Graduated Elderberries. Thread 9

[Cavort]

The over 30's expecting or just had their first baby.

Unfortunately Lol I think a Cavort special is inevitable here.

We don't have a routine here and my baby must be contrary because when everyone else's babies were sleeping she was getting me up every two hours and now everyone else is up half the night, she's sleeping 6/7 hours. I just go with the flow

Oh and Lol - the bastard! I'd be fuming.

Well I didn't quite have a cavort special but a janey I-will-only-sleep-if-it's-on-your-bed from 5am. With my very own addition I-also-need-my-mouth-on-your-boob-cause-you're-the-world's-best-dummy.
So am positively knackered.
Enjoy it purple. It all changes in the space of a day.
Sad news about Mandela huh?

Here we had a 2 hour special 4-6am and now she's snoozing away and I can't sleep!

DH and I are off to a posh Do tonight and my Dad is babysitting so at least I will get a decent sleep tonight. That's of course if I manage to enjoy the Do first on 5 hours sleep and not fall asleep into my dinner. Damn babies!!

Cav my wonder weeks says L should be out of this shit leap in 9 days. Surely E should be well past it??? How long more could this go on for I wonder?

Maybe that's why it's called wonder weeks.
It keeps us wondering if the leap will ever end!

I got a little more sleep here, first stretch was 8 to 1 and then of course waking up several times and from 5 only agreed to sleep in our bed.

He still won't stop sratching his head at night, I was getting worried someone would call social services on us, as we must hold baby and cat fights or something. So put socks over his hands. He surprisingly doesn't seem to mind and they stay on well.

Nice improvisation Hazle!

E may well be in the next Leap, Lol - there's only a short gap between them.

H is definitely coming out of this one the last couple of days. My lovely smiley baby is coming back - for the last 5 weeks, I've had hardly any - just grizzles and whinges - although daddy got the full 5 star charm offensive whenever he walked in the door irritating beyond belief . Hoping the sleep follows soon after.

My wonder weeks app says Harveys first leap should start in 2 days, I think its already started tho. Some of the signs are clingyness, wanting to sleep tummy to tummy on you, crying real tears, that ones heartbreaking disturbed sleep pattern, being more aware and following you with his eyes, staring at your face rather than past you. We have all of these things already. Its reassuring to know that there is something behind the change. Love the fact he looks at me when I talk to him!! I've told my OH that he needs to talk to him in the evenings so he gets used to his voice too.

I'm stunned at how much Harvey ate last night, had a 5oz bottle at 2.45am, then 4oz at 5.30, then another 3oz at 7.30 he was one hungry boy!! I am a sleepy mum today though as he was really loud last night as he was pushing out some impressive wind, kept waking me up. Think I was awake at least every hour....yawn.

Aww, the mini monster has woken up with a cold, poor little pumpkin, I know we've been lucky she's not had one before now but stupidly, every time she does a little snuffle I feel a bit sad I can't make it better

Where is Alex?

I'm here quod bouncing on my birthing ball!! Had a rough day yesterday as got stressed about being so overdue/placenta deteriorating etc (DH had to run out last night and get new batteries for the doppler someone lent us!) but feeling much better today. Spoke to someone on the hospital helpline who reassured me that even if I am 42 weeks on Monday when I'm induced, that's still within their usual window for inductions (+10 to +14 days over) and she said if I didn't feel comfortable with the midwife I saw to do the sweep, I shouldn't beat myself up especially as they aren't necessarily successful. Talked through the induction process too.

Dtd again this morning and all day I've been getting contractions, mild overall but some quite strong. Trying not to get my hopes up but can't help wondering if it's going to progress to anything!

Ooh exciting!

Bounce away Alex!!! You seem incredibly calm!!!
Either way we will have a new baby next week

Exciting! So induction at 42 weeks is Monday? Aren't you less than 42 weeks by your dates anyway or did I remember wrong?
Either way it sounds like more sex is the way forward - maybe you need to make up for your long period of abstinence?

Dunno how successful I'm going to be getting much sex out of my DP. I asked him the other day if he still finds me sexy, and he paused diplomatically and then said "there is a bit of pregnancy that's sexy, but it's not the bit at the end". Seeing as I can only turn over/manouevre myself with a load of leverage and huffing and puffing due to not being able to bend in the middle I'm not likely to be taking the lead and jumping his bones either.

