October Baby Bus - Part 5

[happymummytobe]

Another thread!

Hi everyone,

I've been reading all through those last days and a lot happen and was said that it is really hard to catch up individualy

For those who broke their water/ had a show (does not have to be bloody)/contractions good luck and hope the labour will kick on and you'll all have your wonderfull babies in your arms very soon.

For those who gave birth congratulations again!! you lucky!!

Regarding myself I've been offered a sweep for next week Tuesday as baby is not showing any signs I'll be 40+1 at this point. I hope baby will come before but to be honest I am becoming seriously tired of this pregnancy between insomnia and other stress related to my personal circumstances I am losing patience. Thi pregnancy has been so hard emotionnaly and I've been so sick through 80% of it that I just want to leave this behind. I might accept the sweep even if I do not really like the idea of it.

I have BH because I just cannot find the right position to sleep on at night as my belly became so heavy, my fit are huge for 5 days now and I am still dealing with bad customer service because different items I've ordered from Mamas and Papas have missing parts,such BAD customer service GOD!! this is just driving me mad.

Now I am convincing myself to go to the museum in South London for a change of picture.

Waouw, sometimes it is just like everything is too much :(

39+3

PS: Just took a shower and little bit of milk came out of my breast :) this was nice and cheered me up a bit

Heh, Mimatchin, it's funny what will cheer us up at this point!

Feeling pretty down at the moment. My ECV is due to take place on Monday, but two other lassies from my NCT group have already had unsuccessful ECVs (they told one of them that they wouldn't even try because of the way the baby was folded up), and I'm feeling really disheartened.

Until a few weeks ago I was full of plans about things to do to prepare for labour - making sure there was food for the midwives, getting smelly massage oils, new pads for the eBay TENS machine, practising yoga - and now I feel like there's no point in doing any of that, not even writing a birth plan, because it'll probably be a scheduled CS instead and I'll have no say in any of it. Which is not meant to be a judgement of those who've had C-sections! It's just frustrating that it feels like I'll just be 'done to' rather than 'doing'. :( I know that's not very rational and that the main thing will be to have a healthy baby at the end of it, but it's just preying on my mind a lot.

Sorry for the lengthy whinge :( 37+1 today. At least tonight I'm off to a gig by one of my favourite bands, so that'll be something distracting :)

And: congratulations, sound! Beautiful name!

wow hello ladies! i've had such a manic couple of weeks since the kids went back to school, having a god awful chest infection that's taken 2 lots of antibiotics to clear up, a 4 y/o demon child from hell who has struggled to get back into school routines i've been called in to speak about his behaviour countless times...

so not had chance to keep on top here, have been checking from my phone and was reassured that the pages were still only up to 40. d'oh, hadn't realised of course that there was not only the 15 pages of THAT thread i had to read, but also 28 pages of THIS thread! so i'm now all caught up!

congratulations on the births of all the babies - you ladies are very lucky to be getting squishes and i am muchly jealous! loving thoughts being sent to baby Beatrice, having gone through all kinds of tests etc this pregnancy, I cannot imagine getting to deliver baby and THEN have all the heartache and trauma they've had to endure.

anyhow. i am today 39+3 - saw MW last week who said Bertie is in the perfect position to be born, head is at 3/5ths, nice and low (SHE says nice and low, i say ouch!), his back is nicely on the left, so just get on with it... we've tried lots of sex (i am not feeling that position anymore!! i want to be back in control lol!) - lots of walking, lots of spicy food, ball bouncing, and last night bought a giant Costa Rican pineapple... i am told you are supposed to get intimate with the core, to get the enzymes to the most effective place directly! but can safely say i am not tempted by that & will just eat the bugger! MW has offered me a sweep at my appt tomo, so yay. DH has been "self sweeping" for me as I can't reach myself! one of which resulted in a show, think that was Monday morning. but nothing since....

i fully agree that it doesn't matter at all what you try, babies will come when THEY'RE ready, not when you want them to... unless you're induced at all...

and can i point out i've been induced with 3 out of 4 of my so far babies & they've all been fab experiences, 2 of my labours i've only used a TENS machine as pain relief, so induction DOES NOT mean horrible labour. just in case those first timers were scared by previous posts!

