Due in July 2013 - newborns to the left of me, big bumps to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you babe!

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Hello shiny new thread!

poco - I hope you see some action soon. Maybe your baby is waiting around to get a coin?

dinky - fingers crossed the nap helps and you shift the evil cold soon.

Much cooler here today. Walked along the seafront to the park then came home via the ice cream shop.

Royal baby boy born

C'mon pocobaby, this thread needs a royal coin!

Totally I agree, we need a royal coin on this thread. So come on Pocobaby make an entrance into this world.

shocking sorry for you being the most overdue! Are you going for an induction or leaving nature to take its course?

I am glad Kate and baby are well, but if i hear one more person screech "its a boy" or the classic "i knew it!" because out of two choices, barely anyone guessed correctly I might get violent!

The storm is starting here! Yesss! Im so excited i was just drifting off again and a bit of lightening made me open my eyes again, its still pretty far away but getting nearer fast!

40+3

Just signing into the 4am club....woke at 3.40 for a loo trip & then thunderstorms mean I have been awake since-doesn't feel like they have come to much as still too bloody warm at this time of day! Haven't heard any rain here either . Think we're in for more later today.

I have a mw appt later today which I was hoping I wouldn't need to have this time around . Think we're discussing a sweep but not sure if they do it there & then or if I need to go to hosp for it? I managed to avoid it last time as waters broke the night before I was due to have one....I so don't fancy going 9 days over again, esp in this heat ! thinking I don't know how you're coping?! I'm now at the stage where I get annoyed every morning I find I'm still pg....

I think today's task list involves a quick trip to dump, shops & make some flapjacks with DS while the storm rages on later this afternoon....& then mw appt...

Sorry not thinking, I meant sympathies to shocking for being most overdue!

Maybe I should try to get back to sleep

Granny-sympathies on still being pregnant. I thought mw just did sweeps at the docs but sure someone else can confirm-you are close to the end now at least.

I'm up & feeding-seems a bit easier to get latched on this morn, probably as F hasn't slept as long & less fussy, who knows. My parents were round yest when we were having feeding woes & I'm so emotional & struggle with hearing baby so upset& feeling pressure if people watching at same time & was crying my eyes out. God love her but my mum obv felt like she should do something & said to my dad, sing a wee song for the baby-thought I was going to explode as the last thing I wanted when hot & bothered was my dad singing towards my boob!

First outing to bf support group this morn-hoping it's good, I have a load of questions that I just want to talk through& excited about seeing some other new mums-hope I can get ready in time!

I'd be glad of a clear out in the weather to get plants watered & place freshened up-hope the storm breaks some waters somewhere!

I think last night was my worst night so far. N barely settled at all until 5am & awake again feeding already. She wouldn't settle in her cot & we both fell asleep whilst I was winding her at one point. She settles on her cot easily during the day. I think she's becoming completely nocturnal - she just doesn't seem to get sleepy at night much at all any more. Anybody have any idea how long it's meant to take for babies to figure out night & day?

Any news of any thread babies born yesterday? I wonder how poco is getting on.

Thanks for the book recommendations ladies, will be having another trip to Waterstones with a list no doubt in the next few days to cure my overdue boredom!

Shocking sending hugs for your overdue-ness!

Have been up since 4am to watch the storm but wasn't allowed my iPad or phone as OH kept moaning that it was keeping him awake & it was too comfy in bed to move but then I got hungry so I've come downstairs for muffins & tea!
Really wish this storm would do something magical to my waters, come on baby!!

Sorry for the lack of personals, my brain is fried & its storm time again in the midlands!

40+3

Morning all! Sorry to all with unsettled little ones. Feeding is sooo hard! Sorry too to those of you overdue and waiting. Whilst I loved the Panto of yesterday's rolling news, it was harder experiencing it all through very pregnant eyes. My DH is gutted we won't be getting a lucky penny! Was thinking of you Dinky as I bet you're glad J arrived before the excitement yesterday. I couldn't imagine turning up to that hospital in labour! Hope you're both feeling better soon.

