November 2014 - thread 9. The one with the babies.

[amy83firsttimer]

Waddle aboard ladies.

Help! My waters just broke. Just as I was getting into car to go to the GP. My car seat is all wet! Oh lord, must not panic.

Yay! You'll have a little baby pretty soon then greenstone!

ark how's your mum dealing with this all now? Is she any good support-wise?

Also just remember there's never a perfect time to have a baby, people on JSA have babies all the time and they all seem to survive. You're in a better situation than a lot of people and you'll get through this.

You ok Greenstone? Sounds dramatic. Don't panic, call the GP and explain. Call the MW see what she says. Call DH. Wait to see if contractions start, you may have a bit of time to get your act together. My friend's waters went suddenly a few months ago and then nothing followed that night.

Good luck.

Good luck Greenstone! Call the midwife, they may want you in just to confirm it is your waters, then they'll probably send you home to wait for contractions.

Ark - it must be so overwhelming but you will manage, I know I feel really under prepared too. Make a list and take it one step at a time

Good luck, Greenstone Don't panic, you still have plenty of time to get yourself sorted.

Phone DP and get ready for that baby!

Good luck Greenstone! Get home with the phone and call reinforcements, midwife first :)
If labour begins, then it's not long until baby time, so exciting!

Good luck Greenstone! You'll do just fine!

Greenstone... Deep breaths..... Your waters may have gone but unless contractions are coming thick n fast - you have lots of time. Get home, call whom you need, put kettle on for a cuppa, get washed n changed, maybe put a funny movie / dvd on and wait n see.

ooooooooh - i do love a 'live' labouring thread session!!!

Thanks all for the nice messages. No reply from MW but DH is on his way. This is how my labour started last time except this time it looks like the liquor is meconium-stained :( So I probably will go into the hospital, if the fluid was clear I would be bunkering right down! I'm just having period pain for now, no contractions yet.

Good Luck Greenstone. Look after yourself and imminent baby!

Are - I have known since week 5 and still feel unprepared and disorganised. Other half has unending to do lists as well. x

Ark - we all experience a bit of panic and doubt - even if it is the most planned out baby with a nursery full of stuff. We all need support and reassurances so don't be stressing.

check,out yr local freecylce site / Facebook group where people offer up items for free. You can,usually pick up stuff from,there or put up a request for stuff. as others said - you really don't need alot and with dd, i was overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of people. Babies have a way of bringing that out in people!

Greenstone you'd best eat a sandwich now and have a cup of tea. If you have to go into hospital soon god knows when they'll give you anything to eat.

Ark I don't think babies cos that much. Once you have a moses basket and a pram thats kinda it.

Aldi & Tesco is where everyone gets the rest of the stuff from anyway, in reality. (Aldi nappies are meant to be brill - I'm def going to try them out)

Anything "nice" tends to be gifts from people.

Tbh, you have a settled home with a nice guy and a family who are dealing ok with it. Just keep remembering that. You also have a good sensible head on your shoulders, natural wobbles aside.

I do NOT think there is a single one of us on this thread who, upon finding out we were 36 weeks upduffed or whatever, wouldn't have a week of pure JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY!!!

So allow yourself to freak out, and remember this is gonna be one hell of a brilliant anecdote for the rest of your kids life. We're talking wedding speech-worthy. "Well, Tristan was a bit of a suprise if we're honest....and he's been suprising us ever since!"

I have to get on board with everyone else ark. i'm 35, we planned this baby, I've known I was pregnant since 5 weeks and I'm still having moments where I'm like 'what am I doing?' 'Life as I know it is over' 'we'll never have a big enough house' etc etc - that's life though. This will be an amazing adventure and you'll be fine. You've already shown you're brilliant at being pregnant so you've mastered step one without even knowing it!!

Eeeek greenstone, so exciting!! Good luck!!

Me too Ark. I had a massive cry last night about how on earth I'm ever going to cope when I'm sleep deprived given that tiredness at the moment makes me feel that I can't cope, the fact that my life is 'over', lamenting that DP and I will have a massive shift in our relationship forever, and all this despite the fact that our little bundle is very much wanted and we've known since 5 weeks too, and at the beginning of the year I was in tears because I had given up hope that we would ever be blessed with having a child. I thought we'd left it too late.

I find it's worse when I'm tired. Even a couple of lovely and hugely enjoyable trips to meet friends yesterday finished me off on the energy front. You need to look after yourself as much as possible at the moment. Have a hug. It'll be ok.

It's perfectly normal to feel like you do, and as you've only had a few days to take everything on board I think you're coping amazingly well all things considered. Keep moaning at us, we're always here!

Greenstone eeeeeeeekkkk! The very best of luck - keep us posted

Thank you guys. I'm feeling a bit better after having some sort of tantrum at my poor friend. I'm just really bloody scared I think!

2 days to due date and I'm going stir crazy in the house but its been pissing down all morning so being reduced to bloody baking to pass the time. boooorrrrringggg!!!

You know you're bored when you spy your old Barry M Dazzle Dusts and decide to do a purple glittery eye for no reason whatsoever. If by some miracle I go today, I'll be just FAHBulous!!

Anna thank you for the huge belly laugh!

I am soooooo bored. Going out too much makes me knackered and horrible to be with so I am trying to find useful things to do in the house to save poor DP. Washing, tidying and cleaning are so boring. I keep wondering when the nesting instinct is going to kick in and make it all enjoyable. Off to play with my make up

I'd rather be playing with all my new toys like all the lovely little outfits, the car seat, the pushchair, the sling etc! It's like having all your presents before Christmas and having to just sit and look at them.

The one thing I can remember thinking after DS2 was born (DS1 was a tricky recovery so this didn't really apply) was that regardless of how sleep deprived you are with a newborn, it is so much better than the way you feel at the end of a pregnancy. If you are worrying that you won't cope with a baby remember that you aren't heavily pregnant and looking after a baby at the same time.

I'll be grateful just to be able to wear shoes that aren't slip-on.

Thanks Kantha, that is good to know, I've forgotten what it's like not being pregnant.

I'm getting bored too, and going out makes me tired and irritable but I'm still going to go out because otherwise I can see myself cleaning the grouting in the bathroom with a toothbrush and that's just so tedious!!

Ds 4yrs is Sat here waiting for daddy to get home so he can go trick or treating DH doesn't want to go as he hates it but we live on a gated 22 house dev where about 6 houses have children so said only go to them. Last yr only 11 houses were occupied and he just went next door.

If anyone is looking for a cheap large holdall go to debenhams online there tripp brand luggage is 70% off and I have just ordered a lovely one for £14 cheaper than argos - for some reason bag I used last time is too small.

Well, dd is here! When we got to hospital they were talking about going on the drip to speed up the labour because of the meconium. Was a bit dismayed but when they examined me I was 4am and having contractions so they left me to it. Pretty quick labour after that, no pain relief this time and all great but woah I'm not planning to do this again anytime soon! Just so happy to not be pregnant any more. Thanks again for all the support ladies, truly not long now for everyone else xxx