Due March 2008- Alright everyone, let's see those babies!!

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New thread to fill with birth stories

Oooh MoM - congrats! You must be so relieved to know there WILL be an end to the itching soon!

I saw m/w this morning and she had wanted to do a sweep but the little monkey has un-engaged herself! They are a bit concerned by this so I have a consultants appointment on Friday where he is going to have a good look at what is going on. Midwife wants to work on my due date as calculated by my LMP dates which is 4th March so according to her I am 40+1 - eek!

Oooh MoM - congrats! You must be so relieved to know there WILL be an end to the itching soon!

I saw m/w this morning and she had wanted to do a sweep but the little monkey has un-engaged herself! They are a bit concerned by this so I have a consultants appointment on Friday where he is going to have a good look at what is going on. Midwife wants to work on my due date as calculated by my LMP dates which is 4th March so according to her I am 40+1 - eek!

just read my notes properly from this morning and apparently i am 3cm

got back ache and mild discomfort thats different to last few days so hopefully won't be long now

re packed hospital bag now that i know i don't need a sep overnight bag and have sorted out baby corner

MoM-Hurrah!! Now go and have that baby and report back!

Good news MOM!

Hope everyone is coping with aches, pains and emotions. I had my 'Team Leader' appt yesterday at the Community Midwife unit where they effectively sign off to say you are 'normal' enough to be able to give birth there. BP was lower than last few weeks thank goodness (which was probably thanks to sitting through an antenatal breastfeedling class for 2 hours beforehand and was nice and relaxing), and so I am officially 'in'!

At first midwife couldn't feel baby's head at all and then decided she could but it is now very far down and 2/5 engaged . I'm only 38+1 so really hoping that doesn't mean an early appearance as we're still ripping out the bathroom and at the moment have no bath or shower!!

The bathroom and all the dust, rubble etc, etc has been majorly stressing me out, so went for a walk in the wind and rain earlier which helped to blow away the stress vibes. Pram and car seat also arrived this morning so planning to play with that for the rest of the afternoon, in between grouting tiles.

This is embarrassing so don't shout at me but I didn't go to any antenatal classes... I missed the first one due to a stomach bug (I really was going to go) and then couldn't face the next 2 because OP is self employed so didn't wanna give up evenings to come with me to the couples classes which meant I was told I would have to go to the single mum's one during the day at the local practise and I am TBH what you might call chronically shy... I also dont drive so the thought of draggin myself with SPD on the bus then walking 20 mins there and back really put me off.

Naturally I am now kicking myself and wondering if I missed something really essential. SIL says I am being silly and not to worry since Mumsnet is a brilliant resource and I prob know it all anyway. I have done hypnotherapy for "happy childbirth" so have breathing techniques to hand but I am still so angry at myself (and so is OP) that I didn't go...

Any advice on what I might have missed that would be beneficial??? Apart from perhaps making some new friends but I am so shy I prob would have not spoken to anyone then ran out the door as soon as the class ended... I hate being this open about it but... anyway...

Is this a show? Sorry, this is v.v. TMI but I'm feeling a bit freaked

I went to the loo about 2 hours ago and there was a blob of yellowy mucus but without any bloodstaining. I've just been to the loo again and my knickers are stained brown like at the end of a period but no mucus.

I'm not sure if this is a show, or if it is something else entirely. Is there anything I should do?

HQ-YES, that's hat it is.
Para- As far as I'm concerned you missed nothing. I didn't learn one single thing.

should say WHAT it is, not hat

Eeeek! What do I do? Does this mean it's imminent or is this one of those "could be tomorrow, could be 3 weeks" things?

paranoid, I didn't do antenatal classes either - covered what i wanted to know at hypnobirthing course, and m/w said the classes wouldn't tell me any more than I already knew from either internet or conversations with her.

M/w just left after checking bp, back up again to 140/90 so coming back again tomorrow but earlier in the day. Hopefully before I get phoned by a relative...today's bp probably due to my mum filling me in on the bits my dad hadn't said yesterday - he wants to come over visiting by car as he wants to bring the dog with him. He's in the middle of not speaking to my brother so won't ask him to look after the dog, but we've already established that my dog and their dog don't see eye to eye...so add a new baby to the equation on our dog's home turf and that spells disaster with a capital D. My mum has said she'll do her best to keep him from speaking to me, so just praying the baby will turn up soon to avoid any more potential conflicts

it could still be ages HQ, i had a show with ds2 and ds3 and they didnt turn up for nearly 2wks afterwards, but fingers crossed it wont be that long for you, its a good sign that things are getting ready

i am now almost a week overdue, see the midwife tomorrow and she will give me a sweep, then on fri i have an accupuncture app, that coupled with some sex i hope will make the baby arrive this weekend.....

congrats on the new babies xxxx

Do nothing. Relax. Could be up to 2 weeks or be 2 hours. Not going to help if you freak out. Just enjoy the fact that you have moved one step closer!! Congrats! I'm sooo jealous!

I got my Earth Mama and sitz spray on mumstheword.com

DP went back to work yesterday at 8 and my aunt arrived at 5 from LA. So my alone time was very short!! I had a friend come over so i could take a shower and then met my NCT group in the afternoon so it was a busy day. Feeding also going well so smooth transition. Poor DP though he looks pretty tired!

