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

Hi Zorra
Re the steriliser...
It can be a very good idea to express some breastmilk and give it in a bottle before baby is 4 weeks old ( I think the suggested time is 3 weeks old?) so as to reduce any bottle rejection later on, which is very common. I found it handy that later on (anytime in the first year which was the duration of bfing for us) DS was willing to take a bottle of expressed milk if i wanted to go out for a few hours. For me, being attached at the breast for months on end without getting a trip to the gym was too much. Therefore the sterilisor came in handy.
Good luck for the delivery!

congratulations alibobble mickylou tay1981 and mavornia, i think you're all i've not congratulated yet, those forgetful hormones now taken over by tired ones!!

Congratulations Tay

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)
London11 - Born 25th June @ 10.16 and 10.17 - Theo William - 7lb 7oz and Lewis Daniel - 7lb 3oz (Due 9th July)
LargeGlassofRed - Born 25th June @ 21.46 - Freddie - 6lb and Stanley - 6lb 12oz (Due 9th July)
plot2 - Born 29th June @ 10.31 - Christy - 7lb 7oz (Due 16th July)
nicky6 - Born 29th June @ 11.50 - Noah James - 7lb 11oz (Due 2nd July)
Mij - Born 29th June @ 14.05 - Caitlin - 7lb 1oz (Due 10th 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)
Newb - Born 6th July - Eva Constance - 8lb 9oz (Due 10th July)
TheNatty - Born 7th July @ 10.24 - Charlie - 7lb 14oz (Due 16th July)
thelollipoplady - Born 10th July - Hugo - 9lbs (Due 7th July)
Phoenix - Born 10th July @ 09.50 - Noah Rhys - 8lb 10oz (Due 17th July)
scully - Born 11th July @ 14.40 - Boy - 7lb 13oz (Due 13th July)
rubyriley - Born 11th July @ 15.36 - James David - 8lb 12oz (Due 8th July)
Patchybob - Born 13th July @ 09.57 - Max Harley - 8lb 10oz (Due 17th July)
ActivityApple - Born 13th July @ 11.30 - Sidney Wolfgang - 6lb 13oz (Due 7th July)
Bozette - Born 13th July @ 13.49 - Amelia Grace - 7lb 15oz (Due 17th July)
JetLi - Born 13th July @ 18.45 - Hetty Florence - 8lb 6oz (Due 8th July)
mickeylou - Born 14th July - Poppy Grace - 8lb (Due 25th July)
alibobble - Born 15th July @ 08.30 - Rebecca Joy - 9lb (Due 17th July)
Tay1981 - Born 15th July @ 10.06 - Olive Grace - 9lb 7oz (Due 11th July)
moodylou - Born 15th July @ 10.57 - Samuel Isaac - 9lb 13oz (Due 1st July)
Mavornia - Born 15th July - Roman - 8lb 2oz (Due 30th July)

16 Girls 24 Boys

Still Waiting

2nd July - pop1973
6th July - MrsCrunch - first baby - Having a girl
7th July - Eviebear
9th July - Hobbgoblin - DC #4
9th July - betsyboo - Having a boy
9th July - chaya5738 - Surprise
12th July - Jenny79 - first baby - Having a boy
13th July - pippa251 - first baby
14th July - slushy06 - DC #2 - Having a girl
14th July - Naturopath - DC #2
15th July - Acceber - Having a girl
15th July - Tamequa
16th July - Lillabet - first baby - Surprise
17th July - BrumOne - first baby
19th July - TwoJobsOneManOneBump - Surprise
20th July - Belgrano - DC #2 - Having a boy
20th July - starmucks - DC #2 - Surprise
22nd July - chellebelle - DC#4
22nd July - julyjuly - DC#3 - Having a girl
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
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
31st July - maidinamerica - first baby - Having a girl

C - Sections Booked

22nd July - BonzoDoodah

Congrats to all the new babies and Mummys!

Zorra - I just use my veg steamer for everything fo the odd time I give mine bottles. I just steam it for about 15 minutes. Or you can get bottles you sterilise in hte microwave. (or packets to put ordinary bottles in) - Saves on space on my kitchen worktop.
Don't know what the official line is though on this but don't see how it's any different.

Pop1973 has had her baby it would seem - did you all know this?! Is it just me who missed it?

Congrats to the new mummies! And it's been great to read birth stories, thanks for posting them.

