September 2011 - some popped, some still on the bus - bring your pom poms and wolf cries

[Conkertree]

sorry - not the best at thread naming, but thought we needed one as 100years said.

Hope you found out what was wrong 100years, and are getting treatment.

Had ongoing aches and pains all day but nothing in a contractiony way. Parents coming tonight instead of Saturday though which is good as can then relax about something getting going properly in the middle of the night, as they live about 4 hours away. And have a sweep on Monday, so if they plan to stay till Tuesday, I will at least know on Monday whether anything is dilating etc.

Thanks ssmile, I'm going to try stripping her down before her next feed and I've ordered some nipple shields - they're so swollen right now that they're shiny and I'm hand expressing onto a sterilised teaspoon to feed her (tried a bottle last night to give them a rest and she projectiled it). Thank you for the advice :)

It took me a while to settle to sleep last night for trying to find a comfortable position. I was on my side at first with pillows under my tummy but I twitched/jerked as I was drifting off and woke my stitches up. It was the topper on a tiring and emotional week and I cried for about an hour while DH hugged me, such a little thing to cry over but I must have needed it because I felt so much better afterwards. I eventually settled on my back and when DD woke in the night I just got DH to lie her on me and let her find her feed for herself

Waiting for the MW coming today and DH is taking DS out for a bit to look at fridge-freezers, the demise of 100years fridge-freezer is catching because ours has packed up.

Hope everyone has a good day :)

Wowee, lots of interesting birth stories, thanks to you all for sharing - it does help to remind that things very rarely go to plan. I must speak to DH this evening about birth plan and other eventualities, since I think we're both just assuming that it'll all be straightforward (as it was last time with DD). I haven't really given a lot of thought to what I would or would not want if I end up going into hospital, and that's clearly very important (judging by how much your sis and OH were able to fight your corner 100years).

But more importantly huge CONGRATULATIONS to MrsSawyer, CBear and Sebs on your new arrivals. What lovely names everyone is choosing - we have terribly good taste! I see from the post-natal stats thread that my choice of name has already been chosen by somebody else, which is surprising because it's not very high up the top 100 list, but I still love it, and am gradually persuading DH that it's the one to go with.

It sounds like all you new mums are coping really well and being incredibly brave, during what can be such an overwhelming time. Some tears and some moaning are all part of the process. I hope that you get all the support that you need to gradually come to terms with your experience CBear, it sounds like you have pretty realistic expectations, and a calm head on you which should help.

Not much to report here, EDD was yesterday and my mum popped down to whinge at the bump for the lack of action - which really made me feel positive (not)! Having plenty of BH, but nothing in any kind of regular pattern. Think I will do some more relaxation exercises and birth visualisations to try and move things along and remind baby what she's supposed to be doing. Was hoping that it might happen this weekend - only because I know that the MW on call is the same one that delivered DD, and I like the idea of some symmetry with her being on hand for the second one too - silly really

Anyhow, I'll stick the kettle on for those still on the bus, Happy Saturday !

cbear hope strip down &shields help. We used a small 10ml oral syringe to feed babe during days 3-6 as I expressed off sore nipple into a sterile cup. The MW gave me the syringe but chemist do them too. Might help if tea spoon too fidly.

It annoys me that shields are hardly mentioned to new BF mums yet both my MW &HV said they used them too! I was given hard time by HVs last time for using them despite MW giving them too me when I was crying with pain trying to feed DD1. This time I was prepared and took no crap from anyone, I honestly would have stopped BF with out them. There are disadvantages to using them, last time i weaned Lo off them this time I don't think going to be as easy but I not stressing.

Hi cbear. Our 1st was emcs 5.5yrs ago. I rwmember dh helping mw ahower & waahing my hair :-) ooh the wind, very loud grumbles in tummy prob gave it away 2 the world!
Cant help u withthe feeding im afraid, other than perhaps perserverence with the other breast? I didnt have heparin injections so no advice there either im afraid. Orher than good luck, it'll b over b4 u now it :-)

Congratulations Sebs and Cbear - and have I congratulated MrsSawyer yet too? More happy news, though some mixed emotions regarding the births themselves - I am sorry to hear that the plans didn't happen as they had been hoped (have pretty much torn mine up now in recognition that baby might well have completely different plans!).

I hope the difficulties of the first few days, post-section pains and emotional roller coaster all settles quickly to leave you with the sense of achievement you deserve!

