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)

Hello ladies! Feel a bit of a cheat posting here as I've been skulking around not reading or posting for the last month or so. Logged on for the first time yesterday: far too much to catch up on but huge congrats to everyone who's had their nipper. Reading some stuff on mumsnet still gives me sleepless nights, it turns out - made the mistake of reading the sept post natal thread yesterday and had nightmares all last night about breastfeeding during which I dreamed my boobs fell off! let's hope it doesn't come to that...

Anyway, it was my due date yesterday, and it's my birthday today. Don't feel as though anything is imminent, although I don't know how much longer my poor pelvis can take the strain of all this weight! Baby is 4/5 engaged (meaningless, I know) and definitely running out of room - his poor little stifled kicks and shoves are nothing compared to the flying roundhouses he could do a couple of weeks ago.

Congrats again to all, and good luck to those about to pop esp CSWS today.

Hi All,

Congrats Rosebury!!

COntractions are were regular 8-9mins for 2 hours this mroning, now they've disappeared!!! I just don't know what's going on.

I don't think this baby is going to ever come out!

Snowymum you and I are due date buddies! Happy Birthday!!

Jenwa, yes my sentiments exactly... dear MIL keeps calling every morning, usually after a rubbish nights sleep I'm usually asleep until about 10ish trying to get some rest, but this mornign was up so picked up the phone and all she could say was oooo you're up.... errr yes... and then swiftly followed with you need to start walking (which she's told me about 20 times already)... as if I'm just stuck to the sofa... how much can I walk?!!!

sorry rant over!!

Ooh, 1stT, sounds like you might beat me if you've had some contractions already! best of luck if they kick off into something more...

It's so weird thinking we could have our babies today, tomorrow - or in two weeks' time! Nature needs to buy herself a decent desktop diary and stick to it...

Happy birthday Snowy. I was only thinking of you this morning. I was looking at the list and I saw you were over now? So have you missed us all?.
How have you been? Stop looking at the other threads, it is hard not to scare yourself silly. Have you had any input from your midwife with regards to a sweep etc?

MIL's should be banned. I know some mean well but really. If they had brought up their sons properly we wouldnt be need their input would we?. My MIL is lovely but I dont even want MY mum at the birth let alone my MIL!!
Actually come to think about it I am not even that bothered about DH being there. He isnt much help, mostly because if he tried to mop my brow I would be very unhappy!
I find I become very concentrated on what I have to do. Last time it was just so intense, in a good way, that I didnt even notice my DH had locked himself ouside the front door. He had to wait for me to finish a push (just as DD2 was crowning) for midwife to open the door for him. The second midwife arrived at the same time so it worked out ok in the end!!

Snowymum... I completely agree about the whole diary thing!! have induction booked in next week but I really hope I give birth naturally before then!

Myjobis mum... congratulations on being so brave... and doing everything without pain relief!

Ronshar, you poppet. Yes, I have missed you all, genuinely. But I wavered between the huge upside of mumsnet - the friendship and the support - vs the crazy things it does to my head. Have now resolved to be a proper grown up (about time, am 34 today, sigh) and employ some self control to not look at other threads, as you suggest!

No discussion of a sweep yet. I hired an indie midwife which is a total luxury who is quite chilled about the whole thing and won't entertain the thought of an induction if everything's looking healthy, even if i'm 2 weeks over or there are actual reasons for it. Planning a hwb but went to the hospital for a poke around the other day just to see what it was like - not half as bad as I thought it was going to be so that's good.

I should just stop bloody worrying about everything. But it's this whole 'omg my life is about to completely change am i up to it' feeling which rocks me... birthday's always make me too reflective and prone to have crises of confidence, anyway!

Curry and pineapple planned for dinner. tried this last weekend but didn't work! Bloody delicious though. DH made it for me for he is a GOD.

OOOO that looks bloody lovely.
It is my DH b'day to day. He deals with his birthday by trying to ignore it and then pretend he is still 17. I am 34 so I know exactly how you feel. It is an odd age isnt it?

DH is off out for a curry tonight with his chums. He is not allowed to drink mind you

It is easy to worry about all the changes having a baby will bring but the best one is the rush of love you feel for this little bundle. It may not come straight away it may even take a couple of weeks/months but eventually you can look at this child who you made and it makes everything else worthwhile.

happy birthday snowy Virtual cake is on the table (not egg plant I'm afraid)

Morning all, congrats annwoo & rosebury!
Can't wait for details, tho can't tell DH stories re home deliveries too fast for medics! He did once have to leave the room when I had a scan so I think he'd be pretty useless.
No action here at all, saw v nice midwife yesterday, she said that feeling sorry for yourself was no justification for an induction.... (it was worth a try I thought )
39 weeks today. With DS2 I was being induced today.
snowy the most irritating thing I found first time round was people constantly telling me how much my life would change - even people without kids!

