THANKYOU for your encouraging and supportive replies.I have stopped googling.I have to for my own sanity.What you were saying about how mostly negative stories are posted is probably correct.My mother said the same thing about that. The scan is only 1 day away so then i will know.I think the fear lessens the closer you get to the scan date until 10 minutes before,then your a nervous wreck with jelly legs and a butterfly tummy. I will post as soon as i get home from the scan.
My mother went to hospital lastnight too via ambulance so have been up there til 3am then again at 10 this morning.That has frightened me but has also taken my mind off worrying about my scan,a bit.Dr said she will be fine.Home in a few days.
Poppy~
Hoping all goes well with your baby.YOU should stop googling too! LOL It seems we all cant help ourselves.I had mild pre eclampsia with my son.i was only 19 when i had him and it was pretty scary but dr got it under control and bub is now 12 yrs old and perfectly fine.just rest as much as you can and follow dr orders.
omg poppy im so thinking of you my friend and hope all will be just fine,take care sweets xoxo
and mrph just had to show dh your pics and his loves them too hun he says your place is beautiful and your pork looks so bloody yummy lol might even go and get one to cook tomorrow .
Poppy I had preeclampsia with Campbell, By the time I got the official blood results back I had already gone into labour. They sped my labour up with drugs but in the end it was all ok. Just remember that at 37 weeks you are already considered full term. Oh by the way Campbell came at 38 weeks.
AFM - Had a lovely christmas away with my brother and his family was very nice. Feeling very over the whole thing. My physio suspects I also have given myself a hernia as well now because my stomach muscles are working so hard to hold everything because my pelvic muscles are so damaged. Oh well not long to go now only a few more weeks.
Hey Poppyfairy.. I just wanted to pop in a tell you that my Mum was induced with both my brother and I and she had us naturally... I believe there are a couple of different cerix ripening gels and it is recommended to have the removeable type (On a string I think kind've like a tampon) so that if the contractions get too strong straight up they have some control... Ask them to increase the dose of the oxytocin substitute in the lowest possible amounts as well to try and control the strength of the initial contractions... If you are being induced try to avoid artificial rupture of your membranes as keeping them intact will protect the baby and yourself from strong contractions for as long as possible ... Best info I can give is try to get a hold of the book "the thinking womans guide to a better birth" by Henci Goer... Has some great info on inductions and what is necessary during them... Good luck Hun... I hope it doesn't come down to that...
Dee
Hello all and I hope you are all well. We're back a day early from our Christmas break due to extreme levels of pregnancy brain when booking plane tickets. Oh well
I won't do too many personals, just a few if you don't mind. Sammiejam, I read earlier today although didn't respond and was sat in the Qantas lounge in Adelaide with tears streaming down my face (DH's first response "what have I done now??, bless) at your news. I cannot imagine how hard it must have been to find your dog. I worry about it all the time. Esp since the news once showed a small show type dog inside a snake in the NT. I hope that you can get over the not knowing.
Greenslw - you are so right about the language you hear from some people. In Perth last week, we saw a woman crossing four lanes of traffic with about 6-8 kids. The eldest was pushing a baby, and as he went over the kerb, the pushchair full over and tipped the child (not strapped in of course) out. What does the mother do? Stop the traffic? Offer assistance or help? Worry about the screaming child? No, she shouts at the eldest "you f****** c***, you are f****** c****** useless" and so on for quite a long time . You get the drift. I didn't even think you could add ing on the end of the C word....
PoppyFairy, you are soooooo wrong about the chips and gravy ha ha it isn't right here you can't get chips and curry sauce... now that's a dish to build a baby on... But seriously, I hope the pre-eclampsia is ok. I agree with the others, step away from the search engines...
hope you are all otherwise well. Less than 200 days to go for me hurrah hurrah hurrah
A quicky to say hope you are okay PoppyFairy and the nappies you asked about are not wonderoos, they are an all in one Itty Bitty D'lish. they are quite a small size so watch that if you have a regular size bub. The smallest size will last Jasmine for a while yet but not most. they are just gorgeous and wash up well with no special care,lovely and fluffy and definately delish
I will check in to see how you are fairing. take care.
Wantbaby, thinking of you and your scan tomorrow and hope your mum is okay too.
lil miss - thanks for the info on induction. I am being induced at 37 weeks and had no idea what it involved. Will talk to ob about it tomorrow. Finished my holiday trash reading today. Nicholas sparks The Last Song OMG read with a box of tissues I was sobbing for hours. Oh well of to bed I go Goodnight and belly rubs.
