Anyone awaiting arrival of their baby?

[Sgeld122]

Hi,

My baby is due next Wednesday 8th April. Is anyone awaiting there little bundle to arrive around the same time?

Also how you feeling about the virus at such an special time for us

Xxxx

@brummiemumm

Oh no! I was due 6th and very fed up. I’ve got a sweep booked on Thursday but I feel like he just doesn’t want to come out!

How are you getting through the days? I just stomp around angry ha.

@Maggie90 oh no! Let's hope your sweep does something! Mine made no difference 🤦🏼‍♀️ got another booked for 11th so fingers crossed.
I'm okay today - yesterday and the day before I was feeling very fed up but now I'm just trying to embrace the whole 'baby will come when baby is ready' mantra haha! Doesn't help being stuck in and all the worries on the news etc though!

Oh it's a super moon tonight @Sgeld122 and all you other lovely ladies hopefully have more birth stories tomorrow if the old myth is true that more babies are born on a full moon

Well due date is here and still no baby. Fed up

Am not due until 21st but midwife has offered me a sweep at 39+6 weeks as it's my 2nd am not really meant to have a sweep u till 41 weeks so watching all you ladies who have sweeps to decide if I should have one or wait I did go on my dye dare with my first so am hoping this one will be the same or before xx

I'm now 40+4 and still no signs other than a few dull period-type aches! Well and truly feeling impatient now!!

If offered a sweep I would take it. No more uncomfortable than a smear and hey could work but might not no harm in trying it in my opinion

Also raging as here they keep your lmp date even after dating scan if it isn't out by more than a week so by first scan I should be 39 weeks today but they class me as 38+4. I know it's only 3 days but by god they are a long 3 days at this stage lol

Due today as well. But no signs yet. I have a sweep booked for Friday. I am just walking up and down my garden as well. Hopefully these sweeps start working for some of you guys x

Interesing that a lot of people are being offered sweeps on here. I’m 38 weeks. Have no more midwife appointments, and have been advised they aren’t carrying out any more sweeps at all. Or inductions (unless life or death). And that epidurals will be hard to come by. Fed up.
Have been in constant pgp pain since 4 months and it’s now more than i can bear. I also can’t breathe.
I’m in a foul mood and want to moan about lots of things but spend all day every day with a 2 year old and she won’t listen.

Can I rant here. This is a hormonal, lonely, grumpy rant and may seem unreasonable to people not in our current position. Things that are driving me crazy:

• advice that is completely not an option ‘have you considered a home birth?’ ‘Just ask for a csection’ i feel like screaming have you turned on the news. These luxuries are not available. At this rate I feel i’ll be lucky if I’m offered a bed.
• people on here with first world problems, like ‘im so upset i cant have my doula with me’ and ‘i wanted my mum and husband but can only have one’ a lot of us will be birthing alone.
• people on here due to give birth in december worrying about their labour options. Come on. And people who say things like ‘i’m so glad im not due any time soon, it should all be over by xxx’ hi, some of us don’t have that luxury
• my husband, who is so chilled out about it he wont entertain any conversations re labour and so i spend all day internalising this on my own
• people who make jokes ‘dont worry, i’ll deliver your baby’ not funny. I’m worried beyond belief here, i’m not able to make jokes about it.

Rant over. Sorry i’m a miserable bitch.

@123456kent, I feel your pain. My due date was yesterday and I'm in the same boat as you. I just want to go in labour stay at home for as long as possible, go hospital have her and get back home.

Hey guys hope you don't mind me joining in. Due on 21st April but no doubt il go over as it's my first baby and he still feels very high up and unsettled so to speak. Totally agree with what you are all saying I still have two weeks to go and so fed up. I also find myself becoming tearful lately is that something use have noticed?

Sweep in the morning, 40+4. I am absolutely terrified to go as do not leave the house as high risk. I really want to wear a mask but do not want to offend the midwife (especially as she is doing something so intimate).

I just want to get bubba out and back home asap. Had enough.

