March 06 - the one where we all get to hold our babies!

[munz]

ok girls, we're off and popping now so the stats are updated. i'd just like to take a minute to think about Desperate housewife as her due date comes closer and hope her and her fmaily are doing as well as can be expected. also quiet a few of our early m/c girls are now on the anti natal threads as well, so fingers crossed for those girls to.

BIRTHS Seth Peter weighing 7lb born to Angedemarche (Jangus), on 9th feb at 10am. Natural delivery.

DUE
Thell - aged 26 - due 28th feb #1 having a girl lives SE London
Rosieposie - aged 30 - due 28th Feb with #3 from IOW having a boy
Frizbe - aged 30, DH 40 - due 27th Feb, #3 (incl one SS) lives 30 mins from medow hall having a girl
Toothyboy - aged 34, DP 36 - due 1st March with #2 having ?? C section booked in for 20th feb
Ags ? aged 34 due 2nd March with #2 lives Kent (v posh! He He) having a girl
UniSarah ? aged?? Due 2nd march #?? (think having a boy)
Poppyh - aged31 induction 27th feb due 3rd March with #3 having a girl
Astrophe ? aged?? Having ?? #2
Dene - aged 34 due 6th march #2
anchovies - aged 25, DH 26 - due 4th March with #2 having a boy
Lizzylou - aged 32 due 6th March with #2 lives in Lancs (N Manchester)
oneofeach - aged 36 - due 6th March with #3
Chellebelle - aged 25 - due 6th march with #2
Chamomile - aged 41 - due 7th March with #3
Starryeyed - due 7th March
BibiTwo - aged ? due 8th March with #2
Daisy20 - aged? due 9th March with #?
expressmummy - due 10th March with #3
Cadmum - aged 34, due 10th March with #4 ( 3 previous missed m/c ) lives Canada Having??
Romilly - aged 34?? due 8th March with #1 1 prev m/c lives SW london having a girl
Jackstini - aged 33, due 21st March with #1 lives nottingham haing ??
munz - aged 23 - due 3rd March with #1 (2 prev m/c incl one last cycle)From P'mouth living in Pembs. having a boy
marne - aged 23 due 21st March with # 2 (3 SK's)
Newgirl - aged 34 due 14th March #2 - (not my friend as we'll fight over CE!) having ??
LaundryLover aged 33 with # 2 due 19th March lives Manchester way Having ??
catj - aged 35 due 21st March with #4 lives wimborne
coppertop- aged ? due 22nd March with #3
madrush - aged 31 due 25th March with # 2 (1 previous mc)
Internationalgirl aged ?? due 25th march #3 having a boy
Piffy - aged 33 due 26th March with #1 lives cheshire
Klara - aged??? due 27th March with #2 having girl - unconfirmed
Swiperfox/Zephycat - aged 28 #3 due end march.from Southampton ? (some one has to be! He He) having a girl
Spiker ? aged 35 due 23rd March with #2 from SE London (rom bud for u!) having ??
Vikiyumyum ? aged ? due 20th march with #3 having ?? is a midwife ? YAY!!!
Totally in Love aged? Due? With #2 having ?? lives??

Our March Angel

Desperatehousewife (little boy)

Honery Members who's angels sadly didn't make it.

majormoo (now on the due in Oct thread)
auntynon
Mumtosomeone
Mojomummy (now on the due in Aug thread ? fingers crossed for her this time)
Oldfool (now on the due in oct thread)
Baggybear (coat hanger) is back in college.

sorry helencook - didnt mean to leave you out! thanks also for your best wishes. i am excited in a slightly anxious kind of way!

Good luck Romilly I was induced last time, just ask for an epidural before you think you need one .

lol jersey - so that will be when i arrive at the hospital then

Crikey how many posts!
Manic, lol at your dh, tell him if he ignores you again you'll take his save game card thing away! (very technical )

Int Girl, might not be bigger, you never know....but dd2 a whole pound bigger, have told dh no more!

Rom, much good luck with induction tomorrow, if things don't kick off for you in the meantime, sending you lots of labour vibes 'OOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM'

Munz, outlaws, argh! don't have much of that problem here as both passed on, but can sympthaise all the same.

Vicky YY, good luck for Thurs

Jackstini one week to go, yeah!! don't over do it trying to get back to work tho hon {{Hugs}} (Says the woman who is working again after a week, albeit a bit slower than usual...)

Marne how you doing today?

Big Hi to everyone else, hope your all doing ok, and wishing you all lots of labour luck!

lol friz thankyou honey!

Hello all,

Feel like i'm about to burst, bump feels big and hard and my back realy aches, Cant sit still today, if i sit down for too long it hurts, cant lie down or i wont be able to get back up

DH and i are watching the horse racing and picking out horses, my horse just won so dh has to peel potatoes for tea (much beter than betting for money)

Congratulations to chellebelle.

