Due April 2009 - Chapter 28: Manual Labour Brings on Boring Birthing Labour and we meet Baby BB and Baby Bleu!!!

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Thought i would customise the title a bit

Ok Lets see if we can hit that 9 baby target for tommorow!!!!! Puuuuuuusssshhhhhh

The baby list...
12 Feb: Skiingone: MARIANNA 4lb 4oz
20 Feb: Glaskham: RUBY MARIE 4lb 3oz
04 Mar: Barbarella: ESTELLA, ROSANNA, OTIS
05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Babypringle: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
28 Mar: Claireykitten: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz
29 Mar: WhatFreshHell: BABY FRESHHELL 10lb 5.5oz
31 Mar: Mumblemum: ORSON XERXES
02 Apr: Oddeyes: BABY ODDEYES 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bleuravin: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
04 Apr: BABY BOLAT: 6lb 5oz

Still yet to hatch...

01 Apr : Rachelinscotland: DD 3 years, and DS 2 years in March
01 Apr : Juwesm: 1st timer
01 Apr : Chickenbalti: DS 4 years DD 17 months
02 Apr : BoffinMum: BOY! dd(21) ds(10) ds(7)
02 Apr : MathsMummy27: GIRL! DD 3 years
03 Apr : purlease: 1 m/c, 1 DD 3 years
03 Apr : Kalikaroo: SURPRISE! (28), 1st timer
04 Apr : phdlife
04 Apr : Bumpalump
06 Apr : ToastnHoney: first timer
06 Apr : Mummyontherun: DD 22 months
06 Apr : pintofstella: DS 5.7
08 Apr : LuLuBai: 1 DD born 02 Apr 07
09 Apr : Minush
10 Apr : hopeful1
10 Apr : mrsfossil: 1 DS 6.5
11 Apr : Bubbaluv: 1 DS 1yo
11 Apr : SpringySunshine: BOY! 1st timer.
12 Apr : Brettgirl, 1st timer
13 Apr : Dungungirl(30): BOY! 1 m/c, DS 4 years
14 Apr : AuldAlliance: DS3.8 BOY!
14 Apr : Woody2shoes: Second DS
15 Apr : electra
15 Apr : Sarahmum: DS 10yrs
16 Apr : tristaleejac(25): 1 ds, 3 years
17 Apr : Surprisenumber3(32): DS1 9 DSS 9 DS2 5 GIRL!
18 Apr : gingersarah: 1st baby
18 Apr : Lauren61
18 Apr : salbysea: (28) 1st timer
19 Apr : Kittycatisgettingfat (29) 1st timer
20 Apr : lou031205 (29) 3rd DC, DD1 3.4, DD2 19 mo
21 Apr : B52s: DS will be 2 and a quarter
21 Apr : Staryeyed
21 Apr : Schulte
22 Apr : PuzzleRocks: DD 22mths GIRL!
22 Apr : soon2befamilyof4 DD 13 months.
23 Apr : FatandFedup DC3
24 Apr : conkertree (27): DS 17 months
24 Apr : Bronze (Gawain) - 4th DC
24 Apr : Frekkles
25 Apr : Swaliswan: DD 17 months
25 Apr : ReallyTired
25 Apr : TarteTatin
27 Apr : Bicnod
27 Apr : Carameli
27 Apr : ilovesummer 3rd dc
27 Apr : purplemonkeydishwasher DS 3yo
28 Apr : Satheresitting
30 Apr : Nutty Taff (27) DD nearly 5 GIRL!

lol juw - i suppose it does a bit. Was getting so sick of normal tea before rlt though that i think the change is nice.

So nervous about someone coming to see the house - wish dh was home to do it. We are not in a great rush to sell so it doesnt really matter, but just means i will sit and worry about it for the next 5 hours.

Conker - i'm sure the viewing will go fine always odd having to show "strange" people round your home though xx

yup nutty - its like others are saying - dont really feel like seeing friends just now, so strangers are worse, but hey - if they dont like it, they dont like it and thats that.

If they do - will have to find somewhere to live

Hello!

Finally have internet access again. Oooooh lots of lovely babies have been born. Many many congrats to all the new mums.

Have not even begun to catch up on all the chat but hope everyone is doing well?

All well here. Still oh-so-very-heavily pregnant (due tomorrow) and racing around trying to get house and stuff sorted before baby puts in an appearance. Still can't think of a boys name and having sleepless nights fretting....

