March 2009: We're finally there!

[laweaselmys]

Born:
17/01/09 : FlannelCat - Girl- Bettie Violet
19/01/09 : Fififlores - Girl - Lola - 2.73 kg
21/02/09 : Laumiere - Boy - Gabriel William Thomas Robson - 7lb 14oz
22/02/09: Ceedub - Girl - Freya - 8 lbs 1oz
23/02/09 : Titchy77 - Boy - Charlie William - 4lb 10oz
26/02/09 : Mandy73 - Boy - Felix - 2.5kg
28/02/09 : Twocutedarlings - BOY - Alex
01/03/09 : Lolianja - BOY - James Mark Nicholas Andrew - 9lbs 8.5ozs
01/03/09 : Dinny/wrolf - Girl - 9.1lb
01/03/09 : auntyspan - Girl - Lydia Violet - 8lb 8oz
03/03/09: goldmother2b - Girl - 7lb 3oz

Still Due:
28th Feb Slickbird - BOY 2DDs (7yrs and nrly 1yr) [Nr.Edinburgh. Age: 35]
1st Nomorenappies DD1 3.2 years [York Age: 29]
1st Honey123 2DDs aged 13 & 19
2nd winemakesmummyclever DS 2
2nd Spottycat DC1
3rd Sorchamc DD1 4.5 years
3rd MissModular DD1 21 months
4th pinktree
4th sadiemcgradie DD1 [Age: 44]
6th Playingthe9monthwait DC1 [Hampshire, UK. Age: 26]
7th Emma2617 ? BOY DC1 [Manchester. Age: 22]
7th babyinbelly ? *SURPRISE& DS1 age 2 [oxfordshire. Age 22]
8th laurenypops DD1 23 mths [Age: almost 30!]
8th dorothywhipple DD 3 [UK. Age: 33]
8th MKG ? GIRL 2DS [USA. Age:29]
8th Jollyjoanne - GIRL [Cheshire, Age: 29]
8th superjump DS2
9th Beetle73 DD1 almost 4 [London. Age: 35]
9th SunshineSmith 1DC
9th babyalfie 2 DC [Age: 38]
9th Elsy DD1 18months
9th Lizziemun SURPRISE DD1 4.6yrs and DD2 11mths [Age: 38]
11th Nadsinoz - DC3
11th firstduemarch09 DC1 [Age:29]
11th Ellora DC1 [Age: 30]
11th AmyO - SURPRISE [Age: 28]
12th HopingCat - SURPRISE DD1 20months [Age: 30]
12th Thefearlessfreak DS1 20mths [Age: 38]
13th Wheelybug ? SURPRISE DD1 3.7 [Age: 33]
14th Kat80 - BOY DD1 9; DS1 7; DD2 6
15th CaptainKarvol - SURPRISE DS 2.7yrs [age 37]
15th Littlemisskiwi - SURPRISE [Age 31. New Zealand]
15th Wolfbase - BOY - DD 5
16th Millie26 ? GIRL [Age: 27, York]
16th Sara333 DS 6; DD 4 [Age: 35]
16th Littlebok BOY [London]
17th Gyo DC1 [Surrey]
18th SHABOOBLY DD1 2.5
18th EllieorOllie - BOY DD almost 2
19th Boobz DC1 [Streatham, London. Age: 29]
19th Anathemadevice DC1 [Surrey. Age:27]
19th laweaselmys - GIRL [Suffolk. Age: 21]
20th Tapster - BOY DD1 20 months [Age: late 30's]
20th ally90 GIRL DD 2.6
20th Squiffy Hock DS 4yrs DD 2yrs [Kent, Age: 33]
20th Yarnie - BOY DC1
21st Livismum - GIRL DD 3
21st Anna22
22nd MavisGrind DS 2.1 yrs
22nd Lilymolly DD 2.7months [Durham. Age: 32]
22nd Fruity - BOY DS 3yrs [SW London. Age:29]
23rd Kanga5 - DC5
23rd Noodle07 BOY DS 20mths
23rd Hermione 2DS (7 and 3).
23rd Starshinetiger DS 24 Months [Berkshire. Age: 34]
23rd SpookyMadMummy 2DDs 6&4 [S.Yorks]
23rd Mrs EJO
23rd Wheremybump - SURPRISE [Age:24]
24th Becko [Age: 33]
24th Pipsy76 DS 2.5 years
24th corgikelly DC1 [Brussels. Age: 38]
25th TheHedgeWitch - GIRL DS 2yrs [Aged 27. Shropshire]
25th summerbaby07 1DC
25th CS7 1st DC [Age: 25]
26th titmouse - aged 32
26th BumbleBeee- SURPRISE [Age: 43]
26th Chiplet
26th Grinningbee - GIRL DC1 (MMC Oct 07) [Age: 38]
26th SlightlyDoolally
28th rubyring 2DDs 3 yrs & 12mths
28th lollipopz ? SURPRISE DD6, DD4 and DS 19mnth
28th meep - SURPRISE 1DD 17mo [Age: 37, Scotland]
29th tantiK DS1 31mths [Rome]
29th broodymom 2DD aged 7 & 8
29th xJulesx DC1 [East London. Age: 36]
31st Cherrybaby 1st DC
31st megzymoo - first DC

