January 2012 - it's not just the corks that are a-popping

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New thread for new babies!

Previous thread at: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1363221-January-2012-Will-any-of-us-deliver-before-Father-Christmas-The-race-is-on?pg=20

Happy new year everyone, not long for those of us that haven't popped yet!

morning,

Oooh exciting progress on a few of you, good luck cakes, Missree and zoe

All sounds normal and par for the course M2 youre doing really well and baby is obviously thriving. Aren't baby trumps the most suprising thing-how do noises that loud come out of a little bottom like that?

I'm so bored...............this time would be great if i could actually do anything with it. I may go for a swim today.

So much for my moon woo. Nada here. DH annoyed me last night because I was trying to talk to him about whether I should have a sweep today or tomorrow. And he was not paying the slightest bit of attention because he'd just turned over and found a film that he'd heard was good and was tuned into that. I got in a humph with him because he was only pretending to listen and kept harping on about being whats best for me. I know it's my decision but i would like the opportunity to at least discuss the options with a receptive sounding board.

Fish my husband does the same thing!! He completely tunes in to whatever gadget he's tinkering with and doesn't listen, then accuses me of muttering. I've taken to insisting that he stops before I'll start talking. I know I have a crazy ability to focus too but at least I'm not rude a bout it!

Did you get a sensible discussion from him in the end? [mutters] men are rubbish...

That's a guy thing for sure! It's amazing how they have all this time to play with gadgets and watch tv, but when it cones to doing chores their too just and will do it later

Nada from the full moon here either.
Officially this is now my longest ever pregnancy. Dd was 8days over, I'm now at 9.

Congrats and good luck to missR and cakes, wishing you both good labours and lovely first cuddles soon.

Ha, that is my DH as well. Have to try really hard not to take same approach as I do with DS, ie come here, switch that off, now look at me I want you to listen really carefully......do you understand?

I am going to go for a sweep tomorrow. I really want to avoid induction.

Ok, I will just have to have a little rant this morning though .

Am I the only person who has family telling her to please try to wait before the baby arrives?? So far I've had DH telling me (only half-jokingly) that it would make things a lot easier for the RAF if I could wait until after Thursday (until presumably after Thursday, at which point they'll stick him with loads more stuff). .

Then my dad has been given a work trip to Paris tomorrow so it would be better if I could wait until after that (only he can drive on the motorway you see). And then after that a weekend would be better for my dad's work, but not this weekend because the B&B that my mum has fixated on has a booking this weekend already.

And then of course it's my birthday 11 days after my due date so I don't want to share that!

Yes, I have half the family telling me to avoid days for certain reasons, and the other half asking continually what is happening, and are there REALLY not any signs at all, as if any of these things are within our control.

Grrrrr.

ghost me too, all because of my sister being overdue. They want to get her baby here and out of the way first. She's being induced thursday so if I could wait til next week it would be more convenient.........

hence the attempted dicsussion about a sweep last night.

missree OOOH! FX!

cakes YAY! Gogogogogo!

peanuts it probably wasn't the camomile tea at all. Just my mental body. Will try it for a few nights before I decide it's just me having an odd reaction to stuff (again). I also have bugger all else constructive to do than sleep today, so post-brekkie, that's the plan, as I really need more than 3h sleep.

m2b Glad to hear William's thriving. You're doing brilliantly.

ghost Family eh!

Sooo tired. Finished brekkie and the randomly circling helicopter seems to have stopped/crashed/whatever (not sure I care). It's the 4th bloody morning in a row it's circled about...WTF are they doing?!
Gonna grab me a Gizzard (after he accidentally stood on my nipple earlier and I accidentally punched him in the face trying to cover it/move his paw), as he deserves a duvet cuddle, and hopefully I'll sleep through some of this headache. Maybe I'm turning nocturnal.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx oh, just in time xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sorry ladies but glad it's not just me

exciting for everyone making progress, hope to have some new baby news really soon then!

we were on labour ward last night, as started leaking and since I have GBS they wanted me in to check. false alarm though, could be start of show I guess... anyway was in for ages as baby's heartbeat was mental the whole time, eventually settled down so we got back home about midnight.

thought all the poking and prodding might have started things off togay - but nope! nada! I'm so ready for it now, wanted it to happen naturally before my ELCS is due on Friday, but oh well! only a couple of days left!

looking forward to exciting news from some of you later!!

