Due in Jan 2009 - 3 have popped, Christmas is coming and we're all fed up with this pregnancy malarky, bring on the babies!!

[LenniEd]

DH has promised to be home for 5 so I can slope off for some sleep. Must wake up later rather than sleep through though as have nowhere near finished wrapping the boys presents yet.

I know what you mean, she's not that big on the baby scale iykwim, but I have such a compact bump I can't believe she managed it with so little room. Now with DS2 I could have understood him managing to do something like that - I was literally whale sized with him!

It those abs of steel - they coaxed her round! RESPECT!

Wrap tommorow night. Bed bed bed. I Haven't got up today, prob get a DVT. Not feeling like world is a place for facing up to. Just for eating pringles in instead. ANd feeling sorry for myself. It was sunny today too, wasted day grumping over hard life. Tut.

Oh Tree! You need chocolate not pringles! A duvet day is probably just what you needed, but would definitely work better with chocolate. Mince pies work too, but are a poor subsitute for chocolate imho!

A duvet day is never a wasted day! Everyone needs to recharge their batteries sometimes and with your life and workload I'm in awe that you have lasted this long. Don't give yourself a hard time about taking care of yourself - you deserve it!

Thank you!! Am tearfull today so your words very very lovely.

Almost just wish could labour to have something constructive, positive and exciting to do!

hi all

mm - ye for bubs turning i actually want mine to stay this way now going to hospital tom for scan to see what position hoping they will book me in for a csection @ 39 weeks.
had horrid 2nd degree tear with dd

Hi tink

Can understand that. Had 2nd degree with DS2 but was lucky enough to heal really quickly. Good luck for tomorrow, hope you get the outcome you want.

Tree - off to bed now. Try to stay positive, am thinking of you.

post first read later.
baby stanley arrived on friday 19th dec at 1617 weighing 7lbs 12oz. 3 weeks eary the little pork chop!
came home yesterday and loving life. big bro thinks he is fab (not sure how long it will last though) and despite mummys nipples nearly falling off at constant feeding all is good. checked over by paediatrician and all seems well but he has to go for a brain and heart scan next week just to check the soft markers.
very quick labour in the end. aches and pains all night before followed by severe vommiting and trip to hospital at 10am. was 3cm dilated but not sure if in proper labour or had a bug. waters broke at 1230. back at hospital at 1430, 8-9cm at 1545, 17 mins of pushing and out he popped. so relieved not a c section and that the little one arrived safe and sound.
currenlty uploading photos so will put one up on proflie.
right will check now if anyone else has popped!

Ooo Moose hope you saw qumps message befpre you went to bed!

Many many congratulations qumps!!! Another brill birthing story. Am delighted for you and looking forward to the pics.

caught up thanks to auntie and grandparents downstairs.
thanks so much for all the thoughts and well wishes. obviously did me the world of good as a quickie with gas and air and no stitches. lets hope we all deserve easy births after the stressful pregnancies we have had.
also just to say to second timers i can't get over the rush of love i feel for the little bundle but at the same time so much love for ds1. its totally amazing.
right having withdrawls from my baby.
hope everyone doing ok and will try to check in as regularly as possibel x

Congratulations Qumps! Knew you must have popped. Glad it went well, esp after your previous experience.

MM - Excellent news on the baby turning, hope you are tucked up as I type.

Birth Announcements:
Jokat - DD, 2lbs 15oz
Looweeza - DS 4th Dec, Kit, 7lbs 13oz (Due 2nd Jan)
Chefswife - DD 8th Dec, Violet May, 6lbs 7oz (Due 6th Jan)
HeathersMummy - DS 17th Dec, Fraser, 7lbs 2oz (Due 31st Dec)
Qumps - DS 19th Dec, Stanley, 7lbs 12oz (Due ??)

Still waiting:
Ginni - 2nd Jan
charmed24 - 2nd Jan
kidsfromfame - 2nd Jan
okaythen - 2nd Jan
MsSparkle - 31st Dec (DC2, DD born Oct 06)
NatalieJane - 3rd Jan (will be DC3, DS1 born Mar 02, DS2 born Dec 06)
moosemama - 3rd Jan
Periwink - 3rd Jan
blot4 - 3 Jan (DS1 is 1)
MrsMagpie - 4th Jan
1973magpie - 6th Jan (will be DC3 - Gulp!)
MissHairspray - 6th Jan BOY
Hopenotsickthistime - 8th Jan (DC2, DD born May 07)
witchandchips 9th Jan
Nellybell 10th Jan (will be DC2, DS born Sept 06)
ScaredofEverything - 10th Jan - DC1 and she's a girl!
mermaid31 - 10th Jan
Shanster - 10th Jan
Mel2005 - 10th Jan TWINS(ds born sept 04, dd born jan 06)
RambleOn - 10th Jan (DC2, DD born Oct 06)
nooschmoo - 12th Jan (will be DC2, DD born sept 07)
OutofthisWorld - 12 Jan (1 boy, born April 2005)
Spink - 12 Jan (will be dc2, ds born Feb 2007)
Largeginandtonic- 12th January (dc7 am not listing them all!)
LenniEd - 13th Jan (will be DC2, DD born Dec 2006) Boy
Stripeywoollenhat - 13 Jan
icklepeanut 13 Jan (Son 16, daughter 12)
TallulahBelle - TWINS due 13 Jan (1 DD June 07)
Poorbuthappy - 14th Jan (1 dd born Sept 04)
llareggub 15 Jan (will be DC2. DS born Oct 06)
tink-15th of jan (dc2, have dd1 3 aug 29th)a girl
buickmackane - 16 Jan (DC3, DS1 11/01, DS2 08/04)
Tokentotty - 16th Jan (DC2, DS born Aug 07)
iwouldgoouttonight - 16th January (DS born August 06)
Chocsolot - 16th Jan
FourLittleFeet - 16th Jan (DC2, DD May 07) having blue feelings this time, not finding out
MrsT77 - 18th Jan
Happyathome - 18th Jan (DC2. DD born June 02)
ColumbosWife - 19th January (DC3)
MissJackson - 18th Jan
FioLondon - 20th Jan
MrsAay - 20th Jan
mrsmontano - 20th Jan (DC2, DD born May 03)
Rrrayray- 20th Jan
Heron - 20th Jan (DS born May 2004)
EachPeachPearMum- 21st Jan (DC2, DD born Feb 06)
Buckles- 21st Jan
Booksgalore - 21st Jan (DS born Mar 07)
Feedmenow (c-section or induction about now although not officially due til 4th Feb)
LooseyC - 22nd Jan (DC2. DS born Dec 07)
Upwind - 25th Jan
Lizzih1974 - 26th Jan
Ooops - 26th Jan (DS1 - 6, DS2 - stillborn 19 Dec 07)
elkiedee 26 Jan (DC2, DS born May 2007)
FYM - 28th Jan (DC2, DS Dec 05)
NoNickname - 29th Jan
Tobermory - 29th Jan (DC2, DS 14 months, Charlie)
Oooggs - 30 Jan (dc4 - ds1 Dec 03 & dts March 07)
Givethedogabone 30th january will be DC3, DD 4 in feb and DS 2