Happy to report the tests and monitoring today were all good. There was ++ protein in my urine but more importantly my bloods came back normal. My blood pressure is still high for me but they are not diagnosing preeclampsia. The baby was very good and active on the monitor (I was very proud!!) I have to do a 24 hour urine test just so they can pin point the cause of the protein and they will do all the bloods and monitoring again on Thursday but at this point I am back on track for baby deciding when he comes and me having a go at hypno/calm birthing him without any intervention.
Londonmiss- chips and curry sauce is devine!! Might have some tonight from our local Chinese chippy!! Got you jealous now haven't I? LOL!!!!!
Wantbaby - not sure about the timezone difference (always get it wrong!!) but you must be near to having your scan soon. Good luck!!!
Got to go have another raspberrry leaf tea and then squat for a bit somewhere thinking downward pressure thoughts! Bellyrubs everyone!
Ok girls, a bit of a question for you, having a little DH dilemma at the moment. Regarding the labour & post-birth.
I don't want to be telling anyone other than DH & my parents when I go into labour, they need to be there of course but I don't want other people calling or "popping in" to the hospital while I'm in labour, or ringing becasue they think it's been long enough and we should be telling them the news. I also don't want anyone visiting us on the first day post-birth either, I want time to rest up, recover and bond with our baby privately, and to attempt to establish BF before the hordes arrive. I want to stipulate to DH when he sends the arrival text message to tell people "visitors welcome from tomorrow".
This is my dilemma, my DH does not see the "big deal" about either (of course he doesn't, it's not him going through it all!) things have changed a lot in the last 27 years since his son was born and he just doesn't get how it's done now. He thinks it would be quite normal to have a waiting room full of people while I'm in delivering and to have visitors straight away after the birth and wouldn't see the big deal in a stack of people sitting there watching me trying to establish BF (which for me IS a big deal, I can't do any new things with people watching me, let alone this. When I'm learning I have to be left on my own and discover it my own way)
He also has a REALLY bad habit of refusing to "be told" i.e. if I say to do things a certain way, then that's the last thing he will do, he will go as out of his way as he has to to prove the point. Especially if he doesn't understand or agree with my reasons why.
He also refuses to discuss the matters now as it's "too early" or even ahead of time at all, and just fobs me off with "we'll see what happens on the day" which translates into "I'll wait til you're in labour and can't do anything about it and just go ahead and do it my way".
So I really don't know how I'm going to get around all this and make him respect my wishes. Any suggestions? Grub did they cover this one at the NPH antenatal classes? I think if the suggestions came from a professional he might listen.
Poppyfairy~ i do hope that all turns out well for you.Im sure it will.Im thinking of you.
Hoping everyone else is doing well and has a great New Years Eve.I have just found out that my dh just bought tickets at $100pp for the pair of us to go to a new years celebration at a restauurant in Cronulla.We have to wear white.Luckily i recently bought a lovely white maxi strapless maxi dress which looks very roman'ish. Can wear that but am dreading going out actually.Ive become so boring the past 9 weeks,having left the house only 4 times to go shopping.I havent eaten chocolate or even been intimate for 7 weeks!! Driving dh mad,i am.I just am soooooo tired.I cant be bothered.
Anyhow hoping everyone else has a great time.
WELL..... I had my 9 week scan and it was BEAUTIFUL!!! Everything looked fabulous and the heartbeat was sooooo fast and strong.The difference in 2 weeks is amazing.Last time we were calling 'him' Tic Tac because he was half the size of one and shaped like one...this time 'he' was big,fat and looked like a giant peanut with little arms and legs.Oh it was amazing.The specialist said the baby looked very healthy and i now have 2 little pics for my album.
Im so glad that it turned out.Im now booked in for my first prenatal visit.A bit shocked at the costs involved though! Wow! So no more IVF care.Im just a regular pregnant woman,and couldnt be happier. DH missed it as he couldnt get time off work so i rubbed it in and he is on his way home soon with gourmet chicken/vege pizza.Im sure he will be so excited to see a pic that actually 'looks' like a baby now.
Well Happy New year everyone..again.Love Alicia.x
BOC~ Are you sure we dont have the same husband?? LOL My hubby does EVERYTHING HIS way and never listens to me.When i had my son,most people called the hospital and were told "She is still in labour".When i came down from recovery (emergency c sec) my room was FULL of people..Sooo annoying and i was swollen up like a balloon as i had a allergic reaction to morphine so make sure you put your foot down on this one.Im sure he will be too busy anyway to text people but if you dont trust that he will respect your decision for privacy,simply flush his mobile down the toilet.That should buy some more time.