I have just decided not to have a sweep. I have been shitting myself about vbac for a couple of weeks now and i think that I would prefer the ELCS option anyway. I can't really believe I have done a total flip about this decision 3 times in this pregnancy but I am prepared for it now even though it scares me. It's the spinal that bothers me the most. Both options are fairly nerve wracking but everyone I have spoken to who has had a ELCS has found it entirely positive. I'm much more terrified of something going wrong an having another EMCS.

Is it 'nesting' if your only doing it out of boredom?

Looks to be a busy and exciting day on the thread. Wonder how many babies will arrive before the end of day ?

fish I totally understand your feelings, I keep flipping my decision on a daily basis re VBAC or ELCS! I think, in our position, we just need to remain open minded. We're booked for an ELCS, if anything happens before then we can take it as it comes and if things are not progressing well then request intervention.

It will all work out in the end... I have only heard positive stories also about ELCS situations, and also about VBACs, so either way I'm sure us and our babies will be fine and the right decision will be made for us by whatever circumstances happen!

that's my philosophy anyway! probably gobbledygook

try not to stress about it too much, easier said than done I know!

Not really sure what the proper definition of 'nesting' is tbh. I reckon in real life it's caused by a mix of boredom and feeling unsettled. So it is if you want it to be

Good to hear from you m2b sounds like you and William are doing really well

I've been to the MW this am as BP was slightly up last week. All fine again today. A trace of protein but nothing to worry about. Bubs is 3/5 engaged again Need to write birth plan today. Also been to see a nursery. Costs quite a lot more than I thought. I expected about £700 a month but it is more like £1100. . Maybe it is just that one I'm seeing another later in the week.

Mia youre so right. and I feel exactly the same. Are you booked in Friday this week?

Parsley that is expensive!! Although I guess it depends on where you live. Where I am it's about £30-35 for a full day. I'm not sure whether to go back 4 full days or 5 shorter ones. Now DD is at pre school I think 5 short days would be better especially when she is at school. Not thinking about it too much yet. Got a few months left although I'm not actually sure when I need to put in a request for flexible working.

I thought it was a bit pricey frilly The daily rate is £65 but it is 7.30 to 6.30. So probably designed with London commuters pockets in mind. I'm seeing another couple this week so I suppose I should get a better feel for it.

hi all, im between 1 and 2 cm dilated, waters havent gone, contractions are about 1 every 5 mins lasting about 30-35 seconds. have to go back to the assement unit if they get stronger or waters go. they are hoping by the end of the week at the latest but may be early next week. going to for a long walk in a bit and see if that helps at all to push things along!

Good idea mz take the dog for a walk to keep active

Hi ladies! I think I'm only capable of grumbling today, so bear with me, i'll cheer up eventually when the baby arrives.

Currently waiting at my rubbish dentist (an 'emergency' appt which I booked five days ago!) because one of my molars has crumbled around a filling, as I grind my teeth in my sleep. I rang up and they didn't have my married name, but the silly woman didn't tell me she needed my marriage certificate to change my name, so they still can't change it. How can my driver's license not be enough?! I can register at a whole new dentist without any form of ID! (I'm going to as soon as the NHS exemption certificate runs out, have had enough and am going private).

Plus there's a WAILING child in here who's doing my nut, wish his gran would take him outside while they wait for his mum to come out! I'm going to be a terribly impatient mummy I think, oh dear...

Oh thankfully they've gone outside, I can think again now! I'm in a terrible mood and my usual fix of a good burst of exercise endorphins obviously isn't on the cards...

(cakes I'm very happy for you but insanely envious and now convinced that I'm going to be this pregnant FOREVER). And I hate going to the dentist!!!!!

On the plus side I'm having another set of regular HBs, which is the first time I've had a good run in the day time, I think.

I'm going to continue posting until one of you entertains me you know...

I would entertain you but I'm going to my parents for a coffee

Ooh, good luck to mz and cakes! And Missree hope things pick up for you again.

I'm sooooooo bored today and am confined to the sofa as I can't walk due to pelvic pain - I'd love to be able to go to my aquanatal class but I just can't walk to the bus stop to take me there. :(

Tried to DTD last night to get things moving and it did seem to bring on some BH's but then nowt else, apart from making pelvic pain a bít worse.

Parsley, that sounds really expensive! It's one of the reasons we're moving to Sweden in June. You can't put a child in nursery until they're 1 there, but there's a cap on the fees which means they can only charge you max £100 per month. We just couldn't afford the nursery fees in London - they're ridiculous!

Wishing you all a happy (and hopefully eventful for some!) Tuesday!

Oeisha, you're not in Salisbury are you? There's been a helicopter crash this morning...