Due May 2014 the Maybies are IN THE DROPZONE!!

[ClearlyMoo]

All welcome if you baby is due to make an appearance in and around May 2014! We've had a few already! Congrats to all. Hang on tight everyone the next few weeks are going to roll...

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ooh vikks I had a show like that yesterday but clear, got very excited that everything was about to kick off (as per nhs website) but called the midwives and they told me it could all still not be for a couple of weeks but now I've been symptom spotting like a mad thing!
Got my 36 wk appt today too, don't think I have blood taken today though. Hope all goes well!
36+3

Moomin, after a week my stitches were still sore and they discovered I had an infection. After a week of antibiotics I felt human again. Back to the doctors maybe? X

Oh Polly we're in the same boat! Good luck at the hospital x

We're having babies!!

We're having babies!!

pom poms with ds1

I took ages to heal, similar to vikks big episiotomy and then a nasty infection. It was a good month before the initial sharpness went, then ages before it all felt normal again. Agree that you should speak to MW, have you been discharged yet? Was it a big tear?

I never had any after pains at all so can't help but Moomin if its getting no better you must go back and make a fuss raise a bit of merry hell

Hey all

Midwife has been round and dropped off box of goodies and 3 canisters of gas and air so we are all booked in for home water birth :) 37+1 today...yay! Feeling quite excited about giving birth again now that we are pretty much ready. Hope the feeling lasts too Minions!

I remember going crazy on the gas and air last time so hopefully the water will be enough this time round. I remember completely losing the plot and when the second midwife arrived I was on all 4s with my bum towards the door and I said 'hello, I'm Michelle, this is Phil and this is my arse!!!' Going to try and be calm and collected this time round!!

Moomin...I think you should defo seek some advice about your pains. I had stitches last time but they felt much better after a week or so.

SarahJinx...I did resort to tena lights in the end. I think it was you who suggested they may become my best friends...you were right!! Glad to know it's not only me having wee fun (and not in a Scottish way :))

Looking forward to more symptom spotting with you all over the next few weeks xxx

37+4 today and off to the hospital for a scan as baby was laying oblique breech on thursday when i saw the midwife. Feeling very emotional and a little nervous. Bag is now all packed and going to put it in the car just incase!
Its really strange how nobody likes pain but i really can't wait for labour to start and the more painful it is the closer you know you are to meeting your bundle of joy! Bring it on!!!!

sarah maybe it's worth mentioning the discharge/wee leaks to your midwife, as your waters can leak slowly?

I have been dreaming about my waters breaking, I'm obsessed! I'm 37+6, so decided it was probably time to do something about protecting the mattress. However, don't want to spend money on a special sheet, when I may not need it.

Lightbulb moment this morning! We bought a few waterproof flat sheets for the cot from ikea! I've put one of those on my side, topped with an old towel, and then the usual bed sheet holds it all in place. That should do the trick if I do have some kind of midnight niagra falls moment like I keep imagining!

angry pregnant woman rant alert

So, so cross with John Lewis right now. We ordered a sofa in February which was meant to be delivered by this week (delivery within 9 weeks of order). Having heard nothing, I phoned them a couple of weeks ago to be told that it was being delivered to them on the 21st (so yesterday) and then they would contact me for deliver (was meant to be coming straight to us from the supplier). Phoned just now, to be told that it would be delivered week commencing the 6th May. So pretty much when the baby is due.

Apparently someone will phone me tomorrow to explain what had happened (cos the two weeks since I last phoned hasn't been long enough for them to work it out).

FFS. We currently have a lounge with nothing to sit on, which we busted a gut to get decorated in time for the sofa to arrive.

I am going to wait and see if someone does phone tomorrow, then there will be a pointed email going to the head of their customer services team.

ARGH!

kally that's rubbish, funnily enough we have also fallen out with JL over a sofa although in our case it was a sofa bed which we bought in their sale back in January for the baby's room as it is our spare room and we have to get rid of the bed for baby stuff. We ordered and paid for it and asked when the latest they could deliver it was. They said last weekend which was great as meant we didn't need to lose our spare bed until then. Then got a call the night before delivery to say they no longer had the sofa bed and of course as it was a sale item they didn't have any more! Eventually negotiated that they would order the same sofa at the full price which is good but it won't be here until June so nowhere for guests to sleep and my plan to use the sofa for night feeds is out of the window :-( Not the end of the world but quite annoying at the time.

wm It sucks, doesn't it? I know it's not exactly a massive issue in the grand scheme of things, but we have been working so hard to get the house sorted (not to mention spending a rather huge amount of money with JL) and it is disappointing that one of the final major things is now delayed.

