August 2006. 8 out 45 to go.......

[YellowFeathers]

Here we go......

brilliant sounds like these are the early labour pains then they are usually like you described and bearable upto about 3-4 cms when they got stronger more regular and they class you as in established labour you are doing all the right things keeping active and upright although a hot bath might help too keep me informed as there arent many of us left now I will leave this on for you if you need me my msn addy is [email protected] if you want to buzz me there too

Hi everyone
Thanks for all your kind messages.

Well done Luna. Glad to hear you are well

I'm back home now, thank goodness! Had a bit of a rough labour so I won't post about it here (I'll do a seperate thread!)

We called him Ellis Niall and he really suits it. Got a massive shock of black hair and hes totally gorgeous

Hope the rest of you are still doing well and I'll be back on as and when

hi yellow glad you are ok will chat more online no doubt when you are a bit more rested congratulations again to you and your family and a huge welcome to Ellis Niall

olivo are you still getting contractions?

awww yellow hun , sorry you had a rought time , buzz me when u can to taok about it.Hiya Ellis XXX. Hope to speak to you more soon. I havent yet done my birth story yet , its quite good and healing to do so isnt it.

Olivo you go girl , sounds like its early labour to me. loTS AND LOTS of luck over the next day if it goes up a notch.

HIya dreamy , bet yuor relieved the hous eis nearly done.

congratulations YF and welcome to Ellis!

just been asleep for an hour or so. still getting some pains, particularly in my back. dh has just come back from work so we are going to walk to his gran's to say hello and have a cup of tea and walk back.

will see how it is this evening, not regular or anything.i really hope this is the start of it though!
will be in touch! x

hi melsey definitely just put cot and changing unit up so all but there. Just the usual weekend washing and cleaning and then hopefuly baby will join us. Olivo hope all goes well for you and really hope this is it too for you try to encourage it along this evening iykwim that should definitely do the trick

Still having contractions on and off today - had fab sleep last night best i've had in weeks and woke up feeling full of joys this am! hAVE GOT LOADS DONE ROUND HOUSE ooops sorry for caps and finished nursery so maybe i'm nesting???? Anyway am sure it should be me next now luna's had hers!!!! pAINS ARE NOT REGULAR IN GROUPS OF 3 OR 4 THEN NOTHING FOR HALF HOUR OR SO BUT DEFINATELY GETTING STRONGER. aaaGGHHH caps again sorry! Surely this must be early labour how much longer can it go on for was 2.5 cm dilated on Tuesday! Never had anything like this with ds just went straight into labour at 8 am in morning and was fully dilated and pushing be midnight so this draggging on for days thing feels really funny.

Have had curry and pineapple ofr tea and going to try and talk dh into a bit off the other later! Really want this baby out - would be great if it was over weekend too as would make it lot easier for my muma nd dad to look after HArry!

Anyway fingers crosseed your ball bouncing has worked girls am off to see if I can pinch mine backk of DS for a bit.

katy x

Ive got loads done today too katylou absolutely full of energy today in spite of next to no sleep last night due to dd being sick all night. Have completely finished the nursery now it looks gorgeous got to clean living room kitchen and hall tomorrow then a good night of curry pineapple massage nipple tweaking and the other. Hope you are ok Olivo dont think it will be long for either of you now. Looks like me and micromum in for the long haul

CUMIN TEA!!!!!!! it works girls, it really does!

sorry your all stuck waiting still, can't wait for you all to make it over to the other thread. i'll be keepin my fingers crossed that you all pop soon

katylou, sending lots of poitive thoughts your way and i'm sure we'll be hearing your good news in a couple of days

Hi Ladies - sending you all good vibes to send you into a labour for those still waiting.

Dreamy I cant beleive you are still on the go, you are like superwomen.
Have we heard of bighotmama I must have a proper read through the thread.

Congratulations to all the mummies who have had their babies so far.

I will catch up with you all soon.

cumin tea eh?

teaspoon of cumin seeds in boiling water with a spoon of honey, doesn't taste to bad and i had ds the next day 2 weeks early. how're the contractions now SP?

i'm back to twinges now.

really should get some sleep.

good luck, you've got me all excited

Sex did it for me, went into labour next morning.

poor dp was far too nervous and freaked out by caleb moving around in the bump to perform satisfactorily bless him he tried though, couldn't stop laughing at him though which i don't think helped!

we had a baby boy - christopher michael - on thurs at 5.16pm weighing only 8lbs 6oz (my ds1 was 10lb 13 so this one feels like a tiddler!)both of us are really well but struggling to b/f - might need some good advice to stop me giving up!

good morning all and congratulations to you ella and your family. You have given me hope that this baby wont be huge as dd was 9lb 1 I have breast fed all 6 of mine and am hoping to again this time so if you need any support dont hesitate to ask. Hope Katylou and Olivo are both on their way. Im having anightmare weekend already dd has had sickness and diarrheah since thursday evening and slept in our bed again last night and wet it. Dp slept on the sofa and has woken up full of cold and aches and ds2 has just been sick and also has diarrheah aaaggghh Im moving out. Going to bleach the kitchen change all the bed sheets and disinfect the living room floor today in the hope of getting rid of all germs. Everyone better be well by Monday I want this baby but not while everyone is ill. Sorry for moaning

Good morning everyone,

'Dreamy' I,m sorry to hear that your surrounded by sickness and having to clean it up. I suggest at some point today you go out and buy the biggest bar of chocolate sit down and enjoy every mouthful

'Pink tulips' thanks for posting "cumin seed" can you buy them in any shop?

'Katylou' and 'Olivo' Good luck hope you are in labour and it is progressing.

'Ella' congratulations on the birth of your baby boy wishing you all the best.

'Trix' and 'Melsy' thankyou for posting its good to hear from you as i'm sure you both have your hands full, we need all the support, as there is not many of us left.

Well, as you can guess i'm still hear had a lot of twinges yesterday but don't know if its more my body or my mind wanting them.

HOW MANY MUMS ARE STILL WAITING TO GIVE BIRTH ??

Micromum
Dreamy
Katylou
Olivo

morning! I'm still here!
no pains overnight, they've started again but mostly its my back killing me. i also feel really sick. i think i might try the cumin tea tonight.wonder if it works with powdered cumin? cant face sex and dh is in a mood anyway!

fingers crossed for you katylou.

and Ella, CONGRATULATIONS!

Olivio and Micro I really hope things start to happen for you both soon.

I had a lower back pain for a couple of days before I went into labour so maybe thats a sign Olivio. Keep moving around and if you can muster up the energy go for a walk. I was running the day before my labour as well as I got caught in a very heavy rain shower - that might have brought labour on too.

Good luck all - not long now.

olivo, i used powdered because i had no seeds in the house so it does... hopefully todays the day for you though

hi pink and trix lovely to hear from you both thanks for all your continued support hopefuly it wont take much longer to get us all over to the other side hope you are both well xx

Hi All, Hope I'm not too late to introduce myself. Only just discovered Mumsnet (had been using Babycentre but since they changed the layout I've had problems getting it to display). DH and I are expecting our first baby (boy) any minuite - we're hopefully haveing a home water birth. Midwives have given me 17th August as due date, but I worked it out as 23rd - either way, I'm definately over due now! Just wanted to get to know some other mum's who've just been through it/about to to get some support!