Overweight, overdue, overtired, over-emotional - It's October!!! The final countdown...

[Tigerlion]

Hope this works and that this thread sees the arrival of lots of wonderful little babies!

yeah, my birth plans sorted.

no ive not got a tens machine...dont think im going to get one of those

they do deflate quite small wuzz but mine takes ages 2 blow back up again! But maybe u could use 1 of them electric pumps i dunno, my hospital has loads so thats ok. They've only got 3!!

well i got one off ebay for 15quid brand new so even if i dont use it ive not lost too much as they bout 50quid in shops and ova 20quid to hire im not sure if i like it either as have tried it on my arm but maybe it feels diff on ur back!!!

what pain relief do u 2 think u want?

I think it feels horrible youngmum! But like u said u haven't really lost out if u dont use it!

just my tens and gas and air if i can cope i defo dont want pethidine dont like the sound of it u?

same here youngmum re the pathadine...aparently it can effect the baby.

as for my pain relief i really do want to try my best with just gas and air...wishful thinking maybe, but im going to just go in there with a strong mind and see how it all goes...

hopefully i will cope on just gas & air but i'm such a wimp i dont think i'll b able 2. I will prob have an epidural, I dont really like the sound of it but i dont think i'll cope with the pain otherwise, but then again i might surprise myself & b ok with it. Doubt it tho! No dont really like the sound of pethidine either!

well ive seen my sis do it with just gas and air and i think she more of a wimp then me so my hopes are quite high that ill cope and with the help of dp hand and arm im hoping that be more then enough lol

Yeah i think it helps if u try & stay calm aswell, easier said than done tho!

when i had my parent craft classes the mw who took the class sed she knew some one who had pethidine was so out of it she cudnt remember the birth or even knew she had given birth!!!

yeah thats what i've heard bout pethidine & can make u feel really sick cant it!
god i'm gettin quite scared now! Sometimes when i just sit & think bout it i cant believe i'm gonna b giving birth soon!

yeah me to even though we keep complaining how we want our lo to come now im quite scared that ive only got 15days if she come on time and the weeks are going fast and then im even more scared cuz she might come early and i havent really prepared myself for that as i seem to focus on my due date as that the day i was given if that makes sense!!!

yeah thats what i think, its goin so quick now!
I just want the actual birth bit 2 b over & 4 my baby 2 b here!

oh yeah if i cud skip the birth and just have lo that be great lol

lol, skipping bith would be cool, but i think that im just so sick of being uncomfortable now that the birth part seems almost desirable...at least once its done then you dont have to do it again...omg that sounded stupid

i no! Wish i could! I must go & do some housework, bein so lazy 2day! Chat 2 ya later, let us no bout the raspberry leaf tablets!

that didn't sound stupid wuzz, no what u mean! I just dont wanna go through the birth at all! lol, speak 2 ya later anyway x

yeah i really should think about doing something constructive lol. will chat to you laters bendy! x

thing is wuzzle most of us will prob do it again i know i want more then one already!!! lol
It didnt sound dtupid i can see where your coming from cuz once your in labour you know that the end of being pg is close and we can all move on to caring for our los a whole new challenge in it self!!!

speak to you later ladies best go do my hair then as everyone else going will let you no bout the rasberry tabs xx

thats exactly it youngmum! and yep, i expect that me and dh will be having another lo too, but not for 5 years at least lol..we'll have to play that one by ear i think

speak to you laters youngmum x have a nice day out

wahey! congratulations totally!! Lexie is such a pretty name. Were you inspired by anything in particular? It's so unusual. (I almost feel like pinching it as we're still struggling to agree on girls' names.

Majormoo, thanks for your sympathy with regards to the piles. How long did it take to get rid of them? I'm thinking, pushing with piles is going to be REALLY horrendous Also, all of the 'tricks' to get labour going are out of the question with piles - i.e. anything that brings on the squits such as pineapple, grapes or curry and although we'd still been having sex until quite recently that is now out of the question too. Will keep supping my raspberry leaf tea I suppose - and walking too. I know exactly what you mean about not wanting to be induced again. Dp keeps telling anyone that'll listen that my pregnancies last for 10 months anyway. Nice to know that we've created such a perfect environment atht they just don't want to leave!!

