Recent content by Diddlum

Thanks jo! We're fine and Niamh's a good girl most of the time so I'm coping much better than I expected to. Please don't be scared about the birth - chances are though if you're really that scared it won't be half as bad as you expect! I think I was the other way round!!

Ok, ok, this is it!! Sorry if you can't make it all the way to the end....! Niamh’s Birth story Thursday 19th / Friday 20th May During the night I felt some water trickling out of me, and when I went to the loo more trickled out and it was tinged with pink. I felt this 2 or 3 times...

I did write it all out Pansy but it was so long I didn't post it !

Have a read of this, loads of info for you: http://www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm Sorry can't really help about how to speed things up! you're a bit early yet though aren't you? Have you tried raspberry leaf tea?

Thanks Pansy! And I've just noticed (haven't been on here for a while) my ticker says I'm 44 weeks pg!! But i've got my little girl now so better go and update it....

We got there in the end then?! I'm struggling with breastfeeding a bit even tho I stayed in hospital for 4 nights to try and crack it. I got mastitis for a day or 2 and have really sore nips, but now I'm expressing which my midwife has just said is ok so I'm sticking with that til my nips...

With the nappy thing, I don't think they actually smell until the baby's older anyway. Certainly they say that breastfed babies' nappies don't smell and my baby's definitely don't! I usually know when she's filled it though by the noise! :lol: And if not, after a while you'll just wonder if...

Surely I'm not the only one? Hello?

Thank you! Yes we're doing fine, although suffering from the expected sleep deprivation already!! About 2 hours I think we had last night... On reflection I think it all went fairly smoothly... although I know I wasn't thinking so at the time!! I was lucky enough not to tear so even though...

Our little girl was born on Sunday 22nd May 2005 at 2:58am. We've called her Niamh and she weighed in at 6lbs 10oz. :D :D :D :D :D :D

Thanks Cat!! That's interesting about the moon - I didn't know about that one! I've heard about it having an effect on periods but never knew about giving birth then. Mind you I'm kind of hoping it'll be before Monday..... doubt it though at the moment!

No probs! Forgot to mention, I'm about 4 days overdue now and my baby's head is still only partially engaged too. Today the midwife wrote in my notes that it's 2-3/5 palpable. :(

I thought my waters were leaking this morning! In fact I'm positive they were. I rang the midwife first thing who told me to ring the hospital, so I had to go in so they could examine me but (after waiting around for an hour and a half to see someone :roll: ) they said they couldn't see any...

Just because your baby's head isn't engaged doesn't necessarily mean you won't go into labour. Sometimes it doesn't engage until labour actually starts. Here's an article that might be useful: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/expert/543054.html

I only had TWO Parentcraft classes! And they really only covered pain relief in labour and feeding. From what I can gather you will learn most of the day to day care while you're in hospital/from your midwife when she visits. Bit of a 'hands-on training' thing I think! Have you tried the...