March 2016 babies! The (hopefully) graduation thread!

[hayleycookie]

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Park your bums and continue the newborn chitter, and due date whinges

Am up with a very grumpy Martha, she is full of wind but refuses to burp little sod

DH is back to work today and I am dreading it a bit, it's easier with two of us especially when we're dealing with the poonami nappies!

Might have a cuppa and a snooze if I can get grumpy to settle in her chair!

Oh paper you'll be fine with dh back at work.
My oh went back Monday and I was scared but it's not been too bad. Harder to get out with just me but that's the only main difference. Just fed calais now she took about 2.5 oz. Last night at 6pm and 9pm she took a whole 3oz and didn't vomit but at 12am and 3am only took 1.5 oz each time she varys so much. She slept well to.
Going to do nothing for a change today. Going to relax and not worry about getting out and the housework that I run around trying to do can wait until Saturday !
Hopefully get a nap today to

Feeling sorry for oh though he insisted on doing the 9pm and 3am feed and he only got four hours. He looked shattered this morning. I offer to do more but he won't have it

Am soooo sick of people texting me saying "any news?"

It's very irritating!!

Paper sorry you had a bit of a bad night.

Time your plan for today sounds like an excellent one.

My plan for today involves a long walk, lots of bouncing on the birth ball and drinking about ten cups of raspberry leaf tea.

Am with you there maybe due date today and I think the midwife lied on Tuesday doing my sweep, all favourable and should kick me off? Not even a twinge grr!
Really can't be bothered with another week of pregnancy now, I'm not fed up of it so much - more just bored. 4th week off work and everything is done, weather has been naff so can't really do much else.

Come on babies!!

Glad it's not just me! I've had a dodgy tummy every morning for 4 days now but no other symptoms whatsoever. Woke up last night in agony with stitch pain on my bump where I turned over too quickly as well. Very sick of this and I'm only 2 days overdue so I really should not be moaning yet!

maybe I feel your pain!! I have to keep remindingm myself it's becausep people care. I'm having reflexology today so hopefully that works. I'm sick of people suggesting curry\pineapple\raspberry leaf tea\sex I've tried it all many times and none of it works. People are way to interested in my sex life at the moment. Poor dh admitted yesterday he felt a bit used!!
I'm ringing the hospital today to see what can be done about moving the induction.

I hope your lo is here soon maybe!!

time your plan sounds lovely!!

paper I hope you get your nap

Oh god maybe I'm with you there! I've even changed my Facebook settings so nobody can post on my wall, it would just take one idiot to set off a chain reaction!!!

IT'S MY DUE DATE!!! Not a twinge though. Happy due date Q! Have cleaning planned for today - I did all the big stuff last week, but as I'm still waiting some things need doing again. Other things on my list I don't think I'll bother with, like batch cooking. Did it last time and didn't really appreciate it.

I feel your pain maybe, feel like texting people back t say 'oh yeah, had the baby last week - forgot to tell you' haha but I'm not that snarky!

Poppins the endless visitors sounds very annoying. My friends were all great last time but they all live an hour or so travel away (either London or Bristol) so not as easy to pop round. I found DPs family a bit overwhelming as they all visited in one weekend and though wed asked them to come srperately, they didn't communicate at all and four of them turned up pretty much at the same time on the Saturday. Then his brother and SIL turned up on the Sunday and stayed for ages and I ended up just lying on the sofa for them to get the hint that I'd had enough!

Really struggled last night with sleep, mostly as tossing and turning due to discomfort - I'm just too big now. DP was horny this morning (god nothing seems to slow him down) so I may brave sex this evening if I can face it, and will be doing a lot of ball bouncing today and am planning a nice long walk.

Happy due date to us Suz and Q!! Am sure there are more of us due today. Already getting fed up of the "any twinges?" "No baby yet?" Messages. I'm only due today and thought they wouldn't start until I was past the due date!

Have also tried all the techniques to induce labour, as well as a supposedly "favourable" sweep and nada! Another sweep Monday, then I'll be induced the follow Tuesday at 12 days over! Settling in for the long haul here. I'm going to dock up on werthers ready to see everyone else go into labour before I pop! ×sits on deck chair with sweets and magazines×

Hi new thread :-)
38 weeks tomorrow and getting a little nervous...I absolutely have to get through another entire week of work plus my little boys 4th Birthday and party before I'm taking maternity leave . Surviving with the usual at the moment. Still in a bit of denial I think that baby will be here soonish...not packed bags or anything!

I'm not bothering with batch cooking either suz made a big pan of curry sauce and another of marinara sauce and have frozen those in portions to just pour over chicken and pastas or even just over chips. Also bought a massive tray of chicken breasts from the butchers and have frozen those so Easy things like fajhitas and green curry can be whipped up in 15 minutes anyways.

I've been doing the walking etc but no sexy time here, dp said it's too weird now knowing baby has dropped right into my pelvis. Have told him he may get no choice if I go past the weekend.

Induction is booked for a week today so working to a deadline here haha.

Mondinomum2 are you me?! Haha my Dd was 4 on 3rd March, DS due the 12th. I booked her party for the weekend before her birthday 'just in case', pleased I did as he was born on the 4th!! Crawling around a play zone on her birthday contributed I think. Just so pleased he didn't come on her actual birthday!!

Oh so I would also suggest packing the bags!! Mondi

DP and I haven't had sex since the end of December (I can't be arsed and he finds it weird) but I will be persuading him at the weekend if baby doesn't show up!

