Homebirth General Discussion #14

[Jennifer13]

I blame you girls All those birthing vibes around here. I mean, I know I wanted to do it one more time, but I was thinking more like 2016.

Woohoo LBF, not long now!

[Cricket]

Congratulations Jennifer! It always takes a little bit for the reality of pregnancy to settle in, I think, no matter when it happens. All the best for a wonderful pregnancy, and hope you find a great midwife too!

[meow]

Oh Jen that is such fabulous news!! I was just looking at your signature yesterday and had this weird "huh?" moment and was thinking "but isn't Jen pregnant?"... my instincts were ahead of the game!! I hope you're not too stressed about the MW hunt, I know you had a hard time last time.

Ladybirdflies- it is SO exciting to be the pregnantest in the group! Not long now

Tenibear- it's also really exciting to be bumping up the list, it feels like it's becoming more real and permanent.

[Cassius2]

WAHOO JENNIFER!!!!

Have you noticed that you now make the list twice many many congratulations, DD3 is our surprise baby and she is just wonderful

[Arimeh]

Ok so I've read some books so far, really have to get stuck into my hypnobirthing one though - my midwives are used to calm births and I think I'll feel very self conscious if I scream or swear in front of them. I know from the last two that I am a bit of a screamer though, helps me release. Has anyone else had two screamy births and then a nice calm birth? Or have an idea on how to stop myself from screaming?

My last appointment with my midwives involved meeting the OB that works in conjunction with them. She wants me to take the GTT even though I didn't take the test last time and my baby was only 7 pound 12. She said its because I've packed on a lot of weight already, thats why she wants me to take it. I think I'm just a fat arse who can't stop eating carbs and sugar and thats why I've put on so much weight. When you go from an extremely low carb diet and start eating carbs again, you are bound to put lots of weight on right?

I've been testing my blood glucose levels at home and so far they are fine - I'm considering emailing my midwife and OB and asking if I could skip the test but instead do daily testings on myself.

[Arimeh]

Double post, double post. Every time I write that I think of that blackboard thing in mr squiggle - hurrry up......double post....

[Cassius2]

you dont need to do the test, it's totally 100% up to you

[Arimeh]

yeah I know, I didn't do it last time because I didn't think my risk factors were that much - I was overweight but that was all.

I'm just wondering if she has a point because of my weight gain - plus I'm nearly 36....

[meow]

If you're happy to do the tests yourself with a kit then I say go for it. Just let them know you would like to take that course of action. Much more accurate anyway and no toxic sludge drink

[Arimeh]

Mr Squiggle