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

Bigmouth Does it state a date on the letter then? If it is their error then you should make them give you an ipod!!!

07 - It says the date in tiny print on back of order form - everywhere else in large print it says 'call now' to be in with a chance - I called in good faith the person on the phone should have told me the comp had not started, but no he said I had won.

I maintain it is their mistake and I am not the only one who has been shafted.

Ah bigmouth - you've just reminded me about Tens machines. Was planning on borrowing one from my neighbour, but saw her today for the first time in weeks and she's moving next weekend . Am gutted as her ds is just a couple of months older than dd, and she is expecting dc2 6 weeks after me. We live in the middle of nowhere (just 6 cottages surrounded by farmland) so there are no other local children for dd (and ds) to play with. But anyway, I digress. She doesn't even know who has her tens machine at the moment, so looks like I will need to hire one. How much to Tesco charge, and when do you get it/for how long?

Bigmouth Small print If you were told by a member of staff then you should get one! Don't a lot of these companies record calls for quality/training purposes? They would be able to hear what you were told and you should get one!!!! Good luck.

bigmouth you should ring them back right now and get it. Their mistake!!! NOT YOURS! Thats SO not ok. They said you won... you won. They can't take it back like that!!

DH just told me that he's finished most of the paint "touch ups" and other DIY and that our flat is ready for the "big clean" tomorrow (which he will do while I'm at work since his school hasn't started yet)... but... I clean/hoover/wash dishes/tidy up every single day!! In fact I'm admittedly neurotic about cleanliness and tidiness... SO... What's the "big clean"???? I just can't wait to go to work so I can come home tomorrow and see!!!

ohhhhh I'll bet I know! I bet I will find his clothes from today IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET when I get home! That MUST be it!

CSWS - Tesco charge £25ish (I will pay on collection) You can have them from 37 weeks till 4 weeks post due date. I used a tesco one last time and it was fine nicer than the hospital one I had for ds (newer) - you do need to have a clubcard though.

lol star.

Clubcard not a problem - I worked at head office for years so haven't lost all loyalty!

amazing what you can get at tesco... is there anything that you CAN'T get at tesco??

Local food?

LOL
I never do a food shop at tesco so I can't comment, but it seems like they have everything else under the sun!!!

Oh we can buy lots of 'East Anglian' potatoes/celery/cucumber etc. Not sure quite when North Herts merged with East Anglia, but it's sort of close!

Waitrose has more East Anglian stuff in though.

Yes but it still goes through a centralised distribution system - freight logistics you gotta love it - East Anglia to Bedfordshire via Aberdeen(or wherever)...

Can't sleep - getting lots of braxton hicks - at least I hope thats what they are!! It is my 3rd - you'd think I would know by now. Oh and bach ache too. Can't believe we are all so near - ds2 was born at 38+2 cos he had stopped feeding

mum2jakeyroo- stopped feeding? From the placenta? So he just decided to come out or you had to be induced?

yes from the placenta star. Had to be induced at 38. He was only 5lb 8. Started packing bags in early hours but can't remember what goes in. Didn't get to bed till 3. Will re think today while a bit more awake.

mum2Jakeyroo I've never heard of baby stopping feeding before, how did that even get detected?
Did you get any sleep? Have the braxton hicks calmed down?

Star Your DH sounds like one in a million

mumtojakeyroomy baby stopped feeding in a sence,was told placenta stopped working properly and he started to starve, this wasn't detected but thank god he was born 2 weeks early as he only weighed 4lb 13 oz and was classed as full term, was told he wouldn't of made it if he had gone 2 40 weeks!

Star will you hire your hubbie out? My house is an absolute tip because we have had to clear the spare room to have the ceiling plastered which happened yesterday. So the house is full of bits of bed an orphan junk form the spare room. Nnow all we have to do to get the room ready for the LO is line and paint the walls, do the wood work, get carpet, get a wardrobe, & curtains bring all the baby stuff down from the loft sort it out & wash it and then we are ready hurrah. Loads of time I suppose.

Loulou My son was 8lb 4 at 37 weeks so I was quite relieved that he didn't go to 42 weeks. He'd have been an eye watering 10lber. He had no eyelashes and was a bit yellow but other than that looked full term.
We took newborn stuff and one set of 0-3. We had to use the 0-3 and DH had to bring more in the morning.

I'm sure your little one will be fine and you and your DH will be ready. All your little one needs is to be dry, clean, fed and loved.

My bump wasn't growing according to the graph they use - so went in to be monitored, saw a consultant and was scanned 3 times. then was induced within 24 hours.
Emmsy - probably the same thing - they told me he had stopped feeding from placenta. When I was scanned and measurements done all his measurements were around 38 weeks but his tummy was measuring 30 weeks iirc. I am a nervous wreck about this one.

My pains stopped after about 4 hours. Called the maternity ward and they said I didn't have to come in.

DH came home totally chilled out and reminded me that the same thing happened on and off from about 32 weeks last time and that the BHs were regular sometimes lasted over 6 hrs before stopping. We even rushed home from holiday (on MW instructions) after a full day of them only to have them stop at the hospital. I guess this is how my pregnancies go. Needed a 5 day induction to get DS out in the end.

I was amazed at how cool headed he was. Last time he went into mental meltdown at every twinge. Hope he is a calm when its for real.

Mum2jakeyroo - Hope your BH went off and you got some sleep. They are a nuisance aren't they. Not much fun when you have a little one who'll be up a usual time in the morning and raring to go.

hello ladies thank you all for your kind words and support .

i am starting to feel better still have not eaten anything but i have kept fluid down .

ds has been sick again so looks like he could be going back into the hospital later today if he does not pick up .

i am mentally and physically exhausted. my dh had to go back to work and i have been left to do everything myself . my family are not being much of a support they have there own things to do without worryng about me and i think its atken this week for me to realise just how much or little should i say my family do for me and ds.

my friends ahve been offering to help out with washing cleaning and ds . it makes me value my friends so much more .

i am also feeling stressed as i have been having pains on and off and the baby has dropped alot and im afraid of her arriving now when the family is so sick as i dont think i could cope .

i hope you all dont think im awful saying that.

loulou did you say your having babay in 2 weeks wow thats amazing so excited for you!!

everyone else hope your all ok not to many pains or discomfort

bethoo my piles are bad now as im sure i have pushed them out with retching i swear what us women go through its tough