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[nelix2000]

hey all, hope you all find the thread! we can niggles and worries!

Aww Heeby i have a feeling that I'm going to be exactly the same as you (impatient and eager!) so I can sympathise with how frustrating it must be. Keep positive, it will happend when you least expect it! Go for a meal or something where it would be embarrassing to go into labour, it's bound to happen then!!

heeby we are rooting for you here! lol...my baby seems so huge now I want to see a tiny one!.....Phoebe is now 11 pounds 4, at 5 weeks old and has grown a centimeter a week..so is massive!! we were shopping the other day and a lady was out with her 10 week old baby boy who was smaller than my tiny girl!!

I walked lots 2 days before I went into labour heeby, whether it helped ultimately or not I will never know but it may work!!

Hello everyone,

Ok, well fingers crossed I might start to become a more regular poster here now as all is looking positive. I had a scan yesterday at 10+2 and my little peanut measured 4cm and dated 11 weeks! Must be all those crisps I've been eating.

Peanut looked so beautiful, just lazing on its back in its womb and chilling out. I woke it up because I laughed and it wriggled around a bit, rubbed its forehead and then settled back to sleep.

So I am starting to relax a bit more now as the odds of a loss now are very small indeed. My next scan is in 2 weeks (NHS nuchal/dating) so fingers crossed that will go nice and quickly.

Apologies for the lack of personals but good luck to Heeby. How exciting!

Heeby I have been lurking in here and will keep popping in to see if your little bundle has arrived. Its doesn't seem like you have long to go though, fingers crossed it pops out soon

Hi everyone else, glad you are all doing well.

Lots of love
Cindy
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Thanks guys, it's so good to know you are all rooting for us, all together now "come on baby" I hope i can have some exciting news soon for you. At least the heat has gone so i'm not melting like before, in fact i'm ok and just trying to focus on lots of other things.

Good idea about the meal, in fact i have a chinese meal out planned with some friends on Tuesday so that might the jinxed evening (and my DD said 'Tuesday' when asked when her baby brother/sister is coming, we all thought this week but maybe she meant next week!) i might get some free hoi sin duck you never know!

wasabi that is sooooo lovely to hear really good to hear you are positive and feeling good, how nice to have a chilled out bub just relaxing and growing. I shall be lurkng here for a long time to check in on everyone that's for sure! Then once we're all there we can have a 'new mums' thread and complainexpress our concerns about our little bundles! (or big bundles nelix tee hee)

Lots of love to you all, hopefully be back with some news asap although unlikely yet sadly x

Another one just popping in to send labour vibes to Heeby

Hope to be back officially very soon

Hey jools lovely to hear from you! how are you honey? Thank you for the good wishes, i am hoping that a long walk with toddler with play session at the park en-route this morning helped a bit (although am very tired now!) Luckily choc digestives and coffee are helping to ease the strain (whilst said toddler sleeps off the fun)

nelix i had a dream about you last night (i know wierd sounding huh!) but in it you had a really tall baby girl and my phoebe was saying to your phoebe 'wow you are really big' tee hee, think it's cos of you saying about your girl growing so much.
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Really good to hear from you jools.....we will have to start a new thread soon!

How was the long walk heeby?I hope it worked!! Dreams about me! lol!! HV was telling me how I would probably have to wean her ealry due to her size surely thats not the best advice when they say breastfeed exclusivly until 6 months? I had wean DS at 4 months because he would drink both sides then still scream for more...and realsie that Phoebe will be the same(playing it by ear) but I thought HVs would promote BF as long as possible.....odd.

Come on ladies lets start seeing some babies.....get bouncing on that birthing ball heeby

Hi, well the long walked didn't make a jot of difference! grrr. It's so annoying because i get lots of pains which make me think 'oooh this is it' then i get active, move around, get on the ball etc but nothing ever transpires from it.

You watch after all this i will go overdue and have to have that section afterall! which i really don't want now (yes yes i am fickle!) We'll see. DH treated us to a curry last night and i had some red wine and lots of bouncing so lets see if it moves things along a bit. Have been having some discharge (sorry tmi) which i'd hoped would mean a show but no .... not that lucky!

Only 4 days to go to due date so i am hopeful for next week ... watch this space.

