Jan 2015 #10 - the babies are coming thick and fast

[Elizadoesdolittle]

Couldn't see a new thread so thought I'd make one. Congratulations to all the mummies so far. Looking forward to hearing lots more birth stories. Good luck for those still to go.

I'm still waiting! 39+1
Could potentially have just under three weeks of the waiting game if they let me go two weeks over! ????

Went to the assessment centre tonight for reduced movement after 2 days of a much much quieter baby, thankfully everything is ok though :) I was really worried I would be wasting their time or they would think I was just paranoid but they were so lovely and reassuring. Feel much happier now and I wish I hadn't waited so long as it would have saved a lot of stress! Back to just the regular waiting for labour now.
40 weeks.

Hello also waiting here, due on the 31/1 but dd is breech so having an ecv onThurs. Sleep is awful, I'm really moody and spent most of the eve crying watching telly! FFS!

Hello!
Was on the first couple of threads before the FB group... Happy to recognise some names and see all the lovely babies already here :)
I'm 40w today so hopefully, things are going to get started soon. Very very hormonal today, cried a lot because I don't want to be pg anymore but also I'm worried I'm going to miss feeling him inside... Irrational me?!
Good luck to all of you!

Eliza that's good to know. Can't fault them so far. Care has been exceptional so far.

I've got really bad insomnia. Been lying wide awake for a good couple of hours now. Haven't had a full nights sleep since 32 wks. Some nights are better than others but tonight has been rubbish. Think my anxiety is through the roof which is probably putting labour off even more. I've had a fair few tears this past week so can sympathise with the others who have been upset.

I just want some sleep! So unfair as I know what's coming with the sleep deprivation once baby is here. I should be stocking up on it now not lying here awake for no good reason. I'm not even uncomfortable so that's no excuse. Ughhhh!!!!

Oh 40+8 now.

Thanks, Madrigals for setting up the PN thread. I've had a quick look in, think it will be useful for all of us. :)

Sorry, LittlePink, that you've been struggling with insomnia. I've had a few nights where I couldn't sleep again after one of my trips to get up for a wee, and that was frustrating/tiring enough - I can only imagine how you feel. :( I sympathise on the anxiety too. I hope when hormones are gone and baby's here things will improve a bit for you.

Going for a third sweep today before my planned induction tomorrow. Feeling quite disheartened that nothing's happened on its own (or with a little nudge from sweeps). I hope there is some progress today (eg. dilation) to show that the sweeps are doing something. I'm anxious about induction and the effect it could have on labour, so I was really hoping to avoid it. :( Not sure yet how it will work of things are going slowly (whether I'll stay on a ward or keep being sent home) and I don't deal with uncertainty very well. I'm still glad to have made it this far, though, and it's sort of comforting to have an end in sight. For the last week or two I've keep seeing "signs" that disappear again! A few pains and twinges, mostly at night, but they came to nothing. Baby doesn't seem to want to budge yet, and I'm not sure I could take another week or 2 of this!

Trying all the positions to turn her from being posterior and really looking forward to being allowed back on the sofa next to DH!

Sympathies to anyone overdue!

hello good luck today. really hope it's third time lucky but if it doesn't work don't be too disheartened, the end is in sight and your baby will be with you soon.

Have to keep telling myself that too but it's not easy!

40+10. After never going overdue before I'm certainly going for it with this one!

hello good luck with it today. Really hope it kicks things off for you. I would say if you do get induced they won't send you home. You will stay on the antenatal ward and be encouraged to walk around the hospital unless you need to be monitored for any reason. If things did go slowly they might start syntocinon to get things moving quickly but I would strongly advise an epidural if that happens having had the drip myself without an epidural!

So this babys got 36 hours to get a move on otherwise he's in for a shock when his sunroof is opened on Wednesday and he gets forcibly removed from his little den. Starting to feel a bit sorry for him now!

Eliza any news on induction date?

littlepink No. I have midwife tomorrow afternoon for sweep so will find out more than. Would be nice if this little one made an exit before that but I've pretty much given up hope. Not long for you now

Thanks LittlePink and Eliza. Unfortunately, I wasn't looking any further dilated and today's midwife seemed to do less than the last one (no attempt at sweep), so it's looking like induction will go ahead. I was a bit upset when I first got home, but I got some sleep and comfort ate a bit and now I'm trying to be more philosophical about it. :) hubby reminded me him and the doctors will be there to get me and baby through it. As you said Eliza, not long until we both meet our babies!

