December 2013 - let's get these babies out before Santa arrives :)

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Merry Christmas :)

mummy oh was hoping it was a sign of imminent labour I've been getting irregular but painful contractions now and then all week too- maybe what the mw said was true that 3rd babies are stop/start niggly labours!

I did reply to your post re bottles but damn thing failed to post message. Maybe you can borrow a few bottles and buy a few packs of ready made formula just in case then you can just buy more if you decide to formula or combination feed. Can be useful if your boobs get too sore and you need a break or baby needs topping up for any reason

Yeah agree rose could be your body clearing out before labour. My tum hasn't been great for a week or so (not diarrhoea but not normal either) I can only think it's due to baby squishing my bowels and they don't like it! Don't worry baby will get all he/she needs just keep drinking lots of fluids

thanks stom and mum for the reassurance. let's hope it's a sign of something. xx

hot I feel like I'm falling apart sometimes but just power on and put on a brave face. They all went to sleep together today so I had a shower and it was bliss ooh I'm a rock star lol
I have put Lleyton in bed with me and its something I swore I'd never do but I never go into a deep sleep, I think lack of sleep is more dangerous sometimes.

itsonly I never had that when pregnant Hun so I'm not too sure if its pregnancy related or not I'm afraid.

mum today wasn't actually too bad in the end and I have to admit I put the cartoons on and they watch it when they want to and run riot when they don't lol I think the key is routine and lots of deep breaths and some disaronno and coke only kidding that's for when they go to bed
I had the pressure for maybe a week before labour and third babies are very naughty as far as I'm concerned

stom noooooooooo you are 3cm damn it and your dd will be born by this Monday at the latest
It used to really annoy me when I was told to be patient too and baby would come when he wanted, when what should really be said is get annoyed and scream and shout and that baby needs to get out now

rose what is this sleep you speak of? I just don't sit down all day lol actually just ate my tea while walking around making the kids some food

Mw and health visitor came and Lleytons put on 3lb but still not back to his birth weight, so no sign off yet although the mw did sign me off

rose I had loose stools for maybe just under a couple weeks and more so the day before they broke my water so hopefully its a sign or you too xx

I was kinda glad she didn't do a sweep - she had sausage fingers lol they were scary!! Haha
This back and tummy periody pain is awful I can't get into any comfy position
Told dp he's got to give me a back rub then dd may come out haha

Ooh good signs stom pain in front and your back sound like contractions, mind were like that. Is your stoma h going hard with them? Xx

No just it's just like I'm on an extremely heavy period. It horrible can't get comfy or anything :(

See I knew it.....3cm soon
Bless you, this parts horrid and feel free to scream, moan and have all the irrational thoughts you'd like....after 40 weeks you and every other pregnant person is entitled to it

Xxx

Stom that sounds very promising!!

So I rang the clinic this morning for the official results of the urine stick test that scuppered the sweep on Tuesday and it's all normal! So I COULD have had a sweep. Bastards!!

Have MIL here till Saturday lunch time - she's very clearly expecting a baby to arrive before then (no pressure), but keeps saying "baby will come when she's ready". I can't decide which is annoying me more!

extra - I suspect MILs are inherently irritating when you're due a baby.

I am properly ill with this cold and so is DH. I've not even gone on ball as not ready to have baby until I'm better. Had consultant appointment-all looks good. I'm group b strep positive but so long as my waters don't go first it doesn't affect my plans for waterbirth. Just need to get over this cold now

Hi all, de-lurking to say that baby girl music arrived dec 16th. Only 3 days late but I know how frustrated you're all feeling. I think it was our walk round the block that did it! Quite traumatic birth, mainly due to going from 0-10cm in about 4 hrs while I was asleep on strong pain relief! So caught everyone off guard, no time for epidural anyway I won't go into more detail as you're all still to have your own childbirth story! Good luck! It's definitely worth it

Congratulations, Music! Sounds like quite a dramatic story..! Hope you're all settling well

Hi all sorry have checked in in a few days been super busy found a nice 2 bedroom flat that will be moving into in January with DP very excited!

How is everyone, congratulations to any new babies!!

Has Liz or Kc had their LOs yet? Only asking because they had the same due date as me...

Its nearly Christmas and this year I feel like a big kid im so excited!

Congrats music, and well done. Hope you have some time to rest and recover now, and enjoy your DD.

I am 40+12 now and SO ready to meet my baby. Don't know if it's a girl or a bit, the anticipation is killing me.