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Thanks for all the advice girls. I agree with you all, it's totally my call. I just want it all sorted out beforehand, cause I don't want to be fighting on the day (and just secretly, he was married for about 25 years to a woman that screamed and ranted and raved at him day in & day out so I doubt me yelling at him during labour would make much difference ) I thought of grabbing his phone and throwing it across the room mid-contraction hoping it would smash but then I remembered it's one of those unbreakable tradie models that can be run over by a 12 tonne truck and remain unscathed
But I DO plan on getting the midwives clued in on my plans and let them be the nasty ones. I also broached the subject again on the way home from dinner tonight, in a real nonchalant way and used my cousin as an example, i.e "Liz is planning on not having anyone there either and her midwives have said they will keep people out and tell those who call not to come for a couple of days until she's had a chance to rest, recover and establish breastfeeding so I think I might do the same. Cause you know the first couple of days I'm just gonna be totally wiped out and need to recover, know what I mean?" and then said "Anyway I think they cover all this in the antenatal classes and tell us what to do so I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks" and he was a bit "Oh ok then" so it worked!
I am also thinking of setting up a list of people who want to be called when the baby comes, and when I ask them all beforehand if they want to be on the list I will tell them we won't be telling anyone when we go in and not to expect to come visit for a couple of days so they are aware upfront. Thanks to whoever suggested that.
And if all else fails, I will get my mother to tell him "how it's done" *evil grin*. He usually listens to her (actually sometimes I'll tell him something and he'll totally ignore me so I ask Mum to tell him and she suggests it and suddenly it's a wonderful idea! ) Ugh MEN!
Wantbaby: Good to hear about your scan! How lovely to see your little peanut!
Green & LM: I saw a beauty today, a Mum & Dad bending over trying to strap a case of VB into the stroller while the barely-walking toddler stood beside them crying to be picked up, only to cop a whack over the head and be told to "shut the f@#% up and walk". The parents then cracked a stubby each and walked off leaving him to follow them. Kinda makes you wish there was some kind of eligibility test for becoming parents doesn't it!
Grub: Glad you love your hug-a-bub! I haven't heard a whole lot of feedback about them, but what I have heard has been positive. I scored big time and got one on eBay for $60! It looks brand new, no fading or marks or anything! I've had a few practices with a stuffed bunny and even once tested the pea ion a pod position with the furbaby and was so surprised how easy they were to operate! What colour is yours? Mine is the berry/hazelnut.
Poppy: Excellent news on your results!
Well I must head off and go to bed. We went out for dinner and I stuffed myself stupid on a kids-size dinner. Can't believe that's all it takes these days. I also have a major case of hayfever and cause I'm so full every time I sneeze I feel like my belly is going to explode. That and I have to run to the toilet so I might go lay down and let it settle.
Thank you again for all your advice! Hope you all have a great NYE!
Well a me post sorry but very excited. We have booked in for our induction and baby is to have the fourth of feb for his birthday. Very excited. I to had to lay down the law today about no visitor until the day after. Was a bit surprised that i even had to do it. I just want time with the new baby and for Campbell to bond with his new brother, the rest can come on friday. It's a bit harder having someone drop Campbell off at hospital but telling them to bugger off but that is what I am going to do. Our hossy has very strict visiting hours 3-8 pm so that is great.
Oh dont have a hernia just some pulled muscles so now have a tummy support as well as my pelvic brace. Very hot.
Poppy = I asked what being induced involves. This is the essence of what was said. Gel on cervics if required, waters broken and drugs to get it all going. We are going arrgressively as I am going to have an epidural before it all starts because of my pelvis. Very similar to what I had with Campbell except I was already in labour and didn't have the gel.
Green - braxton hicks/contractions is what they are having. she said that if they are really intence that will lead to a good labour. I cant believe you are still working. You must be superwoman.
Hi ladies
I just had to pop in and share my exciting news. We are having Twins!!! We are both in shock and still cant believe our luck. DH's dream has always been to have twins but we never thought it would really happen. Was so amazing to see them both on the screen and to see the two strong heartbeats. We are in love. On such a high!
Will be back later for personals. Hope everyone is doing really well.
you can't get chips and curry sauce... now that's a dish to build a baby on...
But seriously, I hope the pre-eclampsia is ok. I agree with the others, step away from the search engines... 
) I thought of grabbing his phone and throwing it across the room mid-contraction hoping it would smash but then I remembered it's one of those unbreakable tradie models that can be run over by a 12 tonne truck and remain unscathed 
it worked! 
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