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.

Congratulations hadak!

Hadak! Congratulations to you and your clever due date baby! And not even an overnight in hospital required. Hope you are feeling well. V pleased for you.

Mash and Voodoo hope things get going for you. I think I saw on FB that Stace had a little girl yesterday, born at home

Nothing going on here. Need to plan a trip to get out of the house today I think so that we don't go mad with the waiting.

Awww I should really join the fb group! Hopefully Stace will be back to update!
Pandia what did the mw say at the sweep? Was she hopeful? Sorry if you have said and I've missed it. Wasn't quite functioning properly yesterday!

Thanks for the breast feeding links ladies!

4.2kg is 9.2lbs!

Yes hopefully Stace will update with birth story soon.

MW yesterday said everything felt soft and "favourable" (whatever that means!!) but that baby was quite high - only 3/5 still. She wasn't very clear to be honest, she's lovely but so relaxed and a bit mad and said - might happen, might not. I can have another on Saturday if there's no progress. Certainly didn't get a show going like it did for you though voodoo - fingers crossed for you - today might be the day!
Baby is ROL though - which I think is not ideal positioning? Anyone know?

Ah right. See mw said that i wasnt very favourable but she would give it a go and stretch a bit. Clearly that worked! Very achy, just feel a bit violated!
I'm not sure re 'rol' am assuming it's over to a side?
Smiling wow! Had a feeling it was at least 8 and a bit...

truff almost I'm die on the 19th...

Nothing new to report here, congratulations to the new mummies :) very jealous of the cuddles every is having.

Assignment done badly only another two due in December and an exam just trying to get as much done on ML as possible as it's more difficult doing it when working part-time. I have however manipulated all assignments to relate to nutrition either in pregnancy or bf so that I feel like Im learning something baby related at the same time :)

Sweep tomorrow, I may decline though as my baby doesn't even seem engaged so is it worth it?

Having a very excited niece at the moment as well who keeps messaging me, she's 9 next month and so excited about her new cousin I'm worried she'll smoother us haha

• due not die that would be scary ha

H007 mw wouldn't do sweep yesterday when baby was unengaged. I had to stomp about to get her to re-engage. Didn't say how engaged she was. Apparently they can't do it if not engaged due to potential complications, like waters going and cord prolapse.

Still nothing here but had a good night's sleep last night and baby feels further engaged today as the weight on my pelvis is incredible. Am also having intermittent pains which I hope will ramp up .

Per the NHS I am not due till next week but by my own dates I was due yesterday or possibly Sunday, so I'm not concerned. My doula said she'll do some pressure points next week if nothing by then. Sunday would be nice - a birthday of 20/11/2011.

Getting slightly bored

MrsArch same here am sleeping really well at the mo and feeling fab so am thinking that the pregnancy hormones are wearing off, can't be long now surely. Walked the kids to school this morning and on the way home was getting shooting pains in my pelvis from the baby's head - ow!

Also hadn't thought of that birthdate - was a bit gutted at missing 11/11/11 but my eldest ds is 20-02-2002 so am now hoping for a Sunday birth! Thanks for that.

Been out for a curry this lunchtime for my dad's birthday so hoping that might start something off - also got the midwife tomorrow and am hoping to persuade her to give me a sweep.

Not too many of us left now are there?

Good luck everyone x

Voodoo I think baby is looking towards your hip. Try to get on all fours or bend over ball or bean bag to get baby to look towards your back. Mine was ROT then turned the wrong way and went back to back just before my waters were broken although as was on all fours a lot during birth turned again to look towards my back. Good luck

all good here, haven't caught up yet. at home with the boy - feeding hence no capital letters - will post later. phone wouldnt load thread in hospital.

had an amazing day.

6 hours beginning - show - to end - holding 6lb 14 oz boy at 18:52h tuesday evening.

nd he was back to back until the last 5 mins. everything i hoped for came right.

id always planned to stay at home for as long as poss, but hadnt planned to be fully dilated!

will post more coherently when i have my right arm back :)

Pam congratulations congratulations!!!

