January 2016 Moms
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Ta Ta for now!! xx Warning!!
jodieHxx
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I just wanted to thank all of you lovely ladies for the help and support that you've given on the bump. Also for all of the laughs ;-)!
I have to depart as my lovely baby boy came a lot earlier than expected, at 28 weeks + 3 days, and I'm still in shock!
It all began on tuesday 13th oct when I lost my mucous plug, I went to the hospital to have it checked, the doctor said my cervix looked okay and left it at that. Even though my midwife wanted them to do a test to see if it was likely I would go into preterm labour, they didn't! if they had of done I could have had steroid injections to start preparing Joels lungs on the wednesday :-(.
Then to my horror on friday 16th at 8.20 in the evening, my waters broke, Big Time! I was shocked at how much there was, my husband and I went into panick mode, it was awful! I had no contractions before hand either!
We rushed to hospital, they examined me and determined it was definitely my waters that had broken! I had a steroid injection in my leg, Warning, quite possibly the most awful injection ever!
They said I had to stay the night, as I was having minor contractions, so my husband, parents and parents-in-law went home, at about 11.30pm.
By 12.15am the contractions got really intense, only 3 mins apart so I buzzed the midwife, and all hell broke loose! I was rushed to the delivery suite, the family came back, luckily, didn't want to get through this alone!! I was given a cocktail of drugs to start preparing Joel, bless him! One of the drugs made me feel like I was on fire and my heart was racing at 100miles an hour! I had some paracetamol and codeine, wanted to hold out on any stronger pain relief. I tried gas and air, but I just found it made me feel weird, and was more hassle as the contractions got really intense!
I think I nearly blacked out at one point as I wasn't breathing properly, so definitely practice your breathing techniques ladies!!!!!
And low and behold at 4.33am, on sat 17th October Joel was born, weighing 3lbs 4oz. He is doing well bless him, he'll be in the NNU for the next 8-10 weeks, but then we'll be taking him home. His brain scan was normal, his heart is normal! He's only being slightly assisted with his breathing, and he's tolerating my milk, yey!!
It's going to be an intense couple of months, but we will get through! I hate having to go home and leave my boy, but he's being cared for by an amazing team of people. I can't thank them enough for all of there hard work, and being inspirational people!
I love my boy soooo much, he's amazing! I love his smell and his soft, delicate skin. We get to have skin time, and he lays on my chest under my top, and he's so calm and sleeps the whole time, it's wonderful! He is feisty and has long legs and big feet, and he has all of the nurses running around after him already lol.
I hope this doesn't scare you, but do be prepared for anything, you don't know what's round the corner. I was told at the hospital that only 1-2% of pregnancies end up like mine, they call it PPROM! Typical my pregnancy ended up like this!
I wish all of you lovely ladies the best of luck with the rest of your pregnancies, take it easy, and be kind too yourselves!
I'm going to be super busy from now on, but I'll try to catch up with the bump when I can!
Lots of love to you all xxx
I have to depart as my lovely baby boy came a lot earlier than expected, at 28 weeks + 3 days, and I'm still in shock!
It all began on tuesday 13th oct when I lost my mucous plug, I went to the hospital to have it checked, the doctor said my cervix looked okay and left it at that. Even though my midwife wanted them to do a test to see if it was likely I would go into preterm labour, they didn't! if they had of done I could have had steroid injections to start preparing Joels lungs on the wednesday :-(.
Then to my horror on friday 16th at 8.20 in the evening, my waters broke, Big Time! I was shocked at how much there was, my husband and I went into panick mode, it was awful! I had no contractions before hand either!
We rushed to hospital, they examined me and determined it was definitely my waters that had broken! I had a steroid injection in my leg, Warning, quite possibly the most awful injection ever!
They said I had to stay the night, as I was having minor contractions, so my husband, parents and parents-in-law went home, at about 11.30pm.
By 12.15am the contractions got really intense, only 3 mins apart so I buzzed the midwife, and all hell broke loose! I was rushed to the delivery suite, the family came back, luckily, didn't want to get through this alone!! I was given a cocktail of drugs to start preparing Joel, bless him! One of the drugs made me feel like I was on fire and my heart was racing at 100miles an hour! I had some paracetamol and codeine, wanted to hold out on any stronger pain relief. I tried gas and air, but I just found it made me feel weird, and was more hassle as the contractions got really intense!
I think I nearly blacked out at one point as I wasn't breathing properly, so definitely practice your breathing techniques ladies!!!!!
And low and behold at 4.33am, on sat 17th October Joel was born, weighing 3lbs 4oz. He is doing well bless him, he'll be in the NNU for the next 8-10 weeks, but then we'll be taking him home. His brain scan was normal, his heart is normal! He's only being slightly assisted with his breathing, and he's tolerating my milk, yey!!
It's going to be an intense couple of months, but we will get through! I hate having to go home and leave my boy, but he's being cared for by an amazing team of people. I can't thank them enough for all of there hard work, and being inspirational people!
I love my boy soooo much, he's amazing! I love his smell and his soft, delicate skin. We get to have skin time, and he lays on my chest under my top, and he's so calm and sleeps the whole time, it's wonderful! He is feisty and has long legs and big feet, and he has all of the nurses running around after him already lol.
I hope this doesn't scare you, but do be prepared for anything, you don't know what's round the corner. I was told at the hospital that only 1-2% of pregnancies end up like mine, they call it PPROM! Typical my pregnancy ended up like this!
I wish all of you lovely ladies the best of luck with the rest of your pregnancies, take it easy, and be kind too yourselves!
I'm going to be super busy from now on, but I'll try to catch up with the bump when I can!
Lots of love to you all xxx
Re: Ta Ta for now!! xx Warning!!
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