Just back from hairdressers and have spent some time in the garden doing much-needed autumn jobs whilst DH constructs a log store. The sun is out here in Brum and is dancing through the leaves creating a rather lovely and mellow environment. I have forgiven LO for not coming last night (got it into my head for some reason) and am enjoying my Saturday.

Hope you are all enjoying yours too... oh and happy belated EDD loomer, the relaxation can't do any calm and I hope prompts some action from LO :o

I don't post on here often but just nipped on to see how everyone is doing and just wanted to say a massive congrats and well done to all of you whose bambinos have arrived already! It's fascinating to hear your birth stories so thanks so much for taking the time to post them.

I am now one day overdue and am certain I had a show (or part of) last night, hasn't come to anything apart from some strange, quite strong back pains last night so I guess we'll just sit tight and see how the next few days go!

The waiting game is a very strange thing indeed, sometimes you feel totally fine, sometimes you feel so uncomfortable you could just literally pop! I'm still determined to relax and enjoy the time to myself as much as possible and not get frustrated, but ask me that again in another week! Ha ha! The mind is a very powerful (and annoying) thing though and it's amazing how much time you spend speculating even when you're determined not too!

Anyway, hope you all have a lovely evening and look forward to hearing more updates soon.

Xx

Quick post. Our beautiful DD arrived this morning at 9.10am. She is lovely and DS1 and DS2 are delighted with her as are we . More soon.

louplet! Congratulations on your daughter - did you know you were having a baby girl after your two boys? Very happy news - looking forward to hearing more when you have time to post...what a lovely autumn day to be born on :)

sarah welcome back to the board - babies are arriving every week now and I hope yours follows before too long; sounds like you are on your way! :o

I have been for two walks, eaten a pineapple, bounced on my ball, speculated for several hours minutes but will retreat to bed (after Jon Ross) without any baby action. Ah well - 5 days to go before I start to turn proper stroppy :o

Sweet dreams mummies, babies, and birds on the bus - and good luck to anyone waking in the night with a particular sort of back pain...

Oh oh oh! It's all happening too quickly! Massive congrats to Louplet, sebs and Cbear.

Thanks for the birth story Cbear, it sounds a bit traumatic but well done for getting through it and good luck with the BFing. I know it's taking me a while to get over the fact that DD's birth was so completely off-plan. It's really hard to describe how I feel about it but it's a mixture of disappointment and almost like grief for the plans that I had that will now never happen. Weird, but I know I'll get over it in time.

Also congrats to MrsS as well, although I think I might have said that on the old thread? I'm losing track now...

Congratulations to all the new mummies. Have read various posts during the day as have been popping in and out of reception, so cant think what I was going to post to people, except the congratulations just now.

Feralgirl - think what you are feeling post birth is entirely normal when things dont go to plan, and the only advice that helped me is to talk about it - a lot. I had a relatively straightforward birth with ds1 when I read about other peoples, but there were three hours of pushing (after a long long build up from 4cm) ventouse at the end so a lot of doctors and others in the room and it was all a lot more medical than I thought it would be, and it was and is such a big event in a woman's life, that it affects you more than you maybe expect, especially when it doesnt go the way you expected it to. The only thing that helped was being able to talk it over with dh and others, as often as I needed to to have a bit of closure, so feel free to talk about it on here if you want. Thats what we are all here for.

Due date tomorrow for me. Fair bit of show, particularly today and lots of fairly regular BH, so a little bit of me is getting a little bit excited, but still keeping my sensible head on, thinking it will be at least a few days late. Parents are here till Tuesday unless it appears to be imminent, so am very much hoping that my sweep on Monday shows at least some progress.

Anyway, hope those of you with newborns get some sleep tonight, (and those still on the bus too).

Congratulations Louplet! :)

Exciting stuff conkertree, hopefully this could be you on your way - I'll have a howl at the moon on your behalf :)

I know what you mean about grief feralgirl, it's an odd feeling. Obviously the important thing is a healthy baby but everyone has expectations of what their delivery will be like and it can be hard when it doesn't happen. I was disappointed it didn't go to plan and also disappointed for the potential impact on any future births I might have.

