Due April 2008 - the one where Mollyfloss does not have a rat!!

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5 weekends in a row, how much extra work, mind you having house guests means theres some different to talk to for a couple of days, have fun with all the preparation.

And we don't have a list on this thread yet, so here's the last one.

30 March: Peachy, 34, from Caerleon, S/Wales, a boy. 4th baby (already has 3 DSs (8, 7, 4.5)).
01 April: siameez, expecting a boy.
01 April: vacaloca.
02 April: Redmonster, 29. This is her first baby.
02 April: Sheds75, from Cheshire, expecting a boy. This is her first baby.
02 April: V1KK1M, from Hertfordshire, expecting a surprise. This is her first baby.
03 April: NoMoreHighHeels.
03 April: Sal22, 30, London, our first baby (boy)
04 April: CeylonSapphire, from Twickenham. This is her first baby.
04 April: PortAndLemon, 35, from SW London, expecting a girl. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (3)). Next scan 5th March.
04 April: lorisparkle, 33, from Cotswolds. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (15 months)).
04 April: Themaskedposter, 35, from SW London. This is her Second child, expecting a surprise.
06 April: micegg.
06 April: paranoidmummy, 24, expecting a surprise.
07 April: Daftmoo, from South Hampshire. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (8)).
07 April: Fleecy, 30, expecting a surprise. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (14 months)).
07 April: Piccalilli2, 32, from Sheffield, expecting a girl. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (2)).
08 April: Denny185, 33, expecting a girl. This is her third baby (already has 1 DD (5) and 1 DS (14 months)).
08 April: Elfsmummy, expecting a surprise.
08 April: KnitterInTheNW, 32, from Warrington, expecting a boy. This is her first baby.
08 April: Rainbowdays, Expecting a Boy. This is her third baby, (already has ds 4 and dd 3). baby expected to arrive in March
11 April: VictorianSqualor, 27, from Bicester, expecting a surprise. This is her third baby (already has 1 DD (7) and 1 DS (3)).
09 April: egyptianprincess. This is her first baby.
09 April: mummyofaprincess, 21. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (2)).
09 April: siikibam, expecting a surprise. This is her first baby.
10 April: Gangle.
10 April: MathairNua, 29.
11 April: scorpio1, 23, from Cornwall, expecting a girl. This is her third baby (already has 1DSS (5) and 2 DSs (5 and 2)).
12 April: gemprincess, 29, expecting a boy. This is her fourth baby (already has 3 DDs (7, 3, 16 months)).
12 April: Velbels, 28, expecting her first baby.
12 April: positive, 38, from N Ireland. This is her first baby. High risk baby has Down's.
13 April: MassiveMollyfloss, 32, from Ireland but living in London, expecting a girl.
14 April: Jaq39, from Edinburgh.
14 April: SuzeM, 35, from Ireland but living in London, expecting a girl. This is her first baby.
15 April: Bainmarie, 30. This is her third baby (already has 1 DD (almost 4) and 1 DS (2)).
15 April: pad.
15 April: PippiCalzelunghe. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (2.4)).
17 April: babywhiting, 30. expecting a girl.
17 April: EllieG, 29. (already has 1 DSD).
17 April: soph28, 28.
18 April: bunyanvillas, from W London. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (3)).
19 April: dolly1, from London, expecting a boy. This is her first baby.
19 April: northeastmummy, from Aberdeen. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (16 months)).
19 April: AttillaTheHan, from Preston. This is her second baby. Has ds 3 1/2.
20 April: Ayomi. This is her first baby.
20 April: mumzyof2, 21.
20 April: munchkinmum. This is her second baby.
20 April: Toastaddict, 31, from Nottingham. This is her first baby.
21 April: Annieroo. This is her first baby.
21 April: littlemissturquoise.
22 April: BabyBratt, 30, from Manchester. This is her first baby.
22 April: rdk, from Manchester. This is her second baby.
22 April: Soph73, 34, from Gran Canaria. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (5)).
23 April: Carey87, 20, from Orpington, Kent. This is her first baby.
25 April: loisstella, 33.
25 April: scampmum, 29. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (18 months)).
26 April: TLSM, 29, from Surrey, expecting a boy. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (3). Next scan 2nd February.
26 April: eva07, 29, soon to be from Cardiff, expecting a surprise. This is her first baby.
26 April: Sagitta, 34, from Suffolk, expecting a surprise. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (21 months)).
26 April: meandbump, 21, expecting a boy. This is her first baby.
27 April: ShellySara, 30.
27 April: Lennsuey. This is her first baby.
28 April: Beeper. This is her second baby (already has 1 DS (8.5)).
28 April: honeybee10. This is her third baby.
28 April: Woollymummy. This is her second baby (already has 1 DD (17 months)).
29 April: Mum2b2babyRoo, 32, expecting a surprise. This is her first baby.
end April: chipmonkey, 38. This is her fourth baby (already has 3 DSs).

