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nearly there now! Big pain this morning!
hi ladies
so at 37+2 i started on the raspberry leaf tablets yesterday. I also started hand expressing before bed for 5 mins each side, just to get a bit of colostrum out. I know this sounds gross but its good for getting things going and also, the main reason im doing it, is to try and start milk supply off to get the feeding going smoothly (have not leaked in pregnancy at all). My routine at night is quite long now - i do 100 pelvic floors, take pregnacare, take raspberry leaf, cocoa butter my tummy/boobs/bum etc and hand express ha ha
Had a dream last night that I was going to come on - i had awful period pain in the dream (am never pregnant when i dream) anyway, the period pain got worse and woke me up at 0815 this morning my whole belly was tight and i was having a crushing pain in my lower back, top of legs, cervix (i used to have horrendous periods as a teenager that made me vomit and it felt like this)
i rolled on my side and breathed through it, at the same time thinking oh my god is this the start! My tummy didnt go soft for ages. Lay there waiting for another one but it never came
think i was jumping the gun a bit as still only 37 weeks with first baby and i know labour isnt as simple as one pain but have had more pressure/period twinges and much stronger irregular braxton hicks all day (although these have only been tight). i wonder if it was the raspberry leaf and hand expressing having some affect so will keep going?!
Just wanted to share. Probably wishful thinking, but seening all these august ladies having babies too is making me think i hope im one of the lucky, early ones! Will probably go to 14 days over if i jinx things too much.
so at 37+2 i started on the raspberry leaf tablets yesterday. I also started hand expressing before bed for 5 mins each side, just to get a bit of colostrum out. I know this sounds gross but its good for getting things going and also, the main reason im doing it, is to try and start milk supply off to get the feeding going smoothly (have not leaked in pregnancy at all). My routine at night is quite long now - i do 100 pelvic floors, take pregnacare, take raspberry leaf, cocoa butter my tummy/boobs/bum etc and hand express ha ha
Had a dream last night that I was going to come on - i had awful period pain in the dream (am never pregnant when i dream) anyway, the period pain got worse and woke me up at 0815 this morning my whole belly was tight and i was having a crushing pain in my lower back, top of legs, cervix (i used to have horrendous periods as a teenager that made me vomit and it felt like this)
i rolled on my side and breathed through it, at the same time thinking oh my god is this the start! My tummy didnt go soft for ages. Lay there waiting for another one but it never came think i was jumping the gun a bit as still only 37 weeks with first baby and i know labour isnt as simple as one pain
but have had more pressure/period twinges and much stronger irregular braxton hicks all day (although these have only been tight). i wonder if it was the raspberry leaf and hand expressing having some affect so will keep going?!Just wanted to share. Probably wishful thinking, but seening all these august ladies having babies too is making me think i hope im one of the lucky, early ones! Will probably go to 14 days over if i jinx things too much.
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Good luck with everything! x
Plus it does stimulate oxytocin, which might start labour if things are getting there anyway, tbh will do anything to help things along. Since ive been doing the hand expressing and raspberry leaf have much more twinges and tightenings, don't know if its one or the other or both or coincidence!x