Pregnancy after Long Term TTC #1 - 2009

[Kaydee78]

Hi girls. Wishing you all a happy Easter. Hope you've had a great long weekend!

[Nixon]

Has anyone heard how QueenH is going?

[Nicole S]

Haven't seen any posts, wasn't she due earlier this month?

[briggsy's girl]

QueenH was due last Thursday so quite possible she's popped her bubbas out and is bonding with them as we speak! given it was twinnies she might have gone earlier than EDD - and is now trying to get her head around two new family members! hopefully she'll pop in soon and update us

my parents want to buy "one of the big items'' for the nursery. and i think my in-laws will want to as well. so that'll take the pressure off.

i don't have IL's but my parents said from the outset they wanted to buy us one big ticket item - which they also did for bro and SIL when they had their first. as DH and I had done a lot of research about what we were going to get, and i didn't want to dictate what my folks spent, i asked them to get a new carseat for their car. my eldest niece is almost 9 and the car seat they had was used for my cousin's kids first, so i know it's past it's "use by" date. they were fine with that. i figured they could set the budget as it was for their car and i know they'd get something appropriate. only a few days later, a car seat went on special at target for 149 instead of 300 so they grabbed that and then said they'd paid heaps less than expected, so when a portacot i'd mentioned to mum i liked was on special, they got that for us as well

[Megan]

hi everyone,
We're home
Noah Mason born 8th April at 5.38pm, 7lb 9oz, 50cm long, after a long wait all day to go to theatre. The c/s was ok, and I wasn't nervous the entire day which I think definitely helped considering we waited in our room for 6 hours before being taken down. It was all very quick (taken from my room at 5pm and he was here 38 minutes later!) and painless but a very strange sensation to feel all that tugging and pulling. Seemed like they barely lay me down and someone told me that his bottom was out and then suddenly there he was above me before being whisked away to be checked by the paed. I had a cuddle for a few minutes before they decided to take him to special care as they were concerned he was working too hard at breathing. DH disappeared with him and I was there for another half an hour being stitched up and then another half an hour in recovery where I received the message that Noah was fine and he and DH were back in our room.

I was taken back the the room at 7pm where we had our first breastfeed. DH said Noah had been sucking his hands and trying to find a feed from him! So we had our first feed skin to skin and he latched on first go. We have since been having a few b/f problems, mainly because I had an elective c/s my milk has taken a while to come in so for 5 days I have been feeding 3 hourly and expressing after every feed to stimulate supply. Its been exhausting and painful, but I was told by the home visit nurse today that I can stop the expressing as I seem to have enough of a supply now.

Very surprised at the recovery from c/s. I thought it would be a lot more painful, but honestly I barely notice it now which makes life a bit more comfortable. Just have to be careful not to overdo it though which is hard when you feel ok. Not allowed to lift anything heavier than Noah which is fine by me. I don't want to do much else other than snuggle him these days anyway! As much as I hated the thought of having the c/s, we're now home and the end result is a beautiful little baby and we couldn't be happier. This is the end result we wanted more than anything, so that's all that matters.

I have put some photos on facebook for those on there, and I'll try and get around to uploading some on here soon.

[Nixon]

Congrats Megan. So glad everything went ok for you and you sound like you have made peace with the whole C/S thing.

No change here, so 2 weeks and 4 days to go for us and we'll be heading down the same path as you. People keep saying - the baby still has time to turn around - but I just can't see it happening. My bub has been in the EXACT same position since 21 weeks and seems to be suitably comfortable.

I'm still struggling to get my head around the whole C/S thing. Ugh. I know I'll get over it, but why can't just one thing about this conception, pregnancy and birth go my way? Maybe this is a life lesson for me - I can't control everything and maybe this is happening for a reason that I don't yet understand.