Molly - eat something sweet or drink ice cold water - that will get LO moving!

Sagitta, please tell your induction story, I know everyone's experiences are different and would rather be aware of what MIGHT happen than going in with rose tinted glasses!

up to now I've never driven on the left side...

Molly - drink ice cold drink or coffee or chocholate

Knitter - my geography is crap is middlewitch in the middle of us? there is a child friendly pub there called the salt cellar which does food and has play area??

Lennsuey - dont think they worry too much unless your over 36 weeks and still breech, did your MW suggest you try any exercises to shift LO?

It will be an experience then Eva, as you say 3am would be appealing to me too in your position!!

I was very lucky really, as I didn't have an emergency CS thanks to a very scary MW who practically bit all the doctors until they went away. And it wasn't the induction's fault - it was just that DD had no intention of leaving, and got quite distressed when told it was time to go. It was just v e r y, v e r y, l o n g. Another five minutes, and I would have been in theatre...

Ok, drank fairly cold water (from the fridge, no ice left in the freezer). Thought I felt a gentle kick before that but is nothing compared to the usual movements... Am I being paranoid?

Denny - no suggested exercises by the MW, can you recommend some? I do have a Swiss ball that i sometimes sit on whilst working at my desk, should I do this more regularly?

Ok, just had what i'd call a proper kick, phew.... just one though... she's not doing her usual headbutting, punching and kicking all at the same time

denny

molly, perhaps she's tired? my LO kicked the whole night last night, and now: nothing (although it's his usual time to be awake), seems to sleep now

Ok, I think I'm parano, have had a few more light kicks. I think I have to get used to the fact also that she does not have as much room to move around and the type of kicks have changed a bit... is anyone else finding this...?

molly - mine is less active now at times, I think cos she has less space to move around. I feel wiggles and pushes but not the big kicks. Plus she is just quieter some days than others. If you are worried ring up MW though x

Phew am so glad am not mean mummy, thanks for that. Peachy, am going to tell DP about your reply as is exactly how I feel.

lenn - mine is breach too - MW said not to worry til 36 weeks, plenty of time for baby to turn round.

Happy birthday suze!

Thanks Eva and Denny.

My dh came home last night with Reiss and Karen Millen vouchers (one from him and the other from the baby) for me to go shopping with when I am back to my normal size and a box of truffles (so normal size will take a while!). I feel bad for giving out about him now.

Molly, sometimes my baby kicks loads and other times she is really quiet. I read on Babycentre that her movements may seem less frequent now as she is probably running out of room and can't turn somersaults anymore!

I am working until 28th March, will I be on here on my own? I would probably finish earlier but I am on a contract.

My friend freaked me out by telling me her feet grew a half size when she was pregnant and still haven't gone back to her normal size. I hope that doesn't happen to me, I love my shoes!!

Thanks Ellie.

I don't think you are mean at all, btw!

Denny, my geography is terrible too, and I've only been 'oop north' for just over a year (9 years in London before that and before that was in Leicester where I'm from) and still don't know where anything is! Multimap says I'm just over 20 miles away from Middlewich, sounds fine to me!

I've been getting worried on & off that I#ve not been feeling big kicks, but decided that it's just that he doesn't have as much space as he used to. Although he woke me up yesterday with his first lot of hiccups, what an odd sensation that was!

Apparently it's best to sit on the birthing ball and do your hips in a figure of eight type motion, helps baby get in the right position and is meant to be better for labour, but I don't have much of an idea so I'm going to do a thread about it!