Not looking forward to telling DH when he wakes up - he is going to be pissed. Poor guy has had to wait 7 months to be able to set up his stereo and deck, and now he has to wait even longer.

Hi everyone just checking in! Lots of lovely squishy babies yay!
All booked in for c-section in 4 weeks, haven't told anyone date apart from my parents who will be looking after dd. it's partly so that family who are further away don't just appear but also nice to do the whole 'he's here' thing!
Ladies who have had your babies, I had episiotomy and third degree tear last time around, if you've got any questions then don't hesitate to pm me. I will answer anything if you need me to or just rant and rave about it all! It's really hard when you are struggling to recover but people think you've 'only' given birth and you don't necessarily want to go into detail!
Hope you are all feeling well. I'm supposed to be napping while dd naps but needed mumsnet fix!

Can I join the JL rant, delivery men seriously duffed up our wall on Sat. Mind you at least the chest of drawers came, and DH happened to be doing pollyfilla and paint elsewhere the same day but still annoying! I can't believe how long stuff takes to come, ours was a sale item so we ordered it Thu and it came on Sat! I'd be highly annoyed about the bed or sofa.

Just seen MW and bouncing baby has got itself fully engaged again. MW described it as a "bobber"! Measuring on date (I thought bump hasn't grown much this week) compared to two weeks ahead two weeks ago. MW unconcerned.

She also said my BH are exactly what they are.

kally sounds like your in a good position to negotiate a discount/voucher deal? Don't give in! They're in the wrong and should have kept you informed at least!

sarahjinx snap at 38+1 and feeling very uncomfortable long baby! Hate sitting upright now, left side is the only bearable way of relaxing. I worry about having to give birth lying down/ leaning back, I get dizzy. I know that they usually let you choose the positions but what if I need forceps? I fear I'll pass out!

minion I'm also enjoying the hypnotherapy, hope it helps.

nanny Thinking of you and wee Poppy, hoping for a steady recovery!

TENS machine arrived today so no reason to put off packing the hospital bag! Time to print out birth plan too.
Have another scan with consultant tomorrow to check those misbehaving kidneys of the baby... Very nervous I have to admit. DH is coming with me, luckily, and we have been through so much together that I feel we will be able to cope, no matter what life throws at us.

Hoping everyone else is having a good day!

PS 37+3 I'm in the drop-zone!

clearly did you take pics? Either way, you should complain to them. We knew the sofa was a made to order, so would be a while, but I WANT TO HAVE A SOFA DOWNSTAIRS!! Numpty here decided that the TV would go at the top of the house in the family room, so if I want to sit on the sofa in front of the TV I have to climb up to the second floor. D'oh.

Good news that baby is engaged again. I've gone back to measuring on dates after being a week ahead - MW is similarly unconcerned. I got quite strong BH walking up to the shops earlier - I have to admit to actually quite enjoying them...

moas We will definitely be expecting some sort of compensation. That's DH's job to sort though . I think I also have a reasonably long baby - currently sat bouncing on my ball and have a very active pair of feet bashing my ribs, with a head grinding into my pelvis. It feels like she is punching towards my back as well. Must print out birth plan... Fingers crossed for positive news on the kidneys tomorrow xx

Selfish alert

My hands are really hot! I normally have cold hands but they've been warmer all through pregnancy but today they are really really HOT! Anyone else experienced this?

My feet are hot too, but not as hot as my hands.

This is one of my oddest complaints ever!

Fingers crossed for good news tomorrow moas.

Very with JL on behalf of you ladies - not helpful when you're trying to get everything sorted before LOs arrive.

I've just been doing housework and got a cross between bh and period pain so got a bit paranoid! Seems to have gone off now though so I'm taking it as a sign I needed chocolate and a rest!

I also feel like there isn't much space for baby anymore, which is ridiculous given that we know it's tiny (and I'm not small - I'm very average height etc). It does a good job of grinding my bladder/cervix while kicking my ribs though, so maybe it's like me and just likes stretching out! I've got no idea how engaged it is - mw hasn't told me or written it down and I forgot to ask at last appointment. I don't think I could cope with much more bladder pressure though!

