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

[NurseSunshine]

Here's another :)

Hi everyone, Well I'm due tomorrow (!) and so far no signs of anything going on. No show that i noticed, no BH that I noticed, no funny feelings at all apart from needing to pee every hour or so which is a change so i guess the baby is a bit more engaged now than it was before. I got some jasmine oil in Neil's yard today (how nice does that place smell!) I'm going to have a nice bath later on. The lady in the shop said to use milk to disperse the oil in the bath water. I also have some carrier oil so I can make up a massage oil to rub onto the bump. It's a bit scary, I'm hoping and scared that it will work.

Hi all, I am just marking my place as I am due in eight days.

Wishing you all the very best if youve already had, about to or have a little while to go.....

xx

OMG........my DH has just asked if id like to be pregnant again.

So are you going to have another one soon Moomin?? Now I have had two I think I might stop - but never say never..... Well I might say never.

yes that was always the plan but she is only 1 week old in corrected age! My dh would like 3 so we need to be quick as im 40 next birthday.
I just think its because he wants sex and at the minute thats the last thing on my mind LOL

Daisy an induction is not compulsory, if you dont want one, ask for other options. No news or signs here apart from yet more bloody annoying texts....but that website is working well as a response, thanks for that!

moomin lol at your dhs feeble attempt to get you to have sex! My dh keeps talking about 'the next one'.....I'm 43...it took me years to get pg and I havent popped this one out yet.....I think he just enjoys the 'trying' bit too!

Daisy just wanted to pop my head in and chime in with Jasmine; induction is definitely not compulsory. I felt very pressurised to go ahead with induction of ds, although it really did not feel right to me at that point and I think if I had not been made to feel like I was completely insane even thinking about postponing induction by everyone around me I would have.

I am with different midwives this time and have discussed their induction policy with them just in case I go over this time as well, and they have told me they will support me if I want to wait it out beyond 40+10 by monitoring me daily and taking each day as it comes really. Maybe call your midwives tomorrow and have a chat with them. Maybe then once the pressure is off you will feel less stressed and it could all kick off naturally. Whatever you do, I am thinking of you.

Almighty I sent people out for food for me when in hospital having ds - the portions are indeed measly and at my hospital almost inedible . Hope you make some progress tonight, and have managed to achieve a full and happy tummy .

Thorny hope the lurgy has passed in your house. If its the same thing as ds has had, it'll be on it's way out by now. He has only eaten a piece of toast today, but after a couple of doses of calpol and lots of sleeping on the sofa today he is now back to his bouncy tigger self and only went to sleep half an hour ago!

DP came home form work early today and I slept from 4 til 6.30 in my bed, alone, with no little (or big) men elbowing me and snoring - bliss!

Yep lurgy has left the building (says thorny with fingers xd that no one else is about to start with it) glad it's left your DS too 8rd

Millie I tried epo but wasn't convinced I could reach cervix so punctured the capsule. Just ended up doing oily wees but anythings worth a try!

daisy & everyone else past EDD I know that feeling I was the same even though I knew it was irrational I felt like I was going to be pg forever as my uterus had obviously past it's sell by date. I know that labour had started (no suprise after 3 internals in 1 day) but still went along with the ARM which is the 1 thing I said from day 1 I didn't want. And after all the worry it was absolutely fine. Not saying you should all go along with inductions that you don't want but I had my best labour yet so it's not all bad

moomin at your hubby! I am still waiting to see if my willingness to have 1 last one is due to my hormones or genuinely loving expanding our brood

Brain packing up now so time to get myself ready for bed before the night feeds start!

What on earth is epo???

No way Moomin no man is getting near me for several months I tell you

Hey CrazyChic, it's nice to be in the same boat as someone and I'm glad your day came and went - you're obviously far more emotionally stable than me, i've cried so much that i look like i've been in the ring with mike tyson! thanks for the reply and yes, babies in a week (repeat to fade...) and sorry for not being a better due date mate!