I kept getting excited last week over every braxton hicks so trying not to get excited even though I secretly am as surely it would have moved on to more full blown labour by now?! I have had absolutely loads of them today though.

quod that's exactly right, I think I ovulated on the weds of next week (am sure it wasn't the Monday as I has a follicle scan then and got my smiley face ov stick on the Tuesday) but I started to doubt myself when the midwife scared me about going too far over and not believing their due date. I know it for a fact though as I was on fertility treatment (that same midwife had never heard of the drug, clomid, and asked me to tell her what it does?!)

Oh and I thought I stood NO chance of dtd, DH said it really freaked him out just the idea of it at this stage and it freaked me out too. However it worked out well starting off spooning, I don't look preggers from behind so we can both pretend the huge bump isn't there! I didn't want to put pressure on (a friend was really demanding and told her DH to man up and get the baby out now! ) so I think a better plan is just to suggest getting naked and seeing what happens!

It's funny Alex cause I had a smiley on a sat and only dtd that day and the Friday before. They dated me a whole week earlier and I didn't believe it for one minute. You can imagine my shock when baby came three days before their date and 10days before mine!!!
So I'm betting on a Monday baby with no induction

I was also pretty sure about ovulation and figured out my due date was a whole 6 days after theirs.

I was pretty surprised when H turned up 2 hours after their due date, waters having gone a full 7 days before 'my' date.

Meanwhile, I'm feeling a bit guilty. DP was huffing and puffing and sighing that he felt 'a bit' rubbish. When he curled up on the sofa in a foetal position and said he might go to bed at 9, I might have snapped that it must be lovely to be able to go to bed early when you feel a bit unwell. His dramatics were really pissing me off as every time I get a bit of mastitis, I get zero sympathy.

Anyway. Half an hour later I heard him stagger to the loo and be violently sick. Was still feeding H so couldn't do much. By the time that he'd gone to sleep, DP had been in and out of the loo 3 times with traffic exiting both slip roads... he is green.

Feel pretty guilty for assuming his dramatics were just man flu.

Am terrified of catching a bug - or worse still that H catches one - so am weighing up whether or not I moveto the spare room. DP thinks that the culprit may well be a chicken tandoori flatbread he had at lunch.

I'm inclined to agree, but don't want to put H at risk!

Then if I do upsticks with no reason I'd feel bad for abandoning DP.

Wish mine had listened to their due date! I did try and tell them that it couldn't be right as the same hospital had been monitoring ovulation to the day just downstairs!

So frustrated - after a day of contractions, which I timed for an hour this evening and were between 2-6 minutes apart (DH and I got all excited), they've near enough stopped. WTF is going on, come back contractions!!

Oh and bear I would swap rooms I think, be on the safe side, he'll understand?

I have been awake for nearly 23 hours and just expressing my rock hard boobs before going to bed.

I expected a crap night after not enough sleep last night but it has been great and just what I needed. DH and I danced the night away. I love being a Mum even with the shit sleeping but I have really enjoyed my first full night off and now I"m off to bed with no baby to wake me up!

Yay, cav, glad you had a fab night!!! God knows you deserve it!!

alex, I think me and cav can welcome you to the frustrating world of latent labour. Hope your contractions sort themselves out soon and you get to meet bubs before long

Why's it stalled now after getting into full early labour swing though? They were really regular and close together for ages! I wouldn't mind but I'm feeling the pressure of induction day on Monday and don't understand what's made it stop! Going for a long walk this morning. Argh!

Oh god how frustrating Alex! FX after all this good practising your body clicks into gear properly today and does you proud.

fingers crossed for you alex!!

afraid I have a moan, my OH got a mornings private work today which is good on the money front. He went off to the job this morning saying he would be a few hours. He still isnt back at ten past three!! I accept that I need to do everything alone during the week but some support at the weekend would be nice, plus he left his phone here so I have no way of finding out when he will be back.

I've managed to do three loads of washing, clean the kitchen, hoover and mop the kitchen and lounge floors, clean and dust all the surfaces, clean the en suite including the manky shower cubicle of doom sort out dinner and order xmas presents....all on my own, would be so much easier to have some help!! It would just be nice to not have to juggle chores and Harvey, plus I think Harvey could do with some one on one dad bonding time. I am devoted to my son but the weekends are when I am meant to have help, it just annoys me that he should want to be here with us but he isnt. Plus he has another job free this time booked in for tomorrow morning too