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October Baby Bus - Part 6 - The last bus for the ladies...
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BB3 · 16/10/2011 16:22
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happymummytobe ·
17/10/2011 09:48
Edward I've seriously been thinking of hanging out in John Lewis today for the same reason 
Apparently it's an urban myth, but it'd be interesting to find out!
CheshireDing ·
17/10/2011 09:51
Congratulations Pebble :) Lovely name too :)
Sassy how rude of DP
MamaMaiasaura ·
17/10/2011 10:19
Pebble congratulations on Elijah xx
Still here, still having ctx. Had big cry this morning as ctx kept waking me thro night and are painful but not at point id want to go in hospital. Dh gone to work and o feel all abit daunted and emotional. Got shakes last night, been to poo lots today 
. Feel like dh expects me to know when baby will arrive and I don't 
silly I know but just feel all a bit tired, emotional and scared
MrsP81 ·
17/10/2011 10:19
Congratulations Engel and Pebble!
I do love all your names Awen, especially Abigail (that is the name we have chosen for this baby once she arrives 
). It?s weird though, we used to live next door to a family where the kids were Tom, Sam and Jess! Lovely bunch of people as well so I think you should go with Jessica if it?s a girl. Glad everything is ok, hope things are progressing now.
Hope you?re feeling better bilblio. I have donated blood a few times but got asked not to come back for a while as I always felt faint afterwards. I have a very small build but am tall so don?t think my body can cope very well, but I do plan to try again.
BH?s were just stronger and more noticeable BB3 but last night I was up for a while with what I would describe as period pains and this morning I?ve had a little bit of pink when wiping. Eeeeek, I think things could be starting!
Good news that you can still have the birth you want happy! I would also be proud at being 1-2cm dilated (but I am also naïve first timer!)
Hope things get going for you soon Edward.
sassy34264 ·
17/10/2011 10:56
he'd followed me upstairs to put the twins to bed on fri night, so had a very close up, close up! i dont care- i just tell him im still out of his league! 
sending big sympthy empathy vibes to everyone fed up. xxx
MrsHende ·
17/10/2011 11:09
Morning all! Fingers crossed this is the last ante natal thread...!
Congratulations to all the new arrivals, and good luck to Edward, happy, Awen and MrsP81 and anyone else who's on their way - I hope things move quickly for you all.
I'm so glad to be on maternity leave, the last couple of weeks were a bit of a struggle. I'm sure it's psychological but I finished on Tuesday and you couldn't have paid me a million pounds to go into work on Wednesday I was so shattered! (Well, maybe a million...let's not be hasty!)
My mum and dad came to visit on Thursday and Friday and mum and I shopped for the last bits and pieces while dad was put on kitchen duty and has filled our freezer with bolognese sauce and chicken curry! I'm really overwhelmed by how kind people have been, I don't think this baby will want for anything! I've got a chest of drawers full of clothes that people have handed down to us - all white! With lots of promises for more when we know what colours are appropriate! I think I've timed things quite well, such a lot of my friends have decided that their families are complete and are clearing baby things out of the loft for us!
DH is very excited about the baby arriving, every night since I started mat leave he been saying 'Tomorrow might be the day!'. Personally I think I may be the last one on the bus! I'll be sweeping up between the seats and down the aisle! I'm due on the 29th but don't feel anything like near. I'm still getting huge movements. I had a scan a week ago as my midwife wasn't sure if the baby was breech or not and the scan said it was head down but I had some massive movements yesterday (while in John Lewis - DH was also hoping for vouchers!!) and last night and I don't think this baby has settled one way or the other. It felt as if it was lying across me for a long while in the afternoon. I think I may spend the day on the swiss ball and see if it makes a difference.
I have a probably stupid question! If you have an elective section (which I was pondering before my scan last week) what happens to the mucus plug and your waters? I assume they still leave your body! But when and how?! 
Trudyla ·
17/10/2011 11:20
Congratulations Engel and Pebble. I love checking out the thread and seeing new birth announcements. And I can't wait to hear the birth stories.
at your D P. I would have cried if someone had said it to me, even though it is sadly true in my case. I even have stretch mark on my thighs. WTAF? However, I am always worried about people behind me on stairs, so I hardly ever go first. Just don't want to tempt anybody into making a comment. And as for stepping on scales... I try to avoid it, but my midwife makes me [hangry]
Edward and happy.. I urge you to go to Mothercare and John Lewis, so we'll finally know whether it's true or not. Have heard the myth oftentimes, M&S are amongst them, too.
I'm still happily pregnant and have no urge to have baby out yet. I'm still panicking at the thought of having two so tiny ones, so the longer I am pregnant, the later I have to deal with my own inadequacy [hhmm]
Other than mentally, I am quite prepared though. Washed all newborn clothes, moses basket is ready, labour bag is ready, instructions for looking after DD are ready. I am so worried though about how it will impact her. So far, no one other than DP or me have put her to bed. I really hope, I will give birth so quickly, that we'll be back for bed time [hhmm]
38+1 today.
Have a good day all.
BabCNesbitt ·
17/10/2011 11:33
Happy, that's great news! Ridiculous that they weren't able to confirm that earlier, though, rather than your having to hang out at the hospital for so long - but hurrah on being able to go home, and may your contractions continue to get stronger!
For anyone who remembers me moaning about a month ago about college friend boasting about bouldering and scuba diving in the third trimester - her FB birth announcement also included the phrase 'unmedicated 29-hour labour'. Is this stealth boasting? AIBU to be grinding my teeth about that? 
