Jen a nice thing is to get some wool and as each woman gets the ball she wraps it around her wrist a couple of times, then as she passed it on to the next woman, she speaks to you and tells you what she hopes for you from the birth. I have seen some women also give the women am each a bead to put on the wool. At the end everyone is attached in a circle by their wrists, then you cut the wool and each woman keeps her bit and wan ears it until you birth your baby, and if it is important, until you establish bfing.
Sepata and Bella29 you guys were right I was quiet because I was snuggling a new born!
Long story short waters broke at about 5pm followed by strong, regular contractions 9-10 mins apart on 8/11 and after labouring at home in the water for about 10 hours including 3 hours of pushing (bubs was posterior) we made the decision to transfer to hospital where I requested an epidural and had a beautiful 4.04kg baby BOY just before 8am on 9/11 via ventouse delivery!
So everyone was right about him being a boy lol I was so convinced he would be a girl I'd bought a few cute girl's outfits from target when they were having the online clearance sale .
We're both doing well now, I am so in love with and in awe of him!
Hope everyone gets the birth they want, although I didn't get my home birth I walked away feeling amazed at how much my body can take and am glad I had the ability to make my own decisions all the way through. My primary midwife was off duty so my back up midwife was there and she and my husband and my mum were all a great support team.
Best wishes to everyone yet to take their labour journey! ♥♥♥
Congratulations dotface! What a great job you did. Birthing is such hard work no matter how we do it, and it should inspire you to awe in yourself. Congratulations on birthing such a healthy little boy!! I hope you are getting lots of rest and enjoying your newborn snuggles. Well done mamma!!
That's so beautiful, Dotface!! Posterior births are the real marathons, none of that Olympics crap You worked hard for those snuggles!
You got to labour at home, it must have been a real comfort to do that uninterrupted before making the call to transfer.
I booked in as a back up with my local hospy, with a wonderful midwife who totally got where I was coming from. If I have to transfer there I think I will be comfortable with that.
For now, though, I'm on crutches, have a hydrotherapy physio and I'm skipping engagements that I know will make me miserable if there are stairs or hard chairs to sit on. 21.5 weeks, only about 20 to go of hopefully just maintaing where I'm at now (no point hoping it will get better before the birth!).
I've got a friend giving me a car seat, another with a cradle, I'll get my ergo and my cotton wrap sling back, and I need to clean up some other equipment soon before I can't bend to clean them properly. I can't really afford to leave that for much longer, this time round. A baby corner will have to be set up soon, too, because this mobility impairment lark will impact on my nesting activities closer to the time.
Congrats DotFace! What did you name your little man? I hope you've been enjoying your babymoon. Sounds like you did a fantastic job with a bub not in the best of positions. Looking forward to reading your birth story when you get around to it. Also sounds like you are very happy with the support and continuity of care you received, which is the true bonus of planning a home birth (no matter where the birth actually occurs).
Baby has pushed right down into my pubic area in the last day or so. I've felt several sharp twinges from the ligaments and my bladder is being completely squished to the side or something. I remember this with DD2 as she started to engage. Once she moved down a bit further it got a bit easier, ironically (esp on the bladder), so I'm hoping in another week or so she's progressed past this uncomfortable part.
I am now nagging DP to get an air compressor so we can blow up and check the pool. I'm also hanging out to start using my fitball. Time to think about the practical getting ready for the birth stuff. I'll order the oxygen cylinder in a few more weeks so that it's here before Christmas. I think once I get past the Blessingway I'll get all of my supplies sorted from my list. Better go and dig that out.
Eenee, Teni, how are you guys doing? If I feel that time is running out, I can only imagine how you're doing!
Jen do you have to organise all the oxygen yourself? My midwife provides all that, that would stress me trying to organise that too lol.
Well I think I have everything in place, everything else doesn't matter, I mean I don't have a third car seat in the car yet, but who needs to leave the house right lol!
Bub is very very very low! It's so uncomfortable I can't walk with my legs too close together and it's a bit sore as well! So hoping Bub comes soon, it likes to press on my sciatic nerve which practically paralyses me as I have to stop and lean over something until Bub moves, it's way worse than a contraction! Going by my dates I'm 40weeks today, by ultrasound dates not until Wednesday. Have a feeling when Bub decides to come it's going to be rather quick! Feel free to laugh at me if I'm wrong and it takes days like DS!
