how is ur pregnancy planned out

[Lissyloo]

hi ladies

i have noticed the past few months on here that in the usa things can be done a little differently to over here

i wanted to know how everyone is going about there pregnancy appointments and organising how there labour is going to go

for me i am having monthly antenatal appointments with a team of midwifes that i will have with me through the birth

so i get to know the ladies etc and it will be more "relaxing" according to the birth plan lol

my next app is on the 2nd of march and i think thats when im going to have the glucose test and then i will continue to have my monthly checkups with them where im having the baby and then every 2wks then every wk as it gets closer

my labour will be in a private room with a team of midwifes, i am in the low risk cat so i have no need for a doc to be pressent unless something starts to go wrong then i will go onto the labour ward and have the docs dealing with me

i will stay in my room for around 3days more if something isnt right or if im not ready to go home

i had other options to go with but i liked this one the most i think.. my mother is an ex nurse and she says its alot different to how things use to be with her but i found this a bit more comforting, the doctors are about 10 seconds away from me if i need one so its not like they cant get there if i need one

id love to hear everyone elses plans!

oh and i have chosen so far to avoid the drugs but things may change from what i hear from other laides who have had a baby lol

[Joyce49788]

i agree with you asia...with my first (which i was only 20) i wasnt so scared or worried about the labor and stuff...which i was induced (due to being 2 wks late) and then ended up with a csection. but the fact that i was alone and having to take care of this helpless child. i had no car, no phone...lol...it was awful at that time. but it IS very normal to be afraid of labor, delivery, possiblity of csection, and what it will be like when that little bundle is home and YOU are taking care of him/her. but i am sure that we will all be fine whether it is your first or fourth....lol

my kids were 8lb 8oz (2 wks overdue)
6lb 13oz (10 days early)
7lb 9 3/4 oz (10 days early)
they were ALL 19 inches long

this one although the doctors have not given me any indication of size yet....i am estimating she will be between 8-9lb and will be about 19 inches long...am kinda curious how accurate i am....another 14-15 weeks and we will know. they are probably gonna do csection 2 days before due date...ugh...was kinda hoping to have her a little earlier than that...lol

[asia4]

my son wasnt big, average, 7lb and 15 ounces and he was on time
with this one i ithink i will go early, anyway being scared its normal feeling, its not only labor its how to take care about your baby, now is in your belly and u dont have to do anything, after labor will be next to u, hungry, wet etc. Thats scary.

[Lissyloo]

oh wow its nice to hear someone not make it sound so unbelivebly horrible for a change lol!

i was 8 pound something 4wks prem, and my brother was 8 pounds something and 6wks prem

my partner and all his brothers and sisters were big babys, i have it in my head that i will be 3wks early, and i just know that i wont be late

im scared of haemoraging or something but i think that everyone tells u scary stories that makes u all worked up for nothing... i hope lol

how big was ur son?

[asia4]

well first labour was fine, i went to hospital about 6am, after few hours I asked them to give me something for pain, helped a little bit, at noon I started pushing and 12:35pm my son was with me, wasnt bad at all. I wasnt scared but I think it could be beacuse I was much younger- I was 25, now Im 32 and beleive me Im soooooo afraid of labor, pain, if everything will be OK. Also my husband was very big baby- over 10lb- so Im afraid our dother will be big too.

[Lissyloo]

aw im sorry asia its not good having bad dreams!
what was ur first labour like was it as bad as u thought it would be even tho u didnt have any problems etc?
i have my next antenatal on monday i might ask some more questions then coz im getting more and more paranoid

[asia4]

well my prenatal care is very similar to yours Lissyloo. Im having my app every month, next mont I will be tested for glucose and my appt will be every 2 weeks after 28 weeks of pregnancy and the last month every week. Im meeting with midwifes and one of them will be in my labor. Its my second baby (4th pregnancy) I didnt have any problems with the first labor at all but beleive me Im so scared, Every night for a past few weeks I have a bad dreams about this. I will never beleive that some women are not afraid, no way.

[Lissyloo]

wow it sounds like everyone is very different then!

i have heard nothing about me having a chance of getting a c-section as of yet, but i know everything changes when u go into labour

i had a panic attack in bed last night i think i was semi dreaming baout labour and it scared the **** out of me more then it ever has yet!

is it really as bad as people make it out to be? coz im so scared :(

[nsrchofbaby]

Well, I'm currently having prenatal appts every 3 weeks, I think my dr is treating this pregnancy as high risk because of my previous miscarriage. I just got the 3 hr Glucose Tolerance Test done and should get results at tomorrow's appt. I'm hoping I don't have Gestational Diabetes but am preparing myself for anything. As far as my birth plan, I'm going to have a hospital delivery with my OB, I'm hoping to avoid any pain medication/epidural and a C-section at all costs but am definitely open to accepting change if the situation calls for it. I've made it clear to my husband that I want only him and my mother (other than medical professionals) in the room when I deliver. I would like for my husband to try to cut the umbilical cord and I would like to begin breastfeeding as soon as possible. That's about all I've planned on so far. The weeks seem to be passing by a little more quickly so I think my nerves are starting to kick in!!! But I think we'll all be fine and get through it. :)

[Joyce49788]

well my plan for this one is kinda odd to some peoples thinking. since it is going to be a c-section(due to 3 prior sections) i will choose a day soon for the surgery. so obviously i wil have pain killers...lol
then i have decided that i either want a mirror above me so i can see the surgery OR at the very least i want the curtain dropped so i can look up and see the delivery when it is that time. my bf i think is gonna cut the cord but if he backs out i want to be able to get one arm free and cut the cord myself. i want to be able to nurse baby on the table while they are closing me up if at all possible. if i cant have her nurse right away then i WILL have her brought to me so i can nurse while in recovery.
i do not want her to have any form of glucose water or formula unless ABSOLUTELY needed, but would prefer they use breast milk if i can pump right away. anyhow i have it all printed out and in a folder with my preadmission stuff...sooo i dont know.. but so far that is what i have planned.

[fawngonzalez]

I'm considered a high risk pregnancy because of my gestational diabetes and when I had my son I had some complications during labor because he was 10lbs. This time around I'm almost positive I will have a doctor, when I had my son a midwife delivered him. I have an ultrasound March 18th to see how big the baby is getting and my doctor told me if by the time I'm due if he is over 8 lbs. they are going to have me have a ceasarean section. I'm really nervous about the ceasarean I would rather be able to have a vaginal labor so I'm hoping he doesn't get too big. I like your planning!