Have heard on the grapeline that Loulabelle had her baby.
Such an exciting time, Dot Face!
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Have heard on the grapeline that Loulabelle had her baby.
Such an exciting time, Dot Face!
either that was an expensive liner or a cheap birth pool Dotface :lol:
so exciting that you are so close now!! which reminds me that my Miss E is almost ONE!!!
Yeah cheap pool lol got it for $50 secondhand with tarpool and hose :D.
Oh and congrats to Loulabelle!
Congrats Loulabelle! Hope you can pop in sometime and give us an update and share your birth story with us. :)
DotFace - getting the stuff ready for baby is so fun, isn't it?
Teni - glad to hear that your appointment and GTT test went well. I never minded that drink so much either. Not great stuff, but nothing too terrible.
Caleb has been up and down lately - some great nights, where he's up to nurse every three hours, and then right back to a peaceful sleep, and then some bad nights where he's up every hour and grunts and squeaks and squirms all night long, no matter what I do. The past two nights have been more of the bad kind, so DH has taken the kids to church this morning so I can have a nap.
Has anyone read the "Stand and Deliver" blog? I just came across it, and am finding lots of stuff I like. The writer is a Dr. Rixa Freeze, and she is a mom of four, all home birthed and one (her first) a planned unassisted homebirth. She has her PhD in American Studies and did her dissertation on unassisted childbirth in North America. She has her birth stories and pics and video there, and quite a bit of info on various pregnancy, birth, and parenting topics. Google will find it for you if you're curious.
I didn't mind the glucose drink either. I didn't do it last time though. Still deciding whether or not to this time. Anyone have any strong opinions either way?
I suppose I could start thinking about a birth pool. I didn't use it last time but seems smart to have it just in case.
Discuss your risk factors with your midwife, Special. I am very low-risk for GD, so I've skipped the test in my past three pregnancies. If I had any of the risk factors (besides being over 25) then I'd be more interested in taking it.
About the birth pool - I haven't used one of the "real" birthing pools, but I sure do love my bathtub for labour/birth! I'd recommend it as an option at least!
...hic...
Kelly has a great article on how GD is more a statistical diagnosis than a medical one (if I read it right!) in the articles section from a couple of years ago. I was an abstainer for the previous two and will be again. I'd much rather pee in a cup later in the piece if the MWs are still antsy about it!
Birth pools are lovely, even if you don't birth in them. We did a trial run the week before, in 2009, and that was great to do, so we knew how long we had for filling up for go time. I birthed in the FBC bath the first time and borrowed birth pool the second and will source one again for this one.
Just popping my head in here now - nearly 15 weeks gone, and just need to confirm the back up secondary midwife, who'll be travelling from Melbourne. None of it will attract a rebate as none of them are insured, and the hospitals and GPs around here are under a strict directive not to collaborate...so much for 'collaboration'! They think it will get them in legal trouble if they do, but from what I understand it doesn't open them up to liability, just sanction from AMA (or maybe the AMA will threaten to pull their professional indemnity insurance, then it becomes a legal issue??). Anyway, my GP is sympathetic but unable to support (but says she won't leave me in the lurch...she's a bit hamstrung).
So, not as straightforward, this birth planning, but we'll get there :) Literally, we'll be paying for this one from cattle sales, but we know its worth it, this time, where last time (first HB) I was still convincing DP about the merits of paying so much for a private MW team.
I've had a username change, for those wondering who the hell I am!
