Due Nov 08 'Listen baby, I've crocheted you a lovely cardie... now don't make me come in there with that hook!'

[sparkletoes]

Lets see if these overdue babies get a move on!

Good luck Hana if your baby is born tomorrow it will share my mum's bday too!! And she's lovely.

aww goodluck hana i am now very very

my contractions are very on/off!
but when they are on they are sore, which would be ok if they would just keep on going and i could eventually go to the hospital but after an hour or so of the sore ones they stop!
then only come every 15-20mins (which is still too often for me to sleep)
i have been at this is WEDNESDAY!
god, now i totally know what rutho was going through!!!

am thinking of phoning hosp tmw if things dont pick up and plead for an induction due to my exhaustion! (so not a fan of induction but needs must!)

barbs that is frustrating about the suspected leak! i know by this stage you are looking for any positive sign of labour being near!

barb yes technically you're first, its Hana thats jumping the queue!!
What homepathic remedies did you take Hana, ive got a full helios kit here, i am prepared to ramp up my attempts some more. come on what did you take so i can catch up??

i just walked round tescos came home and have what isnt mucus plug but a sludgy brown bleughh...is that a show? i want my baby this weekend, preferably in the snow. I may even put xmas decs up and totally baffle the child for years to come with xmas style photos telling it it came on a rare white christmas!!!!

drswife thats what i got a few hours after my sweep, once all the pinky blood stuff was away.

Scuse the crash
OI LACK - thought this might be helpful re your unwanted items .

hana well call her and ask her what i should take!!!! ha ha ive got it all..shall i go back on calluphylum?

choc are you still contracting? i know you started up, are you still niggling?

my midwife just text me : "i guarantee you labour tonight as ive eaten a curry and totally stink of garlic and so i apologise if i breathe it on you later"

i sent one back saying i have brown bloody gunge pants, see you later then!

ohhhhhhhh fingers crossed.

yes fingers crossed drswife
yep im still contracting but only every 30mins or so now!
so bloody annoying, this afternoon was getting them every 4mins!!!

phoned hosp and they said it was maybe "practice ones", great!

they werent interested that i was 3-4cm dilated yest so with all these contractions must surely be more than that now!

Poor DH is most confused by the whole thing, he thought it would be textbook stuff, a show, waters, contractions, baby!!!

hana it would have been my mums birthday tomorrow too. She was lovely too

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT twinkle183* has had her baby.She says sorry for pushing in but she had Jack Thomas at 10.14 this morning. Started labouring at 8.30am so really quick labour with just gas and air. he weighs 8lb 4oz. they are home already so she'll update with a birth story asap.

congrats text buddy welcoming little jack to the world...xxxx

Congratulations to Twinkle too

aww WOW what another fast birth!
well done to twinkle and welcome baby Jack

geez drswife so just me, you, reluctant, hana and barbs left???

and ive got bugger all going on. not a twinge....i just know im gonna be last i just know it... with a due date smack bang in middle of month 14th and i'll be last one here.

just had a photo..he is lovely, think i got spelling wrong though Jack Tomas.

my due date was the 14th, didnt think i'd be one of the last either!

it just goes to show tho, you dont need much going on for it to happen quickly, look at yorky and now twinkle! PMA! HA! who am i trying to kid!

drswife DO NOT READ THE DUE DEC 08 THREAD!!
it is depressing!!!
they are all having their babies too!!!!!

evening all...looks like we are gearing up for a few more weekend babies. They do love the weekends, don't they?

Good Luck Hana and Drs Wife. I hope this is the start of it for you.

chocolate, hopefully you'll wake up in labour tomorrow morning. Try taking some paracetomol and see if you can get some rest.

Congratulations to Twinkle and welcome Jack Tomas . lol at her apologising for queue jumping though

sorry you were disappointed at the lack of leaky waters barbs; it'll happen soon for you I hope.

good to hear from you toolly and hope your baby doesn't leave it too long to put in an appearance.

Yey - another baby, welcome Jack Tomas, can't wait to hear about it
Good luck to all those still waiting and niggling, you have my full sympathy for the impatience

Hoooooraaaay for Twinkle Congratulations and welcome baby Jack Tomas - love that name
Lacks Thanks for the tena

congratulations to twinkle on the speedy arrival of Jack Tomas!

Just waiting for the stragglers now, then? COme on babies- the weekend is here- we know how much you like weekend birthdays!

I'm a bit worried now. Have just been reading a thread about inductions and there were some scary stories. I'm starting to feel unprepared for this. I think today proved my body is not geared up to give birth. Is it wise to force it to do something it is not ready to do??
The thought I might hurt my little boy by making the wrong decision terrifies me.

Having said that I will go tomorrow but ask a bunch of questions. If I'm not happy with the answers I don't have to stay do I?

gah. What questions could I ask?

barbs lots of people do have very successful births by induction. My friend had both her DCs that way.
But I guess any intervention increases the chances of assisted delivery, so you may need to be prepared for that.

I would imagine ask the usual questions- re monitoring, mobility, time frames etc.

I'm sure someone who has experience of this can advise/reassure, but don't go scaring yourself with horror stories- I'm sure there are lots on mnet for everry 'style' of childbirth.

Plus, a lot can change in 3-4 days!

Congratularions Twinkle

Good luck hanaflower, sounds very promising!!!