Due October 08 - The Only Way Is Out!

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Thought we'd go with twinklytoes suggestion since she's gone and got herself admitted to hospital in a desperate bid for attention .

Have left everyone on the stats for now, but will do another cull of deserters soon....
(and apols if I've missed off any of the recent joiners)

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 C-Section 12th Sept
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
5th BabyNubie
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
11th dooleymum
12th milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo 1 dd Boy Salisbury
12th star6 first baby Boy Surbiton
13th YumMum22 1 ds Boy
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
23rd ajm200 1 ds Girl Camberley, Surrey
24th sparklesandnowineforxxweeks 3 ds's 1 dd Surprise
24th Personanna 1 ds Boy Peru
25th Flum 2 dd's 5th June Wiltshire
26th 4andnotout 3 dd's Girl
26th mariekg 3 dc Girl
27th Rhian82 Boy
27th mybabysinthegarden 1 dd Boy Scottish Borders
27th beaufies first baby Boy c-section 17th Oct
29th Ekka 1 dd Surprise
30th Jambers99 1 ds Girl NW London (Hillingdon)

good vibes being sent your way myjob.
right i am of all those progressing. i want my baby sooner than later....

myjobismum you must be so excited, get rest and let us know tomorrow morning!!! Good luck!

bethoo me too!!! I've been having crampy feelings for the last week now but nothing has progressed I can't wait although a bit nervous about the pain part!!

p.s. sorry for tmi but has everyone started leaking breast milk yet? I'm 38+2 and have nothing

i only leak if i try to express manually so nothing to worry about, some people leak some dont

Sending positive vibes your way myjob. How exciting!

Congratulations iuseantiageingstuff and Ksal. Hope you're all doing well.

I've had my first day of feeling really uncomfortable today and it's dawned on me finally that I'm actually having a baby soon. Starting to feel really nervous and have packed and unpacked my hospital bag several times. Are other people feeling the same way?

This baby usually wakes me up at 4am wriggling and kicking... he didn't do that today and while I was appreciative, he still didn't move when I got up.. then when I got a drink of water... still not after some food. I tried pushing him around with my hands - nothing! Finally I felt the slightest little wriggle - waiting for more now. is that something you'd call the hospital for?

Also - how much does the placenta and fluid weigh? I've gained 10 lbs from pre pregnancy to now (37 weeks) and I'm scared about the weight of the baby (I think this measuring small thing is still in the back of my mind). I want him to be healthy!

bethoo I hope your baby is on her way! Do you have spd? I don't know anything about it but when you said you could barely walk, that's what people usually say about it.

Ooh exciting myjob - best of luck.

Star - no I wouldn't call the hospital about that. I would wait for a few hours and see if you feel anything. 10 movements over the course of a day is fine, whether they are at your 'normal' time or not.

Good luck myjob.. I hope you have a quick and easy labour. you are so lucky that your waters went in the kitchen, much easier to clean up.

Bethoo. I hope your baby is on its way now too.

star - found this googling...

Breakdown of Your Weight Gain
(All weights are approximate)
Baby 7.5 lbs 3.4 kg
Placenta 1.5 lbs 0.7 kg
Amniotic Fluid 1.75 lbs 0.8 kg
Uterus 2.0 lbs 0.9 kg
Breast Tissue 1.0 lb 0.40 kg
Increase in Maternal Blood Volume 2.75 lbs 1.25 kg
Fluids in Maternal Tissues 3.0 lbs 1.35 kg
Maternal Fat Stores 7.0 lbs 3.2 kg
Total Average 26.5 lbs 12.0 kg

Thanks So according to that... my baby weighs.... nothing?
or maybe 1 lb because my breasts didn't grow.
Baby is moving loads now!! Thank goodness. I think he just had a lie-in laughing at myself now... oh if you could have seen this... bouncing on ball, bending at waist, pushing with hands, drinking cold water, wiggling side to side... luckily dh still sleeping and didn't witness all that!

oh yes! myjob - congrats on waters breaking!!! And PERFECT place to be for clean up purposes, as ajm said I hope that your labour is quick and can't wait to hear your birth announcement! How exciting!

thanks for all the congrats. as some of you have picked up three weeks confined to a post natal ward hasn't been good but I'll save the moans for another thread or I'll be scaring you all

ds is still in scbu but we think he may get discharged tomorrow as they are only feeding and changing him now and I can do that at home. Took our bottles in yesterday so he can get used to them - was going to bf but life on post-natal put me off big time. I just want my baby home without any return admissions because of severe weight lost.

have popped a pic on profile if you want to take a peak.