Rain hitting skylights woke me at 4 and I've dozed since. This time tomorrow I will be heading in for elcs. Am sooo nervous! I'm totally prepared logistically but CANNOT get my head around the fact there's a baby in here that they're just going to pop out!! I hope everything is ok. I'm trying to stay calm and reasonable but nine months of worrying is mounting up!!

I read my leaflet yesterday and it says NICE guidelines state as its my second and planned that I might be able to come home after 24 hours. I do hope so.

Anyhoo, off for a bit more rolling news. I don't have to be concerned about DOC using the same girls name as us now and she def wont use the boys one. It's traditional, but not traditional enough for a king!

Have a good day everyone.

Mrs77 if it's any consolation I could never believe that there was a baby inside my bump, and now that he is bornI can't believe that he came out of me! It's just so strange!

We are still in hospital but going home today. Had 6h sleep last night which felt like bliss - after 2 nights in early labour and delivering, it's more than I've had for days!

Sympathies to anyone haring BF difficulties... we are just getting started, but trying to get a frustrated baby to latch in front of an audience can't be at all fun, Evelyn.

Right. Back to the baby name book.

Morning all,
Exciting news about the baby boy but not as exciting as waiting for all your news!
Shocking, you poor thing here is me all sorry for myself at 40+11!
Are you going in for induction? Or waiting? I am booked in for induction tomorrow so should have a baby by the weekend (half hoping that it doesn't work straight away so that I can get a little hospital stay an a break from the other 3, only for a day or so though!)
Can't remember who was talking about sweeps, I had one last week and mw just said I can do you a sweep if you like, whipped out the gloves and off she went (after I had said yes of course) even with dc3 running around (actually she was reading a book but still)
I have another one today to see if I can avoid the induction tomorrow.
Hope all the other innies have better luck than me.
All you newborns struggling to sleep, it could be the pressure, my dc3 (2) had woken with a headache and it still really muggy here, could do with some more rain please!!

Oh and Evelyn, good luck with your group, hope you make it, I remember fondly the newborn days of not being able to get out of the house until 1pm!

Morning all (or opening if you prefer!). So did we manage any silver coins then???

I'm jealous of this who got the storm last night. We had three claps of thunder and that was it! More possible today but I really want to feel some relief from these temperatures!

Good luck to those with looming sweeps and inductions. I have a sweep booked for Monday at 40+3 but I'm not sure whether to haven't or not. I'm sort of of the mind that baby will come when it's ready and interfering isn't necessarily a good thing, but I'll see how I feel in a week!

39+4

MrsD-I was same before my elcs, good luck, you'll be fine, just remember when u go to theatre that you just need to get through the first 10 mins max, by that time baby will be out & you'll see them & the stitchng up will take another 30-40 mins but that doesn't matter.

Day 1-don't expect much & if bf, I was too immobile to get much of a latch so if baby gets a suck or two that's great. Day 2 I felt a lot better & bf a bit easier & day 3 much better again.

Take all the painkillers they'll give you & take arnica 30c regularly.

Totally-I'm not expecting any kind of routine til 2 weeks at least but encouraging feeding from 4-5pm til midnight, (I say encouraging but F really just does what she likes & won't take boob if she doesn't want it). I've found at these times when not sleeping, if I put her down in cot she'll wake up whinging quicker than if I just keep holding her. Have put her down on playmat last couple of days which wakens her (usually she seems to get a bit pissed off with it as I think it's still a bit overwhelming), but generally we have same issues of her being awake for maybe 2-3 10 mins slots in the day & then wide awake at bedtime & wanting to be held.

F feeding lazily now so just given her the last orders bell as we've to be ready for 10am & I have no clothes-maternity dresses are no good for bf in & I've been wearing pj bottoms or yoga pants since coming home!

