July 2011 - the final push!

[buttonmoon78]

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

congrats stangirl! Sorry to hear about your post birth trauma

I am so uncomfy and a little painful (well more than a little actually) this evening....I was sat on birthing ball for about 3 hours playing on the wii (productive afternoon I know) and its put something somewhere uncomfortable and I cant get stop it! I wonder if I've encouraged baby's head down further.....keep getting the sensation of something warm and wet coming out down there but no evidence of anything really (Sorry for TMI)

I get the feeling tonight is going to be a long and very uncomfortable sleepless one. Can I apologise in advance that my morning post will probably be moaning about being tired :)

Mine too Jimmy!

Stangirl what an ace name! Any Atticus in particular? I hope your trauma is long gone from your mind now and I'm glad you have a perfect little boy.

In fact I might not even bother waiting until the morning and start whinging now.

I feel really sickly and just want to keep saying owwwwwww. Baby is clearly coming out....but through the wrong exit!!!!

And I now need my 100th wee of the hour. And if one more person rings/texts/face books me asking if baby is here I am likely to get violent. I know some people just care and are interested but there r people who ring who would KNOWif there was news and then there are those that you couldn't care less if they know but u r left wondering why they would think u would take th e time away from your newborn to tell them in the first place? And how the hell have they got my number.... Oooooo and breathe.....

Feel miles better for a rant but still effing uncomfortable...I need

Then again....theres the opposite of all this in the form of my mum. Who has said do not let her know the news late at night, during the night or if it's early...... What I should say is can she apply those same rules when she rings me?

I'm on a roll now ha ha!

Post980.... We really do need new thread name suggestions...

Fitting for those of us left... in the style of bush tucker trials....
"I'm a July baby, GET ME OUTTA HERE!" or a cover all.... "July babies: escapees, evictions and those still claiming squatters rights.... "

jimmychoo I have started to put my phone on silent - especially when I am having a nap! Also feeling fed up but hoping this baby doesn't come tonight or tomorrow as my lovely midwife is away and I don't really want to have her cover (however lovely the cover midwife may be). Saturday would be perfect...

Most people clear their bowels early in labour so I don't suppose the curry makes much difference to be honest. I've been eating lots of spicy thai food recently .

No inspiration for the new thread title, sorry.

Sorry to hear about your experience, stangirl but glad you didn't have a hysterectomy after all. Love the name Atticus. And hope your mastitis settles down, Pesha.

Morning! No major moans this morning....ranting last night obviously helped and I slept lovely! Bar the 2 toilet trips that is.... I'm much more comfortable this morning but babies head is back out AGAIN!

Highfibre I have been ignoring most calls to be honest but then sit listening peeved at the answer phone.

I had a message from the women who does our audits at work checking if I had her number and that I don't need to call her just text!! WTF? So now after so many random odd people at work contacting me these past 2 days, i have realised someone at work has been giving my mobile number out so am going to ring them today. My close work mates wouldn't but it's not the first time my boss has done this and he's the only other person with my personal mob. Will have to remind him about data protection....

Anyhoooo have realised you end pregnancy similar to how u start it....

I took ages to conceive and lost 2 little ones along the way so found I really analysed every twinge, discharge, got into random positions after sex trying to stop anything from coming out (sorry tmi), trying to work out when ovulating and try and crack pregnancy.....only to get pregnant and spend the early days and then the last days of pregnancy doing exactly the same ..... Analysing every twinge, pant checking, symptom checking.....except in different positions for the end mind -trying to make something come out!

Enough with feeling philosophical about pregnancy...I'm of for brekkie....

Anyone else popped overnight?

I wish! I did wake up about 3 and had some pretty strong contractions. I thought about ringing DH (away last night - for a change) but fell asleep before I could and they've all gone now so I think it was probably a combination of BH and too much ice cream too late at night

Still, only one more sleep til induction. Must admit - I've wondered a couple of times in the last day or so if my waters are on slow release. I'm used to a little extra discharge, but this (SORRY - TMI ALERT!) is wetter, IYKWIM? Less dischargey and more liquidy. And it doesn't smell at all. It's not loads (and obv I'm goig in tomorrow anyway) but it's just constant little bits. I have never had a baby without having my waters broken for me so it's all a bit odd to me!

