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General => The Shed => Topic started by: cambourne7 on September 05, 2009, 21:59:40
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Hi Guys,
Just to share the news that i am currently expecting a baby :)
For those who do not know we have been trying for 3 years and finally its happened :)
Cam
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(for those on facebook i have not put anything on there as i have not told everyone at work yet so i did not want to publicize)
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Congratulations ;D ;D ;D
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Congratulations... ;D
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Congratulations
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Congratulations! Bubbly all round I reckon! xx
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After all that waiting bet you are over the moon.
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so very pleased for you and your partner please keep us informed :)
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Congratulations to you and Mr Cam! What an exciting year for you, house move and baby. Happy news indeed.
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Cam that is wonderful news, I am really pleased for you both. I have been thinking of you and wondering how you were getting on so it was lovely to see you posting and the brilliant news. Keep in touch.
T.x
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Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take care of yourself (((hug)))
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So exciting ;D
Congratulations ;D
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Wonderful news - congratulations!
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What wonderful news. Please keep us informed. When is the happy event due?
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So happy for you! xxx
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Congratulations, new house worked well!!
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Great news ;D
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Congratulations,Cam! Lovely news :D
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Congratulations to ya both.
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Oh well done! Congratulations! :D
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Many Congratulations to you both Cam.
All the very best, WOW, new house new baby.
:o :o :o :o, i am moving soon :o :o. Hahahahaha.
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Nice one Cam, I'm really pleased for you. Rosebud look on the bright side if the same happens to you I'm available to be godfather. 8) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) :-*
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Oh this is wonderful news. Congratulations to you both ;D ;D
One more up and coming allotmenteer then?
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well done Cam, we wondered what you've been up to lately!! ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks Kev i will bear that in mind. You have to be T T mind. :o ;D ;D ;D
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Oh goody, more midwifery stuff to discuss.......congratulations! ;D ;D ;D
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thanks guys been for the scan the baby is fine and very active after waving and kicking its feet in the air it decided to do some hand stands.
Hubbies face was a picture.
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Good to hear. I love seeing big tough blokes reduced to tears by a little baby.. ;D
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Congratulations, Cam - hope it all goes well :) :) :) :) :)
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how lovely ! Congratulations!!!
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Im sorry I'm late coming in here Louise, but my please accept my Conratulations along with the others. I'm SO pleased for you and your OH - that is going to be one well loved little laddie/lassie(?) :-* When is the baby due btw?
Bestest regards,
Lishka X
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thanks guys dating scan has the baby comming around 14th March :)
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Oh BRILLIANT news Cam. I'd been thinking we hadn't seen you around much.
Many congratulations. ;D ;D ;D
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I'm behind the times again.... Many many congratulations!
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Congratulations Louise ;D
i was just on another thread commenting i hadn't seen a post from you for some time...then I thought I'll check out your last posts and found this thread.
Really pleased for you and hope it's all going well.
Did you move house?
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Hi Guys,
Am 24 weeks and so far all is well :) Baby on course for delivery between 14th and 18th March. Yes aiming for mothers day in fact its a bit of a coinstance i was born on mothers day all those years ago!!
The baby is in the top 97% of hight charts and has now run out of room even though i have a defined bump i am expecting to lose sight of my feet any day soon and see my belly button invert i fear.
Getting kicked a lot and still getting sick so looking forward to finishing work at christmas.
Cant find a landscaper that will give me a reasonable price for doing my garden so might spend the time trying to sort that out and get the family over in April to get the garden done.
Cam
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Exciting time for you Cam.....keep us posted on your progress ;D
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I am pleased everything is going well for you Cam. Take care of yourself and don't do too much especially over Christmas.
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about two days ago i was wondering about how things were going for you, so glad to hear things are well.
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Good to hear you and "bump" are doing well, hopefully the sickness will go and you can enjoy your pregnancy. :) :) :) :)
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congratulations Cambourne, wonderful news for you and your OH. Hope the sickness wears off soon
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glad all's well, Cam..take it easy..my 2 boys were march babies, 10th and 19th, and I was sick most of the time, like car sickness ;D
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Regular updates cam. ;D ;D ;D :-*
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How exciting congratulations. ;D
My Harry was born on March 15th beautiful hot sunny day remember it like it was yesterday and he's 5 now. I too suffered from terrible morning (day and night) sickness found ginger did help abit ;)
Any cravings yet? Mine was ice and slush puppies Yummy That was the edible ones not to mention the urge to eat mud and mortar !!! Managed to hold off on those though :D
xxx
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Lovely to hear you are doing well Cam as the others have said keep us posted and try ginger biscuits
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Lushy x
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Thanks guys were still thrilled although not bought one thing for the baby yet still window shopping till after christmas when i finish work then i am going to hit the sales :)
image of baby in september
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Image from last week 2 photos together are 22wks and single photo is at 23 wks and you can see hot tall the baby is going to be as the knees are visable :)
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Amazing cam........the miracle of life ;D
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yes one spicy meatball :) the baby loves spicy food the spicier the better :)
The scans make it all so real of course the off kick in the ribs and the fact i cant see my feet anymore are also clues but you cant see it so having the photo really helps.
OH has gone to london for a night out and i am collecting him from the station later tonight so the baby is demanding i have a curry delivered :) rather than mummy cooking ;D
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I love the babies thinking ;D ;D ;D
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quick update for you all as i count down to finishing work (26 weeks this saturday) 18 days left in work but with christmas not sure how there going to be spread out.
