November/December Babies - new thread

[susanmt]

To make it easier for all of us!!!

I hope I'm not speaking too soon, having had a couple of false alarms already, but I THINK this is really goign to be it......getting ctx every 10 minns or so, had forgotten how painful its going to get....wish me luck!!

aarrgghh! GOOD LUCK ELLIOTT!!!!! Keep us posted and fingers crossed for a wonderful birth!

Elliott - GOOD LUCK - thinking of you!

he's arrived! Just off to post the announcement

That was quick --- well done

Have all the November babies now been born?
And how are you Grommit - still hanging in there?
I've had diarhoerra this morning and I cleaned the bathroom last night. Also getting niggles in my tummy, but I daren't hold my breath! Am seeing the m/w this morning so maybe she'll give me some positive news!
I'm so scared that I just want it all over with NOW! The scariest part is probably all this waiting and anticipating!

What did she say Rubharb????

She said I probably won't make my appt next week! Baby's head is well down and all these Braxton Hicks I've been having could be good news too, signs that perhaps I'm dilating already (nearly put diluting then!) so labour should be brief! Still no signs today though and I've had some fresh pineapple - I might have to resort to sex at this rate!

Oooh Rhubarb, how's it going? Are you still here? Just wanted to wish you luck. According to the list at the bottom of this thread there's still

Rhubarb 11 Dec
susanmt 13 Dec
Ruth21 Dec??
tinyfeet Xmas
zippyb end Dec/early Jan

to go. I think all the Nov ones are here aren't they?

Rhubarb - good luck. I had mine last week - still recovering but baby is an angel!

What's this about fresh pineapple, Rhubarb? Good luck!

'Course you did Grommit! I remember now! Sorry, brain is a bit fuzzled. Am still here and feeling pretty fed up, if anyone else asks me what I'm doing here today I swear I will punch them!

Rhubarb - your have got through 9 months - only a few days to go - hang on in there!!!

hang in there rhubarb..i wont tell you its not long to go as thats what people are telling me and it does my head in!!my midwife told me 2 weeks ago i wouldnt make my consultants appointment which was last monday!!!she said shed put money on me having bubs before then ...haha fat chance !!!but i am on the home stretch now as i know even if nothing happens this week by this time next monday i'll be a mummy again as im booked in for my section at 8.30 am next monday.
i hope you start soon rhubarb i'll only be 38 weeks next week i couldnt imagine going over!!!

Rhubarb, sending moral support your way! Try to be patient, remember you are not even due yet - but also that it can happen at any time.....I think the hardest thing is just not knowing when its going to happen, you end up feeling like you're just sitting waiting (I recommend defrosting the freezer, or some similar job you haven't done for far too long!!)

I'm officially due tomorrow - the 10th. But I really did convince myself that it would be early, that's what got me through the really tough times, thinking that the hospital had got it wrong and I was further on than they thought. I really didn't think I would be here now and it's actually pretty hard to deal with. My emotions are extraordinary, I will burst into tears for no reason, then I will feel energised and start cleaning, then I'll suddenly feel very irritated and angry, then I'll be listless and depressed, not wanting to wake up and face another day. I guess that's normal is it?

I know it will come soon, I just dread each hour coming with no signs, and I hate meeting other people and have them ask me if I'm still here. I hate my family for putting me under such pressure (my sister is due in a week and says she will be v.upset if I have mine before hers, she going to ask to be induced), I refuse to answer the phone now. The scary thing is thinking that I could well go over, and if so how much? I could be like this for another 10 days or so yet!

I'll shut up now, I'm depressing myself!

Rhubarb, I'm sorry you feel so down, I really feel for you. Can only imagine what I will feel like if I go over. I'm due on the 25th and would love for everything to be over with and back home with baby before Xmas. I saw Registrar at hospital yesterday - all is well, baby's head is "fixed", and I had to make another hospital appointment for 41 weeks (in case I am still here). 5th Jan is the appointment and i would be 41 + 4. If I end up making that appointment I will be thoroughly cheesed off!
Do you have any other children or is this your first? How about using this time to really pamper yourself, watch a good film, enjoy a book etc - before all the hard work begins.

Rhubarb, I'm sorry you feel so down, I really feel for you. Can only imagine what I will feel like if I go over. I'm due on the 25th and would love for everything to be over with and back home with baby before Xmas. I saw Registrar at hospital yesterday - all is well, baby's head is "fixed", and I had to make another hospital appointment for 41 weeks (in case I am still here). 5th Jan is the appointment and i would be 41 + 4. If I end up making that appointment I will be thoroughly cheesed off!
Do you have any other children or is this your first? How about using this time to really pamper yourself, watch a good film, enjoy a book etc - before all the hard work begins.

Sorry about that, don't know what happened there!

Oh Rhubarb..... First of all your sister is silly.... it's a totally selfish comment she is making and if she is going for an induction.... well that's even more absurd ! I really do not think she is worth thinking about .... she is making a rod for her own back.... it's childish and she may well have a difficult birth as a result! IGNORE HER !!!!

As for the wait.... well yes it CAN be another 15 days ! Why don't you give yuorselves diversion techniques.... can you go to the cinema? You won't afterwards ! What about asking a friend to take you out to lunch? Getting a haircut - 2 mumsnetters had planned appointments and had baby on same day!...

Have you tried some rescue remedy ?

BTW - what happened to your friend or sister was it ? who was expecting a breech?

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What a silly girl your sis is, Rhubarb. Maybe thinking of her as a petulant child would help, because that's what she sounds like!

I've been 7 and 10days overdue and it is a difficult time, every hour seems like a day and every day like a week. The best thing for me was to plan at least one thing for every day, no matter how small. I remember with dd2 I planned stuff such taking my car to the car wash, going to the library, going out for coffee, having my eyelashes dyed; all things I wanted to do but wouldn't matter if I went into labour. As it was, dd2 came a day early and after my previous pgs it was quite a shock and felt like I'd had a premature birth! Take care.

Do you like reading, Rhubarb? I'm thinking when mine is due I might buy one of those big thick page-turning bestsellers that I haven't read for years, the sort of novel that used to make me read all night when I was a teenager. The ones where every chapter ends on a cliffhanger and you have to keep reading. Does anyone have any suggestions, btw?

Baby is here - posted on the birth announcements thread. Rachel Jessie was born 3 weeks early after an induction for her health and mine - not how we wanted it as we also had to have her away from home, but all is well and we are delighted with her. Still feels like someone has lent me a great baby to play with - doesn't feel like mine at all!!!!

Congrats Susanmt!!! So good to hear all is well in the end- will check out the birth announcement!!!