February 2014 - babies flying out all over the joint!

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We've now welcomed mini sun, dawn, kat, zazou and selfies (please tell me I haven't missed anyone...)....who will be next?!

Those of us waiting impatiently will be showing down on dates, pineapple, RLT and curry while having awkward whale sex.

Haha thingy I did the same yesterday, looked up natural induction techniques and I'm not even 37 weeks until Thursday!! Getting so bored on maternity week already and worried that sitting around not doing very much is just slowing everything down. OH comes home on Friday and Iv told him we need to get up an out every day! Haha might rope him in to doing some decorating or something.

little can't imagine how stressed and emotional you must be just now. I'm not suprised your not sleeping very well with so much going on. Hope your ok.

I wonder who's going to have the next baby then....I'm loosing track if everyone booked in for sections and things!!

Congrats ch!!!

And tiegysmum has announced on Facebook that she had a little boy last night, yay yay yay!!

Wish I could bottle my pregnancy patience and sell it, I'd make a frikkin fortune. I KNOW I'm supposed to be taking it easy, and I promise that if I felt tired or any pains that I would sit down, but I figure that when bub arrives il be doing a lot of sitting on my arse so I'm making the most of life!

Seeing the midwife tomorrow (38+4, she's coming to the house again so will get baking) so will double check with her that I'm not being stupid. Everyone wants to give me advice at the moment on what I should be doing so I've decided the only two things I'm going to listen to are my lovely midwife and my body.

shrops that sounds wise! I couldn't personally do half what you're doing, but I'm also not ready to just sit around all day either - the only thing to listen to is how you're feeling and what the actual professionals suggest!

I googled EPO for induction yesterday, got some very mixed messages, so have decided to not go for it. Yet more conflicting advice. I wonder if this is all training for when the little one gets here and everyone has a different way of achieving a calm, happy baby and is determined to tell you about it!

So far the only advice I'm taking on board is from a friend whose thinking is very similar to mine, who has told me in no uncertain terms, to put the baby down for a nap whilst they're still awake. Will see how that goes.

Am in a weird holding pattern. I don't feel anything - no cramps, pains, imminent joy. Just a pressure, which is probably my increasingly stressed bladder. Every day I think hmmmm, if Bean doesn't come today I can get xxxx done, but then it's one day closer to induction. Will wait till Thursday/Friday when we'll have the freezer delivered before I start on the clary sage massages and acupressure points!

I finally got some sleep, helped by the Internet going down! champs I think you're right, I have a sore throat and sniffles this morning

The thread really is busier at 4 am than in the day

littleen sorry to hear you've got a migraine on top of everything else. I hope it's a short lived one and you manage to get some rest today in between everything else. Is there a date for your mum's funeral yet?

I've got lots of homely things to do today. I finished making curtains for one room yesterday, I might post a pic if they hang ok, as I love the fabric! So I need to hang those, hem other curtains that I've almost finished, make marmalade, bake a cake, and maybe do more sorting of the nursery.

Gnitting - I'm intrigued about the nap advice. What does your friend say about not putting a baby down for a nap when they're awake? If I'd followed that advice I would've had a non napping overtired baby as DS never napped naturally and needed loads of help to go to sleep.

Oh god just re-read your post Gnitting. The advice is to put baby down for a nap while awake. That makes sense. Ignore me. I'm exhausted after 2 hours sleep.

Ps I was awake from 4am too. DS is having nightmares every night at the moment and once he wakes us up I can't get back off. I was up until 2 ish having painful cramps/contractions (which came to nothing) so another exhausting day today. I'm finding this last bit the very hardest I must admit, especially in terms of keeping DS happy.

Congratulations Ch on the arrival of Louis x

I'm with Shrops. I still feel pretty well so I'm going keep going whilst I still have momentum.

I'll speak to MW tomorrow to check I not doing too much as I also have my 38 week app.

DH is much more impatient than me. He is the only one I have allowed to ask me if there are any signs and he is heading for a red card.

Congratulations to ch!

Congratulations ch! Love the name!

For the first night in ages I slept between loo breaks! Normally I'd be in the 4 am insomnia club but thankful I wasn't today!

Tried to talk birth plan over with DH last night ahead of mw appt tomorrow. Ended up arguing over pain relief - he thinks I should go without anything at all whatsoever (for no real reason) whereas I'm much more open to everything on offer as long as I've tried to go as long as I can without. I was like, it's my body, my pain threshold, if they can take the pain away why not?

Think turning thoughts for me today preggos, think it's still breech and need it to turn before 10am tomorrow

Oh congratulations Ch!! I missed that!!

Wrt pain relief, until you are in the moment you just can't know how you will cope and I think having an open mind is the only way. Personally I want to avoid the injectables (pethidine etc) as I don't want to feel out of it and I'd prefer the baby not to be affected, but aside from that I'm open minded.

Last time I really wanted an epidural as I was put straight on the syntocinon drip but, for reasons I still don't understand, they wouldn't let me. So I just had gas and air. This time it's stipulated by my consultant that I get one if the same scenario occurs.

I'm hoping if I go naturally g&a will suffice but if not I will definitely consider all options.

jazzcat that's hilarious, your DH saying that. Easy for him, eh? My DH passed a kidney stone when I was 7 months last time, had to get an ambulance for him, he was howling in pain, really quite scary at the time. Opened his eyes regarding pain relief, I can tell you!

jazzcat I can't believe your DH said that! An open mind is really important I think, and only you'll be able to judge what pain relief you'll need.

