High Risk Pregnancy ~ General Discussion and Support

[black_rose]

Hi girls I think this is finally it for me, the contractions are really strong and moving around is making them stronger. About to have a shower and see what happens, dh is in denial as we have an open for inspection tomorrow and he is already tired.

[~mamaspice~]

Aww, Blackrose, How exciting Hun! How cleaver of bubba to have waited til full term.

All the best for your second VBAC and can't wait to see your BA!

PS: sounds like DH might have to text the estate agent and cancel the inspection

[*Beema*]

WTG Black Rose!!!! I am so happy for you, I hope it continues to ramp out!! Sending the eviction notice to your little bubba

Labour Vibes coming your way and have an amazing birthing experience, sooo looking forward to your BA

Csab I hope Miss V is feeling better very soon poor little poppet DD is finally turned a corner and ate a little bit of yogurt this morning and some spaghetti tonight, which is massive considering she has had hardly a thing to eat or drink since Sunday. Her cough is still horrid, but we have stop the steroids for now so she is just on the AB, Ventolin and Flixotide.

Have a great weekend all, I'm off to the couch for the night, but will be keeping an eye out for a BA!!!

[csab]

Hi all,

Blackrose - GL hun, by the sounds of it your DH needs to cancel the inspection. Sending lots of VBAC vibes. Certainly a clever little one waiting until FT. Cant wait to hear your BA. hugs

Beema - V seems to be getting over it now, she seems to be on the mend. Have also now tried her on Soy milk to see how she likes it, and she doesnt seem to hand it back to me, but is still due to getting over everything she is still not overly interested in eating a great deal. I really hope Little N gets better quickly, Im glad she is starting to eat something now. Sounds like a horrible cough she has. V is on the flexotide and ventolin until Im guessing winter is over and the warmer weather starts. Her pead is trying to keep her as healthy as he can by doing this. Hows your little flicker going and of course how are you going?

Well as for me, still having MS, I actually thought that I was coming down with something again, but is definately the ms nausea. Ive had it the whole way through, but seemed to get worse once I hit the 2nd tri. Anyway I guiess I should be off to do some housework. hugs all.

[ButterflyForever]

Hi all

Just popped on to update as I haven't been on here fro ages, sorry

And the news - BLACKROSE, wow - how exciting, I am stalking now, hope all going well.

Mamaspice - just saw your ticker, wow where did the time go, glad all going well.

Csab - hope the MS improves soon.

Beema -

afm - saw the Ob on Wed, all still good. had a quick reassurance scan from the registrar, she tried to hazard a guess at the sex of bubs, I think that was a waste of time, I tried to tell her boys and girls all look pretty much the same at 13 weeks. I will wait until the 18 week scan to find out.
Getting sick of having my appt's in the local cattle market/hospital, it is so busy. I have to walk so far from finding a parking spot to the hossy and then wait on average 2 hours to see the dr, so asked if i could see the Ob's at the smaller hospital up the mountain, Ob said he visits there once a fortnight, and he will see me in his lunch hour I can then park with relative ease, go into a nice waiting room, grab a cuppa and be seen within the about 15 mins, much happier.
As far a MS I am feeling great, seems to have gone, this preg feels different to the others, so it may have a winkie this time after having a run of girls
I was naughty the other day, saw a almost new bassinet and stand in the Op shop, it was so pretty, and after what happened with my daughter, refused to buy anything early again, but it was so reasonably priced ($40) and money going to a good cause (cancer council), that I bought it. A really good friend of mine is going to keep it in storage for me, then if anything goes wrong, I don't have to face it again.
Got my booking in appt next week, unfortunately back down to the cattle market again.

Take care all

[black_rose]

I am still having contractions, didn't get much sleep last night, the contractions havent stopped and are getting stronger this morning. Its different now that I have made it to term I don't have to rush to the hospital, so I am going to stay home as long as I can where I can be comfy! It seems like the labour is more 'normal' than the two pre term ones, its progressing a lot slower.

