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

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

Haven't checked in for a few days and look how many more babies!! i'm now officially too sleep deprived to remember who i have and haven't congratulated so apologies and congratulations!

Congratulations new mummys!!

Andie hope things start moving for you ... and anyone else still out there...

I've posted some pics on my profile. baby G's first bath today and he loved it. Phew!

Hello all Jessica (undecided middle name) Harris was born this morning 7.47am, weighing 8lb 15oz. Didn't get homebirth due to a distinct lack of community midwives. Was very, very quick though and managed to get discharged home in just under 4 hours and will now be treated as a homebirth i.e. doctor is coming to do checks this afternoon etc etc. Will do full story later. Hope there's not too many others still waiting for those that are x x x

Wow chellebelle congratulations. I was reading your status' on fb earlier

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 - Connor - 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)
betsyboo - Born 19th July @ 08.58 - Charlie Joseph - 8lb 9.5oz (Due 9th July)
mumofshortie73 - Born 19th July - Charlie Gordon - 8lb 1.5oz (Due 27th July)
starmucks - Born 20th July @ 0.53 - Edward Orson - 6lb 11oz (Due 20th July)
MrsCrunch - Born 20th July @ 13.50 - Matilda Ellie - 7lb 15oz (Due 6th July)
julyjuly - Born 20th July @ 14.00 - Ruby Alice - 8lb 7oz (Due 22nd July)
ilikeyoursleeves - Born 21st July @ 05.30 - Zach - 6lb 4oz (Due 24th July)
pippa251 - Born 21st July @ 08.06 - Islay - 8lb 4oz (Due 13th July)
BonzoDoodah - Born 22nd July @ 11.40 - Gregory - 10lb 6oz (Due 25th July)
slushy06 - Born 22nd July @ 13.45 - Girl - 8lb 2oz (Due 14th July)
Accebar - Born 22nd July @ 14.20 - Matilda - 7lb 10.5oz (Due 15th July)
hobbgoblin - Born 23rd July @ 11.00 - Girl - 7lb 8oz (Due 9th July)
krumbockmummy - Born 24th July @ 02.14 - Samuel Peter Leopold - 8lb 7oz (Due 27th July)
chellebelle - Born 29th July @ 07.47 - Jessica - 8lb 15oz (Due 22nd July)

23 Girls 30 Boys

Still Waiting

2nd July - pop1973
7th July - Eviebear
9th July - chaya5738 - Surprise
12th July - Jenny79 - first baby - Having a boy
14th July - Naturopath - DC #2
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
25th July - PrincessButtercup - DC #3 - Having a boy
26th July - justlookatthatbooty - DC#2 - Having a girl
27th July - Andie01 - DC#2
28th July - Cheekycel - Having a girl
31st July - maidinamerica - first baby - Having a girl

Congratulations to all new mummies and good luck to those still waiting. I'm sure that you will meet your precious babies soon

ActivityApple Where's the post natal thread? I can't see it under post natal threads, looking for July 09 but can't see one. It's probably right under my nose but it's very frustrating!!

Durr & oops..... I've found it! Starting to feel REALLY thick! Had looked under last day messages but now looked under all postnatal clubs and it's there!

Feels like ages since James was born and look at him every day thinking how perfect he is and how lucky we are. I need to look back over this thread to donate to SANDS. Woollyjo is never far from my thoughts.

Congratulations chellebelle

Thank you The older kids are away at the in laws til Saturday lunchtime so am enjoying the peace and quiet at the moment. Getting very quiet on this thread now. There can't be too many left now? Will get around to doing birth story soon but as madam has just started whinging I probably ought to wait and do it later.

Shaking pom poms for all those still waiting

Hello all, hope you are all okay. I bet some of you are getting fed up now.

Hope it won't be too long for you xx

Hi All,

Not had much time to post since Sam was born but just wanted to pop on and say congratulations to everyone who has had their babies in the last couple of weeks.