We've been looking for a house to buy for just over a year now and I think we've found it this morning. I'm soooo excited - just need to get mortgage sorted and it'll be all systems go. Maybe the excitement will bring the labour on ...

Babies Due:
1st - morespamthanglam, 3rd baby,dd11yrs, ds 7yrs
2nd
3rd - Jobot, baby boy, 2nd baby, dd 14 months.
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th - Tigerlion, baby girl, 2nd baby, ds 12 months
10th - mamado, baby girl, 2nd child, dd 2.8 yrs
====nicand2, baby boy, 2nd baby ds 21 months
====majormoo, boy, 2nd baby, dd 3
11th - Emzickle, baby girl, first baby
====chilligirl, first baby but flavour unknown!
12th
13th - Justers, first baby, colour unkown
--Mrs Blobby, baby boy, first baby
====marthahm, unknown type, first baby
--jmcmugwump first baby unknown flavour
14th - Luboo - 1st baby - pink one
-mmmmmchocolate 2nd baby dd 2 last week blue one due.
15th - chubszki, baby boy, first baby.
--nic1976 first baby
16th - Girlygale1 - pink! (1st date) 2nd baby dd 2
17th
18th
19th - KATGOD, 2nd, colour unknown, DS 2.7
--agrimum, 1st, colour unknown
20th - clon, first baby, girl
21st - DogMum, first baby.
- Emmy01 first baby colour unknown.
22nd nowanearlyNicemum - colour unknown, 2nd baby, dd 1.11
23rd Girlygale1 - pink!2nd baby dd 2(2nd date!)
-Binbon2 - colour unknown, 2nd baby, DS 3.25
24th -Wuzzlefraggle, first baby, pink one!!
25th
26th -DashingRedhead, first baby, colour unknown
27th
28th
29th youngmum21, first baby, girl
30th Bendyb- first baby, blue 1!
31st Gingeme, baby boy, 4th baby, 3x ds 12, 11 & 2.4
---- Catgirl, colour unknown, 2nd child, 1ds who is 4 in 2 weeks
---- EmilyTurner, 2nd baby, 1 dd
----popsi, baby boy, 2nd baby, DD 2.2yrs

Babies Born (!!):
Sep 14 Hana baby girl Martha 6 lb 8 oz
16 Sep Bensmum3, baby girl
?Sep 17 Saka baby boy, Adam, 8 lb 5 oz
18 Sep Whiffy baby girl, Hannah Blue, 7 lb 6 oz
30 Sept 3kids baby boy Buddy 8lbs 9oz
Oct 1st Sallyrosie - baby boy 9lb 5oz Edward
Oct 1st Seona1973 - baby boy Ewan 7lb 13oz
Oct 4th Rumpel - baby girl, Amber 7lb
Oct 5th Highlander - baby boy 51cm, 6lbs 9oz
Oct 6th Millie - baby boy, Nicolas 8lbs, 54cm
Oct 7th Pmoore - baby girl, Samantha 8lbs 12
Oct 7th Gemmitygem - baby boy, Darius, 6lb 2oz
Oct 8th Swizzler - baby boy, William, 3.3kgs
Oct 12th Totallyfloaty - baby girl, Lexie, 7lb 12oz

glad you and your dp sorted it out youngmum, it's really miserable going to bed without sorting it out, we've had a few big rows in the past weeks and you feel much more vulnerable being this close to having the baby.
huge congratulations to the new mothers, we've been wondering and hoping that everything was going well for you. some scary labour stories though. brilliant that your dh got back in time and that you'll have so much time together in belgium.
sounds like you're doing really well swizzler, keep going. (they told us at bf class that the baby's stomach is the size of a walnut initially so it would make sense that he's feeding lots). but i do realise that until you've tried feeding you don't have a clue.
my hospital has a 10 days policy on inducing so i can at least count down now-9 days max to go.
no proper contractions, just period pain like bh every night that disappear in the morning.
may get a sweep on tuesday, mw said they often do it then, so we'll see.
by the way guys raspberry leaf tea helps make contractions more efficient during labour but doesn't bring on labour-sorry.