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!

That is my life totally. Would you like to carry on and I'll just stop with all the er....rubbish symptoms.

Thought I'd have a practice with the tens machine and managed to put it on the highest setting...owwwwwie! Glad I read the instructions and worked out how to use it.

I think there's been a baby every day now for the last 5 days...so when I check back tomorrow morning there better have been some baby action!

Tree and Fym- With DD just went straight into labour... this time around all sorts of ridiculous ouches and niggles... no proper contractions for me yet though...a few hardcore braxtons and general cramps and aches... Hope you two either have a calm and pain free night or go into full on labour and get a break from all the aches and pains. At least it means things are hotting up

congrats tink and stripey - lovely names too! DP making some jokes about middle names like Barossa and Shiraz. Lol. Just updating stats, and to let you know I put a piccie up. Tree - can we arrange some acupunture to come to you . taps fingers.

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 - 22nd of 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
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

Still waiting:
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!)
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
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)
icklepeanut 13 Jan (Son 16, daughter 12)
Poorbuthappy - 14th Jan (1 dd born Sept 04)
HKZ- 14 Jan (DD1 April 07)
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
Happyathome - 18th Jan (DC2. DD born June 02)
ColumbosWife - 19th January (DC3)
Treedelivery - 19th Jan (DC2)
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

dd calls tens 'prickling pads' and did once come in in the dead of night [7am] and turn it up to help mummy.

I was polite but firm......

Got the mother of all tummy ache, poo type tummy ache. This is all wrong!!

PS - on tens machines... I wasn't going to bother and then tree would keep going on about it. It was amazing, didn't take it off until I got the pethadine and it sounds like there are a few who did the whole lot on it! Gas and air was alot like being drunk, and you had to time it so that you kept it at the right level - a bit like doing tequila slammers, too many and you pass out in the toilet, too few and its hard to stay interested in the boss' chat. . will post on my labour thread, but when I overdid the G&A I thought at one point I was snogging the cat in the hat! very funny. Pethandine was also awesome for a little chill when labour was getting too much, and both times far from slowing things down, I think it actually gave me enery for the next level, a bit like collecting little dots in computer games . Right. I'll bugger off now.

So ladies, does this mean after 14 years of telling women it gets easier with the 2nd, it doesn't?

Whoops!

cos getting into labour with dd was WAY easier! Hope we all get a few hours of nigles and intact perineums as the real deal to compensate.

Yes, key to tens is NOT letting anyone else touch the controls. I never got beyond 2!

xposts tree

FLf- Just looked at your picture of Hugo...he's completely gorgeous and has a very wise and knowing look about him! Congratulations!

Right... Must get off bloody computer and go to bed...now...night.

hkz, just wanted to say if you are going to the homerton - I had a completely fantastic experience there and will be writing to thank them. They were so patient and really held back to help me have my vbac. Couldn't praise them more highly.

its funny; he does look quite old aleady. I found with newborns, if you want pretty shots, you have to get them in black and white and asleep. once they have their eyes open, they all look either like those wrinkly dogs, or little old men. obviously cute dogs and gorgeous old men but...

FLF..trying for a homebirth, but live a few streets away from Homerton, so it will be my back up. That's really reassuring to know...have heard a lot of positive stories about them recently. Glad you had such a fantastic experience, its great to come away feeling positive
I'm going to Broadway Market acupuncture tomorrow...I'm going to ask for whatever it was you had!

Right, really really am off to bed...closing the laptop.....

FLF- Think its a lovely shot...all the newborn ones of DD she is all red and puffy and not a pretty sight (apart from to her adoring parents)

...really going this time...

hkz - will you thank Alison for me (I was her thursday 9.30 last week) and tell her I got my vbac? She also offered a sweep as she is a midwife...

Hi thanks to everyone who posted lovely messages and didn't put me on iggy about the pre pg clothes thing not getting online v much at mo.. DP and me visiting everyone and their flippin dog with this baby.. no time to catch up on sleep.. think i'm gonna have to put my foot down before my under eye bags reach the floor

CONGRATS to everyone who has had their lovely babies Tree.. logged out just before you posted sorry hun i didn't think anyone would still be awake @ that daft time in the morning
Hurry up and have the baby will ya x x
FLF see you in post natal Hopefully quite a few of us migrating over there in the next couple of weeks yaay

First time round I could wear pre-pregnancy clothes, particularly skirts, very quickly - and in fact I've used lots of non-maternity clothes in both pregnancies although this time it's tended to be one skirt most of the time (and one maternity one). But I have put on more weight than last time round.

waters have gone and contractions have started Post Natal April 07 thread will probably have results first as I have mobile numbers for alot of them

gooo oooggs! Good luck honey, we'll watch out for you. Do get one of them to post for you if you can xx

oooggs - best of luck, hope to hear from you soon!

flf - hugo looks lovely!

Oooogs- Good luck, happy birthing!

Right I'm off to get me some acupuncture!

Good luck!!

Morning ladies.

Oooogs- Fantastic - Hope you have the labour you are after. Can't wait to hear of your new arrival!

HKZ Enjoy accupuncture, i have my second session tomorrow!! xx

Best of luck ooogs! Good labour vibes your way

Just got back from acupuncture and feel all blissed out...Acupunturist also used to be a midwife, so she gave me a sweep and stretch and got to about 3cm and said my cervix was pretty much thinned out and fully effaced...Yay!

There are definitely some rumblings going on down there today.

Right, now taking DD swimming, she was not impressed with aquatots last week and spent the whole session clinging onto me in the water and saying 'Good girl', hoping it will be less traumatic this week.

FLF- I passed on your news to Alison, who was very pleased! She was asking me what your name was and I had to explain I didn't know in RL and I'd been chatting to you on the net..think she thought I was slightly nuts after that!