Due SEPTEMBER thread 14 - here we go ...

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I am NOT superstitious but ..... couldn't bear the thread that took us into September to be #13 !!!

Good luck Bubbles!
LadyL - sorry to hear about your nanna.
I'm bouncing on my birthing ball too. Keep getting very low pains, feels like baby is trying to head butt it's way out! I seem to be the only one not suffering with the heat, it's quite a nice day but we never get the sort of temperatures you guys get. Hope you can all keep cool. I actually had my central heating on a couple of nights ago!
Baba's room is now ready and it looks fab. I can't help but sneak a look in everytime I pass the room.
DH is doing an exam at work today, that he has been worrying about, so once that is over, we are def ready for the little arrival. I hope I go early too, although my due date isn't til 2 weeks on Saturday.
LOL to all the sex talk, can't think of anything worse at the moment!!!

Yay Bubbles!! Good luck - make sure your DH/DP is armed with Mumsnet instructions so that he can keep us updated...

It's official - I am a Domestic Goddess. By 11am this morning had put away a load of washing, done 2 more, changed sheets, made chocolate brownie, and some pastry nibbles. Am just about to move onto Spinach and Feta pie... Must be mad doing all that cooking in this heat, but my workmates are putting on a baby shower tonight for me and my boss (who is also pregnant and 10 weeks behind me).

Thanks for the fetal positioning info KiwiKate. Have been trying to sleep in the recovery position on my left side for a couple of weeks now, but am finding it incredibly uncomfortable. Think I might have to use more pillows... Silly question, but when you're walking sideways upstairs, should you be leading with your left leg or your right leg? I honestly can't work out which way around this baby is - am fairly certain it's head down, but no idea which side it's on. Going to the GP tomorrow, so hopefully he will be able to tell me.

Sorry to hear about your Nan Lady L . My last grandparent died in NZ while I was living over here, and it was awful not being able to see her before she died, or go to the funeral. Take care of yourself.
Right, off to forage for some lunch.

bows down to the domestic goddess!! I surprised myself by doing 2hrs of ironing yesterday, but haven't quite made it as far as the kitchen yet (well, I did cook myself some dinner, but have no 'supplies' for afterwards... I'll just point hubby in the direction of Sainsburys with a long list I think!)

at you bubbles, but wishing you all the best! how exciting! I just felt a bit of a dull period type pain and was willing it to be the start of labour!!! perhaps not a wise move in this heat, but I really just want the baby here now! whoever decided that pregnancy should be a whopping 9 months was definitely having a laff!

Not sure what they are doing with my nanna - they started weaning her off the sedation yesterday (with the intention of removing the ventilator) but then she started vomiting, so they upped the sedation again. I think today they were going to try again... just feel sorry for her it's dragging on so long, but I suppose she doesn't know too much about it.

My word Kiwifruit!!

All I've managed today is to lay on my bed under the ceiling fan! watching really rubbish telly!

It's my last day at work today before I start my maternity leave so am looking forward to putting my feet up for a bit before this little baby arrives - 17th September.

For the last week I have had some kind of tickly cough virus which is really getting me down I've been drinking hot lemon and honey with grated fresh ginger by the bucket load and am now sick of it. Does anyone know of a good herbal remedy for a really irritating tickly cough?

Hope someone here can help. Can't imagine having a coughing fit in mid contraction! OUch!

Good luck bubbles!!! Thinking of you.

Ditto on the cough, Daisydot, although mine is the chesty variety - I sound like a horrible old man! I've just been taking honey & glycerine linctus (from Boots I think) - I expect somebody here will have a better solution. Interesting (and comforting I think) what spudballoo says on this thread about colds as 'purges' in late pregnancy.

Just saw the consultant midwife - all is well - she says the baby is wedged well down (no kidding - I can hardly walk!) and that such deep engagement in a 2nd pregnancy can mean a very fast labour. In any case she reckons I haven't got long to go ....

Oops Daisydot have you posted here before? I just assumed I'd missed you because I'm not a very thorough skim-reader ... Anyway if not, welcome and do add your details to our stats thread

Back from osteopath and I seriously feel like a different person - for all those with pelvic/lower back aches and pains I would really recommend it! Bad news is that he thinks birth is a good week away, Good news is that it is the new moon that brings on labour, and that's this weekend (I think..!) - so maybe that will work for some of you!!!

andif - I have looked on a yoga website (as certain types of yoga don't practice on new or full moons) and according to them, it's a NEW moon this Saturday 3rd Sept, and a FULL moon on Sat 17th Sept... have found an article that says full moon might not affect labour rates after all! Hope that helps!

