October 2010 Ready or Not, Here We Come

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Oh and thanks for the hugs.

floozie I only managed full episodes of tv yesterday. Major baby brain

Just been to corner shop(100m) with dd3 in a sling and NO crutches. Knackered when we came back & she didnt like sling.

(((((((((Floozie)))))))) I really understand - last time I used to hate the 'overdue and fed up' threads - I can't quite believe I've made it so far this time.

I want to thank everyone loads for your advice and support last night! I realise I forgot to do it then, I really needed it!

The bleeding tailed off and the contractions got further apart . I ahave been getting cramps and a couple of contractions this morning, ranging from between 10-30 minutes apart. I have had 3 mild ones in the last half hour... but the stronger ones are further apart, so I don't know what's happening. Hopefully things are going to get going soon, rather than have days of latent labour. The most important thing is that the baby has been really active from going to bed and this morning.

Can't decide whether to stay in and get house sorted or get out and risk things happening! (I think I should probably get out, but have been feeling like a home body lately

Hope all the milk leakage sorts itself out soon! Can't remember how long it took me before I could get rid of the pads, but I remember the early days where upon letdown, I could almost reach the far wall of the room with the milk spraying everywhere!!

ps the is not at the bleeding tailing off, but at the contractions getting further apart!

Busy night! Hope things start speeding up for you again Moonstorm. I think it's awful you couldn't get through to the labour ward. I would have been panicked too.

It's strange reading about all the BF fun and games, I can't believe I'll be experiencing that in a matter of days/a week (hopefully not longer than that)!

40+3 here and no news! DH is being a star and I think I've turned into Mega Bitch! I'll have to make it up to him today....

moonstorm my goodness, what a worrying night for you. Glad to hear the bleeding has tailed off. Hope the contractions start to come closer together and that the baby doesn't keep you hanging on for ages. Good luck!

vikks seems like the baby couldn't be smoked out after all! Hope you had a good bbq.

It's so lovely to keep hearing from those of you who already have their babies- gives me hope of emerging out the other side iyswim. I love nymph's tips too.

Woke up this morning with slight period-like aches and felt all optimistic, but of course as soon as I got up everything faded and I'm back to normal. Due date today! Since I have confidently told everybody that this is the one day I'm sure it won't be born, I was hoping that the universe might find it amusing if it happened today, but I doubt that now. I've even sent dh off to ice skating (really missing my Saturday morning skating session), since he will be out of mobile contact for a few hours. Not even that's working!

Shield LOL! Plenty of smoke but still no baby!
Happy Due Date! I hope the universe sorts you out. x

Is anyone else finding it hard to walk? I feel like I've got a baby's head in my bits....oh yeah I have!
I think I look like I've had an accident!

Good morning,

Feeling a bit jaded after a very poor night's sleep (as you may have noticed!).

Moonstorm I'm glad that the bleeding has stopped but sorry that the contractions have too.

Vikks I go through phases, sometimes I feel like the baby will fall out if I sneeze to hard and other days I can't feel her so much at all. She has been engaged for ages so I don't think that she moves off my cervix, I just seem to notice it more some days.

Shieldbug Hope your pains turn into something more promising soon. It is all a good sign, your body is definately getting ready, even if it's not quite there yet!

Floozie Sorry if I said the wrong thing about our babies all being slow to be born. It was the middle of the night and I wasn't thinking. My others were both slightly early and I had assumed that this one would be too, so although my dd isn't until Wednesday I had presumed that my baby would be here by now. I was preoccupied by my own disappointment rather than thinking of your situation.

vikks I walk with my legs so far apart I feel like a cowboy! Add to that leaning back a bit to counterbalance the bump and I must look seriously weird. Isn't having a head shoved down your pelvis just the strangest sensation? I can't believe in a few days (weeks?) I'll no longer have a baby inside. In an odd way, I'll miss it.

Hello SamB cross posted there. Lol at the idea of the baby coming out if you sneeze too hard; if only!!
Hope things happen for you soon.

SamB not at all the wro g thing to say, please don't worry about it. I'd probably feel exactly the same as you all who are still waiting if i was in that position. Particularly people like you who've had spd and other painful things to deal with. Obviously I've just got a slightly different perspective.

It's beautifully sunny here so I hope it's nice wherever you are. My sister and nieces are coming later thank god company for ds and hopefully she can take him to the park. We actually managed no tv this morning. Ds has been doing some walking on his own around the lounge and doing make believe which kept him amused for ages thank god.

My walking was pretty bad yesterday. Forced myself to carry on to the park cos was so sick of being in house but it's hard work.

Dd has come out in little spots on her face. Milk spots right?

Moonstorm How are you feeling? Did you get through to the labour ward.

Shield I do that as well, I felt like calling myself John Wayne this morning.

Floozie If they're little red spots then they're milk spots, the two most recent EBF newborns I've seen have them all over their face.