Lots to do today but the duvet is pinning me to the bed lots of stabby pains below, am I going to have weeks of this yet?!

Congrats, Ch!
Shrops Exactly, listen to your body. I think we all prove that it's different for everybody - no one-size-fits-all advice. I'm madly jealous of all your activity - been finding walking hard physically for a number of weeks now, and I'm always thrilled when I get a walk in without having to slow right down and feeling awful.

Does anyone know what lightening feels like? I had knitting needle type stabby pains very low in the pelvis last night, though could be a UTI, I guess?

NCT was actually really nice last night, must stop negativity!

Shrops I so wish I had your energy!

Eeyeore Glad you had some sleep in the end. I managed to get another hour after my other half went to work at 7, before the builders started work on the flat next to ours at 8. Sigh! Set a date for funeral to be friday morning, so not got a lot of time at all. I think that's probably for the best, just get it over and done with!

notone Think your son is nervous about the new arrival? Hopefully his nightmares will calm down soon so you all can get some sleep.

Jazz I always say it's not the blokes decision - they've not carried the baby for 9 months and do not have to push an orange out of their penis, so they have no say! :) Agree with notone on her comments about it, but it really is a personal decision that is hard to make before you're in the moment.

In the night when I did sleep, I woke up 2-3 times with BH and period pains! Got to say I got a little bit concerned, but had nothing more since then. I'm only 35+2, so really not ready for baby to pop just yet. Not even finished my hypnotherapy book!

Congratulations ch! One more for the boys.

Shrops I think you just go with how you feel. Last time round I was super active right up until birth pretty much, because I was fit and well. I was cycling and walking a couple of miles a day until 8 months, and then cut out the cycling because it felt like I was peddling round a beach ball! This time round I've been crap and with SPD and sickness I've not done anywhere near as much. Just getting out of bed is an effort. So it really is all about how you feel. Enjoy it I say

My heart goes out to all those insomniacs out there. Sleep deprivation is used as a torture technique and you can see why. Hang in there and it'll all be different soon anyway. Not necessarily better but certainly different!

Thanks for all the well wishes.
He was 6lb15oz. All going well at home so far.
Some asked to hear the birth story but it was pretty traumatic so I'm not sure you really want to know!
But he got out safely in the end, and my best piece of advice is to take all the pain relief you can - better still, just get an epidural at the earliest stage possible! I lasted around 20 hours without it - far too long!
Good luck to all xx

Congratulations ch

Hi everyone! Can I join you? I'm due on 22nd Feb with first baby. It's a blue!
Congrats to those who have already met their little ones! Feels like a long way off for me esp if I go overdue, could even go on into March (eek!).
I was directed to this site by a friend and I've been reading since the end of the last thread (sorry!)
Lovely to hear the birth story of Missk as I cancelled my nct class to do hypnobirthing instead (can't afford to do both plus I'm doing an nct early days course where I hope to meet new mums) great to hear that it helped.
Hope you all have a lovely day, I intend to nap this afternoon after being awake for almost 3 hrs last night due to indigestion grr! It's somehow comforting to know I'm not alone on that even though I wouldn't wish it on anyone!
Sorry for your loss Littleen, I lost my mum almost 4 years ago, it's bad enough at anytime but my heart goes out to you especially being this far into pregnancy.

Hi Bella - almost due date partners! (mine's the 23rd, also a boy).

Bump just clicked again - freaky!

Congratulations ch on the safe arrival of Louis. Hope you're enjoying getting to know each other!

glitter apparently they only allow them before 39 weeks if medically necessary. Used to routinely do ELCS at 38 weeks but now they try to stick to as close to 39 weeks as possible. I was angling for 38 weeks at consultant appointment, but despite my pleas due to the discomfort and pain of SPD, and the horrible resulting sleep deprivation, they were having none of it!

winterflowers yes it's a second hand pushchair/ travel system thing, been in the loft for quite a while. Some of the covers are removable (I believe the car seat one is) and I will have to sponge clean the regular seat unit that converts into a carry cot, but the insert for carry cot is removable so anything I can remove is going in the washing machine!

jazzcat I don't think DH would have dared comment on what pain relief I should/ shouldn't use! My dad said to me before I went into labour with DS1 'Remember there are no prizes for giving birth without pain relief' - I enjoyed gas & air up to a point then it started making me feel light headed and I blacked out, then woke up and started throwing up whilst they were trying to do the epidural!

Jazzcat the other thing I think is that if your dh sees you in pain he will quickly change his mind and want you to get the help you need. DH couldn't bear seeing me in so much pain when I was in labour. He still gets upset if we talk about it now.

Congrats ch I hope you are getting plenty of rest. As much as I love hearing the birth stories, I think I can wait to hear the traumatic ones! Hope you are both ok x

Dh came to my mw app this morning, he said the student midwife did the urine test and wafted it 4 inches from his face made me chuckle, but it looks like I've got a uti.

I've got workmen coming round this afternoon and all I want to do is sleep!

julietee I'm also getting loads of clicks, it's a bit freaky. I wonder if he'll be a clicky baby.