I'm booking this thread early. nickelbabe's live birth thread

[nickelbabe]

I'm getting really impatient, and Isbn is showing no signs of wanting to be born.

So far:
I am 40+4 today (was due on Saturday)
I am very heavy.
Isbn is currently residing on my bladder, and also a nerve on my left-hand-side hip.
It feels the lowest it has been, and I can't decide whether the tightenings are Isbn's bottom or muscles doing something.
For the past couple of days, I've been feeling sick, like morning sickness, and food has been giving me massive heartburn.

Don't get your hopes up, but I thought it would be a good idea to start the thread, because DH isn't technical enough to start one when the time comes (and is indeed very hesitant about even posting on it)

"of course, some members of the congregation weren't quite so unannoying. I just ignored them as best i could. Mad woman made comment "when's the baby coming?" "i don't know" "do you want a boy or a girl?" "i don't care" (she actually is mad woman, though, she's mentally disabled so i can't really do anything except walk away )"

Umm, I am not sure I understand? You seem desperate to involve strangers into every single part of your (so far very slow) birth thread. And you belong to a church? And you talk about people above ^, who know you and are sweet and interested and you write that about them?! AMAZING.

Good Luck

Right, I'm ready for another evening of pompom waving!

Go babies!
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Anyone else?

My friend is having a baby on wed and I'm not going to be able to get newborn snuggles in RL, as it appears my DC have chickenpox. In theory I've had it so I should be fine to wash hands and go see baby, but she's a worrier so I think it's out the question.

calypso - at this stage, i'm just being a ranty woman. i am hormonal, and tired.
I did walk away, and of course I wasn't that rude to her in real life! that's me just letting off steam!

oh, and PS - until I became pregnant, most of the people in my church would have nothing more to say to me than "hello" - i don't think they care that much about me, and most of them, I have to ask DH who they are, because they've never expressed interest in talking to me when I was just a normal person.
(obviously, that's not all the people in the church, just the ones that never passed more than the time of day with me before)
why should i care about what they think about the baby? and why should i tell them the intracacies of the pregnancy when they never bothered to talk to me before?

You have full permission to rant on your own birth thread nickel. I haven't experienced the 'joys' of being overdue so can only guess how fed up you are.

Lurking on this thread hoping to identify similar symptoms, tho am just past 37wks so am being ambitious. Just wanted to say good luck to nickel and all...and calypso, there's no need to make a comment that sounds so downright bitchy. I'd wind your neck in if I were you.

calypso - why so bitchy? If you don't like it perhaps hide the thread instead of posting unpleasant messages.

nickel - I think I probably qualify as someone who's never 'talked' to you before but hope it's ok to hang around. I like live birth threads!

Oh FGS, Nickel, haven't you had that baby yet? You do realise I've lost on the sweepstake now. Some people have no consideration for others....

May not be ambitious ade. DS1 arrived at 38 weeks. He was fully cooked.

Nickel, you are allowed to rant. Don't worry about it. I was a delight at 4 days overdue, so can't imagine how you are feeling.

thanks Pol , i don't think i'll have it in the next few hours either!

Curiosity thank you for the loan of the tens machine - still trying to work out how to use it!

I went at 40+7, to the pub, had a large glass of wine then we collected a chinese takeaway. It didn't make any difference but it made ME feel better.

Actually I think a large glass of wine might just do the trick if you consider how it affects your insides you when you havn't had a drink for a while.

However I'm sure it is not medically recommended.

yeah, i had another half a can of beer today.
that's two in two days.
makees me feel better too

Hi Nickel (and girls), I've been lurking in the background for the last couple of days like the others. . . waiting patiently for baby Nickel....do you know what sex baby is and do you have any names picked for dc yet? that you are willing to share with us
PS - good luck!

thanks :)
I'm mainly wishing it to hurry up now because I want to use the christmas smileys and do my christmas name change (which i've sworn not to do until it's born!)
we don't know if it's a boy or girl, but we have picked names.
:)

My Mum tells me that when she was expecting me it was common for pregnant women who were anaemic to be told to drink a can of stout a night. Now I wonder if I could think of a medically beneficial reason for me to have a large G&T each night ...

I am trying to do the sums - dd was due Feb 29th 2004 (yes leap year baby) but born March 11th....She is top of the class so I hazard a guess that pub wine and sweet and sour king prawn balls never had any adverse affect. The people in the pub were just DYING for my waters to break there an then.....

hold up till the 16th!! tis a good day to be born

Nickel, I don't think that even counts as a rant...it was a brave person who dared even ask me what the time was when I was a week over..

nickel under no circumstances hold up til the 16th.If you have the baby this week it may not have to share the mantelpiece with Christmas cards every birthday.

DD will be 2 on the 17th. It started snowing on the day she was born in 2009 :)

I am off to bed Nickel and all other overdue ladies. Maybe tonight's the night?

x

The 16th!!!! the jaffa - my auntiie bought me some cans of guinness when I was on the ante-natal ward

It snowed the day dd was born!