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

Yay newmummy congratulations! . Gorgeous name!

Congratulations aprilfoolsbaby and newmummyvicky - hope you are both feeling well and enjoying your new babies.

Spannermary - Sorry about your blood pressure. Have they put you on any meds? I'm taking nifedipine for mine and it was about the same as yours when untreated.

Hi and welcome, usplusyou.

Well I'm not allowed solids from 3am and no water after 6.30 as I'm going in for my caesarian at 38w 6d tomorrow. They said it should be any time between 8am and midday. I am quite nervous - we went to Brighton today to take my mind off it which worked. The weather was lovely and DS thought throwing stones in the sea was the best thing ever.

Congratulations newmummyvicky, what a lovely name for your little girl.

Bearcrumble good luck - you will have your lovely new baby this time tomorrow!

Congratulations newmummyvicky!!!!

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
4th April aprilfoolsbaby - Baby Boy, 8lb5oz
4th April newmummyvicky - Baby Girl, Lyra Lilly, 6lb5oz.

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
25th lizmarshall (28) Glasgow having a surprise!
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.

Congratulations newmummyvicky and aprilfoolsbaby!!

Have just been crying at One Born...after not being sure whether I wanted to watch it - but actually I'm glad I did.

Realised I've been very lucky to have this week with DS - who's off pre-school for Easter. It's been lovely spending time with him and he's been incredibly understanding about me not being so mobile. Watched him at his swimming lesson today (Easter crash course) and he's doing so well.

Hello ladies, my easter bunny came today at 14:25 after very very difficult labor. We are staying at hospital tonight. Lots of stitches:((

bearcrumble good luck tomorrow.

spanner glad to hear it's not PE. Figners crossed it's not long for you anyway.

El32 hope it all went well this morning and you're cuddling your newborn.

Forgot to mention - I have my first acupuncture session to bring on the baby tomorrow morning. Anyone had this before?

x-posted - congratulations El - sorry to hear it was so difficult, hope your recovery goes well. Be kind to yourself and cuddle your little Easter bunny.

newmummyvicky and El32 congratulations to you both

El32 I hope you have a speedy and uncomplicated recovery. I hope it wasn't too traumatic - birth is so unpredictable. Sleep well tonight

Congratulations El32!!!

Will update the stats in the morning - what weight was he?

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Good luck ladies! You popped up in the 'most active' so came for a nosey! :) I am from the Oct 2012 thread (lots of us on board) so still months to go, bet you ladies can't believe the end is in sight. Good luck to you all! :o x

Congratulations El32 - wishing you a speedy recovery x

Congrats April, Newmummyvicky and EI32!!! Gosh they really are starting to arrive now... Getting more and more nervous here. Up all night , stressed about things not done yet let alone about our impending adventure in the US . Really didn't help getting a letter from the borders agency stating the possible 12w(!!!!!) waiting time for the entry permit. I knew it from before and lawyer says it should be much less but it really got me worried. Should now finish washing laundry for our trip on fri to Finland for Easter but am kinda stuck on the sofa with thoughts racing in my head. DH calculated that now our odds of the baby coming before the planned mon 23.4. CS are about 25% if I remember correctly . Have to count on the 3/4 then. Wasn't like this last time . Once term I was definitely ready for DS to come out but this time because of the distance etc practicalities it would be really bad if DD comes early . All I want to say at this point is AaaAargghhh.....
Bearcrumble , good luck tomorrow !

E132 congrats.....just to reassure you my neighbor had third degree but she was amazed by how quickly it healed. Hope the pain does not interfere too much with enjoying your little one.

Morning all. No news here, bloody shower curtain fell down in the bathroom at 5am and woke me up, can't get back to sleep. Slept really well until then too!

Congratulations newmummyvicky and E132.
good luck today bearcrumble

Morning ladies! Congratulations newmummyvicky and E132 on your little arrivals! Thanks for the welcome bearcrumble and best wishes for today, very exciting stuff!

It's getting exciting now!

Congrats to e132 and newmummyvicky

bearcrumble good luck!

Congratulations aprilfoolsbaby newmummyvicky and El32

spannermary glad you are home and well.

Good luck bearcrumble hope all goes smoothly today.

