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

[Stom91]

Merry Christmas :)

Argh it's my due date tomorrow and no signs apart from the odd period pain. I'm getting so frustrated!! Going to walk into the village later to have my hair cut so hopefully the walk there and back will start something!! I really wanted her here for Christmas :(
Good luck to those being induced.

Afternoon everyone.

Lost track over the last few days of what is happening with everyone. Hope you all get to meet baby soon.

I am swinging from deliriously happy to being weepy for no reason lol. Tis the hormones spinning around. Poor DP doesn't quite know what to say or do for the best.

All those worrying about bfing I am finding it easier in some ways and harder in others than what I remembered. Seb is a very content baby though and taken to it very well. The most difficult part is the cluster feeding for most of the night. He won't settle anywhere but on me or at the side of me feeding so after 7 days I am a bit fooked.

Hopefully over the Christmas break I can catch up on some sleep!

And anyone who is or who wants to bf I swear you need a V shaped pillow. I can prop him on it, flop a boob out and latch him on and then have 2 hands free to eat, drink or mn and fb lol.

Totally with you on the sudden changes in emotions frouby! I feel a bit schizophrenic at times!

Glad Seb is content, even if the cluster feeding is a bit tricky. I am feeling your pain on that score. For the last 15hrs I reckon we've been feeding every 1-2hrs so I am feeling rather like a dairy cow!

i'm sure i'll find out at some point, but what's cluster feeding?

Well I'm now 40+7 and had my first sweep, cervix shut tight but soft and short so some progress!! Two more sweeps booked, one being Xmas eve. If no luck, induction on Boxing Day. Can't believe i may have Xmas day still pregnant! Soooooooooooo fed up. Had 6 texts today too asking where baby is...! Argh! X

I've just been for a very vigorous sweep. Ouch..! Apparently I'm 2-3cm and can have another one on Sunday if no movement. I really really really want this baby out before Christmas!!

I want her out by christmas too. due date is tomorrow. still nothing though.

alyssa I'm expressing because he went on boob strike on me so he's bottle fed but breast milk, he eats normally I. The day but the last 2 nights right before bed he's been crazy hungry and then just sleeps through, here's hoping tonight's the same!!

rose everything seems to have stopped for me :( and everyone keeps saying she's gong to be born Xmas day and laughing. I don't think it's funny. I couldn't think of anything worse!
I just feel like crying and a sweep seems so far away!!!

stom i'm with you... totally sucks that you've had this start / stop labour happening though. what a let down.

I get the same: 'you'll be celebrating Christmas at the hospital!'

great....

on the other hand, i'll take Christmas over new year's. i can't even think of waiting until new year.

Feel everyone's pain on the bf front. Midwife came this morning and ds latched straight on and sucked for 30 mins, he never normally does that. So she thinks it's going well, soon as she goes next feed he won't latch at all, grr. I also think my milk production has slowed today, frustrating because I had loads, think I gave too much formula top up yesterday out of exhaustion. So really need to keep expressing and get it back up even in the middle of the night, so hard when you know you have 90 mins max to sleep before next feed. Off to the bf board to ask for advice, I'm really confused at this point

Yeah everytime time I get pain I'm like yes this is good pain just go with it then it stops.
Had my hair cut today and a walk and that hasn't even don't anything just had the pains in my foof (feel like someone stabbing me) but mw says that just baby nuzzling down getting ready.
I'm bored of bouncing on my ball and doing all the other things. And I feel like I'm letting everyone down cos BIL is flying put to Dubai Monday so if she's not here he won't get to meet her til the Summer, not sure how long dp gran has left as she's so old and would love her to meet dd, mum keeps telling everyone how much she needs this baby to Make her happy, dd will be the first grandchild/niece etc so I just feel like I'm under loads of pressure to get her out now.

2-3 that's good extra and hopefully the vigorous pulling will hurry things along xx

Good luck mumma after the sweep you may not be closed now Hun xx

lisba and frouby it must be bf babies as Lleyton is exactly the same and once my other 2 went onto bottles they slept fine being put to bed.

frouby I'm with you on the hormones. I can cry at absolutely nothing....poor dp is the same and bares the brunt of it bless him.

stom I have my fingers tightly crossed for you xx

Well we just did the polar express and they split us up, me and ds1 on one table and dp and ds2 on another while other families were sat together, I'm not happy and they will be receiving a very fuck you string worded complaint

Sending dilating vibes to you all xx

strong not string lol

mrs that's great! How much milk do you get out when expressing and how often do you do it if you don't mind me asking?

Wmi must have a fast let down and that is why Lleyton is pulling off as when I expressed my milk shot out like a rocket

Ladies I'm sharing your pain. Had mw today and she said we just need to find the trigger and we'll be off! If no sign getting a sweep Xmas eve!
stom your not half under pressure! Hard wen it's the in laws. The wife's grandparents have booked into one of the hotels esp to meet baby! Nothing like jumping the gun! My labour is start stop too so frustrating x asked the world if fab for labour vibes and been having twinges so never know x
Fingers crossed for everyone xxx

So I had a sweep today too, and on off cramps all day. Pleeeesse let this speed up and result in a baby pronto. My c

So I had a sweep today too, and on off cramps all day. Pleeeesse let this speed up and result in a baby pronto. My cold is threatening to return, my throat hurts and I'm tired, but I'll be 13 days overdue tomorrow. That is too much! I need this ordeal to end soon!
My DD was born on her due date, this is obviously pay back time!

Yoga and Harry hope we have babies this weekend!

Harry I would probably go with Boxing Day - there's no guarantee it'll happen quickly if you go monday and you don't want to be stuck in over Christmas!

alyssa on average about 50ml per boob, I try and do it everytime he feeds so roughly every 3 /4 hours during the day. I've managed to have a good 2 bottles stockpiled in the fridge at a time as well as the bottle he has at the time, at one point I had 4 but then he went on a mega feeding spree. It's great because DH can feed him in the night or nannys & grandads can feed him and feel involved.

Oh yes - Harry, I'd say Boxing Day too. Inductions can take a while to get going - my first was a quick labour, recorded at just 5 1/2 hours, but i was in hospital for a couple of days before giving birth!

ouch the little one is getting leverage by pushing on my stomach with her legs and pressing her head down my pelvis. hopefully she's getting ready helping everything stretch downstairs but it does NOT feel good. stom I also had a few stabbing pains down my fanjo and hip flexors.

yoga 13 days?!? oh poor you. let's all get it over with, ok?

downstairs?? i meant down there...

Ooh rose I had some of that stretching the other day and my god it hurt- I was yelping and trying to stretch my body out in bed to give baby more room so it wouldn't hurt so much!

Not feeling hopeful for tonight...no real signs right now, no more plug. Fedup.com

Help me please:( Delilah has been awake since 5pm and she drunk from both boobs and was still hungry so gave her a bottle top up and she drunk all of that she just wont sleep and keeps crying now and then. Iv winded her, chAnged her but still will not sleep im worried something is wrong. Right now shes just laying in the moses basket staring!