Due Sept '08: Bring on the babies!

[LittleConnie]

Well that was cutting it a bit fine...

oh go on then
I shall belatededly join

Popsy - due 25th Sept - baby no 3 - boy - already has ds1 just turned 6 and ds2 almost 3.5

lots of daft stuff going on - slapped cheek infection so regular scans - all fine so far
high bp - very twitchy after being induced with pre-eclampsia with ds1

speedy births

ooh carrieon,
we hope to have a total of 4 also.

just to add...
days left to due date

Potxola 6
DebitheScot 14
jenpet 14
Lollipopmother 15
Meglet 15
Starlight 20
Hopefully 20
Biglips 23
Notcitrus 23
mumiyumi 24
ellideb 25
Ipanemagirl 25
munkimom 30
imoscarsmum 31
carrieon 40
blimey 34

Oooh another list

days left to due date

Potxola 6
DebitheScot 14
jenpet 14
Lollipopmother 15
Meglet 15
Starlight 20
Hopefully 20
Biglips 23
Notcitrus 23
mumiyumi 24
ellideb 25
Ipanemagirl 25
imoscarsmum 31
blimey 34
carrieon 40
WombFor1More 40

Sorry x posts

days left to due date

Potxola 6
DebitheScot 14
jenpet 14
Lollipopmother 15
Meglet 15
Starlight 20
Hopefully 20
Biglips 23
Notcitrus 23
mumiyumi 24
ellideb 25
Ipanemagirl 25
Munkimum 30
imoscarsmum 31
blimey 34
carrieon 40
WombFor1More 40

Haven't caught up on today's news yet so apologies if I've missed anything exciting!

Potxola Niko is very cute. What a gorgeous smile! Your DH is English, isn't he? By the way, DD said her first word in Spanish today (several times)! It was 'hola'. She isn't even saying hello in English yet! I think she finds 'hola' easier. Maybe it's not going to be so hard to teach her once she starts being able to say a few more words in English. But I was so proud! I don't speak to her much in Spanish but it just shows she does listen when I do!

I had a nice birthday yesterday. Unfortunately DH was either at work or sleeping (he had both morning and night shifts) but my parents came round for cake in the morning then I went to see my NCT friends in the afternoon. One of them had got me flowers and a card and a bottle of sparkling wine to celebrate! So I had my first half glass since I've been pregnant - I didn't really feel I could refuse and I have to admit I really enjoyed it! Out of the 4 of us though 2 were pregnant and one breastfeeding so she was left with most of it! Then in the evening my parents took me out for a meal while DH and DD slept (they both had wine but I resisted this time!).

The only downside was wicked heartburn and a bad night's sleep......the joys of late pregnancy!

Very exciting about sunshinemummy - without checking I assume there's been no news as she'll be in hospital still but I'm looking forward to hearing how the second elective c-section went!

Nellyonthetelly if you find a good doll will you let me know as we were thinking of doing the same for DD - she'll be 19 months

Starlight the same thing happened to me when I went to the dentist 2 weeks ago - she said she was going to do some X-Rays and I said "I AM still pregnant - big bump!". She laughed and said she hadn't actually looked, she'd just looked at my mouth! So we've postponed the X-Rays, needless to say.....

Starlight like the new list!

Potxola 6
DebitheScot 14
jenpet 14
Lollipopmother 15
Meglet 15
Starlight 20
Hopefully 20
Biglips 23
Notcitrus 23
mumiyumi 24
ellideb 25
Ipanemagirl 25
jearund 27
Munkimum 30
imoscarsmum 31
blimey 34
carrieon 40
WombFor1More 40

Just had a phone call to say that one of my friends had her baby today - a girl called Emilia Joy. And a friend of a friend had a boy called Leo. Its baby mania!
I need to get dd a doll too. Today at her godmother's house she got a doll, put it in the highchair and 'fed' it. I could have melted it was just toooo cute.
Having said we'll get her a doll and a lion floor rug 'from the baby' we'd better actually get on and do it...but first I must pack my bag

Re when to go into hospital: just want to remind people that if your waters break you should go straight in so they can examine you. You're at risk of an infection once they've broken (and as I've posted before on this thread, that happened to me and ended in an emergency CS)

