Due in June 16!! - the before we all graduate!!

[katzguk]

one new thread as requested!

hoepfully this will get those babies to start appearing again!!

Still nothing here!

have tried everything:
pineapple
raspberry leaf tea
Clary sage/Rose/Jasmine oils!!
SEX!!
White trousers

nothing!

well today might try everything all in one go!

Coop, really thinking of you at the moment. There is absolutely nothing constructive I can add to your decision, so I wont even bother trying, but I sympathise with you having to make all these decisions so late into the pgy. I struggle to decide what to eat for lunch each day .

Just visited the MW. Still 3/5 engaged and I've been booked in for an induction next wed morning. My family are driving me beserk, ringing me to ask if there's any news (I'm 3 days over now). I'm trying v. hard to be polite and gracious, esp to DH's family, and not to bite their heads off with "Dont you think we'd let you know?" or "Yes, the baby was born a week ago, but we couldn't be bothered calling you". Still, it could be worse. The sun is shining (rare in the NW), i've got lots of good books to read and a full fridge .

Hope all is well with you all...

Coop,
sorry you are having such a hard time! I just want to say that I know how frustrating it can be to feel like you have no control over birth! I am still so mad about all the intervention on mine. Most of them useless anyway because by the time they finish attaching everything baby was here! BUT... It only has been 5 days, but is already a really minor thing in my memory, IYSWIM. So I want to say whatever you decide, it will all be fine once you have baby on your hands.
FWIW, I found the most important thing during labour to put up with pain is to be relaxed to feel confortable. So if you need to go to go private to feel that way, it might be worth it!
oh! and actually going into labour with the firm decision of no pain reliever made dealing with the pain much easier for me.
HTH

Oh Jonah - Thinking of you too. Thanks for support. At least you have a date for the light at the end of the tunnel. Get those books read and go to the cinema and out for meals. All the things you may not manage for a while. The phonecalls drove me nuts too last time. I know people like to let you know they are thinking of you but it is annoying enough to be waiting without the constant reminders.

Lua - xposted. Thank you. I am def more relaxed about it all than I was. I have been concentrating alot on how I will cope without the pain relief and the situation and feel quite determined now to make it good for us. And focussing lots on the baby!!! Must remember the baby and why I am doing this and all will be fine! That was DH's argument for going private too ie that I would be more relaxed. Glad to hear you say that as frustrated and angry you feel about the way they messed you around that it is beginning to fade....Thank you.

Hi all
Anyone on. LOL at Jonah's comments, i'm not due till sat but got 5 phonecalls the other day.

Although i am so bored of the waiting, and really don't feel as enegetic as usual, i guess the more you sleep the less time you have to think.

Hey Coop
how are you feeling about your decision today?

Morning ladies,

Jonah, I was just about to post complaining I'd had my dad on the phone panicking because I didn't call him back last night (thus assumed I had been 'rushed' into hospital rather than the real reason, which was I couldn't be *rsed). I can see that I might as well get used to this, although still hoping not to go overdue. Why do people do it? (Phone, I mean). Isn't it obvious you would have told them if there was news? Families!

Mind you, I am pleased that my mum has just told me she wants me (or dh rather) to phone to say when I am going into hospital. I thought after 9 grandchildren they'd be completely blasé about it!

Coop, if your delivery is anything our second-time Junies it'll all be over before you know it. I think the stress is probably worse for you than whichever clinic or hospital in Cyprus - and being denied chocolate milkshake on top of that is just barbaric in my view If you've finally settled on Limassol I hope this will take some of the stress away and you can focus on the joy to come.

Lynny - sorry to hear your family aren't stepping into the breach. I thought the interfering old bat of an ex-MIL might have redeemed herself a bit but obviously not I wonder if there's a church group locally that might have volunteers who could come and play with Leona for a few hours? I have a feeling dh's cousin used to do that sort of thing. It's such a lot for you to cope with at the mo. Thinking of you.

My good news is that I got my Strep B test results back and they are negative. Phew.

Hi Uki! How's it going? Hope it's not too hot in Oz, or is that just wishful thinking?

I have no energy either, I think charley is sucking it out of all the other Junies for her ongoing DIY projects

Hi ya Trib

I'm good thanks and no not hot, it's winter now, so struggling to stay warm with a stupid bar heater. Spend most days on lounge with blanket and little dog for warmth.

I'm having loads and loads of braxton hicks and wondering when they are going to turn into real thing.
What are u up too????

Now I have a bit of a thing about Braxton Hicks, my mum says I've had 'loads' I say I have had none, just a lot of period-like pains. (Which I think are due to the head engaging). So please do tell me what your BHs are like! Perhaps then I will know for sure.

Well, I've been off to be measured for my nursing bras this morning, that was good. Best news was my cup size has actually changed! (Albeit not very much). Hurrah.