As for me, nothing significant. Just majorly achey and my ribs are protesting like there is no tomorrow. It doesn't help that LO is very very squirmy at the moment, it's like he's shuffling around trying to get comfy and he can't quite decide if he is or not.

I hope that baby decides to make his appearence soon, but I'm begining to think that it's never going to happen. He's going to be in there until doomsday.

DH has been out and bought me a heck of a lot of chocolate and is making me lots of cups of tea, so I think I'm just going to settle in, buy some DVD's off of Amazon and see whats on the TV. I might as well make the most of being able to control the TV.

I hope you're all well.

floozie dd3 had spots on her body when we were still in hosp. They were to do with sensitiveity to 'foreign' substances (think it was her sleepsuit. They had a fancy name for it but I can't remember. Babies also get milk spots as hermya said. Both lots go on their own.

I've just done a thread about dry skin on dd3s wrists/folds and had recommended milk & olive/grapeseed oil if anyone else needs that.

Also tip I forgot yesterday was I had major headache coming from my back.I was advised that spinals can cause that and caffiene is a cure. I had a can of coke & felt human again! I'd never heard of this before so better tell everyone!

Dh & dd1/2 gone out for the day. V bored now waiting for them to come back! Dd3 having quiet day, fed, slept and had little massage. Starting to feel ropey now too v cold & had to wrap up.

Moan Alert
I am going to moan. I can't help it. Sorry. A few weeks ago I felt really ready for my baby to be born. I was physically and mentally ready, had all the stuff and could remember what happened at the ante-natal classes. I had enjoyed being at home but was ready for the baby to be here too. I was contracting well each day and the baby was engaged. Now, I am not contracting every day, have forgotten all the labour stuff from ante-natal classes and am bored, bored, bored. I'm not a great tv watcher and am way to large to go anywhere much. I don't feel like labour is about to happen to me in any way and I'm actually feeling like I'm not going to have a baby. How can that be? I don't feel like I am having a baby? All of the sensible parts of me say that this can only now last for a maximum of two weeks but that just sounds so long and I keep getting to the disbelief part. I don't know how to get through this.

SamB sorry you are feeling shit moan away! Don't think I can say anything to help but I understand that during birth an animal instinct kicks in so you know what to do. And the most positive thing is that it's a max of 2 more weeks!

Thanks Nymph. I've just got a bit low I think. None of my maternity clothes fit anymore and I always have a cold bit of tummy showing which doesn't make a girl feel good about herself. I'm too tired to do anything much and not getting out of the house except for the school run each day isn't great either. I'm quite unmotivated which is really unlike me, I'm a bit of a 'doer' so not being able to 'do' is quite stressful for me. I don't know about the baby but I seem to have got day and night muddled up too - I seem to want to sleep all day and be awake all night. Sometimes I do sleep at night too but mainly I'm awake from 3 - 5am. I just started reading my baby book again to 'go over' labour and it does feel a bit more real again.

How are you recovering from all of the pregnancy problems that you had? Are you able to walk about comfortably now or do these things take longer to dissipate?

I can walk short distances like round the house & managed the shop at the end of the st. But main issue is tiredness & that is waiting on iron tabs.
Re clothes not fitting, I've spent all day online shopping for bigger ones to accommodate my breasts( about 5 up from pre preg now) and cover my scar & bruises on my tummy! Awkward cos I am not planning on staying this big and needing huge clothes long term!

(((Hugs))) SamB I'm right there with you. I'm trying to tell myself that it can't be more than 11 days or they'll pull him out!
The days seem soooo long and I'm dying for a 'show' or a contraction or something.... anything!!! You are not alone. x

SamB hugs to you. I have been told or read that more women suffer from ante-natal depression than post-natal but its not recognised as much.

Moan alert too. Im depressed about the weird shape of my stomach and the fact I have nothing much to wear as a result. Also about the fact that because dp can't drive I'm more or less a prisoner in the house.

Tracky bottoms and polo shirts all the way here too.

I've already had texts, fb msgs etc asking me if the baby has made an appearance. It is lovely that people are interested but also slightly flipping annoying at the same time.

I am trying to keep busy in the hope that the time flies by and things get moving tho saying that I am not sick of being pregnant as such. Do tend to get bored easily tho that is mainly cos of the restrictions of my preggo bod.

Looks like Felicity Kendall just swore on Strictly!! Class!!

floozie do you get to see a Physio? I'm referred to one cos of the spd but hoping they wil look at my stomach as I had separation after dd2 which never went back & hoping they can advise on trying this time.

Just popping on to say hello to everyone.
Sorry to hear about all you just waiting for things to happen- hopefully things will get moving soon and try to stay positive. It won't be long till you are holding your babies.

I am having to ebf which I am finding very time consuming and am so tired I can't manage to even focus on tv whilst doing it! Am sure that I will find a routine soon enough. Also got my nephews christening in the morning which feels like a massive endeavour with dd. Can't believe how much my life has changed

Lots of you seem to have gone quiet on here hope it's for good reasons- like delivering babies and newborn snuggles