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I am due May 29 with twins (but they might come earlier as twins often do). I am feeling pretty good now I have given up work - the last few weeks working were tough cos sitting on my chair made the tops of the back of my legs ache and my crotch really sore. I look full-term but no stretch marks at all. However, i probably will grow even more so there's still time.
im feeling haggered... absoloutly pooped. im trying to keep going. got lots of decorating to get done before the bump is here not forgetting my uni assignments. I have really bad stretch marks but after using bio oil for just a few days i think theyre actually getting better! well done tho, especially with twin on the way. Is this your first pg? are you excited about the birth etc. char x
Are you on/have you seen the May Antenatal Club thread? Title is something about 'Floodgates are open'. Loads on there who are due in the next month. Mostly we feel crap.
I'm due mid- June with DC2. Feeling really big and cumbersome and I'm so grumpy. Don't want to bend down so wearing clogs a lot. Constantly on DH's case as we have sooo much to do before DC2. Don't know if this is nestng or panicking...
lol well im panicking if its any concellation. Only 5 weeks till im due to pop and i have wayyyyyy to much to do. Its really mad!!! I think im about to go crazy! I thought this was supposesed to be the bit where u rest but im busier than ever!
May see you soon on June thread... <tries to overcome shyness> Main focus of panic nesting involves:- 1. Have lost spare bed under mountain of stuff that we were going e-bay or put in loft, much of which is too small for DD1 but too big for DD2, however loft not ready. Need to find space for baby-sitter when DD2 comes along... 2. Was totally unprepared for impact of DD1 on our lives (moved house when she was weeks old) determined not to be so hectic this time. 3. Where is the baby car seat...? 4. Still haven't finished DD1's First Year Book , although printed out some great pix this weekend. 5. Currently waiting for deliveries from Ikea, ELC, John lewis and Mamas and Papas- is this really going to help...!
Would really love to curl up on sofa all day but DD1 wouldn't let me, and DH working crazy hours. Argghh
I'm due on 7th of June... Doing well. No stretch marks thankfully! I've been suffering with heartburn a lot in the last couple of weeks and I'm finally pretty massive! I've had loads of trouble with inflammed gums as well recently and had to make a horrible trip to the dentist last week
isnt being preggers mad. have just realised people are going to be popping over for cups of tea and to see the baby when she's here so im franticly running around with a pot of paint trying to make the place look respectable before she decides to arrive this is whilst trying to get uni assignments and revision done... poor little ds is having a rather crappy boring time of it atm.
I am 36 weeks now and would love to join the thread! Hope your all hanging in there. I have been on the May group but have never felt certain if I should also be in the June one as well.
I am due 29th May but it will probably be earlier because I need to be induced. At 30 weeks they discovered I had a DVT and my meds have to be regulated. Counting the days and minutes. I'm very uncomfortable (as we all are, I'm sure) but really excited. This was an IVF conception after years of infertility and 2 ectopics so it's a much wanted baby. We had a scan at 30 weeks and they told us we were having a girl. Anyone else know the flavour?
I'm due 29th May too. feeling v crap - particularly cos i have a stomach bug at the moment and spent the night vomiting and with the runs (sorry TMI!). Very puffy feet and hands, feel cumbersome and getting tired of the relentless kicking which is SO painful now. Thankfujlly i finish work next week. All i want to do is sleep. No idea which flavour - just happy and healthy will do fine. I had loads of stretchmarks from my teenage years and I;ve only added a few small ones above my hip bones so daily application of bio-oil to try and reduce the chances of any more.
Don't want to talk stretch marks [grumpy emoticon], I was doing fine until a couple of weeks ago and now I seem to get a new one daily (or a current one gets bigger)!
Bizzarely I've managed to get a (very small) stretch mark just above my belly button....
Don't want to think about how much I've spent on oils and creams to avoid this, boots, palmers, clarins, sanctuary mums to be, mama mio, bio-oil. Oh well, at least I've smelt yummy - and imagine what they'd be like if I hadn't!!!
