Happy Birthday Rae - hope you have a great one with your two gorgeous girls and Paul!
Mel - good to hear from you but sorry about your back hun - poor thing thats must have been awful. Isobellas pic is gorgeous by the way!! Hope you are feeling better soon!
Mel - Huge hugs babe - no wonder you have been crying and overwhelmed with studying, looking after your bubs and step-daughter etc - dont be too hard on yourslef and make sure you rest up. Ear plugs are the best! Isabelle isnt even in our room and i use them to get a good sleep becaseu DH snores and I can still hear her cry - amazing!
I hope Sylvie is feeling better soon too - make sure you load up on vitamins etc yourself so you dont get sick too. I get angry when Im upset too - very short tempered at my mum and DH who have both been a godsend - I feel like such a b**** to when i do it but cant help it...too many emotions i guess.
Alex - sorry to hear about your mastitis etc - sounds like Toby is absolutely thriving though - his night routine sounds like Isabelles - I just wish it would carry over into the day! It all turns to pot from 8am to 8pm!!!
Sez - thanks for the tip- shes finally asleep too so will get my Baby love book aout and read! Ive got Save our Sleep too - but its a strict routine and I dont think it will work with demand feeding... i need to do soemthing though as she just wont sleep for more than an hour each day. I read somehwere that babys sleep pattersn are 40 minutes so she obvously wont settle past that each time... anyway hope you are not feeling too housebound and your foot is getting better.
Sarah - yay for the hubbys hey!! Al is great with cooking, pacing, nappy changing etc...Dont stress about the snappienss - we are the same and just put it down to broken sleep stress and as i keep telling him - Im recovering from major surgery and still have pregnancy hormones raging through my body!! Hope your long weekend went well too!
Kelly - good luck with the LC - my right side is still painful too but so much better - i have put it down to tenderness that WILL eventually get better. Considering i had pain in the left too that has slowly disappeared im holding out hope!
Yay on the sleeping too!
Ange - sorry to hear about your nephew and I think the charm bracelet is a beautiful idea too hun.
Lucky you going to Pink - my sister went and said it was awesome!
Lulu - way to go Izzy!! And you were right feeding in public was fine!!
To everyone Ive missed - big hellos and hugs to you all!!!
Well have to go - have been trying to put this miss down since 930- no luck... mmmm
Have a great day!
Last edited by Beach Mama; June 12th, 2007 at 11:52 AM.
Hello This is my first post in the May babies thred - phew only just made it! A special hello to all the May 15th - 31st belly buddies - you guys really helped me get through those 'overdue' days when I thought she was never going to get here!
Woo Hoo Rae we have twins!!!
My Princess Alexis Lily was born on Thursday May 31st at 8.19pm, weighing 3.4kg and 51cm Long. She was due on May 23rd, so I was 8 days over.
A little about the birth... (will post full birth story in other thred)
I was induced with Cervadil (a tampon like thing that slowly releases labour hormones) on Wednesday night, had pains throughout the night, and thought I was in labour (boy was I wrong, they were just pre labour pains!). Was monitored off and on all night so didn't get much sleep.
Thursday morning, had my cervix checked it was only 2.5cm, and very high and behind bubs head, OB decided to break my waters and not give me anymore Cervadil
Waters were broken on Thursday at 12.00pm, about half an hour later - BANG contractions started coming on very strong - but i was still able to talk through them.
At 3.00pm the midwife checked my dialation and I was only 3cm OB decided to give me the labour drip (not sure what its called) to speed things up, by the time the anethisist had come around, I was very distressed and in pain, mainly in my bum, I couldn't sit down - I think at this point I told the OB that the baby was coming out my 'F***' butt! Decided on an epidural at the same time the drip was put in.
By 6.00pm drip and epi were in, we were told that it would be *on average* another 17 hrs - I was so upset and tried to sleep through the awful shaking effect the epi had on me.
Was checked again at 6.30pm as I was sure she was in my butt - Midwife told me that I was 9cm and went to get the OB - OMG I am awake now!!!!!
OB arrived, epi was turned off and I started pushing at 6.40pm.
Alexis Lily was born at 8.19pm, I cant explain the feelings, there are no words to truly describe, I am totally and utterly in love. Daddy cut the cord, and she had a big feed. No stitches or tears, just a graze - I love my OB too!!!
This is my first post in the May babies thred - phew only just made it! A special hello to all the May 15th - 31st belly buddies - you guys really helped me get through those 'overdue' days when I thought she was never going to get here! 
OB decided to give me the labour drip (not sure what its called) to speed things up, by the time the anethisist had come around, I was very distressed and in pain, mainly in my bum, I couldn't sit down - I think at this point I told the OB that the baby was coming out my 'F***' butt! Decided on an epidural at the same time the drip was put in.
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