pregnant - Page 12

Yolanda25 · 01-09-2008, 09:36

Omg this pregnancy is dragging me, this one is too comfy inside, she cant be bothered to come out, 5 days to go, i bet she is gonna go over the due date just to annoy me lol

MargaretR · 01-09-2008, 09:50

Enjoy the next 5 days of sleepful nights.
When she arrives there will be times when you wish she was 'back in'

Yolanda25 · 01-09-2008, 09:58

i wish i could sleep but i have a 3 year old as well who keeps waking me up in middle of nite so i barely sleep anyway im used to, i do still have my naps in afternoon if he lets me have them

BERNADETTE · 01-09-2008, 10:36

Not long now Yolanda

emzy · 01-09-2008, 11:28

I enjoyed pregnancy, apart form the spd, but luckily didnt have another youngster to get me up during the night (not that i slept much in the late stages anyway)

Just enjoy it at the mo, she'll soon be here

Yolanda25 · 04-09-2008, 13:10

Ok, so still no sign of baby, with 2 days to go, i wonder when is she gonna come out? Will she be over or not? Does anyone have any home tips to get the labour started? I have tried pineapple, raspberry tea,currys and of course the dirty one but nothing seems to work.
Went midwife yesterday, she still hasnt dropped or engaged, im gonna be very annoyed if i have another section and i will definetly complain to the hospital cuz the way i see it i still have the membrane wich stops my baby from dropping.
Im getting really stressed now, i keep thinking every nite, this is it! as soon as i get some funny pains. I dont expect my main waters to break but at least the back ones like it happen with my son but there is nothing yet. I guess this is a waiting game now.
I hope you enjoyed my calm fustration lol

emamum · 04-09-2008, 13:14

at this rate i will be in labour first lol

Yolanda25 · 04-09-2008, 13:26

dont say that!!! i've had enough

Lilly · 04-09-2008, 15:53

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Originally Posted by Yolanda25

Went midwife yesterday, she still hasnt dropped or engaged, im gonna be very annoyed if i have another section and i will definetly complain to the hospital cuz the way i see it i still have the membrane wich stops my baby from dropping.

I don't understand why you would complain to the hospital if you had to have another caesarean.

How is that the hospital's fault?

Yolanda25 · 04-09-2008, 17:33

Well, i didnt explain it properly.
When i had my son,i had some problems. My back waters broke and went to the hospital wich then sent me home cuz there was no point on being there. Next day in afternoon i went back, they kept me overnight to check me, the next day they decided to brake my waters. I was in labour but i wasnt dilated enough so they decided to give me a section.
They told me that the reason i had one was because i had a membrane covering the exit so thats why my son woudnt drop.
When i went to the 1st scan of this baby they told me that the membrane was there again, on the second scan aparently wasnt but i was convinced that it was, they didnt take their time cheking cuz they were running late.
I went to the consultant and told her about it, she turned around sayin that there was never a membrane that she didnt know where i got this from,i know there was cuz the doctors told me and i got it on the notes of the 1st scan.
I asked the consultant for another scan and she refused because she said there was no need as there hasnt ever been a membrane.
Now the midwife told me yesterday that i was really high up and that it is most likely for me to have a section. I am annoyed because if they would of given me another scan im sure they would of seen it therefore i would of saved myself of thinking that i was able to have a natural birth.
God i hope this explains a bit

emamum · 04-09-2008, 17:40

would they have been able to remove it if they said it was there?

Lolly · 04-09-2008, 17:51

I didnt think they sent you home after your waters brake? Isn't that dangerous because you could get an infection. I may be wrong please feel free to correct me if i am. They threatened to send me home after being in labour 2 days. My Mum said "Fine but if you do, i'll just walk her round to A&E and get her readmitted there" Dont annoy my mother when she hasnt slept for 2 days! lol.

Lilly · 04-09-2008, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Lolly

I didnt think they sent you home after your waters brake? Isn't that dangerous because you could get an infection.

That's what I thought, Lolly.

However, a couple of weeks ago someone I know through work went to Burnley hospital with pains. She was pregnant with her first child and was a bit unsure what to do so she got her boyfriend to take her to hospital.

The pains were infrequent and mild so they sent her home.....nothing unsurprising there.

What did surprise me was the next day her waters broke and she went back to hospital but they sent her home again as they said she wasn't dilated enough.

I couldn't understand this as I'm sure when I had my children they kept you in once your waters had gone due to risk of infection.....this is obviously not the case any more.

Maybe if Lettie sees this thread she could explain for us.

lettie · 05-09-2008, 07:10

We routinely send people home now when their waters have broken. This is based on research done over the last 20 years, which shows that 80% of women will go into a natural labour themselves, without any interference. The infection risks are actually higher when people stay in hospital (and always have been) due to the large amount of examinations you tend to have in hospital. We do daily blood tests and the mother has to take her own temperature whilst at home, any sign of infection and we induce.

As for this 'membrane'........ I'm stumped??????? I've never heard of any kind of membrane which would make the baby's head high. The reasons for a high head would be :-

Big baby or small pelvis,
Unstable position of the baby (tends to happen with people who have had several pregnancies)
Low lying placenta,
Polyhydramnios (too much water),
Uterine abnormalities (bicornuate uterus fibroids etc),

Yolanda25 · 05-09-2008, 12:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lolly

I didnt think they sent you home after your waters brake? Isn't that dangerous because you could get an infection. I may be wrong please feel free to correct me if i am. They threatened to send me home after being in labour 2 days. My Mum said "Fine but if you do, i'll just walk her round to A&E and get her readmitted there" Dont annoy my mother when she hasnt slept for 2 days! lol.

They sent me home because if u read it it was my back waters that broke first, u have 2 sets of waters , the ones that broke were the back ones thats why they sent me home.