I'm 34 weeks and due 12 June - come and join the June thread, as long as you like cream eggs!
My blood pressure was slightly up yesterday so now I have to have it taken every week... I think they're just being over cautious but I guess it's for the best!
I just received a book on Hypnobirthing from Amazon... I'm hoping to be able to take the edge off the pain with some positive thinking and visualisation... WHo'd of thought I'd turn into a hippy!!
I'm due on May 30th, but got a feeling we'll be well into June by the time this one arrives. This is my second, a little brother for DD. Very excited although fighting against dissertation deadlines and assignments going in at uni.
I did join the June thread but tbh, never really felt like I fit in and I cuoldn't keep up with the convesations so tend not to post. I like the idea of this thread though, a bit in-betweeny!
No stretch marks yet, but I'm not holding my breath that they won't come
Great thread, I feel as though I belong here as well! Gingerwench: I've seen your name next to mine on the May thread. I guess we'll eventually end up having our babies on different days but it's nice to talk to someone who's due at the same time. Hope you are feeling better. There's nothing worse than being sick in late pregnancy. Can you not go on sick leave until the bug settles? Becky77 Hope the blood pressure is down next time. Better to be checked out though. I don't know how many times I've gone to get things checked.
I am so knackered today! I don't know if I can work up until 39 weeks now (as planned) especially as our office is so hot... I could just fall asleep here!
heya ladies. Hows everyone getting on??? like you lazylou im fighting assignment deadlines and im majorly behind schedual with my dissertation, i think im going to have to pull the pregnant card out and ask for an extension. What are you studying??? I have a little girl on the way due in 5 weeks time, this is baby number 2, i already have a ds who is adorable, but a 10 month old bundle of energy that doesnt sit still for more than a few seconds!!! Becky77 ur mad working up untill 39 weeks!!! Take your maternitiy leave and run for the hills!!! I would if i could! Im a student and have exams the week the baby is due so im just kepping my fingers and my legs crossed that i can get through them. I managed it last year when i was expecting ds. Has everyone found their majorly busy??? i feel like i should be resting but instead im constantly doing something. theres never a moments peace and now my nights are just becoming a joke... pregnancy dreams are just getting too bizare they range from being chased and attacked by a giant poisonous spider to becoming a lesbian. Its frightening!!! anyone else got strange dreams? char x
I do feel really busy!! I thought now that everything is ready and I'm down to 4 day weeks that these last 5 weeks would be a relaxing slow end to the pregnancy... But now I'm having to make tonnes of Antenatal Appointments...
I just heard back that one of my blood tests was very slightly raised so I need to take it again next week. It's strange but I feel pretty sure that everything is OK and that the NHS are just being extra cautious!! Who would've thought it!!
Arghhh maybe they're right... But I just can't be doing with all the back and forth, seeing the midwife, seeing the GP, seeing the consultant... But perhaps our LO will be arriving sooner rather than later after all?? It's just funny how calm I am about it all... Pregnancy hormones as pretty strong eh!!
Don't talk to me about dreams. I've had the mother of weird / bad dreams.
My partner has a sight difficulty. Today he went into a charity shop and had a close look at a buggy to see if it were sutible for us. It turned out to belong to a mother and there was a baby inside. He couldn't see the baby becasue of the rainproof cover. She asked "what are you doing with my baby?" She was really upset until he explained!
I hope all of you who are working finish soon and get that all important sleep. Charlotte121 I can't imagine how you can manage college and being heavily pregnant. I think you must have enormous stamina. I couldn't do it!
