Those near the end come moan with me!

[prolificwillybreeder]

Labour must be close because not only am I absolutely starving, exhausted but unable to sleep let alone well!
But I swear if DP's elbow touches my arm one more time I will throttle him!
I cannot stand anyone near me and nearly everything is driving me mad with misery.
I am also highly emotional.

Come moan with me, please bring warm donuts

Good luck damsel and trina - things sound promising, hopefully the start of something. ELCS tomorrow for me, if they have to postpone I am going to cry. Simple as that.

Sigh ...

Called at 9, told to call at 12.
Called at 12, told to call at 5

... and told its unlikely I will be asked to come in before evening.

Ugh! Fustrated as I really don't want to sit up all night waiting for things to happen. Oh well ...

No such luck, midwife firmly of the opinion that I'll be going for my section on Tuesday :(

Don't be sad Trina, I'm having my section tomorrow. I can't wait. DH had a mad anxiety dream last night that we got to hospital and the surgeon (who was Mr Meyer from years ago in Holby City) said I couldn't have an ELCS after all because I had handed in one of my pieces of degree coursework late (this would have been 11 years ago). Poor flower I think the tension is getting to him.

I am sad because that's basically code for 'you're never getting a natural birth'

My natural birth with DS left me with a third degree tear for which I narrowly avoided surgery. They can be over rated.

Yeah, but at least you don't get to feel like a failure

You aren't a failure. You really really aren't. Childbirth isn't an Olympic sport, it's a process to get through, hopefully more or less both in one piece. I really really hope you do go into labour in the next three days and get the delivery you want, I really do, but there is no failure if you don't.

((big hug))

I do Trina! And i'm 41+2 :(
My friend due in Sept got leaky boobs last night too and i've not had that OR a show...

Unfortunately, my brain doesn't believe you.

Trina I've decided to force this baby out by eating my body weight.
Would you like to join me?
I've had a starter of 2 pieces of bread with marmalade (not your traditional appetiser, granted) and a large main of tiger prawn linguine with a creamy parsley and chili sauce. My chocolate muffin is now in the oven getting suitably crispy...not sure what will be next.

I've half copied this from an idea my friend gave me when visiting yesterday with her son (born 10th July, only one day late lucky moo!). She said she ate a 4 course dinner the night before and was on the loo for ages after lunch the next day which she is sure triggered labour.

So, here goes. Eating my way into severe cervical cramps, here I come! There are worse ways to go (castor oil for one)

Well absolutely no movement and have been here since 2 yesterday. Worse still, I am struggling with all the exams and am now so sore down there that the midwife couldn't check me ... And she was really gruff.

Now nothing more will happen until 6:30 this evening and I just want to go home. I am upset and disappointed. I guess I didn't expect this.

:( Sorry to hear they're mucking you about. I've gone right off the NHS in the last 24 hours: if we'd broken a bone or were suffering from a disease they'd deal with it asap, but because this is all seen as a natural thing it's apparently ok to leave us to suffer...

Orbinator Doesn't work for me, I have tried it ever since I moved back to the UK from Canada (May); every sunday roast! ahah

Darlingdamsel Will they let you go home for a night to rest? You are well within your right to say 'NO!' to anymore treatment until you are rested and happy, you will have a harder time if you are not in the right state of mind.
I really hope they sort themselves out and you get better treatment!

Today is my due date, walked a few miles, went on a VERY bumpy bus and road train ride, ate a whole pineapple, will have sex when the husband is back and ask him to check the cervix; he said it was two finger tips open yesterday, maybe somethings starting...or he hasnt found it at all and I am just getting my hopes up haha sweep on Tuesday!

v quickly as on crappy Patientline: had beautiful daughter at 3.25pm today - Claudia - after 1.5 days of mostly fruitless induction + misery, i had v intense 1.5 hour labour + she shot out like a rocket! tiny tear, no stitches, i feel fine and very lucky.

hang in there girls, it is so worth it :)

Congrats to you astar that's lovely news!!!!! Well done and best of luck :)

Congrats AStar!

I've just got back from a spicy mexican and moshing with a live band. Took all the hospital bags/notes just in case...bet if I had left them at home something would have started

Do you think I am within my rights to check the length of the MW's fingers on Sunday as it is my last try at a sweep? It would just be nice if ONE of them could reach it to tell me if it is open/soft/at all dilated. Just seems like a waste of time otherwise?

I've just realised I posted the good news on the July thread but not the MOAN thread, which is very remiss of me.
Emilie Olivia was born on 23rd July at 4.47am weighing 6lb 10oz. She is absolutely gorgeous is doing really well but I did have a tough time with it!

I lost the waters on the 21st at 2am and had contractions pretty much straight away but when I went in at 7pm when they were 3-4 minutes apart, my cervix hadn't dilated at all and she'd gone back to back so I was sent home with codeine and booked in for induction the next day at 10am. The induction worked but I was only given a small dose of pethidine to help relax me as they thought I was still pre-labour. By 7pm however I was begging for an epidural and was found to be 5cms. I have never been so grateful to an anaesthetist in my life.