I was sure I'd changed my due date on the thread but it seems to have changed back again so here goes:

Arrivals!
28-May - Johnworf ? Katherine, 1lb 8oz
30-June ? KashaSarrasin ? Felix, 1.39kg
26-July - Jenbot - DD, 3lb 6oz
13-Aug - Sassafrass - Katie Rose, 7lb 2oz

Counting down the days:
25-Aug - Excitable - age 31 - North Lancashire - first baby
26-Aug - Sunshinemummy - age 38 - SW London - DS 2.4m - GIRL - Elective CS at Chelsea & Westminster
27-Aug - Potxola - age 41 - ELECTIVE C-SECTION - Devon - DS 3.10 - GIRL
30-Aug - Gracie14 - age 26 - Berkshire - BOY
01-Sep - Talia1 - age 29 - Leeds/Buxton - 1st baby - GIRL
02-Sep - expatmom2be - age 28 - London - 1st baby - GIRL(?)
02-Sep - Fandango - age 31 - Cheshire - DD 11m
03-Sep - Debithescot - age 27 - North Hampshire - DS 25m - SURPRISE
03-Sep - Jenpet - Brittany, France - DS 6
04-Sep - Lollipopmother - age 26 - Oxford - 1st baby - GIRL
04 -Sep - Meglet - age 34 - North Hampshire - DS born Nov 06 - GIRL, planned c-section
06 Sep - Lilapple - age 37 - North London - first baby - surprise!
06-Sep - Kagey - age 30 - Kent - first baby - GIRL
07 - Sep - Leenie - age 36 - south london - 3rd baby
09-Sep - Hopefully - age 25 - West Sussex - first baby - Surprise!
09-Sep - Kirstygem - Norfolk - DD 19m
09 Sep - Starlight - age 32 - Herts - DS 19m - GIRL (Planning homebirth)
09-Sep - Ponymum - North Yorkshire - first baby - SURPRISE (planned c-s)
10-Sep - kiki21 - age 32 - Southeast London - first baby
10-Sep - Lollyheart - age26 - basingstoke - dd3,ds17 months - BOY
10-Sep - MrsElle28 - age 28 - Yorkshire - First baby - BOY
10-Sep - Workstostaysane - London - DD 17m
12-Sep - Mustsleep - age 27 - ds 6.8, dd 2.10 - yorkshire - BOY
12-Sep - Biglips - age 33 - Liverpool - DD3 - SURPRISE - girl???
13-Sep - Lulu15 - 1DC
13-Sep - mama2bee - age 34 - South London - first baby
13-Sep - mumiyumi-age 35- Warwickshire -DS 2.9 - suprise
13 Sep - notcitrus - first baby - South London - BOY
14-Se[ - Alaro - age 34 - Essex - DD 3 - Surprise (girl?) - MLU St Peters, Maldon
14-Sep - Crabby - first baby - Cambridge - GIRL
14-Sep - kel78 - age 29 - dd1 3, dd2 8 - Surprise- Royal Glamorgan South Wales
15-Sep - ellideb - age 24 - North Wales - 1st baby - BOY
15-Sep - Bogie - age 20 - DS2 - GIRL - Nottingham City Hospital
15-Sep - Goldiewithabump - age 26 - London - 1st baby - BOY
16-Sep - BikeRunSki - age 37 - W Yorks - First baby - BOY
16-Sep - Surelyyoucantbeserious - age 30 - s. London - first baby
16-Sep - jearund - age 36 - Glos - DD 1.5 years - BOY - Elective C-Section
17-Sep - LumpyBumpyThingy - age 23 - W.Sussex - 1st Baby - GIRL
18-Sep - MelT76 - age 31 - Staffs - 1st baby - BOY
18-Sep - Becaroo - age 35 - ds aged 5 - East Mids - BOY - Homebirth/QMC (Notts)
18-Sep - mamamufin - age 28 - Yorks - DS 3 - BOY
19-Sep - barnpot - age 27 - west yorks - 1st baby - BOY
19-Sep - kiskidee - dd 3 - Durham. - - GIRL
19-Sep - LeonieD - age 31 - Sutton Coldfield - DD 4.2
19-Sep - Naturalblonde - age 28 - N. Somerset - DD 1.4
19-Sep - Lilypink - age 31 - Suffold - DD 19m
20-Sep - eandz - age 24 - NW London - 1st baby - BOY; Chelsea & Westminster,(sw london)
20-Sep - imoscarsmum - age 35 - Cheshire/North Wales Boarder - first baby - Surprise!
20-Sep - izzybiz - age 31 - Winchester - DS 15, DD 3.8 - BOY
20-Sep - Treadmillmom - aged 37 - West Midlands - DS1 5, DS2 2 - GIRL
20-Sep - nellyonthetelly - age 35 - London 2nd baby - DD will be 2 on 21st Sept!
21-Sep - Charitygirl - age 30 - SW London - first baby
22-Sep - Luboo - age 31 - Hants - DD 14m
22-Sep - MummyToOneForNow - dd 14mths
22-Sep - Slinkiemalinki - age 31 - West London - dd 2.1 - BOY
22-Sep - kgirl - age 25 - 1st baby - Herts
23-Sep - digitalgirl - age 30 - North London - first baby - SURPRISE - hospital birth
23-Sep - feelingpositive - age 31 - Edinburgh - DD 21m - GIRL
23-Sep - LouiseAnn - age 40 - Guildford - ds 8yo - BOY
23-Sep - Blimey - age 40 - South London - DS 5, DS 3 - BOY
24-Sep - Ninja - age 37 - Manchester - DD 4.5
26-Sep - MissusH - age 35 - S.Derbys - dd, 5.8
25-Sep - Pacita - BOY
26-Sep - Pitufina - age 29 - 2nd baby - ds, 3.5 - surprise! - South wales
27-Sep - Inquisitive - age 31 - Berks - 1st baby - BOY
27-Sep - pidge - age 37 - London - 2 dds age 6 and 3 - Surprise! Homebirth.
27-Sep - Jennylindinha - age 36 - London - first baby - Surprise! Planned homebirth (otherwise Kings)
28-Sep - Carrieon - age 28 - York - dd 12 months - Surprise!-Boy??
28-Sep - LittleConnie - age 33 - West London - 1st baby - Surprise! - St. Mary's birth centre
28-Sep - splishsplosh - age 37 - London - dd 2
29-Sep - WombFor1More - age 26 - Kent - DS 6, DS 4, DD 1yr - BOY - Homebirth
30-Sep - Ninja - age 37 - Manchester - DD 4.5

