Due in May - W/c 21/05/07 We're not impatient at all, no not us...

[twelveyeargap]

Morning.

Have finally worked out how to upload a photo, so at least when pod arrives will be able to show him off. In the meantime you can all have a laugh at my hugh bump...

Is everyone off having their babies??? Its very quiet over here......

Huge Congrats to the lovely lg&t and MKG.

So glad tyg that you posted for lg&t, My phone has only just found signal and I crapped myself when the message came through. Thought I'd be in big trouble for not posting quick enough. Was very pleased to see the announcement there at some unearthly time of the morning.

AM, I'm having a lovelytime with L and all the dc's thanks.

I think it's a lovely bump JL, not missing mine one bit. Not long now. xxx

Hi everyone!!

We had a great first night home. It was pretty good, but the night sweats started, my stitches (second degree tear that re-opened from ds1) are starting to itche, my nipples feel like they are going to fall off, and to top it off my milk came in. So I felt like crap, but Cruz loves his mommy so much that he was very good. He feeds about every 3 hours so in between he would sleep next to me sucking on his pacifier, wake up to eat, and come back to sleep. His brother is completely in love with his "didi" it's brother in Chinese (why my mom teaches him these things is beyond me). Am off to see if I can upload a photo for you ladies.

Congrats to LG&T!! I can't wait to hear the details.

Still here?..

MKG ? I?ve posted on your birth announcement thread but congratulations again. Sorry to hear about the horrid Dr though but at least you now have your beautiful boy .

LG&T ? looking forward to hearing from you!!

JW ? lols at scaring LO out with house prices. Hope it works.

I had half a pineapple last night, the 2nd half is reserved for tonight, to follow my curry. Not that these methods worked last time, but I?m so desperate now, I?ll clutch at any straws . I got a text last night to tell me someone I know in RL (I occasionally have one of those), who was due later than me, has now had her little girl. So depressing.

On a more lighthearted note, I got a call from my mum on my mobile, saying that she rang the land line, but got DS chatting to her. As DS wasn?t in at the time, I initially questioned her sanity then told her I?d give her a call back after listening to our answerphone message. Sure enough, the little tyke had changed the message to include him shouting ?wee wee? and ?roar?(his lion impression). The message was about 10 mins long! The sad part is that I have no idea how to rerecord the answerphone message ? I have to get DH to do it for me. Note to self ? learn how to put the child lock on the phone.

Hope you 7 are off having babies??

Im not..still here..have just been into Harlow and spent some money on some clothes that I'll probably never fit into, out of sheer boredom..

lol at your answerphone message Jonah..

TYG is very quiet today..perhaps...she deserves to go first though as she is most overdue..

Will go for a walk in a bit MID-and text you my number..and hopefully the walk will push the baby into action..

I just feel extremely tired now and frustration is kicking in as I dont feel like I can plan to do anything and Im BORED!

DD is still poorly too, so she is crotchety..

Glad little Cruz is being such a good boy for Mommy..

It is a lovely bump JL..very neat..mine isnt..I look like a cow with a fat face...

nope house hunting didnt work am now eating my through the fridge, bloody starving today.

Its lashing with rain here so am staying indoors now we were meant o be going to meet friends for a picnic but am going to stay home now and watch any dream will do and a bit of dr who, David Tennant is gorge.

Still nothing doing here either - having resigned myself to going in on Tuesday and them booking me for a section Wed/Thur/ at a push Fri, the horror thought that they might not be able to fit me in next week has occurred, and that I might be sitting here next Saturday bored and frustrated! I hope not, I will have to chain myself to the hospital if they say that. Maybe I'll drink four cups of coffee that morning and add some egg white to my wee sample and show them my ankles just in case...

Im just having a nice lie down..have zero energy..Can hear DH downstairs putting CD's on for DD to dance to..she is getting totally wound up so I dont envy him come 7 and bedtime, but I cant be bothered to go down and advise him....How is your DS getting on with his new bed Jonah BTW?

If this baby doesnt come I have to wait till a week on Tues to be induced!Perish the thought..how come they will book you in for a section then Intheseshoes? At the moment I would pay someone handsomely to get this baby out of me as quickly and as painlessly as possible-I care not how!

Intheseshoes, aren?t you due the same time as me (25th)? I?m sure you?ve explained this but why are you being booked in for a c/section not an induction? Obviously, this scenario won?t happen as your baby will have popped out long before that

As I wrote this, I realised I am repeating Scoot. Sorry.

