October 2013: no pushing in from the back of the bus, please

[MrsHoratioNelson]

Stats sheet here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?pli=1&key=0AidVHHwJSwC3dDU2VzFhWWt1ckg4dW84WkdCNzhOaFE&f=true&noheader=true&gid=1 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

Oh no! Remember the neighbour with the badly trained dog that wanted to nibble my wrist? She's just rung the doorbell and asked if I wanted some company. I had to fib and tell her I was going out

Now I really have got to go out, otherwise she'll know I fibbed and I was quite happy in my house, watching DVDs :(

morning everyone. SC here at 38+1

happy birthday falcon! hope you will have a lovely day.

also for MoN, shooting, and everyone SFW or struggling with night feeds, lack of sleep and general exhaustion.

I'm feeling super low today after another anxious night with no sleep. My ex and DS's dad has a very serious genetic liver condition and it flares up now and then... and will end up with a liver transplant at some point. He called me yesterday really distressed as he started pooing pure blood, cups of it. This is a really bad sign so he is going to the hospital tomorrow to be checked. We are still best friends and I'm worried sick about him. I struggle to see him in pain and so distressed. It also reminds me that, one day, things will get really bad, before he gets his transplant, and my little boy will see his dad really really sick and in pain.... and it simply breaks my heart. On a practical note, he was going to be our childcare when I go into labour and now, if they end up admitting him tomorrow, after his check, I have absolutely no idea what we are going to do... although, in a greater scheme of things, I know it's not a big problem. I can give birth on my own if we have no choice and DP can look after DS. My family is abroad, my ex's family are abroad (coming to the UK only on 22nd Oct to visit and look after DS) and DP's mum is in Cheltenham and old...

really really fed up with everything today and harshly reminded about the fragility of everything we ever have

Clapham

Sorry to hear that Clapham. Hope there is good news for him at the hospital. Do have friends at DSs school that could help with childcare? I know there are some less than nice mums... Hopefully your little one will be born at a nice convenient time of day during school hours! My sister used this website when her usual childminder was on holiday for a week emergency childcare website

Happy birthday falcon.

I can't seem to get enough to eat today. Already had my breakfast and lunch and thinking about what I can eat next...

enjoy your unplanned trip MrsH!

What's a girl to do? Coffee and cake at M&S it is - I simply don't have a choice :)

What a hardship MrsH!

Clapham, this is not nice news for either you, ex dh, ds. I hope he will be ok and you manage to sort out some kind of child care so dp can be with you when you are in labour. And here's another reason we should all live closer to one another. Big hug x

I have my two best friends coming to see me shortly, go out for lunch. And I really can't be arsed, how terribly anti social is this!!

Happy birthday falcon

for clapham

Good luck for today heffalump

Clapham - we used close friends who live on our street as childcare. Their daughter is DD's age and they had a baby 5 months ago (so she's still on mat leave). Do you have anyone like that. They didn't use us for their baby - instead the DP's mum came to stay for ten days... She's old (or seemed old compared to my parents who are late fifties!) but it wasn't too bad as it was just looking after their daughter in her home environment. How about that?

Urgh, dps gone off to the gym and forgotten to get the pram base out of the boot of the car for me so now I can't go to the shops like I wanted to!! so annoyed and the water works have started again!! on the plus side baby had his heal prick this morning and he didnt even make a peep!!

Happy Birthday Falcon
Clapham that's awful, your poor ex. It's so lovely that you're still close, must be good for your DS, but terrible that he's ill. I hope you find a caring Mum who'll help you out. (Or from what you've said about them perhaps they'll lend you their nanny )

Enjoy your unscheduled cake MrsH

I just treated myself to a take out iced latte but only realised on way home that she'd put sugar in it [sulk]

Now feet up and watching Midwives for the first time after all your talk about it....

Hiya all,
Took me ages to catch up with all the new arrivals and developments. Sending my well wishes to all that need them.

I'm sc 37+5 I will be a naughty queue jumper mark my words. Me and the birthing ball are best of friends. ;) also maybe tmi but I was wondering whether any ones discharge has resembled what it's like during ovulation (like egg whites) could this be my plug? Sorry for being gross

new mums is there any way to refuse a home visit after the baby is born? I think it will be complicated for the mw's because where I am currently living is out of their catchment, I'm more than happy to go to them.

