Due in April 2007 - The one that starts with Dippy wondering whether she is actually in labour ..... and Emmymummy wishing she was!

[EllieKthePA]

she says she'll pop back later and tell us

the wink was from her!

come on Dippy

i give up!
not had a text tho so don't think she's off having a baby

Huge congrats to Mavornia and Bugmum - fab news. Hope you are both doing well, and enjoying your babes.

So, not many to go now eh?

Come on ladies - we want you on the other side!

Thinking of you and checking for news regularly. xx

Still here this morning......nothing happening, I mean absolutely nothing.

Dippy - where are you?

Hello - Soooo sorry about last night, DH and I were watching a film and I fell asleep on the sofa - he took me upstairs and put me to bed - I bearly even woke up - Bless!

Soooooo tired! DD1 was up at 6am this morning again - yuk!

I'm having a few contractions again - had quite a strong one during breakfast. Not reading anything into it though - It's just DRIVING ME CRAZY TBH!!!!!!! I just want to go into "proper" labour and have the baby, all this stopping and starting stuff is soooo dsiheartening. I know I'll eventually have him / her and all these contractions are good signs, but it is making me sooo grumpy and fed-up.

Bottom.

Need to go and dress girls so will be back later ....

Sorry for mistakes, no time to check ....

Hi CD, that things aren't developing for you still. This is a bleedin' nightmare isn't it? Am just debating whether to go and spend loads of cash seeing a reflexologist today to see if she can kick things off.....

Oh CD, what a nightmare. Sounds like you are doing an Octo with the stopping and starting.

I just felt really ill last night - acid etc - and thought I'd never sleep, until about 2 am when I spent a while in the bathrooom but wasn't sick though I felt it, and had an icepop, then managed to sleep with only one wake up until 6.45. I never thought that level of sleep would seem like such a luxury.

Hospital appointment late afternoon today, hope they can give me some good news, or details of what's likely to happen by way of induction. I was told fairly clearly last week that I'm too old (37)) to be allowed to be, I think, much more than 2 weeks late.

I've tried talking to baby saying we're ready (?) to meet him now, but no sign yet!

Sorry CD to hear about your stop starting. Hope it really starts to happen for you today/very soon.

CD & elkie xxx

Congrats to Bugmum and Mavornia!! Yay Bugmum - so pleased you got your VBAC, even if a bit sore and traumatic.

Hugs and labour vibes to everyone still waiting - nothing to say really sweeties that you don't already know - you WILL get there, and it will be SOON, and then this waiting game will all pale into insignificance . . . But thinking of you loads.

Ellie - having slightly similar traumas here. Wedding to go to 19 May - DD1 is a flower girl and DH is an usher so they're sorted, but I need some clothes that (a) I can get into, and (b) I can breastfeed in without flashing my nipples at all and sundry. I still seem to be shrinking a little, so have decided there's no point trying stuff on until the week before. Having a dilemma over whether to buy something new in a size I won't wear again, or busk it with stuff I already have, given that I will be knackered and probably covered in baby sick anyway! Also have to work out what DD2 will wear that isn't a sleepsuit . . . I will probably (for me) end up going down the "new but cheap route" and will be in Dorothy Perkins in the week before the wedding . . .

morning you guys!
hope the sun is helping to lift the mood - don't know about you all still waiting, but I was UNBEARABLE company yesterday! i wanted to put my pet lip on and stamp my feet! I would actually like to ring up and complain, but who do you ring to say "it's not fair to make me wait, can I have my baby now please before anyone else asks 'have you not had it yet'"

am feeling much better today, although I was dreading the school gates - pitying looks - as if it's a failure to overcook your baby! It's not our bodies that kick it all off anyway is it, I thought it was the baby...........

tried 3 hours in ikea yeasterday - nothing
have just done 'big shop' in tesco - nothing
have 3 loads of washing to bring in and iron, so at least if all this doesn't kick labour off (am picturing my baby tutting and saying mummy will you please sit still!) then ast least I'll be on top of most things.

do you think tonight might be a good time for us all to kick off? then we can have all the dp's on in the morning posting our news............ yes please, sounds good for me!!

bye for now girls, love & labour flags, H xx

Fed up seems to be the order of the day...

But am feeling very inspired by WO's birth story, absolutely amazing!!!

Going to walk to the post office & bank then camp out on my exercise ball and bounce all afternoon!!

Congrats to Mavornia as well - Daniel is a wee sweetie!

AARGH bramshott

i'd forgotten that i'd need something breastfeeding proofed

i think i'll do the same as you, get some ideas in the weeks before but buy something at the last minute as i have no idea what size i'll want.