LP, extra pain (and it taking longer, needing more intervention) was what worried me about induction. Do you think it was definitely related to having the drip? Thanks for the advice.

Good luck, both of you!

Oh definitely. That synto drip is brutal without decent pain relief. You get no break from contractions. They come one on top of the other and the more they crank the drip up the worse they get. I work in the NHS and 3 anaesthetists said to me when I was pregnant if you need to have synto make sure you have an epidural. Think they jinxed me coz I wasn't able to have one due to a blood clotting disorder I didn't know I had until labour. Just my bloody luck!!!

Yikes! I hadn't heard that, only that "it might" make it more painful or longer, but I got the impression that wasn't for everyone. I'll be prepared to ask for it then.

Oh no! Poor you. :( good that you're likely to avoid it this time round. :)

Sorry TMI but my digestive system is telling me things have slowed down for anything happening naturally. (I had few days of it looking like system was "clearing out" getting ready, but now constipation again). Maybe it's nerves.

Poor DH even says he's getting nervous now too! I hope we can sleep and that he manages to hide his nerves for me tomorrow.

You mightn't need the drip though of course! Only saying epidural IF things slow down and you were to need it. Good luck today for a quick, easy delivery. Very soon you'll have a lovely snuggly newborn in your arms!

Eliza good luck for the sweep today. Hope it sets things off quickly. Let us know how you get on.

40+9

HelloMist - I was induced with dc1 and it was really fine - and a nice quick delivery. All the best for today!

How's everyone today? Inductions can end in emcs especially for first births as you are racing against specific time guidelines. Rates vary from hospital to hospital. Not trying to scare people but it was something I wasn't aware of till recently and I agreed to be induced without asking about it.

Hi ladies, hope everyone's having a lovely day. I've lost track a bit lately of who's due when and what's happening...I've been exhausted afresh and sleeping A LOT and my brain is like mush.

Just had my 38 week mw check at 39 weeks. Sweep booked for next Tuesday (40+1) but today they seemed encouraged by signs of labour so far - period pain type feelings, a little backache, increased discharge (sorry for TMI)... Am very much hoping things start happening in the next few days.

How's everyone feeling? Walking to mw check and then a quick grocery shop has taken it all out of me so I'm curling up with a book and then maybe my hypnobirthing tracks for a bit.

39+1

Well this time in 24 hours I will have baby in my arms at long last. Elcs in the morning and this is the longest day ever waiting for tomorrow to come. Body keeps taunting me with false labours lasting 2-3 hours of irregular contractions and tightenings then fizzling out into nothing and alsorts of signs that have all gone away now. Keep getting odd pains here and there over last day or two but again don't amount to anything. Over this is an understatement, hurry up tomorrow!!

40+9

Little - very best of luck for tomorrow; hope everything goes smoothly and can't wait to hear your news!

Well I managed to avoid a sweep. Baby of the male variety was born at 12:03am today. Had a speedy but calm homebirth and all is well. His sisters are very taken with him.

littlepink good luck for tomorrow. The waiting is very nearly over and once baby is in your arms you'll forget about everything else.

Things are really moving on this thread now. I have a sweep tomorrow at 38+5. It's early due to my spd to see if they can get things started. On my last pregnancy I found myself phobic of intimate exams (not sure why) and I 'clamped up'.

Have had cbt to try and resolve this, and have been listening to hypnobirthing CDs, affirmations, practiced breathing etc to help me get through this time. DH has also been giving me perineal massage to help me get used to 'exams' and to try and make the area more supple. Sadly the last few days my vulva has been so sore and swollen we've had to stop that, which is making me worry about the sweep.

Had some very very good advice to try and think of my favourite place (at home with DH, DS, & the cats) and go through it in my mind while the sweep is happening.

If I get through this; I can do anything!!!

I may be slightly bricking it, though...

Oh man talk about self absorbed...many many congratulations, Eliza!!!!!!!