November 06 - oooh the suspense.

[Hattie05]

Babies born:-
Welshgal - girl, Maddy born 16th October weighing 5lb 12oz
MeAndMyBoy(s)! - boy, Sam George born 21st Oct, 6lbs 4 1/2oz
CattyB - girl, Katherine Rose(?) born 26th Oct, 9lb 2oz.

Babies due:-
Youngmum21 due 29th Oct #1
Mummy2Toby due 30th Oct #2 has DS having a girl - Romford, Essex
Tinasan due 31st Oct #1 having a girl
Dpind due 1 november #2
Chubley due #3 on 3 November flavour unknown, DS (3) DD (16 months). West Yorkshire
Berthablatherwick due 4 Nov #2 Has DS 22m Flavour not known
TwoCatsOnTheBed due 4 Nov #1 Missed M/c last year
Eeyoreuk due 4th Nov #1 Leicester
Camgirl due 4th Nov #1
Debz99 due 5th Nov #1 having a boy
PinkMagic1 due 5 Nov #2 has DS, having a girl
Zink due 5 Nov #1
Delia due 5 Nov #1 flavour not known. Birmingham.
HopingCat due 6 Nov #1 flavour not known, Preston Lancs. Prediction born 4th Nov, 7lb 12oz
Lebe due 6th Nov #1 having a boy
AussieInLondon due 6 Nov #2 has DD
Emom due 7th Nov #1
Novis due 7th Nov #1
Rarrie due 7th Nov #2 has DD
AwayFromHome due 9 Nov #2 has DD
Spinach due 10th Nov (but will have cs weeek earlier) #2 has DD, having a girl
Jodypops due 10th Nov #2 has DD
Staceym11 due 11th Nov #2 has dd 16mth, having a boy Surrey
Velcrobott due 11th Nov #3 has DS and DD
Mower due 11 Nov #2 has DS having a boy
Jamcrumpet due 12 Nov #1
Mygirllolipop due 13 Nov #4 (a girl) has DD1 (7), DD2 (5), DD3 (1) homebirth, predict 9th just under 9lb
Tamula due 14 Nov #2, a girl, has DD (age 13.5mths)
Kif due 15th Nov #2 has DD aged 2, having a boy
Schmizaj due 16th Nov
Sighkotika, due 17 nov #1 having a boy.
Fatbetty due 18th Nov #3 has DS1 & DS2 (age 3 and 21 months)
Podglet due 18th November #1, m/c Nov 05, flavour not known, Colchester - Essex. Prediction born
20th Nov 9lb 4oz
Kaybee7777 due 19th November #1 having a boy
Flowers1 due 19th November
Bethbe due 19th November #1 unknown, h/b 140, prediction: 2nd Dec @ 8lb 12oz, Herts/London
m0m due 20th Nov #2
Joules1234 due 20th November
Foghornleghorn due 21st November has DD aged 23 months
CharleeSunnysunsun due 21st November #2 has DS 22 aged months, scan says having a boy
Littlemermaid due 22nd Nov #2 has DS
Hattie 05 due 22 Nov #2, a girl, have dd aged 3
Harrogatemum due 24 Nov #3, has DTs aged 18 months. Harrogate (!)
Frangosa due 24 Nov #2, has DD aged 18 months
saralou100 due 24 Nov #2 has ds 17months flavour unknown Bournemouth, dorset.. predicts born on 30th weighing 8lb 4oz
NatalieJane due 25 Nov #2 has DS age 4, Accrington, having a boy. Predicting: D.O.B. 2nd December, weighing 8lb 9oz.
MommyUpNorth due 25 Nov #4 has DD (5), DS (3), DS (1)
Martinemorris due 25 Nov
amyjade due 30 November #3 Have 2 Dds. Having elective C section at 38 weeks(Flavour unknown)
LadyAnne1sttimemum due 27 November #1 flavour not known, Plymouth, Devon prediction - baby born early and very long in length.
Debbsy 1st time mum due 27th Nov a boy. Staffordshire
Calsworld due 1st Dec #1

Will be thinking of you NJ - have been having the tea since week 36 and its not as bad as I thought it would be taste wise....but have heard it helps so has to be worth a try eh? Good luck

I know this might sound like a daft question, but where can I buy aromatherapy oils? I want quite a selection so I need a proper sort of shop for them. I don't mind if it is on line as long as it doesn't take days to deliver.

