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.

Oooh got distracted and crossed posts Conker. Huge congratulations on the arrival of little Fergus Thomas. Thought you had been a bit quiet today. Who will be next I wonder?

Mad elf strong stuff?! made of strong stuff

Hello ladies, finally found the new thread and thought I would pop in to wave some positive labour vibes your way and to cheer you all on.
I am sat with baby sam having gorgeous cuddles and enjoying every second - hope you will all be here on the virtual sofa with me soon too

Hi all, just to update you, Lola Isabella Seager was born yesterday 19th Sept at 9.05am weighing 7lb1oz! She is just perfect in every way, I just can't believe she is here!

Will let you know birth story when I have caught up with myself!

Hope you're all doing well xxx

Wow many congrats on safe arrival of few more Sept babies. We set up a arrivals list in postnatal clubs if anyone would like to add themselves to the stats list my phone won't let me do it easily one handed as feedin Lo but I've just 'bumped' it.

Just a quickie from my phone... Waters broke at 6am and have been having contractions every ten minutes since, but they're not getting any stronger or closer together so not convinced that this is going to happen any quicker than first time (6 hours). However, we are hoping to meet baby before DD gets home from school today!

Will post again when 'something' has occurred.

Good luck loomer hope it's a quick one! Congratulations Sarah - beautiful name.
Cbear - Ive had lots of cries, no sobs actually. Baby blues is so real. Milk also in and im currently expressing to give us option of odd bottle as feeling very weak today.
Will post later as hard to type on phone!

Congratulations sebs, wasp, conker and Sarah - hope not missed anyone- I'm on my phone.

Sebs you are my new hero after that birth story!

No sweep this am for me. Mw decided better chance if waited till Friday when will be 6 days over. Also advised sex on all fours followed by lying down for half an hour- hmm thanks for info but perhaps a little tmi from a health professional!

Still onwards and waddling. Will pop in again later to see if anyone else has popped.

Thanks everyone, finally here is my birth story -

Oliver was born on 12th sept at 12.37am, heres my birth story if you've got an hr or so to read it!

MW came to do a sweep on 1st Sept and it was unsuccessful but I was told I was 1-2cm dilated already and everything was favourable for a quick induction. Went into hospital on Friday 9th for induction, only to be monitored and then sent home as they didn?t have enough staff to look after me if they broke my waters! Was gutted.

Went back in on Sat 10th and after obs and monitoring, had the 24hr Propess pessery put in and told to bounce on the birthing ball to get things going, and was told the pessery would remain in me until 10.00am on Sunday 11th unless things started naturally. They didn?t. And every midwife, doctor, consultant that came in to examine me told me something different, I was 2-3cm dilated, then I was 1-2cm, then I was nearly 4cm, then I was barely 1cm, so frustrating.
I was told the "contractions" I was experiencing weren?t contractions, just propess pains from all the hormones, and then I was told I was contracting well and strong, such a mismatch of information!

I was about as hacked off as Id ever been by the time Sunday morning came, had the pessery in for 24 hrs, had to have it resited twice as it fell out! and being told mismatch information, only for them to come to me, remove it at 10am sun and then tell me that they will not put up the oxytocin drip or break my waters as they had staffing problems, when she examined me, she said she could push the baby?s head out of my pelvis and he wasn?t engaged at all, I was mortified and just sat on the floor and cried my head off for a good 30 minutes.
She returned at 2.30pm to break my waters and was just set up, when she was called into theatre for an emergency, so it was then another 90 minutes wait and at 4.00pm, finally returned and the doctor broke my waters, the relief was immense ? something was finally happening! My contractions started straight away and progressed really well, using gas and air until at approx (as things are hazy) 10.30-11.00pm when the anaesthetist was called to site my epidural as I couldn?t have diamorphine as baby was too sleepy, the epidural was sited (by the most gorgeous anaesthetist) and worked straight away and after about 10 minutes of pushing, Oliver was born at 12.37am on Monday 12th Sept, handed straight to me and we snuggled while daddy cut the cord.
The story does not end there. I was told that the head was out and ?one more push and your baby will be born? so I gave an almighty push, where actually the midwife meant a small push but failed spectacularly to share that information with me, and so I tore (from the front hole to the back hole), it was classed as a 3rd A Degree tear and was in theatre 9 minutes after Oliver was born to be stitched up.
My surgeon was fantastic and has done a wonderful job, I have no pain from stitches and everything is working well down there, we were released from hospital after 36 hours and am now at home with my DS1, DS2 and DH, who are all wonderful.
Well done if you got through all that.

