Jan 2014 THREAD 14 -- This will be the lucky one!

[TobyLerone]

We got Thread 13 out of the way without too many mishaps. Phew!

Now it's time to sit on our arses eating entire Chocolate Oranges really get to work on getting some more of these babies out.

CONGRATULATIONS CURLY! Gorgeous news and lovely name! Hope he's out of NICU soon and you can go home for lovely newborn cuddles

MyThree glad you got your midwife appt sorted - I had a similar thing last week where the clinic was claiming the midwife was too busy to see me for my 34 week appt, which would have meant I wouldn't have been checked for six weeks. I got one directly at my hospital - they've been great. Off tomorrow am to check all is okay

Another hello due date twin - thinking of you and hope you get to meet little one soon

Felix so exciting you'll have your baby by Christmas!!! And all those gorgeous baby Christmas outfits have gone in the sale so you can buy LOADS.

Ooh thread 14 is going well already!

Also mmmmn re: all the chat of chocolate oranges... I ate two over the weekend. THat made me very happy.

Gummi a fiver?!?! What a rip off (although I am still dying for one!)

Felix! Omg! That's soooo exciting and I was starting to get a little jealous until I read your youtube post. Lol! Aw baby before Xmas is awesome! Would be perfect for me to go into labour at the end of this week as DH has two weeks off from Friday, but will only be 39 weeks so not getting my hopes up...

another glad you have at least eaten something, but super annoying waiting for some Douche to come and remove your redundant cannulas!

enormouse your lecturer really is an ultimate douche!!!

mythree glad you have your mw sorted....

Chocolate orange and mint matchmakers are my favourites! Just opened a pack of chocolate orange biscuits....the fruit salad can wait for a bit....!

Doh! It was mythrees youtube post, not Felixs....sorry!

Evening all! Checking in.

Thanks for the new thread Toby!

Well I am bushed having been out since 11am. Nipped to shop this morn, made spiced syrup for making fruit juice more interesting, coffee with NCT peeps then off to Windsor for Christmas shop. Managed to sort MIL pressie, got both slow cookers running at the moment and that's about it.

Well excited to see a baby has arrived while I was out. Congratulations curly. And another soon to follow it seems!

Wonder how many babies will arrive by the end of this thread?

Hi everyone :) can't believe its another new thread!

Congrats curly :)

felix good luck for friday. Can't remember your backstory but are you trying curry/pineapple/sex etc before fri?

mythree I'm also going a full month without seeing anyone but tbh I'm ok with it and will happily show up at hospital if I feel worried. My next is at 39 weeks (30th dec) where I've been offered a sweep. Will be trying natural methods of encouragement from Boxing Day though as long as she's in a good position.

After a sling library session I'm considering a different sling. I have a moby which I love but think it might be too complex for a sleep deprived brain and looking into ring slings as an alternative as so easy to put on.

Oh, and had a surprise baby shower last night! Thought it was just dinner with two friends but instead they treated me to having my nails done ( trying not to freak out as I had previously read how toxic nail polish is) and then met with two other friends and my mum at a local restaurant. :)

Got loads of stuff - sadly some I won't use as its disposable and that's exactly what I've been trying to avoid ( disposable breast pads, nappy sacks pampers wipes etc) so will be sending to women's aid in the New Year. Not sure what to do with the Johnson's baby stuff. Had read its rather nasty stuff so don't fancy using it, but don't really want to pass it on either ! :/

Final news from me- heard yesterday there's no hope if getting plasterer in before 16th jan (Edd 6th) and I'll have to move out a few days with the baby while it dries! Could use local b&b but come home to launder the nappies... At least it would be minimal housework!

I am on mat leave!!!

Woop woop.
The girls at work have got me so much baby stuff....clothes, cuddly toys, chocolate for me and dh. Feeling very spoilt tbh.

felix I wrote a birth plan for my induction last time and nobody looked at it - they just asked before they did things. You'll have 1-1 care if being induced so they'll always be someone around so plenty of time to tell them what you want to do.

