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

Leftover curry for lunch, now I have pineapple for tea.
Quite a bit of lower back pain this evening, but think that might be more imagined by wishful thinking than anything...

at wishful thinking x post!

Wow. Could my last post be any more dull

At least your wishful thinking post had food in it beyond. Mine was just boring!!!

Hi girls
I've had a bit of a show tonight, and must of been for a wee 10+ times today. Bump is even more hard if that's possible?

Been trying a hot curry too, homemade and put extra chillies in, lol.
Hormones a bit crazy, found myself crying at hollyokes.....
and when hubby home, just getting a bit fed up :-(

X x

Ohh forget to say, drinking raspberry tea, bit sad on a Saturday nite!

Yay, hopefully not long for you then newmummy!! :)

DH is reading up on ways to get baba out too something tells me he's had enough of me being pregnant too!! and is currently rubbing the pressure point thing on my ankle. Which weirdly makes my belly feel funny, so maybe it will do something...???

Oooh, Newmummyvicky this could be it!

Buns - So sorry and for you about the doctors' dismissive and patronising attitudes. I hope you get a response to your complait. Did you get their names?

I'm ok, getting more Braxton Hicks. Had another quiet afternoon on the movement front the other day and got freaked out but baby's been pretty active today. My blood pressure is around 130/85 which is the high end of normal but it looks like the tablets are keeping it fairly stable.

Only 2 days until I'm seen again - got my surgery pre-assessment and midwife appt on Tuesday then the actual caesarian on Thurs!

I don't think I ever got a show... unless it was just clear mucous which I could have dismissed as the yucky discharge I'd been getting for a while.

Fingers crossed, NewMummy and Beyond!

We welcomed our daughter into the world at 4am this morning by c section....
Very exciting and wonderful.

Congratulations Pitmountain! Hope you're all doing well :)

Baby has definitely got lower - getting all sorts of uncomfortable headbutting cervix type sensations when he or she wiggles now to accompany the kicks in the ribs!

Let us know how the acupressure goes Beyond and fingers crossed Vicky!

PS don't you think momsnet is a great name

Pitmountain Congratulations

Everyone else - our babies are due this month

Congratulations Pitmountain!!!
Banana hope baby keeps holding on for you, feeling any more prepared now?
Buns rubbish attitude from staff, good on you for being assertive though. I cried after my booking in appointment when the head midwife managed to convince me our baby would suffer horribly due to me being overweight (I was less than 1 point over their BMI threshold with recent DD1 baby weight and drinking gallons of water for my early scan) and that we shouldn't have any tests as would most likely have to decide whether to abort a baby with Downs as I am now an "older mother" (I'm 34 and had a result of less than 1 in 45000 with DD1 just 10 months before). Some people seem to delight in knocking you down if you appear confident as "THEY'RE the experts".
Empathy to all the mums who're having nearly there symptoms. I'm confused, as DD1 came out of the blue 15 days early following my waters suddenly going so I hadn't been looking for signs, expecting her to be another 4 weeks off. Also I had bad SPD which may have masked a lot of signs. This time with DD2 being due on 15th and us expecting her to be early we're on red alert already. Especially as we've been advised to belt to the hospital as DD2 will arrive super quick. Poor DH panics every time I wince and keeps on saying "is this it?!" and I'm trying to look all relaxed and dismissive while over analysing every bodily sensation! Hope I don't go over, we could have a month of this...

ps newmummyvicky I've been weepy too. Sometimes wonder, since all our symptoms are supposed to be gearing us up for labour, what evolutionary advantage is that meant to give us? Maybe it's to keep our men close to guard us in our vulnerable state, or maybe drive them away so we can get on and labour in peace?!

Yay! Been waiting for april to arrive! This is our month ladies! Lots of babies on their way! Hopefully not too long for us all!

Congratulations Pitmountainpony!

April Babies

11th March BushyMcBush - Baby Girl, Martha, 3lb4oz
14th March RiaMay2011 - Baby Girl, 6lb1oz
20th March Boomerwang - Baby Girl, Anya, 4lb13oz
21st March LaTristesse - Baby Girl, 7lb1oz
25th March UglyMush - Baby Boy, 6lb7.5oz
31st March Pitmountainpony - Baby Girl

28th March newmummyvicky (28) N somerset surprize in making
1st aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
4th Flisspaps (29) DC2 ?, DD(2yo)
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
9th mummylivmade (30) DD3
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
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
23rd Twittle - DS (19mo)
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.

Cant believe its April already!

Seriously, its come around really quickly!

Wonderful news Pitmountainpony, huge congratulations to you all :) What's her name and weight? How exciting!

