Clare - oh, I love that nursery and cafe, it's just down the road from my parents place (Deakin). Miss K is quite a medicine fan, she's constantly asking for some which does make it very easy when she needs it.
Looking forward to the weekend. 4 day week next week, then a week off - YAY!!
I have heard Canberra described as the city with no soul.
Cass, glad L is better, hope you and M are better soon xx
Isa, we had a midwife - homebirth is quite common here
MD, DH has a couple of weeks off. We are thinking of him going in until lunchtime to stretch it out longer since I am out for the morning most days anyway.
Typing one handed. I love holding newborn babies!
I have barely slept since Monday Apparently squeezing a 4.5kg kid out of you can cause problems with pelvis ligaments and trying to sleep is torture! MD, you are my hero - I don't know how you lived like this for so long when you were pregnant. Laying in any position aches, moving hurts. Thankfully it has eased off during the day but I seize up when I try to sleep.
Arte, have you tried sleeping with a pillow between your legs? I never had any problems after A's birth thankfully (remembering he was over 10lb too), but before he was born, sleeping was a PITA and having a pillow between my legs really helped with the pelvis problems. Maybe ask your midwife if she has any suggestions to help you or a physio or something?
Arte I'm sorry you're in such pain. If it's your fanny bone you can try icing it (hmm, I was never much of a fan of that) but you should ask to see a physio if possible because a support belt and some exercises at this stage could help. Also, speak to the middies about what pain relief is appropriate - not ideal to be popping pills, I know, but you need sleep in order to heal and to function. Definitely try to sleep with pillows either under your knees if you're a back sleeper or between your legs if you're a side sleeper. And BRACE your tummy muscles AND your pelvic floor whenever you go to roll over, get up, sit down, pick up E, etc. The bracing is what will help the most. xxx (I don't know how I lived like that for so long either ).
LOL, MD - icing the fanny bone conjured up an interesting picture (I have been in cake mode for the past few weeks!)
I think it is getting better. The midwife gave me some panadiene and they helped last night and even after they ran out I was still able to move which is an improvement.
Erin is settling in really well. She seems to have day and night mixed up and was awake until 3am last night (and up at 5am!!) but is sleeping a fair bit during the day. She looks very similar to W as a newborn. Might attempt to get a photo with all three kids today - wish me luck!
she is beautiful Arte! and you got some lovely pics
AFM: we had a birthday party for one of Marta's little mates today. we had it at the eltham little train park (basically a cool mini train park with tunnels and mini replica train stations and crossings etc etc). the kids had a blast going around and around on it!! what a cool party!
can't keep up with everyone at the moment, but am very amused with the thought of Arte icing her pelvis - my husband would be VERY excited to find me all frosted and waiting for him - ha ha ha!! i remember how debilitating your pain was MD, and how long it went on for - you did so well to pull through it sane!!
afm - i have now officially reached my due date. there is no sign of the baby. i had a false alarm last sunday and ended up in hospital with suspected broken waters, but without any further leaking was sent home again. i am still 99% convinced that i lost a fair amount of amniotic fluid (i woke to a SOAKED bed at 5:30am, the fluid was clear and scent-free (quite pleasant smelling if anything), and continued to "leak" for about half an hour, but by the time i got to hospy i didn't lose any more fluid and haven't since, very odd...). anyway, the midwives and OB had me convinced by the time they sent me home that i must have just lost control of my bladder in my sleep, but when i came home and did a thorough inspection of my soggy sheets and pjs in a ball on the laundry floor (that were still sweet-smelling after festering there for 12 hours), and combined this with the fact that i was up for a wee at 2:30am and again when i woke at 5:30am (which was very yellow and concentrated), i am pretty sure it HAD to be amniotic fluid that i lost... anyway, i took a course of oral anti-biotics to avoid infection, and i'm glad that they didn't believe me because i would have ended up with a c-section because i'm strep-B positive (and my cervix was not approaching ripe - it was still hiding very high up and very tight)...
i have been having a few uncomfortable braxton hicks, but nothing excessively painful or regular, so think the baby is still a few weeks away (2 weeks of pre-labour with DD, and 3 weeks with DS)... of course i'm hoping this pregnancy is different to the others (quite possible), and i have very little pre-labour and wake up in a few days time with a little baby (not another 9lb 7oz one thanks) between my legs... wishful thinking, but i need to think that way to keep me sane at the moment!! my OB goes away on holidays on 30th Sept, so i hope to god i've had it by then so i don't have to start fighting his substitute dr to let me go post-dates... no one over here in perth EVER seems to go past 10 days OD - they all think the uterus explodes or the baby spontaneously combusts at that point for some reason...
anyway, it is 3:46am here and i have been up for a few hours so i should go and see if i can get another 2 hrs sleep before my dear little kiddies are up and about looking for some breakfast and to play Lego...
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Apparently squeezing a 4.5kg kid out of you can cause problems with pelvis ligaments and trying to sleep is torture! MD, you are my hero - I don't know how you lived like this for so long when you were pregnant. Laying in any position aches, moving hurts. Thankfully it has eased off during the day but I seize up when I try to sleep.
I'm sorry you're in such pain. If it's your fanny bone you can try icing it (hmm, I was never much of a fan of that) but you should ask to see a physio if possible because a support belt and some exercises at this stage could help. Also, speak to the middies about what pain relief is appropriate - not ideal to be popping pills, I know, but you need sleep in order to heal and to function. Definitely try to sleep with pillows either under your knees if you're a back sleeper or between your legs if you're a side sleeper. And BRACE your tummy muscles AND your pelvic floor whenever you go to roll over, get up, sit down, pick up E, etc. The bracing is what will help the most. xxx (I don't know how I lived like that for so long either
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