Due July 2009 - Christiana leads the way, let the others follow quickly!

[JLo2]

In honour of Christiana CS tomorrow thought I'd start a new thread as the other one getting unwieldly.
Best of luck Christiana

Activity - I had a sweep at 1wk over with ds. I was 2cm dialated. I had a show within an hour of been home from the midwife, mild contractions soon followed and i had them most of the night, they faded off in the early hours though. They returned the next day stronger and i went into hospital that evening and ds was born the next day (i made it to pushing stage but ended in c section)

Bonzo - that BF info is very interesting, thanks for that

The birth announcements have slowed down this week, where are all the babies?

I've been so lazy most of the day. I was up at 6am with ds and left dh in bed. I did a few loads of washing, loaded the dishwasher and cleaned the kitchen then after that i've layed on the sofa all day napping on and off

I've got my pre op tomorrow before my c section on Friday

Wow loads of messages! Thanks to everyone for your encouraging stories about baby measurements etc. It's made me feel a lot better. I'll let you all know how big/small the nipper is at the scan on Fri.
Alibobble, that soudns very stressful for you but it also sounds like its just what your body does when you are pg but I bet it is bothersome. Poor you.
Christiana, love the name Ruby.
Oops going to be late to get DD from childminders so better run!

hi everyone, just a quick one to say Bill James was born monday 10.14 am weighing 7lb11oz (not 81/2lb like i was told he at least weighed now!)
spent sunday having people telling me how massive i am and when is baby going to get here grrrr! resigned myself to the fact he was going to be late! started noticing contractions about 9 pm sunday after a day filled with bbq and cake! headed to hospital about 3am, got there and was mortified to be told only 2cm!! gave me gas and air, there was a shift change over at 7.30 was examnined again and told i was still only 4 to which i replied 'you must be f***g joking!'
any way they offered to give me some aromatherapy oils to help strngthen contractions. waters broke then he was born very quickly on to a bean bag!
he's been an absolute angel, however having a real problem breast feeding. h'es got a tongue tie so cant latch on properly so within 12 hours my nipples were bleeding and cracked, i've tried perservering but have been told if i want to continue i will either have to put up with the pain and discomfort until my nipples become hardened to it or get his frenulum cut which seems a bit barbaric just for me to breast feed him! have tried to day doing one feed boob one feed bottle, he only takes an oz off a bottle but it gives my bloodied nips a rest!
anyway i hope everyone else is doing good, and sorry for the ones over due!

Babies Born

Our special Niamh Hope Anne, daughter of Woollyjo - Remembered Always - Born 30th June @ 04.12 - 8lb 13oz
rattling - Born 6th May - Magnus and Alasdair (Due 1st July)
Quiltedrose - Born 17th June @ 06.17 - Beatrice Elizabeth - 6lbs (Due 6th July)
Christiana - Born 18th June @ 13.03 - Ruby Lucia - 7lbs 8.5oz (Due 25th June)
MrsMope - Born 19th June - Girl - 7lbs 3oz and Boy - 5lb 15oz (Due 1st July)
JLo2 - Born 21st June - Jack - 7lb 15oz (Due 29th June)
Gillyan - Born 23rd June @ 12.52 - Summer Jennifer - 8lb (Due 9th July)
vanimal - Born 23rd June - Girl - 5lb 8oz (Due 9th July)
LargeGlassofRed - Born 25th June @ 21.46 - Freddie - 6lb and Stanley - 6lb 12oz (Due 9th July)
London11 - Born 25th June @ 10.16 and 10.17 - Theo William - 7lb 7oz and Lewis Daniel - 7lb 3oz (Due 9th July)
Mij - Born 29th June @ 14.05 - Caitlin - 7lb 1oz (Due 10th July)
nicky6 - Born 29th June @ 11.50 - Noah James - 7lb 11oz (Due 2nd July)
plot2 - Born 29th June @ 10.31 - Christy - 7lb 7oz (Due 16th July)
dannyg - Born 30th June @ 11.31 - Maisie - 8lb 3oz (Due 14th July)
soozze - Born 30th June @ 15.06 - Girl - 7lb 12oz (Due 5th July)
mum2boys2girls - Born 1st July @ 17.38 - Abigail - 7lb 3.5oz (Due 4th July)
QueenFee - Born 2nd July @ 15.35 - Alfie Ewan - 8lb 9oz (Due 7th July)
Beccabump - Born 3rd July - Isaac Charles - 7lb 5oz (Due 16th July)
xxhunnyxx - Born 4th July @ 17.21 - Joseph Adam - 7lb 4oz (Due 6th July)
Misspaella - Born 4th July @ 20.42 - Tristan Benjamin - 8lb 3oz (Due 7th July)
Lydiathetattooedlady - Born 6th July @10.14 - Bill James - 7lb 11oz (Due 15th July)

