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Violet, that's great, sounds like things are moving along for you! I am slightly jealous though as I still haven't had any signs :( Have you been trying any natural methods to start labour that I need to know about :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Violet_
I think you are going to be before me! Good luck, hope we both get to see our little ones soon.
Cvd, Hudson is adorable :)
Violet how exciting. My labour started about 12hrs after my bloody show. Your little girl will be here very soon
Morning Ladies!
@CVD-he's so beautiful! What a chunky little ham he is, eh? Love that he's sleeping so well for you, I'm jealous. I'm a freaking zombie and I have little to no patience for the other 2 kids :( I want to make it up to them and take them out for a fun day or something, they deserve it.
@Violet-sounds very promising! I was so excited when I started having show, it means that your gal will be in your arms very very soon!
I was really hoping that one of the ladies in here would have their baby on the same day as the Duchess! You guys totally dropped the ball! Just joking :) LOL. Also, I was so convinced that she was having a girl. I'd have put $100 on it! I was kinda rooting for a girl for them, now that the policies have changed so that she could've reigned afterall. But a healthy bouncing baby boy is a wonderful gift indeed! Congrats to them.
Maggie's packed on over a pound since she was born, she's generally a happy baby but hates the carseat. She screams herself silly from point A to point B. She's in the middle of the 3 week growth spurt I was warned about, so I'm just a walking talking feedbag right now. I'm exhausted and she's not even a terrible sleeper, I'm just used to getting 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep so I've had to adjust to the needs of a newborn again.
Hope you're all well!
I was hoping they would have a girl too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jadis
My first DD hated the car seat. She was finally diagnosed with acid reflux and given a prescription medicine. It worked wonders!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jadis
Thanks ladies!! Hudson actually slept through the night a couple nights ago, I woke up at 7am in pain because my boobs were so full, so I had to wake him, I'm not sure how late he would have slept!
Dreamofpink - Ryder doesn't pay much attention really! He likes to give Hudson his blanky and soother and other then that, it's like he doesn't notice him lol! I'm sure it'll be a different story once Hudson starts trying to play with Ryder's trucks and tractors ;)
Jadis - hope Maggie comes around to the carseat! Does she take a soother? I can imagine that must be rough, I'd hate to go anywhere in the car lol a baby cry breaks my heart!
He is too cute:)
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Originally Posted by cvd
Hope it is your time and it won't be long. I was induced last week my due date was today. My husband was on vacation last week. He works for the railroad and would never make on time if he was in the middle of nowhere on a train. I have fast labors. My longest labor was 6 hrs. I don't feel contractions until I am between a 6-7.
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Originally Posted by Violet_
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My beautiful daughter!
Hi girls I chek in on you all regularly but don't get round to posting much! Anyway I just thought I would let you know that baby Samuel joined our family on Monday. He is our very own royal baby and weighed the same as the royal baby as well at 8lb 6oz. He is amazing and so far I am loving being a mummy of 3 boys! He will also be collecting his free royal coin for sharing a birthday with Prince George. Xx
Congratulations Babycakes and Maybeoneday!!! Soooooooo cute! I'm really looking forward to meeting my little boy now. It's my birthday and my two were so lovely today that we really had fun together. Made me yearn for DS3. And wish I could celebrate with a bottle of champagne as it's by far my favourite tipple! :) Instead I've made myself a dark rich ginger and chocolate birthday cake!
Happy birthday weezie... Not long to go and then you can crack the champas....
Well I'm not far off either. This pregnancy is hard. I had to go in to hospital for bloods and a 24hr urine collection as I have trace proteins high gp occasionally and swelling. I have two scans next week after a failed ecv on Wednesday and dropping fluid levels. They've suggested a ceaser if I do t go naturally soon, next Wednesday I will know everything...I hope. I can't wait to meet my baby, I just hope he's healthy.
Well I'm still in one piece. Apparently having that big showQuote:
Originally Posted by iluvmy4sons
Wasn't enough to start off labour properly. It's okay though, I'm happy enough to wait it out. I'm really working on my patience and trying to remember that it will happen when the time is right. I'm ignoring pressure from doctors etc for an induction (my babies are on the bigger side but not huge), and want a calm birth without interventions. According to health professionals I'm overdue as they have me due 25th July based on LMP but I think it's more like 28th July as my cycles were longer due to still BF DS3 when I conceived.
