Monday 27 February 2012

My birth story and afterwards

Hi my fellow bloggers...I know its been a while in between posts but after being in hospital prior to having my baby and whilst recovering with baby..all up I was away from home for 12 days and have begun life settling in at home with my new addition..Scarlett

Motherhood is such an amazing feeling and I knew it would be overwhelming but how much was definatley unknown...Being a mum came natural to me and I think all those years of pondering and watching rest of my friends and family grow their families whilst I struggled with conceiving made the desire and want of motherhood more..and more time to think how I want to be as a mum..

Please have a read of my birth story in detail if you like...such a surreal experience...

Baby Scarlett is going fine and putting on weight..breast feeding came easily in beginning to us as Scarlett attached quite easily and my milk came in Day 3..now its establishing a demand feeding schedule after treating a blocked milk duct...my scarlett is quite a sleepy baby and sometimes have to wake her to feed her so I am attempting after being told to feed 4 hourly in hospital to 3 hourly at home during the day as we have had periods of unsettlement which she must be hungry and I want to ensure i keep up my milk supply as I really want breast feeding to work and this is one thing that as a mum I want to endure as long as I can so I will do what ever it takes

I have lots of support from my sisters who breast fed as well as the Australian Breast feeding Association so I know i am not alone and can call on the ABA 24 hours if necessary...

who thought there was so much to know about breast feeding.....and being a control freak and organiser as I am I hate not knowing when she will feed next and I need to go with the flow...takes a lot of your time to establish breast feeding and to demand feed but hey I am blessed to have this baby and if I want to make it work I am willing to sacrifice anything as long as I keep my sanity!

Here is a sneak peek of a photography shoot I had of my baby....


Wednesday 8 February 2012

37 weeks 6 days ....Its so close

It has been while in between posts and thought I should write a blog update prior to my possible admission into hospital later today...

Im not having the baby yet but my OB wants me under supervision due to position of my baby...its in transverse lieing across my uterus facing downwards...it was head down at 34 weeks but turned back at 36 weeks to transverse...we believe its the fibroid thats stopping baby wanting to engage but the fibroid is ony 5 cm

My OB said if I go into labour now and position of baby's feet over cervix and where chord is...we could lose the baby so that is reason why....its great to know I am in the best of hands but now instead of packing one suitcase for after having baby...I am now packing one for hospital stay before...

I was overwhelmed with possibility and still am of a cesar but whatever is best option for baby and me I trust in the process...

I felt ripped off at first at the feeling that I may not experience real labour but it does not mean I am any less of a woman or mother....whichever it is meant to be I will follow..

I have had braxton hick contractions from as early as 28 weeks anyways so at least I have had an insight into what they feel like..

I had placed too much pressure on myself after reading all these books on natural birth vaginally and was so focused on having it vaginally...I deleted the thought of cesar from my mind...after the whole IVF process...I just wanted to experience as such a NORMAL birth but after some discussion with my beautiful mum and others...it is still a normal birth whether vaginally or cesar...if we didnt have choice of cesars many people would be childless so thank god for medical science once again

So am excited that I will hopefully meet our bundle of joy within next week pending if baby turns but if not...my OB will do a Cesar as he does not want to risk the loss of my baby...

I am now at stage I dont care too much how I get to hold my baby..I just want it and to be able to enjoy all those wonderful moments of newborn....

So thats my quick update for now...and yes I have been nesting really bad even hubby has...our house hasnt been cleaner lol...but all that matters is the love we have for each other and our baby ...










Saturday 4 February 2012

A book give away - please share around

Hi Guys

I know its been a while in between posts but finding it hard to write a specific blog with  not long to now and so many minor issues leading up to birth but I promise I will do one before baby comes

However, this blog is about a book give away that one of my dear infertility followers won in Canada who upon receiving this book ended up being pregnant Songcather Siren at
 http://myjourneytowellness1.blogspot.com.au/

,....this exactly happened to me as well from Athena from Field of Dreams whom I won this book from and upon receiving it I had the news of my successful IVF pregnancy...

so here it is to keep this legacy and book full of baby dust to spread around the world...

Please visit the above blog address to enter the competition and spread the baby dust around