Scoot ? I?ll be induced a week on Monday, so it?s just you and me then??..
Oh, bed situation is going quite well. If DS does wake up, he?ll call us, we go to him and he?ll settle straight down again. Some nights it?s not at all, sometimes it?s twice. I have to say that I don?t mind that much if I can just haul my lardy arse out of bed, lead him back to bed, then go straight back to sleep myself. The main cause of his waking seems to be soiled nappies, in which case we change it and he goes straight back down. I can?t really blame him for that. His nappies are really noxious (sp?)

Oh thats good news Jonah..we havent braved it with DD yet..wanted to get DH's exams over with,in case she was up all night at first, then she has been ill and has been in with us pretty much anyway!God Knows when we will do it now!Maybe this week whilst Im waiting for the baby to come, why not?!

Evening. I'm afraid I haven't been having a baby. Been visiting DH's family instead. DH was quite funny today. (He arrived back at 6am. I was quite emotional!) His parents are down from Oop North to babysit his nephews whilst his sister and BIL went away for the night for their anniversary. They mentioned that if the baby had arrived they'd come and see us for a short while today. He got really miffed with them when he realised they weren't going to bother since there's no baby.

Gosh, speaking of being emotional, I dropped yet another mug today (4th breakage this week) becuase of my stupid useless carpal tunnelled hands and ended up in tears in the kitchen. I think this being overdue business is getting to me!

Just to let you know that I cuddled a gorgeous May baby today.

Mars - did you get my instant message?!

Jonah, lol at your DS and his answering machine message!

Big congrats to LG&T, can't wait to hear your story. I posted on your birth announcements MKG and LW, hurrah for more babies.

Keep your chins up the marvellous last 8, not long to go!

Hello.

I'm be having a c-section and not an induction because I had a c-section last time, and I am going for a VBAC like the aspiring lentil weaver that I am, rather than an automatic C-section (which I could have had if I had wanted it) and according to my consultant, they don't do an induction after a c-section as the stronger contractions are a higher risk to the scar. This could of course be my consultant at my hospital rather than a universal thing, I'm not sure.

Anyway, I am ok with that, as when they asked me what I wanted to do, having had a 12 days late/three induction/2 day labour/emergency section with a 10lb baby with his cord over his face last time, I replied that I was open to discussion about what I wanted, but I knew what I didn't want - the same again. What I mean by that is my preferences are:
a) a nice, straight forward spontaneous labour with a VBAC at the end
b) an elective section

My understanding is that this is their preference too - and that they don't want me to go too far past my due date because of having a large baby last time - they think this one is more of an average size, but not 100% sure as it's not an exact science.

Now however, I'm panicking as I'm worried I've not remembered it all correctly, but I hope so.

I thought I'd mentioned all this before, but actually, I think maybe glossed over it a bit, as I didn't want to be one of those people who are "here's my horrendous story of my last birth" when actually it was ok apart from the scary bit of "let's get into theatre now" and the "dragged-out-ness" of it all. However, now that the hardcore 8 are left, I am afraid you're getting the warts and all version!

Thats alright ITS we are the hardcore 8 who can handle any story no matter how scary.

Yup..the last 8 can handle anything!..

Had some horrendous pains earlier..was gearing up to take DD to cm, and come on here to say 'wish me luck'..had a little lie down and..they've gone..

This kid is having a laugh!

Im constantly either laughing or crying TYG..so ive every sympathy with your mug story..glad your DH got back ok..

Hoping for some babies in the night..

Sleep well ladies..

Doesnt sound too much fun that last one ITS..This one will be text book, betcha!

hope there has been some baby action in the night.
nothing doing here....

seeing as im 40 + 4 i thought i ought to consider now the fact that i might have to be induced (had been kinda avoiding thinking about the issue...as was hoping to go to birthing unit and have water birth....)
anyway. anyone got any advice? what im worried about is that you're are attached to monoitoring machines and drips and are not mobile at all. or at worst because if equipment are pretty much forced to be lying on your back (NOT what i want) and that labour is far more painful when you been induced?

It's all quiet here. Would be very surprised TBH if anything happens with me before Tuesday. DH says it can't coz he's not finished nesting yet

anyone got any experience of acupuncture to induce labour? seriously thinking about this. will try anything...