Thank you milliebow ... I'm slowly forgetting it as I fall in love with being a mum so it was good to write it all down to keep.

Mrs s - how frustrating?? I think lack of info or confusing info is the scariest thing and makes you feel vulnerable. And ouch, what a tear you poor thing. Glad things better

Going thru the usual things- worrying about getting her to sleep at night, getting breast feeding right etc but each day getting more confident and getting to know each other better. She would not settle in her Moses basket but we've made a break thru! Wrap her up like a packet of chips and tilt the mattress... Worked a treat! And a vibrating chair meant I could have two hands free for a little while!!

Hope all ok and things progressing for loomer

And many congratulations to conkertree!!

Argh!!!!
Have had a non stop headache for days now, so tired. Oh not v. Helpful with getting kids up etc, tho 2 b fair he is also shattered & has a full time job working shifts. Getting myself & 3 kids ready in time 4 school each morning & get us all ready 4 bed aswell as everything inbetween is stressful. Dd (5 1/2) is going thru a very frustrating stage of 'selective hearing' not listening @ all. she doesnt even listen wen we tell her the consequences of ignoring us! :-( so feeling a tad teary this eve. Aswell as puschair already broken (£300 breaking within a week of use =not happy). Last mw appt 2moro, hope she checks stitches as they dont feel quite right. Hv coming round friday.
Huge congratulations 2the new mummies!! Hope ur all doing ok!
Ds2 is snoring away on my lap :-)

Congratulations to conker and sarah! Wonderful news and I hope you're enjoying every minute of new mummyhood .

I have had such a lovely day with my DH, who took the day off and we had a lovely walk, lunch at the pub and a chilled out afternoon. Just checked my emails to find that one of my NCT friends has gone into labour (EDD 09/10) so have been passed once again and feel like it will never happen for me! It is all a bit difficult isn't it, this end part, even after a gorgeous day my mood can still slip...bloody hormones! :o

Taking huge, uncomfy and mildly depressed self away from the thread before I bring you all down! Have lovely evenings all and congratulations again :)

Evening all, congratulations to new mummies.

Still hanging on in there, baby still in right position :) feel like I still have another week to go though. Emotions ramping up nicely now - can sympathise with all those struggling with maintaining rational responses to minor occurences... comes with the territory, I just wish that the rest of the world understood that it is hormonal and normal and that starting the procession of phone-calls 'just checking to see how you are' is not helpful and will result in me abandoning answering the phone completely for the next two weeks. does that sound a little irrational? never mind I will feel better for it

Hope everyone has a good evening and that all the babies behave themselves.

The last days are the longest Tiddley but no one has been pregnant forever, your little one must be very comfortable is all. Hope you feel better tomorrow.

Congratulations again MrsSawyer. I'm enjoying reading all of the stories, so many different experiences and lovely babies.

Also congratulations to Sarah and Minky! September really does seem like the busiest month for babies :)

Sebs, you sound so loved up and content, it's lovely to read :)

I'm still a little bit weepy, had a cry to DH this morning when I had a massive stabbing pain getting out of bed (the pains are if I move a certain way and feel like sharp cutting but are nowhere near the actual incision, I'm guessing nerve pains). DS has been a bit of a monster today, he's realised the baby isn't leaving and is alternating between loving her and not loving her. She started crying in her basket this afternoon and while I was getting up he ran to her and tried to pick her up by the hips while pulling her out of the basket, shushing her the whole time. A few hours later DH was changing her on the mat on the floor and she started to cry, this time DS tried to stamp on her (which got me weeping again for turning his little world upside down). He'll get there eventually but meanwhile my patience-o-meter is in overdrive trying to let him know we still love him just as much as before, if not more. My mam is taking him out for a few hours tomorrow which will do him a world of good, he'll burn off some energy and be made a big fuss of and then we can make a big fuss of him when he gets home.

Cbear - that's hard for you with ds acting that way to lo but it will get better. Thinking of you.
Feeling excited for everyone starting out in labour - the moment you get to meet your baby is the most magical feeling ever - wish I could relive it already as the moment does fade, even after a week. Enjoy the last few days of the pregnancy as it will be over before you blink and then you almost miss it ( never thought I would say that but already thinking that I won't ever feel that feeling of a baby inside again !)
Sorry on phone so can't check who said this but the csection pain - I know the pain feeling and asked the midwife why it felt sharper now than at the start - she said that's normal as the stitches inside start to dissolve and also the nerve endings that have been cut are starting to grow back so the initial numbness starts to wear off !
Right off to bed to get no sleep again I am sure !

