The one where we all have our babies! February Baby Bus 2012!

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bloody Facebook has lured me over there, but I have got to start posting here again!

Congratulations on all the lovely new babies, think we have 9 in total now and one on the way tomorrow!

Old thread is here

Wow! 3 babies since I was last here - congrats madeindevon2, Jeezimacasalinga and popcorn.

I'm still waiting... 6 days over. Have had a show and lost some waters, and I'm having very, very sporadic contractions. The children have been shipped off to Granny's, so I'm seriously hoping baby gets here before they get back tomorrow afternoon! The race is on.

What a lovely name and welcome Constance.

I am due next Saturday but in a fair it of pain with baby being so low down it really hurts low down in front of abdomen. Spent an hour last night googling cervical dilation and do it yourself sweeps. Still not sure whati can and can't feel up there but can def feel a head!

Very boy heavy on the bus so far 2:1 I think! Fingers crossed this wek there will be a baby boom

Congratulations jeez and Devon on your little girls - we need a few more on the bus .

That will teach you for wondering what to do next week Devon

Let's hope so deardear, there is not much of February left!

Pom poms out for phlossie!!! Go baby go!!!!!

Congratulations madeindevon2, glad you got your VBAC. Welcome to Constance

Good luck Phlossie sounds like you are close :)

How did you manage to feel that deardear?

Have tried today, foot up on loo and all that, but couldn't feel anything. Feeling quite twingey and have been nesting all day. Am going to have a bath and relax now in the hope that she will chill out in there for a few more days yet.

Congratulations to devon and jeez! We need some more girls on the bus!

Been having some quite painful twinges this PM and evening but they seem to have eased off now. Good job too - the hospital is closed to visitors due to norovirus so would rather stay away until i absolutely have to go in!

V tired after manic cook-a-thon today. Freezer is now stocked ready for the first week dh is back at work after Bert arrives!

Welcome to the new babies :-D

We finally put the moses basket up tonight... looks ace... still not real! Period pains all day and weeing in tiny amounts frequently

Hope everyone is well.. bedtime with gaviscon for me... night x

My contractions stopped over night. Bah. Enjoyed a lie-in - in fact DH is still asleep so I'm going to go and sit on his head now. Bored, bored, bored... to the point that I'm actually craving the pain of labour!

41 weeks today!

Is sitting on dh head a way of bringing on labour? Not tried that yet!!!

Congratulations to the mummies of the two new babies that have arrived since I was last on here!

My little boy arrived at 2.20am on Friday 17th, weighing 6lbs 11.5oz. Quite an eventful labour but I'm coming to terms with it a bit better now I've spoken to a midwife quite a bit about it. Will keep checking back to hear the announcements!

Hi everyone, sorry I've been really quiet but was stuck in hospital for a while and not well still.

Tess Rebecca arrived on the 16th, which was lovely symmetry as I had a miscarriage on the 16th Feb last year. I was admitted on the night of the 13th/14th with a hind water leak and concern regarding a risk of cord prolapse. We waited for 36hours for spontaneous labour without success, and them there was a day of prostaglandin pessary (non-action) before going on to a synto drip. It worked brilliantly along with a fab epidural and after starting at 4am, I was pushing at 9am. The epidural had worn off just enough to allow me to feel the contractions and the sensation of Tess coming out. I pushed for 25mins apparently, although it didn't feel like anything like as long, and then just breathed her out. After a horrible birth last time, I really enjoyed it and feel like I've exorcised some demons.

Unfortunately I've been blighted with a dreadful post-epidural headache since which hits when I sit or stand. I had a procedure done on Friday to help it, which was initially v successful but things have worsened each day since and I'm struggling again. I persuaded them to let me home yesterday on the promise of resting ++ but a bit worried that it's continuing to worsen. It's making breastfeeding/nappies etc pretty difficult.

So a bit of but mainly at my gorgeous girl!

:( Phlossie, baby will make an appearance soon, have you tried all the usual means of encouragement (sitting on DH's head aside, that is )?

