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

[amy83firsttimer]

Waddle aboard ladies.

That was me yesterday morning excited, but for the first time in ages ds slept through and I didn't spend the night fighting for space in the bed & I'm pretty good despite getting up at 6:30! Hopefully you'll get to have a relaxing day

EDD today and no sign of movement but am generally pessimistic about most thing so fully expecting to make my induction date on the 21st and if I go before it's a massive bonus!

Amy I know how u feel sleep wise! I am exhausted I honestly think if I went into labour today I wouldn't have the energy to do it!

saz hoping as soon as I feel a bit better to crawl into bed and not move the rest of the day! Ideally OH on toast & juice duty would just be fabulous!

Due date today, come on baby, out you get!!

Going to distract ourselves with a trip to b&q to buy some tiles followed by some coffee shop time.

There's nothing worse than a due date! Just keep yourselves busy!

8 days over....I'm actually starting to find it oddly hilarious. That'll be the mood swings for ya! I'll probably be weeping later!

I'm having little sharp spikes of "ow!" But they're in a wierd place. It almost feels like they're in my urethra. They woke me up several times during the night. How odd! I haven't a clue what it might be. I certainly never had pain there before. I don't think its a sudden UTI or anything. Bizarre.....

Good luck to all you due date ladies. Fingers crossed for some action soon, and for those that are over!

So my partner who has been seriously struggling to come to terms with the fact that baby is arriving shocked me last night! Sat there for most of the evening discussing baby stuff quite happily, we've ( at long last) chosen names ( I hope, probably change our minds again) and watched some baby videos on YouTube. There's one about how to put a newborn in a sling and the baby's head flops forward a few times. My partner was shouting ' SUPPORT THE HEAD FOR GOODNESS SAKE' I nearly peed myself laughing at him! He's all of a sudden the expert on epidurals and c sections as well apparently.... Let's see how useful he is when I'm actually in labour lol

Morning all . I had a shocking night's sleep on Friday night - NO position was comfortable at all, so can sympathise with those of you who had rubbish nights' sleep....Woke up around 2.30am this morning with really strong period pains and thought yay! this could be the start of something...but no - fact that I managed to go back to sleep and then woke up feeling ok again just proved that point

Does anyone know / had experience of NOT losing any plug before going into labour? Is this even possible? It's just that I've read about loads of you who have been losing it for a while and with 9 days to go until EDD, I've had nothing; not a sausage.....maybe I'm just being impatient now!

It's an absolutely lovely sunny day where I am - clear blue skies and really warm in the sun. Just managed the slowest waddle in the world with DH - took about 30 mins to do a normal 5-10 minute walk - he was VERY patient!

Kantha- my sister's baby is nearly 2 months old, he was over 9 pounds when he was born and is very hungry, but hopefully it will get easier for her soon. It didn't help that she got an infection after the c- section that no-one picked up on for a few days.

I'm trying to keep my anxiety about childbirth under control but it's not easy, starting to feel anxious all the time now and the only thing that helps is exercise and reassurance from DH. Had a few nights of insomnia, along with the baby wriggling a lot keeping me awake but managed to sleep fairly well last night. Was starting to get stressed about my impending due date but trying to not think of it as a definite date, my EDD according to my dates is a week later on the 20th anyway.

Saw another homebirth midwife yesterday and she was very nice about age issues, and she confirmed that if I'd been still been 39 I wouldn't have had any pressure to be induced on my due date! She also said they recently had a 45 year old women give birth successfully after declining induction on her due date, so that was good to hear.

Anna I hope those pains are the start of something, sounds like baby's head is low down. Going over really sucks!
Ark really great to hear your OH is getting on board, daddy instincts are strange things, my DH was so calm and detached for our first DD then when she was born he sobbed uncontrollably for 24 hours!! I think it's so much more real for us because the baby is inside us, for the dad it's totally surreal until little one is before their eyes.

I had two days of pains, every 5 mins sometimes, and now every morning I get stabby cervix pains, super fun... Keeping busy as much as I can, Xmas shopping and bonfire night yesterday. I keep falling asleep if I sit still too long!

Hedgehog - I think you're right. Cause we can feel it there the whole time it's easier for us.

haven't I'm 3 days over and not lost plug, our friend google shows some women don't lose it until established labour. Although I also don't have her head engaged so could be I've got a very long wait ahead!

cazy is it that you might have to be induced that's worrying you?

BH continue but that's all. 40+3 Long walk needed I think!

Ladydolly good to know I'm not alone, although MW did tell me bean was well and truly engaged...maybe it's not a pre-requisite and maybe I should just stop looking for signs

Very impressed if you can manage a long walk too! I'd really like to go out and stretch my legs properly, but really it's more like a shuffle now - can't even call it a waddle

Hi all.

Just returned from a lovely lunch and wander round the garden centre with the in laws.

Had huge emotional breakdown about nothing being ready for imminent arrival and have been writing lists non stop since. Very little anxiety about the birth but lots about when we first come home, visitors, feeding etc...