:baby: Babies Arrived :homebirth:
- 2012 -
Jennifer13- Baby GIRL born at home 4th January 2012
Bella29- Baby GIRL born at home 10th January
HotI - Baby BOY born at home 21st January
*Ash*- Baby BOY born at home 14th February
loulabelle - Baby BOY born at home 24th February
Cricket - Baby GIRL born at home 15th May
chocorama - May
...Em - Baby BOY born at home 7th June
BellyBelly - Baby GIRL born 11th August
Tanya - Baby BOY born at home 16th August
phynna - Baby GIRL born at home 8th September
lady_neon - Baby BOY born 27th September
Ambersky - Baby BOY born at home 3rd October
Cassius - Baby GIRL born at home 4th November
Ice cream - September
mirriumu - November
Pumpkinzulu - Baby GIRL born at home 12th December
- 2013 -
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 born September
Arimeh - Baby BOY born 20th September 2013
:bellygrowing: Babies On Their Way :bellyrubs:
Dot Face - November
Eenee - November
Sunnylove - November
TeniBear - December
*The_Mrs* - December
Jennifer13 - January
Special - January
HotI - February
Arcadia - February
Smoke Jaguar - March
Bella29 - May
Mummas of Little ones who left too soon
Glorious
Ladybug
Welcome back Smoke Jaguar! i had to look at some of your old posts to work out who you are. ;)
Had 20 week ultrasound today. Everything looks good. Am happy to have last external involvement this pregnancy, should be able to just grow my baby and birth it now.
Decided not to find out sex, so will have to wait now til February sometime.
Are you feeling baby move yet hottie??
I saw the midwife today and discovered baby is head down! I cried SO hard because I did not think this was possible and really thought my homebirth was going to be long gone. This means I will get MY birth!
YAY! that is great news The_Mrs!! :happyforyou:
HotI: you have a much stronger resolve than I :lol: i can never ever hold out to wait to find out gender lol.
Special: i did the test with DD1 (didnt know you could not do it ITMS). then with dd2 and dd3 i did a bit more research for myself and long discussions with my midwife and opted to not to do it. risk factors were virtually non existent and we agreed that with the type of one on one care for mums and bubs that monitoring during pregnancy and post birth would be sufficient JIC something did arise ITMS.
That IS great news, The Mrs! V happy for you :)
I haven't found out gender of my babies and it's become one of the few nice things about being preggers, having a surprise at the end of a great birth!
Does anybody prepare a hospital bag just in case of transfer? I'm wondering if it would be wise to do so? Or if (God forbid) I had to transfer maybe I could just ask dh or mum to bring me what I need from home? Hmmm...
Also hotI yay for not finding out lol I got a bit weak at my 20 week scan and was asking dh what to do in front of the sonographer and she was like "how old are you?" I said 24 and she said "well look, you've spent 24 years of your life not knowing the sex of your baby, what's another 4 months?" And I was like that's exactly what I needed to hear! Lol.
Dot Face, i didn't have a transfer bag packed, but i had everything that i would want/need for the birth and next few days all together in one place. I figured, i could just ask dh to quickly put them in a bag if needed. Mainly clean nickers, clean pjs, breastfeeding singlets plus clothes for bub, camera, notebook etc.
I do like to have new pj pants and nickers etc to wear in the first few days after birth. I found it a real pick me up even when i was feeling ordinary. I'm gonna have to come up with a new excuse to buy new pj bottoms when i stop having babies ;)
Yeah I do, but it's also helpful for when I need stuff after the birth DH knows where to get it from.:
Have been in mother baby unit last week, complete waste of time as they did nothing to help me. Have big meeting this arvo with MW, GP, dietitian, psych people, possibly OB... Not really sure but nervous as, will let you know how it goes.
Thinking of you eenee. Good luck!
I didn't have one packed, but while I was getting in the car (which took half an hour because I was crawling there because of my contractions and trying not to push) one midwife went with DH and he showed her where my clothes were and she packed some stuff in for me, and he threw in my toiletries before we left.:
I packed one as a kinda "Murphy's law" insurance. I figured if I didn't pack it, I would need it. As it turned out I didn't need it, but then at least I had stuff organized and centrally located where people who came to see me could get me things if I needed it.
I packed one too JIC
Didn't need it but after the birth it did make it easy for hubby to grab stuff I needed.
