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

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Merry Christmas :)

Congratulations lisb
And hotcrossbun I hope the jaundice shifts soon and your baby is healthy.... X

Congrats lisb lovely name.

Yeah mum it was me asking after you, hadn't read anything in a while and I was hoping you'd gone into labour.

rose you never know, the checks of your cervix the doctor is doing might cause things to open up a bit too Hun.

hot I feel your pain sweetie, I am so concerned about Lleyton not feeding tons but I do top up with formula on a night, I gave him one earlier and he drank it that fast he was sick, so I was so upset thinking I'm starving him and dp made it 10 times worse while changing his nappy said you better put weight on soon your bum is skin and bones I cried my eyes out and he said I'd taken it the wrong way and kicked off again for nothing

He knows how upset I am about the bf and still makes a piss brained comment like that the smurf cock

Hope everyone's lo make an appearance soon xx

thanks mogz and extra. i guess you never things could still happen. feels a bit hopeless at the moment though, especially I can't move around and help the process because I feel ill. feel a bit better though, I just had a 2.5 hours nap.
congrats lisb!

Thanks all for the congratulations!

Hannah's just had another feed and is now asleep in her plastic cot. Aiming to get some sleep while she does...

I was out of bed and washed with catheter removed by about 5.30 which was a great feeling - am sure it took longer with dd.
has been such a brilliant day - good luck for all those of you still waiting; it's bloody brilliant when it happens and definitely worth all the horrid waiting!

alyssa no such luck but thanks for asking after/thinking of me! Went to yoga tonight in the hope that it'd kick start things but probably no such luck.

Re breastfeeding feel for those of you struggling- it is always worrying when baby isn't feeding well and is so small but has the midwife put your minds at ease at all saying baby is doing ok? Hoping your babies feed better/get over the jaundice soon!

Sorry can't scroll back now- for whoever said you refused a sweep as it could start labour over Xmas- I didn't think of that- I have my 40wk apt booked for Xmas eve so that wouldn't be a good time! Maybe I'll book something for straight after Xmas if nothing's happened before then. Texted mw today asking about a sweep this week but no reply!...

mogz and alyssa tonight I caved and topped up with formula, I got to 9pm and just hit me that we were going in circles and it would not get better the way it was going so something had to change. I called the maternity unit and they agreed. This was not the way I had it planned but if the jaundice shifts then I will try and get back on track, something tells me he just isn't a great feeder though. Thanks for the support, Alyssa I would have been very upset too by that comment, I'm crying a lot over it as is and dh is being very supportive.

mum dis has lost 9% birth weight so is borderline, midwife is happy ish but have had a visit now every day since home and is always the same, needs to feed more and shift jaundice

I have the mw and health visitor coming Thursday mum so hopefully she will say he's gained more weight.
I've actually frozen 3oz of breast milk tonight so it's definately coming out in more quantity than it was before.
I'm trying to build up a stock pile and then I can bottle feed my milk at night and cut out formula all together, that's the plan anyway

mumma I got the tommee tippee closer to nature bottles as they are more like a nipple than other bottles and I bought the Madela electric breast pump, my manual one was ok but my hand really hurt after a while.

Anyone else still bleeding after 2 weeks?
It had stopped but now it's started back up again

hot Lleyton lost 9% too but then put 5lb back on bit still isn't at his birth weight so health visitor won't sign off until he is.

Morning all, not sure if I have missed any new babies but Caeden Lucas Sidney was born yesterday morning after a labour lasting less than 5 hours. Unfortunately he is more interested in sleeping than eating so we are still in hospitalbut hopefully he will figure out what to do today and we will be able to go home.

Congratulations *mrsellsmore' hopefully you can all go home soon!!!

Congratulations MrsE hope you're home soon.

Many congrats mrsE! When were you due again? Hope he starts feeding well soon so you can go home- my ds1 was like that- bringing up a lot of foamy stuff- amniotic fluid? But he was ok after 24 hours. Good luck

Congratulations MrsE!!! Hope feeding takes off today!

Congratulations MrsE, hope you can get home soon!

Thanks for all the pump advice ladies, that's today's action plan, maybe if I put my mind to something else, things might start happening...

COngratulations mrsE
Im off for my next growth scan at 1, and then if they arent happy i'll be getting induced. Hopefully i'll be able to keep everyone updated. :)

Congrats mrse
Beautiful name and middle name is my ds1 first name so I love that one

Congratulations lisb - so glad to hear everything went ok Hope I'm as calm and relaxed as you after giving birth!
And big congrats to you too MrsE. As everyone else has said, love the name!

