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Due March 2013 thread
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I had my second ante natal class last night, driving there straight from work i was wrecked and i really just wanted to go home to bed but really enjoyed it felt i learnt a lot about the pain relief etc and they passed around the TENS machine, midwife said its great for early labour at home and some people find it brilliant for the first stage.
I was always of the opinion that as soon as labour starts you go to the hospital but midwife was saying unless your really scared or an anxious person stay at home in the comfort of your own home and occupy yourself until your pains are 5mins apart lasting 30 seconds or more that's only of course providing the waters haven't gone and i suppose your distance from the hosp. Finding the classed very interesting i must say.
They are good aren't they. The pain relief class was the one that I missed.
Funny, I met a friend yest who had a baby and she said that no-one tells you how painful breastfeeding is..between the cracked and bleeding nipples and blocked ducts, it is infinitely more painful than labour...ick! She swore by multi-mama compressors which give relief to your nipples so going to invest in them.
Im 34 weeks tomorrow so am going to try giving the perineal massage a go (if I can reach). I'm so bad at doing my exercises, i rarely remember to do my pelvic floor exercices...defo needing a routine of sorts! 0 -
yellow hen wrote: »Funny, I met a friend yest who had a baby and she said that no-one tells you how painful breastfeeding is..between the cracked and bleeding nipples and blocked ducts, it is infinitely more painful than labour...ick! She swore by multi-mama compressors which give relief to your nipples so going to invest in them.
YH, I went to a breastfeeding workshop, and it was very good - they showed us a video, explained how to hold the baby and even gave dolls to parctice holding a baby
Anyway, the teacher said that breastfeeding should not be painful if you hold the baby right and if he takes nipple in the right way. If it causes discomfort, then probably you are doing something wrong and there is a breastfeeding meet up to discuss it and to see what they might be doing wrong.
In Rotunda they have this meet up every week and probably they have something similar in other hospitals.
My point is - don't rush buying stuff straight away, may be you won't need it 0 -
yellow hen wrote: »They are good aren't they. The pain relief class was the one that I missed. Funny, I met a friend yest who had a baby and she said that no-one tells you how painful breastfeeding is..between the cracked and bleeding nipples and blocked ducts, it is infinitely more painful than labour...ick! She swore by multi-mama compressors which give relief to your nipples so going to invest in them.
Im 34 weeks tomorrow so am going to try giving the perineal massage a go (if I can reach). I'm so bad at doing my exercises, i rarely remember to do my pelvic floor exercices...defo needing a routine of sorts!
I have heard cabbage leaves are also good for the breasts.
We received a leaflet about the perineal massage last night aswel, i haven't had a chance to read it yet, but i did look into it awhile back when i first came across it, I also informed the OH that it would be his job:) i will see how we go. The midwife was saying that 75% of women in the coombe don't require stitching and the coombe very rarely perform episiotomys which was somewhat nice to hear as i have such a horrible fear of tearing, i don't like the idea of forceps either which is what we will discuss in next weeks class so im looking forward to that. 0 -
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Hi girls, great to hear how everyone is getting on. Time is really flying by isn't it? I'm not doing any antenatal classes this time around. Just listening to my Gentlebirth CDs and reading some books on birth.
Breastfeeding was a lot harder than I expected last time around and I'm more anxious about it this time than I am about labour!! Mainly because last time I thought that if it didn't work out so be it, but this time I feel much more strongly about it - I guess I know a lot more now than I did before and so it means more to me now. I've read Dr jack newmans guide to breastfeeding which is absolutely brilliant and I really wish I had read it last time around because when he was describing the problems that can happen and why they might happen I felt like he was talking about me. I really feel I learned a lot from the book - and that's with seven months of breastfeeding under my belt previously.
Right now I'm reading the La Leche League guide to breastfeeding and that's very good too. But I preferred the jack Newman book.
The main thing if you experience problems is to ask to help. There's a great Mammy's breastfeeding chat group on Facebook that is worth joining. The women there know a lot and can be really helpful.
And if you're having problems in the hospital demand to see the lactation consultant because although they will try their best to help, many of the midwives and nurses aren't qualified in giving breastfeeding advice.
I have big plans to pack the hospital bag this weekend. Think I have bought everything for it now. I'll be glad to have it some 0 -
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yellow hen wrote: »!
OH is out on a work night tonight so I think I'm going to go home and get my hospital bags in order. Bought these (http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/50237627/) in IKEA at the weekend for the babys first outfit etc so OH doesn't have to go flitting through my stuff looking for it!
Great idea YH, thanks! I had been planning on using the glad sandwich bags or something but they look much more durable 0 -
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Hey girls, just thinking about February - March and it gets scary close! There is a gig I wanted to go to in the end of Feb, but what if the baby comes early? It's getting very real!
