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!

corgi, ARM is artificial rupture of membranes, done with a crochet hook. It is a method of induction, but when it was done to me it send my contractions into super drive going from 4 to 10 cm in about 15 mins. It was agony but baby came out VERY soon after and all ended well.

I like both names for your baby boy, but Patrick more, it was on my list for a while..

I was awake til 3 am last night with a strong BH that went on forever. Nothing came of it.

Hello everyone - just popping in to announce the arrival of baby Rosie by elective c-section on monday 23rd - 7lbs 12oz and beautiful. Only just got home from hospital today - my wound wasn't healing too well and I was happy to stay in to get bf established.

Will catch up on everyone's news later - congrtaultaions to anyone else who has had a baby while I've been away.

Hi everyone, still here

Congrats to all who have had their babies

Had another sweep today, and am now 4 cm dilated but still nothing and I am now 10 days overdue, so getting induced by ARM on monday morning.

Hopefully it will be a quick affair

Will keep you all posted

Congratulations Meep!

Oh Lilymolly you must be really cheesed off now. I can see me going that way too.

I am thinking labour vibes your way for this weekend.

congrats meep, been wondering how it went on monday. Good to hear the words "BF and established" in one sentence!!! You must feel really institutionalised after all week in hospital, so nice to be home I expect.

lilymolly it sounds a really promising stage for you and you have all weekend to go into labour so really good luck for it kicking off naturally before monday.

grinningbee I think I am in the same boat..

Wheely - congrats on your baby girl

Anyone else think Titmouse is suspiciously quiet?

Congrats EllieorOllie and Meep on the births of your new little ones.

Yeah it is very strange when people disappear, although titmouse said she may try to put her story on the homebirth page so it may be worth keeping an eye on there.

MKG hasn't been on for ages and she was due on the same day as me, so I can only presume she had her little one.

Also love the tales of the soppy DHs, mine seems to have become acustomed to being a dad very quickly and is already bossing everyone including me around - this is how to hold her head and this is how to wind her etc. It's quite funny really.

Still sending labour vibes to people who need them. Fingers crossed for a few more babies over the weekend.

Congrats ellie and meep on george and rosie. Can't remember if I said congrats to sunshine and hedgewitch so congrats !!!

Meep - hope you're healing ok now and that the c-sec was a more positive experience than first time. I assume from your post bf-ing is going ok ??

Hi ladylush - thank you ! I assume you are pg ? Are things going ok ? I really hope so !

sympathy to those waiting andfed up.

Good evening all who are left...

Hope you are hanging in ok there and are not tooooo fed up.

We got landed on by relatives and friends today, which was lovely, but reminded me why staying for 24 hours in hospital is not perhaps such a bad thing

George is a cuddly, gorgeous, snuffly little thing, but apparently entirely nocturnal. Yawn...

Corgi and possibly Titmouse - would like to add a little more about the back to back labour thing as I've been going on for ages about how bad my first back to back was and how I was doing everything to avoid it again. Well I failed miserably as George turned back to back while I was in very active pre-labout, just like DD. I developed proper back labour and it was painful. I had an epidural in the end but I second whoever it was that said that having your birth partner dig their fingers into your lower back during contractions really helps. Also, George decided to turn the right way round again before I got to the pushing, so he didn't get stuck like DD. When they told me he was posterior I was convinced it was going to end in an episiotomy and a ventouse/forceps delivery, but actually the pushing part was quite easy. So just give up on the leaning and positioning and hope for the best. And take a good massage tool for your lower back!!!!

Good luck to all, and lots of laboury vibes your way

And congrats Meep on the birth of Rosie - onee of my favourite names

Meep congrats on the birth of Rosie what i fantastic name!! (tis DD1s name btw ), so hope feeding is going ok for you.

lily have you tried using a breast pump? (sorry for repeating myself, i just know that i quite often miss lots of posts ).

no still hanging on

Have been squeezing and tweaking nips and still nothing!

I think I am going to have to wait until induction on monday

Morning all, I'm still here.