my HB is all good to go, everything is in place (although i keep forgetting to find a shower curtain - was told plastic dust sheets that i'd bought were a very bad idea!), my kit is stashed in the bedroom - we're not getting a birth pool, so just now need to decide where exactly in the house I want to give birth! my bags are also packed in case we do need to pootle off to hospital. My panic atm is living on a cut off road with railway lines to cross to access - they're doing works between 7th & 19th Oct to the railway lines so of the 3 crossings there usually are to choose from, there will only be one should we need ambulance or to rush to hospital, and I can't get my head round the dates of which ones are open when and which we should head for... silly thing to stress about I know, but they NEVER close these crossings (well in fact the last time they did was when my LO was due 4 yrs ago!) so am panicking.

anyway, sorry for mammoth post there! lovely to read the birth stories too btw so thanks to those of you who've posted them.

Wobbles
39+3 due Sun 9/10/11

babyc you're reaction is completely normal IMO x I thinking actually cried to dh when they said it was unlikely I'd have a natural birth with the twins at 24 weeks and sulked around the house for a few days and in the end it was a perfectly lovely experience. There's still got time for lo to turn and ecv may well be a success so try not to be too disheartened. (((hugs))) everyone has different experiences of these things (ecv, cs, induction etc) so fingers crossed it'll work for you xx

Thank you, BB3. :) Think I really just needed to vent a bit - DH has been really encouraging, but sometimes I just want to shout 'but it's not going EXACTLY how I expected!' and throw a small tantrum about it.

Hey everyone, I've got really behind on this bus again. Been trying to keep up with everybodys posts but not had time to post myself. Finished work now though, hurrah! I have found that my brain won't switch off though so have been feeling quite anxious about birth, baby, etc. Also DH started a new job this week which means he has gone from working at home to commuting to London. Not the end of the world but fairly rubbish timing! Feeling more positive today (I think). Sorry to come on here and moan when I haven't posted anything else for a while.

Congratulations to all those whose babies have arrived, its so exciting!

I am 37+1 today so I must share the same due date as you BabC!

I've just twisted my ankle in the garden and fallen. Twisted bump as I landed and I'm hurting :'(

Back from drs (bloody traumatic as ds2 screamed place down). He has throat infection at least I can tell preschool he won't be in this week

Wobbles - hope you're ok?

Awen bless DS hope he gets better soon - at least you know that he really is poorly and you're judgement is right.

BabC Agree with BB3 -and it's absolutely reasonable to want to throw a small tantrum - I will be come Sunday if the baby doesn't arrive exactly on it's due date!

BB3 are the girls better? Hope tonight is ok for you with no DH (bow down at how brave you are emoticon)

Cheshire - any news????

Thanks pinkpainter so far nothing from this morning and haven't opted for pineapple yet chose donuts instead !

Am feeling much better today apart from SPD - paracetamol before bed certainly helped loads. Managed to take dog to the beach today so feeling a bit less useless!

I am meant to be cooking for the freezer atm but the chicken smelt a bit funny so have had to chuck it - don't want to risk giving us food poisoning when we have a newborn - imagine the mess !!

Ouch wobbles keep an eye on your bump and make sure you get checked out if it continues to hurt.

Awen bless ds no wonder ice lollies are helping. Tell me to butt out but wondered why you were having issues with nursery? We've experienced a few issues with ours over the last couple of weeks and it's all consuming stressing about it sometimes!

pebble they are asleep at the moment. Little beggers are fine being put down in the day time!! Ayse-Rose had a terrible time of it this morning but I'm hoping she is sleeping it off now. There is a lot of lovely snot coming out of the two of them which is better than them being bunged up I suppose so we will see how this evening goes. Ds is very tired from nursery so hoping he'll go down early and I can get a couple of hours sleep this evening before night time as I'm preparing myself for another bad one.

wobbles hope your OK. I did that a few weeks ago and was surprisingly shaken by it.

Bb3 - new boss there (young without a great deal of experience I might add) wanted to assess ds2. I did a thread about it recently, in preschool section. Need to update it actually as HV been very supportive. X

Exciting for everyone getting shows - any updates anyone?

Wobbles.. is it worth getting that checked, just in case?

