April 2012 - The FINAL Countdown - Chat and Stats

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1st April aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
2nd April LaTristesse (36) Kent, DS - 22 mo, brewing a girl
4th April Flisspaps (29) DD,2
4th April vintagenancy (32) USA, surprise in making
5th April BeyondLimits (25), DS 10m, Newport
7th April ladyfoucault
8th April spannermary (34) S Yorkshire
11th April HollyPockett
15th April Tinwe DD - 10 mo
16th April digitalgirl DS,3
16th April bushymcbush DD,3
17th April balkanscot
17th April Bunsoutheoven (36) dd- 5yrs, ds - 3yrs, boy cooking
19th April CubTrouble
22nd April JambalayaCodfishPie (27) DD,7
24th April notso DD 11, DS 7, DS 13mo &surprise
27th April Thaleia Boy in making
30th April Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs

El32 I bought an Elle Tens before I left the UK as they're not commonly used in the US for childbirth. I don't know anything about renting them though.

April Babies

11th March BushyMcBush - Baby Girl, Martha, 3lb4oz
28th March newmummyvicky (28) N somerset surprize in making
1st aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
2nd LaTristesse (36) Kent, DS - 22 mo, brewing a girl
4th Uglymush (32) 1st baby
4th Flisspaps (29) DD,2
4th Cutelittlecatlover DS, 2
4th vintagenancy (32) USA, surprise in making
5th BeyondLimits (25),Newport,DS 10m(nearly 17m now),DS2 cooking
5th Bearcrumble (38), DS 2y, S London, having a girl
5th Sandychick (31), DS 4yrs
6th El32 (33),Wimbledon, cooking a boy
6th Riamay2011 brewing a surprise....but do have a c section booked for 5th!!
7th ladyfoucault
8th Emsgale, surprise bump, DD - 2 years
8th Spannermary (34) expecting DS1
11th HollyPockett
13th Scoobysue expecting DS
13th dreamc (31) 1st munchkin
15th Tinwe DD - 10 mo
16th digitalgirl DS,3
17th balkanscot
17th Bunsoutheoven (36) dd- 5yrs, ds - 3yrs, boy cooking
18th Marshmallowpies (35), expecting DD
18th LaPampa
18th Boomerwang (32) Sweden
19th CubTrouble
21st Bananna1 (42) DD16, DD14, DD11, expecting a surprise
22nd JambalayaCodfishPie (27) DD,7
22nd gimmegimmegimme (33) DS1-4yrs, DS2-2yrs expecting boy no3
23rd Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs
24th notso DD 11, DS 7, DS 13mo &surprise
24th WhenDoISleep DS - 3yrs, expecting DS2.
25th confuzed90 (21)-DS 2and a half, expecting DS2
27th Thaleia Boy in making
28th Justhayley (27) Ds1
28th Lorrainbow (28) Cooking our first boy
29th JackieJay (29) Suprise!
29th Elizabethtailored (28) expecting DS1, London
30th Diffedagaindachs Expecting a girl.

El32 This is the one we tried at NCT, and the one I've hired. Elle TeNs

Had my 34wks appt today - a student MW, A really good one - she definately had that comfortable vibe / rappor thing going on.

She made me laugh though - everything about me was spot-on, and apparently everyone else had been 'spot on' too. She said while obviously thats great, it also a little bit rubbish as it means she doesnt have anything to write about!

Congratulations Bushy, what lovely news and a gorgeous name. Hope you all get to snuggle at home soon.

Well done to clever pedwar too, notso; no stinky toe burning ceremonies for you! Maybe you could post your masturbation sticks to spannermary.

Have today stocked up on the essentials for motherhood: Clarins Beauty Flash Balm and dry shampoo. (oh and aqueous cream, thanks digitalgirl)

Is there an alternative version of the what-to-buy-when-having-baby list that suggests things that help you look/feel human? Have yet to find anything to improve eyes that have been chronically sleep deprived for weeks on end. Any suggestions?

