October 2013 - Calling October babies: come out, come out wherever you are!

[MrsHoratioNelson]

Stats sheet here

New arrivals here

Key:
SC - still cooking (pre EDD)
SFW - still f*ing waiting (post EDD)
OWT - on way to theatre (CS)
IP - induction in progress
SWIL - somewhere in labour
LIT -lost in transition

Welcome Emal, come onboard the October bus. We must warn you in advance though that we only have free seats with the rebels on the back seat. And due date queue jumping is strictly prohibited

When Is your due date? And do you know the gender of baby Emal?

Good luck chickie, roofio, and funkky!

DH is coming home today, which is good because I'm not coping well on my own. I was quite anxious and tearful yesterday. On mat leave I think I'll need to make sure I leave the house and see people and not just sit at home worrying about things.

I'm hoping that I am SWIL, but not too sure. "Contractions" are getting further apart (gradually gone from 15 minutes to 29 minutes apart!), but they are getting more intense and the last one was pretty damn painful. So not getting my hopes up just yet...

Lasting how long? Have you spoken to labour ward/triage?

Good luck, chickie.

mon how's it going? Is DP with Eliana?

badger so sorry to hear things are progressing :( Let us know what's decided.

clapham I too have one that disappears behind the screen. It's incredibly frustrating and like yours, getting cross or upset has adverse effect. In fact he has driven me mad all paternity leave as instead of helping me he has been say playing some stupid play station game that he just got.

pseudo the last 2 have been closer together again. Seems a bit erratic! They last just under a minute each time.

Good luck Chickie

I had a voucher for a free graze box so I've added that to labour bag, along with flapjacks, some fruit pots and apple juice.

I strongly suspect that DH will make up a big batch of jam sandwiches to take with him (Bonne Maman of course...), since he is the Paddington Bear of the jam world.

Have spent the last hour or so ironing bedding in an attempt to get this baby moving.

MrsH I only learnt last year that paddington bear came from Peru!! How could I have gone 30 odd years thinking he came from paddington in London

Ironing to awaken babyH...seriously this works? And bedding of all things to iron, rather you than me.

I have the graze boxes twice a week, I get a bit excited still when they drop through the letter box.

Can I just put out the call for savoury/salty snacks and a pack of mints too, again?
Though I've never been through labour, I've done a fair few endurance events of 24hrs+ and these alternatives have been lifesavers when all the sweet stuff starts to make you feel nauseous or your mouth gets furry.

Ok would people stop pushing in now please? 40+4, no signs of anything going on, and starting to resign myself to another induction!

I also spent this morning in triage, baby had been much quieter for 24 hours so decided to go for a trace - all good, showing some 'uterine activity' but nothing to write home about.

Congrats serious, that was a sneaky one! roxvox, apparently walking up the stairs sideways is good for getting contractions going if they are stalling - off you go .

Sorry to hear your bad news flyer - I had something similar in my last pregnancy which I was worried would kind of overshadow the joyous bit when I look back. It didn't - although the two things happened at the same time I have completely separated them in my memory if that makes sense, so thinking back to my son being born doesn't remind me of the sad event, and vice versa.

MON I know its all been said, but I'm appalled at how ill informed you have been kept, and I hope you get some answers soon xx

umlauf not sure if you are lurking, but if so hope you and bertie and doing ok now?

Lots of people I have forgotten I am sure, to everyone

Just waved DH off on the train, he's making a 4 1/2 hour trip to pick up new car (replacing one he had accident in, and he's a fussy bugger!) Was bouncing on ball, clearing out DD's bedroom and drinking raspberry leaf tea earlier, now I'm panicking my waters will break or something while he's out!

Can anyone tell me what channel that surrogacy documentary was on the other night? Want to watch it on catch up and can't find it anywhere. Thanks

Flyer it's called House of Surrogates and it's from the BBC. (BBC 2 I think)

Flyer I can't say whether ironing works, but it takes my mind off waiting and the itching!! I'm seeing the MW in Monday and she's suggested trying for a sweep at that stage. Anyway, aren't you a late October-er? No baby eviction for you until I've had the bailiffs in, thank you very much!!

The surrogates doc was on BBC (House of Surrogates) but I'm afraid I only lasted a few minutes before I had to turn it off - didn't sit right with me somehow.

Thanks.

I'm a infamous 13ther MrsH...2 down 2 to go from the 13th so I could well go before you.

