Due in Feb 07. It's January its all getting a bit close now

[peachygirl]

Hi new year, new thread!

Agghh I still can't do it, shouldn't be allowed to have a website of my own!

snugglebum - you've almost got it. But you need to type in \link before the first bracket

Hiya bouncymink, nice name .
Ooh hello SHHHH!

Update: lots of CM but don't think it's a show, BH now pokey since last night, Nips still majorly sore. Will scrub hands tonight and check for cervix...hope it's missing in action LOL.
I've been cleaning frenetically (?sp) since last night, have made Dh do all the jobs he's been putting off by telling him he can get lucky again tonight! I gotta get this baby OUT!!

Big disappointment! Went to bed last night with mild period like pains...woke up this morning and had major 3 min apart contractions from within an hour of getting up. Called round babysitter, alerted mother to get her things ready to travel up, decided to have a cup of tes before leaving for hospital...and then....GONE!!! Completely stopped..not even the slightest twinge. Nothing...absolutely nothing. ARGHHHHHHHHHHH

For 'tes' read tea...haven't got some ancient herbal remedy that I was sipping!!!

Thanks to all for the words of encouragement and wisdom. I think I like the idea of the bravado bra as I was a 32A before pregnancy and so if I do reduce around the back this covers this scenario. Also the ones I got from M&S had a seam across the middle of the bra which I don't like. I much prefer to have a smooth cup if I can. I've already gone onto Snugglebum nappies and ordered one to try out!

Was feeling fed up last night with the constant poking around of a certain baby! I know I shouldn't complain as at least I know it is well and active but sometimes my ribs coud do with a slight break. I keep on telling myself that I only have 3 and a half weeks maximum to go (including going over by 2 weeks) and so that does help.

I definately think the best thing at this stage is to have at least one thing to do each day to keep my mind occupied. I'm managing to fill up the days with visits to others babies and trips to shops - in between all the napping, puzzlebooks and surfing the net!

Just to pick up on the name discussion. We think we have our names although I know what you mean about reserving judgement on whether to definately use it until it is here. My brother and sister in law refused to talk about the names they had in mind and then carefully considered it for a few days after birth. I felt really sorry for them though as the family were hassling them to name the baby. (You CAN't have a baby with no name!) God what are families like! Anyway they stuck to their guns and have picked a lovely name - Elliot - I think it was well worth the wait and a couple of days referring to him as Kidney bean.

We've taken another tact of saying a couple of names that we liked and then people have left us alone but again we still may change our minds (that would slightly shock them all I think). Although the boys name that we like (we don't know the sex) has already been poo-pooed on by my MIL and BIL - I said it will grow on them - MIL gave it 5 minutes and said that it hadn't!! Also apparently we must think of the baby!! I was quite upset by all this and felt angry that they had ruined it for us. But DH took the right attitude and said to me he was even more determined to have that name now if it's a boy - what a rebel!! And plenty of other people have said that they like it.

Why can't people just say something bland like 'that's unusual!' and leave it at that I would never dream of saying to someone else that I didn't like the name they had picked..

I think everyone should call their baby what THEY want to and no-one else. Anyway rant over!!!!

Going to visit a friend now to catch up on the work gossip that I'm missing out on. Should keep me out of trouble for a couple of hours!!

What a shame sallyallyally - all that excitement and then nothing. Hope it happens soon for you.

Sorkycake - with you on the sore nips. I don't remember mine being like this with DS at all. But now they ache all the time. I wondered if it was the colder weather

Bouncy I agree about the names thing. We had pretty much decided on a 'normal' name for DS until the last few weeks. Then we changed our minds to Logan but didn't tell anyone. Anyway, my mum still comments on it - 18 months on!Mind you, she did mishear us when we called at 3am and she thought we said Login. She had figured that I had spent waaaaay too much time online while pregnant! And my auntie said that we should have used his middle name, Andrew. But we love it and it suits him and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Still can't decide on a name for this little girl. Isla has been on our 'list' since DS and hasn't ever been our number 1 but equallly we've never gone off it. So it's looking like a major contender. Figure I'd also see what my mw is called

We thought we had a name pretty much fixed (my mum's name, Kathryn, but shortened to Katy) but haven't been able to find a suitable middle name so I'm now wondering if it's a good idea at all and am back to square one...

I nearly didn't use the name we'd picked for DD1 as it was the name of the horrid mw who "looked after" me overnight!

Hi SC, glad you got a bit of last night.Poor dh is willingly doing the jobs that need doing and actually doesn't want owt in return .! Think the vision of me from yesterday has shocked him..!!! TBH it is hard work atm and does leave me a little sore, musn't be the most pleasurable things for dh..?

