June is approaching, the end is in sight, time to sort our lady gardens so the midwives don't get a fright - Due June 2010

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30/05 GoodName, 31, #1 BOY
31/05 RnB, 31, #3
31/05 dinosaurinmybelly (DIMB), 37, #3 GIRL
31/05 - mampam, 30 #3
31/05 - minimoonumbertwo, 33, #2, BOY
1st - Appu, #1 Girl
1st - ELM, 29, #2
1st - whenwillisleepagain, 42 #2
1st - PogueMahone, 36, #3 SURPRISE
1st - madamefreckle, 34,#2 GIRL
2nd - meggymegmegs, 31, #1 SURPRISE
2nd - Justbeme , 41 #3
2nd - AlwaysHopeful, 35, #2 SURPRISE
2nd - roundabout1, no 2,
3rd - nickytwotimes, 35, #2
3rd - Jenba, ?, #3
3rd - Flossysmum, #4
3rd - marmiteaddict, 31, #1 SURPRISE
7th - MrsC09, 29 #1 SURPRISE
7th - perkster, no 1, SURPRISE
7th - Zeel, #1
8th - LittleRobbo, 35, #3 GIRL
8th - Saucepanman, 31, #4
8th - MrsAlwaysRight 31, #2
9th - greensnail, 28, #2 SURPRISE
9th - Boobz, 30, #2 SURPRISE
9th - Petitfilou, ?, 1
11th - shipsladyg GIRL
11th - woofie, 33, # 2 BOY
12th - Georgee, 38, #1 GIRL
12th - Elena67, 43 #1
13th - sobloodystupid, 34, #3
13th - WaiteH, no 1
14th - Fillybuster, 36, #3 - NOT TELLING!
15th - Ponymum, 41, # 2
15th - Millymollymoo, ?, #4 BOY
16th - NizzyNoodles, 35, #3 BOY
16th - Flossie69, 40,#2
17th - Bluesnowfalcon 28 #1 BOY
17th - Summerhols, 31, #1
17th - Barbeasty, 31, #1 GIRL
17th - chestnut100,30 #1 GIRL
17th - LateforWork,#1, SURPRISE
17th - Plum100, #3, SURPRISE
18th - Virgo1979, SURPRISE
18th - theperfectbaguette 34 #1
21st - Gizmo, 40, #3 GIRL
21st - Bubs1,?,SURPRISE
21st - Sunworshipper, 36, #1
22nd - gaelicsheep, 33, #2 - NOT TELLING
23rd - Bobolana, 29 #1 GIRL
24th - GibberingGinger 34 #2+3 BOYS
24th - lifeinthesun #2 BOY
25th - Ilovemyterrier, 38 #1 BOY
26th - herewegrow 31 #2 GIRL
26th - imkeepingmum, #1, SURPRISE
27th - muchchocolate, #2
28th - Wheredidmyfeetgo 32 #3
29th - CantSleepWontSleep, 36, #3, SURPRISE
29th - MrsDmamee #3
29th - playftseforme, 36, #2+3 BOYS
30th - MonkeyMargot, 36, #2+3 SURPRISE
30th - LaTrucha, 36, #2 BOY
30th - NotGrownUpEnough, 29, # 1, SURPRISE
30th - EssieM, 37, #1, SURPRISE
30th - Monthlymayhem, No.2, BOY

Poor you Mampam how disappointing and what a waste of effort and an emotional rollercoaster. Getting yourself all geared up for a CS and then waiting all day (starving too no doubt) for nothing.

Oh Mampam

How utterly disappointing You poor thing

Congratulations to Greensnail on the birth of Alice!

Oh poor you mampam what an awful day - roll on Friday!

mampam so for you, never even crossed my mind that this could happen!

you spend so much time with a elcs planning everything down to a tee, DH work , childcare etc because you think you can even allowing for the possibility of not having baby til aft/eve incase of emergencies but i didn't think they'd send you back home

i am feeling your pain even though i think DS is not as big, cs due to bad position and emcs last.

hope all goes ahead for both of us on fri but in light of what happened to you i don't think i'll be "top priority" either for the cs or emcs if i go into labour . my due date isn't til 4 th june

did i say congratulations to greensnail and baby Alice. well done

mampam on your behalf, i cant believe that. i can only imagine you are fuming and dont know what to think.

congrats to all new mummies greensnail andwhenwillisleep

hope all went well for you saucepanman

Wow, you have had a tough time altogether mampam You must be absolutely gutted! Hope everything goes well on Friday.

