October 2012- once we pop we can't stop!!!

[elvislives2012]

Latest list:

Babies

Babybrain - William James - 5/9/12 - 11.45pm - 5lb 11
Heymicky - Eliza Dorothy Gardner - 16/9/12 - 22.57 - 5lb 2
Pinpan - Nina - 23/9/12 - afternoon - 8lb 7
Winnie81 - Girl - 25/9/12 - 12.15am 6lb 4
MissPollysTrolleyed - Lucy - 26/09/12 - 6pm

Impatient mums to be

Rnb dc4 edd 23 sept - boy
MakeTeaNotWar dc2 edd 26 sept - Surprise
Pezzina dc2 edd 26 sept
ST82 dc1 edd 27 sept - boy
MsInterpret dc2 28sept - girl
Captainhetty dc4 edd 1 oct - girl
Newtonupontheheath dc 2 1 oct - surprise
Emiedarling dc1 edd 3oct - boy
Welliesandpyjamas dc3 edd 4 Oct
MissPollysTrolleyed dc2 edd 4 Oct
Littleplasticpeople dc3 edd 5 oct
WeeSooty dc1 edd 5th October - surprise
Gizzyboo dc4 edd 5 oct
Cakes82 dc1 edd 5 oct- suprise
Shopgal9 dc1 edd 5 oct
Bubblebell dc3 edd 6 oct - girl
FluffyJawsOfDoom dc1 6 oct - surprise
MissPenteuth edd 6 oct - girl
KPT083 dc1 edd 8 oct - surprise
DameFlatYouLent dc2 edd 9 oct
Thunderboltkid dc1 edd 10 oct - boy
Isheisnthe dc4 edd 10 oct
Thumbwitch dc2 edd 14 October - surprise
Bear1984 dc2 edd 15 oct - boy
RunningOutOfIdeas dc2 edd 15 oct - girl
Guccigirl79 dc1 edd 16 oct - boy
Elvislives2012 edd 18 oct - surprise
Kelbells dc 1 edd 18 oct - boy
ShellWeDance dc1 edd 19th Oct, surprise.
Goodsenseofdirection dc1 20 oct - surprise
Beeblebear dc1 20 oct - boy
MissRedIndie dc2 20 Oct
Pheebs24 dc1 21 Oct
Susurrant dc1 21 Oct
Doodlekitty DC1 edd 26th Oct - boy
Loopyla dc1 edd 28 Oct - surprise
TartyMcFarty dc2

Enjoy!! :)

Congratulations ishe x

Congratulations ishe

Good luck to all you girls waiting to pop. I'm thinking of you all.

Oh while I remember - has anyone else been told they need to take a vitamin D supplement whilst breastfeeding? HV mentioned it yesterday and wondered whether anyone else was taking one.

Ooh, exciting Thunder. Hope this is it!

Congrats ishe :)

Hetty my MW asked if I was taking vit D. I said no, and she asked if I'd taken antenatal vitamin supplements through pregnancy, and seemed satisfied when I said yes. She didn't say I need to be taking them now though. I was a bit

MW appt today, and DD2 hasn't gained any weight since last Thursday, so is still 150g or so below her birthweight at 14 days old. MWs coming back on Saturday and I've been advised to feed her more frequently (she does sometimes sleep for 4 hour stretches). Today she's been feeding loads anyway. I'm not too worried, she's healthy and happy and certainly not wasting away. But fingers crossed she'll be gaining weight by the weekend.

Congratulations ishe !!! Yeah!!!

elvis chocolate is chocolate I'm impressed you had baking stuff in your cupboards, I never have anything fun like that!

thunder Good luck, fingers crossed this is you!

earnest as long as your DD seems happy and alert that's the main thing hopefully she will gain some weight for Saturday!

Well I managed all the rest of the day with no tears... Until I turned on tv and it was on one born every minute at the exact moment of a forceps delivery. Floods of tears. Not good. Will wolf down some diary milk and see if it helps!

Sending major labour vibes to everyone!

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Yay thunder!!! Trust your instinct and go in.

I'm not likely to trust the contractions if they start. Unless they get quite painful as these "practice contractions" keep getting my hopes up.

Good luck thunder!!

Be kind to yourself and things will happen smoothly!

Congratulations Ishe!

Good luck thunder, hope it's all kicked off for you now! And hope you get your turn soon, elvis.

I'm finding it quite hard to keep up with everyone's news, have the memory retention of a demented goldfish just now!

Weesooty - I'm sure the baby blues can carry on for a while, probably weeks even! Until the sleep thing starts to settle down.

I'm doing paranoia in a big way - keep fretting that Theo can't see; keep having really weird flashes of me doing something crazy like dropping him, or even throwing him - with DS1 it was falling or dropping him down the stairs (but we don't have stairs now). The baby-mangled brain is a weird organ, that's for sure.