How is everyone else? Yes nelix i'd be a bit shocked to hear that from a HV, some of them are very strange, i had a friend who was advised by her HV to give her DS 'skips crisps' to help him eat as he was going off his weaning food at 6 months, she said "thy are great as they melt in the mouth"

Needless to say she ignored that advice.

heeeeeebbbbbyyyyy am hoping that a cheer will encourage the little one to make an appearance Have you missed the full moon this month? That's usually a good one to kick labour off - DD arrived the day after a full moon and the labour wards were packed all weekend! ....more curry and a sh*g might help too

Nelix am at your HV - I have friends who have BF their ENORMOUS babies (those who coast along the 95th+ percentiles) for six months - surely it just depends on the baby? Maybe just start her on the skips crisps

jools - lovely to hear from you honey - we'll wait for you before we start a postnatal thread and wasabi so pleased the last scan went well......

we've been on a feeding marathon down here - DD's just a little one - was under 6lb at birth - 2 lb lighter than her brother - but is now climbing up the charts....she's feeding every 2 hours today...but the smiles are making it all worth it . I can't believe she's almost 9 weeks old!!

sparky it flies by doesn't it!!! My girl is 12 pounds at 6 weeks lol...she is a big one for sure, but I don't see any reason why I can't feed her until 6 months....I think my milk will do what any mothers does and accomodate my child....really good to hear from you!!2 hours huh? must be a growth spurt!!

heeby yes skips is awful!!! i cannot beleive a HV would say that!!Come on heebys baby!!!

I have just posted a thread in the for sale section selling DDs 0-3 clothes(sad) cannot beleive how big she is!!

Hi all,

Humph. Still no baby, despite all the threats it's been sending me.

I have tried tons of walking, curry, red wine, bouncing, all sorts of naughty things but can't get DH up for a quickie tho, might try again tonight ... after all i did make a nice tea!

I fed DD for 7 months and she was on the 95th centile for the entire time, you're body will adapt so ignore the HV and feed as long as you feel you can do and cross all bridges when you come to them.

I had a text from my MW on Friday saying 'sorry but i'm leaving the practice so your new MW is .... best of luck" weird that she's leaving so quickly and not nice that i'm swapping to another one i haven't met yet. i shall try and see her this week as it'll be strange to call her and not actually know her or she know me.

Hope you are all well this eve, i'm off to watch casualty 1909 x

heeby I watch that too! but am recording it and watching top gear...love sky plus!!

Heeby sending you labour vibes for this week, hope he/she makes an appearance for you soon & doesn't keep you hanging on past your due date.
Think I have a head cold, feeling soooo tired today & my ears keep going spacey, like when you get water in them after swimming. On my last week at work but could really do with going home for a lie down today, just got to battle through, have the new girl starting tomorrow & have to train her so need to get everything really today.

Nelix Sparky glad to hear your girls are getting on so well, its scary how time is flying by, we spend our whole pg waiting for the 40 wk mark then the next 6 months fly by & before we know it we will all be talking about 1st words, 1st tooth, crawling, walking etc....can't wait

smiley I hope you get better soon there is nothing worse than a head cold....I get one in the witner and one in the summer as the seasons change...Hoorah for you tho! you will be finsished work soon and get some much needed rest I am sure!

heeby I ditto smileys labour vibes, sending them your way!!sorry your midwife has left, seems very strange!

Just popped in for news again !! Sending more labour vibes in between waves of nausea (7DPO )

Just heard that a girl who was 5 wks ahead of me gave birth last night to another little girl & called her Phoebe..popular name at the moment, she already has 3 girls & I know deep down she was hoping for a boy.

Ok finishing work now & off for a lay down before I take ds to a party this afternoon. Good luck Heeby hope all goes well for you if babes arrives before I log on in the morning. Have to have my bloods taken in the morn so not looking forward to that

Heeby Popped in to see if labour has started... goush we are all routing for the little one to have an appearance soon!! Thinking of you

Cindy
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Hello!

Thanks so much for the vibes and well wishes, it's so nice to have the support of my virtual buddies!

Sadly no sign of me popping just yet. I had some small pains again last night but nothing of any importance and no movements yet. Baby has slowed down a lot but still feels back to back, it doesn't have any room left in there so apart from the odd foot or hand i am just hoofing a very large melon around all day. My bump has sunk so low now it hangs below my bikini line like a dripping tap! I guess this is muscles giving in a bit! i dread to think how i might get any sort of figure back!

