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

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on behalf of oor Daisy..

Dw Hope the sweep sets you off Will be around later if anything kicks off!
Choc I'm getting lots of texts and emails from people saying "Any news?" "Oh yes, I just forgot to tell you!" DH even got a text from one of his friends yesterday asking exactly that and he texted back "No". Think the guy got the hint... I'm sure people mean well but they just don't understand how frustrating it is!
Off to the hospital for monitoring in a moment. My homeopath said it isn't time for me to take the caullophyllum yet . She's going to ring back tonight to tell me if I can start taking it then. In the meantime I'm taking the remedy for anxiety in labour which she said I needed Don't feel particularly anxious but will try anything at this stage.
Rutho Sorry to hear you're still feeling so rubbish and really hope something starts happening soon. I agree that you should call the mw/hospital if the pain becomes unbearable - it is their job after all and what you're having to put up with sounds awful so there must be something they can do.

DW go to the loo! Are you also scared there won't be anything? I know after I had a sweep on Friday I was knicker-checking every time I went...

Gosh, I wish the walls in my house were padded so I could bounce off them properly...

Oh Saurus, thinking of padded wall paper, you should have seen DS when we blew up the birthing pool - his own private padded trampoline playpen! Don't think he remembers it at all!

Well, that killed the conversation...

Cricri, you too, huh? I actually called all the paresnts yesterday and told them to stops calling and we would tell them when we got some news. Are you overdue now? Not that that matters really, it's not about numbers at this stage, is it?

Saw another pg friend of mine last night, she has carpal tunnel syndrome so bad she can only just about take herself to the loo and is terrified that she will start needing her DH to help her. And she is only 35 weeks. We had a good 3-hour whinge and chocolate biscuit session!

Yorky, sorry for x-post. LOVE the birthing pool! Is there a chance you can hang onto the pool for a bit so your DS can have a paddle in it - after its cleaned up a bit, natch?

Also loved the "4 nights of false labour" thing, which actually cheered me up - either it'll be over soon or eventually I get to have THE labour horror story that other mums refer to with bated breath ("she was in false labour for 3 weeks and all her hair fell out with lack of sleep").

I am hoping all this practice means the baby will pretty much just fall out of my fanjo with minimum effort...

I was on the phone to two different homepaths argghh conflicting bloody information...midwife wants me to take it every 15 mins, helios say 1 a day and ainsworths say one every hour for 4 hours, im gonna do that. 4 doses should tell me if its gonna work.

okay went to the loo, nothing there, EPO making my bits smell like chicken fat, nearly puked at the yucky fatty smell. ive had texts from 5 different people saying is the baby here yet? im not due til the 14th and what do these people think im gonna say? yes its been here a week and i chose not to tell you all or yes im in labour leave me alone! are people stupid?????

DW I'm with you, hon. Just spend an hour doing a call round to the most annoying/persistent/closely related ones and then ignore all texts etc from anyone else. My insane StepMIL is recovering from a leg op and is also a bit housebound. She has offered to come and sit with me but I damn well know that this would mean me fetching cups of for her and I am damn well NOT going into labour in front of her. My own stepmum (who was a total star this weekend) and DH are one thing, StepMIL quite another.

Oh, and gaffa-tape your MIL to the wall. Just for fun.

Tell them all to f?$ off DW*!

So what homeopathic remedy are you taking??

callophylum..had one, got braxton hicks.. not meant to eat etc as you can antidote it but ive had to make a sandwich.

oh the people are just so annoying.. my brother sent me one word text "Baby?" arghhhh no, no baby you moron, as the uncle dont you think i'd have told you!!

my MIL wants to know if the baby can drown in the birthpool!!!??? and has specifically told US that we have to resolve feud with SIL before my baby comes after she told us our marriage was a sham and that me and the baby would die!!!! oh god its gonna get worse with a baby in the mix i just know it...

People are VERY annoying DW - perhaps we can hibernate till baby arrives??

So is it an oral medicine or a down there one?

its oral choc, tiniest pill you ever did see, i have the evening primrose put on to cervix itself but that smells gross. right, took the tablet an hour ago and nothing happening, on to the next one..

ok - i might get dressed and leave the house to find some!

Choco & Rutho, you have my total and utter sympathy. I has a wonderful full 24 hours of false/pre-labour from Saturday night through to when I went to bed last night. Thankfully, being my 3rd baby, I was not daft enough to tell anyone I was having twinges/contractions/BH's (whaever the * you want to call them!) However, the phone keeps ringing, driving us all mad. I even got ds1 to answer it yesterday and the first words out of his mouth apart from hello were, No, she hasn't had the baby yet! How on earth do people think they are being helpful by constantly calling me up, asking the stupidest questions and reminding me that my body is just NOT doing what is supposed to be doinhg right now. I want to be left the f** ALONE!!!

I am actually going to look into changing the message on the answering machine (not sure if it is possible with sky phone package) to something like: If you are calling to see how I am, I am fine but NO we haven't had the baby yet. We WILL call you as soon as we can after things settle down. Thank you for calling."

