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)

Sorry, I forgot to say Happy Birthday to Snowymum!

Oh bugger ladies.
Aubergine please dont be scared. It will be ok. Loads of inductions are over real quick. It doesnt have to be a traumatic experience. Just remember you will be seeing your little baby by Sunday. It is all worth it I promise.

CSWS, do you still have until Monday then? You are going to have to tie DH to the bed and just keep him there at your convinence the whole 2 days. You still have two days. Alot could happen.

Ask Bethoo for some tips. I cant think of any because in my house sex has become a bit tricky/uncomfortable. Although I shall try and persevere tonight if DH feels lucky for his birthday

Fingers crossed for you both.

We don't do sex ronshar. Not since 12 weeks anyway .

Sorry to hear that you're in a very similar position Aubergenie. Sucks doesn't it.

Grr to the possible inductions. I've read somewhere that you can ask to have just a little bit of the drug, and see if that kicks things off, then increase the dose if it doesn't - might keep things more bearable?

Two whole days until Monday, though, and that's a long time where stuff can happen. Will send (gentle) eviction vibes to you both.

(Thanks for the lovely welcome back, ladies! What was I thinking, abandoning you all like that? )

Sorry love I didnt mean to assume. I know everyone does it differently for different reasons. I hope it happens for you this weekend regardless of how

Thats ok Snowy. You are allowed to have off days. You are pregnant you know

Hopefully not for long, Ronshar!

hi everyone,
have been lurking around the thread but haven't posted in a while.

Congrats to all those who're through the process already - i'm soo envious. Well i've still got a while to go till 20th - starting maternity leave next week, so looking forward to a bit of relaxation before the baby. Have set up the cot and changing table and hospital bag is all packed.

where is this contraction timer link? i cannot find it on the postings.

as for MILs - mine was actually upset that my mum is coming for the birth of the baby ! MIL wanted to be in the delivery suite but DH had already said no to her. Though MIL's first question upon hearing of my mums arrival was, "when will she be leaving? " - at least let her come first )))))))

btw i haven't go around to ordering the tens machine. it seems star managed to survive without it ! Is it really needed? with all the expensive baby stuff, i'm not really in the mood for doling out another 30 quid on sthg that won't really get me through the most painful parts.

Who all is planning on the epidural?

hedgepig at least your DH is working on it! Had to stage a strop last night to get the remaining IT stuff out of the room last night (no darling the LO does not want to share its nursery with dusty old monitors, hard drives and boxes of dvds/disks- arghhh!)

Positive vibes coming your way auberginie- sometimes induction is very fast/successful so fingers crossed for you.

Happy Birthday Snowymum

Hi Ladies,

me again... another quick question... how long can the first stage of labour realistically last??

I've had enough of these regular/ireegular contractions (been having them since 4am yesterday morning) and everytime I call the hospital (twice now) they keep saying to wait until they are 3-4 minutes apart, but I feel like I'm NEVER going to get there!

sorry 1sttimer but it can last hours/days even.....sorry to be the barer of bad news

but you'll get there, it may seem like forever but once it gets going properly you'll be ok

It's ok sparkles, I knew that would be the answer deep down. I'm booked in for an induction on thursday next week, but need to go in wednesday night, so we shall see.

It's just really getting me down now.

Thanks Sparkles! [birthday cake emoticon]

i know how you feel i was like that with my 1st it was so disappointing when i kept getting sent home from hospital because i wasn't in established labour

we had lots of sex, curries and went on very bumpy car rides, it worked and DS1 was born naturally within 48hrs

don't get depressed about it though, its such a wonderful time and you know your baby is coming and will be here soon, just concentrate on that and not how long it takes

Aubergine it may we worth a quick look at this thread here did the mw saw what your cervix was like when she did the sweep? I know there are some appalling induction stories out there but also it can go quite smoothly, just try and be positive and don't get stressed remember adrenalin (stress) will block oxytocin so the calmer you are the more effective the contractions will be . PS if I get to be induced please feel free to spout this back at me
wheretheaupair talk of those computer bits makes me wonder are you sure my DH isn't living around your house?? Every Bl*y cupboard I open in this house has a bit of computer living in it (I made him put the monitors in the loft)

if i bounce on a birthing ball will it help bring on labour or does it just prepare the pelvis?

happy birthday snowymum

oh and dont have sex on y0ur back as did that the other morning and my baby disappeared! my bump was flat so she must have fallen to the back! was very paranoid that she would come out as flat as a pancake. she has moved since then so she should be ok!

hedgepig our loft is now stuffed with IT stuff. I've got him to box up the rest of the computer stuff. thing is- its like playing that game where to get to one place you have to now move something else! If we divorce it will be over his blo*dy computers grrr. My lovely parents have agreed to store them for us so come Sunday I may actually have a bedroom which doesn't resemble a warehouse!

bethoo i think it can help being on labour -my midwife friend says it encourages the head to engage and so release hormones to move things on.

I must be the only person on this thread doing everything to prevent labour!!

bethoo i take it all is going well with your new dp then

Hi everyone, just got back from what should have been a relaxing reflexology session at the hospital. Ended up having a scan and finding out baby is now a footling breech. ECV booked for Tuesday.. Seems last weekends false alarm was actually baby flipping over... I'm in shock at the mo... its been a eventful month

aubergine (and anyone elso who might be induced) check out MissusH birth story in September thread and you might not feel so nervous here

Aubergenie. Some inductions are really quick. When I was in last time several mums went in, had a gel pessery and were moved to labour ward within a couple of hours..

If your BP is that high, it really is best that baby comes out sooner rather than later. If the MW was able to do a sweep, that's a really good sign that your body is ready and there's a good chance that the inducton will be simple..

I've been where you are now.. I know how bad it feels but you can do this

Shite AJM. Nothing else to say.

Aubergenie I was induced with ds1 - admitted week 37 with Pre-Eclampsia, then held out against induction for a week! I was terrified too and in total denial (I didnt feel ill or anything?). Why don't they ever explain properly why things need to happen?
But seriously - the induction was not bad at all. Sweep did nothing, pessary started things off, then oxytocin drip did the trick - 6 hours later, lovely baby boy. I didn't need drugs or any other interventions, so it can go smoothly - just try to enjoy your birth experience and hold out for as much of your plan as you can.

I am 40 + 1 today and starting to wonder how long I'll be waiting - almost hoped that bp would be up when I went to doctors today But she did say 3/5th engaged - which sounded like a good start to me!