Due sept 08 come on babies!

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space was getting a bit short

sorry that was covering baby's exit

For those of you still awaiting Maternity Allowance I finally got through on 08456 088 769.
There is a backlog of 4 weeks from date of application and once a decision has been made 1st payment will be received 5 working days thereafter.
However, there appear to be alot of Mumsnetters who have been waiting 3 months already.
Gulp!

Notsoslimnow - I agree with Starlight, your placenta absolutely can't have moved down since your last scan, you are worrying yourself over something that isn't possible! Could it maybe be BH? I haven't had a single BH so I don't know what it feels like, but if they were low down .... ??

As for the bottles - I wouldn't think the midwife that is with you at the birth would leave without showing you how to make one up, especially if you ask her how to do it! I expect she could show your DP whilst you're actually in labour seeing as she's going to be looking for things to do at the start.

notslim it is DoH guidelines that your midwife should show you how to make up a bottle in your own kitchen after your baby arrives. There are reasons why it must be a one on one demonstration and in your own kitchen and why bottle feeding demonstrations or explanations are not done ante-natally. It is not because of any breast feeding bias as a lot of people interpret it to be. Speak to your midwife now about it. If she is hesitant to do so, (makes excuses about why she cannot do so) then it is a clue that she does not have a good grounding in infant feeding issues, which sadly is not uncommon among health care professionals.

Hi guys

Just catching up again.

Welcome newbies

Ive got the "popping too" I actually thought it was the babies knees knocking or something .

I am so ready now. Bring it on! x

Hi guys

Just catching up again.

Welcome newbies

Ive got the "popping too" I actually thought it was the babies knees knocking or something .

I am so ready now. Bring it on! x

thanks for the comments guys.the midwife who will attend at my homebirth has made it very clear to me that she is very pro bf and has simply handed me a government advice leaflet on formula feeding to read. sometimes you feel a bit like if your unable to bf your left to chance it with the formula route.i mean dont get me wrong my mw is simply lovely,just hates formula feeding.maybe im just being a bit daft as im getting nervous about the next few weeks and sort of looking for problems.

All that talk of mexican food is making my jacket potato for dinner look less and less appealing! Next week my dh's regime of a hot curry a day will start, can't wait!
I can't say I've had vibrating, but I've certainly had such odd movements from the baby that I've worried its having a seizure/has adhd. Sometimes it'll just do these huge jumps and my whole bump will shudder. I guess its all normal - talking to people on here certainly makes me realise how normal these twitches and movements are.
Hope you all have a lovely evening

slim then she is wrong wrong wrong. Her beliefs about breastfeeding (though no doubt based in knowledge) is therefore impacting on the support and service which she is paid to supply to you.

You have every right to have a word with her line manager. If she is a community midwife, there is a manager of CMW. If she is with a hospital, the Supervisor of Midwives and/or the hospital's Infant Feeding Specialist if that post exists in the hospital.

Perfectly normal twitches and pops . Ive had a curry tonight so fingers crossed. carrieon I hope i am next to you in hospital, all that haribo and dairy milk sounds good .
Night all

treadmillmum they have had my ma application for 4 weeks (now 5) when i called and told me that there was a backlog of 8 weeks!! !!!!!!

ahem, this is a little family business of a dear aunt of mine.

Let's put it this way, this stuff is so good, she exports it in 100 gallon drums to be bottled and sold in of all places, Mexico.

Your family should be able to find it in the supermarkets in Texas, eandz You will not be disappointed.

Notsoslimnow could the vibrations be because the head is down and it's the fingers wriggling down there? I have kind of tickling movements there and I think that what they are.

hi NINJA, that could be it i suppose.now i know the placenta doesnt move it must be something like that.i think pregnancy just consists of the most odd movements and feelings! i mean when you think about it its miraculous isnt it...a little person in there who could already be very capable of surviving all on his own without me!!! makes me feel a bit wierd when i think about it! i dont know if there are many other first timers on this thread but i just keep worrying about every single little thing that pops into my head! i MUST stop it and relax,this is not good for my homebirth! i dont know if im more worried about the birth or suddenly having this little person here who i made!!!??(and dh ofcourse) i also cant help thinking though(without sounding like a patroninsing so and so) how do these 16/17 year old girls cope with pregnancy/birth and looking after a baby!!! im 26 and feel bemused and lost with it all at the best of times!!!

Oooh mama that would be great to be hospital buddies! Given your likelihood of going overdue, and my history of being on time, its entirely possible! I'll get dh to save some haribo just in case but you'll have to fight me for the chocolate!!

Hello September expectants! Am hopelessly out of date with this thread, sorry for just dropping in like I do.

