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BB3 · 16/10/2011 16:22
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sassy34264 ·
16/10/2011 17:05
i dont think you're supposed to cheshire after your waters have broke cos of risk of infection- but i could be wrong.
happy i think the time limit is 24 hrs before they will intervene cos of infection. hopefully something will happen one way or the other soon. x
bb3 im not bothered about the sex as like you say i have both sexes already, but it would be nice to have a boy to even it out. dp wants another boy but again we have one- so no massive longing.
ive had a really uncomfortable day. my back is throbbing and baby is causing all sorts of aches and pains. this week cant end fast enough! 
dannid ·
16/10/2011 19:52
Just wanted to pop by and say 'hello' as haven't had a chance to post in ages...have been reading posts when i get a minute but our computer hasn't been working properly for a while now so having to view on my phone which is a real pain...and between working and looking after DS I just never seem to have a spare moment!
Glad to hear of all the arrivals....congratulations to you all!!! 
Been enjoying hearing the birth stories!
Am 38 + 2 now so am really hoping that I'll be joining you all soon...DS was nearly 12 days late though so I'm not holding my breath!! Have been having some strong BH but they never seem to amount to anything 
Baby is also back to back at the moment so am keeping my fingers tightly crossed that it will do an about turn just in time!
Will try my best to keep up to date and keep posting...should b a bit easier now that on maternity leave!! X
SconesForTea ·
16/10/2011 21:48
Good luck happy I was in early labour before being able to feel it, when labour 'proper' started it was only for 7 hours so hoping yours is quite short too.
Edward hoping your labour starts up again soon...
Good luck to you Awen...
We've realised the newborn clothes are still in the loft - we've got soooo much 0-3 stuff though 
No bags packed as yet, but we have had a lovely day Had a long, lazy lunch at my sister's, pretended I wasn't pregnant and had a couple of glasses of wine, it was fab. (Pretended to myself that is. I think it's fairly obvious that I am extremely pregnant indeed.)
39+1 so less than a week until due, yay!!!
LittlePebble ·
17/10/2011 01:01
Hi all just pipping in to say Elijah William Robert was born at 00:45 Sunday 16th after a marathon labour weighing 8lb 10oz. He's beautiful and we're home so trying to get used to feeding etc. But wow it's amazing being a mummy
Good luck for those of you on the way xx
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Jane4321 ·
17/10/2011 09:16
39+6 here...Feels as if baby is comfortable in there, and that I'm going to be pregnant forever!
Bouncing on ball manically.......bored, frustrated, uncomfortable :(
Congratulations pebble!
Sassy I haven't weighed myself for about 2 weeks...too scared... 
Tho I'd be pretty pissed off if DH commented on the size of my ass! 
happymummytobe ·
17/10/2011 09:43
Congratulations pebble and gorgeous name!
Went to hospital last night, was monitored for ages and saw I was contracting. All great. But then a junior doctor told me i needed to stay in, start iv antibiotics and induction because it was over 24 hours since my waters broke. But as I hadn't had any, um, leaking all day they wanted to scan me to double check that my waters really HAD broken. All fine, but was suddenly very real and dh went off home to get bags etc.
I felt so frustrated because I wanted to wait overnight but obviously wanted to do whatever was being advised to keep the baby safe. So went ahead and had the canula put in (a big deal fir ne cos I hate needles).
Very soon after this, a more senior doctor turned up and scanned me, did 2 internals and concluded that it was very unlikely that my waters had broken!
So happy to be able to go home last night and it means that I can probably go to the birth centre when labour does start properly but was very annoyed that I'd allowed the other doctor to put the canula in before the scan. The midwife and senior doctor were both lovely and apologised profusely. Oh well, at least I've faced one of my big fears!
And my contractions are definitely stronger now so maybe in the next day or two I'll actually get around to popping a baby out! Was 1-2 cm dilated last night which made me feel v proud (naive first timer )
Poor dh has had to explain to work that he isn't starting paternity leave today. Or "holiday" as he keeps calling it - hmm...
Hope everyone is ok and we'll have lots more babies by the end of the week!
EdwardorEricCantDecide ·
17/10/2011 09:45
Jane I feel your pain I've also been bouncing on the ball like it's going out of fashion, I do feel like it does more if I open my legs wide and sort of rock rather than bounce though. Also nipple stimulation is really working for me, it brings on a contraction within minutes but the contractions do stop as soon as I do
My EDD is today and I'm beyond fed up!
Think I'm gonna make a start on Xmas hampers or something to take my mind off it!
Theres a new mothercare opened near me I'm tempted to hang around there today I've heard if waters break in the store u get £250 vouchers?! Not sure if that's true though
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