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 all,

addicted youre rest should be your priority right now , if you need it take it. DH will have to cope.

Laylasmum bloody norovirus everywhere at the moment. I hate having to go to the hospital because theres big signs everywhere about it. Sorry to hear youre so rough.

ghost thats sounds like things may be starting. i hope so xx

Sorry to all those still cooking thier buns. It's so frustrating isn't it. I think on the continent youre not even considered overdue til 42 weeks though are you? I'm about to join the overdue club too I fear my due date is going to pass as a non event. Strangely i feel very sad. This marks one more day toward letting go of my wish for a natural labour at some point in my life. We aren't having anymore kids after this-too old, too tired and too skint and if I end up having a c section thats that. It all seems very final.

Thankfully I have a friend coming over later.

I have just grumped at DH. I just managed the school run and had to hop to the toilet quickly once i got back in. At that moment he phoned the landline and because I was upstairs I didn't bother answering so he then rang my mobile twice. i got all excited thinking it must be my sister with some news but it was just him having a hissy fit because I hadn't answered the phone. For a start i may not have even got back from school run yet and secondly he knows how bloody long it takes for me to get down the stairs. I did soften toward the end of the conversation though-he can't do right for doing wrong bless him. When he doesn't phone or show an interest I grump at him and when he does I grump at him.

SPD is bad today but i have to go have an antenatal check at gp because i'm now not seeing midwife this week because i have cancelled sweep. My last midwife did all my antenatal checks from home after 38 weeks. So much nicer. I don't really see that the appointment is needed anyway nothing has changed since last week and i'll be seen next week.

have a good day ladies.

layla I hope you feel better soon.

ghost and cakes good luck!

nanny 3h! Good progress!

Off to get my BP done...again...anyone wanna place bets...higher or lower?

Good luck ghost and cakes

addicted my labour last time started with a good clear out so that's a really good sign

I'm feeling a bit emotional. This is our second and last child. Can't wait for him to be here but feel a bit strange that I will never be pregnant again.

Dp has said no more kids as well. He did say that after dd but he was told where to go. This time however, after 3 years making the baby and all the problems with carrying the baby, he's talking snip and I don't really have much of an argument.

If I can prolong the snip for a few years I might be able to squeeze in another. I'm only 27 so have time in my side to let my body recover. We've agreed not to make an solid decision until baby is a few months old.

I'm only 25 but cannot do this again. We've had 4 pregnancies to make 2 babies. The miscarriages where difficult emotionally and physically. I had hyperemesis and PGP, both worse in second pregnancy and ended up being signed off then starting leave at 29 weeks. I'm not sure whether to ask GP about being sterilised when I have my check up after birth. My mum says I'm too young to have it done. I don't know what to do!! Sorry to put that all here as a bit depressing isn't it?

This is probably my first and only baby. My ex husband didn't want kids until " later" but later never came. When OH came on the scene he was happy to leave contraception aside. He already has 2 kids with his ex (15 and 20 ) so was quite ok with making a family. It took us 5 years to get pregnant fatalistically - I assumed I'd left it too late but didn't want to try IVF or anything as I didn't want to obsess about having a child - just accept not being able to have one. I'd got there on the acceptance so imagine my surprise being pregnant at 43 was a bit of a shock to the system!

I still find it hard to believe it's actually happening and find it difficult to get too excited still in case it goes wrong but I feel so lucky and I can't wait to meet her.

I've since discovered that babies at 40-46 years old make frequent appearances on my dad's side of the family.

Excuse me while I go for a blub now

Hi ladies, just checking in. Still no closer to meeting baby... 30 odd hours since first cx. They've ramped up a gear though and are now lasting more than a minute and very painful now. The hospital still don't want to know as they're not "regular enough - I'm to phone back when they're clockwork to every 2 minutes

Even my induction is off the cards now as I'm already contracting. As you can imagine, I'm massively frustrated and exhausted

Yes I saw something on the bbc news site about that this morning as well. I'm not convinced it's necessarily the case in fact all the babies I have had dealings with were breastfed and with one exception are calm and relaxed.

