Nov 2011: aches, pains and waddling, soon to be cuddles and swaddling

[PamSco]

Thanks Moosey for the title :)

I thought I'd go for it as there are only 4 or 5 posts left to go on the old thread.

Two other threads to be aware of:

Stats - you can update announcements here
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1157973-Nov11-Stats-only

Post Natal - for those of you already cuddling :)
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1326836-November-2011-early-birds-just-in-time-and-late-to-the-party-all-welcome

Hope this thread sees all our nests full.

Congatulations sas sounds great and I hope you get your iron levels back up quickly.

hadak best of luck, I hope it was waters and things get moving.

Nothing happening with me. I am on my way to acupuncture but to be honest I feel the reflexology, acupuncture etc is all a waste of time (and money) as I still don't feel anywhere near giving birth. Still I also feel I have to try whatever I can to avoid induction next week so I'll carry on!

mashpot I feel exactly the same, feel like I've still got ages until she is ready weird cos a couple of weeks back felt like everything was imminent.

Congratulations new mummies... I wonder how many of us are still waiting?

I've managed to develop a cold, which in some ways is quite nice as it's such a familiar feeling and a normal thing to do... Instead of all these strange feelings that I've been having over the past 9 months. Only downer is I'm suppose to be writing a critical review booooooooo just want a blanket and a hot chocolate.

Sending positive labour vibes to all my fellow ladies in the queue...

Well I survived. Got to mw and baby had decided to disengage! Arggh. So went for a walk in the hope she would move back down, stomped over a footbridge, ate something hot, drank something cold and sure enough she had re-engaged. Have to admit mw isn't that hopeful but fingers crossed. Have got induction date. Willing self not to cry!

Aww Voodoo really hope something happens for you soon.
Midwife been out and appears baby doesn't yet kknow about Pampers or Huggies and decided to do a pooh where he is so I need to go into hospital now. Baby appears ok when she checked him though. Loookks like I may be induced later.
Good luck to others waiting I will update when I can.

Hadak thinking of you. Good luck. Sure you will be fine and have gorgeous cuddles very soon. Lots of positive vibes coming your way!! And to you too voodoo. Poor you, can totally understand frustration. I bet it won't be long before baby changes her mind and decides she's ready to come after all though, have faith in baby and body! X

Hadak my dd also had meconium. It was fine and although had to have a monitor attached to her when I was in labour it wasn't bad at all. Good luck! Looking forward to hearing about the new arrival!
Pandia thanks for the moral support! Am just feeling sorry for myself. Meeting OH for a quick sandwich which I hope cheers me up. I think my dates are out. So does mw. Apparently whilst she could do the sweep and managed to work the cervix a bit it's still firmer than she would expect for someone 41 weeks. So I feel a bit happier knowing that it's not just me or baby being stubborn.
Have asked to be monitored rather than induced next weds. Mw is supportive of that and has arranged it with the hospital to discuss it when I go for monitoring and a scan next tues. With any luck it won't be necessary!
Sending out positive labour vibes! Hope pam is doing ok :)

Hi all - sounds as if we have been having similar days voodoo .... Had hospital appt this morning and was quite shocked to see the MALE doctor who was going to be doing the sweep. He was actually excellent and answered my hundreds of questions with patience and clarity. He did the sweep and I was pretty gutted when he said that the baby is still pretty high, he reckons 2/5 engaged as opposed to 3/5 at 36 and 38 weeks. He also said that whilst he was able to do a sweep, ie I am about 1cm he doesn't think anything is imminent unless of course the sweep does its job... He reckons that there is only a 40% chance of it working so not holding out much hope though. Anyway positives are that it really didn't hurt at all, just a little uncomfortable and at least we know where we are now...was given induction day of next Friday which was a tear jerker as am desperate to be in labour at home rather than in the hospital for 2/3 days like last time. But there are some positives if it comes to that such as parents being able to be here for dd etc. sorry for the ramble! Congrats and welcom to the world baby Blake and good luck everyone in labour or with twinges....

mrsgt and voodoo hope the sweeps do their magic. pandia hope yours went well
hadak thinking of you and good luck!
H007 can you use the cold as extenuating circumstances..?

Mrsgt, aww I know exactly how you feel. For some reason getting an induction date has really, really got to me. I do not want to be induced! The positive is of course a baby but you know.

Sorry to hear your appointment wasn't what you were hoping for Voodoo but fingers crossed it has some impact. Great that your MW is supportive of your wishes not to be induced next week, I am hopeful mine will be as good if we get to that.

Hadak sounds like things are imminent for you then - can't wait to hear your update.

H007 you are my due date buddy I think (18th?) so sorry you are feeling rubbish, I'm not sure I would have the patience to be dealing with a cold at the moment!

MrsGT sounds like you had a good appointment and spoke with a good HCP, which is great news. Fingers crossed for you.

Well I managed not to do any shopping, although I did have a little try on of eternity rings as a nice treat activity. I also had a McDonalds sausage muffin for my breakfast and a slice of yule log from Starbucks for my lunch My eating habits have certainly taken a nosedive this week, I had half a chocolate orange for my lunch yesterday - oops! At least I am having proper dinners with veg, as I'm cooking for DH. I've got burritos on the go for this evening (well the filling is reducing away nicely on the hob) am hoping the spiciness will get things moving - am trying all of the old wives tales except pineapple, as I've read it would take 14 whole pineapples and I am not that dedicated!