Just had a brain flash - vit D - yes, take it. It's standard in the USA I believe but for some obscure reason the research hasn't filtered down through the UK system. I was on standard pregnacare tablets daily for years (pg with DS1, bf'ing DS1 and ttc DS2) and my vit D levels were still below range, so I had to be dosed up - been taking 1000IU daily since my levels tested low again mid-pg (they're fine now).
www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/vitamins-for-children.aspx#close - vit D drops suggested for bf babies by the NHS. Formula contains it already so FF babies won't need extra supplementation.
LOTS of MWs and GPs do NOT know this stuff, I have no idea why.

Either MW or HV asked if I was still taking vit D and I said yes still taking preg vits but actually I keep forgetting them

good luck thunder!

Thanks for the stuff about vit D. HV suggested I go to the chemist and talk to them about what to take so I'll do that tomorrow morning :)

Nothing to report here todays. Felt very gloomy yesterday after I thought things were taking off but petered out. Staying at in laws closer to the hospital now. Dh came into the city to spend the night. Wanted him to come to bed for a snuggle but seems he slept on the couch. Kept having dreams that we were fighting. Woke up in tears several times last night. Just felt really alone and vulnerable.yesterday he never even asked how I was feeling or how my day was. :-(sorry for the woe is me post. Bloody hormone.

Thunder, sorry to hear I are having a difficult labor. Hope you are changing positions lots trying to get that baby to turn. Lots of hands and knees.

Re vit d . Here they recommend getting vit d drops for baby. Couple droops on finger or nipple and let baby suckle.

thunder sorry it's going so slowly for you. Sounds awful
beeble poor you. As long as mumsnet is here you'll never be alone! Bloody husbands can be a pain sometimes!
Just had a sweep and the MW said I should only pass old, brown blood but have had some fresh bleeding too. Not lots. Spotting I'd say. Normal? Also lots of cramping and back ache.

Oh thunder. So sorry to hear things are going so slowly. I really hope you've been able to get some rest. Exactly what happened to me with DD1

There is still hope he could turn? Come on baby thunderbolt, don't be cruel!

Happy due date elvis

I'm not certain but I think the bleeding you describe is normal. MW told me could expect some blood after my sweep (though didn't happen) and didn't say it should be brown so I wouldn't have been surprised if it were red IYSWIM.

Cramping and backache all good signs that things are happening now or soon. GOod luck!

Congrats ishe

Thunder, hopefully baby will turn before the birth, I hope it's not too long and drawn out for you.

Beeble, sending labour vibes your way. And to anyone else still waiting!

elvis i also just had a sweep. r said to expect a bit of light bleeding today, and darker spotting tomorrow. she said only go in if there is a lot of bleeding, or if waters break. I'm getting some bright red spotting at the moment. we can compare notes yay!!

Good luck, contracting/due people!

My bloody show looked a lot more like blood than show, so maybe all this bleeding is a good sign...

The womble is 10 lbs now - on the 75th percentile and packing on the weight like a trooper! She's so long she can't even wear the 0-3 month size things that have feet, which is sad because I have some awesome onesies that she's only worn a couple of times. Might cut off the feet and just put her in socks. My midwife says it's time she learned who is boss, so we're embarking on a new regime of learning how to sleep without being fed into a creamy stupor. Expecting tears all round while we all get used to it, but feeling a lot more positive and confident about what I'm doing! It has only taken 4 weeks...

Hope things get better for you soon, Thunder - are you crawling on all fours everywhere?

I was warned I might have spotting after the 2 sweeps I had prior to delivery - nary a drop of blood did I see! - but wasn't told anything about it being "old" blood, so would also have expected to see red stuff. I should think it's normal.

Beeble - husbands really can be unfeeling sods sometimes. Mine got an earful this morning for complete helplessness in the face of having to take DS1 to preschool - he claims to have been "working hard" for me this week - has he feck! He's done more stuff for his mum than he has for me, the only thing he's done for me is cook dinner every night. So I reminded him in strong terms that I'm only one week out of hospital, still bleeding, still trying to get my pelvis sorted (osteopath tomorrow, hurrah!) so I can walk, still can't carry the babyseat with baby in it, still very very tired and sore and trying to look after a brand new baby.
When he came back from taking DS1 to preschool, he did the washing up so I'm guessing something sank in.

Morning everyone ? forgive me for not name checking but?

MY WATERS BROKE THIS MORNING!!!!

Yes holy crap that was not supposed to happen yet. It was a 2am ? I turned over in bed and everything just started to leak out of me and I went down to the bathroom and they just came out everywhere?thank god for a tiled floor

Went back up to to DH and said ?don?t want to freak you out but my waters have just broken? and phoned Triage. Popped up to the hospital and have been monitored & had an internal and of course, baby is still nowhere near being engaged & cervix is closed Bad baby?

So they wanted me to stay in but I argued that I?d get better rest at home but heading back out there by either lunchtime or if I don?t feel baby moving ? whichever comes sooner. And it?s likely I?m going to have to have an induction to kick things off which positively SUCKS I have very little idea about what happens with inductions but am aware they are not the most pleasant way to go into labour

Was so expecting to be late so bit freaked out but also trying to keep calm and relax?don?t know if I?ll be able to sleep now, I suspect not!!