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

[sparkletoes]

on behalf of oor Daisy..

Rutho I can match your anger ... DH work means that every year he gets 40 days off in a block and it is in 1 of 3 blocks done in rotation. This year it is from tomorrow.Basically the council over here have decided that this is silly and that boats are not to have 40 days out of the water and everybody should carry in working. ( So stuff the general care -mechanical work for approx 70 boats ) We have an employee who has booked his holidays during this time so if this stupid new law goes ahead then it means that I will be alone for 3 weeks - Grandma will manage about 3 days of helping before she returns home. Am spitting .
also seem to be loosing cupfulls of water - keep having huge urges to pee so am flapping as don't know if it is it/hindwater/ baby pressing hard on bladder ddd 1 napping and so if go to hosp will have to go alone .....In fact have posted an advice request !!!!!!!!!

Hello all!
love your text Saurus! almost makes me wish I was getting 'any news' texts!

We are going to Cosford, between Telford and Wolverhampton. Anyone know the area? Worried about DS accent!

Sick of heartburn but baby is not coming before Friday! After that I will be falling out of bed on a surf wave of EPO and the bath will be a health and safety hazard of clary sage oil!

Does anyone actually drink RLT for pleasure?

MW in half hour, at least I found my notes when I was looking for cheque book to pay DS nursery!

Hospital is still full!!! They haven't started on the urgent inductions yet, I'm number 4 on the list - high priority!!!

Good job cyril is comfortable - ish!!

I've got to ring back at 4pm, if there's no space I'll be going anyway for blood pressure checks and for cyril to be monitored again - it's good to know that they haven't lost sight of why I'm a priority case. Poor cyril, whilst not in immediate danger, is not happy in there and needs to get out!!!!

Sorry it's all me, me, me. I'm going to have a nap before the emotional trauma that it driving into Portsmouth at the start of rush hour.....

Afternoon ladies, a quick update.

MW just left after delivering my homebirth kit and giving me a check up.

Babe is fully engaged and if i haven't had him by next tuesday she is going to give me a sweep so by the end of next week i should have my little lad in my arms.

oh by the way spd has totally gone, apparently due to him being fully engaged.

Afternoon all just posted a mega long post on the post natal thread and now have come along to check how my lovely ladies who are still waiting are faring....Can't believe the MIL stories, I have to say, I love the picture of monkeymargots on her facebook photos - that really is the epitomy of the old skool mother in law jokes!!

So, who is going to be next eh??! We must have a fireworks baby on the way.......Rutho perhaps a rocket up your ass may shift your LO, who I think is going have you running ragged (in a nice way of course) MY DS1 was very much like this at this stage of the game, all stop/start, am I in labour/aren't I in labour and has kept me on my toes ever since!!!!!!! I love the fact you have kept your sense of humour intact though and really think you should seek out a publisher for your pregnancy diary - you could make a mint!!!

Well my little Tiger Lemonade (also keeping her MN bump name) is stirring, so I am off to get my7 melons out for about the 10th time this day!! Have fun at fireworks

DM xxxxx

Back from MW
My blood is fine, still there and still working, but GBS swab was +ve so I need to sign a disclaimer to continue with HB plan. Home visit on Friday (must hoover!) then sit patiently for a fortnight till next appt! Plan not to be pg in a fortnight! Head is starting to descend now, and BP a little bit up, but thats probably more to do with DH and move than baby.

Dr's Wife your SIL sounds even worse than your MIL. You poor petal, stuck living round the corner from her too. I am literally speechless at the post-it note requesting cash ASAP.
God I love MN for having a good old WHINGE....most cathartic.
Dozy hope the feeding is going well with gorgeous TigerL...hope to be joining the post-natal thread soon!
rutho sympathies, sympathies - I don't know how you are coping with constant pain. Your SOH will see you through! Bummer about your DH and his xmas leave - is there any way he can simply refuse? On the basis his DW might throw him out on the street??
LadyB welcome home! Just checked out photos of baby Jay on FB - what a cutie! Well done you!
I've been cleaning all day - could be nesting thingy finally kicking in, am really hoping baby arrives by the weekend. I do feel much more achey "down there", and not due to RLT (can't be doing with that anymore).
Forgot to add yesterday, that when my MW came for home visit they brought my "homebirth kit". Ah - how I laughed!
The contents of which look like the leftovers of a Blue Peter show. Seriously - all that's in there are a few cardboard kidney bowls (will they be removing some of my vital organs??) and some towels. When I enquired about the delivery of Gas and Air, she replied that "We will go to the hospital to get it if you really, really think you need it". Yeah right - so basically all I'm going to have for pain relief is hot water bottles, TENS machine and punching my husband in the head. Am I mad?