Can anyone else help ease my mind? The only thing that slightly makes me nervous about having a homebirth is the thought of hemorraghing. My sister had a super intervention hospital birth and a nurse told her they give pitocin after birth to every woman because of not there is a chance they could be to death in 5 minutes. I can't get what she said out of my head. Is it common for women to hemorrhage? Thanks for listening to my rant. I just want to get this fear out of my head before baby arrives.
oh dear :/ For one, that nurse was lying, or is scarily ignorant about birth physiology. That is *not* informed consent and statements like that are designed to instill fear and make women comply (whether the nurse was doing that intentionally or not). The available evidence shows that a physiological 3rd stage is safe and haemhorrage is unlikely when following a normal, physiological birth. Getting in the car and going to hospital while in labour, lying on your back for monitoring, being induced/augmented, repeated vaginal exams, instrumental delivery, coached pushing etc etc interrupt the flow of hormones designed to prevent haemhorrage. Being well nourished, emptying your bladder regularly durin labour and staying home with an experienced, known care provider who supports your body's normal processes and is observing you closely following birth is probably the best way of avoiding a PPH. It definitely can happen at home so it's sensible to work through your fears and have an understanding of how your attendants will manage it if it does happen (e.g. some midwives carry synto and can administer it if necessary). I can dig up the links to the studies if you'd find that helpful?:
Dot face: I packed a hospital bag just in case and it made things easier when we did end up needing to transfer to hospital.
I also just felt more comfy before labour knowing that I'd prepared for the possibility.
The Mrs: I don't know the numbers and I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure it's quite rare for women to hemorrhage, especially for it to be that bad. There are several countries where homebirths are the norm, and really we've only been able to stop hemorrhaging for a fairly short time in history and we wouldn't have done so well if it was common for women to hemorrhage.
I actually ended up hemorrhaging, but even so it wasn't a "die within 5 minutes" type of thing. I lost a lot of blood but they had time for me to leave the room I'd birthed in fairly calmly and head up to the OR in a calm fashion. We were already in the hospital by this point and I can imagine that things would have been more rushed if we were still at home but we definitely had more than 5 minutes.
I guess you just have to weigh the risks for yourself (a big thing for me would be how long it would take me to get to help if something did go wrong). I personally wouldn't be particularly concerned about hemorrhaging, I don't think it's more of a concern than some of the other possible complications.
P.S. I hope you don't mind me posting in here. I planned to have a homebirth myself but ended up having to transfer and am just generally interested and keen on homebirths and like reading this section.
Not exactly sure what came of the meeting today other than they are concerned, will wait to see what midwife says when I see her next.
MW wants me to have a growth scan next week to make sure Bub hasn't been affected too much.
Not exactly sure what came of the meeting today other than they are concerned, will wait to see what midwife says when I see her next.
MW wants me to have a growth scan next week to make sure Bub hasn't been affected too much.
Thinking of you eenee. Sending strength.
I've never packed a transfer bag. Not sure if I will this time.
As for hemorrhage, i was concerned at dds birth, but I lost so little blood I have no reason to worry now. What were your other births like? Are you aware of how things like pulling on the cord can increase the risk?
Thanks, I really need to get back on track as me being able to birth at home is slipping away and that scares me :( I'll be devastated...hoping the ultrasound is good and then to discuss it with my MW as if things continue or don't improve it'll be a no to birth at home :'(
About a bag - I haven't packed one, but I do usually have stuff sitting ready for after baby is born, so that could be thrown in a bag pretty quickly.
About hemorrhage - I've also been concerned about this, since I just had baby #7, and I feel like my risks are going up. However, I've never had excessive bleeding at all. The midwives often are surprised at how little blood I've lost. As PP mentioned, having things calm and normal after birth can help keep that oxytocin flowing in you and get that uterus clamped down tight. Birth your baby, put him on your belly, let his feet kick your tummy, and start nursing, and that will all help.
