June 2012 - The Jubilee Train has been delayed owing to the wrong sort of dates on the line. We have now arrived at Post-Natal Station and all passengers should disembark as quickly as possible!

[McKayz]

Morning!!!

Thought I'd start the new thread with Gwen's title now in case I fill the other one with my moaning.

I'll do the stats at a more normal time of day unless anyone else does it first.

Either that or they are waiting for Independence Day...

Independent of Mum (sort of) Day. I like it. It has a ring to it. :)

Hello!

I just wanted to say hello - I've been lurking for a long time, but was due on 30 June and am also still here!

Gwennie - so sorry to hear about your DH's friend, very sad indeed.

Just wanted to say hello from a fellow overdue :). It's my second child, and was hoping for a VBAC until yesterday. Had a scan, and have excessive water. This scared me as cord prolapse was mentioned. My midwife has tried to calm my panic, which has helped.

The other thing is, baby has gone back to back over the last couple of days! My daughter was back to back, ending in an EMCS. I have the option of an ELCS, probably at the weekend. See the consultant on Thurs - not sure what to do. Instinct is telling my ELCS, also my mum is pro this, as she had a very traumatic labour.

My first CS was not fun, and I got horrible PND, but I feel I could manage an ELCS more easily - could manage my own expectation.

What do you all think?

How is everyone feeling today? Any contractions or labour feelings?

Sorry to jump onto the end of the thread like this, however as the last few left this month, wanted to say hello :) xx

Hello tortoise :) Ooh, sounds like you have some things to think about if the baby doesn't make an appearance in the next day or two! Naughty baby, turning back to back.... that's not supposed to happen! I would definitely ask the consultant what he/she thinks about the ELCS and PND. I would have thought, as you say, that an ELCS would be easier to deal with mentally than an EMCS but I don't know what the research is regarding CS and PND at all.

How old is your DD? I am in awe of people with other children to look after - I seem to be struggling with just me and DH at the moment!

I have been into town this morning and bought stupid things to send with crumbly flapjack to my brother. I have also consumed and entire pineapple. I can't say this was an experience I enjoyed much so it better do something!!

Coops how was the sweep and does it seem to have done anything? I am assuming I will have mine on Friday..... I feel more squeamish about that than about the idea of giving birth!

Millie, I can see why an ELCS appeals as it means you will be in control of the situation and hopefully would avoid pnd if are making the decisions. If you did VBAC the baby might still turn, depends how set you are on that choice.

Hopefully not long until you meet your gorgeous babies!

Tortoise - welcome! Nice to have a new addition to the club. :) Sorry to hear that your LO is being as inconsiderate as mine. However I have been advised that standing in a leaning position and shaking your hips about can encourage them back into the right place. You'll look ridiculous but at least you can feel like you're doing something!

Gwennie have been thinking about your poor DH all day. It's so hard dealing with bereavement at the best of times, let alone when you've got all the stress of waiting for a new baby. Having said that my Granddad died only a few days before I was born. Mum always said that she found it strangely comforting to have a new life coming into the world so soon afterwards; maybe it will be the same for your DH.

As for the sweep.... (Deep breath) So I had to see a new Midwife who was lovely but brand new to the hospital. She refused to do a sweep because she couldn't get confirmation that it was ok to give me one while I had a low-lying placenta. I've had two already but I was frankly too emotionally exhausted to argue and it occurred to me that perhaps that's why the other midwives didn't try all that hard to get to my cervix. So the refusal was enough to get me blubbing again. Then she talked me through the induction procedure which was enough to ensure they'll have to knock me unconscious before I'll agree to that.

Then just to really finish me off it transpires that my LO is slowly working himself out of position and appears to be trying to exit via my ribs. Which would explain why I'm quite so uncomfortable today.

I've now got an appointment at Bath hospital tomorrow at 1pm when they'll scan and check on LO and I'll have a chat with the Doctor. I'm dreading it. Every time I go to Bath I get bad news. Hopefully this time my DH will come with me because I don't know if I'll have the will-power to resist them if they start giving me the induction hard sell. If LO is distressed or unwell or anything like that then obviously I will have an induction but I really can't face being in hospital on my own and over night; the thought gives me nightmares.

Anyway, maybe tonight things will start happening. My general inability to get through a sentence without weeping may be a sign that my hormones are gearing up for something. And CathFin I quite like the idea of an Independence Day baby - I'm less likely to forget his birthday. :)

Have a good evening everyone.
xxx

Coops If you're being induced the RUH let DH stay with you at all times on the ante-natal ward! I really hope you have a good experience there tomorrow, I had an amazing time and even though things didn't go exactly to plan (meconium in waters, resulting in giving birth on my back - euch!!) I felt the care I received was next to none and all the doctors/midwives I received care from were absolutely lovely and took all my wishes into consideration apart from when it would have affected LO (had to be monitored continuously once waters broke with meconium in, which I didn't want but knew it was best) and at that point all you want is the very best for your LO...