Awww it's so lovely to hear of yet another little face joining our brood.

Bump feeling a little lower than of late and have had some slight aches 'down there' but nothing major. Due a week on Saturday so we shall see.

Looks like there are only a handful of us left.

Congrats Pam! Well done to you both! Fab news!
Lots of irregular contractions here. Ouch ouch ouch. Feel like someone is actually pulling my pelvis apart.

Pam NAK-ing is an important skill to learn but you will soon be a pro! Huge congrats to you and baby boy, sounds like you had a good birth.

Sending labour vibes to anyone who wants them!

congratulations pam so pleased for you.

OK ladies - opinions. nothing doing here except permanently sore boobs and occasional background pain (nothing regular). Feel like I need to poo and tonight I am incredibly restless. Feel like pacing the floor.
Any thoughts - good signs?

mrs a that's exactly how I felt the night before. Slept terribly for no apparent reason. Good luck!!!

Wow Pam that's amazing!!! If that's not a ringing endorsement for hypnobirthing then I don't know what is. Well done you, I know you did a lot of work on this, and you deserve such a great result.
Good luck everyone else!!
Can you believe today was Willow's due date, and World Prematurity Day. Oh the irony. Still she's up to 6lb 1/2 an oz - which is amazing if you think of all the work she's had to do for herself in terms of breathing, keeping warm and feeding these past 12 weeks and 4 days. Today I've had her close to me in a sling all day, partly to relieve some horrid reflux symptoms that are plaguing her but also because I needed her near me today. It made me feel a bit pregnant again, and she's loved it. Plus Jacob was delighted to get my arms back - and prime spot in the buggy.

Well done Willow and well done Poppet too. Can't imagine how hard the last few months have been for you all.
Soaked in a hot bath and still getting contraction type pains. They aren't changing or going away so fingers crossed. Wondering whether to chance ringing my mum just to put her on stand by..... Trying to keep it away from the dc's, dd will stress and it will stress me and the mood ds is in then I'll be a massive inconvenience as going to his grandmas would imapact on his xbox! Kind of trying to avoid ringing dc's dad. Don't need that stress!!

Evening ladies. Congratulations our new mummies again! Sound like good births. There really are so few of us left here now! Still, I always expected to be more or less last. Had a rough day here - nothing major, just those normal parts of being a mummy and being 9 months pregnant clashing. Got very little sleep as was up much of the night with a misery DS, then thismorning I started developing the cold symptoms that had clearly plagued him over night so I am exhasuted and feel lousy and so is he so he has been difficult and tantrummy all day and then I hurt my lower abdomen picking him up so I am wandering around all bent up. Grumpy, uncomfortable and exhausted. Thus, I may be alone in praying I DONT go into labour for a few days right now!
However, good luck to those of you who seem to be on the way!

Congratulations Pam and Hadak! Lots of lovely quick births, very pleased for you :) Bodes well for you voodoo, sounds like you are ready to go and fingers crossed
MrsA I think the thread should make a list of all the things that between us we have seen as 'signs' imminent for labour. Will be quite an exhaustive list!

Everything is a sign when your looking for them! Lol.
Going to try and get some sleep. Still irregular but more show.

Congratulations Pam
Great post Poppet. I am so glad Willow is doing well.
just I hope you and DS feel better soon!
voodoo hope you are managing some sleep and that bubba will be here soon!

Been to OB at 39+2 today and cervix is closed, hard and high up, so we aren?t expecting a baby anytime soon. Baby is also not yet engaged, so next Friday we will check again to see how the cervix and baby are. If no progress on dilation I will be scheduled for a section. If it is starting to dilate and the baby is engaged, we shall induce.
I?m not getting my hopes up for any changes in the next week, as nothing has changed for the past 4 weeks. Ho Hum! And I?ll miss the 20th (which is the date I would have loved on the birth certificate).

All the best to the remaining mummies to be