Yeh I understand wanting a calm birth. I didn't want to be induced either this time. Three of my boys came at 37 weeks and I was induced with my 3rd at 38 wks 3 days. The contractions are rougher and my 3rd I tried the epi and it did not take. I didn't even attempt it this time. Everything was fine until the last 10-15 minutes. My dr. was performing a c-section and I had to push. The nurses are telling me not to push. I was telling them just to get another dr. I need to push. They were trying to find one, but then she came out and the said start pushing and she was out in 3 pushes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violet_
Congrats on your daughter! She is beautiful!Quote:
Originally Posted by iluvmy4sons
OMG! there are so many cute adorable little babies in here! thanks for sharing all of your lovies, ladies! they are all precious and beautiful!
iluvmy4sons- congrats on your sweet little baby <3
To the ladies awaiting labor i hope it happens soon! I totally understand not wanting the induction and such. I went nearly 42 weeks with DS1. The doctors pressured me but i knew i wanted a natural birth and all was healthy so i waited it out...honeslty im really glad i did bc he was born face up and it was a long hard birth, but i firmly believe if i would have gone the induction route it would have ended in CS.
RE: babys that hate the carseat - DS2 HATED his! He would scream the entire time. It took many months but finally we ended up getting new carseats (need a way to fit three RFing across the back of a prius so had to purchase the radian XRT) and he is now a happy little camper (most of the time!). I thought his orginal carseat looked comfortable, but i guess not!
AFM, im 35 weeks. We *finally* are holding steady on a name (you wouldn't believe how many times we've changed it lol). Baby is STILL transverse (sideways). Ive done every logical and every nutty thing you can possibly think up to get her to flip and it's just not happening. Sigh. Was hoping for one last HB. ...maybe she will still flip, idk, but i have a consult on Monday with an OBGYN to discuss options (i was planning a second HB). So it's a major change of plans..however, amazingly i am at peace if CS has to result...which if you know me, you wouldn't think that would happen as im such a crunchy natural birther, but this time...something just feels off, i dont know what. and im not worried, but i feel like CS it will be (due to her position) but then i have a feeling they will say "oh yeah, she is deeply tangled in her short cord and couldn't get herself unravealed" ...or something like that. So im at peace about a planned CS. (though still holding out she will flip by 37 weeks and i'll get my last vaginal birth) Im going to ask about a "family friendly CS" (or "natural CS") and see what they can do...would love delayed cord clamping, but dont know if thats possible. Things are not set in stone. Im hoping she goes head down, but if not im glad to have my ducks in a row and my mindset positive about the drastic change of plans.
DH has healed well from the snip snip. And im ready to have this baby and move on with life :D Can't wait!
Sounds like you've got your head together perfectly! Fingers crossed baby flips round this week but as you say, a CS is sometimes just the way to go (and I'm a strong HB supporter too!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Falling2Grace
Due date today and no signs whatsoever :( getting very fed up now! Who's left to have their baby who was due in July?
Falling, I really hope you get the HB you want. I'm a crunchy homebirthing mama too and it would've been tough for me to wrap my head around a CS. Good for you for making peace with it, just in case. I'll be crossing my fingers for you that babe turns and finds her way to the right spot. Thinking of you!
Thanks ladies.
I have admit, im a bit nervous with recovery and having a newborn and two toddlers. I really hope i can cope. Thats what im most nervous about.
I think im okay with a CS because of my intuition. But also, Ive had my amazing hospital water birth, which was so empowering bc it was the hardest thing i ever did in my life but still met all of my goals and had the unmedicated birth i had hoped for, despite such a long labor. But it was magical. I also had my dream HB with DS2. A little long, but not nearly as tough as my first. It was beauitful in every right. I think because this is my last and because ive had those two other positive (but very different) experiences, that could also be why im at peace with things. I hate that the baby may not have the benefit of a vaginal birth (and that i may not either), but im blessed to have had two lovely and amzing births. Had this happened with my first i def would not be coping well at all...
*HUGS* so sorry you LO hasn't arrived yet. Sending tons of babydust your way <3Quote:
Originally Posted by 5boysandcounting
Happy birthday weezie!
