Ruth_Baldock

Snap, seeing my MWs Friday too. All these coincidences are freaking me out ;) I think if you'd prefer an elective c/s rather than uhming and ahing and waiting whilst attempting to turn baby, you could ask about that and they'd talk about booking you in. Not to sway you at all and obviously c/s are not without their own risks and should be taken into serious consideration; just if you didn't want to leave it until the eleventh hour (like moi).

Also from what I gather, and I may be very wrong, ecv is not usually done for transverse more commonly breech/oblique. Fuschia had a transverse/breech bub who DID turn though, so don't lose heart. Have the MWs told you what to do f your waters break/contractions start and the baby's presentation isn't certain? (in my case, Check te colour of the water and get to kings asap for an assesment)

I'm in the totally same boat; sort of. Baby has been transverse since 22wks, apart from when she was oblique for a week or so. Both and I my consultant arenot confident that an ecv will work and my first c/s was only 17mo ago; scar still hurts like anything sometimes. I have opted for a repeat c/s because of the logistics involved re: childcare. If I hadn't have gone ahead and had said "okay, shows over, no VBAC" at 32wks, I would have been closely monitored from 35 wks + and if she hadn't turned by 37wks, I'd have been booked in for my CS at 38+5 like I have been this time. Do feel free to PM me if you need anymore advice/anecdecta about it all! Rx

Cuppatea; and mine! I remember being 5wks pp and husband calling up from work suggesting I give "the whole place a good clean" considering I was stuck indoors waiting for a delivery. I hadn't even had my 6wk check up at this point! Jesus h. Now that seb is a bit older he "helps" when I clean the kitchen or will sit in his high hair chatting to me/dancing to the radio or having a snack- I can manage light cleaning but no major spring cleans. I asked MIL how she coped and she admitted to leaving my husband and SIL screaming in their cots whilst she did it all- her house was, and is, spotless but I'd rather do it my way (lifve on filfth...) than leave seb and, when she arrives, new baby cryig for 1-2 hrs a day whilst I scrubbed the house. She says she wishes she had done the same!

Cuppatea; and mine! I remember being 5wks pp and husband calling up from work suggesting I give "the whole place a good clean" considering I was stuck indoors waiting for a delivery. I hadn't even had my 6wk check up at this point! Jesus h. Now that seb is a bit older he "helps" when I clean the kitchen or will sit in his high hair chatting to me/dancing to the radio or having a snack- I can manage light cleaning but no major spring cleans. I asked MIL how she coped and she admitted to leaving my husband and SIL screaming in their cots whilst she did it all- her house was, and is, spotless but I'd rather do it my way (lifve on filfth...) than leave seb and, when she arrives, new baby cryig for 1-2 hrs a day whilst I scrubbed the house. She says she wishes she had done the same!

We don't have one because we can't really justify one into our budget but I really wish we did! We have a largeish two bdr flat/house and there are loads of stairs which I just can't Hoover. Seb has asthma hayfever and his room needs to be thoroughly dusted/hoovered daily to avoid reactions in him. My husband and I argue about this a lot but if I cleaned everything to the standard he thinks it should be, I'd literally have to have seb with a CM for about 5 hrs a day/3-4 days a week.mil has offered go pay for one for 6-12mo when the new baby arrives; I may marry HER for suggesting it!!!

Will try for Tuesday as I'm 'working' from home (pfft, always ends up with me falling asleep for a few hours...) but may need to actually finish some work before I go off to have the baby. Ho hum.

Congratulations Claudine; don't worry, your boobs will "toughen up" soon and sitting in front of the Tv with them out, expressing or whatever will feel like second nature in no time at all! Xx

:( I will be in the same position next week! The thought of beig without Mr B snr and jnr makes me feel sick. My boys! My lovely boys!

He loves swimming but I'm a bit too pregnant to take him on my own now; also, pretty sure only carers/parnts can take babies swimming and not grumpy beached whales (!). Were going to give the music class a go, he loves a good sing and boogie...

Aquarium and Ruskin park both excellent ideas; he loves Ruskin park, Mr B takes him frequently :)

Slight phobia of softplay ever since he was weed on from above by an older child in the 'main' softplay area... Icks a yicks, as seb would say...

