Remember, remember, the month of November (2010), babies all over the shop!

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genjar your DPs post made me laugh. Mine hasn't passed out during any of my labours but did during one of my mcs and at some awful nuchal results for DS2. So he will take himself off to a quiet corner to avoid seeing too much just in case. ALthough I think he did get an eyeful of Tobias's bum when he was ahem, on the way out. I think thats the most he has ever let himself see.COngrats by the way on your DSs arrival. Hope they have given you plenty of lactulose, btw!

4madboys tell your DH that it is your prerogrative to be grumpy, not his!

COngrats to kiwi and pidgin too on your new arrivals.

Hello all, and congratulations on all of the new babies!

Anna was born on Thursday afternoon by planned CS - it felt very strange, and my wound hurts a lot, but it was well worth it; she's wonderful (and looks exactly like her brother did, but with hair). She was 9lbs 3oz. I managed to pass all of the post-op hurdles (drinking, eating, weeing, walking, showering, having a poo, injecting myself in the belly with some anti-DVT stuff) in good time and we were discharged this evening. It's great to be home!

Congratulations Foureyesgood! And welcome to Anna. Lovely classic name. Enjoy snuggles at home.

4madboys if your DH is still grumpy ask him if it'd be okay to have sex and then nine months later to force an orange down his sensitive parts. No?

Hope I don't go into labour tonight - just had dinner at Chinese buffet. Too full!

Comtessa I feel for you re the PIL situation,we have been receiving a parcel after a parcel of pink clothes... I really cannot stand pink... But I must admit it is my dad who sends the most hideous clothes... really chavvy track suits etc... I just try to think they are just so exited as for my parents and my DP's this will be the first grand child.

Also my MIL is just in generally really "in your face" type of a person, she's got an opinion and advice to everything and anything... I just try to totally not let it affect me at all. Its funny how its so much easier for me to take advice from my own family, but getting anything from DP's side really irritates me... I keep saying to my DP that I already have a mother, and a stepmother who I am really close to- I don't need his mum and aunties to tell me how to be a mother. My dad doesn't give him advice of how to be a dad...

But in the end they only mean well and I don't want to upset anybody so I just let it go. Helps that all of our family lives abroad .

Cardi I love Aino!! I'm a Finn and would have loved to have a Finnish name to our DD but DP is not having any of it... We didn't agree on one single one... I loved Helmi which means Pearl.. but apparently it sounds like "helmet" or "halloumi" to him...

Anyways, I've been having regular, painful contractions since Wednesday... Couldn't sleep for two nights, we went to the labour ward yesterday morning as the pain was just getting too much and I was feeling sorry for myself - they examined me and after 40 hours of contractions I hadn't dilated AT ALL! So they sent us home with some painkillers... Very frustrating...

I am booked in to be induced tomorrow so the end is in sigh - seems like the little madam is just not willing to come out voluntarily! We have started calling her the squatter...

41+13 today...

41+6 rather... Although I feel like 41+13

Snap jenni! I was also induced at 41+7 (well started at 41+6 but got the oxytocin the next day). Good luck for tomorrow :)

What a shame you can't convince your DH, Helmi is a lovely name.

Morning all,

congratulations 4eyes

jenni good luck for tomorrow, hope things get going naturally for you before then.

have been awake on and off all night with pains - not sure if contractions or what though but they were sore enough to become part of my dream and wake me up so who knows. just been for freezing bracing walk round the park and drinking a cup of RLT just in case.

anyone else who hasn't popped have a permanently hard and sore bump? mine is like that today so hard to tell if contracting etc as feels tighter on the inside IFYSWIM but the outside is the same ie rock hard and ouchy?

40w today = DUE DATE!!! c'mon baby boy.

Hi lainey yes I feel like I am having one long braxton hicks at the moment, sometimes painful, sometimes not. Coupled with losing my plug yesterday and more today I like to think things are moving in the right direction but who knows!? Would really like to avoid induction booked for Friday.

40w+3

Hi all, I'm only 2 days past my due date but really fed up and can't help feeling a bit down, am so done with pregnancy now. Had a sweep on friday (done by midwife thank goodness) and basically was told nothing was looking imminent - very disappointing! have a date for induction at 40+10 but really hoping to go into labour before then. I know I should be happy that baby's fine and just enjoying this time but feeling low.

Thanks all for reminding me I'm not alone, sending labour vibes to all the rest of you still waiting and lots of congratulations to the reest of you!

Congratulations to all of you who have had your babies!

Have to admit I am - haven't even reached my due date of the 25th yet!

Congrats foureyes, pidgin and kiwi!

