Signs of labour with 2nd baby?

[mummyjanine]

Did you have any signs leading up to labour 2nd time round and if so what?

Thank you for the welcome.

Nothing happening here! Agree Katie, I wish people would naff off with their feelings. Now I've gone past what I was with DS, people have a "feeling" that I won't go overdue. Sod off!

With DS I had no niggles at all, I woke up one morning, my waters went and 6hrs later he was here. All this "is it isn't it" is very annoying.

Sorry that nothing seems to be happening with everyone else too.

And yes "any signs?" makes me want to unleash the rage!

I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling the rage I honestly feel like I'm going nuts - calm and blissed about one minute, sobbing with despair the next, raging anger five minutes after that. It must be another sign

I had a fairly slow build up to labour with ds - 4 or 5 days of regular BH and a couple of good bowel clear-outs. This time it has been a good two weeks, and still no sign of anything imminent.

The baby is 'deeply engaged' according to my midwife. Yes love, you said the same thing ten days ago...

Katie Try reaching round the back

Um, ok that was a reference to cervical examination, not sex... Although reaching round the back is pretty much the only way of doing that at this point too.

Katie, my boys are 8 and DD is 4, so we'll have almost exactly the same age gap this time round too.

I'm certainly hoping sneezing will be the way forwards with this one!

I'd try anything at this point ontherunanduptheduff!

Managed to distract myself for a few hours with a walk and a nice lunch with DH and DD but back to constant delusions now.

Had a cry and DD brought me her muslin cloth which made me howl. I don't want her seeing me like this really but bit late for that now I guess.

I managed to convince myself the crying was hormonal and then got all upset again when I was forced to acknowledge this is most likely another delusion of a heavily pregnant woman :-(

My DP has just asked what im laughing at, its a little too long winded to explain your 'round the back comment' uptheduff and it might give him unrealistic ideas for tonight Big grin:

baldrick I really take my hat off to you having 4 children. Lovely as it must be, i wouldn't have the patients and thats the honest truth. At the ripened age of 35 Ive a new found respect for parents which only progresses the more babies they have. I expect tips from you on forth coming threads onhow to entertain more than one child. Im not so sure Mr Tumble will have the same effect on a 6 month old and 3 year old - nor will finger painting and paper mash rockets.

Pasta my eyes filled up today during the advert for 'one born every minute' that starts again tomorrow. I dont know if i were filling up at the thought of babies or at the thought of not holding my baby by the time it starts at 9pm tomorrow. I think If im not holding my baby by then i'll have gone insane. Possibly committed a criminal damage crime or GBH - who am i kidding, i struggle turning over in bed so its highly unlikely i'll have strength to commit a crime of any description tomorrow but the thought will defiantly be there if ive not sneezed ds2 out!

ham i think the first ones are 'easy' to lead us into a false sense of security into having number 2. As soon as my ds was born the midwife said 'so, would you do it again', without hesitation i said yes.
If the midwife asks tomorrow i'll be saying 'not a fecking chance' - maybe skip the fecking, but certainly be saying NO.

I'll wish you guys labour vibes but ive assigned myself to the face i wont be having my home birth as planned and i'll be in hospital expecting every drug going tomorrow.
I'll also wish you peaceful and manageable BH that seem to go hand in hand with 2nd pregnancies.

xx

Don't tell me you wouldn't give it a go katie. Last chance saloon and all that?

Just lost a massive bit of mucus plug. Perhaps I'm back in the game after all..... Or I'm just deluding myself further.

Thats a good sign. I started with DS1 that way. Fingers crossed for you pasta but i'll be sooooooo envious if your baby arrives before they even monitor me up tomorrow lol.
Any cramps to go with the loss??
Keep us posted and good luck xxxxxxx

No. Of course not! I've been loosing bits for weeks but this was a bit more dramatic.

Lost bits for quite a while with DD and it didn't mean anything until I got some blood (TMI, sorry) and then we were away so I am kind of expecting it to be the same.