Beema hope you got your rest on the couch.

Csab I had MS all the way through with both my girls, I struggled to eat a lot which only made it worse.

PS Dh is still in denial!

[csab]

Blackrose - Ohh hang in there hun, DH will realise soon that this baby is going to make an entrance especially if your waters break. If your contractions are coming at 5mins apart or if your waters break make sure you head off to the hospital or call them to see when they want you to come in. Have you had a show? GL hun its so exciting. hugs. Ohh all of mine have been different in one way or another with MS, either nothing or just little bits, my first was all the way through.

BF - Glad to see all is going well for you. I hear you on the waiting. However my hospital has changed how they manage the patients so it has been alot quicker. Yay on getting another alternative. Ohh and what a great buy. Woohoo.

[NaeNae]

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[crumpet]

Hi girls I think this is finally it for me, the contractions are really strong and moving around is making them stronger. About to have a shower and see what happens, dh is in denial as we have an open for inspection tomorrow and he is already tired.

sooo exciting!!!!

Well as for me, still having MS, I actually thought that I was coming down with something again, but is definately the ms nausea. Ive had it the whole way through, but seemed to get worse once I hit the 2nd tri. Anyway I guiess I should be off to do some housework. hugs all.

OH NO!!!! hope the MS buggers off soon!!!
i havnt totally go rid of mine but its had a major improvment than weeks ago.....

afm - saw the Ob on Wed, all still good. had a quick reassurance scan from the registrar, she tried to hazard a guess at the sex of bubs, I think that was a waste of time, I tried to tell her boys and girls all look pretty much the same at 13 weeks. I will wait until the 18 week scan to find out.
Getting sick of having my appt's in the local cattle market/hospital, it is so busy. I have to walk so far from finding a parking spot to the hossy and then wait on average 2 hours to see the dr, so asked if i could see the Ob's at the smaller hospital up the mountain, Ob said he visits there once a fortnight, and he will see me in his lunch hour I can then park with relative ease, go into a nice waiting room, grab a cuppa and be seen within the about 15 mins, much happier.
As far a MS I am feeling great, seems to have gone, this preg feels different to the others, so it may have a winkie this time after having a run of girls
I was naughty the other day, saw a almost new bassinet and stand in the Op shop, it was so pretty, and after what happened with my daughter, refused to buy anything early again, but it was so reasonably priced ($40) and money going to a good cause (cancer council), that I bought it. A really good friend of mine is going to keep it in storage for me, then if anything goes wrong, I don't have to face it again.
Got my booking in appt next week, unfortunately back down to the cattle market again.

Take care all

glad to hear all is going well....
cattle market!!! u poor thing id be so frustrated waiting 2 hrs!!! mind u ive made it to 1hr 45 for my OB once! admittedly he was delivering 2 babies!

I am still having contractions, didn't get much sleep last night, the contractions havent stopped and are getting stronger this morning. Its different now that I have made it to term I don't have to rush to the hospital, so I am going to stay home as long as I can where I can be comfy! It seems like the labour is more 'normal' than the two pre term ones, its progressing a lot slower.

Beema hope you got your rest on the couch.

Csab I had MS all the way through with both my girls, I struggled to eat a lot which only made it worse.

PS Dh is still in denial!

yayyyy!! good luck hunn!!! ill be stalking all weekend for ur BA!!!! poor DH hope he gets over his denial soon!!!

AFM: well i kinda feel silly being in here now, everything is flowing along quietly with no dramas...yet ....... have my OB appt not this week next week so ive nearly made it my full 4 weeks between appts with no phone calls or extra visists! im getting scared about my next appt, i guess coz im basically at the point where things went up the creek without a paddle..... could be a interesting few weeks from here i think, more so for my mental and emotional state than physically

have a great weekend girls!

