended up getting sick and running a fever that resulted in quite a bit of damage. Her newborn ended up blind and deaf, but was not born that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCBeachyGrl
I had it last time as well and was treated during labor.
They must check it in somehow - I just never hear about it!
Ah, just read this: Is my unborn baby at risk of early-onset GBS (group B streptococcus) infection? - Health questions - NHS Choices
So it isn't routinely screened for here.
It is common, and from what I understand many people have given birth while they have it and had no problems. But the babies who pick it up and become infected can have serious complications.
Hey I am coping okay so far. I'm pretty sure he was sure. I am super busy tonight but I will post the pics as soon as I can for you all. Thank you again for the support and yes I guess it's prime time for boys. I am glad I have you all for support!
Aww Rosie iam so shocked I really thought you'd hear pink!! So sorry hun :hugs: congratulations on your sweet little boy xxx
Sort to hear too Rosie:( I didn't even belong in this group but I was drawn to it! I know why, as there are a bunch of us having boys and now we have someone to talk to:)
I'm feeling a lot better about things a week in and actually got a buzz of excitement thinking about my 3 boys! It's a hard pill to swallow nonetheless it just makes me want to give birth that much sooner so I can see him! I don't care if he's not wearing pink;)
Feel free to pm me and vent, a couple ladies and I have done this already ( I probably vented the loudest) but it really helped, thanks girls:)
so sorry rosie :( like the others i thought your must surley be a girl.
Sending you lots of hugs, make sure you go and spoil your self with some pampering or shopping :hugs:
Oh Rosie, im sorry :( the statistics in this thread are almost unbelievable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
Cinss seems like everyone's having boys! Must be good for you!
When do you find out?t
It's not that I don't think group strep b if the baby gets it, isn't serious. My point was for me, I know it changes day to day (even my Peri confirmed it ) so being negative wouldn't really give me any relief. Although most drs don't test again when you are negative. And they don't test day of delivery regardless, that I know. But being positive would open a can of worms for me that wouldn't be good. Even if negative later the protocol here is positive ever and you get the antibiotics. I am allergic to most antibiotics anyway and we determined before the only one I could take in that instance makes me very ill and they've said you need them for 4 hours. Well ds1 was born an in hour and ds2 shot out after 30 min after we got there so it's a moot point, for me. I do birth in the water though and that is supposed to greatly reduce the risk of transmission if there is any.
Oh and Surgena , my high risk obs, both of them, as long as everything looks well with the baby are very supportive of me birthing at the birth center which is nice. I think they are so used to seeing so many real problems , that doesn't phase them when things are going well.
I dont know how to feel about it, on 1 hand i think well yes this boy run has to be good for me, but on the other hand i think it is an opposite run so i am not "safe" and maybe i will be the one to turn the run from boys to girls. I have my 12week scan on Thursday so hopefully they can give me a good nub shot or guess, otherwise i will find out at 16weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by spinningmadly
I can't believe all of the boys. This is incredible. I thought for sure it was you Rosie. I hope your doing ok.