Sloths, slugs and heffalump bumps-july13

[princessllama]

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Hi all, haven't caught up with all the goings on I have 26 pages to read! So it wasn't a false alarm when I when into hospital on the 28th may, my baby boy was born almost 7 weeks early! After 3 long weeks in scbu we came home today! I am completely in love with my little pickle that has caused we so much stress.
Hope everyone else is well and no other babies have decided to arrive early. I will try to catch up but I seem to spend a lot of time snuggling and gazing :-) x

Oh wow beginning congratulations!! How lovely - what is his name?

badmissm families are such hard work at times, I really feel for you

Hope those who have just started mat leave are enjoying their wee bit of time before babies arrive. Wishing everyone a better night sleep!

Oh my goodness Beginning - sounds like a scary time for you but so pleased you and your little man are home and hope you are settling in to a nice routine at home. What's your little boys name? Will add him to the list of early arrivals up thread.

Hi ladies, I'm guilty been lazy on the Facebook group. I am addicted to the lovely photos, can't wait for more and more. My camera takes up half my hospital bag :p

36 weeks today!!

ohgood I think your right, no one would want labour with a cold, you wouldn't be able to breathe :)

sleep issues sorry so many of you are having sleep issues. I had decent sleep last week but this week no dice, my back is properly ruined and makes my legs hurt too.

BadMiss I am sorry you are having so many family issues... Why is it family and in-laws can emotionally blackmail each other to no end :/

shelly hope the pregnancy is going well, thought of you today as the MW went on about hospital stuff I thought about how I already knew this stuff, thanks to your insight heehee.

Congratulations beginning! Fab to hear that you're home and happy after such an early start

Congs Beginning.

Bad miss hope you'll work out something less stressful.

Im so tired today will now go to the bed and pray that the 4am bug stays away tonight as I have a busy day at work tomorrow.

His name is Theodore. It has been a stressful few weeks but lovely to be home. Luckily I was able to stay in hospital with Theo and have managed to express milk and he has managed to breast feed so felt like there was something I could do for him. The care in scbu was brilliant.
Welcome to the other new arrivals, I have skim read all the messages. X

Hi all. Just popping in to congratulate on all the early arrivals and announce the arrival of my own. Will arrived on Friday night via emergency c section (5 days before planned c section) as I went into early labour and the consultant didn't want to risk waiting. All went well and I'm recovering nicely so far. Will weighed just over 6lb and other than struggling a bit with his sucking reflex is doing really well. We got home today so just settling in and getting my head round it all!

Congrats to all the new babies. I think the supposed July babies are singlehandedly keeping the SCBU's across the country busy with the early arrivals.
I hope everyone gets home quickly.
I had a review with my hospital about Oliver's early arrival. No answers really. Said if I got pregnant again that's when they could do more tests/monitoring as the pregnancy hormones would be back.
There's 2 separate elements. The slight placenta inefficiency (which they believe could simply be how the egg implanted as no signs of infection) and the fact that it sounds like I actually went into proper pre-term labour and they don't know what caused that. They don't believe the placenta contributed to early labour and I had no signs of infection. They think the fibroids are a red herring. So none the wiser really.
What made me laugh was in the summary letter they put 'pre term labour, possibly masked by wind'.
Nice!
Does anyone ever hear from flyingsprocket? I often think if her.

Congratulations Beginning. Another boy!! Xx

Lovely names Beginning and Devil - hope your little men settle in happily at home x

Shiv - I reckon lots of latent phase labour out there is masked by gas :-) sorry they couldn't give you the more definitive answers you were hoping for - sadly the human body can work in some pretty unique ways (as Oliver is proving to his drs) so in the absence of huge indicators we're not sure why seems to be a frequent answer as to why preterm labour has occurred (there speaks the daughter of a former gynae OBS Dr who had to endure many years of her parents discussing cases over dinner - not much fun at the time but sure prepared me for pregnancy and birth:-) )

I have a chilled day of shopping, massage, late lunch with a friend and yoga planned today - its meant to be a warm one today so enjoy all.

Congratulations Beginning and Devil, lovely names.

Dinky I am jealous of your day!

After a lazy morning yesterday I'm already showered and need to be decent for Ikea delivery men in the next hour or so. At least an early delivery means I can get on with my day afterwards, and I can always have a nap later. Work, what was that ?! (Sorry to those of you still at the grindstone.)