Thanks Shocking for your sympathy and reassurance re J's cold - he's uber cranky because of it which is making me abit cranky too with the older boys and DH. Fingers crossed it does result in a stronger immune system for him. Hugs right back to you for your overdueness - come on baby Shocking, time to come see your mummy now.

Twirlie, good luck for your induction tomorrow and MrsD, hope you have a lovely calm csec and that both of you get to go home quickly with your bundles of joy.

Totally - crap night again here - J wouldnt settle in his cot or in the bed with me so up from 1 till 5 with J, then up again at 6 with the older kids. Ho hum. He's semisettled in his pram now (having dozed off in the sling on me on the school run) but I know it wont last (particularly as I just heard a poo land).

Granny - the MW's used to just do sweeps in their clinics when I saw them - basically anywhere they can lie you down and put on a pair of rubber gloves they can do their sweep

Evelyn - hope you find the bf group helpful. Its really nice to meet other new mums in person and discover you're not the only person in the world going through whatever you're going through at that point.

Cstill no baby here. Drs are talking c section. I feel like such a failure :(

You are not a failure Poco - there has to be a reason why labour is not starting/progressing - and its the reason we have obstetricians. I hope you get to meet your little one soon x

Poco. You don't need to feel like a failure. Lots of us here have had c sections for various reasons. I can understand what you mean though, I beat myself up about having a cs with dd1 (and to some extent I am a bit this time too). Thing is, if I hadn't, chances are either she wouldn't be the handful gorgeous girl she is now, or she wouldn't be here at all. thank goodness we do have obstetricians and the medicine that can help us. Getting you and baby poco through the birth safely is what matters. How you do it is largely irrelevant and the means by which your baby arrived won't matter too much oncc they're here I promise.

Oh no poco dont feel like a failure you aren't at all! They're just looking for the best way to approach this, you've obviously made a fab little home in your tummy that baby doesn't want to leave!

poco most important thing is safe delivery for you and baby. Don't feel bad, it's not something you can control anyway (whether induction works)
Fx you meet baby vv soon

dinky sounds exhausting I hope you can get a sleep while big ones are at school/nursery

Congratulations to the real princess Kate and William just in case she is lurking
Good size for a first baby. Doesn't look like any of us popped yesterday so no silver coins. Should have had him a week sooner, there were a few babies that day I think

No thunder here, only rain, feel a bit cheated really!

Sending hugs Poco. Don't feel like a failure. Having had a birth that was the polar opposite of what I wanted, I now realise that the most important thing is that baby is safe and well. I kept a picture of the scan and my baby's going home outfit beside me to keep me going when I got upset. Good luck!

Alice is a week old today. I'm starting to feel a bit more human again after a fairly stressful start to motherhood. Still having problems breastfeeding, she latches occasionally but then falls asleep, fails to suck or screams hysterically. I'm constantly pumping, have hired one of those serious looking hospital double pumps. She isn't dehydrated anymore and creeping towards her birth weight so it can't be that bad.

Good luck with the BF councillors Evelyn. I'm off to a support group tomorrow as well.

I've not managed to get out of my pyjamas yet! Tomorrow is our first outing out which I am excited about. DH is on paternity leave for the rest o the week and then MIL is visiting for another week. Bit unsure about that given the bf issues but we will have to see how it goes..

Hope everyone else is doing well too. Fingers crossed that the cooler weather hangs around for a bit.

Just goes to show we all carry so differently doesnt it Thinking - the Prince of Cambridge is only 1 oz smaller than Jackson, but I looked like I had a space hopper down my top and the DOC had the tiniest bump imaginable! V odd that there were no silver coin winners on the thread yesterday.

MummyKanny - you're so right, your health and the health of your baby is the single most important thing. Hope the BF support group tomorrow helps.

So back from mw and not only is baby way too comfy it's also swivelled back to back dinky, I think it was you thy had this so will scroll back through and look at the suggestions you were given.
No sweep either as I decided I'd rather wait 24 hours to see if baby turns.
Poco don't fret about being a failure, you have managed to grow a whole person inside you, that's not a fail in anyone's book.