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?

Hi all! Haven't written for a while but think I've caught up!

Congrats to those who have popped already xx

I'm 36 weeks and baby is transverse, so waiting for scan and to find out if it will be a c-section.

Have had the squits today tho, and having flicked thru previous posts, I'm slightly alarmed, lol.

Merry xmas all xx

Congrats bohec fabulous news!

Well, after the events of early this morning. things seem to have settled down, phew. Movements have got back to normal and pains have subsided. Am hoping thats it now until the new year!

Wow. Huge congrats bohoec. What wonderful news. I am 37 + 6 so really brought it home to me that little one could arrive any time. Hope everyone's having a lovely weekend.

Congrats, bohoec!

Morning spent all last night being sick called CDS and I was actively discouraged from going in got up this morning no movements from bubba going in now

Wow congrats pmgkt and bohoec! Hope the sickness has gone pmgkt, that sounded awful. Good luck with the scan preggo.

boutique thinking of u,hope all is well x
hope the new mummys are enjoying lots of snuggly cuddles hehe x

38wks today...can't wait to meet bubba!

Had the inlaws n SIL n BIL x2 round for the whole of yesterday for Christmas dinner,bloody nakering,sooo glad its just me n the hub on xmas day! MIL was also saying how shes booked holiday early jan n that she will be straight dwn once baby is born!!! Erm,dnt think so! Want it to be just t 3 of us for the first couple of days n even after that dnt want lengthly visits,hubs paternity leave is precious dnt wnt to share it!is that mean? She means well and really is lovely but has dif views to me,she seemed quite shocked that I wasnt asking my mum to stay for a week after t birth to help with cooking n cleaning??im v lucky n hjve a v modern hubby (her bloody son lol)so really not worried! Im sure all will be fine,just a nightmare when parents live so far away.

My bday tomorrow...wonder if my pressy will be a baby!?x

Congratulations bohoec how lovely. Glad you're feeling better Bunny. Hope you feel better soon pmgkt

Am 39 weeks today with not a twinge in sight. (tmi) have had lots of sex without any budging of baby, I get the feeling I will be going over again. Boo. FIL was on the phone last night and gently hinted that it would be helpful if I went into labour today as he and his son (DH) have the week off anyway and he could go back to work as normal after new year. I don't think thats very likely at the moment.

So my bellys been feeling uncomfy. Pressure in my pelvis nothing i would call peiod pains yet... I KNOW what they feel like. Ive got a weird patch of skin at the top of my bump just under my boobs which feels numb and like its sunburnt?!? Also last night i noticed a tiny lumpy bit in my armpit which hurts... Im hoping its part of boob development.....

boutique hope you and baba are okay and the scan puts your mind at ease.

allchik you're lucky to have the PIL thing out of the way - I have mine on Christmas day! I don't really enjoy their company and they haven't offered to bring anything either. But it's Christmas so we have to see them.

Hello, been lurking but not posted for a while.

Congratulations on the babies that have already arrived. I'm not due until 31 Jan so it still feels a long way off for me.

I officially finished work on Friday. It felt really rushed though and I still don't know who is actually taking on my cases, which I'm not happy about. I need to pick my stuff up too so may pop in for a half day in the new year. Otherwise I can now hopefully relax.

Boutique how scary. Hope you are now at hospital and can hear baby's lovely heartbeat. Thinking of you.

Hope you are now home bohoec and pmgkt and enjoying lovely family time.

allchik Happy Birthday for tomorrow. Hope you get well and truly spoilt by your lovely modern DH.

I can't wait for baby to be born now. I couldn't sleep last night as was so excited about meeting our baby. Annoying as I need to sleep as I'm really tired but am just so excited and impatient now. No twinges, boobs not noticeably different, so think I may just have to be patient until New Year's Eve when I will be induced, but really hoped I would go into labour naturally before then. I'm eating pineapple, drinking disgusting raspberry leaf tea and having sex. Sciatica is preventing me from walking as much as I would like to, but am trying to stay as mobile as possible. Old men with sticks were overtaking me in our local High Street yesterday!!!

I've been finding walking difficult for a while now and it's becoming pretty painful. I spent all of yesterday on Oxford St finishing my Christmas shopping, which probably wasn't the wisest idea. I was a wreck by the time I got home. I'm dreading the idea that it's probably going to get worse as I have over a month to go.

Wow!I can't believe some of u r having loadsa sex! Fair play,I feel like a born again virgin lol x x

allchik I'm a born again virgin too. Hope it hasn't closed up so baby can still come out hahaha! Happy birthday for tmrw.

pascha I'm 39 weeks today too. Not only no sign, but had the "gosh you have a neat bump for 39 weeks" comment today. Argh.

boutique really hope everything is ok.

brug I've had times where walking was hard but it hasn't stayed like that. If anything I find shopping and stuff easier now. So you might find it gets better.

