Due October 08 - The Final Countdown!

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Here we go again then ladies....

29th Sept perkypopsy first baby Surprise North Herts (Ware)
29th Sept WombFor1More 2 ds's 1 dd Boy
30th Sept Aubergenie first baby Surprise
30th Sept sambrads 1 ds Girl
1st CantSleepWontSleep 1 dd Boy North Herts
1st accessorizequeen 2 ds's Twins - one of each
1st loulou33 1 ds Surprise Southern Scotland
2nd snowymum first baby Boy Near Oxford
2nd 1sttimer80 first baby Surprise. Hydronephrosis discovered. Extra scan at 28 weeks (7th July) planned. Edgware (Royal Free, Hampstead)
2nd FranMum2B first baby Surprise Kingston
2nd my3honeypies 2 dd's Boy
4th minervaitalica first baby Surprise (unintentionally!)
4th hedgepig 1 ds Surprise
4th pistachio 1 dc Secret
4th annwoo 2 dc Surprise
5th myjobismum 1 ds Surprise Poole, Dorset
5th rosebury 3 ds's 2 dd's Boy Bristol
6th Bethoo 1 ds Girl Salisbury
6th iuseantiageingstuff 2 ds's 1 dd Boy
6th ronshar 2 dd's Surprise (with dangly bits ) West Sussex
6th hoff first baby Boy Spain
7th belgo 2 dd's
8th kookiegoddess first baby Surprise
8th Alexa808 first baby
8th Ksal first baby Surprise Hitchin
10th Lozza70 first baby Surprise NE London (Woodford)
10th emkay 1 dd Surprise West London (Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea)
10th pepperrabbit 2 ds's Surprise
11th staceylouisex first baby Girl
12th milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo 1 dd Boy Salisbury
12th star6 first baby Boy Surbiton
14th tedmundo 1 ds Surprise Bristol (Southmead)
14th twinklytoes 2 dd's Boy
15th mum2jakeyroo 2 ds's Surprise Near Lancaster
16th moodywren 1 dd 2 ds's Boy Lincolnshire (nr Spalding)
16th bigmouthstrikesagain 1 ds 1 dd Girl Mid-Beds
16th WheresTheAuPair 1 ds Boy
19th MrsTittleMouse 1 dd Girl
19th rach010 1 ds Surprise (but dp knows!) Lincolnshire
20th 07mumstheword 1 dd Surprise Bristol
20th AandMsmum 2 dd's Surprise Bristol
20th KnickersOnMaHead 1 dd Boy
20th jenwa 1 dd Girl Worcestershire
20th firsttimer08 first baby Boy. Dilated renal pelvis - rescan at 34 weeks. Greenwich
21st hansnava 1 dd Surprise Luton
21st rowanmac 1 ds Surprise North Scotland
21st caramelbunny 1 dd Surprise Manchester
21st jess1996 first baby Surprise
21st GirlWithTheMouseyHair first baby Surprise (but written down in case of moment of weakness!) SW London (St Thomas)
21st lilbitmum 1 dc
22nd SmudgeyDoodle 1 ds Surprise Newcastle (Gateshead)
22nd wombleprincess 1 dd
23rd Sallypuss first baby Probably girl Herts/Essex border
23rd Emmsy1 3 ds's 1 dd Girl The Wirral
24th sparklesandnowinefor9months 3 ds's 1 dd Surprise
24th Personanna 1 ds Boy Peru
25th Flum 2 dd's 5th June Wiltshire
26th oliviaelanasmum/4andnotout 3 dd's Girl
26th mariekg 3 dc Girl
27th Rhian82 Boy
29th Ekka 1 dd Surprise
30th Jambers99 1 ds Girl NW London (Hillingdon)
?? mybabysinthegarden 1 dd

hey no worries mumstheword I can be sent into a panic very easily about childbirth
I'm clutching with all of my might to the idea of an epidural and that gets me through the day/night when the idea of childbirth passes through my mind...

Bethoo - what are you planning to do with dp? Sounds like his mum needs to get on board with teaching him responsibility as well. I hope I'm not like that with my own son (like your dp's mum is with him at age 36!). She's raised a baby.

Having wicked cramps again today. I thought this was supposed to be 9 months off of periods... that should include cramps until the actual birth!!

have no idea what i am going to do with dp tbh. ideally i want to move on but sadly am stuck with him, he can be quite nasty so do not want to get on the wrong side really. catch 22.

little man woke up in a whingey mood this afternoon and has not stopped! driving me crazy. he is currently eating a yoghurt at the mo bless him.

Bethoo Sorry to hear DP can be nasty but please don't feel you are stuck with him there is always a way if you really want it, of course you have to be ready. Take care.