Baby has now officialy run out of room and you can see the head moving under the skin and i am getting kicked regularly. Bumb has not really got much bigger so tummy is really hard and its all getting a little uncomfortable at the moment.
Next scan 21st Dec ;D
Have also now bought the 1st items for the baby 2 growbags (no not the soil type but sleeping bag type things) and a bundle of little dresses all on ebay for under £15 the growbags themselves can be £30 each and the dresses are anything from £6 to £20 :)
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I like these updates, Cam, they are nice. Glad to hear you're doing well. I remember when I was expecting my son that a hand or a foot would suddenly jut out uncomfortably - more so in the bath, lol. I just flattened it back down again ;D
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I know in many ways men have the best of things (don't argue, you know what I mean) but nothing, absolutely nothing, can compare with the feeling of a baby moving inside you. Thirty years later, and I've gone all gooey reading this thread.....
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Not long to go now, though the last few weeks seem to last a very long time. For my third I had relaxing music so if it is allowed I would choose some now. Also do buy a few things for the baby asap. I left it all until I left work and then was unable to go shopping - by the time my baby was born I had absolutely nothing ready, apart from the gifts from the girls I worked with.
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and a bundle of little dresses all on ebay for under £15 the growbags themselves can be £30 each and the dresses are anything from £6 to £20 :)
I presume you know it's a girl? ;D
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Don't balance a drink on the bump - one sharp kick and the glass/cup will go flying :o :o :o :o
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Mmmm, I picked up on the little dresses reference anorl...
Thanks everso for sharing the scans with us Lou (and pass some of that curry over, will ya? I'm getting sympathy cravings ;D)
Hope the days to finishing work pass quickly for you.
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Hi Lou-how exciting-this was worth popping back on for!!! Congratulations to you both-how wonderful after all that waiting! Keep well and don't forget the cocoa butter (and ginger!)
It's a girl I'm guessing from the dresses quote! Fab fab fab. ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks Guys
SamLouise - Glad you enjoy :) afraid to have a bath as there is no handle so this thursday i am going to head to the pool for a swim the baby i know loves the water :)
Small - Yes its a wonderful feeling
Digeroo - yes i am sure it will all start to drag near the end :) I have some relaxing music all ready. Were going to hit the sales after christmas and get what we need for the baby as i have been doing a lot of window shopping and have a very specific list of what i want to get.
Caroline - Yes we found out it was a little girl in the last scans although i have know since the begining. Dont know how? My dad also knew it was a girl for some reason :)
asbean - quite safe on that count even got a special laptop pad which allows me to keep using the laptop on the sofa :)
Hyacinth - thanks :) sending you some cyber hot garlic chicken now :) Last full week is next week then they have 11 days of my contract which they need to use by the end of Jan so will be on call as and when they need me :)
emmy1978 - gosh where have you been? Anywhere nice? Yes going though the coco butter like crazy although the ginger has made no effect on the sickness.
I have another scan just before christmas so if i get any good scans i will post them for you.
cam & bump
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Glad things are going well Louise, one small hint to help with the sickness (mine was all day from 8-28 weeks with both of mine, sigh..) the only thing I found to help was to not eat and drink at the same time. If you get the knawing hunger/nausea, eat a small amount of something fairly dry (biscuit, toast etc) but do not have anything to drink for at least an hour afterwards. Hope it helps! I also found low cal fizzy bitter lemon drink helped settle my stomach a bit when I did have somehing to drink, but too much abd it made it worse! ;D
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thanks Deb i will try anything :)
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My lad was the same he was trying for couple years, and it happened
you wait for years and two come at once Twin Girls.
So from a happy grandad.......... congratulations..................
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quick update for you guys... had my 1st Braxton Hicks (fake labour pains yesterday) @ 26wks and 4 days.
boy was it painful :( lasted a couple of min - i was not impressed!
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look on it as practise, cam..glad all's well ;D
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Ooooh ouch! Is bump doing the strange roll to the side thing yet? That's painful too! and the elbow sticking up-oooooow! Big loves x
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Back from the scan today and saw the baby no photos because of the lack of space to see enough to take a photo of something recognizable :)
BPD 72.5MM head diameter (biparietal diameter or BPD)
HC 284.0MM head circumference
AC 261.4MM abdominal circumference
FL 57.7MM femur or thigh bone
HC/AC 1.09 Ratios of the Head circumference to the Abdominal circumference
Baby the calculate is now 3lb 6oz - EAK! 91.4% centile!
They say everything is fine and the baby is proportionally big the screens all said 31 plus weeks but they apparantly do not change the delivery date.
21wk scan measurements were
BPD 49.0 MM head diameter (biparietal diameter or BPD)
HC 188.0 MM head circumference
TCD 21.0 MM transverse cerebellar diameter
AC 168.0 MM abdominal circumference
FL 37.0MM femur or thigh bone
HC/AC 1.12 Ratios of the Head circumference to the Abdominal circumference
Head down both times i dont think the baby has the room to move around any more :)
Cambourne7
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OH is small (tiny) was so small she shouldn't have been fertile...
5'2", 32" hips (external) I could put my fingers round her waist and they met, she was under the third centile for an 18yr old at 29... and 6st 10lbs... first baby was 9lbs... 91st centile. That was hard work... :-X
OH says that's mean, I'm not meant to frighten you Cam... she went back for another, they are now almost 17 and 20.. ;D
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Hi Louise.