Congrats Bushy! Your news make it more real. We have about 5 w 5d left until scheduled section . DH is one of many born 5 w early . Besides him I know at lest 2 others born 5 w early , what is it with this magical 5 w?! Makes me scared since we're not at all ready with anything and we are near the 5 w now...
I feel like a pressure cooker . Wasn't like this with DS even though he was my first . We were much more prepared , just got far too much to do with the practicalities of the surrogacy , fixing things in the house etc. At least we managed to hold DS belated kids birthday party last friday and it went nicely . We did a laser tag party and it was great fun! Just trying to get things ticked off the mental list in my head one by one and some baby clothes washed everyday . We'll get there in the end I guess , just hope we don't run out of time ...
I was just wondering today when the first baby news would come so it was funny that it was the first bit I saw on the thread... Congrats again:)!

UniPsyche several pairs of fabulous sunglasses

Love it!

Baby girl born today at 2.39am weighing 6lb 1oz. So beautiful. Looks just like her daddy. :) just thought id update you all whilst im currently laid up after yet another ends due to fetal distress x

riamay well done lovely, and congratulations bloody good weight there too, some only weigh that at 40w+

Get some rest, after the last few weeks you've earned it x

Congratulations riamay2011
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Our second born, hope you have a swift recovery.

I feel a bit impatient now, even though I still have loads to do and TBH I don't really want Pedwar to come before the Easter holidays!

DH is picking the pram up today and the wallpaper should be here tomorrow. I also bought newborn nappies, maternity pads, paper knickers and massive granny pants from Primark for my hospital bag.
My 'lucky' T-shirt is in the wash, have worn it for all my births!

I think I have finally accepted that I am actually going to have another baby

Congratulations, Riamay! A beautiful little girl... What a lovely start to the week.

Notso I have done the exact same shop and now just want to get parenting! Impatient, much? :)

Congratulations riamay!!

11th March BushyMcBush - Baby Girl, Martha, 3lb4oz
14th March RiaMay2011 - Baby Girl, 6lb1oz
28th March newmummyvicky (28) N somerset surprize in making
1st aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
2nd LaTristesse (36) Kent, DS - 22 mo, brewing a girl
4th Uglymush (32) 1st baby
4th Flisspaps (29) DD,2
4th Cutelittlecatlover DS, 2
4th vintagenancy (32) USA, surprise in making
5th BeyondLimits (25),Newport,DS 10m(nearly 17m now),DS2 cooking
5th Bearcrumble (38), DS 2y, S London, having a girl
5th Sandychick (31), DS 4yrs
6th El32 (33),Wimbledon, cooking a boy
7th ladyfoucault
8th Emsgale, surprise bump, DD - 2 years
8th Spannermary (34) expecting DS1
11th HollyPockett
13th Scoobysue expecting DS
13th dreamc (31) 1st munchkin
15th Tinwe DD - 10 mo
16th digitalgirl DS,3
17th balkanscot
17th Bunsoutheoven (36) dd- 5yrs, ds - 3yrs, boy cooking
18th Marshmallowpies (35), expecting DD
18th LaPampa
18th Boomerwang (32) Sweden
19th CubTrouble
21st Bananna1 (42) DD16, DD14, DD11, expecting a surprise
22nd JambalayaCodfishPie (27) DD,7
22nd gimmegimmegimme (33) DS1-4yrs, DS2-2yrs expecting boy no3
23rd Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs
24th notso DD 11, DS 7, DS 13mo &surprise
24th WhenDoISleep DS - 3yrs, expecting DS2.
25th confuzed90 (21)-DS 2and a half, expecting DS2
27th Thaleia Boy in making
28th Justhayley (27) Ds1
28th Lorrainbow (28) Cooking our first boy
29th JackieJay (29) Suprise!
29th Elizabethtailored (28) expecting DS1, London
30th Diffedagaindachs Expecting a girl.

