Due Dec 08 - Christmas inductions ... The Holly and The I.V.

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Here I have done it!!!!!

Just need more babies now!!!!!

katie don't thinbk officially we can take aspirin, no.

Beans I love the perineal massage poem. A regular Pam Ayres you are!! Have you tried doing it - with one leg up on the chair and reaching from behind? Thanks how I have been told to - haven't tried it yet as for some reason it's something I never wanted to do - but my hypnobirthing teacher is adamanant it WILL stop me tearing this time...

Must have a look at bisou's video

emma good to hear from you! When do you start ML?

Just had the funniest text from ladyT describing herself as "off her t*ts on morphine" and having a very strange day as a result. Bet she is coming out with some real classics to her DP! But she is happier as clearly pain relief is no longer an issue .

I am still feeling odd. Lots of lower back pain (and baby is OP which I really must try and sort out). Have had more diarrhoea (sorry) and have really hot cheeks (is that a sign of imminent labour??? ). But loads of us are having these symptoms. How knows. Even on no.3 I am none the wiser!

traceface sorry you got old woman's fustiness rather than the bus fumes you craved (you loon .

Will have a bath and listen to my hypnotherapy CD tonight and relax!

Jeez - if really bad typing were a sign of labour I would defo be off now! Sorry!

I love the poem Beans very good.

I asked DH if he would be willing to do the perinneal massage and... well he got quite excited. I don't think he would last the distance without wanting something in return for the massage. As far as he is concerned it's foreplay.

I am loving all my new Ikea cushions tried them all out for birth positions and DH gave me a lower back massage to boot. felt so good. But also shifted the crampy pain i was having.....turned out it was some serious wind.

Love the poem Beans!

Glad I'm not the only one with funny aches and pains..have been sitting with back next to lukewarm radiator trying to ease the backpain..

Dh just back and has had a look at my back and said all the muscles are very tight from my back being arched forward to support the bump - the wonders of an in-house physio! So it could be muscle strain rather than anything laboury..

He has taken DDs off for bath-time, I think all three of them want to be out of my way..have gone incredibly tearful and ratty..could quite happily deck someone!

Bisou I think the baby is facing my back..is that the opposite of posterior? I'm hoping its not contractions - I'm not ready!

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Cat - think it's almond oil but if you do a search under either childbirth or pg it should throw up some answers - much discussed on here.

Yummy just had my sausage and chips. But the curry sauce was really really hot. I reckon they put extra curry powder in when they saw me coming. My tongue hurts now.

Cobgratulations Amy

And thank you to my Secret Stork: some gorgeous baby socks and a Useful Book arrived today. I've been fretting about not having enough warm clothes for the baby, so the rainbow socks are perfect and I have something to read once I start ML

Having a grumpy day today, prob did too much and am v tired and achy as a result. DS still coughing and not sleeping (bah) and I got my test results back and I do have group B strep after all. Double bah. DH is being all optimistic and pointing out that it now means more ways the hospital can c* up (he is also in a cheery mood). Off to eat some chocolate (and do the washing up, and cook DS food for tomorrow, and tidy up). I do have tomorrow off tho and am planning to stay in bed for a good bit of it .

Hugs to everyone else feeling poorly and fretty, and helloooo to GBB

oooh I fancy a chippy tea now! maybe tomorrow!
Is anyone else getting the 'have you had it yet?' calls/texts? I want to scream - "NO I HAVEN'T....I PROMISE I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I HAVE!!!"
dd is at my parents' now and dh is out at a work thing, so I'm all alone, surrounded by 'me-time' and don't know what to do with it! Have just re-checked my hospital bag as it seems so long since I packed it I'd forgotten what was in there! Now it's trashy novel v. crappy TV...

perineal massage: almond oil I think. You can also use olive oil IIRC.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Wedding ring is off. I just thought I'd have another go and it has come off. I hate not having it on but I'd rather it and my finger stayed in one piece!!

well done!!!! better a naked finger than one with no blood supply! Funny how it makes you feel unmarried though isn't it?!!!

Kayz: I've put mine on my little finger, where thanks to swollen hands it stays on but is still loose enough to remove if necessary

An update for you all from Pixsix (she says she's happy for me to post this!)

Hi all,

Firstly, Congratulations Verso!

Secondly, just wanted to fill you in on where I've been.

After a very fast but quite easy labour and birth with a couple of complications (gory detais later) my lovely boy developed breathing difficulties. He was taken to intensive care where he stayed until last night when he was moved to special care. About an hour ago he finally arrived on the post natal ward with me.

It has been a really difficult and emotional time of course and now I am sitting looking at him and wondering how I can possibly care for him on my own without all the nurses, doctors and machines. I now need to establish bf-ing with him which I am not at all confident about although I know I have plenty of milk as I have been experessing for him to be tube fed. I don't know when we will be going home yet.

Lots of love to you all and I'm sorry, I haven't read the thread since I posted about the birth so I don't know anyone's news.

