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Due April 2009 - Chapter 30: Orbit Has a Real Name AND Springy Has Sprung!! Fanjo Warriors Form Birth Battle Formation!!

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NuttyBlowUpEasterBunny · 11/04/2009 22:43

a title everyone will be happy with may you all post and be merry

may we have many labours and births on theis thread!!!!!

Come on Girls!!!!

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NuttyBlowUpEasterBunny · 17/04/2009 20:39

ooooohhhh conker!!!

hey LuLu

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BoffinMum · 17/04/2009 21:20

Go Conker!!!

I just went into labour naturally. I didn't want an induction and they just gave me extra scans and ante-natal checks to make sure there was enough amniotic fluid, an OK placenta and so on.

My mw has just had a client who went 3.5 weeks overdue and had a totally normal birth. But there are risks and I wouldn't have wanted to go much longer than 18 days tbh. It was only because I had a really good consultant who suggested my dates might be a week out despite the dating scan and so on that encouraged me to hang on.

soon2befamilyof4 · 17/04/2009 21:32

Boffin, that is true. Although I don't think anywhere was claiming it would do that TBH. more just a recomendation to help people along if they are ready to go into labour. The same as Sex and walking are recomended won't work for everybody but sometimes do the trick. Sex didn't work for me, even when overdue with DD, but doesn't mean it wouldn't have worked a few days later or with another mum.

PuzzleRocks · 17/04/2009 21:33

Hey Lulu, I figured you might not be connected. Good to have you back.

BB - I'm great thanks. Stitches are not too sore. These damn afterpains are hellish though. Apparently they are worse with second babies.

conkertree · 17/04/2009 21:35

you must have been quite relieved i imagine, after that time, to go into labour naturally.

tightenings not getting stronger or more frequent so think i will go to bed - and no doubt they will go away over night if other's experiences on this thread are anything to go by - but am happy that at least my body may be gearing up slightly to make something happen.

soon2befamilyof4 · 17/04/2009 21:59

Conker - I have had a few too. But the ones I had the other day were SOOO painful and didn't amount to anything so I am not getting exited at all.
I think I just over did it. Have been doing housework most of the day and have just spent the last 2-3 hours scrubbing the bathroom walls AGAIN - I think I must have some weird nesting obsession with the bathroom being spotless. Stupid as the rest of the house is a tip. Have litterally been cleaning round the pipes, scrubbing brush to the walls etc - second tile in the last week or 2.

frekkles · 17/04/2009 22:26

hey there lasses! many hellos to you all, hope all the new mums are happy and full of brie and all the ladies in waiting are being massaged and made love to .

many congratulations puzzle and mathsmummy, well done on bringing more women into the world. really happy for you both xx

i loved your birth stories. Infact I'm feeling very blessed to be an end of the month person as every one of you wonderful women that give birth and comes back to tell the tale gives me more confidence that i'll be able to do it too.

hey conker, due date buddy! I've been having tightenings too, every night the last few nights and when I go for walks. Things definately feel different down there. my pelvis is agony too, the only thing that helps the pain is staying active, but I'm so tired aswell. And tonight's wet knickers either mean i have lost my pelvic foor muscles or I'm leaking. Not a clue which one. but i'm actually not fussed. so used to being sore that i'm just a bit blah about the whole thing...

went for a drink with my ex this afternoon. still so sad about the whole thing. miss him. he's leaving edinburgh in six weeks to move to bristol. he says he's so sad that there's nothing he can do now to get me back. it's so sad. i do still love him. feel beaten up by the whole thing still. but he wished me luck and love.

((((((((((((((bleu)))))))))))))))))) i'm so sorry about your nipples, and i'm sorry I can't help and offer advice, but i do send love and fortitude x

tonight's question is...... can you swaddle a baby in a woolen blanket?

BoffinMum · 17/04/2009 22:44

Hi Frekkles! You can swaddle a baby in anything you like. It's good to do their arms but leave their hands free, because they like that, and then you can see feeding cues.

soon2befamilyof4 · 17/04/2009 22:59

BB - I duno how you managed to do your bathroom right up to labour. I am really regretting over doing it tonight as my back is agony and I still have to mop the floor in the bathroom and put the furniture back.

Off to go and get on with it now so I can go to bed.

SpringySponge · 17/04/2009 23:37

Puzzle was a great way to casually announce your arrival - just adding yourself to your usual lists. Can't wait for details! xx

"I see we're on to pig's willies again" at Schulte.

Nutty, bless your DD packing the baby's bag Fantastic

Bleu, I back what BB's said - you mustn't sacrifice your mental health for the sake of breastfeeding. It's just not worth it. I hope you can sort it out so you're happy with whatever, though xx

phd, just read your birth story - how quick everything was! Shame that it wasn't all as straightforward as it could've been - although I can't be too sympathetic as you're not appreciating the Cadbury's basket as you should be Your DS sounds adorable as well xx

MM, I love your birth story - sounds idyllic & you coped so well! You don't half make me laugh How wonderful that you feel so much better about birth now. I hope your cervix was sufficiently admired!

