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The Pregnancy Chat Thread!

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    #1652
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    I got a sweep and internal at 40 + 1 at 10am and it worked. Started contracting at 4pm.


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    #1653
    caprilicious
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Thanks Adrieanne & Das Kitty, feck it think I may as well ask them for a sweep while I'm there Monday, worst they can do is say no! :)

    Is it the midwife or the Doctor/Consultant that does the sweep/internal?


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    #1654
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Well I'm not seeing the midwives so the consultant just did it... but I'm sure a midwife can do it?

    Doc told me there was no point in a sweep for me as I wasn't favourable :(


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    #1655
    gowayouttadat
    Registered Users Posts: 506 ✭✭✭gowayouttadat


    Jeez girls ye are getting really close now. Excitement galore :D

    Cathy, my Jack was bang on 6lbs when he was born, came at 37 weeks, and he is a buster!! He eats everything and anything and everyone thinks he's about 1.


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    #1656
    caprilicious
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    adrieanne__x wrote: »
    Doc told me there was no point in a sweep for me as I wasn't favourable :(

    Hopefully when you go back next week it might be a bit more favourable or did they say it was unlikely? Fingers crossed babs will come naturally :)

    I normally see midwife first then into Doctor, think I may as well ask them both, chance my arm!

    gowayouttadat - I know, officially my little one is due in 3:30 hours, though she's so high up at the moment I think she's quite happy where she is for the moment!


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    #1657
    hacked
    Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    Bah...can GPs do internals and give sweeps? I'm due to see the GP on monday/tuesday with the combined care.

    Stupid doc told me i was only 36+ weeks at my last hosp appt. Midwife who did my scan gave me my due dte for 41 weeks though...cause she also told me how many weeks i was, and thats what i've been going by. 38 weeks now and no internal! I want to know if i am effacing and if i can have my sweep...im so tired and sore and ready to break down from whatever sort of hell this fake **** is!


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    #1658
    ebmma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ebmma


    hacked wrote: »
    Bah...can GPs do internals and give sweeps? I'm due to see the GP on monday/tuesday with the combined care.

    Stupid doc told me i was only 36+ weeks at my last hosp appt. Midwife who did my scan gave me my due dte for 41 weeks though...cause she also told me how many weeks i was, and thats what i've been going by. 38 weeks now and no internal! I want to know if i am effacing and if i can have my sweep...im so tired and sore and ready to break down from whatever sort of hell this fake **** is!

    I don't think they'll be willing to do anything like that if you are 38 weeks. Unless they have a reason to think baby isn't happy in there.
    afaik, sweeps only seem to happen when people go overdue.

    39 weeks now, getting tired of the whole pregnancy thing...my sister in law was due 2 weeks after me and she went ahead and had a baby girl last friday (the cheek of her! :D)...


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    #1659
    ghosttown
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭ghosttown


    Well , I haven't posted in this thread, more in the general parenting looking for advice on prams and the like (being the daddy :))............but happy to report our 2nd little boy, a brother to our 2yo, was born last Sunday, Valentines Day !! A whopping 11b 6oz - natural birth, all well, mammy and son out walking today, and he's off to toddler group to meet his new friends tomorrow !!


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    #1660
    caprilicious
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    ghosttown wrote: »
    A whopping 11b 6oz - natural birth,

    Omigod fair play to your missus that is a fine size baby! Congratulations to ye both :)


    Hacked it might be no harm to ask doc/midwife to do internal to let you know if you're effacing/dilating, worse they can do is say no :)
    I asked today and they did one, half wishing I didn't now I've been in loadsa pain all day after it and still no sign of baby hauling ass out of there!
    They weren't able to do a sweep as I'm not dilated yet but she did try loosen the cervix a bit


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    #1661
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Congratulations to you and your partner ghosttown.


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    #1662
    houseman
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭houseman


    caprilicious wrote: »
    They weren't able to do a sweep as I'm not dilated yet but she did try loosen the cervix a bit

    ok i should know this, but what's a sweep?


