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Due Aug 08 - On the homestretch, one out, 60 or so to go!

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PetitFilou1 · 22/07/2008 15:38

DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS
[PFupdate22JUL08]

GROUP TOTAL: to be updated

DELIVERIES [BOYS (1) vs. GIRLS (0)]
21 JUL via CS Ilana delivered Saul, weight tba [EDD 28JUL] Ilana is 35, lives in Central London and has two other DSs, 7 and 4.

WAITING ROOM [BOYS (13) vs. GIRLS (15)] [(6) Scheduled C-Sections]
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 CS [EDD 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, 5y & 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 CS [EDD 08AUG], a SURPRISE.
04AUG ChaCha is 32 and lives in Oxford. She has 2DCs, 2y & 10m, Expecting DC#3 via CS [EDD 10AUG], guesses it's a boy.
06AUG CaptainCaveman is 35 and lives in Nottingham. She has a DS, 4.2y. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 17AUG], 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.
08AUG Babieseverywhere is 34 and lives in Lancashire. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
09AUG BirthdayBaby is expecting DC#1.
10AUG Lcy is 30 and lives in Wales. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
11AUG Poppysocks is 30 and lives in St Andrews. She has a DD, 2.4y. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 17AUG], a GIRL.
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.
13AUG Mal00 is 33 and lives in South London. She is expecting DC#1, a BOY to be name Leonardo or Lorenzo.
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[London-4h]. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to named Tomas.
16AUG Pregnancy1 is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
17AUG Iliketosleep is 24 and lives in Wolverhampton. She has 2DDs, 7y & 6y and a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#4.
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[London+7h]. 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 Chattanooga[London-5h]. She has a DD, 4y. Expecting DC#2 via VB, a GIRL to be named Reese Eleanor.
19AUG Daisy26 is expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
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.
29AUG Waytoomuchchocolate is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
30AUG AnnVan lives in Kent and is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.

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TwilightSurfer · 23/07/2008 16:31

Well I've been rotating the thumb thing and walking. My contractions have been stronger but it does feel like it's doing something. I also feel a bit taller and stronger today. Actually I feel like I could do a standing crunch and pop the baby right out. I want to feel this strong on the day I do deliver....that tired labor feeling SUCKS!!!

TwilightSurfer · 23/07/2008 16:37

I will now start on my feet. Fortunately I'm not having any difficulty reaching them at this point....the belly's dropped so much that's kinda out of the way. I've also just phoned my BIL who is a massage therapist in Colorado. He should be able to give me more detail about the pressure points that start labor (because he was telling me to avoid them earlier in the pregnancy...I've just forgotten where they are).

Anybody having any luck with the feet points??

Buckets · 23/07/2008 16:39

Try the nips! That's how I got DD out after 2wks of contractions and back pain. Had a bouncy shag, then twiddled my nips in the bath (supposed to do them 10mins at a time!) and woosh, the contractions sped up like billyo.
Bealcain - could be very effective for you!

MrsMagooo · 23/07/2008 16:46

Glad you're feeling nice & strong TS - lol at popping baby out with a standing crunch

Had a go at twiddling nips but just made them leak lol!!

Going to try finding the points on my feet....

bealcain · 23/07/2008 16:55

buckets a bouncy shag...love it

bealcain · 23/07/2008 16:55

buckets a bouncy shag...love it

alittlebitshy · 23/07/2008 17:10

Thanks for those tips Ilana - am stashing them in my memory.

Am off soon - dh and i going for meal first.
Have fear they'll send me home and say no room at the inn! argh.

will text those whose mob nos I have.

See you on the other side;)

Goodluck all.

miamla · 23/07/2008 17:11

i feel like i've walked in on an orgy with all this nipple rubbing!

TwilightSurfer · 23/07/2008 17:18

Miamla..no orgy here, it's all Buckets. As interesting as it sounds the whole sex to get the baby out kinda grosses me out. I like to seperate my children from my sex life basically.

MrsMagooo · 23/07/2008 17:18

Best of luck Albs enjoy your meal - look forward to hearing your news

Buckets · 23/07/2008 17:26

LOL you forget your ulterior motive fairly quickly once you get going . And have to say DH was v proud of himself when I told him some days after the birth.

miamla · 23/07/2008 17:28

hmm its ok, i realised buckets was the ring leader trying to set you all astray!

TwilightSurfer · 23/07/2008 17:37

BEST WISHES ALITTLEBITSHY

pregnancy1 · 23/07/2008 17:40

Ilana glad Saul seems to be doing better & many thanks for your handy tips - can't elieve you're thinkign of us lot at this time.

