October Baby Bus - Part 5

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Another thread!

Off to the ante natal day ward for them to poke around at 4pm, so will report back afterwards ladies. Just waiting for DH to get home now and still not finished cleaning the kitchen :(

Mpops I had a "blobby" creamy bit of discharge about an hour ago too. This is all so sexy today :)

It's mine and DHs anniversary tomorrow, I don't think it will be that sexy

Midwife said waters have definitely broken and THEN said "so we will book you in tomorrow morning for an induction", to which I then said that we are supposed to be having a home birth and can't it jus wait a bit. She said she would speak with the Dr and fight my corner and come back to me.

She was gone for absolutely ages and in between a lady came in the next cubicle to have her baby checked, her DS threw up everywhere, I could hear them saying "oh I will wash it off his bag, you take him to the toilet and wash his face, oh I just need to clean it off this chair" and then the Dr came to see us and started going on about infections after 24 hours. My initially thought was what the he'll do you expect if the person on the other side of this curtain is throwing up! DH was quietly ranting to me saying they should not have brought the child in as from what they were saying the knew he was already poorly.

Anyway Dr said I could go home with thermometers and check my temp every 4 hours and that I had to go back and see them at 10am and we would discuss again, although fingers crossed things move on before then :) She said NICE say 24 hours and the hospitals in our part of Cheshire go by that guideline, I said I thought NICE was 72 hours but she said they changed about 18 months ago. It just shocked me that I just went there to confirm m waters had broken and the Midwife was so casual about dragging me in for induction, that bit made me a bit scared.

Yes bilblio looks like we will just have to postpone meet up until Porgey is here:). Am now downing raspberry leaf and have power walked round the wood, off to eat pineapple now.

Any news mpops?

I am really shocked at the 24 hour thing. But fingers crossed things get moving for you before tomorrow morning. xx

Ooh Cheshire good luck! I have heard that reflexology can bring labour on successfully, but it's probably too late for that for you now (tomorrow morning?).

Good luck too mpops

Good luck Cheshire. (Someone told me if you stimulate your nipples it can bring on contractions if that helps)

Hope all are ok today BB3 how are your poorly LO's?

Penguin happy anniversary for tomorrow.

I'm having a crappy day I feel weepy, sore everywhere, headachy and sick DP has just zoomed off to get me some paracetamol so hopefully they'll help me sleep tonight. SPD is really bad and have lower back pain and cramps but unfortunately don't think it's early labour got too excited Saturday and nothing has happened since.

Fingers crossed for more October babies arriving safely overnight!

Best of luck cheshire! 24 hrs doesn't seem very long if you have no other symptoms.

mpops any news about what your wee/show was? I can join you with the TMI stuff as well - had what I would def consider my show about 12 hours ago until now (it keeps coming) BUT it's not bloody so am not 100%, so am looking up about whether a 'bloody show' needs to be bloody. If it's not my show it does leave me wondering what on earth is falling out of me ...

40+6 today! I agree with all that you have been saying about inductions. In the last couple of days though I've really started to feel my body go downhill so will probably take it if it's offered, although not before 13 - 14 days over. I may have been more hesitant before when I was still feeling ok, but not now - it's hard to explain, just that my body is fed up with being pregnant and rebelling a little! But, hopefully that means it will all happen naturally soon anyway...

DH has broken his elbow which means he can't lift DD which puts a spanner in the works regarding take full care of her when LO arrives

pebble hope you feel better after a paracetemol and a sleep!

I heard about the nipple thing as well! MW also told me that shagging can bring on baby because of the sperm. I am not so sure though, baby is so big now and his head so far down it doesn't feel right!

Sorry in advance I'm on my phone so can't answer every1 directly,

I looked at flylady threads a few months ago but still struggle with where to start, or I'll do really well for a few days/weeks but struggle to keep it up permanently. Housework wound up being a non starter anyway as I fell out with DH this morning and ended up crying in his sisters house all afternoon all sorted now though. housework tomorrow promise.

I was 4 days over with DS.

penguin how did DH manage to break his elbow [nosey face] isn't that the hardest bone in the body?!

Good luck to all ladies with show/waters/contractions wish it was me.

I've had a really achey bump all night at the very bottom and sides I think it's just my body saying if it stretches any more I'll explode!

penguin happy anniversary! I hope you and dh manage to do something nice. DH and I for one reason or another - working abroad, very sick parents etc - have never spent an anniversary together in the 4 years we've been married). I'm not getting excited but currently we are both due to be in the same country and free this year (anniversary is early November) so fingers crossed we might have one this year!

Pebble girls are a tiny bit better thanks! They are sleeping tonight (albeit on me so I'm not getting any sleep again) but I'm not facing a night desperately trying to settle them like last night! So frustrating that they sleep so well (and in Moses baskets) yet night time they need skin!

pebble hope you're feeling better!

penguin ouch for dh - how did he manage that? Any ideas what you will do for childcare now?