Cross posts moobaloo. Not sure what hot hands could mean? I take it they're not swollen or itchy?

TMI alert!

vikks & polly, I had a show on Saturday. Very plug like (very thick piece of mucus, clear ie no blood) but nothing since until last night. Woke up 2 or 3 times with pains but went back to sleep. Then pink/brown mucous this morn so thinking another bit of show.

Had routine midwife this morning and she reckons baby is partly engaged but could still be another two weeks! I've been a bit crampy today but I wonder if it's because she had such a good dig around my abodomen to find position of baby

Slightly bad news is baby is back to back so hoping he/she will turn round before labour starts. I've to spend lots of time on all fours. She also said contraction pains are likely to be in my back so to get a tens machine (express delivery from mothercare means I'll get it tomorrow) and paracetamol.

Anyone delivered a back to back baby? Hoping it can still be done as 'normally' as possible...

Wonder how Xav is, sending good wishes x

I've had 2 back to backs and didn't even know until babies arrived! I would say it's a breeze and just as easy, but then I've never had a 'right way round' birth!

moob I've had super hot hands and feet the last couple of days! I've got a mothercare foot spray and its amazing!

minions I saw the midwife this morning too, and she said the baby is 'very engaged' & warned me that if I go into labour before the weekend I can't go to the birthing unit I wanted so thats scared me a bit, she must have thought its a possibility! had quite a few cramps today but nothing regular enough to be contractions, although I've now got pains radiating from the bottom of my back across my pelvis and then round to my bump i wish babies were more predictable!

hope you got on ok too vikks?

Poor, have just stuffed face on a gorgeous lasagne, and now bean is kicking me to bits....feeling most green!

Right, re discharge curls I spent an evening in day assessment a few weeks back to check it wasn't waters, and it wasn't. Have and two scans since and waters are within normal limits so am guessing it isn't a slow leak - which was what I thought. But there is loads of it, I am soaking through pads and tmi, it smells really like ammonia, like hair bleach so I think it's probably pee, I was swabbed for all manner of infections too, all came back clear so just have to put up with it, and smelling of wee like an old lady!!

moas so glad not not be the only one suffering this, although obv sorry that you are too! It's just so frustrating, and weird! Hadn't thought of giving birth either.....is it something to do oth baby pressing on lungs or artery or something ? It's been making me pretty breathless all day today because i keep forgetting until tis too late!

minions DS was b2b all the way through labour until he turned a full rotation part way through. People say that this makes for a longer, slower labour with a different pain levels, which was certainly the case for me, but not for everyone. I think Longtailedtit just delivered her little man with just G&A fully back to back. For me the contractions were unbearable, but DS also didn't descend properly, and I didn't dilate properly either (I literally found all of this out going through my last labour notes with my MW last week btw, so excuse me being a labour bore!) so it all made for a long, very painful, very ineffective first stage. All to do with position, have a look at the spinning babies web site, there's lands of sometimes confusing info on there.

I've also since been told that your pelvis shape dictates how you carry (Position) though and it's hard to turn a back to back baby, best to try to help it descend and engage properly. Anyway, hope that helps and doesn't terrify. I did have an epidural , and a forceps delivery but that was after more than 24 hours of active labour, with another 12 still to go due to lack of proper dilation.

I also had a routine checkup today with mw. All fine and baby's head is down. Next appointment at 39+3 and I'm hoping little flea will be here already.

Moomin I think my stitches took about 3 weeks to heal and I was told not to have sex until after the 6 week checkup, then given the all clear. I was also told to wash after weeing to help the healing. I've heard of people using squirty bottles when showering isn't practical.

I can't remember about the uterus contractions, other than ouch! I got them on no1 and no 2 but can't remember how long they stayed. Are you taking any pain relief for them? I was on ibuprofen and paracetamol for about 2 or 3 weeks after the birth of dc1. I had a damaged coccyx too. All I remember of DD1's first few weeks of life is PAIN!

Thanks for the back to back info folks, appreciate it. Have to say, you made my day cbeebies with your tale! I know it's different for everyone so I'm hoping I'm like you!

Everyone's quiet tonight, hope that's because you've all got your feet up relaxing :)