Still Waiting

1st July - moodylou - DC#2 - Having a boy
2nd July - pop1973
6th July - MrsCrunch - first baby - Having a girl
7th July - thelollipoplady - DC #3 - Having a boy
7th July - Eviebear
7th July - ActivityApple - first baby - Having a boy
8th July - JetLi - first baby
8th July - rubyriley - DC #3 - Having a boy
9th July - Hobbgoblin - DC #4
9th July - betsyboo - Having a boy
10th July - Newb - first baby - Having a girl
11th July - Tay1981 - first baby - Having a girl
12th July - Jenny79 - first baby - Having a boy
13th July - Scully - DC #3
13th July - pippa251 - first baby
14th July - slushy06 - DC #2 - Having a girl
15th July - Acceber - Having a girl
15th July - Tamequa
16th July - TheNatty - DC #3 - Having a boy
16th July - Lillabet - first baby - Surprise
17th July - Patchybob - DC #3 - Surprise
17th July - Phoenix - DC #2 - Having a boy
17th July - Bozette - DC #2 - Having a girl
17th July - BrumOne - first baby
20th July - Belgrano - DC #2 - Having a boy
20th July - starmucks - DC #2 - Surprise
22nd July - chellebelle - DC#4
23rd July - Andie01 - DC #2
24th July - ilikeyoursleeves - DC #2 - Having a boy
25th July - PrincessButtercup - DC #3 - Having a boy
25th July - BonzoDoodah - DC #2 - Surprise
25th July - Mickeylou - DC #2 - Having a girl
26th July - justlookatthatbooty - DC#2 - Having a girl
27th July - mumofshortie73 - DC #2 - Surprise
27th July - krumbockmummy - DC#2 - Having a boy
27th July - Andie01 - DC#2
28th July - Cheekycel - Having a girl
30th July - Mavornia - DC #2 - Having a boy
31st July - maidinamerica - first baby - Having a girl

C - Sections Booked

10th July - Phoenix
13th July - Patchybob
13th July - Bozette
14th July - Mickeylou
22nd July - BonzoDoodah

My RL friend is on the June 07 thread with TheNatty and she just told me she posted on there to say she had a baby boy, so congrats Natty if you're around

Well done lydia Your poor nips! I sympathise, I gave up on Sun night, sorry your having a rough time, gorgeous pics on FB!

Well done Lydia! Congratulations x

lydia congrats. Just to say re tongue tie it used to be routine to cut all babies at birth and to keep an eye on feeding because if it is quite severe they sometimes have trouble with bottles too. (My friends DS had this problem) Hope it all goes fine though - usually improves as they get bigger anyway x

Congratulations Lydia, yet another lovely name! Hope your nips don't get any worse. I've bought nipple shields, lansinoh etc in preparation as i was there last time.

New washing machine and tumble dryer not arriving til friday, so will have 3 days to wash baby stuff, hope nothing happens sooner!

Tay i'm also having worse reflux than ever. I've had it from the first trimester and have been on ranitidine for ages which doesn't completely control things so also have a gaviscon habit. It dissappeared the day DS was born, all hormonal so only 5 days to go for me

Congratulations Lydia! Great news. Well done. It soudns awesome! I do know a few babies who have had a tongue-tie cut BTW and they have all been fine - it doesn't even seem to hurt them. It can be a real prob so cutting it can really help and of course not forgetting your poor boobs which need help not 'toughening up' (ouch!).Good luck withever you choose.

TMI alert - HELP!! I have had horrid 'loose bowels' for a few days now. My bum is really sore! Every time I eat anything I have to go to the loo shortly after. It's not really diarrhoea as it's not really liquid but its very soft and preceded by cramps and happens about 6 times a day. I am also very gassy . And my tummy makes gurgling squirting noises all the time. Anyone sharing this? Is it just the baby pressing on my gut and annoying it? It's horrible. my sore bum is HORRIBLE and I had piles to start with so sore, rubbed raw to clean them after all this soft-motioning-6-times-a-day piles is not a good place to be. Please help!