ooohhhh new list how often should we update this?

Potxola 6
DebitheScot 14
jenpet 14
Lollipopmother 15
Meglet 15
Starlight 20
Hopefully 20
Biglips 23
Notcitrus 23
mumiyumi 24
ellideb 25
Ipanemagirl 25
jearund 27
Munkimum 30
Barnpot 31
imoscarsmum 31
blimey 34
carrieon 40
WombFor1More 40

ok really dumb question, but what are muslin squares for?

Starlight When mine broke they said to come in but after they'd checked me they said it was up to me whether I stayed in or went home as I hadn't yet started having contractions (and didn't for another 9 hours). Of course I chose to go home! No one even mentioned the possibility of an infection but given what happened, with hindsight I'd have stayed in because they'd have picked it up a lot sooner if I'd been in hospital. Night night!

Potxola 6
DebitheScot 14
jenpet 14
Lollipopmother 15
Meglet 15
Starlight 20
Hopefully 20
Biglips 23
Notcitrus 23
mumiyumi 24
ellideb 25
Ipanemagirl 25
jearund 27
Munkimum 30
Barnpot 31
imoscarsmum 31
blimey 34
Pitufina 36
carrieon 40
WombFor1More 40

barnpot we need to update it every day (first person to post should do it) otherwise we'll lose track of how many days left each person has (as Starlight pointed out we have to take one off for everyone every day - eg so tomorrow Potxola will be 5). Muslin squares: we didn't really use them with DD but they are for anything and everything - catching possett (drape over your shoulder while winding), hiding your modesty while bf and I imagine also catching wee with the little boys (this time we'll be packing them!). I'm sure someone else can come up with lots of other uses too!

muslin squares are generally for wiping up little bits of milk that come back up, bless em (posseting and entirely normal). But they have a myriad of uses!

