Due Oct 2005 - not much longer!

[Lexie100]

This must be for the last time.

HESTER!!!!

YAY!

Sounds promising hun.... get that bag packed and KEEP US POSTED!

Fingers crossed xxx

u best girl! can't wait for piccys!

How shallow am I - at 4am was washing my hair, thinking "I can't give birth looking like this!"

Must go and sit on my birth ball - will keep you all posted.

Oh i'm so shallow to. I have painted my toe nails so many times now, shaved, plucked eye brows. I can't be looking grim on all the baby photos. I even sent DH out for a hair cut!

Been on a long walk and apart from lots of BH nothing

i keep telling DH i need to cut his hair (army - grade 1 all over!) but he isnt letting me - it will be sods law that i wont get to do it before i pop!

My hair could do with a good trim again, but i just CANT sit in those chairs at the moment, so a good wash and comb through will have to do!

Cant find my tweezers which is bugging me because eyebrows REALLY need doing.

DH has the job of waxing my legs but they dont need it at the moment, and he has already shaved down there for me!

Im MORE than ready for this baby.... but the baby doesnt appear to be ready for me!

If you are leaking watery blood Hester I would suspect your waters are gone. Which means bubs will be with you in a couple of days at the latest. Chill out and don't forget to eat - it sounds silly but you are going to need your energy. Good luck.

well from what people have said on my TMI ALERT thread, it sounds as if i had a show last night.... but apparently it can take up to 2 WEEKS before labour starts.... oh my god, i think im going to cry!

j& B mummy - i have been meaning to ask why your hospital and LMP dates are so different?

plus does anyone know the stats on number of first time mothers being induced?

I just weighed myself

I have put on 44lb this pregnancy.

Oh dear .

Hiya
Sounding good hester......
Just back from hospital for monitoring.

HAD ANOTHER SWEEP......still 4cm dialted...head all the way down

MW said be careful on your way home, I'll expect you back soon.

PAH......that was 4 hours ago

NOTHING.........

Hello all. That's my parents finally left after staying over last night.

Can't believe that some of the November girls have had their babies already!!! Hester and J&BM, your postings sound promising! Fingers crossed for you both. No sign of RTL today??

I am starting to get a bit nervous about Friday. I really want the ECV to work as although I am trying to convince myself that a section isn't all bad, I would still like to give birth the "old fashioned" way! If they manage to turn the baby, I will then have to decide whether to get induced or not. I am having real difficulty making up my mind about it. Before all this breech trouble, I was adamant that I didn't want induced as I understand as someone posted earlier that it can lead to further complicaitons, but now I'm not so sure....[worried]

I'm going to see my midwife tomorrow for routine stuff and I think I will discuss it with her - she seems very sensible......

Oh crossed posts RTL. You HAVE to be soon!!!!!!

Oh Maw so many decisions your head must be hurting...I've decided not be induced and my mws have been very respective of my wishes.

My head is so full of musch, that last night my poor dp had to sleep downstairs as I was yelling and shouting in my sleep.

I'm only a week over due, askme next mon if I still don't want to be induced....

Still haven't heard fro Jockey or Danishmummy..thoughts are with them.

JABM - thanks for the castor oil info, I don't think I'll be trying it. In fact, I have given up trying anything as nothing's worked (including 2 stretch and sweeps) and nothing worked last time either. Going to hospital for monitoring again this afternoon. Was actually booked for induction last Friday but when I got there, there were no beds so I was sent home. After that I decided that obviously I'm just not meant to deliver yet and have opted to wait until 42 weeks to give me every chance of having a spontaneous labour. One big advantage would be being able to go to the midwife unit and not strapped to a monitor on the consultant unit. So I'm going to ask if I can hold off being induced until Wed afternoon (DH has big meeting at work on Weds morning and it just seems silly to opt for induction before then and make it difficult for him - he will of course miss meeting if things happen naturally before then).

Good luck RTL and Hester

Why are my dates so different?! I have no idea! I tend to come up small on scans anyway - did with Jess.

RTL - You have GOT to drop that baby!