Congrats babycakes and maybeoneday. Gorgeous babies! Maybeoneday - your Samuel is the spitting image of my Samuel side on. I had to do a double look to make sure it wasn't my baby lol!
Good luck to those waiting x
Hope it's soon for both of us. Ive had a few moments where I've got teary and upset as I feel so huge and uncomfortable but a cry usually helps and then I pick myself up and keep going. Hubby has been so great, patient and kind and is dotting and helps by cheering me up. It makes such a big difference. I also have some great friends and my doula is brilliant. This is a first for me seeing my due date come and go. My other kids where between 38-40 weeks (two due date babies). Everything is healthy and well with my baby though so am wanting to give my body a chance to go into labour spontaneously. If we get to 42 weeks though, I will go with an induction as ultimately I just want a healthy baby and think the placenta etc stops working as well after that. So one way or another my daughter will be Earthside in the next 10 days. The long wait is almost over.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5boysandcounting
Hi guys. I feel bad coming back to update as I was really bad and dropped off from posting in this thread quite a while ago. I have logged in and read from time to time but have just really struggled with fatigue and feeling busy, so I haven't replied for ages. I wanted to update though as I did sway with a few of you guys in the diet threads so I wanted to let you know that I had my baby last week and she is a beautiful little girl. I still cant believe it and am on cloud 9. Sharing those diet threads "what are you having for dinner" seems like yesterday now, even though the wait to get here (to baby in arms) felt so long at times. I am hanging out to see the rest of the babies from this thread born, and I hope that those of you who are still team green do get your DG. Falling to Grace I ended up with an unplanned c/s with this baby despite having had 3 births with no interventions of any sort before. The pain has not been as bad as I thought, and neither has the disappointment. I am sad (like you, about the fact that the baby doesnt get the benefits of a natural birth and also about the fact it was very different from what I had envisaged and planned) but now that she is here safely in my arms it doens't feel like it matters very much. I think I / you will need about 2 or 3 weeks of help before it is easy to look after toddlers and to keep up with laundry / lifting etc... but all in all the recovery has been ok. I would suggest weaning off meds slowly rather than stopping cold turkey like I tried the other day, and antiinflammatories really do seem to work well. If you want to talk through any stuff about c/s after hoping for a natural birth please feel free to pm me.
Congratulations to you all on the arrivals of your beautiful babies - what a wonderful thing. They are all so beautiful. Best wishes to those whose babies are still to come - they will be here so soon and it will all be worth it.
Hope the baby flips so you can get your home birth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falling2Grace
This morning is my consult to discuss planned CS for transverse lie. Nothing will be set in stone as she could still flip but I think ill be feeling a lot better after I speak w the OB. I didn't sleep a wink last night. I'm more excited-anxious than
Nervous. I just want some answers really. Last night I think he baby changed positions but I cannot discern where as I'm getting movements all over the place. She flipped back before bed tho so I suppose it was irrelevant. Every once in a while she will flip to some other position but she doesn't stay there and ends right back to transverse so I'm really curious if maybe she is deeply entangled in her cord or something.
Do u guys think the OB will want to do an u/s today?
You are so sweet to share that. Depending in how things go today at my consult I may def be in touch. Congratulations on ur successful sway! I bet u are over the moon <3Quote:
Originally Posted by HopingWishingPraying
How did it go Falling?
I spoke with the OBGYN. She talked about ECV...sounded rather scary but she seems to be an advocate for it....she said if its done they do it at 37 weeks. They give you an epidural/spinal to numb you. Its done in the OR ("just in case" anything happens and needs a crash CS). and it only works 50% of the time...well to me those are good reasons not to try it lol. but to her those are good reasons TO TRY it...hmm....anywho, she said lets have an u/s and see where the baby is-maybe it wont even be an issue. I agreed to that, but i did tell her that this baby goes from head down to sideways and back and forth, so take it with a grain of salt if she is head down.
Sure enough she was head down. Im happy that is, of course, but also not sure if i feel confident she will stay that way as she is classes as an "unstable lie".
In the meantime, i spoke with my MWs. I have a rebozo and i'll do belly wrapping today and then tomorrow i'll use my pregnancy support belt band in hopes of getting her to STAY this way. Bc now the problem is she isn't a stable head down. I'll alternate between the two and pray she maintains the posiion.
