January 2012 - Will any of us deliver before Father Christmas?

[addictediam]

Hopefully no one else has done it while my phone is messing about!

Still very exciting though. Strangely enough the thing i'm looking forward to most is no more rib flare :)

[Grin] at people photographing their show !

Lol yes fish that is a bonus of baby not being inside anymore!

I'm doing well thanks, eating lots of fruit and drinking loads in the hope that this cold will disapear by tomorrow. Still getting tightenings but quite random now and some are really stop what your doing and lean on something strong whereas others are barely noticable until dd jumps on me and i realise bump is rock hard!

Im very excited for you and not only because it might mean I'm not the first to pop!

worm did you google too?

Morbid curiosity, was actually quite useful for me to see though because it did confirm my suspicions that it was indeed a show. One of the pics I found was almost identical.

(ps will link relevant picture if required by any other curious sickospeople)

Ew at photographing show and putting it on the Internet. Why would someone do that??? I had a show at 38 weeks then more show when labour started at 39+5. It's a good sign things are going to get moving. You may be best phoning the hospital though. I'm sure it says to contact them if you have bloody mucus before 37 weeks.

Why am I not surprised that there is pictures of women's show on the tinternet!?!
I had a show after a sweep then went into labour 2days later. But I was 40+ weeks .

mulled I'm excited for you! Will you be the first I wonder?

santaSHO the toe is a bit better. Can gently put the whole foot down but can't walk yet/put pressure on it. I've found a way of coming down the stairs but going up is a pain! Put my trainers on to go to the butchers (DH drove) and it was agony. Flip-flops are better but considering it was only 4c today, I'm better off indoors. Just had a bath and tried to cut the strapping to no avail. It is stuck firmly in place. Will have another go tomorrow and put some new strapping on if needed.

Agree about the 'ew' bit of photographing a 'show' and putting it on the internet. But considering I am a visual learner and have no idea what to expect, I am going to google it!!

Mine was nothing like those, mine was like red snot! I guess mine is different to the norm. No change there then!

The pictures are so different in terms of colour and amount. In fact some of them are no different to 'normal' discharge!

Apparently it's a full moon. Old wives tale suggests more babies are born around the time of a full moon.

Ladies can I ask you about cocodamol please?

In the 2nd tri I was given cocodamol(8/500mg strength) by my gp for pgp, he said it was ok to take it but try not to take it too close to the end. When I told my mw the gp had gave me it she was clearly pissed off but said it was my decision as it makes baby sleepy.
I must admit iv hardly taken any, but I'm in agony tonight, can't get comfy and every time the baby moves I'm worse. As paracetamol didn't work, took it earlier this evening, I thought maybe cocodamol would. Then I remembered about not takin it late on.
Its worked enough to let me sit upright but baby has calmed down slightly. It usually goes a bit BSM at this time of night.

What advice have you been given about taking it ?
I'm 37weeks tommorrow
Thank you x

Well it feels like this one is trying to punch its way out! How can such a little thing be so strong?

Sorry sho crossposted, by making it sleepy are they saying to avoid this in case of labouring a sleepy baby?
Well I would say as long as you are not in danger of going into labour tonight you will be fine ? If you fancy a long wait on the phone could nhs direct help at all ?

shon I wouldn't worry-these babies are so robust at this stage. My mw said it was fine, but yes baby can be sleepy I think it was more a warning that movements maybe reduced than any actual risk.The tolerance built inot the testing for drugs during pregnacy is immense-theres a huge bracket of safe levels.

I have worked with so many at risk young parents over the years and seen so mnay young mums not look afterthemselves AT all in pregnancy and pretty much drink and smoke and take whatever they want and they have healthy babies over and over. It's not an example to lead by but it's worth remembering that the risk factors for safe drugs like codiene are virtually non existent. A healthy mummy who is not in pain and well rested is worth that.

I am taking codiene nightly for the rib flare, I can't get to sleep without it because the pain is too bad. I took co-codamol with dd the same and shes totally fine and strong and healthy.

Iv read about on the internet and it seems to be a very mixed topic. But yes the theory seems to be that of a sleepy baby making labouring difficult.
Doubt I'm anywhere near going into labour, but if I do I'm in trouble with pushing out a breech heffalump!

Thanks ladies. Dp is working nightshift and my brain is going into overdrive x

My dh has just left for a night shift too and he has to drive 2 and a half hours away do 4 hours then drive the same back. I have 2 dcs and only a couple of people I could call in an emergency. Being that It's sat night they would be over the limit anyway !

Oh worm that's a terrible shift! My dp is only 25mins away, but he's working 7days a week just now on the run up Christmas, or baby, whichever comes first.

Parsley I completely agree, it feels so wrong to be eating so much lard. I was also told that towards the end of pregnancy, women who are usuallly diabetic often end up on 4 times their usual dose of insulin, it's really tough to manage so try not to worry. I can't remember how many weeks you are but ring your diabetes team on Monday to tell her about the morning readings. I lost nearly a week of Metformin when they cocked up my prescription, it's worth chasing as it alters the readings amazingly. Try half a slice of bread tomorrow, thickly spread with butter and maybe add tomatoes and mushrooms. Disgusting but it's all about slowing carb absorption for us! OMG I crave marzipan - love the bars from Aldi.

mum2 ouch, the pinky toe sounds so painful!!!! Hope it is getting better by the minute!

fish wow, how exciting!!! Any more 'developments' since the show? My, I must get my hospital bag ready, that is it!!!