Desperate to find something to do with Cheeky S tomorrow- would give CP 1oclock club a go but it's a looong way to go by bus. Pm rather than am best; if i take him out in his pushchair before his nap, no matter how early, he'll fall asleep and then refuses 12:30 nap and is ready for a meltdown/bed by 4:30pm... Any ideas? He's probably bored of our ceebeebies/walk/park routine :/

Our day started with someone saying to Seb, as we waited for the 12, "ooh look your Mummy has a baby in her tummy!". Cue meltdown from Seb, complete with attempted squirming out of his maclaren. 12 turns up, we get on, it's packed and seb screams the entire way to Barry rd whilst we crawl along in traffic. I stand the whole way feeling like sh*t, having been awake all night with tightenings every 8 mins. Walk through Peckham rye park, stupidly let Seb out of buggy, he lies IN FOX POO and does his deadweight/screaming act. It takes 35 minutes to walk across the pk to Colyton Rd, where he attempts to run into the road and into every front garden. Get to my MIL, he cries insanely because h can't get the doorbell to work. Deposit demon baby with MIL, leave, go home to WFM for the day but fell asleep on our sofa for almost 4 hours. I blam bio-rhythms. Or lunar cycles? Although next full moon a week away. Sorry about your day, F. Can empathize with selling timewasters and parking...

I finish next Thursday (weird day to finish) and am around WITHOUT my toddler (bliss; sleep! Telly!) until the 23rd when him and Mr B get back from Lisboa.

I did baby massage with Cheeky S and I wasn't the only one to have to stop and feed mid- massage. Sure you'll be fine and not the only one feeding their babby.

Ah bollocks. Now I have no idea what to dress baba in. Nappy and vest, I suppose. I'm taking eyeshades and ear-plugs. I shall also bring my wetnurse so that I do not need to wake up to feed the baby...

Mellors; was it still bloody boiling?

I had my first baby in December 2009 at Kings, and throughout the entire process, the midwives were absolutely fantastic. I had a very long, stressful (and painful) induction; we went through six midwives, and each of them were attentive, kind, good humoured and absolutely lovely. I ended up with a c-section, and the surgical team were fab, too- my husband said he was getting regular updates whilst I was in theatre (I was under a GA for almost 3 hours due to complications). My MW who stayed with me until I got sent to the PN ward was fantastic; encouraging me to BF and praising Cheeky S when he latched on and went at it like a pro. Although things didn't go 'to plan' (plan? with babies? phooey!) I couldn't fault the staff. I had a bad experience on the PN ward; not entirely their fault, I know it's a hugely busy ward, so I am VERY pleased to hear that Partners/Dads can stay overnight; albeit in chairs. Hopefully I'll be a bit more 'with it' this time, and won't need Mr B to stay but I can imagine that extra support and presence would be invaluable to a bewildered and exhausted first time Mummy (as I was 18mo ago)

I agree with Otta; husband is a very heavy sleeper but never once squished Cheeky S, even when I brought him into the bed without Mr B knowing...

There's this crib you can attach to the side of your bed so you kind of get the best of both worlds- think it's only suitable up to 4-6mo though. You won't squish your baby if he's in the bed with you. Seb coslept and bedshared with us till he was 9mo old, and would decide who he wanted to snuggle up to- usually dad and then he'd crawl over to me for a feed. I just slept how I normally did and it worked best. When I had to start lying in an awkward way, I knew that bedsharing wasn't working for us anymore. Hopefully Fuschia will reply to this, she's a bedsharing guru!

I'm about to go on maternity, but my employers are not going to be offering me another contract at the end of my 'leave'. So it looks like I'll be a full time SAHM for the forseeable future. Some days, I am thrilled about this but a lot of the time I worry- I'm not a natural, or very self motivated (would rather play with seb at home/take him for walks than lts of playgroups etc) and I also suffer from depression, and it just gets a bit too much sometimes. I also worry about money, ho hum! However, I've managed to raise a happy, confident and funny little chap over the past 17mo, even though for half that time I was either pregnan or suffering from PND, so I must be doing a good Job somehow! I never thought this is where I'd be just before I turned 26, but the world moves in mysterious ways...or whatever the saying is. My best friend is also a SAHM, she lives in Surrey, and she knew she wanted to be at home with their daughter the moment she found out she was pregnant. Very different to me, I must say.

Me and Mr B v interested too! Mr B moreso (am qualified first aider, get me...)

Belle and PRdarling: did you literally just put baby down w/o dummy and that was that? Or is ther some kind of secret technique involved? Seb mad keen on his, just asked for it from his dad during bath "dooma dada? Plis? Dada plis?" errr, no. Will be weaning him off it when baby sister is about 3 mo I think... Would do it sooner if I could...

helena handbasket Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ruth_Baldock Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It's too hot to start, I shouldn't have said > > anything, I'm overtired, and I want ceebeebies > and > > my dummy (oh...no...wait) > > > > *retreats* > > It's okay, it's okay, sshhhhh, ssshhhhh, there > there. I'm not playing today, had enough. > You're okay though...... ssshhhh (cue African > lullaby and Sleep Sheep wave sounds). Could have done with the soothing last night, AWFUL insomnia.