Due Aug 08 - Packing Bags and Discussing Names: WE ARE THE HOTMILK LADIES!!

[TwilightSurfer]

DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS
[TSupdate24JUN08]

GROUP TOTAL: 54

DELIVERIES [BOYS (0) vs. GIRLS (0)]
sample23JUL via VB SOMEBODY delivered Jenny Sue, 8lbs 3oz & 55cm [EDD 08AUG]
sample24JUL via CS SOMEBODYELSE delivered Timmy, 6lbs & 43cm [EDD 31JUL]

WAITING ROOM [BOYS (12) vs. GIRLS (14)]
21JUL IlanaK is 35 and lives in Central London. She has 2DSs, 6y & 3y. Expecting DC#3 via CSec (EDD was 24JUL), a BOY to be named Saul.
23JUL Voodoococonut is 29 and lives in Manchester but moving to West Midlands asap. She has a DD, 19M. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
24JUL Alittlebitshy is 28 and lives in East London/Essex. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2 via CSec (EDD was 03AUG), a SURPRISE.
29JUL Miamla is 32 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to maybe be named Theodore.
29JUL Bigboydiditandranaway is 36 and lives in Midlands. She has a DS, 26m. Expecting DC#2.
30JUL Dizzydixies is 32 and lives in Fife. She has 2DDs, 4y & 2y. Expecting DC#3 via VBac or CSec, guesses it's a girl.
31JUL SassyLou is 33 and lives in Cheshire. She has 2DDs, 7y & 5y. Expecting DC#3.
01AUG PhilB is 31 and lives in SE London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
01AUG Pertelote is 30 and lives in East London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Vintagegardenia is 35 and lives in Ireland. She has a DS, 9y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Mum2b1 is expecting DC#1.
02AUG Shazza2002 is 27 and lives in West London. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
04AUG SKYTVADDICT is 40 and lives in Lincolnshire. She has a DS, 13m, and 2DDs, 8y & 12y. Expecting DC#4 via CSec (EDD was 08AUG), a SURPRISE.
05AUG ChaCha is 32 and lives in Oxford. She has 2DCs, 2y & 10m, Expecting DC#3 via CSEC, guesses it's a boy.
07AUG BraveNewWorld is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
08AUG LadyOfWaffle is 22 and lives in Berkshire. She has a DS, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
08AUG Mummypud is 28 and lives in Wiltshire. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
08AUG Bealcain is 21 and lives in Kent, She has 2DSs 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, a GIRL to be named Delilah.
09AUG BirthdayBaby is expecting DC#1.
10AUG Lcy is 30 and lives in Wales. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
11AUG Sarahnh is 32 and lives in West Midlands. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL to maybe be named Tess Alexandra.
11AUG Foghornleghorn is 23 and lives in Northampton. She has 2DDs, 3y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, guesses it's a girl.
11AUG Sibh has 2DCs, DS 5y & DD 2y. She is expecting DC#3.
12AUG Buckets is 31 and lives in Southampton. She has a DD, 4y, & a DS, 3. Expecting DC#3 via CSec (01-07AUG?), a BOY to maybe be named Kurt.
14AUG Hardygirl is 36 and lives in SW London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
14AUG HazieDazieandBaby is 26 and lives in Aberdeen. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL to be named Gabriella.
14AUG Gigglegirl is 32 and lives in Stockport. She has a DD, 4y, and 2DSs, 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#4, a GIRL to be named Imogen.
16AUG Longwayfromhome is 29 and lives in Argentina. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to named Tomas.
16AUG Pregnancy1 is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
17AUG CaptainCaveman is 35 and lives in Nottingham. She has a DS, 3.11y. Expecting DC#2 via VBac, a BOY.
17AUG Iliketosleep is 24 and lives in Wolverhampton. She has 2DDs, 7y & 6y and a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#4.
17AUG Poppysocks is 30 and lives in St Andrews. She has a DD, 23m. Expecting DC#2 via CSec or maybe VBAC, a GIRL.
17AUG Warthog has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
17AUG Jennylee is 30 and lives in West Lothian. She has a DS, 9y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
18AUG Kezza7779 is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
18AUG Expectant is 32 and lives in Singapore. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
18AUG Cheerfulvicky is 24 and lives in Cornwall. Expecting DC#1, a BOY.
19AUG SazzlesA is 35 and lives in Cheltenham. She has a DD, 18m. Expecting DC#2 via VBAC or CSec, a GIRL to maybe be named Emma.
19AUG Karney is 39 and lives in Glasgow.
19AUG TwilightSurfer is 37 and lives in Tennessee, USA. She has a DD, 4y. Expecting DC#2 via VB, a GIRL to maybe be named Maggie Ethelyn.
20AUG Ejesmum is 38 and lives in Exeter. She has a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#2.
20AUG Stillhere is 36 and lives in Yorkshire. She has a DS, 2.5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
21AUG Pinchypants is 34 and lives in Guildford. She has a DD, 20m. Expecting DC#2.
21AUG Musm2go is 35 and lives in B'ham Solihull. She has a DD, 6y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
23AUG Stickybean is 27 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
24AUG Libbyssister is 34 and lives in Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 2.11y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
24AUG Cyteen is 32 and lives in Leicester. Expecting DC#1, a BOY.
24AUG SausageAndMash is 37 and lives in London. She has a DD, 3y. Expecting DC#2.
25AUG Petitfilou is 36 and lives in S Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 4.4y, & a DD, 2.10y. Expecting DC#3, a BOY.
25AUG Oopsacoconut is 32 and lives in Wiltshire. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL to be named Poppaea Anna.
26AUG Ellasmum1 is 30 and lives in North Staffs-Newcastle under Lyme. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG Dancerandprancer is 31 and lives in Devon. She has a DD, 28m. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG No1putsbabyinthecorner is 30 and lives in South Yorkshire. She as a DD, 1y. Expecting DC#2.
28AUG Ataraxis formerly Readyforbed has 2 DSs, 5y & 3y, and is expecting DC#3, a GIRL.

