Both ours were sunroof deliveries - first was emergency, second was planned.

They are super safe. Mother will in all likilhood be awake. A spinal or an epidural will ensure there's no pain.

It does take it out of the mother wrt recovery. There's a deep scar after all.

Ours were C section too.
Kinda odd knowing the time and date of your little ones arrival.

You may be asked to look over the screen. It kinda resembles the chest burster scene in alien.

I have some very gruesome photos "look sweetheart, I can see your intestines!"

We chose #2's birthday as the 21st so she would be 21 on the 21st.

I keep coming in here expecting panicked posts from reg.
"Its happening, it's happening!"
" Which amibos do I bring, dammit reg theres no time"

I hope it goes well for you and everyone else on the brink.

From our NCT group, there were 8 babies from 7 parents. 6 were born by C section. It’s pretty standard now. If you didn’t do an NCT like thing, it’s worth noting that there are *a lot* more people in the room for a C Section, and that doesn’t mean there’s a complication or problem. Second thing is the language: elective is pre-booked, emergency is unscheduled. My wife didn’t cope initially with the term elective - because it wasn’t her choice, as baby Syph stuck at a funny angle. She had a very clear idea in her mind about what the birth would be like, but it wasn’t like it at all. Worth encouraging a sense of flexibility, and not being too stuck to a plan.

We had an emergency c-section at 3 in the morning. The whole rush of doctors and nurses was a bit panic inducing but in the end it was fine. It's really a better way as there's no hours of painful labour and the baby comes out without a squashed head. Given the choice, we'd choose Caeser over the 'normal' route.

Um no judgement but eviscerated fanny isn’t a necessary by-product of natural birth

No idea if this is evidence backed, but we did this for a few weeks before birth of both of ours and no signs of any perineal trauma whatsoever:

https://www.nct.org.uk/pregnancy/worries-and-discomforts/common-discomforts/perineal-massage-pregnancy

Important to me to say that whatever happens you’ll be in good hands with professionals who have trained for and experienced almost any eventuality and will steer you and Flora right

Welp flora had a midwife appt this morning and is now off to the hospital for a check up. The baby's heartbeat was faster than they would normally like. the caveat around that is that it was quite active before being taken and it could just be because of that, but she's getting checked anyway. Fingers crossed.

regmcfly wrote:

Welp flora had a midwife appt this morning and is now off to the hospital for a check up. The baby's heartbeat was faster than they would normally like. the caveat around that is that it was quite active before being taken and it could just be because of that, but she's getting checked anyway. Fingers crossed.

Yeah he/she was probably just moving a lot or repositioning. It's amazing what they get up to in the womb. Rascals.

First two were natural but this is mandated by the doc to be the c section. Im sure it will be ok, but I guess its the thoughts of what a c section entails to me is a bit shocking lol. Though when I think of it, is it any worse than an eviscerated fanny?? 
It will be strange to be like, ok we gotta get up early tomorrow, gonna go get a baby, rather than the usual panic of "oooh fuck here it comes!!!"

That's good, better to get these things looked at, glad everything is okay. The only thing I ever say to my mates is always go to the hospital if you think something's not right. It doesn't matter if you go once or a dozen times between now and due date, just go. That's what they're there for.

So as of today we are 37 weeks pregnant. And I'm absolutely paranoid.

And I need to apologise because I've been spouting argumentative shit everywhere, and I genuinely don't mean it. I'm just seeing everything as a concern. I'm sorry, and it is my fault.

That being said we watched Hamilton today and for about an hour of it I had my hand on flora's tummy, feeling kicks and doots, and it was absolute next level.


I think we actually feel as well prepped as we can be at this point. The baby has its own room, we have nappy stocks, we have hospital bags, the Scottish Govt box, a pram, a cot, a car seat. I can't think what else we need other than the ability to do it.

So I'm starting to think of what shit do be we need to do before the baby is born. Tomorrow we will watch Midsommar and that's just a thing we have wanted to see to tick off the list. .
I'm starting to think about games so I think I'll try to play some god of war. From the vibes in getting it's easy to play switch, but anything more bigscreen is a slog.

You also get more time back as they get older but by then you’re that used to giving yourselves to others that it can almost feel like (whisper it) too much...

Dude, emotions ect. You're entitled to your current mood. Midsommar is fucking whack and has a lot of "wtf just happened" moments. It's pretty intense, just so you're aware.

As for games, like 'uncle says just go with it. I didn't play anything for the first two months when Harrison was born but that was mainly due to the circumstances of his arrival.When we got home I got back into a little rhythm with my usual go to's and took some time to play some SP stuff as really, online games are completely non practical with a new born due to ya know, no pausing ect - but I guess you're more of an offline guy anyway so no worries there.

Once they get out of their initial sleeping all the time phase though yeah, bye bye gaming - at least until the late hours of the night. Then again, this is just my scenario, everyone has a different story. We finally got bed time routine in place recently as he just turned 8 months. He goes down around 7. I go for a cycle, cook the dinner and we chat for a bit about the day. Then, pending tiredness levels I might play something around 9:30/10 for an hour.

Although, I've gotten back into catching up on some long overdue TV at the moment (enjoying Bosch and The Sinner).

Excited for you though Reg, embrace it all. It's the absolute best time.

Armitage_Shankburn wrote:

Reg try googling "can u get pregante"

I have to instain baby.