Due in Feb 07 - when the bumps turn into babies (soon hopefully) !

[suis]

Hello everyone and welcome to the shiny new thread. Hopefully this will be our last in ante-natal !

For reference, I've put in the due list. I think I got all the corrections / newbies since the last time it was posted, but apologies if I've missed anyone.

BABIES!

PLUMPBUMP Jacob 2nd Jan, 5lb 1oz -32 weeks!
MUMMYTOJAKE Boy 24 Jan, 7lbs 1.5oz

BABIES IN WAITING!!

SHHHH 31 Jan
SALLYALLYALLY 1 Feb
SOUNDBITES 1 Feb
BABYCAT 1 Feb
SMUDGEMUM 2 Feb
BABYDRIVER 3 Feb
SALLYN 3 Feb
CADBURY 6 Feb
SORKYCAKE 6 Feb
QSACK 6 Feb
MUMMYTOJAKE 7 Feb
LEAHSMUM 7 Feb
BUBBLEBELL1 8 Feb
LUCYB9384 9 Feb
BOUNCYMINKY 9 Feb
SUIS 11 Feb
PENGUINETTE 11 Feb
BUNNY3 12 Feb
DRJO 13 Feb
BABE 7 14 Feb
MARMITEMAD 14 Feb
DONTCALLMEYUMMY 14 Feb
LEAHSMUM 14 Feb
BECS21 14 Feb
SUZI2 15 Feb
TITCHY77 15 Feb
THELITTLESTBOHO 15 Feb
TUTTIFRUTTI 16 Feb
HAIRYCATTERPILLAR 16 Feb
KATPOO 16 Feb
RUBYANDBEANSMUMMY 16 Feb
TOMMY 16 Feb
MOOSMA 17 Feb
SNUGGLEBUNNY 17 Feb
ALOCIN 18 Feb
PEACHYGIRL 19 Feb
JULEZBOO 19 Feb
TIME4TEA 19 Feb
12YEARGAP 20 Feb
MRSJOHNCUSACK 23 Feb
FLOWERTOT 23 Feb
BIENCHEN 24 Feb
CHACHA 25 Feb
ANDYROBO237 26 Feb
CURRANTBUN 26 Feb
FORGOTTENFREETIME 27 Feb

[MrsJohnCusack]

FINALLY!

congrats everyone

[peachygirl]

Congratulations Dr Jo and snugglebum and lots of positive thougts heading your way MrsJC!!!

[SmudgeMum]

SBN and Dr Jo congrats and lovely names. Glad the birth went well in both cases - at least they let you try Dr Jo. I hope the feeding eases up for you - happy pumping! and that you get lots of support. I remember trying to have a go at feeding my godson with a sqeezy bottle but him not being impressed with my ability! SBN I hope your rear end recovers soon - no tears with a big baby is very impressive.
MrsJC you'll be reading this in retrospect but at least everyone should be with their LO now. We've only got 2 babies that we haven't heard about which I think is really impressive. Well done everyone for posting and keeping us updated. Now we just have to get through the next 18 years!

[DrJo]

Gosh I've missed a lot of baby announcements in the last week! My excuse is that I have been rather busy with my own . Kimberley Ann was born on 27th Feb. She was a very healthy 8lb 8oz She arrived by emergency CS rather than a planned one after I persuaded the consultant to let me have a trial of labour which started with them breaking my waters. Unfortuneately despite 8hrs of labour and a syntosen drip I never got beyond 4cm dilated hence the cs .

Kim is beautiful but we have had difficulty getting feeding established as she has a cleft lip (we knew this from the 20 wk scan) and a cleft soft palate at the back of the mouth (undetected from the scan). That means she cannot suck so I can't breastfeed and I am having to express milk for her and then bottle feed using a special bottle and teat. It is all very time consuming but she is thriving and it is worth it.

Congrats to all the other new mums and arrivals - Hope things go well for you Mrs JC

[suis]

Congratulations Snugglebum...told you that you wouldn't make Thursday, . Sounds like a lovely labour too.

[MrsJohnCusack]

oh congratulations!
I knew I'd be last.....

anyhow, going in for induction in an hour, but have had contractions all night and think it is kicking off a bit - so not sure what they'll do with me....

see you on the other side

[MoosMa]

Congrats sbn, sounds like it was perfect!

Oh poor MrsJC, not long till tomorrow...

