October 2014 - Thread 14 They`ve started arriving!

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Arrivals

Fedupofrainydays Baby Boy Rory 16th September
Slidein Baby boy Alexander 15th September
Troubleandfyfe Baby Girl Lumen born 31st August 8lb 5oz
Vicky123uk Baby girl Edith born sleeping

Boys 2 Girls 2

Overdue

None (for ages)

Week beginning 15th September

ExcitedCJ DC2 (boy) EDD 18th October CS booked 18th Sept

Week beginning 22nd September

Gunwalloe DC5 (girl) EDD 30th Sept C-section booked on 23rd
CaptainMcgraw DC2 (boy) EDD 30th Sept C-section booked on 23rd
Takingchances DC1 (girl) EDD 26th Sep by c-section
Kirstipops DC1 (unknown) EDD 27th September
Mrsbadcrumble74 DC2 (boy) EDD 28th September
MundayCakes85 DC1 (unknown) EDD 28th September
ohthegoats DC1 (unknown) EDD 28th September

Week beginning 29th September

hefner DC2 (boy) EDD 29th September
mrsb87 dc1 EDD 29th September
Pinkfizzsparkles DC3 (girl) EDD 30th September
Annoyedbyalfiebear DC2 (girl) EDD 9th oct c-s booked 2nd oct
Bumpbangbump DC2 (girl) EDD 2nd October
Clops2000 DC1 (boy) EDD 2nd October - homebirth (fingers crossed!)
Porcito DC1 (girl) EDD 3rd October (C-section before then likely)
Badgerinbury DC1 (girl) EDD 4th October
Georgebythesea DC1 (boy) EDD 4th October

Week beginning 6th October

CellyD DC2 (unknown) October 6th
Queensanti3 DC2 (unknown) October 6th
Flipfantasia DC3 (unknown) edd 7 October
Cabster DC2 (boy) EDD 8 October
Londonjen DC1 (unknown) EDD 8th October
SummerDreams13 DC1 (unknown - even to us!) EDD 9th Oct
Ldt87 DC3 (boy) EDD 9th October
HazzaB89 DC1 (unknown) EDD 9th October
Binkybunny DC1 (girl) EDD 10th October
Fatpony DC1 (boy) EDD 16 October, c-section booked 10 October
Fedupofrainydays, DC2, (unknown), EDD 10 October
Yellowwellies DC2 (unknown) EDD 25th Oct CS/Induction 11th Oct
Me23 DC3 (girl) EDD 11th October
Bumpforme2014 DC1 (girl) EDD 11th October
Sweetpeapods DC2 (boy) edd 11th Oct.
Kittyvet DC1 (unknown) EDD 12th October
Madamweasel DC2 (girl) EDD 12th October

Week beginning 13th October

Pregnantagain7 DC4 (unknown) EDD 13th October
JellyBeans (team yellow) EDD 13th October, home birth
Mum2kiss dc2 edd 13th October
Happytimes31 DC1, surprise! EDD 15th October
Clairemiss79 DC4 girl EDD 15th October
Mamami DC1 (girl) EDD 15th of October
Mrsandpuppythedog DC1 (team green?) EDD 16th October
Grannyapple DC3 (boy) EDD 16th October
PunkyBubba DC2 (boy) EDD 16th October
Shirehobbit DC2 (unknown) EDD 17th October

Week beginning 20th October

Loulou888 DC3 (unknown) EDD 20th October
Pusscous (girl) edd 20 October
FrauEnglischLehrerinDC2 (boy) EDD 22nd October
BingoBango85 DC1 (unknown) EDD 23rd October
STIGZ dc2 (girl) EDD 23 october (likely c/section)
FatFlashingLazer DC1 (surprise) EDD 23rd October
Magichandles DC3 (girl) EDD 24th October (likely to be induced 10/11 Oct)
Weeonion DC2 (secret) EDD 25th Oct
Pinkie2103 DC2 (unknown) EDD 26th October (HBAC)

Week beginning 27th October

Lily31 DC1 (unknown) EDD 27th October
Lulu298 DC1 (surprise) EDD 27 October
Missus2ndwife DC1 Edd 28th October
Bumpandbaby2014 DC1 (unknown) EDD 29th October

I have a question.

I'm a bit worried that the baby has gone breech again. At the moment the majority of movement is bottom left hand side, and there is a quite hard lump on the front wall of my bump on the top right hand side. Movements under my ribs aren't 'kicks' anymore.

Without going to a midwife or a doctor (I have a consultant appointment on Tuesday), is there any trick sort of way that I can tell for myself?

Oh and bump clearly lopsided - bulge on top right hand side. BUT, I have an anterior high placenta that apparently is on the top right hand side too - would that cause a bulge?

Panic. 39 weeks is late to be breech and get away with it right?

I have a huge bulge under my right ribcage and it's the baby's bum.
I think it's v hard to tell...even midwives get it wrong don't they. Do your spinning baby things and see how you go

Goats check out spinning babies/bellymapping. My (formerly breech) baby is head low, back along my left side (LOA in bellymapping terms) and I feel movement down low (hands, elbows - sometimes comedy excruciating!) and kind of middle, upper mid/right side (bum feels quite big and round). Movements are more rolls/flexes than the alien jabs of precious weeks. You can also try to feel for a round head low down (different from round bum, where you can try to feel thighs coming off). Lie down for all this btw - bump feels totally different when I'm standing!

