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[OT] Yowlet Update 4/4/4 20:30
He's not here yet.
I"ve been in the hospital since 3pm this afternoon. They made us wait a fair while because there was a lady in a bad way after giving birth here, so I can't blame them, but the prostaglandin gel, which starts the inducing process was supposed to be applied at 4pm but actually went on at 6:30pm. The internal exam said that I was in absolutley no way even approaching natural birth time, so unless I have an unusually good reaction to the hormones, I won't be going into labour any time today. I"ll have another round of prostaglandin applied at about midnight, then the obstetrician will be around tomorrow morning to tear the membranes and get the actual labour started with a drip containing artificial oxytocin. Meanwhile, I can't get the modem on this to dial out because its a weird dial tone and their PABX doesn't recognise normal Australian dialling tones, so there won't be any "live" updates unfortunatley, nor chat-between-contractions, and you folk will have to wait for me to upload the photos when we all get home, sorry. I'll keep in contact with Tish via phone, so she should be able to give you updates throughout the day, and I may be able to talk to Flippy, Jean and Dave if I'm lucky - although I can only make local calls on the hospital phone I snuck in my mobile phone and will buy some long distance credit for the phone here (Tish is technically a long distance phone call) tomorrow when all the admin people etc are here. It being Sudany night, only the nurses are here, there is no kiosk (thankfully I brought my own chocolate supplies) and the admin people that look after phones, money and all the good stuff won't be back till 9am tomorrow. Please DO NOT try to call the hospital, at least not until Cary is well and truly here. By the time you folks read this, I should be well and truly in labour and therefore not in my suite but in the delivery ward. And if you ring there, that means someone who ought to be attending me (or someone else giving birth at the same time) will have to leave the birth and go answer the phone. Which is *Not* a good idea, and besides, I doub I"ll be in any mood to be polite and chatty. I'll do my very best to keep Tish up to date, and she can post the liveupdates on my behalf. Joel will be bringing the laptop with all the messages downloaded on it in thr morning, and uploading my replies whenhe goes home in the evening - its the best I can do. Well, not much to say except that hospital food hasn't improved since I had my wisdom teeth out nearly 20 years ago, the room in comfortable, and hte staff friendly. And i"m looking forward to seeing Cary on the outside, a glass of good Shiraz and a *caffeinated* cup of coffee. Will keep in touch as much as I can, and thankyou for all the good thoughts, prayers and purrs I know y'all are sending me. I can'tbelieve that in 24 hours I'll be a mother! Yowie |
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He's not here yet.
Typical male - useless at timekeeping ;-) I"ve been in the hospital since 3pm this afternoon. They made us wait a fair while because there was a lady in a bad way after giving birth here, Most inconsiderate of her ;-) snippitee... I"ll have another round of prostaglandin applied at about midnight, then the obstetrician will be around tomorrow morning to tear the membranes and get the actual labour started with a drip containing artificial oxytocin. I was put on a drip when I had Nathan (I was induced as although my waters ahd broken, I didn't go into labour proper). Be prepared for the contractions to become *strong* and fast quite quickly. Your body may not have time to ease into coping with the labour pains on a gradual build up, but all of a sudden it may feel like you've been kicked by a horse at ever more frequent intervals. If you do get this - don't worry, and if you feel you need to ask for more pain-relief than you planned to do - don't worry, and don't feel bad about it - it's entirely normal. If you don't feel like keeping the newsgroup up-to-date, don't feel bad about that either - the main thing is that you and Yowlet are safe and well. Will be thinking of you all, *hugs* helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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Yowie wrote:
staff friendly. And i"m looking forward to seeing Cary on the outside, a glass of good Shiraz and a *caffeinated* cup of coffee. Hmmm... I thought lactating mothers couldn't drink booze and caffeine either...???? -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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I can'tbelieve that in 24 hours I'll be a mother!
Yowie Many purrs on the way, Yowie, from the kitties at home and from me on the road. Dan |
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Of course you realize it's too late to change your mind. Don't forget to
warn Joel not to get where you can reach him while in the throes of labor. "This is all your fault," is sometimes the last thing men hear from their wives just before being throttled. Dan M wrote: I can'tbelieve that in 24 hours I'll be a mother! Yowie Many purrs on the way, Yowie, from the kitties at home and from me on the road. Dan |
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"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Yowie wrote: staff friendly. And i"m looking forward to seeing Cary on the outside, a glass of good Shiraz and a *caffeinated* cup of coffee. Hmmm... I thought lactating mothers couldn't drink booze and caffeine either...???? -- Can't say I've been there, but a good friend drank beer with her doctors approval when she was nursing. Apparently some believe it helps everyone concerned. Now the caffeine, I'm guessing it depends on how placid or cranky the baby is. Jo |
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In message , Jo Firey
writes "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Yowie wrote: staff friendly. And i"m looking forward to seeing Cary on the outside, a glass of good Shiraz and a *caffeinated* cup of coffee. Hmmm... I thought lactating mothers couldn't drink booze and caffeine either...???? -- Can't say I've been there, but a good friend drank beer with her doctors approval when she was nursing. Apparently some believe it helps everyone concerned. Don't some of the darker beers (Guinness?) have lots of iron - a very good thing to have post-baby. -- Cathi |
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"Yowie" wrote:
I can'tbelieve that in 24 hours I'll be a mother! Yowie OMG - the Yowlet is happening!! Congratulations, Vicky! |
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"Jo Firey" wrote:
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Yowie wrote: staff friendly. And i"m looking forward to seeing Cary on the outside, a glass of good Shiraz and a *caffeinated* cup of coffee. Hmmm... I thought lactating mothers couldn't drink booze and caffeine either...???? -- Can't say I've been there, but a good friend drank beer with her doctors approval when she was nursing. Apparently some believe it helps everyone concerned. Now the caffeine, I'm guessing it depends on how placid or cranky the baby is. I remember reading in Discover (I know seem to say this a lot about a baby whose acid reflux was traced to the caffeine in the breast milk from a single bottle of caffeinated root beer the mother drank. Apparently, infants are pretty sensitive to caffeine. |
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Hmmm... I thought lactating mothers couldn't drink booze and caffeine
either...???? When I had Nathan, if a mother was anaemic post partum, the mid-wives gave her a bottle of stout each evening as a gentle way to build up iron again :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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