@123456kent totally get all your annoyances - people who are not pregnant really do not get what a stressful time it is. I've got friends who are moaning about things like having to cancel birthday parties or weddings (yes I know a lot of organising has gone into it but at least you CAN reorganise it for a later date - not so sure baby will be willing to wait until October! Ha) and saying things like 'oh well at least you won't have tonnes of annoying visitors' - no that's right, and I might not even have my husband with me!! Argh!!
Anyway - hoping you all have babies sooner rather than later. I've woken up feeling incredibly nauseous and shivery and needing to use the toilet - just sitting here trying to get baby to have wiggle as they seem quiet tonight. Wondering if this is all some sort of start to labour.. but probably not!! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thanks for words of support. We are in a very shit and unique position right now.
@Sgeld122 i’m the opposite in that i want to be in the hospital the second it kicks off, on my own. I have an extremely sensitive inquisitive 2.5 year old who will be so upset to see me in any pain. I need to get out of the house away from her. And i dont want her scared so i want my husband to stay with her. But i also want him with me :-(
Another moan, people who joke ‘its ok, husband can watch the birth via Zoom’ this just really isnt a laughing matter.
I keep being told I need to tell my midwife all of my worries, what a dreadful physical condition i’m in (i cant even move from one room to the next) and how its affecting me mentally, but i have! Her hands are tied. Ive called the pgp charity, they cant help. Ive spoken to a consultant on the phone, he advised nothing they can do to help. I’m stuck. ‘Have sex! Go for a long walk!’ People say. I. Cannot. Move. I havent walked more than a few metres in 4 weeks.
My first pregnancy and birth was absolutely problem free and plain sailing.
Hope everyone gets the birth they want as much as poss and gets to come home soon and settle down.
When will you allow visitors in the house? I suppose until lockdown is lifted its not even an option is it

@Wildflower219 i think you would be pretty insane if you werent tearful lately. Every heavily pregnant woman is tearful. Turn on the news and see why we especially have every right in the world to be tearful.
(With absolute respect and sadness for people who are going through much more dreadful times right now)

@Maggie90 wear a mask, no one will be offended or bat an eyelid, and most likely she will be wearing one too.

Aww @123456kent it's horrible they won't even do a sweep for you or anything and induction they will have to if u go 2 weeks over I'm sure otherwise it's too dangerous for you both. I couldn't sleep last night kept getting bad period pains and contractions went on for 2 hours and then stopped so frustrating. So today I'm still crampy and now miserable too from lack of sleep. Fingers crossed for some Easter babies for us all

@Maggie90 my midwife wore a mask yesterday for my sweep appointment she said this was new policy so she may be wearing one. I am 41+6 now (do I win? Lol) induction tomorrow. Getting different answers whether I will be allowed home or not after first pessary if baby checks are fine. Would ideally like to come home as would be more relaxed but will see. Hope you are all ok. It is hard having choices taken away - I remember thinking yes the midwife unit and pool birth are what I want. Ha not going to happen but ah well!

@123456kent ahh yes I see, where as my little girl is 4 nearly 5 so she understands a little bit more. I'm also very lucky that my mum has self isolated with us so that my partner can be there at the birth with me.
Fingers crossed for the ladies that have had sweeps and been induced hope your babies dont make you wait too much longer. 1 day over due and I'll be honest I'm rather mardy this morning

@becca3210 you win!!
I really thought something was happening last night - nausea, cramping and just generally feeling weird. But no, just woken to and all I feel now is bloody knackered from being awake half the night! Woken to another well-meaning text of "maybe you'll have an Easter weekend baby instead!" 😂 so uncomfortable now. So hard turning over in bed and my hips keep going into these weird spasm pains which genuinely take my breath for a few seconds.

@123456kent why won't they induce you? Where in the country are you?

@brummiemumm I had a bad night sleep too. Hip pains were waking me up so had to keep switching sides and the huge maternity pillow was making me sweat - nightmare! Some things I won't miss about being pregnant for sure.

Yes I'd defo wear a mask I wore gves and a mask 2 weeks ago doesn't matter what other ppl thnk u r trying to protect your family and also those around you for all they know u culd have mild symptoms. X