God, pepper, I am so with you on that. I run my own little company, and have a blog, and the number of people who have left comments to that effect when I've been posting about business stuff - completely un-solicited, unwanted advice! One woman emailed attaching links to anti-homebirth sites and said 'what would you do if your baby died - homebirth is well known for being dangerous [twat emoticon], another emailed saying she assumed my business would shut down as I couldn't possibly be contemplating keeping it going with a baby... people just astound me. I have promised myself I will never give advice to people unless specifically, directly asked!

Happy birthday to your DH, Ronshar, and thanks for the cake, Hedepig. I will have some now with a special birthday treat coffee (I know, call the pregnancy police...)

snowy whispers I just had a real jaffa cake..... It was lovely, and all the more so for not being allowed! (with my sugar thing - there's not a general ban on jaffa cakes for the PG obviously!)

Um! Jaffa cake! I'm telling.

I think given what we have gone through the last 9 months we jolly well deserve a jaffa cake, or a coffee - or a half-bottle of gin! Nearly there... and whilst it's scary, it is very exciting.

[starts bouncing with renewed vigour on swiss ball]

Congrats Anwoo and Rosebury. Hope Sambrads being quiet is because things are happening for her. Think positive labour thoughts those who want them out before the weekend - CSWS fingers crossed that the sweep/reflexology combo works. I keep eating maltesers as a treat. I've given up on buying snacks for my labour bag as I've eaten them all about 3 times over and I've still got 3 weeks to go. I think a jaffa cake is fully deserved pepperabbit. Happy Birthday Snowy, hope you had a lovely coffee.

Congrats to the new mum's.

I've got some good news, baby turned with ECV, wasn't as bad as i thought, hoping it stays head down now.

Having a restful day today.

BFN

Fab news Rach. You take it easy now and keep that baby the right way up!

wow all these babies coming early! Congrats to you ladies can barely keep up- every time I log in there has been more births-how exciting!

Anyone else having really weird dreams? I had one last night that I gave birth to an alligator and was told that I couldn't take him swimming in case he bit people!! lol

I had a weird dream (very horrid alert) that Gordon Ramsey had put my DS in a roasting pan and was about to cook him. Then I woke up thank heavens. I had roast a chicken that day so maybe that was where it come from.

Back from my walk (2 miles not bad) with a short stop at the garden center for the loo and a hot chocolate and ..... a cake Its blown the cobwebs away if nothing else

Congrats annwoo and rosebury. Won't mention DH delivering baby to my DH as we live 1/2hr from hosp and last labour short.

Seen MW today BP behaving, head well down and uterus really soft, gone all floppy since yesterday so no sign of action. I'm getting mixed messages re my cancelling the appt with consultant on the one hand they're a bit miffed with me on the other they too are saying being really miserable isn't a reason for induction but the consultant would be sympathetic. No offence but I don't need a 30 mile round trip, long wait in clinic with DS in tow for a bit of sympathy.

I have contemplated trying copious amounts of alcohol to induce labour but can you imagine arriving at Labour Ward smelling like a gin factory, they'd have social services waiting to catch the baby.

am so duh sometimes- as I was reading this thread it occurred that it is THE October thread and it is now October!!

Yikes. I am I the only one in denial who has not sorted out their LO's nursery yet?

hedgepig i am in awe of a 2 mile walk this morning

you'r not the only one still sorting out the nursery wherestheaupair I'm due tomorrow and DH is still working on it. He has banned me from helping because of the fumes but I might do a bit of sneaky painting this afternoon.

Welcome back Snowy, and happy birthday. I too was only thinking about you yesterday and wondering when you would rejoin the fold.

Unfortunately it's bad news from my attempted sweep. I'm looking no further along than I was on Monday - cervix still closed so they couldn't get at the membranes to sweep them. Looks like I'll be hanging on for induction on Monday.

Well done on the ECV rach.

I had aubergine Parmigiana when I went for my night out in London the other week - was yummy.

Hello ladies, I've just got back from the hospital my BP has gone up quite a bit and they want to induce me tomorrow. I'm very upset and disappointed as I thought I would have until at Monday for things to happen naturally. I begged the midwife for a sweep, which she did, but she didn't seem to hold out much hope that it would work. Please send me some positive vibes, I'm terrified.

OOO painting might be the tipping point! All that stretching.

Well done Rach101. Plain sailing to a nice normal delivery now

So is it not recommended to eat a whole pack of Jaffa Cakes in one go then? No wonder I havent had this baby yet I am doing it all wrong. I bloody love Jaffa Cakes. What about Carrot cake can I eat lots of that?

Reflexology was gorgeous this morning. The lady said hopefully it will come tonight. I shall be on the door step of the salon in the morning if it hasnt asking for my money back! Either that or DH will be sent with some flowers. I reckon it will be me with a face like this