i feel very guilty, had a call from my midwife a moment ago, she told me off. I moved house in jan and once my gp's found out they said i would have to go to my local doctors... needless to say have been a bit pre-occupied with my son and uni and havent got round to it. she told me off as i have a problem with my liver from when i had glandular fever last year which is supposed to be monitered and also have very low iron which again is supposed to be monitered. I dont think i have seen her for at least 2 months but it just sorta slipped my mind. so i have been ordered to go out now and get enroled at my new gp's and make a midwife appointment. smack bottom for me. I think everything is ok. Baby is a black belt in kariate so theres no probs in that sense. just feel a bit naughty now. so i better get off now and sort it out. as for uni i think its the only thing keep me sane at the moment. with everything else going on around me i think i would have gone made by now if i didnt have my adult days where i dont have discuss nappies and babies. bless ur husband, i bet that was a bit of a knock to his confidence. I have friend who's dad is blind and he had a similar thing happen to him... he tried to walk off with the wrong child. its very difficult! hope hes ok char x
Yes the due in June thread is really hard work cos we chat so much. Unless you can log on every day it is almost impossible! With so many people on MN we'd be better having week-by-week antenatal threads rather than by the month!
Re babies' flavour - I am having a boy and a girl. Please no one say 'you can stop now!' Everyone keeps saying it to me and I just don't get it. Is your life complete once you have a son and daughter? i want at least one maybe two more after these!!
Hi newbishad - I'm feeling much better today thanks and I had today booked off as holiday so only 6 more "working" days but may be slacking ever so slightly towards the end.... well....it's a lot of effort to empty a desk and organise files...! It's just a shame I missed our NCT class last night where they were discussing C-sections so better hope I dontso better hope I don't 't have one or I won't have a clue what is going on!
One day nearer to the big day. Hope your all okay.
Glad you are feeling better gingerwench. I was at ante-natal classes last night and we talked about looking after a newborn. It sounds really daunting. I am not a good sleeper at the best of times so I really don't know how it's going to be, though I guess you learn as you go along don't you? I'm terribly excited at the same time though. It's our month now!!! You'll probably pick up most of the information about C sections in a book Expecting to Expect is really good!
Neezandherttwinbeans: That's really exciting having both a boy and a girl. Have you thought of names. We have been told we are having a girl and we've decided on the name Emily Mirium. (Mirium because she was an IVF baby and was conceived on the Jewish New Year) back in September. Seems so long ago now! I think your also due on 29th May. We might be around the same time if yours come early and mine is induced.
June thread is massive and scary so I'll post here instead - due 12th June, first baby (and it's a boy!). Love mumsnet - stops me feeling quite so alone, although I'll think twice before posting on the breastfeeding board again!!
I'm the same - weeing several times a night, and just looking at a drink makes me want to go! Let's hope he's getting ready for his appearance! I'm fed up of being pregnant too, and getting rather huge and feel all stretched!
@ Neezandherttwinbeans - I saw the cutest boy/girl twins in the supermarket today they must've been about 6 months and the way the were with each other was sooo cute.., gurgling and singing... Made me wish I was having the same
Hello all! Due June 3rd and can't wait for this pregnancy to be over. Very tired now and can't sleep at all. Stubborn baby STILL transverse and kicking lumps out of me. Wish it would use that energy to get head down! Visited MW led unit on Saturday and want to move in, its so nice. Hopefully baby will turn soon and I will get to go there - keep fingers crossed. Have 7 more working days to go B4 ML starts - woohoo! Not that I'm obsessively counting or anything. No stretch marks - YET!
hey ladies... its the weekend!!!! Time for rest at last! Its starting to get scary tho, each weekend seems to come round so fast which means another week has gone by so baby is even closer to being here and still nothing is ready. not sure when to get my hospital bag ready, knowing me it'll get done when i go into labour! has anyone else got their bag ready yet? I remember packing way too much stuff last time so this time im going to be slightly more economical in my selection this time around. Any one else suffereing from rediculously low iron levels? my doctor is threatening me with injections... im not good with neadles and im turning green from all the brocoli im eating! I look disgusting. I am covered in stretch marks and feel gross. And i feel enormous so cant wait to have my body back... although im not sure what condition it will be returned to me. hope everyone else id doing ok. char x
Charolotte121, I'm anemic but not suffering from really low levels. Have to take tablets. However DP is injecting me twice daily with low weight molecular warfrin because I have a DVT. It's horrible but you get used to it!
thanks newbishad! a woman here at work just told me that her friend who was due on may 28th had her baby yesterday! but i don't feel anything, any braxton hicks or whatever. i just know he's going to stick around in there giving me restless legs, backaches, constant peeing and carpal tunnel syndrome till the last possible moment.... ;)
Mine's showing no signs of moving either....except to give me intermitant bad nights, breathlessness and a few other lovely things also till the last possible momment.