Writing on my phone at 5.40am makes it hard to goback to the thread,so I will just say that I hope ladies that are struggling with the readings have some proper help in the nutrition front. It is hard to control blood levels and you guys have my uttermost sympathy!

Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday! I will go bake some cakes now... Hope I don't wake up Dh! Another evening of 4 hours sleep.. argh!!!

Baking cakes at 6am greenlady that is some dedication! :)

I had a full day of NCT yesterday (10-5) and we have 9-1 today. Feel pretty knackered! Yesterday's course was mainly listening to the trainer speak sitting on uncomfy chairs so I'm not super looking forward to today. Oh well.

thats a shame bee we had our first nct yesterday as well and i loved it, was really fun. although having to clean FAKE POO MADE OUT OF BROWN SAUCE off fake babies bums was a bit rank!!! boak. your trainer sounds a bit more boring than ours

i've got 6 aunts/uncles/cousins coming over this morning but my OH has a gig so i'm entertaining on my own eeeeek, got to clean the house on my own in preparation too!! wheres all my slaves and minions

fish any more action since show?

bellini thought about hiring a doula? (birth partner who knows lots about birth and can be a really great support) - at this late stage you might be able to get discounts on their services? we are having one but we booked her a while ago and it was £700 for 3 antenatal sessions, the whole of the birth, and 2 post natal sessions including breastfeeding. oh and she's also bringing a water pool and setting it up! she is generally around for the whole birth supporting you and getting you stuff if you need it or rubbing your back, whatever you want. me and my OH felt we needed the extra support for various reasons - mostly because we were planning the home birth which now probably isn't happening - but still feel it was a good thing to spend money on (we don't have a lot of money and it was a hard decision but so far she has been amazing and Im really glad she's going to be around to help us.) It's like having a really calm lovely mum around who knows everything about birth! a lot of them are very flexible with costs and also what you can hire them for - it might be that you could just get them for 2 or 3 sessions for less money.

mum2be OUCH!!!!

oh and at greenlady baking at 6am woweeeeee!

Proud to say that two hours later I have a carrot cake and a banana bread ready and cooling down plus all the dishes from dinner and the baking done! Maybe this 4 hour sleep a night is a good thing after all

Now I have my ankle and foot on a tubigrip and am resting as recommended by GP

mulled your training sounds a bit like mine, it was informative but not really hands on and had to battle to stay awake at times

rednose wow, your training sounds like fun! I wish ours was like that! Lucky I had my niece living with me as a baby (although that was 13 years ago...) and I worked as an au pair in Germany (ok, that was also 13 years ago...argh, getting old!) so I do know a bit about nappy changing, bathing babies and the likes...but could have done with a better refresher course! Gosh, you have a lot of people visiting, eek! Sounds fun though! Talk about slaves and minions...I wish I had them, too!!!

Having lunch with DH's family today, 9 people in total and we are having a secret santa too, so it should be fun!

Have a lovely Sunday everyone!

Morning all.

Thanks, Sho - I phoned my mum and luckily she had bought a new pair of shoes for the wedding, so I borrowed her slingbacks which are half a size larger than my feet and, due to slingbackiness, had some overflow room - much more comfortable. Except that it fcked with my hips big time. Heels + pregnancy do not* mix. Posh Spice is effing mental, she must be in secret agony during her pregnancies, silly bitch.

Wedding was amazing - my sister, mum and I were all crying during the father of the bride speech, which was actually the uncle of the bride, because her dad died years ago, so it was all v emotional and she looked so beautiful. I've never seen her done up so girlie.

Bump got lots of attention from all the rellies, not a single one of them tried to touch it (my family have class!) and baby kicked off twice during the ceremony - once at the vows, once at the 'pronounce them man and wife' bit - my sister was half crying (at the vows) and half giggling (at my undulating belly!)

I had a really weird dream last night, and it's the second time I've had it. I dream the bump is moving around a lot, lots of kicks which are getting stronger and stronger until I start seeing actual recognisable body parts like a foot and so on and these continue until they actually project from my stomach and kind of... the baby emerges, like flesh from my flesh, if that makes sense? And I start out being really freaked out, like 'help, I have to get him back in', but then I'm sitting there holding my baby, who is still partially attached to me and just cuddling him tight. It's very weird.

Anyone else totally over the pregnancy bit now? I just want to meet my son and give him a big cuddle and be able to turn over in bed without grunting.

Morning all,

I am up drying orange, apple and lemon slices and getting ready for a big crafting session with my my best friend-were making bath bombs for christmas presents today and i'm ridiculously excited.

Nothing to report on the show front-I lost a little more mucus first thing so I think it's just coming away in parts. Other than that everything is normal, baby is moving, the pressure feels the same, no noticeable HB's other than a few mild tightenings with no pattern. I think it's just a one off event. It will probably replenish itself. TBH I really don't think this one is going to come any more naturally than my daughter and i will end up with an ELCS on 18th Jan as planned. I'm a little dissapointed but glad that he seems to be staying put for now.