Congratulations and good luck.
Happy New Year,
Ellis.
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OH is small (tiny) was so small she shouldn't have been fertile...
The power of the petite! I'm 5 foot nowt and I managed two as well!
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My mother was the biggest baby in Deptford in 1913. She weighed 14½ lbs at birth and my Nan was only small too!! :o :o :o She was my Nan's 5th child.
Keep well Louise. The baby will come when she is ready. I can remember how frightened I was during my first pregnancy but everything worked out well.
Take care Cam.
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Don't for one moment be frightened Cam.
It is an amazing experience and I am sure in years to come you will mark it as one of the happiest days of your life.
Look after your health and use all the health care that is provided and everything will be fine.
Such an exciting time ;D
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My mother was the biggest baby in Deptford in 1913. She weighed 14½ lbs at birth and my Nan was only small too!!
I can remember how frightened I was during my first pregnancy but everything worked out well.
Holy moly, your poor nan, LOL. Apparently I weighed 10½ lbs and caused my mums eyes to water a tad!
I too remember being very anxious before I had my son but my mum told me I would forget it all straight after giving birth and she was right! :)
Nice to hear from you Cam, glad you are doing well. Put your feet up tonight and see the new year in in peace for the last time, lolol xx
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I am amazed at how much is known about unborn babies these days!
When I had mine (46, 44 and 36 years ago) none of these tests and scans were done on me. In fact, I didn't even go to the docs until I was 6 months pregnant! The first two were home births, with no pain relief at all. I was so ignorant in those days that I didn't ask for it and it wasn't offered. :o
I'm sure you are in the best possible hands Cam, and you can look forward to having your baby safely.
Thanks for the updates, I really enjoy reading them.
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Thanks guys very reasuring :) can reasure you all I have my feet up :) good to hear other people have had it worse and coped. Definatly got a waddle now so I think my pelvis is on the move. Baby seams to have fun with my bladder so once I finish work on the 15th I will be taking things a lot easier. Looking to start my anti natal classes in the new year and aqua natal classes to help take the pressure off my back.
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Oh my goodness, belated congrats Cam, just seen this thread, I bey you are getting super excited,
Much love XX Jeannine
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Thanks Jeannine :) Hope the move went well :)
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Aqua classes definately help! it's so nice to feel weightless! ;D Don't be worried-midwives are so amazing and you just do it as if you've always known how-so strange. Then as soon as they give you your beautiful new baby it's as if the pain was never even there. :-*
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Yes, your body is designed to do this.
Keep calm, practise what you need to do at the different stages (preferably with Daddy cos he'll help you through the tough bits if he understands what's going on) and ask for explanations as you go along so that you can make informed choices.
Please let us know when it's all happening so we can help you with the breathing ;) ;). Meantime rest and relax. You probably don't feel like it, but a short walk at regular intervals every day will help to keep your muscles toned and make the birth easier.
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thanks guys been very sore today and did not sleep well last night walking at the moment is a problem can just about get to the kitchen from the soft if i hold on to things.
Got tightness across tummy and pelvis is very very very sore now even 2 sore to have a bath as i dont think i can get into in now let alone get out so i am going to have another hot shower before bed. I think the cold weather is making things worse.
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Yes Louise sleeping is a problem in the late stages of pregnancy. You could try building up a "throne" of pillows to support you. Husbands administering aromatherapy and cups of tea judicially also help. They can also massage sore bits - relaxing for you and the baby.
How long have you got to go?
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I've just caught on that you are expecting, Cam! It takes me back! I remember feeling breathless at night and the propping up to semi-sitting really helped. My nurse in the labor room had had at least 5 children as I recall and it was a great reminder that other women survive labor everyday and I would, too. Such an exciting time as well as a Rite of Passage not to be missed! I'll be eager to hear your next installment and see the finished product in the crib!
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I got heartburn with my first, in the later stages of pregnancy, and I still have it - 43 years later >:( >:( >:( >:(
I think the anticipation of having a new member of the family and getting to know them (although you think you know them already) is the best part of pregnancy, it does get uncomfortable towards the end though, esp when the baby kicks the bladder ::) ::) ::) ::)
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29 wks tomorrow :)
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Soooo exciting! ;D ;D ;D
For the last few weeks of my pregnancies I was sleeping with one pillow under the bump, one big heavy feather one at my back, one under my knees-still got about 3 hours a night! I think it's your body preparing you for those sleepless nights ahead!
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thanks will have to give that a go.
Walking is the issue at the moment so hoping to get a physio appointment soon which will help :)
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Try not to worry too much, I've just had a lovely day at work with two fantastic births, both very different but just one of those days that restores your faith a bit because you are still frankly amazed at how wonderfully women's bodies work......just sometimes, we midwives have the best job in the world! ;D
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we midwives have the best job in the world! ;D
You are some of the best people in the world. :-*
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I agree, although mine is a little bit hard she took over from my last one who left the area and having worked everything out with the 1st one the 2nd one basically has said i cant do any of what we had been planning to do and i cant really talk to her.
Oh well i am sure she knows what she is doing :)
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Cam... you're the boss, why can't it be done... ???
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I agree, although mine is a little bit hard she took over from my last one who left the area and having worked everything out with the 1st one the 2nd one basically has said i cant do any of what we had been planning to do and i cant really talk to her.
Oh well i am sure she knows what she is doing :)
PM me if you would like to.... ;)
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It's important you have the birth you want as far as is possible. If you planned it out with your midwife and nothing has changed as far as yours/babies health is concerned I don't see why you can't continue with your plan.