I'm fed up too pyjama, no good reason really as I feel ok physically and still appreciating my sleep while I can and frankly the idea of having a newborn to look after any day now frankly terrifies me half the time!
But am in a complete fug today and just want to lie on the sofa watching crap on the telly all day, but can't do that with a 2 year old. Was kind of hoping DH would take her out somewhere but it doesn't seem to be happening.

Baby is hardly moving today, toying with the idea of ringing the delivery suite about it. There are fairly regular movements but they are v small. Maybe the baby is just feeling as lazy as me today :)

Hello all you lovely ladies, I'm still alive just the first time I have had to sit down and get on old MN.

So what have I missed? Who has popped since I was last on here? must be over a week ago!

Congratulations foureyes, pidgin and kiwi!

lainey I'm getting that with the bump too. And strong but non-painful tightenings eg when stand up from sitting. Obstetrician friend says I have an "irritable uterus" (know how it feels) which apparently is a good thing and it'll eventually tip over into labour. Eventually.

Mw came and did sweep this morning. "Uncomfortable". Cervix central and nice and soft, 2cm dilated, but still about 2cm long... I'm a bit hazy about what cervices look like, but she said she reckoned it'd be a few days yet. Period pain and BHs increased for a while after sweep, but didn't go anywhere.

Jenni hope you have a voluntary exit tonight and tomorrow's eviction is unneccesary.

39+5

congrats foureyes

another one that is feeling fed up here, lots of bach ache, period type pains and upset tummy, but i also ache and have yucky cough, bit of a temp so think i may be getting ill

am about to go and have a bath as i am just so achey and uncomfortable, bump permanently hard but also getting pain at bottom of bump and right in lower back, its def coming in waves, but i ache so much in general that i cant tell what is going on

hopefully the bath will help and then i can get a decent sleep as i feel shattered.

Congrats FourEyes and anyone I've missed! Oh, and update the stats thread, ladies who have popped! I'm getting confused now. :)

Snap, 4madboys. Felt peculiar last night before bed, tummy acting up and sharp pains with my cough (have been suffering with that and a snotty green nose for two weeks now). Proceeded to have around 8 hours of contractions, but finally got back to sleep just around the time DH's alarm went off. Plus, DS slept with us all night as he had a fright and climbed in around midnight. Oh, for a decent night's sleep!

Not sure if anything will happen today or not. Pains are mostly gone now, so probably just BH. Has inspired me to get my hospital snacks today, though! I was reading the recent thread about not getting fed in post-natal wards and it brought back memories of not getting my meals after DS. I was panicking in the night making a mental list: "bottled water, juice boxes, cereal bars, fruit, nuts, chocolate."

Hope everyone else OK. Snow predicted for the end of the week, even here in London! Another snow baby for me, perhaps?

Congratulations to any new mummies I've missed!

Jack Vincent Daniel (no way was dh having Jack Daniel!!!) arrived in a very big hurry at 9.06am on Saturday 20th.

After dd took 76 hours, I thought I had time. How wrong was I. The short version of the story is, I ended up in an ambulance which got lost in Nottingham (oh yes, really) and arrived just over half an hour before Jack was born.

No time for pain relief other than gas and air, and he came out with his hand by his face doing a superman impression. I was begging for something more, but wasn't allowed. I have 4 tears, and widdling is indescribably painful!

He's 8lb 10oz. Little angel by day, but seems to be very nocturnal, and I have only had 2.5 hours sleep the last 2 nights.

If anyone wants full gory details, I will happily oblige later on

Now I need to tidy up the lounge before the mw turns up at some point. Dd has merrily emptied all her toys out

