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Due March 2013 thread
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How is everyone today? Sounds like everyone is getting into the practice labour stage I've had the fake labour on the tummy side than I thoughtit wasbreal cos the contractions went to the back andbthe pressure was unbelievable it lasted for 6 hours till OH said hell bring me to bed which was a painful struggle and he rubbed my back I went to sleep aand woke up to me feeling as right as rain. I rang my mum and sister and they both thought it was it, I was even flushed looking, , practice labour but that's meant to be a good sign as in a sign for an easy labour.
I never went to the ante natal classes so I hope they help me inside with the breathing.
CB Congrats on ur due date hope today goes well
go for a walk eat a curry and have some love time and eat pineapples .. what's the CD called and I can download it please? not due till 24th and I know what ye mean with the calls, my sister is even throwing it up on fb so embarrassing saying like hurry up, this is such a long waiting game ha and I'm not even due yet!
Elly imagine if baby came on the 15th of this year? That would be amazing
Wicklori do u have to go in for another sweep? Have u eaten lots of curries? how u feeling? X 0 -
Well if my last experience was anything to go by Annettea then definitely the practice contractions help. I had lots of braxton hicks in the run up beforehand last time, and labour was quick and straightforward. (I won't say easy, because it was hard work!)
You can practice breathing beforehand. You want long slow breaths and your out breath is the one you need to focus on. So breathe in slowly and then breathe out, and try to make your out breath last longer than your in breath.
You don't have to count, but I found it helpful, and during labour it gave me something to focus on.I used to breathe in for 1, 2, 3, and breathe out for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. It took me some practice to work up to such a long out breath though. At the start, I'd only get to four or five when breathing out. But once I was in labour my body just seemed to automatically required longer deeper breaths.
I also try to make sure I am breathing right into my stomach when I'm breathing in - so my belly rises noticeably. And then when I'm breathing out I'm pulling my stomach back in. To be honest, I think a lot of the reason it works is because if I'm concentrating on breathing while having a contraction, and concentrating on relaxing my face, shoulders and hands, then I'm not thinking about pain or the contraction itself.
congratulations loopi! Hopefully the rest of us will be joining you soon. Sounds like you had a great experience.
Elly - light period pains sounds promising! Will be waiting to hear news from you soon!
Caramel, it definitely sounds like you are on your way. Sometime in the next couple of days I'd imagine. Woo hoo! 0 -
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Hi everyone how is everyone doing? Any more baby news?
Lilbe how is mummyhood? how u feeling now? X I really have to stop sleeping so much cos I know I won't be getting this much sleep in a couple weeks. Hows the breastfeeding going? Have u been tempted to give a bottle? Ha ha and how is your new baby?
Caramel thank you for the offer for the hypnobirthing CDs, tell me if it helped you? I might download some relaxing music and hypnobirthing music. Have u gone yet? Ha
Thank u for the breathing techniques aniscor I was practicing them, so that's for the contractions, for the midwifes help u with the breathing throughout labour? How u today? Is this your 1st day off?
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Elly I forgot you were in the coombe as well. I got meena the lactation consultant for an hour on the wed after he was born. She's a bit military but is brilliant at what she dies. Immediately after that breastfeeding improved for me. His latch was better, I wasn't afraid to be more forceful with him and he just got on with things. The coombe staff were amazing... Honestly I was do grateful for everything they did for us. I hopeyourexpwriencd is equally as good.
Ps... Keep walking even if it pains you, I'm convinced that's what made this little one come out so early 0 -
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Hey Annettea, motherhood is great :-) don't give up on your sleep, vice versa, get as much as you can. breastfeeding is going well, though it is tough in terms of night feeds. If the baby is awake and needs food, I'm awake too, and my baby is a night feeder so far, so not much sleep at night. Sometimes when I only get an hour sleep, I was desperate in the morning and thought that I'm switching to bottles. even got OH to buy me a breast pump! On Friday was one of these breakdown moments in the morning, so I even took a box of bottles out of the drawer, but before starting to express decided to call cuidiu group, and I'm very glad I did. The lady on the phone was very helpful, she reassured me that everybody goes through exhaustion, it's perfectly normal, I should just hang on there and as the baby grows he will sleep more at night. so I'm sticking to breast feeding! :-) and yesterday we went for our first walk, it was so nice, can't wait to have another walk with my little one!Hi everyone how is everyone doing? Any more baby news?
