Feb 2011-Final,final stretch!!

[Grannyapple]

Hi ladies-thought I would be adventurous & set up the new thread for the final leg of our journey

Ooh well done semper big congrats, if you can get through a driving test labour will be a doddle!! This from the girl who took three tests

Hello all! Congratulations to Ledkr on the birth of her daughter.

I have been up since 2am with 'contractions' coming every 6-15mins and lasting between 20 and 45 seconds. Feel quite sore down there and twingy and baby is wriggling like mad! They seemed to have tailed off a bit now though. Actually just had another one that was quite ouchy! So definately in early labour! DS has gone to my MIL for the day and DP has popped into work so I think I'll go back to bed and try and catch up on some sleep although lying down and resting seems to make them come more painful and regular. No show yet!

Need2Sleep- Good luck! I wonder which of us will give birth first?

Ooh, good luck breastmilk! Hope it all goes smoothly.

Congrats semper on passing your test, just in time eh

I wonder who will be next... has anyone C&P the stats from the last thread? I'll do it now.

Stats-
26 Jan 11 cler Prestatyn boy 05/01/11 boy Corey Joel Birch
26 Jan 11 Lulabel27 Richmond girl
28 Jan 11 scubamummy Bethnal Green girl
29 Jan 11 worrymummy girl
31 Jan 11 CheeseChomper Bromley boy
31 Jan 11 TheBreastmilksonMe N Wales girl
1 Feb 11 GinaFB Hants boy 03/01/11 boy
1 Feb 11 Dreya girl
3 Feb 11 ElleB1980 Birmingham girl
4 Feb 11 americanexpat boy
4 Feb 11 cookingfat Leicestershire surprise
4 Feb 11 moonminmama Warrington girl
4 Feb 11 PinkElephant73 surprise
4 Feb 11 suzym1984 Newcastle surprise
4 Feb 11 TallulahBelly14 N London surprise
5 Feb 11 ledkr Cheltenham girl 27/01/11 7lb 13oz
6 Feb 11 applecharlotte Bow boy
6 Feb 11 debka Kent girl
6 Feb 11 Sam2302 Manchester boy
6 Feb 11 ScMacBt Glasgow surprise
6 Feb 11 smallblackflowers Lancs boy
7 Feb 11 DrMouse N London girl
8 Feb 11 girlafraid Reading girl
8 Feb 11 jackinthebump Hants twin girls 24/12/10 twin girls Lucy & Katie
8 Feb 11 MissTfied Sussex surprise
8 Feb 11 SemperEadem Hants girl
9 Feb 11 DetectivePotato girl
9 Feb 11 earlgreyismynectar Aberdeen surprise
9 Feb 11 linz17xxx Hartlepool girl
9 Feb 11 tadjennyp Oregon boy
10 Feb 11 byronicheroine Greece boy
10 Feb 11 NeedToSleepZZZ boy
11 Feb 11 Canoe Botswana surprise
12 Feb 11 alimamma boy
12 Feb 11 EndangeredSpecies surprise
13 Feb 11 Kez84 Wilts surprise
13 Feb 11 MizK Nottingham surprise
13 Feb 11 Breezey overseas surprise
14 Feb 11 IlovePonyo East Mids surprise
14 Feb 11 Julezboo boy
15 Feb 11 cordiality girl
15 Feb 11 Grannyapple Bromley boy
15 Feb 11 grigglepuff N London surprise
16 Feb 11 LittleSilver Northumbria surprise
16 Feb 11 wigglesrock N Ireland surprise
17 Feb 11 varicoseveined surprise 14/01/11 boy
18 Feb 11 EauRouge Cambs surprise
18 Feb 11 mubm boy
18 Feb 11 PDR Devon boy
18 Feb 11 Trojan1970 Hants boy
18 Feb 11 CantwaittoPopsy Ware surprise
19 Feb 11 Deliaskis Cheshire surprise
19 Feb 11 mumbybumpy surprise
19 Feb 11 Oneof4 surprise
19 Feb 11 lostfromoz surprise
20 Feb 11 Bensmum76 boy
20 Feb 11 brockleyD S London girl
20 Feb 11 hoolabombshell Glasgow surprise
20 Feb 11 janedoe25 Glasgow girl
20 Feb 11 lgmum2b surprise
21 Feb 11 JustOneMorePlease surprise
21 Feb 11 angels1 Orpington girl
21 Feb 11 tabbycat76 Suffolk surprise
22 Feb 11 ellesbelles79 Harrow surprise
24 Feb 11 40Weeks Chelsfield, Kent surprise
24 Feb 11 Highlandgirl Richmond surprise
24 Feb 11 knittakid Bristol boy
24 Feb 11 pinkgrasshopper SW London surprise
24 Feb 11 supadupa900 surprise
25 Feb 11 Tarlia surprise
26 Feb 11 hubbard86 West Mids surprise
26 Feb 11 PinkiePoo girl
26 Feb 11 ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave Putney girl
26 Feb 11 Wanderingsheep girl
27 Feb 11 milliemoocow Cumbria surprise
28 Feb 11 Celia76 surprise
28 Feb 11 MummyGorgie surprise
6 Mar 11 zerominuszero Kent surprise