I like the Celeb jungle theme Jimmy. I think you should start it sooner rather than later - gives plenty of space on here to redirect others.

BTW, any one know what's happened to 'thread's I'm on'? Won't work for me.

Just popping in to say our Rose seems to be doing okay at home. She's feeding well now although I panic if it's been more than 3 hours between feeds. Midwife is going to weigh her tomorrow and fingers crossed she's gaining weight.

Congrats to the latest mummies.

Morning all - messae from Spannerpants

Baby Harris, weight 7lb 10, born at 2.24am on 14/7/11 after 26hrs labour - managed with tens until 7cm then g&a, turned to OP at the last minute and wouldn't come out despite 3hrs pushing! Ended up with spinal and (successful) manual rotation and trial of forceps with episiotomy. Both knackered but v happy! Can someone transfer this to MN please xxx

Still no sign of my LO yet - 4 days late today and can't honestly say i'm getting any vibes that it will happen any time soon. Trying to remember how it started last time and i'm pretty sure I went straight into quite painful contractions so maybe it will be the same this time. Does anyone know if contractions are worse if your baby is in distress?

congrats stangirl

Pics now on profile

Yay for Spanner! Sounds like a bit of a marathon though!

Highheels I hope your weigh in tomorrow goes well

Spanner and Pesha love the names.

DD is having two long sleeps a day atm. Unfortunately they are early evening and from about 6 am until 10am. This means I don't get the benefit of it.

HV is coming tomorrow so I'll see how well she is gaining weight.

afternoon, sick and tired, thats all i have to say! Baby bump deffo dropped. Just devoured plate of cheese and biscuits. Now ironing and tidying or bed??

I'm suddenly feeling all panicked apprehensive about tomorrow I don't feel ready at all. Not in a preparedness way but in a 'oh my goodness, I'm having a baby' way. Obviously taken a while to sink in

Gone all emotional, weepy, nauseous etc. What a mess!

Need to pull it together as it's dd2's school concert tonight. I really wish I could go to bed instead but hey ho. Concert it will be...

oh button totally normal i'd say. I'd be the same if i was being induced. All my births been very spontaneous so would be very strange to me to know that in so many hours the birth of my baby was to be started.

Big hugs, when is dh home?

Im definitely dropped and loads of pressure down below but still think i'll go another week tbh.

Oh and finally won a carrycot on ebay, so am hoping that my friend can collect and courier to me, unless dh fancies a trip to Brighton?!

New thread as we r filling up this one...

I'm a July baby.....GET ME OUTTA HERE

Button, I couldn't get access to my posts earlier it was site maintenance apparently. Can totally appreciate your feelings about induction I would be the same. I'm already dreading Monday's sweep after reading that other thread with the midwife carrying one out without gloves and putting a whole hand up there! I don't even want to know if that is standard practice....I know nothing will happen naturally before that.

Birth to me is like several stages... Denial, submission and finally feeling elation (hopefully). I keep thinking we will find out something is wrong with baby or something will happen to one of us during childbirth.

Is there still plenty of us bunged up???

Afternoon after a long labour, a girl !! Born tues afternoon. She is a little beauty and a lovely surprise to have a girl!

Stayed in hospital till today to try and recover but being on a ward is not sensible. Now 'trying' to settle home with ds being excited and sensitive and dp being stressed / anxious. Going to be a bumpy settling in time for us all.

x x keep pushing : )

Hi all

It's been ages since I have been on here. So lovely to hear about all the babies! I had my little boy, George, on Tuesday at 39 weeks by c-section as we suddenly found out he was breech.

He's absolutely gorgeous, but having an awful time with breastfeeding. He feeds quite well about every 8 hours but isn't interested in between and feeding ends up with him either falling asleep or, if I force the issue, lots of screaming and both of us in tears. lLatching on doesn't seem to be a problem and I am producing lots of colostrum (I have started giving this to him in a syringe today) the midwife doesn't seem to think this will be enough and has suggested we top up with formula as he has lost 11% of his birth body weight. It's day 3 and no sign of my milk coming in.

Does anyone have any advice? Feel really desperate.

Wishing everyone lots of luck with their births x x

Hi Christmas, we have moved to a shiny new thread here....

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1259229-Im-a-July-baby-GET-ME-OUTTA-HERE

Congrats on the birth!