I have quite bad diarrhea today, very many trips to the toilet at work today and feeling generally sick and crap. Am hoping this is a sign that labour is coming soon but who knows? Anyone else experience this just before labour?

Oh congratulations greensnail, glad everything went well

mampam don't know what to say, but that SUCKS!

Big hugs from oop north

goodname i was quite sick day before i had ds1
and SIL recently had weekend of what she thought was food poisoning before her ds arrived on the sunday night!

and you are due very soon!!!! good luck and drink plenty of fluids or try anyways

How totally fucking shit for you mampam i do not know what to say to make you feel better, just try not to let it stress you out,easier said than done i know. So shit.

Congratulations on the birth of little Alice, Greensnail what a beautiful day to have had your little girl. Glad you are all home safe and sound.

Mampam gobsmacked at what has happened to you. Can't believe you have been treated like this after everything you have been through with this pregnancy. So sorry you have been so let down.

Sorry to hear that Mampam. Very frustrating! I think unfortunately it's quite common. A friend of mine was booked in to be induced and was sent home five days in a row. On the day they induced her she hadn't even bothered to take her hospital bag with her!

You have had a rotten time.

I've hedged ny bets and bought a second hand Baby Jogger double from Preloved. It arrived today and is almost perfect - just a few marks on the seat covers. For £120, I'm very pleased.

And yes CSWS - it's red!

Terrible acid indigestion all last night and sick all day today from eating bolognese sauce for dinner last night. I simply cannot digest meat while pregnant, especially not this pregnant. No more until baby is here.

I'm beginning to get freaked out by the arrival of no.2. I'm trying to get DD ready for a huge change, but I'm not sure I'm ready myself. Anyone already gone from 1 to 2 like to comment?

Oh mampam, sorry to hear you were bumped. I've heard of it happening for inductions but never heard of it with c-sections. It's really shit. Just try and concentrate on the fact that bubs is safe and healthy where he/she is. Even if it's crappy for you.

I had my 36 week growth scan today and was told that both babies are over 6lbs . Thats 12lbs of baby I'm lugging about. They reckon by the section in a fortnights time they will be 7lbs each! Mind you I'm not sure I'll last that long, I've been having a lot of cramps over the last week, and yesterday and today have had a show. Twin 1 still breech though so even if things do start it will still be a c-section.

mampam that's absolutely shocking. Can't begin to imagine how you must be feeling this evening. . You'd have thought the very least they could have done was to keep you overnight and do it first thing in the morning. I'm so sorry you are being treated like this.

greensnail - Lovely news! Welcome to Alice. It sounds like it was a pretty good birth?

mampam - that is cruelly disappointing. So sorry for you, and your dcs must be gutted. The only consolation I can think of is that Friday's child is loving and giving...! Really hope it all goes smoothly for you at the second attempt.

I had my 38 week midwife check, and baby was wriggling around happily, head down but not even slightly engaged. And amazingly, given my 6'4'' dh and 95th centile ds, is apparently quite petite! I'm really hoping he'll do the same as his brother, and come out long and thin, saving the big weight gain for the outside.

Just picked up a second-hand Quinny Buzz travel system today (already had the compatible MaxiCosi carseat), and it seems to be in v good nick. I was also given a whole sackful of reusable nappies at ds's preschool this morning, so I think we might actually, finally have everything we need. Now if he'll just stay put for a couple more weeks...

LaTrucha - am also freaked out by the thought of Number 2. It still doesn't seem at all real, despite being a bit used to it because of dss, who comes to us every other weekend. Ds is incredibly excited - he was pushing the new buggy around today saying "I'm going to push my brother!", but of course he doesn't have any real concept of what it's like with a newborn around all the time.

goodname - here's hoping it was pre-labour sickness!

Hi all. I can't even begin to tell you how I'm feeling right now. I'm so angry at the moment and haven't cried. I'm sure that will come later when I'm tired and in agony. This wasn't just about giving birth and having a baby for me, it was about starting to put an end to all the pain I'm in and starting to get my life back to some sort of normality.

I'm going to get an emergency appointment with my GP tomorrow because I want proper pain killers. I don't care if it's only for a couple of days I'm sick and tired of being in sodding pain all the time. I haven't got the energy to deal with it now. May as well use the shitty NHS for something to my advantage for once.

DC's were mightily disapointed. Poor little things.

GibberingGinger wow you grow good strong babies Sounds as if they may appear in the next few days or so.

DC's were disappointed.....oops!!