Saturday 3rd September sounds a fine day to be born on a new moon! Shall increase the rasberry and labour ball bouncing. Was doing a little rain dance also - hope it helps!!

RH - well done on rain dance! It is clouding over here, so maybe it's worked (although now very humid). Sat is my ds2's birthday, so will have to keep my legs crossed!!!

Just to make you laugh - did a google on 'labour' and 'moon' - apparently Madeleine Moon is the labour MP for Brigend.....

Hi everyone, just got back from midwife and she gave me a internal and says that there is no change from the early hours so it looks like i'm having a september baby after all. she said friday at the latest. judging by the way i look, think she was implying that i look like shit!!! she isn't wrong either. am so fed up!!!

andif

agh bubbles how frustrating. Hope something happens really soon.

Ooh I am getting organised. DD out with DH this afternoon so I've just stamped all the envelopes for the birth announcement cards Am now off to make Labourade!

wow birth announcement cards?!! I hadn;t even thought to buy any to be honest... not sure I know that many people, and the ones I do know I thought I'd probably just ring / text (although cards sounds a bit more sophisticated )

Just got back from our long walk to the park and back and my back is giving me hell, will have a curry tonight, get bouncing on my swiss ball (once dd has gone to bed cause she thinks it is hers to play with) then after a relaxing clary sage bath may try to persuade dh to have a bit more than a cuddle in an effort to get this baby out cause I am fed up of not being able to put it down!!!!!!!!!!!

It is starting to cloud over here and the wind is picking up a bit, we have had some nice fat rain drops too would really welcome a proper storm.

I googled phases of the moon and childbirth and got loads of rubish, no one seemed able to agree on anything!!!!

can you use clary sage before you are actually in labour? i bought some, but it's tucked away in my hospital bag...

Good luck Bubbles and . NZ is 12 hours ahead of UK, so we are already on 1 Sept here (4am! Guess who is struggling to sleep).

DH said last night that he thinks baby will come soon . Not like him to express a "feeling" about stuff like this. Not sure whether he really believes this or is just trying to make me feel better. Either way it was very comforting to hear (odd, of course, because he may be totally wrong).

DS (2.4yo) spent yesterday patting my tummy saying "come on, baby, come out now! I can't wait to meet you" in a most encouraging tone of voice. He has been a real angel for the past couple of days, which is just as well, as I'd have been too exhausted to cope otherwise.

Ladylazarus - thinking of you. Even when you know it is "best" for the person you love to be released from suffering, it is still heart rending (my dad passed away when I was pg with ds. He had been really ill, and I knew it was a release for him, but I really found it hard. But then again if people weren't dear to us we could be like machines about this type of thing).

Kiwifruit, apparently it is best to lead with the leg on the side that the baby is positioned when stair climbing. So in my case, baby is Right Occipito Posterior (ROP), I should lead with my right. However, even if you lead with the other leg when stair walking (esp sideways!) apparently it is very helpful. The thing that I found helps me in the recovery position is the amount of tilt of my hips. Some days I can tilt more towards the bed than others (depending on how "large" I feel, and on how much other bits of me ache). I sometimes tuck my bottom arm under me so that I am lying on it with the arm either straight or bent (sometimes this is actually comfortable!). Or I lie so my hips are tilted toward the bed, but my underneath arm is at right angles to the bed - so kind of a half-recovery position. Also find that a pillow on the ribs (above baby) is helpful, provided I can lie so that my boobs aren't squashed (ow!).

Am dying to know if Bubbles has had her bubs yet! Hope all went well.

The books all give conflicting information on the use of clary sage, I will only use 1 maybe 2 drops in a bath full of water so should be ok.

Mummyhill, my evening plans sound mush the same as yours: birth ball, sex, a hot curry and a long bath!! Think dh has secretly been looking forward to the stage of 'curry and sex' !!

Oops Bubbles - our posts crossed!
that it is not all go for you!
Keep us posted (you never know with these little darlings)

Bless, more long walks, curry each night and sex if we can stand it till this baby arrives!!!!

What does clary sage do?

Clary sage is a uterine relaxant. It is not advised in early stages of pregnancy especially if you have a history of mc. Many of the books say that it can be used in small amounts 1-2 drops in full bath in third trimester. Other books say not to use it at all till labour is established. I used it durring the third trimester when carrying DD with no ill effects so am doing so again this time.