September 2010 - arrivals already, more to come!

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Here's the new thread for the September 2010 arrivals - though some babies have already come in July and August, and maybe more to come in August before we're done with this month...

Didn't know Freya was a Norse goddess, just always loved it.
Think I will stick with Lucy now I've seen it wrote down I don't like the 'ie' way.
Newborn stage is going pretty well. It is the toddler which is giving us hassle. When she wants to sleep she doesn't like me going near Lucy but she will come around. Once the elder ones are bak at school we can get into some routine.

I agree with Lucy debs but then, I like Freya too, although I would spell it Freja but that's the continental spelling I think!

I had a panic - I thought I'd gone into labour earlier, as all of a sudden, my back started aching, and I was getting contractions, but quite a bit more intense ones than I've had so far.

Thankfully it's eased off, but it meant DH had to take DS to MIL's on his own - I really didn't feel up to a 45-60 min drive across country!

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Freya's the Norse equivalent of Venus, I suppose - goddess of fertility, love, etc.

Had a lovely weekend, spent yesterday at the beach. Got there early before all the turists arrived. It was low tide so could walk out for ages, even managed to have a swim, well more of a float really but felt good.

Today has been very hot & humid, so much better out the house than in, decided to go for a picnic in the park and then DP took DS down to the beach again so I could faff around get things sorted. Its now 10:30 at night and I have all the windows open and the fan on, I dont know how Im going to sleep tonight. Would consider sleeping outside if I had a garden.

Oh and DP changed the towels , now have pale yellow and eggshell white (not sure thats really a colour).

Have been doing some online shopping too, got myself 3 BFing tops from Mamaway as they have a sale on right now.

Wishing you all a good nights sleep

Glad you managed a 'float' patio.... also wishing everyone a good nights sleep.... I've been gettin really strong Braxton Hicks all day... not sure how much sleep i'll be getting!

Hi all
Debs - love Lucy! Melly - Reuben, fab name too.
Busy weekend SIL (due week after me) is staying with us with her 3 boys and BIL is home with his little boy. So 6 boys running around the place. All fun!
Braxtons killing me. Cant even lie down for 15 mins without getting a stitch somewhere. Feeling totally preggers and waddly. The stairs are a mountain at this stage. Am due back to work next week for a week or so too Ugh!!
On the other hand DS2 had first full dry day today! might actually have 4 weeks without nappies? Well 6 knowing my luck.
Hope everyone sleeps. Will be awake around 4 and again around 6 if anyone is up!!
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Thanks for sharing your birth story Debs, what a marathon!

Welcome Rebekah :)

Saoirse, pack your bag! I know 3 women who had babies 4 weeks early and they had to send husbands home to collect toiletries and clothes.

Sleep: I have also put a plastic sheet down to protect our mattress in case of waters breaking but it is sooo uncomfortable and makes me feel hot and sweaty, even though its under a normal cotton sheet. At least now I'm on maternity leave I can take cat naps throughout the day on the sofa! Swordfish and Dixie my hips are really achey at night too, glad its not just me. Is it from sleeping on my side?

Clothing or lack thereof: Am living in comfy Asos leggings and my brother's enormous university t shirt. Put on proper clothes and make up to meet NCT friends yesterday. Fear this slobbing about may become a habit. Usually when I get home from work I take off my make up and jewellery (even my wedding ring) and contact lenses and get comfy in my glasses and jeans. Now that Im not working for a year will I be bothered with make up and rings and contacts?

Baby names: We finally have ours sorted. I have made DH put template ?Birth announcement? texts in his mobile ready to send out depending on whether its a girl or a boy. All he has to fill in is the weight. I've done this as I don't trust him to spell the names right.

39 weeks!

Well, baby not an unstable lie: hurrah! In fact 3/5ths in there hence the pressure and nicely OP:joy..!

So looks as back on for HB: in fact was contracting 7 mins apart last night..which slowed to 20..which stopped! Grrr. It felt like if I pushed a little something would go bang or pop: the pressure is now intense.