I also bought some new scales today (and wish i hadn't) and i've put on 4 stone .... good heavens that is sooooo awful!

jools oooh quietly wishing you lots of luck honey, do let us know asap.

Lots of Phoebe's, they are destined to be lovely girls

Heeby don't worry about the weight gain, most of it will be your little bundle. I heard if you breast feed the weight just drops off. I'll keep checking from time to time on you. Can't believe you will have your little bundle in your arms soon, it seemed only yesterday that you got your BFP!!
Bye for now and good luck
Cindy
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Blimey Heeby, lots of vigourous nookie needed for you this week girl. It's like being back at the start again !

Lovely to hear that all is going well this time wasabi and fingers crossed for this month Jools.

I had my 20 week scan yesterday and all is well. The baby is doing brilliantly, but I'm feeling horrible and very tired and faint a lot of the time . I'd rather have it that way round though!

My midwife just called said they want to scan my bump and cervix on Friday because the lady who has been doing all my scans goes on her summer hols on Fri afternoon and wont be able to do it after that. Its a little sooner than I wanted as I don't make the drive back to UK for another 2 wks, but at least I get to see my little girl again..can't wait. They said if it looks like my cervix is doing something they will pay for a private scan for me nearer the time...can't argue with that

hey everyone, just popping back in. Had trouble with computer so not been on for a bit. Heebey hows it going? such a pain in the end when you just need to get it out.
I am in the process of trying to find a buggy, and is drvining me nuits. tHERE are so many around. Need lightweight as one had before was so heavy got back ache. Need isofix on car seat as DH car only got lap belt in middle so want to put the isofix chair in middle ion isofix so 2 DS have proper belt. Been to 3 shops, loked at argos , going to antoher on fri and then when in London next thurs will go to mama and papa in reagents street. Worse than buying a car!! 31 weeks yeah, the countdown is on. Now i am past 30 weeks i am officially allowing my tummy to stick out and to moan that i am tired and can't pick up everything around the house. It will be nice to loose the bump so can pick up DS again. They can't even sit on my lap properley as its in the way!!! PIcked up DS book bag for school today sniff sniff. The time just goes by so quickly Mind you will just get him into school and then this little man due 2 weeks after so will keep me occupied. Anyone else stressing about getting swine flu? I wasn't until that little girl died and then i got all morbid and worried that my 2DS may get and die. completely irrational i know and hormones may be to blame but i just want to wrap them up in cotton wool and keep them safe neurotic mother ? yes i am!! xx

Hello all,

I'm still here!

spats my frend is having the same fears, i know how you feel too, my DH's friend at work had suspected SF and the labour ward in our local hospital had a bout of it recently so i am too really worried about it, i hope in a way they find that there was something else wrong with that little girl and GP,unlikely tho eh, as i hope SF hasn't mutated to become a killer. Worrying isn't with new babies on the way and toddler.

funtime if only i could muster the energy or enthusiasm! So glad your scan went well but sorry that you are feeling pants, have you had your iron checked recently? at about your stage i was feeling totally done in (and this is supposed to be the 'easy' stage isn't it!) anyho it was 117 which is ok normally but because it had dropped from 125 when i was first pg my MW decided it might just be low for me so i was put on iron tablets and wow they made such a difference! i felt like a new woman, worth having a chat with them maybe?

smiley good luck with your scan tomorrow, i hope it goes well and hey if they are gonna pay for a private one that's fab too!

Well i do have news to tell you all, i saw my consultant yest (my due date was yesterday) and we chatted about position, size and how i was feeling etc and the decision has been made to book me in for an ELCS.......TOMORROW! eeeeeeek! They only do them on a Wed or Fri and next Wed was booked up so tomorrow it is. I have to go for a pre-asses thing today to sign forms etc but then tomorrow is the big day.

I have huge mixed feelings, disappointment at not having the VBAC, excitment that i will meet my little one tomorrow, deep sadness that i will no longer have 121 days when it's just me a DD (as in with her being an only child if that makes sense), worry that i won't be totally besotted with this one as i am with DD, loving the organised side of a planned CS so i can plan life around it ..... sigh.

So i promise to be back on asap to update you all (there's a family sweepstake going round for the weight .... no one has bid under 10lb!) and if i can work out how to access MN on my blackberry i shall log on from hospital!!!

Lots of love to you all and see you all soon xxxx