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

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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.

Sore bita, am sure my bum also has the equivilent of nappy rash :-( cannot wait til rhe blwedings all over. & my stitches started 2 feel v.sore around sainsburys so i turned in2 a waddler- prob looked lije a bumpless pregnant woman! Haha!
& tho my broodiness for a 4th has worn off dh is now broody!!!! He's even started looking @ 7 seater cars! Bit of a shock after he needed a little persuading 4 us 2 go for this lo :-o

Hi all, congrats to the new babes and mummies and thanks for the birth stories. Also loving all the names too and still cheering on jojo and tiddly; not long to go now.

RE Mothercare, I have boycotted my local store ever since DS was two days old and they told DH over the phone that they stocked swaddling blankets and, after we drove all the way there, it turned out that they didn't. I actually stood in the middle of the shop and shouted at the manager then ran out crying (it's possible that this may have had something to do with my hormones).

Congratulations Yoshi! Gorgeous name.

Conker I have plans to meet a friend tomorrow, then taking DS to the cinema for the first time on Sunday. Surely making plans means the baby will make an appearance . Thank you for sharing your birth story. Sounds like you had a really positive experience and I also at your DS2 asking for crisps. Did the hospital issue you with a fine for parking in the staff car park? Seems pretty unfair if they did given the circumstances.

Tiddley glad you had a relaxing morning and are feeling positive on your EDD.

Awww congratulations Loomer. Another lovely name. Glad you had a good birth, though sorry you didn't get the home birth you had hoped for.

Jimmi glad you got your pushchair sorted. Hope your stitches feel better soon.

Jojo what kind of drink is a strawberry woo woo? Sounds good.

Wasps sounds like your care in labour and communication from hospital staff weren't great and things were a bit traumatic at the end but glad you feel better getting it all written down.

Well I lost a bit of my plug yesterday and started having period type cramps last night in bed so started to get a little excited. Couldn't sleep for ages thinking maybe, just maybe things were in the very early stages. Eventually got to sleep about 3am then woke up tired and with no other signs for the rest of the day. Really must stop this symptom spotting but it's very difficult!

Good luck to the ladies still to go - won't be long now!
My mothercare story from yesterday is that I went in to get fitted for feeding bras - measured and given some to try on but lady measuring and so called fitting never came tocheck if fit was correct - wished I had now gone to a breastfeeding bra fitter service. Also while there I bought two sleeping bags for lo as they were on offer. I wanted 1 togs and thought that was what I had bought until I hot homeand realised that one was in incorrectly labelled packaging. Called the store to ask them to order correct one in but was told they can't order stuff in unless you pay for it - doh, is that not what I had done originally ? No seemingly not. I would have to return original to store, order replacement and wait for it to arrive or be posted out to me - pointed out I can't drive after csection and that this will entail organising lifts from family but they didn't give a !
Had a great meeting today with breastfeeding support councillor but tonight I am beginning to suspect that there may be an underlying cause for my severe breast pain as it's now shooting throbbing pains in both sides - possibly thrush or something else - needless to say it's so painful not sure i won't be breaking out the formula tonight if the feed gets too sore!

minkyj hope you get that breast pain sorted it doesn't sound right
jimmijam I had a odd rash on my bum, thigh post section I kept it clean, used sudacream& eperderm cream on it and it went in a week. It was some kind of pressure rash or contact dermatitas as on my left side which id been sleepin on lots.

I've only used mothercare online once for 'hard' kit. Not again. Kiddicare are far better, excellent service,vfast delivery use them all the time now. I did get my sleep bras from MCare, they ok but shrunk a bit I think in wash. But then again my boobs are huge with milk

tiddly gd luck neatly there.hope it won't be too long now. I was the last to 'pop' with my old antenatal with DD1 I found it hard waiting.

cosmic that i believe was 1 of the signs i was in early labpur, so hopefuly within the next couple of days...
minky ring customer services, if u get thru 2 the right person (or, if not perhaps make a fuss) im sure theyl sort u out :-)
ssmile i put some bepanthen on my buum last night & its already feeling much better :-)