Spoke to MW this morning who informed me that if it messes about like it did, it usually does nothing then 4 or 5 days later baby comes. Gulp. Still reckoning the full moon is brewing me up nicely, as per.

Feeling really weird still too.

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Skater - re hips, and whether it's from sleeping on your side - lying on your side does aggravate it. However, don't see there's much choice! Went to an active birth class on Friday, and the key tip for ensuring baby in best position for birth was...to sleep on left hand side. Definitely NOT to sleep, relax or watch TV etc while reclining on back with pillows to prop you - which is the only position that gives my poor old hips some relief! Argh. So now spend the night thinking ouch that really hurts, but must try and stay on left side....!!! Can't win. Is slightly better if I sort of angle myself so still facing left but with pillows propping my top half. But definitely given up on the prospect of a full night's sleep before bubs arrives.

Just spilt mayonnaise on my top. Argh - big greasy blob right in middle of bump. Trying to eat toasted sandwich at desk not a good idea - can't lean forward enough so my belly now acting as a drip tray. Looking good for the rest of the work day then...

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Afternoon ladies. Feeling very tired today! Didn't sleep well as my lower back was killing me for some reason (think I did too much cleaning yesterday) and woke me up every time I turned over. Also, had bad case of trapped wind so bump felt bloated and uncomfortable (too much veg i think), then when I was lying awake at 4:36am listening to the heavy rain, I suddenly remembered that I had left my washing out on the line so I spent the next 30 minutes visualising how dripping wet it was going to be when I eventually get it in. It has now had a spin dry and is on the radiators. Just feel really tired and achy today. Living in my PJ's when in the house, though I know I have to get dressed today to go and purchase an anniversary card and pressie for my mom and dad. All I want to do is go back to bed!!! Early night tonight methinks.

I have half packed my bag too so feel I've had a slightly productive day.

Hope everyone is well today x x x

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For those of you having girls, just to let you know that M&S have reduced sleepsuits in this particular design(ebay link so you can see the picture) to £1 for a pack of 3! My mum tipped me off and when I went to my local store it still showed full price on the packet but I asked for a price check and was told yes, reduced to a quid! Not sure if there's an equivalent offer for anything more boyish or unisex but tbh at that price, I don't think I'd care about the colour anyway And actually one is plain white with just a tiny pink label on the front. Looks like ebayers have been snapping them up to sell on so don't hang around if you want to stock up...

hmm, that link doesn't seem to work... - trying again

My lower back is sore too Jodey... I did have a mad attck of nesting last night and hoovered the entire house so probably that.

Dixie I splashed greasy water all down my bump tonight! I look like Waynetta Slob! Tracky bottoms & greasy top

Saw the MW today. Heads 1/5th! ds never got that low! well, obviously he did but not that I was aware of from appointments!
There was also glucose in my urine! We agreed to put it down to the excessive amounts of chocolate & fizzy pop I've been drinking! I'm not gonna stop, too close now!

Did too much today - pain in right hip all the way down my leg. Ugh!! Am such a big pregnant lump. Heading to doctor tomorrow. " hours either way. But am going to do all the shopping to have bag packed for wed. Hopefully!
Sad today as is parents wedding anniversary. They would have been 37 years married today. Mom is doing alright - dads borther and sister visited at different times so that kept her going. I just feel the weight of the loss at the moment. The closer I get to DD the more I miss him. Normal i guess but not helped by hormone overload.

Hello all! The thread is just a few days old an yet already getting pretty long! Just a quick hello from me...

You've all got me worrying about my hospital bag. Hadn't really planned on doing that for another week or so, but I guess I should probably get it sorted!

Is everyone carrying their maternity notes around with them everywhere now too? Apparently I should have been doing that for ages, but they're quite heavy for a handbag...

Anyways, hope you're all well :) Some of you really close now... so exciting!

