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what were your 1st signs u were going into labour?

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jimmijam · 26/08/2011 14:49

hi, just curious really
with our 1st it was the contractions and i just knew
with our 2nd i had a show and just knew that was the day
this time around tho-was in pain etc last night, thought that may well have been it, but its all eased off today...

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michglas · 28/08/2011 21:03

With DD1 had a show 3 days before and then my waters breaking flooding the bathroom 4. With DD2 it was very hard and fast contractions that came from nowhere

GeneralDisarray · 28/08/2011 22:03

Damn you cappucino! But also congratulations! Shotgun next go...that's how it works right?

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jimmijam · 28/08/2011 22:19

haha generaldisarray when ru due? if its soon pls join us on the september final stratch thread! ssmile was the 1st on the thread to 'pop' friday with a dd :-)
congratulations cappuccino !!

been rather windy this eve (dancing about the lounge on my own on the kinect and couldnt stop Blush ) and just had a show (i think), pinkish. woohoo!!!
perhaps the clary sage oil, raspberry leaf tea, sex, walking and dancing about over the last 24 hours have helped? mmm doubt it but sounds good :-)
with dd show came about a week, no hang on, 5 days b4 labour day, with ds it was the same day i went in2 labour, so anyday. hoping 2 beat u general and del1 heehee

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jugglingwiththreeshoes · 28/08/2011 22:31

What an exciting thread this is turning into with all these labours starting and babies popping out !
Huge congrats to Cappucino !
Bet those fish and chips were the best ever Grin

del1 · 28/08/2011 22:36

well, my symptoms have well and truley stopped - so won't be me next!!
jimmijam I am staying still for a few days, as not ready yet Blush
Keep up the dancing Grin

GeneralDisarray · 29/08/2011 15:45

jimmijam 38+1 today...Is that close enought to be allowed on the final stretch thread? I am jealous of your show....not a sentence I ever thought I'd say :-p unless it referred to some kind of fabulous west end musical

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jimmijam · 29/08/2011 15:54

General yes come join us :-)
Haha, it is exciting but i do know labour could still b a bit of a wait ;-(
39+2 so i know im being a bit enthusiastic still

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FlubbaBubba · 31/08/2011 06:35

Yay! Congratulations Sarge :)

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jimmijam · 31/08/2011 08:06

Congratulations sarge!!!! Ooh sounds like a long labour :-( as long as ur both ok :-) well done u!! X

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thefirstMrsDeVere · 31/08/2011 08:38

Congratulations!!!

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BreastmilkDoesAFabLatte · 31/08/2011 09:18

Congratulations :o

How are you getting on?

SinicalSal · 31/08/2011 11:59

Congratulations sarge Smile

del1 · 31/08/2011 14:22

Congrates sarge, well done! Hope your all okSmile

4 days till my due date, and had mad nesting yesterday. I was scrubbing the kitchen cupboards, windows, floors untill 10pm.

I am having urges to get up in the loft and sort everything into boxes - but can't fit through the hole! Blush
Other urges are to grout the tiles in the bathroom. Or sort out all our pictures into albums/frames Confused

Don't want it before the weekend so tell me to put my feet up and rest somebody!!

jimmijamHow you getting on? anyone else getting close with wierd signs?

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jimmijam · 31/08/2011 21:09

Hello del still no baby here ;-( reflexology was cancelled 2day and moved to fri pm, boo. And dh always sleeping so no sex here :+(
how ru getting on? If sat (due day) passes with no baby i think i'll go completely crazy! Dh now home 4 2 weeks so will b kicking him out the bed in the morning so i can have a lie in. Thats the plan anyway ;-)
getting an increase in bh in the evenings, is this normal?
I want to hear more birth experiences!!!

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GeneralDisarray · 31/08/2011 21:55

How dare they cancel on you jimmi do they not know you have a womb squatter to evict! Yes we need more already-mummy's to tell us stuff...someone summon some

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jimmijam · 01/09/2011 09:57

Bumping 4 more 'stories' 4 want of a better word

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jimmijam · 01/09/2011 09:58

Haha, some of us need more signs and symptoms 2 analyse :-)

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theonlyhb2 · 01/09/2011 13:42

I'd started to have a show at 9pm but wasn't convinced it meant anything......3am belly ache......6am I was convinced constipation pains, and still was up until we left for the hospital at 9.30am (I had spent most of the dog walk half hour before doubled over in pain going "i am sure I just need to poo!" with OH saying "erm...thats every 6 minutes you been saying that now.....")

theonlyhb2 · 01/09/2011 13:43

jimmijam i took a pic of my show and sent to my best friend to ask her if she thought thats what was on the toilet paper........least she now knows what to (maybe) expect ha ha

theonlyhb2 · 01/09/2011 13:44

oh and I suggest a Hollywood bikini wax.....had my daughter 24hrs after one. maybe that only works for girls though?

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Tigresswoods · 01/09/2011 16:02

"Ooh I think I need tho loo." 10 minutes later... "Ooh period pain, I think I need the loo."

Period pain "oh that hurts...ooh it's gone again."

10 minutes late... "ooh that hurts... Oh it's ok it's gone again"

You know when you're just not sure!

FlubbaBubba · 01/09/2011 16:28

rofl tigress :o (and I've had three, you'd think I'd have known by the 3rd! Hmm Blush)

Agree to there being a Only For Those Who Have Been Through It kind of secret about childbirth (or rather, the aftermath!) Sarge - glad all is well with you both though :)

candr · 01/09/2011 19:21

Congrats to those that have popped. Have had lots of movement which is normal but makes my stomach hurt a lot. Had some spotting but more brown than red (sorry, TMI) and have needed a few poos today. Have also had back ache so am looking for other signs but know I could be reading to much into this. Had scan today and she said the head was engaged but think that can happen ages before. Really want this to be over and done with.