Random Questions
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Topic: Random Questions
Posted By: amme_eilyk
Subject: Random Questions
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 7:19pm
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I thought we needed a random question thread.
Mine is: Does the baby keep kicking while you are in labour? |
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Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 7:24pm
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Huh. I can't remember! i don't think so?
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 8:04pm
I don't think so either. Too busy travelling down the birth canal. However, I swear while I was pushing he hooked his feet into my ribs as if to try and stay in!! It hurt soooo bad..Trying to lean and push with pointy little feet under your ribs 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 8:10pm
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Ty was very active in the beginning of labour, C was very quiet for a few hours before, but during the active stage they usually aren't ...too much for them to do ------------- 
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 8:53pm
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I have been wondering that too!
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 9:13pm
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During labour he definitely was, I was VBAC and was suppose to be monitored a lot but my mw who is awesome would instead just ask if I had felt him moving and occasionally stuck the doppler on me, I only ever felt him move between contractions. During the pushing stage I have no idea at all, if he was I certainly didn't notice and by that stage they had the belly band thing on me to monitor him. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: JoJames
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 9:23pm
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I got monitored for HOURS (not fun) because my baby wasn't moving enough, so I guess they are suppose to move a bit during labour, you just don't notice it. ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 7:30am
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DD did, but was rather, or VERY quiet! She stopped when I was fully dilated though or that's when I stopped noticing but mw had a giggle over her kicking the doppler while she was checking DDs HB after I'd been in the tub! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 7:52am
Good question, I have NO idea! Will try and notice for next time, if I still remember in another 5months  ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 7:59am
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DD was very active during labour. She was not only kicking but i could see her moving around.
My belly looked like it was having some weird creature it was so weird how it was shaped and moving lol -------------  
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 10:30am
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I already sorta asked this in another thread but another random question:
Is there any truth to the old wives tale that if you have a lot of heartburn your baby will have a lot of hair? |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 10:49am
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I honestly cant remember, all i remember is the pain lol - not much help I know! ------------- |
Posted By: tessie
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 12:33pm
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Had very little heartburn with my son, he had what would be considered a fair whack of hair.
Had extreme heartburn with my daughter (different circumstances I was full of amniotic fluid) when she was born I don't reckon she had that much hair, that said she was born early lol |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 1:24pm
I would have to agree to that wives tale. I had extreme heartburn with DD and she was born with long think dark hair  -------------
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 2:04pm
Had almost no heartburn last time, and Nat was born with a huge mop of hair BUT it was the one question every little old lady asked me when Nat was little  -------------  
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 2:26pm
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Haha I had horrible heartburn with DD, and she was a wee baldie, only really started getting any hair when she turned 1, and now it's still just fluff compared to others her age, so not true in my case ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 3:22pm
Good idea for a thread 
Re: kicking during labour - I can't say I noticed to be honest! Re: heartburn and hair - with Ollie I had a little heartburn and he only had a little bit of hair. Lilia I had worse heartburn and she had a good head of hair, with Caleb I had a little heartburn, but he had even more hair than Lilia. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 3:57pm
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I didn't notice any kicking - mind you contractions prob distracted me from them as had quite a fast labour! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 4:00pm
Big fat NO !!! with my daughter I had heartburn that would wake me up at night and almost had me in tears. She was as bald as an egg until she was 2. My son I had lots of heartburn and he had lots of hair My friend had no heartburn, and her daughter came out looking like she was wearing a wig My friend had a lot of heartburn with her son and he was bald. And so on, I know plenty of people who had heartburn really badly and not a hair on babies head. -------------
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bowie wrote:Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 5:13pm
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Mental image of a baby in a wig is quite remarkable, had a bit of a giggle there Kelly
I guess i am just desperate for *anything* that will give me a hint as to what baby is going to look like when he comes out! Impatient! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 5:28pm
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I had a lot of heart burn from 30-39 weeks (when dd was born) and she had all the baby hair on her shoulders, face and head but it all fell out lmao! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Limochick
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 8:33pm
I don't remember kicking during labour but that was 6yrs ago (when I had a natural birth) 
NO TRUTH to the old wives tale cos I have bad heartburn with all of my pregnancies and none of my babies have much hair!!! Bowie - stop being impatient -------------  
 
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 8:35pm
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TBH, when I was in active labour, the baby's movements were the last thing on my mind! So I have absolutely no idea. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: FullHouse
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 8:53pm
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I don't remember with my first but my other two would sort of move inbetween contractions but not after transition (well, they might of but I was focusing on other things)
And the heartburn = hair thing....I had mild heart burn with all 3 and they all had quite a bit of hair..I"ve got it the worst this pregnancy but I guess its coz theres two. I think it's rubbish. ------------- Proud & busy mama of four earth walkers & two angels. About to get even busier! 
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 19 December 2010 at 1:30pm
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I don't remember if DS was moving when in labour....probably a bit more interested in myself at that point lol.
Re the heartburn, bad heartburn but not a lot of hair on DS head that is for sure. ------------- 
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 19 December 2010 at 3:21pm
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havent had a vaginal birth so dont know, but re the heartburn - I have had it bad both time, last time was from quite early on, My 1st girl had lots of hair but the 2nd not nearly as much ------------- http://lilypie.com] 
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Posted By: babylove
Date Posted: 24 December 2010 at 11:34am
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lol you would think that after 4 natural births i would know, but my births are quite fast so proberbly wouldnt have had time to notice. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: babylove
Date Posted: 24 December 2010 at 11:37am
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oh and the heartburn theroy, im stuck with as i dont believe the old wives tales. however.
I had zero heartburn with my 1st 3 and they were had very litle hair and it started that way til they were well over a yr old. but my last baby i did have heartburn and what do you know he was born with a hair. which never fell out. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 24 December 2010 at 12:59pm
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No heartburn with my first 2 and like BL's first 3, little baldies til well over a year old (DS didnt need his 1st haircut til after he was 2, and at 18 months my 2nd isn't showing signs of needing a haircut anytime soon either)
Have had wicked heartburn the last few weeks so will be interesting... BUT I've put that down to bubs being breech, I reckon having a head jammed up there nice and tight would be a plausible cause as opposed to hair/no hair. Especially since bubs somehow flipped overnight and today theres been no heartburn!! 
Moving during labour, pass... been too long since #1 (although being IN labour for 3 days, I imagine he moved a fair bit!) and #2 was an elective before labour started, as will this one be. ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: Keleho
Date Posted: 26 December 2010 at 10:23am
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Re the heartburn - I had it really bad and although DD isnt completely bald, she doesnt have much in the way of hair either.
Didnt really notice the moving during labour either - bit busy for that ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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