Good Luck breastmilk hoe it is nice and quick for you. Just think this time tomorrow you may have your little darling here!

needto hope all is still going well....and progressing.

semper Congrats on your driving test!! Wow brave girl for doing so close to due date, but at least you can now have independence just in time for one little one arrives!

Getting some sofa time in this morning before i teach at half 2 this afternoon

semper congrats - I passed mine two years ago after five attempts, to be honest after having both dds it was the proudest/ happiest moment of my life.

needto hope you're doing ok?

Ledkr still wrapped up in lovely baby bubble? Hope you are feeling and healing ok?

Had nice dinner last night, weird being at work as a guest! Although glad that's the last of anything social I have to do, feeling the need to get comfy and stay at home

Omg it's all kicking off now...good luck breastmilk

and congrats semper on passing ur driving test-u must be elated!

Ooh, this thread is so exciting ATM!

Good luck Needto and Breastmilk wonder who will be first?

Now is anybody actually going to be hanging on until February or what?

Thanks for kind reassuring words re baby size. I'm feeling a lot better about it actually, especially since I had a moan to a friend yesterday and she really helped to put my mind at ease! What will be will be eh?

roundthehouses I have got a sample of the Ina May Gaskin book on my iPhone so I'll have a look at it!

Hope everyone is having a nice Saturday! Ours has been quite productive so far. Got up early and went food shopping and got a few bits for hospital bags - wipes etc so we're relaxing at home in the warm. It's freezing outside, really frosty - roll on warm weather! House is a shit tip but I cba doing anything about it!

Ooh, forgot to say well done Semper for passing your driving test! Something I need to do!

debka pre bfast I'm about 4 - 4.5 and an hour after meals it's anything around about 4.5 - 8 (have had 2 readings ever in the 9's). I've been told anything below 7.8 is good/fine.

Ohhhh needto and breastmilk thinking about both of you and genuinely feel sooooo excited for you. Can't wait for updates.

My pelvis is killing me today/last night [old lady emoticon]. Note to self - you are no longer capable of bending into the bath to sterilise all the baby bits

Angels what are you sterilising in the bath?

Hello!

oooh, breastmilk I'm cheering you on! I would bet money on you delivering first! I actually managed to sleep a bit last night between contractions and went for an hour's walk this morning to, ahem, encourage things along. Contractions defnitely stronger but still 10/15 minutes apart. I don't 'feel' like I'm having a baby, does that make sense? I'm trying to get on with other things but it was getting to the point earlier when I had to stand up for each one as sitting down hurt!

Think I'm in for a long one, so sorry, I want to give you lot a baby story!!!!!!

angels be careful! What were you sterilising in the bath?

semper well done! I need to have lessons again at some point but I'm absolutely rubbish at driving.

40 I love embarrassing bodies for some strange reason but I couldn't watch the girl remove food from her tonsils.... too much!! I'd rather see a bum any day!

oh Wandering -I've got loads of my old toys down from the loft and am picking my favouritest ones to strategically place in the nursery to make it look all homey and babyfied and they were really dirty. Also have been given lots of plastic toys and am keeping some in the nursery (rest in loft for later) to interest the baby (know this might not be for a few months though). Didn't really know best way to clean them so decided to wash them in a bath of milton - bad idea for the back/pelvis.

thansk for update needto and best wishes. Hope your brother didn't end out coming down to stay with you this weekend

Get running up and down the stairs needto!

Make sure you drink plenty of water as apparently "a dehydrated uterus is a sore one" according to MW! You sound like you're doing fantastically though, hope he arrives soon!