OMG how crap am I, CONGRATS to Chellebelle! head in clouds here!

Gosh with c-sections and inductions lined up it'll be a baby a day this week eh? Good luck to all those imminent mums....My friend's daughter popped today (she's only 18) and did 3am - 1.30pm all in with only gas and air - respect due!! Little girl but no more details - I'm really proud of her and keep bursting into tears!!
I saw my MW today and we both got doubts about head and bum presentation. She did an internal but said my cervix is shut tight so she couldn't feel anything. Then went to labour ward for another squeeze and a quick scan - all well but that head looked a bit big!!!
Anyways now I'm home and sore all over and bursting into tears and DP at footie . So have put Tilly to bed early and am getting into the pool to chill out. Am also trying to finish my work but one client is querying an December invoice and won't pay up so am not pleased. Grrrrr what a whinge , sorry girls!

Congratulations to Chellebelle on Emily's arrival
marne - hope this is your night
munz - sorry to hear the inlaws are driving you crazy
Vickiyumyum and romilly - Sending positive vibes and looking forward to hearing babes have arrived safely.

Back home at las. Edward is fit and well and has a oud pair of lungs and no idea of how to fall asleep. We are both V tired. I'll post more at anther point. now need to phone my bro, then unblock loo ( it was my fault) and then want a nap while Paul is on cuddle duty before next feed.
ttfn
UniSArah
PS- Breast feeding is great, I 'm loveing it, just me and him and a whole lot of contentment.

Hi everyone, just popping in - huge congratulations to everyone who has had their babies and best of luck to those still waiting.

Things a bit mixed here, the reality of life with three is hard work and baby Matthew is a very fractious newborn. It took me over a week to feel physically well enough to do much else than get out of bed - this third time really has been the hardest all around. Number two was a doddle! Ah well, taking it a day at a time at the moment. Breastfeeding at the moment, which is going well, but has confirmed my suspicions that I don't actually enjoy breastfeeding, full stop. Dreading dh going back to work next week.

Sorry for the very miserable post! We're taking it a day at a time, and I'm sure it'll get better soon enough! Is there going to be a postnatal club??

Hi RP glad to hear that your doing ok, even if the BF isn't meeting expectations, I hated it last time round, but am finding it better at the moment hope your little one settles a bit more soon.
Unisarah same for you, hope your little one learns how to sleep soon!
LL hope your feeling better today, hormones are great aren't they!!

Munz as I think you were the one to start the March thread in the 1st place, would you like to start the postnatal one when you get a sec? or would you like me to do it!

Hope all are well and we have some more bouncing bubbas soon.

dd2 was a dream last night, slept 11.30-5.30 and didn't even cry for a feed, just made a few snorty noises enough to wake me and get me on the job!! then she's passed out again, so I boobed her in her sleep at 7.30 and she's still asleeep! wow

Rom, good luck for today hon, can't wait to hear your birth story

Hi there

First, huge apologies if I miss anyone - I am a complete mush-head now. Hello gorgeous new babies!!

Good luck on thurs vyy!

Hi Rp - sorry to hear the feeding is a drag - I bet you are not the only one. You are usually so chipper so I hope you are ok.

welcome home unisarah - sorry to hear about the loo!!!

I am now booked in for a c-section next Tues - I will be about 10 days over I think. I saw the consultant yesterday (who was very handsome by the way) and baby is in a duff position again, with cord around tum holding her/him up out of the way. Bump is measuring 45 cm which is partly due to it not being head down and also means probably 10lb! What a laugh, so I signed on the dotted line pretty sharpish I can tell you!!! So I am all excited now and off to repack some larger baby clothes for hospital!!

ps munz - there was a christopher ecclestone doll in woolies yesterday!!!! DH said he would get it for me to keep me company in hospital!

Take care everyone x

Hi all and thinking of you Rom, hope for news soon....
RP, sorry you are finding it tough going - I can't imagine what it would be like with three so keep posting when you have time. you are not enjoying the Bfing but it's not the end of the world to go onto bottles you know! Mind you in the long run I think boob is easier eh?
UniSarah, you sound fab apart from the blocked loo! Keep us posted.
Friz, I'm much better today but really lost it last night and cried for hours about nothing! Am desperate for this baby to arrive as have had enough of this pregnancy turmoil - never again and I mean it this time!!
By the way, my midwife gave me her personal mobile number and says she would do my birth even if she is off work if it's at a reasonable hour! I thought this was so lovely that I cried (again!!).

To be honest, the breastfeeding is the easiest option now - much simpler to just plug him in than to faff about with bottles. I shouldn't complain because the bf is going really well technically - I just don't enjoy it really. Ah well. . .