Potxola 6
DebitheScot 14
jenpet 14
Lollipopmother 15
Meglet 15
Starlight 20
Hopefully 20
Biglips 23
Notcitrus 23
mumiyumi 24
ellideb 25
Ipanemagirl 25
jearund 27
Munkimum 30
Barnpot 31
imoscarsmum 31
blimey 34
carrieon 40
WombFor1More 40
slinkie 33

DebitheScott My pleasure. Here is the address. It is delivered free, first class.
You need the 200C. And yes you can take it after a normal birth. It helps with the healing.
Here is the link:
216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:9zbLeRZs90IJ:www.bearstreetpharmacy.co.uk/homoe-prods.htm+arnica+bear+ street+devon&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

Jearund thanks. Yes my dh is English. That smile,my sons, makes it almost imposible to be cross with him and he knows it. Happy belated birthday.

OK,OK I have been trying to ignore you are all so much younger than me. You can call me granny.

Thanks meglet and hopefully!

Arrivals!
28-May - Johnworf ? Katherine, 1lb 8oz
30-June ? KashaSarrasin ? Felix, 1.39kg
26-July - Jenbot - DD, 3lb 6oz
13-Aug - Sassafrass - Katie Rose, 7lb 2oz

Counting down the days:
25-Aug - Excitable - age 31 - North Lancashire - first baby
26-Aug - Sunshinemummy - age 38 - SW London - DS 2.4m - GIRL - Elective CS at Chelsea & Westminster
27-Aug - Potxola - age 41 - ELECTIVE C-SECTION - Devon - DS 3.10 - GIRL
30-Aug - Gracie14 - age 26 - Berkshire - BOY
01-Sep - Talia1 - age 29 - Leeds/Buxton - 1st baby - GIRL
02-Sep - expatmom2be - age 28 - London - 1st baby - GIRL(?)
02-Sep - Fandango - age 31 - Cheshire - DD 11m
03-Sep - Debithescot - age 27 - North Hampshire - DS 25m - SURPRISE
03-Sep - Jenpet - Brittany, France - DS 6
04-Sep - Lollipopmother - age 26 - Oxford - 1st baby - GIRL
04 -Sep - Meglet - age 34 - North Hampshire - DS born Nov 06 - GIRL, planned c-section
06 Sep - Lilapple - age 37 - North London - first baby - surprise!
06-Sep - Kagey - age 30 - Kent - first baby - GIRL
07 - Sep - Leenie - age 36 - south london - 3rd baby
09-Sep - Hopefully - age 25 - West Sussex - first baby - Surprise!
09-Sep - Kirstygem - Norfolk - DD 19m
09 Sep - Starlight - age 32 - Herts - DS 19m - GIRL (Planning homebirth)
09-Sep - Ponymum - North Yorkshire - first baby - SURPRISE (planned c-s)
10-Sep - kiki21 - age 32 - Southeast London - first baby
10-Sep - Lollyheart - age26 - basingstoke - dd3,ds17 months - BOY
10-Sep - MrsElle28 - age 28 - Yorkshire - First baby - BOY
10-Sep - Workstostaysane - London - DD 17m
12-Sep - Mustsleep - age 27 - ds 6.8, dd 2.10 - yorkshire - BOY
12-Sep - Biglips - age 33 - Liverpool - DD3 - SURPRISE - girl???
13-Sep - Lulu15 - 1DC
13-Sep - mama2bee - age 34 - South London - first baby
13-Sep - mumiyumi-age 35- Warwickshire -DS 2.9 - suprise
13 Sep - notcitrus - first baby - South London - BOY
14-Se[ - Alaro - age 34 - Essex - DD 3 - Surprise (girl?) - MLU St Peters, Maldon
14-Sep - Crabby - first baby - Cambridge - GIRL
14-Sep - kel78 - age 29 - dd1 3, dd2 8 - Surprise- Royal Glamorgan South Wales
14-Sep - ellideb - age 24 - North Wales - 1st baby - BOY
