Jue in June - But we're already well on our way!

[NurseSunshine]

Yet another thread! Going to need to start moving to post natal soon... Eeep!

I agree with everyone else thorny - def phone your maternity triage (or whoever it is you are supposed to call at the hospital.
I've never had my wters go so really haven't a clue on the matter.

Thanks for info barbie will watch ur progress over next few days and see what to do :) went all out with fresh pineapple today, by MOUTH :)

Petitech - I could have written your post! I am also getting what feels like mild contractions and my bump is rock hard. Just had a contraction now that hurt a bit.
My back is really aching as well, period pain type achiness, IFYSWIM.

Thorney - that sounds like a show to me! May be the sweep has worked?

Congrats Louey, hope you didn't sneeze that pessary out in Pizza Hut Gillz.

Jasmine Has it stopped yet?

Phew, just thought MIL was covering up a poo incident when she said she'd sat on her chocolate bar and it had melted over her trousers. But nope, it was actually chocolate. DP so caring and patient with her I feel all squidgy about him.

Congratulations louey Very cute name. It must be the day for sweeps - I had one too! Some pretty strong cramping but no show. MW thinks it has a 50% chance of being successful in my case. Decided to go with it as on balance, I'd prefer the baby out rather than being overdue and anxious all next weekend at the wedding. jasmine you can borrow the snortpigs any time you like, especially if you train them to something useful. Going to get some sleep in the hope that tomorrow is busy :)

i feel a sleepless night for me........very gripey tonight and windy for the last 2 hrs. Lots of pacing, patting, leg cycling and tummy massage........
Hope you ladies all get lots of sleep tonight unless true labour starts

Me too moomin :( I'm shattered. Seren is 3 weeks old today & weighs 7lb 4oz. She is feeding every 2 hours. Last night she was awake between 1am & 4:30 - every time I put her in the Moses basket &/or turned the light off she would cry.

OH goes back to work next Wednesday & I'm wondering how he's gonna cope with the broken sleep.

We had to go to the hospital yesterday for a blood test, urine tests & a check up as she is still jaundiced. They took blood from her heel but it clotted so they were unable to use it so they came back & took blood from her hand. I was dreading it as I remembered how I felt when DS was in neo natal & they were always poking/prodding him. Anyway she was really really good & only cried for a few seconds unlike when they took it from her heel & she screamed badly. Well today the hospital rang & said the second sample had also clotted so it had to be done again.
When they did it today she was inconsolable-it was awful. They did it in the other hand & kept having to move it cos she wouldn't bleed. We both ended up sobbing. I did make it clear I wasn't happy it had been done 3 times and I if they manage to mess up this time I am not taking her back again

Congrats to all the ladies with new babies & good luck to all you ladies who are still waiting. I wish u all easy & speedy labours :)

Moomin and Cameli I think I may be joining you tonight, although baby isn't going to be moving soon. Gripey, windy for the last 2 hrs. Lots of pacing, patting, leg cycling and tummy massage, and that's just me . Tried to go to bed but had to get up as got in a bit of a claustrophobic, hot and bothered state. I am starting to get panicky about labour, although its a bit late in the day for backpedalling now .

Kara, 8RD and MOSP hope there has been some over night actions for you all.
God knows why I'm awake, this time a month ago I'd be dead to world dreading my alarm going off but now on ML I'm lying here googling amazing lasagne recipes so I can do some baking when I get up?!!

I thought my luck was in last night really crampy tummy and had a bit of an upset tummy but still here this morning as one. I think it might be due to th mountains of fruit I've consumed in the last few days including two whole pineapples and mountains of fresh strawberries - just so yummy!!!

I've still got over a week till my due date but am clearly the whole patience trait escaped me. Perhaps it's because everyone tells you pregnancy is 9 months when its actually 10 months! It's like finding out Santa isn't real....

Cameli - poor you and poor Seren! DS had to have loads of heel prick tests when he was born as the paed was insisting he had low blood sugar (he didn't). Poor little mite, his heels were black with bruises when we got out, and I think I cried worse than he did! Think you are right to insist they stop if they are taking samples needlessly :(
I ended up delaying the heel prick for CF (or is is CP?) to allow his foot time to heal!

Cramping died off, went to bed and slept but got up early due to DS insisting on getting up but also hips aching. Bump still feels rock hard though.
39+3 today!

I hope you made more progress than me, Petitech!

