Learning to walk is so cute! I hated it when DS worked out how to open all the doors but now it's good because I can ask him to go get things or put them away - he loves being useful too They do grow up soooo quickly.
angel - I hope baby stays safe inside for a good long time to come
dory, we found out the sex, but I didn't want to - DH did, so the compromise is that we know but haven't told anyone. We wont be finding out next time! I'm heading for a VBAC this time round, had an emergency c/s last time following induction. The only stipulation my Ob has is no induction, but I'm happy about that anyway (that was a rough ride for me!). A lot of Obs will only "let" you go a few days over, only "let" you labour for a certain number of hours, insist you do your labour in hospital, continuous monitoring, epidural "just in case" etc. None of that is evidence based. There are some fantastic threads in the VBAC area - and some AWESOME VBAC stories. I hope to add one in a couple of weeks time Basically, my Ob says if I go into labour naturally, my labour is as natural and normal as any other woman. If I have pain at my scar that doesn't go between contractions, or have bleeding, come straight to hospital. Aside from that, no difference whatsoever. I love my Ob.
Aside from that - not much more to tell here Felt like baby was trying to make an entrance last night, lots of movement downwards, but settled overnight, at one point I thought my waters had popped! Certainly had a couple of ligaments moving! I'm off to the chiro today, then the Ob this afternoon. Hair is booked in for tomorrow. Thank goodness Mum is around for a couple of days
Hi everyone!
I haven't been in in forever, but now I've finished work and have some more time and decent internet connection at home!
Congrats on all the new PG! Great to see, FX for a happy and healthy 9 months!
I haven't read everything yet, but I will hopefully manage it and do persies later.
AFM: Well things haven't exactly gone as planned for me! I ended up in emergency with shocking abdo pain SUnday week ago. We were worried about the placenta abrupting, but all good. Unfortunately though, a routine fetal monitoring picked up an 'oddness' with our babies heart...Nothing to worry about they said, probably just a dud machine. 7 midwives and my OB later, they thought they better try an ultrasound to see what was going on. OB said for some reason baby's heart beat was 67, although he could occassionally pick up an echo of 129...So off we were whisked for a specialised ultrasound and found out our baby has a condition called 'Fetal Heart Block' which means only the first part of the heart beats properly and the second part only beats every second time. So I spend a week in hospital becasue it can get worse very quickly, but our strong little girl is remaining steady so far. I got to come home for the weekend and we see the paed heart specialist today. We are remaining positive, she has a good chance of survival but will probably need a pace maker as soon as she is born. I have had to change hospoutal so my birth plan is out the window, but we are in a hospital with a NICU now.
It's all a bit overwehlming at the moment, considering everything has been great up till now.
angelfish - *hugs* GD is horrid, I was lucky that I only went up to 16 units of insulin with Elise, and I was hardly eating by that point, the HG didn't help with that either. Stress won't be helping with the levels either, that was what made mine shoot up a lot of the time. Elise endedup measuring 2wks ahead by the end, and only weighed 8 pounds (3.650kg) when she was born at 40+2, so there is hope yet. They will do close monitoring especially in the last 3 weeks, with CTG and wil most likely do scans as well check the placenta (I only had one and the placenta was still really good so they suck with the CTG monitoring). I found sticking with really bland foods helped - baked beans, salad and chicken with the occasional bit of avocado or low fat dressing as a treat. I hope your levels can get under control and bub doesn't need to come early xxx And YAY on Honor starting to walk!!! I'm still waiting for Elise to start crawling and get her first tooth lol
MelM - welcome and congrats hun!
dory - I had a VBAC with Elise, I had GD too, but my OB let me go to 40+2 as I was so scared of having another csec, they broke my waters for me as I was already 2cm dilated. Just do all the research, show your OB that you know the pro's and cons, all the risks etc. What helped me have my VBAC with Elise was that I was upright for the 4 hours, she went from anterior to posterior and back to anterior again before I lost control and went through an early transition at 5cm dilated, they gave me pethideine (which I said I would allow myself to take as my original plan was to never have an epidural but in transition I was demanding an epidural with every sentence I could muster between contractions lol) and Elise was born 43 minutes later. You will have to be monitored constantly, but you can ask for the wireless monitoring so you can use the bath and shower (if your hospital has a bath ). You know I had a long labour with DS - 41.5 hours after induction - and I was so sure it was going to be the same again
I will be going for a VBAC2 this time I hope it's quicker than the last lol and it would be nice to actually go into labour on my own for the first time too.
becnxavi - *hugs* oh you poor thing having to go through that, I'll be keeping my FXed that everything goes perfectly for you and your girl xxx
Hi everyone else I've missed! I'm exhausted and going to bed - I'm sooo tired this pregnancy - more tired than I was with both the other 2.
Last edited by JennaJayen; November 14th, 2011 at 08:17 PM.
but now it's good because I can ask him to go get things or put them away - he loves being useful too
They do grow up soooo quickly.
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