(38+6 today, and not planning on going for any medals for heroic births or mentioning it in any status updates if I do manage to go without interventions... )
Congratulations on all the new babies here - have totally lost track of who's had their babies now, though I'm in awe of Engel's super-short labour! Hope all the new mums are recovering well :)
BabCNesbitt ·
17/10/2011 13:26
(Also: I don't even know if they're enzymes or some other thing altogether... This is what happens when you do lots of skimming of MN threads!)
MamaMaiasaura ·
17/10/2011 13:54
Still getting reg ctx and getting stronger ones. Just paranoid it's not doing anything. Dh at work, not sure when to call him home I'm so and 
and and all over the place
SconesForTea ·
17/10/2011 14:02
Happy Monday everyone! I'm amazingly in a pretty positive mood, after yet another disturbed night courtesy of DD - but to be fair to her, I was awake most of it anyway Still it would be nice if she got the hang of sleeping before the baby arrives
Congratulations Pebble what a lovely name. Hope to hear your birth story soon
Edward and happy, keep bouncing! Although maybe you should be resting - it sounds like labour will get going soon anyway, and you will need your energy then believe me. My advice is: eat chocolate!
Awen hope yours speeds up... Could be that your emotions are all over the place due to labour getting going...
Hope yours is starting up MrsP...
All these labouring ladies! Absolutely no sign here. I have booked myself in for reflexology to 'get things going' on my due date (Sat). I have absolutely no expectation that it will work; it will be nice just to have an hour to myself and a foot massage, tbh.
sassy at your DP. DH is very well-trained, whenever I ask him how fat I am he lies beautifully
Trudy I'm sure you've said before, but how old is your DD? Mine is 20m so not tiny, but i'm panicking all the same about looking after two. And rather concerned how it'll affect her too even though everyone tells me not to be silly.
Oh and BabC your friend is sooooooooooooooo boasting about her labour! Why on earth would you mention 'unmendicated' and the length unless you're pretty damn proud of yourself and want everyone else to be too?! She sounds annoying.
Tally the pineapple has to be fresh and I think you have to eat about 7 of them!
39+2
HandDivedScallopsrgreat ·
17/10/2011 14:24
Congratulations Pebble. Elijah is a lovely name. You are clearly on that wonderful high you get after giving birth - it's great!
MrsHende I am due 27/28th so we are definitely two of the later ones! With DS I didn't feel at all like I was going to give birth, even a few hours before I went into labour (I was asleep when the contractions started). Never had any Braxton Hicks or twinges, any backache, sickness, moodiness or waters breaking (or a plug for that matter!). I was just huge! So it came as a bit of a surprise - well I say surprise, he was 10 days late at that stage .
Mimatchin - oh yes the boredom. Life is just on hold isn't it! So frustrating! I felt that from the moment I went on maternity leave.
Bab - I agree with TallyBear with regards the 29hr labour. If I count from when the contractions started with DS then it was about 24 hrs. However, the first 6 hrs were me lying in bed reading with pains no worse than period pains. Once I got up the contractions started properly but it wasn't for another 3 hrs before I was 2-3cms dilated (which is when they consider labour has really started). So suddenly 15hrs sounds much more reasonable! I admire your outlook on the birth too.
My goals for the end of the week is to pack the bloody hospital bag, get some nursing bras and buy some nice new pyjamas (not white like last time ) and knickers! (Totally recommend buying some cheap new knickers for those first timers - much better than paper knickers or whatever they recommend). DS is at nursery for the next two days so will have a bit of time to do this and I can spend the rest of the day in bed !
MamaMaiasaura ·
17/10/2011 16:42
Dh home and ds1 too. I feel like I have 3 kids Already, chocolate teapot springs to mind at moment. Mw just told me that having to worry and care for dc is likely to be stopping labour from progressing I actually agree as feel so stressed about them and dh going on about work and even talking about paternity leave being taken before baby arrives. No pressure on me then I'm laying in bed now in tears, hearing my 11 year old being a pain to my 3 year old and ignoring dh over dinner decision. I hate this stage so much. Feel such a fucking failure. Sorry for rant and tears.
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happymummytobe ·
17/10/2011 17:40
tally I have a bebe au lait and have been trying it out. Completely understand why you'd be worried but am sure you'll cope just fine. I'm worried about the same sort of things... If we were having summer babies it'd be easier in a way as we could just nip outside for some privacy to feed. Maybe - or am I just clueless?!
awen So sorry you're feeling crap. You're absolutely not a failure and it's completely understandable to feel tearful when things are so out of your control. Big hug to you.
John Lewis didn't have the desired effect on my baby. Am back on my bouncy ball and guzzling raspberry leaf tea. Have started to get a LOT of texts and calls from people to see if there is any "news." Don't mind really, but if I delay texting back they get all excited, assuming I'm in the throws of labour
happymummytobe ·
17/10/2011 17:41
Oh, and tally - I have been trying it out with an imaginary baby. So not a great dry run really
CheshireDing ·
17/10/2011 17:49
Good for you Tally there is no way I would feel confident enough to bf in public at the moment. Plus it doesn't help that I keep dripping everywhere!!!
HandDived is that when the mw say labour has started then at 2-3cm? I did always wonder.
BabC I would have thought it too personal to announce on fb how many hours someone had been in labour for, plus do other people really want to know/care but maybe that's just me being prissy
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