But after nearly two days of not drinking or eating properly I was not well. Had to have ventouse and then forceps when that failed; I went into some sort of shock with infection and high blood pressure and felt absolutely awful for at least 6 hours after she was born, completely out of it.

Just getting energy back now to be able to cope with the feeding but is very hard work. She seems to be doing fine although a bit of a lazy latcher but I've got lots of milk so all the midwives tell me she's doing very well.

Hi!

Don't think I ever posted on this thread since.....baby Oliver had a shock entry into the world on 22 July weighing in at 7lb 13. Was a bit of a traumatic one and afterwards it's become apparent that my spinal procedure and epidural didn't go to plan and I have been very poorly since. Trying to treat it conservatively rather than go thru another risky procedure.

Baby jimmy nearly never made it into this world so I have to say to people (and not being a scaremonger) if u don't think something is right ever...get yourself into hospital! Get monitored or checked. If I had listened to midwives, my baby would not be here right now :(

Thankfully he is and he is just AMAZING!! Breastfeeding well, ramping up his weight and oblivious to the ongoing ordeal I'm going thru. Taking my health each day as it comes but baby is just brilliant and he's gorgeous :)

Congratulations to any births I've missed and hang in there this waiting to deflate!

Slowly but surely everyone is popping!

Congrats Jimmy and badger!!

Also my saga continues ....

After 3 days and 4 things of gel my body still has not shown an interest dilating, so I cant be induced further. They are keeping me overnight and will give me a check in the morning ... Then I will get 24/48 hours of rest at home before staring again. Usually this would land at a csec but I am not allowed one medically.

Thanks to the gel, I have been contracting throughout ... Codeine Is my friend!

I am now 10 days overdue.

Poor u darling damsel! I hope things get moving soon!
I am just turning into a sloth- I am bloody knackered and have given up on everything bar walking to get this baby out! Honestly I just want my body back. Why can't they give us all the option of induction on our due dates for our own sanity- as if I get 1 more text asking if I've had her I'll scream

Goodness Jimmy, sounds like an ordeal. Congratulations on your lovely boy and I am sending many get well soon vibes to you - here's hoping you're being waited on hand and foot so that you can get back to full health soon.

damsel that sounds so miserable, hope the baby comes soon.

Milkface has woken up again, back later :)

Hi everyone, after a long wait (from 7.30am having been nil by mouth since 10pm on Thursday) to get going on Friday due to delivery suite being rammed with admissions and emergency C sections I finally had Sophia Grace Elizabeth at 17:03 on Friday by C section as planned. The section was phenomenal, I always said I would never ever have one but the whole team was amazing. She cried as soon as she was lifted out of me and DH then started to bawl too! Had incredible care at Southmead in Bristol both in theatre and post natal, was in lovely 4 bed bay on what the male midwife who cared for me in recovery called "our nicest ward" (he wasn't wrong, much nicer than the ward I was on with DS 4 years ago).

Sophia was only 6 lb 10oz so DH and DS are out shopping for babygros that actually fit the little scrap! She is completely gorgeous and we are all in love, I am desperately trying to feed her for England as she has lost a shade over 10% of bodyweight when weighed today by community midwife and we don't want to have to readmit her.

Good luck to anyone else still waiting.

Georgimama so glad that after the long wait all went so well for you. Lovely name - Boots had a good selection of small and tiny baby clothes when we were there last week and H&M also have a few too if that's any help.

AFM well had wet knickers last night so put a pad in to monitor for waters breaking (and started to get a bit excited). Nothing overnight, but lots of pain - not contractions though - just baby moving. Then woke up this morning to some spotting and watery blood. Rang labour ward who recommended I come in for monitoring. Because of the blood had to see a Dr who took a vaginal swab and agreed it was mostly mucous so was most likely my plug. Had a scan to check baby was ok and that showed that my liquor levels were low so now booked in for induction at 8am tomorrow morning unless labour happens before then. Absolutely devastated that after all this time and being so close (40+1 today) my homebirth looks like it's gone and instead I'm going to end up with a cascade of intervention again. I may refuse induction when I go in and request to self-monitor for infection at home. I just can't believe that having spent all this time preparing for a home birth they're going to take it away from me right at the last minute.

Have eaten lots of pineapple and been bouncing on birth ball all afternoon in the hope it might help and might get the breast pump out in a minute to try that in sheer desperation but not looking good. My notes describe my cervix as long and closed which isn't exactly what I want! Think tonight is going to be a long one. Keep trying not to cry but so hard and DP gets angry everytime I mention how upset I am when really all I want is a big hug and to be told it will all be ok (and I know as long as I end up with a healthy baby in my arms it will be), but I am just so disappointed not to have the natural birth I so wanted especially as this is my last chance.

Hope the fact that it's been fairly quiet on here recently means all is going well for all those still waiting and that the sunshine finally being here again isn't causing too much discomfort.