I'm stuck at the hospital but nothing exciting happening. I had a scan earlier and baby head down and normal size so that's good. Now waiting to see consultants and they are running over an hour late and my appt isn't until 5.30 anyway. I've been here since 3pm. I've sent DH off shopping with DD so she didn't go crazy but they'll have to pick me up as we live 30mins drive away. At this rate it could be well after her bedtime grrrr.

tarka grrrr! Hope you get out soon and glad your scan went well.

Frizz yay for mat leave and being spolit!

Well after scoffing two chocolate orange bars and a whole box of chocolate orange biscuits (I blame you Toby!) I am feeling much more virtuous after spending the last hour making a mahoosive fruit salad, using fruit that was on offer! Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, oranges and apples. Have filled a large mixing bowl and it smells so fresh and yummy! Just a shame I am currently still so full from all the chocolate earlier! Am looking forward to trying some later though.

I had a grated carrot and humous sandwich for lunch too, so its not been all bad food wise, but at this rate bubs is gonna come out with a huge sugar addiction!

Yay for mat leave frizz.

Glad you got your appointment sorted mythree

I had my mw appointment and she thinks I may have a uti because of a small amount of blood in urine. Anyone else been told they might have a uti but not feel like they have a uti? She said just to drink cranberry juice and go to the walk in if need be. My mw has offered weekly appointments now but as xmas is next week and I'm away I said two weeks is fine. Off to see the labour ward hopefully tonight. Bit worried if it's too busy again as I doubt they are doing tours over xmas so bubs may arrive before I've seen it.

Yay felix how exciting. Cant believe its so soon! I have a birth plan but its just as much to make sure dh remembers what we decided.

sultana i feel stuffed after a buffet for lunch, curry for tea and lots of chocolate and cake but i will force down a satsuma in a bit.

tarka hope you get out quickly.

blue how lovely to have a surprise shower.

tooth i am also wondering how many babies will arrive this thread

I still have a feeling that mine wont be long (bet i get induced 12 days overdue now). Things just feel very very different atm. Lots more discharge and dampness, bump aches more and as bump has always been low i wonder if baby could engage and me not feel it.

No need for choc orange here as work got me 6 bars of lindt choc. Its my fave as my grandad was swiss and so i grew up with the stuff before it appeared in the uk.

Felix how exciting, hope all goes well.

Anyone else got sore uncomfortable pain at top of bump. It seems worse when I am sitting.....?

felix ooooooh! You are NEXT!!!! If you don't manage to find any cute Christmas outfits or you, say, live on the Moon and can't buy any I have a Christmas pudding hat I would be delighted to pop in the post...

tarka pg ladies should not be made to wait for appointments. Should be the law.

enormouse your lecturer is a DOUCHE.

blue you sound remarkably calm about that, I'd be in a rage. Hope all works out well.

Book of Mormon was absolutely filthy and totally hilarious. I pride myself on having a pretty black sense of humour and being an unshockable atheist, but there were parts where even I was not totally sure it was okay to laugh. Amazing. How they haven't had the arses sued off them is a miracle.
If you like black black black comedy, go and see it immediately.

Oh, and yay for mat leave frizz and glad you got spoiled.

And mythree so glad you got sorted - that was a crazy length of time between appts!
That said, I am having my 'booking in' for Lewisham tomorrow (37+6), as that was the earliest the community mw could fit me in.

Literally just scanned through the thread for baby news and CONGRATS curly!!!! And well done :) gorgeous little baby woohoo.

Good luck to Felix incase I don't get on here again for a few days.

dh going away tomorrow so I think I'm the only one that wants baby to stay put for at least a few more weeks!

Yey felix!

how come they sweep/ going to induce you? Was it for any particular reason? I want to ask the midwife on Friday for a sweep but as I'll only be 36 weeks i cant see her going for it.

part of me still thinks it'll be here early, i mainly feel like ill be bringing up the rear of the thread.

i do, however, have 10 chocolate oranges here... So all is not lost!

