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Luciano Prehistoric Axe wrote: »Saw the doctor this morning and he was talking of maybe inducing me after next week because I have a few red flags for PET even though I'm asymptomatic. So off he went to ask the consultant for her opinion and he came back and told me that the consultant would prefer to deliver me within the next few days :eek: :eek: I don't want to get my hopes up because they are constantly changing their minds but the thought that I could have my little bundle by the end of weekend is both exciting and absolutely terrifying :eek:
Aww congrats Luciano Prehistoric Axe hope all goes well for you
if I was told that news I'd be beaming from one ear to the other can't wait to meet my little man 1 more week till my due date having no pains or anything but I do have loads of pressure going on which midwife said is a good thing
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Because my bp has been mostly ok the last few days, they've pushed my induction back til thursday to give the baby an extra few cooking days I'm actually happier with that myself because it gives me the time to get my head around the whole thing and also it gives me a bit more time to see will I go naturally, which I would prefer I have to stay in until then but the dr has given me permission to go out for a few hours every day (day release woohoo ) but I'm half afraid to go home in case I get the urge to start cleaning
The only other option is a nearby shopping centre where I'm bound to over excite myself with baby shopping :pac:
So, February is finally here! How are all you other mamas doing?0 -
Thats prob a good thing mrspostman to have a few days to get your head around it and not much u can do but relax when ur being kept in... i am on my last day at work and it feels great... pity had to be such a ****ty morning, wud have loved to stay on in bed and spend the day lolling around the house! but needs must... a few days to myself now and then baby can make an appearance when ever it wants. i really hope it all happens naturally... its kinda scary in a way not knowing what to expect. all we can do is leave it in the hands of the pros and hope all goes well... 0
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Are you serious? 'The' lactation consultant...there's only one for a maternity hospital that size?? Surely that's not good enough? Your midwife will be able to help you though if you need it? Is there a public health nurse that can come to your house? That's what we have here.
Yes the tour guide/midwife did say all the midwives are pitching in to help mothers. I think the consultant only works 9-5 mon to fri regardless, and is just a glorified midwife (thats the stories Ive heard anyway). But I believe she also runs the breast feeding classes and they would have been good to go to in the hospital anyway. Perhaps if shes going to be out for a long time they might get a temp one but who knows! The tour guide knew when im due and didnt mention a replacement might be around.
I think if I have trouble Ill call the PHN or a real lactation consultant and pay them, I know theres a few around the area. I never made it to a breast feeding group.
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dori_dormer wrote: »Yes the tour guide/midwife did say all the midwives are pitching in to help mothers. I think the consultant only works 9-5 mon to fri regardless, and is just a glorified midwife (thats the stories Ive heard anyway). But I believe she also runs the breast feeding classes and they would have been good to go to in the hospital anyway. Perhaps if shes going to be out for a long time they might get a temp one but who knows! The tour guide knew when im due and didnt mention a replacement might be around.
I think if I have trouble Ill call the PHN or a real lactation consultant and pay them, I know theres a few around the area. I never made it to a breast feeding group.
I can't imagine getting much out of a class pre baby anyway. I went to a la leche league meeting before my first but really it's one of those things you have to do to learn. Also there's two of you in it- the baby has to learn to feed as well as absolutely everything else. Digestion is a pretty confusing experience for a newborn too it seems. I had no problems with the first two but with the third I finally realised why some women give up, especially if they don't have support. Only that I knew that I'd done it before and it would become effortless I would have considered reaching for a bottle too. IMHO the biggest thing about bfing is that you need to be fully committed to doing that and nothing else for as long as it takes. IME that means staying in bed getting brought cups of tea and sandwiches and bfing on demand for roughly the amount of time it takes to read the collected works of Marian Keyes, or the Harry Potter series...hmm might do a reread of A Song of Ice and Fire this time. The advice that I was given was 'Tummy to Mummy, Nose to Nipple, Baby to Breast (as opposed to breast to baby...to save your neck and your back in the long run).0 -
So I injured myself on sat! Grrr! Bent over and felt an awful pain below my bump. Feels like Ive damaged a muscle or ligament. Its really painful and the muscle seizes up if im sitting/ standing/lying down for too long. Hubby thinks Im making it up! Doc said babys head is really far down and that could have contributed to it.