Nordicmom must be stressful having so much left to chance. I hope your plans work out.

digitalgirl no experience of accupuncture but hope it works for you.

Fliss I had the opposite night to you, I couldn't sleep until DH's phone went off at 5 then I fell into a really deep sleep only to be woken by the radio alarm at 6.00 then again by the human alarm (DS2 bellowing Hewooo down the baby monitor) at 6:30.

Am starting to get stealth texts from school Mums asking how I'm doing.
I've got ages yet till DDay so it's going to get annoying until DC go back to school I think.
Not sure what to do about seeing MW this week, didn't book in as was expecting the scan, but still nothing from ultrasound and I could do with having a chat about plans for birth pool and staying in hospital.
Really niggley backache since last night and generally feeling crap.
Still need to order the cot mattress, still waiting for the carrycot, need to buy nursing bras and trying to track down Lansinoh breast pads.
Am going to wash carseat cover and padding today then wrap it up until needed.

Have a good day all

Wow congratulations to all of you that have had your babies! And not long to go for everyone else now!

Can't believe how fast that has come around. Wishing you plenty of sleep and helping hands for the next few years weeks!

Wow I am so jealous of all you ladies getting ready for babies! Congrats to everyone who's had their babies, sorry can't name everyone as can't scroll that easily. Good luck Bearcrumble for today
I am feeling so fat today, want this baby out, had mw appointment yesterday and everything is pointing to a due date delivery
Going to clean clean clean today, kids are off school so house is a tip!
Has anyone had any experience of pressure points to induce labour? I've bought some Clary Sage, smells nice which is a bonus.
I won't go into too much about my pregnancy as I will bore you all to death but suffice it is I feel old, it's been hard and I am having a big baby according to scans. That's why I desperately want him out early as I reckon he'll be 11Ib by the time he arrives 2 weeks overdue (not feeling very positive)
Hope you all have a good day today

Congrats El32

digitalgirl I had acupuncture at 40+4 with DS1 - didn't do a thing for me I'm afraid. I had it done on the Friday and was due a second session on the Monday , but that was cancelled due to snow (but this was in Central London where and inchof the white stuff causes chaos). As an experience it wasn't painful, just a little strange.

spannermary glad you are home and it is nothing serious - did you manage to get some rest last night?

notso can you call the MW and book into see her early next week?

Nordicmom it must be very stressful for you - here's hoping that the baby hangs on for another few weeks. Have a good holiday.

Fliss sympathies on the sleep - I have had some really bad nights recently, waking up at 5am and not being able to get back to sleep.

Yay, congratulations to the April April babies who are starting to appear!! :)

So today is D Day for me. Not that I'm expecting a baby to be forthcoming... I did get a bit curious in the night as I had the worst back ache so far and felt very sick, but I'm fine again this morning.

My 40w appt is tomorrow as my midwife was full today. She's also on call tomorrow for HBs, so that would be a very good time to go into labour though. My mum reckons Saturday, purely because the last two Saturdays running we've had family members ambulanced to hospital (there's some positive thought for my homebirth! ) As I'm sure I've mentioned once or twice... DS was two days overdue, so Saturday would match that too...

Beyond - Friday is a full moon, so I am pinning hopes on that. We've arranged to visit various friends and relatives over the weekend and SIL is coming down on Sunday so hopefully that will cause enough inconvenience to get this baby on the move.

If today's your EDD then there's only a 5% chance of it coming today, so 95% chance that there will be no baby coming today

A lot of exciting news on this thread! It's so exciting to read it...

What a pain about your shower curtain, Fliss!

Not to rub in in AT ALL but last night I had the best night's sleep in weeks...I was so emotionally exhausted from our trip to the hospital, and haven't been sleeping well lately (shocker...) but I think the relief of everything helped me relax, and I had nearly 12 hours! ...with just the one loo trip!

Wow, what a difference a day makes.

Looking forward to hearing more great news soon. Especially from those of you who are 40+! I'm DD minus 3, but am just assuming 41 weeks is a more realistic due date for me to store in my mind, as it's my first. I imagine he'll arrive a week either side of that date. And if he comes earlier - so be it!

:)