This thing was so hard to tie though! i def want DH to help next time. Wrapping isn't hard, but the tough part is pulling the fabric tight enough and back enough for the proper support (if its lose it's worthless). But i managed...JUST had enough to tie the back...hopefully it will work the next several weeks, but idk if i get bigger if it will or not.
I was happy to see Eva, though <3 She has a cute little button nose. Super danity. She weighs about 4lbs & 15oz. Both of my boys were born in the 7lb range, so i'll be interested to see if i go late or early with this one. (im 35+2). DS1 was born at 41+5 weighing 7lbs & 10oz. DS2 was born at 38+3 (basically an entire month earlier!) weighting 7lbs & 4oz. ...if baby gains about 1/2lb per week and assuming she is similar weight as her brothers then im guessing another 38 weeker...but obviously that doesn't indicate much of anything, just more interesting than anything.
She is in the 30th percentile...sounds a little small to me but the tech said not to worry. there is a range and she wasn't concerned and wouldn't be unless she got to the 10th percentile or less.
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I know how you feel, I've been the same, really hormonal not to mention grouchy! The time is going so slow right now and I'm not sleeping very well at all, only getting a couple of hours sleep a night. I'm also trying to remind myself to be patient, after all we can't be pregnant forever! I have a consultant apt in the morning, so I will see what he says. I wonder which one of us will be first? I still think it will be you as I haven't even had a show yet!Quote:
Originally Posted by Violet_
falling- i wouldn't do the turn thing at 37 weeks if it's only 50% chance and could have you getting a c-section right then. babe has lots of time to turn. have you looked at spinning babies? went to chiro? my babe was tranverse and flipping at 35 weeks but has been good so far. Just have mw keep checking and now that babe is head down look fo rthings to keep babe that way so nothing that is for breach babes:) a good one that is any postion babe is this- The Inversion only a minute of your day:)
Im not sure i could ever bring myself to do the ECV anyways...but every time i give birth my water breaks first. And with DS2 i gave birth at 38 weeks. The risk of cord prolapse with a sideways baby is very high (way higher than a breech) and so im just not comfortable with that risk to await labor. If my waters wouldn't go before labor started id be totally open to that, but so far that has not been my case. But i may not even have to worry about this anyways bc she changed positions (although she is classed as unstable lie bc she goes transverse, head down, transverse, back to head down, etc)Quote:
Originally Posted by Atsaukina1
Yes. i have been doing everything from spinning babies (especially inversions) to chiropractic care (2-3x per week since before i was pregnant), Websters Technique for the last 4 weeks, swimming, walking, ball boucning, stair climbing, moxibustion, pustualla (sp? its a homeopathic thing), sleeping positions, pressure points, relaxation, visualization, body massaging, cold pea pack, flashlight, music, warm wash cloth....ive tried it all except for acupuncture.
She did flip about two days ago (though she is an unstable lie). TBH, i dont think any of these things helped as she did it in my sleep and after coming to the acceptance that what will be will be and i stopped trying everything for about a week (i did all of this for 6+ weeks without sucess). And actually, i all but gave up on all of these (except the chiro care bc that is good for other reasons too), and i honestly think not worrying about it anymore the most helpful. Im 35+3....hoping she stays this way now! but she just has so much room in there so im not sure if she will stay this way or not, but im glad (for now) she is no longer sideways.
My baby was transverse until around 36 weeks and then turned head down and stayed there. he was up so high that they had to do an ultrasound to confirm that he had turned because the heartbeat was so high in my uterus that they couldnt be positive. Hopefully yours will stay too.
i don't know why they would have you stressing that 6 weeks ago. babes change postion all the time. I think it is great that you have accepted whatever will be but hoping that babe stays put for you:)
I was stressed about it. Me.(not them) I knew there was plenty of time but i also have severe pelvic organ prolapse so i knew that this could have gotten rough getting her head down. (it's a severe case). No one was worried about it but me. But even bigger than that is how much a transverse hurts!!! I was in soooo much pain! Babies do not fit that way well at all. It hurts. Therefore I wanted her moved asapQuote:
Originally Posted by Atsaukina1
I am planning an out of hospital birth with MWs and state law says baby needs to be head down by 37 weeks or else i cant birth with them. (unless the baby actually flips head down before labor but with a baby laying sideways it is a big risk of cord prolapse if your waters go and mine went at 38 weeks with DS2 and my waters go before labor every time...) Im middle of 35 weeks now...it's not unreasonable to have a back up plan in case things have to change. It's not that im planning on changing these things. Im sticking with my MWs for the moment, but i think failing to have a back up plan if baby didn't move would cause me a lot of undue stress for not being prepared for that possibility. It's not THEM (the MWs) stressing out about it, it's ME of course, the law really dictates how they have to act too (which drives me bonkers!). im not comfortable with waiting until the last min to change plans if i have to.
