hello all,
Hope everyone is ok?
I've had a busy couple of days! Ended up in hospital with my youngest on Wednesday. He's had an headache on and off since Monday, his temp went through the roof, his heart rate was high, BP high....he was just an unwell little man. Took him to the doctors who contacted the pediatrics at the hospital and they sent an ambulance to the surgery! They gave him more paracetamol, dehydrated him and did all manner of tests. He soon came back round and was acting like nothing had happened! They think it's all due to an ear infection! Anyway, he's home now and on the mend.
Made the most of being at home yesterday and finally got round top dismantling our old 5 door wardrobe and put up a new 3 door. We really did not need the 5 door, it was just full of crap we'd not needed or use in forever. So that has created loads more room in our bedroom. Either donated or took rubbish to the tip, felt good to have a clear out
Also, had my 36wk consultant appointment yesterday to talk about mode of delivery. They basically said as i'd had a section before that they are obliged to offer me another section. I'll be honest a little bit of me wanted to snap her hand off, the thought of having a date set to give birth was appealing, knowing that she would arrive quickly and safely i almost said yes. But I've had a vBac before and that went smoothly, and the recovery of a section puts me right off having one (would obviously have one if she or i was at risk) so in chose to go natural and weeped a little inside as i said it haha, my poor foof lol. Bump is now measuring 2.5wks ahead, so 38.5wks instead of the 36wks that i am, she's going to be a giant! As i had a large baby before that ended up over due and resulted in the section they have said i can have a sweep at 39wks and 40wks to encourage the cervix. I had this last pregnancy too, the first sweep did nothing, the second sweep sent me into labour the next day so i'm praying it works again this time.
In terms of maternity/breast pads. I've gone down the lazy route and bought disposable. I've got a box of 60 breast pads from wilkos that was only a couple of quid! And so far i have 3 packs of maternity pads (packs of 10 i think), i use this at first then swap to normal night pads. I've packed about 10 pairs of breast pads and a pack of maternity pads in my bag, if i need more Hubby will have to come back to get them. I also went to good old primark and stocked up on cheap knickers, pack of 5 full briefs for £3.50 i think they where....so i won't be upset when i have to throw them away. I also found some feeding friendly nighties in primark too. £6 a nightie and it has buttons up the front so should be easy to wipe a boob out
Also, i've been reading and apparently lots of women use support bras in the first couple of weeks after birth rather than maternity bras...reason being is because your boobs will grow again once your milk supply is established and you'll end up having to buy more bras in a different size to house those puppies. So i've bought what looks like a sports bra, but softer, from morrisons (of all places) and it's easy enough to just pop a boob out from underneath. Then once milk is in i'll get measured and buy some good fitting bras. Let me be honest, i'll probably not leave the house for the first couple of weeks so housing my boobs is no problem. I'll worry about those some more when i have to leave my nest lol.
Wow, that was an epic post! If you made it to the bottom, well done haha
xx
where I had a bleed hubby was holding him whilst I was being sorted out so the firsts ones with him were on his own or with hubby! I’m hoping my cousin (photographer) can capture more this time as you don’t get those firsts back so I want to get as many as possible this time regardless of what state I’m in lol