Lilbe how is mummyhood? how u feeling now? X I really have to stop sleeping so much cos I know I won't be getting this much sleep in a couple weeks. Hows the breastfeeding going? Have u been tempted to give a bottle? Ha ha and how is your new baby?
Caramel thank you for the offer for the hypnobirthing CDs, tell me if it helped you? I might download some relaxing music and hypnobirthing music. Have u gone yet? Ha
Thank u for the breathing techniques aniscor I was practicing them, so that's for the contractions, for the midwifes help u with the breathing throughout labour? How u today? Is this your 1st day off?
Can't wait for baby xx
the wound from the c section is healing, I'm off painkillers and was able to have a walk outside yesterday. And the belly is nearly gone, they said it will take about 6 weeks for it to disappear completely, so hopefully by may will be back to my flat stomach :-)0 -
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Lilbe glad your healing well you seem to be in great form I say u were so happy to get out of the house and u b, flat tummy in a few weeks time, my tummy will prob still be huge ha ha ha, what size nappies are u using? I only bought 1 pack of size 1s the rest size 2s.. I'm really happy the breast feeding is working well my friend had a baby a few weeks ago and she said it gets alot easier. Do u co-sleep? I know baby will be beside me ha
Elly- what is the mucous plug like? I know this sounds mank but I got really stretchy white discharge couple weeks ago I mean alot of it, today I have real watery discharge sorry its mank ha but is it a sign? How was the sweep? Today I nested I mean the hse could come in and inspect the house and there will be 0% germs or mess except the windows ha but I don't do windows till summer time 0 -
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I Googled I wish I didn't (there is a difference ha ha Elly I forgot to ask how's ur hand and leg now? Still swollen?
CB how are u feeling? Tired? This time next week you'll defo have baby, do u have an appointment this week? X
Hahaha the pictures are gross but give ya an indication of what your looking at.
The swelling is coming and going gets a lot worse at night.
CB hope baby will be here soon but the longer she's in there the bigger she'll be :-) every cloud an all that :-)0 -
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Congratulations wicklori! Delighted to hear baby arrived safe and sound. Hope you're recovering well from the section.
Well done Lilbe for sticking with the breastfeeding. These first few weeks are so hard with it. It does get infinitely easier though I promise. All you can do is try to sleep during the day for now until you start getting more sleep at night. It seems like an infinity when you are sleep deprived but it really only takes a few weeks before they start to sleep more at night and be awake more during the day. And all this night feeding at the start will ensure you build up a great milk supply.
Nothing doing here. As of tomorrow I will officially be more pregnant than I have ever been in my life. At exactly 38 weeks on my son I had lost the mucous plug and then I had him at 38+3. But I'm 38+3 today and there's no sign of anything. I think this little one might keep me waiting!
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Hey girls, nappies we are using are newborn size. We got all clothes for the baby size 0 to 3 months, but when he was born they were all too big, so we just bought newborn size. Don't worry if nappies or clothes don't fit, the shops are still there and you can get a proper size.Lilbe glad your healing well you seem to be in great form I say u were so happy to get out of the house and u b, flat tummy in a few weeks time, my tummy will prob still be huge ha ha ha, what size nappies are u using? I only bought 1 pack of size 1s the rest size 2s.. I'm really happy the breast feeding is working well my friend had a baby a few weeks ago and she said it gets alot easier. Do u co-sleep? I know baby will be beside me ha
Elly- what is the mucous plug like? I know this sounds mank but I got really stretchy white discharge couple weeks ago I mean alot of it, today I have real watery discharge sorry its mank ha but is it a sign? How was the sweep? Today I nested I mean the hse could come in and inspect the house and there will be 0% germs or mess except the windows ha but I don't do windows till summer time
I didn't express yet, the lady from cuidiu said that milk supply is building till week 6, so they wouldn't recommend to express before then. I want to go to their support meeting this week, will meet other mums and get some reassurance. though I think breastfeeding works for us, plenty of dirty nappies and the little one is chubbier now than he was.
I didn't see any mucus plug. my waters broke, but I didn't have contractions, may be because of that?0 -
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