Well it's 245am and I am up having regular contractions! They started at 1115pm and are every 5 minutes or so, not too bad as yet as I can still MN and watch Grand Designs on Sky I've had a bath too and shaved my legs, I did this when having DS and was in labour for 4 days so I'm not holding my breath yet. Doubt I will be able to get any sleep so it's late night TV for me at the mo. Hopefully baby will be here fairly soon though, I am getting excited!

Good luck to others waiting x

ILYS that is such exciting news! How are the contractions going now?

I went for my 2nd sweep yesterday, being 40+10 or 41+3, and have been given tomoro 22/7 as an induction date. Woke up bout 45 mins ago with quite uncomfortable cramps! Let's hope something comes of this!

Hey Cheeky! Contractions are really sore now, 3 mins apart and lasting just over a minute. Going to try to last at home til at least 6am then drop DS at SILs.

How you doing? Do you think you are having contractions?

Just read on the childbirth thread that you've already contacted the hospital so they're obviously coming quite fast & furious! Yippee!

Well I got up, made some tea and got comfortable and now it seems like that's the end of it wide awake now though so will be with you for the long haul . Sending hugs and virtual pain relief!

Oooohhh Cheekycel and Ilikeyoursleeves good luck ... sounds like this is it!! Wonderful!

Zorra - I'm with justlook-Booty on the steriliser ... you don't need it in the first few weeks if you are breast feeding but really really DO try to give the baby a bottle of expressed milk early and then keep doing it at regular intervals. Noone told me this with DD and when I tried at 13 weeks it was hell!!! There was no way on the planet that wilful little girl was going to take a bottle (and I tried many many types and techniques). She'd rather starve. So I never had a break from her for more than 4 hours until she was weaning at 6-7 months. Exhausting. (I did BF until 17 months - so it wasn't the BF that was the problem but the not being able to leave her for any length of time without stressing.)

Hoe exciting Cheekycel and ILYS!! Waiting for news with bated breath....

I had a stretch and sweep this morning, and had a show as a result, so am sitting here hoping it will work. She said I am 50% effaced, 'lovely soft' cervix (?!) but it's still posterior. She can only get one finger in so I guess it's not dilated. It's always blooming posterior, every time I have a smear test it's posterior, and when I laboured last time it was too. So fingers crossed....

All feels v uncomfy and weird down there now, like I might give birth to my bladder or something soon! It's pouring which is a shame as I am sure that a walk in the outdoors would help bring this baby on down.

Good luck labourers and hope to hear soon!

Been up most of the night with a very sick DD and cramping pains, poor hubby had to sleep on the floor. Then at 3ish her temp had gone down and she was asleep so she went bk in her own bed. But i was so uncomfortable i stripped the bed and flipped the mattress then managed to get about 4 hours sleep. Kind of glad am only having to deal with 1 child at the min but getting so uncomfortable all the time and only have till 41wks and they wont induce me because of birth last time they will only c section me Do have a sweep booked in for 40+2 but having to see consultant day before to discuss and book section. But still have 7 days so doing what i can to get this baby coming

Sending labour vibes out to all that are in need xxx

I was sat on my birthing ball Sunday ds1 fell and I jumped round to see what happened and twisted my spine it is agony.

About six inches of my spine is quite visibly swollen. But they are inducing me Friday. I don't know if I can give birth like this I can barely walk. I can't go to the toilet as I am unable to push sorry if tmi.

Any of you ladies have any experience of giving birth with a bad back.

I have an appointment in the morning so will get it checked then I don't want to go up now as it will mean dragging 3 year old on bus and I don't think I can take the pain. But I have a lift up tomorrow.

Good luck to our two laboring women hope all goes well.

Finally got broadband transferred and managed to trawl through pages & pages of posts!!

Congratulations to all who have had their little ones, particular thanks to you Phoenix who, despite having your own new arrival, finds time to religiously update the list!

You must be some kind of supermum as I'm on day 10 of being a new mum & only now getting organised enough to read through all the posts. Spent the first week feeling terribly emotional and cried buckets when midwife did the heel prick test (3 times because prick thingys were from a bad batch that didn't work properly) and James sobbed more than had done since we've had him!! Felt like held him whilst midwife repeatedly tortured him Even she said that she was coming over all hot & sweaty, that it was the part of her job which she hated. Know that babies don't remember it and it's over quickly, but when your little one's 5 days old, hard not to feel protective!!