If you want to know anything more (I was booked for induction at 3pm on the 14th, DD arrived at 1.21pm - hoping your LO does the same!!) just PM or FB me

I've been lurking on this thread for a while now, and thought it was about time I joined in properly. I'm 40+6 today with my first, and getting increasingly fed up, so I can sympathise with all the other overdue ladies! I haven't had any hint of any kind of labour symptom, and at my midwife appt yesterday there was no joy either as she couldn't do a sweep due to my cervix being completely unfavourable.

Oh dear coops :( Hope it goes well tomorrow. Is DH able to go with you? Maybe, as blondie says, it will scare your baby into action.....

Thank you for your kind thoughts :) DH very glum but only to be expected. He's currently fighting the cassette player on which he has tried to play some old tapes of his friend playing the piano..... cue cassette player going into meltdown - it's got to be a decade since it was used!

exBB hello to you too! Nice to have some more people to be fed up with! It's, as kveta said some time back, a special form of torture, being overdue. We went walking again this morning and had to cut our usual loop short owing to severe backache and very painful contractions. I almost thought about getting excited. Good job I didn't.

I wonder if the full moon has the same effect when it's cloudy.................?

Morning All -

Hello exBrightonBell! Nice to have you on board. Ah the failed sweep - soul destroying isn't it!? To have a strange mumsy woman ferreting around in your bits is unpleasant; to have them do it without success is seriously annoying. I feel your pain.

Gwennie no movement this way although I've woken up with slightly less vague period pains... Never been so happy to be uncomfortable. I am willing them to turn into something proper before 1pm. I am going to stop moaning from here on in and start thinking positive having read an article yesterday which said that adrenaline (which is produced when we're scared) can inhibit the production of oxyctin (sp?). So I am going to stop worrying about worst-case scenarios and have a nice day with my DH.

Hope something positive is happening your end.

Have a lovely day everyone.
xx

coops am very excited for you and happy to hear you are uncomfortable!!

I went to bed in floods of tears because of painful cx which I just knew weren't going to amount to anything, but which were sore enough to induce the tears in the first place. I'm almost tempted to see if I can bring my sweep forward to today or tomorrow because I'm getting really demoralised and frustrated with the stop-starty nature and if the mw could manage a sweep at least I'd feel like I was doing something more positive about it. Only one mw at my surgery though so she probably won't have space, and also I can't believe I am even contemplating it! I was so anti intervention of any sort until about three weeks ago :(

Maybe I'll just walk into town (more walking ) and take my book for a cup of something that isn't RLT and try and enjoy the peace and quiet with a positive attitude! I could go to the wool shop and buy something for a complicated crochet project, and then start said complicated crochet project in the hope that I'll never finish it.....!

Hope everyone has lovely and productive days, and coops that the Dr turns out to be a Good Experience. xx

Teehee - was just sent a video link by my mate Alex who's rowing in the olympics [basks in reflected glory and pride] - the opening sequence says

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

THE HEAVYWEIGHT SWEEP

I'm now imagining someone rummaging up there with an oar. I might not bring it forward after all.......

Update. Am in hospital waiting to be induced due to slightly dodgy CTG. Gel tonight. Am a wee bit terrified but by this time tomorrow hopefully I'll have a baby!

Good luck Coops, hope it all goes ok!

Good luck Coops!

Oooh coops good luck!! Can't wait to hear your news :) Will be thinking of you and hope it all goes well xxx

Good luck coops! Look forward to seeing pictures of you with baby rather than bump tomorrow :o

Good luck coops hope it all goes smoothly. Will be thinking of you

Good luck Coops hope all goes well.

Baby almost here coops, look forward to hearing your news

Good luck coops!

Thinking of you coops - little cooplet, you've kept mummy waiting long enough, so don't give her a hard time

Hello everyone!

Good luck Coops!! Baby nearly here now. How is everyone else getting on?

Gwennie - how was the walk into town? Did you buy a cake to eat alongside your tea? I like the idea of the oar - might take my mind of things next time the medical people are rummaging :).

Met with the registrar, due to the excess water, being induced on Friday! Well, it's a VBAC so they will break my waters and go from there...eeeeeep!

Due to the excess water, I'm a bit scared about Cord prolapse, but trying to stay calm about it all! Can you all believe it's July already?!

Sending everyone calm, lovely labour vibes xx

Good luck coops. Just think about all the lovely baby snuggles at the end of it all. Remember to breathe in the golden light!!!