My labour lasted 10.5 hours and would have been a lot quicker if Sam hadn't got stuck on the way out. I got to the pushing stage using a TENS machine and a bit of gas and air but after an hour of pushing he was still nowhere near ready to come out and i was exhausted.

The midwife recommended an epidural as she was concerned he wasn't going to come out on his own and i jumped at the chance agreed.

I then spent another hour pushing before he finally made his way into the world (just as they were starting to talk about using forceps). Had skin to skin and first feed while waiting for placenta to come out. It took over an hour to come out and when it did i had a PPH and lost 1.2 litres of blood which meant i had to have a blood transfusion as my iron levels dropped and i went into shock

We only had to stay in hospital for one night though

Am sending lots of labour vibes to all you who are still waiting...fingers crossed it won't be long now.

Hi
My baby boy arrived at 1.28 pm on Monday 27th July, 7 days late and in a terrible hurry. Labour was about an hour and a half and he was born 45 mins after we got to hospital and nearly had DD in the room with us (we got shot of her and he popped out pretty much!). Midwives amazing and no stitiches, 8 lbs 9.5 oz though so not small. Been in hosp for ages with high red blood cells level (him not me) meaning that he had to be topped up with formula all the time as dehydration can be really dangerous and then he got jaundice so was under the UV incubator for days and was meanwhile also having 12 hourly antibiotics through a canula in his hand for the Strep B which I didn't get my antibiotics in time for (got them in 15 mins before birth, as opposed to the recommended 4 hours +).
I was really worried about formula messing with the breastfeeding so spent half my time on the breast pump stimulating supply in hosp and am glad to say he's now exclusively BF and gaining weight, phew.
So alll a bit traumatic, his heels are like pincushions from 4 hourly blood tests, and he was a sad little thing for the first few days but now perking up and we are home. I havne't had any sleep for what seems like forever, either due to hosp waking me to take him for tests or him feeding or needing to express at all hours of day and night, and am SO TIRED.
But he's completely gorgeous and so worth it. Now just need to decide on a name! It's between Ollie, Arthur and Sam...I'll keep you posted!

Congrqatulations to all of you who have popped. I haven't had a chance to come on much recenlty as Max is constantly feeding and it is so busy having the big kids around at the moment 24/7. Hope you are all ok and big hugs to those who are still waiting. Not long now xxx

Well done belgrano and moodylou! Sending you love and virtual casseroles

Well done belgrano and moody xx

hello new babies and congrats mummies

Hi all!

Congrats to all the new mummies! Am v jeolous as still waiting - now 6 days overdue and no signs of anything happening

Trying to console myself that days are limited now and it should be here, one way or another, in a maximum of a week's time.

Don't if anyone else who is still posting is waiting or not?

Congrats to all the new mommies! Not many of you ladies left to give birth so wishing you the best when the times comes.

Samuel Joseph was born at 11:30pm on Monday 27th July weighing 8lb 30z.
He was 11 days late - induced the day before using prostin, got good strong contractions until 3:30am Monday when they stopped. Synotocin administered at 5pm and waters broken by consultant after an initial attempt at breaking my waters (which wasn't hugely succesful as Sam's head was fully engaged and the SHO could get the membrane to break and I was already on the gas and air).
Gas and air and TENs for four hours, then meptid which took longer than expected to kick in!
Ended up with a ventouse delivery and an episiotomy which was not what I wanted, but I didn't end up in theatre or with forceps (both discussed!).
Stitches sore, but very happy healthy young man and mum at home 48hrs after delivery.
BFing going ok. I will probably disappear a little bit until I get a bit more sorted (and to be honest, really enjoying just spending quality time with my new son ).
Will catch up with you all on the post natal thread.

I should have asked - where is the post natal thread? I can't find it - please could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks

Post-natal Thread

Congratulations Lillabet

Well done Lillabet - welcome baby Samuel Joseph. My episiotomy healed in just a few days and I added just 1 capful of Savlon to every bath for the first week - doesn't sting at all because it's so diluted - it just helps to stave off any infections.

Well done lillabet