July 2011 - the final push!

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I'm not going to do the stats as it took up so much of every page! Welcome, everyone!

Oh no! Poor you want2b. It's so annoying when you're so close isn't it?

Feeling less sick now, but have a banging headache. Now I'm sure I'm not going to throw it up I'd better drink some more water I reckon. Wish I could sleep but can't settle to anything.

Hope your headache improves. It is annoying but I did better than I thought. I had to go to the bathroom 3 times during the exam and they didn't allow me to bring in any food or drink so I was almost passed out by the time I finished. It just doesn't look good that I ask for a pay increase and then fail an exam.

Congratulations dyerlou!! Fabulous news and glad it seems to have been a good experience for you. Have a lovely time getting to know your beautiful new baby xxx

Congratulations dyerlou - that sounds like the kind of birth I would like! Lovely name x

Regular, Twit? I agree about home induction. Don't take it too seriously and try to relax.

Pesha, prostaglandin works orally as well as directly on the cervix

Congratulations dyerlou

Congrats Dyerlou! Hoping my girl after two boys comes early too.

Congratulations Dyerlou!
12 days and counting for me, if i make it that far, been getting period pains on and off but no actual BH's.

Congratulations dyerlou! Lovely news!

Sorry I haven't been around, am laid up with a bad chest infection - am on 2 different lots of antibiotics and an inhaler - is rubbish! Am trying to get better in time for labour as I am struggling to breathe! Off to catchup on the rest of the thread!

Congratulations Dyerlou - sounds like you had a lovely birth! Hope you're enjoying your little one :)

Oooo dyerlou congratulations now duck whilst jealous bumpy ladies throw things at you!!! Looking forward to hearing all about it.

Well...as for jimmy's news.....a big fat nothing has happened with me...!! I came on to check how everyone was and advise that I am still very much pregnant and not facing the wrath of Pesha ha ha :)

Loving that baby #2 is here. I bet the heatwave next week will kick off a couple more arrivals!

Had my first nhs antenatal session yesterday it was on breastfeeding and have to say I was surprised at how good it was! So many of my local mum friends had knocked them but was very good. Even hubby found it good! Here's hoping the labour one is as good.

Is anyone Else still working into the late weeks or am I the only stupid person doing that?

Congratulations Dyerlou!!!

I admit there is a tiny part of me stamping my feet and screaming 'it's not faaaair!' but overall I have accepted that this baby is not coming anytime soon and am trying to just chill and let it happen when it happens.

Confuddled - Yes, I was looking at my April '07 antenatal threads from the few days before I had ds2 (so overdue and very fed up!!) and I posted then that I had read that prostaglandin works as well orally and that I thought my chances of getting it orally from dp were greatly improved, which is still quite true this time. Unfortunately I am also still suffering from an awful lot of nausea so will need to be significantly more desperate before I try that!!

Button and notnearly - hope you both recover soon, its hard enough being heavily pg without being ill on top of it.

Had hospital today, bump is still measuring 43 weeks (am 39 wks today) and he measured from top of pubic bone rather than middle so have to go back tomorrow am for a growth scan. Had +3 glucose (which is 4th time I've had +glucose) but they did a finger prick thingumy for my blood sugar which was 4.5 so apparently all fine. Also noticed when I got home that my BP was 140/70 (ish, can't quite remember, may have been 142/75 or similar but thereabouts anyway, too lazy to go get notes from kitchen!!) which is the highest I have ever known it be, am normally 90/50 ish but they didn't mention it so assuming they're not worried so I shan't either. Oh and they are still telling me that baby's head is not engaged. How can he not be engaged - I am lucky if I manage to go 2 hours without having to pee, I am getting unbearable cervix pains which at times freeze me to the spot and leave me unable to walk. And everyone keeps telling me he's dropped!! I think he just drops in and out as he feels like it. That or his head is so huge that its fully in but theres still plenty left sticking out for them to feel