Feeling much better now but sore stitches, crashing hormones & an element of immobility so that simple jobs take much longer to do, can drag you down. DP wasn't allowed to take his paternity leave as he's an accountant and had to produce figures for his directors with the deadline being a week after the birth. So, I felt completely abandoned & sorry for myself (DP even forgot to leave me any food one day & money, had to send son out with my debit card to buy provisions) There's only so much stale bread and cheese you can eat (hadn't big shopped for an age due to on off hospital visits prior to birth) NEEDED fruit & vegetables & after day 6, terrible constipation and an emotional phone call to my mum (why didn't I let her know DP wasn't with me??), the cavalry arrived with provisions. Aw, a fruit bowl had never looked as colourful & inviting! Friends don't always want to be intrusive & visit but on the other hand, if you're left completely on your own, it can be a very lonely time. Sure hormones had a bearing as usually like my own company & James has been an absolute delight thankfully.

Before I forget ActivityApple your birth story made my 21 y.o. son & I belly laugh out loud! Loved it!!

Cheekycel & ILYS very best wishes to you both!!

Woollyjo Beautiful photo of your dear daughter Niamh. I am sure everyone on this thread will always remember her & I am so sorry for your loss. I think of you often and hope your grief eases with the passing of time. Sending you love and healing.

Good luck with all those ladies yet to pop!!

I am not happy I am having cc for 1min 20 every 3 mins and have been sent home.

Apparently my cervix which was 2.5 cm Saturday after cc all day is now only 1 cm .

Also losing fluid with every cc but mw did mention that the beds were full at the moment and to come back in the morn.
I even explained that both me and my mum go from 3cm to pushing in less than an 30 mins but apparently I know nothing.

But enough complaining I am glad that thigs are finally happening wish me luck and hopefully I will update with another birth in the morning

crumbs slushy all that and a bad back! Hope you get to the hospital okay.

DD safely tucked in at Grannie's house and I'm giving my bag a last check before heading in tomorrow morning for the CS. Is weird really - I can't possibly imagine there being a baby here tomorrow.

Just popping back to see who else has popped! Congrats to everyone.

bottles the info I have is that (and without discounting anyone's personal experience) there is no 'optimum' time to introduce a bottle, and there isn't a 'too early' or 'too late' time either. There may, however, be a danger of 'nipple confusion' if a bottle is introduced quite early, and my understanding of this is before breastfeeding is fully established, which is generally considered by the experts to be at 6-8 weeks old, but like everything else can vary massively mum to mum.

Anecdotally, I know of babies who wouldn't take a bottle at 6 weeks, but would at 12, who would take one at 4 weeks and then flatly refused to take one ever again after 4 months, who took their first at over 6 months and was fine with it, and those who, just for fun, sometimes would take one and sometimes wouldn't. It's a pain in the arse, I know, not to have hard and fast rules for this, but no-one can tell you what your own babe will do when presented with a bottle, at any age. DD1 would take a bottle of EBM from about 12 weeks, but only from DP if there was no sight, sound or smell of me around. She never took a bottle from me (and why would she, when I had boobs!). Good luck with whatever you decide

Oh good luck Bonzo

Good luck to slushy too, hope your back's ok.

Hopefully ilike and cheekycel are cuddling their new babies now

God knows why i'm sat downstairs on mumsnet and facebook while Noah is fast asleep when i know the minute we actually go to bed he'll be wide awake

I'm wide awake!!! Should be getting all the sleep I can in these last precious hours grrrrr.

Mij thanks for the bottle info. I found it really frustrating last time and am trying to do it differently this time. Seems like you say - no rules. Maybe depends on how stubborn your genes are (we're in trouble)

Good luck Bonzo! what time do you have to be there?

I'm also getting ready to go in for my induction, all those cramps and it still came to nothing!

Soon we'll be holding our babies

Hi I have lots of news re. my induction yesterday. involves storming out of hospital in peeed off fashion at 9pm last night without having had prostin due. am in labour now so can't explain properly as i hurt!

Oh my word Hobb, pissed off on your behalf but at least ur in labour now!

Let's hope I have a better time

Good luck hobgoblin wow drama, hope you're ok xx

rrrr can't sleep and this labour is a mix of intense and sloe
TeNS on 4 no entonox yet

i said the word wank to registrar last night - as in hospital policy is wank