Thank you too, to 8rd and Jasmine, I know my mw has her clinic on Thursdays so I think I might try to make an appt with her and talk it over. You've given me the confidence to at least ask whether induction is the best, or only option for me and I really appreciate it.

thorny you are so right that it doesn't need to be the end of the world - and I'm so pleased that you had a positive birth experience despite things not following your ideal schedule. Maybe I am just trying to control the uncontrollable and being a but more relaxed and open-minded might be a good first step! Thank you for your insight from 'the other side'.

Sasa I think it's evening primrose oil. Greasy wees sound delightful, I think i'll be putting that idea on the pineapple/[shocked] pile...

Looking forward to tomorrow's updates, really is lovely seeing the thread fill up with baby news.

Morning - is anyone up? Damn insomnia - have been up since 3am again.

I am only 40+2 but can I join the very fed up gang. Daisy - hope today is a better day for you.

Had a really tight niggly bump all day yesterday but it seems to have gone back to normal today - don't feel lke anything is going to happen yet - yawn.

Hello everyone, just popping in to announce that by beautiful baby boy was born on friday afternoon after a very long and difficult labour.

It's great to see that there have been so many births and good luck to those expecting their arrival in the next few days.

I'll come back when I have more time (that'll be in 18 years then!)

Congratulations mummynumber2. Sorry to hear things were hard, but glad to hear your LO is, of course, beautiful :)

Morning everyone

Congratulations MN2!

Happy due-date-day to my two lovely date buddies Nurse and Jasmine. We made it! :o Now to get the little blighters out.

Moog sorry to hear you didn't sleep so well, maybe you could have a nice long nap this afternoon to make up for it. I have taken to putting radio 4 on and sleeping and dozing for a couple of hours in the afternoons. It leads to some rather odd dreams!

Moomin :o at your DH...he has obviously forgotten how , :( and pg women are already to be so willing to go again already! How quickly we forget!

Hope you all have a good day, I think the heights of mine might be washing up and cleaning the bath... oh and i'm going to mix up some jasmine massage oil and have a go at the bump, the bath last night was nice, but no uterus movement to report yet, not even any grumbling!

Happy due date Joanne, Jasmine and Nurse!

Joanne - yes, sleeping in the afternoon will be a must today I think!

My Mum is coming to visit for the day and she is a reflexologist so maybe that will get something moving...

Congratulations Mummynumber2!!

Congratulations MN2! sorry it was a difficult labour but glad you're both ok

I've got my 2nd session of reflexology today. I know baby has dropped since last week so hopefully today's session will bring better results.

Chucking it down with rain here, don't mind though, smells nice

Congratulations MN2!!!

Congratultions MN2. Hope you're enjoying lots and lots of cuddles with that wee man of yours (after all that's the best remedy for forgetting the horror of labour).

COAAF What do you mean horror? It doesn't hurt does it?!

Congrats MN2 looking forward to hearing more soon

Yay for our due date Nurse and Joanne. I'm celebrating with a couple of hours of monitoring at the DAU then a bust up review with the consultant about her favourite topic....inductions. If I'm really lucky dh will treat me to an egg and salad cream roll from the snack bar too...wasn't I supposed to be doing something more exciting today? Oh yeah...having a flippin baby would be good! I thought I was having a good contraction last night but I either dreamed it or it was wind.

Congratulations MN2.

And happy due date to Joanne, nurse & Jasmine.... How exciting

Jer are you out there? Are you ok? Seem to remember you were having an ECS on Tuesday, hope it all went ok and you are now tucked up with little Jer x

Lol @jas I know what you mean about imaginary contractions! I did have a very odd dream about my waters breaking. There was a tiny pop at the top of the bump, then my waters started draining down and I could feel a whirlpool round my cervix. It was like a bath emptying!
I have a very annoying back ache today. Oh well I'm sure it will get worse. [dark smile]

Congratulations MN2...........hope you get to pop back soon to tell us more.

Come on ladies we need some more babies. Any willing volunteers????

Congrats mn2. I'm still here and still hungry! Was supposed to be started off yesterday, but nothing happened till they did the gel thing at 9am today and nothing has happened since! I really need a wee and they.won't take me off the stupid monitor.

I could kill for a Bacon buttie!