babies and bumps mixed thread -May babies are coming!

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Here's the new thread, for bumps and babies before we all graduate together!

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Thanks for the new thread, cant and massive congratulations to everybody with newborns - so exciting!

My waters broke last night but am not having any regular contractions. I've been booked in for an induction on Friday if things don't start to progress on their own. Will hopefully be referring back to all the breastfeeding advice very soon.

Congratulations shalalala and ice

Sorry to hear about the struggles with breastfeeding cant and 29 hope it's getting easier.

My usual community midwife seems to have disappeared so I'm waiting for a call back from one of the others on her team. They're either going to book me in for a second sweep at the hospital today or come to my house to do one this afternoon. So hopefully by the end of today I'll have had a second sweep and have an induction booked.

ODog they do sweeps at home in my area although I'm slightly freaked out about having one done on my sofa/bed! Also need to clean the house if they're coming here (and get the cat hair off the sofa too!)

Congratulations ice.

Glad your getting sorted frozen

Blood transfusion went well so escape from hospital imminent :)

Congratulations shalalala and ice!

Good luck to those establishing breastfeeding. I found the first week really hard with DD, I hope it gets easier for you soon.

Fingers crossed things start happening soon Daisy!

Had a consultant appointment today, I don't think it was actually needed, they were just concerned after my mini breakdown at the scan 3 weeks ago. 39 weeks today!

Congratulations, ice!

And good luck Daisy. Hope you don't have to wait long.

Glad things are being sorted for you, frozen.

I ignored advice today and am now wishing I hadn't. In quite a lot of pain around my bump - feels like ligament pain, though I'm having a lot of tightenings too. I tidied the playroom, then vacuumed and carpet cleaned it. Shouldn't have. The rest of the day will be spent sitting down.

Ok ladies - here's the scoop:

I was 40+1 on Tuesday and I had a sweep in the morning. Midwife said that it was the easiest sweep that she'd done in ages as my cervix was thin and she was basically touching the baby's head. I went away trying not to get my hopes up as I'd had two sweeps with ds1 and still needed induced. I went to the park with my son, took a nap, took another walk with ds1 and started to make tea.

At 5.30pm I thought that what I was experiencing was definitely contractions, not just niggles or braxtons so I vowed to hold on until my toddler was asleep. There was no way I could have left him with someone! He was in bed at 7.30pm and thank all the lucky stars that he was asleep by 8.00pm with no carrying on. We had to ask a neighbour to sit in the house until the ILs arrived as its a 45 min drive to our hospital.

Contractions all the way on the journey which was excruciating! I thought I was going to have to ask DH to stop the car but we made it. He dropped me off and went to park. I staggered in and a midwife grabbed me and put me in a room. I immediately got one examination and she said that all that was holding the baby in was the water sack. As she said that my DH found us and my waters popped. Four or five contractions later, my beautiful tiny son was born and placed on my chest! It was ridiculously fast. The 'second baby comes quickly' cliche is true ladies.

Tearing, blood loss and stitches but staff were brilliant.

He's taken to bf well. He will basically stay latched on all the time given the choice! So no real feeds, just grazing, eating and comforting. I don't mind, if he's sucking it'll help the milk come in quickly so I can grow him up big and strong.

Sounds like a fantastic birth ice I'm still waiting. 41+1.. sweep yesterday has done something, but definitely not in labour! Induction booked starting Sunday is worst case scenario..

Good stuff ice. Hope the recovery is going well.

I'm having regular but mild contractions right now. I think they'll settle, though. Mum gets here tomorrow evening so kind of want to hold on till then despite the SPD pain. Wouldn't be too upset if it does progress, though.

Just checking in! We have had a very different day after she slept last night (mostly) and thanks to the nipple shields we are now feeding! PHEW!!! I can't actually tell you how much better I feel, it's like I had a life transplant. DP and I had our first outing today, I told him I was ready to go outside and just anticipated a brief walk around the park but he wanted it to be a big event and spent ages ironing a shirt, telling me I had to get changed and get her out of the sleep suit then had a tantrum about the outfit my sister bought because he doesn't like it (I blame his hormones), so it was all a bit of a bigger deal than I wanted it to be! Anyway we are super lucky that there is a park right next to us (shared between mums with babies & drunks with scary dogs) and the weather was beautiful so we took a mini-circuit and he took hundreds of photos. Then the midwife came for 2nd visit this afternoon but actually was a male who called up on the buzzer (SHOCK! HORROR!) but turned out to be the area team leader, showing the ropes to a midwife just returning to community, and he was AMAZING! An older man (50's I would guess) who spoke French to DP, handled the baby beautifully, and explained everything they were doing so was really great! He will pop back on Sunday just to double check her an then we should get discharged by the midwives. I even managed to start feeding her while they were here and walk back into the living room with her on my boob, its nuts how much better it was than 12 hours ago!!
Congrats on the new arrivals Ice and Shala & probably not long now daisy - hope things are better today 29 and that everyone is doing OK too!