I've enver been induced but something I've read a lot about is the waterfall intervention theory, basically each bit of medical intervention you have (induction, waters breaking, epidural, ventouse etc etc) increases the likelihood of more intervention, and em cs, so if anyone is induced and does get their waters broken try to move around as much as possible to encourage your body to do it itself, will supposedly make for a better labour experience, plus less likely to tear or need an episiotomy, also take the raspberry leaf tablets from a few weeks before due as it will strengthen your uterus, and again make for a better labour.

Ooh yes, the hiccups are weird, aren't they?? Prefer them to the kick in the bladder though......

Feeling a little sorry for myself this morning, feel really rubbish. Really lethargic, absolutely no energy

I know my Hb is fine, and my glucose tolerance test was fine, so guess it must be my blood pressure, which was ridiculously low yesterday - 90/40!

Problem is , there's nothing I can do about it. But it's knackering!

Ok, there is much more movement now. Sorry for that. Mine gets the hiccups too. I recognise them as they are in a proper little rhythm

I'm being induced at 38 weeks so will the raspberry leaf tablets do anything? I'm willing to do anything that might help!

I have to say, I've been diabetic for 30 years now and normally just get on with it, but it's times like this it really gets me down... All the extra risks to my baby, and at the moment the main things are that I can't just go into labour normally and spend the beginning bit at home with DH, instead I'll be stuck on a hospital ward and if it's going on at night time, I'll be on my own. DH will be called when it's time to go to the labour ward if that happens. Then there's all the stuff they'll have to do to me to make sure me & baby are safe, all very well but I'll be on a drip plugged into the mains (insulin/glucose sliding scale thing) so will only be so mobile, and all the antenatal classes have stressed how important it is to be upright & mobile etc to make it all that bit easier. And I'm at a 50% risk of having to have a c/s, which I really don't want. And I want to be the first person to hold my baby, which won't happen if I end up having to be knocked out. And I know that bf'ing might be more difficult if that happens too. All in all, I realise I'm bloody terrified and have now made myself cry having written it down. I wish I could jump into a time machine and go forward 6 weeks just to see how it'll yurn out, so I could prepare myself and get my head round stuff.

Sorry about that!

Sorry you feel so down about it Knitter. My brother is a diabetic, my Aunt and my cousin. they get on with it pretty well but I can imagine how tough it must be at times like this. I was afraid myself thaht I would get gestational diabetes as it runs in the family but my glucose test was fine so far. All of what you are going to have to go through sounds a bit stressful, but maybe just try to concentrate at the outcome at the end - a lovely little baby!

Knitter {hugs}
I know exactly how you feel, I get all worked up about my VBA2C/CS worries too.

Firstly, yes the tablets will help, you can take them upto twice a day from 32 weeks, I have started mine already, then increase the dosage until you go to labour (DP researched it for me cos he was panicing I'd take one and have the baby!).

Secondly, even with a drip, and/or CFM you can be mobile, you don't have to do a jig, just keep moving as much as you can, even just standing up or sitting on a birthing ball will help you.

Have you written a birth plan in the event of a CS so they know your wishes?? Is there any reason you wont be able to have a spinal for a CS?

I breastfed DS btw, after a CS, no problem whatsoever, he didnt really want to feed for the first day or so, but that's it, so a CS does not mean bfing will be harder, in fact I was on a thread a while ago when someone asked about bfing and CS's, no-one that posted had had any problems that wouldn't occur normally.

I'm off out to get some raspberry leaf tablets this afternoon then, I'm 32+3 now.

There's no reason why I can't have a spinal for c/s, I'm just having a 'worst case senario' panic.

I'm normally very level headed about things but am being a complete stressy stresshead over all this. Only natural I suppose!

Well, it's very unusual to have a GA for a cs, as I had one with DD I was expecting any em cs to be a GS but lulumama set me straight!

I'd suggest writing a birth plan about a possible CS, I have a copy of mine I can email you if you want to have a look, that way worst case scenarios are covered and you will feel mroe like you have it in hand.

If you're really worried about a GA you can ask to have the epidural already in your spine during labour, just not used so they can get to it easily and quickly if the time comes.