Littlepepple cooking for freezer is one of the (many) things on my to do list. Not even had a chance to de-frost the freezer yet. I seem to be adding things to the list faster than I'm ticking them off!

Mimatchin ikwym about about customer service - Between M&P and Boots I've had so many problems - bizarrely bp not raised! Boots have now given me some money back and extra points but still not entirely resolved yet. Not put the M&P cot together so hoping there is nothing missing.

I saw the consultant today for another scan. She was lovely and very happy with everything. She thought we were on target for an average baby - I thought this was about 7.5lb but she thought he would be about 6lb. He's just over 5lb now (give or take 15% apparently). At least I know we are OK buying newborn size clothes. Got a lovely snuggly padded suit in M&S today on sale and matching sleep suit. She's booked us in again for 3 weeks, in case he doesn't make an appearance in the meantime. Annoyed though that we forgot to ask if we were safe about going to local birthing centre, but she seemed OK so I think we are fine.

i had a boy!

my little Ethan Rayne was born on monday morning, weighing 8lbs :)

i didn't get my ideal birth, when i did finally get into the birthing suite with the pool i was really happy...but after about 5 minutes they realised that his heartbeat was showing signs of distress, so we had to be continuously monitored. that lead to the labour ward, then very painful contractions because of his position, epidural, etc, etc. we were very close to having an emergency c section, but managed to get him out using suction to turn him, then forceps.

was in the hospital till yesterday night, then spent today trying to catch up on the thread, but quite unsuccessfully! congrats to all that have had babies, will try to catch up soon.

loving being a mum, it is hard work, but i'm actually finding the healing more difficult than anything. my feet are the size of elephants, why did no one tell me to expect that, i can hardly walk!

Monkeybubbles fantastic news!! Welcome Ethan. Sorry you didn't get birth you'd hoped for but great you managed to avoid section. Was he OP? Both mine boys were and very very painful xxx

hey everyone and congrats on the new arrivals

i can't believe how many people have had babies, waters breaking, shows etc... it is ll getting very real! i has taken me about a week to catch up with everyones news - so much is happening.

i am 40+1 and have had nothing! had 3 sessions of acupuncture as would like to get the show moving now. noone has mentioned a sweep - when is that supposed to happen?

i have low platelets which keep dropping unfortunately. it means that the birthing centre is out of the question, and it looks like it also means that i can't have an epidural (if it drops any lower). this would mean need a general if i need to have a cs which i am not happy about at all. i want it to be as natural as possible, but know that things often dont go to plan, and it is a shame that an epidural is not available in the bag of tricks. i know the most important is the baby and my health, but it is difficult not to be sad about it. i just hope that i dont need to be induced, as i think that is more likely to lead to a cs...

anyway, apart from that, all is good. i am actually really enjoying the pregnancy, but want our lo to be born so i dont need to be induced

good luck for everyone with your progress!

oh crossed posts - congrats monkeybubbles lovely name

congrats monkeybubbles - sorry you didn;t get to have your ideal birth, but at least you have a lovely little baby boy to show for it :)

Just popping in to say that I had my planned section on Monday morning - Lara Genevieve arrived at 9.15 am weighing 8lb 12oz and we came home late afternoon Tuesday.

We're all quite tired but doing fine - would just say not to worry those of you who might have to have a section. Has been better than I expected.

Congrats monkey

Huge, huge congratulations on the birth of your little boy monkey love the name, I've never heard the name rayne before but it is lovely.

Awen I must check that out - we are going through something similar at the moment with the nursery pushing for him to be assessed (after just three half day sessions) which is resulting in a member of my family accompanying DS to every session at the moment - anyway will pop over to your thread and have a look.

emmazed I would say it's normally the mw appointment after your due date that is offered - when is your next appointment?

BBx

ooooh more babies - Congrat Fleecy and welcome to the world Lara xxx

Bb3 - sounds completely ridiculous. If u want u can add me to Facebook. I was so upset when the woman said this. It's like they expect them all to comform at same time and don't take each child individually.y little boy is 3 and 9 months now so started later, but when we felt he was ready

Congratulations Fleecy beautiful name Lara Genevieve and great weight too. My boys were 8lb12 and 8lb14, reckon I'll have another chubby one