Also legally I remember you saying you had a positive experience when you had your 1st born by induction. I was wondering how they monitored you, it seems as though you have to be strapped down and baby's monitored which puts me off most.

Slippy I've had the same kind of discharge but not that much and assumed it's just normal.

My God this Audrey woman on Midwives is bonkers!! But what a cute baby.

Sorry things are tough ATM clapham hope your ds dad gets good news at the hospital (as good as it can be anyway) and u manage to resolve your child care issues. Xx

Enjoy your cake mrsh xx

Happy birthday falcon xx

SC at 39+2 pains seemed to have dissapeared now so won't hold my breath dh just drove me down a road with about 30 speed bumps at god knows how many mph lol my mum keeps txting me to take castor oil I took it with dd to go into labour but I'm too scared too this time cos I no what pain I'll be inflicting on myself where as I didn't no what labour would be like last time lol. Plus I'm trying to be as patient as possible. Plus my midwife is unavailable for 24 hours as of this evening and I can't think of anything worse than doing it without her.

Happy Birthday Falcon

so sorry about ex dh clapham not really what you need right now xxx

clapham I'm so sorry abut your ex. How awful for all of you.

Tmi warning: slippy I don't know what's normal but this morning when I did perineal massage I got really thick mucus, almost chunky so I was thinking maybe that was part if the mucus plug? That paired with bump dropping has motivated me to get more organised for this birth! (DH came home yesterday and couldn't get over how different my bump looks).

anna that sounds pretty similar to me, lovely stuff ;). Good news your bumps dropped so significantly, i also think mine has but have only noticed it because my bra is looser and my clothes aren't siting how they used to.

It's very exciting, just chucked loads of tobasco sauce over my lunch. I shouldn't be complaining because I know there are so many women who have had difficult pregnancies, I'm just excited to meet him now :D

Slippy I'm out of my hospital catchment area. I was referred by the hospital to my local mw. It involved no extra work for me! I literally sat at home and someone turned up for nxt day and 5th day visit.
The last thing I'd have wanted was to go to any appointments.
Ask your hospital what they do for out of catchment babies.

clapham so sorry to hear about your DS's dad. Can't he see someone medical today?? :S
I'd send out a class email to see if anyone has a nanny (local or live in) who would be interested in possibly earning some extra money - always nice to have a possible babysitter too. You could get her over one evening for an hour for interview/informal chat, introduce her to DS and show her the vitals.

Sorry some of you are having a tough time with the blues or pregnancy, not easy. I ended up crying most of the evening last night - men can be so insensitive and stupid at times. Grr!

Slippy I am out of area too which I didn't realise until last MW appointment. So I have all my antenatal care and have the baby at kingston, but then afterwards the st helier team will come to me. My MW wrote on huge front of my notes that they need to be faxed to that team. I am going to ask DH to. Make sure that's done so I don't slip through the net.

I have discovered that my ironing board goes down really low so have been ironing all of baby's things whilst bouncing on my ball and catching up on the last two episodes of midwives.

for those SC I just wanted to say that I've been taking arnica tablets (the 30cc ones from boots) since the birth and I do think they're helping. my bruising and swelling has gone down a lot. the most noticeable thing is the bruises on my arms where they took blood (or tried to, this always gives me bad bruises) are fading so fast, after my anti d at 28 weeks I had bruising for 3 weeks, this time 5 days on they've almost gone. I'd definitely recommend! !

Hi all, keep reading but not posting! SC 38 + 4, finally feel ready for baby to come now, house clean and tidy, cupboards full! Can't remember who said about getting everything ready every night b4 bed in case u go in, but that's totally what I've been doing, keeping on top of school uniform for DD's, lunch boxes, swim stuff etc if needed! Get it all ironed and leave it hung up so if anyones ends up here overnight they can find it all in the morning! I've been having increased bh and discharge but nothing really to point to it being imminent

Slippy - they monitored the baby only occasionally (every hour or two) with the elastic thing that goes round your tummy and listens to the baby's heartbeat. Even with it on I could bounce on the ball if I held it in place. I spent a lot off time standing up leaning on the bed.