I'm feeling much better today, aside from a wobble this morning when I felt like I'd let DS and DH down. Still sore and limited in what I can/can't do but I feel like I've turned a corner and it's improving. MW took the dressing off yesterday and she said this morning that the propylene (sp?) stitch stretches a little after that and makes the wound a little bit more flexible which relieves some of the discomfort, she's coming back to snip the bead and pull it out on Tuesday. The BFing is still going, I've started offering the left first when she's famished so she's more likely to take it. I got some nipple shields and she hates them but they relieved some of the soreness in my right one (had a bit of blood it was so chapped, ick).

DD slept through the night last night. I fed her just after 12 and put her down, then I woke up and it was light and I could hear the junior football club on the pitch next door which meant it was after 8. I had a moment of panic (aka, shouted at DH) wondering why she hadn't woken up but she was fine. Loving the sleep but not optimistic it'll happen again tonight!

Wow * cbear your babe did fab at sleep am :-) I thought mine did well 11-7 with hr up feed& change 2-3am, but she had constantly fed hourly nearly ALL day so was vtired drained from that. Not so much feeding today so not sure how we going to go tonight.

Congratulations louplet :) wonderful stuff.

Had a couple of chilled out days. LO gets a bit feed me feed me now in the evenings but is otherwise really placid and sleeps quite well at night. Managed a 3:30 sleep off her last night, I didn't sleep quite that long but long enough :)

On to real nappies now! [brave emoticon] and had a more successful second bath today.

Will do a proper look at thread on puter in next day or two.

Ttfn

Happy due day conker !!
cbear pls remind me how old ur lo is, theres hope 4 us all ;-)ru bottlefeeding? Iv heard bottlefed babies sleep better @ night. Wen our ds 1was a few months+ old i remember b'feeding but giving 1 of those goodnight formulas in the evening, tho i dont remember if it actually did any good or not.
Wen i get on computer i'll take a look @ stats c who's still waiting 4 arrivals.
Yesterday would have been induction day here, cant believe he's a week old already! Goes so fast! So glad we've had this 'extra' week 2gether :-)
how ru doing sebs ?
tp cant believe ur still waiting, wen ru due?

My EDD is 23rd Sept - so next Friday. Trying to resist getting impatient but it is sooo hard! My second NCT class friend had a baby boy yesterday evening, and if we stick to a polite queue (i.e. our due date order) I am next - so really feeling it now. LO is moving about lots, and I uncomfy with a very low bump, but no show or any particular sign of imminence - so on I go!

You're all very lovely to continue hanging out here with loomer, conker, cosmic, jojo, sarah (who have I missed?) and I - each baby that arrives brings it home how close it is, but also I am a teeny tiny bit envious!

Anyway - we have a tv marathon this evening concluding with the new Downton Abbey, which means I can distract myself for yet another evening and wish you all a Good Night's Sleep (whatever that means these days) :o

Bolstering the numbers still waiting :)

Still lurking and waiting not due till 22nd... but anticipating a bit longer than that...

Not engaged at all, although being repeatedly checked for unstable positioning :( seems to not be changing position now so fingers crossed it remains an obliging baby. Trying to spend lots of time on ball but really wish I could get more comfy on sofa.

Feeling very tired, plenty of Braxton Hicks. As far as mood swings go, some days better than others... but to be expected I don't do pregnancy very well! Still don't think that it is sinking in that the end is in sight, but I don't think it did last time either.

Also watching Downton and then to bed...

Hello 2blackcats (I'm sitting next to our black cat right now!) - and welcome to the bus :) Hopefully we'll all be off soon enough! Is this your first baby? It sounds like it isn't in which case don't subsequent babies engage right at the end or in labour sometimes. Anyway, hope it settles down into position and rewards you for all that bouncing - then you'll get the waddle and you'll feel even more glamorous :o

Also on ball and watching Downton - how many pregnant women all around the UK are doing the same thing?!

DH is ironing his work shirts and just told me that though he has ironed 5 he hopes not to need them all... no pressure then :)

p.s. hating the aviva insurance adverts with the accident, am far too sensitive at the moment for an implied bike RTA...

Sweet dreams everyone.

Congratulations to Cbear, Sebs and Louplet on your lovely new arrivals. :)

Thank you for taking time to share youe birth stories though sorry for the ones that didn't go as you originally hoped. Sounds like things moved very quickly Cbear and must have been quite a shock but very glad your LO is here safe and sound.

Sarah I'm with you on the waiting being strange. On the one hand I'm trying to enjoy the last few days of pregnancy but on the other I'm totally ready for things to get going. I'm due today and even though it's only an EDD your mind is kind of focused on that date. DS was right on time so didn't have this last time either.