Was waiting for an hour to see the doc today and my consultant wasnt even there. Midwife had everyone waiting 30 min, then 30 min more to see the doc. Really made my injury worse!
They referred me to physio dept about it and when i went there with my referral, receptionist asked when i was due - i replied next week - she actually laughed/ sneered at me and said 'good luck, heres the huge pile of people ahead of you!" So rude! I then explained what was wrong with me, and she said to wait and she'd try and get someone to see me real quick. I dont think she realised how rude she sounded until she saw me and hubbys shocked faces! After 15 min a lovely physio had a 5 min chat with me and offered me a support band. She also told me about all the postnatal classes they do. Really nice girl. All worked out in the end, but I want this baby out! 0 -
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Hope you feel better soon Dori! I've been assured that all the pelvic / ligament pain goes away pretty much as soon as baba is born, so I'm looking forward to that!
Marysnow - sounds like the BF group is great. I went to one last week and everyone was very friendly but there wasn't a huge amount of advice on offer. I'll have give it another go when I've an actual baby to work with!!
Not much happening here - I'm not due till Sat, but I'm prowling around the house as if I'm already a week overdue. I need to keep busy and distracted!
I'm attending acupuncture and the therapist had my partner come in with me for a session last week so he could show him some acupressure points to work on. We're doing that every night now, and there's definitely a reaction afterwards (like I can really feel the baby's head pressing down into my pelvis).
Have two appointments in HS today - one for a scan for the "Genesis" research project, and then the consultant visit afterwards. I get the impression that the Genesis scan will be pretty detailed, but I'm not sure what, if anything, they'll tell us...
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I have terrible leg pain today. think i over did it with my walk yesterday - 10 min to the shops and back :rolleyes: So that adds to my moany pain list!
I love that my To-Do list is getting shorter! really satisfying! Really should have done the painting/DIY over Xmas but felt like we'd loads of time so didnt really bother. T minus 6 days now! (hopefully!)
Only big thing left to do is sew my changing bag. Ive picked the fabrics, and Ill cut them out later, but waiting on nice shiney parts to come in the post! Oh the excitement!
Wish we were having 30 degree weather here! Wind and rain and floods for us! I really want to go back to a land with sunshine!0 -
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That's terrible ftm I was diagnosed with strep b a few months back and was told that even though the infection might clear up again, I will be given antibiotics regardless as soon as my waters break. You'd think the doctors would know better, it's as simple as sending off a sterile urine sample ffs :mad:
If it's any consolation, my nephew contracted it at birth and made a quick recovery with the antibiotics 0 -
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Baby01032012 wrote: »My wife had our son Sunday evening 2nd feb. 7 days early. All well. Waters broke Sunday at 3pm. Went to hospital at 7 and baby arrived at 8
congrats!!! 😊0 -
Hi all,
I hope that the newborns and mums are doing great.
And so all the other mums still waiting to welcome their little bundles of joy
Sonce last Friday I started having loads of liver spot, so today we had to anticipate the c section...and so I am now officially the proud mum of a gorgeous baby boy!
So glad, happy nd emotional.
Despite not having my consultant with me as ge is at a conference, I can only praise Dr Rishi and all the staff here in Rotunda that took great care of us today.
Only negative point is that it was mental since morning as the hospital is overcrowded, to the point that some elective surgeries have been cancelled.
But all us fine and I am enjoying looking at this little man, so similar to his gorgeous daddy
Take care, you all
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Ah congrats marysnow that's great news ye must be delighted How do you find moving around etc after the section?
I was due to be induced yesterday but when the dr came around to give me the gel, he discovered I was already 2cm dilated and my membranes were bulging woohoo He lined me up to go to L&D to have my waters broke but unfortunately, due to the number of spontaneous labours, I'm still here on the prenatal ward waiting for a bed on the labour ward. Ah well, hopefully by the end of today we'll have our little man 0
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