I would definately pm Deb! :)
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I think its because of my back they are worried that if the baby get stuck and i am on the water they will not be able to help but the physio said that the water was the best thing. I have my anti-natal classes soon so i think i will know more then. Thanks for caring guys it means quite a lot :)
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Cam I agree with Emmy, you work it out with the new one, it is your birth sweetie not hers and it should be the way you want it if at atll possible.
It sure takes me back, I had my first in the heat wave of 1959, but I got through that heat, it won't belonf before you are telling us birth stories, I envy you even at my age!!
XX Jeannine
Oh and thank you our move finally is over and we are sort of settled back in over here.
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think its because of my back they are worried that if the baby get stuck and i am on the water they will not be able to help but the physio said that the water was the best thing.
Perhaps the physio can sort of the problem with the midwife. Can you ask for a different midwife? Why did you have to change to no 2 ask for no 1 back.
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I think its because of my back they are worried that if the baby get stuck and i am on the water they will not be able to help but the physio said that the water was the best thing. I have my anti-natal classes soon so i think i will know more then. Thanks for caring guys it means quite a lot :)
If its your first they wont want you in the water. First babies are always the most difficult.
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Not sure why someone who has no problems with the pregnancy should not be in the water???
When I had mine you just lay on the bed for hours and would have loved the choices they give you today.
Surely a woman in labour should be upright,standing for as long as possible??
The thought of lovely warm water to support you when you don't want to be standing or crouching sounds good to me.
You make sure you talk it out with the midwife cam and if she says No ask WHY ?
Good luck,sure all will be fine ;D
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Hi Gang,
Just a quick update as i am now on maternity leave so i can plan for baby and get organised for sorting out the back garden which i will start a new thread on this week :)
Baby is fine in fact far 2 good and now at 33wks and on tuesday (32wks and however many days) the baby was measured at 39wks by the midwife. This was tape measure over the belly rather than a scan with i will be having on the 9th Feb.
Given the weight of the baby at 28wks (3lb 6oz) and the increased growth since then there is a good chance when i have the scan and this is confirmed that when i see the consultant on the 10th i will be offered an induction earlier. Using the vary dangerous tool good google search hehe :) i have found that 37 wks seams to be when most hospitals class the baby as full term so if they offer induction it will be last weekend in Feb by my guess work. That is of course if they offer and if the baby does not have there own ideas :)
Just back from visit to West Brom to see MIL and even though she only saw me 3 wks ago things i have grown quite a bit although i had not though so.
So this week i have had the bassanet delivered, washed and prepared all the clothes i have bought as well as getting the baby bag and hospital bag ready. And have now taking to carrying my notes with me just in case. Will not be driving much more after the next week or so as i have very little gap now behind the steering wheel even with it adjusted :)
Birthing classes are booked the weekend before the 9th Feb scan so that should prepare me.
I will also ask the consultant on the 10th about my birthing options as its consultant led care its there opinion on water birth that matters and with an induction apparantly it can help in early labour :)
Betula MW said it was because of my weight :(
Cam & Bump
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I am pleased everything is going well Cam. Thanks for the update.
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Oh lovely maternity leave. ;D Have fun washing all your tiny clothes and all the other nesting business. Such lovely (hard, heavy, puffed out, heartburny, waddly, uncomfortable) happy days!! :D
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Oh lovely maternity leave. ;D Have fun washing all your tiny clothes and all the other nesting business. Such lovely (hard, heavy, puffed out, heartburny, waddly, uncomfortable) happy days!! :D
You forgot the swollen feet n ankles. :P
Yup babies can come early ;) but they can also be late, my eldest was a week late (12 hour labour) and my youngest 3 days late (with a start, stop, start labour).
In the end with my eldest they gave me an epidural at the wrong time and I just couldnt feel anything to push, he was suction cupped out (Vontouse) I had an episiotomy (cut to widen for babies head, instead of a possible tear) I had all available pain killers and wouldve had an emergency C setion if things hadnt have gone smoothly.
My youngest son decided to have a break in between contractions and upon returning to hospital for the second time had him in 3 hours with only gas and air (d**n slow nurses with the pain killers) episiotomy again.
Both of my sons had the cord around their necks and my eldest was holding it in his hand when born, both had to stay in the hospital for 24 hours after birth due to having pooed (can't remember the term) in the womb, they needed to check the lungs are ok and that none of it had got in.
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well i ended up in the delivery suite sunday night - dont panic :)
Everything was ok in the end :)
But will know about the 10th Feb if there going to induce the birth early due to the babys lenth there worried i might be struggeling to cope with suger and might short of Iron so whilst not on bed rest (yet) i have been told to rest more.
Bump agrees as it is happily bouncing up and down in my tummy trying to move around.
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Hi Cam, glad everything is going ok. My third was a big baby, they kept on telling me, but actually he was just very long and thin, and not as heavy as they were threatening! I wouldn't worry too much on the evidence of the tape measure but wait for the scan which will be much more accurate. Just try to relax and enjoy this time, it is the best time of your life, the excitement of the baby to come, and getting all the lovely little things ready, and being able to rest and pamper yourself when you want, it doesn't come the same with a subsequent birth! So just make the most of the next few weeks - can you tell I wish I could go through it all again! :) :)
Take care x
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You naughty girl! Do try and rest up and get lots of iron into yourself!
