Due March 2010 - I'm a baby get me out of here!

[annamama]

New ante-natal thread... the post-natal thread is here

Oh Mawbroon so sorry to hear that things are so stop/start for you - how frustrating . I'm afraid I don't know much about ARM but I'd suspect there'd be some good stuff if you search the MN archives for old threads. Feel free to moan on here as much as you want, since we're here for you, but really hoping babybroon arrives soon.

DrSkid I was at your dream! Glad I'm not the only one with uncontrollable urges to see the sea . Great idea about having the inlaws over this weekend, as either way they'll be meeting their newest grandchild (my money is still on babySkid arriving before induction). Sounds like you had a lovely day and evening - making the most of not having a newborn! Good luck with the sweep tomorrow

Smac good luck with your 2nd sweep too. Though it's exciting that Tuesday's the day if the sweep doesn't work (it's my due date so I'm well as would love to meet my baby so soon!).

Shroomer that's an odd dream...but I guess odd dreams about labour and birth are par for the course at this stage to an extent! I dreamt I was in labour last night, and Sariska you were in labour at the same place (some sort of MLU I guess). Most odd, but the midwife said something like "Oh how nice, you're from the same antenatal thread" like it was the most normal thing in the world

So I think my DH is nesting. Seriously, since I last posted he has vacuumed the entire flat, mopped all the floorboards, cleaned the en suite, cleaned the oven (which was seriously dirty!) and cleaned the bathroom (including removing all the limescale from the toilet bowl). He's now pottering about in the kitchen doing dishes and organising cupboards. I'm seriously impressed! And grateful, as I don't have to feel guilty about not doing it myself now

Oh Mawbroon how awful and frustrating... Hope that baby of yours does come out soon.

LouBudd - sorry on behalf of my fellow swedes IKEA that it didn't help you go into labour!

at the dreams Shroomer, Smac, Caitni & DrSkid. Slugs are so disgusting, eww. If/when I get a show I hope it doesn't look like one!

Caitni - very impressed at your husband's nesting, haha.

IWCAS - sounds like you had a good date despite erm consummating it? Think I know what you mean about hormonal bliss, I kinda get the odd moment of that too, you never know when it will hit! But you also never know when grumpy & miserable will hit...

Nite nite.

Pixie I'm afraid Mr Mac is not allowed to use Mumsnet - that would be against house rules, infact he has to ask special permission to even touch my laptop!
I've scoured FB and think I've found the MN antenatal group so please Arcadie can you add me as a member and then I can text an update to FB ( I think my name will be really obvious to work out who I am!) and feel free for the first to spot it to come on here I don't mind someone else spilling sharing my news.
Not really looking forward to sweep and seriously thinking about braving the needles if I could get an appointment tomorrow - but maybe I've left it too late.
DH working his last shift tonight and then he is off for 18 days - combination of regular days off and paternity so we really are all set for baby Mac to arrive.
sorry to hear you are still in limbo mawbroon I really thought your absence was a good sign.
DrSkidaddle great plan to get the inlaws over next weekend. Granny Mac is doing a sterling job here with DD and I think I would have lost the plot altogether without her support this last week.
Caitni your DH must be earning serious brownie points for all his hard work - send him round here if he's still got any energy!
IWCAS - sorry to hear that action was limited by hips and bump!

Hi ladies,

Sorry for leaving it so long again despite my best intentions - Dongle is slow and frustrating, as is waiting for BT and Sky to get their respective acts together and get our broadband installed.

Plus have been frantically trying to get things painted/unpacked/fixed etc so that designerbaby mk 2 has somewhere to sleep and something to wear! That combined with ridiculously low energy levels, and general discomfort means that turning computer on hasn't really happened, and when it has a bit of lurking is all I've managed!

It seems I've missed a busy week though - HOW many babies!? I'm not going to attempt a list of congrats because I'm bound to miss someone off in my addled state... So I hope it will suffice to say a huge congrats to all mummies.

