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!

[fymandwhenisthisbabycoming]

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

Thanks fym - have added a few I can remember having had babies but feeding DS at moment so no time to trawl back through and find out details.

Babies!

Jokat - DD, 2lbs 15oz
Looweeza - DS 4th Dec, Kit, 7lbs 13oz (Due 2nd Jan)
Chefswife - DD 9th 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 (3 weeks early)
Kittenpaws - DD 22nd Dec, Susanna, 7lbs
nat - 27th of dec - mikey
Ginni - DD 26th Dec, No name yet, 6lbs 15oz (Due 2nd Jan)
scared - 29th of dec
TallulahBelle - TWINS 31/12
spink - 07th of jan 11:37am girl
lennied - DS 7th Jan, Dylan Jacob, 7lbs 14oz (Due 13th Jan)
periwink - ariella - 10th of jan - 6:49 - 8lbs10
Largeginandtonic- India Rose - 16th Jan -9lb 5oz
moosemama - Elizabeth Jane
MsSparkle - Finley Stephen - 15th January - 9lb 8
Shanster - 15th Jan Mairi 7lb 9
Blue Sapphire - 16/1 David Alexander
FourLittleFeet - 17/1 Hugo 8lb 6oz
Stripeywoollenhat - 18 Jan Catherine Eleanor 7lb 13oz
tink-19th jan Bracken Hope Willow 8lb 7oz
ooggs - Luke Daniel, 8lb 6oz. 20.02.2009.
hkz- Jude Peter 7lb 50z- 21 Jan
RRay - Esme Mae - 23rd Jan
Treedelivery - 22nd Jan
miss hairspray - oliver james 9lb 12 - 22nd Jan

Still waiting:

ColumbosWife - 19th January (DC3)
MissJackson - 18th Jan
EachPeachPearMum- 21st Jan (DC2, DD born Feb 06)
Booksgalore - 21st Jan (DS born Mar 07)
LooseyC - 22nd Jan (DC2. DS born Dec 07)
elkiedee 26 Jan (DC2, DS born May 2007)
FYM - 28th Jan (DC2, DS Dec 05)
Givethedogabone 30th january will be DC3, DD 4 in feb and DS 2

Also had their babies but not sure when:

Nellybell 10th Jan (will be DC2, DS born Sept 06)
ScaredofEverything - 10th Jan - DC1 and she's a girl!
Mel2005 - 10th Jan TWINS(ds born sept 04, dd born jan 06)
Poorbuthappy - 14th Jan (1 dd born Sept 04)
Happyathome - 18th Jan (DC2. DD born June 02)

Due dates for others:

charmed24 - 2nd Jan
kidsfromfame - 2nd Jan
okaythen - 2nd Jan
blot4 - 3 Jan (DS1 is 1)
MrsMagpie - 4th Jan
1973magpie - 6th Jan (will be DC3 - Gulp!)
Hopenotsickthistime - 8th Jan (DC2, DD born May 07)
witchandchips 9th Jan
mermaid31 - 10th Jan
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)
icklepeanut 13 Jan (Son 16, daughter 12)
llareggub 15 Jan (will be DC2. DS born Oct 06)
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
MrsT77 - 18th Jan
FioLondon - 20th Jan
MrsAay - 20th Jan
mrsmontano - 20th Jan (DC2, DD born May 03)
Heron - 20th Jan (DS born May 2004)
Buckles- 21st Jan
Feedmenow (c-section or induction about now although not officially due til 4th Feb)
Upwind - 25th Jan
Lizzih1974 - 26th Jan
Ooops - 26th Jan (DS1 - 6, DS2 - stillborn 19 Dec 07)
NoNickname - 29th Jan
Tobermory - 29th Jan (DC2, DS 14 months, Charlie)

All you overdue ladies I've just posted some tips to get labour going on another thread and thought i'd put them on here too if anyone fancies getting a bit creative

masturbation
korean food (particularly kimchi)
suck your thumb
take a hot shower
eat papaya
sweeping
mopping
weeding the garden
cleaning the dishwasher out
laying a patio
laying wooden flooring
wiping all the lampshades
sex 3 times in close succession. elevate hips after sex to coat cervix in semen.
swinging on a swing
blowing up balloons
listening to very loud music
star jumps
bouncing on a trampoline
wiping the walls
orange juice
rhubarb
doing handstands in a swimming pool
raspberry and cranberry juice
rotating their hips on a birthing ball
washing the car
meal of lobster and champage
fish and chips
swimming breaststroke
figs
mini golf
bowling
pilates
chamomile tea
tamarind tea
cinnamon tea - put cinnamon sticks and boil them into a tea
ginger
spunk mixed with yogurt
massaging the roof of the mouth??
mix ketchup, soda and bbq sauce and pour over chicken wings??

yes i know some are a tad bizarre!!

