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

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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!

Congratulations to Charley and your dp on the birth of Arlo. What a great name! I bet you still call him Pod for a bit though . Harriet is still 'the baby' and even it on occasion. Am getting used to it all now though. So sorry to hear that Arlo had to go to SCBU and has been poorly. I can't imagine anything more terrifying or upsetting. Hope you are bearing up and sending you loads of hugs and good wishes. Will be thinking of you.
Good Luck for today all those still hanging on in there. It won't be long...

Wow these early mornings are a killer at least i can nap later. Morning ladies feel a bit better today not so many pains booked in for a sweep on friday morning although ive had a few at the hosp already so hopefully baby is settling ready to come. I know our baby is LOP do you ladies know what presentation your babies are?
apparently the mw said all my babies have been LOP and they turn as I go into established labour so im trying to turn baby they say been on your hands and knees and pelvix rotations are good positions ill try anything.

for those miserable souls who are still heavily pregnant, like me (been awake scratching my tummy since 4am - pregnancy is such joy), if you really want to have a good laugh about your predicament, hop over to the "Passive Birth" thread on "Childbirth".

The post that Spikemomma made yesterday, which describes her ordeal in going for an afternoon nap, is absolutely hilarious. I mean, she ought to be knighted for coming up with such comic genius in the face of SPD and other pregnancy ailments.

It will make you smile, at the very least

Morning all

Thought I should post early, just in case you all thought I'd gone into labour, god forbid
Not so much as a twinge or nausea.

See you later, with my crisps I'm getting them from the shop today, I will only by 2 bags, I will only buy 2 bags, I will only buy 2 bags...

Big congrats to Charley and Mr Charley and little Arlo - great name. Sorry about the incredibly stressful start Charley - hope you've managed to relax a bit now and enjoy Arlo instead of worrying over him. If you ever want to chat about it dd had fits early on too and was in neonatal xxx to you all.
Lippy - in the grand scheme of things I don't think the extra crisps are going to matter

Mog - meant to way I LOVE your passive birth thread. Am waiting eagerly for 'passive feeding' and 'passive baby care' Hurry up and cross to the other side.

hiya ladies back again had my nap feel more refreshed now.Hope everyone is not as fed up as yesterday baby seems very active at the moment planning to have a little walk later good labour vibes to us xxxxxx

Hiya KVG, wondered where you had got to!! Both families oh my gad! Stay strong!

Welshie, I wish I had seen your post before I had bought my meagre 2 packs I just can't get enough of the vinegar!!!!

What's the weather like with you all today? I thought it was going to turn again, but it's lovely, warm and sunny again. I think the storms and rain are holding off until tonight.

I will pass on all the warm fuzzies to Charley and co today, thanks everyone

I am making the most of these last few days just being 'a trois'. Much as I can't wait to meet this new one, it will never be just us and dd again, which is quite significant. So, I am just enjoying being with her and focusing on her 100% atm, because, my god, how that will change!!! having said that, this morning she was a real whicnge bag and I was grittng my teeth 'enjoying' my time with her I can tell you!!

Time for another food break, some kind of 'Scoobie snack' style sandwich I think!

Well hello all. Still here myself. Great weather today. Going to take a nice Lush bath soon. Ho hum.

Welshie - I hadn't even thought of passive feeding yet, but the idea conjures up all sorts of images, baby's bottle propped up by patio door as I absent-mindedly dead-head the roses?

Had awful day, but at least I now have a date for induction (next monday evening) if nothing happens between now and then.

Dh's car broke down today and we had to be towed home about 15 miles - full sorry story is on the passive birth thread. He would NOT accept it wasn't safe to drive. Serves me right for getting in it, I suppose!

Lippy, enjoy the scooby snack and go LARGE on the crisps!!!

I have managed some passive feeding - that's when I just lie there and sleep and leave ds to get on with it. This morning I woke as he was trying to suck milk out through my bra - obviously it'll be a while before I can train him to undo the strap properly so I will have to be awake for the first bit
He may have inherited my passive tendencies - the other day he seemed to want to lie underneath my bosom as the milk dripped all over his face. I'm discouraging this......
All the best for your birth experience if those aare real contractions Mog.
Lippy - I'm sure the crisp shops are still open.
I know what you mean about quality time with number 1 child - unfortunately they seem to have no idea that you are trying to spend 'quality time' with them and are guaranteed to be at their most fractious.

Congratulations Charley, hope little Arlo perks up and we'll see you posting soon.

I've sent my camera off with my dad to find a dark room... we'll see if we can salvage them.

hi ladies just got off phone with my MW shes comming to do a sweep on friday morning, ive been explaining why been in labour ward 4 times now she cant belive it. She thinks the period pains are baby trying to get engaged i hope so. if this doesnt work ill be booked in for an induction at 12 days which is wed i think so at least have more information now, I also asked her about the baby been LOP she said it was right what first MW said to me baby might not turn until in established labour so im off for a walk round the park maybe it will strt things off good luck xxxxxxx

Still no sign.....see the MW tomorrow, I think I might turn the taps on, plead insanity and beg her for a membrane sweep there and then......only 3 days late but getting really impatient and quite frantic by now.....somebody suggested I go for a cycle round the block - I would if I owned a pushbike!!

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting and hope all the mums and babies are doing well.

