Due in Nov - Part IX - More babies on the way!!! :-) Yipppeeee!

[ChaCha]

Congratulation from all fellow Novemberers to our dear Rodeo and Nova...

...Welcoming baby Jess & baby Natalie to the world and here's to the rest of us having healthy little babies......

Awwwwww!

Who is next then?!?

chacha..sorry slow pregnacy brain can be blamed again!

and yes..positive start to the thread before we all start moaning again..heheheheee

hoooray for new babies and mummies..and I would bet my life that Enthusia is next...

I am here!!!

Just had another lie down, feeling knackered. DH said 'Oh Sh*t' parents were over the moon at the prospect of coming home early!!!

Mind you just because it looks this way now does not mean that it continue this way. I may still be here way past November 11th but I hope not!!!! I wonder who will be next. Will keep you posted.

Thanks for being so excited for me!!!!!!!!!

Oh and well done on new thread ChaCha!!!!!

cor blimey enthusia
im dead excited now!!!!
how many weeks are you now?????
Wish i could have the baby next week would be a bit early but might help this rib pain
twinkle
34+5

Can't be sure of course but i'm hoping I might be next !!

38+2 wks

I am 36+4 but measuring 41 with head fully engaged and a big baby apparently

Go Laylasmum - had any signs????????

Well not really certainly nothing like a show or anything!! having been having more back pain today than before but that could be anything I suppose. Am 4/5 ths engaged measuring as dates so who knows!!

Well done on new thread and link ChaCha, really must learn to do clever things rather than just spend all my time catching up with news!
Must admit to having been on several times today, just to check and see if anyone else was heading for a busy day

Enthusia - certainly sounds very promising

Nova - glad you are still completely besotted, think that might wear off sometime around the teenage years, it certainly hasn't worn off for me 2yrs 8 months after the event. All the photos of me after Tessa's birth could definately be counted as 'manic mummy' pictures

Bit of a realisation today that the next time the midwives visit us here they will leave us with a new family member. I know this is what it has all been leading up to but the reality is suddenly hitting home. I'm very excited but more than a little daunted as well!

I had a feeling Enthusia would be telling us something like that - the 'moistness' was certainly something that made me suspicious.

BoB, It's quite easy to judge the timing of the mobile epi because it wears off after an hour. No catheter needed as you can get up and go to the loo before each top up. I wouldn't worry about it anyway as they had to catheter me after when they did the lower body block to remove the placenta and by then I was past caring.

Getting quite bad after pains, although I do keep forgetting to take the pain killers.

First of what I'm sure will be many sleepless nights last night, I ended up sitting with her in my arms in bed - her snuffling on one side and DH snoring on the other! It's alright for some.

It's odd reading about pregnancy grumbles! I want some more nov. babies to come.

I've been hit by the first wave of feeling inadequate today, but I'm sure every first time mother has days like that.

I'll keep dropping in on you ladies xx

oh, and it's very funny having a jelly belly. It's still a bit 'bumpy' but if you touch it it's not firm any more.

one more thing - photos should be online at some point this week, so i'll post a link when they're up xx

What a lot of posts! Thanks for the new thread, ChaCha.

Had a weepy 24 hours which dp is finding difficult to understand. He thinks I'm on here too much & overdosing on baby talk. I tried to explain that sometimes moaning online helps. Anyway, feeling a bit better this evening & its good to read all the positive posts on here.

Twinkle1 - what type of anaesthetic & analgesia did you have for your section? To only need paracetamol is fantastic.

ChaCha - well done on giving up the coke!! If you're going to bf, it will be better for baby if its caffeine-free.

Laylasmum - if you're 4/5ths engaged & this is your 2nd baby then it looks like you might be next. Got my fingers crossed for you.

Nova - think the whole feeling inadequate thing is part of being a mum unfortunately. You must also be hitting the 'baby blues' days, just as your milk comes in and your breasts are suddenly swopped overnight for someone else's concrete boobs. Hormones have had a lot to answer for throughout the past 9 months and they haven't finished yet Just go with it and keep hugging that lovely baby.