Tulipa - you are so right-this first pregnancy is so special and you don't get to do any of the nice pampering second time round!! And no-one loves you like they did the first time... :( even the midwifes left me and OH to pretty much get on with it on my second labour!!
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Thanks ladies i am resting honest husband only lets me out one day a week to shop so that i dont over do it and i cant be out long as i cant walk far :)
I think the problem is that i am still throwing up so baby is taking all the goodness from me if it take a multi vitamin there like speed spills i cant sleep for about 2 days and my brain is hyper so i cant take one every day.
Babys furniture arrives soon then i can unpack everything out of bags/boxes and might been more prepared.
Hugs
Cam
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quick update for everyone :)
Had a late scan today baby is now 14 days away (delivery date of 14th has been confirmed as an error and they have gone back to the 18th as originally quoted) and is a whooper the estimated weight now is 4.4kg !! and the femur lenth is almost 80mm so looks like it really likes it in there. (basicaly baby is now in 99.4% of the measurements) thankfully the head is not so big :)
No plans to induce or get things started earlier as baby and i are both fit and well but will defiantly not let me go over the 40 wks.
I am on the other hand a wreck my back is killing (no real surprise given the babys weight) and my skin, hair and nails are not good even with multi vits the baby is just sapping very thing...
So i am doing a lot of resting and a lot of nothing with is driving me bonkers (ok more bonkers).
Rooms ready, bags are packed were picking up car seat and pram saturday just need the baby :(
Cam
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Glad to hear you're resting because you'll need it for those night feedings!
Sounds like Mother Nature will do everything pretty soon- getting exciting!
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If your planning on breast feeding remember to drink plenty of water, I know it's stating the obvious, but I struggled with my eldest because at first I wasn't drinking enough. :-\
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Rooms ready, bags are packed were picking up car seat and pram saturday just need the baby :(
Cam
Awww, bless! Thanks Cam for the first smile of the day :D Have a good 'un yourself :-*
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Good that you're getting lots of rest now......you'll need it. There is no rest now until he/she leaves home.....or even after that. ;)
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good luck for the impending birth :) i love giving birth (strange as it sounds) and cant wait to do it again!
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Glad to hear everything is going well Cam. :D
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cant wait to hear the news !
xxxx
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update for you all and might be the last one for a few days.
Thanks for all your kind words from my last update :)
Waters broke this morning at 6.30 had some contractions from 8am to 8.45am then stopped went to the maternity ward and was checked to confirm things were happened then they sent me home again. So we went to starbucks for lunch and home :)
If nothing happens by 7pm tomorrow evening and if they have a bed i am going to be taken into hospital and induced.
So baby is on the way just as well we picked up with car seat on saturday and the pram is due to be delivered next weekend :)
I will post photos and details when baby turns up :)
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Hopefully things will get moving on their own! Fingers crossed all will go well, not long to go now.......... ;D
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Ooo, how exciting :D :D Not long left! Best wishes Cam, take care, looking forward to seeing the pics when you're ready! ;D x
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Ooh.......Cam I've just caught up with this thread. Good luck hunny. Im sure things will go very well for you!
:D ;) xx
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Oooooh thinking of you Louise and hope it is progressing well, such an exciting time, relax and enjoy it! :) :) :)
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Best wishes Cam for a happy and healthy mum and baby :D Sooooo exciting :D
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If your partner is going to be there have a chair ready incase he feels faint ;D
Good Luck !
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Cam, sounds like you still have time to change the decision on the baby's name- but not much!
eagerly awaiting your good news.
this has been a fun cyber-pregnancy!
anne
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Hoping that you're not having to suffer an induction...fingers crossed.
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I hope we are helping you to pass the time Cam, ;) it won't be too long now... thinking of you xxx
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All the best Cam and don't forget if your stuck for a godfather Kev's available. :-* :o ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Still thinking of you xxx
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Hi Cam.. don't worry about an induction if it comes to that, all my 6 were induced as I don't go into labour on my own. No probs, I used to book an appointment to get my hair done a couple of hours before the induction.It really made the hairdresser laugh when I told her I needed to be out by a certain time as I was having my baby at that time. I have had them all, tablets under tongue, shots, drips and popping waters, there is nothing to it..it is normal for me.
Keep us up to date.
We will all be pushing and breathing with with you won't we ladies.
Puff puff.
XX Jeannine
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Get a pint of ginger beer down you Cam ;)
Puffing along with Jeannine for you too!
Ninny x
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I am puffing for Canada now XX Jeannine
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Same here Jeannine, Cam, I keep checking in and I do hope all is well with you xxx
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Huff puff puff. I am thinking of pushing now. I suspect things are happening as Cam would be here .
Fingers crossed as well now that all is well. Go Cam go gal!!!
Thinking of you (and puffing ) XX Jeannine
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Jeanine, you shouldn't be pushing yet if your water hasn't broken
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Any sign of the baby yet?
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Noy yet apparently...puff puff XX Jeannine
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All my three were induced I also did not go into labour naturally, my middle one was three weeks late. It was not a major problem. They just put a drip in my arm. Hope all goes well.
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Passes around the gas n air..
They don't let you go over 10 days now without being induced, my eldest was 7 days late and due to be induced the day after I gave birth ;D
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Come on Cam I am starting to worry honey. Methinks maybe baby is here and she is so thrilled with her little seedling that all else has left the head...
Thinking of you lots.. puff puff just in case.