I figured as ds2 is having a picnic and play in the park with his nanny and some friends from nursery, ds1 has a playdate with a friend after school and dh is out at the royal opera house with clients this evening I should have a good old play day too :-)

Congratulations Beginning and Devil beautiful names.

Dinky your day does sound good.

I felt like I achieved lots yesterday- passport forms sent off at the post office, hospital tour booked, library visit to get a couple of books and a trip to ikea! Then sat on the bed tired out and watched DH assemble ikea purchases...

Today I'm back to school for class pics then I have the health visitor coming round with the red book- all a bit more real... Later we start out NCT classes- bit nervous about making new friends- hope they like me

Congratulations Devil and Beginning! glad you've been allowed home.

Dinky your day sounds fab. I've found an open air theatre production near me and i really want to go, but its on the day before I'm due, not sure if I should risk it - as usual I'll be the one driving.

DH and I made a list of names last night and didn't agree on any of them we both think each other's list is awful, can't see us agreeing any time soon

Nice to see you shiv, sorry you haven't been given any answers. I hope little Oliver is doing ok today.

seconding the congratulations beginning and devil

ginger and indecisive are you still watching the thread. any more developments?

cheese enjoy the nct, I hope you get a lovely group. I think thats part of the value of nct, I think many stay in touch for years

dinky I covet your day, your husbands and your sons I would start with the park, then the picnic then massage and round up the day at the roh with a glass of champagne in the floral hall....but alas I'm on the tube to work. I have no mat cover so still working late to complete projects. I reckon I'll either go into labour the day I stop (8th july) or be super late

my app now says sprog is the size of a watermelon. what will it say in three weeks time? prizewinning watermelon? ack!

sunday you should post your ideas on the baby name thread. they are a straight talking bunch..if we have a girl we have a name in mind but for a boy I'm going to have to try the sublimable (sp?) message route and hard code the name I like into my dhs computer game or toast it into a bacon sandwich

cheek I'm hoping when they say watermelon they mean the puny ones from Tesco not the massive ones from the market! haha

Congrats beginning how exciting! All of these little boys turning up. Only two girls out of 8 babies so far! Haha these girls are much better behaved

Congratulations to devil I can't believe how many early babies there have been on this thread! Am I right to think we are still waiting on the first term baby? (37 weeks plus)
dinky sounds like a lovely day, have fun!

sunday I agree re posting on baby names thread, I started a thread there last night as we are struggling to agree on a girls name and have had loads of replies, it's great!

shiv must be difficult with so many unanswered questions. Hope Oliver is having some better days

Well my plans for the day are on hold as ds1 was not feeling well last night so off school today, and home with me (cm collected 2 wee ones though)
He seems totally fine so I'm keeping fx that it wasn't a bug and maybe just something he ate. He's even had breakfast, and is now comfily wrapped up on couch watching a DVD without interruptions from his noisy brothers- bliss for him I think!!

Sounds like you had a super productive day Cheese. Hope you have a good time at nct and that they are a nice bunch.

Cheek - I bow down to you for working so late - hope the tube is OK and your projects aren't too stressful. A watermelon sounds about right - turns into a space hopper by the end! Well mine do anyway.

Sunday - if tickets aren't too expensive I'd say go for it - and get a cab or friend to drive. Or get tickets on the day if lots of availability. We're meant to be going to see pride and prejudice at the regents park open air theatre on Friday - keeping my fingers crossed the nice weather holds!
We can't agree on names either but am sure we'll find something eventually.

Thinking - sorry ds1 is ill - hope he feels better soon and you both enjoy your quality downtime together.

Many congrats to Devil and Beginning :-) x

Updated list with our 2 latest arrivals on (havent put on dates of birth - feel free to add)

Due date list:

