41+2 here, still pregnant. Feeling huge, achy and over it! Have lost my zen mode my friend's son has his first bday party tomorrow so hopefully seeing my friends will help cheer me up!
You're sounding great Aimz! We're nearly there now woohoo
I'm 35 weeks now, and will be looking to start prepping an area of my (very small) house in the next few weeks. Just need to pick out a pool hire package, then to knuckle down and make sure I have everything else I want/need to set the scene
I have my placenta encapsulation all teed up, and think I'm about to lock in a birth photographer too - as long as DH doesn't object. She's very well priced and studying to be a doula as well!
And sheesh, I am more grateful than ever that I have educated myself and chosen to have a homebirth with like-minded midwives! What difference in how I feel after meeting with an Ob at the back-up hospital, compared to my midwife!
All I needed from the Ob was for him to write down in my book that I have no risk factors to preclude me from having a homebirth. Well apparently I should be concerned that I may have another BIG 8 pound baby, and he *could* be posterior and so I would definitely need to transfer because posterior births are longer and more painful and I wouldn't be able to cope... After all that nonsense, he did manage to write down that I have no risk factors, and am cleared to birth at home. So for that I am happy, but geez I feel sorry for those women under his care, who trust in every word that comes out of his mouth :/ If I didn't know any better, I would have left that appointment worried about a very long and painful birth with a bigger than average baby, all prepped to accept a forceps/vacuum/epidural/early inducement/c-sect when the time came.
Luckily, my midwife and I had a laugh at his BIG 8-pounder comments, and her palpation of my belly indicates that for now, bubs is in a lovely head-down anterior position and I am measuring spot-on for dates we chatted about options for if/when I go 'post-dates' and I left feeling confident in myself and my baby!
Turtlejane I hope you're feeling heaps better in yourself and back to looking forward to bringing your little one into the world. The last few weeks I'm always so over being pg- and the longest I've gone is 39wks 2ds! So I can definitely imagine that it'd be really easy to get deflated by the time I was 'overdue'... Bubby WILL arrive anytime now and you will do a wonderful work in bringing them into the world whenever and wherever that ends up being. Hang in there!
ReeRee have you checked gumtree for birth pool? I think I'm remembering right that you are near me and if that's so I was looking just out of curiosity the other day and there was a new/unused one cheaper than the hire one listed and a few new liners listed cheap too. Also what a twit that ob sounds to be! I'm with you that its actually REALLY sad to know there are drs (lots of them!) that say those things to women who for whatever reason take those words as the complete and only truth. Anyway off my soapbox now...
I feel a little funny staying in this thread now actually coz I'm leaning towards a hospital birth now this time. Honestly I'm not even totally sure why coz I'm not concerned about the pg or baby it just kind of feels like the right thing this time. I saw my ob on Fri to discuss results from previous two ultrasounds and get his opinion. He checked it out and did another ultrasound to see for himself and reckons all is fine baby girl is just one of the smaller babies, and there's no reason I can't have another hb if that's what I want. But he's also happy for me to see him for the rest of care if I want. I dunno I'm just not feeling passionate either way, when I talked to dh he surprised me by saying he thinks hospital this time (hes usually VERY hb). I guess I feel like I don't really belong anywhere here coz even if I go to hospital it'll be exactly the same as at home just ah not haha there's no way myself or dh would let ANY intervention occur unless it was a clear emergency. Gee I've rambled on a bit sorry.
Turtle-jane: so so close sweet Mama xx Sending you blissful birth energy
Ree-Ree: OMG! look at your ticker!!! AMAZING! cannot believe how fast it has all gone (from my end lol). It is sooo amazing the difference in approaches isnt it? I am now so so grateful for the paths and decisions that led to me being able to birth my last two babies at home. nothing, absolutely nothing compares to it.
Aimz: eeep! so excited for you! If my birth pool wasnt currently in use, you could of used mine! I have a girl due in early Feb that has it right now...gosh, i am totally assuming you are melbourne based ( have NO idea lol).
HSM: I hope that you find a birth path that brings you happiness and contentment sweets you will always be a HB mum, once is enough for always...so ALWAYS feel like you belong here, even if you do decide that for this birth journey you will feel more secure in hospital. I think many of us in the HB community are more for supporting CHOICES in childbirth rather than just HB and nothing else ITMS. time and place and confidence to trust in a woman's intuition.
I was wondering if I could jump into this thread? I have a seriously bad memory at the moment and can't remember if I joined in sometime ago? I'm having my first baby at home and am due 17 March.
I'm really excited and so is my sister, who is my birthing partner. My husband will be my birthing partner as well, but in case he is interstate for work for some reason and is delayed, she will be my rock!! My husband is really nervous about the whole thing and its kind of irritating me that he hasn't bothered to do any research, is just sitting back on his paranoia. I've given him research to read, he has met with the midwives but he hasn't bothered to read anything or open his mind.
Nevertheless, I am excited and can't wait to meet my little girl! I have hired the pool, to be picked up in three weeks time and this weekend am going to purchase the rest of the towels etc that I'll need. Then its just nesting and affirmations time!
I know what you mean ree ree about the OB, I had to visit one at my backup hospital and they told me there was a chance that my uterus would be incompetent and tried all sorts of scaremongering tactics!
Shell: your uterus incompetent?? bahahahahahaha oh man, that has got to be one of those "the OB said whaattt??" moments lol.
Have you got a copy of 'the business of being born'?? This was a HUGE catalyst for change in my DHs mentality and fear surrounding having a baby at home...get him to watch it!
Well I've only got one bun in the oven. And have appt on Monday with an IM.
I had an irritable uterus with ds, along with severe reflux and spd. But that won't change anything as that's all leading up to labour. But I did find out at scan that I have an inverted uterus.
Very happy cassius, was hard enough with just one the first time around. Let alone having a toddler and a baby. Now just to slowly work on convincing dh lol.
WM- some of my vids and books are on loan, but i have The Face of Birth, and Beyond the Face of Birth-Meet the Experts here if you want to take a look. Is your dh meeting the midwife with you?
Plugging along over here.... Just had an u/s this morning, and it put me a little over 7 weeks - slightly behind where I thought, but not far off. Feeling pretty lousy these days. Ended up getting a prescription so that I can make it through and take care of the rest of the family for the next little while. Ugh.
Called the midwives, and my midwife who I had last time will be on vacation when I'm due, so I've got someone new. Haven't met her yet. Will see her at 10 weeks. Hope we click!
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my friend's son has his first bday party tomorrow so hopefully seeing my friends will help cheer me up!
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we chatted about options for if/when I go 'post-dates' and I left feeling confident in myself and my baby!
( have NO idea lol).
you will always be a HB mum, once is enough for always...so ALWAYS feel like you belong here, even if you do decide that for this birth journey you will feel more secure in hospital. I think many of us in the HB community are more for supporting CHOICES in childbirth rather than just HB and nothing else ITMS. time and place and confidence to trust in a woman's intuition.
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