In the midst of this happy time...another grumble.

My fingers look like sausages, and I've had to take off my wedding ring.

Grump.

That is all! returns to happy thoughts of Riamay and Bushy's lovely new additions and stops being so self-absorbed

Congratulations RiaMay, wonderful news :) Hope you've managed to get some sleep and are feeling okay!
So, girls winning 2-0 at the moment! Certainly does start to make it feel real doesn't it!!

Congrats Riamay! What's her name? What sort of delivery did you have?

I am bloody exhausted and getting quite painful braxton hicks every couple of days. Mum and DH helping lots though, and DS sleeping well so could be worse.

I can't remember if I mentioned them before, but I recommend Tena pants for the first few days after giving birth (they are disposable with a built in pad, really for incontinence but better than granny pants/maternity pad in my experience) especially if you've had a caesarian. You can rip them down the side and chuck them away, there's no way for the pad to get dislodged and they come up high so don't irritate your scar and the paper is very soft. Sainsbury's do their own version too.

congratulations riamay! Hope the CS recovery goes well.

Might need to start a post-natal thread soon!

spanner I took my rings off by about week 20 as I had swollen hands last time and didn't take my rings off in time so they were stuck there.

Hands have puffed up again this time, and face, and ankles, and arse...god even my calves are struggling to squeeze into my boots. My maternity trouses from my first pregnancy don't fit!!! So I'm on the salads from now on .

Have another GTT and growth scan on Friday to rule out GD properly even though there was no glucose in my urine yesterday. (fat) fingers crossed it's just a big baby - or they won't let me in the birthing centre.

Good luck with the salads, digital. I'm having minimal success with downing pints and pints of water and eating marmite on toast for the salt.

I think my watch might be the next thing to go - my wrists are getting bigger too!

PS and good luck with the appointments on Friday! I'll cross my fat fingers for you too!

Congratulations riamay! :)

I'm starting to feel impatient whilst trying desperately not to. It could be another 5 weeks yet... (but here's hoping for more like 3).

BHs are really pissing me off! They kept me awake the other night but I only had one last night that was bad enough to get me out of bed to pace around a bit so that's an improvement I guess. According to my midwife my body is "gearing up". At 37 weeks I'm measuring 34cm (after 36.5 last week) so baby has dropped apparently.

Oh and meant to say - no fat fingers yet. I wriggle my wedding/engagement rings every day but still plenty of movement. I'd been expecting to have to take them off by now. Mind you I'm freezing cold at the moment.

digi fingers crossed for Friday for you!

No fat fingers here either, but with DD I had to take them off at about 30w

Lots of BH here, been on the ball A LOT over the last couple of days (did I mention I've been having BH?) which is new to me as I had none with DD.

So different these two pregnancies...hoping the births are completely different too

Pick up the homebirth pack tomorrow

I should move my ball into the bedroom at night so I can sit on that when the bastard BHs hit!

Exciting about the homebirth pack Fliss .

congratuations, riamay! :)

digitalgirl, I have had a bit of a gestational diabetes scare this afternoon during a routine MW appt. She said that sugars have now appeared in my urine but that this could be because I had 5 Jaffa Cakes 2 1/2 hours before I took the urine sample. Blood pressure is fine, 130/78. She took blood, just to be sure about sugars, though, otherwise I will be going to have GTT, too. Swelling is still there (feet/ankles), but the foot pain seems to be going away (small mercy, yes!).

Oh, yes, and then the icing on the cake: apparently I measured 39 cm, yet I am only 35+2! Then she said she can feel a lot of amniotic fluid around and that the baby has turned from cephalic to breech! So, off for a lfd (large for dates) liquor & positioning scan next week. I'm trying not to crap myself with worry. At best it may be that it will be a large baby (DH was 4,4 kg when born and I was 4,2 kg).

Congratulations riamay!