Well, I was huddled on the sofa and then sat up and had to laugh. I've been getting the cats out of the bedroom and keeping them out for the last few days. One has settled herself in the carseat which Mikey kindly positioned on top of the pram for her yesterday, it's in front of the window so in the sunshine. I've been trying to get a photo with my new mobile phone, I suppose I should remove her but she's only going to jump back in, as I'm about to go and have a bath.

Argh!! Just soooo irrational and stressed you today - absolutely ridiculous .... Just feel like I can't cope with anything at all - please someone give me a great big slap round the face!!!

Argh!!

Anyway, as promised, The Saga of the In-Laws - Had some fairly bad contractions over lunchtime yesterday and DH decided he would call his parents - just to warn them I was having contractions. They got all stupid and excited (as I thought they would) and came over about half 2ish. They then proceeded to just sort of "moon" round the house, not really doing or saying anything. It was soooo annoying and stressful. DD2 woke up shortly after they arrived and DD1 woke up not long after and I just thought they might offer to take them out to the park or something - just for a couple of hours - seen's as I was having contractions and all ..... but no, they just sort of hung around and then suddenly, about 3.15, FIL said he had to go and just left. MIL wittered on about how she was supposed to meeting a friend and had had to cancel and DH and I just didn't know what to do ..... They are just sooo useless. It was soooo painful just watching them not knowing what to do with themselves. We just couldn't BELIEVE they hadn't offered to take the girls and after FIL left we knew we'd had it as she refuses to take them out by herself as they are "too much for her to handle on her own ". So we just went to the park and she went home and the contractions had fizzled out by then anyway (grrrr!). All MIL could say was: "Oh, we came over cos we thought that you would be going to the hospital." You'd think the woman had never been in bloomin' labour before. ARGH!!!

I just can't express how deeply irratating it was and just made me dread actually going into labour even more .....

Absolute crap. Completely clueless. Thanks a lot guys.

RAH!!!

Sorry ..... how's everyone else today??

Oh sweetie, that sounds frustrating - and all the more frustrating as you are already frustrated iyswim? I bet you felt like screaming at MIL "yes I would love to be going to the hospital / birthing centre"!!

No slap round the face, but deep, deep breaths!!

CD - I don't blame you for being hacked off with your PILs - from all I've heard about them they sound execeptionally crap and selfish. Fancy hanging around the house whilst you were having contractions - I would hate to have my PILs or even my own Ps hanging around whilst I was in labour. It's probably their fault the contractions stopped as they'd stressed you out so much. Grrrrr on your behalf.

Well I'm just off for my reflexology session which I'm looking forward to. The lady specialises in maternity refloxology and has worked in baby & maternity units in the UK and France, so she obviously knows her stuff. Will let you know how it was.

Hugs and grrrrs to all the other ladies in waiting. It's May tomorrow.......!

Hi Bramshott!

Hi EM - fingers crossed the reflexology works!

Really hope it does something for you EmmymummyHunny! Let me know ... and I might try some myself tomorrow .....

[[[hugs]]

Yes,. Bramshott, I did VERY MUCH feel like screaing that and many other things at them ..... ..... Unbelievable .....

Congrats Maveta, Bugmum, Katy, Char&bump you lucky lucky things! Am very jealous. Trying to keep chin up, hoping for may day baby...

Hi CD, and all others waiting. Still nothing here- strong contractions on & off but never come to anything. Thoroughly peed off.

Sorry to hear bout your in laws- how irritating for you! I'm not telling mine unhtil I have actually had the baby- or MIL would set up camp outside our house/hospital and drive me nuts.

Lovely day, pity I have got such painful pelvis area I cant go somewhere... will just sit around eating things perhaps.

GK - Having exactly the same "on/off" thing ..... REALLY infuriating ..... [[[[hugs]]]]

Stressful day today too ....... Head all over the place, DH needs to be somewhere when I don't and I don't feel like I should drive, so he is gonig to have to drop girls and I off half-an-hour before I need to be somewhere ... no idea what we are going to do!!!!!!? BLAH!!!

Hope the reflexology works EmmyMummy - fingers crossed.

CD - you don't need a slap, you need a big hug!! PILs behaviour must be so frustrating, so not what you need at the moment.

Have given bump a good talking too and said that if it wants to be an April baby, it better get a move on... has apparently decided very early in life not to listen to a thing I say as still no action here apart from alien-baby impersonations and the usual period-type pain and bump tightenings...

I like the idea of lying down and eating things... might try that...

Hugs for everyone!
xxx

OOOOH, just looked at Baby Pesha and Baby Mavornia (Daniel isn't it!!?) YUMMMMMMMMMMY!! Completely gorgeous - WHERE'S MINE!!!!!!!!!?

Ahem.

You guys make SUCH lovely babies!!!