Due May 09 - patta cake, jaffa cake, bakers man bring me a baby as fast as you can!

[Momino]

Here we go....

go flippi.... Break 8 may spell for us!!

right, so we have blotted, dandy and flippin looking promising overnight

Morning everyone.

Minimace your calculations were right and it's looking good for you.

After a quick 2h labour which hit me like a tun of bricks and which I'll discuss in more detail later on, I had a gorgeous baby girl at 4.49 at home (wouldn't have made it to the hospital even if I wanted to). The little girl, who'll probably be named Claire, weighs 9lbs 10 oz/4.390kg and ouch and has been loving the boob since birth. She doesn't seem to want to come off I hope it's not a sign of things to come! Better go back to her. I just thought I'd let you all know

I meant to put a in there for minimenace, not minimace

flippin ooo sounds like things are happening! good luck

Congratulations Belgian !

wow congratulations belgian that's fantastic. have a well deserved rest and look forward to hearing all about claire's arrival

Wow belgian that's amazing. Congratulations. I love the name Claire, and ouch at her size!

Good luck flippin

Nada here. Off for another long walk.

I'm still here too but what lovely news to wake up to.

Belgian You made it just before your mum left well done!! Claire is a lovely name. Can't wait to hear more details. Have we had a long labour on this thread yet??

Flippin and Dandy Hope things progressed for you over night can't wait to hear the news.

Daizy Wow what a great story!! You were amazing to get to 10cm with only a tens machine!!

I had strongish and regular BH last night but clearly they were just BH as I woke at 4am feeling fine. No shows yet. I have a MW appointment at 1pm today so I'll try to get a sweep or something.

Congrats Belgian - thats great news!!!

Whey hey belgian Oh congrats! Claire is such a pretty name too It was funny, I checked FB first and saw the news, but catching up from last night I was reading your posts not knowing if you were in labour or not...was even reading it to DH saying 'She will be holding her baby is 6 hours and she doesn't know it!!!' lol Made me smile...glad you are doing well and can't wait to hear the apparantly short story!

Good luck to anyone else who may be in the throws of labour...

I am doing much better today. We went to Ikea yesterday which was nice and then ended up going to dinner. DD loves going out to eat so it was nice being able to do something like that with her before she has a sister! DH was very sweet and nice all day too which made it hard to be mad at him lol He got up with her this morning and got her breakfast and now he is putting Ikea stuff together while I sit on my butt lol So, much better mood all around!

Euromum I can totally relate to how you feel. We lived with my FIL for about 2 years!!! It was not easy at points, and I can remember more than one moment where I thought I would loose the plot. Hope it is not for much longer

This morning I woke up and my fanjo hurts...it is weird and sore like I was kneed in my sleep or something...odd...

Hope we have more babies before the day is up!!! (not mine thought!! lol)

Oh my goodness BelgianC I have huge tears rolling down my cheeks here ... What wonderful news, I'm so glad my prediction worked out and that your mum gets to meet baby Claire before she leaves today. do you think maybe she might now extend her stay just a couple of days ?
you must check facebook for the spelling of my name ;) surely just a co-incidence !!
Can't wait to meet her once you have moved over my way. xxxxx huge hugs now I am beaming for you through the tears

hope everyone else is going okay too.

Oh Belgian that is just fantastic news. Congratulations and well done you and welcome to the world Claire. 9lb10oz... owch !! How is your PGP / SPD feeling now? Was it immediate relief for you or are you still recovering from labour?!

Another fast delivery girls... I wonder if there is some trend going on here?

Flipping and Dandy sending positive labour vibes your way.

Well, it's D day here. DH left for work at 5am and so far it's not been too bad. G didn't get to sleep until 1am, and I think it's because I had a really really really hot meal with chilli yesterday for lunch and it went through to my milk. I don't normally need to watch what I eat when BF but I'm pretty sure he didn't like the chilli as he kept on screaming when I put him on the boob, and he does normally love his milk. Note to self, don't eat chilli next time ! So far this morning have got all DC up, dressed, fed, out to school. Have also hung out washing, put another load on, emptied bins & dishwasher. Knackered now and it's only 9 !!

Also D day because my new healthy lifestyle starts today. It's my 10th wedding anniversary in 8 weeks time (yes, I got married incredibly young!! ) and a good friend's wedding on the same day, so I want to look nice for that. I have put on 2 stone this pregnancy so I need to start being more careful about what I eat from now. So no more chocolate from today. Honest !

Have a lovely day everyone

Oh and forgot to say huge congrats to you Daizy too - as someone else said, you did cope with the pain and did amazingly well to get to 10cms on your own. Hope that things are settling down with your LO.

