Due July 2008 - the thread where we all (hopefully) have our babies!!

[sweetkitty]

Here we go ladies

New thread I've tidied up, theres raspberry leaf tea on the go, all our bags are packed, come on babies..............

Pigley, that's a bit grim! Definitely wouldn't fancy that I'll just have to hope DH hasn't been researching it!

I've been telling DH that he's going to have to get over his 'but there's a baby in there!' squeamishness soon.

Donutmum - hope your DS feels better soon

Am skipping antenatal class tonight as it's a tour of the unit (I've already had several tours) by evil tactless MW.

Pigley - it's so good to laugh - haven't felt like it much recently! (laughing I mean - but certainly not feeling like the other either!)

Have fun on your tour. Found mine strangely comforting!?

ohhh pigley i was eatin a mouthfull of crisps when i read that i nearly spat them out

Ok big decision to make.

It does not look as if The house or flat sale will go through for a while but my best mate who is one half of my birthing partners has asked me to come up and stay. It was actually her husbands idea he said he would come and pick me up, Sue said they would clear out the back room and make that my bedroom until when ever. Now they have a full house already, her husband (nearly ex) is sleeping in the litte'ns room, the boys have the back bedroom and Sue and little'n are sleeping in her room.

I want to get up there, I desperately want her and my doula to be with me not stuck down here. But I feel like I have so much to finish off here re the house and I am worried that the house will be really full.

Pigley DH just read that and gave me a right mouthful.
(sorry, he made me write that!!!)

Gilly - your Dh sounds lovely. Bless him

Pigley - oh my, will keep that to myself i think!

Donut - sorry your DS is poorly. I know when i used to get bad tonsillitus (had it every month or so for a year until they took them out at 23) the swelling made my tonsils touch and that made me sick, i found ice lollies great for that.

Clic - poor you, makes me feel like a whimp for all the moaning i do, nothing much wrong with me.

Go out for the day and lok at what I miss

Firstly libralady CONGRATULATIONS welcome to little Luke, can't wait for pics and the whole story now

pigley - sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I tried both the natural prostiglandins both routes and still didn't work, DP said it was the most unerotic time he has ever had as well

kaz - difficult one for you don't know what to suggest really, I don't know how well you know your friend and how confortable you will be in her house, but if you feel comfortable then go for it.

justjules - your day sounds about perfect am so

gilly - about the wheelchair but bkess your DH

Donutmum - sorry to hear your DS is ill hope he's on the mend soon

Rumpel - thanks for measuring your DD, mine is 90cms so I'm sure she will be fine, am now questioning how long this pram will be useful for though, she is walking loads now but I do think things will change once Winter comes and I'm on my own.

CliC - what a nightmare you poor thing hope you are on the mend now (well as much as you can be at 8 odd months pregnant) as everyone says not long now

Minkus - can't believe you are comtemplating food shopping there is no way I could do it now, get it online

catec - sorry but I was lol at your MIL's advice, not at the advice because it's top notch but the don't feed to sleep thing, fine in theory but in practice another story

Had a lovely day at the safari park, hardly walked anywhere though DP wouldn't let me. DDs had a fab time though.

at some of the bump sizes on here, I guess mine is all out and front theres hardly anything at the sides, right off for an ice lolly

THE NEW ARRIVALS

25MAY PEANUT75 BOY CHARLIE 5lbs 8ozs first baby
03JUN TJUICE GIRL ELODIE 7lbs, 4hr labour, vb, epidural (fab) and oxygen (EDD 26 JUN) first baby
13JUN MINIPINKSCOTTISH GIRL ABBIE SUSAN 6lbs 5ozs, 50min labour vb no pain relief
16JUN TWINKLE TWIN BOYS CALLUM 3lbs 2ozs and CONNOR 4lbs 6ozs (EDD 24JUL) fourth and fifth babies
18JUN ISAIDNO GIRL POPPY ELIZABETH 6lbs 4ozs (EDD 03 JUN) third baby
23JUN LIBRALADY LUKE THOMAS JACOB 6lbs 4ozs (EDD 01JUL) 2nd boy