NoToast - awww bless your DH!

Cameli, I felt so sorry for both youand seren when your story, the heel prick is horrible.

Sorry for such a me me me post but I am so fed up I'm either going to spend my morning crying or I'm going to kill someone. I was so so sure that the sweep would work for me - I had contractions etc and expected to go in to labour without a doubt last night, I'm now so anoyed I even accepted the sweep yesterday as all it has done is bitterly disappoint me. Also, yesterday,at my appointment, the consultant booked my induction for the 14th - when I'll be 40& 16 - i didn't challenge him over this as I had really expected the sweep to work but 16 days is too much.

Everyone is putting pressure on me and just waiting - if i get one more "anything stirring" text or call I'm going to scream. A relative actually asked me yesterday was I not very embarrassed that I didn't have the baby yet after announcing that I should have told everyone I was due 2weeks after I was actually was as everyone's tired of waiting now. I've my mother on standby to mind kids and can see how disappointed she is every morn.

Dh has 2 gigs this weekend that are quite important and we were sure we'd have a vary by the time they came round -he's not saying anything but I know hes shitting it.

I'm so fed up, being overdue is horrible. My stupid body just doesnt appear to know when to quit.

thorny did you get sorted last night after? Am thinking of you. Is anyone else overdue yet?

Oh Barbie, I feel for you . And your relatives are being very self-centred, do they think you are enjoying this???
I've already received a few "have you had it yet??" texts/phonecalls. And my due date isn't until next Tuesday!

barbie, sorry that it didn't work, how disappointing. Maybe your DH needs to step in and tell everyone to leave you alone! The more stressed they make you the longer it might take so they are sooo unhelpful..... Or you could turn off your phone and barricade the door!!

Barbie cannot believe what your relative said! That's them off the Chrimbo card list. Baby budging vibes for you, you must be soooo fed up...

Good to hear from you cameli Flo is still feeding every 2 hrs and shes nearly 11 weeks :( Have you got a spare room.....me and my DH do shifts if we have had a bad run of nights. i sleep on the sofa until 2 am feed. DH just presents her for feed and takes her away again and then we swap so we both get a few hours of decent sleep. it seems to help us.
Flo had black heels when she was in nicu from all th blood taking, i hated it.........but was so good with her heel prick at 6 weeks and her jabs.
Im sorry you are feeling down barbie.....nothing i can say will make it better but sending you lots o labour vibes.

I haven't posted on here for ages, but have been trying to catch up on the thread over the past few days! Congratulations to everyone who has had babies so far.

I'm not due until the 26th, so still ages to go. From Monday I can have a home birth if I go into labour, the pool is coming at the weekend and the midwife dropped off the home birth kit yesterday. It makes it all feel very real. Strange that it could happen on Monday or not for another 5 weeks! The baby is 2/5 palpable, which seems quite well engaged to me for not even being 37 weeks yet. Not great for SPD, but nice that he is getting into a good position.

Barbie does a sweep work straight away if it's going to work or is there still time for it to have an effect?

cameli, that sounds awful, it must be so sad watching your baby get upset.

I hope everyone who's close has has some progress over night!

Can i ask how many of you are thinking they may use a dummy.......i have mixed feelings but resorted to one last night which seemed to work for a while. but i then felt guilty and took it away......
cameli forgot to say Flo has proper tantrums when she is put back in her cot.......we end up sleeping with her on us or last night as dh away she slept next to me in the bed.

kara no progress here, kept having tightenings then relaxing, then tightening and relaxing, just my stomach though no back pains, then today D-Day nada! I think I have a slight niggly lower back pain but v v slight and could just be from awkward sleeping position. When is this baby going to appear. I really hope before next Tues so I can avoid the dreaded sweep!
Barbie deep breaths on the relative harrassment, v annoying. As for being embarrassed, how ridiculous! MIL is similarly annoying as she constantly says 'there's no such thing as due dates, they come when they're ready' (she's a genius clearly!) and so because the baby isn't here yet, she thinks she's one some prize, bravo! Don't like to point out the reason DH was probably early is cos of fags nad booze!!!
Regarding the induction date, can't you go back next week and really lay it on thick about how uncomfortable you are etc. I'm planning on crying to my midwife about how I can't sleep, walk, sit, stand and seeing if that helps?! :)
Happy thoughts to you all xx
PS where is sasa...mmmm maybe there's been progress! x

