Oh my god, how much has this thread moved in 24 hours?! Ok, will try to catch up ? hope everyone is well today?
Congratulations to JJ, and great to hear from chutney and see the picture of her handsome young man
LadyT/JJ/lal ? thanks for your birth stories ? all so different and so interesting to read (from the point of view of someone who is yet to go there), thank you all for sharing them. And ladyt - I was really interested to hear your MW theory of 4 hours playtime/sleeping at day/nighttime ? will try to remember that one.
And mibbes might have a baby by now, if the contractions carried on. Hope it went well mibbes! Jam ? our tree is outside for a bit too, never heard the full fat coke theory, I was just going to give it water, but do trees like coke more?
Turnip ? sorry to hear you are GBS +ve, but it?s good you should still be able to have the baby at the birth unit.
Verso ? sorry to hear your little girl needed to go back into hospital, but it sounds like she?s responding quickly to the treatment, which is great.
Trace ? to share this, but I?m trumpy and burpy at the moment (and loud trumps too, no silent ones for me at the mo!)
Kayz ? isn?t the unit at Malton closed between 5pm and 9am anyway? At my booking in appointment I had to sign a form saying I understood that the local MLU (in my case Brid) is only open between 9 and 5, and if you went into labour outside those hours you have to call Scarborough and probably go there anyway? Something about some women almost giving birth on the doorstep at 3am cause the doors were locked and no MWs were there (although I think this was exaggerated to make their point). I hope this hasn?t scared you (sorry, it probably has) and I also hope I?m wrong ? it was 24 weeks ago when I booked in, so could easily have mis-remembered it.
Is it just me, but whenever friends of mine approach/pass their EDD I?m too scared to get in touch in case they?re in the middle of a big contraction or something, but then worry they think I don?t care if I don?t get in touch. Think I will turn my phone off as my EDD approaches to avoid all the silly questions, they will drive me bonkers
Last night we went on a hospital tour, which suddenly made it all seem very real! But useful to know where the labour ward is (signs absolutely hopeless and we were wandering around for ages, so glad I don?t have to do that with contractions!) Afterwards we got fish and chips and ate them in the car, overlooking Scarborough beach - in the dark , but we could hear the waves! And I agree with you trace ? it was a good opportunity to have a good chat with DH about lots of stuff to come our way.
And we had a sprinkling of snow this morning too, not much but enough to freeze this afternoon when the temperature dropped - which made me very nervous on the road, so I didn?t go to aquanatal tonight. I?m hoping it melts soon. Hatty ? a workmate of mine?s husband is a dr at Northallerton hospital, I don?t know he's what a dr of, but she?s lovely so I?m sure all the other staff there are too!
I had a good day today with a friend and her 2 yr old son and 3 mth old daughter, and she gave me some good advice on my worrying about whether I?ll be a good Mum ? so I thought I?d share. She told me that however much you prepare and get things ready, you are not ready to be a Mum until baby is born ? and then all of a sudden you?re more ready than you thought possible and doing a much better job than you realise. This really made me feel good and better about what is to come.
Have a good evening all, and lots of luck for tomorrow katie xx