Due November 08 - A clove of garlic to cure Strep B...but where do I put it? Oh dear, Oh me ;0)

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I kept it pretty clean; too chicken for anything else

Ooh, rutho that's good news - come on contractions!!!

Still undecided about sweep, have just been shopping with my Dad - needed a new book that I can throw in suitcase for when the time comes.

Haven't started cleaning yet and dog is sleeping so won't take her out just yet or maybe I'll get DH to do it when he gets home....

Does anyone know what time Dozy was having her CS?

Afternoon all, Ive been to the hairdressers one last hair cut i hope before D day! i have absolutely nothing going on regarding this baby..Pinkali im jealous of your show now. my friend had same sounding show, she told the midwife she's had this stuff like hairgel..she was expecting a big bogey type show but nope.

Got home from hairdressers and my lovely midwife has been by my house and put her helios homepathy kit through my door...you know what that means...i have that caulostuff...the rocket fuel that shoots the babies out...

so, i had the worst nights sleep, reflux so bad when i rolled over i was sick in my own mouth and it woke me each time.disgusting. so im exhausted. would love to try the remedy but i dont think im physically up to the effects if it works.
coolkat fab news on rebecca mae(love the name i have mae on my list)
dozy and browny goodluck..no news yet then?
heartmum so glad you got your heating being sorted. i know a couple who planned a homebirth, the DH set up the pool, got everything ready and on due date was flapping round the wife. she was getting annoyed as nothing was even indicating baby was ready but DH was sooo prepared. she then went into labour and the water went off in their village and they had to go to hospital! the best laid plans...

Dr'sWife Yes but perhaps it wasn't a show, i'm not sure. It was that much. Oh i thought the beginning of pregnancy was confusing this is even worse!

Sorry that was meant to read, it wasn't that much.

Pinks, it's kind of like the "Am I pregnant, could that be a sign of pregnancy, it's too early to do a test so I'm not really sure..." isn't it?

Hello everyone!
congratulations coolkat beautiful name
Good luck dozy and browny!! Rutho Hope your contractions get going!! Think my edd is the day before you and have had no sign of anything going on But admittedly have not done anything to encourage... apart from giving the l.o. an occasional talking to. Come Out
DrsWife I get that reflux thing, it's not good. I don't help myself tho' and eat way too much choc of an evening which I think makes it worse!
Hello to everyone else

had mw appointment yest and am 2/5ths engaged, or at least baby is. So at least he's pointing in the right direction!!
Am really happy at the mo - me and dh are having such a special time. Feel so lucky trying to enjoy every minute of our time together despite being impatient - a week feels like a lifetime and it could be 4 yet!!
Anyhoo have a lovely friend from work popping by in a min with a high chair so am off to put the kettle on x

i completely get you, when i had this water leak..everyone accuses you of weeing yourself and when nothing further happens you sit there doubting yourself etc. my midwife is now looking into the possibility that i had a cervical weep..she says its a theory amongst midwives but not much on it, there are two really well known skilled midwives jane evans and mary cronk and my midwife was calling them, all of whom now agree i sound like i have had a cervical weep!!!!

hey maybe you did too!! we'll start a movement on it!

Sauraus Exactly!

Can i just do a quick me me me post, please indulge me. i would post in am i being unreasonable but i think im only concerned with the people in my position which is you guys.

*firstly my MIl is getting tetchy as ive said i dont want dh to ring around our parents when i go into labour, they are all seperated and so ive said if i have a 24 hour labour, they will all worry and start calling(or worse calling round as its home birth) and i want support not Dh taking calls to reassure everyone else. MIL thinks im wrong as everyone will worry if they havent been told, but i think they will worry more.

*secondly, as im due 24th Nov. ive put my foot down about xmas and refused to travel to my mums (1.5 hrs) or MIL 2 streets away. Ive said i dont know how i'll cope with baby or feeding and dont want pressure to leave house xmas or not. anyone is welcome to visit if they prepare their own food & drink! FIL has sent a message via DH saying i must keep the sunday after xmas free as he wants to host a lunch with all the grandchildren. Now im pissed off, i dont think i should be expected to commit to anything at that time, certainly not a childrens tea party and its also my wedding anniversay weekend.

so help...am i being unreasonable?

whooa im due 14th nov not 24th..

