Jan 09- Baby this is Davina, you have been evicted from the big mother house. You have 5 minutes to pack up your things and leave - I'm coming to get you!

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great title RRay! Lets see if we can get those babies moving!

tink Glad your settling in well with Bracken. Saw FB pictures, she is Gorgeous!

Hkz Wow, that accupuncuture didn't hang around. OHhh maybe my appointment today will do the trick too! yay! Although i wont be getting a sweep at the same time, but i did have one on monday, so fingers crossed!!

Miss H Sending good labour vibes to you.

Can't wait to hear of new babes. off to read FLF birth story!

Baby boy born at home at 940am, in the front room, in the birthing pool ! 7 pounds! No name yet...

Knackered and over the moon...amazing experience

have a pic on my profile

Just to good luck & also what a fab thread title xx

Congratulations hkz glad it all went well. Giving birth is an amazing experience isn't it?!

Congrats hkz, also very jealous of homebirth and that you have your baby. Hope all goes well for you and look forward to the tips about dealing with two.

Wow. you didn't hang around HKZ. Fantastic, so happy you got the birth you wanted!!!

Just got back from acupuncture, feeling sleepy with slightly sore hands. Lets hope does for me what did for other ladies!

huge congrats to all the new babies and their mums: tink, hkz, oogs, flf, shanster, Blue Sapphire,Miss Hairspray - it's been busy on here since I was last here!

Came home from hospital yesterday morning with Catherine; shattered, very visited and trying to get the small girl to breastfeed, so haven't managed to get back online until now.

So, the birth. After a crampy day on saturday, and expectations of a good night's sleep, everything kicked off really fast just before midnight. Got the snow (!) off the car and to hospital at about 1.20am. 4cm dilated! An hour and half later (and very very keen on having an epidural) 8 cm dilated! So decided against epidural; hated the G & A and used it to count down the contractions. About an hour of pushing (would have been shorter but for the ridiculous rule here about having to lie on the bed for the second stage - something to do with liability) and Catherine was born at 4.31am. She's absolutely perfect - will post pic.

I hope everyone who is still waiting will get their babies soon...and that they have labours as easy (though it didn't seem like that at the time) as mine (remember that I am a first timer too!)

Yey Hkz! Sounds like an amazing birth experience....

rray hope your acupuncture works as well; I've got appt tomorrow. I'll tell him to go all out, because I really am getting fed up of waiting now. My SIL had to wait 16 days for her first. And my MIL had to wait for all three of her boys, so that family obviously like to take their time!

Spent the day cleaning the house and then Waitrose, so was pretty 'mobilised' - got some good twinges but nothing different from what I was getting a month ago. Oh well....

No tree this evening?

Stripey Sounds like a fantastic labour, especially for first time around! Looking forwards to seeing picture of catherine.

Tree ...Yes...Where are you? Can only assume that she must be in labour! Hope so for her!

Missjackson Hope your acupuncture works. Have you had a sweep yet? (sorry for preggy brain) I told my acupuncturist i'd had a sweep on monday and he said the combination of the two often produces the desired effect.

congrats hkz!!! amazing and so glad you got your home birth

Congratulations hkz on your little boy
Have had stronger BH since around 3:30, but nothing like the real thing. No show yet either.... pah!

Stripy, Catherine was born at almost the same time of night as my ds1 (4.29 am) though my labour was more than 5 times as long.

Many congrats hkz, sounds amazing we'll need to hear all about it!!!

Have had an odd day, dd has cried all day with pale face and red eyes and is full of cold.

Went for consultant review. She was good, and read my worried mind. Infact took one look at bump and asked when I would like induction. We agree this bubbs is in a dreadful position and she was as 'put off' as I have been that despite my body trying to labour about 3 nights out of 4 for last 2 weeks nothing has developed. And I've had contractions I could palpate nad time and that really should have kicked off labour with my favourable cervix in my opinion. And no labour Despite 3 BIG stretch and sweeps in the middle of the niggly periods. She examined me [oooooow!] and said the head is low but very badly applied and she feels it's going to take the biggie contractions to move her into a better postion. I read between the lines there and I think she means Syntocinon in other words. She is happy to induce me anytime as she feels it's going to be this way so there isn't much to gain in waiting. So sort of 'a well travelled road, when you want to start your joourney!!'

After much deliberation am going for my waters breaking tomorrow. Spoke to my active birthing teacher chum and even she felt that I am looking at a need for medical intervention at some point and so that point may as well be now as the cervix has done all it can without labour. She said may as well crack to the labour whip when the fluid levels and the placenta are still tip top and I'm not tooooooo desperate!

So last night of pregnancy freedom for me. Feel sick, terrified and utterly selfish for leaving dd when she is under the weather. But truly I know I'll still be here in 2 weeks, this kid is so low and in such a duff position, this is exactly how dd was too so I was ready for it. Also feel better to have a completely non interventionist mw and a consultant agreeing with each other, and confirming all my own niggly worries if that makes sense?

So staff and workload permitting I'l be going in tomorrow sometime when is good for them. Blimey!

Welcome home stripey, beautiful baby. x

evening all home now and still shattered!!!!

thanks for all the congrats

just bookmarking really and will post properly tomorrow when I am not so tired

Welcome home oooggs!

Congrats hkz! That acupuncture is obviously the business...

And there are some really lovely piccies on here now as well - can't wait until I have mine.

Stripey can't believe you had to lie down for second stage - why? I think I would have hit someone if they had made me do that with DS as I only lay down for examinations with extreme protest as the pain was so much worse than standing. Well done for getting through that!

Tree - good luck for tomorrow, at least you know the end is in sight - but how will we cope without you while you are away having that baby?

... well, the house is spotless, I've stocked the fridge - but why? What do I think is going to happen tomorrow? Who has ever had a baby on their due date?

tree- hope all goes well tomorrow, and DD2 gets into better position.

Loosey- you never know!

oh tree - good luck for tomorrow - hopa you get some proper sleep tonight and glad you've got some good advice and support at the ready. the waiting is finally over, I'll pop over to the other thread and put some champers in the fridge. I missed my DD terribly during labour and spent a lot of time worrying about how she was. Funny how having another makes you love the first one even more. amazing. off to feed the mancub.

tree will be thinking of you tomorrow and sending best best birthing vibes and wishes. How bloody exciting and wonderful that you will have your baby soon!!

flf I know what you mean about having a second baby meaning that you love the first one even more, I have been taken aback at the increase in the strength of my feelings for dc1, I thought I loved him as much as I possibly could before!