Okay this is for all you feel sickly today. I read (somewhere yesterday) women can "loose" weight during the last month of pregnancy due to the following: nausea returning, lack of appetite, and diarrhea. All three of those symptoms are caused by the body eliminating all unnecessary stuff to make birthing easier. On the flip side some can experience constipation due to baby settling lower and pressing on bowels in negative way.

Where's the beauty of pregnancy??????

Ann, odd but sometimes baby presents head down then flips. That could have been what happened with your friend. The reverse is also a possibility and upsetting for women who have CSec only to find baby was correctly presenting.

As for bags, I think we've all at least started and some are ready and waiting. I'm packed!!

I have an announcement:
There is to be NO more apologizing for me-me-me type posts. I personally want to hear about you-you-you so QUIT saying sorry everytime.

Sazzles -v. impressed with quiche. Are you passing round slices on here?

It's good news about the scan Sarahn--I had midwives tutting over my fundal measurements throughout both of my last pregnancies, muttering darkly about big babies, and they were big articles but it's definitely a dodgy art and certainly not key to working out what will happen with the birth.

Here in Ireland nobody has tried to measure the bump at any stage, even though the care is more hospital oriented, and you'd expect more measuring because of that. There isn't even a graph for it in my A4 sized pregnancy notes. Of course, I have no idea what it's like to have small babies but I think there is a fair amount of scaremongering about the big sort. Anyway, it's generally a relief not to have any charts to be disappearing off the end of ...

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only cloth nappy obsessive. I can't quite understand why I've got so attached to the totsbots we've had for DS2, but it dawns on me that anyone using cloth might want to try fleece wipes as well. I got mine last time on ebay and they are fab. Thrown in the wash with the nappies they save loads of time and money ... And fab for noses too.

DD's 'baby in my tummy' popped out for a chat today. She's called Keka apparently...
She's went back in for a while though so a few more weeks of baby-free life here at least.

Aaah--'she's went back in'. Must proofread properly!

Also forgot to send best wishes to Dizzy and family and to Cyteen.

And VG--I hope the crutches (and Minstrels) are helping ...

AAh - my thanks all. personally am terrified by idea of breech baby/possibility of cs. Really don't want Csec, the idea terrifies me. ( I've always been really helathy, and never had surgery or even so much as an x-ray. Anyone out there had csec, what was it like?? Anyone having elective cs?

My sister is also pg due roughly same time as me. She took her DD (aged nearly three) to the detail scan with her. She told the sonographer 'first you look at the baby in mummy's tummy, then you look at the baby in my tummy' will she ever live it down? I think her parents will be reminding her of that when she's 18/ get's married etc.

Sibh another Irish lady, i was born and bred in Dublin but have lived over her for 12 years so i guess here is my home now, although what i would do for a constant supply of irish cabury's chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My DD talks about the baby in her tummy too. It's just their precious way of being more like the person they love most....MOMMY.

annvanThere are several of us who have had sections before and some of that number are due to have electives (in my case 3 weeks tomorrow!!!). Ask any questions you want - we'll do our best.

Had another funny moment earlier -felt really woozy etc. Have thus just been on sofa for past 3 hours - dh went and collected dd from school for me, thank goodnes, and he's just taken her over to Rainbows. Had some discomfort near where my c-section scar was and was panicking, but after I dozed off and woke up it felt ok, so I think I'm just tired, and.. er... pregnant.

Is Irish cadbury's choccie different then sarah? In what way? mm chocolate......

i often thought of using real nappies but really haven't a clue, is it hard work? I will have 3 under 3 all in nappies i guess and need easiest option.

