drip drip drop little april baby shower

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hope i got the title right.

does anyone else think maybe rtuff has gone into labour?? her last message said that the baby was 3/5 engaged which isnt supposed to happen in 2nd or more pregnancies until right before labour! hope she's ok.

Congrats babymonster
Bettymum..Alexander's a lovely name...did your dp give in to your name choice in the end then?
So cute that your lil one calls wilf Woof..Makenzi-Shei calls Jude Dude, but it's nowhere near as cute as Woof She calls my mum Kakay, but in the last few days has suddenly started being able to pronounce granny properly, so I'm actually a lil bit sad that she's growing up hehe ;) x

bm great name my dd whos 38wks pg is called sophie xx

Congratulations babymonster - such a great birth story!

Weetiger - so pleased to hear that the hypnobirthing CD helped and for such a big boy too! We're planning a hypnobirth too, so fingers crossed it will help me cope as well as you.

Love the name Bettymum. Who won in the end, you or DH?

Congratulations to babymonster and weetiger!!

I bought Clary Sage this afternoon - I didn't use it with DS so does anybody have any tips or experience on how to get the most out of it?

Hi AdelaideJo - I put a few drops in the bath last time but you can also dilute it (v well..like 1 to 20) with an oil like olive or almond oil and rub it into the bump. My reflexologist gave me Jasmine oil which is even stronger and I have been massaging it in since last wednesday (not due til tomrw week), hopefully coupled with a bit of 'hows your father' should hopefully give me the best chance ...good luck

I had a new lease of life this afternoon. This morning I couldn't even put one foot in front of each other and yet this afternoon managed to do the school run with no problems even managed to walk up a steep hill without getting out of breath, somthing I haven't been able to do for months!

Now have very crampy period like pains, they aren't contractions but I am having very strong braxton hicks and a bit of back ache. Does it sound like the beginning of labour? I haven't lost my mucous plug yet. Do I start timing the bh? Or will it be obvious when real contractions start? I feel so clueless!

Actually I haven't a clue whether they are still braxton hicks or if they are real contractions because I have that nagging period pain feeling it is hard to tell.

Dolls I wonder if you've had a "lightening" where baby has dropped down and isn't crushing your lungs up so much - you might be starting! How exciting!

I didn't lose my plug at all last time, in fact, I wouldn't even know what it looked like, or a show for that matter! All I had to go on was the contractions..

My back has ached for over a week but it turns our that stomach upset last week was just that as I am now constipated .

Bood i'm going to have a bath later on after dinner and will put the oil in.
Just booked acupuncture for Thursday morning as I had it for DS and the labour started 2 days later so I sort of really believe it works to be honest (just my opinion though).

Thanks AdelaideJo. Good to know that not everyone loses their plug, I kept saying to dh that labour isn't likely to start as I haven't lost my plug. I feel your pain with the constipation - not one of the best things about pregnancy.

Put a few drops of Clary Sage oil on a warm flannel on my bump earlier while DS was in the bath. Since then, the baby has been moving around like a wild thing - loads of prods down below which are getting quite uncomfortable. Does it not like the Clary Sage, or is this the start of something????

Just ordered a Madras too so hopefully the combination will start things off

Zeeky i'm about to get in the bath with the oil BUT i'm wondering if its the right thing to do as the baby has been trying to claw its way out of the upper front of my belly for about 3 hours now, i can't sit down because squashing it up seems to make it prod more - i'm also really uncomfortable and wondering what i've done.

And i'm full of wind . So i'm also not sure if there are lots of bubbles which are irritating the baby.

Wish I had the answers to all of our questions!

Wiz whats yours doing tonight?

