Due October 08 - Moaning, Groaning and Baby-Homing

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BIRTHS
10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz
12th Sept (Due 6th Oct) - iuseantiageingstuff - Boy - Fred William - 8lbs 13.5oz
14th Sept (Due 14th Oct) - twinklytoes - Boy - Samuel - 7lb 4.5oz
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz

LADIES IN WAITING
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
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
2nd mishkamoo first baby Surprise
4th minervaitalica first baby Surprise (unintentionally!)
4th hedgepig 1 ds Surprise
4th pistachio 1 dc Secret
4th annwoo 2 dc Surprise
5th rosebury 3 ds's 2 dd's Boy Bristol
5th BabyNubie
6th Bethoo 1 ds Girl Salisbury
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
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
11th heather1980 1 dd
12th milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo 1 dd Boy Salisbury
12th star6 first baby Boy Surbiton
13th YumMum22 1 ds Boy
14th tedmundo 1 ds Surprise Bristol (Southmead)
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
22nd pingviner
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
29th Ekka 1 dd Surprise
30th Jambers99 1 ds Girl NW London (Hillingdon)

Ahhhhh really annoyed, posted long thread and it disappeared! Will try again!

Went to ball pit with DD and my mum today after Playgroup as DD was hyper. Whilst there a little boy came in (about 2yrs old, he was def younger than DD who turns 3 on 8th Oct) They were happily playing but no signs of his parents anywhere. Pub very long and ball pit opposite end of pub to bar and entrance. DD ran after the boy at one point from ball pit to bar and I had to chase her with my pregnant belly across the pub and could not at any point see who this boy was with. Anyway about 20 mins after playing 2 men came in ball pit (one his dad and one a teenager) with a beer, put it on the table and turned and said to me "just going out for a cigarette if you can just keep an eye on him"!!! He dissappeared and never told his son. When they returned he never said thanks and sat down talking, his son then dissappeared and went outside to the playground and at no point did his father go after him, he seemed unaware where his son had gone but never got up. Another bloke joined them and then they all got up and walked out back towards the bar or outside the front whilst his son still outside in the playground. I was watching his son as was concerned if he fell off climbing frame as was climbing up it. He never went to tell his son where he was just walked off and his son appeared back inside and played with DD until we went home. His father was sat back by the bar by the main entrance. I was so shocked as thought I would never leave DD in a ball pit and go outside and never ask someone to keep an eye on her who I never knew as you never know who to trust. The boy did not seem bothered though so maybe he used to just running about freely.

star would love to live in your world, would be soooo much fun but dont think DH would cope as I am already a bit loopy . Bless you though re giving birth, you will be fine and you will be an excellent mother and nothing will happen as you will be monitored all the time

kookie congrats on your birth. Sorry it was a difficult one. I had a 3rd degree tear with DD. You must take arnica tablets, they are great for healing and I bathed in oils twice a day but cant remember which ones! Think one was tea tree and the other lavender. Check with MW.

Aubergenie Have further proof that 2 left feet are a bunch of crooks as if either of us need it.. after being told by them that my buggy would take 12 weeks to arrive from the manufacturers we ordered one from Mothercare yesterday. Today, the manufacturers called to find out if it is ok to deliver tomorrow!! So where do TLF get 12 weeks from..

ajm Ha! Yes, funnily enough we managed to get our buggy delivered from Mothercare within a couple of days. It just arrived yesterday! If Mothercare can do it, I don't see why TLF can't manage to do the same (or at least state on their website that it's out of stock).

Brilliant news on your home birth BTW!

AJM Two Left Feet are awful I had to wait weeks and weeks for a car seat and no one would help by phone it all had to be via e-mail which was useless as no one would reply. I will never use them again.

Congratualtions AQ & Kookie Bethoo So pleased you've had a lovely weekend. New DP sounds great.

Jenwa Some people don't deserve children how dare he! I know men tend to be less worriers than us Mum's but that is beyond ridiculous

I've forgotten who else I was going to respond to because there has been so much to catch up on in one day.

CSWS Thanks for the thoughts, I would hope by the time ARM considers becoming Mrs ARS she would be out of the playground!

jenwa Its funny though how times have changed, as a child I was regularly parked in the beer garden with my chicken in a basket and bottle of coke with a straw whilst grown ups inside although I would have been at least 4. In that particular pub the beer garden was across the (v quiet) road! I wouldn't do that now with my kids. That was in the 70's.