Pixsix

I might see if it will fit on my little finger. I hope it does. I do feel a bit naked without it on. If not I will wear it on a necklace.

Bless Pixsix. She sounds like she has had a bit of a scary time. She cope brilliantly I'm sure of it.

Well done Kayz! That's a relief.

Congratulations Amy, hope all is going well.

I'm a bit wobbly today. I went for my pre op assessment, and did the consent form etc. I knew all the risks from last time but having them repeated is very scary. Plus as I am a third timer (and old ) I get a consultant or a senior reg all the way as I am such a risk. I have felt quite blase about it all til now but am actually quite frightened. Having said that, there is no other way for him to come out as the downstairs route is undergoing essential maintenance but it doesn't make it easier. I may have to have a small sherry to steady my nerves. Two positives though - there is a CD player and an Ipod dock in theatre so i'll have some lovely music for company and Tommy's is so full ATM they are keeping women on the labour ward post delivery so it's your own room and a view of the houses of parliament.

Sorry for me me me. Hope all are well. Beans, your poem was BRILLIANT.

Poor pixsix what a stressful time. effie please pass on that we're thinking about her and her little boy and hope they are home soon.

More babies! Wecome young Robbie.

kayz Glad you managed to get your ring off in the end. I want chips now too .

Glad ladyT has her pain sorted out. I was once on morphine after an op and came out with all sorts of nonsense. I told my DH that Elton John and George Michael were coming to see me .

mibbes Glad it is not just my DH that is deluded. How are miblet's hiccups? Jollycub is hiccuping at least twice a day. It feels very odd sometimes.

Great poem beans! I think Pam would approve. I can't remember who said they might try reaching with a spoon, but it made me laugh a lot!

GBB I'm not surprised you are struggling to walk. I'm suffering with just one.

We're a right lot with all these aches and pains. It is good to know that you ladies are having similar aches pains and possible braxton hics though. It reassures me that it is all normal.

-Pixsix - if you are online at any stage - thinking of you and your little boy! Hope all resolves soon on breathing and feeding but you sound like you are doing an amazing job! (Thanks for posting effie for a second I got a shock and thought you'd popped out a baby during the afternoon )

oooh Chutney it's exciting but nervewracking for you. It's the 10th, right. Not before? Everyone raves about those views at Tommys!! I am v jealous. At John and Lizzies we look out on the car park and so on!

Kayz your fish and chips sound yum. I am having (reheated) moussaka and chips! With some sugar snaps to try and add a bit of healthiness.

Hatty I am very jealous of your in-house private physio!!!

Bugger, one of my oldest friends has just textedmeherbirth announcement, and they've called their son the name that's number one on our list. If I have a boy do you think I can still use it, or is that definitely not the 'done thing' since she produced first?

Kayz, since I took my rings off a few weeks ago I have noticed alot of people/ strangers glancing at my left hand when they see my bump. Even the midwife assumed I was on my own. People's attitudes can be very strange at times.

Katie: I'd ask her (poss not right away!). Would depend on how often you saw them I suppose. A friend at work was a bit when her sister announced they wanted to use their DS1's name (luckily they changed their minds). You could always suggest different shortenings/nicknames. This name thing is a minefield!

Turnip: lol at me casually pushing out a 35 weeker in an afternoon then home to MN

I had the same with DS Katie. At DH's grandmas funeral, someone she knew who was catholic had a go at us at the wake. It was so embarassing and really horrible for DH as he was very close to his gran.
He really struggled that day as she promised she'd wait for DS to arrive and she didn't make it. But she wouldn't let us tell her that we knew we were having a boy.

One thing that annoyed me was that the MW had to write 'planned pregnancy' on my notes. We both went to the first appointment with DS. She said they have been asked to ask everyone under the age of 25 as the govt want to know how many unplanned pregnancies there are every year.

Hooray kayz well done. What a relief i wear my wedding & Engagement rings either on a necklace or on my pinky. Although lately i keep forgetting. DS got me a lovely bracelet when he was back home so i don't feel totally nudey.

Katie, I would use the name myself, as I don't think you get any kind of moral copyright when you name a child if you get there first, but it's a very sore subject for lots of people. I would hold off for family as they might have the same surname as well, but I don't think I would for friends. Lots of people do though, so perhaps I am just hugely thoughtless. I think it's quite flattering actually.

Turnip, it's this Monday - the 1st. Planned CS are usually a week early but mine is ten days as I have childcare ishoos which are much easier on a Monday and 2 extra days early won't make any difference. Any more niggles your end?

Meant to say earlier, hello GBB, you are doing fantastically with your 2. I am moaning for britain with just one, so you are a total star for being so restrained when you must be jolly uncomfortable. Have you decided on VB or CS? And hello everyone else, hope you are all well.

That's a tricky one katie. You could always text back to say "What a lovely name it was first on our list - great minds think alike" and see what she says?! Like effie says it depends a bit on if you see her a lot or just exchange Christmas cards.

Had you discussed names with her?

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