Congratulations louby and welcome Jackson , sorry you had a hard time, but hope you are enjoying newborn snuggles now x

Congratulations wicket, welcome Tess glad it all went well and that the 16th will now be a happy date for you. Hope they can do something more for you re: epidural side effects or that they wear off soon x

Louis Tom was born at 3am weighing 8lb 5 1/2. Hes gorgeous! Being kept in for 48hrs for monitoring because of grp b strep so I am enjoying a babymoon!

Congratulations Louby Wicket and QueenFee !

There aren't many of us left to go, is there - Phlossie, Zhen, McQueasy, Monkey, Hermione..... Who else?

How does sitting on DH's head help Phlossie ? I am willing to try any old wives' tale method to get this baby out but I've not heard of that one!

40+1

Found phlossie contracting on another thread!!!
Much baby excitement
Also much contraction jealousy

Hope I'm not too late to pop on here. I'm due on 25th February and getting increasingly impatient. I have lots of false contractions, but no baby yet. :(
Hoping it won't be too long, I'm tired and uncomfortable now.

I'm still hanging on in here too. Currently 40+5

Not that I've done this before, but baby really doesn't seem to be ready to meet mummy and daddy anytime soon. Sigh.

Yay! Contractions a go-go! xxx

Congratulations QueenFee and welcome Louis

Excited for Phlossie :)

Not due until Monday 27th so only 39+1 today, baby is grinding deeper into my pelvis as we speak, but I reckon I have a few days to go yet. Probably when my kitchen and bathroom are sorted by the weekend I will relax enough to let things happen.

I am due any day. Been to see MW today. Was up all night with period pains so tired. Really thought things were getting oing. She did an integral for e and was shocked how low his head was down. However cervix is well up round back of his head but she could get her finger in and was soft. She thinks baby will be here soon.

Had trolley rage with an od woman t Aldi who pushed past me so gave her a telling off.

Pushing vibes to those in labour

Congratulations to all the new babies... Don't think I missed any but am now going looking for phlossie's pushing thread! :)

I'm now 40+5 and wishing Bert was a bit more keen to come and meet us. I'm alternating resting days with long walks in the hope that it encourages him! Starting to get a bit fed up now and sympathise with those more overdue than i am. No signs of labour really yet although have had a couple of episodes of shooting fanjo pains. Fx things start soon... Sweep booked for tomorrow!

40+5

Off to see the consultant today! Hoping for a good s+s and a date for induction.
Ready to cry :(
I was sooo sore and uncomfy last night. Not contractions, just a big baby kicking all my internal organs and trying to split my pelvis (or so it felt)
Hi HG!! hope things start moving for you soon.
Phlossie, what news??

Zhen, how are you getting on this fine morning?? X

Gwendoline was born on 15th Feb at 2.30pm by ELCS and weighed 3.575kg. She has lots of brown wavy hair and big blue eyes (may change though!!)

Congrats herecomesthesun! What a lovely name xxx

So Caspar arrived last night! He was born at home 21.12 on the 21.02.2012! Weighing...... 10lbs 0.5oz!!!!

I started contracting at 6ish yesterday morning... had a show... By 3ish they were 3 mins apart... by 7.30pm they started to be really painful, so the (amazing) mw came. I'd lost my hindwaters. At 8ish I was about 4cm dilated. By 9ish contractions were 'piggybacking' so i started on the G&A - lush! The contractions were pretty hard to take by this point. Then I felt him crown - omg, the feeling of a 10 pounder crowning is off this planet! But thank god he came out in 3 pushes. My waters went pop and 5 mins later I had my little man! It was awesome - and can't say how amazing it is to be at home - everything was totaly calm and relaxed, and Caspar, Ads and I slept together in our bed until the bigger two woke up. They're really taken with their baby brother - esp Rufus xxxxx

Congratulations herecomesthesun and welcome Gwendoline

Saw your post on the other thread Phlossie, what a lovely birth story so glad you got to be relaxed at home. Congratulations again x