XX Jeannine
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Perhaps it is going to come on Mothers Day! Being the first birth for Cam, she could be kept in hospital for a few days. :D
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Still thinking of you Cam..XX Jeannine
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Me too Cam. I suspect you are still in hospital. Hope all goes (or went) well. Looking forward to photos eventually.
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Well I've been at work all of today, and we there have been an awful lot of Mothers Day babies born in these parts........ ::) ;D ;)
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Just saying Hi Cam XX Jeannine
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Hi, Louise.
I thought you had moved, but you profile still shows Cambourne. Very best wishes with your new project.
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Hi Cam, just had to take a peep before I went to bed, hope you are well Xx Jeannine
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Hi Guys,
Well baby is here sorry i have not updated you all but its been a little manic and i am very tired and sore.
Her name is Harriet Lucy :)
Photos - http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/cambourne7/baby/
Birth story well -
Waters broken 6.30 am Sunday
Contractions for about 30-45 min every 5-10 min the stopped.
Checked into fetal assessment unit and the confirmed my waters had broken and told me if labour did not start to call 7pm Monday to come in.
Nothing happened so in I went. Induced at 11 pm mw was incacapable of getting my catharher in so got 2 blown veins on on left hand and one right arm, I would not let her have another go so she got someone else who popped this into my right hand. So 2 arms useless for a few hours. 6 hours later I was 1 inch dialated with contractions every 4-5 min, the started me on the hormone drip and contractions got stronger and now every 2 min. So this was at about 5am Tuesday morning they assessed
Me again 6 hours later so 11am ish was 2 to 3cm and found the membrane had not rubtured but cervix was soft so she went in and ruptured with a hook. Had pethadine at 2pm, had been coping with tens from 9am. When contractions and cramps peaked at next assesment and had only got to a good 3cm I had an epidural but in because of the contractions and my back problems it took almost 2 hours for them to fit the epidural and they had to use an ultrasound machine and 5 anaesthetis in the end. So it was only in for about 9pm. and as i was contracting all the way though the 2 hours i could not move and only had the gas and air to cope with the pain...
Contractions now stronger but still every 2 min was to be assessed again in 6 hours and in fact was checked about 10pm when it was confirmed baby had turned back to back and got stuck (breach) during this time and dispite hormone drip was still only 3cm the advised a cesarian I was in a lot of pain and tired so agreed. Baby born 11.24 and weighted 7lb .15oz breast feed quickly and she slept through the night is very alert and happy bunny.
Were were kept in 36 hours as she was so long before waters broke just to check on things.
Baby is very long almost fills the cot at the end of my bed in fact she 52cm long.
Shes been home a few days now and is feeding well and although she lost 9% of her body weight she has started to put some back on now and had had some normal bowel movements. Which i am told is the turning point in the baby coping with having been born and coping with breast milk.
I have had my staples out but cant drive or do any heavy lifting for another 5-6 week so there goes the garden for a while longer.
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Congrats Cammy, your babe is beautiful,
sorry you had a tough time, but the end result is worth it :-* ,
take care / shades x
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Congraulaions, she is beauiful!
Hope you recover quickly and feel well soon.
really, really well done
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Oooooo, congratulations, Louise and hubby! xxx She is beautiful :D
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Aw she's so beautiful !!! such big eyes and so alert for a newborn! I hope you somehow manage to get some rest over the next few days. Congratulations and well done ;D ;D
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Harriet is gorgeous! Such a lovely little round face and beautiful eyes, I can't wait to see more photos of her.
Sorry you had such a rough time and I hope you feel much better soon.
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Congratulations, she is so lovely. Hope you have a speedy recovery, she looks so worth it :)
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Well done. Sorry it wasn't as it should have been but you have a beautiful daughter. She doesn't look new born with those big eyes taking it all in. Take care.
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Congratulations to Mum, Dad and baby Harriet. Beautiful baby.
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oh wow she's a beaut!
Its a bit difficult when you dont have the birth you expected but at the end of the day when you have such a beautiful daughter, just makes it so worth while!
Glad she's home safe, gaining weight and sounds like she's doing well.
and yup she looks like she's been here before with those eyes ;D
also happy to hear that your mending, if slowly!
really really super congratulations
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Aww beautiful, congratulations ;D
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Congratulations Cam. She's beautiful ;D
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Congratulations,So glad you and baby are well. She's a real beauty
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Aaaw Louise she is beautiful and I love her name :)
Don't worry about your garden or anything else, just treasure your time with your little one, the jobs will wait and she will grow up so fast, just enjoy her and savour the moments with her. I love it when they are snuggling into you with that headbobbing motion routing for the milk, lovely. You can tell I am a real old broody thing!! :-[
Enjoy her.xxxx
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Congratulations, she's so lovely.
Your birth story is very similar to my daughters - she also took a long time to get pregnant, but she didn't need a cesearian. Second time around for her, she had a half hour labour and everything happened so quickly the baby was born at home, just as the called-out paramedics arrived, with the midwife arriving 15 minutes later.
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Well done you! ;D
Will not offer any midwifery type advice as I am sure you have had more than enough from inumerable sources.... ::)
Accept all offers of help and take your time to get to know Harriet, she will grow at an amazing rate and will look different from day to day, so make the most of the time you have with her now.