Albs can't wait to hear from you asap. Miamla think you'll probably have to keep the rest of us up to date with Albs's news.

Right - I need to stop being so pathetic. Have just spent the last hour or two crying in public for no good reason. Received the last of my nursery list delivery today so have everything in now. Then went to my hospital for my last class - all fine, bar the fact that I was in the world's hottest classroom and felt a bit ill. Backache and period pains not helping - but still no bloody BH - is my body in denial?
Decided to find out if they tested for Strep B whilst I was there. Told they didn't.... asked the midwife who ran the class who mentioned they often take a swap at appts anyway and I remembered the doctor taking a swap when I was being examined for SPD at about 23 weeks, but never getting the results. I knew () that they'd contact me if anything came up, but now wanted to know if they'd tested me for Strep B wilst they were there. Wandered up to the unit where I was told off for not having my folder. Started crying and couldn't get the words out to explain that I was only there for a class. Kindly midwife took over and told me to go downstairs and they'd help. Long story short(er) - waited for an hour to be told that whilst they didn't ask them to test for Strep B, the results would have shown if I was positive. So whilst there is no mention of it in the results I am fine. But if this didn't help I could go private.....
Ah, now I've typed it all it seems so pathetic. I'm clearly just slightly stressed as everythign is done, I only have a couple of days left at work and it's all becoming real. plus I'm hormonal and it's hot....
apologies for the rant
Is the pathetic cry-baby corner open for visitors?

pregnancy1 · 23/07/2008 17:42

Even the corner for those that don't spell or sense check their long and boring messages before posting....

AnnVan · 23/07/2008 17:43

Good luck ALBS!

ChaCha · 23/07/2008 17:52

Awwwww Pregnancy1 - Bless you! It's all becoming a reality now isn't it? We all get those days...glad you're okay though!

ALBS - Good luck!!!!! Can't wait to hear the good news....going out for a meal...aren't you supposed to be fasting now and on the ranatidine?!? Or does that start at midnight - have had so many surgeries over the years brain gets confused.

LOL at walking in on orgy - my thoughts exactly - did think twice about posting my trivial chatter. Good to know there is a sexpert in the house though

ChaCha · 23/07/2008 17:52

Awwwww Pregnancy1 - Bless you! It's all becoming a reality now isn't it? We all get those days...glad you're okay though!

ALBS - Good luck!!!!! Can't wait to hear the good news....going out for a meal...aren't you supposed to be fasting now and on the ranatidine?!? Or does that start at midnight - have had so many surgeries over the years brain gets confused.

LOL at walking in on orgy - my thoughts exactly - did think twice about posting my trivial chatter. Good to know there is a sexpert in the house though

ataraxis · 23/07/2008 17:58

Good luck albs - will be thinking of you!

Ilana, glad to hear things are improving. Keeping everything crossed for you.

TS - also lots of walking (preferably on bumpy ground). Am absolutely sure that walking started me off on both my two.

that it was buckets that started the nipple tweaking conversation

LOL at this though on a website:
Apparently, there are prostaglandins in semen which can trigger labour, if you are ready to go into labour.... ... One other point though, the prostaglandins are better absorbed through the stomach (although you might want to keep that little bit of information to yourself?)

TwilightSurfer · 23/07/2008 18:00

WTF "through the stomach"?????

TwilightSurfer · 23/07/2008 18:01

OMG this is too much for me...........

CaptainCaveman · 23/07/2008 18:05

Just how fat exactly will my cankles get? Currently oedematous up to approximately knee level! . Also felt like my arms were swollen today when I was in town . Hosp phoned, got an appt with my cons tomorrow as a follow up to yesterday's excitement!!

Just to really make your days - I started christmas shopping today!. Well, I was in Debenhams and they had such good offers on the kids toys in the sale so I bought a couple of things for 'Jerry' and some for Tom. Must be the heat getting to me

GOOD LUCK ALBS thinking of you and sending lots of prayers your way for tomorrow!!

poppysocks · 23/07/2008 18:13

What chat for mid-afternoon! Must admit to trying pretty much everything (although slightly confused by talk of ankles as ovaries...) last time. Absolutely nothing worked for me.

Best of luck ALBS!

TwilightSurfer · 23/07/2008 18:13

Captain, what a grand idea..Christmas Shopping. That's what I can do to pass the time. Currently I'm skimming vacation rentals for next summer.

Buckets · 23/07/2008 18:18

See, there is science behind my sickness, I wouldn't be prescribing all that exercise for nothing. Although I suspect the prostaglandin-stomach thing may have been made up by a male LOL, doesn't seem logical considering the use of prostaglandin pessaries for induction.