Good luck to all those due this week!

Well really nothing doing here at all. I've been to B&Q , taken down a blind, sanded the windowsill, painted it and the surrounding wall area IYSWIM, cleared the yard of tomato & courgette plants and am just about to go out for a free 3 course pizza express (in laws won it in a raffle). Phew.

It's all fun and games here today. We were on our way to get a new microwave as the old one is too small for the sterilising kit and DP, clearly somewhat preoccupied, has managed to put unleaded in my diesel car. So now we're waiting for the AA on the side of the road. On the Sod's Law front, it might be the perfect situation to kick off labour! There has to be a bright side to it

cat I be the same for some reason the labour part isn't really making me anxious at all its the after part of baby being ok, will I know how to do things etc
is it your first baby? I think I'm blocking out the actual labour bit from my anxiety as iv never experienced it before and have no idea what it will be like! Almost as if I can't imagine myself in that situation ifkwim?

amy I hope u enjoy your pizza! I'm feeling more healthy now after my sickness last night/ this morning and pizza would be good right now! obviously served to ke in bed while still in my pyjamas!

Have been to church with Remembrance Parade this morning. Very proud that two of my Brownies turned up despite not being given any information about it, so must email my fellow Guider to make sure they get Brownie Points.

Either I've started to lose my plug or I'm getting very thick discharge. Seem to have also developed a bout of Thrush, but unfortunately the change to cloth pads hasn't induced Sods Law. Getting more twinges though, so hopefully something is happening.

Currently laid in bed. Feeling physically tired but not mentally which means I'm not sure I can actually doze off.

Hope everyone else is okay. Wonder who'll be next?

It's various things that are making me anxious about giving birth - not knowing when it's going to happening, how painful it's going to be, all the vaginal examinations, if I will end up having to be induced and all the associated interventions that can happen with that (I know some for some women it can go smoothly and its just a kick start). I'm less anxious about looking after her once she's arrived! She is my first baby (and probably only! I already have a 15 year old step-daughter).

cat the fear of interventions was my main worry all along (well that and breastfeeding). But now at 8 days over I have to say that has changed a lot.

I was saying to DH last night that honestly at this stage I've started to not care about Inductions or even a C Section. I suppose we all want the fantasy of the chilled-out birth, but now my body has made it abundantly clear that IT is in charge, lol! I'm just along for the ride!

Its now 24 hrs post-sweep and i've been having a constant period pain for the past hour. Quite possibly a false alarm. I know better than to get my hopes up at this stage! But really quite uncomfortable so I'm just going to lounge decoratively on my sofa like Cleopatra.

cat I was the same just before my first, especially with the not knowing what to expect, but found that once it kicked off my body just knew what to do & I stopped over thinking and went with it.

My brother just sent me an adorable picture of my 6mo DN which almost reduced me to tears, stupid hormones!

Amy- what a day! Busy bunny aren't you? My OH has been painting over cracks in the new wall. Just hoping it solves the issue!

Thank you to all those with reassurance about baby. He is my first and a lot of the anxiety is about other people's involvement. I have never been close to my grandparents in any way and so am not sure how to deal with my and OH's parents as grandparents IYKWIM. I am more than willing to admit I don't have a vast amount of knowledge and will need help. BUT I want to learn myself with OH. I don't want other people to tell us how to do it. X

Sorry for the late update! Trace of protein found but nothing to write home about and BP was fine. LO's head was just squishing my urethra, meaning I couldn't wee so they poked her and she moved.
Spent today with my NCT class where 4/8 have had babies so there was me and the remaining 3 pregnant women eating cake and coo-ing over them all - not a single one over 7lbs yet and an even boy/girl split! It made DP and I wish she was here even more and my attempt to be philosophical and blasé about it all fail.
Crampy but have been for weeks and an increase in clear discharge but nothing exciting; the firework display I went to last night didn't even make her jump and I'm contemplating eating the jar or Rogan Josh curry paste I have in my cupboard...

Is anyone else getting fed up of constant being asked if they've had a baby yet? I almost bit my mums head off yesterday when she started going on about how bored she is of waiting for baby

I know the feeling omjh, people mean well but lose all sense to empathy when all they've been thinking about is their own excitement.

weeoinion so sorry for the change of birth circumstances but so glad dd is with you and healthy. Good luck with feeding - I'm sure you'll her there together!

I've found reading positive birth stories online makes me feel more, well, positive about the birth. I'm trying to keep an open mind that there Maya be interventions but it still could be OK, even if unexpected.

I'm thinking of making this my profile photo on Facebook...

havent I don't remember losing any plug before labour last time.. that hasn't stopped me from knicker checking constantly this time though!

I had quite a lot of intervention last time with DD, it's never what anybody wants but it also turned out to be necessary. You just deal with each stage and accept what's happening. The excitement/adrenaline of being in labour really takes over. (Also why I haven't written a birth plan this time, literally 'go with the flo')

In bed, don't know if I've done too much today but I really feel like I'm going to be sick, possibly 'clearing out'...