Hi Bella,
look after yourself and I really hope you don't end up in hospital with your twinnies thread girls too. for a while there, I was imagining all the twin thread girls tucked up in the same cyber ward, hanging out in hospy together. I just wanted to tell you about a friend of mine who gained 30kg with both of her babies from fluid retention (both bubs born years apart and singletons). She was fit and healthy and lifestyle played no part, it's just what your body decides. 15 kg came off the minute the babies were born, the rest through breast feeding and lifestyle. The babies were good sizes but not huge, 8 and 9 pounds. A year on and she is looking gorgeous and healthy. It's only a small window of time in the big picture so don't be too concerned about tipping the scales. I'm at the opposite end and I'm not petite but I'm just not gaining and have to rest every day for Jazzy to grow, so it makes you feel like you're not doing enough or you did something, worked too hard early in the pg, missed some crucial growth thing...you know all that mother guilt I've reached a whopping 5 kilo weight gain in 7 1/2 months and get the comments now, "oh you're starting to show". It's come as a bit of an anticlimax I must admit to have the comments starting now, it's like, well I bloody well hope so!! Anyway, so big or small, we all get there and our babies can surprise us by coming out small when we're big or big when we're small. I think I'm hiding a 10 pounder between these child-bearing hips of mine
Hi girls
Just thought I'd give a few details about my birth experience - I was induced on Sunday and my induction went well so I feel extremely lucky as I was dreading it. Waters were broken and drip started at 8am - I was having contractions almost immediately. Made it to 6-7cm by 12.30 then to 8-9cm by 2pm when I reluctantly called for the epidural (though with hindsight, the best decision I could have made). I started pushing by 5.30 and because Zach was so big I had an episiotomy and forceps - he was out by 6.30. I cannot begin to describe the feelings of joy when he was born. And I won't even try, as each of you will experience it soon enough!! My 2 invaluable tips for labour for what they are worth (1) the TENS machine was fabulous and certainly without it I would never have got to transition drug free and (2) the book Birth Skills by Juju Sundin- again, without that knowledge and practical advice I would have struggled with labour.
Zach and I are home now. He's feeding and sleeping very well so no complaints here! Thank you girls all for your wishes and for your support throughout my pregnancy journey.
I will continue to follow your progress!
Love to you all
Mels xx
hi mels, thanks so much for that advice.... invaluable, getting those sorts of tips from just-done-its
hi girls, home for the arvo (love my boss) so i can sleep. had our first antenatal class last night, three freeking hours of it! but it was good. going private and saw the birthing suites - they look very comfortable and big. i didn't want to leave! wanted to stay and have the baby NOW!
will be back later for persies as exhuasted.
oh, and i hate work, cna't wait to finish. it's all getting too much and too stressful boohhoooo
. I just wanted to tell you about a friend of mine who gained 30kg with both of her babies from fluid retention (both bubs born years apart and singletons). She was fit and healthy and lifestyle played no part, it's just what your body decides. 15 kg came off the minute the babies were born, the rest through breast feeding and lifestyle. The babies were good sizes but not huge, 8 and 9 pounds. A year on and she is looking gorgeous and healthy. It's only a small window of time in the big picture so don't be too concerned about tipping the scales. I'm at the opposite end and I'm not petite but I'm just not gaining and have to rest every day for Jazzy to grow, so it makes you feel like you're not doing enough or you did something, worked too hard early in the pg, missed some crucial growth thing...you know all that mother guilt
I've reached a whopping 5 kilo weight gain in 7 1/2 months and get the comments now, "oh you're starting to show". It's come as a bit of an anticlimax I must admit to have the comments starting now, it's like, well I bloody well hope so!! Anyway, so big or small, we all get there and our babies can surprise us by coming out small when we're big or big when we're small. I think I'm hiding a 10 pounder between these child-bearing hips of mine
boohhoooo
hang in there grub not long now sweets.
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