OK phew, that's good to hear. It's the change in movements that scared me a bit too. All last night in bed getting kicked in the left hand side of my bump, with pushing feeling on right hand side... dreams about it being transverse (impossible, bump not that shape).

Goats I get a lot of pushing down low around my pelvis and babyB likes to poke it's bum out resulting in a huge lump out front! No kicks under my ribs anymore since its dropped down. Anterior placenta too, I'm pretty sure mine isn't breech! I hope that puts your mind at ease a bit.

Flip - I did the spinning babies stuff between 32 and 36 weeks because the baby was breech until then. That was also why I did all the skirting board stuff - hands and knees for a fortnight. It definitely worked (or at least the baby turned, might have done it anyway I guess). Last midwife listened to heartbeat quite high up, but 'thought' the baby's head was down. She tried to show me how to feel the head, but I didn't get it. I've carried on with the spinning babies stuff though - no reclining EVER!

Anyway, I've just spent 3 hours on the phone with mortgage people, I'm knackered... going to place myself on the sofa with telly and knitting. NOT in a reclined position! Knees down like a good girl.

goats my midwife says the head feels like "a lollipop on a stick" which is always on my left hand side and sometimes a big lump appears which extends over my ribs, get mahoosive kicks into pelvic area and her hiccups are felt just above pubic my bone, only little movements at belly button which i assume is her hands

Wow cj what a pain in the arse! I would be gutted after all the mental preparation you need to do ... Sorry this is happning

me23 I can't call for results until Monday. She really didn't seem concerned at all, she asked what I have been eating and I did own up to some birthday cake binging yesterday! She said as I measure spot on and it's the first time it's probably a glitch caused by diet. I will have to wait and see what they say Monday. Are there symptoms of gd I would notice?

The bellymapping stuff is just useful for mapping position/getting to know your bump so to speak. I've not done any actual spinning babies positions since a scan last week confirmed head down (lazy of me!). But was glad of midwife yesterday saying baby was in a good position.

flip is spot on with her advice goats! I get very similar movements baby is loa too (better stay there baby)

Supplements for bf most pregnancy vitamins are adequate make sure they have vit d iron and omegas.

Have back ache this evening, upper back has been hurting lately.

Yes goats I was having the same worries this morning as the kicks seem lower but my MW felt me today and told me head down at pelvic brim. Bottom up on R. I have never got baby kicks under the ribs and they are now to the left about halfway down! Baby probably just settling down into position :)

CJ what a nightmare and massive pain! I hope you get to speak to the consultant and they change their minds about discharge.

Goats my movements and bump shape sounds very similar to yours and I saw midwife yesterday who said head was down and back coming up right side, bum just under ribs.

I'm with you all on the noises and struggles of getting up etc. I've had quite a nice day today though. Had my hair done and been working from home with my feet up. 35 weeks today and only one more work trip to get through.

Cool, it all sounds like everyone has similar movements without being breech.. less panicky now.

I meant to say, I really had no idea until these threads that October was such a busy month for babies. I'm starting to panic that the staff/ward will be over stretched. I'm hoping to go to our MLU but there are only 4 rooms so I'm worried about what will happen if they're full. I think I'll chat to my midwife about it at next appt and see what she says. Maybe I'll go 2 weeks over and that will put me into November...is it quieter then??

Thanks ladies, makes me feel a bit less pathetic.

Good to hear re your iron levels me.

Excited I hope you get one person who takes charge of things soon x

No Jen. At 37 weeks and am even more knackered than I was at the start. Has got worse since I finished work too. For some reason - sleep more & need more sleep!

Re busy wards. I was born on October 16th back in the 80's and 'busy Christmas fallout' was the first thing my mum warned me about when we got our EDD! Nothing much changes.

*36 weeks. (Wishful thinking)

Hi, just tagging onto the arrivals list and congratulations to those with arrivals already, also thanks for adding me back onto the list
Iam currently 37 + 3, and have felt terrible all day with a constant headache, to now feeling like I want to be sick, still getting terrible heartburn too , I'm just hoping it was down ti lack if sleep last night and this humid weather x

I've had a crap day as well, exhausted with chesty cough and also feeling sick queen, pretty sure it's tiredness as haven't slept well all week.

Got butterflies thinking that scotlands future has been decided Want to stay up and watch it live but dont think i'll manage arrghaaa the bloody suspense is killing me !!

I'm sat up watching it stigz as not really feeling sleepy after last night's epic sleep. Not sure I'll make it to 2/3am when they start being declared though. Not feeling excited, just a bit sick with concern!

Maybe I will make 3am, dh is in bed and I can hear him snoring from the sofa

In Glasgow, We have friends round, the kids are bunked down on floors... The grownups are settled in on cushions with whisky and hot chocolate for voting results. Feeling excited,nervous, hopeful and despairing....