I am not having an induction unless there is a medically viable reason for one (or not just because I'm 10 days "late") so I will just have to grin and bear it I think.

for all those waiting! I had a sweep yesterday although still while she was muttering the words unfavourable... They've done a u turn after deciding not to induce me for my BP on my due date they're going to let me carry on as BP appears well managed... Anyone want to bet all that happens is I get induced at +12 just as unfavourable but a bit more grumpy??

maybe I'm with you - not willing to be induced unless there is a medical reason for it i.e just being 12 days late according to an estimated due date that I know is wrong! they induce at 40+12 in my area, but that falls on a Sunday, so I am slightly worried they will pressurise me to be induced early (so next Friday), and am slightly stressed about my MW appointment on Monday where she will bring it up. DP says I ought not to worry about it or stress as it might not come to it, but that's easy for him to say! I'm really not expecting to go into labour anytime soon (absolutely no signs at all), so hope my sweep on Monday will set it off. not so secretly feeling like this baby will be an Ides of March baby (15th) which would be quite cool. slightly worried as I seem to have gotten it into my head that thats when she'll be here by and if she doesn't show up by then I am going to have one major grump on!

Hope those with newborns got some sleep last night or will get decent naps today.

I did a bit of batch cooking (about three meals worth) and then filled up the freezer with 'Cook' ready meals which are basically posh ready meals. they do a 10% new mum discount so although still expensive, didn't feel too bad and we felt like being a bit extravagent given we are going to have to tighten the purse strings once stat pay kicks in! Me and DP are quite good with money and don't really buy much (i.e. we're not big spenders on clothes etc) but we do buy lots of treaty food (e.g. expensive/nice cheese) as we both love eating, so it's going to be tough going back to eating staples when the money runs out!

I'm ok with being induced 12 days over. Because I had such a big blood loss with DS1 I think it would be best if they intervened before he goes too far over as the blood loss could be even greater. Not a ''real'' medical need but real enough for me. I lost 2500ml last time and was really really ill because of it. Big babies need big placentas, and it was when the placenta was taken out that I had the loss, so I think they're trying to stop him getting bigger than DS1 was (10lb 5oz) to try lessen the risk of a big bleed.

Marmite I'm not so secretly thinking baby will be here by 19th (my great nans birthday) so will be gutted if he isn't. Though induction is only 3 days after that.

We just have to keep thinking that they WILL all be here by the end of the month. That should hopefully keep us going.

Please tell me it isn't just me who has crazy hormones?! I keep crying at every bloody thing! And getting myself so stressed out over nothing.

Sorry for the self indulgent post.... having a pity day today!!

I'm in hospital waiting to see a Dr about shifting baby Wooden. I'm not entirely sure I want to be induced but I want to discuss all my options with him before I make any decisions.

Happy due date to everyone due today

I'm ok with being induced if I go that far over too, but then I've never been induced so don't know how different it is.

I've been emotional too hayley, started re-watching unbreakable kimmy Schmidt, which I last binge-watched exactly a year ago while recovering from an erpc after a mmc. It brought up some weird feelings. I'm thinking it would be nice to have it on the 16th as that's the date I had my surgery, but again, that's making me feel weird feelings.

Now that I'm officially at my due date I'm onto getting baby out techniques. So far the cat-wrestling did not do the trick (and she's sulking at me), and walking to Sainsbury's and back with heavy shopping has done nothing either - even walking really slowly around in the hope that I'd go into labour there and get some free shopping did not bloody work. Pineapple for lunch!

Suz I wondered if I could manage that with waitrose this afternoon but it's pretty small.. I would have to do circles... It's either that or our huge tesco and not sure I can face that for a bottle of milk!!

Hayley sorry you're having a crap day, i hope you're feeling a bit better later.

I woke up this morning and was like I don't feel pregnant at all... Hmm didn't sleep through birth... Ooh I'll google it see if not feeling pregnant means I'm soon not going to be. No.

Looks as though we are all in for the long haul, dp has rang me on both his breaks telling me to hurry it up as he's been asked to do a horrid job next week so he wants to be off, ah if only it were that easy!

Gratuitous due date bump picture seeing as I can't share a newborn one

Here's my gratuitous due date bump shot!

Morning all, well it's morning for me!

Quick update from me - latest bile acid results were much better so need to have more again, but no immediate induction planned. I am basically a borderline case and they are not entirely sure if I have cholestasis or not, so on balance the doc says my stillbirth risk is the same or only marginally higher than for a normal person, so is happy to let me go to term. Especially because I am not even 1cm dilated, and he said to induce a 35 yo FTM whose body is not at all ready will be distressing for me and baby - for a US doctor he is very much anti-interventionist

So I'm still a little nervous of course, as had bloods today but they'll take 4-5 days again. But I have to let go and trust him and his experience. So now back to being miserable and the thought of being horribly overdue and stuck at work for the next 4 weeks!

indom for you for your little cry yesterday, I've been in tears in the work toilets now and again, when i think of all the lovely things I could be doing at home on leave. I just know I would be so much more relaxed. Hope you are having a better day today!

Congrats and sympathies to everyone reaching due date with no progress, keeping everything crossed for all of you!

time fantastic to see you back, and I love how confident you are in your own instincts and abilities as a mum. After being so anxious myself you are my inspiration that it will all be okay in the end! And I remember telling you that the pregnancy gods are fair - so a shitty pregnancy means an easy baby - looks like I was right .

poppins Bertie is such a cute nn! We haven't completely settled on a name yet - people keep saying you will know when you meet her? Is that true? Problem here is they force you to register them before you leave hospital so we will only have about 24-36 hours post birth to decide!

That sounds quite positive ffaux, I hope you're feeling better about it knowing that the doctors aren't worried enough to induce you.

I just commemorated my due date by weighing myself for the first time since booking in. Despite feeling absolutely massive I've gained less than two stone, hooray! Have been panicking about clothes fitting me (obviously not in the first week or so, but once it becomes indecent to just wear pyjamas).