Babes in Scotland this year - shall we have our own thread?

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Hi, I can't see any up to date antenatal threads for mums to be in Scotland, anyone want to join in this one? I think there are a few Scottish mums on the due in June thread, so I wondered if we should have our very own for all of this year's Scottish crop?

I had mine in ayrshire. One in irvine because thats where the mat unit was at the time, then by the time i had 2nd one it'd moved to crosshouse in kilmarnock. Both same staff etc tho. Had lovely experience both times, two water births and home a few hours later so didn't go to post natal ward , just straight home from labour suite.

Having 3rd baby in next few weeks. Having homebirth this time tho and now live in the highlands. Hopefully be as good an experiene if not better than my last 2. Only thing is this time i know the majority of midwives who may attend me in labour and there is only one that i consider 'friendly'!!

As long as my baby comes easily thats all i'll worry about.

Oh btw i was born in the rah myself!! So it produces a good quality person!!!! lol

that's great you had good experience. good for you having home birth! don't think i could manage without diamorphine!! ggod luck with the new arrival!

your right, all the best babies are RAH born!!! ;-)

lib76 if it helps I know all the theatres etc at the RAH have all just been deep cleaned as neighbour of my SIL had her section put back as they were doing it - at least you now know its clean

hey dizzydixies!

yeh the RAH is very clean indeed! i had by DS by emergency section in june. The labour suite had just been moved and was great as were the wards.

Just was curious to hear other mums stories about the place.

i couldn't recommend the place highly enough! ;-)

my SIL had my nephew there and my brother was born there 35yrs ago too but I'm up north so only have knowledge of it from when my mum has been in and she's never been in the matty ward, well not since having my brother

glad you got on ok

Morning!! Is there anywhere in Scotland that it is not raining today??? My ds3 has gone off to Ardroy today for the whole week with his class...hope it gets better for them xxxx

Dundee Birth Choices 2nd meeting is this Wednesday at 7pm.

Everyone in Dundee and surrounding areas will be most welcome.

Hi, just found out i'm expecting #3 i live in argyll i just got my booking appointment through for this mon says i will be there for 1hr and half i cant remember booking appointments 2dds aged 7 (nearly 8) and 8 (nearly 9) i think mw came to my house the last time. what do they do/ask ? is it history and things? I cant remember what happens etc.. any new info on what to expect would be great !!!Sooo nervous about being pg again but really happy too !!!
Thanks xxxxx

Oh many congratulations broodymom - fantastic news!!

You know I just had Abbie 10 weeks ago but I am one of those women who feel broody all the time........but I am having no more...6 is quite enough

Yes we have our booking appointments at home in Fife now but it used to be hospital. It is just a lot of form filling...medical history...pregnancy history....etc. However, if you are at hospital for booking then they may do bloods...just general screening and typing...nothing to worry about but they may not do that till 12 week scan.
It must be very exciting having another baby after such a big gap.....lovely!! The biggest gap I have had is 5 years and that was nice xx And as you have girls already they will love it....

Oh I'm very excited for you!!! Take care and welcome to the thread xx

Glad to hear good comments about RAH - having DC2 there in November purely as it is so much closer to our new house than the QM (where I had DS).

Minipink did I read that right 6 kids!! WOW respect is due girl!! Hope Abbie still doing good.

Ach its raining will need to bring washing in aaargh....

Hi all xx

Hope everyone is doing fine. Any new babies? xx

Hi - can I join in please? [smiles and waves]

I live in the East of Scotland and have 2 DD's. Am pg (just) with DC3 - will find out tomorrow at an early dating scan how many wks I am but likely to be due end of April or beginning May 09.
Have asked this before on another thread but anyone have any experience (good or otherwise) of CVS testing in Ninewells?

have read just down a few posts and wondered frazzle if we should maybe start a thread for scottish babies due in 2009?

as far as i can see by the list - everyone on so far is due up to december? or should i read further and its blending into next year too?

congratulations on all your babies by the way.

frazzledoldbag34 I don't know about CVS but I've had amnio at Ninewells.

Are you not sure of your dates then? I suspect that the scan, which brought forward my dates by 9 days, was the reason my bloods came back with such a high risk (1:13), I wonder if bloods taken according to my dates would have given a lesser risk....? Anyway, I found the wait for results very stressful but got the intial results in less time than they anticipated and then the remainder came back in a few weeks and my baby was fine. The medical staff were all great around that time, I have no complaints.

frazzle I had all 3 of mine at Ninewells but not CVS sorry

oooh, can i join. weegie living in dundee. due 1st baby dec 8th. going to ninewells. what was your experience dizzywitches? I've heard post-natally its crap....i should know really as I was a medic there!

babybear77 I've had all 3 of mine there, none of which straighforward and I couldn't have had better care

welcome to the thread - am also a defected weegie

dizzywtches - how was the post-natal side of things? where in weegie land r u from...i'm now in BF....

am across the water we have a local thread going too if you wish to join I'll post a link

postnatally they were fantastic with me

after dd1 I was like roadkill and they kept me in for a week and gave me loads of help
after dd2 again road kill and reversed over by truck for good measure and in for a week until I was ready to go
dd3 was elective section (funnily enough) I only stayed in for 2 days which was MY choice and they couldn't have been lovelier to me

babybear77 here's the local thread if you get a chance to come and say hi

dundee thread

Hello everyone and many congrats on all the babies since my last post .