Barbs, you are such a sweetie - I am humbled by you having a lovely time with DH and being so sunny! I hereby resolve to spend less time snarling at DH and more time appreciating him as a hubby before he's a dad. At the moment this will probably be limited to me sitting on the sofa saying encouraging things like "You look so fit when you bring me chocolate" and "Have you done something different with your hair? It looks very nice".

Pinks and Drswife, case in point tho, as I have not had a contraction since 1pm now. Arse. It'll be all the water I just drank that stopped them, you know. and just kidding, water fans!

I have never heard of a cervical weep either - how the heck were you not supposed to think that your waters had broken, DW? This is SO confusing, esp when you have pregnancy brain...

Just had a lovely visit from Yorky. Her DS and my DD were being very cute together. Yorky's DS was giving her hugs; it was lovely [big wet sap emoticon]

Go Rutho.....I hope that this is it for you.

Lol, I'm watching some shite on daytime TV and a woman has just given birth (naturally, at home ) to quads who all look to be about 8lbs each and three weeks old.......as you do!!

Nothing yet from Dozy.....

I doubt virgil is coming anytime soon. All I seem to have done for the last four days is shout at my children; he's probably too blardy scared to come out now

DW, as they say on here, YANBU! If there's one time in your life when other people have to consider you first and them second, this is it!

My lovely stepmum is having us over for Xmas so I we don't have to do everything, but I have been prepping the rest of the families (we have 2 sets of parents each as well!) since JUNE because I know how shit they can be about this sort of thing.

TBC - just starting another contraction and can't tyope/

DW, as they say on here, YANBU! If there's one time in your life when other people have to consider you first and them second, this is it!

My lovely stepmum is having us over for Xmas so I we don't have to do everything, but I have been prepping the rest of the families (we have 2 sets of parents each as well!) since JUNE because I know how shit they can be about this sort of thing.

TBC - just starting another contraction and can't tyope/

Hmmmm, having strong BH's every 10 minutes or so, or at least I think they are BH's, lol! I am sure, like last week, they will go off after several hours. Besides, I don't have time for this right now, lol! Thankfully the plumber has been, has popped out to pick up the parts and should be back shortly. Fingers crossed the fitting is easy and they are done and dusted in less than an hour, especially as it has just gone dark and horrible here. Once they are gone, I am going to try the shiatzu pinching thing mentioned yesterday, lol!

Rutho, I hope that these contractions are doing something and elads to the real thing because it would be annoying if it was false labour (after my false labour experience last week).

Oh, this is getting stupid. My uterus is obviously just playing silly buggers. That was 1 hour 20 since the last one, but stronger. But there was only a 50 minute gap between the previous 2. I am confused - to Braxton or not to Braxton. I'm going to eat half a bag of Haribo and read a magazine for a bit. [bugger this for a game of soldiers emoticon].

Sorry, DW - I had exactly the same thing about phone calls on the big day but with DH! He thought it was rude not to a) give people updates and b) to discourage them from coming and hanging round in the hospital waiting to be let in to see us. I have actually included in my birth plan that no-one apart from DH is to be allowed in until I have had a chance to have a go at bf, cuddle my baby and bond a bit, AND for both of us and possibly DH to get cleaned up a bit (I am NEVER seen by my public without at least concealer and eyeliner on, dahlinks ).

Lacks, if that was the case then this child is staying put too - it's heard how I talk to DH often enough, poor man .

Heartmum I bet it bloody is false labour. Are you sure yours are BH?

these contractions... i could try these herbs and see if i can join in!

thanks rutho i just want to feel cocooned in my own environment with my little family but i feel like my inlaws are making demands of me. MIL cried months ago when i told her she wasnt allowed at the birth. nutcase.