HI everyone,
just a quick post in betweeb tandem screaming here! Have scanned posts v quickly, congratulations to Charley and the arrival of Arlo, cool name!
Welshmum, pmsl about the passive feeding and your little one bf through your bra!
Good luck to all you still waiting, try not to get too dispondant.
Maybe the thunder storms will bring it all on.
Must go as folk lightening going on outside and don't want pc to crash.
Hope to catch up at some point when calm settles in!?? XX

just crashing this thread to see the passive feeding/ baby care comments.....

HEE HEE.. love it!

I used to do A level art with someone called Arlo - great name Charley.

So noticeable that this is a preggers ladies thread - everyones in bed!!

Morning junies im still here sob had a few contractions last nite thought could be it so went for a walk round late shops things settled down again about 9pm poor hubby timing my contractions ect hes getting quite good now. had a bath and all settled down but slept better last nite feel very achey this morning and heavy. catch u all later good luck to us xxxxxxxx

Morning all

Hehe EYM, looks like I am in the same boat as you. I ws having 'period pain' like feelings last night and tightenings until 1 am when I went to bed. They carried on all through the night, very mild but definitely there. Absolutely noting doing today, except I am exhausted, I cannot wait for 12, when dd goes for her nap and so do I!!!! I should've just ignored it and gone to bed

How you doing Mog??

I hope you're in labour!!! It's been a while since any babies came along.

Dp and I still can't agree on a fcking name, excuse my s*dding language, but it is getting ridicous. Every time he presents me with a list, I am thinking "Why are you putting this name on again?? Haven't I aready said 5 times that I hate it??!! " We're getting nowhere fast!

Update on Charley. If all carries on going well, Arlo will be home on Sunday

Right, gonna go and crash with my RLT in front of the Tweenies with dd!!!

Lipstick, if you speak / txt charleypops say hi from me, please. Thanks.

Hope all Junies (and any June babies) doing well. Just been told we're likely to have a c/s at 36+2 next week due to high blood pressure, so I am running around like a blue arsed fly getting the house clean (we've been in and out of hospital loads in the last week) and buying bits for baby (I'm on July's thread) !

Hugs to any overdue frustrated mammas !

good morning

loads of contractions all evening. Woken up by a bad one at 5.30am. What's the point....never turns into anything. I feel sooo disappionted every time.

It's getting a bit like "the boy who cried wolf" and I'm starting to think I won't recognise or acknowledge the real thing when it happens (if it ever does). You know, I'll be going "oh yeah, whatever, I felt like that yesterday...ho hum" and will leave it too late for my beloved epidural

I do feel sorry for my dh as well, he keeps having to time contractions.

Lippy - sorry you can't agree on a name. I know it's controversial, but I think you should get YOUR choice after this pregnancy marathon .

Must go and ignore more contractions.....dh has finally agreed to use my car as his is at the dealership...so I'm without transport and just realised I'm also without money for a taxi .

Felt really weird last night, not like the usual false start, just off if that makes sense. But nothing. Nada. Zilch. Think I made husband more tense, he is hoping so much. So today he and I discussed induction, we go to the midwife tomorrow and will go over the options with her. As long as baby is alright I think I would like to wait til Monday, just to give a little more to chance, but I think husband is so worried he would prefer tomorrow if possible, at the appointment! He is worried something is wrong with the baby. It's all so frustrating.

Good morning, Mog, I hear ya on the ignoring the contractions. When it happens, it happens, and being at the point where it's probably not gonna happen, why bother. Totally sucks to be thinking like this.

sure does roseberry

sorry your dh is worried about the baby. One of my friends had all four daughters at 42 weeks, they are fine. For me, it's a mix of worry and downright frustration, and the contraction thing gets me down so much.

Hope you get an induction date soon. I feel much better now I have an "endpoint" (next tuesday).

The mw at my surgery told me they only induce three women a day, it's a case of getting a "slot", the local hospital has run out of slots, this is causing a problem. Luckily I'm booked in elsewhere, but turns out they also have a problem with slots. They wanted to see me for assessment at 40+10, but as that's a sunday, they said next monday. They also wanted to try to arrange an induction date at that point.

tbh I wasn't happy with that - trying to get a slot when I'm 40+11? The registrar eventually booked me an assessment AND induction on the same day. The midwives on the antenatal unit were a little taken aback but I just can't go on like this any longer.

You may need to be assertive (or passive like me!) but stand your ground if you feel strongly

I tried to reassure my husband - if something was wrong with the baby, I would have a sense of it, I am sure, and baby is still moving about. But I think he is thinking, yeah, and how many false starts have we been through these past few weeks, how can you know, but thankfully he isn't saying it. I can't blame him even if it is frustrating and not entirely fair. I hate the fact that my trust in my body is shaken. I am not thinking anything is wrong with the baby, beyond of course normal worry, am more blaming my own uterus for not being able to engage, which is probably very silly to do, especially as I have already done this once before. Husband is also frustrated with the midwives, who have been saying at each check, anytime now, wouldn't be surprised to see you later tonight, etc., etc. False hope. I tell him no one can predict these things but he just gets mad that they suggested it may be soon. 'Imminent,' he says, means right now, not two weeks from now!

As long as the baby is healthy. I know that once he is born, all this worry will be forgotten.

Good on you for double booking. Fingers crossed for you