Yeah, Eenee, I have to get the tank as it's all sealed/checked and needs to be delivered to my house by the gas people. M/ws bring all the tubing, etc. It costs about $40 for the month. Nice man who delivered it last time said he's never picked one up from a home birth that's been used yet. It basically sits in the corner and gathers dust for a month.
Care plan meeting went well, I ended up just doing it with Kris. Just as well, it wasn't the in-depth discussion I thought it would be.
Next appointment is "The Big One" - they're dropping off the birth pool etc.! Next week, I can't believe NEXT WEEK I'll be all set to have this baby at home. Wasn't I just complaining that everything was going too slow? Now it's like it's been fast forwarded Even DH admitted he's been thinking we had heaps of time to prepare, but now my blessing is done and dusted he's realised it's not that long to go
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Jennifer13- Baby GIRL born at home 4th January 2012
Bella29- Baby GIRL born at home 10th January 2012
HotI - Baby BOY born at home 21st January 2012
*Ash*- Baby BOY born at home 14th February 2012
loulabelle - Baby BOY born at home 24th February 2012
Cricket - Baby GIRL born at home 15th May 2012
chocorama - May 2012
...Em - Baby BOY born at home 7th June 2012
BellyBelly - Baby GIRL born 11th August 2012
Tanya - Baby BOY born at home 16th August 2012
phynna - Baby GIRL born at home 8th September 2012
lady_neon - Baby BOY born 27th September 2012
Ambersky - Baby BOY born at home 3rd October 2012
Cassius - Baby GIRL born at home 4th November 2012
Ice cream - September 2012
mirriumu - November 2012
Pumpkinzulu - Baby GIRL born at home 12th December 2012
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Sara - Baby BOY born 18th January 2013
turtlejane - Baby GIRL born at home 31st January 2013
Bellany - Baby BOYS born 14th March 2013
Ree*Ree - Baby BOY born 18th March 2013
Aimz - Baby BOY born at home 21st March 2013
Beatrix - Baby GIRL born at home 7th April 2013
Rubyshoes - Baby BOY born at home April 2013
Dollyroux - Baby BOY and GIRL born 29th April 2013
HomeStyleMumma - Baby GIRL born 8th May 2013
ladybirdflies - Baby GIRL born at home 23rd May 2013
Cricket - Baby BOY born at home 26th August 2013
Sepata - Baby BOY born at home 31st August 2013
WilliamsMummy -Baby BOY born at home 17th September 2013
Loulabelle - Baby BOY born at home 17th September 2013
Arimeh - Baby BOY born 20th September 2013
Sunnylove - Baby GIRL born at home 2nd November 2013
Dot Face - Baby BOY born 9th November 2013
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TeniBear - December
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DD has just started vomiting and DH is in bed feeling sick...I didn't need this right now...scared as anything if Bub decides to come now or I get it and go into labour crying because it's all too much.
Eenee. When your body and mind is stressed u won't go into labour. Because the cortisol released blocks the oxytocin. Take a deep breathe and know that your body and baby will wait till things settle. Your gonna be fine love. Just do what needs to be done and ask for help and it will be ok. Hugs mamma. Have a good cry if it makes you feel better. But know everything will be ok.
Thinking if you Eenee. My ds was vomiting last night but woke up bright eyed and cheeky this morning. Fingers crossed its a minor bug and gone in 48 hours from your house.
I'll hold off the birth vibes until you give the all-clear on the sickness front!
Hope that the family is better soon for you Eenee!
Dotface: MASSIVE congratulations on your little boy!! what a fantastic marathon effort! and you are so right: it is amazing what our bodies are capable of doing! I am just so thrilled for you!
Teni: whhaaaaatttt? you are at birth pool drop off stage!! far out brussel sprout! that has just gone so quickly....
eenee, I hope everyone recovers quickly Or at the very least, before labour kicks in. Bella's right though, in general stress can stop you from going into labour. Not that we want you to stress out, of course, but sometimes a little worrying can be helpful! Just remind yourself to relax and release once you feel you can
Cassius: I knooooow Wasn't it just a couple of months ago I got my BFP?
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You worked hard for those snuggles!
Next week, I can't believe NEXT WEEK I'll be all set to have this baby at home. Wasn't I just complaining that everything was going too slow? Now it's like it's been fast forwarded 
Even DH admitted he's been thinking we had heaps of time to prepare, but now my blessing is done and dusted he's realised it's not that long to go 
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crying because it's all too much.
eenee, I hope everyone recovers quickly 
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