I wouldn't change it for the world.
Anyone gone shopping for baby yet. We got a whole load of things on Saturday. A lovely Moses basket and play mats and things.
Really tired but am on maternity leave now so napping away whenever I feel like it. We've just started online grocery shopping which is fantastic - no more carrying heavy bags in this hot weather.
My baby is head down and kicking out and stretching loads. We feel her rolling around but essentially she stays in the same head down position.
My pelvis is beginning to heard so I guess she's getting lower down into it. I'm doing those natal hynotherapy meditations for birth and am booked into my hospital's birthing centre with water pool but really I have no clue how I am going to cope with the actual birth itself :-(
We also bought heaps of baby things on Saturday. Strangely we haven't bought any toys yet - I keep seeing those black and white baby cloth books and mobiles suitable from birth which I may buy from Amazon - anyone heard of them? I bought an activity gym but want to buy a rattle and a teddy bear. What toys have you all bought (or had bought for you) if any?
We are washing baby things today because we bought most of it at a car boot sale. It's all nearly new though! She's got two lots of play mats, a Moses basket, baby monitor, swing chair with different speeds, bouncy chair ect.
I am SOOOOOO hot today... Wishing I was on maternity leave already, but only another 3 weeks before I'm out of here... Hopefully it wont be so hot that whole time!!
Baby is wriggling around tonnes today. I don't think she can get comfy when I'm sat at a desk all day long!
Way too hot now, waddling about in work and suffering very bad headaches (thankfully checked out and all OK). Bloody baby STILL transverse, have presentation scan on Monday. Finishing work on Weds, can't wait. Hope you are all well x
I am struggling too with the heat and poor nights sleep. I was up at the hospital last night because of high blood pressure but it came down. Doctor prescribed a low dose of tamasapam for bad nights and monoclonic jerks but I only took half a tablet because of the known risks and got 6 hours sleep which is better. Awake from 4.00am though so am tired.
Baby is lying back to back but has started to enage.
20 days until my due date and counting. Hope they decide to induce me soon. Will hear on Monday.
Orissiah: Don't know about the swing chiar. It just happened to be on sale at a good price so we thought we'd try it. The person we bought it from said his daughter hadn't enjoyed it but I've spoken to two other people who have sworn by it so I guess it depends on the baby.
we had a bouncy chair for ds... it was the best thing we bought. was somewhere safe for the baby to be put down and it vibrated so was good for getting him off to sleep. just need some new batteries for it for this one. wud deffo reccomend buying things second hand. they grow out of everything really quickly and some toys are £50/£60 a throw and theres no garente ur baby is going to like it. would also reccomendd pound stretcher, asda and tesco for low cost baby grows etc. it will save u a fortune.
i thought i was going to melt yesterday. It was horrible... i cant wait to have the baby and be able to enjoy the summer, go out buy some nice clothes. I have seen some lush stuff in next and have even been fake tanning my legs so that i can attempt to look nice for the summer.
Does any one have any plans to go on hooliday over the summer? char x
Phew I've finished work today! Fantastic. No more tryng to look vaguely professional despite swollen ankles and hardly any clothes fitting. I've started getting heartburn over the last week or so at night - Gaviscon helps but isn't the panacea I thought it would be. I wake up with a mouthful of stomach acid and have to run to the bathroom So I've taken to sleeping more upright propped up on pillows although that doesn't helpo the bump. I thought I;d escaped heartburn and that now the baby is moving down that I would be safe. Oh well. Just another thing to whinge about!