Sounds like mc really need 2 get things sorted!! Hadnt realised things were so bad (despite so far having probs eith 2 items from 1 shopping trip, &it taking them about a month 2 sort 1, then finding we'd been sent wrong info about a pushchair recall)

So sorry haven't posted for a while but I do read whilst breast feeding just haven't managed the art of feeding and typing at same time. We're going for two hourly feeds in day so you don't get great deal of time to do much in between but it's paying off - Alys has slept well last two nights ... Just hope this continues.
Talking of rashes on bums, just as ankles were reappearing and bump reducing (due to excessive wind!!!) I now have a rash all over ... Think it's a reaction to all that's happened. Pregnancy and nursing is so glam!!
Interesting on the mothercare excursion pram - we've got that one but not used yet. Will see how we go with it. we've used the baby carrier as there's no flat areas round here!!

Congrats to all new mums ... Bethany is a lovely name.

And i am still cheering you all on with Pom poms and sending good labour vibes to those waiting .... Especially TP and Jojo ... Still with you and hoping it all happens soon.

sebs the ppl in mothercare didnt know y it had been recalled so i assume otay not just b carseat cover? Who knows! We found it bigger than expected in boot (xsara picasso), could only fit a couple of shopping bags in, we also struggled putting it down, adjusting handlebars & ds1 & dd kept tripping over the big wheels. & the front wheels got stuck going down kerbs with a deep camber in the road. Mostly things we should have figured out b4 buying it 2 b fair, was strangely quite glad wen it broke :-) we learn from our mistakes :-) fingers crossed u get on better with yours!!!!!
Did u have an anasthetic during labour? After dd 5.5yrs ago i came put in nasty excema, gp said it was prob caused by anasthetic dripping on2 me (she was emcs) he sed if i got it again 2 go straight 2 dr 2 get cream, perhaps similar 2 wot u have? May b worth a trip?

Cosmiccloud - sounds promising about the plug coming away - I always think that must mean that things are dilating, to allow it to come free (dont know if thats medically correct or not, but makes sense to me).

And yes we got a fine, but it was only £20 if we pay within 7 days, and it seems worth it for not having to walk far, or have dh disappear to go and park properly.

Minkyjj - hope you get to the bottom of the pain. So much harder with lots of pain.

Mothercare does sound like its an all over problem. I thought our local one was a bit rubbish - always two or three sales staff hanging round the tills, but cant help with anything if you ask, as its always the wrong members of staff that are around.

Three/four day blues have kicked in here. Crying over not very much, but I know its all hormonal. Fergus fed for most of last night, so knackered today but he is lovely so can't complain.

Quick post to say hi and wish mums, babies and vessels (!) a good night's sleep. I've been on a long walk, eaten a pineapple and a madras curry - even wore honeymoon nightie to tempt DH last night - seriously I thought the baby would come from laughing, sod the sex! :o
Anyway, nowt happening, and just read another thread where another lady is getting contractions at 38+4 (and is impatient) - so am grumping off to bed and leaving DH to take Ocado delivery. This is a tardy baby and I will be here forever.
cosmic I hope the show is the sign of quick progress, fingers firmly crossed for you! jojo what on earth is a strawberry woo woo and can I have one please?!
Sweet dreams :)

Hope everyone ok today, have to say that I give mothercare a wide berth if I can, service and products not up to the mark and never have anything in the right size in store, mamas and papas also not great... kiddicare has always come through for us but obviously you can't see items first.

Had some excitement today as have impressive back-pain and can barely move, just as well DH is around otherwise I would be completely incapacitated. It appears not to be the start of labour though, more likely that somehow I have done something to my back... joy oh joy. I just hope it feels better tomorrow as being stuck either sitting or standing isn' much fun. Actually looking forward to going to bed with the hope that it resolves overnight (DH probably hasn't worked out yet that he will be accompanying me to the loo in the night otherwise I won't be able to get back to bed).