Hmmm, seems I may be a touch moodier than I thought today, lol! I am also a little apprehensive about my midwife appt today (40+5), in just under an hour. I am a little worried/scared of the sweep, never having had one before. I am hoping it doesn't affect my BP. I am just worried that I am going to be told I am not favourable at all and they won't be able to do the sweep. That would depress me more than anything as I would then know that all the false/pre-labour wouls have done nothing.

Opps, seems my posts are all me, me, me as well!

Choc, got mine from midwife who ordered on the net. i couldnt find it in normal holland and barratt type stores. its homepathic rather than herbal supplement. look up helios kit.

heartmum, hope your sweep goes better than mine, what she managed to do felt no worse than a smear but she couldnt actually get to the membranes so be interested to hear how you get on

Aghh - so much stress with families!
Rutho feel for you petal - it must be sooo frustrating for you. Hope the real deal starts happening before too long.
Doctorswife If only you could channel your anger down the phone line and staple your MIL's gob shut.....grrr....so angry for you. Good luck with the callophylum....!
My mum keeps phoning several times a day and it's getting on my t*ts now TBH. When I tell her to stop, she then gets my siblings to call me instead. I know they mean well.....
Unlike my MIL - now here's a GREAT story. My mum very kindly invited MIL for xmas (she has done this the past 3 years, and MIL stays for 5 days, doesn't lift a finger and treats it like a mini-break).
Well, DH has stopped speaking to MIL because of how horrible she has been about the PG and forthcoming baby. And we have heard via DH's sis that MIL has decided she WON'T be coming for xmas because:-

1. The focus will all be on the baby {WTF!!)
2. We will probably put baby outside her room (err...?) so she won't get any sleep.
3. The guest bed isn't very comfortable.
4. My family all go down the pub and she doesn't enjoy it. (some of us went for one drink last year - she didn't have to come the miserable B*tch).
5. She has to traipse all across London to catch a train to get there. (She has a car but won't drive there).

I am so mad, I want to tell her to F*ck off and don't come. But I know that in the end, she blardy well will come. Grr. Rant over. Soz.

Just want to send one huge HUG to you all - Think you need it - wish I could wave magic wand to make babies appear , families / friends to stop making silly comments and expectant mums to be able to rest at night ( or during the day). May all DP/ DH be supportive and loving ( at all times).
Compared to most of you I am having an ok day !
Hope things get better x

MM arghhh your MIl sounds like a mentalist too. Mine just turns up unannounced on fridays with Dh's niece (who is a little sod, i hate to say that about 18 mnth old) child throws herself on my floor and screams the house down whilst MIl drinks tea and smiles at me over it! She always says how she wasnt sure i'd answer the door as know im under the weather or could be in labour and i think so why dont you ring, or leave screaming child behind????

I pity your xmas if your MIL does come. im dreading the backlash from my SIL already, im a selfish bitch to risk my childs life in a homebirth and we'll all die. and im meant to call her asap!

Families! Its amazing how they are never nice and simple - most of ours are nice but certainly not simple! Sending hugs to DW and Monkey and the strength to deal with them!

Just uploaded a 40+1 bump photo from yesterday - grr, wish I hadn't made it that far!

ahhhh choc, love the bump. i darent upload mine, its hideous.

you can see from the photos mine has been covered up now DW!

yes i think i may need to take covered ones now but i like to see the comparison week on week with the naked skin. it makes my mum feel sick to see naked bump!

nearly time for 3rd tablet, nothing happening except baby seems to be pushing against my cervix more. feels like sharp shooting pains in my cervix but baby is moving loads. def not what id consider contractions of any sort. def think my tiddlypeep is not ready to come out!

Just had to chuck DH off his computer to post - will catch up on the thread later.

Baby news Autumnlady has just texted me - James Michael Alan was born at 1.21pm today weighing 6lb 5oz - both well and he is 'gorgeous'

MM, hugs to you, sweetie. Can you not actually tell her to fuck off and get it over with? DW, like I said, gaffa tape... Choc, jealous cos some of my family are simple but not nice.

Is anyone else getting that "can't do anthing or think straight" weird laboury hormonal feeling with the contractions? I haven't been having that so far today but I am now and am having to type this with 1 finger as more than that is confusing. I think it's my brain doing that primal shut-down thing again, but it is so weird!

DW I think baby pusjing against your cervix is ALSO supposed to happen a mate of mine says long "warm-up labour" is supposed to make real labour shorter and easier. Anyone? Please only say nice things or I may cry again and that wouls mkae it 4 tiumes tidat. Scuse typos mental contraction ow

Choc you have a lovely bump but tbh Im still in awe of your nursery...

Hooray for Autumnlady and her baby James!!!
Great news!!
Choc your bump still looks lovely and neat! And ditto rutho, your nursery is gorgeous. Don't know about anyone else, but our's has become the dumping ground for loads of other bits (e.g. carseat) for the time being.
Thanks for support on MIL. Would LOVE to tell her to just F8ck off. Nothing would give me greater pleasure. She is a miserable witch.
On happier subjects, did anyone catch last night's Royle Family, which showed the christening of Baby David? so funneeeeee......!
I've still got loads of plasma coming out my lasy bits. It's gross, but also quite comforting that maybe something is happening up there....