Due October 08 - The transitional thread.

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BIRTHS
14th Sept (Due 14th Oct) - twinklytoes - Boy - Samuel - 7lbs 4.5oz - Em C-Sec due to grade 4 PP.
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs - Just beat induction for PE!
20th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - kookiegoddess - Girl - Reya Marie - - Induction due to OC, epidural, 3rd degree tear.
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz - Fast and furious hospital birth.
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz - Em C-Sec due to raised BP and high ALTs from liver.
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Boy twin - Felix - 6lbs 8oz -
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Girl twin - Bridget - 7lbs 7oz -
1st Oct (Due 29th Sept) - WombFor1More - Boy - Harvey James - 8lbs 13oz - Homebirth, no pain relief.
2nd Oct (Due 4th Oct) - annwoo - Boy - TBA - 8lbs 7oz - Amazing birth!
2nd Oct (Due 30th Sept) - sambrads - Girl - Brooke - 7lbs 9.5oz -
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz - 36hr labour, ventouse and stitches.
2nd Oct (Due 8th Oct) - Alexa808 - Girl - Tienette - - Planned c-sec
3rd Oct (Due 5th Oct) - rosebury - Boy - Austin - 9lbs 2oz - Delivered at home by dh!
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - Bethoo - Girl - Maia - 7lbs -
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - hoff - Boy - Oliver - -
3rd Oct (Due 19th Oct) - MrsTittleMouse - Girl - - -
4th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - 1sttimer80 - Boy - - -
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz -
5th Oct (Due 29th Sept) - plusonemore - Boy - Alfie Thomas - 8lbs - Induction, epidural
5th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - MrsBish - Girl - Rachel - 8lbs 8oz -
5th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - hedgepig - Boy - Oliver - 6lbs 3oz -
7th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - Emmsy1 - Girl - Amy Louise - 5lbs 12oz -
7th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - snowymum - Boy - Rowan Michael - - Home water birth
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz -
8th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - 07mumstheword - Girl - Freya Mae - 7lbs 12oz -
8th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - moodywren - Boy - Hayden - 6lbs 9.5oz - Homebirth
9th Oct (Due 27th Sept) - Pidge - Boy - Arthur - 8lbs 14oz - Homebirth
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz - 4 day induction with 1 hour established labour!
11th Oct (Due 3rd Oct) - usuallytooshytochat - Girl - Megan Leah - 8lbs 2oz - Homebirth with ambulance crew!
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz - Homebirth.

LADIES IN WAITING
29th Sept perkypopsy first baby Surprise North Herts (Ware)
2nd mishkamoo first baby Surprise
4th minervaitalica first baby Surprise (unintentionally!)
7th belgo 2 dd's
10th emkay 1 dd Surprise West London (Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea)
10th pepperrabbit 2 ds's Surprise
11th heather1980 1 dd
12th milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo 1 dd Boy Salisbury
13th YumMum22 1 ds Boy
14th tedmundo 1 ds Surprise Bristol (Southmead)
15th mum2jakeyroo 2 ds's Surprise Near Lancaster
16th bigmouthstrikesagain 1 ds 1 dd Girl Mid-Beds
16th WheresTheAuPair 1 ds Boy
19th rach010 1 ds Surprise (but dp knows!) Lincolnshire
20th AandMsmum 2 dd's Surprise Bristol
20th KnickersOnMaHead 1 dd Boy
20th jenwa 1 dd Girl Worcestershire
20th firsttimer08 first baby Boy Greenwich
21st hansnava 1 dd Surprise Luton c-section 21st October
21st rowanmac 1 ds Surprise North Scotland
21st caramelbunny 1 dd Surprise Manchester
21st GirlWithTheMouseyHair first baby Surprise (but written down in case of moment of weakness!) SW London (St Thomas)
22nd SmudgeyDoodle 1 ds Surprise Newcastle (Gateshead)
22nd pingviner Probably boy Glasgow
23rd Sallypuss first baby Probably girl Herts/Essex border
23rd ajm200 1 ds Girl Camberley, Surrey
24th sparklesandnowineforxxweeks 3 ds's 1 dd Surprise
25th Flum 2 dd's 5th June Wiltshire
26th 4andnotout 3 dd's Girl
27th beaufies first baby Boy c-section 17th Oct
29th Ekka 1 dd Surprise
29th Honeymoonmummy Girl
30th Jambers99 1 ds Girl NW London (Hillingdon)

God Ekka, you're due on the same day as me, scary that you may be going into labour!! Have u found it?

I think it was this one...?

www.contractionmaster.com/

I've barely slept a wink all night. Rang labour ward to check out the excessive head movements, turns out its cos I had 3 cups of caffeinated tea yesterday after staying off caffeine all the way through!!

congrats to hansnava and your new baby girl.

4andnotout yeh!!!! thank you Wezmebroomstick for update.

Ohh caffeine! That must have been uncomfy though. This baby was making me uncomfy yest with head in groin and shooting pains and felt like it just wanted out but Oh no, she is a determined one, not wanting out yet!

Still not in labour sorry!!!!

MW coming this am....yeh! Hopefully she will pull her out if it was that easy!

I felt such an idiot! It did occur to me, in my defence, before I rang...

I'd been at the hair salon then having a pedicure so couldn't drink my usual decaf tea... I dont think the meatballs in spicy arribiata sauce for tea helped either...