Well Im another sore nips sufferer and like you suzy2 I don't remember it with dd. God I just want to get rid of my huge belly and to have a gorgeous ds2b gazing back at me... Hope he comes on time..

BTW names are driving me MADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. With dd it was easy to find and think of a girls name, in fact we had a huge list of names we liked...BUT we now need a boys name...........arrrrggghhhhhhh. Unable to agree on one name . Anyone else the same..???

Just popping into say hi,
I had a bad day yesterday lots of crying - but today has been better. We have been to see two films in the last two days and off out for a pizza with new NCT friends later.
Welcome Bouncyminky.
I'm thinking it's getting close to new thread time, shall we wait til thursday?? then it will be FEBRUARY

Just popping back in. Contractions are coming back in milder form, so everything except legs crossed! (Am well aware that this can go on for days though..so trying to remain level headed!) Who'd of thought I'd ever look forward to being in pain!!!!

ooo - how exciting sallyallyally - am !

Feeling enormous - dh just took some 'artistic' demi moore (ha ha) style photos and I'm truly amazed I can stand upright let alone walk!

Thanks Sorkycake and Moosma for advice re home/hospital birth. Have talked through with DH and have decided to go for the homebirth idea, then yes, if still OP, go to hospital for the narcotics! Feeling much happier.

Oooh, Sallyally that's very exciting. You'll have to keep posting so that we know whether it's developing. I met up with some NCT people today and met a baby that was due same due as our LO but came 2 weeks early - he seems really tiny!

I keep hoping that it'll happen and then in the same thought hoping it won't. How on earth is a girl supposed to plan a social life when she doesn't know when the baby is going to appear

Glad today is going better Peachygirl (how was your pizza?) and that you seem settled over birth choices Alocin.

Hi to bouncyminky. I know what you mean about names. We had a few picked out that we liked and are going to wait and see but I think i've gone off most of the boys names that we liked. Wouldn't it be easier if they came out with a name tag!!!

Thinking labour thoughts for you Sallyally, good luck.

Sallyally - keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Although I am still hoping for a homebirth, we decided to have a look around Kettering General Hospital and guess what - it has not changed in twelve years!!

The delivery rooms were grim, apparently there is one (yes, that many) with private facilities otherwise it is a trip down the corridor for loos and showers.

There is one bath. And the birthing pool is simply an oversized bathtub, so if the water gets cold, you have to drain and refill. Maybe I'm just expecting too much but all this talk of delivery rooms being much more homely now is a lot of b**s as I can vouch that the facilities are just the same. DP said it looked like a B&B from the 50's.

What are other hospitals like? Anyway, I'm still hoping that LO will move head down again and I can have a homebirth

If you have your nail clippers/scissors not sorted, Tesco do a cheap baby pack, I think it's about £1.49 for the two together, much better value than Boots.

Oooh Sallyallyally I'm so excited for you! And a bit . Keep us posted.

I'm really fed up with being pregnant now, and wouldn't mind at all in some ways if it came early. Having said that, we still haven't assembled the cot or the double buggy, or ordered a chest of drawers for ds who is still not used to his new bedroom, so in more practical ways I could do with another week.

I am also at all you first time mothers having to find ways to pass the time! Looking after a toddler all day when you are 9 months pregnant is no joke . I'm looking forward to the rest I will get in hospital .

I'm dead Sallyallyally I wish you lots of pain in the nicest possible way, harrumph!
Peachy the days are getting longer for all of us aren't they. I know the range of emotions I can swing through is vast and that's just in an hour, it won't be much longer until we're all relatively level again.
SHHH the BH last night after action were quite strong, it left me wondering whether I should leave well alone. We did the nip/stim as well and the contractions were much stronger, so if it doesn't look like it's getting worse Saly you could always try that. It knacked honestly!
The names thing was solved in our house by me choosing it, Dh refusing, me insisting, Dh protesting, me laughing at Dh's futile attempts to impose any sort of will, Dh starting to consider it, then completely giving in and accepting that it is the bestest choice for our son. Boys names are harder I think, we chose a girls' name together by week8 it was that easy!
Glad you got your Dh to reconsider, Alocin, given the rooms at the hospital were grim.
I've just seen pics of Paula Radcliffe with her daughter today, she looks fab 11days on , called the baby Isla which is pretty!
New thread Thursday sounds good to me.