But I'm finally facing my birthplan (due sept 14) and am wondering about the vitamin K thing, most people let their babies have it don't they? Are the oral drops better than the injection? I'm sure there are arguments every way, just wondered if the majority go for the vit k option!

met my doula for the second time today and I really like her, pleased that I've found someone I'm comfortable with. Just trying to be calm and think positive about the labour.....

notsoslim bless you you are not alone in your worries and hormones are brilliant at making everything seem like a huge crisis! some good advice from starlight i think. With ds I wanted to bf but a combination of things (pethadine making him sleepy, me having big boobs!) meant that he kept losing weight (7lb 9 at birth, went down to bout 6lb 5)so i gave up after 3 weeks. I knew it was the right thing to do for him and I know I could have tried to do both and I did for a bit but it took me months to lose the guuilt because everything is so pro bf. Prob the worst time was when about 3 months later (i still had milk!!!) ds was turning his head towards my breast and I thought 'why not i'll give it a go' and just as i was undoing my brakiller looks off everyone! dh got home from work, I quickly did everything up and felt really guilty and really stupid!!! Wierd. Also around that time i went with a couple of bfeeding friends to baby show, it was packed, they all needed feeding, the general chairs were all took but there were spaces in the bf tent with comfy chairs. So i asked if I could go in with my mates to bottle feed ds while they bf and they let me but it was horrible, felt like i was getting killer looks off everyone!

This time... I am going to try to bf but not beat myself up about it and happily combine with formula and ignore the MW and HV!! So long as baby and I are happy it really doesnt seem to matter where the food comes from!!!!

After al the palava with the scan this morning and worrying, I spent the afternoon miandering around the center of Leeds, and do you know I think the lil monkey has turned head down on his own

BTW If anyone lives near castleford (W.Yorks) at Freeport (junction 32) there is a cadbury's outlet shop, 10 bars of choccy for £1.30 its a small shop but quite reasonable and they tell me that the whisper bars are making a come back on october. mmmmm yum

thank you for making me feel welcome lovely ladies. congrats to everyone who has had their babies, and good luck to those who are having their cs tomorrow. will be thinking of you. totally useless with computers so if someone could put me on countdown list that would be great. due 17th sept, surprise and live in newcastle. have had bh for ages, often get shuddering and popping-thought maybe hicups?

oops something odd happened wityh post (i really must start previewing them)
after 'undoing my bra' it should go straight to 'dh got home'

hi Milkbeard, have added you to the list.

Arrivals!
28-May - Johnworf ? Katherine, 1lb 8oz
30-June ? KashaSarrasin ? Felix, 1.39kg
26-July - Jenbot - DD, 3lb 6oz
11-Aug - Crabby - Lilah 2.34kg
13-Aug - Sassafrass - Katie Rose, 7lb 2oz
20-Aug - Sunshinemummy - Effy Marilyn, 6lb 3oz
22-Aug - Talia1 - Anna, 6lb 2oz
26-Aug - Jenpet - Samuel

Counting down the days:
25-Aug - Excitable - age 31 - North Lancashire - first baby
28-Aug - Potxola - age 41 - ELECTIVE C-SECTION - Devon - DS 3.10 - GIRL
30-Aug - Gracie14 - age 26 - Berkshire - BOY
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
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-Sep - Alaro - age 34 - Essex - DD 3 - Surprise (girl?) - MLU St Peters, Maldon
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
17 Sep - Milkbeard - suprise
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 - MunkiMom - age 32 - North Wales - DS 24m - BOY
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 5, Homebith, surprise
25-Sep - happymumathome - 3 x DS - Homebith, surprise
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
29-Sep - Plusonemore - age 33 - Worcester - DS 2.6 - Surprise

I went to the not very exciting anaesthetic clinic this afternoon to go through the cs plan. Nothing that amazing really as it will be my second, just have to get to the hospital by 8 am, and should be done by lunchtime at the very latest. DP is turning into a gibbering wreck, we both want it over and done with and to have a healthy baby and a healthy me.

Hi friends!. What a day.

The nervs got to me and I have had a massive headache for half of the day. I was so looking forward to today and suddenly ...... I don't mind waiting. I know how important it is to have emergency surgery when your baby is in distress. I was there once. And of course the others, like me have to wait. I am just worried that tomorrow I will have to wait till the afternoon or longer and my dh will have to go to pick up ds from nursery at 18:00, therefore missing the birth.

I am feeling very nauseous and hot, not period pains though. I just feel funny . I hope I don't have to rush to the hospital tonight, because I will have to go alone, there is no way I will wake up ds, he won't be allowed inside the hospital.

Anyway, I am going to bed soon.
Thanks for thinking of me.

Will be thinking of you Poxtola. I really hope they get your cs done first thing and everything goes to plan. Sleep well. x