Homebirth General Discussion #2

[Arimeh]

Cassius - woohooo for the new pool!!!! Don't forget to put on your flippers hehe

I am still coming to melbourne, will be there on the 5th September. And yes, another move may be on the cards, not sure yet. Depends if DH gets into uni or not for next year. If he gets in, then we will move up there, if he doesn't, we'll stay down here.

[Tegam]

Arimeh: wher ever you birth you belong here Arimeh, you 'get' what us 'homies' are about hehe

[Cassius2]

awesome arimeh! hopefully we can catch up...if i'm not pushing a baby out...in flippers oh man, the image! the image! bahahahahaha!

[onthefly]

Flippers!
I fully expect DS to run off for his swimmers when he sees the birth pool
I'm still in the mid-pregnancy lull

Been talking to DH more about last time, which is good. We've both concluded that I shouldn't be allowed to make too many decisions for myself during labour - or at least not if we end up in hospital (I think we should be ok at home). I'm irrational and far too easily swayed.

So close now Cassius!

[Antheia]

Thought i should pop in here for a bit.

I am eagerly awaiting bub's arrival. 8 days post dates so far and still not much action. Gets loads of cramps and aches and losing plug but nothing turning into labour unfortunatly. I was 3cms at 39 weeks. Who knows what i am now. Probably more. It's getting frustrating. Especially when pre labour feels like early labour but then stops.

[onthefly]

You must be very, very close Antheia Hope we're reading your BA soon

[Cassius2]

Especially when pre labour feels like early labour but then stops.

i hear ya on this one! i NEVER had pre-labour with DD so had very little idea of what it was...then last night had 3 hours of it . about 1.5 hours in i realised that it wasnt ramping up and it dawned on me that this was the storm in the pre-labour tea cup...wow...

hope this bubba is in your arms soon babe xx

[~kaos~]

Oh lovely to hear we have some mumma's so close Birth blessing to you. I hope that you can embrace the pre-labour, just think of it as work that is being done that hopefully you won't have to do later (that coming from someone who has never had the days of pre-labour...)

I feel like I'm in my mid pregnancy lull too. I'm 28 weeks now, so I guess I'm 3rd Trimester - wooohooo! Starting to feel the time pressure that soon we will have another baby in the house, that I need to get the house decluttered and sorted, the freezer filled, some walls painted (particularly where I think my birth space will be). Nesting anyone.

I've start active birth yoga, and started listening to hypnobabies CD's. It getting me in the right frame of mind. I really want to put effort into preparing that way, last birth I really struggled with the mental AND physical pain, especially around transition. In my previous two births it was usually just a bit of a mental hurdle for me to get over. I think part of the problem with my last birth was I started getting frustrated and cranky as I went into transition, and this amplified the pain. I really need to focus on calm and relaxed

I'm due for another MW appt soon and I'm really looking forward to it. My MW is really awesome, the perfect fit for me