Wensleydale - I feel your pain. Me, my DP (and 2 year old DD) have been stricken with bone aching, horrible colds. My induction date is fast approaching but i haven't had the energy to do anything, let alone give birth (or try to - bouncing on the ball, walking round the block, or god forbid - have sex)

The good news is, that I'm beginning to feel a bit better, and although I still have a sore throat and feel a bit tired, I had a few painful tightenings last night, so perhaps my body is getting ready by itself and will go into labour when it knows I can cope? Hope so, and good luck for you too. It is RUBBISH though, good luck.

And good luck all the others waiting, it's a miserable business!

Girl or a boy, even... Sorry...

Welcome newbies!!!

Am thrilled to bits James for the last 2 nights he's been sleeping for 6 hours straight, he's still asleep now from his feed at 2am- feel so good to be getting this much sleep when he's only 9 days old. Think the fact that in the hour before going to bed he's shovelling down A LOT of milk is part of it

Hope everyone's doing okay, especially those who are over their DD, fingers crossed things get moving soon

Morning everyone
Congratulations music
super I am currently being induced due to small baby (AC measurement below 5th centile) and very little fluid around baby. I got here at 2pm yesterday, had the pessary in about 4 started having contractions every 2-3 minutes at 12ish but managed to have 2 paracetamol at 2am and get some sleep. Xx

Kchapper lots of luck! Hope you get to meet your little one today and all's well

kchapper good luck Hun hope you meet lo soon and it all moves very quick for you.

extra that sucks. My future mil annoys my tits off me most of the time when not pregnant she's so moody if something doesn't go her way that I just wanna slap her lol

mrs are you bf or bottle feeding Hun?
That's an amazing sleep for your ds....so jel lol

Congrats on your dd music enjoy your snuggles.

I'm so excited for kids today, we have the polar express train and ds1 loved it last year. Dp is at work though so my great acting skills will have to come into affect to get him out as apparently I was inconvenient not going a few days over my due date so he could have all Xmas off and not have to work 4 days before factory shut down for 2 weeks
He should think himself lucky, I get Xmas day off and that's it when I'm at work lol

All the house work got done yesterday so only the cookies left to do

Good luck all you labouring/want to be labouring ladies xx

Hmm, think the bowling ball boob problems may be starting! Hannah's now having some difficulty latching on now that my boobs are so huge and full (more prob on the left than the right, weirdly), but she is doing lots of poo and wee so I am guessing it is going in, which is good!

Last night's sleep was a lot more patchy compared to the first two in hospital, so the knackeredness is now kicking in along with some non specific hormonal weepiness! I guess the feelings that go 'up' have to come down at some point....!

mrsshrubs James' sleep sounds fantastic - bring on day 9!!

Have got a mw visit today so will be good to get Hannah weighed and see howbahe reckons things are progressing.

Good luck kchapper and everyone else waiting to set their babies loose on the world!

yoga wow you've had a long wait, were you over with DD? I keep telling my DH that labour won't start until I'm feeling better but he doesn't trust me. My DS was born 40+11 so I'm now mentally preparing myself for January.

Good luck kchapper!!!

lis sometimes it helps to express a bit before feeding so breast isn't as bursting but not too much as can stimulate oversupply. I think I used to just hand express a bit before feeding. I had a very fast let-down (think milk squirting across the room like from a firehose!) and when my DS was first born he pulled off a lot, I think because it overwhelmed him. He got to grips with it quickly though.

To those of you still waiting, I came across an interesting website by accident about optimal foetal positioning. I had heard of if but wasn't 100% sure what it was all about) basically all that stuff about bring forward and upright, not lying back on the sofa or putting your feet back (really bad for baby ending up back to back=painful longer labour etc) well it might be handy for those of you wanting baby to turn so their back is at the front of your tum so they come out quicker and easier! I found out this theory last night whilst in bed- was really uncomfortable and needed to turn over but rAther than rolling on my back I went on all fours then turned to my left side and when on all fours felt baby swing round with his her/back coming to the front! I'm going to make sure I'm on all fours at some point during labour to encourage this! Here's the link if you're interested:

www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm

Not putting your feet 'back' sorry, putting your feet 'up'!

Thanks betterwith - yep think you're right about the hand expressing although the last two feeds she has managed to latch on, so fingers crossed she is getting the hang of it! Like you say, I am keen not to create oversupply by using a pump (I have an agent manual one from last time which I would rather not use!), and am hoping that Hannah and my boobs will come to some kind of agreement on how full / massive they need to be after a few more days of practice!

Her feeding frequency has increased now though so I am not being spoiled by the 3hr gaps between which I had over the last few days - just hoping that the clustering might stick more to the daytime today and allow some longer stretches of sleep tonight - fingers crossed!!

Sorry to bang on about feeding stuff here - I should prob go over to the feeding section, but some of the folk over there intimidate me with their expertise!

Thinking of everyone else still waiting - hope you're scoffing lots of Christmas chocolates to help yourselves cope!