LaT - DD1 was delivered back from her grandparents today, so I can tell you about how she's got on meeting her baby sister if that helps. I was feeding DD2 when she arrived so DH took her into the garden until I we were finished then I left my mum holding the baby while I brought DD1 in to meet her. She wasn't too keen to see the baby when I first showed her, but after a cuddle with me she was wanting to see my tummy to "see the baby" and I told her that the baby was gone from my tummy and showed her where the baby was now. She didn't seem too happy about this initially, but we encouraged her to come and meet the baby properly and gave her lots of praise for stroking the baby nicely and blowing her a kiss.

She seemed to warm to the baby after this, and seemed quite pleased whenever I brought the baby close to her.

I had been really worried about how DD1 would react to me breastfeeding DD2 (as DD1 still feeds as well), but she has been absolutely fine with it. I told her that Alice was going to have her milk before the first time I fed her in front of her and she looked and saw me feeding her, but didn't protest at all. Later on in the day, she happily sat and cuddled me while I was feeding Alice, didn't show any signs of jealousy at all.

So all in all, its gone very smoothly today which is a relief. Of course it waits to be seen how we'll get on when she realises the baby is here for good, and when daddy goes back to work so its just me trying to look after the two of them. But so far, so good!

Congrats greensnail on safe arrival of Alice! SOunds like your DD has taken the news of her new arrival pretty much in her stride. Will you continue to feed DD1 and DD2?

mampam what a total waste of a day, and how disappointing for you and your DC's. here's hoping it all goes ahead on Friday without a hitch.

gibbering good work on the growth of those babies!! You must be pleased - the bigger they both are the easier it will be as regards feeding/sleeping etc. And good that they are similar weights too.

GTT came back negative so no explanation as such for excess fluid on Twin B.

sorry i've not been with this thread too long but wondered what age others DC1s are and what they are actually 'freaking out' about most when 2 arrives?

DS is 2.10 and i'm pretty worried about the usual jealousy, splitting time and affection etc but also that Ds is a pretty hyper young man who doesn't know the meaning of the word gentle and spends life in a permanent state of over excitedness.

he doesn't really get whats going on but is pretty excited about the bag of m&ms he found in my hospital bag. apparently we are going to share and blue are his favorite

blue m&ms + boisterous boy = everyone cursing me on the ward

mampam sorry to hear that all didn't go as planned. No wonder you are angry and fed up!

greensnail sounds like all is going well

LaTrucha I'm finding the whole idea of having 2 children very surreal. Am also a bit sad that my time of just having DD1 is coming to an end, although she is very excited about the baby!

Congratulations Greensnail!

Mampam - How utterly infuriating for you...you get yourself all mentally prepared, the high-level anticipation...what a bloody let down!

Due in a week, I had a m/w appointment yesterday...apparently head is still free and no sign of anything happening. Everyone I see tells me that I don't look at all like I'm going to have a baby imminently. I rather hope that I am!

goodname - This could be it! v. common to have upset stomach shortly before onset of labour.

mampam I am so gutted for you and can't imagine how you must be feeling. Roll on Friday when I hope you get treated alot better and, as you say, can start moving forward.

gibbering what a fantastic job you've done growing those twins. I am gobsmacked at the weight you are carrying around. Serious kudos to you...

To everyone who is worried about going from 1 to 2, it is honestly the best thing in the world. My DS1 was only 20months old when his brother arrived, and he came to the hospital to meet him. From the beginning I told him how much his little brother needed him and loved him etc, and more importantly how excited I was that he would help me to take care of him. His language wasn't great of course at that time, but I think he understood alot, and it honestly was a team effort for us once DH went back to work which only made us bond even more in my view. He is an active boy, and I consciously brought the baby along to his little classes and playdates - sticking to his routine rather than have him see too much change. He loved that other people got excited to see his little brother and became quite proud. There was a little glitch at around 6mths when DS2 first sat up and could reach toys, but it disappeared quickly. I had a special toy box near where I would breastfeed DS2, and also had books everywhere so we had alot of stories while I fed and I think that also helped. When DS2 was old enough I had a babysitter come and look after him for a couple of hours once a week so that I could take DS1 to a swim class and then have a lunchdate afterwards. It was my quality time with him and we loved it.

My DH sometimes worries that DS2 doesn't get as much attention as DS1 did when he was little, but I don't feel guilty about that for a minute. It is just different - his experience is so much richer for having an older sibling, and he has had exposure to his brother's toys and his brother's friends from such an early age. I too worried about this just before DS2 arrived, but I can tell you from the other side, that it will be fantastic for everyone concerned.