Other than that have had a nice day and looking forward to Downton Abbey tomorrow:)

Missed your post blackcats - boo to your back, bad luck indeed. Prop yourself up on pillows a plenty and I hope you get some sleep.

Will be in front of Downton too!

Congratulations to all of the new babies :)

I agree that Mothercare are rubbish, had a few incidents with them. They use Yodel (formerly Home Delivery Network) to deliver their goods. My buggy was delivered by a young girl in PJs and a high-vis jacket whilst a surly man sat in the van smoking. Professional, no? Last year we lost a baby at four months, I had opened a Baby Plan with them after the 12 week scan to give us plenty of time to budget for the things we needed. A few weeks later when all the awfulness happened I rang customer services to close the plan/get a refund and was told I had to go into the branch where I opened it. I went along a couple of weeks later when I was feeling more up to it and was told that I could have a refund but they'd keep £10 of it for their admin fee because I'd had the plan longer than 28 days. It was only £10, hardly a fortune but I was so and :( and lost my rag with them. Definitely complain Minky, for a maternity/baby shop they're remarkably insensitive to the needs of parents and babies.

Poor DS is ill with a vomiting bug, he woke us up at 2am (and 2:30am and 3am and 3:30am and repeat until 7am) when he was sick all over his cot, he keeps wanting me to pick him up and I can't which is hard. I'm hoping he'll feel better tomorrow after a nice bath and an early night. He's settled much better with the baby now, no more attempts to stomp on her and he's using her name too :) To answer an earlier question, he was 2yo at the end of August so he's practically still a baby himself.

Baby blues have thankfully moved on and I'm feeling better about DD's birth too. I went outside yesterday, day 9, for the first time! Walked to my mam's, it's normally a 10-15 minute walk but took me 40 minutes, it's a start though, and we went round the shops too so I got a good stretch of my legs, went to the shops again today too.

Jimmijam, we're the opposite to you and your DH on the broodiness. The last few days I've really missed being pregnant, the memories of 3am acid reflux and clicking joints and morning sickness, etc are wearing off and instead I'm wanting to do it all again. DH on the other hand swears he's moving into DS's bedroom and taking up a life celibacy, he has agreed to discuss it next Christmas though so I may be on the September 2013 baby bus :o

I'm cheering on everyone who has yet to pop, sending you all positive thoughts and wishes for safe and speedy deliveries. My SIL is 41+1 and I feel so bad for her because everyone keeps asking her the dreaded question - "have you not had that baby yet?". So chins up, bumps out, and remember that no one in history has been pregnant forever. Cuppa anyone?

Just a quick message as on phone for all that asked a strawberry woo woo is a cocktail made with vodka cranberry juice and strawberry puree absolutely lovely!

Had a bit of a show last night ad thismorning and some discharge through out the day other than that nothing!

Sounds like you might get that woo woo sooner than you think Jojo :)

Cheering you all on from the very tired and sore nipple breastfeeding sidelines. Hope that tonight there may be some baby action and if not at least you can all look forward to a lovely autumnal Sunday and an evening of downtown abbey. Night all x

Ok somebody please explain Downton Abbey to me. It seems to have completely bypassed me. Is it new or been on for ages? Everyone seems to rave about it, and I just dont know how it passed me by.

Jojo - thats how it was for me the day or two before labour kicked off so fingers crossed.

Cbear - thats incredibly insensitive of mothercare to keep an admin fee in those circumstances. I'm quite by that.

Tiddley - i could read back but am lazy - are you getting a sweep at some point? Google reflexology on the feet too - may not work but you get a really nice foot rub from your oh.

2backcats jojo & tp it may b cominv sooner than u think! How exciting!!
Id like 2 c how things r in 2-3 years b4 having another lo. Theres 17months between our youngest 2, which is lovrly now but dont think i could cope with a small age gap as babies plus 2 older children. But dh is older than me so it'l def b a case of wait & c how things pan out. & i dont yhink we could really wait much longer than that as it wouldnt b fair on the child :'(
lo slept well last night but i was up a few times with ds1 who had earache, then tummy ache... Bless him. Remember having earache wen i was little, not nice is it :-(

Oh I got the admin fee back when I burst into tears in front of a queue of a customers and started shouting about my baby. Bastards (which my iPhone auto-corrects to "badgers" )

I missed the Downton Abbey thing too, I might have to watch for it being repeated at some point.

