Jue in June -Waters breaking everywhere and not a drop of Gaviscon to drink...

[NurseSunshine]

Here's another :)

Congratulations Jer, Moog, and Crazy and welcome to the world LOs!

Still no babies here but had what I believe was a show this morning and diarrhoea twice. Tomorrow is the date I believed to be my actual due date (based on my ovulation date), so FX things are finally moving along...

Congratulations Moog and Crazy

Almighty - scabby horse as it's bigger?!

Neen thanks for asking it is a great help having Mum here.

Had a postnatal check with my doctor today. Everything back in the right place which is good to know!

Hey Neenewps I'm still here [waves] - just been sleeping a hell of a lot rather than posting . I clocked up 11 broken hours sleep last night and Mum has taken ds off for the afternoon so I am heading upstairs for a nap in a minute as, unbelievably, I am tired again . Due date tomorrow! cannot believe it! Still no more signs here of impending labour since my show on Saturday.

Congratulations Joanne, Jer79, Crazy and Moog - a big Yes Please from me for your labour Moog .

Glad you're feeling more positive MOSP, its amazing what a difference a day or so can make in the first few post-natal weeks to your mood.

Almighty I can't believe that you're still being starved - why exactly are they doing it? I know that yesterday it was because of that injection, but why can't you eat today? I am also a bit at your "friend" being all stalkerish - she cannot be a well woman if she cannot see that how she is acting is completely inappropriate. Have you spoken to anyone at your DC's school to ask them if they can do anything to stop her hanging around by the school gates?

See you all later after a nice, big sleep .

Mummyofprawn PM Milliemuffin or Nursesunshine with your Facebook detilas and they will be able to invite you to the group .

Right, am definitely off for that nap now.....

Hmmm, just tried a new tactic to get this LO moving...took a tumble in the middle of the town, full whack on the kerb. Got nasty cut on knee but somehow managed not to split my leggings...which, lets face it would have been a disaster. Anyway, doesnt seem to have shaken him into action. Oh and noone came to help me!
Am now avoiding DH who has been wanting some medical action for ages and is now mumbling something about getting his stitching kit...someone keep him away from me!

Jasmine not sure if I should suggest letting your DH get the stiching bug our of his system now, while it's just your knee, or if that will just make his itch worse, in which case you may well want to ban him from you should you require stiching post baby. Or if denying him now will require the same action anyway!

I somehow managed to aggrevate my back this morning by sitting on my bed. Now it's a bit aching, in a you hurt me I'm complaining kind of way, not a lets get LO out kind of way. But am getting the ol cervix stabs again, so thinking I should migrate to the big blue ball in the corner. I would LOVE a relaxing glass of wine though, so maybe will hold off on the ball til after dinner (cause lets face it, I know DH really needs to get sorted first, but damn it I want need baby cuddles!!!!)

Meant to say Almighty I hope you have half a dozen delivery places on stand by for when you're finally allowed to eat again! (Also think I got you and Crazy mixe dup last night, sorry!) It's shocking that they think you're going to be able to push your LO out on no food for days on end! and.

Are you still nil by mouth Almighty? If so I would be questioning why at this point as I can't see any reason you'd need to be and a zillion why you wouldn't. It's not really on, especially if they haven't even given you a satisfactory explanation.

Hope your knee's alright Jasmine, and doesn't require DH's (no doubt, very skilled) suturing Was wondering what that yoga move was that got your insides moving again? I keep picturing the baby's head cutting off my barrel like in cartoons where someone steps on a hosepipe and all the water builds up behind them and then explodes!

Am thinking of you and DP COAAF

Hello ladies, it has just taken me almost 2 hours to catch up from last week, and I've promptly forgotten everything. Oh, except TTL you have all my sympathies for a mother trying to gatecrash your moment - stamp on it early or she and your DP might come to blows (speaking from experience). And jasmine is your midwife Pauline? I only ask because she's just been on holiday too, but hasn't bothered to ring and check up on me, although that might be because I'm seeing her on Thursday, which is my due date.

MOSP glad you're feeling a bit better. I wasn't able to go to Fishes this morning, as I had a probate interview, and on the way there I was metres away from a very dramatic police chase moment (less Midsummer Murders, more Bill - cops jumping out of cars in the middle of the city centre and chasing ne'er-do-wells down side streets. All very dramatic). But DD had her first afternoon at big school this afternoon. I am so flippin' emotional now.

Several of the birth stories made me really cross on your behalves. I hope you're all planning to make sure your dissatisfaction goes down in writing. When MWs get so blase about the fears and feelings of labouring women it does a disservice to the entire profession. Most of them are brilliant but the complacent ones need reminding that every pregnant woman is unique and not just another 'case'.

Oh and as you may have guessed, no baby yet. Doesn't even feel like it might happen soon. Bored now!!!

Thanks lisascat. I told her and she ignored me for four days and then texted me today to tell me that her best friend's daughter has gone into labour and said best friend is at the hospital with her daughter. I don't think she was making a point but I can't tell. Don't care anyway (and you're write about DH - he'll chuck her out of the house if she steps over the line, which is most unlike him but he's very protective of our time as a family in those first few days.)

OUUUCH jasmine are you feeling okay now? Glad the leggings remained intact. Nobody wants pain at the same time as their butt hanging out

perpetual sorry about the diarrhoea. Hope it means things are kicking off for you!