Its mad, rowanmac I def agree times changed, I remember being allowed out in the street (although older) to play but I would now not really know what age is right as there are so many horror stories.
I was just shocked that some people dont worry. I obviously looked like he could trust me but whos to say someone else may have just picked his child up and walked off! 07mumstheword I know that DH worries more about DD then me, but think most men are less worriers like you say. My DH would prob have been playing in the ball pit with her but I think thats because men can't often do more than 1 thing at a time but I def know that although DH smokes he would def not have had one and would go all day without one if it meant not leaving DD on her own (mental note, must let him have DD more often all day .

rowanmac on the subject of initials and names, I think it is soooo hard as whatever you call your child someone seems to shorten or lenghten or change and the initials always can spell something or a new product can come out with those initials. i think go for what you like and ARM is sooo much better than some people. My frinds little boy has BJ in his name and My DD is LEW. My brother in laws first inital and beginning of surname spells Twat!!!!! I thought I was safe with my DD's name until my sister changed it to a sexual disease! There will always be something.

DH just called and said looks like his company may go bust tomorrow . Really not going to stress as sure he will either be kept on under new management or he will find another job !!!!

Bethoo I noticed you can have the seat 2 heights on the front not sure how that quite works put with baby underneath space wise so shall have to see. As for the material/being able to see baby thing I have wondered about this too

On the others it's very enclosed but the Vibe seems to be missing that bit. All the ones I have seen have been like this so am presuming it's just part of the new design. Ho hum, took me forever to work it all out anyway lol! I am not good with these things!!!

Still out of all the doubles we looked at this was by far the best and most practical for us.

Enjoy your vibe

Congratulations Kookie well done and what a lovely name you have given your dd

Jenwa I can't believe people are stupid enough to do things like that, especially with such a young child! Sounds like dad is far more interested in the booze than his son And wonder just how many he had before he left to drive them home

Perky I know how you feel!! Sending many labour vibes your way. Hope all that ball bouncing is doing some good. I have literally tidied house from top to bottom today and I now have the worst backache ever and bh are killing me! Oh well not long to go, good luck if anything gets moving tonight

wombfor1more god, I had not even thought about how much he would have drunk
I was thinking that maybe his wife/partner was at home enjoying child free time and had no idea what a naff dad he was (if they still together)!!! The little boy approached us and told us he had recently cracked his head on the floor after falling of the sofa, I thought poor little boy, now thinking he was prob just left alone , although DD did fall off the sofa the other day with me sat next to her but that was because she was trying to roll to stroke the dog!!! I could not cath her quick enough! She is fine though.

HELP ME I THINK MY WATERS JUST BROKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyone awake??? anyone anyone???? freaking out. so scared.

Oooh star don't freak out!! Calm down and tell us what has happened

star am here
What happened, Was it much??

It made my underwear all wet and some of my pajama trousers too called hosp and they said wear a pad and call back in 1 hour and tell them about it

If it is clear and not smelly it is usually fine, if it has blood or very coloured and smells bad can be sign of infection.
Now, dont panic but have a look if you have not already thrown your pants away (sorry if TMI) and just be calm and you can call the hospital and let them know if you are worried.

They said if waters did break and I don't go into labour, they will have to induce me in 24 hours!!! I don't want to be induced!

you have done right thing calling hospital so now you just wait

You will prob keep losing more but as Jen says if it's clear then it's ok.

And I was just about to post that I seem to be having an awful lot of "BH"

Tonight might be it for us both then.

Just relax and go with the flow. Don't panic, this is what your body has been gearing upto for the last 9months. You will be fine

They said to call back in one hour. It's clear and not smelly but I'm not ready to have the baby yet.

Well done for calling hosp. Just stay calm things may start happening soon. Sorry as my waters were broken for me when I had DD so not sure how long after this that things happen but do as hosp says and keep pad in. Also you may want to call someone from your work and let them know as if things happen quickly you may not get chance!
Are you not glad you never asked for an internal today, you would have thought that that had started this!

I don't have any BH I don't have any contractions or pain... nothing!! Just the wetness. Something is wrong with me!

Unfortunately there isn't an awful lot you can do about not being ready now. What is not ready?? Practical things or just not mentally ready? xx

star you have to be ready its happening you will be fine. Isyour DH with you?

wombfor1more wow you may be starting too....oh its exciting tonight, I was just about to log off!

star nothing is wrong with you. Waters can break first then contractions can come later, things happen differently in different people/labour. Just go with your body. Just wait now until any more waters come!