Too much for one post

Well, far too much has happened since last post to wrote it all on my iPhone!! But tonight is my last night in hospital and I can't explain how much I'm hanging to get home! Am sleeping in a room with a feral from timboon and she's doing my head in! I've literally had maybe 3 hours total sleep since bub arrived and I'm wrecked!! Anyway, maybe if I wrote what I did today and the next post can catch up to this?? Bit Irish!!

Today we discovered Bub is mildly jaundiced but not enough to put under lights, which was essentially the reason we are allowed to leave tomorrow.
My episiotomy site is healing well. My bleeding has all but stopped (rlt maybe helping there??) and my milk came in tonight at the last feed which was 10:30 (so about 40min ago). Don't think poor bubba new what to do with it all cause she's normally ploughing away for half am hour on each boob dragging the colostrum out but this time you could literally hear the milk glugging down into her tummy!! And POO!!!!! Boy, this baby's bowels are well and truly working!! Tonight when I was changing her nappy after the milk feed, it was pouring out of her! Kinda like those little plastic play doh machines you squeeze down and makes a snakey shape out the other side! I just kept wiping and wiping!!! Hahaha!!! But it's goodfor her, get all the meconium out! Next will come those watery milk poos!!! Hee hee!!!
Bub also had a blood test from the back of her hand (NST was it??) and that was awful to watch how far they stick the needle in her hand but they fed her sugar water whilst doing it and she didn't even murmur, just lapped up the sugar!!! Atta girl!!
Well, that's all I've got the energy to really write tonight but before I go just wanted to apologize cause I haven't had a chance to get into swb group and I feel awful for being such a snob!!! So a bit hello to all my fave ladies out there, and the few that aren't in swb too!!!! You know who you are!!!! Big hugs to you all and I will be in touch shortly!!!!

Goodnight (pray I get some sleep tonight an don't have to listen to the snoring bandit too much!!)


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Location:Hospital bed (for the last night!!)

Exhausted!!

Well it's 2:58am on monday the 22nd of November and I'm sitting up in my bed cause my right side is completely dead after laying on it since about 8:30pm!!! Dead leg, Aaaargh!! But in saying that, I've pretty much slept through (breathing through much less painful contractions) thanks to some panadeine and my first shot of pethidine since about 11pm and wow it's done me the world of good! Would still like to sleep some more if possible but had to go to the loo, have a water etc.
So bib hasn't arrived of it's own accord so looks to be induction time for me in the morning. I REALLY didn't want to be induced, but after bleeding quite heavily since sat morning and contractions that are getting stronger but not closer together, they won't leave it to continue and end up stressing bub etc.
So ob said last night that this morning they will break my waters, pop a drip in with syntocin and I'm going to opt for an epidural which they will also administer at that time. This should all happen first thing from about 7-7:30am bit it will also depend on who else has condom overnight and the availability of birthing suites.... It may mean a later start if they're all full!!

A big hello to my swb gals!! Not snobbing you, just struggle to get in via this iPhone!! Will be back shortly for a chat!!

Also sorry to GS who I was texting last night and very rudely fell asleep!! Sorry!!!! Xxxx

Well, will write again later.... Possibly as a mum! Eeeeeeeek!!!!!!!


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Location:Ward bed, hospital

Coming up 24 hours

So it's 9:30am and in about half an hour I will have clocked 24hours since this all started!! Feel like I've been awake for a week and run three marathons but still in good spirits!
The head ob on duty just popped in and said they were going to break my waters and also offered my an epi. Haven't taken up the offer yet but considering it cause my body is fairly fatigued.... Will keep contemplating it. To date have only had panadeine forte and going good breathing through the contractions. Writing this between said contractions and also trying to have something to eat. Dp has gone to get himself some maccas brekky and have a shower at his sisters. Hope he is back soon, I'm a bit nervous without him, he has been fantastic!!! Even if he did sleep about 6 hours last night!!!!! Hahaha

My brekky I'm trying to eat....



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Still going... Driving me mad now!

A pic of my view.... 6:30am







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Happenings!

So am in hospital after being admitted from bleeding this morning... Stretch and sweep done and am 3cm dilated! Staying in hospital overnight so just a matter of time now!! Eeeeek!!! Not telling anyone else IRL though so they all get a surprise!


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Location:Hospital

UTI

So, went to the docs yesterday (gp AND ob!!) and turns out I have a UTI. Apparently bub is pushing so firmly on the bladder that not every drop of urine is able to get out! So she put me on antibiotics and today I feel a million times better!!

OB visit (Dr VW this time) went great. BP is 110/60 and bub heartrate was 148 bpm and head still firmly engaged. She didn't bother doing an internal cause she said that it's just a waiting game and they would wait until next week to worry about how long to go!
My fundal height was still only 35cm so 4 weeks behind now but she checked fluid levels etc and said it was so far behind cause the muscles were tight and keeping it fairly well contained. She seemed to think if anything it might get smaller as bub gets further down.

OB poked around a bit trying to get a good pic of bubs face on the ultrasound and this is what she came up with! It's face is all squished up cause of it's position in the pelvis but am thrilled cause I didn't think I'd get anything like this!

Hmmmm...

So just went to the loo and there was a spot of blood.... Not very much but enough to notice.... Not going reading into things again but makes me wonder if things might be starting. Have had lots of bh this morning and a very heavy feeling in the lowest part of my tummy with pain that feels like period pain but it's just constant, not coming and going like cramps. Obviously not in labour but hoping this is my body gearing up for the big day!!! Lol


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Location:At home