Happy due date Conker! Hope your sweep tomorrow is successful or even more that things are moving along themselves and you don't need to go for the sweep. Sounds like you have promising signs.

Well this baby isn't going to arrive on their due date. I woke at 5 this morning and couldn't get back to sleep then was sick so thought it was maybe a sign but apart from feeling like baby is more engaged and generally being a bit more uncomfortable nothing to report. Can't have a sweep tomorrow as doctors surgery is closed due to public holiday - how inconsiderate! Have one booked for Tuesday though so fingers crossed that will start something off. Anyway I'm exhausted so off to bed now. Goodnight all.

This is no 2 - DD was 8 days late so probaby why not engaged yet... the bonus is not having to pee a teaspoonful at multiple points throughout the night usually only need to go a couple of times which is a lot less than I remember from last time :o

Had forgotten that Downton Abbey was 1 1/2 hrs... a bit later than anticipated! Sleep well.

To be honest I have only been getting up in the night twice - despite baby being 2/5 engaged. Must have a bladder like a camel (do camels have large bladders? Oh you know what I mean) :o

I came downstairs this morning to make tea and found empty bottle of brandy on kitchen sideboard. There wasn't much left to be fair, but enquired with DH who confessed he was up in the night and couldn't sleep as he was 'too excited'!

Any more signs cosmic?

Ds1 & dd here were engaged possibly weeks b4 birth-1st being 8 days over, 2nd 1 day early. This time around i was only 3/5 engaged @ 4cm wen they broke my waters. Glad tho cuz i didnt experience walking around all that time with the pressure down there & constantly needing a wee :-)
Ooh apparently its common 4 ppl 2 b ill the night b4 they go into labour...

Wonderful news louplet, congratulations on your little girl, how lovely!

Welcome to 2blackcats and sarahseager, it's good to have a few more to chat on the bus. We share the same EDD sarah, so I can sympathise totally with the whole waiting patiently/impatiently scenario. I actually thought that we might have a baby in our arms this morning, as last night I was getting very strong BH every ten minutes throughout the evening... DH ran around the house getting everything ready in anticipation (we're hoping for a homebirth), and then we both agreed that we should go to bed at 11pm and try to get some sleep in anticipation. Of course bloody nothing happened apart from DD waking up with a bad dream at 3am!

Think I'd got a bit over excited because last time with DC1 I had an evening of strong BH before my waters broke (just before midnight) and then six hours later we had a baby in our arms. But nothing doing this time. Mind you, I haven't had a show or any other signs!

CBear that is a very considerate little girl you have there, giving you a whole night's sleep! Don't suppose she managed it again last night? Sounds like you are being really determined with the BFing, good for you, I hope things start to level out soon.

Any news from Conker I'm wondering? Wouldn't it be amazing if your baby had actually arrived on its EDD?! Here's hoping!

I've lost track if anyone is being 'swept' today? I will be offered one on Wednesday, and will probably go for it if nothing else has happened meanwhile. Am off for a bath and to twiddle my nipples now , when I did that yesterday I got a massive BH afterwards for about two minutes, ha ha!

Hello! Not been around for a while but happy to announce Charles Buster was born naturally on Sat morning weighing a chunky 10lb 4oz. I was certain he would be smaller than his brother and did start to regret being at a MLU when it came to the pinch!!
We went home straight away but ended up calling 999 a few hours later and are hoping to be discharged from neo natal today due (incredibly)to the same " just one of those things" that happened to DS1 too.
Have just about regained my marbles!

Well done to everyone who has already had their LOs- am looking forward to catching up on the threads. And good luck and patience to all of you still waiting impatiently!

Hello everyone. Checking in again to say I'm still here. Been doing some lurking as thread was moving so fast and seem to have been keeping quite busy.

Edd was 2 days ago and been dtd, eating spicy food and nipple twiddling this weekend- not all at same time though! Had the best nights sleep last night just woken up- obviously this is dc1 so no little people to look after. Been super nesting this weekend and even cleared out shed.

Loomer I'm getting a sweep Wed. Can't say I'm looking forward to it. TPP DH had similar comment to me about shirts and whinged at me this am that he had to get up and go to work because I wasn't't in labour. He seems convinced Friday is the day.

So can I join you guys for a and a ? Hi to Sarah and 2blackcats- both of mine are sat on the bed next to me whilst I type on the phone!