I am a bit pissed off and glum :( Just had my 39 week mw appt. Third midwife I've seen in the last three appointments. Baby's growth has slowed down (I was 31cm at 31 weeks, 34 at 34, 36 at 36 and now only 37 at 39 - is that normal?) but neither of the last two midwives has actually filled in the chart, so I think I'm the only one who has noticed. Can't have a 40 week or a 41 week appointment as my surgery is full up and so is the other local surgery, so I have to 'wait for a phonecall' and hope a space becomes available somewhere. Baby only 1/5 engaged still, and has gone back to back again. So it seems I'm nowhere near labour and I don't even know what will happen if/when I go overdue as there is nobody to see me. Went for coffee with a girl from my NCT classes today who is due 5 days after me and her baby is fully engaged. My mum's friend's daughter who has gone into labour was due 3 days after me. I wasn't feeling impatient before but I feel a bit shaken up now. Probably just hormonal. Just seems there's no sign I'm going to give birth and I feel completely lost about what to do/what's normal :(

Sorry for me me me post.

You're RIGHT, not 'write'. WTF has got into me?!!!

Hurrah, DH finally actually spoke to his shrink (keep forgetting how to spell pschycatrist, can you tell?). Apparently the GP he saw last week should have contacted her directly, rather than fob him off with shit that doesn't work. Anyway he's been told to up his meds, so roll on 2 days of him having horrific headaches, but hopefully long term relief. This is going to take some time to resolve sadly, but I fell that if he can at least cope with helping me through the birth, once Currant Bun is here (and has a real name) I can cope with helping him get back to 'normal'.

I had to fall for a complicatd man didn't I!

We're being naughty and ordering in pizza for dinner. Think a glass of wine will go very nicely ( then LO feel free to join us).

Erm TTL a baby has gotten into you!

Ha ha coaaf I knew something was up! Thanks for making me laugh :)

And good news about your DH and his medication. We all know that complicated men are the sexiest , so it's not your fault you feel for him :)

TTL AFAIK being between 36-40 cm is normal for 39 week so don't worry. Annoying that you're seeing lots of different people though. And you should be seen once a week at this stage for your first so that's not really on.
As for being engaged, I think for some it happens really early and slow-and-steadily, and for others the head will just pop in all of a sudden and you'll go into labour the next day! Sorry you're fed up ((()))

COAAF YAY for speaking to the psych and that the stupid GP has made you wait all this time. Does anything help with the headaches? I hope they're not too bad and hopefully will be worth it if DH is feeling better in a couple of days.

FELL for him. Honestly, this baby has a lot to answer for! She is making me illiterate

Thank you nurse :) They changed all the midwife arrangements in Cambridge and surrounding areas recently, so everybody lost the midwife they had had up until whatever point they were at and were assigned a place in a 'team' in newly-carved up areas. There was no warning at all about this and I do feel disgruntled because I had the same mw until 34 weeks and there must have been a way to manage the changeover so that women that late on in their pregnancies could stay with the same midwife. The new 'team' system means you could get someone different every time, I think. The midwife I saw today was really lovely and nice but there are no appointments at my surgery until I'm 42+2 (!) and she tried to get me in at another surgery and they just shouted at her down the phone. She's going to keep trying, so I'm not totally cast adrift. But it's still unsettling, especially when the baby isn't making any sign of budging. Like you say, she could just drop down right away and it'll be all systems go.

Thanks again :)

Well I fell for him AND I feel for him. Certainly felt him during the night when I didn't get to sleep til 2am and he kept lying in the middle of the farking bed. I really am to polite, I should have kicked him.

Ahem!
We got fed up with waiting and...

It's a boy! Born at 3.45 weighing 7lb 2
I've had some toast!

I'll update with the gory details later.

I keep meaning to say, I find all this talk of how engaged babies are quite strange. With DS engagement was never mentioned once. Maybe because it was a different country and all. I was soo naieve when I had him, I really was! I also never heard the term sweep until this time around as well.

I really hate the uncertainty of not knowing who you're going to see TTL. It was bad enough worrying about who was going to be on call for the HB (I've met all the members of the team and there's 3 I really like and 2 I wasn't as keen on) but now I'm probably going to be in hosp (though there's still time for it to happen on it's own ) so there's a whole hospital of midwives I don't know! When you think about how vulnerable you're going top be feeling it's quite scary.

TTL that sounds pooh, I'm not surprised you're feeling a bit down and cast adrift. Can you call up the two surgeries every morning to see if there has been a cancellation? We have a number to call to get through to our midwife team; if you have the same I would call the midwives directly and maybe try and get to speak to one of the midwives you feel happy and comfortable with and talk to them about your worries and lack of appointments. I don't think its good to let you go to 41 weeks without any sort of check-in.

I woke up from my nap and went mad in Sainsburys - I have never been so ashamed of a basket - nothing but chocolate, crisps, icecream, cans of coke, cookies and cheapo ham basically (oh and some milk and bread and teabags) . Now I have got home and decided that I simply must have sweet and sour chicken for dinner - you know, the sweet and sour chicken in battered balls with orange gloopy sauce and big chunks of pineapple . DP will be straight back out on his bike as soon as he's home from work to forage in the local area.

Confessions I hope your DH starts improving quickly so he can be there for you, and baby comes out soon!

Oh, and went to midwife appointment this morning, and the dafty forgetful midwife I saw 2 weeks ago forgot to book me into the midwife-led birthing unit, so I can use the birthing pool if its available. I had to wait for my negative test result for strep-b before I was given the go-ahead. They are trying to get me ok'd to go on the low-risk list asap and will let me know. I just hope I don't go into labour before I'm on the hallowed list, otherwise I'm just on the bog-standard delivery suite without all the nice floaty stuff, like birth balls, dimmer switches, music, beanbags, kettle and toaster in room, and most importantly, entonox in the bathroom .

Congratulations Almighty and Mr Citrus!!! Hooray for baby boys and toast!!

Yay Almighty, bout time too (the toast that is ). Huge congratulations. Hope you've sent DH out for a 3 course banquet for you.