Durham / North East Meet Ups - 2012

[juneybean]

Hello hello! Here I am with good intentions to behave and show up to some meet ups since I utterly failed in 2011!

So we need ideas for daytime meets and of course we must not forget our night time meets

[b]Daytime Ideas[/b]
Beamish
Saltwell Park, Gateshead
The Giants Den, Team Valley
Botanic Gardens
Beach (in the summer of course, unless we want airborne children!)

Okay so ideas for January daytime, I think cake is definitely in order so I propose the one that's next to Ebony, the huge place, down some steps, uhh... Slug & Lettuce is it? CAKE!

January night time? Is this something we want to plan? I know we're always poor after Christmas!

:o
Back in the real world I have just been plungng the shower and cleaning the toilet - how glamorous. I wish I really was hiding in someone's loft.

Waters been trickling most of the afternoon. Finally gave up on thinking I was needing to wee very, very often and accepted it was waters when they started dripping non stop. Been in to hospital to be checked. If I'm not in labour by 9am tomorrow I will be stuck on a drip in a hospital bed being induced. If I don't go into labout by 11am then I will have IV antibiotics added to the mix :(

Can I please have some contractions now?

oh bum. Why are they going to induction so quickly? Could you delay a bit?

oxytocin vibes coming your way. You are on the last stretch now, chin up x

I think to avoid the antibiotics. 18 hours between waters and labour before you need IV antibiotics. They are taking waters going as being around 5pm. I know it can be longer before you need induction but I suppose best to induce sooner rather than later and avoid the ABs.

I just feel like I'm constantly wetting myself now. Circling on my ball, torn between need to bounce and stay active and have labour start and need to have some rest.

The restlessness might well be the start. I felt like that with T (and seem to remember posting at stupid o'clock to complain about it) I must have been in labour at that point.

If you really want to avoid hospital then there is info on hombirth.org about alternatives to induction once your waters have gone- monitoring your temp for eg. Was interesting bit about how the guidelines have changed recently as you used to be left for longer but there is little evidence to show why.

I shall shake my pompoms for you anyway. Your pesky boy WILL be here tonight. Yes he will. At home in front of your fire. And he will be gorgeous and snuggly and well worth all this aggro he's put you through.

Sending you positive labour vibes Indith. Hope you start having some strong contractions about now, and a baby born at ooh 1am?

Where oh where oh where is baby, where is baby hiding?! -sings- come on out little one, we has cake!

Oh and not sure if I'll be there tomorrow, have still not finished essay, I'm working on it right now and will see how far I get before I fall asleep.

I thought I'd wake up to a lovely new baby .

I hope Indith is pushing and not at the hospital.

juney- you know cake is scientifically proven to help essay writing don't you?

juney, what are you studying?

oooh SPB if you are going to be lurking can you text me any news as I don't have magic wizzy internet phone? I'll pm my number.

Well, I was going to come to my second meet up, but a bloody show this morning and a lot of weird pushing down there from the sprog, so I think I won't risk it! I don't want to have to get the train back to Darlington in full on labour if it all speeds up!

Not that i am stealing Indith's thunder...

And they only wait 12 hours before antibiotics around here. Which is pants.

ooh :)
Surely you're in the same hospital system as Indith though, in Darlington? Or is Darlo just the nearest station?

keep us informed...good luck!

I'm doing an OU psychology module, really not enjoying it, I've got 1024/1500 words so far, I honestly don't know what to write.

I'm back! Still no news?

Viking- I hope J realises that part of his duties involve updates for me us

Leggy- DD said she wants a hat just like yours when she is a big girl!

Not that I know! Was cake good? HiNet, how's the essay?

Juney, stupid phone

cake was good. T now asleep in the car while H is playing in mud gardening

spiffy J has a list of people to update so I can turf him out of the room with something to do, if he starts to get on my nerves...

Wishing I had cake, though.

Indith I'm the poottling one

another benefit of being at home- you can send DHs on random errands round the house when needed. When is your due date? is it this week?

Arthur born at home 6.05am after very quick labour. All fine :)

Viking you may now proceed

Congratulations :o:o:o
Love the name

oh..just seen above that her waters are trickling. With dd mine went 12 midnight on the Sunday..backwards and forwards to Bishop hospital to check heartrate etc. Labour kept stopping and starting but didn't crack on properly until Tuesday night. Madam was born 8.30 on the wednesday and has proved an awkward little bugger darling ever since

congratulations..Love the name too