February 2013 Moms

Hi...

Ok, so I have a severe bladder infection. So I stayed the night in hospital. However I'm still having these back pains... I'm on drips.

Hope I can go home today!! I can't really sleep in hospitals..

Will keep u guys posted if anything else happens.

How are the other ladies??

Hi Maries,

Oh, that's around the corner from where I stay. I'm booked at Montana Hospital and stay in Sinoville, close to the Kolonnade centre.

Yip, I would really rather just have it looked at quickly.....

Let us know what they say.

Haidee, I live in Centurion. I am going to Femina, which is also a Netcare hospital.

Maybe I should go in... My period like pain is just there... I can't time anything!

Hi Maries,

I also don't know too much about the mucus plug...I've never seen it before. This time round though I have been having a very thick gel like discharge over the past month and a half. I did not have any vaginal infections that could have been the cause of this, so then I started googling the mucus plug.

Apparently you can lose the plug over a long period of time, little by little (like it seems mine have been doing this time) or you can lose it as a whole. I googled some images of it too, so I can see what it looks like and it looks exactly like what I've had. It can be with or without some blood.

As of this week I have not noticed this happen again, so I'm assuming mine is gone. But then again, they say this does not mean that labour is any closer...

And with my previous pregnancy, I even started dialating weeks before and that did not even start labour....very frustrating when one has all these "symptoms" and then still just sit and wait.

If you don't mind me asking, where in Jhb are you?

Thanks Haidee.... Well the back pain has increased and my tummy has dropped.

Also doesn't the mucus plug need to come out first? I haven't expelled any mucus....

Hi Maries,

Oooh sounds exciting! If it is real labour pain, it will not get better over time...it will steadily get longer, stronger and closer together.

With both my previous ones it started out feeling like an upset stomach, that you feel you need to go spend some time on the loo. Then it gets to a point where it feels like someone is trying to break your lower back and the uterus muscles contracts so hard, it feels like it is going to tear open any moment. (sorry this sounds really bad, but that's the way it really felt, don't want to sound scary) But then I suppose, you should not be waiting for the pain to get to that point....seeing as it is a vbac.

How far are you from the hospital? Better safe than sorry I would say, rather go and just let them double check. I'm booked at a Netcare hospital and then you can just go to the maternity ward if you have any concerns, they will check for free and if needed call the gyne. I stay 4km from the hospital so they know me fairly well by now.....I just pop in for any questions.

Good luck...keep us posted!!!

Morning ladies...

All the best with your appointment today Haidee.

I have been having lower back pain and period like pains. I don't know if this is it!! My doc said to come in if I feel anything since I'm having a vbac, but I don't wanna go in and then its nothing... Any recommendations ladies? I had a shower twice now to see if the back pain stops but it doesn't..