April bunnies

Pumagirl - 18th March - Girl - 6lb 9oz
PrincessTweetz - 25th March - Jude - 7lbs
Lineky - 28th March - Hazel
Neeko - 29th March - Hannah - 8lb 15oz
dani87 - 29th March - Girl - 6lb 11oz
ReneRusso - 30th March - Matilda - 8lb
nicnacinoonoo - 1st April - Kacie 6lb 4oz
Hoopsandbaby - 2nd April - Benjamin 7lb 4oz
Snowtiger - 2 April - Wilf 7lb 11oz
Spaghettina - 4 April - Isabella
Eastendmummy - 7 April - Isaac
Chegirl - 7 April - Rudy
tostaky - 7 April - Aurel - 9lbs
BedtimeBear - 11 April - Lily
Bettymum - 12 April - Boy - 8lb 10oz
Helenwombat - 12 April - Noah
thighsmadeofcheddar - 16 April - Daisy
Rumpleteaser - 17th April - Valentin - 8lb 7oz
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Rtuff 25 29th March #2 - BOY (brother for DS)
walkingbookworm 30 31st march 2010, #1 - BOY
Cindy 40, 2 April 2010 @10.30am #2 GIRL
tthehuntress 36 4th April 2010 #2
DwayneDibbley 30's 4th April 2010 #2 BOY.
mcchesers 34 06 April 2010 #2
weetiger 33 06 April 2010 #2 - BOY (brother for DS)
Charlieandlily 06 April 2010 - GIRL
Wellieboot 33 08 April 2010 #2 GIRL (sister for DD)
katgod 37 08 April 2010 #3
BelfastBloke, 39 (DW,+me), 9th April 2010 #2 BOY (brother for DD)
Bungo101 35, 10 April 2010 #2 GIRL (sister for DS)
Jennysbean, 31, 10 April 2010 #2
(sister for DS)
thedollshouse 37 11th April 2010 #2 BOY (brother for DS)
Slineky 36 12th April 2010 #1
Bexybear 39 14th April #2
chowmein 32 14th April 2010 #1 GIRL
CinnabarRed 34 14th April 2010 #2 BOY (brother for DS)
Chynah 40, 14 April 2010 @2 GIRL (sister for DS)
Toady 37 17th April 2010 # 4 BOY
Rumpleteaser, 24, 18th April 2010 #1
ThePhantomPlopper 29 18th April 2010 #3 GIRL (sister for DS and DD)
Zeeky, 33 20th April 2010 #2
Mistymoo, 32, 20th April 2010 #3
pillia78 31 21st April #3 BOY (Brother for DS 1 and DS 2)
shelinka, 36, 21st April 2010 #3 GIRL (DSIS for ds and dd)
JPL81 28, 21st April #1
Miceju, 27, 21st April #1 BOY
stinkypinky 40 23rd April 2010 #2
wizbitwaffle 28, 23rd April #1 BOY
flybynight 38 24th April 2010 #4
RLP 37 24th April 2010 #2 BOY
Trying4Baby1 30 25th April 2010 #1
slightlycrumpled 36 25th April 2010 #3
Boodstress,35, 27th April 2010 #2
Babymonster 29, 28th April 2010 #2
ilovesprout 30th April 2010

Added my gorgeous lil' boy to the list. He arrived by emergency c-section on 17th April after prolonged 2nd stage labour. 1st stage labour - piece of cake! 2nd stage, back to back baby with wrongly postioned head... owwwww.
Got home today, he's beautiful and looks so much like his daddy! Breast feeding not going to plan, he's doing very well on bottles though.
I am very sore but very happy! I will catch up on the other posts soon but now gonna go stare at my sleeping baby!

Congrats Rumpleteaser - sorry that things didn't go to plan but glad to hear you finally have your little one.

Up with curry heartburn - maybe the madras was a bad idea as no sign of contractions, just can't sleep instead!

Congrats Rumple Hope you feel better soon....happy staring!! ;)
TheDollsHouse..just wondering if there was any news yet??My labour with Jude started out as a constant period like pain, and I never lost my plug either....until midwife examined me and told me I was 7cms dilated!!
Good luck!!
Also, was reading the after-birth thread (I'm sorry, that sounds really gross, but I've had mindblank..it happens a lot to me these days!! ) and I believe Dani87 's lil girl is called Ebony-Mae...

Oooops....the word I was looking for was Post-natal thread......sorry!!!! x

Congratulations Rumple

Well Zeeky our date is here and no babies yet! I'm not allowed to start until tomorrow afternoon according to dh - he has to do something at work tomorrow! Hope your OK

MOrning all, congratulations Rumpleteaser! So glad your little boy is here safe and well .
Glad so many of you like the name Alexander, my DH wanted the name Wolf. Not Wilf, Wolf. He reckoned Wolf would give him success with the ladies in later years, I said no he'll just end up with a playground full of kids howling at him! I couldn't convince him that Wolf is not a suitable name for a chubby little boy with gorgeous dimples in his cheeks, so we have ended up with Alexander Wolf. I guess it has a certain ring to it . We are registering the birth together tomorrow, I don't think DH trusts me .
dolls sounds like things might be on the move! Good luck!

Congratulations Rumple well done and glad your little man made it safely into the world.
Dollshouse how are you? I had constant period pain all afternoon and contractions that woke me up at 2 am. But here I am again, have resigned myself to Friday - have to go to the hospital at 5pm to have my waters broken.....eek

congrats to all the new mummys

Congrats Rumple !

Wiz i'm so tired I feel like I hardly slept and my eyes sting constantly..on the plus side, last night I had one leaking boob which has never happened to me before (!) and also my DP said I smelled "funny" (nice)......he reckons like chemicals of some kind. I'm DESPERATE for the baby to come now!

I also really love pineapple and necked lots of it last pregnancy, but it also made my heartburn far far worse so this time, nope.

dollshouse

you sound like you are going through the same things as me, as you know at the weekend I could barely walk because of the pressure bearing down, sunday night, yesterday and today no problem with that but did have back ache and cramps last night which disappeared over night. For me it is baby engaging and then disengaging again but this is my fourth so should expect it really. This afternoon the baby has moved down again but not as bad as the weekend so just slightly uncomfortable.

Anytime after thursday would be convenient for me so hopefully not long now!!

my dd ate lots of pinneaple today,i ate lots when i was pg whith ds2 but did not do anything