Awwwwwww twinkly .

Just put a pic of bump taken last night on profile.

s cute twinklytoes!
Beautiful csws!

csws I can't believe you're still dressing so nicely at 38 weeks! Good for you!
I'm the laziest girl in the world... live in sweats, jeans and cargoes and maternity t shirts (cargoes at work - luckily I teach young children and have an excuse!) I did wear a skirt on two days when I had to do a presentation for parents and was very put out by having to do that!

Thanks star6: am glad I'm not alone. We so wanted a baby. But we never thought we'd get our wish so soon after TTC

Sambrads: thanks for your kind words. I have to focus on why we wanted to TTC to remind myself.

At the near bottom of this page is a weight calculator for pregnant ladies: www.baby2see.com/pregnancy_weight_calculator.html

Fab site for other stuff, too.

Awww, twinkly, how cute is your ds!!

Twinklytoes. Sounds like you've had a tough time. You must be desperate to take your little boy home. Fingers crossed that tomorrow's the day.

Star - if you're worried about the baby's movements just make a note of them and as long as you've got 10 over the course of 12 hours, then you don't need to worry.

Have a good day ladies!

oo how exciting myjobismum hope all goes smoothly

bethoo i'm with you on the barely able to walk thing- the pain in my groin/inner legs/back is extreme. I spend a large portion of last night awake and unable to get in a comfy position. Gave up in the end and logged on to computer at 4am to do some work! Its wierd tho as sometimes I can stand with no pain and then other times it is excruciating. I never had this with DS as he never engaged. Midwife says this ones head is fully engaged so I'm guessing this is the cause! can't believe I have another 4 weeks of this to go - and that's with section at 38 weeks!

awww twinkly so cute!

In my desperation to get to sleep last night I had a flick through 'Gina Ford contented toddler book' (freebie with online baby order) and found a section on coping with baby and toddler-a lot made sense but phew I felt exhausted just reading her suggested routines! Think our routine will involve much less rushing around and getting dressed at 8.30 -out at 9.30 etc. (btw am not opening GF debate here lol).

A lot of the advice was v. sensible but it brought home the reality that i will have TWO to deal with in under a months time!

Think my brain has forgotten how much work babies are- I'm in denial and just remember DS sleeping loads and cuddles on demand! [smile}

Twinkly - what a cutie.. you must be so proud.

According to that pregnancy weight calculator, I weigh over 8kg (17lbs) less than I should. Baby is measuring over the dates so it shows what how fat I must have been before getting pregnant... been losing mummy blubber instead of gaining baby blubber. Maybe I can look forward to a new smaller wardrobe postbirth... cool

Been having what I hope are BHs every 2 hours for the past 36. They don't seem to be getting closer or stronger but are in a regular pattern and fairly strong.. Was up until 3am last night and timed them.. hubby is now panicking as his special work project is due to complete this week..

Child free day... yessss!

Hiyal all,

Congrats to ksal and iuseangeingstuff, hope you're both well. twinkly - very cute baby by the way.

have put a couple of pics on my profil eof joe - looking blue under the lights and of the whole family together. T

he docs have let us come home for the afternoon as Joe is off all lights as a trial to coming home soon. However, i have noticed he is looking really yellow and i am due to go back tonight for more blood tests so i think i'll head back now as i don't want him to get too jaundiced....

Hope you're all well and will catch up again soon

Congratulations to Ksal and iuseantiageing. Fantastic news on the safe delivery of your little beans.

Loulou, its great that little Joe is getting stronger. A home visit must be a real treat for him.

Myjob, brilliant waters breaking. I am so . How are you getting on now? Is the baby here yet.

Bethoo, not only are you my Due date buddy we seem to be going through the same aches and pains! I had almost convinced myself yesterday I was in labour. A good nights sleep has told me otherwise. Although I am getting exactly the same pains, tightenings etc today!
I convinced DH to go for a nice walk along the beach. The girls had their scooters! Lovely we went for ice-cream after.

loulou - you don't have a profile!