Penelope when pg with ds I was told it was the swallowing of said sperm that started contractions sone of my antenatal thread tried it and suffice to say it didn't work!!!

Edward glad you and dh got everything sorted x I'm getting my hopes up on your behalf re pains and labour!

How are all the labouring ladies getting on?

Oh and Penelope I'm pretty sure show doesn't have to be bloody xx

Tried a bit of the nipple tweaking thing before bed Pebble .

At the moment there just seem to be cramps and not regular but I figure that I didn't have the cramps straight away so hopefully these will just get more regular then Dr can keep her sticky mitts off me at least for a bit longer. Feeling a bit sick too :(

Penguin hope you get to do something nice for your anniversary, even if it's not sexy.

Pene I don't think it has to be bloody, mine has just been white and pink "snotty" stuff (lovely!)

Cheshire fingers crossed they become more regular. Are you managing to rest at all?

Morning all, cheshire hope cramps have turned into something more?

Feel much better had proper nights sleep and managed to grab DP this morning before he got up so will see if sex works at all!

Going into
Operation get this baby out so planning on nipple tweaking, bouncing on ball, walking dog and eating a pineapple today

I pumped my boobs for hours using a manual breast pump as I'd heard that was the most effective way to 'nipple tweak ' nada except loads of colostrum which I found quite shocking and a bit gross tbh - the first time anything had come out of my breasts... (oh so used to it now)

My personal theory on sex starting labour is it could work if you haven't been having regular sex - the 'shock' of it could work somehow. Eg I heard a story where someone's DH had been away for a couple of weeks, they had a reunion sesson and labour started. But we tried 5 times the weekend before DD arrived and, again, nada...

I'm now firmly of the opinion that they stay put until they're ready and nothing will shift them (except drugs I suppose). Although having said that, I'm planning on trying reflexology this time if I go more than 40+14.

So any news Cheshire? If you feel well and have no temp then perhaps you can put off induction for another day?

Pene sounds like you could be starting too?

BB3 I am in awe of how well you're doing with newborn twins and DS too I'm quaking in terror at the thought of coping with two, in fact in in denial about having a baby, what baby, la la la I can't hear you

37+4 so still a long way off

pebble - pineapple and sex worked for me last time, although I was already 3 days overdue and had a show the day before, so not sure if it naturally would have happened at that point anyway....good luck though!!

BTW - It needs to be a really ripe pineapple apparently!

Morning ladies. Tmi - Woke this morning with damp pjs but bed dry. Don't think it is waters, just watery discharge . No show here so I doubt it's anything. Had forgotten about all that part till reading your posts. With ds2 it was about 3/4 days I had show before labour really kicked in. Wasn't particularly bloody, pink steamed as like jelly. Fairly gross tbh.

For those with little ones can I have some advice? Ds2 (3years) didn't want to get up last 2 days and yesterday refused to play in garden or do anything really and off food. Slight temp yesterday of 37.4. This morning he was much same tho temp better and only 37.1 he said he feels sick and wanted to stay home. Looks fairly pale. He wanted ice lolly to help him feel better and now has pingu on. Anyones little one been like this. He's also a little shadow, is this prebirth clinging or a virus? sorry rambling

Got pram sorted yesterday had bugaboo gecko from ds2 and lovely having it back in pram mode. Going shopping on Saturday for some bedding, bath Matt etc.

Bb3, ds2 always wanting skin to skin too, must be tricky with 2 needing it. I'm hoping this one ok with cot next to bed as ds2 still not vacated my bed.

Lots of exciting posts sounds like lots of babies coming very soon.

pebble hope dh did the trick for you!!

scones I agree not much actually encourages them out unless they are ready!!

Awen coming from the house of lurgey I'd say with all the bugs going round chances are it's a virus so I'd keep him home see how he is today and tonight and then see. With ds the pre baby clinging consisted of me having to do everything with him that others would normally be allowed to do (playing, bath and bedtime) and lots of touching me iyswim, hand holding, sat on my lap and he would take me away from everyone else for alone time. His virus is snuffly nose, cough, temp, etc he's downing juice like an alcoholic on vodka and off his food (well apart from sweets but his meals are picked at and mostly left!). The girls have really snotty noses and I have a sore throat and stinking head so there's so much going round!!

scones thanks but I have lots of help! Although dh left this morning for three days away so i am facing my first few nights alone with the girls and have to say I'm a bit anxious about it especially if their colds don't clear up a bit today

Bb3 - thanks Totally getting the prebaby thing here then. Only mummy will do. I don't mind as I know it's a big change for him. Reassuring to head I'm not 'soft' keeping him home. Just had issues with preschool and I was reflecting whether I was avoiding it iykwim but je does have temp (gone up again) and not feeling well, tho miraculously ice lollies are acceptable and I bet sweets would be too . Sony envy u with a houseful of bugs. Hope all well soon x