Hello Emalou!

Ooh, just back from my last mw appointment. Got the ok for Birth Centre unless I miss DDay and then it's induction 'upstairs' at 40+1. I do hope Madam is on time... Nice mw reassured me that I can demand to push in whatever position I want and don't have to worry about old-mw knees.

Got reminded to write Birth Plan by mw, and to write up DS's routine by Mum so she knows what to do with him (not difficult- take him to school, pick him up from school, feed him, put him to bed).
My oh my this is getting real

Good luck to all of you SWIL!

I'm a 13th-er too. As is Sanjifair and Tuckingfits - tis the busiest DD on the calendar!

I'm still here :( Waiting for bloods, urine results, more BP checks and to see a doctor - rumours are that there may not be a doctor until 5pm!!!

I'm the 12th by my own dates, but 13th by the scan. Three friends with lovely squidgy newborns who I saw this morning say that within 10 hours of DTD their contractions started. I'll seriously try anything now so will give it a go later on when DH gets home :-)

I'm not being discharged until tomorrow now but they have said my friend can drive me up to see her for a while at 3.30. I've been trying to hand express but all I got was a teardrop sized amount. So disappointing after waking up in a pool a couple of days ago.

The woman opposite asked me to take her baby for a cuddle while she went for breakfast this morning which I was more than happy to do. When the cleaners came in to change the beds one of them asked which was mine. When I pointed out the only one without a cot she asked where my baby was. I told her she was at Yorkhill and she snapped at me "You're not allowed to pick up other women's babies you know". I explained that I hadn't, that his mum had given him to me to hold and she said disbelievingly "hmmmph, I know". I just burst into tears and when a doctor asked what was wrong I couldn't stop sobbing enough to tell her. I felt like she was implying that because I didn't have my own baby with me I was trying to pinch someone else's

Clapham

Both DH and me are guilty of messing about on our laptops of a evening but at least we are sat in the same room together. As I am guilty of this too (largely shopping and on mumsnet etc) I then say to DH can we have a chat for a little while and we both stop (rather than both chatting whilst we are staring at individual screens) and have a chat. I tend to like very different TV programmes to DH but DH usually goes along with my choice and then watches something like boxing, cycling, gory film later whilst I disappear to read a book. I haven't been out much in the evening since being pregnant and we have just got into a bit of a routine. DH uses TV etc to unwind and has freely admitted to that for some reason he doesn't find that our little chats wind him down!

Yes probably being home in the day may make you more needy as I find I want to chat to DH far more when I have been in and not had any other adult company (one reason I pushed myself to baby and toddler groups with DD as I was a SAHM for a while). I used to delay the postman for a bit of chat sometimes just to interact during the day!

Ignore the cleaner mon. What a horrible bitch! And enjoy baby cuddles later this afternoon with Eliana

My DH is also an evening double screener. iPad and tv. Usually looking at pointless rubbish about cars or sport, or work stuff, although he has finally researched the route to Perth hospital if I go into labour when we're down near there next week so he gets half a brownie point for that.

Congrats serious and good luck to those on the road to labour land!

Sending you lots of virtual hugs MoN. You are being amazingly strong and from your comments it sounds like Eliana shares that strength.

Congratulations to Sanji and Serious (sorry if I've missed anyone) its all happening so fast.

Final last proper day at work (39+1) today might just come in to clear emails etc at the weekend but the end is properly insight.

Orange thanks for reminding me again about the stress not impacting the baby. I still worry myself when I'm complete meltdown mode but it helps afterwards.

Pink good news about the MLU I've still got the okay but baby is showing no signs of appearing. He flipped into a transverse position a couple of days ago!

I'm having the same DH issue. He comes in from work, has dinner and then buggers off upstairs on his Playstation/computer till about 10.

It was fine when I was at work (we work in the same office, it was good to have some time apart) but now I'm stuck at home all day on my own with the demanding yappy dog and I'm on my own most of the evening with the demanding yappy dog too. She's always asleep by the time DH emerges from his office.

I know I'm being irrational, but it really annoyed me yesterday. I just want someone to talk to before I go crazy living in isolation.

Errm, not me Bronzemoth! SC here, another 13 ther, though same as livened by my dates was 12 th. Expecting to end up on back of bus though, as DS was 2 weeks late.

Clapham, both my DH and I are as guilty as each other with iPads in front of telly. We have discussed it and agree it's not good, but still do it anyway.