Due November 08 - sing... "There's no business like SHOW business!!"

[sparkletoes]

on behalf of oor Daisy..

Oh, I thought we had another one on the way then, Hana! I may get the box sets out tomorrow as well and just veg for the day.

Xpost, Heartmum, too right, hahaha. No visible marks, apart from stretch marks, fner fner.

Well i had blood results back and my liver is unaffected by blood pressure etc at present. Even my midwife accompanied me to the hospital earlier and leant over to my tummy and said, "come out will you baby". She then forced me to take two flights of stairs out of the building to bring it one. i was wheezing at the bottom and she goes, seriously does it not feel like its between your legs. I was stood in the hospital corridor and said

"look, ive taken raspberry leaf, the EPO up my fanjo smells like chicken fat, ive bounced on the ball, rocked in my chair, taken your poxy herbs and let you do a james herriott right up me!
It AINT COMING OUT!"

so i'll still here....and i could cry that im not due til 14th because already im desperate so if i go over, i will be requiring home visits from you all as i will be sobbing mess!

oh and rutho...nice hair x

I'm not due till 23rd and I would put money on it not arriving till then as that is the last day of DH being at home for a fortnight! he'll be away again for 2wks after that!

Lacka, please in the most loving way, stop it about your bottom - I am not remembering as hard as I can how painful they got last time. Ignorance is bliss,

Reflexology in 10mins, cannot wait DS has been high maintenance today, including kicking me in the bump with shoes on when laid down to change nappy. At least he's gone to bed nicely, really didn't need him kicking off while I'm being all relaxed.

Evening all - I see this thread has been chatty again - guess the euphoria of the first few babies as worn off and we are all still waiting!!

DW glad all the tests were ok and don't worry - my baby won't be born until 20 Nov so I will still be around to hold your hand (although I am beginning to think I will be the last and everyone will have buggered off to the PN thread by then - I 'll make my own birth announcement and no-one will even realise )

HM2J/Saurus I can't imagine what you are both going through at the mo but {{{hugs}}} to you both! Hopefully when proper labour actually does start, it will be quick and easy for both of you as you deserve it!!

Sparks/Vbab I am going to be mystic meg now and have decided you are both going to have girls My reasoning?? Well there are 4 of us on this thread with 1 boy born during the Summer of 2006 - me and Ladybuzz have had/are having another boy so by the law of averages, yours should be girls!!

Hana don't envy you with the high blood pressure! Mine started to get high from about 35 weeks with DS and for the last 6 weeks of pg, I was being seen by a MW (either at home or in hospital) every other day to monitor it - it was a nightmare!! I really hope it isn't going to go that way again but it had started to rise at my last AN appointment last week so I am concerned that it is - although maybe they will bring the c-section forward for me if it does

I can't for the life of me remember what everyone else has said today - but hi to you all

Hey yorky we are due on the same day, fancy a race to see who drops first??

I feel just like you, i know nothing is going to happen until due date but i keep hoping that my back ache turns into mega contractions and baby pops out in a matter of minutes.

HELLO

Wow looks like I missed lots of action here. Sorry not posted earlier but things ben a little Manic since baby Rebecca Mae made her fast appearance into the world!

We are all doing well, Rebecca feeds well and Charlotte loves her baby sister.

I will try amd catch up! Is there somewhere you want the birth story - its a nice one honest!

Congratulations to all the new arrivals and PMA to those in waiting

X

put the birth story on here coolkat or under birth announcements..go on tell us all...
Ive just had another text from my stepmum saying "any news, sorry for being a daily texter, im just so excited for you" i cant even be bothered to respond...what do these people expect me to say...yes sorry i had it last week and forgot to tell you and my own Dad!!!! Cheer me up coolkat, lets hear about rebeccas arrival xx

evening all - very chatty today and lots of you sound very very impatient to meet your LO's. huge vibes coming your way - let's have a baby overnight!!

We have had a lovely day - so, so, so nie having DH at home, he is loving the whole daily routine as well and the superstar cooked me the most amazing dinner tonight consisting of everything I LOVE but haven't been able to eat due to being PG. I won't post it here to wind you up though, but by god it was ace

Really hope someone else joins us on the "DARK SIDE" overnight - we have a postnatal thread as well coolkat which hanahas kindly linked to on this thread.....

Enjoy your evenings

DM x

Oh DW must be horrible, here goes:

Woke at 4 am with what felt like BH's. DH got up at 5.50 for work and told him that had tummy ache and that I could not wait until monday . DH goes to work 45 min drive I go back to bed but get up not long after. Suddenly occurs to me that pain is coming and going in regular fits and spurts. Phoned DH who had been at work for 15 mins that think I am in labour. He was on the fire engine at the time luckily not on a job! Called our local MW to ask for advice, they say sounds promising but as I am booked in at hospital half hour away call them to let them know. Told DH to def come home.

Get DD breakfast and ready for school, try to hide the contractions from her. Pain relief as walking around and tilting back and forth! Me and DH take DD to school, DH insists on my car! Stop to get petrol and he buys several papers!

