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!

I am feeling very wet. As I texted to Nutty, my fanjo is like a flipping rice paddy field.

I am also bored. I have read the whole of the Association of Radical Midwives' website, several research papers on membrane rupture before labour, dusted the living room, cleaned the kitchen and mopped the kitchen floor after a fashion, made scrambled eggs on toast for me and DH, cleaned my bathroom up a bit, made the kids' beds, and aired the house.

My waters are intact & I've managed to eat cereal & wee a few times. That is all.

Do you have any instinctive feeling as to how long until it kicks off? How's your DH now?

I am not sure how active to be from now on, given the SPD situation, tbh.

I was thinking that maybe you should be resting? Considering how much strain your pelvis is about to be under...?

DH is looking very perky actually and more his old self. I think we got off lightly there.

I think it's most impressive to eat a dodgy prawn, and then for your tummy to select it from the food filing system and reject it on an individual basis.

I think it might kick off this afternoon for some reason, But who knows?

Yay for your DH's selective tummy

ITS AFTERNOON NOW!!!!!!!

re active, i dont really know what to suggest in one hand you want to move about to get things going on the other you cant really "walk" spd off so acive is a bit down the drain hard to know what to do for the best xx

it's funny i asked my MW the same question and she just shook her head solomnly and said "do you know what i really dont know how you will deal with it, best to go straight to hospital and get an epidural immediately in your case" LOL.

Nobody seems to know!! tis ridiculous!

is your MW there yet, hopefully she will have better advice xx

Nutty, I wish. I'm being such an awful bitch at the moment. I'm totally out of control hormonally. I've not been too bad for 8 months (in terms of grumpiness!) but the last few weeks... & the last couple of days especially have just been ridiculous. I can't even summon the enthusiasm to speak aloud. I just grunt & cry & stare blankly at DH like he's stupid, when it wouldn't be at all hard to smile along with whatever he's going on about.

On the plus side, you girls still make me smile Mostly because I'm not simmering with bitter resentment that you're able to swan around all happy with no pain or discomfort & an untouched body & no bomb ticking away in your uterus.

I like the idea of the food filing system - your DH is clearly an evolutionary step ahead of most of the rest of us, Boff

Mw is not here yet - I thought she would be here an hour ago. Baby is very quiet so I would be grateful to hear the heartbeat.

I have seen everything now. I want one of these!

Baby bath spa

Babies do tend to go quiet just before labour though, don't they? I'm hardly the expert (& you've done this 3 times already!) but I'm fairly sure there's no need to worry?

Although obviously it's always nice to hear for certain that everything's okay.

That is rather fabulous!

Hello!

Have been following the Boff story since 2.30 am - vaguely - with lots of sleep too.
Very pleased to hear from Barbarella!

Right off to learn some new songs with the uke... any requests?

Go Boffin Mum, hooray for babies!

We went to the park yesterday and then to Waitrose to pick up some supplies. Waitrose on a Sat afternoon with toddler and new baby = not a good idea.

We did the scan your own shopping thing in Waitrose, managed not only to fail to scan the most expensive thing in the basket but also to leave a bag of Alpen in the middle of one of the aisles, abandoned like a tiny Swiss mountain.

We had scanned the Alpen, doesn't quite cover the cost of the other things, but it will go some way towards it. Am too to go back....

DS1 has gone to play with Grannie, Auntie and two cousins, and we are enjoying some peace and quiet with sleeping Orbit Buttonhole. Phew.

Orbit seems to have decided that between 10pm and 1am is play and continous feeding time. We're not sure we like this timetable. Ho hum.

OMG!!! look at that baby spa!! i want one adult one for me!!

Springy - ((hugs)) you're not alone in being moody i think we're all a bit of a time bomb bitch (in the nicest possible way!! obviously) at the moment xx

Boff - hope she gets there soon

WFH - ahhh dont worry about waitrose too much LOL at mini swiss mountain

WFH - We regularly scatter blueberries in Waitrose. It's sort of a tradition.

I love the spa bath. I'm imagining the baby kicking back in there with a tiny champagne flute in hand.

Boff has been gone for an hour.

I am still here. Still wet. Have been seeing mw. Everything is fine, baby is completely engaged now, which is what probably happened with a clunk at 2am, causing the waters to break. He has gone quiet because there's nowhere for him to move, apparently, and because his environment has suddenly drained and this has probably freaked him out a bit.

Mw brought me a great prezzie of some Boots 'Stay Dry' pants which they recommend for waters situations and also for the immediate post partum period, as it's better than having a pad sliding around. I have some on as I type, and I must confess they really do hold a lot and leak less.

I share a lot with you girls, don't I?

Oh my life.

DH has finally offered to shag me to speed things up.

I had to laugh. IT IS JUST A BIT TOO LATE NOW!!!!!! [bbgrin]

Boffin at your dh LOL ah boff if the pants are good we're on a need to know basis xx

COME ON BABY BOFF!!!! out you come!!!

LOL when we all meet up we should have a set of pom poms each so we recognise each other

....and then do a lil pom pom parade and throw in a few high kicks for good measure

hee hee