Due Sept 2020

Hang in there shashabear! Your almost there. Went hugely over with 1st two so i feel your pain. Everyday is like a week!
Just made the September babies! Began induction on tues and arrived yesterday. 5lbs 2 oz so in nicu for obs but hopefully not for long. He's like a doll!
Had unexpected natural delivery after started drip ans went from 1 cm to 10 cm in 20 min! Bit overwhelming but no stitches or tears which is great!
Hoping bp will settle now and can home in a day or two. Hope all the sep babies are doing well!

Congrats Annoyedgal

Ah shasha I hope this baba comes soon enough

Congrats Pippin04! Great to be on the other side! Hope your not too sore after the op.
Enjoy the cuddles!
Hoping to get home today or tom as bp has settled with meds at last. Baby was treated for jaundice and doing great. Too small to latch well so ecpressing and hoping he'll develop latch with another week under his belt.
agree with you docs and midwives, absolute stars! Makes it easier to be here with restrictions.

So, officially one week overdue today. Induction ( :(:( ) is booked to start next Monday evening and I am DREADING it. Hubbie won't be contacted until I am in active labour and is an hour's drive away (assuming there are no Level 3 checkpoints that hold him up or turn him back) and I'm afraid he's going to miss it.
Appointment today to see if there was any progress on last week so I'm hoping these Braxton Hicks that have been so strong they've woken me up throughout the night for days now might actually mean something
(Side note, who on earth decided that Braxton Hicks contractions are "painless"? )

Hope all you ladies are enjoying your little ones!

Eireog1 wrote: »

Hopefully you might have some news after todays appointment ShaShaBear. I'm in the same boat still waiting on this LO to arrive booked in to be induced on Thursday morning. I dont know should I tell my husband to go way home and come back later or ask him to wait around we are 40 mins drive away all going well.

Its such a pain that partners cant come in with you it adds stress to an already stressful situation

Ah I'd definitely say you might as well send him home depending on the method of induction and how dilated you are when it "starts". I was 2.5cm when they broke my waters with my first, only took about 30 minutes to hit 4. But luckily for us at the time it was Cavan and he was able to go visit a friend until they let him come in.

The problem personally for us this time is I am in Drogheda, and if we can't get a babysitter for the other two kids, he'll have to stay home with them. My mother has the go-ahead to leave work once I'm in active labour to take the kids, but obviously I couldn't expect her to take two whole days off on the off-chance that the gel will spur me into labour quickly

I feel for you ShaShaBear and Eirog! Hopefully you go yourselves before the induction dates.

As mentioned before, depending on the induction method there could be loads of time. Have they done an internal examination? Are you dilated at all? If you are you might be able to avoid pessary/gel and go straight to waters being broken.

I was in the Coombe. They induced me just over a week early for gestational diabetes. Longest part was pessary and waiting for a space on the delivery suite. I got pessary Wed morning. That was in for 24hrs. They took it out Thurs morning and I was checked and told I was good to get my waters broken. Big back log for delivery suite and didn't get brought down until 8.30am Friday morning. Rang my husband while walking to delivery suite.

From there it was quite quick. This was my 2nd baby. Broke waters at 9am. I requested an hour before they started drip to see would I contract myself. I didnt. Drip hooked up at 10am. Checked me at about 11.50am. I was only 3cm. Then things really kicked off. Baby was born at 12.17pm so went 3cm to baby being born in under half an hour.

Even though it was quick (just under 3.5hrs) there was still plenty of time for my husband to get there. If its your 1st baby its likely to take longer. My first was just over 12hrs from waters being broken..

Wishing you both the best of luck. Hopefully they make their appearances soon & your partners are there with plenty of time.

Amazing shasha bear! So delighted you have it over and all went well and your home so soon! Enjoy your little lady and congrats!

Wow Shashabear congratulations!! Amazing to get home so quickly too, enjoy the little snuggles!

annoyedgal wrote:

September mamas what are you doing in relation to visitors? Some family want to visit but my instinct is to hold off. We were planning on no visitors at all for a few weeks until baba is term at least and then immediate family only.

I got out of hospital on Day 4 and we had both sets of grandparents to visit the following day, then two uncles and one aunt came over the following week or so. Most of our siblings still haven't met him and no friends have at all. It's my husband's birthday at the weekend so we will be visiting his parents house and I dread to think who else has been told we will be there, random gran-uncles, partners of his siblings etc...definitely more than the 6 people from 1 household rule.

It's a hard one alright. I'm extra cautious as he was preterm so out the family off until he plus term at least. Have one in creche and school so feel thats already a lot of exposure!

Ah congrats Shasha, delighted for you now that you have it all over. Hope you're both keeping well

Eireog1 wrote: »

Hi All just a update. I was booked in for induction last Thursday but went myself on Tuesday/Wednesday. Started labour pains at lunchtime on Tuesday and rang the hospital told to come in. By the time I have toddler sorted with childminder and made my way in the contraction had stopped again but they decided to keep me overnight and I started again at about 5 o clock my 9 I was only 2cm dilated but contractions coming every 1 so was bought to labour ward and babies heart beat was all over the place so rang my husband to come in as he was 40 mins away. Have our beautiful baby girl at 2.57 weighing a whopping 9lbs 7oz was told she was only measuring 8lb. Ended up with a vacuum delivery as cord was around the neck. It was all very fast in the end and thank god she is here safe and sound.
Got to come home on the Thursday they wanted to keep me until Friday but I pushed to go home.

Congratulations Eirog. Delighted to hear all was ok. Sounds like it was scary towards the end. Hope you're getting lots of lovely snuggles now.