Jimmi hope headache goes but know the feeling perpetual tiredness brings
Cbear - I'm still crying at the silliest of things or even for no reason. Hope things get better with ds which I'm sure they will. But patience us hard when you're tired.
Minky that's interesting about the inside stitches - keep forgetting about those. If I manage some sleep when I wake up I almost feel like I cant move. The sharp pains hit - but I'm guessing that is all the internal stuff / you focus on the incision forgetting what they do inside!

TP I'm sending virtual mn hugs whilst you wait. It does seem to go on forever especially passed edd when everyone else is almost as obsessed with when's it happening but hang in there... Hope you feel better tomorrow

Well I'm waiting for Alys to drop off to sleep - could be awhile ...

Woohoo - there is hope - huge feed and lo managed 3 hour sleep. Right nipple still feels like barbed wire but sticking in there.

Yay for Baby Minky! And for you too Minky, I swear some babies have little retractable fangs that come out when they feed, my right nipple was virtually shredded too. Ssmile recommended a medela nipple shield and they really are good, even just for a few days while your nipple heals.

I got a lovely phone call yesterday from BF Peer Support, I didn't even know they had my details but I signed a form saying the hospital could tell xyz that I had my baby and they were one of those people.

Congratulations Conkers and Sarahseager :)

Hope it's not long for you loomer

I'm struggling to keep up with threads at the moment. I do read through, but I am not in a position to post loads on here, so I am sorry, but I'm cheering you all on from the other side.

Feeling quite tired these past few days, finding the evenings when I am most tired, she's still a little beaut, and I'm very much loving being a mum, I would like a little more sleep though, working on naps in the day which are helping, but still not fully caught up, going to do as little as possible today, health visitor coming this afternoon. My episiotomy feels almost better now, although I'm not sure about the bit that's gaping how that is healing. Will be checked again Monday.

Good luck to the rest of you, will be howling at the moon for you all.

Sending you an energy hug 100yrs I think 2nd3rd wks are hard, babes feed lots, nights feel endless and post birth adrenaline has vamoosed....life as you knew it has changed :o but it should get easier once feeds settle into more of a routine normally around magic wk6 .

Many congratulations Sarahseager on the birth of your baby girl!

Loomer hope you're now enjoying lovely baby cuddles. :)

MrsS thank you for sharing your birth story. Sorry your continuity of care was so bad and ouch for tear but really glad little Oliver is here safe and sound and surgeon did a good job repairing the damage.

Jimmijam sorry things are stressful at the moment and OH not being very helpful. Along with DD not listening sounds like you have your hands very full. Any news on the pushchair?

Tiddley and 2blackcats I'm with you on the frustrations of waiting!

Cbear sorry your DS is finding adapting to his new sister difficult. It's one of the things I'm most worried about too and must be so hard but am sure it'll get easier over time. Hope he had a good day out with your mum today.

Minky thanks for your post about enjoying the last few days of pregnancy. It reminded me that last time I did sometimes miss my bump once DS was born. This will be my last pregnancy too so really going to try to relax and enjoy and stop focusing so much on when labour will start.

Well as you can see I'm still waiting for this LO to arrive. Had successful sweep yesterday at consultant - ouch is all I can say! Doesn't seem to have had any effect though apart from some uncomfortable tightenings afterwards. No plug or anything since. Got date for outpatient induction for next Wednesday if nothing has happened by then. As I said above at least I have a date now so will try to just relax and enjoy the last week or so and if anything happens of its own accord before that it's a bonus.

Hi Ladies
So today is Due date been to the hospital to see the midwifes had a sweep (wasnt as bad as i thought) Currently 1cm dilated and 2cm long (what does that mean?) Been booked in for an induction on the 3rd October but she doesn't think I will go that long (Fingers crossed)
It did make me laugh when the midwife said ooo I can feel his head and all I could think was great all I can feel is ur fingers!

*haha jojo made me laugh :-)
Taking the 1 hour trip 2 mothercare 2moro 2 take pushchair bk. Living in hope theyl let us swap it 4 another, as if this is wot happens 2 it after a week i dont have much faith in it & would rather have a different model.
Hot ppl.coming 2 visit 2moro, sat & sun, theyl have traveled a v. Long way but i havent tidied the house (tho a vacuum around & bathroom clean should b plenty), will have 2 squeeze it in after trip 2 mc :-/ . Also havent done any food shopping. Will have 2 get some biccies & bits 4 sandwiches in 2 feed them oh dear should have been much more organised!!

Jimmi glad i made you laugh!
Maybe an online shop will help and save you having to go to the shop? Good luck with mothercare Im slowly beginning to hate that shop!