BB, I've sprayed him a few times - but I more often end up dribbling it down my tummy

& he's feeding for the whole time. Towards the end he gets sleepy & slower, but if I dare to remove him... He's just so greedy. We're getting mountains of full nappies as a result, too.

Nutty, fab idea with the sponges Even though my craving's gone, I'm still full of affection for my sponge

Puzzle, another funny birth story - "just cut me!" Your DD1 sounds like she's taking to the big sister role like a duck to water

frekkles, funny that you mention brie - my mum brought me a cheeseboard & I've never been happier. I ate a huge wedge of brie & a baguette in one sitting. Excessive, perhaps - but oh so good!

I'm so excited about getting your news - I swear, if you forget your phone & make me miss out on the excitement of being your buddy...

Sorry that things are still painful between you & your ex. It'll be good for him to get away & have a fresh start in Bristol whilst you have your fresh start with your DP & baby. At least you've parted on good terms xx

It seems so, so strange that I was in the throes of labour this time last week. It seems even stranger that my baby is still just under a week old - I can't imagine him not being here. I love him more every single day, even though I'm sleep deprived & covered in sick & milk & wee. He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen & every little thing he does (apart from the screaming in the dead of night, perhaps) makes me fall a little bit further in love with him. For those of you still waiting it is so, so worth it. I know that that's all ridiculously soppy, but I don't care - I've spent enough time whinging on these threads, so I may as well say something positive

SpringySponge · 17/04/2009 23:38

That catch up was done in little bits over the last few hours, so apologies if it's a bit disjointed!

soon2befamilyof4 · 17/04/2009 23:42

I am REALLY hot - Dh said it is quite cold in here, but I have sweat dripping down my face! Should I be worried? Other than that I feel ok, just a bit tired and like I have over done it a bit. Please tell me somebody is still up!

surprisenumber3 · 17/04/2009 23:44

soon2be - I am boiling too with a bright red face but DH is cold! Keep getting night sweats too. Go easy with the housework though!

soon2befamilyof4 · 17/04/2009 23:45

Yes I have a bright red face too! Lol. So its nothing to worry about?

surprisenumber3 · 17/04/2009 23:46

Frekkles - seems like there's a few of us who get tightenings at night and then they disappear by morning...but if you're leaking water too...

Hope you're okay,

surprisenumber3 · 17/04/2009 23:47

I hope not, I have a big round red face and resemble an over-ripe tomato!

SpringySponge · 17/04/2009 23:47

I think Auld said something about looking like she was really sunburnt shortly before she popped...

surprisenumber3 · 17/04/2009 23:49

Did she springy? I look like I'm permanently embarrassed at the moment! I don't think I'm about to pop though, I am just a walking contracting uterus and probably will be for the next few weeks

SpringySponge · 17/04/2009 23:55

Found it:

By AuldAlliance on Sat 04-Apr-09 17:35:18
Ooh, all these lucky people going out for dinner.
Enjoy! (Dare I add, "while you can"?) wink

I have gone really red in the face. Even the lady in the baker's commented on it, thinking I'd got sunburn. Is this some weird hormonal thing, or connected with my circulation working overtime? It's not a good look...

Not quite so soon before she popped as I thought, but still - it appears to be a known phenomenon

surprisenumber3 · 17/04/2009 23:56

ahh thanks Springy I suppose it's something to do with all the extra blood pumping around.

SpringySponge · 18/04/2009 00:12

No problem - I'm glad I could be useful, if only a little bit - I feel really bad that I'm never here anymore! I want to be shaking pompoms for you all!

SpringySponge · 18/04/2009 00:45

great thread to pass some time www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/740293-To-think-MN-is-OBSESSED-with-the-disgusti ng-topic-of - mostly with Nutty in mind, as I know she must be needing to occupy herself before Tuesday (TUESDAY! An actual date!) & will appreciate the smut xx

SpringySponge · 18/04/2009 00:45

Argh, I did it wrong. Sleep deprivation idiocy

Try again!

conkertree · 18/04/2009 08:21

well as predicted after a broken night with lots of pretty painful tightenings, it seems to have died down again this morning.

Think we will head out for the day and go on the Bo'ness railway since ds loves trains.

Hope somebody's progress is more exciting today than mine.

BabyBunnyBolat · 18/04/2009 09:20

Morning

Paranoid mummy alert now

Had two friends round last night, one of whose little one-year-old nephew who she saw on Thursday has chicken pox (spots came out yesterday) she held him on Thurs and held Kara last night (but I didn't know about the pox) - am sure there is no threat but should I be worried??? She has had co herself

Springy I am with you on the love thing i just want to eat him up!!!!

although i love him to bits and am so devoted to him everyone keeps asking me if it feels weird to have made him but i have no connection between that horrible pregnancy the bump and him - believe me i KNOW i pushed him out of me but i dont relate the two - he is a real person whereas my bump was just that - is that normal??