October 2014 // thread 15 // hooray, here come the babies!

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Going through these fast at the minute!

I'm due today! Happy due date MrsB. It feels really strange to be sitting waiting for something to happen. I think I'll see if I can book a pedicure for later today, haven't booked anything in as I was convinced I'd be in labour by now like I was with dd.

Goats, rocking helps the baby get in position and move down, and I think their head pressing down on the cervix helps you to dilate.

OK, thanks for that.

It feels really strange to be sitting waiting for something to happen.

Yep, me too. I decided to just make plans for a normal week. A 'normal' week where I wouldn't actually be able to walk far anyway! My doula just text to check she's alright to go into London for the day - I hadn't even thought about it, I've got plans for town today, tomorrow going to see friends an hour away.. should I be rethinking?

Morning all, hope everyone had a good night or as good as it can be at this stage!
goats I would go for it, as Long as you feel happy about it if you feel ropey you can always come back.

Omg I have got the sorest nipple in the world actually feel like someone has bit it! I mentioned it to dp who gave me a look to say " we've not had sex for six months and you snarl like a Rottweiler if I come anywhere near you and you seriously think I would try and bite your nipple?!"

Dd1 is at school,dd2 is at nursery and ds is at my mums until 3.30. What a lovely treat god bless my mum!!
I'm going to meet a friend for breakfast and then come home and get back in bed loads I should be doing but have decided to give myself the morning off.

goats as far as I'm aware it's both. Apparently our natural instinct is to keep moving.
I'm all booked in for my sweep at 3:30 this afternoon. Dh is going to come with me for a bit of support. I did finally get round to taming the wild meadow last night, it vaguely resembles a tidy garden now lol. Did need some help as holding the bump out of the way, getting a good angle and being able to see what I was doing in the mirror was seriously hard work!

hefner I haven't committed to anything for the next 2 weeks! I hate committing myself to plans anyway so it's the perfect excuse.

Goats I think an hour away is fine as long as you've got your hospital bag and notes with you. We were told things could be super quick when my waters went because it was number two and I'd been contracting for a week but by the time we'd got sorted, to the hospital and childcare had arrived it was nearly 1.5 hours later.

Happy due date mrsb hope your sweep isnt too unpleasent ?

Im getting period type cramps through the night but seem to stop when im up and about ? Lots of discharge yesterday aswell plus seriously nesting i think? I cant relax for thinking about things i still want done... The list is seems to be endless or im just being OTT with nesting hormones?

Congrats to all the full termers and good luck mrsb for your sweep later!

goats are you driving the hour to your friends? I felt great on Friday when I went down to Stirling until I had to drive back up the motorway with Braxton Hicks going on. Suddenly realised if I went into labour it would get very messy with leaving my car etc.

Managed to get about 5 hours sleep in the end last night. Honestly I could murder dh, I actually nearly punched him in the head at one point! Hes on the sofa tonight if he 's the same

Finally managed to find a nursing bra in my huge size that's actually in stock! I have gone for cheap and cheerful from Asda until after I've given birth and will then order a nice one or two when I know my actual size. I seem to have put on loads of weight across my back but my cup size has only gone up by one, so finding a bra has been really hard.

My parents also ordered a cotbed for us last night. Went with one from Toys R Us, a bit nervous ordering from there but it has great reviews and the one in the shop seems really sturdy. There's also £100 off at the moment, and its a sleigh cot like I originally wanted

Crikey, I wouldn't have even thought about taking notes or my hospital bag for an hour away. Naïve foooooool.

I'm massively convinced that I'm going to have 12 hours of early labour at least to get myself sorted out!

Suddenly realised if I went into labour it would get very messy with leaving my car etc.

Yes, boyfriend suggested that if we're still waiting next weekend, that I go to my mum's from Friday until Sunday, and he gets a mate in to help him paint the hall/landing area (it's being plastered this week). I did point out that that would leave me potentially needing my mum to drive me back, my car left 45 minutes away needing picking up at some point... and my mum being slightly more involved than I would prefer.

Gah, I've got the nerves on now. Like stigz, I've got so many things I feel that I need to finish about the house/before the baby (in reality there is nothing, it's totally fine for a building site!).

Morning. Finally got to sleep after sickness and a double hiccuping session from lo.

Good luck today mrsb. All this talk of sweeps is making me clamp my legs together.

Morning, I haven't been around much as this thread just moves so fast and I've been feeling pretty ropey.

Induction is booked now for 10th October when I'll be 38 weeks on the dot and it honestly can't come fast enough, I feel a wreck! Consultant mentioned something about booking me in for a sweep the week before, but no one else has mentioned that so I'm just going to let it slide I think.

DD has been taken to school and I gave up today and drove DS to preschool, I can manage the 15 minute walk there but the walk back up the hill nearly killed me last week, and totally wiped me out for the rest of the morning, so just isn't worth it.

Is anyone else feeling an emotional wreck at the moment as well? I'm really teary at the smallest things and have found myself isolating myself, and then feeling really resentful that my friends don't care (even though this is totally in my head and they do).

Thanks for the new thread sazzle!

Any news from bump?

