Homebirth General Discussion #21

[kellbell]

Omg she's gorgeous Sterla what a cutie
you have made me super super clucky for mine
Enjoy those newborn snuggles!!

[Cassius2]

Massive Massive Massive congratulations Sterla!!!

Cannot wait to hear how it all went!!!

Yay! Another BB HB!!!!

[Ozstar]

Huge congrats Sterla. Can't wait to hear your birth story.

[Jennifer13]

Congrats Sterla - she is beautiful! Can't wait to read all about it. Enjoy your babymoon.

[meow]

Meow- Can I go first please?!?

Please do. I'm so miserable at the moment there is no way I'm ready to go into labour.

I mentioned my stress on FB and got a bunch of "it doesn't matter how the baby comes, so long as you're safe" comments. Argh!!! Transferring to hospital just so I can get immediate PPH treatment isn't really a good safety plan!! People are just so down on HB.

[HotI]

Babies Arrived

-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
Sunnylove - Baby GIRL born at home 2nd November 2013
DotFace - Baby BOY born at home 9th November 2013
Eenee - Baby BOY born at home 22nd November 2013
TeniBear - Baby GIRL born at home 21st December 2013
*The_Mrs.* - Baby GIRL born at home 31st December 2013

-2014-
Jennifer13 - Baby GIRL born at home 1st January 2014
Arcadia - Baby BOY born at home 30th January 2014
Special - Baby BOY born at home 6th February 2014
HotI - Baby GIRL born at home 23rd February 2014
Smoke Jaguar - Baby GIRL born at home 18th March 2014
Bella29 - Baby BOY born at home 13th May 2014
Ozstar - Baby GIRL born at home 20th May 2014
Sterla - Baby GIRL born at home 30th July 2014


Babies On Their Way


Meow - August
e_p - September
ladybug - September
Tegam - September
phyrephly - September
kellbell - September

[Sterla]

Yay! So nice to see my name added!

Meow, you're next! I'm so excited for you!

Wow, September is a busy home birthing month! Can't wait to hear all your announcements!

[e_p]

Congratulations Sterla!!! Welcome to your beautiful girl! Hope you're enjoying your babymoon xx

[Jennifer13]

Bring on the spring time babies.

How are you enjoying your babymoon, Sterla?

[Jennifer13]

And on a positive note - my sister ditched her ob for an IM that has practising rights at GC hospital. She's going to get a VBAC with the model of care she's chosen and I'm so pleased for her. I hadn't said much but I was worried when she went back to the ob at first.

She tells me that when the ob confirmed the CFM policy (among other things) she said her sister had two HBACs just fine without that. Ob didn't have much of a response apparently, beyond something about keeping her and the baby safe (and my sister knows CFM doesn't have any benefit on that front). So even though she didn't make it to DD3's birth, at least she's educated herself and my births have probably helped demonstrate the way normal birth happens.

[Sterla]

I have been on a bit of a high ever since she was born! I am still trying to wrap my head around her birth (almost finished the birth story - trying to get it down while fresh in my mind), feeding is going well apart from a graze or two. Milk is just starting to come in.
DS is absolutely smitten - he wants to hold her and pat her all the time. DD likes her but is a bit unsure too.

We had a rough first night with Eloise coughing up lots of mucous and crying a lot, but she has been wonderfully settled ever since. I don't know if it is the home birth or being my third baby, but I really feel like I am enjoying her more than I did with my other two as newborns. I just can't get enough of smelling her head and touching her cheeks. Love!

Will post a link to my birth story when I finish - hopefully tonight.

[Jennifer13]

Mmmmmm the smell of newborn baby head...

[Sterla]

Welcoming Eloise Charlotte - 30/7/14

Here is my birth story! I am so tired - so I hope there aren't too many typos and it all makes sense!

[Tegam]

Wow what a beautifully written birth story! Amazing and lovely.

[HotI]

Mmmmmm the smell of newborn baby head...

i love that smell! my bubba is starting to lose it.

[Dot Face]

Your story was lovely Sterla, thanks for sharing .
Am I the only one whose baby didn't have that special smell? I seriously never smelt it... I know what it smells like because I can still remember my baby brother's newborn smell which I loveddd but I never smelt it off my son.
I did smell A smell from him occasionally, but it was from the gunk that gets stuck in his neck lines so the smell would go after washing him.
He has lovely milk breath though which I bask in .

[Tegam]

bahhahahaha Dot face no I'm sure you aren't the only one. There have been studies that prove that a new mother can smell her baby out when blind folded, even when they thought they couldn't smell anything. Its an instinct thing. Maybe you have been that relaxed and content when your baby has been new that you haven't had to identify those feelings.

AFM: have started the mammoth job of washing and sorting. The weather is warm enough but there are passing showers so not the best timing to get some washing done but I'm in the mood! and thats Ladybugs fault, i saw that she was 36 weeks and yikes I'm really not that far behind her, better get something done. There was a lady at work that was as pregnant as me the other night and she had a CS date. AS much as i would NEVER want a CS EVER, the thought of an end date was very romantic at that stage of my shift! Am going to try to do my best to not wish this stage away and keep calm about the arrival date. When its ready it will be ready to join us. STILL no NAME none, nothing, NOT A THING. Suggestions please??? I like Archie and Elsie but DH HATES THEM and i have NOTHING else

[Dot Face]

Lol...thanks Tegam.

If it helps you feel better I had picked two names I was dead set on (one for if if it was a boy, one for if it was a girl) and well it ended up being a boy but after heaps of people from both my and dh's family whined about the name I'd picked dh said he wanted a different name! Argh!! But while it was back to the drawing board, it only took us about a day to settle on his name (and I really think his name suits him). Sometimes you just need to see baby to decide "yep, he/she is a BLAH".