Congratulations everyone on the births of your beautiful babies

Phoenix, can you add me. Baby is due tomorrow 9 July. He/she is a surprise.

xox

Hi Chaya, welcome to the thread . I've added you and will add the list to the thread next time we have a baby

activity just turn your phone off! I was gettin pissed off with the texts n I didn't even go over my due date!
U could just try sitting on the floor with your legs open n then lean over and scrub the floor, worked for me! Failing that then yes a sweep should hopefully work x

breastfeeding - Joseph still isn't latching on, he just likes to lie there and have the milk poured down his neck - typical man! lol. I'm now just hand expressing some milk off so he's having about 30mls of my milk followed by about 50mls of formula. I'm so much happier now, it's like I've got the best of both worlds . I'd still LOVE to see him feeding from me but I think it's only gonna cause me more stress and upset the longer I try.

Hi All,

Congratulations on all the arrivals.

I have posted a photo of Niamh on my profile page if anyone wants to take a look.

Still battling on - My boobs have been really sore as I wait for my body to re-absorb the milk. Its been a week now and it still hurts to touch them although at least they aren't trying to climb out of my bra anymore!

We have arranged that Niamh will go into the shared grave that SANDs provide. The burial will take place in a couple of weeks due to the chaplain being away - can't really bear to think about it.

I think I am going to sign off now. Good luck with everything girls. Enjoy your precious, precious babies XXXXX

Hi everyone. thanks for your comments. Feel a bit less stressed now. Am suffering crazy insomnia at the moment not aided by DD having a cough so waking up!

Glad I'm not the only one suffering cramps. In the past 3 weeks have had 3 sets of pains that lasted about an hour, (tonight included) that then went away but left me wide awake wondering if anything else would happen. I wish it would just get on with it rather than all this faffing about!

Congratulations to all who've managed to pop already you lucky things!

Woollyjo, so pleased to see a pic of Niamh. I had secretly hoped you would post one. She is beautiful.

In case anyone is wondering what I am doing posting at nearly 4 in the morning, I thought I was in labour so stayed up and did housework. Not so sure now, so am going to bed but have to be up at 7 for the school run. Silly me.

Labour and housework, never a good combination Hobbgoblin Hope you weren't too tired for the school run.
Lovely picture of Niamh Woolly, she looks so peaceful.
Sounds like a good compromise for you and Joseph Hunny, doing bottle and breast
More cramping on and off today but hasn't progessed at all. So tired today as dd2 was throwing up, coughing and running a temp of 39+ last night so didn't sleep much past 2.30am.......They aren't routinely testing for swine flu anymore here, just if you are in a certain categroy, which she isn't. But they have tested to make sure it isn't any nasty respiritory bug, with us having a new baby in the house sometime very soon. & in the last hour dd1 has decided to be jealous of the attention dd2 is getting, by being fluey, having to go to the doctor and have tests done, seriously I give up some days
Congrats on Bill's arrival Lydia, your poor nips though Hope he manages to feed easier soon, for both of you.
I wonder who is next?

Woolyjo what a beautiful picture of dear little Niamh. She looks so amazing.

Belgrano re your sore bum!! I had the same problem and in the end tried sudocream. Amazing stuff and by the next morning I was like a new woman! Try it instead of anusol etc, it really works. Hope things improve!

Have a good day everyone, sports day at dc school today. The headteacher has told both the dc that they can only come 3rd as she doesn't want the excitement of either of them coming first or last to set off my labour!!!

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Hello - newbie here.

First baby due on 19th. Don't know what it is but all healthy and the right size. Likes music (huge jabbing heel kicks, not in time but that'll come, ha ha!). I didn't like last week's hot weather but much better now. Other than ballooning feet in the heat, have had absolutely zero other preg problem symptoms.

Bit bored now though, but not long to go. Booked into a midwife-led unit so am really hoping to get one of the rooms with a pool.

tum-ti-tum... that's all I can think of. Off to make a picnic for going to see Bootleg Beatles tonight at Kew Gardens! xx

Woolyjo she is beautiful. Thank you for sharing her with us and again all the best. I still can't imagine your pain.

Woolyjo Niamh is gorgeous. Thank you for letting us share her picture.
Good luck with everything that comes next, we're thinking of you.

wooley What a special pic. Niamh is beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us. x

sending some baby out vibes for those who want it **