3 GIRLS 4 BOYS

THE BABY WAITING ROOM

2 01JUL MISSCHIKA (FIRST BABY)CAMBERWELL SURPRISE
3 02JUL BABY3 (DD8 DS5.5)
4 02JUL UNFITMUMMY (DD 2.7)
5 02JUL BEEPBEEP (DD 1.1)
6 02JUL POLYXENE (DS 2.5) BOY
8 03JUL MRSCLAIRET (FIRST BABY)
9 04JUL FRANNYANDZOOEY (DS4)
10 05JUL MRSMADMAND (DD 1.3)
11 05JUL PONTO (2DD 4.6 & 2)
12 06JUL PENGUINMUM (DD 2.7)
13 06JUL NANNYJO (3rd baby) BOY
14 06JUL MUMMYPIG (DS1 5.11,DS2 3.7)SURREY BOY
15 07JUL CHOCCIE (FIRST BABY)
16 07JUL HATRICK (3DD 4, 2.8 & 15 MTHS) BOY
17 07JUL MINKUS (DS 3.4) ROSSONWYE SURPRISE
18 07JUL CHOCOLATEDAYS (FIRST BABY)
19 07JUL CARRIEHD9 (FIRST BABY) KIRKLEES
20 08JUl JOCESAR (1st baby) BOY
21 08JUL NIKNAKF (1st Baby) LONDON BOY
23 08JUL MUMMYWANNABE (FIRST BABY)Essex Suprise
24 09JUL THE PUDDINGCHEF (DS 1.6) GIRL
25 09JUL PAULAYATES / BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN (6th baby) SURPRISE
26 09JUL VIX100 (FIRST BABY) SURPRISE
27 09JUL AGGIEPANTHER (DD1 13 DD2 2) BOY
28 09JUL JACOBSPRINCESS (DS1 3) BOY
29 10JUL MINNIE1 (2DD 1.10 & 11MTHS)
30 10JUL SWEETKITTY (2DDs 4 & 2.6) GLASGOW GIRL
31 10JUL HUBARBSPONG (1st baby) GIRL
32 10JUL CASS66(DD 5&3) elective section YORK SURPRISE
33 10 JUL EXCITED FOR NUMBER 2 (DS3) LEICESTER BOY
34 11JUL ICHEF (DD7 & DS3) BOY
35 11JUL DONUTMUM (DS1 4 DS2 3) BOY
36 12JUL MCCHESERS (FIRST BABY)GLASGOW BOY
37 12JUL PIGLEYCHEZ(FIRST BABY)WEST SUSSEX SURPRISE!
38 13JUL PEGGYP (DD 9MTHS)
39 13JUL EEC (DS 11 DD 9)SURPRISE
40 13JUL HPG (FIRST BABY)
41 13JUL PURPLEJENNYROSE (DD21MTHS) GIRL
42 13JUL LEGSY (FIRST BABY)
43 14JUL CilC (DD3) Surrey BOY
44 14JUL GILLYTHEKID (1ST BABY)SURPRISE
45 14JUL JUSTJULES (1ST BABY) GIRL
46 14JUL TRESPASS (1st BABY) SURPRISE FRANCE
47 15JUL JODIE (DS 21MTHS) LICHFIELD BOY
48 15JUL BORGLADY (FIRST BABY) BOY
49 15JUL LIBRA1975 (FRIST BABY) SURPRISE FARNHAM
50 15JUL LILYTOTHEB (FIRST BABY)
51 16JUL POLEDRA (2DD 4&2)GIRL
52 16JUL UMLELLALA (2nd baby)
53 17JUL UMM FULAAM (1st baby) SUPRISE!!!
54 17JUL SANDCASTLES (DD 4)
55 17JUL PTIYPASI (DD 11MTHS)
56 17JUL DISNEYSTAR (7th BABY)
57 17JUL TAFFTAFF (1st BABY) SURPRISE
58 18JUL MYLITTLEELOISE (DC ?)
59 18JUL LOVELYLOU (DD 2.8)
60 18JUL SHORTSHAFE (DD 16MTHS) staffs BOY
61 18JUL KAZ1976 SURPRISE
62 18JUL BABYONTHEWAY (DS 10)
63 19JUL HEFFA (FIRST BABY) DEVON GIRL
64 20JUL RUMPEL (DD 17 months) SURPRISE
65 20JUL Fenlondon (first baby) GIRL
66 21JUL FROGMARSH (FIRST BABY)
67 21JUL MIN912 (DS 1)girl s.oxfordshire
68 21JUL MrsHOP (1st baby), S. London, BOY
69 21JUL MONKEY24, (1st baby) Bristol
70 21JUL SLEEPYCAT (DD3, DS12mo) BOY
71 23JUL BROWNOWL18 (DS9, DD7) York GIRL
72 24JUL SHROOMS (DS8 DD 6)
73 24JUL SQUARAH (FIRST BABY)Warwick, surprise
74 25JUL FEB (DS 10 MTHS)
75 25JUL CATEC (First baby) GIRL
76 26JUL WALKINGTIMEBOMB (DS 10 MTHS)
77 26JUL MISSMCGOO (DS5 DD2)
78 27JUL DIVVY (DD 18, 15, 13, 8MTHS)
79 27JUL LAZYHIPPO (FIRST BABY) surprise
80 28JUL LIKERABBITSBX (2nd baby)GIRL
81 28JUL CUPCAKE76 (first baby) BOY
82 31JUL BREIZETTE (DD 10MTHS)
83 31JUL BEBEJONES (FIRST BABY)GIRL
84 31JUL KENTDEE (?) GIRL
85 TBC JOOS (FIRST BABY)
86 TBC CHEEKSTER (1st BABY)