I made the mistake of sending my mum back to London the day after I had my 2nd baby, in reality I was struggling to cope with an unstable pelvis but too proud to admit it, 24 hours later I was on the phone begging her to come back! She stayed for two weeks, I sat around and did little except recover, drink tea, eat mums delicious snacks and lunches and breastfed! I'm sure it would not have gone so well if mum hadn't been there to let me concentrate on him, the temptations to 'get back to normal' and do stuff around the house and garden are so great and hard to resist. Good luck! ;D
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I thought you might like this poem. :)
I hope that my child, looking back on today
Will remember a mother who had time to play;
Because children grow up while you're not looking,
There are years ahead for cleaning and cooking.
So, quiet now cobwebs, dust go to sleep.
I'm nursing my baby, and babies don't keep.
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Congratulations! All the pain and suffering makes it worthwhile :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Now you can recover and enjoy watching her grow up.
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Congratulations Louise...she is lovely!
My nephew has 3 daughter's Lucy and Harriet are the names of two! For some reason I've gone blank on the third :-[
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Cam she is a stunning baby hun !!!!!!!!!
Heres to loads of lovely times for you all and i love Harriet as a name, she will be much loved and cherised.
The garden will be there in the summer to play in together :)
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Well done. Lovely baby. Remember to look after yourself.
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She is a cuddly cutie and we're so glad to hear all is well with you, too. A job well done.
I'd say get your sleep but know that is impossible! Accept all help while you heal and keep those pictures coming.
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Baby Girl Lives Here Now
In the corner of the spare room,
There's a little cradle now:
And the day-to-day routine
Has gotten busier somehow.
There's a bib among the napkins--
And a talcumy perfume
Drifts around the little toys
That lie about the room.
The little teddy bear stands guard
With his round and rolly eyes
When all the house is still
But for the sounds of lullabies.
Yet even without all these things,
It's still obvious somehow
From the happiness that fills the air--
A baby girl lives here now
For charming you, disarming you,
and giggling with glee.
Babies are for kissing and missing
when you're gone,
For walking with & talking with, and putting booties on.
Babies are a pleasure, a treasure from above,
They're to adore, but even more,
Babies are for love
Well done Mummy :)
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Congratulations Cam. What a beauty your darling daughter is and a lovely name too. Glad you are recovering but don't overdo it. Look forward to more photos in due course.
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Nice one Cam, lovely looking baby, and congrats to Mr Cam for doing all the hard work. :-* ;D ;D ;D
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beautiful little girl, Cam..so glad it's over and you can start enjoying her :)
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Congratulations!! Hope you are soon back to normal (or to the new normal!). Your baby is beautiful!
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Congratulations ;D
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Sorry I'm late in here, Cam. Very many congrats to you and Imself and I just know that Harriet will give you both a lot of happiness in the years to come.
Love Lish XXX
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Very many congratulations from me too Louise. Lovely pics, she's adorable. I think that the pain of childbirth is a pain that is soon forgotten, so look after yourself and that lovely baby. Hope you've got lots of help.
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Congratulations Cam, and welcome to the world Harriet Lucy x
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Hi Guys,
Well baby is here sorry i have not updated you all but its been a little manic and i am very tired and sore.
Her name is Harriet Lucy :)
Photos - http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/cambourne7/baby/
Birth story well -
Waters broken 6.30 am Sunday
Contractions for about 30-45 min every 5-10 min the stopped.
Checked into fetal assessment unit and the confirmed my waters had broken and told me if labour did not start to call 7pm Monday to come in.
Nothing happened so in I went. Induced at 11 pm mw was incacapable of getting my catharher in so got 2 blown veins on on left hand and one right arm, I would not let her have another go so she got someone else who popped this into my right hand. So 2 arms useless for a few hours. 6 hours later I was 1 inch dialated with contractions every 4-5 min, the started me on the hormone drip and contractions got stronger and now every 2 min. So this was at about 5am Tuesday morning they assessed
Me again 6 hours later so 11am ish was 2 to 3cm and found the membrane had not rubtured but cervix was soft so she went in and ruptured with a hook. Had pethadine at 2pm, had been coping with tens from 9am. When contractions and cramps peaked at next assesment and had only got to a good 3cm I had an epidural but in because of the contractions and my back problems it took almost 2 hours for them to fit the epidural and they had to use an ultrasound machine and 5 anaesthetis in the end. So it was only in for about 9pm. and as i was contracting all the way though the 2 hours i could not move and only had the gas and air to cope with the pain...
Contractions now stronger but still every 2 min was to be assessed again in 6 hours and in fact was checked about 10pm when it was confirmed baby had turned back to back and got stuck (breach) during this time and dispite hormone drip was still only 3cm the advised a cesarian I was in a lot of pain and tired so agreed. Baby born 11.24 and weighted 7lb .15oz breast feed quickly and she slept through the night is very alert and happy bunny.
Were were kept in 36 hours as she was so long before waters broke just to check on things.
Baby is very long almost fills the cot at the end of my bed in fact she 52cm long.
Shes been home a few days now and is feeding well and although she lost 9% of her body weight she has started to put some back on now and had had some normal bowel movements. Which i am told is the turning point in the baby coping with having been born and coping with breast milk.
I have had my staples out but cant drive or do any heavy lifting for another 5-6 week so there goes the garden for a while longer.
Okay I'm going to stick my neck out , big time here. I'm sorry but I don't think there's one ounce of truth in this post. How anyone could think such a cold post had come from a new mother I do not know. This is utter claptrap and complete attention seeking I fear.
