Waiting for baby
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Is this the start?
I’m exhausted. I woke at 6.30am I was really thirsty and felt sickly. I went downstairs sometime after and returned to lie down at about 8.30am. I must of been in a deep sleep because my Mum had been pottering around and I’d not heard anything. I was aware that Wiggy was moving around a lot and striking my cervix regularly but I’d fallen asleep. I woke up to a cramp type feeling at 11.58am that lasted about a minute. I wondered if that was the start. As the day has gone on I have felt different. My tummy feels very very heavy and uncomfortable. I have been bouncing on…
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40 Weeks EDD
Today is the big day 26th March 2018 my estimated due date (EDD). I am 40 weeks! Except there is no baby but I always new that the estimated due date for me was not going to be relative because I am no text book and I do not fit into that range. They also predict the date based on the first day of the last period, so in theory, if you do follow the NHS textbook you can not even conceive for the first two weeks. I conceived on and around day 9. See post here. Anyway I was in the very early stages, my examination and notes confirm…
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No news
After the consultation on Thursday and being 1cm dilated and all things pointing downwards and in position, along with reading my notes, I knew birth was imminent. However nature takes it’s own course and I am still waiting although it is only Saturday. I have had a lot of “lightening” which feels like the baby is head butting my cervix which is a positive movement as that’s what stimulates the body to then release hormones for labour to progress. On Thursday night after my massage I was very uncomfortable but I had downloaded a digital course on Hypnobirthing and after listening to that and doing breathing exercises I felt really…
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News
I had my appointment with the consultant this morning and after last night’s restlessness and an examination it seems I am in early Labour! Perhaps my dowsing is correct this time, maybe not, we will see but I am feeling as the day goes on like I am progressing. I was offered a sweep that I declined but she did examine me to see how the cervix was presenting and it was 1-2cm dilated, low and she could feel the babies head! So it could be hours, days or even a week!