Arrive at hospital 9.45, go to booking in room where they assess you, monitor me etc. Def in labour pains worse. Examined MW says a good 4cm dialated but that she was tight and almost 5!

Taken to del suite, can't have water birth as buzzer broke! DH gets bags from the car, pain getting worse but keep walking around stopping to hold bed through gritted teeth.

Decalre can't do it as in so much pain say need epidural, small wait for Anaesthetist, ask for internal to see how progressed - 8cm try to position me for epidural, start on gas and air, I go ape as can't sit they want me to sit! DH keeps repeating don't forget about her legs, don't forget about her legs

Need to push, pushed, pushed a bit more Rebecca Mae born 7lb 4oz at 12.26!

Placenta came out, sadly tore inside, wasn't good patient for that bit Concern as very swollen and temp high, decide to keep me in as I hoped to transfer to local MW unit. Put on anti B's through drip, monitored over night and allowed to transfer the following day with lots of pills!

Sorry for the long ramble, feel really well still bit tender downstairs but would not rule out doing it all again!!

DH disappointed as he did not get time to read the papers!!

Oh boy..... to top off another hellish day of false labour, I now have trapped wind up by my ribs on both sides and F*$% does it hurt, I daren't move. Damn grapes! Now I am kicking myself for not getting some infacol in. Grrrr, any suggestions??!

ohhh thats a nice birth...i'll have one like that please. here's a question then, when i start feeling contractions as i have zilcho going on. Is it scary as you realise this is it arghhhh its gonna get worse or is it so progressive by the time its bad its well on your way time anyway. Im not scared of the birth im scared of panicking at the pain and losing control.

Hey CoolKat congrats on your Coolkitten!

DW, I am not due til the 12th and believe me the thought of going beyond that is enough to make me want to open my own skull with a tin opener just to see what would happen...Re your bloody family (both sides!) give me their addresses and I will sort them out with my scary hormones. No-one needs to know. I think not responding is probably best, though, in case you say something you might regret. My medic cousin told me earlier today that I was in "pretend labour" so I told her to work on her bedside manner and have just sent a text apologising for being a cow - it's not her fault she doesn't know what it's like, I didn't either before it started happening to me and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Similarly I just had a comment from a woman I barely know on Facebook saying "Enjoy your last few days!!!" in response to my status update begging people to stop doing just that. It makes me sound like an ungrateful bitch, but I can't bear one more person telling me to rest up now cos I'll not be able to for another 20 years when the closest I get to resting is lying down and contracting, bless them all. I know they mean well and like I say they don't know what prodomal/pre/practice/warmup/whatever labour is like.

Dozy am v but you deserve it, hon! Personally I am going for the steak/blue cheese combo with some kind of meringuey pudding... No booze though, thought of it still making me gag!

PS, the hair looks ACE and even DH noticed, which is so cool and made me feel all pretty for a whole 5 minutes. Then I made a funny noise when I stood up and the illusion was shattered, but for 5 minutes I was that slip of a lass he married... [big romantic fiction sigh]

Hey coolkat . Congratulations and welcome Rebecca

Sounds like a very short labour; good on you for keeping in control and for not needing G&A until 8cms.......

DW......the pain builds and is gradual, but still fucking sore. Try and keep the thought in your head that they don't last forever (there is respite in between) and that each one is one less before meeting your baby. Use the gas and air (start at the beginning and let go of it at the top of the contraction or else you get in a right kerfuffle with it and go all spacy). and get your DH/MW to help you breathe through them. Slow deep breathing is definately the key.

I find that after waters go it's very, very intense....but as in all these things, although remembering it was bad.....can't specifically remember how bad already!

I've put some pics on my profile but the first one isn't for the faint hearted.....and apologies for the boob!

Sorry yorky

pinkali - HI! lolabella - OUCH!

yorky - Sorry to hear your DS woke you up early . But please tell me what it is like to still have a child that naps at lunch?! Cant remember what it is like. Saying that if DS had a nap then he wouldnt go to bed 7.30 latest so pros and cons i guess.

ladybuzz - congrats on Jay Charles.

cricri - congrats on Elise Vivienne.

obs - Dont worry lovely you will get through this bad patch. You are a strong lady and will find a way.

mummynic - thoughts with you and really excited for you .

doctorswife - no pressure on definitely attending the party then! dont do anything you dont want it is your xmas too. i wouldnt go to be honest but thats me if in your shoes. I WOULD NEVER,EVER have anything to do with her again and if I did go i wouldnt be able to hold myself back and tell everyone what the bitch said then leave. WHY THE F**K do they need an occassion to see family shouldnt you do that anyway?!

phew deep breath .. only caught up to 3pm posts .

Sorry, xposting again like a big fool.

Coolkat, yay you! That is an ace birth story! Every time I hear someone's birth story I well up a bit, you ladies are responsible for some truly heroic mascara loss over here...