MM - the midwives had it in the car last time, but didn't have time to get it out, she only got there 45 mins before DS!

Blimey yorky - talk about cutting it fine...! My MH kept cracking jokes of a similar vein, about getting here on time. I think it made my DH slightly nervous. So you did the whole thing without even G+A? You are a superwoman!

TENS, and as you say beating DH around the head is very good for stress relief!
But the emotional boost when you've been dreading the MW arriving and saying "4cm keep going", and she says "you're 10cm, in the pool you go" was fantastic!

Wow yorky. That is amazing. And does give me confidence that it is possible.

Yes Monkey's MIL picture is an absolute classic!

Yay for Tegan! Fingers crossed this is it...

Sorry about the DH hols situ Ruthy and Rosa. That is awful esp as you were expecting it to be different. Really hope something can be worked out for you.. Ceebs suggestion sounds worth trying if you think you can cope?? I'll shut up now.

Didn't get a sleep this pm as DH took me out for lunch but it was revolting/stodgy yuck and it gave me heartburn from hell! Still, I have had relaxing DS-free day so looking forward to him running in the door soon! (please god let him have slept this pm!!)

I really love all the MN bump names! Sorry I never made one up now..

Any babies born tomorrow will share their birthday with my DH! (reminds me to go write his card now...!)

Hi all, just got up after mammoth nap - maybe I'll just get my sleep in bits during day and night from now on, it'll be good practice for when Saurus Jr actually arrives!

Hey Rosa, thanks for empathy and OMG, are your waters like actually breaking and stuff? Could you actually be having the baby? Eek, so excited for you if you are!

Tegan, fingers crossed for your sweep. It's all getting so exciting! More caffeine over here...

Dozy you are such a nice lady, it's really great to hear you being so cheery (or are you still high on the drugs, missus?).

Sparkle my bump just gets called {and I'm not proid of this} Little Fatty at home. The most exciting thing it gets called on here is Baby Saurus, ooh, original..

MM your pain relief will involve inflicting it on DH, natch... I am always worried about those cardboard kidney bowls at the hosp, they look v absorbent rather than a good container for, erm, catching things in. OR you could bite your midwife until she goes and gets the G&A, the silly cow. Okay, here is the long and crappy story of the Xmas leave (get comfy for this one, it goes on for ages).

Okay, it turns out it all was a pissing contest between DH, his manager and the other office manager. DH cancelled the hols HIMSELF in a fit of pique (FFS) and then told me. But he didn't tell me that til he got home, oh no... I went to bed earlier in proper screaming, snot-gulping hysterics - had to calm down as I was scared I was going to do something to myself or put bump at risk - convinced that our first Xmas as a family together was ruined... If nothing else, kid will be a massive drama queen, judging by both parents' behaviour today... Before I went to bed I sent DH a photo of bump with maudlin little message "Don't worry, Daddy, we'll have a great Xmas anyway". Which is apparently what made DH buck up and stop being a dick and get his hols back.

The reason I got so upset about this isn't the baby - it's not going to give a crap about where it spends Xmas, is it - but my stepmum, who has been just brilliant and is having us over for Xmas. She lives alone and has NEVER had Xmas at her place, and is so chuffed at the thought of us spending it with her in her house she has almost bought the turkey already. I just kept imagining telling her it wasn't going to happen...

Today has not been a day to be proud of in the annals of Chez Saurus... No wonder the poor baby isn't coming out, it must be terrified.

On the bright side I am now in incredible amounts of abdominal pain, which is either the baby on its way or I pulled a muscle crying. I am now so bored of this whole prodromal labour thing I don't much care which it is!