Have you had any symptoms of labour Jenwa?

Morning all,

Good news....

Olive's/4andnotouts baby girl was born

last night at 11.25 weighing 7lb 5oz

Well Done Olive! x

congratulations 4andnotout
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congrats 4andnotout!

Jenwa I'm still here too...now 3 days over, am hitting the homeopaths this afternoon - apparently caullophylum can bring on labour? going to do some more research on it today

my pelvis is in agony today, think it was the mammouth hike yesterday trying to get this baby out...

big congrats 4andnotout

I am still here too ... really having trouble sleeping now I am walking round like a zombie - I am hoping that the adrenalin will carry me through labour because I am a bit worried that as I am getting hardly any sleep my energy reserves will be too low.

I am going to bounce on birthing ball lots today.

Congratulations 4andnotout and hansnava !
jenwa nuclear et al - sending lots of labour vibes.

Congrats 4andnotout. I did lots of bouncing yesterday nuclear but still nothing. Rubbish that you're not sleeping because like you say it's really hard when you're tired. I seem to be sleepign ok again so making most of it. Honeymoonmummy glad you've found cause of lots of movement. Do you think eating 5 pieces of chocolate tiffin will help to get things going? I feel like it's my duty to find out......
How was the sweep Jenwa?

Congrats 4andnotout. I did lots of bouncing yesterday nuclear but still nothing. Rubbish that you're not sleeping because like you say it's really hard when you're tired. I seem to be sleepign ok again so making most of it. Honeymoonmummy glad you've found cause of lots of movement. Do you think eating 5 pieces of chocolate tiffin will help to get things going? I feel like it's my duty to find out......
How was the sweep Jenwa?

congrats 4andnotout am not at all jealous!!!!!

Just had sweep, it was fine actually, babys head in right down now so she had to root around behind it but not dilated yet but soft. No signs of labour though and she said the leakage in the morns is disharge but watery like 4andnotout said as I would have been trickling all day if it was waters! Feel bit silly now but knew it was not wee!

GWMH let me know about that caullophylum, if I dont hear I will know its worked when you post your birth story

nuclear know the feeling re sleep! I think it is baby saying "this is what it will be like" yet we still are desperate to get them out

Off to mums for lunch now and walking, hope I dont have a massive show on the way over...eek! I have put a panty liner in just in case! Just starting to get some tummy cramps now but may be hunger, toilet or somethig else. Not thinking about it until it happens

Ooops, meant to say good luck Ekka and hope it isn't as long as last time for you.

will let you know Jenwa - off to see if my local health freak shop has it now...

Hello!!!!!!!!!!! grin
Tilly-Grace arrived 45 minutes after we arrived at the hospital, with only 2 pushes and some gas & air. She is tiny and weighs 7lb 0.5 oz and is breastfeeding like a pro, came home from hospital at 12.30 this afternoon and have already been to a special assembly at dd1's school.

4andnotout what a beautiful name

completely envious at such a lovely sounding birth - are you super woman in disguise ??

look at you going out already, you make it sound so easy

x

been for a long walk with DS, my lovely mum (who i have to say has been an absolute god send this past week) and the dog but still NADA !!!

I am half expecting Jeremy Beadle to pop his head around the door and shout

"ha ha you are not actually pregnant we have been fooling you these past 9 months"

it just feels as though nothing is happening. I thought I had a trickle of waters this morning but thinking back on it now I think it also might have been that pesky watery dishcarge jenwa

4andnotout Wow you make it sound easy! Is that the pros of having more??!!!! You are a superwoman already going out!!!!!

nuclear My mum and parent inn laws been fab too. It really helps does'nt it.

I went back to bed this afty as was so tired and dd staying at mums tonight and my sis coming up from London so they are taking her to town tomorrow Me and DH cant decide wether to go out or stay home and rearrange the rooms. As sad as it is I am for the latter as am a neat freak and it would make me feel sooo good but should prob do the meal thing or maybe a walk. He certainly does not want to come near me for any action so thats is not on the agenda

walking has not worked out for me, has meant my pelvis is in agony and I have to make sure not to sit in same position for more than 5 mins, which means bouncing on ball is out too - rubbish!

I think recovery is quicker the more you have, i felt better the minute she was born than i have in the whole 9 months, midwife was very surprised that i went off with my mum to shower and change as soon as Tilly-Grace had finished feeding!
Just had a lovely 50 minute feeding session in my bed, she was so lovely and snuggly, my nipples are feeling a bit sore though!
Got to go i hear a wailing from the pram

Wow 4andnotout - that is seriously impressive! Big congratulations again and glad that it all went well.
Nuclear, Jenwa and Girlwithmouseyhair you do realise that we're all desperately logging on in the hope that none of us have started anything yet so at least we're not the only ones still waiting
I do remember now that from my dating scan, they came up with the 27th so maybe I'm not overdue yet. LO still wriggling like mad so really not expecting anything. So, should I let DH go to Manchester tomorrow to pick up car if it's finished?
Hope everyone else enjoying their LO - so

wow 4andnotout! congrats

Well done 4 and not out.

Lovin the halloween emoticons. Still can't be arsed to use them though.

smudgeydoodle my dating scan also said 27th - date was brought forward at 12 week scan, so have decided I'm not due til Monday either!