Hey LuLu

glad everything is well?? how are you enjoying your newly refurbished house is it nice to be home? hope you have had some chances to relax a little

well lulu - bathroom diy seems to be the established way to bring on labour on this thread, so if there is any work still to do there you might like to give it a shot. Alternatively if you have things to get done before baby arrives - avoid the bathroom at all costs

Relax? No, barely sat down (largely cos we didn't have any chairs until we made it to Ikea on Sunday!). Also lots of unpacking, washing, sorting etc. Soooo much still to do!

But loving being here. It is so exciting seeing it finished after a 1.5 years spent imagining how it could look. ANd it looks just how we wanted it to!!!

Still a few things to do. DH informed me this morning that worktop is arriving from Wales tomorrow. Can't believe he arranged for me to take delivery of something so important on my due date

Ooooh - who gave birth in the bathroom then?

Have just been on all fours sorting out he inside of the vanity unit actually....

And what flavour babies have WFH, Oddeyes and BB had?

LuLu - BB & Boff both redecorated their bathrooms and went into labor

ooohhh good luck with the delivery tommorow hopefully it wont be a BOGOF!!!

WFH, your DP is rather witty with his leaking energy, especially considering his lack of it

Will you be doing anything nice for your birthday?

Ju, hopefully you'll see some progress in the next 24 hours xx

Nutty, stop stealing her Tuesday induction - I was going to ask for it! I know I said I'd let you have yours, but it's not fair to take someone else's!

Yay, LuLu's back! & we've not missed any baby action. Excellent. I hope you're not racing around too much...

Oooh - so Boff is in labour now or has had baby?

Forgive me - there is just sooo much to catch up on.

Our bathroom is pretty much done now and not a single twinge of a contraction.

WFH, BB & Boff - Blue Babies
Oddeyes - Pink

oh and Bleu had a girl too

Springy - ok you can hav e Juw's induction then

Boff had hers last night after a bit of a start/stop labour - her waters broke & then very little. We've not heard from her directly yet, though.

WFH, BB & Boff have blue babies (& BB has allowed 'Karahan' after all - he's gorgeous & actually does look like a Karahan; there are lots of pics on her profile!)

OddEyes, Bleu & Mrs Fossil had pink ones.

Thank you, Nutty. I think it's only right

No Problem Springy fair's fair

Aaaah brilliant. Will seek out the pics.

(But just cos she allowed Karahan doesn't mean I am going to give in to Reginald!)

So excited for everyone.

i just got a parcel in the post. it was this
i'm pretty sure my cousin sent it. she's a really generous person.

I don't want it.

it looks like an apron. i just think, 'what's the point?' i can use a muslin. and frankly i'm really not that bothered about nursing in public.

i guess when baby gets to the nosey stage it might come in handy. i'm being really ungrateful and horrible. (i'll be nice and thank her and tell her it's great.)

and my sister had one. i hate my sister. (i'm being unreasonable. i know i am. i'm hormonal and i think i've earned it!!!!)

LuLu, Karahan looks like a Karahan. I'm not sure how you'd have a baby that'd look like a Reginald

purple, that is really lovely of her to send it for you - but it's not really lovely in itself, IMO. Just thank her & put it in a drawer & don't think about it again until you can reasonably sell it on?

thank you springy. i thought maybe it was just me and everyone else would think it's nice!

I'm sure some people would think that it was nice, but I'd never want one. Apart from anything else, it draws more attention to public breastfeeding - & considering that it's meant to be more discreet... I know that it keeps you covered up, but as you say you can just use a muslin or whatever.

i think that's it in a nutshell. you are trying to cover up so you put on a big bright piece of fabric that looks like an apron. weird. typically north american as well.

Purple - thank her and pack it away. May be useful if you are travelling to a country where breastfeeding is less approved of.

Hiya
Been out to focus, figured walking round a DIY shop might bring on labour it didn't though
Mum is doing the nesting on my behalf and is redecorating the living room
lulu - nice to have you back x
BB - I know you've had tons of advice already but I used to find that when my boobs were still in the early stages of figuring out how much milk to have ready, quite often one would become full and quite hard.
Like say I fed DS on right boob, left one would become rock hard as it was full, so I'd know to start with left one next time. Then after that it would be the right one that was hard, and so on...
It was actually quite a handy thing for remembering which boob he was due to feed on. Bit crazy if there were others in the room though and I'm touching up my boobs to see which one is hardest!