Not much to report here... The fight for my waterbirth at the MW led unit continues - I have another appointment with a consultant on Tuesday to try and get it resolved.

That said I'm feeling increasingly lacking on confidence with the whole thing... Like maybe I was just a bit rubbish last time and couldn't handle the pain, that maybe I won't be able to handle it this time, and will end up with either a C-section based solely on the fact that I'm a pathetic wimp, or another epidural/forceps nightmare and end up peeing poo for the rest of my life.

I had been feeling all empowered about it up til now, but as D-day approaches... Dunno. Feel a bit weepy and helpless about it all, which I despise in myself.

I think being generally knackered and really not getting any time to rest probably isn't helping. DD is full on all day, and by the time I've got her to bed, cooked dinner, cleared up and waded through whatever chores/unpacking needs doing it's really late. Plus am not sleeping well at all as hips are really sore.

Feeling peeved at DH as he keeps wanting me to do stuff, when what I really want him to say is "here, why don't I do that and you lie down and put your feet up/have an early night". He's working super hard on all fronts though, so I don't really feel I can say "No I can't help you build the chest of drawers/paint the bedroom/sort through box x"...

His idea of helping round the house is to continually load stuff into the washing machine, then dumping on the airer or sofa for me to hang up/iron/fold/generally deal with. I know he's trying to help, but stuffing it (somewhat randomly) into the machine and pressing the button isn't the half of "doing laundry" is it? Meanwhile I'm faced with an increasing mountain of ironing, which am finding it increasingly difficult both physically and mentally to tackle.

Oh bollocks. This wasn't supposed to be a whingey moany me me me post. Think I'll probably bugger off before I bring down the general baby euphoria and try and post again when less of a weepy moany wimp.

Got a mountain of fecking ironing to do anyway...

Sorry ladies [shuffles of to be self-pitying in private and cease inflicting it on others]

db
xx

I am off to bed - just to warn you all: turns out DS3 has blardy chicken pox, poor guy!

DS1's birthday tomorrrow, chocolate cake cooling as we speak, he has not been sick since about 10am today, but has literally not eaten anything either. We'll see whether is fit enough for cake...

I have haematology appointment in the morning, absolutely love my childminder being prepared to keep DS3 for a couple of hours as last time I was at the clinic with him he absolutely freaked, hated the place. DH was there and could wonder off with him..

mawbroon, how awful for you; fingers still crossed, surely somthing must happen soon...

Smac, same good luck and good labour vibes to you. A sore 'good' sweep has a good chance of working, so here's hoping for you.

Hi, DB, you sound busy... Know what you mean about men 'doing the laundry'....

I know I ve fogotten/not acknowledged lots of you, my apologies, but Must Go To Bed Know.

Scooby congratulations on the birth of your son Looking forward to reading the full birth story sometime soon (and v impressive posting from hospital).

Mawbroon, so sorry that you are having such a tough time of it. You must now be desperate to meet your new baby. I really hope that tonight's your night.

WestLondonMummy welcome

IWCAS, glad things are obviously going well with Baby Daddy. Lots of cushions help a lot in my experience

Pacific, your poor children (and poor you!). I am guessing the last visitor you actually want at the moment is chicken pox. But Happy Birthday to DS1 for tomorrow - hope he's well enough to eat the chocolate cake.

DB God, you sound busy. Leave. The. Ironing. Alone. Honestly, wear slightly crumpled clothes for a while, just til you catch up on yourself. You are heavily pregnant, you have just moved into a house which is having huge amounts of work done, you have a very active toddler. Something has to give. Better that it's the ironing than something else. Seriously.

No news here, just wanted to check in.

Hi All.

Well done scoobs.

DH broke the computer for three days .

Did you miss me?

Smac You'r on the facebook list now. Anyone else wanting to join the group go to the groups section on the left hand side and type in MN March 2010.

Blimey... Nice on BPM and officially well done Summer and welcome minifalls - hope you recognise your Mum for the celeb she is!