Thats one of the joys of being pregnant. being able to moan alot. I've had heartburn the whole way through the pg... was told with ds that it would mean lots of hair... no such luck he was born bald. yours sounds particually nasty tho. sometimes milk can help. i think it nutralises the acid... however in not 100% sure
Presentation scan today and baby is head down (yay) and doing the splits, so may never have been transverse at all! Full speed ahead now for delivery in MW led unit. Am so relieved. Only 2 more days in work and can't wait to finish. Finding it all very difficult now - too hot, too big, can't sleep and swelling increasing daily. Whinge over, otherwise all is well. Newbi scan shows my baby back to back and head well down in pelvis - is that why you are being induced, or have I missed an earlier post? (if you don't mind me asking, that is - feel free not to answer). I've heard back to back can mean a lengthier and more painful labour, but I don't care, as long as I avoid (if poss) a CS. May change my mind on that after delivery. Hope you are all well
Thanks for asking. No I am being induced because I have a deep vein thrombosis and my medication needs to be controlled or I am at risk of haemorrhage.
I join you on being too hot, too big, can't sleep and now I have back ache to add to the milleu. While I was in hospital today I got really bad siatica and they had to get a wheelchair for me!
Newbishad - that's less than 2 weeks, yikes. Very exciting for you.
Becky - I am working from home today and tomorrow and finish work on Friday. And I cannot wait.
Weather here a bit cooler and better today - but looks like a hot weekend again ladies. I cannot recommend putting big fat swollen feet into freezing cold water enough, it's the only thing that makes me feel human again when it's really hot.
I bought some cheap HUGE knickers (not disposable), and due to laundry emergency grabbed a pair to wear the other day. They were so comfy.... Also so unattractive, but I don't care! It was being so damned sexy that got me into this mess.
Re: milk for indigestion, I was told not to use full fat milk as the fat can make the burn even worse. Should be semi skimmed or ideally fully skimmed if you can bear it. Unfortnately milk doesn't help me. Not eating after 8pm and hardly drinking does though...
heya ladies... just getting my hosp bag together. Bought some cute little toiletries in asda... little individual bottles of panten and dove. may have to be induced at the beginning of next week as the baby appears to have stopped growing so their worried about problems with the placenta i think... Im sooooo no ready for another baby and i have just found out the date for my new kitchen to be fitted is the 10th of june.... great timeing. Had a huge problem with ants getting in with all this hot weather. I have tried everything to get rid of them and i think i am finallly winning the battle!!! They have been driving me mad!!! I dont know if anyone else has been attending NCT classes but i have. They have been really good and interesting... knowing my luck i wont get to go to the last one on monday becoz of having a scan. Im quite worried about having this scan as weell as i have to go on my own... everytone is too busy to come with me, just hope there is nothing heavy to deal with if something is up with my bump. better go ds is getting cranky for his dinner. char x
Arghhh my SPD is starting to get troublesome now, but I'm so happy to have reached the full term 37 week mark!
And I'm very happy that the hot weather has gone for now
How is everyone else doing?? What snacks are you taking to the hospital? Are you going for glucose tablets because of the vomitting thing or just whatever you fancy??
Hi Becky - I'll be 37 weeks on Thursday and am counting down the days. I've started mat leave now and have this weird feeling that LO will turn up next weekend, no reason for this whatsoever, just that as I'm not working what else shall I do!? "Well I'll have a week off and then give birth!" Bet I'm still here at the end of June....
Labour snacks - I'm planning on taking lots of dried fruit as it gives me a relatively healthy sugar boost for energy. Also it should help with the apparently scary 1st post baby toilet trip...
Labour snacks - I've gone for dried fruit and cereal bars too and I think DH will make a stack of sarnies to keep him going (if he gets enough warning that is!)
Labour snacks - so far I've got choc bars, crisps, jaffa cakes and bottles of coke lol can see the midwifes frowning at me already. Maybe I should hide those or pretend they're for DP and take healthy stuff in too.
I'm just starting to think about my hospital bag which is a bit silly as I am due to go in next week for my induction. Also I have intermitant pains. Not sure what these are. Vague cramp like pains that could be caused by the iron tablets I have to take or something more exciting. My due date isn't until 29th May and it's a first baby so I think it's more likely to be iron tablets unfortunately. V. uncomfotable though and counting the minutes.