congrats on the birth of stanley
stanley is such a cute name

Congratulations qumps! Nice one. Stanley was my grandads' name. Good choice

congrats to heathersmummy and qumps, welcome to fraser and stanley! and hooray for your small one's gymnastics, moosemama.

i'm not sure what titch is up to today, but i am really uncomfortable - lots of pressure low down so i'm wondering if she is trying to engage. she's also very wiggly in a general sense, which has been quite distracting, not good since today involved a good deal of arithmetic and i'm already struggling with pregnant brain on that score. but at least tomorrow is last day of work - and i'm not going back until november 2009!!!!! i have an antenatal appointment tomorrow so perhaps all will be explained. or perhaps not, maybe she's just messing about....

congrats Qumps...have a great xmas with Stanley(i like that name too!)

Am up again! Decided I had to get some wrapping done. DH no help at all with wrapping - same every year. He is currently sitting/bouncing on my birthing ball again as I vacated it for all of 5 seconds! He says he is testing whether or not it needs pumping up but I suspect otherwise!

Qumps many congratulations on the arrival of little Stanley. Great news that it was such a quick delivery too!

I'm still here!! Hope nap was lush.

A WHOLE day in bed. Feel totally guilty but hadn't any energy so hey ho. Night shift tommorrow too.

Supoose could drag self off to Tesco and do food shopping.........

Somone come up with reason not too quick!!!!

Because you are having a duvet day of course! You don't need any more reason than that. Now, stop feeling guilty and allow yourself some down time. Can't DH do shop tomorrow?

ps Nap was great, but missed tea! Am now starving and really want lemon and coriander hoummous and avocado on toast but don't want to eat just before bed. Will try filling myself up with a hot chocolate methinks.

Had a good wrapping session sat on birth ball bouncing around a fold up table! Still keep feeling my bump though as paranoid she will have moved!

Oh God that toast sounds amazing!! Am having heinz sandwich spread on stale bread as there were no meals and no shopping here today! Got up to get dressed at 11pm and couldn't even be fussed to wrestle into clothes. Back in bed with lap top!
DH off to garage for diet coke [our cure-all]

I REALLY REALLY hope she stays put. I'm sure she will, the odds of her turning cephalic at this stage were small ish, so to turn again would be crazy talk. Plus now you have gravity and pelvis and 'nature's way' on your side. Have a jolly mental image of you bouncing about with sellotape.

Poor Poor you!! You have loads on and a moan is the only thing to be done.

Codeine might help you sleep - hope it does. Then you can get on with that complaint tommorrow [no one should make parents feel crap for trying so hard to look after their kids]. Hot water bottle for you and loads of pillows to prop you up in bed. x

Congratulations qumps

moosemama, glad you got your birthing ball back off dh. Do your other kids want to play with it as well? I'm sure ds would.

Sorry that you've had a bad day givethedog

36w, tightnings and period pain and back ache.

That might mean something!! Keep telling self am constipated. Hmmmmm.

having a baby be one way of not doing Tuesday night shift I suppose!

OK, this may seem like a stupid question at this stage, but what exactly do BH contractions feel like? I think I am having some - belly goes all tight as if some force around baby is stretching? Or maybe belly just spasms after baby stretches? i wouldn't say they are painful though, just mildly uncomfortable. Madam has been knocking lumps out of me today, hope she is not on the move again.
I can empathize with you treedelivery I know I am looking for signs now, and want to convince myself that we are on the right track at least...
Have OB appointment tomorrow, so hopefully he'll be able to tell me if everything looks good.
Feel great tonight as I finished my last work assignment, so I can relax for a few weeks. If madam doesn't arrive by 7th Jan, I'll have to go back to work until she does show up...I really want to avoid that, I want to be properly on mat leave now. Argh, wish I was back in the UK!!!

qumps - congratulation on the arrival of Stanley. I am loving all these postive birth stories, makes a wonderful change!

Qumps Congrats on stanley. What a lovely early xmas present.

My feet and hands are so swollen today that my knuckles really hurt :-( i thought that hands being swollen wasnt good, but midwife didn't seem to interested last time i was there!