My aunt a dream - she's cleaning the house and I am in bed - supposed to be taking a nap but having a sneak peak on mumsnet!

Calling all March babies - please come soon!!

para, TBh the only thing i think would really help is any hospital/birth centre related stuff: do you know the parking rules, the visiting rules, what they advise you to take in. that sort of stuff is worth checking you know. xx

By the way...the NHS finally managed to scrape together a lab tech to do my test and I'M NOT ILL! I've just got preg-related d+v. At least this means the end is in sight.

paranoid - I thought I learnt what a show should look like, but it doesn't look like what I just had

I just spoke to the antenatal midwife who put me through to delivery ward (which freaked me out more!) but they were just like "why did they put you through to us? This is normal and you shouldn't worry". I just need to make sure there is no red blood and make sure the baby keeps moving, and I'm back to see midwife tomorrow anyway so can talk to her then.

paranoid - seriously, the best thing was meeting other people. I have learnt most of my stuff from mumsnet and babycentre and just enjoyed the opportunity to talk with people some more. It was informative, but the one really useful new thing was the breastfeeding class that my NCT group also offers as part of the antenatal course, but they also have a breastfeeding group that meets once a week led by the bf counsellor which I think will be great for advice afterwards. I also know they do meet-up groups for people who haven't done their antenatal classes for whatever reason. So you may want to check out your local NCT group to see if you can benefit from some of that after-birth support.

Hello ladies. Haven't been on internet so much now Emily is here! She's doing well but gosh, bf is time consuming!
Sorry to read all your aches and pains - do keep resting! So nice to read all the different birth stories though.
HQ - I had a clearish show a few days before then a bloody one the morning of her arrival. Good luck!
Paranoid - you'll be fine. My ante-natal classes were interesting but I didn't learn anything that would have madea difference. i only went to make friends.
Well, I'm sitting on our dinning room floor with Emily on my lap. Our stupid sub-aga has conked out and started filling the room with thick stinky gas! Had to grab baby and flee! DH is busy fixing it, and brought laptop out to keep us occupied! Shopping time! All the other rooms are too cold to be in.

I'm baking, I have reached new levels of mat leave boredom. And I have eaten all the mixture before it's cooked so raw egg-tastic and I don't even care anymore!

Is anyone else just about ready to kill the next person who texts them saying "You still pregnant?"

Havnt had chance to catch up on the days events, but wanted to share my appointment with you..
ok, here goes....Saw my dreary wet blanket of a consultant today. Hes so 'vague' about things. I think he was a bit taken aback at my insistancy of no induction and faltered a bit when i asked where the hospital stood on women refusing them. He dodged the question then went on to draw me some diagrams (?) of the risk of leaving v the risk of induction. I didnt feel like i was getting anywhere with him and almost felt like he wasn't listening to me.

Anyway, i then remembered a trump card.... my due date was taken from my own dates not from the dating scan....(theres only 4 days in it
and hospital policy is to take patients dates if there is less than a week between it and the dating scan....) which basically meant my due date may have been the 1 March, therefore putting me at only 4 days over, rather than 8 with my dates......are you with me so far!!!

So i asked/told him that maybe my dates had been wrong and we should go by the dating scan, therefore giving me more time to play with!!! So he examined me and i am not 'favorable' at the mo, although he did
manage a membrane sweep, so thats two in two days....

So have come away from the appointment semi triumphant, i do have an induction booked for the 13th, next Thursday but it has given me more time to try au natural...also spoke to MW who has arranged for another sweep on Monday, which according to adjusted dates will now be the 7th day over!

All in all a bit of a manipulative day!

Am going to have a vindaloo and some more 'hot' luvin tonight!

To all of you with blood pressure concerns at the minute, please try not to worry. I was asessed last Tuesday at hospital, then again on Thursday as it was still high. I was then visited at home on Saturday and Monday by which point BP had come right down (coninciding with finishing work!!!) I still have 3 1/2 weeks to go and they don't want to see me again until 17th March unless I have headaches or swollen hands/feet/face or feel unwell. Raised BP is common towards the end and it can go down as quickly as it went up.

I still haven't had any BH. I wouldn't know what one felt like!

Is anyone else indulging in - cough - perineum massage? Does it work? I think it is preparing me mentally for the birth - at least I feel like I've done something to help. I just wondered how successful it really is.

Oh yes MMH- I ate the cookie dough last week.

HQ you lucky dog! No fair that you've had a show. What do you want to bet you deliver before me! Although, nursery is minutes from being finished, which is my mental deadline, so who knows, we could be cross texting in the hospital!

Jaysthird- Be strong!!! I admire you. You are doing a sterling job of standing up for yourself. Hope I will be as strong should this LO be silly enough to go over.

Ah JFly - I'm pretty convinced I'll be one of those women who takes 3 weeks to go into labour after a show so I'm still expecting you to be texting me before I'm texting you

I think it was a relatively vigorous yoga session last night and a brisk (if shuffling at 2mph while looking like this can be considered brisk) walk today that dislodged it.

Anyway the baby isn't allowed to arrive until Sunday at the earliest. DH has told me so, and I've told the baby. We're out with friends on Friday for champers at Windows on Park Lane (love that bar!) and then going to the races on Saturday, so he really really isn't allowed to arrive until we've had our fun.