And I want to meet up with all my friends before the baby is born, as afterwards I have no idea what it will be like, I will probably be mad busy and tired. It's like moving to a different country, trying to finalise everything and fit in as much as you can! 0 -
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I agree that mental preparation definitely helps. I was able to keep really calm - and that helps a lot. I just kept taking deep breaths in and then breathing out for a slow count of seven. It really focused my mind. And I mentally repeated to myself "Relax your face, relax your shoulders, relax your hands. "
I agree aniascor mental preparation is key. Your labour and delivery sounds perfect and by perfect i don't mean easy we all know its not going to be easy or pain free and its nice to hear all went well for you.
I've watched probably one too many "one born every minute" programmes and even from that you see the women that are more calm and relaxed seem to get through it better.
I obv have never been through it but i have it in my head the calmer i am the better it will be and i will get through it, i know that its not going to last forever and i think once you know what the pain is and i think that knowing at the end of it all you will have your precious little baby in your arms has to help you get through it.
I see these women on one born and there constantly saying i cant do this and what not and the midwives are trying to encourage them and keep them calm for the babys sake aswel as everyone elses and they just don't care. The way i feel about it is i want this baby so bad and i will do whatever i am told to do so that i dont cause any distress on my baby and that he arrives safe and sound... in a weird kinda way im looking forward to this experience 0 -
Ok, so can I be really honest? I 'm fecking terrified of the pain, the tearing, the mess that will be my ladygarden afterwards-ALL OF IT! I am hopeless at the 'focus on your breathing' stuff-I believe in it I'm just bad at doing it. OH is MASSIVELY into it-constantly on about it-as recently as last night when I had some pain or another.... I don't know how it is all going to work out. I am a fairly positive person-and I know I will come out the other end and everything will be worth it but if I am really honest-that is how I feel.
I don't think I am worried about anything else-despite baby being breech and having an anterior placenta-I am just carrying on regardless about all that! Like you YH, apart from bit of morning sickness at the weekends at the beginning, I have escaped remarkably well. Think my child bearing frame has finally come into it's own
:D (Hopefully that might get me through the labour as well...)
At pilates the other night the physio (a guy) was encouraging me to work on my bum muscles-you'll need them says he.... I think we are doing everything we can by the sounds of it and somehow or another by the middle of April we'll all be Mammies!0 -
Caramelbarrel wrote: »Thanks Aniascor… yea, you may well be right there, we are such a Pro-Life county here that possibly I would be transferred to hospital at the slightest sign of anything going 'wrong' as they say. It could well be true that's my dear older friend, her experience of friends who had Home Births that didn't end well are because it's a different system in the states. I mean they don't even allow you to have a water birth here, you have to get out of the water…. thanks so much.
Ya, thanks YH, will talk more with the midwife and my doctor too, get as much info as I can before I change or do anything… I can change my mind about a Home Birth right up till the end anyways.
Wicklori, do you think in an ambulance from Killiney it would be quicker than 25 mins? What do you think? Like 15 - 20 mins up the N11? Thanks, that does re-assure me again. Yea, I did think it through, a lot, and I guess if I have any doubt or feeling or if the midwife has any doubt during the labour - I would be told I have to change to hospital… So, maybe it's ok… But I will talk it through with GP again to get her honest opinion too.
My dear american friend just really cares for me and is worried, she is so sweet and loving… and just wants the best really…
But sure still time to decide… thanks so much for all your thoughts… actually really helpful girls :-) :-) grateful for your responce :-)
thank you :-) :-)
Wicklori, the pains across the lower belly have lifted today, think I'm just getting really tired now as baby girl gets bigger. And still teaching Yoga maybee not helping, but means must... I don't have any shooting daggers up my hoo haaaa (!!!) but I do have sharp darting pains on the right side of my groin and have had those for 2 months or so… think I pulled something teaching what with all the ligaments and everything so loose and all over the place…
Guess the pressure of babies head, as Yellow Hen says, is going to play havoc all around that area as we get closer….
Caramel-all will be well. Jees-if a yoga instructor can't manage it it's a porr look out for the rest of us
I think your American friend whilst trying to be helpful might be speaking in a bit of a vaccuum. The whole pregnancy thing seems to be quite different over there-look at the rate of c-sections for example? You made a rational, well-thought-out decision around a home birth and you should stick to it unless medically advised otherwise. I would LOVE to have had a home birth and I live a bit further from a hospital than you. Stay with your personal medical advice and stay positive. If there's a problem-you will deal with it.0 -
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Ok, so can I be really honest? I 'm fecking terrified of the pain, the tearing, the mess that will be my ladygarden afterwards-ALL OF IT!
Wicklori, I just keep saying to myself that once the pain comes, it won't last forever, 48 hours max, and then there will be a gorgeous baby to reward you for all the suffering!
Tearing is scary allright, it will need to heal etc., so not just 48 hours, don't even know how long that will take. And if it's a c-section for some reason, even more time to heal... That's what I'm scared of!0
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