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)

Hi ladies, just popping in to say hello and wish those of you who are still waiting for your babies well. Congratulations to those who have had babies in the last week or so.

Sorry I've not been about. DH has been on paternity leave and has been dragging me out and about every day plus Amelia has kept me up for up to 5 hours each night so I'm totally exhausted. I've not had a chance to switch the PC on. Sorry

Congrats knickers .

Good luck to the last few!

Good luck those still waiting!!

Right. I've just had a mushroom madras from my local takeaway and I'm about to get bouncing on the birth ball. This is war...

Get bouncing lady

AND I've just had fresh pineapple. If this lot don't work...

Good luck to those of you still here. I remember how horrible the waiting is but, like myjob said, how exciting thinking that soon you're going to meet your baby! Sleep while you can - what a shame you can't store it up for later.
xx

REALLY regretting that madras now...

Morning all! Just popping in to wish you all well (Happy November!).
Just emerging from the fog of the first 2 weeks with Jessica here.
Are you OK honeymoonmummy? flum I think you have similar DCs to mine? has your 4 yo DD started school yet? DS1 just has and DS2 is 2 & 1/2 so I suspect we're in the same boat...
I'm dreading trying to get DS1 to school on time on monday with 3 of them.. I'll have to leave at least 2 outside

honeymoonmummy hope the post-madras signs are good

Another failed sweep for me this morning so induction on Tuesday it is for me...ho hum. Not at all what I'd envisaged but after balling my eyes out to DH about it this morning quite resigned to it now....

November baby it is then...

Honeymoon - anything happening? I've been having short contractions for the last hour so I'm thinking this might be something [hopeful] Just trying to work out whether to get my mum to come already or not. Sallypuss sorry sweep didn't work again. Maybe having a date for induction will give your LO a kick start. Flum's not been on - you reckon anything has happened? I took a leaf out of her book and gave our bathroom a really good scrub - grouting with bleach and everything! Now left DS downstairs with DH whilst I try and work out whether this is it or not. Taken paracetamol but not sure it will really help. I'll let you know!

Fingers crossed for you smudgeydoodle I hope this is it!!!

I already had mild diaorrhea constantly for the past - oh - fortnight, but the madras has made it worse. What the hell was I thinking???

I've been to pregnancy yoga this morning followed by a look round the carpet shop and am feeling a bit achey and getting a few BH's so you never know... I'm off for a kip cos I'm suddenly wiped out!!

ok my mum is on her way and I've just put the TENS on. Hope this is it too, thanks Star. Honeymoonmummy, at least you can be fairly sure that you'll have clean insides

ooh, smudgey hope this is it! sending lots of labour vibes!

Good luck smudgey!

Thanks girlies. Contractions fairly regular at about 7 mins at moment. Just hoping that DH will get DS in bed soon and then I can just concentrate on me. He's in the bath at the moment and keeps calling for me. Mum is here but I don't want to be in the same room - I don't really do ill and think this is similar. There's nothing she can do and I know she'll want to help. Hope to be back with news of a LO over the next few days!

Good luck Smudgey!

Hello! Sorry to have not posted for ages, but every time I look at the thread there are hundreds of new messages that I need to read and I never quite catch up. Congrats to everyone who's had their babies and good luck to any ladies still waiting.

I also have baby news of my own, hurrah! Hannah Louise was born on Tuesday 28th October at 10:35am, weighing 7lb 3oz. Nice straightforward & quick labour, just gas & air for pain relief, and she is (of course) beautiful.

Congratulations Jambers .

Congrats jambers Glad all went well.

Good luck smudgey Hoping little one is here now.