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[*Beema*]

Csab ~ N will be on them until summer, as Spring was a shocker for her last year, so we want to avoid any hospital stays this spring Glad to hear her V is on the mend

Black_Rose ~ All the best hun and sending strong labour vibes your way, it must be weird being able to be excited about the ctx

NaeNae ~ Welcome hun

Crumpet ~ I am glad that everything is going well at the moment, and I so hope it stays that way, these next few weeks are going to be tough emotionally so hopefully they will fly by for you

Butterfly ~ Ooohhh a little blue bundle , will be waiting to hear when you get the offical scan!

AFM ~ 28 weeks today, which is a big milestone in the premmie world, but am struggling, I think the Nif is going to have to go up again, having a real bad day of the BH's last night and today, hips have been hurting as with my back, so things have shifted, another quiet night tonight on the couch. Big OB appointment Tuesday, AFI's, Uterine Dopplers, Cervix Length, Growth Scan, GD, Platelet and other BT results
Take care all and and hope to see a BA soon from black_rose !!!

[~mamaspice~]

Beema, congrats again on reaching 28 weeks hon! Flicker really is a fighter! You must be so pleased to have reached this milestone. Best of luck with your big appointment on Tuesday.

s crumpet! You're doing so well. Wishing you all the strength in the world to get through these next few weeks

Hi csab, hope little V is feeling much better!

Butterflyforever, so great that everything is going so well and that you can change most of your visits to the smaller hospital. The bassinett sounds lovely too.


Oooh Blackrose, I am sooo hanging for your birth announcement I see your still logged in. I hope labour is being kind to you. How exciting.


AFM not too much to report really. I've just upped my insulin to 8 units a day. It might sound like a lot but really it's not when you consider some GD mums need 80 units a day. Bub is DEFINATELY on the bigger side though. I can feel it.
I have come to the decision that I'm booking in for an elective CS this time around. A VBAC would have been nice but realistically evaluating my circumstances my chances of success are fairly slim. So I'll be having bub at the private hospital now and my Ob called me yesterday afternoon (on his day off) to re-assure me that we are on the same page when it comes to wanting to make the birth is a positive empowering experience. After all the too-ing and fro-ing and uncertainty, I am feeling really at peace with my decision. And I should have a birth date at my Ob visit on Tuesday. I'm getting a little excited TBH

[csab]

Morning all,

Crumpet - You shouldnt feel silly about being in here hun. Its great things are going along smoothly for you atm. hugs

Beema - V will be on them until summer too, especially after last yrs hospital stay. Thats what we are trying to do, is keep her out of hospital. Now DD's 3 & 4 have decided to bring home the flu, so yippee more things to keep V away from.. Hope N is feeling better and that cough has improved. Poor litle thing. hugs Yay on the 28wk milestone, thats wonderful hun. Hope everything is going well for you, how are those pains going?

Mamaspice - Cant wait to hear the date they are going to give you for the birth of your little bub. How exciting. Sounds like your OB is really good and has your best interests at heart. Little V is alot better now thanks, just now trying to keep her from the stinkin flu. lol. Honestly never ends.

BlackRose - How is everything going? I hope you have your precious little bubba in your arms now. Hugs

Naenae - Welcome hun. hugs

Well was supposed to go to my physician appt today but due to the coughy kids cancelled so now it is on for next week. Have my next u/s on the 31st so looking forward to that. I hope everyone is well, and just wanted to say you are all doing really well lovelies. hugs

[*Beema*]

Just a quick post from me this morning....

I was spotting overnight Sunday and yesterday, lucky it was just old blood and appears to have settled this morning, and as that "area" has been out of bounds for a while I know it wasn't any "action" that caused it. I didn't call my OB about it as my appointment was booked today and I was feeling good movements from Flicker and it wasn't fresh blood. Still gave me a shock when it happened as it has been quite a while since I have had any bleeding or spotting...