I think I'll probably go for dried fruit, cereal bars, crisps (which I love), banarnas and fruit bars. I'm eating quite a lot already. Despite having a full evening meal I am waking up hungry in the middle of the night.
I'm really not a fan of dried fruit though... cereal bars are good, I'll pack some of those... but if it's a really long labour I'll be wanting something savoury maybe some nuts. I cant bring myself to drink lucozade... It'll give me flash backs of my GTT test bluerghhh!
So who's due date is first? newisbad by the looks of it... Have you gone over your EDD, hence the induction?
I spent yesterday at the hospital because I have to be closely monitored due to my DVT. They think I am in the arly stages of labour and I have to go back this morning for more obs to be taken. They said last night they thought labour might start anywhere between 12-24 hours but then again I have read the May thread which I belong to as well and there are stories on there where these symptoms go on for weeks.
Things have quitened a little over-night. Enough to allow me to sleep!
due next wednesday, 28th.... terrible edema in my hands (feet ok though!). getting so frustrated that all i can really do about it is have the damn baby. there must be something else! i've cut out salt and i'm drinking loads of water, blah blah blah. bored since i finished work yet don't want to start any new projects because what's the point with the baby coming any day now? how do other people cope with this 'waiting' period?
@ Ampster - not long to go now!! I'd just sleep as much as possible in preparation for the big day... That's what I plan to do once I've finished work! That and my hypnotherapy CD and washing babygrows!
Seen MW today, baby has done a little breakdancing and is now in a much better position. 4/5 engaged so still have a way to go. Bet I'm the only one left on here at the end of June! Have an appointment for a sweep on June 5th (2 days after due date) so MW obviously not hopeful either!Feeling a fair bit of low back ache & BH starting to be a bit painful now and again. Wish I could sleep better. Don't know how I'm going to cope now I've finished work. I've done all the housework, watched every episode of Top Gear Dave has to offer and even managed a low maintenance haircut. Have so far resisted all temptation to cut the grass. How are you all coping? I know I should be making the most of it, but I'm BORED!!! Not long for you now Newbi, Good Luck
woo hoo only 1 week left for me... if the baby is here on time. feeling very jealous. Im due first out of everyone in my NCT class but 2 people have had their babies already... no fair. I have been dreading the whole thing up til now but im actually starting to get realy excited. Benn nesting all day... kitchen and lounge are now spotless so just got the rest of the house to get done over the weekend. I feel very determined to get it immaculate throughout... maybe its a sign of the bump coming??? who knows. Hosp bag totally packed now although im going to have to re-stock my labour snacks. Got a bit peckish in the night and munched my way through a huge stack of flapjacks. Have packed flapjacks, cake bars, mini chedders and a bottle of squash in my bag but think i might add a bit more. Last time i was starving and there was no food on the ward so i just had to suffer in silence till dp brought me loads of cakes and sausage rolls the next day. Put a few magazines in too for after the birth so that i can have something to do if the baby decides to sleep.
Good luck everyone... sure someone is bound to have their little bundle of joy soon. How exciting!!! Hope everyone starts getting more sleep. My son is paying up at the moment so i can understand everyone who is tired and the heartburn is driving me insain. Have never really experianced it b4 this birth but it is awful!!! Have a good weekend, Im off to an incredibly cheesy eurovision party!!! Any one else doing anything nice? char x x x
heya NS Good luck with your induction. I bet your really excited at the prospect of seeing the little one!!! I hope you spend the day relaxing... get loads of rest and chill out with your feet up. I expect the reality of it all will be that your nervous and rushing round like a tornado, but dont forget about yourself! Sounds cheesy but remember your body is designed to do this... thats what i keep telling myself anyways!