Still feeling shite. What can i eat? Dont even fancy junk!

abs - Sometimes a bit of rest really helps. I keep texting DH to see where he is even though i know he is still miles away and has a customer to see on way. I just want to get in a warm bubbly bath and close my eyes.

AnnVann - I had a water birth planned with DS1 [sniggers at self] but i ended up being induced, failed to progress and 23 hours later had an emergency section. I thought i was alright at the time but i really wasn't and when the SPD kicked in this time last year with DS2 and all these niggles i decided an elective was to be what i would have. I couldn't bear anymore pain and for me personally i couldn't have had a better delivery. All went v.smooth, baby handed to me instantly, lots of bonding and a happy old me. I will have another section just waiting a week tomorrow to get my date.
I will have had 3 sections, 2 laparoscopies, appendicitis etc.. so no stranger to surgery It is ok.

OH and like Sazzles said, staff were also fantastic from start to finish.

OH and like Sazzles said, staff were also fantastic from start to finish.

albs, Irish cabury's chocolate is out of this world, much richer and creamier than the chocolate over here and there is a much better selection.... i am craving it big time right now..... a tiffin bar which is chocolate raisin and biscuit hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks all, it's not really that I'm determined to have a totally natural birth, I'll do what's necessary, but the idea of being cut open just terrifies the hell out of me Don't much like the idea of epidural either - needle in spine yikes, guess I'm just a coward at heart

Handing round Irish cadbury's for all to taste. Yes it is much creamier ...

Hope you're feeling better Albs. There seems to be a lot of wooziness going round at this stage. Are the leg cramps still bothering you or have they eased off a bit?

Sarahnh--I lived in Dublin for a year in the nineties, and grew up in England with Irish parents. In West Cork now and settled here for good near my sisters who are all round and about too... Are you still going to use the name Tess (it's on your list details) by the way? Me and DH both love it but put the name aside as it doesn't quite go with the other two.

Chacha it sounds as if that would be a lot of nappies. I've found it's fine when you're in the swing of doing the nappies as part of your routine, though it's not for the v. squeamish. I got on a lot better with it when I stopped soaking the nappies and used paper liners instead. The draining of the buckets was the vile bit. All the used ones I have are still shiny white so getting them clean isn't an issue.

Hmmm.. are the long posts giving away the fact that DS and DD have been deported taken out by daddy for the afternoon?

AnnVan I think there's a few ladies on here who are having or considering sections for various reasons, and certainly some who've had them with great success in the past. I know what you mean about not wanting one - I am keen to avoid a hospital birth if at all possible - but they don't have to mean a less positive experience from what I'm told

I'm measuring big for dates as well (measuring 34 but am 32), but like others on here I don't think it means that much.

My bag packing hasn't started yet, but I have got pretty much everything I need for it. Have spent some time squaring things away in the spare room, so now have a chest of drawers stocked with clean tiny clothes and nappies boxed up at the side awaiting use.

Soothing hugs to Shazza and ChaCha - get yourselves tucked up, ladies, and get some good rest.

Argh - all this food sharing, I feel like i'm the only one turned up to a party without something

sibh - ooh you;re having a nice free afternoon. Lovely Thanks for asking about the leg cramps. They're still happening,. In fact after a bad night last night sleepwise I just rounded off the experience as the alarm wen toff by leaping out of bed yelling cramp, as I had cramps in both upper legs. Ow. Dh did ask if I was ok .

sarahnh ooh that sounds yummy. My face cadbury's (boring old enlglish version) is the turkish delight one. yum yum.

annvan I had an emergency c/s with dd. Basically I was induced (was overdue, but bp went up suddenly... I since realised it was cos ob had threatened an internal so I was freaked by that - normlly then, and this pg, my bp is fine), started having contractions 3-4 mins apart within 30 mins, this went on..... I dilated... it went on....36 hours later I started pushing, but she wasn;t coming. Decided she too big, so did em c/s then rather than struggle on and have her or me get distresse. Was all fairly relaxed and nice (though I so don't remember much - extreme knackerisation by that point). I decided this time to request an elctive since second babies are often bigger, and I do not want the same experience again. Hopefully I will not be as shattered, not going through all that labour etc, and will start the parenting process in a betetr frame of mind than I did after all that tiredness..... I'm not sure I felt happy again for many many months

Dh and dd will be back from rainbows in a mo (dh didn't stay and play - though am sure he's have loved it!!). Will be a cheats dinner tonight. Fresh pasta and shop bought (y'know the fresh stuff) pasta sauce. The pasta is known as the pasta that dd likes in this house, cos she calls it "the pasta that I like" .

Wonder how bealcain is doing. And assume that as her dh manged to type message on Fb that his sight was slightly better. Hope so, the poor things - the pair of them.

ALBS - your face is turkish delight???
just doing a quick catch up back in a bit

oh pants - me and my typing proofreading . that's like my bixes of breastpads isn't it?????