I've got an appointment with the consultant on Tuesday if still nothing, when I will be 40+4 and she will want to talk about induction. I am going to push for monitoring too, although am obviously hoping not to need the appointment as of course, the baby will behave and arrive of it's own accord over the weekend (my fingers are so tightly crossed for that I think I'm stopping my circulation ) Baby is wriggling around like crazy this evening after a quieter couple of days, I'm sure that means nothing but does mean I talk to it more than usual, which is probably quite strange!

Hi ladies,

Haven't had a chance to catch up yet, but just wanted to share the arrival of Viggo Mathias on 11/11/11. I had a drug free water birth, right up till stage 2 when he got stuck and they tried forceps and eventually had to pull him back up the other way! The doctors were excellent and I felt calm and well looked after the whole time which was nice. Think DP had it worse, he had to see the giant spine needle! He was 4.2kg so he was quite big and he'd managed to turn round to be a stargazer so apparently it wasn't surprising I couldn't push him out?

He's delicious, breastfeeding on the other hand isn't, he can't latch on to my left (flat and firm) nipple so I'm expressing from it while we keep trying, I'm worried my milk supply is dropping off in that boob, will expressing keep it going? Do I continue to pump when the milk has stopped to encourage it to make more? My right nipple on the other hand is fine, but today it has started to be absolute agony, like when he latches on it's draining everything out of my boob from my nipple to my armpit - is that normal on day 5? It did just hurt for 5 seconds when he latched on.. It's tricky this breastfeeding, I can understand why people switch after a week!

Need to find a local breastfeeding group maybe...

when I say the other way I mean a c section btw

Congrats Smiling! Sounds like quite a positive thing all in all. I'm terrible at weights what does his weight equal in old pounds and and ounces?!
Have you tried the breast/bottle-feeding thread on here for pointers, there are some very knowledgeable people on there from what I have seen! Notthat our lovely thread ladies aren't! Ah you get what I mean lol.
Well am uncomfy and there's a definite shift in the tmi stakes.
Truff I had enchiladas last night for the spice as am sick of curry! Hope it works!

Arghhh definite show.

congrats smiling

voodoo ooh exciting, good luck.

congrats smiling - another 11/11/11 baby, yay!

Re: breastfeeding, the breastfeeding topic on here is full of some very helpful ladies - tiktok is a particular member who is v knowledgeable and helpful. Otherwise try contacting NCT breastfeeding counsellors (I spoke to one of these when BF DS and they were really helpful and its by phone so you can get support very quickly) or La Leche league, its worth doing this asap so you can understand what you need to do if you want to continue. Good luck with it.

PS - for those breastfeeding or planning to, I forgot about the permanently cold nipples, a winter baby is not good for this odd sensation!

Good luck voodoo

Ooooh Voodoo good luck how exciting.

Nothing here sadly.

Ooh how exciting voodoo. Good luck, hope this is it for you x

Well reflex and sweep didn't do much for me today. Sweep was way less uncomfortable than I'd expected but still nothing happening. Feel a bit sad to go to bed tonight with no developments, somehow just hadn't expected to be overdue. Night all.

Ooh exciting Voodoo good luck! Hoping burrito spice will work for me if this is the effect it's had for you

Congrats Smiling and hope the BFing settles down soon enough.

Thanks ladies. Just tried to go to bed, failed miserably as not feeling tired or sleepy! So got back up for some food and a cup of tea. Didn't want to keep OH awake just in case. Definitely very achy back and crampy.

Congrats smiling. That?s a healthy boy!
Good luck voodoo! Hope this is it for you!

Hello ladies. Thank you so much for all the good wish vibes you sent yesterday. My beautiful son was born at exactly 7pm last night at 71b 1oz. and we were home by about 10:30 ish last night. Due date baby- obvioulsy very clever of him to know this- I may need to joing the gifted and talented baby threads on here now
Congrats to Smiling and hope all going well for Voodoo sounds like you will have your little bundle soon.
Good luck to others in waiting. So sorry not tosay hello to everyone but need to dash as we have to go back to the hospital today for babies hearing check and his paed check.
I will post Birth story later and catch up with everyone.
Thanks for all your support

Hadak! Brill well done you and him! Fab to be home so quickly and finding the time to post as well! Congrats :) due date baby as well!
Things still the same here. No immediate expectation to be in labour but praying for silent dilation! Ha. Going to get on with some housework and see if keeping busy gets things moving :)
Hope everyone else is doing well

wow Hadak that's amazing, congratulations. At 4 days overdue and no sign of anything happening yet I won't pretend I'm not jealous but very pleased for you. What a quick birth, I look forward to hearing more.

Voodoo I hope things are going well with you, best of luck.

Congratulations Smiling!

I have a mw appt today, she doesn't do sweeps but will book me an appt for one at the hospital, I really hope I get an appt tomorrow. I so wanted this baby by the end of the week but its starting to seem unlikely. Trying not to get down about it.

I haven't seen Stace for a few days, I wonder if things are moving with her...