Homebirth General Discussion #5

[HotI]

Lady-bug - baby boy

Liz - baby girl

PumpkinZulu - baby girl Isla-Mae

Tashybabe - baby boy Jude born sleeping




Helly- July

~Stoked~- August

Brogeybear- November

eutra_phalia - November

Bella29 - January

Jennifer13 - January

HotI - January

*Ash*- February

[Tegam]

Hi ladies - new to the thread Am currently 20 weeks preggo and planning my homebirth for November - very excited and can't wait to meet our baby!!

yay welcome!

[~Stoked~]

Hi ladies - new to the thread Am currently 20 weeks preggo and planning my homebirth for November - very excited and can't wait to meet our baby!!

Congratulations and welcome!

Ummmm, i'm second on the list.... Eeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tegam]

ahhh stoked! I am so happy for you!!! You have had to wait such a long time for this baby! Not long now

[Helly]

Sorry I'm not very chatty here girls, so lethargic! Midwife came around yesterday, had a wee palp of bubba, and said "well, it could pretty much be any day now!" she's bringing the birth pool around tomorrow or Saturday. Not officially due till the 6th, but who knows. Keeps my parents on tenterhooks as they live a good 6 hours drive away and would like to know when to come! Wouldn't we all.
Sigh. Moody cow at the moment.

[Jennifer13]

Hetty, sounds like you're ready to meet your baby sooner rather than later.

First m/w appt tomorrow so hoping all goes well. Seems like DP is on board though, when I complained about the inconvenience of the ob appt next week he said "oh well, it's only once", so it means he's thinking the decision is all but made. Which it is, but just want him to feel comfortable and on board!

Welcome eutra!

[Jennifer13]

M/w visit went really well and DP was happy to engage her on the spot - so a huge bonus that he didn't even feel we had to talk about it behind closed doors. She answered all our questions and brought along the second m/w who will be there for the birth as well. My doula was here too, so I think he felt he was surrounded by a wealth of birthing knowledge!

I'm so excited now - in my head the room is all set up with the birthing pool, music and dim lighting. Now to just enjoy the next 27 or so weeks...

[*Ash*]

That's awesome news Jennifer! And very exciting!

[e_p]

thanks for the welcome everyone! very happy to be in here!

helly very exciting!! You must be so tired - hope you're able to rest up and the time until your bub arrives goes quickly!

Jennifer13 wow that's fantastic that your plans are coming along so well! Great that your DP is so supportive too! DH loved our MW from the moment we met her too!

My hips are so sore today - went out to buy some maternity pants for work and a few other things - 1.5 hours of shopping and I was close to begging a stranger to driving me home so I didn't have to battle with public transport!

The other thing that keeps getting stuck in my head is what tap fittings to get to fill up our birth pool! It's the only thing I'm anxious about for some strange reason...does anyone have any tips??

[Cassius2]

hi girls!

welcome Eutra!

Jennifer: that is great news that the appt went so well . i think your DH being surrounded by women who are in the business of birth is the best thing to get him feeling confident that staying home is totally normal and awesome especially as he will be more included throughout the whole process generally.

Helly: oh your are so close now!

[Tegam]

I was close to begging a stranger to driving me home so I didn't have to battle with public transport!

Oh the joys of pregnancy! I wish id been there to offer you a ride!

[Helly]

Jennifer - glad to hear your visit went well! My middy is dropping off our birth pool tomorrow, can't wait to set it up, hope it'll fit in the room I have planned!

Eutra - we went to the garden center and grabbed some kind of hose thing to fit on our washing machine taps... After the fail that was last time, lol, when we discovered in the middle of labour that the hose didn't fit, and mum and Tim had to manually fill it, we've made sure already it works!

Mmm, public transport and pregnancy - oh joy! I totally stake out priority seating when I'm pregnant. Who could be mo re important, lol!

Afm - argh, someone come and save me from myself! I've got so much to do, and no energy to do it! When does that nesting energy kick in? or is it a myth? Plus I've got such a shocking attitude at the moment, I don't know what's going on there, I can't afford to be so negative now of all times. I was all positive the other night, did my affirmations and went to sleep believing them and feeling awesome, and since then I've felt like crap! Bleh.

[meow]

Jennifer that time of having it all booked and the meetings just starting is SO exciting!! I loved that too- such a great high to take with you along the pregnancy journey

As for tap fittings- our bathroom tap that we were using had a filter thing screwed on the end so it already had screw grooves. We went to the hardware store and chatted to a guy about what we needed to convert it to fit a hose attachment and we had to get a female/male converter thingo and then the hose attachment bit. He was super helpful though and we didn't have to do any of the thinking ourselves

[Eenee]

Jennifer: glad the first appointment went well

Eutra: we got an attachment thing for the hose at bunnings to fit onto the laundry tap. It meant that when filling the pool you had to change the cold and hot tap over one at a time. I didn't have to worry about that though cos I was busy with other things

Helly: nesting didn't kick in for me until I was in labour haha.


Is it strange that I want to have another birth already!? I watched my birth video the other day and I was like awwww I wanna do that again!

[meow]

No way it's strange. It better not be anyway because I am CLUCK CLUCK CLUCKY!!!! I wanna do that all again. Home birth rocks.

[loulabelle]

Helly- good luck! I can't wait to read your birth story!

Jennifer- so happy your appointment went well and that dh is feeling good about it. I think it's important that our dh's are comfortable too.

Afm, well, I've been on a midwife ringing spree! Turns out it was more difficult than I though to get a mw who comes to my area and is available at the time. At about my 6 phone call I spoke to Andrea bilcliff who couldn't help me herself but gave me the number of another midwife who actually only lives about 10 minutes from me. She does a lot of work for Eastside midwives. I'll be meeting her next week.I hope we click. Very exciting!



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[Cassius2]

Eutra: the tap fitting this is easy to organise. as the others have said, just go to your local hardware and get them to do the thinking we hooked ours up to the laundry taps as it was in the bathroom and we had a super long hose that was fed through to the dining (where I had the pool set up).

Loulabelle: that is soooo exciting!! the other recommendation i can put forward is Jan Ireland. i met her the other day and she is so incredibly fab. not sure where she is based though

Em: totally not strange! man, i would give anything to have DD2s birth again! it was amazing and the best thing that i have ever experienced; no joke! i was so sceptical before i had her of this 'joyous birth' stuff, but now i TOTALLY get it...and want more of it

[~Stoked~]

Can anyone suggest ways for me to get in the right mindset for birthing? I'm feeling extremely mentally unprepared! I feel like this pregnancy has just flown and i haven't had a chance to even think about what I want for the birth yet. I have started reading positive birth stories, and Ina May, but does anyone have other suggestions?
I think I need to have a big chat (and cry perhaps!) to my midwife as there are alot of fears that I have to get over, most of which are probably normal fears (stillbirth, PPH, shoulder dystocia, prem labour.. just to name a few!).
Getting music organised is something I'd like to do soon. I'll be buying the baby a set of drawers this week so I can get all his things sorted and out of boxes. Gosh, even me saying the word 'baby' is freaking me out! I'm going to have a baby.. An actual baby.... See what I mean by unprepared!?