Today I have just a "few" tests and scans...
Cervix length
Uterine Dopplers
Growth Scan
AFI's

And I get the results of...
GD test
Platelets
Some other BT's my OB has run

It will be interesting to see how things are tracking, with the BH's ramping up again in the last week we may need to adjust the dosage again over the next week, but hopefully we can sustain it at just double the dose for a while and only boost it when needed.

Hopefully it will be good news that will take us through to the 30 week appointment in two weeks time

I will be back with the results and personals later xxoo

[csab]

beema - Ohh hun, hope you get some good results hun, sorry to hear about the spotting, yet so glad to hear flicker is giving you some movements still. Fingerscrossed all is ok and flicker stays put for another 8wks at least. hugs

[JennaJayen]

Hi guys, I just found this thread.

I'm 7wk 1d preg with Bub #2, and classed as High Risk due to previous C-Sec with my DS, previous early losses (all before 8 weeks), my weight (somewhat overweight... BMI says I'm obese but I don't look it lol) and an issue with my pelvis (I forget the medical name for it) where the lower part of my pelvis is smaller than the upper part (basically meaning the openings that bub's head has to go through) which means that there is approx an 80%+ chance that an average sized bub can't fit it's head out.

I'm aiming for a VBAC this time, but as I was in labour for a total of 41 1/2 hours with DS before he finally came out there is a good chance I'll end up needing another emergency C-Sec.

I look forward to getting to know you all

[~mamaspice~]

Just a quickie from me too

csab, glad your little one if on the mend, hope the dreaded flu stays away

Good luck with everything today beema!

Hi jenna, welcome to the thread wishing you a H&H pregnancy

AFM got my Ob appointment today too. Will be booking in a section date which I am quite excited about, now that I have made the decision to have a repeat cs. Bubba has had the hiccups in my belly about 4 time today already, lol. He gets them all the time. The radiographer said that it's a great sign as it means their lungs are getting ready for the outside.

PS: has anyone heard from Black_rose??? Wonder if she's holding her bubba by now

[crumpet]

Morning all,

Crumpet - You shouldnt feel silly about being in here hun. Its great things are going along smoothly for you atm. hugs
Well was supposed to go to my physician appt today but due to the coughy kids cancelled so now it is on for next week. Have my next u/s on the 31st so looking forward to that. I hope everyone is well, and just wanted to say you are all doing really well lovelies. hugs

thanks hun....

poor kids hope they feel better soon.....these scans are going to come up sooooo quickly! mine is next week!!!

Just a quick post from me this morning....

I was spotting overnight Sunday and yesterday, lucky it was just old blood and appears to have settled this morning, and as that "area" has been out of bounds for a while I know it wasn't any "action" that caused it. I didn't call my OB about it as my appointment was booked today and I was feeling good movements from Flicker and it wasn't fresh blood. Still gave me a shock when it happened as it has been quite a while since I have had any bleeding or spotting...

Today I have just a "few" tests and scans...
Cervix length
Uterine Dopplers
Growth Scan
AFI's

And I get the results of...
GD test
Platelets
Some other BT's my OB has run

It will be interesting to see how things are tracking, with the BH's ramping up again in the last week we may need to adjust the dosage again over the next week, but hopefully we can sustain it at just double the dose for a while and only boost it when needed.

Hopefully it will be good news that will take us through to the 30 week appointment in two weeks time

I will be back with the results and personals later xxoo

sorry to hear about the spotting hun.... good luck at ur appt!! will be stalking FB and here to see how u go!

Hi guys, I just found this thread.

I'm 7wk 1d preg with Bub #2, and classed as High Risk due to previous C-Sec with my DS, previous early losses (all before 8 weeks), my weight (somewhat overweight... BMI says I'm obese but I don't look it lol) and an issue with my pelvis (I forget the medical name for it) where the lower part of my pelvis is smaller than the upper part (basically meaning the openings that bub's head has to go through) which means that there is approx an 80%+ chance that an average sized bub can't fit it's head out.

