sorry that i have been MIA guys. the internet has been on the blink at my house for almost two weeks . life without connection is soo weird lol.
i also have been lying low generally as have not been feeling too well since my PPH 2 weeks ago. apparently there is retained product sitting in there and doesnt want to come out. the hospital are saying that the size is borderline (must add, that i had to request an ultrasound at a private place after my IM advised it...public hossy while i was in there didnt want to do one) for a D&C. so now will wait another 2 weeks. i am kinda happy that i get time to try to coax it out naturally...but boy is it taking its toll on me physically. i am just so tired.
i am a bit bummed that it has taken away from my awesome happy feelings after the birth of DD3, but hopefully once it is gone and i get my energy back i will also bounce back.
Oh Cassius where have I been! Didn't know, glad all is ok now.
Totally get how taxing that is. Hope things are back to normal soon!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLnYrTSK6UE
Thought I'd share considering somehow I managed to change the privacy settings and now 800+ people have seen it so what's a few more!!!! It's of DD's birth by the way. Contains birth footage obviously.
Wow, em you were amazing. I was cheering you and baby on. Did the torch annoy you at all during the labour?
Cassius, sorry you have been not well. Don't know if it the same, but I had cervical shock after ds and the placenta etc sttook awhile t to release. It was quite horrible feeling but this changed as soon as the bits came away. Hope your body can let go soon and you start to feel better. Liquid iron ( a veggie form) also helped me get strength back in the post partum period.
Had a couple reminders lately of how bad the hospital can be, which has made me reflect on how amazing ds' birth was for me. If only every woman experienced such love and respect at their births, imagine the effect that could have on the world.
Last edited by HotI; December 22nd, 2012 at 10:23 PM.
HotI funny you should ask I remember it actually annoyed me when they turned it off which was weird considering I hate lights during labour and yet we end up moving to bathroom under the brightest heat lights as I hadn't prepared that room to birth in and that's only lighting there was and even funnier DS was born there Too under same bright lights as another last minute room change!
Argh em can't watch it on mobile. Will have to dig out the laptop lol!!
HotI, I know exactly what you mean by wishing every woman could experience that love. I remember at one point, DH was in the pool with me massaging my back, and one of my midwives was holding my hands, and she would kiss my hands at the peak of each contraction. It was exactly the sort of loving, reassuring gesture I needed and I never had to even say a word to her.
HotI: i have been in and out of the hospital twice now (for preterm labour and the PPH) and despite them being 'nice' and all, it is just nowhere near the same. like at all. you just cannot beat the attention and support of having an IM at home with you.
I cannot believe that it has almost been a year HotI!! It does make you reminisce so much when you hit that milestone...
AFM: still bleeding here there doesnt appear to be any infection ATM so am happy, but will need a follow up scan on wednesday. i am hoping that it has all passed. cannot believe how medical my post natal journey has been! just want to be better and be able to think about the cool birth etc (havent really had a chance ITMS as have been so unwell etc ).
thank goodness we now have a HB mothers group at our local community gardens as I really feel the need to touch base with a HB crowd after all the hospital stuff.
Oh Cassius that sucks. How PP are you now? I bled for 7-8 weeks with Isla, it was terrible. I'm feeling over it now and I'm only 17 days PP and it's light Infections in the uterus are nasty and really knock you around, I had one that went untreated for a couple of months that ended up causing me a lot of my fertility problems and left me quite scarred, so although it sucks that your post-natal time has been so medical, at least you're kicking this infections butt now.
I am now almost 8 weeks PP...I tend to have long times anyway, but it is the PPH and the infection that really knocked me around this time.
I have to say, that yeah, i am so grateful that i have knocked it on its head so quickly; about 10 years ago i had missed miscarriage of a baby at 10 weeks and the OB/GYN fobbed me off (unplanned teenage pregnancy) and told me to get used to bleeding as it would last 2 months at least and he arrogantly declared that he wasnt going to do a D&C because i was 'too young'...WTF when i think back to that awful time I cannot believe it. but yeah it caused a lot of issues with my reproductive health (hence it was 23 months TTC DD!).
Cassius that is terrible I also didn't have a great post DS experience...but not as bad as what you have been through so I can only imagine how much blood did you lose with your PPH?
I had about a 800ml blood loss after DS and passed like huge clots the size of my hand in following days. Then had the retained products that even though a small amount was finally removed around 16weeks and then I started feeling a lot better. Hope everything sorts itself out soon and you can get on to feeling better and enjoying what a wonderful time this should be
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. life without connection is soo weird lol.
where have I been! Didn't know, glad all is ok now.
Infections in the uterus are nasty and really knock you around, I had one that went untreated for a couple of months that ended up causing me a lot of my fertility problems and left me quite scarred, so although it sucks that your post-natal time has been so medical, at least you're kicking this infections butt now.
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