Barbie :( Sorry you're feeling so rubbish and the sweep didn't work. Get back in contact with the consultant or midwife about moving your induction date. I'm not over due yet (due tomorrow) but am pretty sure I will be. My induction has been booked for 12 days later which I'm not happy about seeing as I have big babies so going to see the midwife on tuesday and challenge it! In the mean time I'm sending you lots of baby come out vibes :)

Thorny Hope things are moving with you :)

Moomin We tried dummies with ours (after being adamant we wouldn't!) but neither of them took it! DD sucked her thumb from a a few weeks and ds his fingers. They still do it and we're having a bit of a problem trying to get them to stop. The dummy may be the lesser of 2 evils :) My mantra has always been you do what you have to as long as it doesn't harm them :)

Have a lovely friday ladies and positive vibes to those who are fed up and grumpy due to lack of baby patiently waiting for their mini ones to arrive :)

sorry won some prize not one....doh

Good morning ladies.

Barbie so sorry the sweep hasn't worked
I agree that 16 days over seems very long - is it usual to book the induction so late? Here they don't go beyond 12 days and lots of places it is 10.
I'm getting all the questions/messages etc too - I hope people leave you alone today. Cheer up - your baby really will be here soon even if it doesn't feel like it.

Sorry I can't catch up on all the posts cos I'm late for toddlers but will get back on later this afternoon.

Due date today for me and Petitech - the sun is shining and the bunting is up, outside the window, for Gala week in our town so I'm in a good mood

moomin I was very anti dummies too, but then DD had quite a blocked up nose, and kept waking during the night when she got so bunged up she couldn't breathe properly. So I tried a dummy and straight away she began sleeping through the night. I think it's one of the reasons they link dummy use to a reduced risk of cot death, because of the way it opens the passages a little more. We did then have a bit of a nightmare getting her off it three years later, but it was easier to break a dummy habit than a thumb habit, so I'm thinking that, if this one seems inclined to suck something, I'll let her have one too.

Oh and it also helped break the cycle of hourly feeds. DD used to BF every hour but not take very much milk, because she wasn't hungry, she just wanted to suckle. So the dummy helped break her out of that pattern, and then she went three hours between feeds and took a big long meal that filled her up for another three hours.

moomin a friend of mine who has a 10-month old made me a little pack of 'things I'll need but won't know I'll need until I need them' for when the baby is born, and she put little notes on all of them (spare packs of paracetamol, infacol, sudocrem, etc etc :)). One of the things was a pack of dummies and she said 'however you feel about dummies now if it's the only thing that will soothe your baby at 3 o'clock in the morning you may well just change your mind. Stick them in a drawer and don't be afraid to use them'.

I won't, either :) And this is coming from a person who had a dummy until she was five ! (I basically remember about 5000 tantrums when I lost my dummy and couldn't find it). My mum refused to give my brother one after me and he just sucked his thumb until he was eight (awake) and later (asleep) and pushed all his teeth out and needed braces - so really, though I've got no children yet I say that whatever works works. No point in feeling guilty :)

Excited for all the ladies who sound like they're going into labour - good luck today petitech, kara and thorny.

barbie I cannot believe what your relative said to you !!! As if you're having a baby just for everybody else's entertainment! I don't know how you didn't use a few expletives on him/her. I might just turn my phone off when people start doing this to me. I've got the same due date as mainlymaynie though so ages to go for me too.

Had last antenatal yesterday - I've really really enjoyed them, so much more than I thought I would, and I'm weirdly sad that they're over (especially as it feels like the stabilisers have been taken off now!). Really want to keep in touch with all the couples as they're all really nice :)

Morning ladies, hope you're all ok.

I'm just wondering for those of you with younger ones ie 3+, have you explained to them about what happens when the baby arrives? DS is nearly 4 and I'm not sure what to tell him to prepare him?

I don't want him to see me in pain and not understand why but i don't want to scare him? Any advice?

Also, I've been having them for a couple of weeks but haven't seen anyone else mention them, anyone experiencing hot flushes? Just like someone's shoved me in an oven for a minute or two and then it goes away!

Hope everyone has a good day xx

I've created a 'secret' Due In June group for those on facebook, if you want to join please email me j a s l u c @ l i v e . c o . u k

I'm not wishing to take anything away from this thread but it's nice when the babies start arriving and we can all see photos etc. I was on one when I had DD aswell and it was great. xx