First full-on late-night heartburn attack last night due to some delicious roasted parsnips, I actually thought my oesophagus was dissolving. Ugh. Much as I'm savouring these precious few last weeks with DD before everything turns upside down, I'm looking forward to not being pregnant any more!

magic I'm feeling very sensitive at the moment. DH and I have snapped at each other a few times and I've really taken it to heart, even though I was the one being awkward in the first place!

cabster I can't remember if bump is on Facebook, but it looks like there might be 3 more babies arriving soon!

Just got my tens machine ordered, at last, and written out phone numbers for beside the home phone in case of needing a quick number. Apart from the house looking like a tip, I'm feeling a bit more organised now

cabster I am with you with the oesophagus dissolving issues. Urgh.. I literally got through a packet of rennie last night.

Binky - you sound v organised. I totally forgot about programming important numbers in. Still need to do that. Being a FTM I feel like I really am unsure of when to go to hospital...

Lily - just go and get Zantac (or supermarket brand ranatadine) - one pill every 24 hours, plus the odd top up of one rennie just before bedtime, and it's all sorted with the heartburn. It says on the leaflet to check with a doctor if you're pregnant, but I know that they prescribe it in 350mg doses, while the over the counter stuff is 75mg. I've been taking it for about 4 weeks and it's genuinely changed my life! Before that I couldn't/didn't want to eat anything, I wasn't putting on weight and nor was the baby. Icelollies and jelly didn't cut it! Now I can eat cake, which is very important!

Lily I keep thinking I'm organised then realise that I've forgotten something like the Tens machine!

Just ordered my sevenslings sling too, £9.99 with code freeslingfb if anyone is still looking.

Must stop spending now, we're supposed to be putting money away this month for an emergency fund!

Thanks goats. The rennie isn't cutting it any more.

Will look at the sevensling. Good heads up Binky.

Time for 3hr drive back from a lovely weekend in Suffolk. Hope the twinges stay at bay.

I had a minor TENS machine panic last weekend after my Friday night false alarm - Mothercare are taking about 3 days to get them out to you online. I gave boyfriend the job of working out how to use it, obviously it's still in the box...

Yup, lily, cabster, goats and fellow heartburn sufferers, my GPs given me 300mg Ranitidine per day plus 30mg domperidone per day and I've been taking that for the last 4 months but even though I took the max yesterday I was still swilling gaviscon at midnight in an effort to sleep - how dare I actually have a balanced meal at 6pm! Shan't be doing that again in a hurry. I would say a trip to docs is worth it, just because over the counter Zantac is quite expensive and obviously our prescriptions are currently free. You can even get rennie/gaviscon on prescription and the amount I guzzle at the moment would bankrupt me if I had to buy it.

magic I'm also all over the place at the moment! I ticked over 38weeks now and just feel grumpy/hopelessly debilitated most of the day. Just getting up off the sofa makes me frown. I can't wait to feel 'normal' again, even though I know it'll probably be Christmas before that happens!

for everyone being a moody git today

Question regarding sling.. How easy are they to put on "safely" by yourself? I quite fancy the stretchy one but im a bit put off buying as i dont think i would be able to "work" it never had one first time around but think it would make a diffrence this time if this one is clingy like her sister was

Marking place! I am not due till the 24th, feels like forever away!

STIGZ I couldn't use my wrap well at all, just could not get the hang of it what so ever. I have gone for a close caboo this time as it is look a lot simpler! It sort of starts off for you? does that make sense? Youtube is quite good if not.

Failing that I had a manduca for DS, great all rounder. Bucked carrier so easier, newborn insert already in carrier unlike the ergo where you have ti purchase separately.

I'm sitting here reading about breastfeeding and getting myself in a panic. I really don't want to do it... but I'm going to get pressurised by everyone aren't I? Boyfriend thinks that babies should be breastfed for a year (this won't happen to ours), his mum does too... all HCP types do as well. Luckily my mum and SIL struggled, so have been 'do whatever you like' about it, but aaagh. I'll try the first few days to give them the colostrum or whatever, but after that I don't really feel the urge to do it. I don't want to spend weeks with leaking tits, painful tits, hours sat on the sofa with them nodding off every 5 minutes and drinking 5ml over 3 hours, cracked and bleeding nipples, being the only one who can feed the kid even when I'm knackered at 3am, limited clothes options, I don't want to use a fucking pump for hours.. I'm not a cow. I'm sure this makes me a selfish old bag, but I know for sure that if it involved the levels of pain and perseverance that I read about, my boyfriend would suddenly be not that bothered either.

Urgh... on the subject of cows I think I need to go out for an icecream sundae or something. Yes. Plan.

Stigz I'm another on ranitidine. No idea how if cope without it, although I have had to take 3 on occasions. I find I'm bad around late afternoon/early evening. But I'm normally guzzling milk too but with having a chesty cough and loads of mucous I've been avoiding dairy so that won't have helped.
I've also bought a close caboo. Thought it would help me do stuff with ds. Going to have to look online to remind me how it goes on though!!

goats you need to do what's best for you, if you're going to be unhappy breastfeeding I'm sure it will pass onto your lo. Just see how you feel when s/he is born. I'm not really that bothered either way, I'm going to give it a go but if it doesn't work, or I don't like it I'm using formula. Luckily dh and my family are behind whatever decision I make. Maybe sit down now with your boyfriend and explain to him how you feel and ask him how he'd like it if he was made to feel like a milking machine 24/7. Even if I do breastfeed I only really want to do it for 6 months, just personal preference.

oh an Ice cream sundae sounds amazing... off to raid the freezer