Let us all know when you have had ur bundle of joy. I hope everything goes well for you! How are you feeling about it all??? char x
sounds good. Im nesting at the moment... cant stop cleaning but im going to take advantage of it... Im normally not this bothered about housework so might as well get on with it. Have decided to treat myself to a dvd tonight if i get it all done and if ds goes down to sleep ok. You'll love being a mummy... its the best thing in the world... just savour every moment bcoz it does go so quickly. There are so many moments that will make you smile and bring you to tears because their magical. Its hard work but totally worth every moment!!!
it's 5.45 and i've been up since 3am reading mumsnet. i've basically given up on sleep - am not even trying really as my boyfriend has to get up really early for work and i'll keep him awake with my fidgeting / trips to the bathroom. due on wednesday but no BH or anything really. sigh. sick and tired of feeling sick and tired!
any news anyone... im still pregnant. I was 5 days early with ds... so heres to hoping this one will pop out soon (which would be today) however im under strict instructions from my mum that i have to have the baby on friday to avoid her having too much time off from work. Me and the bump will have to have a few stern words i think!
10 days left and counting!! I really can't imagine how this LO is gonna come out... She seems pretty comfy in there! Aaah well I have an appointment tomorrow AM so hopefully they'll tell me she's engaged! I should be so lucky!
I hope everything went OK Newbishad. Anyone else getting twinges? I haven't had a single Braxton Hick yet xx
Hello all. Me & bump still here, 5 days & counting. Starting to feel a bit of discomfort with the BH now, bit period painy, but nothing that painful or regular. I'm feeling a bit fed up, doing very little but am soooo tired coz I can't sleep. I am feeling strangely jealous of all you nesters, have no instinct to clean at all, tho God knows the house could do with it. Have had supreme instinct to make cakes though, yum! Am putting my lack of sleep to good use tomorrow by driving DP to the airport at 5am as he has to go away to work. He'll be back Friday, so not too bad. But, you can never trust Sods law can you! Keeping everything crossed till friday night. Hoping you are all well and we'll have some announcements soon. Best not be from me though!
My partner has an assessment next Wednesday so am holding out until then... We'll be going out for a hot curry straight afterwards to celebrate and I've booked an acupuncture session for the following morning! I'm already on the raspberry leaf capsules... I can't wait to get the birth out of the way and meet our chubby little bundle
I'm 39 weeks - due 1st week in June.... I'm tired and grumpy!
I'm absolutely huge this time around (4th baby) 53" waist now!!!
Also the baby isn't head down yet - so I'm off for a scan tomorrow to see what's to be done - baby has been in "an unstable lie" for a few weeks now - meaning he's still summersaulting and not stuck head down. (my womb is obviously quite roomy having been used a few times before!)
I'm so preoccupied with how or when this baby is coming out - it's hard to concentrate on anything else - have packed my hospital bag several times already.
I'm drinking the raspberry leaf tea - it's quite nice and gives more BH's for sure.
I know this should be in a different place really but thought would add here.
Monday 26th May at 14.26 Harry Benjamin arrived weighing 9lb. 4 hours in labour with just gas and air makes my eyes water just remembering it but very proud at the same time.
All is good, he's feeding every 3 hours ish and sleeping in between!
Swnding lots of good luck and positive vibes to those left to pop.
EDD tomorrow. Bump still here. Sulking. Sleep impossible now, keep waking up with really sore hip/back area. Bit of a problem if i need the loo as I am completely frozen for a bit! Feeling a bit of pressure when I walk now, but not really sure if bump has dropped at all. Don't know how things are as MW had to cancel appointment on Saturday due to some selfish very lucky lady going into labour. Won't see her till Thurs now when she will do a sweep. Hopefully that will get things moving as I am thoroughly fed up now. Hope you're all feeling better than me
Hi, My EDD is finally here today but though baby is fully engaged am feeling nothing - no twinges or pain and am actually feeling rather energetic if bored and impatient. Will see MW tomorrow. I want her to check baby and also cervix to see if anything is actually happening. If not I will have to assess my options. xx O (40 weeks today!)
I'm 40+5 no real signs of action despite the same BH tightenings every so often that I've had for a couple of weeks now. V Bored and will ask for a sweep when I see the midwife in 2 days.