Congratulations to MissHairspray (sorry was reading thread backwards before, must stop doing that) Also am very impressed about you calmly delivering a 9lbs 12oz baby boy! Well done you!

oh and flying a kite after eating a curry.

Those of you still waiting... why don't you come and join us on post-natal now that there are only a few of you? That's if you can stand the sore nipple and sleepless nights talk? It would be nice to have you. Although understand if you want to stay put and I wouldn't want us to waste half of the wonderfully named thread

elkiedee did those cold shivers build up into anything? How are you doing?

oooh - go elkie!

THanks fym and LenniEd for updated lists; I was beginning to lose track!

Elkiedee hope your 'shivers' are turning into some action.

Rray welcome home to you and Esme; hope you are having a lovely time settling in with her.

I think I will migrate to the PN thread actually - I am feeling out of the loop! But I'll check back in here too...

So had my sweep this morning - MW said I am 2cm dilated and 3/5ths engaged, but that cervix is still 'thick' rather than thinning out - lots of backache and periody cramps since the sweep, so I am feeling positive. A week overdue today!

OH took me for another quad bike ride around the farm, and then had some fun in the bedroom so hopefully that's all helping too!

Congratulations MissHairspray! Lovely name too.

Hello all! DD2 is 3.5 days old and has fed hourly since delivery, except for 3 3 hour stretches of sleep. She will also not be put down under any circumstances. milk hopefully arriving this eve as all pain and pelvic discomfort is a bit worse and feeling quite drunk when feeding withb the hormone let down thing so hopefully will turn the corner and I can get on line and have a good chin wag.

Nipples in flames!!!!

congrats to hkz, RRay, Tree & miss hairspray hope you are all ok

Thanks for adding me onto the new list LenniEd - can't believe how many of these supposedly Jan babies were born in December. Mine will prob arrive in Feb - don't they know when they are meant to come out?!

Rray and MissHairspray - glad you got to delivery in your MLUs, sounds like you got pretty much what you were hoping for.

Nappyaddict - I've done some of these things to bring on labour, but I'm not telling which! Obviously they haven't worked though...

Morning all - DS was up at 5:15 so a bit knackered - just hope he doesn't do it too often when the baby arrives....

morning! Fym - my DD was up at 5.15 too - its been 5 all week now. They have their own special clock don't they? Agghh. DP is being really shitty as he's had to get up and play with her 8 mornings in a row at 5 o'clock. Don't really see how I can help him though, given that I'm only getting aroun 4 hours sleep myself (and I'm ALLLOWED to be shitty, having a painful undercarriage, hormones AND no sleep). Don't know what his problem is

birthing vibes to you Dog, and hope that pool gets there on time, I'm sure the baby will wait for it

Hi just a quick check in ... only managed to read a few pages, rrray congrats on the arrival of Esme! And again congrats to all those ladies who have popped out babes since I was last on here a week ago!

Baby crying gotta go and feed....talk about being a booby buffet!

Hi just a quick check in ... only managed to read a few pages, rrray congrats on the arrival of Esme! And again congrats to all those ladies who have popped out babes since I was last on here a week ago!

Baby crying gotta go and feed....talk about being a booby buffet!

afternoon

mine was up early 2

Afternoon all, still no news here. Saw my lovely GP this morning, who said she thought baby might have moved down a bit, but didn't confirm whether the head was engaged (which I'm sure it had at this stage last time even though I still ended up with induction). About to venture out now to an NCT reunion.

Hello!! I really miss here!!

I'll be out of the bleeding nipple constant feeding world soon, and if my child ever allows me to put her down I'll be round for a chin wag and muffins.

xxx to you all!! I rather wish I could do it again. Clearly bonkers!!

Elkie, Elizabeth engaged 2/5 then was completely disengaged (breech in fact!) 24 hrs before my induction. She was cephalic when induced but not engaged. It wasn't a problem as in the end she shot out with the aminiotic sac intact! (She had a lovely shaped head right away by the way as she wasn't squashed on the way out iykwim!)

DS2 didn't engage until near the end of labour and he was the easiest birth ever.

dog glad your pool has arrived - now you are all ready to go.. brilliant way to do it; we would have done the same if our hot water situation wasn't so crap! We only get a bath's worth out of the boiler and hardly any water pressure since it comes from a spring!

Have had big mucus plug loss this evening so very hopeful things will be happening soon...

xx