Jan 09 labour thread... or is it?

[fourlittlefeet]

right, new thread, crap title but it was about to go!

tree, i'm going to hold you to that - though sadly wouldn't be home by noon tomorrow as they keep you for three days here with your first baby. so looking forward to three days of hospital food and hospital bathroom paranoia....

gtdab - glad you are okay

tink i've had two sweeps now, they were both uncomfortable but really only lasted for seconds, and I am probably worst case scenario as cervix is still so high they could barely reach it and not really dilated at all. Saw midwife today and she thought the chances of me going in to labour before they induce me next weds were slim, which i'm a bit upset about. It isn't that I am that against induction, I just have this weird feeling that after everything so far being perfect and going according to plan something is going to happen and I am never going to have this baby.

Anyway, moan over. gtdab, the irony! Hope you are OK

Good luck shanster moosemamma and MsSparkle Tree flf and rrayray hope things progress a bit more, we must have some more babies here soon

Dog- hope all is well after your tumble- not the time to be doing things like that!

rrayray- sounds just like my show with dd- no blood at all, just loads of mucus, so Yay! you're on!

No sex here- way too painful for my pelvis (last time we tried I was in agony next day and couldn't walk) also- last time sex set off labour (waters gushed 1/2 hour afterwards!) so no way jose! I am still not ready for this one to arrive.... but I am getting there!
I only have 1 thing left in my ironing basket ... monday, the pile was over 3ft high some of which was going back to our holiday in july...eek!
We actually have light in the kitchen now, as the basket is in front of a window.

miss hairspray... do consider acupunture - its meant to be 90% effective, just watch Ray, HKZ and me closely for the next two days .

gosh I feel really sick! Could be the G&T though

also meant to say your fear that something is going to go wrong could hold you back - see if you can write some really positive affirmations and then say them to yourself 100 times in the mirror...

my body will labour effectively
the baby will follow it's natural path easily and smoothly
my cervix is opening and letting the baby out into the world

etc etc

eek, please tell me everyone is having supper and I haven't killed the thread with my hynobabble!

evacuations galore here... hkz, ray, come on acupuncture update please!

oh tree go girl
we need some babies

supper, flf, don't worry

it seems like there's an awful lot of pooing going on to no effect...

Evening all...

Well, so far today I have had accupuncture, 10 gallons of raspberry leaf tea,ran around after DD at playgroup , bounced up and down on a birthing ball til I felt sick, had a bath with clary sage (very bizarre smelling) and eaten a chicken kebab covered in chilli sauce.... and nothing.

DP's taken the dog out for a walk, so am gonna wait for my kebab to digest then attempt to jump on him when he gets back.. I imagine he will have no idea what I'm trying to do as its been so long. He'll probably run away.

And if that doesn't work, then I give up. I'm just going to pretend I am not pregnant and resume my normal life.

FLF- I keep feeling that way about DD and its really heart breaking as she has no idea. She's so sweet and innocent and cuddly at the moment, and being super cute as she's just starting to talk. Its been so lovely having her I almost feel guilty for having another baby. At the same time I keep on telling myself to stop being daft and having two will be just as lovely and even more knackering

Ray- Congratulations on your show am Hope things get going!

EPPM- Am impressed with your ironing...I don't even know where the iron is at the moment.

Stripey- Three days of hospital food...poor you! Start making sandwiches!

Books- I am sure chicken dippers/chips count as one of your 5 a day and are packed full of vitamins and goodness, I know kebabs are, otherwise, clearly I woundn't have jsut eaten one.

i am sooo jealous of your kebab! do you go to that place on the corner by hackney central? We went to Okakbasi on Saturday - they are really baby friendly in there, it was fab.

can't face the clary sage tonight... so far its worked out £2 a sniff! As for sex, I just can't imagine it being comfortable with regular BH - has anyone else found it ok with them? Can imagine the end result worth it though...

right off for sleeps so night night all, and happy contractions... have a feeling I'm going to be on here in the night so have offered DP the bed and am off to sleep on the sofa (polishes halo)

FLF- Just went to the kebab shop round the corner, they are excellent...most of the turkish restaurants and shops around here are super baby friendly, DD normally comes out laden with sweets, biscuits and cakes!
Sweet dreams !... hope you're feeling all blissed out after the accupuncture... I am!

Healthy food? We had egg and chips for dinner !
It was a one off though, and they were oven chips.

I was way too tired to be bothered making lasagne from scratch today. Oh well- will try again tomorrow.