Wow, how exciting! So much news....

Congrats belgian, you must be thrilled - am so pleased for you - what great timing in the end. And only 2 hours; am v

Daizy - lots more congratulations, sounds like you did brilliantly; if a bit of noise was as bad as it got then who cares?!

dandy, flippin, fingers crossed for both of you and looking forward to hearing some news shortly.

Nothing whatsoever here but am not due until Weds so hey ho... Like you, Fi, am convinced that sod's law dictates he's going to hang on until Sat and arrive on my birthday on Sun!

Off to clean windows. Or sort out paperwork. Woo hoo. There truly is no beginning to the excitement in my life at present.

OH MY GOD BELGIAN - HUGE HUGE HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!

Can't wait to hear the full story and am so delighted your daughter has made an appearance in time to meet her Grannie after all. You know what though - it's so strange, I was awake till about 3am with BH etc and kept thinking about you - must've known something was afoot........

Anyway am utterly delighted for you, and love the name too. I'm also delighted that you've continued the quick birth trend - please can I have one too, and sooooooon?

Can't wait to hear about dandy flippin and blotted too. The excitement is all too much.
Detsy honey, how are you this morning? Been thinking about you too............lovely labour vibes going your way.

Right need to get organised and get the baby's wardrobe built. Oh and quite fancy a bit of ironing.......(an alien has taken over my body and made me like housework at the mo - don't worry it won't last!)

Oh and a quick question if anyone can advise - I think I've got thrush (sorry, yuck, I know) so bought some Canesten yesterday and have been using it since (plus used the applicator full of cream last night) - it says it should clear in 3 days but am really worried about passing it to the baby during delivery - I'm planning a water birth so should that make it less likely to pass it on? Or should I just insist of getting Nystatin (?) after birth to treat baby with (assuming the baby comes while the infection is still there?) Am just worried as thrush in babys mouth and my nipples is NOT something I want to have to deal with if I can poss avoid!
Sorry to ask this at breakfast time!

Morning all. Thanks for the welcome. It will be great chatting to others in the same boat!
Congratulations to you all who have had lovely little babies
I am officially due today. And not had any signs or symptoms of this little one arriving any time soon. Every morning I wake thinking...ok, another night of no contractions . Both my previous dc came at exactly 37 weeks so I have been expecting this everyday for the last 3 weeks! I cannot believe I made it so far and could even go another 2 weeks!!
Got the midwife coming today as I would like a sweep.
Been trying everything myself (sex, curry, internal and oral EPO, walking, caulyphylum (sp), clary sage in bath, belly and pillow, acupressure points ~ nothing works!!)
Good luck to you all who are also wanting labour now

Clove

oh and daizy - you are a TOTAL STAR - amazing birth story and who cares about the noise - if it helped you cope then that's all that matters. CONGRATULATIONS - hope you are enjoying your new LO and feeling a bit less 'hit by a bus' (great description of how it feels btw). x x x xx x x x xx

clove I've been very rude and don't think I've even said 'hello' or 'welcome' to you. Sorry . Congrats on being due today - fingers crossed for some labour action soon!

belgian what great news- i was on here early doors for any baby news, so was disappointed when there wasnt any, but then i log on again and see the news! So glad your LO arrived whilst your mum was still around. I will update the birth announcements now!

Yay Belgian

I am so happy for you, just in time for your parents to see her too

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well , up with what felt like mild contractions a lot of the night, amounted to nada, zilch, zero, nuffink. Gah and bah!

Good luck to those in the throes, congratulations to those I've missed (haven't read through properly, just saw BC's FB announcements and nearly broke my waters in excitement .

Still full of whatever sinusy/chesty thing I've got, but counting down now - let's see, if I go 2 weeks over like I did with the other 2 , I have 23 days left of being a big, fat, wheezy, groany, grunty, moany, whingey, cake-chompin', heartburn-sufferin' heifer. And then I will become a clapped-out old milch-cow

Tesco awaits - important yellow checked school dress urgently required for DD2. Just what I need. The I'm going to put my feet up and watch crap tv I've recorded.

Welcome Clove to the super-quick labour club

Congrats belgianchocolates. Who was it who said we were due another girl- was it you belgian?!