Bluecarrot I'm quite early (only 37 weeks) so don't think pineapple/sex or anything will really get me going so I'm not going to make the effort haha. Although I do love pineapple! Apparently you have to eat 7 for it to do anything!!

Frizz yay for maternity leave! Also yay for presents from work!

Tarka hope you're not stuck in the hospital much longer. It's rubbish having to wait around.

Sultana your fruit salad sounds sooooooo good. I am having pizza for tea because I'm a big fat fatty (and not due a food shop until tomorrow)

Humpty how lovely! Im sure OH will find loads of stuff reduced but I'll bear you in mind for emergency pudding hat.

Frying im being induced because I've got obstetric cholestasis (something up with my liver) so they always induce by 38 weeks apparently. Didn't expect it to happen this early!

Thank you everyone else for good luck wishes.

wow Felix can't believe your likely to be next and will have a baby before Christmas.

mythree glad they sorted your appointments out, so cheeky and rude to suggest it's fine to not see anyone from now until term. The midwife at my 34 week appointment rang round to workout when to see me for the 36 week appointment, I have it this Friday as then they can do follow-up tests if needed around Christmas.. still thinking transverse and then ECV and I'm still not sure how I feel about ECV...

Had our Christmas lunch today was nice to catch up with everyone but been feeling / being sick recently whenever I eat anything so couldn't enjoy that side of things. Still putting on weight but all baby as everyone says I'm loosing weight and look thinner on may face, not sure your meant to lose weight during pregnancy!

Have a referral to the local MH team due to the low moods I was / am having, still feel like a bit of a fraud as often fine but they suggested getting on the listings now in case I needed help after the birth.

Was going to reply to others but my brain has forgotten everything! Good job I've only got two days left at work, wouldn't be any good next week if I'm like this now...

Just a quickie to say had hospital appointment. Had internal by evil bitch doctor who rly hurt me and added to pain I've already got. Told me my cervix wasn't favourable which was fine by me as rly didn't want a sweep done by her!! They offered me induction on 27th dec but we said no as we dont want baby too close to xmas if we can help it and also have kids off school and to top it off oh wont get his bonus if I have baby before 2nd jan lol. So we went for induction on 3rd jan. Obviously if baby decides to come before then that's fine and everything just don't wanna purposely have him early if don't need too. Am coping with pain atm so gotta see how it goes.
This thread is super busy already. I best see what's been happening 2day ...

Ah that makes sense felix admittedly I'm a little jealous of the induction, not the reason why.

ah Choco! That's crazy soon

fly def a good idea to get yourself on their radar just in case.
One of the nct girls works for MH round here and said that post natal issues often go to the top of the pile fairly quickly so fx if you do have any issues you will be able to get support quickly.

Random point...........I was wondering today if i am the only one who has had no trouble eating. I seem to read everywhere that your stomach gets so squished in pg that you find you cant finish meals so eat little and often. Once baby drops you should feel u can eat more. I have had no trouble eating at all. Can always finish a meal plus snacks!

So FIL is round helping dh do bathroom floor. They were supposed to be taking up the laminate and laying the lino but FIL has decided to take up half the floorboards to replace them. Lino needs to be down tomorrow as family are up on friday and atm the bathroom is a bomb site (not good when we only have one toilet and i need to pee all the time)

I can eat, up until a point and then i throw up. I think it's a throw back to when i was really ill at the beginning.

anyone noticed bubbles way low? It's not hiccoughs, or baby moving, but i could feel air/water bubbles really low, near my fanjo.

anyone else?

frizz I can still eat loads too!

Finally back at home. Was at the hospital for 4hrs in total and had approx 10mins of contact time with hcps.

I do have an induction date though - 30 dec. I'll be exactly 38 weeks.

They also gave me the stuff for antenatal expressing without me having to ask which I was pleased about. It is supposed to be useful for diabetics (whose babies can have low blood sugars at birth) but they never mentioned it when I had dd. I thought I was going to have to pressure them into letting me bring in and store colostrum just in case.