15 GIRLS 21 BOYS

Cannot believe we have 7 babies on here already

who's next?

Congrats Libralady!
Hi to everyone else - I can't keep up with any chat but I keep popping on to see baby announcements!

Rumpel- glad your enjoying having your parents around.

Gilly- glad your got your wheelchair sorted... you shall go to the ball ! Lucky you for the flowers... Lovely DH

Clic- Sorry to hear about your gall bladder... You have been going through a rough time!

Donutmum- All set for you now then!

Sweetkitty- Glad you enjoyed your day out...sounds lovely.

Sorry girls didnt mean to shock you Not sure on that one myself!

Well had the tour of the deliver suite and wards. All seems fine,clean and all that. Was abit scary though...knowing I'll be there soon enough. 19 days left till due date!
I was the biggest one there.... think most of the other mummy's to be had months left.

DH has given baby the go ahead now to come whenever its ready.

right ladies in trying to get a good nursing bra prob is i need a 44g cant find one
anyone know of a good site please i want to order my things tonight i just have this urge to do it now !!!
plus i have a quiet hour to myself and that is rare boys all asleep

libra big big congrats to you both and hello to baby

cant wait for the birth story

just looked maybe i cant see it but it says to me goes up to a size 40 i need a 44

or maybe i havnt loked right

Libralady, congratulations!! soall the early stuff wasn't in vain...
Bebejones - hadn't looked at your profile before but just have from your last post - we may be near neighbours - I live in Stroud! Don't have a profile and don't normally mention where I live, but couldn't let that one go!! Stroud Mat is fab, even if you transfer there after giving birth somewhere else - it is so, so good, the care is second to none. IMHO! - and lots of others'!
Pigley - re prostaglandins - mmm, no chance!
Def no more false labour here (just evil evil SPD) so throwing myself into sorting out cleaning and organising house! Well, OK, not throwing more leaning gently with lots of chocolate breaks..
Aah, just had a very clear arm / elbow push right out of my side about a cm out!! And there is a foot in my cervix!!

bravisimo would be my suggestion too great for bigger boobs

purplejennyrose i live in gloucester we are just a few miles apart i live on the A38 on way to stonehouse

bebjones do you know quedegely? in glos

Evenin'all..

So lots of big bumps. I dare not measure myself but a few weeks ago I was exactly 9 toilet paper squares across. I'd venture to say I could easily pass 12 squares today.

SK- Sounds like you had a fab day out.

I would have loved to have gone to the safari park today, but I was napping out of sheer exhaustion and then busted tail to get the flat polished. Our visitor loved the flat and she is going to see a few more, but she seems the most promising thus far.

Gilly - dead jealous of your flowers, what a lovely surprise!

Rumpel- Hope you are getting in some good quality time with your folks.

Clic- Nightmare..and the gall bladder as well! Hope you are taking it easy.

