My 33 week scan went OK. The baby is growing and blood flow etc is fine. I agreed to being prescribed antidepressants after the birth as I think it's a good precaution. They'll take a couple of weeks to kick in, so won't save me from the baby blues that I have been told kick in 3 or 4 days after birth, but they should stop me from giving up after that. I have requested paroxetine as that seems safest for the baby, if I can breastfeed. I'm planning to try to breastfeed, but if I can't I won't beat myself up about it (hopefully). I'll get a carton of formula in just in case. At least I know I can express colustrum so the baby will be alright for the first few days.
The day after the scan (at 34 weeks exactly) I decided I needed more checks, to keep my anxiety down. So I booked CTG traces for that day, and more for the following week, with the end result that I have medical appointments (community midwife, growth scan, CTGs) booked for pretty much every day between that 34 week point and when I'm booked in for induction.
My mistake was in not making appointments for the weekend directly after the 34+0 point, because I spent that weekend super anxious. Saturdays and Sundays have bad associations for me. So now I'm going in on the remaining two weekend between now and induction, and conveniently enough CTGs on the weekend are done on the ward where I'll be induced.
I ended up having an emergency check at Delivery Suite (it's still vile visiting there) because the baby was moving far too much - increased movements are as concerning as decreased movements. But at least when they are moving you know they are still alive. Anyway, the check was a ctg trace and in total I was in there for 2.5 hours, which is pretty quick.
I'm now 35 + 1 and I went to the hospital today and it was pretty horrible walking into a new hospital setting, to a bay to be checked over. I've never stayed in a hospital bay, but my partner did have a couple week stay a few years ago as he was hit by a car, and it wasn't a pleasant time. The midwife who did the trace did tell me that for people in our situation they try to put us in a private room, which would be preferable. However the private rooms may be being used by families in more dire need than us. We'll see.
Physically, the baby is dropping and jeez I can feel it. Actually I think the drop started a few weeks ago, I remember a day when I felt really heavy, Since then I've been getting more groin pain, lower back aches and shoulder blade aches, and it's more difficult to get my legs and hips comfortable at night. I have woken up with pins and needles in the arm I've been lying on, and it can take a couple of hours for them to stop. My knee is playing up again. There's a muscle on the side where it gets swollen and is painful to bend. I think my foot arches have fallen even more as my feet ache in a new way when I walk. When I leave the house in the morning, to go 10 minutes to the bus stop, my calves are awfully tight and I can't walk at any speed, it's pathetic. However I'm not getting cramps at night, thankfully. This hot weather is a shit because my feet heat up ridiculously, but at least they aren't that swollen. I guess that's all the water I drink and the sandals I'm wearing.
I've finished work now, and that's really helped with the physical stuff and my anxiety.
I can see the baby wriggling away under my belly, it's reassuring. Even the thumps in the groin and the shifts onto my bladder are reassuring. I got to show a friend the movements in my belly the other day, and she got to feel the baby too. I'm glad I could show her.
The day after the scan (at 34 weeks exactly) I decided I needed more checks, to keep my anxiety down. So I booked CTG traces for that day, and more for the following week, with the end result that I have medical appointments (community midwife, growth scan, CTGs) booked for pretty much every day between that 34 week point and when I'm booked in for induction.
My mistake was in not making appointments for the weekend directly after the 34+0 point, because I spent that weekend super anxious. Saturdays and Sundays have bad associations for me. So now I'm going in on the remaining two weekend between now and induction, and conveniently enough CTGs on the weekend are done on the ward where I'll be induced.
I ended up having an emergency check at Delivery Suite (it's still vile visiting there) because the baby was moving far too much - increased movements are as concerning as decreased movements. But at least when they are moving you know they are still alive. Anyway, the check was a ctg trace and in total I was in there for 2.5 hours, which is pretty quick.
I'm now 35 + 1 and I went to the hospital today and it was pretty horrible walking into a new hospital setting, to a bay to be checked over. I've never stayed in a hospital bay, but my partner did have a couple week stay a few years ago as he was hit by a car, and it wasn't a pleasant time. The midwife who did the trace did tell me that for people in our situation they try to put us in a private room, which would be preferable. However the private rooms may be being used by families in more dire need than us. We'll see.
Physically, the baby is dropping and jeez I can feel it. Actually I think the drop started a few weeks ago, I remember a day when I felt really heavy, Since then I've been getting more groin pain, lower back aches and shoulder blade aches, and it's more difficult to get my legs and hips comfortable at night. I have woken up with pins and needles in the arm I've been lying on, and it can take a couple of hours for them to stop. My knee is playing up again. There's a muscle on the side where it gets swollen and is painful to bend. I think my foot arches have fallen even more as my feet ache in a new way when I walk. When I leave the house in the morning, to go 10 minutes to the bus stop, my calves are awfully tight and I can't walk at any speed, it's pathetic. However I'm not getting cramps at night, thankfully. This hot weather is a shit because my feet heat up ridiculously, but at least they aren't that swollen. I guess that's all the water I drink and the sandals I'm wearing.
I've finished work now, and that's really helped with the physical stuff and my anxiety.
I can see the baby wriggling away under my belly, it's reassuring. Even the thumps in the groin and the shifts onto my bladder are reassuring. I got to show a friend the movements in my belly the other day, and she got to feel the baby too. I'm glad I could show her.
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