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    #1663
    caprilicious
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    houseman wrote: »
    ok i should know this, but what's a sweep?

    "A membrane sweep in which the membranes that surround your baby are separated from your cervix. A midwife or doctor can carry out this procedure during an internal examination. It’s been shown to be effective in stimulating labour and is now offered routinely to women who are overdue before any other methods of induction. It can be uncomfortable if the neck of your womb is difficult to reach."

    Or is short where the midwife/doc puts their hand up there and tried to coax the little bugger out :) hasn't worked as yet for me but here's hoping :)


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    #1664
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    'lo! Going to hospital soon, been having regular strong contractions since early this morning... lost my mucous plug last night! This TENS machine is the business! Wish me luck!!


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    #1665
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    adrieanne__x wrote: »
    'lo! Going to hospital soon, been having regular strong contractions since early this morning... lost my mucous plug last night! This TENS machine is the business! Wish me luck!!
    Ohh, exciting...hugs and best wishes!


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    #1666
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    adrieanne__x wrote: »
    'lo! Going to hospital soon, been having regular strong contractions since early this morning... lost my mucous plug last night! This TENS machine is the business! Wish me luck!!

    Thinking of you- the best of good luck!
    Best wishes from the three of us :)


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    #1667
    fi1979
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭fi1979


    Best wishes Adrienne, thinking of you!


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    #1668
    ebmma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ebmma


    Hope all goes well for you, Adrienne :)


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    #1669
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Good luck Adrienne!


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    #1670
    cbyrd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    adrieanne__x wrote: »
    'lo! Going to hospital soon, been having regular strong contractions since early this morning... lost my mucous plug last night! This TENS machine is the business! Wish me luck!!

    good luck adrieanne.. hopefully everything goes well and you're done in an hour !!!:D;) i'll be thinking of you.. :)


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    #1671
    hacked
    Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    ahh good luck adrieanne!! so excited for you :) Was praying this baby would decide to come out the all natural way!


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    #1672
    caprilicious
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Best of luck Adrieanne I'm so so jealous!!! Here's hoping for a quick labour and a gorgeous healthy baby in the next few hours :D
    I'm absolutely delighted for you and especially that you might not need that section now - fantastic!


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    #1673
    Swizzles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Swizzles


    Oh good luck Adrieanne
    Hope you dont need that section :)

    Hope you both are ok


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    #1674
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    Hey everyone, I was texting Adrieanne, she and baby are fine, she wasn't actually in labour when she was admitted, but they are keeping her in, they are convinced baby will be on it's way soon, I was telling her how everyone is wishing them the best :)


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    #1675
    caprilicious
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    That's fantastic wolfpawnat hopefully baby will be with her soon :)

    So who's next on the due date list?
    I think so far its me (over :rolleyes:)
    Ebmma
    Hacked

    any more takers? :)


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    #1676
    Swizzles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Swizzles


    Fingers crossed all goes well :)

    Cap put me allll the way down on July 14th and heres hoping i wont go 8 days over and have the baby on my birthday:D:D


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    #1677
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    I'm 32 weeks now so he may be coming in a month...at most will be 6 weeks...we are on watch though.


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    #1678
    garniey_luvs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭garniey_luvs


    anyone in portlaoise?
    im only very early on in my pregnancy 7 weeks but wondered if anyone is around the same time.only just moved to portlaoise n would lyk to meet sum other mums.


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    #1679
    Swizzles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Swizzles


    CathyMoran wrote: »
    I'm 32 weeks now so he may be coming in a month...at most will be 6 weeks...we are on watch though.

    Hope all is well with all 3 of ye :)


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    #1680
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    Swizzles wrote: »
    Hope all is well with all 3 of ye :)
    Thanks, he has always been a high risk pregnancy as my medical history is odd but he is on the home straights now. Our sons clock actually started around your due date!


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    #1681
    fi1979
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭fi1979


    I'm 35 wks complete, due 29th March, but adding the 10 days extra as standard, so prob around 8 April!:D


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