Any suggestions anyone?

nj what about ebay shops ?
still think its going to happen for you soon

I thought about eBay, but I don't want to risk them not being here on time. I should have thought about it before I suppose. There is a healthy sort of stall/shop thing on our market, I wonder if they would do them, I don't know how good they will be though. It is just anything that makes me feel like I am doing something really, and then once labour does start it will be these sort of little things that keep my mind off the pain for a while I think!

surely you want to risk them not arriving in time, - sure way to get LO on their way is to be unprepared. Although, - I'm due on Sun and haven't packed my hospital bag which really doesn't seem to be working..........

Sorry ladies slight hijack!

Harrogatemum, not sure how up for it you'll be but Twinklemegan and I are meeting up for Coffee in Northallerton next tues or weds if you fancy it. Totally totally understand if you dont
I was you 12 weeks ago!

Ok finished now.
Good luck everyone

what sort of oils do you want nj one for labour?

If so ive got one from the mother and baby show and ive just looked on my bottle and there is a phone number its called
Labour day bath and massage blend
and the company are called Likisma Presentations Ltd phone number is 01933 440727 hth
ill have a look now for a website

LOL Beth, you are very brave!! Having said that I keep meaning to sort out a bag incase we end up at hospital after all and haven't got round to it yet.

Debbsy yes I have a list of ones that are supposed to help, I'm not normally into all of these therapys and things but it is like I said I just want to feel like I am doing something, and everything else is done.

Mygirl.....

GOOD LUCK

Thanks Debbsy, I am going to go into town and see about this stall thing on the market, I say market it is like an indoor thing, it is little shops really. I have gotten clove oil before from there, so I think they will have something along the lines of what I am after. If not then I am sure there are places that you can order them on line.

There is a website too likisma online .co.uk then you click on order products its on there too
Good luck mygirl
Well i must be mrs organised then cos i packed my bags last week

I'm booked into an active birth centre and they keep stressing that the best form of pain relief is distraction, - so it's best to try lots of different things coz even if they don't work, just changing the environment,'playing' with oils, trying different things, all gives you something else to think about, do during contractions and and pass the time!

Of course, - so does a GA!

hiya all can I highjack for a second... do lurk on this thread occasionally as looking out for NJ's lo...

natallie you might want to try

this site

for oils.

hi all

congratulations youngmum.. and a very belated congratulations to awayfromhome!

saw the madwife today.. everything fine.. baby's head is still high up though and is laying with it's back to mine, which i kind of worked out as been getting a lot of backache these last 2 days! i see her in 2 weeks, when i'll be overdue so she can arrange induction.. she wasn't very optimistic about this baby coming out any time soon!!

Thanks girls, I will have a look tomorrow if no joy in town.

I wish DH would hurry up and get home, I hate having contractions when it is only me and DS, I don't feel like I can relax with them until he is here, which makes them hurt more because I am tense....

Speak, of the devil, he has just walked in the door!!

See you all later.

Here is another good firm that I have used when purchasing essential oils quinessence . I have worked for likisma and their oils are of a very high quality as are those available at quinessence.

I just posted a picture of Harry here is anyones interested.

Sorry your m/w wouldn't do the sweep NJ, i really hope your LO decides to arrive soon.

I agree about the distraction thing in labour i was activley talking to my DP and mum whilst having contractions and focusing on something in the room whilst breathing it made it easier for me.

I hope your all having a nice evening either having babies or if not comfortable with no pain or stress

He is beautiful Charlee - you must be so proud. Have a good evening everyone, I am about to have my dinner. And then loads of pineapple!

Also, NJ, Neals Yard do good oils, although I am not sure how many stores they have but you can order online. Rose Oil (supposed to help with bringing on contractions) and Jasmine are good for labour - analgesic and anti-spasmodic (dont use the jasmine before labour though) and lavender and geranium are excellent for relaxing you, water retention, and milk supply. There are laods of sites worth looking up at what you can use.

Charlee - he is gorgeous! And might I say how impressed I was by your cleavage too (assuming thats you!!) Am just jealous - even in pregnancy I still have beestings!

Quick note - baby boy on saturday!

v cute - but on third 'now you hear me cry' day at the momen!

Congrats kif! and also to Youngmum, i'm sorry i must have missed your post before.

Kif - Huge congratulations!!
Charlee - What a gorgeous little thing he is How are you feeling now?

Nothing much happening here now, I had contractions almost constantly walking around Tesco, got home, sat down, tried to eat some food, gave up trying to eat some food, and the contractions have stopped. Now the baby is going absolutely mad in there, and I can feel loads of pressure again, but not in my bum tonight, more in front but very low down, it isn't very comfortable at all and is bordering on being painful actually, I have no idea what that is but there we go.

OK I lied, the contractions had stopped, but I have just had another one. I thought I was going to get away with it for the night