If i were planning a hospital birth, im sure they wouldn't even be concerned.
Morning ladies anymore babies on the horizon ? I still have 10 days plus my usual extra 10-14 days as am usually late !!
I was 2/5th head down last time I saw midwife 2 weeks ago but last night typically I think baby flipped as seem to be getting kicks in a very odd place compared to the last 4 weeks !! Grrr
I was hoping to get a sweep today 38+4 as baby is measuring big so would rather it came sooner than later but it's unlikely as protocol here is first sweep at 40+5 !!! Unfortunately I also seem to have a severe prolapse so not sure the mw would even find my cervix and am worried how it will affect a natural birth both during and also how but will affect me after :-(
Falling2Grace, I just wanted to jump on and say that something similar happened to me. My first two DDs were straightforward normal deliveries and DD3 ended up being a c-section for transverse lie. I'm going to be honest and admit that I felt cheated of the experience and the endorphins of a nice normal delivery and the recovery time was a pain. She breastfed like a champ though and I had loads of milk.
However, 17 months on I've completely moved on, pretty much forgotten that she didn't come out the same way as her sisters (lol) and am completely unbothered by my scar. I'm hoping for a VBAC this time but, to be honest, another section wouldn't be the end of the world.
thank you for that. Luckily she has been head down for record time (going on day 3 or 4 now) so hopefully she stays that way, but if not, im at peace with whatever. I know i did everything i could and what will be will be...i honestly think, so far, the hardest part is that many, though well meaning, act like if you tried harder or your tried more your baby will just flip. ...for a bit it really got me down bc it sended me the message that if i just did more then the baby wouldn't be in the position she is. If i prayed harder or stood on my head longer then she would be just flip. ...though i know everyone is well meaning, in some ways, when it doesn't work, it places the blame on mom and so in that freaky little way i was more upset over feeling like it was my fault instead of feeling hopeful that things would just happen and she would flip. That is why, i think when i came to this place of peace and acceptance about what happens will happen and trying to relax about it, i honestly think thats what worked. I was just too tense and trying too much and worrying too much for it to happen...but at the same i also feel some babies are like that for a reason. It's not bc the mom didn't do X, Y, or Z. Some babies need to be born a certain way. Sometimes there's a reason for it. I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mum to three girls
Im glad to hear your positive story. If plans change and i need a CS for transverse lie, im going to view it as a positive experience. She may be born differently than my others, but im okay with that bc i know ive educated myself and i know ive done everything in my power and at the end of the day if thats how she needs to be born than thats the birth she needed. I think we like to think we are in control of every position our child gets into and maybe in some cases it is so (since we know some positions lead to optimal fetal positioning) but honestly i dont think that is always the case (especially when you are dealing with severe prolapse or some other anatomical issue). I know with DS1 he was born face up and the was one hell of a labor-ouch! back labor!!!- but i did all of the optimal positioning during my pregancy with him (im a child birth educator and birth doula, so i know some tricks), but even though i did all of that, he still didn't move out to a better position. At the end of the day he was born face up. And i know these positions during pregnancy really can help, but sometimes babies just have to be born a certain way. For whatever reason, even if we dont understand it.
Wow f2g... Where do you live? I had an unsuccessful ecv last week for breech and I didn't have any drugs and the risk of going into labour was low. It all sounds very dramatic that they have to give you a spinal. It hurt but it was more uncomfortable than painful. My hospital are supporting a breech delivery unless I need to be induced for some reason. I hope your bub stays put.
Sorry to but in... Im from sept duedate group
I worked along side an ob and have seen many successful and unsuccessful ecv done... With no meds in a hospital bed 4 floors away from the or... I'm surprised how scary thy are making it sound for you falling2grace! As said above its just uncomfortable... Lots of pushing and pressure .... Glad your little one has been head down for you now tho