Bella- I can't even get motivated to prepare for an - everything-goes-right-birth. i am cool about the pregnancy thing, cool about the baby at the end, but am happy to just ignore the whole bit in the middle- except my decision that i'm not leaving home. In one way, i think i did all these things to prepare last time and got screwed over anyway so why bother. And i don't even feel like bringing it up with my midwife.
Next appt is at my place, and DH will be ther, so maybe i will be more comfy then. I think we are going over my hospital notes of my last birth so maybe that will help.
I'm here! Still baking this baby! Had a m/w visit today and all is well - just playing the waiting game. I've been getting lots of pre-laboury stuff on and off and am trying my best not to be disappointed when it stops and be positive instead - thinking of it as my body preparing etc etc Hoping to meet this little bub really soon but I think it will be at least another few days.
Welcome ladybirdF and congratulations to Cricket!!
Bella, that's so great you have a good relationship with your GP and no issues getting a synto script etc etc
HotI - I hope going through your hospital notes is helpful in preparing for your upcoming birth xxx
Hey girls, thanks for the replies. It isn't that I don't know what would happen in case of emergency stuff. I have played those scenarios over in my head probably too much. My background is as an emergency nurse and DH is an emergency Dr. In that respect I know that the ppl around me will go into action and take care of me and transfer me to get me safe, and get my baby safe. It is more the little stuff. The insidious stuff where you loose your choices because of say thick mec or me getting exhausted etc... Last time I was forced to transfer mid labour because I went thru a Birth center and despite the OB I spoke to a few days before agreeing to it being ok for me to stay there till 42 =3, when in labour the OB didn't and I was made to TF. When I did TF it made me feel like I had lost all control and so I just kinda gave up fighting what was happening to me if that makes sense?? So anyway, not that an OB is going to do that this time. But if there were a clinical problem, where I needed to TF, then I need to get myself to believe that I can still effect changes to my circumstances. I don't just want to give in this time. does that make more sense? I don't want to get hung up on it. I just don't want to be completely un prepared.
xx Bella
PS- hey eutra, thinking of you. Happy birth blessings babe Will be waiting to hear a happy announcement very soon
Bella: thankfully this time, you wont lose any choices as your IM will still be by your side, and they are very very good. Of course, the TF is just theory. I am sending you also, beautiful birth blessings for the time when it comes and am confident that it will go beautifully xx
Eutra: what Bella said....happy birth blessings for the coming days
HotI:
didn't have any snacks as didnt really feel up to eating, although I had tea just as labour was kicking in well i ate it between contractions but was full enough from that so didn't have anything else. Only thing I had was juice and water. Didn't have any food for support people but they said they were right, DH did ask them did they want a drink but they told him not to worry about them, they made a cuppa after i had DD just before they left.
Eutra: goodluck with your birth can't wait to hear the good news
for labour i had some snacks ready but didnt eat them (the midwives helped me snarf them though lol). i had pretzels and jellybeans...om nom nom! and a bottle of gatorade JIC i got a bit dehydrated. but labour and birth was so short no time for any of that!
we had prepared a meal to eat with the midwives. we bonded over food and knew that they would stay at least 2 hours postpartum and to add labour/birth time etc etc. So we did a simple minestrone that was defrosted when i started to feel that maybe it might be soon. DH took care of all that and they had a scrumptious dinner while i blissed out in bed with Marta
I hope you don't mind but I'm going to stalk this thread for a bit. I'm not pregnant at the moment and not sure I will be any time soon (as in we're not trying at the moment, not the basic uncertainty of whether TTC will succeed!). But I would have loved to have a homebirth the first time around, just wasn't organized or informed enough, and I thought maybe seeing what you guys were discussing would give me some clues about what I need to do for a possible next time.
It would also be nice to get to know some other BB members.
Hoping to meet this little bub really soon but I think it will be at least another few days.
Bookmarks