I'm fine really. . just exhausted!

Rosie, complain away! that's what we're here for. No wonder you're exhausted, you're not wonder woman! Has your spd disappeared now? Mine has been much better of late, especially now that the baby has stopped bouncing on my pubic bone!
NewGirl, your baby sounds very naughty! Fingers crossed for Tues...
Have booked myself in for a back massage this afternoon and requested the chair - might just get comfy if I can move this foot out of my side! Sun is out and washing ready to go on the line including a very cute new Bamboozle nappy that fairly warmed my cockles!

Friz - what a good little baby sleeping so well at night...
rosieposie - one day at a time...
LL - I'm with you on 'never again' - this is no. 3 and I'm also desperate to have babe out.

Unisarah - glad to hear you are home and Edward is doing well - especially with bfeeding, bummer about the loo - hope it's been fixed.
newgirl - you sound pleased about the cs - I guess the babe must have done a little twist on purpose knowing mum would be happy

It must be nice to know exactly when you will have babe.

Raging hormones here - so raging my 11 yr old dd started her periods last night has to be more than a coincidence! Definitely v. achey, Ob/Gyn said on Monday I was 1cm dilated so obviously somethings working down there. Think she did a little sweep as well to see if it would help move things this week. Back in on Monday and if nothing's happened we'll probably talk about induction towards the end of next week... bring on the babe. Think I'd rather have sore nipples than the constantly achey body...

well ladies, my last post for a couple of days! off to the hospital tomorrow for my section, then a few days rest in hospital (huh what a joke if its not my baby crying it will be someone elses :o) all going well should be home saturday or sunday, just hope now i have'nt got my expectations up to high after the c/s with ds2 being so great!

anyway will keep you all informed as soon as i can, no good asking dh to post here as he's useless! and will probably forget, or be too busy at the pub with his mates while my mum has the kids and i am out of the way! as long as he puts the champagne on ice for when i get home i don't mind.

irst attempt at posting with ed on my chest, o only one handed! maybe more than normal typos.
dh is in bed having a nap, ed is asleep in my arms.
Good luck to all those due/overdue/awaiting c-sections/inductions.
V breif birth story-
waters broke thursday evening, some meconium stainung and baby not engaged. We were advised to head to hospital for assesment. On monitoring it was seen that baby heart trace was not great, not dreadfull but not great. so were offered imediate induction.(41 wks at that point).Pessery inserted and put on monitor overnight in a delevery room. not much sleep and contrations started in a mild way from 11pm. overnight baby heart trace didn't improve. Started syntocinion drip at 9.30 am to encourage things to progress.
contrations built up during the morning, but not much dilation occurred.still only 2cm. then membranes were ruptured as they were partly over cervix still.
I wemnt a bit bonkers at this point,and don't remember much, contractions V strong , v unpleasent. epidural in eventully. baby giving cause for conern as heart rate diping with each contration.5cm dilated mid afternoon. epidural kicked in, i came back to planet .8pm, still only 5cm, babys heart still dipping, and hes turned round and is now presenting the wide bit of his head and is STILL not really engaged. Drs start talking about C section. decision made at 9 ish, Ed produced at 10.04.
so, an eventfull 24 hours.
I was kept in for 3 days, they had talked about 4 but i was bored and mobile and asked to go home.
Not quite the low tech home birth we hoped for, but I'd rather have healthy babe than blindly follow a plan that wasn't right for this kid.
going to stop now, arm rather tired holding Ed.
Will go and check nappy which should wake him enough for a feed. then hopefully a few more hours sleep... I should be so lucky.
UniSarah
ps- loo all sorted, very cold water to stick hand down U bend in, eek.
pps- we made it out of the house today, walked down the road to mums and babes group to show the boy off.

blimey unisarah, what an eventful birth! but glad that everything worked out in the end....
congratulations to everyone who's had their angels arrive....
braxton hicks are quite strong these last few days, esp at night but never carries on through the morning....am a bit tired of waiting but hopefully not long now.

Just thought I'd gatecrash and let you know Catj has had her baby, I will leave her to post details

Yeah! congrats to Catj!

UniSarh what a story! glad your both ok tho, that's what matters

Rom hope all is going well for you

Newgirl good luck for your csect next week!
and Vickiyy, hope all has gone well for you today

Hi to everyone else.

Just popping on here briefly to let you know yesterday at 10am I had a girl weighing 9lb 2oz.No name yet but a very chilled out little girl! Will post full details soon.

Baby saffron was born on the 15th at 4.25 weighing 7lb9oz, got home last night, very sore and stiff but well worth it. Saffron almost slept through last night which is more than we can say for her big sister who thinks she has a new dolly. Congratulations to catj, we were due on the same date!