Updated for auntyspan's little girl and hopingcat's birthday.

Good luck for lollipopz and emma today!

Yuck!

I was going to have marmite on toast for lunch in a bit... [sick emoticon]

Hey everyone.... which looks like it's just Corgi, Titmouse, Mamasmurf and Grinning still here! It must be a bit rubbish to be at the end of an ante natal thread as you've seen everyone pop off and have babies and then have no time to support you through the last bits! Well I'm still here ladies! I'm not leaving until you all have darling LOs in your arms!

titmouse - I completely agree with you abou the wanting the pain to come thing... I was doing everything I was thinking of to try and get the ctx to be more regular and intense so we could get the show running properly... expressing, bouncing, orgasms, stairs, food etc. And then of course when THAT pain did come (the 5cm dilated plus pain) all I wanted to do was STOP them! Or have a baby, which in the end was what I did, so that was ok then.

Pen is asleep and seems to be a very content little girl so far. Can't quite believe she's all mine. She's breast feeding really well (and I have got friends who have had lots of problems so had been preparing myself for the worst, but there seems to be no problems at all so far... touch wood...) and she's pretty much set her own 3 hourly schedule of eating, sleeping, nappy wetting and gurgling.

DH continues to be a rock - he's off to homebase this afternoon to buy a lamp as I insist the one in the nursery where we change her at night is too brigh for her little eyes! Bless him.

How is Alex doing 2cute? Are there photos of him on your profile?

Anyway, here's hoping it all kicks off for you soon girls and that you get your lovely HB titmouse as you are now overdue, no~?

xxx

Hello lovely ladies

Amazingly I am still here, and still pregnant!! Have been in early labour for over 36 hours now. And have had soooooo much show. I think they should be called 'mucous slugs', rather than plugs, as that's what mine resemble. 3 slugs actually. How's that for TMI??!!

Anyway, it's been all fun and games here this morning. Called the midwife out for a check as I was getting a little narked by the lack of progress and although I was doing ok dilation wise (then 2, now 3 cm), the baby's heartrate was all over the place and dipped majorly at the end of one particular contraction. So I got sent the DAU for monitoring and they have suggested that it might be wise to get things moving a little quicker. Have been released back into the community for the afternoon just in case baby's dawdling a bit, but am going back in at 6ish this evening to have my waters broken etc. It's very wierd to know that there's an end in sight. Last time I just contracted pathetically for days and days and days...

I have to admit to being dead scared of the pain to come though!! Perhaps I should have thought of that before getting up the duff...

ahh thanks boobz and twocute and all the other mums who haven't deserted us

I was looking at the list and there are quite a few people who haven't checked in for a while and would probably have given birth - hoping they are all ok and with their little ones now.

I'm due tomorrow boobz, so not overdue yet, I just had another interesting pain - or, a shadow of a pain as I think of them as I guess as it didn't really hurt - I will be so surprised if this baby comes out on due date! Has that happened to many people around here?

how did the expressing thing work out, were you expressing colostrum during your latent stage?

I had "shadows of pains" for about the first 12 hours, and then after that they were real ouchy type pains which I could cope with tens and breathing, and then from about 30 hours in, they were agony - but I don't want to scare you and don't want you to think it will go the same way for you! The gas and air took the edge off the worst ctx for the last 8 hours of established labour and so in the end, it was do-able - but only just!

