September 2013- We've managed to hold them in!

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Hi all! Providing the ladies who are currently in hospital don't give birth before the last 20 posts in our old thread, we've made it to a new one with babies all still staying put for now!

Here's the stats thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/a1694946-September-2013-STATS-THREAD

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Joskar - Beechgrove in your garden! V impressed, you'll have to let us know when it's on!
Bit of a weird one - when I met the consultant yesterday to discuss the CS she asked if I wanted to be sterilised too I automatically said no but am now reconsidering!
Our family will really be complete once this baby is born, and it won't be a good idea for me to have any more pregnancies. DH and I have only ever ttc for about 3 cycles and will have 3 children - we really need a reliable method of contraception!

Ehm... What colour should colostrum be?? I've just been giving my boobs an experimental squeeze as I've had absolutely nothing come out of them at all so far, and a tiny tiny amount of liquid came out (both sides), but strangely enough, some of the drops were white and some were almost orange?!? Should I be concerned?

I think colostrum is kind of clear / yellow but can't remember. I'm sure that is fine though!

Yep I'm sure I've heard colostrum can be orangey coloured

I've been told colostrum can be disturbingly bright yellow.

I haven't had anything out of my boobs yet at all though :(

Isn't it referred to as 'liquid gold' so I suppose that probably refers to the colour as well as the fact it's precious.

I think I squeezed last time around and got a little drop but not enough to see the colour! I'll leave my nipples for the time being I think: can start labour I think!

Mine changes- the first bit is very yellow (and has been orange) and then it goes clearish. I seem to be able to milk quite a lot- my nipples leak patches over my t-shirts so sometimes I purposefully squeeze just to empty them. I'm talking a good few teasp

*teaspoons at a time. I don't know if I should be worried! It doesn't hurt and everything seems to work, so I guess it's normal?!

Juniper is it possible that by expressing ur actually stimulating them to produce more? Maybe they think you've already had the baby!!

wow! 9 pages on a new thread already! I've just about managed to keep up on facebook, but looks like I'm massively behind on the thread! Just been swamped at work and using evenings to try to see lots of people before baby arrives! Hope everyone is ok, will go and catch up now!

Kitten you poor poor thing! Hope it eases up for you.

Kitten lots of positive thoughts coming your way and I hope things become less stressful for you

firstly how exciting to see that all babies are still present and correct inside where they should be, but also very exciting to think that they're on their way out over the next week and onwards :) It's suddenly so real! Good luck everyone with CS dates in the coming week.

Kitten I hope it all gets a bit easier and that you can have some time to think about yourself and get some rest/relaxation.

My MIL is trying to move nearer to us at the moment because of baby being on the way... DH is mostly dealing with it, but it's stressing me out as I can see her moving and needing help at just the wrong time i.e. when we're just surviving after baby arrives would be much easier if she waited a bit and thought about all this when baby is 6 months or so - not right now!

2.5 weeks left at work and just like everyone else, I'm so over it, can't wait to go :)

I think I am one of the lucky ones..I don't have to get up to the toilet during the night! Numb legs and starting to get stretchy type cramps/tired but feeling good.
Also got to Ikea to get the cot and cot storage and baby bath! Delighted with them. Don't need anything else before baby comes now and well on the way with cleaning/batch cooking.
I agree it is a good feeling to go out and buy a couple of tops for after baby.. though we could be in the PJ's for a while, my friend said the best thing you can try and do is get dressed and go to the shop or somewhere everyday.
Getting close now.
Have any of you bought or can recommend books for learning about a new baby?

Hello? Hope you dont mind me delurking to say I bought 'what to expect in the first year'

I have read lots of it and it seems very thorough and common sense. HTH

Is anyone else not at all ready?!! The downstairs of my house is currently a building site and I've less than 5 weeks to go. It means everything from downstairs is upstairs and I've struggled to see what I have/haven't for the baby, what needs to do done...and this baby better not come before 39 weeks-or I'll be in trouble! (And even at that I won't have things as finished as I'd like!). I don't have an oven or even a kitchen sink at the moment! This is madness!! But thankfully I'm feeling well and all seems fine with the baby!

