Homebirth General Discussion #21

Shhh Tegam! I'm SO not ready to be 36 weeks! Argh! I had an appointment with my backup MW the other day and I said a few times "I'll be 37 weeks and full term in less than 2 weeks! I'm not ready to have a baby in 2 weeks!"

Appointment with the backup MW went well. It was my first time meeting her and she's lovely. We didn't really totally click though, and it was actually reaffirming after the MW issues I've had to be reminded that the one I chose is the right one because I totally click with her. Have an appointment with my MW this Thursday which I'm looking forward to. I'm feeling a bit stressed that I haven't fully communicated my previous trauma and the triggers and concerns I have if we end up needing to transfer so I really want to go over all that with her and get a hospital transfer birth plan in place.

Be brave and make sure you get it all out! If you don't feel you can say it them maybe write it all down. I have a 33week appointment then a 36 week appointment!! What those appointments come so quickly! I think mentally I'm about 23 weeks. Body feels 63weeka pregnant hehe

hugs Sterla. i was sure #3 would come early, or at least earlier than my other two (41 weeks), and she didn't arrive until 41 +3. Hope you don't have too much longer to wait.

Thanks HotI. I wake up every morning so disappointed that nothing has started yet. I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever.

Hugs Stela, the end of pregnancy is so hard.

Can I ask what everyone's views on Vit K are? We gave it to DS1, but not DS2, just doing some more research and still unsure.

Hi Ladybug :)
We gave Vit K IM to DD1…. oral for the rest. I did my research and found that the thing with the pros and cons that worr remember to ied me the most was the injection. I am happy with the effectiveness of the oral and i know that i will remember that later dose. We don't do Hep B. so no injections here. However i have noticed that with DD3 birth they gave me the injection to deliver the placenta even though it had it on their forms as i had declined. The person that was cutting DD3s TT day 1 (no mucking around with TT in this house) Didn't want to do it when she found out that she hadn't had the injection, even tho it was only 11hours post birth so what maybe 9hours since they would have done the injection. and she had had the oral dose…. Some people just want to make a point of things. One of the midwives in the practise i am going thru cuts TTs and has already said she is ok to do it straight away and that the oral Vit K is ok :)

Good luck deciding what is best for your little one and family :)

Thanks Tegam. I'm not nervous to talk about my problems with my MW but I feel like while I _have_ talked about it I'm not sure how seriously she understands it and how much I'll need her to be batting for me and know I'll be flipping out if we transfer and interventions are suggested/required. Luckily my kids will be at preschool during this appointment so I should be able to really talk seriously and cry so it's a good time to do it.

Lady-bug- we had oral vit K on our birth plan for our first son, with the intention of actually declining it altogether but when he was born he developing a swelling, bruised lump on his head and we went with the MWs suggestion to do the injection. Our second son we didn't give him any vitamin K. My position was that if babies are born deficient there must be a reason and we don't need to mess with it. My view has changed a bit now- I suspect babies are born deficient due to our poor modern diets. This time we have no intention of giving baby vitamin K but I am making sure to build up my own vitamin K levels. I include foods rich in vitamin K and I take alfalfa capsules, butter oil and pregnancy tea with nettles and alfalfa in it. I'm planning to continue those after birth while breastfeeding and have a placenta smoothie then do placenta encapsulation. All that said, if baby has any birth trauma we may still supplement and my MW will have the injection and oral vitamin K available if we decide to use it.

Google "Mommypotamus Vitamin K" for a good blog post that sums up a lot of information and a lot of the things we're doing.

Also google "chris kresser vitamin k2" for a great read on sources of vitamin K and why we're often not getting enough.

Meow only out of interest, what I have read lead me to believe that the mothers level of vit k doesn't seem to help baby....?

It crosses the placenta and is in your breastmilk (mostly very high levels in colostrum).

Thanks ladies, will definitely check out those links Meow, thank-you. My midwife is now recommending it where she didn't really give an opinion last time. She is now recommending it because there have been recent cases of babies becoming ill and dying without any warning signs.

I too will read those links cause as I said I read that is has a very poor rate of crossing that placenta and being in the milk supply! I love researching and finding out new things :) thanks meow

Vitamin K1 (plant based sources) does not cross the placenta well, but K2 (animal based sources) does. It is K2 that we really need to ensure we're getting a lot of.

ETA: Thanks for raising this question because re-reading back over the posts I referred to I'm not as convinced. It appears K2 crosses the placenta well... but it's actually K1 which is needed for clotting. So I'm not sure at this point how we can naturally ensure our babies have high levels of K1. More reading...

Sterla, you look sensational in your pictures on your blog! Hope you are going ok, thinking of you xox

Hey ladies *waves*

Here's something you will want to read!

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...0/#post3421849

WOOHOO STERLA!!!!!!!!!!

Meow: Oh so we are as clear as mud between us :) I wish i could remember where i got my info from. Maybe we could ask in that Facebook group too, there are some mad keen researchers on there :) If i had any energy to research id be doing my own uni work!


AFM: Ok i need some reassurance, I'm so tired! I have only gotten through the past three days with a day sleep (1.5hrs). Friends are saying its normal but isn't it a bit early (almost 33 weeks). I keep thinking of those women that work in rice fields all day. I am only out of bed four hours, maybe awake 5 before i am a yawning tired mess. I have a bit of a head cold and am getting up to the toilet 3-4 times a night but I'm still in bed for a good 8hrs…. Im taking my iron, multi vits, vit c and magnesium. Will this stage pass or is this it…. I can't remember being this tired.


UM IF STERLA has popped then isn't MEOW NEXT!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!! What, what what??? She just "liked" something I wrote on FB about 2 hours before giving birth! Sterla!!! I'm SO excited and thrilled for you!

Argh- not ready to be next though! Lady-bug and I are pretty close so who knows? :)

I'm having a crap day as I just discovered follow up blood test has shown my platelets dropping and they are currently too low to allow a HB. What is going on to me??!!! This pregnancy seems to be all drama :( Just had another blood test to rule out HELLP and I'll see my doctor tomorrow for ideas on how to boost my platelets. I'm SO tired of trying to cram in a million supplements and diet tips for health and being thrown curve balls the whole time. I feel like giving up :(

I went through a very tired stage about a month ago Tegam. Could just be baby growing and be totally normal. I started taking a chlorophyll supplement (chloroxygen mint flavour) in the mornings and that helped heaps though.

I was just coming in to check on Sterla and voila; a little baby girl has arrived! Congratulations Sterla, enjoy those awesome post birth bliss moments!

Yay Sterla!!! Enjoy all of that homebirth baby bliss!! Such a special time :heartbeat:

Meow- Can I go first please?!? :lol:

Tegam-I too have been like that, but feeling better now, I really have to make sure I have a few quieter days each week or I'm a mess (easier said than done I know). Are you drinking enough? Dehydration can make me super tired.