OOh I'm well jealous too at the first timers having to find things to do to fill the time! how I long for days of the internet and puzzles

Rib was improving... until I went and hoovered and haven't been able to move much since. Certainly can't lift DS, change position easily or take a deep breath. So I'm off to my mum and dads who live locally first thing tomorrow so they can help me out. If there is no improvement after a proper rest I'm going to have to go to the drs. There is no way I can go into labour with this. I won't be able to breathe through contractions let alone push. Having a good cry about it too... Oh, but I'm wary of a good cry at this stage as I went into labour with DS after a good cry. Watch out Peachygirl

Picked myself up a double stroller off freecycle. Wasn't going to use one, but figured that having one wouldn't be a bad idea and if I found it useful I would buy the nipper twin. But this stroller is a mothercare, suitable from birth and in great condition. I was hoping to get hold of a tandem one off a fellow mumsnetter cheap but if just hasn't worked out. Might see if any come up on freecycle lol.

Bienchen, the unit where I had DS was a mixed bag. First room I was in was vaguely homely - they had at least made an attempt. But with all the equipment etc I'm not sure any room could be that homely. I then went to a room with a birth pool (giant bath!) which was less homely but had very dim lighting with a lovely waterry light show thing on the wall to get the mood right. Then I ended up in the obstetric unit (rather than mw led) and it was like a normal hospital room. Bright lights, equipment flashing everywhere, no home comforts at all. None had private facilities and I felt really bad hogging the loo all the time as I was quite happy in there! Probably the least homely bit was the postnatal ward. Heating on full blast even though it was 27 degrees outside, plastic mattresses, evil moody mws, nois

Smudgemum, you never said you were in Newcastle, or did you? So am I!

Oh no hang on got that wrong, bienchen's rooms were grim not Alocin's. Ooh this baby had better be clever so I haven't lost my faculties for nothing.

Aaaarrghghg - I hope Paula Radcliff doesn't start too much of a trend with the name Isla!

Still staying mild and irregular with the occasional whopper inbetween. Hoping to wake up in the night and find I've given birth without noticing! Going to get DH to do a quick cervix check (trying to instruct him in elementary midwifery!) to see if there is any action. You wait..I'll be the only one still posting on this thread in March.....'Ho hum...28 days overdue now..baby weighing in at estimated 14lbs...any tips?!!!'
DH has stayed on the fruit juice tonight, so I've obviously made a few convincing 'OWww' sounds!!!

Oooooh Sallyallyally, I'm so I had a few rumblings this morning but then had a big poo and everything stopped! Maybe that's all it is in there, just an 8lb poo! I hope you get some sleep then wake up and pop your LO out nice and easily and we hear from you very soon bragging about your lovely little new baby!

Bouncyminky, on the nursing bra thing. i was 36A pre-pregnancy. now pregnant with ds3. i went up to a b/c cup in pregnancy although it's really tight now across the back with the bump pushing everything out, but i went up to a 36DD when my milk came in, i guess it depends on the milk supply you get but they can grow huge amounts. when i was fitted for them last time they said don't get measured before 38 wks and then they put a fist inside the bra i was wearing and said that's how much bigger they'll get! and they did! last time and this time i've got the Elle McPherson nursing bras, John Lewis do them and they were great and you can get plain one's or lacy ones! they are also great as when you unclip the top bit to feed there's another layer of material underneath that covers some of your breast so you don't feel like you're exposing all when feeding. anyway, they're a definite buy for me!

very jealous of sallyally, i want to be in labour too! 8 days to go.......

Goodness you lot, can't believe the rate at which this post grows! New thread on Thurs sounds like a great idea.

Sounds like things might be gearing up for some of us - hope so. I'm certainly noticing the BHs more frequently now but so far it's all come to nothing. I now at last feel ready though. All the stuff we ordered has arrived, all DS's cast offs are washed and ready to go, and mum arrived today so that she's around to look after DS when the big day happens. Still got things to sort and clean around the house but all the major stuff is done - another bootload went to the charity shop this weekend!

On names, we're sorted for a girl provided it suits on arrival but really haven't been able to agree on a boy's name yet. They seem much harder. Agree that other people can be incredibly rude or tactless about names. We're following the same policy as last time of not telling anyone till it arrives as people will (hopefully) be less inclined to be rude.

Hoping things will happen this week, but of course I cd still be here a fortnight after!

Sorkycake, yes I'm in Newcastle but booked into QE. Where did you just find that out? (I looked back through my posts here and couldn't work out where you got it from? Unless you've been lurking on the Meet up thread?) I think you commented before when I said something about getting across the Tyne in rush hour. Are you having yours at home? (vague memory)
PMSL at Moosma 8lb poo!!
Right going to bed now after a piece of yummy lemon cake that I was inspired to make after talk of cakes yesterday morning. Apologies for rambling! Night all.