Anyone know anything about itchy hands? I've got tiny clear bumps on my hands..just the tops not the soles or my feet and they are driving me mad!!

Evening all

catec yes I did have appendicitis at 31 wks pg last time. Was very very scary though not as bad as if it had happened earlier on. The worst thing that would have happened to the baby was she would have delivered early, and she was already weighing about 6lb then, so would have had a good chance. As it was, she hung on in there till 2 hours after her due date, and weighed 8lb 15 . It was hard being in hospital though as I was in the maternity unit and the mws were more concerned with people who had just had babies. In the end, in order to get a shower, I had to get my mum to come in one day and help me as nobody else had time. Just as well I get on with my mum, as she had to dry me after my shower as I was unable to do it myself - she did laugh that it wasn't something she'd ever expected to have to do for me again

gilly your dh sounds lovely. My dh isn't romantic and thoughtful like yours, but on the other hand, he did fix the dishwasher over the weekend as promised - hurrah!!

Final word on strechmarks - does anyone else remember that bit on Shirley Valentine when Tom Conti's character kisses her stretchmarks and goes on about them showing she's a real woman and some such, then Pauline Collins looks straight at the camera and says 'Aren't men full of shit?' Always makes me smile when I think of it.

poledra yep i remember that bit she was sooo right there!!!!

my stomach is like a road map with every baby i have had its stretched a bit more and more lines on it
my kids laugh i say this is when you were in my tummy aj and the line went to nannys house then this is where charlie was a few more lines to nannys house on the way to town

basically my tummy tells a story and with now 7 babies thats been in there it goes on for a long story and hence to say many many stretch marks

when i say to my dh omg look at that he kisses my tummy and say he loves me and thats our babys house right now
it sounds nice and cute but i dont say nothin but shirley valentine got the words right

disneystar yo are right they appear to only go up to a 40 you can however get extensions to make the back size bigger but you would need to go in somewhere and get fitted because if you can only get a 40 with back expanders then you will need to go up a cup size of 2.

I don't know what shops you have in Gloucester or if you can travel but there is a fantastic shop just outside Bristol in a place called Keynsham called Perfect Fit best place I know for measuring and fitting you properly

thanks kaz il take a look

Finally I have managed to catch up!

So glad to hear all is going well Peanut ! Love the piccies of little Charlie...what a cutie!

Hope all is going well for you Tjuice and Minipink

Congrats on your two little boys Twinkle !Their birthday is the same as my DH and he is wonderful!

Lovely name for your little girl ISAIDNO! Congrats!

And wow LIBRALADY. Within a page or 2 you had delivered! What a fine effort!

Katz not sure what I would do...sounds like the situation is a little fraught. Is the baby's father able to help? I think I would rather be on my own than staying in a house where there are "couple" issues...

Gilly make sure you use a good cushion with wheelchair. Your bottom gets very stiff and if your DH is a new driver like mine prepare for a few bumps and bangs! So glad your DH is being loving and kind.

As I said stretchmarks...I have them and I am quite prone to them. But they do fade and I agree with Catec, a bit of sun really does help. It is the over stretched flabby skin I hate.... The best part of being pregnant is that all the loose skin disappears and my tummy skin is now firm!

I got DH to measure my tummy again...it is only 112cm! So much better than 123cm I measured in bed last night! Got a bit worried! I do know that MW have to highlight weight/large bump sizes. Sadly they do not always do this diplomatically! The thing is if they don't and something happens...well the hospital cops it. But I am definitely proof that final weight and size of baby does not always relate to how much you eat during pregnancy!

Pigleychez you make me laugh! Your attempts to bring on birth and your studies gave me a good laugh! I could have sone with reading that last week!

Poledra had a traumatic two nights in high risk maternity suite. So I can relate. MW were so unhelpful - but then I officially complained and they got worse. I have little time for many MW and their political agendas, pious points of view and disdain for Consultants... and I did not get a single second of sleep. Demanded DH get me a private room - luckily they have a private wing at Kingston.

disneystar ...any more predictions?

OK very long post but hopefully I have managed to catch up on everyone's news. Think I might try and get some sleep now. But like most of you I feel quite ready to meet my new little man.