Well as you may have read i started with labour pains on Thursday19th April around 8.30, we went to the hospital Thursday night to be told that nothing was happening, the contractions were subsiding and so came home…
Continue Reading 1 comment April 27th, 2007
Well last night around 8pm I started to get contractions, very slight ones granted, by around 11pm they were coming every half an hour and a little stronger and by 1.30 this morning they were lasting around 35-45 seconds and 2 minutes apart, now you’re told that if you get around 3 contractions in 10 mins then its time to ring the delivery suite and find out what to do next…
Continue Reading 3 comments April 20th, 2007
We went to see the consultant this morning and he’s given us a date for induction if it all doesn’t go to plan in the mean time…Thursday 26th April…
Continue Reading Add comment April 19th, 2007
Well I got the results back for the glucose test that I had on Friday and everythings normal, well as normal as it can be for me.
I can stop pricking my finger which is good news as its starting to look like a pin cushion, interesting though, it can make you feel really guilty when you eat a cake and you see in the next test that the reading is high and i noticed when i tried to not eat for 3 hours and started to get shakey that the reading was below normal. All a bit boring really but it gave me something to think about for the last few days…
Continue Reading Add comment April 18th, 2007
Well its a day after our due date and theres no signs yet.
Your told when your given your due date that it is just a date and if baby doesn’t arrive on that date that its quite normal, and statistically only 5% actually arrive on their due date…10% before term (37 weeks) 80% during the 37-42 week mark and the rest after 42 weeks…well that may be right but when you get to your due date you feel like your about to burst but with still no signs, you begin to get a bit fed up…
Continue Reading 2 comments April 14th, 2007
Well with only 3 days left ’til our due date, things arn’t lookiing like there going anywhere fast.
Still pregnant, still fat and as yet no signs of labour.Ive tried a few things to bring labour on as I’ve already been given my appointment to go in and see the consultant with regards to getting a date to being induced if it all doesn’t happen naturally (19th April)…
Continue Reading Add comment April 10th, 2007
Yes… this is how we were greeted at our recent visit to see the labour ward, nice hey 
As recommended by the midwife at my last visit, seeing I was worried about the whole birth thing, that a trip to see the labour/ delivery unit to, get this… ‘put my mind at ease’ well what can I say, I was more scared when I left to put it mildly!
Continue Reading Add comment April 3rd, 2007
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