Hmmmmm...ok, the stretch and sweep the consultant tried to do earlier has produced some....er.....stuff

[LadyTophamHatt]

I know it doesn't mean this baby is any nearer to coming out but I nearly jumped for joy when I saw it

I'm sure I'll still be here maoning about being PG next week.....

get some sleep!!

Hi Wilkie!

it should be personal for you !

i didnt' dilate past 2 - 3cm in my first labour, which ended in a c,s

so all through second pregnancy, i did a visualisaiotn of my cervix opening and my baby coming down and out..imagined my cervix like a flower bud opening..although, it looks nothing like that,the image worked for me!

visualising a good , happy , positive birth, with you holding baby in your arms, hot, sweaty and elated is a good one for any mum to be!

i tended to do it in the bath , in semi darkness and quiet, if i could!

it worked for me, and gave me something to focus on and think about in a a positive way !

Thank you - I really want my birth to be a positive experience and any tips like that are great.

Are you a MW? You seem to have 'the knowledge'?

lol! frustrated midwife, trainee doula ! midwifery is the plan when the kids are older !

had crappy first birth and brilliant second one, so wanted to do something with all the knowledge and learning i had done when pregnant with DD......just feel really strongly and passionately that birth needs to be reclaimed as something 'natural' and women need to the confidence they can do it, with the minimum of fuss, intervention and medicalisation

the only thing is, the more i learn, the more i want to give birth again, as i know i could do it so much better !!

i could go on for ages about it!

When i had a sweep with my last son i got a discharge a lot like yours too and started getting pains in my lower back early the next morning and son was born at 3pm that day. So sounds like things are looking good.

Good Luck!

Hey I'm here . . . did I miss all the action?

Visualization and relaxation are key.

RA ra ra, you can do it, push it out push it out wayyyy out!

LMAO at 'my fingers aren't long enough'

When do MW's do sweeps? How overdue do you have to be?

Lulu-I'm still waiting for this bub to come! Feeling more positive about labour just want it to be here now so I can put all my positive thinking and plans in to action!

not before 40 weeks daisy!

glad you are feeling more positive !! and they only work if you are going to go into labour within 24 - 48 hours anywya!

how long to go?

Just 8 days to go. Due on 11th January.

lovely ! will fly by daisy...really glad you are in good frame of mind ! x sleep wellx

LTH you never know it might be..I also have an annoyingly high cervix usually resulting in red faced mws trying to put pessaries in..lol

Ahhh found you LTH, was wondering if you had gone into labour yet..........

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Still here and still PG.

The bowler hat might explain why your bump is so big...

some people are so picky !

Hi girls, I am having some cramps tonight, but I want a poo too, so I am thinking bug is back - arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Or do people normally want to poo when they start off labour - serious question??

LTH, any more muck from your end ??

i ALWAYS poo at the start of labour!! God luck ucm

body does have a natural clear out before labour...sick and poo quite often.....

They are gone, the cramps that is. Had a bit of Diahorrea (sp & sorry if tmi) but it seems to have settled.

Am only 37+2 so not yet I am sure.