Bit annoyed about timing of scan tomorrow, ds2 starts playschool at 9.15 and hospital is 5-10 min drive so any other day ever would have been fine but tomorrow they have the one and only trip that they get at the playschool and the coach will be leaving 'between 9:15 and 9:30' but can guarantee it will be later rather than sooner so all the other mummys and daddys will be there to wave off their little dc on their first ever unaccompanied outing and I will have to leave him on a huge coach with no one to wave to Now realistically I know he probably won't even notice I'm there and the other parents will all be waving at their children's backs as they all play and squeal with excitement and forget they even have parents but my hormones don't seem to understand this!! The up side of the trip though is that they don't come back till 4 so I have the whole day child free!!

Congratulations dyerlou!!! Just read back and that is so encouraging to the rest of us....contractions at 8am, baby by 12!

Am up at this ridiculous hour thanks to the flippin' dogs whining to go out at 5.30am! Not amused.

I am actually feeling good....heartburn better, breathing better, slept well. I went on a spa day yesterday which involved lots of lying down so that may be why.

Enjoy your childfree day Pesha!

Well, the good news is I'm feeling normal again. By normal, I obviously mean fat, fed up, grumpy, pelvic and back pain-y, about to bite the head off anyone who looks at me wrong etc etc . But at least my headache has gone and I actually looked forward to breakfast this morning.

Thanks for the sympathy guys - it was v much appreciated!

yay for dyerlou.
so i had my scan which was fine but my bp had gone up so off to hospital i went. we were monitored etc etc and eventually allowed home so scary but ok. i have a mw coming later so hopeully all will be well.
am on my kindle again so apols for the crapness. they picked up the regular bh i sometimes get and told me i would be having the baby that night or this morn er no says i thats normal. they didnt believe me though hee hee

lol twit they picked up my braxton hicks when I had the CTG last week too.

Congrats to dyerlou and I love your baby's names. I've only ever known one person called Meriel, did you choose that name after someone you know?

hope your scan goes well tomorrow, Pesha

Thanks all for lovely msgs!
quick update on the birth- wed night go to bed with back ache and period type pains woke at 3 thurs morn mild irregular contractions so stay in bed untill the rest of the house wakes up at 7, Then sitting on my ball with tea and toast (with honey for energy) and some paracetamol! ds1 left for school at 8.25, closely followed by ds2 who went to his grans to play! things did pick up straight after they left the house really! I got in the bath and dh phoned midwife at 9 she arrived at 9.15 I was still in bath comically trying to shave the forest on my legs! got out the bath and asked not to be examined yet as did't want the disappointment!contractions really strong and every 5 mins but the gap makes them bearable! pretty much became Daisy the cow at this point and roamed the house on all fours moo-ing away! second midwife arrives at 10ish and I want gas and air!!!! they listen to baby and drink tea with dh I put my tudors box set on for distraction! (johnathon rhys myers mm) waters break at 11ish all over the plastic sheets we laid in lounge am checked at this point and yay am at 10cm!!! am shouting that this bloody hurts now and can't you just grab the baby and pull! 11.22 after one big push and no tearing I am holding my baby and shaking and shivering! my dh leans over and says through some tears "it's got no winky think we got a pink one hun!" I feel like the worlds toughest women and could easily beat up superman! wow! midwives run a bath and make my bed and even bring me a cuppa! can't believe she is just 6lb 7oz so dinky! and was measuring 2wk bigger than dates! also she didn't drop! and no show! so not always signs! but was a moody cow on weds! she is being perfect at the mo and is very sleepy from her ordeal but she is feeding well (ouch) and her brothers adore her!!! even though they wanted a brother! have just started having afterpains!!!!!!!!!!!! man they hurt! got to go my boobs are leaking big style so think she is about to wake! xx

highf yeah the Meriel is MIL and Sil middle name but also coincidently my best friends daughters name! everyone calls her Meri but she loves her name and very happy that we nicked it! I had'nt heard it before but love it! I think it's very girly which was needed after the Peta which my mum and dad are finding difficult as "it's a boy's name" tough I like it my dh middle name is peter so it's after him and it means Golden Eagle so I hope it gives her wings!