Blankets - I've mostly got the baby stuff ready...

BUT... I am still working and as a self employed sole trader I will be in BIG TROUBLE if this one comes early.

I am due to finish with a report for a deadline at 38+1 (two weeks on friday).

purple sympathy from me on the MIL front - mine is also moving in round the corner from us in about 3 weeks time. She's lovely and I get on with her, but am slightly apprehensive about having her so close by. Not helped by the comment she made to me the other day expressing her shock at how another relative had "just whipped out a boob and starting feeding her dd in the living room".

Think she might have another shock or two coming...I'm not shy

Ah... Thank you all for colostrum advice! I know this isn't very motherly of me, but (maybe cause it was the first time anything has ever come out of my boobs) I felt quite grossed out by it... Or maybe it was the bright orange colour! In any case, I sure hope it goes away!

Went to see MW today- baby upside down but that's about as far as she goes! She is lying side on with bottom m

On my left side and feet on my right (right under my ribs, nice). Had a moment of irrational irritation when she booked my next appointment with her for 4 and a bit weeks time which is 2 days after my due date. When I menti

(Ahhhh sorry!)
When I mentioned that she waved it off and went 'ahhh that's fine, high chance of you being anything up to 12 days late you know'! I know she's right but it made me feel quite peeved off. It's hardly what you want to hear!!!

On books: I really really recommend the Mumsnet Babies book- it's got tonnes of good advice on absolutely everything and its not too textbook-y. I've also got Your Baby Week by Week by Simon Cave which is pretty good, and Gina Ford's Contented Baby's first year. The MN one is my fav though.

Sorry to hear that kitten - I hope you're managing to stay calm and relatively un stressed.

Today's whine is brought to you by utter exhaustion.:
Been at a2 day work conference with organised fun work related sessions til 9 pm last night and now stuck on Fucking delayed trains and missed my connection home. I almost cried when a stranger smiled at me at the station earlier. Got a horrible headache and feeling very close to throwing up. Worst bit is that I absolutely HAVE to get up early and go into the office tomorrow as I've not been in since about 2 weeks ago! With 2.5 weeks left and loads to do..... I might take all Friday of as toil to recover. Got to get my bridesmaid dress fitted.stress of still not having our car back from the garage despite it being promised last Monday, last Wednesdaythis Monday and today. Driving 500 mile round trip to wedding 4/5 for the year on Friday and would rather like to do it in a car I can actually fit suitcases, hospital bag and baby car seat in rather than the Peugeot 107 courtesy car. ... feeling sicky rough and down in the dumps this evening :(

That sounds rubbish flo :( Hope you get a good nights sleep and a bit of a rest. The tiredness is terrible.

I'm afraid I did nothing all day, have zero motivation and just feel fed up. I think I might go out to the shops tomorrow, but must try not to buy stuff!

Hope things get better kitten and flo.
I had to go in for CTG monitoring today after 3 days of much less movement (usually hyper active). Anyway, all seems fine but I am so so shattered from racing around after my 2 lovely DS (no summer childcare at all) that I think I'm just running out of steam.
I'm 37 wks today and think I just want the baby to come now, how wr

Haha kitten sounds like we've got the same worries re MILs then, will have to swap notes in a few months time! Tbh that's stressing me out enough on its own so I hope your dad gets well soon, you've got soo much to stress about xx

jammy a 4 week gap seems a lot towards the end, I thought it was every 2 weeks after 34 weeks? Could you try to move it by phoning up another day?

blankets we're not ready either, the new wooden floor is just done in baby room, but we've got loads of furniture to move to my parents and can't get a van until 17th, only then can we paint/put up baby furniture etc!