The expressing worked I think, and even though I am a sceptic, I think some of the homepathic remedies DH was administering did the trick as well... Things certainly ramped up after those 2 tricks which fellow MNers suggested (in fact I think it was 2cute who got me expressing). Had LOADS of collostrum and was suddenly worried I was using it all up before the baby was born! But Girlwiththemouseyhair assured me I would make more! And I did, so that's all good.

Pen just waking up for a feed but will be checking back on you later. Are you going to post you labour updates here or on the HB thread?! Or maybe just get on with having the baby and not bother with the whole MN live labour thing?!

xxx

Off to hospital to get checked out. Here is hoping for the VBAC.

Good luck ellieorollie and to all you cake eaters.

good luck mamasurf sending you calm and positive labour vibes. I hope you get vbac.

boobz your -and of cours Mr Boobz's - updates were commendable and fabulous, I hope to be able to update but I will see how it goes- will probably be on HB thread but I'll let my fellow cake-eaters know what's going on here on this one when it starts. If I don't manage it I will certainly write a full report after.
I am so impressed with the detailed birth reports about what happened at what time etc, I am going to need to make notes as its happening!!

I was curious about the expressing thing as I have been squeezing my nipples a bit, just out of curiosity, and it made me have a shadow of a pain. Nothing much is coming out of them though.

I am still here, I tried to post this morning but it didn't work so I guess i have missed all the cake!!!

good luck mamasmurf and ellie

wishing pain on all those still waiting !

Me still here too 40 +8........although I dont really seem to have any acknowledgement on this thread.....or am I feeling sorry for myself ??

Had sweep yesterday and 3cm dilated and ready to rock and roll, just need some contractions to get things kick started.

Loads of pains yesterday and gallons of yacky stuff came out, but nothing today

Having another sweep on friday..then induction Monday if not had babes by then.....so at least it will be here by Tuesday

my posts still aren't working or are they?

I'm late now too lilymolly...

maybe if I do one line at a time...

am booked for sweep next wed, hope it is here before then as it is the wriggliest baby ever...

I must have been rambling too much before...

No signs of ANY action here at all...

corgi I would go to another country for G&A, I couldn't do without it.

good luck mamasurf

see it prefers short posts

Kanga I've been having problems posting too, not sure what is going on.

I'm also still here, (on the thread that is - not pregnant) Mae is now 16 days old, and we have become so skilled at breastfeeding I'm typing this whilst feeding!

Good luck EllieorOllie hope things are progressing well.

And good luck to Mamasmurf fingers crossed for your vbac.

Lilymolly I hope things get going soon, although good on you for getting to 3cms already - I suppose that is 3 less when the ctx start properly.

Fingers crossed that those still waiting don't have to wait much longer and that the cake eating helps! LOL

However, I'm wishing I hadn't done quite so much cake eating during pregnancy very jealous of those getting back into shape so quickly. I've put on a stone and a half at least and was overweight before being pregnant so not impressed. Particularly as my colleague from work had a baby a month before me and she is stick thin and flat stomached already!

grinningbee I did try to keep company with you this morning but I just couldn't get it to work then.

(better stop now or you will think I really am crazy pregnant lady)

I'm still here too! Still losing show and having irregular ouchy contractions but this has been since yesterday morning so not getting my hopes up , good luck Ellie and anyone else about to labour

evening ladies,

lilymolly I didn't know they would do more than one sweep, really hope you get some good contractions soon! I couldn't see you on the list, did you not get added? What was your due date?

Hello fellow ladies-in-waiting -- the few, the proud, the hopelessly late!

Just back from seeing Duplicity (Clive Owen = eye candy), and have actually had a few contractions. No rhyme or reason to 'em, though, so I'm about to hop in the bath and see if they calm down.

Thanks for the words of encouragement, boobz, fearless and joanne -- kind of like the marathon finishers who are cheering the slowpokes on while sipping champers on the other side of the line!

lollipopz, ellie, kanga, lily, grinningbee, mamasmurf, titmouse -- who's next??

I don't want anything to happen til I've watched The Apprentice

You've jinxed yourself now titmouse that's your waters breaking about 10mins from the end of the Aprentice so you miss finding out who's fired!

Picking up on something said earlier - are there in fact post-natal threads organised by month, like this antenatal one? Or do people just tend to shift over to the general parenting board?