Brilliant news, and great story DL. Bit nervous about your lack of warning signs though - wondering if I dare go out for the next few weeks, just in case I have a sneaky baby too.

Lovely birth story Dyerlou.

I've all but given up on this one coming early. I'm hoping when I see mw next week she will do a sweep. I should be 39+2 then. She did one at 39+6 last time, so am hopeful she will be kind. Especially as she thinks this baby is big too.

She is about 3/5 engaged and has been since 35 weeks. DS2 didn't engage at all until I was in labour. I've also never had a show.

Congratulations Dyer! That's a wonderful story and a lovely name - my aunt and my godmother are called Peta!

A mad old lady pushing a trolley stopped me in Boots earlier this week and told me that the next full moon wasn't until 15 July...I just smiled politely...

Well had growth scan, baby towards top end of range for head and tummy measurements but still within noraml and smaller than ds2 was so thats fine and estimated weight is only 8lb 3oz which is smaller than the last 2 so I am not so worried about a giant baby now! But I do have increased fluid. So now have appt for GTT on Monday and another hospital appt on Thursday (my due date) where they may book me in for induction depending on results of GTT. Am quite cross really as I first had +glucose and baby suddenly measuring big at about 32 weeks, why not do the GTT then rather than waiting for another 3 glucose readings and me measuring huge. With dd I only had 1 glucose reading and they sent me for GTT so no idea why they didn't this time.

And registrar said because of incereased fluid there is a risk of cord prolapse when my waters go so I need to go into hospital as soon as I start having contractions. So thats 3 weeks ago then I had a chat with the mw who said its probably because of the excess fluid that I've been having all the contractions but that I do need to go in when they get painful, which has been every couple of days so looks like I'm gonna be in and out the hospital a lot until this baby comes. And have made the mistake of googling so now hoping that it is GD responsible for increased fluid and not something wrong with the baby. And worrying more than I would if i weren't hormonal about the possibility of cord prolapse, and I haven't even googled that cos I know what it will tell me and I don't want to read that!

Oh and had a letter from school yesterday saying that dd and ds1's teachers will be striking next Thursday so i'll have them off school too. Out of 14 classes 10 of them are closed for the day, I imagine the children in the 4 classes that do have to go in are going to kick off big time!!

DL Your birth sounds wonderful. I am even more jealous now!

I have had lots of BH contractions, pressure to the point where it feels like the baby might drop out of me and period pains for 2 weeks now. I have no idea when this baby is going to show up but I want to keep them in me for as long as I can. I am continuing with my life as I don't do well when not busy. Since I failed my exam I am redoing the recorded lectures and I am finishing off curtains for the houses the hospital I am delivering at uses for families who have long term illnesses. They have 15 houses in total and I have done curtains for 6 houses so far. They are estimating that the baby is still small enough to pass through my messed up pelvis.

Pesha I was told at 34wks that I have a lot of fluid but as I had just had the glucose test they didn't bother repeating it (thank goodness).

Twit Try drinking lots of water. I drink about a gallon a day and it keeps my blood pressure down but causes my ankles and hands to swell. Annoying but if I didn't do it it would be at 135/90 ish.

Button great to hear that you are back to normal!

Oh and Jimmy I stopped working at 35wks on doctors orders. I worked from home for the rest of the week and then went onto disability as my hands have a horrible itchy rash on them (no such thing as maternity leave here in the US, only disability and family leave).

Bless you for continuing to work. I have two naps a day of an hour each which enables me to stay productive. Without these naps I would be useless.

Pesha If you do feel as though something has prolasped, call 999 and get on your knees with your shoulders and face on the floor. I'm sure it won't happen and don't google cos that's all you need to know - but you DO need to know that!

Just checking in briefly. DH whisking me off to MiL's this w/e so I can put my feet up and be looked after. So I'm

Enjoy your weekends folks. Have you seen the forecast for Sunday? It's gonna be hot hot hot