CottonSocks - 24th June
Sundaysunshine - dc2 (boy!) - 28th June
Skelosia - DC2 - 1st July
QuinandThem - 1st July
Badgerwife - DC2 - 1st July
Cutandstick - 2nd July
Runswithsquirrels - 2nd July
Thinkingof4- DC4 -2nd July
VinegarDrinker - DC2 - 2nd July
Persuasion - DC1 - 3rd July
esme80 - 3rd july
Glup - 3rd July
shelley72 - 3rd July
BB01 - 4th July
Dinkystinky - DC3 - 4th July
wifey6 - 5th July
Notprincesskate - DC2 - 5 July
OhGood - 5th July
PenguinsInThePantry - 5th July
marmitemad DC2 - 6th July
Gingerpanther27 - 7th July
DifferentNow - DC5 - 7th July
Abzs - DC1 - 7th July
Efme - 8th July
GeorgieWilson - 9th July
CitizenOscar - DC2 - 10th July
TwoOfThree - DC1 - 10th July
Chinainthegarden - DC1 - 10 July
Bigbelly4 - DC4 - 10 July
Calmisthemantra - 11th July
Specialknickers - 11th July
MrsMillions - DC1 - 11th July
Cheekbyjowl - DC1 - 11th July
Beginningofthejourney - DC1 11th July
Trustissues75 - DC2 - 11th July
mysterymeg - 12th July
Reikimummy - 12th July (DC1)
SlouchingPanda - 12th July
Thundercatz - 12th July
Twirliedobbit - DC4 - 12th July
Hai1988 - 12th July - DC2 - Girl!
LittleFlower888 - 14th July
Tashtastic - 14th July
Beaditsback - dc2 14th July
Mizar - 15th July
photographerlady - 15th July
Evelynj - 15th July
Guavasforbreakfast - DC1 - 16th July
MiniPenguinMaker - DC1 - 17th July
Boostar - 18th July - DC2
MrsWildermac - 18th July
TotallyEggFlipped - 18th July
SingingMomma - 18th July
MummyKanny - 18th July
GingerJulep - DC1 - 19th July
Niktasha - 19th July
whitedaffodil - 19th July
Grannyapple DC2 - 19th July
Thinking positive thoughts - 20th July
Icingthecake - 20th July
Cheeseandbread - DC1 - 20th July
PhieEl06 - DC1 - 20th July
AmaDablam - DC1 - 21st July
Lancslass83 -dc1- 21st July
butterflyexperience - 22nd July
BadMissM- DC2- 22nd July
AllYoursBabooshka - 22nd July
Orangebubbles - DC2 - 22nd July
Isitme1 - 23rd July
MightBeMad - 26th July
Cantreachmytoes - 24th July
MrsRoss26 - 24th July
Camb79 - 25th July
Sashabella0 - 25th July
Schrosawmargerydaw - 26th July
BoyMeetsWorld - 27th July
marimba - 27th July
JessicaMLH - DC2 - 27th July
Lizincornwall - 27th July
LorrieJ- 27 July
TomDaleysTrunks - DC2 - 27th July
Silver15 - DC3 - 28th July
Flyingsprocket - 29th July
Trickybarmby - 31st July

Early Arrivals!

SuperShiv - Oliver, the little fighter
Emblosion - Oisin
Elliejitny - Ezekiel
Paolocee/Donna - Leila Poppy and Caitlin Liv
Princessllama - Humphrey
Devilforasideboard - Will
Beginningofthejourney - Theodore

Who will be next?

My little pickle wasn't keen on all the new smells last night, I tried him in the basket (with my T-shirt) and in the crib but he was not going to settle so I ended up having him in bed with me all night! (Dont tell the midwife) For such a little person he took up a lot of space!
shiv and the other mummy with scbu baby (princess? sorry brain is scrambled!) Theo had issues getting off c-pap and the consultant was going to try nebulised surfactant, apparently there is research that says it can be helpful and there are no known side affects, very new treatment the nurses hadnt heard of it. The consultant said he would have used it if it was his son. Theo decided he didn't want to try it as he improved himself but just thought I'd mention it incase it might be useful for ur bubba's? Hope you get your boys home very soon x

Morning everyone. Congratulations beginning - it certainly does seem like we've had more than our fair share of premmies on this thread. Thinking of all of those little ones still in NICU/SCBU.

I'm 38 weeks exactly today so the impatience kicks in big time as DS was born at 38+5.... I would love to hear from those of you on no. 3 or more whether there was any pattern to how early/late they turned up? (Totally unscientific I know!)

DS in nursery today, just done a big shop now need to hang out the washing, Hoover and mow the lawn...

Congratulations, Beginning & Devil!

Sunday DH and I are slightly closer to agreeing on a short list of names, but we definitely hated most of each others initial suggestions. We had a theatre trip planned when I was pregnant with DD, but had to cancel when she was induced early. I'd definitely recommend getting cancellation insurance if it's offered (we didn't, and it would've only cost £1 or something).

I'm on my last week of work . Wil be 36 weeks on Thursday. It's going to be a busy week, so looking forward to finishing.