On labour ward. This is stressful!

I went through this a few years back. Giving you a virtual hand to hold and a ?

?is this showing up as a handhold?
By now all may be well or an emergency C section may be on the cards, but here's my hand.
Hoping to hear reassuring news in the morning not forgetting an NHS

Thanks for the handholds.
She keeps vomiting.
We've seen the consultant and her BP has stabilised so they will induce her soon.
She's exhausted. God knows how she will find the energy to go through labour!
I wish they would just section her but its major surgery so I think they are putting it off for as long as they can.

How awful for you OP. When it's your child in distress, even once they become an adult, you just wish you could make the pain go away or swap places with them. The NHS were wonderful when I was seriously ill, and I'm sure she'll get the best care possible. Holding your hand and giving you a virtual hug xx

Try to think ahead to that lovely moment when you will hold your grandchild for the first time.

You may be needed in the next weeks, if only to shop, cook and clean so you'd better catch up on your sleep!

Good luck. Please keep us informed. I'm sure you'll look back on today and smile one day -after all it'll be your grandchilds birthday!

Hope all is OK, very scary time. She must be so glad you're with her. Very best wishes.

Thoughts are with you and your daughter. What an ordeal and waiting and watching is so hard. Xx

Just seen the Dr.
Her kidney function is not great so it's looking like she'll be having a c section this morning when the day staff come on.
I booked my annual leave for two weeks after the due date and can't bring it forward
DD1 has two weeks off now though so she can help out.

I need to take emergency leave today so I can be with DD2. Plus I can't be working 'on the other side' as it wouldn't be right and I'd be a wreck!

We had agreed I would go home soon so DD and partner could experience what was supposed to be this magical time together!
Now they are both scared and want me here until they know if it's a trip to theatre or not!
Bless her, she's like a vulnerable child again in one way, but brave and strong in another.

((((Hugs)))). Hope all goes well, it's a really nerve wracking time especially as you're expected to be the Strong One. Try to get a bit of zzzz when she goes to theatre. You must be knackered too.

What a night you must be exhausted, hope your daughter has her cs soon and all goes well xx

So good that you are there and you will be transmitting more strength than you realise. Power to you and the new mum to be xxx

Love to you all. Nearly there now. So pleased you can be there to support them.

She is 38 weeks so all should be well. I know only / too well just how stressful it can be and how helpless you feel. Not long to go now though. Stay strong. Your presence will be so valuable to her xx

Waiting for the good news, do let us know when it's all over and baby's here xx

I have had several CS and made good recoveries. I had spinal anaesthetic for them so good to be awake and quicker recovery I'm sure your DD will be fine. At least CS's stop your pelvic floor being battered so much!

It's a worrying time for you, but the difficult part will soon be over and then the joys will begin.
I had both CSs and vaginal deliveries and can honestly say there wasn't much to choose between the actual experiences once I was holding a healthy baby in my arms.
My husband took a week off work after the CSs and from then on I managed without help which wasn't that easy. Your fortnight off work will therefore come at a good time.

Just adding my best wishes to you and your DD. Hope everything goes well today and lots of {{{hugs}}}

This time tomorrow...

Something very similar happened when my first GC was born. She had a CS and the product of that little drama is now a strapping 14 year old. Your DD is in the right place and everyone is doing the right things; and I have no doubt they will have that baby out very quickly and the anxious wait will be over.

My DD looked really awful when I arrived at the hospital - bloated like a Michelin man and covered from head to toe in a rash that was related to the pre-eclampsia. Her dreadful state was due to a barmy community midwife who had taken her BP at home and declared that the machine must be wrong as it could not be that high. Needless to say it was. But there was a very happy ending to all of this and she went on to have 2 more.

Try not to worry. I know their hopes of a normal happy delivery will have been thwarted, but better to have the problem identified and all the right steps taken. Have a hand hold!

Wow! Thank you everyone!
She's in theatre now and I'm shaking!
So many of my friends have called in to say hi and tell me they will look after my girl.

Nearly there!

She will be fine - and it is quick. I remember sitting outside the theatre when DD was in for her CS - I tried to think of other things! CS is so common now and my DD recovered very quickly. Nearly there now!

A virtual 'hand hold' from me too
Won't be long now.......