Sounds like a great birth ice apart from stitches and blood loss. Hope you recover well and congratulations.

Midwife offered a sweep at home but I declined as DS was running about showing off . I'm happy with that to be honest as I'd rather wait it out a few more days. Have to go in Monday morning for monitoring, possible sweep and /or induction if no baby before then. I'll be 41+3 on Monday which is when DS was born so hoping for some signs of labour before then at least.

Glad bf is getting better cant - it really is worth it in the end.

Sounds like a good quick birth ice and that you're doing really well cant glad that the feeding is getting easier.

Hope things are happening for you grouchy and that things start moving for you soon Odog

I didn't realise you were still in hospital pikz hope that you're home recovering by now!

Had my second sweep today and back for a third tomorrow as apparently Mondays one didn't count as cervix was still closed and they couldn't do much. Things looked more favourable today and baby is finally engaged so looks like things may be moving. I have an induction provisionally booked for Saturday but I can move it to Sunday if it looks like things might start happening naturally after tomorrow.

I had the sweep in the birth centre with the sounds of a lady giving birth in the room next door but by the time we left we heard the baby crying!

DD was a nightmare last night, she keeps having bad dreams and tossing, turning and crying between us so none of us sleep. I'm worried it's part of the disruption because of baby, but as he's not actually here yet that is probably just me worrying.

Hope you recover quickly ice! Sounds very fast, our babysitters are 1.5 hours away, which is worrying!

Good luck for the sweep frozen!

Same as ours gunshot hence the neighbour needing to step in!

DS was calling out in his sleep last night too. Really sad/angry mummy, mum, mum. I went through to him but he was half awake and half asleep. He tried to put his covers over me and cuddle my face. Bless him.

Btw to those still pregnant - the relief of newborn compared to final stage pregnant is great and you're nearly there. I'm obviously sore but I can actually move again and bend.

Sorry to hear about older children not sleeping. Apart from refusing to go to sleep for DH at the moment DS is sleeping unusually well at the moment so long may it continue.

1 week overdue today and absolutely no sign of a baby arriving imminently! Shes got the weekend to pull her finger out before she gets evicted on Monday via induction!

It's an awful waiting game ODog. I remember it well, like the clock was ticking.

The waiting game is horrible! 12 days overdue now and yesterday's sweep doesn't seem to have had an effect other then causing a bit of bleeding. Third and final attempt tonight otherwise baby will be forcibly evicted by induction starting tomorrow or Sunday.

Help.....
MIL is telling DP that LO should be in her own room. She is 6 days old!!! Am a bit
They are coming to stay next week. Not sure how this is going to go....

I'm not one for quoting from other sites but.....Ur bubz, ur rules hun

Seriously, you grew the baby, carried the baby, gave birth to the baby and are caring for the baby. YOU make the decisions. Her opinion is contrary to all current thinking and advice, it's a no brainer. I'd actually laugh if my MIL suggested that. I nearly laughed when she suggested that as DS was underweight for a term baby that he would be better to have formula rather than that other milk that comes from those things on your body.

How long they staying for?

for those in the Overdue Club. Hope you're not waiting much longer. Come on, Babies!

cant If she responds to Science, tell her that your breathing helps your baby regulate her breathing so it's much, much better to have her in with you.

My pains came to nothing, as I suspected. Mum will be here in just over half an hour (HOORAY) and my house is looking beautiful. A friend came around this morning and vacuumed, made beds and did bits of cleaning that I couldn't manage. I am so grateful for all of the help I've had.

They will be staying 4 days she's French so I can almost let her off next week. So DP and I will only have a few days of his whole paternity leave just the 2 (3!) of us, which is a bit sad but I know he is really upset that his parents haven't met the baby yet so I didn't want to say no. Wow who'd have thought cultural differences would be such an issue in a European relationship!!

Cant every time she mentions it

DD jumped on me and somehow sent that early!

Every time she mentions it just say "thank you for the advice, but the NHS say to keep them in with us for at least 6 months". Hopefully then she will stop mentioning it!

My nesting did have our house looking quite nice, but somehow today the living room and kitchen have turned into a bombsite.

I don't actually feel too bad about the waiting ice. It was worse with DS but I've just carries on with our normal week really so it hasn't really dragged at all.

cant tell your MIL that my DS was not only in our room at 6 days only but would only sleep in our bed whilst physically attached to my boob for months and then only in our bed for a lot of night until very recently - he is 2 in June. That will put things in perspective!

Hope you don't mind me joining in at the last minute. 39+2 here with DS2. Finished work today so nothing to distract me from counting down the days! Sweep book for 41 weeks if nothing has happened by then.