RLT and EPO

[firerymummy]

Originally Posted by elldee

oh with DS i had pre-eclampsia so they induced me at 38 weeks. 8 hours into the labour i hadn't dilated at all (i don't think) and his heart rate was dropping really low, he was going into distress, so i was rushed off for an emergency c/s. so basically i didnt have a labour, it hadn't established, so with DD it was pretty much my bodies first labour, so it took ages. I say it went for 25 hours cause of the time from the first contraction i had until she was born. but they put it as 14 hours, cause they don't start counting until you start dilating. so obviously the 11 hours beforehand wasn't real labour (insert sarcastic voice here)

I had my labour with Miss K put down as 13hrs4minutes and that was from first contraction. Maybe different hospitals class it differently. (My water broke 7 hours before my contractions started so that could also weigh into it).

But omgosh- 11hours they reckon you werent in real labour for. Arrrggghhh that not nice. lol.

[Pregnor]

elldee - with my labour with DS, I was having contractions 5 mins apart for days but my labour was only 12 hours according to the hospital, because thats when i came in 5 cm dialated - they sent me home with contractions 5 mins apart, because i wasnt dilated at all, even though the hospy was 1 1/2 hours away . My labour was certainly NOT 12 hours!
But I just came back in to add like elldee - i took RLT throughout the third trimester, and i have no idea if it worked or not as I had such a long labour - but I did manage to VB a 4.37 kg baby that was posterior, so sometimes I wonder if it was the difference between vacuum or emergency c-sect.
Oh and, like many teas raspberry leaf can interfere with iron absorbtion, so best not to take it if you are anaemic

[paigenphoebesmama]

lol I can sympathise!!!

I started having contractions around midnight (pains from about 10pm) and Phoebe was born just after 11am, but i was only 'in labour' for 1 1/2 hrs lol

[smellymelly]

Hi, i only had Vb but my naturopath told me that RLT doesn't help much at all. She gave me some white pills (cant rememember what they were called started with a c) and these were suppose to speed labour up which they did. Labour with my 1st was 4hrs and labour with my 2nd was 20mins. from the first contraction until they were born. If you have a naturopath maybe speak to them and they can help you.

[volcom]

I might look around for a Naturpath actually.
haha I am in my third Tri.. so i knew this would be the right time to start. currently 35 weeks

[Pregnor]

dont spose you are in perth?

Sounds like its worth a try - but im not really comfortable going to a random naturopath - i think its one of those things you need to find a good one. Plus id love it if they could help with my morning sickness!

[volcom]

MS is horribe!!! I had it for 19 weeks with this bubs but had it the whole pregnancy with my first.

Nah I live up in Kalgoorlie. Which I most likely can't be fussy.
Have you tried hyponosis for MS?

[Pregnor]

hypnosis for morning sickness - never heard of it! Sounds expensive!

I think its starting to get better, and I am starting to figure out what foods aren't agreeing with me - like wheat and sugar and fat - so I pretty much avoid anything delicious! BUT i had a lady at work comment on how I have lost weight in my bum and legs, so i'm not feeling too bad about it all at the moment!

[volcom]

Ha Ha i lost 10kg with MS.
Working out what foods you can and cant have is a good thing though. I was on maxalon...with this pregnancy it worked... with my first it didn't unless it was injected
I hope it goes away fast hun!