Ah I see angels! I had an image of bottles and dummies in the bath, in my head!

Thanks for the support everyone

I take my hat off to you needto for managing a walk this morning! I don't want to come out of the house! My contractions are still the same as yours, needing a pee every 5 minutes and wanting to poo a lot too but it's a reluctant one due to the SpaTone I have been taking! I'm am also finding sitting down, especially lying down uncomfortable. It seems to make the contractions more painful and regular. I'm liking leaning over the bannister on the top of the stairs and standing on tip-toe everytime I get an ouchy one! It seems to help somehow!

I'm not sure when and if I should ring the labour ward? I am a VBAC so considered high risk and I know that they will want to put time limits and monitoring on me from when I am in established labour so reluctant to avoid this but think that maybe they should know that things have started? Any advice much appreciated

No idea breastmilk what you should do but if it were me think I'd ring them just to let them know what's going on so they expect you at some point. Sure they'll tell you to ring back when it's more established but at least they'll know you're in early labour IYKWIM. How exciting and wishing you lots of positivity to an easy VBAC.

Thanks snow I have just called the labour ward and she said to come in when they were 3/4 mins apart and painful. I also said that I wanted to use the birthing pool to hich she replied that I couldn't because I was a VBAC. I said that the consultant had said that I could and she then said that they didn't have any liners for it but I culd use the bath instead! I am that I have a fight on my hands later when I am going to be in no shape to fight my corner. Why should I have to? Don't they realise that water is the most effective form of pain relief 2nd only to an epi? Would they rather I had an epi therfore increase my chances of having further intervention and possibly not feel a potential scar rupture? My pain relief options are quite limited as opiates make me so sick and the epi I had last time didn't work despite being resited 3 times I still felt excrutiating back pain.

excuse the rant! I'm hormonal, goddamit!

:( breastmilk this is just what you don't need. Has your consultant written in your notes you can have a wather birth? At least you can then walk into hospital clutching that to shove in their face . Doesn't the whole water birth thing depend on if there are any available too with NHS? Does where I am anyway. Hopefully you'll go in prepared for a fight though so it won't all be a suprise when you turn up. I hope it all works out for you and I'm sure they'll do the best thing for you and the LO.

I've been testing out my tens machine today - feels really odd (only did it on gentlest setting though - didn't want to get too carried away )

breastmilk they might be better when you get in there, esp if you talk to a different person...our NCT teacher advised us to phrase things as 'can you help us at all?' (although obviously you may prefer to be shouting and screeching at their unreasonableness)...ie, 'we are really keen to get into the birth pool and would be so grateful if you could help us to make it happen...can you suggest anything?'. She also advised that if possible get DH to be the one negotiating with the medics so you can stay focused on the baby and breathing etc...another good negotiating tip was for DH to take mw aside and sort of say collusively to her that you are quite crazy and that this is the only thing that will make you calm down...sounds hideously disloyal, obviously, but maybe effective?

This thread is getting exciting now- the race is on, breastmilk and needto !!!

Thanks angels , so my 5.4 was pretty good then! Any idea if they treat you differently when in labour? My cons. said I should just drink water rather than lucozade, but I do have a very large bar of Dairy Milk tucked away for after the birth.

Twice now I've had a really funny feeling- like severe SPD but an achey pain all round my back and hips, bad enough that I can't walk and have to bend over till it's passed. What do you reckon this is? Once today, once yesterday, so if it is a contraction, they're not exactly coming thick and fast! Be great if it was things getting ready to labour on Tuesday.

hello all
just checking in too. Been to mothercare for some last bits and pieces, washed baby clothes, and off out for a curry tonight. Let's hope it gets baby moving!
Look forward to hearing baby stories soon, breastmilk and needto ... Wonder how many babies will be January ones!

debka i've not been advised re: eating and drinking in labour - I was going to ask my diabetic nurse next week if I can take all the cereal bars/lucazade etc I've brought ready or if they won't let me. I've brought loads of packs of lucazade energy tablets too but not sure if they'll be OK. I have been told during labour it will be treated as 'normal' but I'll have regular monitoring of my blood sugar and if it goes above 8 they will inject me with insulin to keep levels stable. They will also have to do something about a little pin prick blood test on the foot of the baby on birth to check her blood sugar levels. Might be different where you are though.

Still sending lots of good thoughts to breastmilk and needto and hoping ledkr is well