DW not that I know anything about "real" contractions that actually lead to a baby happening but from what I gather it is different for everyone - some people report really nasty pain, some people shrug and say it's just like period pains until the baby actually starts coming out. Personally, when I spent 10 hours contracting in the presence of Stepmum and DH the other night the pains got worse but I wasn't really aware of the other 2 peple in the room when it was happening so the loss of control wasn't really an issue. And I can't go for a poo when I know there's someone else waiting to go... But I haven't done active labour yet, just latent, so ignore me... I think a home birth will be lovely as well and kind of wish I was having one after the other night, it was v calm in the house and v familiar and warm and comforting being in my own surroundings, I just wished it had all carried on happening then!

Just thinking...any news from suiledonn?

did I miss anything from her when I was offline?

fab story, coolkat Rutho you sound so glam. I need to get a haircut. I may run away tomorrow and have one, leave DH to deal with mother.

Hey Pinky, you should have seen me earlier with the henna on - it does genuinely look like a cowpat applied to the head. And washing it out is also fun, kneeling in front of the bathtub (sideways on cos bump so huge now!) washing bits of plant matter and silt down the drain. But you do get ace lasting colour and shine, as they say, and if my bloody child hurries into the world with a little more alacrity I won't have a mousy centre parting with the odd silver bit in the photos...

Get the haircut, I only didn't have my last one cos I have had enough of people touching me for the moment*, I've gone a bit wounded animal over here.

*Apart from DH and his prostaglandins

Speaking of DH, DW I hope you don't mind but I told him what your SIL said and he asked if he can join the angry vigilante mob beating a path to her door. I love that man.

lacks - as nothing has happened or moved along for me from the bleed/show last night i may try the bath with too much lavender! Not trying sticking anything up my fanjo. Sorry DH! Also dont fancy the RLT.

NOTE TO SELF: By bed mats.

ceebee - GIRL ... dont mind what i get to be honest what i get and definitely wouldnt keep trying if i got another boy. On a good note though if I did have a girl it would save a lot of stress over naming as the girl's name is the only name we are both 100% on.

ALSO ceebee - you are planning on bottle feeding arent you? do you mind me asking what your plans are for after the birth (skin to skin, bf 1st feed etc)?

Vbab I am not 100% sure what I am going to do about skin-to-skin contact etc. I have to go for a pre-op appointment with MW 3 days before my cs (so a week on Monday) and they said to write down any questions I have about the op etc so I can get answers then. Feeding is one of the issues I need to speak to them about - I assume they are not going to have bottles in the theatre so I guess the first feed would have to wait until I was on the ward so I may do a bf first - but I didn't produce any milk last time and I haven't produced any yet this time round so am beginning to think I have 'faulty boobs'! You can still have the skin-to-skin contact aswell I assume - as long as you don't mind the baby rooting and maybe latching on?

This will all be too late for you though as I hope you have had your baby by then

my me, me, me post ... nothing before or after the surprise bleed maybe show at 10.30 last night (EDD).

All I have felt is more pressure and occasional tingling on the left side of my fanjo (had this for 3/4 days now but more feeling) and constantly feel like i need a s**t. Is this normal? Cant remember stuff like this with DS.

Just so miss being able to relax, sit and sleep when tired like when pregnant with DS rather than chasing/playing with and dealing with a very energetic, no naps, still slightly poorly and this AM very clingy (wondered if he had a 6th sense). feel like such a bad mummy. DS just kept saying "mummy cuddles" with his arms stretched, crying and wedging himself between me and the ironing board or which ever task I was doing (only 5 mins tasks that turn in 30 with DS).

on the odd occasion when i gave in and picked DS up the crying would stop instantly and he gripped tight. Actor OR justified behaviour?

Must have a lavender bath now in the hope it was what kicked things off for lacks.

Hi ladies,
Just wanted to jump in and say hello!

Congratulations to Ladybuzz and Cricri - lovely news
Love to Obs - Am full of admiration and think you're being very brave and strong with all you've had to cope with
Good luck to mummyNic for tomorrow
lacks and coolkat lovely birth stories
Rutho Sorry you're still waiting but I bet you're hair's fab!! Incidentally I also wondered why barbara and Tom never had kids - or Jerry and Margot for that matter.
HM2J Gah! Hope you feel better soon
DrsWife Sorry about horrible inlaws- not exactly what you need at the mo!
Vbab -Good luck with the bath

Just to say a bit fat nowt happening here so I'll pop off!

xx

I asked the MWs about first feeds if bottle feeding for both of you, vbab and ceebee.

they said that they encourage skin to skin regardless of feeding choice as it helps baby to normailse their temperaure and to pink up nicely (DS2 was pink within five minutes of being plonked on top of me). She siad it usually takes about an hour for the baby to show an interest in wanting food (which is about the right time for me on Saturday iirc). If you are in theatre, you will be either in post op recovery or back on the ward before that happened, but that as some babies show no interest in feeding there is no rush as they have enough reserves (if a healthy term infant) to keep them going for a day or two.

She also confirmed that they do not judge and respect the choice that each woman makes for her own baby