General Chat

Gald the news is better. All the best Germaine x

No Joan not her first, she had one girl who is now 9, and then twins boy/girl who are now 7, she knows that this one IS only 1 and that it will be a boy. Val

That's wonderful news Val. Perhaps they (the Braxton Hicks contractions) get stronger the more babies you have, I take it this is not her first? Let's hope she can now relax & baby will come when it's ready!! :0) Joan xx

Had told her of Braxton Hicks contractions, she said that she had had those for some time, but these contractions seemed to be more than that. However it looks like that is maybe what they were only more severe. Val

Joan she has been in 2 hospitals where they were monitoring her and baby, the babys heart rate was fine between contractions, but dipped for the duration of a contraction. Never heard of the condition you mentioned, must go look it up.

Are they sure she's definitely in proper labour Val & she's not having Braxton Hicks contractions? They start around 30 weeks don't they? As long as her waters don't break, her BP doesn't go up or she doesn't dilate she could still hang on a bit longer. You've already had a premature grandchild so I expect you know things are probably going to be ok, & not to worry. :0) Joan xxx

Val - my thoughts and prayers are with your Daughter in Law, I hope all goes well for her. I have asked for her name to be added to the Healing Book, so I expect it will be on their later tonight. Kaye x

Have stopped the drugs now, and are waiting to make sure that contractions will stay stopped of their own accord, not had any further news since teatime yesterday. Val

Poor you Little Jewels, time to put your feet up and have a tea break!! Thanks for your good wishes anyway. Val

Well congrats on the last one and good luck to the new one! I am obviously working too hard!! LOL Julie xxx

Little Jewels, current baby not arrived yet, labour has stopped. If you mean last years model, he is now 13months old and walking, and is the most happy & placid child i've come across.

Congratulations Val, hope mum and baby are doing well! And grandma of course lol Julie xxx

Congratulations Margaret, I had a 5 week premature grandson last year who was 3lb 13oz, he is doing wonderfully well. Val

Val just seen this. Hope everything turns out ok. I was going through much the same thing 3 weeks ago with my daughter Jen. Maddy is comming along just great, she was just over 3lb when she was born, and is now 4lb 8oz. She had a check up at the hospital yesterday and is fine, no problems at all. Just so little.

Val my son is now 8 and he is 4ft 4ins tall and wears clothes for 10 year olds he a little bit behind in his reading which we were told he would be as he didn't start talking till he was 19 months and walking from 16 months. When my son was born i was shock by how small he was ( my fist was bigger than his head) but they grow very quickly. Julie

The weight sounds good Val. Try not to worry too much, as I said my relatives were just under 2 lbs, now are both 6 foot strapping lads. Be prepared when you see Baby as he/she will look very tiny & shrivelled,(spelling) bit of a shock at first but they are tougher than you think! This was nearly 40 years ago , so Hospitals are far more advanced now. Best of luck, & hope everything goes all right for you all. Hopefully soon you will be a proud Grandma. (((HUG)))) Joan xxxxx

that was good to know Julie about your son, I was told about the steroid injections being for babys lungs, and she has had 2 of those now. Do there seem to be more premature babies being born these days?

val my son was 10 weeks prem and weight 3lb 10oz But just to let you know the steroid injections are to speed up the development of the lungs so that if the baby does come early they would be able to breath better and might not need to go on a ventilater (spelling). I had 2 steroid injections and my son was on ventilation for 30 hours which is nothing compared to some others. Take care Julie

Thanks to all kind messages, maybe weekend before I can update again, unless can do so before bed tonight. Val

how are things this morning Val? hope d-i-l had a good nights rest Julia