15-Sep - Bogie - age 20 - DS2 - GIRL - Nottingham City Hospital
15-Sep - Goldiewithabump - age 26 - London - 1st baby - BOY
16-Sep - BikeRunSki - age 37 - W Yorks - First baby - BOY
16-Sep - Surelyyoucantbeserious - age 30 - s. London - first baby
16-Sep - jearund - age 36 - Glos - DD 1.5 years - BOY - Elective C-Section
17-Sep - LumpyBumpyThingy - age 23 - W.Sussex - 1st Baby - GIRL
18-Sep - MelT76 - age 31 - Staffs - 1st baby - BOY
18-Sep - Becaroo - age 35 - ds aged 5 - East Mids - BOY - Homebirth/QMC (Notts)
18-Sep - mamamufin - age 28 - Yorks - DS 3 - BOY
19-Sep - barnpot - age 27 - west yorks - 1st baby - BOY
19-Sep - kiskidee - dd 3 - Durham. - - GIRL
19-Sep - LeonieD - age 31 - Sutton Coldfield - DD 4.2
19-Sep - Naturalblonde - age 28 - N. Somerset - DD 1.4
19-Sep - Lilypink - age 31 - Suffold - DD 19m
20-Sep - eandz - age 24 - NW London - 1st baby - BOY; Chelsea & Westminster,(sw london)
20-Sep - imoscarsmum - age 35 - Cheshire/North Wales Boarder - first baby - Surprise!
20-Sep - izzybiz - age 31 - Winchester - DS 15, DD 3.8 - BOY
20-Sep - Treadmillmom - aged 37 - West Midlands - DS1 5, DS2 2 - GIRL
20-Sep - nellyonthetelly - age 35 - London 2nd baby - DD will be 2 on 21st Sept!
21-Sep - Charitygirl - age 30 - SW London - first baby
22-Sep - Luboo - age 31 - Hants - DD 14m
22-Sep - MummyToOneForNow - dd 14mths
22-Sep - Slinkiemalinki - age 31 - West London - dd 2.1 - BOY
22-Sep - kgirl - age 25 - 1st baby - Herts
23-Sep - digitalgirl - age 30 - North London - first baby - SURPRISE - hospital birth
23-Sep - feelingpositive - age 31 - Edinburgh - DD 21m - GIRL
23-Sep - LouiseAnn - age 40 - Guildford - ds 8yo - BOY
23-Sep - Blimey - age 40 - South London - DS 5, DS 3 - BOY
24-Sep - Ninja - age 37 - Manchester - DD 4.5
26-Sep - MissusH - age 35 - S.Derbys - dd, 5.8
25-Sep - Pacita - BOY
26-Sep - Pitufina - age 29 - 2nd baby - ds, 3.5 - surprise! - South wales
27-Sep - Inquisitive - age 31 - Berks - 1st baby - BOY
27-Sep - pidge - age 37 - London - 2 dds age 6 and 3 - Surprise! Homebirth.
27-Sep - Jennylindinha - age 36 - London - first baby - Surprise! Planned homebirth (otherwise Kings)
28-Sep - Carrieon - age 28 - York - dd 12 months - Surprise!-Boy??
28-Sep - LittleConnie - age 33 - West London - 1st baby - Surprise! - St. Mary's birth centre
28-Sep - splishsplosh - age 37 - London - dd 2
29-Sep - WombFor1More - age 26 - Kent - DS 6, DS 4, DD 1yr - BOY - Homebirth
30-Sep - Ninja - age 37 - Manchester - DD 4.5

i love muslin squares...i now use them if ds has a cold to put karvol or olbas oil on!

I know lots of people who use them instead of bibs. I've got some packed for the hospital.

Night night all

I did a youtube search with Ina May Gaskin's name and this came up.

I think some of you may want to view them or even find it interesting.

Don't know how to put a thread on but if anyone interested in a coupon for a FREE Huggies Mum & Baby Bundle worth £9.99 at Sainsburys go onto the bounty website you have to go through the pregancy page first (if i remember right)
I'm off to get mine tomorrow!!