Bed I think.

Hello - sounds like it's happening for some of us at least today. Good luck Shanster Moosemamma and MsSparkle! Hope those others who are having signs aren't too fed up.

Can't believe Shanster is e-mailing from hospital, sure mine has no such facilities! But one of the MLU rooms does have a disco ball and a light thing that looks very much like a pole dancing pole ... I kid you not. I'm not desperate to get into that one!

FLF hkz - I know what you mean about effect on DC1 though sure DS will be absolutely fine really. I'm more worried about how I will logistically cope with 2, which is crazy as millions do it. DS is not quite walking but cruising or moving so fast I can't keep up with him at the moment and keep him from killing himself or breaking the house. How do you do it with a newborn in tow? Eeek!

Well, the show goes on in my world [there is both a song and a thread title in there somewhere] and it's fairly yakky stuff I may say. Pains not regular but feel like am going to have a masive period, and feel really sick. Could puke actually, and also very very tired.

However have embraced labour by painting toe nails and perfecting henna art on belly and taking some pics. I think I'm on girls but will be a while yet.

Could deal with it all if not so sickie. Have scoffed zantac and rennie and gaviscon so hope it goes.

DH has a head cold so I told him to go to bed at 7 as I was brewing a labour. He's still pissing about on computer so noooooo stmpathy form me when he has to pull an all nighter.

Am very grumpy. Also have ket down reflex so def hormonal mamma machine.

Didn't have a show with dd, was quite a shock. In a nice way!

We live in an area with lots of Turkish restaurants, have taken DS several times, first in his pram and now in a highchair and tucking into the mezze starters and a taste of all our main courses with great enthusiasm.

Kebabs are probably quite a good thing to eat at the moment - lots of iron. I have finally started taking supplements but we're also having lamb chops and eggs on toast at tea to try to boost my intake a bit.

Tree- A show! Hooray! Hope the sickiness goes away and is replaced by good 'ol contractions. I was sick for a few hours with DD and then went into full on labour and had her about three hours later. Am impressed you can reach your toe nails. Try peppermint or ginger tea for the sickness...?

LooseyC-I keep on having waves of panic about having 2 under 2....then I just block it out and repeat the mantra.. it will be fine it will be fine..... Well, we'll find out soon enough.

Now where is my mucus plug? I'm feeling left out now. I shall mount the birth ball and bounce it out.

Comedy thought of birth ball got me giggling.

Fed up of heavy crampy period pains. I want so big massive contractions I can do something with, that need loads of breathing and concentrating and are satisfying. This is just pissing about and it's pissing me off!!

I'll take your dd labour hkz!! That'll do nicely!

hope the sickness subsides but not the labour, tree

am having a delicious mug of hot chocolate to help me to recover from an hour of little one going absolutely ballistic - i am wondering if she is trying to batter her way out.

hope it's labours all round (except for folks who aren't ready) before dawn

AM now sending dh for kebabs all round [mum here on amber alert]. Will either create puke - which would be good and make me feel better, labour - which would be great and am going to ask for extra chilli's and chilli sauce, or will create nothing at all in which case a nice kebab is a fairly harmless way to spend an hour os so.

It's all this Turkish food talk!

Please excuse all spelling etc, am a right vauge wandering soul today.

Wondering how it's going tree? Either the kebab did the trick and you are currently in the throes of labour, or else you are asleep.

I was nearly asleep but legs too twitchy plus weird stabbing pains in cervix. So am up again eating banana and yoghurt.

What is taking these babies so long?!

The funny thing is that once the baby is born, I am sure I will look back on this time and think why didn't I just enjoy every single day that I was free to lie in the bath/ read a book/ watch Gavin and Stacey DVDs? But right now, all I want to do is HAVE THIS BABY!

holy crap... i've been away for a bit. i hope this is the thread continuing from the previous jan thread title with 'three popped'... its been so long i don't even remember the title.

DD is 5 weeks! time flies. we went to our first babyesque outing to the community centre. nice to meet other moms in the area with new children the same age group. we talked about postpartum. next week its sleep challenges. this past week has been trying in regards to sleep. DD won't sleep without me holding her. i hear its a stage and will pass. whew.

hope everyone is well

ok chaps... think this is it for me . will keep this thread updated as much as I can.

had a gush of ?waters? at 4 and now very strong contractions. tree, this is quite thick and fast. thought I'd have warm up ones... oh no, thats what the last 5 weeks have been about! duh. if you're up come over to the other thread... eeeeeek!