In that case there is, as Goldmember says, no pleasing her. She is a freak and nothing you can do, short of spending 2 weeks at hers for Xmas or maybe just giving her the baby to raise, and she will just feel hard done by whatever compromises you try to make. I've got one like that in my family, and the funny thing is that people like that never offer to help with anything, they just want everything on their terms.

IMHO you should do whatever the hell you want for Xmas as you will have just made an entire new human being appear out of your body as if by magic and are therefore superhumanly clever and talented as well as very tired and far too busy enjoying the baby to pander to MIL's ego! Get her a nice present and grit your teeth while smiling sweetly...

...or you could get her bath salts [evil grin emoticon]...

Dr's Wife when my sister was immenently going to give birth my mother became obsessed about her DP phoning to say a) we're going in and then b) updates!! In teh end it all happened beautifully quickly and also ended up going into hospital at 6am so didn't call anyone until baby had arrived. We were none the wiser! To be fair it was a nice way to find out. There is no worrying that way. Unforunately, my mum lives 1 mile away from us, plus works for us so i have no escape from telling her but that will be it, there will be no updates etc.. this time is for DH/DP and you, no one else. Why do they try and make it there personal business? Re, Christmas i don't think you are being unreasonable at all. This year my sister is coming up from Brighton and we are all going to my mums. We have done it for the past 2 years but this I think not! You do what you want to do. You have openly invited people to come and see you and I think it is most understandable that you don't want to be travelling.

Sauraus this is so exciting and shite at the same time. I do hope for you that they are real!

oh my god do you know her? thats her! My SIL leaves her baby with her 4 times a week and the rest of the time she is at nursery, except sunday. MIL said "well it will be different with yours, wont it. Can i at least have it overnight(like the other grandchild) and i said no!!! she said can i feed it then, and i said "if you can start lactating of course"

Afternoon all - I have been lurking and reading all day so I thought I should post too!

DW I know what you mean about the labour phone calls, all my friends and family want us to send them a "gametime" (as DH likes to call it) text, and I know its just cause they are excited but I really don't want to - I know it could potentially be a long period of time and I don't want people calling / texting as that will make me stressed, I want to be alone in my labour world with DH and midwives and then let everyone know when its done. But people don't get that!

Exciting stuff from Saurus and Pinkali with shows and contractions - I can't believe that November is almost here and babies are coming!

On the baby note, a big congrats to Coolkat and family - Rebecca Mae is a lovely name!

Glad to hear you are enjoying time with baby Max Obs, was bathtime fun??

barb I know exactly what you mean about the baby impatience v's trying to make the most of being baby-less. DH and I have been having a lovely time together recently and every night we don't have the baby I cherish it being just us snuggled on the couch but then I also want this baby out, I am trying to remind myself that every day its still in to appreciate the last moments of selfishness and doing exactly what we want!

I treated myself to a haircut today and although I like what the hairdresser has done she has gotten hair all over me so I feel like an itchy freak! Grr.

No signs of baby from me - I am due on Saturday but I am trying some things to encourage it out, have been bouncing on my ball, using the breast pump a little (I was a bit scared after hearing it hurt DW but it didn't hurt me at all, just felt a bit wierd), drinking RLT and poking my bump and saying "come out" to it!

Wierd thing happened to me at lunch, I had just finished and had a drink of squash (my solution to not liking water is to jazz it up with a bit of Robinsons special R!) and it went down the wrong hole and made me choke, and whilst choking I sicked up some of my lunch, not a lot but it looked like baby sick - is this a me being wierd thing, or a pregnancy thing as its never happened before. It was quite yucky!

Anyway enough about me... hello to everyone I have missed! x

DW put in your birth plan that you want hospital reception to block all visitors you don't want until you want to see them. Most hospitals have pretty good security, big beefy lads with great experience of handling peed off rellies... If they let them through they will have countermanded your wishes.

I have a great mental image of your MIL determinedly scaling the outside of the building in a bid to get past security.

Of course this only works for hospitals - you may have to come up with a different dastardly plan for a home birth, moving house maybe.