Well Tinwe, we're trying to get a bit order and get prepared. Our bedroom was housing all of the stuff that was in huge cupboards we had in the hall. These had to be dismantled and it all got chucked in our room! Now been dispersed throughout the house to make room for baby's moses basket which is now in situ and all made up in our room.
More boxes from the lounge have been moved, it will get a thorough dust and hoover today (pointless really as the builders just make more dust by the day) so that I have two rooms in the house that are hopefully junk, builder and chaos free and allow me to think I have somewhere peaceful to bring home baby!

Hope things are happening Newmummyvicky and Beyond. Luckily I have no such twinges as yet, so hope baby will hang in there a week or two longer!

Congratulations, Pitmountain! What lovely news!

So glad we're in April finally...it's our time! Am just ready for it too as was awake for 2h in middle of the night and then woke with cracking headache and still mega itchy tummy. Oh well...can't be long till waking in the night takes on a whole new meaning!

Also woke up to find we've run out of heating oil. Will have to order more on Monday, to be delivered a couple of days later. So no hot baths for a few days. Suddenly I'm quite keen to wait till my due date as a warm bath was definitely part of my early labour plan!! Still, it is what it is and at least we will have a tank full of oil when our new born arrives.

Any plans for today, people? I shall be mostly bouncing on my ball trying to get the little one to finish shifting, although I do wonder if he'll go anywhere at 39 weeks other than out?!

Pinch punch!

Thank you.
7 6 and no name yet, as she was early we had not chosen!
I pad keyboard gone funny so have to be brief.....Not long now everyone.
It has split into two tiny keyboards and I cannot get it back.....so irritating........

Banana, we were v unprepared for DD1, having been renovating our new house, but were reminded that all a new baby wants is a bed, food and cuddles. The rest comes later. Sounds like you've got the basics sorted :) I hate being in chaos too though, so sympathy and

Spanner right time of year to run out of oil. We ran out in winter snow once and tanker couldn't get to us for two weeks! Are you planning a home birth, if not now may be the time to go in and enjoy a warm hospital ;)

Ah, you say that Tinwe but snow is forecast for Tuesday! We'e not planning a home birth but we're defnitely hoping to give Active Birthing a go, and delaying getting to the hospital as long as possible.

I'm going to make sure DH lets the oil people know our situation - maybe they'll be able to deliver it slightly more quickly then. Who knows?! I wouldn't normally ask for a favour, but I reckon this situation is slightly different.

I certainly don't want a long hospital stay - but may snuggle under a duvet a little more than usual! (And thankfully I washed my hair yesterday, so that's one less thing...) But yes, if I go into labour today or tomorrow we may have to adapt. Hold on, baby!

Congratulations pitmountainpony!! Look forward to hearing
more about the birth and your brand new dd!

bananna well done on sorting out those couple of rooms.

So - managed to have sex in the early hours of this morning (ds kindly slept through till 7am). Hasn't made the slightest bit of difference. No more twinges than usual.

April Babies

11th March BushyMcBush - Baby Girl, Martha, 3lb4oz
14th March RiaMay2011 - Baby Girl, 6lb1oz
20th March Boomerwang - Baby Girl, Anya, 4lb13oz
21st March LaTristesse - Baby Girl, 7lb1oz
25th March UglyMush - Baby Boy, 6lb7.5oz
31st March Pitmountainpony - Baby Girl

28th March newmummyvicky (28) N somerset surprize in making
1st aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
4th Flisspaps (29) DC2 ?, DD(2yo)
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
9th mummylivmade (30) DD3
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
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
22nd Thepuddingchef ds 6yrs dd 4 yrs expecting a boy
23rd Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs
23rd Twittle - DS (19mo)
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.

Just got around to adding myself again as thought I should. Well done to all those who have their little ones already. I have had a difficult pregnancy this time round so haven't felt like posting, but am feeling a bit better so wanted to join in. I have been following you all though. I am so desperate to have this baby now. Am huge!

Congratulations Pitmountain Hope your recovery is speedy and you get out of hospital soon (if you want to that is!).

newmummyvicky I think you're the first to make it to due date and beyond. Increase of symptoms sounds promising, shall keep my fingers crossed for you.

It's been another hot one here, and have been to the pub for lunch. Made a nice change from cleaning/pretending to pack my hospital bag. I know it's supposed to be getting a lot colder next week but can't believe you've been forecast snow spannermary, where do you live?

Buns I had a similar experience with one of my consultants, not as bad as yours, mainly the loudly discussing my having a c-section in a rather derisory way outside the door. Was not impressed and am glad you're complaining.

Tuesday is getting scarily close now. Weirdly, I feel more relaxed. It's patently obvious that not everything I'd planned on the renovation/chucking out/sorting/cleaning front will not get done, but it really doesn't matter. Tinwe you are spot on; a baby needs somewhere to sleep, grub and cuddles. So a quick shopping trip for DP tomorrow to stock up on yummy stuff for me to eat when bfing and we're sorted.