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if its oxytocin that helps with the commencement of labour, will it also make mum feel incredible tired? with the levels increasing as i know oxytocin helps with sleep.
any ideas?
i know there are many factors that bring on labour like bubs position etc..
Lets hope so because I've been so tired the last couple of days, lol.
Will be interested to see if anyone knows.
Does it also make you incredibly cranky? :lol:
I woke up at 6.45 am this morning and was sound asleep again by 8 and slept through til 12.....
I hope thats what it is .....
Honestly, I really don't anything starts labour (other than being induced of course) other than your bub deciding it's ready to make its grand entrance!
Hang in there you'll have that bubba in your arms before you know it. Good luck.
Lol Nai, no kidding, the night before I went into labour with #1, I was the biggest cow ever. We went to my parents for tea and they were GLAD to see me go! :rofl: So you watch that.
whatever hormone is in semen. i know the gels that they use for induction is often prostin gel?
lol.....not working so far :rofl::
:lol: Nelle, I am in the worst mood today - I yelled at someone who rang my number as a wrong number and woke me up from a nap.
Dee, I've had no luck with that one yet either although DP is still willing to keep trying to see if it works ;)
Nai - I yelled at my mum for ringing me at 9.30 this morning which I know is perfectly reasonable in the real world but I too was napping hehehehehe:
DF reckons he's happy to keep trying for as long as it takes .....:rolleyes:
lol DD. and me being induced with DS1 at 10 days over im probably not the expert - but I did lose my plug the day before the induciton, and the day prior to that had accupuncture and a membrane sweep, so one or both of those may have helkped, or it could have been that thats when he was ready, cos I gel application and less than 18 hours later he was born
Semen is a mith man up by a man worried he wouldnt get enough sex after the baby is born!
I was a total cow before i had my last but it probably had nothing to do with the baby almost being born lol
ISNT IT so UNFAIR that the last weeks of pregnancy go so slow and the first few weeks with a new bub go so quick
i can vouch for the tiredness! i was snoozing nana-nap style on the couch when my waters broke in the afternoon. i was bone tired. luckily that snooze gave me the strength to keep labouring all through the night!
you still cranky nai!!
Yep Jols I still have my cranky pants on - but probably cranky dur to the fact that nothing is happening except these damn BH that keep me awake for hours during the night!!!
maybe we should get together Nai and play wii when we cant sleep :redface::
:hug: How you girls going? Figured out what starts labour yet? Apart from inevitability? :p
Today my Acupuncturist said oxytocin starts labour.
Well syntocinin or syntocin that they use to induce is an artificial form of oxytocin so that makes sense Heaven...
Oxytocin is the love drug, right? Maybe we need lots of cuddles and lovin from DH/DP... not just the sex part but the other parts too!
Where's DH, I need a cuddle... :D
Hi all the tired and cranky ladies, this sounded like fun and i couldnt help myself, there is only one thing that starts labour and thats a full term baby! The surrounding environment is rich in oxytocin and progesterone and relaxin and a bunch of other hormones all with specialist and accessory functions. The downward pressure of bubs is one of the things thought to be involved in instigating the cascade of chemical reactions which ultimately finishes with the birth of a new human being so relax, (let them down) reflect, sleep (it takes energy to relax), enjoy life as it is now for it will never be the same, and of course, take acupuncture.:D oh, and get off the :computer:
Don't worry Justin you will get to see at least 2 of us cranky ladies this week if nothing happens!!! So be prepared :D
hehe justin!! looks like a waiting game for us nai!!
justin got to see me this morning!! but im not cranky just tired!