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

[NuttyBlowUpEasterBunny]

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!

Sounds frustrating (and ouchy rachel. What does MW say?

Good morning, Ladies!

Nutty, I like the 'why are we waiting' thread title.

Please feel free to not read any of the following waffle. I feel a lot better just for typing it up.

I woke up this morning feeling really depressed again and fed up that yet another day of false labour has not done anything to get this baby out! I know that I'm not due for a couple of weeks yet but I am getting exhausted from the stop-start nature of pre-labour that I am having. And, I'm now 19 days more pregnant than I ever managed with DD so it seems like a long time to me!

Anyway, I am a now because I started thinking about why was I having such problems with my body trying to get me into labour and not getting anywhere? I am also terribly fed up with the excrutiating round ligament pain that I am getting. So, I turned to google and discovered a few things. Apparently the stop-start nature of my pre-labour and the round ligament pain are classic of an OP baby. It seems that the baby is having problems stimulating labour because it's head just can't get into a good position and put the pressure needed onto my cervix. In the night I had the most horrendous pain and could see that baby was trying to turn but couldn't because my round ligament on one side is too tight. This can be quite common and often when this happens it ends up that a woman can have weeks of her body trying to labour without success and then having a syntocinon drip to make her contractions happen and then finally ending up with a C-section as things don't progress.

Anyway, it was great to read that all of my symptoms are quite typical of an OP baby and why they are happening. But, clearly when I'm doing all of the right stuff to turn this baby and not slouching on the sofa, I need a bit of help to sort things out. So, I have discovered that you can have osteopathy or cranial osteopathy to help release the tight ligament and help the baby to get into an OA position. I know a brilliant osteopath who treated DD when she was born so I have an appointment on saturday I'm managing to do something to bring this hell of stop-start pre-labour to an end and I feel so much brighter for it!

Well done if you have managed to read my waffle

Great news Swali! So good to know what the problem is AND that there is a solution

Wow, someone actually read all my waffle!

Ooh, Minush, love the sound of private part recovery sessions! What do they involve?

Swali- popping in and out today as carpenter here so lots of banging and ds and dd having a cbeebies treat, for my sanity

WIll keep my fingers crossed your appt helps get things going for you.

minush: haven't told midwives yet about the contractions or show yet - saw them on Monday and they are "threatening" me with the idea that I will be booked in for induction in hospital on Sunday if nothing happens But I don't want that - I had a lovely homebirth last time, and want the same again! Not a repeat of what I had the first time round - was a bad experience!

has anyone else had cravings at this late stage? I had a desperate one for onion ring crisps, pickled onions etc etc earlier on and now have the most desperate need to garlic olives, they are just heaven. I even had a sip of wine last night.

Ah, good news re: the osteopath Swali! I was very confused by your at the start and thought maybe it was a [having hysterics] emoticon as that bunny does look slightly...unhinged!

Rachel - I shall come and join you in the 'we want HBs, not induction' corner! Together we can fight them off!

Forgot to say - I got my HiP form yesterday! Everything I'd read about it said that your were eligible if your due date was 6th April or later. So as it was already 7th April, and no baby, we concluded that my due date now had to be at least 7th April, and was worth giving it a go!

Think I'm going to go and vigorously clean the bathroom (DH has forbidden the knocking down of walls). Overdoing it is the way forwards.

hello all...looks like a lovely day for having babies..

Juw, I was trying to say that I am a very happy bunny but it probably is more accurate to say that I am slightly hysterical or unhinged after days of ctx and no dilation.

At least now I understand why my ctx can be so strong that they are off the scale on the CTG but they aren't getting my body into labour. I feel a lot less like I'm going mad or imagining things now that I know why I am going through this hell. I don't know how on earth Springy has coped with weeks of 'pre-labour'. I never had anything like this with DD who was in a wonderful ROA position and a fantastic, quick labour. I know that my body can labour and birth well. I'm not so confused now as to why my body won't do it this time.

I don't see why they need to induce you, Rachel. Maybe they are trying to scare the baby out of you with the threat of induction?

Anyway, I'm off for a nap now (and maybe a few strawberries first even if I do still feel sick). See you all later.

News Maths???

Minush I was reading about the French recovery system the other day. And worked out basically its to get your body back into shape for your husband!!
Made me quite angry to be honest

Juw - Kitty had the sperm shakes

Carameli - yay for good MW and house progression i'm just craving my chalk Springy had her sponge and Conker is loving the chemicals (bathroom) MM was craving ice

Minush - its almost like the french are afraid of any questioning WRT babies

Rachel - well the signs are coming thick and fas hopefully labour will be imminent for you!! hang in there xxx

Swaliswan - thats fab about the osteopath, good luck on saturday and hopefully labour will kick in properly for you too!! [bsimle] glad you feel better and more positive

MM - how are you doing do you have your baby yet?? xxx

Bronze - Really !!!! words fail me!!!

MM - ?????? ooohhhh the suspense!!! how are you doing????

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Hi all

Can't believe no babies born yesterday ... unless we don't know yet

been to see MW, everything okay, 3/5 engaged. I didn't think babies engaged in subsequent pgs until labour?

Maths - GL for today, it is indeed a lovely day for babies to be born!

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for when you are all done with this thread ..............

NEW THREAD HERE!!!!!!