DrSkid Feeling bad for you being so overdue. Hope all's well.

Mawbroon My sympathies for long labouring - hope you've got him/her snuggled with you now!

Hey I just realised - it is officially 1st March now! It is highly likely that those of us still to pop will be having our babies this month!

Can't sleep. DH has man flu a cold and is hogging most of the bed. Don't want to go to the spare room as there's no loo on that floor, and one thing I am needing in the middle of the night is quick access to a toilet!

Welcome back Arcadie - had wondered where you'd been!

Just a quick update before I try to catch 40 winks.

I went to bed last night and started regular contractions around 0030. They were every 3 mins or so until about 5am when they calmed right down. I called the hospital and they were quite happy for me to stay home, which was fine because going there just seems to stop everything.

I will go later on to find out if my 4.5hrs labouring has made any difference at all.

My mum is here staying now, so at least I had some female company through the night. I just left dh sleeping because he will probably go to work today now that it has all ground to a halt.

itwascertainlyasurprise - Have you tried from behind? Bump not in the way then.

Going to get fitted for wrist splints today for carpal tunnel thing. The physio has said that the problem usually disappears within hours of giving birth.

Congrats scooby on arrival of your little boy...and sending 'effective labour' vibes to mawbroon. DB you sound knackered, I second Rindercella - leave the ironing! (I for one never iron a thing...sluttish behaviour for sure, but I reckon life is just too short).

Waves to everyone else.

Mawbroon for you that it's all stop start, stop start. How frustrating. Hopefully you'll go in to find your cervix is up round your ears....

Oh DB that sounds awful. Yes I agree, forget about the ironing. And tell your DH that you need to rest, men are not mindreaders. Let DD watch TV as much as she wants and lie on the couch to keep her company (that's what I do). I also think I was crap last time coping with the pain but I do think my pain was worse than average (B2B) as I'm not normally a wimp... Try to stay positive, it's gotta be easier the second time around!

Mawbroon - fingers crossed that those last 4.5 hours have got things moving

I'm going to waddle on over here from the Feb 10 thread seeing as fat baby is definitely going to be a March birth (there's no way I can still be pregnant by the end of the month...surely?!) Was due 25/2, so am 40+4 now. Sweep booked for Thursday morning, and will discuss induction then for 40+14...that will be homebirth out of the window then

Welcome Blonde36er; I'd agree, your chances of giving birth in March are pretty high Hope mine are too; I'm due this Friday!

Big congrate to Scooby on the birth of your son, hope you're enjoying lots of lovely newborn snuggles.

mawbroon surely by this point your baby is just going to slide out in about 5 minutes once things really get going! Fingers crossed you get good news today.

Arcadie I've sent a request to join the Facebook group. Cos I'm not wasting spending enough of my ML on the computer as it is

Can't believe it's March! DH and I got the nursery finished this weekend (even though the baby will probably be in our room in Moses basket for a few months). That's kitchen, bathroom and nursery all gone from not-quite-there to fully functional and shiny/new/aesthetically pleasing in the past 2 weeks or so. I feel like I can finally relax and just enjoy it (and the baby can come any time now.. [taps bump slighlty impatiently]). My parents are now phoning every day to see if anything's happening, which is only going to get more annoying as time goes by. I did have quite a lot of crampy sensations last night, in my back as well as lower abdomen. Makes it really hard to sleep (not the pain, more the constant thoughts of "Is this it?").