G x
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Okay I'm going to stick my neck out , big time here. I'm sorry but I don't think there's one ounce of truth in this post. How anyone could think such a cold post had come from a new mother I do not know. This is utter claptrap and complete attention seeking I fear.
G x
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It may be a "cold "post because new mummy is exhausted,c.sections aren't easy.
Congratulations Cam amd family.
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Excellent news Louise... I'm so happy for you... :)
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I'm just worried about Jeannine. I don't think she's seen the news yet and is probably still panting away in the corner somewhere ... ;D ;D
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from a new mother I do not know. G x
I didn't know Cam as a mother either 'till now!
Ninny
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I'm just worried about Jeannine. I don't think she's seen the news yet and is probably still panting away in the corner somewhere ... ;D ;D
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Gorgeous baby Louise! c babies are always so lovely not having been bashed through the birth passage. All three of mine were caesarian births for a variety of reasons I won't shame the NHS with. Recovery is not that long - though you probably want to wait about 3 months before doing any heavy lifting and carrying. The sooner you get mobile the sooner everything will get back to normal but don't force it. Enjoy your beautiful daughter and many, many warm congratulations to you and Dad.
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My word what a beautifull baby daughter you have many many congratulations to you both . Harriet is such a lovely name it suits her.
Take care of yourself Louise now & enjoy your baby.
Regards Mary xx.
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Oh thank goodness for that, I just managed a deep breath!!! Cam I have been puffing with you forever it seems!!!
Very well done Mummy, oh what a smashing word to be able to call yourself.
I absolutely blooming love the name, fabulous, and she is so long, well she will be using a hoe no doubt by this time next year.
It sounds as if it was a bit rough hun but you will get over it much quicker than you know and you will have lovely birth stories to tell when you are my age.
You take care, My Mum always said "you will get a chill easily so be careful"
I really envy your first walk with that pram.
Please PM me your addy when you get a minute.
XX Jeannine
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Does this mean you'll finally be able to call the chap who's been waiting since x-mas to give you a quote for your alleged garden work? ;)
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Sunday now, is Harriet looking forward to her first Sunday lunch, Louise? Do tell us how she's doing,lots of cyber-grandmas, grandads and aunties'n'uncles need to know.
And how about yourself? Hope you're enjoying things and getting lots of cherishing.
:-* Lishka
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Hello Louise, looking forward to an update, are you feeling much better ?hope so. ;D
Regards Mary ;D ;D
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Hope it's all going well Louise, I know how exhausting those first couple of weeks are, I hope you are getting lots of rest and enjoying your little one, thinking of you, take care xx
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Me too Cam... XX Jeannine
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thanks for all the kind words really touched that you all care so much have surfaced with a quick update.....
Harriet has grown a couple of cm week and is now 56cm and has put on all her baby weight (she lost 9% in the 1st week) we had some constipation issues but all seams to be sorted for the moment and she is booked in to get her shots in the next couple of weeks. I have some more photos of Harriet which i will update at the weekend on the photo bucket site once I find the cable to connect my iphone to my laptop :)
C-Section is not fun, I have been healing although i picked up Viral gastroenteritis in the hospital and had problems keeping food down for the first 2 weeks but am now managing at least one meal a day. It has meant that i have lost over 50lb (28lb being baby) although i am not sure i would recommend this as a weight loss program :)
Hugs
Cam and Harriet
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Pleased to hear that Harriet is doing well. :D
Glad too that you have got over your virus and that you have lost a good deal of weight, you will need to make sure it doesn't pile back on though. It's very easy to put on the pounds after having a baby. That's when I put mine on and it has never come off since! I used to eat a lot of snacks when at home all day with my first born.
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If you are breastfeeding you can eat like a horse (where did that saying come from?) and still lose weight.
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thanks yes easy to grab a chocy bar when you cant cook anything because babys screaming for you, but i have MIL with me for the next 10 days so no snacking :)
Combination feeding as there is not enough breastmilk for her shes a hungry baby shes but on a whole pound this week. Midwife almost did not recognise her as she had filled out :)
She has also started to pop her head up and hold it on her own so were going to start tummy time today where she gets 5 min lying on her tummy in the hope she lifts her head and this helps strenten the neck and back :)
Cam
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Its all sounding wonderful Cam :)
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oops don't know how I missed this but now I've seen it many belated congratulations
I had my last one by C section and it is a bit more challenging but the memory like the scar fades with time. She really is a beautifully baby
marg
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Thanks all much appreciated ;)
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Quick update for everyone :) while Harriets asleep.
Harriets getting over the colic and has been sleeping better now sleeping almost 4 hours without waking up at night, shes been in 3-6 month old clothes for the last 3 weeks and there starting to getting a little small for her length wise. She had her Jabs last week which means i can now take her swimming yippie. Honestly they 2 nurses were so mean one got one leg the other got the other leg they counted 1,2,3 and stuck these huge needles into her legs - poor baby she screamed for a few min and was fine after wards. We had her weighted at the time and she was 5.5kg and is on over 1,000ml of milk a day :)
I have uploaded more photos to photobucket http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/cambourne7/baby/
The only big news is that shes started teething which i am sure will be fun :) Stocked up on bonjella (the one for babys smells wonderful like ripe pears) although Harriets not keen on the taste. Also using Aston powders which are also a big help :)
Take care all and thanks for your good wishes and PM's
Hugs
Cam & Harriet
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She is so cute!
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Gorgeous pictures and she is growing so fast ;D
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She's just pure dead drop gorgeous!