Karma - plan to use the living room for the birth as we can actually create a little space in there and, more importantly in my book at the moment, its closest to the kitchen! Hadn't thought much about large boxes of chocolates etc for afterwards (now have mental list for tomorrow!) though I did live off Ribena and Twixes for about 24 hours after Tessa was born. Had to replace a LOT of energy!
A good tip I read somewhere was to make sure you had a nice clean dressing gown for afterwards and make sure you wear it all the time for at least 2-3 days. A mummy in a dressing gown needs to be looked after, one in jeans just reverets back to doing all the looking after - sounded like good psychology to me and my dressing gown is already washed!

Tessasmum - A friend of mine who is a community MW recommends getting a cheap shower curtain to either protect your mattress during the delivery, or you can put it on the floor to protect the carpet. Whatever you do...make sure you don't end up cleaning up the mess afterwards. Thats DH's job!! Also, great idea about the dressing gown...I've bought some new (unsexy) fleecey jammies to wear after the birth to complete the look!

Karma - I'd also heard about shower curtain but was told to make sure it was waterproof and not just shower-proof ie just worked when water ran down it vertically. Don't know how you would check though. Think we are going to dig out one of our groundsheets - camping has lots of uses.

Like the PJs idea too, added to the food list for tomorrow

You can buy shower curtains that are actually plastic...I've seen clear ones with goldfish on them.

I've just added to my food list Tunnocks Caramel Wafers after seeing them on the telly tonight on Emmerdale. I can eat 6 in one sitting, especially since I've been on this bloody sugar free diet. Ooh I think I need to lie down....talking about chocolate seems to make me feel faint lately.

morning all..
Karma..that reminds me of being little..my gran would always give us those for dessert crumbled over ice cream! yum...
nova..the mobile epidural sounds fab..and i am sure when it comes to it i'll let them poke anything anywhere and not care...
are your after pains settling down?
laylasmum...eagerly awaiting baby news from you!

I am feeling very guilty today...dp had an awful day at work so he rented some films and cooked me my favourite dinner so we could have a nice night in together...then I fell asleep as he was cooking and didn't wake up until 2am!
the food is sitting in the fridge all wrapped up...makes me sad...but at least it's lunch sorted for today!
I have been watching trash on mtv and e4 all night and will probably spend most of the day sleeping..teehee
I am getting seriously bad acid reflux again...i can't drink anything without wanting to throw up...argh...it's supposed to be getting better at this stage according to my midwife!

BoB - Acid reflux probably not helped by weird sleeping/eating patterns. I can guarantee I will have it on a Thursday night when I do the pregnancy yoga class. Its 6.30-8pm and I just haven't worked out how to eat properly round it, usually snack before and after but my system isn't impressed!

morning all,
Karma, in last 2 c/s i had spinals done with fentanyl & bivucaine possibly with some diamorph added for good luck pain what pain???
yeah 2 paracetmol was all i needed, mind you i had really bad refered shoulder pain which was put down to air trapped uder diaphram this was much worse than section pain but it only lasted about 12 hrs.This time im going to mention it to surgeon/anaethetist see if they can do anything about it?? wonder if putting in a drain would help????
God this rib pain is bloody awful sorry to moan but it is so intense worse than section
well i should go and get the kids ready and took to school.Will talk later as im stuck waiting in for the carpet fitter this morning(YEAH)
twinkle
34+6

Hello November Girls,

Just popping in from the October thread as i still havent dropped and somehow have it in my head that this baby will be a november one!

Cant believe 2 of you have had your babies already.... who said you could over-take us waiting october girls LOL!!!

Anyway, stay safe all of you and possibly meet up with you on the post-natal club!

Morning!!

Nova - great to hear you baby news!!!! How is it all going? Are you breastfeeding, if so how is that? I am sure feeling inadequate happens to everyone - I know I felt it when holding another friends newborn the other day, and I could give that one back !!!!!!!!

Twinkle - I take it as it is ribs, baths, heat, cold etc don't help? What about strapping it up a bit like with the tubagrip stuff they use for SPD, I know you mentioned a corset that was no good?

Feeling fine today - have some light pains in belly but they are coming and going. Bump is really tight all the time now, feels very odd! Last night I was laying in bed and had that horrible pelvic pain, really think bubs doesn't realise he needs to come out by going down, not by pushing his way straight through the front of my pelvis. Nothing I could do would stop the pain. Must have fallen asleep at some point though and the pain isn't there now.

Right breakfast is calling see you all later!