Hope everyone else is feeling well, and sending labour-inducing thoughts to those of you who are overdue or due soon!

thanks arcadie for adding me to FB group - like I say I'm happy for you to spill to MN as long as your DH doesn't go breaking your computer again!
mawbroon I didn't realise a bicornate uterus could cos such problems. My mum has one and she squeezed me and brother out okay and never had to put up with this going overdue nonsense either!
pacific sorry to hear that your boys are unwell. What an inconvenient time for chicken pox to hit and hope DS1 feels well enough for his cake.
designerbaby can't believe you have so much stress going on. Please stop the ironing - or if DH needs shirts for work then quickly whizz over the front only! You really need to take a break otherwise you are going to be one shattered mummy.
waves hello to blonde36er - we share the same due date but early scans made them think I'd have a March baby, then it slipped forward again but now it appears I will have a March baby again after all! Sorry to hear that induction would mean your homebirth plans would go out the window. Fingers crossed things get moving for you before that.
MW has just left after giving me another sweep. I have to say it wasn't nearly as painful as Saturday's. Don't know whether it was because I knew what to expect or whether it was cos she had shorter fingers!!!! (she reckons she does) anyway no change in cervix, still difficult for them to perform sweep but I'm still hoping that a bit of poking around up there will start something off. This MW today was saying she could get me a few more days before induction or ELCS but I can't take the waiting any more and everyone says the baby is big and is just getting better each day that passes so I sticking with the ELCS tomorrow.
Off to Day Assessment Unit this afternoon for checks, consent and pre-meds but will check back in here later on.
Waves hello to everyone else.

just wondering if smac should go to softplay when I went with my 2yo last time i WAS 5MTHS preggie he dissapeared through the rollers & down the flume, I had to follow nearly didn't get through the rollers and once through, and then choice of back through rollers or down flume - thought I was going to have baby then!!!
mawbroon rooting for you, really frustrating when they stop & start. No suggestions so just wish you all the best - unless you want to join smac at soft play! at the thought of soft play with all these heavily pregnant women flying up & down slides.
Nothing happening here except regular non-contractions

LOL henrietta I haven't braved soft play for ages now! Not sure I can face it!

Pregnant woman unfortunately not going into labour at soft play

Hello !

We had a good night, yeah! Everybody slept all night and woke up better, even DS3 seems to not have developed any new spots and even had some breakfast . You do NOT need to know the details of his nappy content though, trust me ...

Hello, blond36er, yep, I'd also suspect that March baby is highly likely, welcome!

Arcadie, yes I had missed you. Clumsy, clumsy DH, tsktsk!

@ anna at soft play, you both look like you are having great fun. Maybe baby is too!

mawbroon, running out of things to say, poor woman - surely something must be happening soon?!

May I second everybody on the No Ironing principle, DB: wash clothes, take out as soon as washing machine finishes, either shake or put in dryer for 5-10 min, hang up smootly and tidyly - hey presto, reasonably presentable clothtes . Afribaby is right IMO: Life's too short!

Just back from haematologist, blood count is still normal, she will want to see me one more time after delivery (appointm made for April ), no further bone marrow biopsy planned, huzza!

V sunny and not too cold here today - may just venture out to prune the as yet unpruned roses .

My friend did go into labour after crawling around on her hands and knees with her DS at a toddler group, so perhaps its not that daft an idea.

Fingers crossed for all those over due that you get the births you want - Mawbroon it must be so frustrating for you.

Congratulations to all the new mummies

Had a very emotional weekend - babies from NCT and other preggie friends popping out all over the show! some of them bloody queue jumpers too! I am due tomorrow and really wish bub would give me a sign! Thought I was in labour last night, some serious BH at regular intervals then all stopped. Been for a walk this morning, people kept staring at this very pregnant woman waddling along listening to her ipod!

Caitni - glad you enjoyed your trip to sunny essex [ang waves to fellow 2nd Marcher from essex] I know what you mean about the twinges and aches, the walk round the block was more of a shuffle! v. impressed with husbands nesting. my Dh's idea of doing useful things yesterday was cleaning the car.

DB - step away from the iron and towards the sofa and a cream egg [or substitute other suitably sweet choc related item]

thank you o much for all your lovely meassages. am just about to feed DD so can't namecheck you all but good luck to those of you in early throes of labour or still waiting. and well done to all of those who have their lovely babies.

I am reading, just not doing much typing. Milk in today and DD on feeding frenzy!