I'm aiming for a VBAC this time, but as I was in labour for a total of 41 1/2 hours with DS before he finally came out there is a good chance I'll end up needing another emergency C-Sec.

I look forward to getting to know you all

congrats on ur pregnancy and welcome! will be crossing everything for u to get ur VBAC!

AFM got my Ob appointment today too. Will be booking in a section date which I am quite excited about, now that I have made the decision to have a repeat cs. Bubba has had the hiccups in my belly about 4 time today already, lol. He gets them all the time. The radiographer said that it's a great sign as it means their lungs are getting ready for the outside.

PS: has anyone heard from Black_rose??? Wonder if she's holding her bubba by now

yayyyyy!!! are u sharing the Cs date or keeping it a suprise for everyone??

i was thinking of black rose this morning as well!!!

[*Beema*]

Ok this is going to be a HUGE !!!

Not sure where to start, but it was a really positive appointment, we did all the tests except the cervix length, due to the spotting she didn't want to risk it cause any further irritation.

With the Nifedipine she is really happy with how I am controlling it and said she is leaving it up to me, and that I can go up to 150mg a day if we need to I'm currently on 60mg daily.

Test results
GD : Sugar levels were 5.4 so no GD!!!
Platelets : Stable at 153 (friggen awesome, at this stage with DD they started a rapid decline at this point)
Other BT's : all came back negative!!!

AFI's : 21 insanely awesome, my fluid levels have flown up so not low amniotic fluid anymore, wooo hoooo!!!!
PI: 0.99, (dopplers ~ so looking good)
EFF: 1440grams!!!!!!!This baby has had a massive growth spurt which is brilliant, and she said there was a good layer of fat as well It looks as though my placenta is defying the odds and doing great things, lets hope it continues all the way to delivery

So all the things that were going wrong and were really setting us back as not doing so at the moment, this little Flicker is really one strong little bubba!!!!

Now for the really BIG NEWS!!!!!

I am totally blown away by this!!!!

Flicker is still bum down, has shifted around a bit more as the feet had been stuck in my cervix the last few weeks. She tried an ECV as the opportunity was there and this bub needs to get into celphic while we have a little room left. She tried twice, popped Flickers bum out of my cervix and got it up to the side and got the head down further but both times bubs went straight back , she had to stop a couple of times due to me having contractions it was good that she got to feel them and how strong they were and certainly confirmed the need for the Nifedipine and said to boost my Nifedipine tonight as the ECV will stir everything up more.

But I bought up some questions about C/S as I thought it was inevitable if bub chose to stay breech, but she told me not to get hung up about it as we could achieve a breech delivery !!!!!!! OMG are you serious , I think my eyes popped out of my head!!!

Due to DD arriving so quickly and me dialating quickly and effectively, if we can get bubs a few more weeks along then we can go for a breech delivery if we can't stop things progressing

I think it has just lifted a HUGE weight off my mind and hopefully this will help Flicker turn anyway, but to know that my OB is supportive of a breech delivery has just totally blown me away - man she ROCKS!!!!!!

Now for a couple of personals before i have to run and pick up DD

Mama Spice ~ I hope your OB appointment went well, sooo cute about the hiccups, Flicker hasn't had them yet, but I remember when DD got them sooo cute!!
Blackrose ~ Keeping you in my thoughts hun, if you are keeping low just want you to know that we are being quietly supportive on the side
Csab ~ Thanks hun, any spotting or bleeding is scary, but it wasn't as scary as what I went through earlier in the pregnancy, so much less stressed about it now, hopefully Miss V has a good few months ahead, no more sicknesses!!!
JennaJayen ~ Welcome!!! Wishing you all the best this pregnancy and look forwrd to getting to know you!
Crumpet ~ thinking of you hun, these few weeks ahead must be difficult emotionally and we are here for you xxoo

Hi and hugs to everyone else hope you are all doing well, must run for now!!
xxoo