January 2013 part 6: the one where all the babies arrive to join their friends who escaped early!

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New thread as the other one is nearly full !

Our next baby should be pmgkt's, but I won't if any little cheeky monkey will sneak in before Thursday?

Congratulations pascha, hope you're ok and get out of hospital quickly.

Congrats Pascha. (Not sure from your message if its you or bubs on drip but hope all is well.)

Tinyeyes, fab news on having Megan home and to hear she is doing well.

Apples hope Ivy is on speedy road to recovery

Lora/hormonal hope you have better day. Men/ Teenagers = very limited empathy radar in a lot of cases!!

All quiet on my baby front, which I'm still happy with until Thursday, after which it is welcome to make a quick and easy entrance to the world.

Congratulations Pascha, hope u and baby are ok

Lostbobbles, my BF gone skiing for the week so not even got him to help either. Good job lots of micro meals in

I want my baby out now! I want my baby out now!I want my baby out now! Wonder if I keep saying this like a mantra it will happen

Congratulations pascha! I'm so jealous of all the lovely babies appearing. I'm not even full term till tomorrow and even then it's another 3 weeks to edd :(

Good luck to those with inductions etc this week.

katolla like you am feeling massively impatient now and due date still two weeks away. Boo!

Bump seems to have gone a bit lower, am hoping its a sign....

Congrats pascha!!!

Congratulations pascha. Hope you get to go home soon.

I had a lovely blessingway yesterday - got my belly painted with henna, everyone brought some material to make a quilt with, which was sewn up whilst I was massaged. And we talked and ate cake. Just gorgeous. I'm more in the frame of mind to have my baby now!! I did a bit of nipple tweaking this morning and contractions came on which shocked me. Have subsided now, so thinking I might not do that again for a bit... I have a few days work this week to do, then I'll get back to the tweaking :)

Congratulations on all the lovely snuggly babies!

Another one feeling jealous here. Due a week today and feeling ready now. Every person I encounter is asking if there's anything happening yet and/or commenting on how tired I look.

I'm feeling pretty good, apart from awful pain between my legs the last few days. Is it spd worsening, or perhaps baby moving down? I feel all bruised down there.

bealos that sounds lovely! What's the link with nipple tweaking? Can that start things off?

Hopefully not too long for the rest of us now!

Oh yes creepy nipple stimulation is documented as a thing can can bring on labour (if your body is ready) and get a labour that's slowed down back on track. It's because it releases oxytocin. A babycentre article says 37 per cent women who had tried nipple stimulation went into labour within 72 hours compared to just six per cent of those who had not. Worth a try!

My nipples too sore to tweak

Congrats on all the new arrivals! Hope you're all doing well :)

I too am feeling quite even though I still have a week and a half left til due date. Just want to meet my little one now.

Bealos sounds like a lovely blessingway. I've been tweaking my nips for last half hour and baby starting going crazy in there! No contractions yet but seems to be doing something. Also been eating curry and pineapple, bouncing on my ball and walking lots. Went for a 2.5 hour walk along the south bank yesterday and my feet, back and tops of my legs were agony afterwards. So might have to go for shorter walks from now on.

glorious I have PMed you with acupuncturist recommendations, sorry for delay :)

Last mw appt said baby is posterior... Apart from going on all fours and avoiding slouching, anyone got any other tips for encouraging baby to turn?

just back from an antiques fair where some random old woman grabbed my hand and said "have an epidural there is nothing natural about child birth" - this is the closest i have ever come to punching an oap - bloody cheek.

congratualtions Pascha, lovely news.

Thanks for the pm tugs, that's great . Mine was posterior at the appointment before last and I found Spinning Babies really helpful - I've been doing the daily activities on there ever since and it turned several times before settling (hopefully!) in the right place, which the midwife confirmed last week. No idea obviously whether it would have turned anyway but the exercises aren't hard and they don't take long. You're already doing the walking anyway

Salt that's dreadful. I don't know why people think those kind of comments are helpful (unless invited).

Let the games begin ladies.... My waters have gone :-D

Good luck Lora!! Hope it all goes smoothly... Not at all...

Despite still being in my pjs, I've managed to bounce about for a bit, unpack a few boxes, Hoover, remove masking tape from the carpets and clean up some of the destruction caused by hubby and his friend while I was in hospital.

Hope everyone else is having a good weekend. Due-day for me tomorrow and no signs of baby shifting just yet...

An update: little miss baby is breech, continuing an 8-week trend (we think). After trying our best to make her turn but realising it's probably too late since she feels HUGE and STUCK in my ribs, she is coming out via planned cesarean on this coming Tuesday (Jan. 8), five days before due date. She is my first baby and my top priority is getting her out safely.

naan couldnt agree more! Have a relaxing day tomorrow...how exciting!
lora eek!how u feeling?if ur waters break do u have to go straight in?

My due date today but nothing,dnt mind going ovr,but hoping to avoid the drip!x

NAAN we will be ELCS buddies! I'm in the same position - bump still happy sat on his bum (def takes after DH) so am going in on Tuesday - 2 days before due date!

Good luck xx

Best wishes lora x

Nann and Bernie, my dd1 was breech, had ecv but unsuccessful so was planned c-sec (until little madam came early to give me a taster of the contractions ) anyway hope all goes well for you both and hope you recover as quickly and as well as I did. (One thing that I found really useful was the theralibe c-sec belt)

Ps your bubs will share their birthday's with Elvis

Good luck lora.

I have to say being part of this group makes impending labour and birth much more exciting!!

How exciting for you Lora, wishing you all the best and keep us updated!

I'm 40+4 today, feeling fed up and very back-achey. Trying to find distractions so have just made scones with DH.

Good luck Lora, want mine to break too

Baby arrived this morning via emergency c section after 24 hrs of labour n his head being stuck against my pelvis n a failed epidural !!!

But we are so happy team blue for us little tinker weighs 8lb 2oz

Good luck Lora xox

congrats boutique! Hope you are all doing well....