My baby is using my tummy as a trampoline at the moment very funny sensations

Jambers I've just had Glucose Tolerance Tests as my DD was biggish (9lb 2oz) and this one is measuring big too, been told mine is "impaired" I'm waiting to see the consultant next Tuesday. In the meantime CSWS has pointed me in the direction of a thread relating to diabities, I'm no good at links but if you're interested go to my profile page and click on the threads I'm on. It's very informative about diet.

Star It's easy to panic I've bought my raspbery leaf tea tablets, perenium oil and Arnica tablets all in preperation. I'm going to try EVERYTHING including epidural if I'm allowed this time

Oh, I keep meaning to get those tablets, mumstheword!! I must remember to pick them up tomorrow! I think I'll start them at 32 weeks (that's Sunday).
mtw - I hope you're enjoying the trampoline session

Sorry to disillusion you again Jambers, but they won't confirm whether or not it's diabetes just from a random blood test, although they will follow up with a proper test if the results show high blood sugar.

Feeling very tired and achey today. Took dd to meet EachPeachPearMum and her dd for lunch and a trip to the Sea Life Centre, but unfortunately there was a dinosaur in her room at 5:30 this morning so we were all up early and she was overtired as a result, and utterly uncontrollable. Seemed to spend most of the afternoon either running after her, or lifting her up and carrying her whilst she was screaming her head off and writhing trying to get free.

Bethoo - I think you need to decide what it is that you really want, work towards it and stick with it. I'm not one to suffer fools gladly, and although dh can be a lazy shit sometimes, there's no way I would put up with the sort of stuff that your dp does.

Knickers - I would look at getting yourself a better sling this time for the early months, and then you can decide as and when whether you need a double buggy or not.

I'm such an immature child at the moment... I just laughed and laughed that knickersonmahead's name is shortened to "knickers"

Feeling much better today, think the stars in front of my eyes may have been where I was so stressed.

Bought some rasberry leaf tea but can't remember when its okay to start taking it, and it doesn't say on the packet. Does anyone know?

moodywren - there was a thread on the pregnancy area - I think consensus was after 28/30 weeks I'm going to do it at 32 weeks.

Thanks star, will start soon then. Dd was 13 days late, ds1 was 3 days late, I took rasberry leaf tea with ds2 and he was 2 wks 5 days early so I think it works. And I really don't want this one to be late, its horrible when people keep saying 'oh you haven't had it yet then' when you can't wait for it to be over.

The clueless GP told me today that she didn't think I'd last 40 weeks. How does she know? But if going overdue is as awful as everyone makes it seem, then hooray!

i got some raspberry leaf capsules and can start taking them at 30 weeks.
just done an hour on my cross trainers to try and tone my flabby thighs so off to bed as up at 6 curtesy of ds

Do you buy raspberry leaf tea tablets at the chemist? Or does it have to be a health food shop or herbologist?

i got mine from a health shop. though you can buy them from the supplements section at chemists.

i feel movement right by my side, and can see little bits poking out. if it was any further to the side it would be on my back! could she be lying transverse?

i drank 3lts of raspberry tea a day from 37 weeks and ds was induced at 10days over my date !!

ont think i will bother this time as i dont want the baby coming early as i want to get ds birthday over me first

my bump seems to have dropped i must have ran to the toilet about 30 times yesterdy its really strange as i have a big space between my boobs and belly now and i used to have my boos sitting on my bump???

anyone else like this ??

Sambrads I nooticed yesterday that my bump had dropped. But tbh baby has been pressing against bladder for about 3 weeks. horrible feeling. What a dozy idiot I am - slipped down the stairs this morning with 22 month old but am now getting a lot of achey type pains

Sambrads I nooticed yesterday that my bump had dropped. But tbh baby has been pressing against bladder for about 3 weeks. horrible feeling. What a dozy idiot I am - slipped down the stairs this morning with 22 month old but am now getting a lot of achey type pains

mum2 maybe you should see a mw or gp if you slipped? jsut to be on the safe side?

i have a gap between my bump and my fanjo! but i tend to carry high. though i am sure she is lying sideways!

sambrads did you find your uterus recovered better than before and was labour easier/less painful when you drank all that raspberry leaf tea? you must h ave been on the loo constantly!

really need to get my arse into gear with RLT and arnica - when should you start taking arnica though? I know you ought to have been taking it a few days before labour but obviously you don't know when that'll be - what's everyone else doing?

Will give labour ward a ring I think just to make sure

bethoo - the clothes are sitting here ready to sort. anything in particular you are after or shall I put together a surprise box?

oooh twinkly how exciting, tbh i have got nothing so a surprise would be good if that is ok? am hoping that finally holding pink frilly things will start the enthusiam off!

oh, I don't know if theres anything frilly but its certianly pink! do you want to email an addy and I'll get it sorted use: rebs 23 29atyahoocouk

twinkly just sent you an email so let me know if you got it ok.

when will stretch marks appear as my skin is looking rather dry and red spots on it! could this be the beginning? aaaaaaargh better slather on the oil when i get home!