Dont know if its nerves or excitement but im in the wide awake club tonight when i know full well i should be enjoying my last night of full, undisturbed sleep.
So im up at 02.30 eating chocolate on toast. Why not? It tastes nice.

Looking forward to some happy updates on here next time i log in.

XX

What time are you at the hospital?

There's no baby here. I have the usual thing of waking up feeling shocking with back pain etc that soon wears off so the whole schbang can be written off for another day.

Morning ladies, same here - nothing doing!
Slept really well although all I really wanted was to wake up at 2am with contractions!
At the midwife this morning for 40week appt (that's officially tomorrow) so not really overdue till then.
Is it wrong to hope for a sweep?!

Good luck katie let us know how you get on xx

Morning ladies.
Ive rang the hospital this morning and they don't want me in till 2pm. My glass is half empty so i can see this dragging on till tomorrow.
One Born Every Minute will be on and i'll be sweating and swearing myself grabbing the gas and air.

I'll keep you posted.

Good luck tio everyone else today. Hope you get yoour sweep izzyalex

xx

Morning all,

Nothing here either. Woke up with stomach cramps and was momentarily excited until I remembered that it happens every day. Went to the loo and they went away.

If it doesn't come today then it needs to wait until Thursday as DH is going to be four hours' drive away all day on Wednesday. I can see where this is headed

Good luck katie. Sneeze that baby out!

Morning all, nothing to report here either.

Good luck for the rest of today Katie, hopefully once things are going it won't take long.

Izzy I've got my 40w app on Thursday and last week she said I can have a sweep if I want so maybe you will be allowed one?

That's my pattern too ontherun. Think it just has more to do with being so uncomfortable than labour but I still manage to delude myself for an hour or so!

Good luck katie. Surely today....? I really, really hope so.

How was appointment izzyalex? No sweep until 41 weeks here with a second. A sure sign no one is interested in you being a week late except you.

In a lot of pain here. Not contractions but constant back pain and just an incredible feeling of pressure if I'm up right. Babies can't actually fall out can they?

Have stuck DVD on for DD and I'm hiding in the kitchen. If you can mumsnet through it then it isn't the real deal is it?!

No sweep for me
Not officially 40 weeks til tomorrow but they only seem to have MW at the community clinic on a mon so wouldn't give me one.
Booked in for next mon and they will do a sweep then if I make it.

MW suggested trying senokot -bowel stimulant for constipation - she said it acts on same muscles down there at front as well as back so might be worth a try ladies?

Agreed pasta if u can still mn it's not a real contraction! Time them anyway though just in case!

Oh and another one I forgot - nipple stimulation?! Every half hour?!

I've been considering using my breast pump izzyalex in case that helps bring it on? Might try tonight.

Pain has subsided somewhat but I was hanging off the worktop at one point. The baby has been in and out of my pelvis for weeks now so wondering if the pain and the pressure this afternoon was it finally locking into place? Certainly the hic cups feels deeper this evening?

Ooh pasta that sounds promising!
LMK how the breast pump goes too!!

Sounds promising Pasta, hopefully baby will stay down there now. I feel your pain with a baby that seems to pop in and out of the pelvis on a whim.

I have been tempted to crack out the breast pump too. But I'm kind of nervous about trying to make things happen before they're ready, even though I'm symptom spotting worse than when we TTC!

Izzy I'm 40+1 today, and I managed to cry on my mw sufficiently for her to bend the rules and give me an early sweep - they d

Bugger - fat fingers!
*don't normally do them till 41 weeks, but I must have sounded desperate!
I've got another

Bollocks!
*booked for Friday as well.
Hope things start moving for us soon!!

Oh hamalive I didn't even notice my DD engage. It happened gradually and she stayed in. This one seems to dip down, see the door is closed so go back up again. I'm pleased I'm not the only one finding this a painful process.

justcallmebaldrick did it help? I'll have a sweep again this time as I think it helped last time but I expect I'm looking at next week as she said 41 weeks when I asked. It's a strange thing to be disappointed about really!

I'm so bored of waiting now. I'd mentally planned in having my baby today so at a bit of a loose end now it appears I'm not.....!