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)

Evening. Thought things were getting going but all seems to have gone quiet so perhaps it was just wishful thinking. Not many of us left now. Honeymoonmummy thanks for recognising my sacrifice in the name of science. Perhaps I'll try a bumper pack of mars bars tomorrow and see if that helps
AandMsmum sounds like your little one is fairly comfy in there. I had a sweep last Tue and the MW listened to the heartbeat again afterwards and said that it didn't seem to have noticed!!!
Flum that sounds like DH and me. A whole evening to ourselves and we often end up in different rooms doing our own thing.
Anyone else feel like changing the message on their answer phone to say Nothing happening so unless you are going to offer to look after DS for the day or bring me chocoate, then p* off!

sparklesandwine gave birth to a baby daughter in the early hours of this morning .She weighed 8lb 13oz and her name is polly.

congrats sparklesandwine!
jenwa?

Good morning all.

Got bad backache today

had a nice time at BILs birthday party yesterday - really took my mind off things.

congrats sparklesandwine!!!!

Anything from Jenwa yet?

Smudgey it seems unfair that you're always the guinea pig. I'll try toffee crisps...

Congrats Sparkles. HOpe it all went well. I think no news from Jenwa means things must have happened or be in progress. Nuclear - the backache sounds promising. Saying that, I had sort of contractions for ages last night but nothing has happened now. This baby is still wriggling like mad so not sure that it's run out of space enough to make it come out. Honeymoonmummy - I think toffee crisps sound a valid experiment. I've just been out with a friend and I had a toffee apple muffin which was lovely. Now eating a kids pick and mix whilst DS in bed. I should do some ironing but think I might just surf on here a bit and then probably read a bit.

OOoooh Sparkles. Just taken in that this means your DD will be very happy. Evens up the numbers a bit!

Congratulations sparkles .

Congratulations sparkles ! I love the name Polly, but it just wouldn't go with our surname...
Am tempted to scientifically test some chocolate cake, purely to see if it aids the recovery from nasty post birth infections.
I am so glad my antibiotics allow chocolate eating even though alcohol is forbidden!

I'd say that was essential for scientific progression for the human race pepper.

I think between us we could get a Nobel prize here...

I bought a choc cake from Waitrose today. Reduced as it has to be used today. Haven't decided whether to get it out when friend arrives shortly, or to save it all for myself [greedy pig]. Mum is staying for a few days so will have to share with her, but thankfully dh doesn't eat chocolate .

I tested out a slab of Waitrose Rocky Road yesterday and it didn't induce labour.

Today I am trying Sherbert dib dabs......

Have cleaned kids bedrooms, laundered and changed all the bed sheets and all towels, done all clothes washing. House sooooooo quiet without kids, DH and I going to Pizza Express tonight to use the Sunday Times 2 for 1 deal. Ho hum, all this free time is a bit surreal!

Wrapped up presents for dds from 'new baby' - a book each and a baby doll for the 2 year old and sparkly party shoes from Monsoon for the 4 year old. I think that will ease their discomfort at having to wait for EVERYthing for the next few months.

still waiting here too - sweep tomorrow, reflexology on thursday...come on baby!

hmm, might have ot go buy cake and muffins form all your talk!

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT [GRIN]

Phoebe Jasmine was born yesterday morning at 9:31 weighing a huge 9lb 2 1/2 oz!!!!! [ouch] dd1 was only 7 2 1/2!!!! It really hurt this time but then only had small amount of gas and air in between contractions so never tore, it all happened so quickly and now I am shock but happy.

Did try to do this via phone last night on ward but was not connecting. Will post proper birth story soon. Got to go cook dinner and sort some bottles etc. Am BF but thought need to sterilise just so DH can do some feeds

Good luck to those still waiting, really not long to go now.

Congrats jenwa!!!! I'm so happy for you!
Wow... Pheobe is 3 lbs heavier than my 3 1/2 week old! that's great! so healthy! I cant believe no tearing with that, though. lucky

Are you expressing milk for those feeds? And.... sorry.... making dinner??? Aren't you exhausted?
Beautiful name.
Cant believe you're home already.

Good luck gwmh! I'm sure you're next

Congratulations Jenwa!

Erm.... are contractions ever a dull period pain ache at the front that don't go away???

Ok, the pain went away again, it probably lasted about 3-5 mins tho, too long to be a contraction surely?

Hi all, - our little baby boy was born on Friday 24th October at 2.25pm, a home waterbirth with a little bit of gas & air! He weighs 7lb 15oz (3.6kg), but we've yet to give him a name....

We're all doing well, though I'm knackered as baby seems to sleep all evening then feed at least every hour all night .

Congratulations on all the new babies and good luck to everyone still waiting. I've not had a chance to catch up with everything as dd is teething and has a lovely temp and cold so things are a little crazy here at the moment.

Congratulations Ekka, you were due the same day as me I think!

I'm currently trying to decide if my contractions have just started...

star I have formula so no not expressing, I felt that last time I was expressing it was a waste as so many other things to do and then give DD her feed and she never took it all would annoy me as I thought I had wasted my time! Its just what works best and I like the idea of getting some formula in to them just in case something happened to me and baby needed something else urgently.
I do feel sad that by baby is a monster, was hopoing she would be another 7 pounder! She now seems small but thats as we are at home with a 3 yr old!

I was on a mission earlier and achieved loads, did washing, cooked DD's dinner, sterilized bottles, made bottles, sorted DD1's toy box, sorted toys in her room, unpacked gifts, came on here and facebooked friends and then bathed kids (with help of DH for that bit) Luckily Phoebe slept whilst I ran about! Sore now though as had a wee and its stings, got some grazing down there but no stiches!
honeymoonmummy Contractions usually last a minute, did you time it? Can feel like longer when it really hurts.

conrats ekka and sparkles Polly lovely name. DD wanted to call this baby Angelina! She is obsessed with Angelina Ballerina!

smudgey I was fed up last week too with people texting "any news" DOH!!! If baby here dont you think you would have heard!!!!!
I put a message on facebook to say I would let people know when baby arrives!

Congratulations jenwa !
honeymoonmummy any more pains???? This could be it!

didnt mean you should feel sad jenwa. 9lbs is healthy and good! I feel like im always stressed about ds gaining weight. am so impressed you got out of there with only a graze and you are back to normal already!