Due Sept 2005 - the calm before the storm...

[andif]

Nothing to say really, just here it is!

Thanks Franch, can you send me the number of your accupuncturist. Will give it a go now.

Midwives at the birthing centre at UCH have been brilliant. They've been totally supportive of not wanting an induction.

Unfortunately one has just rang and suggested I go in again today because my leaking waters have changed colour - were clear now bright yellow. So looks like more fun in store.

hope things go smoothly for you Katts...thinking of you xx

Katts, call Alison Courtney (use mob no on contacts page) or Selina Macnair (020) 7607 7067 / 07966 776 226 asap. Try AC 1st - if she can't help, SM is her colleague and they exchange patients - she practises in N1 and is v flexible. I saw both (see the first instalment of my birth story for details - 1st 3 sessions were with SM, final one with AC - you're further on than I was I think so should be able to go more quickly). See also this thread for more recommendations.

I'm not on MN much atm so if you want a chat or any more info do phone or email. Good luck

PS Welcome to all the new arrivals! See you on the postnatal thread

Rich tea biscuits, hot chocolate and lots of milky way bars are giving me some stonger contractions....i do enjoy doing medical research lol

LOL STM - am just trying out chocolate digestives

{{{{HUGS}}}} Katts - hang in there. Have just been to see Alison Courtney this morning (Franch's acupuncturist), and she's lovely. She used to be a midwife at UCH, and could definitely feel a difference during and after the treatment.

In the process of trying to ripen up my cervix, as if labour doesn't kick off by itself over the weekend, will definitely be induced early next week because of BP. Have to say that the UCH consultants/midwives have been very supportive of me delaying it as long as possible, but am getting to the stage now where I'm starting to worry that it's not safe to carry on the way I am . My doula has also just been round with some herbs for me to start using to try and get my cervix in a good state too. With all this special treatment it should be opening like a flower .

GOOD LUCK KF Alison should do the trick

I was induced with DS1 (with a drip) cos my waters broke and 24 hrs later nothing had happened. They gave me the option of waiting another 24 hrs but pointed out that as this was New Year's Day, they were quiet (no planned C sections) and I had a bed and a midwife so should go for it.
Not having attended any antenatal classes I had no idea that people don't really like inductions and it was absolutely fine. Started the drip at 10 am, nothing happened until mw did sweep at 5, manually ruptured remaining membranes at 7.30, first real pains at 8 and DS arrived at 11.
Having had DS2 without induction I can honestly say that the pains were no worse. Just thought I should speak up to say that induction is not so bad (although I entirely sympathise with you wishing to avoid it)

I'm trying banana muffins myself. £1 for a huuuuge bunch on the market last Saturday, now getting a bit too ripe, shame to waste...

My midwife was here this morning. Peanut fine, blood count fine, apparently I feel really spongey so therefore amnion levels fine too. (Hmm - not sure I've always wanted to feel spongey...) In all, it seems quite happy in there - which really isn't ideal.

Kiwifruit: What is your doula expecting you to do with these herbs???

Congratulations AndIf!

That's - a bunch of bananas, rather than a bunch of muffins...

Great congratuluations picadilly circus , Mummy Hill and Andif xxxxxxxxx

STM - the night I went into labour I had eaten a Cadburys Caramel and drunk a glass of white wine I think the chocolate experiment might be overwith. Walk away from the Milky Way (and get yourself a Caramel)

Any excuse for another walk....off to the shops for some cadburys caramel and any other chocolate i haven't tried yet, which really isn't that many! I know i keep saying it but i do think tomorrow might be the day...the sweep may start things off so hopefully late Saturday early sunday...yay!!

Anyway off for a walk.

JM - you're very quiet today.

katts - good luck hun

i hate waiting for the baby to come you have to wait 40 weeks as if thats not long enought and then the baby dont want to come after 40 weeks my 1st daughter was 2 weeks late and my 2nd daughter was only 1 day late only cuz they started me off earlier

do anyone agree???

100% laurenholly

hi singlemumteenagner
when is ur baby due is it your 1st?
im only 21 and have 2 girls

But isn't the problem that we're now so focussed on 40 weeks being the correct 'lead' time. When my mother was having me, no one was counting weeks - you were just expected to give birth sometime around x month.

I bet if we all compared menstrual cycles on this thread, we'd find wild divergence - so why should gestation be any different...?

but really they only go on the size of the baby in the scan so there not 100% right for all they know they think you are say 2 weeks overdue but for all they know the baby might be 2 weeks early

Hello all. Baby Isaac William was born on the 22nd September at 8am after a 4 hour labour. He was 6lb and is yummy. He has slept most of his little life so far. To all of you still waiting I had no pre symptoms. I just woke up at 4am with a massive contraction and two hours later was ready to push. So good luck to you all. xx

congraulation on the birth of your baby boy its lovely u wasnt in labour long is he your 1st?

Congrats to all other new arrivals.
No news from Daisydot - didn't have a chance to see if she had been admitted while I was in Kingston too. They shut the unit on Thursday afternoon as it was so busy and they had a couple of emergencies - hope that didn't affect her in any way.
Good Luck to all those still waiting - will keep an eye out here for news, then see you all on the postnatal thread!
Birth story is here

laurenholly: that's why I don't trust hospitals to provide me with a due date, but keep track of when I ovulated so I can calculate my own.

Congratulations NewChallengeforJen!

Congratulations newchallenge and welcome to Issac William.

Will check in on the rest of you each day. See everyone on the September post natal thread.

Birth story such as it is appears on birth announcements for anyone interested.

Good luck to everyone still waiting.

Congrats to everyone with new babies. And don't abandon us for the postnatal thread yet. It's still September!

So as you can guess, no new baby here. Was at hospital till 11:00 last night. Midwives finally decided baby hadn't passed meconium - that my waters were just a little yellow possibly discharge from cervix, possible leaking urine. So now I'm pissing my pants too? great.

They also arranged for the accupuncturist to come up and see me. I could really feel a difference afterwards. Baby was really squirming her way "down town" and pressure from my back was relieved. She also put these little seeds in my ear on specific pressure points which I'm supposed to keep rubbing to stimulate stuff. Unfortunately, woke up this morning and the one that corresponds to my uterus has fallen out. Ahhh...I'm just not meant to have this baby.

By the time the accupuncturist finished the night shift had come on - new midwife who wasn't familiar with everything that had been discussed all day with the head of midwifery. She wanted me to talk to a doctor from the labour ward - which I'd agreed to 5 hours earlier but one never showed up. So I refused and said I just wanted to go home.

So we left it with an agreement that would go into the assessment unit again today for monitoring.

All last night I really felt like something positive was happening. Accupuncture stimulated bowels which made LOADS of room for baby and I could literally feel my cervix opening. But this morning, very little movement from baby and can't feel her head in the right place.

My gut feeling today is that this baby doesn't want to be born at home. But just going to go and get monitored for a while and see how I feel after. Physically and mentally I feel better today so I feel better about making the right decision on what to do. Just don't want an induction unless there's a clear clinical reason for one because of the risks involved.

Kiwifruit, good luck with the herbs and ripening. Who knows, maybe we'll run into each other at the DAU or hospital in the next few days.