[snugglebumnappies]

Baby Charlie George finally put in an appearance at 0443 this morning, after a very quick 3 hr 43 min active labour. Weighed 8lb 10oz, so not as small as the hosp thought. Born at home in the pool, no tear but my bottom end is killing me!! Sorry Mrs JC but your day is only a short while away now, good luck!

[peachygirl]

Hi you two, hang on in there hopefully your babies will arrive soon!!

[Babe]

Hello All - no I'm not the most overdue mum in history, Baby Spud arrived on 16th Feb weighing just over 8lbs. Being a bit dithery we haven't yet got a name. DH hates 'Dante' not sure where I got that from but it sounds dashing and cosmopolitan to me, and I'm not sure about 'Elliott' which although it is a nice name reminds me of ET.

Great birth (although I do remember telling DH that I was never going to do that again - oh like I did last time) and the midwives at the edgeware Birth Centre are the BEST in the world. They gave us peace and encouragement and even though my blood pressure was very high held out against transferring me to hospital.

It was a water birth with a bit of gas and air towards the end to take the edge off, but you'll all be pleased to know that as a second birth it was a lot quicker than the first. Now I'm just waiting for my insides to 'snap' back into position...

[MrsJohnCusack]

congratulations FFT!
maybe SBN has progressed now?
I am resigned to induction tomorrow. if it all works quickly, won't be back home til around Sat/Sun

Saw Chacha in birth announcements so I shall do one more stats update.....

BABIES (44) Latest in bold

PLUMPBUMP Jacob (End Feb) 2nd Jan 5lb 1oz at 32 weeks! Jacob

MUMMYTOJAKE (7th Feb) 24th Jan 7lb 1.5oz Max
BECS21 (14th Feb) 28 Jan 6lb Tilly

TITCHY (15th Feb) 1st Feb 4lb 13oz Bethany
BABYDRIVER (3rd Feb) 4 Feb 7lb 7 Evan David

SMUDGEMUM (2nd Feb) 5 Feb 8lb 7oz Dominic Marcus
BUBBLEBELL1 (8th Feb) 6 Feb 10lb 1oz Harvey Eric
SHHHH (31st Jan) 7 Feb 9lb 13 oz. Harry Nathaniel
SOUNDBITES (1st Feb) 7 Feb 6lb 3oz Isla Maisie
SORKYCAKE (6th Feb) 9 Feb 7lb 11oz Luca
TUTTIFRUTTI (16th Feb) 9 Feb 7lb 8oz Emma Victoria
KATPOO (16th Feb) 10 Feb 7lb 3oz Kai Xavier Wright
HAIRYCATTERPILLAR (16th Feb) 10 Feb 7lbs 14oz Benjamin Lewis
BUNNY3 (12th Feb) 10th Feb Tabitha
RUTHIE21 (19th Feb) 11 Feb 6lb 12oz Girl
BOUNCYMINKY (9th Feb) 11th Feb 6lb 7.5oz Elizabeth Anne
FLOWERTOT (23rd Feb) 11th Feb Charlie Alexander

SUZI2 (15th Feb) 12th Feb 7lb 7oz Isla
SALLYALLYALLY (1st Feb) 13th Feb 9lb 3.5oz Henry Eric
CADBURY (6th Feb) 13th Feb 7lb 12oz Aimie Flora Grace
PEACHYGIRL (19th Feb) 13th Feb 5lb 9oz Maya Peach
SNUGGLEBUNNY (17th Feb) 13th Feb (ECS) 7lb 4oz Arren John
QSACK (6th Feb) 13th Feb 9lb 9oz Zachary James
ANDYROBO (26th Feb) 14th Feb (ECS) 8lb 8oz Thomas
MRSJ (11th Feb) 14th Feb 5lb 12oz Millie Rose
SUIS (11th Feb) 14th Feb 9lb 6oz Alexander Kinross Stirling Mooney
THELITTLESTBOHO (15th Feb) 15th Feb 9lb 10oz Noa Echo
LEAHSMUM (14th Feb) 15th Feb 7lb 4oz Sophie Louise
JULEZBOO (16th Feb ECS) 16th Feb 7lb 1oz Adam Thomas
SALLYN (3rd Feb) 16th Feb Noah
TOMMY (16th Feb) 16th Feb Oscar