C'n I have a sparlkler too, want to brand DH on the bottom with the words "massive drama hussy"

Gloves, be damned, I'm going to make him eat it - backwards! Oh, for me? Okay, yes, safety first.

Still getting abdo pain, intermittently. Gosh I do love these contractions. I expect I shall now give birth at the bonfire in a state of massive denial.

Ooh Hana can Sparkles get a Sparkler too please! I have gloves and a bucket of water so no one touches a spent but still hot one (am risk mgr after all!).

Monkey would also recommend you have something ready for pain relief just in case...

Oh Ruthy what can I say lovie? Silly DH, hugs to you.

Just checking in to see if rutho is still contracting- hope you are getting some sleep chick.

Love all the inlaw stories- makes me feel more normal about my bizarre family. But really, much sympathy.

mummynic hope you get some joy from the hospital soon.

Sparkles, and in fact everyone I am currrently playing, sorry about crapness at Scrabble. I am pretty rubbish anyway but I am finding it seriously mentally taxing at the moment! Please feel free to kick my ass!

hana its 144/97 apparently they get twitchy if its anything over 95. Anything over 100 and i wouldnt be allowed to stay at home for homebirth and so 97 and i got carted off. midwife is coming to check it again tomorrow..

however i just had a massive emotional meltdown at DH. He is going to look at a new contract tomorrow 1.5 hours away. he's driving everyone for an hours meeting (4 people inc biz partner) i just exploded asking why his biz partner cant go alone as DH wont be around soon anyway and what if i need him, he has 4 people in the car all of whom could potentially be mid-meeting. i dont mind him being that far away but i think he's a moron to be the person everyone is relying on. And i dont understand why biz partner cant deal as he'd have to go alone if the baby comes today anyway! so i yelled and cried and i bet blood pressure is rocketing...
rutho maybe a big hissy fit at my Dh will spur on contractions here too..glad you got things sorted for xmas xxxx

Evening all. Feeling a little more emotionally stable than I was earlier. It has been a really weird kind of day for me. After another run of "false" labour yesterday and then having a sleepless night for one reason or another, my body and baby have had a quiet, peaceful day (wish I could share it with you Rutho). Don't get me wrong, the baby is still moving, but he was really rocking out last night and early this morning, lol! I then had the urge to sweep & mop the floors downstairs and then ironed as many of dh's work shirts as I could find so I won't have to do any for a while when he goes back to work. I have also lost a ton of mucous plug today, but still no blood or pink tinging.

Does any of this sound promising to anyone? I have heard that baby may go quiet right before labour kicks off, like having a big sleep for the labour ahead. Seems strange that after all the on/off contractions that I have had the last few days that today, I have had hardly any. Maybe I will go to bed tonight and wake during the night to find I am in labour. Ohhhh, that actually sounds like bliss right now. Plus, I gave birth to ds1 at 41+1, which I will be after midnight. Mind you, there is still time for a little sparkler of my own

Evening

HM2J those sound like positive signs to me so fingers crossed that baby decides he wants to be a 'bonfire' baby!!

Mummynic what a crap day you have had - hopefully you won't be reading this and you will be safely in the hospital where you should have been this morning!!

Ladybuzz welcome home - will go and check out the photos of FB in a mo. Just read your birth story but really think that perhaps I shouldn't have as am now worried! Did you suffer any pain before to make you think things weren't quite right?

Misdee love the cardigan - has it worked?

Hi to everyone else

Had a very restful day today - ending up with DH doing a firework display in the garden - DS lasted one firework then got scared so went inside to watch Fireman Sam Dh enjoyed himself though!!

heartmum, virgil was very quiet the evening before and morning of my labour. I hope this is it for you

rutho, get some rest lovely, you might need it very soon

hope everyone else is doing OK

hana, thanks for the advice on the floradix!

ooh, just had a look and it isn't gluten free . It has wheatgerm in and I am back on a strict GF diet as my slackness has probably contributed in the low iron in the first place

Oh I forgot to say that my ladybits seem to be suffering the same fate as Daisys - everytime I go to the loo, there are always a few short little hairs on the loo paper weird!!