36+5

Hello Jessandbump - you are more than welcome to join us, when's your EDD?

EDD is Friday.... that was by scan dates.... if i went by my AF dates i should have pooped last week!

Morning girls,

Wow, great news Enthusia, looks like you are going to be next at this rate and confound Chacha's theory! Go Laylas mum too!

Welcome aboard Jess, we're a friendly if impatient lot willing our little darlings out of us, as we're all bored of this pregnancy lark now!

Chacha I'm being to wonder if I've said something to upset you as you keep wishing me pain whenever I catch up on the thread Ben got up yesterday and said that the baby would be here in a couple of days, I wonder if 3 year old intuition has anything to do with it!

Nova, good to see you sweetheart, try not to worry about feeling inadequate, this is the biggest learning curve you will ever go through and they don't even give you a manual

You're doing everything right if last night was your first sleepless night so far and it's all about trial and error, you guys might have been attached for the last nine months but you have no idea about each other yet and you just have to take every minute of every day as it comes till you get used to each others ways.

All I would say say is that if you have a point where she cries until it drives you to distraction, put her somewhere safe and warm and go and make yourself a cup of tea, crying will not hurt her in the slightest and walking away gives you time to come up with some fresh ideas and gives you a breather.

Karma keep smiling sweetheart, remember it's just the hormones!

I had a nice night last night as I had a jewellery party with a load of friends over, but I was absolutely knackered by the end of it last night (midnight!) so I'll be taking it very easy today, so I'll probably be popping in and out all day.

Well done on the new thread by the way girls, you nearly managed to lose me!!! Beks

!HELP!
please do any of you have any suggestions for this rib pain??? i am in agony and am maxed out on painkillers.If it stays like this over the weekend i am going to ask them if they will bring forward my c/section by a week.
twinkle

you ladies are hard to keep up with!

twinkle what's causing the pain? is it baby kicking or something else....assume you've already talked to midwife ---- i read something about chest pains as a sign of pre-eclampsia symptoms, wondered if you knew about this (hope this doesn't freak you out btw...)

enthusia very exciting for you, 41 cms! got dp to measure me I'm 37 (whcih is bang on what I should be) ....But PLEASE hold on. you are my timescale benchmark and i'm still not READY!

i too am getting the spiky pains that you all mention. but don't feel like i've got a tennis ball wedged yet....

NOVA my emotions are all over the show as well, including worries about being inadequate (will i have the patience? i'm on a runaway train...never coming back. I have been quite tearful and anxious since you birthed (on teh days to go stats there was only 3 days between our due dates, and i think it sent me into a panic spin). the only way to describe it is as a 'homesick' feeling, if that makes sense..and a lot of crying at strange moments (not pampers ads but triggered by waking up and realising i'm a walking time bomb or having a very slight disagreement with my brother, or ott worrying that i've picked the right colour pushchair!!!?????

i also think it was partly to do with having also seen some friends who have a two week old baby - they seemed knackered and stuck to the sofa with the curtains drawn, telling me how much it hurt. I hope they've undrawn the curtains since i visited.

But i think it's all normal. and you should try to do some nice things for yourself, do some of the things that make you feel happy, like walk in the park on a sunny day, and take the baby for afternoon tea!

I Don't know where the time is going

went to labour ward at 1 a.m. sunday as baby didn't move all day....and wouldn't respond to a can of coke, or the classical music that i played fully whack close to his head or my prodding. When i finally saw the midwife, the little bugger produced a spectacular set of acrobatics...but midwives very good about it and they left me on the trace machine for an hour or so to be sure. have to say tho' i did feel a bit silly/neurotic.

on monday, as a birthday treat, i had the bump professionally photographed - this was an amazing experience. I was a bit shy stripping off in front of the female phtootrapher (and her 3 year old daughgter - these piccies are totally nude - and they are for me to file away in a private photo album rather than put up on a wall or mantlepiece, for the gasman to snigger at...) I lay back on a table think rubenesque painting, with my bikini area obscured by a few red roses and autumnal leaves. we then took some less arty shots without boobs or fanny and james holding the bump. can't wait to see the proofs.

well best be offski as STILL haven't finished painting the window frame in baby's room and am due to see mw this afternoon to discuss/write the birth plan.

have a good day all