LUCYB9384 (9th Feb) 19th Feb 8lb 6oz Oliver David
TIME4TEA (19th Feb) 19th Feb (C Section) 7lb 13oz Torin Oscar
MOOSMA (17th Feb) 20th Feb 7lb 10.5oz Tabetha Katy
BIENCHEN (24th Feb) 22nd Feb 7lb 7oz Catherine Isabelle
12YEARGAP (20th Feb) 22nd Feb 8lb 2oz Girl
ALOCIN (18th Feb) 22nd Feb 9lb 4oz Patrick James
RUBYANDBEANSMUMMY (16th Feb) 22nd Feb Oscar Gabriel 8lbs 4oz
CHACHA (16th Feb ECS) 16th Feb Joseph Gabriel 7lbs 12.5oz
DONTCALLMEYUMMY (14th Feb) 23rd Feb Reuben 7lb 6.5oz
MARMITEMAD (14th Feb) 24th Feb Abigail Rose 6lb 9oz
CURRANTBUN (26th Feb) 27th Feb Kit Thomas 8lb 4oz
JA9 (24th Feb) 28th Feb Rosie Erin 7lb 4.5oz

FORGOTTENFREETIME (27th Feb) 5th March Ruth Isabel

BOYS = 24
GIRLS = 20

BABIES IN WAITING (5)

BABE 7 Feb
PENGUINETTE 11 Feb
DRJO 13 Feb (pos ECS 27 Feb)

MRSJOHNCUSACK 23 Feb
SNUGGLEBUMNAPPIES 26 Feb

[SmudgeMum]

Congratulations FFT. Not long now Snugglebum and MrsJC. You've both been going for a while so when it happens I'm sure it will be quick. Have a good night.

[suzi2]

Hello! Congrats to all those that have had their little ones. Good luck to the few that are waiting - see you on the post natal thread very soon.

[MoosMa]

Congratulations FFT, and I'm jumping up and down your behalf sbn and MrsJC!

[suis]

Thursday is still aways off Snugglebum. Plenty of time yet. Here's hoping we have everyone arrived by the end of the week.

[snugglebumnappies]

Congrats FFT am very ! I do think you pushed in though, my contractions have been going on since Valentines night! Well with Mrs JC having an induction on Thurs I know I am going to be Billy no mates (and no baby) here on my own .

[forgottenfreetime]

Hello hello, I'm sorry snugglebum and Mrs JC but the deed is done here. Started contractions at 3.00am Monday morning - every 10 mins until 5am when they eased off to 1/2hrly and I fell asleep until 7ish. Stayed every 1/2 hour until 11.30 is when started to pick up to 20 mins but were really quite strong and I phoned the midwives. We started to fill the pool but when mw arrived she felt it was too soon so we stopped. She left at 12.30 saying she'd let the afternoon and overnight on call mws know the situation but we'd got her back by 1.30 when cx every five mins and really strong. Got in pool and bliss when gas and air arrived (well as near to bliss as you get in labour). And.... dd Ruth Isabel was born in the pool at 3.29pm.

[snugglebumnappies]

Well am still here, contractions now every 4-5 mins but not too strong at the moment so still not getting too excited, will prob have to be takeaway for tea as not sure I can be bothered cooking!

[SmudgeMum]

Hi Snugglebum, MrsJC and FFT (unless she's gone and done the dirty on you both and pushed ahead of you Things sound promising Snugglebum, maybe this time it will be for real. Hope you managed to get all of your chores done. MrsJC it's not long til Thursday and you know the wait will be worth it!

[snugglebumnappies]

No it's me aswell, have had quite strong but irreg contractions since early hours and can feel baby in my bum with them (not plesant!) but been here before so not getting excited, got to go to the bank, post office and do some shopping so will see how things go and check in with MrsJC later x

[MoosMa]

Oh poor you MrsJC, isn't sbn still there too? FFT's gone a bit quiet hasn't she?

[MrsJohnCusack]

So is it just me left then????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snugglebumnappies]

FFT, yes my pool has been fantastic, worth every penny! I use it most days and we have to change the water every 7 days, when I start to get twitched that baby is coming, silly me I should know better! Now 41 weeks so this is the longest preg I have ever had, DD was born at 41 weeks but I started to labour on the night of 40+6, oh I do hope he gets a move on as I can't bear the thought of waiting till 43 weeks for a cs but also don't think that logistically a cs at 42 weeks would be right for the family! Hope both you and MrsJC are well and expeiencing lots of contractions!

[MrsJohnCusack]

no there is no baby here
induction now on Thursday
my friend who was due a couple of days before me and said she had her baby on March 1st, so I cried

[RubyandOscarsmummy]

Oscar Gabriel born 22-2-07 weighing 8lb4oz. Absolute dream of a waterbirth - details on announcements! love to all xx