Am on mat leave now tho so should be able to catch up with you all more often...

right ladies, lets get ourselves back up and running and updated again.

this is the last version of our list so feel free to tidy up anything that needs updated

Paranoid1stTimer - DILLON 8lb6 on 22nd March!!
Monthlymayhem - LEWIS GABRIEL BORN 19th MARCH!!
Bearmama - Edinburgh March 23
Jaq39 - AISHA Born 25th April 7lbs 14ozs DD1 - 15yrs, DS1 - 19mths
northeastmummy - HOPE OLIVIA born 26th April, Aberdeen, 2nd DD, DD1 21 months
Soph28 19 April, Bathgate, 3rd dc, ds 3 nxt wk, dd 20mths
bobsmum - MARTHA VICTORIA 8lb13oz 29?th April
potpourri - REUBEN born 12 May, Lanark, 3rd baby (surprise!), DD1 age 3.5, DD2 age 2
baiyu - 7th May, Fort William, first baby - surprise!
Josey - Hope Olivia 4th June, Aberdeenshire,DS1(8)DD1(2)
aberdeenhiker - Fraser Neil 7th June, Aberdeen, DS1 (2)
whinegums - Barnaby Henry 8lb 12oz, 7 July, Glasgow
bitofadramaqueen - EDD 22nd June, first baby
LauraT - EDD 26th June, 1st baby
OatcakeCravings - due 1st July, my 1st DS
sweetkitty - 15th July, Girl, BETHANY ANNA GRACE, 8lbs 5ozs, (DD1 4 DD2 2.6)
mcchesers - 09 July, AIDAN ALLEN,9lb 11 oz
minipinkscottish - ABIE SUSAN BORN FRI 13TH June @ 9.35 WEIGHING 6LB5oz - [smile(ds 15,ds 13, ds 10, dd 5, ds 2)
dizzydixies - 31 July, CORDELIA DYLAN ISMAY weighing 9lb14oz - known as DYLAN
monkeytennis - due 02 August, Lanarkshire,(boy)first baby.
TheApprentice - 8th August, ELLIOT weighing 8lb1oz West Lothian, ds 14 months
hazieandbaby - 14 August, Aberdeen, 1st DC
Jennylee - 17th August, Broxburn 2nd DC, Ds1 is 8years old
poppysocks - DC2 (DD is 2) on 17 August and in St Andrews
carolcupcake - DC2 due end of August, waiting on section date, Glasgow. DS1 is 7 months
mumofdjandp - mid sept, central scotland, dc3, ds1 4yrs and ds2 14 months
mybabysinthegarden - 27 Oct, Borders, dc2, dd1 15 months
expatinscotland - 31 October - A BOY!!!, Argyll, 3rd DC, dd1 4yrs & dd2 2yrs
Sparkletoes - DC2 due mid Nov, Paisley, DS 2 yrs old
Twinklingfairy - EDD 25th Nov, Caithness, 2nd DC, DD1 20months
Mibbes - EDD 6th Dec, Central Scotland, 1st DC