Oooh getting some possible contractions in lower back and the bottom of my bump. I've not started timing or anything yet as I'm not quite convinced. FX!

Hope everything's going well for Ghost and Cakes!

Thank you ladies, but it doesn't look like today will be the day for me as things seem to have slowed down and gone off course. Was dithering whether or not to go out for lunch with a friend or ask her to come here, but the change of scenery would be good for me and I wouldn't be any further away from the hospital than I am here, really. And no further away from home than DH.

Sound promising, bun, good luck to you!

Missree, so sorry to hear that you're not quite there yet, but definitely heading in the right direction. good luck!

Ahhh Congrats to so jelous of all you ladies who are and who will be soon having newborn snuggles!
Well, I am now 3 days overdue, and not a sausage! Having plenty of aches and pains, but that's more down to achy hips and sciatica :(.
Got a MW app tomorrow, I am hoping she will do a sweep if she can, as the next appointment I will have will be next Thursday, the day before they will want to induce me. (They like to induce when you are 12 days overdue here). So she should ask if i want a sweep tomorrow right? Really don't know if I can go another week! Especially not with the 25 comments a day I'm getting ATM. Although I have changed my Facebook so that no-one can post any comments on my wall, which seems to have cut it down a lot!

Come on babies, your mummy wants a cuddle!

frilly my friend(age 24) got her tubes tied after her 3rd was born. She was ill during all 3 pregnancies and so they were happy to do it. The procedure was done during the elcs so it was planned during the pregnancy. I think if you feel strong enough its what you both want then discuss it now with your hcp.

Going for lunch with my parents today. Think Il have a hot curry to try a sweat the baby out. Good news being baby is back down south, bad news being back pain is now worse. Oh happy day.

Sorry to hear of all the calming down cx. Everytime I get a pain or a tightening now I end up shouting at it to f off internally. Kind of along the lines of " yeah comon then, show me what you got. Im sick of you lot" as if contractions were people :)

Parlsey wow 43, thats great-i'm so glad you finally got there. It's not uncommon these days to have babies at that time of your life.

frilly shonno and yummy I definately do not want any more kids. In fact it's me who is the driving force behind it. I actually didn't want a 2nd one at all really I was very happy as we were being a little unit of 3. DH convinced me that having another was a good idea and I have done it for dd. i'm happy now its happened but I would have been quite content to tick along. I think I want to be sterilised-but after a long history of endometriosis and womb issues I may have a hysterectomy fairly soon. It's something I need to discuss later on when everything is back to normal. DH has had a lot of ops on his parts over the years and he has agreed to a vesectomy but doesn't really want one. I am unable to go on the pill or have anything hormonal so we'll need a long term option.

Hi everyone: cakes asked me to update you all so here goes: she's at the hospital now having passed the 24 hour mark for her waters breaking. They will try to break the rest of her waters now and then they've opted for an induction after an hour or so if the waters don't kick things off properly.

oooooh how exciting for cakes, looks like she's next on the list! pls keep us updated if you hear any more news ghost!

good luck to everyone else havingg labour signs today!

(Nc was bignorkz) 40+5 and still bugger all! Midwife coming to do sweep on Friday, not that I fancy it but sounds better than being induced! Don't really want to spend days in hospital waiting for pessaries to work.....

Scary thought, I'm back at work three weeks on Monday!

Hubby got some clary sage to try, bit but worth a try I suppose.

Fed up of folk asking if anything's happening, i know they mean well but gets on your pip having to repeat yourself!

Sending contraction vibes to those having, teetering and waiting!!

Well all cx eased off, went for a walk and as i suspected had to call dh to come and pick us up! Before he did we went to the park (next to the po) and i had a good swing on the swings with dd on my lap. No more Cx but my pelvis has given up after the walk.

