Due in June 15 - The competition for first baby is on!!

[katzguk]

Crisp and clean new thread....can't you just smell that new baby aroma!!

love the stats page trib -its great thanks!

gwenybee - raspberry leaf taste like pants!! i mix it with raspberry,strawberry and blackberry tea, one bag of each into a cup, this actually tastes nice and the raspberry leaf is going in!

Just noticed that a couple of other ladies little ones have made appearances too! Well done and congratulations to you all, wishing you all all the healthand happiness in the world! x

without sounding too stupid what exactly is the raspberry tea meant to do?
how are you feeling now katz? still getting the contractions?

Cheers for your advice, I have got some other fruit teas so I will give it a try! I have heard you can get it in tablet form too, but I think that's a bit too drastic!

Hope you are well! x

Can't believe you're having contractions and so cool calm and collected - I would be having kittens (well preferably a baby!lol!) by now!

Haven't a clue bubbaloo what Rasperry Leaf Tea is meant to do? prepares the uterus or something? I don't know, I've just been told to drink it at 35wks!

oh right.i've heard alot of people talking about it but just wondered.didnt know if it was meant to help bring on labour or something else-thanks

rasberry leaf tones the uterus, supposed to make labour quicker, can cause braxton hicks contractions!

Gweny - the contractions don't hurt they just keep happening! i was getting excited yesterday now think i'm going to be stuck doing this for weeks!! am 37+3 today

thanks for that katz
how long have you been taking it for and where do you get it from-holland and barrett?

Nice one Katz! I am hoping to feel these Braxton Hicks things that everybody keeps on talking about - I thought I was having some but turned out to be constipation!

I really wish that I felt pregnant - instead of just tired! I'm bit of a porker, so don't particluarly feel fat either lol! I really want to have leaky boobies too - but no such luck!

gweny - i will swap you leaky boobs and braxton hicks for anything!!

Bubb - yep thats where i got mine from, i've had about 3 cups, bought it monday, so from 37 weeks

Bubba - I got mine from Holland and Barrett - you can get it in tablet form there as well! I'll try the tea first - if it's minging I'll get the tabs!

blimey its obviously working on the contraction front then!!
i think maybe i'll get some then.does it tell you how much to drink on the packet?-dont want to o.d on the stuff!

It says on the box to take from 35 weeks, I think - gosh I hope it don't bring it on too early. However, I've been told that ds is big and that I am looking at a 9 pounder according to last measurements from 33 week scan! Aaargh!

I've also been massaging my perineum (or whatever it's called) with Olive Oil in an attempt to avoid an episiostomy - smells like a salad when I fart now though LOL! is that too much information?

LOL gweny-thats really funny
i havent bothered with that-dont think i'd be able to reach anyway,even if i tried

Yes Tribpot - back from France, thanks. We decided to cut the two weeks to five days because I was getting nervy about being too far from home. Will definitely stay put from now on!

Am I the only one that doesn't find raspberry leaf tea disgusting? I put it with one peppermint in the same cup and really like it.

My latest preggy joy is that I can't sit up to the table any more (preparation for understanding what it is like to be a baby, maybe?). It hurts too much to lean forward at a normal angle for eating, so I'm sitting kind of sideways on and dropping a lot!

Have realised that I am expecting someone else to have had a baby every time I log on now.

All the best to Lynny and everyone.

LOL! It's not been easy I tell you - I'm not the most flexible of peeps! Thank goodness I only do it in the comfort of my own home! The things we'll do for a supposedly easier time of it eh? I've even bought a rubber ring so I can sit after the birth! I'll be gutted if I have a c-section now after all this hassle!

blimey,you are organised-what with the rubber ring,ha ha ha!!
lummox-hope you enjoyed your hols.shame to cut them short but i dont blame you.went to sainsburys last night and told dh that would be my last shop now as i dont want to venture out,just in case.
...and ive still got 3 weeks to go!!

Anyway ladies, cheers for keeping me company for the past hour or so - will definately be popping in more often now! Take care, and good luck Katz! I'll be thinking of you!

Gwen, we don't seem to have you in the stats, when is your due date?

I haven't had a single braxton hicks, and am still closely examining the boobs for leakiness as well. Something is happening, but it's taking its sweet time!

Off to Holland & Barrett tomorrow, will investigate the raspberry leaf tea. I think it'll be a non-starter for me though as I don't drink tea. (And therefore never remember to make a hot drink when I'm thirsty). I was going to do the perineal massage thing too, using extra virgin olive oil just for the irony value When are you meant to start that?

Tribpot- SOrry to invade ( I am a June 2004 mum) I took Rasberry Leaf tea capsules and they seemed to help a bit from what I can remember.

Tribpot - just popped in before I logged off! I'm due the 25th June!!!! Can't wait!!

I too keep on examining my boobies for leakages - every half hour!!! I really want to have them!! I've bought an industrial pack of breast pads, and it doesn't seem like I'll be having much use out of them! I hope I will get some milk - I really want to breast feed!

Mind you, the one thing that I am well chuffed about, I've always had these insipid pink nipples, and they're now "page three brown" WOW!!!! In the past I have thought about fake tanning them, but now there's no need!!!

Anyway ladies, I am off now, I am going to go and get a Chinese takeaway, whilst I have stil got the eating for two excuse!

Evening gals

Welcome from me Gwenny, not sure I said it earlier

I drank the raspberry leaf tea, probably mixed with some other teabag. I also took the tabs when I got to my due date, ate pineapple, ate curry, shagged every night, walked everywhere, bounced on the birthing ball and had acupuncture Dd was born exactly 2 weeks after her due date! Who knows whether any of it brought labour on or not [helpless shrug emoticon]

Lee, thanks for posting about Lynny Poor thing! We miss her crazy posts, do wish her well from me too.

Time for half an hour of baby name book [yawn]

Lynny, hope you are feeling better soon. Lee, thanks for letting us know, send her my love.

Katz, I've only just popped in but I was expecting another birth announcement tonight . It's so exciting! Hope things are moving along nicely.

Gwenynbee, I laughed out loud at your salad comment. I've started on the red raspberry leaf tea and I have to say I don't find it too disgusting. Especially if I have some chocolate with it It's not having as drastic an effect on me as it did with Katz though. Just on the leaking boobs thing - mine didn't leak at all when I was pregnant with DS and I was able to breastfeed ok.

Good to see you again Lummox and Uki. Great news about your VBAC MrsF.

Cooperoo, I hope you had a good night out with your friend tonight, and that the tears didn't flow too much...Welshie, hope you and Ewan had a lovely evening together too. Jonah, definitely agree that you should be cooked for, not cooking. Mind you, that's not happening in this house...

Lippy, I've given up on names - if it's a boy we're knackered. We may just have to stick a pin in the phone book and go with that one. Hope you have some success tonight.

Lua, are you ok? Charleypops too? If anyone goes missing for more than a day I'm going to assume they are in labour!