Wishing you all the very best of luck for today kchapper5, let us know how you get on if you can!

Still no news from me although it's been a bit of a manic week for non-baby related stuff.
Had a surprise baby shower at the weekend, went out for a meal with friends, managed a bit of Christmas shopping and then it was my birthday on Monday, which was lovely - DP surprised me by taking the afternoon off work to take me out for coffee and gave me some amazing presents in the form of expensive camera gear (for those who don't know, I'm a photographer so that's my equivalent of expensive jewellery and flowers!)

Also went to my last ever pregnancy yoga class last night. One of the girls there asked me about ranitidine last week, so this week I took the packet with me and gave her the rest of the tablets as I haven't needed them for a while... So then of course I get woken up in the middle of the night with the worst heartburn I've had in ages, wishing I'd kept the tablets! Pretty sure that's not how karma's supposed to work

On top of that, the pain between my legs has got worse, to the point where I'm now forced to do a comical waddle!
I'm a bit confused though as I thought heartburn = baby up high and fanjo pains = baby down low?!

liz my heartburns got worse this week -38+6. Baby is head down as far as it'll go according to midwife but heartburn is hell! It's never been this bad all through my pregnancy!

Old wife's take of heartburn and hairy baby might be right.. Last sonographer told me this little one had a load of hair!

I went to my last yoga class last night too its - they couldn't believe I was due in 4 days-most are in their 2nd trimester still. I was hoping it'd kick something off but not yet a way...

Well I still get heartburn tho not as much- it is due To pressure of baby pushing on stomach but also the hormones cause the muscles at the top of the stomach to relax causing acid to come back up so you can still get it even if baby is low!

Went to doc this morning about my erm greenish discharge- she reckoned it wasn't really green and probably part of plug but took a swab anyway. I was hoping she's tell me if I'm dilated at all but she didn't/couldn't tell (so annoying!) but did say my cervix is quite low so I guess that's good.

Been feeling sick on and off today- is that a sign of imminent labour?? clutching at straws please let it be a sign!

Also I'm mot really a prude but when I was at the docs I wanted to mention the bit of tenderness/pain I have when er doing no.2s- is it piles? Anyone else had it? I have felt/checked and nothing is bulging it's just a bit sore! I was too embarrassed to say anything (it's one thing to have her looking at my foof but not there!) so I'm wondering if there's a cream that'll soothe it? (Tho buying that will probably send me red with embarrassment too!!)

Dusty I hope the old wives tales aren't true - if they are then I'll be giving birth to a baby gorilla!

mum That makes a lot of sense actually, just assumed I had completely conflicting symptoms!

And I know what you mean about the yoga classes - there were only 3 of us due soon, everyone else is due in March!
I'm surprised I managed to make it to 38 weeks without all the stretching kickstarting things, so even more impressed that you've made it to 40!

As for possible piles, I'm not really sure about creams etc but would highly recommend getting some moist toilet tissue wipes (I got Andrex ones in Asda yesterday as they're 2 for £2!) if you haven't already, as they're quite soothing and stop you from getting sore if you're having to wipe lots.

Mumoftwo sounds like either piles or just general pressure/swelling - you could try sitting on a packet of frozen peas!

alyssa - I keep hoping the dr's exams will just poke something and she'll slide out :) didn't happen

Mum and liz I also keep hoping she'll just slide out when I'm squatting at yoga but didn't happen either! I went to my last class on Monday (39+2). Although from the sounds of it I may still go next Monday if my DH lets me :)
I had intentions of going today, but our shipment may finally be arriving!!!! (although I will believe it when I see it). But that would mean I can finally get all my stuff in order, baby's room finished, christmas decorations etc. I really hope it arrives - it will be a good distraction from all the waiting for baby.

I've been lucky on the heartburn front, and I think I'm on the mend from whatever I had that made me puke my guts out this week. been able to keep a bit of noodles down last night and a bit of yogurt and granola this morning. still don't have my appetite back, but better than nothing.

Lol rose hope something happens for you soon xx

mum it could be internal piles if nothing's bulging, I also had the Andrex wet wipes from the £1 shop and they were lovely, also took them into hosital with me. I got my pile cream from boots, it was on the shelf so I didn't have to ask them lol, although she did ask if I was allowed to use it

itz and dusty I was crippled with heartburn that got worse last few weeks of pregnancy and Lleyton was born with a ton of dark hair, I could plait it lol.

stom you in labour yet Hun? Xx