Still fecking here! Can't wait for MW appt tomorrow. I got no sleep at all last night, my hips are just sooooooo painful, I can't lie down. Becky, I really didn't feel any BH till very recently, though I could see my bump tightening & softening. Now a little bit period painy, but nothing worse. I have been feeling a bit of pressure today, at what I imagine is top of cervix, enough to stop me in my tracks once or twice. But no real signs of movement and no pain. hopefully will be favourable for a sweep tomorrow. I just want to be able to lie down again! Hope you are all well, if a bit bored and fed up
@ Vicsta - I so know what you mean... I can't wait to sleep on my front again or be able to lie on my back! My hips are really painful too... bed time is no fun
I'll keep an eye out for my bump tightening... But not sure how I can differentiate between that and baby stretching.
I think I felt a BH in the night last night though... So I guess that's progress!
Congratulations to Mum2bex3. Enjoy! I am envious of your labour. Mine was complicated at the end. I needed a ventouse and then I got an infection in the wound and I have been in hospital with high fever and pain in the area for the last 3 days. Think I am on the mend now.
Hope the rest of you don't have long to wait! It's great to be the other side of labour.
Me again! Having serious sulk now. Just been to MW who, despite promising me 2 weeks ago and despite not being able to turn up for my home visit on Saturday REFUSED to do a sweep. Bloody Cow! Its all right for her with her 'it'll have more chance of working if we leave it a bit longer' appproach, its not bloody her who can't lie down coz of her bardy hips. Grrr! And she wouldn't check my cervix, even tho I said I'd been feeling an increase in pressure and her saying 'oooh, baby's well down now, won't be long'. Am pathetically annoyed I almost felt like crying. Reasonable me knows she's quite right of course (I am only 2 days overdue after all), but, why bloody say it if you've no intention of doing it. And she didn't even apologise for not seeing me Saturday! Bloody, bloody cow! Now I have to wait till Tuesday - if she can be bothered to turn up. Rant Over. Feel a bit better already . Newbi so sorry to hear you've been so unwell, I do hope you are better soon. Hope everyones feeling better than me. Wishing us all a good nights sleep tonight - or even better, some contractions!
I sympathise. I have had problems with mw's both in and out of hospital. None of them looked at the perineum and I think that contributed to the infection.
Have you a maternal foetal assessment unit in the hospital / sympathetic GP who might be able to speed things along! When was your due date? I can only imagine the frustration if you have passed it. It was bad enough for me being induced at 39 weeks and 5 days. I tried to get them to induce me a bit early as well.
Lots of love and strong eviction notices sent to babs.
I had my sweep yesterday and have had more pressure and period-like twinges today but nothing much happening yet. Before they did my sweep they checked me out and I was 2 cm dilated and my cervix length had shortened to 0.5 cm - without me even realising this all was happening! But it doesn't necessarily mean things will progress quickly so just in case my induction has been booked for 9 days' time. I so hope I can start feeling proper contractions soon and get this show on the road!
I'm still here. Midwife tried and failed to do sweep on Thursday - apparently cervix too posterior for her to reach although she did touch the baby's head and it has engaged further than she thought by examining my abdomen. Bishops score less than 3. She will try to give a sweep on Monday and I'm provisionally booked in for prostaglandin gel Tuesday evening and then induction Wednesday although I'd rather see if I can avoid that. If I'm healthy and the baby is healthy then it would be better to have monitoring I think and let nature take its course. But I'll be 42 weeks next Thursday....fed up and getting down now
I just thought I'd let you know that I was about as far gone as you when I was induced because of my DVT. I only needed one prostaglandin gel to get going and my waters artifically broken. But still would be better if you went naturally.
feeling much better today, well over my sulk now with the aid of numerous curly-wurly's and mars bars. Bump still a bump but managing OK as I slept suprisingly well last night - only 40 mins or so at a time but I was able to go back to sleep each time, which hasn't been happening for a while. Still feel I need more sleep tho, so perhaps bubba could stay in for a day or two more? God I'm fickle!
, although printed out some great pix this weekend. 