I was sat staring at the wall in despair at 3am. Just could not sleep at all. So annoying. So I know how you feel complicated.

lora I don't know what that is but I think you can get all sorts of funny skin changes when pregnant.

Hope we hear from bunny and mrsbugsy soon too. And bunty hasn't updated for a while but I think it's her friends wedding wkend maybe.

Congratulations to all the new mums, hope you are all well and enjoying your little ones! How exciting!

Brugmansia oxford st xmas shopping at this stage sounds like a nightmare! Hope you recovered! I must admit i have been quite bad with xmas shopping this year, did some of it online but some close family members will be without a present for now, I hope they understand! Really the last thing i have on my mind now!

Birdie those "wow you are so big" comments I am getting them ALL the time, so frustrating!!! People don't get how sensitive pregnant ladies can be, they shouldn't say these things. I am 38+4 now and really feel my face is puffed up and I am massive! I was actually 10kg less going into this pregnancy than with DD1 but have ended up at the exact same weight!! Just put on lots more this time. At least for DD1 I am just her fluffy mummy, while for everyone else i am just this friend gone massive like a balloon!

Good luck and merry Christmas everyone!!

Wow it's all so close now! Congrats to Bohoec,must be so lovely to finally have the baby out and safe.
I've wound myself up as baby moving dramatically less since last Wed. Been in for a scan and he was moving but I still can't really feel it compared to before. Midwives assured me all was well but I can't shake the feeling of worry now. 37+4 now...I might ring the consultant tomorrow as it's not nice being so stressed!

octanegirl as the baby gets really big at the end (Babycenter says they fatten up by ounce a day in the last few weeks) then movements get much smaller as the baby just doesn't have the room to move around so much....

We came home yesterday and the midwife has been today. He seems so tiny compared to ds1. Just been for a little walk, tired now.

Thanks all

Birdie - The midwife who examined me 3 hours before the baby arrived told me I had a "neat bump" (I don't think they believed I was in labour, but I was already 4-5cms... Note to you all, don't try to be too polite!).

And if I could give any if you planning to breastfeed any advice, it would be to contact your local breastfeeding nurse (mine was through NCT) and get some advice as soon as you're home - even if it seems to be going "ok". I've only been doing things a little bit wrong, and only for a couple of days, but the damage was already starting to show! She's just left... brilliant support!

I had really painful hips from about 35 weeks until early this week (37 weeks) and was worrying that I couldn't cope with another three weeks of the pain, but it was starting to ease, so hopefully your pain will ease off too Brugmansia

Glad you're home pmgkt! Enjoy Christmas :-)

Keep going everyone else. Not long now!

Congratulations bohoec and pmgkt - so lovely to have your babies home for Christmas.

Our christmas is going to be most subdued, DH is in bed with flu - GREAT and we have my 90 year old gran coming up to stay tomorrow. I thought the fact that dh was ill would be enough to put her off but i think she's desperate for a change of scene as her view was, well i've had my flu jab so i'll risk it!

I'm actually quite pleased she's coming as she can cook christmas dinner , otherwise it would be just me eating beans on toast as DH has zero appetite.

It does bring it home that we have no family close by so when the baby is here, we are kinda on our own. Everyone i talk to says the people you meet at NCT only become real friends once the babies are born so it's not like i can call them up to moan as despite having had classes, we're not all bezzie mates yet.. ..

Anyway, i'll stop moaning now - have a great Christmas everyone xx

Evening ladies.

Just a quick post to say i gave birth to s beautiful baby girl yesterday morning. she's just perfect!

My waters broke around midnight so we went in to be checked out, then came home again as i wasn't dilated or contracting. around 2:30 i started getting contractions and we went back to hospital around 6:30. By the time we got there i felt like i needed to push. They examined me in the assessment unit and found i was fully dilated and involuntarily pushing. I got whizzed round to the birthing unit and she popped out an hour later.

It was all a big sunrise as i wasn't due until new years eve and I'd convinced myself I'd be late. We came home yesterday evening.

We still haven't thought of a name, but we're getting closer.

To all you first timers, giving birth isn't as bad as i thought it would be and gas and air is amazing!

Wow congrats prickly, that's great news!!

Fantastic news Prickly!

it does freak me a bit out though - still nothing ready at this end (no bag, no room, just dust everywhere, still) and you all seem to be popping like the cream egg advert!

a bit too real for comfort :)