Hello! Just popping in to say hello because the post-natal thread is soooooo quiet! It's just me gabbing to myself.

Day 6 here. Things are going okay although I am hitting the emotional/hormonal stage that I remember so well from before. Crying a lot and feeling very hysterical! (Remember that Trice?!)

Jo is feeding well although she is snacker/20-minute-sleeper which is tiring. Dh and I changed over 20 nappies yesterday - mainly me changing them at night! I spend ten minutes changing her and then I pick her up and thrrrrrrrrrrrrrp! I have to change again. She has nappy rash - not bloody surprising.

She is up a lot of the night snacking/dozing. In general she is feeding at least once an hour day and night. One good thing about having had a baby already is that most of my friends seem to be lactation consultants now which gives me confidence that I am doing the right thing - I've had a few home visits and they have all failed to wake her up for longer feeding sessions which makes me feel better that I am not doing anything wrong! I just have another snacker!

DH is sleeping the spare room and dealing with dd1 at night - she is still very wakeful but it means that DH gets more sleep than me (!) so is better able to deal with dd1 during the day while I concentrate on the new baby.

Good luck everyone (esp. Hester!) - hope to see you soon on the post-natal threads!

MP - you have a good howl, it doesn't really make you feel better but it does make everyone nice to you for a bit. At least you know it stops this time around (hopefully).

I am going to go and bounce on my ball for a bit to ease my backache.

Hi , just saying hello/ am feeling very sorry for myself, really tired today and have eaten almost a whole bag of 30 cadburys treats dd1 is looking at me very strangely!!
Cant believe all you ladies with shows and sweeps and still no babies, had a few pains last night but feelin g ok today.
RTL- i think you are in need of a mini trampoline!!
Trice i would not worry about the weight think i have put that on in last few days all i have done is eat, Ben & Jerrys proffits are def up this quarter!!

Have just come back from hospital, feeling very low. Baby is fine, but they have no spaces for induction for the next 2 days. The midwife was talking about 'increased risk to the baby' after 42 weeks so I am now convinced it's going to die before I get induced - totally irrational I know but I felt much better able to cope when I thought there could only possibly be 2 more days of waiting. Has anyone else ever been this overdue (now 13 days)? How do you cope? Think I will have to resort to constant nipple tweaking....

hi ponto dont worry i was 14 days over with dd1 then induced it all went very quick and well xxxxxxx

Thanks elclose, I was induced last time too but I've never met anyone who's had to be induced twice - I feel so abnormal! Losing all confidence in my body's ability to go into labour by itself.

Probably just feeling low because I'm alone in house but DH will be back from work soon and my mum will bring DD back from the park so I'll have company to cheer me up.

Ponto, I read about a group of ladies calling themselves the ten month mamas who had resisted induction until they got to 44 weeks. The babies seemed to come out fine. I think that human gestation varies quite a lot, but just keep thinking - every day past your due date the probability of you going into labour increases dramatically.

I am sure that your baby will be fine, if you have been assessed today they would have been able to tell if your placenta was giving up. I know it is easier said than done but do try to keep positive. You will have your baby very very soon.

Ponto, my cousin was induced twice, both girls!!!! I know exactly how you?re feeling, except I blame the baby and almost feel angry with her.

Every night I think..oh tonights the night and every morning??..

I was induced with ds2 and as I?ve mentioned before don?t want to go through that again. I just feel in total limbo, upset and can?t make any plans. Then feel guilty for feeling so bad and angry.

But as trice so very wisely says, we will be having our babies very very soon?.and at least we?ve got other ladies in the same boat to moan to?

Cant believe nothing is happening STILL for you RTL... Just driven from one end of town to the other for another bottle of castor oil - WHY is every chemist out of stock?! Managed to get some though, so that tonight coupled with sex and spicy chicken..... I WILL GET THIS BABY OUT!

RTL - don't worry I popped on Thursday - I'm sure I posted further down - or did I? Honestly all the days are merging into one at the moment.

Still lurking to see what is happening - thinking of you all.