So far :
9 BOYS
8 GIRLS

BORN

1ST APRIL 2009 :
SpangleMaker, BOY - Harvey, 9:55, 5lb 12oz, 35+3 (first child)

23RD APRIL 2009 :
LoobyLou36, GIRL - Matilda Rose, 5.53am, 8lb 3oz, 38+4 (first child)
Reggiee, BOY, Ben, 7lb 8, 39 weeks (DD age 22 mo)

24TH APRIL 2009 :
EmmalinaC, GIRL, Niamh Elizabeth, 9.56am, 6lb 2oz, unplanned vbac! 38+5wks (DD aged 2.4)

29TH APRIL 2009 :
llareggub, BOY, George, 8am, 7lb 9oz, VBAC (DS1 2.5)
gert2a, GIRL, Edith Ann Elaine, 10.14am, 7lb 10oz, ELCS (first child)

30TH APRIL 2009 :
Jael, BOY, Jacob, ELCS (DD aged nearly 3)

1ST MAY 2009:
1stMrsF, TWIN GIRLS, Amelia Carys (7lb 6.5oz) and Georgiana Bronwen (6lb 12oz), c-section 14.06 and 14.07

2ND MAY 2009 :
Divedaisy, GIRL, Sofiah Rose, 00:47am (DS age 6)
Momino, GIRL, 04.05am Harper Grace, 8lb 1oz.(DD age 3 and DD age 1.5)
Tummum, BOY, Gethin Thomas, 9pm, 9lb 1oz (2 DDs)
LadyHelen, BOY, Rufus, 2.15am (DS 3.7)

6TH MAY 2009 : Aquababe, BOY, Ethan, 4:51am, 8lb 6

9TH MAY 2009 :
Daizydoo, BOY, Jasper, 2:08am, 8lbs (DS age 2)
Ses, BOY, Owen Edward, 10:17am, 8lb 9oz, born by section

11TH MAY 2009: Belgianchocolates, (Claire?) 4.49am, 9lb 10oz (DS 7, DD 5)

..............................
COMING SOON!!

Bekkaboo - ELCS 8 May
Pulapula - ELCS booked for 12 May
Bantam73 - IOL booked for 14 May (but signs that things might happen naturally before then!)
CoteDAzur- ELCS booked for 27 May (might be brought forward)

..........................
DUE 1ST MAY: 41+3
bantam73, (DD1 17yrs+ DD2 3ys 6m) surprise

DUE 8TH MAY: 40+3
Detsy, (UK, Cheshire - DD will be 18 months)BOY!
Flippineck, (DD will be 2yr1m then)SURPRISE!!
Febes, (DD age 12 months). SURPRISE!!

DUE 9TH MAY: 40+2
Jennster, (DD will be 3y3m, DS will be 22m) GIRL

DUE 11TH MAY: 40
Cloveofhislife, 2 DCs, expecting no.3

DUE 12TH MAY: 39+6
Minimenace, (DS age 19 months) SURPRISE!

DUE 13TH MAY: 39+5
ReeBee, (first child), BOY!

DUE 14TH MAY: 39+4
Lazzer SURPRISE!!

DUE 15TH MAY: 39+3
FiKelly 38yrs, (DS 2y9m in May) GIRL!!
Nauseous, (first baby), SURPRISE!.

DUE 16TH MAY: 39+2
Bekkaboo, (DS aged 2) GIRL!!
Frazzledoldbag ,(DD1 age 7, DD2 age 2) BOY!!
Sarahken, (DS age 3) SURPRISE!!
Hypatia, (first child) - surprise

DUE 17TH MAY: 39+1
HtheH ,(first child) BOY - they think!
emmabemmasmom, 2nd (DD) GIRL!!

DUE 20TH MAY: 38+5
Grumpyoldcaaaaaaaa,(DD age 11, DD age 4) SURPRISE!!

DUE 22ND MAY: 38+3
chocolatebunnies, (dd age 2)

DUE 23RD MAY: 38+2
Runningmonkey ,(first child), probably BOY!!

DUE 25TH MAY: 38
DandyLioness, (DD 4) BOY!
Alapala , (DS 2) BOY!
pulapula ,(DD 4, DS nearly 2, Sheffield, elective cs 12 May) BOY!!
Sophietom (first baby) BOY!
lehowell

DUE 26TH MAY: 37+6
rosielady,(DS age 3)

DUE 27TH MAY: 37+5
Sausagenmash (first baby)

DUE 28th MAY: 37+4
Blottedcopybook (DS 8, DS 3 & DD 22m) GIRL!
CoteDAzur, 38, (DD 3) BOY!! ELCS (booked for 27 May)

DUE 29TH MAY: 37+3
MsG, (First child) SURPRISE!!

DUE 30TH MAY: 37+2
euromum, (DD age 18m), BOY!

DUE 31ST MAY: 37+1
MatthewAndBumpsMummy, (DS age 3yrs 6mths), BOY!!

I think I win 'most superfluous emoticons in one post' award

congrats daizydoo, ses and belgian!

Check your phone Sophietom [grin}