Fish we have the same problem i cant take anything hormonal, so pill is out plus i have an internal latex allergy (I can wear latex gloves, play with balloons etc but latex condoms and latex gloves during an internal examination is out) so were also searching for a long term solution. We might want more children in the future, but not for another 10-15 years. My body really needs to recover first! (I'm 24 so can afford to wait, plus my mum and grandmother both had children in their mid 40's)

It's a shame cakes cant give birth where she wanted, but hopefully her hypnobirthing stuff will mean she still has a positive experience.

Hope everyone else is doing well

Sounds like it's hotting up for some of us (not me I hasten to add still got 1 week 5 days until due date and expect to go at least a week over). Very excited to hear all the birth stories, breastfeeding experences and general baby happy vibes.

Feeling really rotten here. Bad cold and new (and very unpleasant) trapped wind. Any suggestions for relieving this would be gratefully received. I am in pain and dread going to the toilet or letting out even the tiniest of bum burps, lovely I know!

On the bright side my new sofas are being delivered tomorrow so ready to cover them in plastic so I dont ruin them if my waters go while watching telly. I had hoped they would come after the baby had arrived but DFS are a lot quicker than they said they would be.

Good luck to all of you with cx/imminent inductions/ELCS!

Just got back from midwife where she did a sweep. Happy to report it didn't hurt at all and was only slightly uncomfortable (my mw does have little hands though! ).

On the down side not sure it's going to help as cervix not at all ripe. Oh well. Have got another booked in for next wednesday.....

OOh excited for cakes

addicted how frustrating for you. Still a chance to meet us in hospital when it comes :)

kelli sorry you feel so poorly try rubbing your tummy in from right to left in a circle. The colon goes in that direction so it can help ease things along and maybe try and hot water bottle.

dee Boo at unripe cervix (only on this thread would i ever write that sentence)

spent a lovley afternoon with my friend and her 2 month old. He's yummy and chubbing up nicely. Got lots of lovely smiles. While I was cuddling him I had a huge proper strong period pain nasty contraction followed by 2 minor ones at 20 min intervals. But again nothing now. Boring.....

off to pick up dd from school-gotta drive across town first to pick up a prescription for dh baddy tooth. Not been that far afield for ages.

FX for cakes.

Having a shit day. Just feel emotionally BLARGH. Abi's turned back to back by the looks and I'm just soo fed up. Not with being pregnant I don't think. Just a bad day. Half of me wants her out, after all, it'll be a temporary pain, but half of me now wants her to stay in so she can turn back. 2/5 now having been 3/5 last week, but then MW said it was good, she was further down...so that's now confused the life out of me...how can that be better...?!

Thinking about whether I want to OK a sweep next week too. I don't bloody know and an obviously in no fit mood to be rational about it today.

Off for a sob and a snooze...even though it'll probably ruin my sleep tonight.

Oh bollocks, my usual nap compaion's just gone out the catflap. Oh well.

Ooh, fx for cakes!

Sorry you're having a bad day Oeisha! Hopefully a nap will make you feel better.

Dee, glad to hear the sweep wasn't painful, and fx it gets things going!

My due date is on Sunday but won't be offered a sweep until the 24th when I'm 9 days overdue! If sweep doesn't work I won't get another one but will be booked in for an induction 2-3 days later. Is it normal to just be offered the one sweep and so late after my due date? Just feels a long time to wait with no aide to get things going. My pelvis is killing me as it is and is getting worse every day and I've not even reached my due date yet. Dreading being an immobile overdue whale! :(

Hya and hello to new names who've joined the fun since I last posted!
We've had a few problems but are hopefully on the mend. Poor baby has been passing blood in her stools and the paed said it was likely to be dairy intollerance from the few top up feeds she'd had. The regular expressing took its toll on me, bf was agony every time despite 4 midwives & counsellor saying latch looked and sounded perfect. I went into meltdown over letting everyone down. Baby given hypoallergenic prescription formula and is so much happier and got to 8lb today! I'm typing 1 -handed as she's asleep on me again - she's still bit nocturnal. Am feeling bit better (will be when mastitus finishes) now but still v wobbly about bf failure - the guilt is awful.
Off to school run - not long now Oeisha - keep your chin up, sleepless nights are coming! Will check in again soon x