And, midwives carry drugs and have knowledge to help prevent and manage bleeding. I have chosen to have the oxytocin shot after birth, myself, because I really don't want to have to transfer. It probably wasn't necessary, but I personally was more comfortable with that.
I can't say there's NO risk and that nothing bad will ever happen. Life involves risk. Everything you do *could* potentially have a bad outcome. But the risks here are minimal, and you're making a good choice. Hope that helps!
Thanks everyone. I suppose I should pack a few things JIC. I'll get around to it soon.....as soon as I get around to getting the list of things for the homebirth ready.
Feel like I have so much to oack into these last 4 weeks. Still have to do a test run of blowing up the pool, clean the hose with hot water, do my Arabic language homework, organise documents of proof for PPL & FTB (gah!), pre-wash cloth nappies twice and liners 6 times, organise cd for birth, hmmm am I missing anything...I'm sure I am...will have to make a list of things to be done rather than trying to keep a mental note!
Edit: ah yes, have to find a dress for my brother's wedding which is 5 days before my EDD! Also have to rearrange the furniture in our bedroom to make enough room for the bassinet. Yup really need to write all this down somewhere (other than belly belly, lol).
Eenee - hope things are going OK! Lets hope the midwife has some good suggestions at your next appointment. :hug:
Nyigi - of course you're welcome to join in here!
The mrs, I have read a few of the studies into Australian Hb, and they indicate decreased amounts if hemorrhage at hb's than in hospital. It's less likely to happen at home apparently. Probably because of less interference in the birthing process. The oxytocin flows. But I think it is prudent to keep syntocin in the fridge in case you need it. I got a script, but my me had some from previous births that hadn't been used so I just promised to restock her if I used hers.
Hi everyone! I haven't be around at all over the last few months. Congratulations to all the new babes and pregnancies! Things have changed so much in the months I've been away!
Firstly I should let you know that I gave birth to a gorgeous baby boy on the 17/9. He was born at home but unfortunately we needed to transfer a couple of hours later when I had a pph. Little Luca was also born very small at 2.4kg which led to an even longer stay at hospital :( the stay at hospital was quite upsetting, there was quite a lot of smugness on their part because I'd transferred. I had many comments questioning the care I received during pregnancy because of Luca's size. Funnily enough I'd gone in at 37 weeks at request from my me because I was measuring small, only to be told all was fine and refused a growth scan. I guess in the end it turned out ok as if it was discovered I no doubt would have been induced. He is a strong healthy boy, just little.
Birth was so very different this time! I'll have to write it all out.
Eenee, it sounds like you're having a really hard time :( big hugs and lots of love to you xx
The mrs, on the pph stuff. I had one this time. It happened about 2 hours after birth while I was in bed feeding. Honestly, your mw will do everything that they would in hospital. I was given a the injection and they set up a drip with fluid. The called a ambulance strait away and did that while we were waiting. Once I arrived at hospital i was put on a syntocin drip. Pph was always my biggest fear about hb, but when it actually happened I was surprisingly calm, I knew i was in safe hands with medical professionals and the medication I needed.
:baby: Babies Arrived :homebirth:
- 2012 -
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
- 2013 -
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
:bellygrowing: Babies On Their Way :bellyrubs:
Dot Face - November
Eenee - November
Sunnylove - November
TeniBear - December
*The_Mrs* - December
Jennifer13 - January
Special - January
HotI - February
Arcadia - February
Smoke Jaguar - March
Bella29 - May
Mummas of Little ones who left too soon
Glorious
Ladybug
Woah, I just felt all the blood drain out of my face when I realised there's only one month's worth of EDDs on the list until I'm up the top :lol: Getting very real now!
Congratulations loulabelle on your little boys arrival. We share our birthing days.
Congratulations Loulabelle! Glad to hear that things are well now!
Oops, sorry loulabelle, I didn't see your post. Congratulations on your little boy's arrival :D