Paranoid1stTimer - DILLON 8lb6 on 22nd March!!
Monthlymayhem - LEWIS GABRIEL BORN 19th MARCH!!
Bearmama - Edinburgh March 23
Jaq39 - AISHA Born 25th April 7lbs 14ozs DD1 - 15yrs, DS1 - 19mths
northeastmummy - HOPE OLIVIA born 26th April, Aberdeen, 2nd DD, DD1 21 months
Soph28 19 April, Bathgate, 3rd dc, ds 3 nxt wk, dd 20mths
bobsmum - MARTHA VICTORIA 8lb13oz 29?th April
potpourri - REUBEN born 12 May, Lanark, 3rd baby (surprise!), DD1 age 3.5, DD2 age 2
baiyu - 7th May, Fort William, first baby - surprise!
Josey - Hope Olivia 4th June, Aberdeenshire,DS1(8)DD1(2)
aberdeenhiker - Fraser Neil 7th June, Aberdeen, DS1 (2)
whinegums - Barnaby Henry 8lb 12oz, 7 July, Glasgow
bitofadramaqueen - EDD 22nd June, first baby
LauraT - EDD 26th June, 1st baby
OatcakeCravings - due 1st July, my 1st DS
sweetkitty - 15th July, Girl, BETHANY ANNA GRACE, 8lbs 5ozs, (DD1 4 DD2 2.6)
mcchesers - 09 July, AIDAN ALLEN,9lb 11 oz
minipinkscottish - ABIE SUSAN BORN FRI 13TH June @ 9.35 WEIGHING 6LB5oz - [smile(ds 15,ds 13, ds 10, dd 5, ds 2)
dizzydixies - 31 July, CORDELIA DYLAN ISMAY weighing 9lb14oz - known as DYLAN
monkeytennis - 31st July, OLIVER SEBASTIAN INDIANA @0547 HRS, weighing 6lb.
TheApprentice - 8th August, ELLIOT weighing 8lb1oz West Lothian, ds 14 months
hazieandbaby - 14 August, Aberdeen, 1st DC
Jennylee - 17th August, Broxburn 2nd DC, Ds1 is 8years old
poppysocks - DC2 (DD is 2) on 17 August and in St Andrews
carolcupcake - DC2 due end of August, waiting on section date, Glasgow. DS1 is 7 months
mumofdjandp - mid sept, central scotland, dc3, ds1 4yrs and ds2 14 months
mybabysinthegarden - 27 Oct, Borders, dc2, dd1 15 months
expatinscotland - 31 October - A BOY!!!, Argyll, 3rd DC, dd1 4yrs & dd2 2yrs
Sparkletoes - DC2 due mid Nov, Paisley, DS 2 yrs old
Twinklingfairy - EDD 25th Nov, Caithness, 2nd DC, DD1 20months
Mibbes - EDD 6th Dec, Central Scotland, 1st DC

Hi - can I join in - though I see this is thread of rather epic length! I'm in Stirling and due 28th Dec. Second baby, though first was born down in London.

Has anybody had experience of SRI - or have any tips?

Ta!

HELLO

I forgot about this thread for a while

Updated list...

Paranoid1stTimer - DILLON 8lb6 on 22nd March!!
Monthlymayhem - LEWIS GABRIEL BORN 19th MARCH!!
Bearmama - Edinburgh March 23
Jaq39 - AISHA Born 25th April 7lbs 14ozs DD1 - 15yrs, DS1 - 19mths
northeastmummy - HOPE OLIVIA born 26th April, Aberdeen, 2nd DD, DD1 21 months
Soph28 19 April, Bathgate, 3rd dc, ds 3 nxt wk, dd 20mths
bobsmum - MARTHA VICTORIA 8lb13oz 29?th April
potpourri - REUBEN born 12 May, Lanark, 3rd baby (surprise!), DD1 age 3.5, DD2 age 2
baiyu - 7th May, Fort William, first baby - surprise!
Josey - Hope Olivia 4th June, Aberdeenshire,DS1(8)DD1(2)
aberdeenhiker - Fraser Neil 7th June, Aberdeen, DS1 (2)
whinegums - Barnaby Henry 8lb 12oz, 7 July, Glasgow
bitofadramaqueen - EDD 22nd June, first baby
LauraT - EDD 26th June, 1st baby
OatcakeCravings - due 1st July, my 1st DS
sweetkitty - 15th July, Girl, BETHANY ANNA GRACE, 8lbs 5ozs, (DD1 4 DD2 2.6)
mcchesers - 09 July, AIDAN ALLEN,9lb 11 oz
minipinkscottish - ABbIE SUSAN BORN FRI 13TH June @ 9.35 WEIGHING 6LB5oz - (ds 16,ds 14, ds 11, dd 5, ds 3)
dizzydixies - 31 July, CORDELIA DYLAN ISMAY weighing 9lb14oz - known as DYLAN
monkeytennis - 31st July, OLIVER SEBASTIAN INDIANA @0547 HRS, weighing 6lb.
TheApprentice - 8th August, ELLIOT weighing 8lb1oz West Lothian, ds 14 months
hazieandbaby - 14 August, Aberdeen, 1st DC
Jennylee - 17th August, Broxburn 2nd DC, Ds1 is 8years old
poppysocks - DC2 (DD is 2) on 17 August and in St Andrews
carolcupcake - DC2 due end of August, waiting on section date, Glasgow. DS1 is 7 months
mumofdjandp - mid sept, central scotland, dc3, ds1 4yrs and ds2 14 months
mybabysinthegarden - 27 Oct, Borders, dc2, dd1 15 months
expatinscotland - 31 October - A BOY!!!, Argyll, 3rd DC, dd1 4yrs & dd2 2yrs
Sparkletoes - DC2 due mid Nov, Paisley, DS 2 yrs old
Twinklingfairy - EDD 25th Nov, Caithness, 2nd DC, DD1 20months
Mibbes - EDD 6th Dec, Central Scotland, 1st DC

Abbie is now 5 months old and growing like a wee mushroom - time goes too, too fast!!

Hope you are all well. xxx Hello marywalf