Hi all! Congrats to those who have popped in the last few days. Just thought I'd post my birth story for anyone who is interested. :) It was a planned homebirth, and I had a sweep on the 16 November (my original due date, which had been changed to 9 Nov at the first scan). I had already been having almost non-stop strong BHs for awhile and baby had been engaged for 3 weeks already. I had stronger BHs all Tuesday which became a little painful in the evening but I went to bed eventually after timing them all evening. They were around 10 minutes apart, but sometimes more and not very painful. Went to bed and woke up around 4am uncomfortable, so got up and showered and went downstairs. Wandered around for awhile then decided to wake my sister up at about 5am to get her to time them for me and keep me company. By around 6am they were still every 10 minutes apart but increasing in intensity and length. This continued for another 2 hours without much change in frequency, they were still every 8 to 10 minutes apart at 8am but very strong and starting to be hard to get through. I was so confused, because all my other labours were very obvious where the contractions increased in frequency and intensity steadily until the birth. However, given the strength of the contractions we decided to call the midwife. Due to a number of reasons, the midwife only managed to get to us at about 9:25 and during that time the contractions didn't change much in frequency, but became incredibly strong, and I could tell from about 9am that I was fully dilated (and in loads of pain between contractions). Just as the midwife arrived, my waters went and I had to push, so she ran in and got her gloves on, I gave an almighty push and baby's head came down and out in one go. One more horrendously painful push for her shoulders and she was on my tummy! The sex was a surprise (and we have three boys) so I just cuddled her for 5 minutes before I looked to see what she was. I announced she was a girl and my husband said "What??" I had to check twice just to be sure! We waited awhile for the cord to stop pulsing and then DH cut it, then I sat up and waited for the placenta, it took about 10 minutes and came on its own without the injection. Then my sister told our 3 DSs that we had a girl (and my eldest said, "Well, I told you that I wanted a girl!!" and then was walking around saying "I'm so proud!"). I had a small graze inside but no tearing, and she as 9lb 2oz and a very good screamer! She feeds like she's starving, and I've already put about 40oz of pumped milk in the freezer because I have too much! The whole experience was absolutely amazing, and I am so thankful I was able to have her at home. In the end, my midwife who now shares my DDs birthday got here just after she was born, and was gutted to have missed it, but she did all the after birth checks and stayed with me until I was happy for her to go. It was the loveliest experience of my life, and I'm still pinching myself that I have a daughter! Sorry its a long post, :) hope everyone who is waiting has easy and straightforward births too! x

morning,
congrats grinningbee welcome to Jack. Hope your tears heal soon

had a good night sleep last night, but have to confess that it was probably because I took my SPD painkillers. I feel so guilty that I only take it once a week, but paracetamol doesn't help so not worth taking it, and really needed some sleep after the three bad nights.
so hopefully now I'm all refreshed at home, baby will come today - that's how it works right?

I have decided to go off radar with facebook, email family and friends until after baby is born. I can't cope with the constant queries any more - FGS even my MALE boss text me to see if i had "gone pop" yet.

my little sister is suppose to be coming over tomorrow but feel like cancelling, I just feel really anti social and can only be bothered to see DP. I think it's cos i feel so huge and ungainly and just want to hide. anyone else feel like that?

I have to go and find something to occupy my mind - back later x

oh and 40+1

Oh my goodness grinningbee - ambulance getting lost?! Crikey. Glad to hear little Jack arrived safely but sorry to hear about your tears and hope you heal soon.

Lainey you're not the only one. We had lovely friend and her two daughters (14 and 10) over for dinner last night, but in the normal way of things all I want to do is cuddle up with DH.

Lovely birth story Sarahbuff, got a bit teary over your DS being so proud of his little sister.

Thankfully things are getting back on track with PILs. DH had quiet word with his dad and turns out MIL is panicking about the amount of stuff she brought over and that it's all too much for me etc etc, but didn't want to say in case she upset me. So then I had a chat with MIL and apologised (I have been pretty horrible to be around the past few days) and she burst into tears and said it was all completely understandable and I hadn't been horrible. So, hopefully from here it'll all be easier. We do get on really well usually - when 9months of pregnancy hormones aren't involved! Anyway, have some nice plans this week to keep myself busy.

Has anyone else tried hypnobirthing? My former boss is trained in this so she's coming over today to do some with me, thought it was worth ago, especially as it's free and boss is lovely.

Just so ready for LO to be here. Hope everyone else is bearing up.

39+1.

Congrats grinningbee! will you be back in the pub this week then? :)

comtessa that sounds v promising about your ILs. Sounds like they are not nightmares after all, and bless her for being worried about upsetting you :)

lainey I am also hibernating today. DD is at nursery and the trashy telly is ON :o

40+2

OMG grinningbee! That's a dramatic start for the wee lad!

comtessa so glad MiL relations back on track!

hibernating here too now. neighbour took DS to preschool, so didn't need to hurry, which was blissful. then went swimming , now sofa.

Congratulations to all the new arrivals, sounds like there are some interesting birth stories ready to be told!

Just out of interest, grinningbee, which area of Nottingham do you live in for the ambulance to get lost?! Getting nervous as we don't have car so if situation like that we'd be relying on ambulance too. Will get DH to have mapping app ready on his phone! Did they get lost with you in it or on the way to you?
Crikey.

Grinningbee, pidgin, kiwi, foureyes, congratulations. And thanks for the story sarahbuff, sounds perfect.

First day of maternity leave here, was actually feeling guilty for not being at work this morning as if I was taking a sickie. DH recited a list of jobs to be done on his way out this morning but unfortunately I was half asleep so am just eating doughnuts while I try to remember what they were. Could get used to this.

39+6