I should call myself grumpybee today. DH and I were supposed to have some "snugglytime" this morning before he went off for the day to help someone move house. He went back to sleep!!

I had a weird night last night. Felt very restless and pootled around for a bit, did go to sleep eventually only to have odd dreams all night, in between waking up lots anyway.

Hey ho.

Hope everyone else is ok today.

Hey Lilymoly and grinning -- am still here and feeling for you both! I would be reet fed up by now...

Get the breast pump out!

Not much more to report here. We're all cuddled up on the bed, with me MNing and DH watching the rugby on Skyplayer; dog at the foot of the bed snoring away and Penelope nestled between us on a breast feeding pillow catching some Zzzzz. Very The Waltons.

GO LILY AND GRINNING!

still here too! got the mother of all back pain shivering a lot, woke up every hour..spoke to mw she said all sounds promising but i wont hold my breath, thought it was all happening last sat and nothing did! do feel like crap tho! xx sw

All present and accounted for on the Saturday roll call...

If it weren't for the fact I'm booked for an induction Thursday, I would have no trouble believing I'm going to be pregnant for the rest of my life. No twinges, nothing!

So lily has her induction Monday, me Thursday and grinning on the 7th? What about you, ruby? Still waiting it out?

kanga, thanks for the ARM definition. Don't think that's part of the induction process here -- my OB was just talking about going straight to the oxytocin drip.

ellie, v interesting to get your up-to-the-minute take on back labour. Massage tool is now in labour bag, and thank god DP is a guitarist and has incredibly strong hands!

boobz, the scenario en famille sounds lovely.

Off to get some croissants and fresh juice, and then going to maternity ward for today's monitoring session. Happy Saturday!

having some more irregular contrx....induction booked for fri, sweep on tue, just want to curl up in ball in a dark room, feeling a bit cave womany! still feel like am going to be preggers forever too though, corgi...maybe am just trying to will the whole thing on this wkend as hubby is around....oh the endless wait! x

Wheely - Yes I'm 15+3 and counting each day

Sounds promising Ruby , how are things now?, btw if you feel the need to curl up in a dark room, then you do so!!

corgi AIBU to be at your croissants and juice??................. swap ya for 2 shitty nappies lol !! hope the monitoring went well xx.

Hi Everyone,

I gave birth to Anna March 17th at 38.5 weeks. 7 lbs 12 oz.

With all my worry about having a VBAC and a peaceful birth the baby nearly came out on the high street!

I had contractions at about 4:45 which became a minute apart 20 minutes later.

The hospital made my husband call an ambulance and she was crowning by the time they arrived but she got stuck so they brought me to hospital where she was delivered by forceps.

The whole thing took about 2 hours and was quite shocking...

Hope everyone is well.

xxx

blimey bumblebee that's a dramatic birth! congratulations! still here...i hid in nice dark bedrm all afternoon while hubby took kids out, was having 15min contrax now not so sure, got heating up full blast, feeling bit more chipper, gonna try moving about more ...

Holy cow, Bumblbeee -- what a story! There's something spooky about the number of speedy births in this antenatal group (sorry, boobz!) Congratulations and welcome Anna!

twocute, I bet I'll haveenough nappies of my own not to need to trade for them in the very near future...

Monitoring went well but took ages as they were being very conscientous -- Cletus was moving so much they kept losing his heartbeat, so the midwives kept adding time to the monitoring session until I said the heck with it and just started moving the sensor around myself to keep up with him!

They advised plenty of walking, stairclimbing and sex before Thursday. Don't know if I can face the sex, but I've had several massive cups of raspberry leaf tea and we've ordered curry takeaway for dinner (wonder if it counts that it's Thai and not Indian? In any event, the duck curry comes with pineapple...)

ruby, how are you doing? Still cave-womaning?

hey all i'm still here too just about ready to pop! well its my 25th birthday on monday so whats the betting i'll be spending it in labour. i've just been to fetch the raspberry leaf tea as im now desperate so i'll see how that goes!!!

I am 5 days overdue now and utterly fed up. I am so uncomfortable and tired constantly.
Back to the midwife on Monday for a sweep. Lets hope it gets things going.