This afternoon I shall probably be doing that favourite task of all pregnant ladies at 38 weeks - carrying stuff down two flights of stairs to the garage I'm hoping if we do a little each day it won't be too knackering for either dh or me.

coop-really feel for you at the moment-cant be easy having to make so many decisions and especially this late in the pregnancy,but like trib says,these 2nd time junies are delivering so fast,hopefully it'll all be over before you know it and you'll have your little bundle.

charley-im also having problems sleeping.i think theres so much going through my head at the mo,wondering when its all going to happen and what he'll look like and be like that sleeping is the last thing on my mind!

lynny-good luck for tomorrow-hope it all goes smoothly.my due date is tomorrow but i dont think he's gooing to arrive any time soon.

jonah and trib-LOL at the phone calls!
my mum called last night and because i didnt answer it in about 2 rings she was dialling out my mobile number,thinking i must be on the way/at the hospital.

trib-great news about your test results.what a relief for you.ive also had lots of period type pains but also some bh's i think.the only way i can tell the difference is that some(which im ASSUMING are bh's)feel like the muscles tightening and are actually a bit uncomfortable.might be wrong though-im no expert!!

i had a doctors appointment yesterday and he is now agreeing with me that the baby is going to be big.i honestly think he's going to be about 10lb and all his little outfits arent going to fit,so i'll just have to wait and see!!

I can't see the picture of the baby It keeps giving me an error message. Is there anything I have to do to view it??

Pink, you need to join the Yahoo group, there's a sign-up button on this page

Where is scraggyaggy lately? AWOL again, isn't it her due date today?

Thanks for the things people said about breast feeding. I'm going to see how it goes but I am so dislocated from the whole baby thing now I can't imagine even wanting to hold him let alone have him demanding to suck on my boobs. I'll have to see really. I'll probably go to the mother and baby unit here, I spoke about it with the consultant today. Stuff just isn't working out at all. I don't feel anything whatsoever. I'm organised but this isn't what I want.

thanks tribpot

Hi girls,
Gorgeous day down here in Canterbury.
Coop, I think you've armed yourself with the options and facts, and I would go with your instinct.
Jonah, know how you feel about the phone calls! Drives you mad!
Charley/Bub, sleep also a problem in this household too! I wake up to go to the loo and cann't get back to sleep, keep dh awake, he gets cross, then ds wakes up as soon as I fall asleep! Hey ho!
Went to see the consultant today,. and we feel 100% more comfortable about things. We were concerned that once I'd gone into labour that the option for an cs was gone, but apparently it's not. As this is number 2, I have more options and I can call a holt to things if I want to. Remains to be seen if this is the case. I was interested to hear that there is more of a chance of your waters breaking if the baby is op, which it is and was with ds. The consultant advised that I opt not to be induced if this happens and then I do not dilate within 48 hours, like happened with ds, but go for a cs, as we have been here before and know what happened. I have to keep an open mind and hopefully my waters wont break and I will go into labour naturally.
Lynny, good luck for tomorrow and I hope things get easier with Leona.
Must go, ds calling for lunch

My connection's playing up - I've been trying to post all day.

Due date is today - I honestly never saw myself still being pg at this stage!

The only thing I've done differently with this pg is not take raspberry leaf tea - is that conclusive proof

Anyway - the bottle of capsules dh got me the other day is 400mg - the instructions say 3-6 capsules a day - guess who's taking 6 !!

Phonecalls started at the weekend for me. Both mum and MIL seem determined to believe we wouldn't let them know the second anything happened - v strange!

dh has been instructed to peruse his "Worst Case SCenario Handbook" which includes a chapter on "how to deliver a baby in a taxi" - har har. Although where I live I've been hearing rather too many stories about babies being delivered in cars etc cos we're an hour's drive from the hospital. This labour is going to be exciting that's for sure!!

Watched awful episode of "Revelations" on Sky last night - truly trash TV - but then got freaked when mother had scan of her baby and realised it was the Antichrist cos the ultrasound showed a goat instead of a baby. No wonder I'm not sleeping !!!!

Coop - hope your decision making process comes good in the end. Choose whatever makes you feel the most peaceful and at ease and if possible forget about the money - if it wasn't an option which would you choose?

Really want to cuddle my baby now instead of just hauling s/he around in my very sore giant pouch.

Trib, glad to hear the Strep B results were negative. I?m sure that?s a relief.

Glad to hear from you all that it?s not just me getting these calls from our family . DH and I have joked about changing our message on the answerphone to ?Hello, this is * and *. No, we?ll let you know?.?

Bubb at your 10lb?er. We were told in our ante-natal classes that size of baby does not correlate to the amount of pain you will go through in delivery. I?ll keep my fingers crossed for you that that?s true!!

Mcmudda, lol at you giving birth to a goat. DH has now been scared sufficiently by a paragraph in ?What to Expect?, which said that some babies are born with loads of downy hair all over their bodies. Trust him to find that passage! As he is quite hairy, he is preparing for the worst and that I?m going to give birth to a small, friendly chimp

Evening girls

Jonah - LOL at your hairy chimp! actually Amber had quite hairy shoulders when she was born, been rubbed off abit now - but I think her brother would have been proud to have had such hairy shoulders!!

