Hi all,
I haven't posted for a while, ive been getting everything ready for "D DAY" lol. According to my dates i have 7.5wks left, and im getting to the point were im starting to get pretty nervous but excited at the same time. The 1st time round ur nervous as u dont know what is going to happen and the pain involved, but from round 2 onwards ur nervous cos u do KNOW what to expect and the stages u go through!!
I had my Drs app 2wks ago and bub is now HEAD DOWN YAY!!!!! Im soooo happy hes got his arss into gear and decided to move into the right position lmao and unless anything major goes wrong ill be having the Natural drug free birth i had with my 1st! She also said his head is VERY WELL ENGAGED! and going off my 1st pregnancy ill be lucky to get past 37wks! I also had my midwives app this wk (in australia we have a shared care program, which means u see ur dr and a midwife! Its a pain as u have an app every 2wks but its worth it to u everything is running smoothly) and ive already DROPPED! with my 1st i dropped at around 35wks and had my son at 37wks+3days, and seeing how im 32wks+2days i DEFFENATLY want him in there for a little bit longer lol.
Ive also been experiancing BRAXTON HICKS since around 22wks, and ill be glad when the day comes and after roughly 10hrs of the contractions a baby comes out instead of getting them for the last 10wks or so lmao!! there are some days (and nights) where they get pretty dam strong and painful that i instantly look and my clock and start timing, but normally i can just breath through them and there gone....for atleast 10-15mins anyway lol
My husband and i were talking last night and he brought up the labour i had with my son and he asked me how much of it i actually remember!! And it took me a while to answer him as i only really remember bits and pieces, so i told him what i could and he filled in the blanks. And it is SOOOO true what they say "once the baby is born u forget about the labour", granted its been 2yrs and 3months but still i never thought i would actually forget bits of it and it was a drug free labour lmao. I remember laying on the bed to have a rest and then getting really uncomfy then getting checked to see how far i was, then i was in the shower and both mothers were back in the room!!! then i was back on the bed being told not to push and thinking to myself "how the hell am i not to push", to then being told to push and i had a baby in my arms!!!! All up it was a 10.5hr labour which felt like maybe a 2hr labour as everything seemed to be in fastforward lol It was so hard trying to remember! Although he said i never cussed, which im pretty proud of myself about as my mother-in-law hates swearing, but i do remember saying (a number of times) i needed to do a poo lol yuck i know but to me thats what the pressure felt like and i started getting worried i was going to poo instead of push out a baby lol.
We also got talking about my birth plan!! As i said earlier "Natural and drug free" is what the plan is, unless something goes wrong then the drs have free run to do as they must! I also had my husband, my mother and mother-in-law in the room with me and i found the support to be wonderful. I always said i wanted my mum in there and i got that wish as well, my mother-in-law happened to be the 1 to take me to hosp, but im glad i had her support as well (seeing how i have 6 inlaw siblings)! But now shes making things difficult as ive asked my dad (parents divorced but get along pretty well) to be in the room with hubby, mum and i! I told her this when i was 1st thinking of asking my dad and she was fine with it, but now as its getting closer and my dad will be here from end july, shes still under the impression that she will be in the room, when ive made it very clear what i want (and hubby is supporting me all the way, even though it is his mum whos sitting out), shes acting as if ive killed some1 and its putting a strain on hubby and i, and it normally takes alot for us to fight or even argue, but lately its been hell!! So for now weve let the subject lie and if i happen to go into labour early ill ring her once the baby is born, cos i dont want her turning up at the hosp causeing trouble!! Its not a very nice thing to do, but ive made everything very clear right from the start and if people cant accept and respect that well they wont be involved!!! If any1 else has had the same or similar problem please let me know how u delt with it!!! I also found with my 1st a shower really helped to ill be making sure i do that again! I tryed different positions but i got too uncomfy and felt as though the pain was intensified so i was on my back with each foot resting on 1 of the hips of my support team and midwife and having the other 2 on either side of me and sort of me holding on to the tops of there arms so when it came time to push i could bear down without a problem and i found it worked wonders for me!!
Well i think thats everything for now, Hope all u mummies r doing well xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
