Homebirth General Discussion #4

[water_lily80]

another quiet stalker here

LOVE LOVE LOVE the henna & birth alter...who did the henna for you?? It's gorgeous!!!!

DH met my hb midwife last week which was great...he is slightly freaked out he will have to siphon the pool water out with his mouth

[Cassius2]

another quiet stalker here


DH met my hb midwife last week which was great...he is slightly freaked out he will have to siphon the pool water out with his mouth

haha! my dh was also worried that that would be how he'd have to siphon it off lol! i couldnt stop laughing and then showed him how to siphon it off sans mouth (he was relieved to say the least hahahaha!)

[sneakysparkle]

hey HB ladies - just a quick question - did you all still have scans? 12 wk and 20 week?
Just curious

[onthefly]

Beautiful Arcadia!

[Cassius2]

sneakysparkle: yep. had both scans and bloods etc. just didnt do the GTT or the GBS.

[~Stoked~]

hey HB ladies - just a quick question - did you all still have scans? 12 wk and 20 week?
Just curious

Yes, I did. In fact, I had scans at 6w, 8w, 10w, 12w AND I'll be having the 20 week one too. I have a history of recurrent miscarriage and also have a history of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly in my immediate family. As much as I would have liked to avoid them I have way too many fear/anxiety issues during pregnancy.

[Antheia]

I had a dating scan at 7-8 weeks, and then a scan at 20 weeks. I didn't have the 12-13 week NT scan because no matter the outcome of that scan I wasn't going to terminate so there was no point in me having it done. I didn't have any blood tests at all. Not the GTT. Didn't have the GBS swab either.

[Arcadia]

^same here^

The henna was done by a woman who comes to your home/event and she does about ten people an hour...there are a few around...I just went with whoever was available that day. Look up gumtree or just google mendhi or henna artist

[Tegam]

hey HB ladies - just a quick question - did you all still have scans? 12 wk and 20 week?
Just curious

Yelp all the same normal tests!

[Arcadia]

I'm still here...

Serious prelabour happening all week. Lost some of my plug on Wed, have had one off contractions through the night since Friday last week and am crampy today.

Pleeeeaaasseee come soon baby.

[Cassius2]

i have everything crossed that bubba will be in your arms in no time sweet birthing mama

*mwah* hard to focus on with prelabour and all that jazz, but this is a wonderful, magical journey you are about to go on, embrace, smile and go with it have you read over your last birth story? i read yours in the days before I had marta and it really helped to get me there xx

[Arimeh]

I'm still here too. No surprise that I'm 10 days over and still waiting....

[Tegam]

I'm still here...

Serious prelabour happening all week. Lost some of my plug on Wed, have had one off contractions through the night since Friday last week and am crampy today.

Pleeeeaaasseee come soon baby.

I'm still here too. No surprise that I'm 10 days over and still waiting....

happy birthing girls!

[Arcadia]

Thanks so much beautiful women...I have a birthing video I am going to watch tonight, but I should read over my birth story too. I think I worry about setting up expectations about how it should be, but this is already such a different birthing journey. I appreciate it for it's lessons in patience and strength of heart.

Big hugs Mel...our babies know what they're doing...the hard part is trusting their judgement!!!

[meow]

Ooo... I've beenMIA so I thought I'd missed these babies. Sooo soon now. Rhinking of you both! That's thinking. On my phone and can't seem to go back to edit.

[Cassius2]

I think I worry about setting up expectations about how it should be, but this is already such a different birthing journey. I appreciate it for it's lessons in patience and strength of heart.

this is what i struggled with too. i was worried that i had set the bar high and would set myself up to be disappointed. but i think the beauty of HB is that even when things dont go to plan you are still surrounded by beautiful gorgeous midwives that love you and your family and want the very best for all of you. so i focused my 'dreaming' of the birth not as expectation as such but as that, a dream, something positive to aim for ITMS.

[Tegam]

this is what i struggled with too. i was worried that i had set the bar high and would set myself up to be disappointed. but i think the beauty of HB is that even when things dont go to plan you are still surrounded by beautiful gorgeous midwives that love you and your family and want the very best for all of you. so i focused my 'dreaming' of the birth not as expectation as such but as that, a dream, something positive to aim for ITMS.

You are amazing Cassius, so well said

[Arimeh]

It's funny but the closer I get to d day, the more I worry about screaming in front of my midwife and losing control, because of what happened last time. I spoke to her yesterday about it and she just looked me in the eye and said "Mel, I've only ever had 1 lady that made no noise and we didn't like it cos we couldn't tell what stage of labour she was at. Screaming is not losing control,it's being in control, the way that your body is supposed to handle labour".

I feel better now. Just wish I knew what was keeping her from making an appearance! I'm so cranky and irritable lately, everything DH does gets on my nerves and I spend a lot of time being peeved and venting to my mum lol!!

I just wanna know what I'm doing wrong to not be going into labour....