Lynny - Good luck for tomorrow Looking forward to a happy birth post in the next few days

ROFL re the phone calls - I so know where you're all coming from ! Infact it's rellies that make you feel really late/overdue even if it's before your dates coz of the calls

Speak of rellies - we've had the lot over today, and I'm absolutely knackered now - still I've just had 1/2 a bottle of wine (woohoo - can admit freely to having wine now dd is here without feeling people are frowning at me!), so am happily chilled at the mo

Coop - have to agree with McMudda and Franni - go with your gut instinct - instincts are mostly never wrong

Pink - go with the flow - it will work out as it will iykwim, you will have the right feelings for you...is he still mooning you????

Katz - Annalise looks so lovely - in all the pics I have of Amber so far she's fast asleep or obscured by big brothers grinning face! Will try and get one on line for tomorrow.

Hmmm speaking of big bro - the little green eyed monster that reared it's ugly head almost as soon as we arrived home is at last loosing some of the green tinge Maybe a day of playing with cousins have done him the world of good, he's the only boy and has been spoilt rotton today.

Gosh I can't believe we've had her a week almost...it was this time last week that positive signs of something happening started... sigh...GOOD LUCK to anyone who will have their own little bundles in their arms very soon

Ahh, lovely picture Katz, she is beautiful.

Sorry haven't been around much - ended up in hospital on Monday. The doctor was concerned that DS2 (!) had a low heart rate, so we went to A&E, they did loads of tests and decided to treat him as if he had an infection so was put on to anti-biotics. Poor little thing has had millions of tests, IVs put in him, ultrasounds, the full works...turns out there is nothing wrong with him and we came home yesterday. Was very tearful on Monday that all the effort into having a home birth was wasted in a way, but having seen some very poorly babies whilst in hospital has put everything into perspective. As my midwife said yesterday, he has had the most thorough post-birth check-up ever!

Katz, great birth story, sounds very similar to what happened to me. Will write mine up later, as DS1 is getting restless for attention.

We have a name by the way...he's Jack James. Or Jack-Jack as DS1 (the Incredibles fan) calls him.

Sorry haven't had chance for a proper catch-up with everyone, but I have been thinking of you all and am cheering you all on - hoping for quick, painless births all round. No sign of Scraggy? She must be due soon? It's so exciting!

Hello everyone. Well, we're bedding in with Isla, her body clock is all wrong in that she sleeps all day and wants to feed all night but i must say this is not distressing me as much second time around (I suppose because I am more used to the sleep deprivation!). I am really enjoying the night time feeds cos it is precious tome alone with her (that's not to say I'm not shattered!). Like her big sister, she is also rubbish at going to sleep and needs a lot of help in dozing off. We'll get there in the end no doubt. Its far too soon to start even thinking about a routine.

one week ago today she was still in my tummy! How weird is that? I feel fantastic, not like I've had a baby at all, completely different to the first time around when I could hardly walk for ten days and had to sit in the bath to pee it stung so much!

Fingers crossed to all of you now overdue/due dates approaching. Awaiting more baby news soon....oh, and I must congratulate the June club for choosing just the best set of baby names!

MrsWednesday,
Poor little jack, but at least he has had a good going over and you know he is healthy, but it cant have been easy for you and DH.
I love the name jack and i bet it suits him..
Best wishes to you and i will post tommor evening on how the scan went..
minnie1

Hi everyone

Hmmm, so much for being back at home and posting much more [puzzled emoticon]

Thank god ths thread has practically come to a grinding halt with all the new arrivals and 'waiting' going on!

Finally we have a bit of SUmmer Praise the Lord and lots of lolling around in the back garden with paddling pool and baby gurgling in the pram

Dp is having 2nd thoughts about the name choice It rhymes with dd's name, so he's wondering if it's a good idea. I don't care, as long as this baby has a name when she's born!

I have to go, far too much to do

Lots of love xxx

afternoon all,

well today is my due date and nothing has happened yet.had quite a bit of backache last night but thats about it so i don't think he's going to arrive just yet!

mrsw-sorry to hear about little jack,but glad it was nothing and he's now home and well.btw,love the names.we're having james as a middle name too.

hi noggermum-great to hear its all going well for you!

lippy-bet its lovely being back home.

Morning everyone! Is warm even in manchester! So I bet is really nice everywhere else!

Mrs.W I love the name Jack! Sorry to hear that he had to go through so many tests! But as you said, now you know he is 100%!

For those of you that need to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel...I am very happy to report that I am wearing a non-pregnancy trousers today! Yipee, it feels so liberating! It is the larger than normal size, but hey I used pregannacy clothes for a month after DD!

Lot of labour vibes to all waiting!