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Carrying maternity notes around, AliKatt? Cor, never heard that one before. What with planning a homebirth I assume I don't need to worry too much about it but I suppose if I were going further than the local shops then I might be best off taking them with me, good point.

MammyG, sorry not only for your literal pain but also for the fresh occasion of sadness with the anniversary. I know that each anniversary will be painful.

39 + 3, feeling twinges and hoping it will be soon now

Good news about heads engaging bananastew and catbus must be a good sign! My baby is still not engaged at all and I'm amazed at how many people are freaked out when I tell them when I'm due, it seems I should stay at home until I go into labour.

I'm not carrying mine AliKatt and haven't at all. Thinking I should put them with my hospital bag so I don't forget to take them to hospital with me if I actually go into labour this time.

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I was told at my first midwife appt to carry notes with me at all times! Ignored that one - too bulky. But friend told me that when she arrived at hospital to give birth there was a woman pretty far gone being made to sit in waiting room while her husband went home to fetch her notes - they wouldn't admit her without them, so she was sitting there moaning while all these new arrivals were being whipped past her into the delivery unit! Don't forget notes. My notes are from a different hospital as we moved at around 22 weeks...hopefully they will still accept them at new hospital!

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Morning,

Hope everyone is well.

I've written a list for stuff to put in my hospital bag which is a start at least. Didn't actually put anything in a bag though so I don't think I really deserved that cornetto as a treat but had it anyway.

Am having a sudden, and completely ridiculous, panic about baby clothes - or lack of them. All sites I've looked at say I need a cardigan. I only have sleepsuits and vests (and I had to ask the woman in Asda what a baby vest looked like). Do I really need a cardigan?! Or can it wait until I know how big/what type of baby it is?!

Am also having mini panic about Braxton Hicks. Does everyone have them? Should I know if I've been having them? I've not really been feeling anything out of the ordinary so I can't say for sure if I've had them or not. Am I somehow faulty?!

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Dixie I switched hospitals when I went private halfway through this pregnancy and its fine ? the new lot should just continue writing in your old notes.

I am only taking notes with me when I leave London or go somewhere overnight. As this is DC #1 I reckon if I go into labour while at the shops or round a friends I will come home to labour for a couple of hours before going to hospital. My notes are living in my hospital bag and I take them out when I have a check up. Also: Why can't they make notes handbag sized instead of A4?

Pickle I had no Braxton Hicks until nearly 39 weeks. All the girls in NCT were having them ages ago ? I thought I had the world's laziest uterus. Course when I did get them I panicked because you only know its BH in retrospect ? when they don't escalate. At the time you think ?This could be it!?

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pickle I didn't get any BH's with my first pregnancy but have had loads with the second, I think perhaps it has a lot to do with how you're carrying as this is such a different pregnancy from the 1st.

The name debate continues full throttle in this house not sure this poor boy will ever be named!!

Had hospital tour last night of my lovely local maternity hospital where I really hope I will be this time (got transferred from homebirth to big hospital last time) it's only 5 mins from my house which is great and means DP and DD will be able to visit often and easily.

Made it seem a bit more real being there they have two lovely birthing pools, I would be so chuffed if I got to have a waterbirth this time.

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All I have to do is waddle from my sofa to the toilet, and I get quite big BHs! Combined with the SPD, and it's little wonder why I try to hang on as long as possible between visits :o

I'm a bit atm though, as our boiler packed up over night, and it's taking ages to get an engineer out. DH insisted we do it through our home insurance, but they're dilly-dallying about getting someone out. I'd much prefer to get the engineer out who usually deals with it, but no, because that means spending money (ok, yes, we're not rolling in it) DH over-ruled. x2! Thing is, if it means a new boiler (which I have a horrible feeling it may...) then the insurance isn't going to cover that anyway!!

I hate our boiler!

Plus I have a mw appt at 3pm, which I really do need to attend, because of HB issues!

And now Fidget has the hiccups too... argh!!

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