December 2012- mass eviction.

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Babies are coming out fast!

Good luck WillYou

What a story queen well done. It's good to hear all side of birth and what can happen. Think you are totally right in saying trust your instincts

Congratulations Queen

Good luck willyule

Congrats queen what a shocker eh!!! Glad u ok tho!!

Good luck willyule

Congratulations Queen! Great to hear all stories, like emily says. The important bit is the end result :)

Good luck willyule. Looking forward to more baby news later!

Managed about 5-6 hours sleep Thursday night and oooohhh about 4 hours last night :( sooo tired!

Congratulations queen, hope you have a quick recovery.
Good luck willyule.
I've woken up a bit freaked out that I'm having a baby soon! I obviously knew the result of pregnancy, but who thought it was a good idea to let me have one? I've never even had a pet to look after before.

conratulations queen and well donr yousound very brave and positive about what must have been quite a scary experience. So glad babyqueen has arrived safely and is doing well :)

Good luck willyou hoping there will be a couple more birth announcements today :)

Hows itgoing gils ? You still here? Im hoping things have got going for you through the night.

I had a much better nights sleep last night aftervthe hurrendous one following my sweep the previous day. Just waiting for the midwife to come do me another swep this morning

Congrats queen

Well sweep done midwife says im 4-5cm........how am i not in labour.....

Congratulations Queen . Sounds like you've coped brilliantly with what must have been a tough time. Fantastic that feeding is going so well too.

Good luck WillYule and hope everything's going well Gils.

Congratulations queen wishing you a quick recovery!

ellie your baby is just going to fall out! I was asking for an epidural at 5cm!

Wow ellie how on earth are you not in labour?! Your LO obviously is enjoying the warmth too much to venture outside. Sounds like s/he is hanging on to the sides!

Quick question ladies, do you always get a show before you go into labour? Will I see it a few days before ? Also do I have to wait for waters to break before going to hospital? I probably sound stupid

Just to add, I know sometimes the mw breaks the water but I was thinking this is if you've been induced hmmm!

You don't always get a show and no you don't have to wait for your waters to go my waters went an hour before ds was born and I was about 7cm already

emily i didnt have a show with either of the dd's i have this time but am guessing its cause of the sweep. Also with dd2 my waters went about 5 mins before she was born i would say go to hospital when contractions are regular and painful

good luck willyule, hope it goes smoothly.

Congrats queen, sounds like you have done brilliantly. I hope your recovery goes well.

Hope all is going well gils

Congrats to the other recent births too!

ellie I hope you live close to the hospital?! !

Fod and barbeasty

Emily - I didn't have a show until I was actually in labour both times. Waters only went about 30 seconds before N was born. Bit different with DS1 as was induced, but was in very established labour before they went with him too. Think both of my boys wanted to hold on to everything as long as possible! So the short answers based on my experience are no and no .

Thanks it will stop me going crazy looking for signs and getting frustrated....still have 2 weeks till edd so will stop looking

Emily my show wasn't as described lol i had snail trail and there really wasn't much - also waters I had a tiny amount which I had been having for a week before and thought was discharge. Mw didn't advice me to come up until my waters had gone fully but I lied and said I'd lost more because I knew something was going on and I was 4cm at this point!

Well ladies we have been to Nandos today, and I have basically burnt off my taste buds through overuse of the extra extra hot sauce in the black bottle. Hoping to drive this baby out by force!
I am now at home in pyjamas with backache hoping feebly its the start of labour (but I imagine its more likely to just be backache!)

Mmmm I LOVE Nandos!

Save me some please Terry! Can't get anything even remotely as spicy as NANDOS god I'd love some spicy chicken right now! Nom nom nom nom.....

Well I have stamped and sent my letter to Santa. Needed to add a bit about stretch marks.... My belly button still hasn't popped, but last night DP reckoned it was close and of course I can't see it so he took a picture for me... Under my belly button there aren't really stretch marks so much as red splodges that look like they might become stretch marks. Damn you bean! Is it not enough that you kept me awake the last two nights and I carry you to the toilet almost every hour on the hour?

Had some massive pains, low down in the bump, while out doing a little Christmas shopping today; could that be the bean moving into position/ engaging?