Earache is awful Jimmijam, hope you little fella is feeling better today.

Jimmi- thanks for the advice. Didn't have anaesthetic except a spinal for the EMCS so probably not. THink it's just a reaction to everything... spoke to the oncall doctor today who has suggested a cream to stop the itching so DP has gone to get some. Doc seemed to think it's an allergic reaction but haven't really done anything different so stumped... It is calmer today - still all over my body, but calmer... just when my ankles were reappearing and bump getting smaller!!!

Also - only used the pram once - we took Alys for a walk in the car seat / chassis yesterday and all seemed ok... haven't used the main part yet. It is a bit tricky to get the chassis up and down, but hopefully get the hang of it. I like the shape of this pram so I'm hoping it works ok, but after your experience I'll be keeping an eye on it... thanks for the tips.

CBear - Downtown ep 1 is on ITV this afternoon... I'm going to watch it as I missed it last week as just coming out of hospital. Looking forward!!

TP - hang on in there... I think it must be worse for everyone due towards the end of the month as you've seen others "pop" in the meantime... but it will happen soon... big cheers to you all

Haven't had the best of days - think I'm in that expecting everything to be going swimmingly well when I have to realise I have a 9 day old baby and things are going to take a while to sort out. I need to relax and enjoy this precious time - I've so many telling me that it goes quickly... so having a calm afternoon with laptop on lap and Alys in her favourite vibrating chair at my feet. She's starting to stir so may need feeding again soon (I'm struggling a little with the feeding but we're getting there).

But, we've been out for a couple of walks (Thursday and yesterday) which was lovely - nice to get out the house - I feel like I've been here for ages (which I guess I have, except for the 5 days in hospital).

So, to everyone still waiting - try to get out and about as much as you can...!!

Continued good luck all... xx

Cbear - it's on at 3.45pm... ITV...!!

sebs id had a spinal too, sorry. Sounds likely that urs was caused by that then, esp as u havent done anything else differently x

that's interesting... thanks for that Jimmi. I may go to my own doctor this week if it continues (only spoke to the oncall as it's Sunday) but will also see if this cream he suggested works.

Minky sorry you're having pain feeding at the moment. Hope it resolves itself soon. Is there a possibility it could be mastitis?

Sebs glad your rash has calmed down a bit.

Conker hope the worst of the baby blues have passed. I remember day three being a real struggle with DS. The £20 fine does seem worth it but you think the hospital could have a better system for cases where a labouring woman's partner needs somewhere to park close by.

Am at some of these Mothercare stories. Have found their shops to generally be overpriced, not great at stock control and a terrible layout for pushchairs to move around, but some of the insensitivity and bad service in these stories is terrible, especially yours Cbear. Hope your DS is feeling better today. You must be feeling really exhausted so hope you manage more sleep tonight.

Sending labour vibes to everyone else who is still waiting with me. :) I'm now a week overdue and despite my best efforts to stay positive I'm getting pretty fed up in the limbo between due date and induction. Will stop complaining now and may just go and watch Downtown as I also missed it last week.

It's so great hearing about how everyone is getting on. It makes you feel like you're not alone. My due date is tomorrow, but don't think baba will be on time. Still hasn't dropped down. Had a slight scare today though, walking along the prom and tripped, nearly fell of the side - aargh. OH was panicking too! Luckily was ok - phew. I'm taking bets from friends as to when baby will arrive and what sex it will be - it keeps me amused in these last few days. We also went to a wedding fayre today and there was a magician there - we asked him what he thought, but he didn't want to say! We won't be booking him lol! My mucas plug came out a couple of weeks ago, but no sign of labour. Poo poo. At least we know it will definitely be a libra now.