Natasha was due a week ago, my DD is next and it's not til the end of December.

awwhh well congrats to you both for making it through
what is the latest you could be? i thought you could only go 43 weeks the most?

42 weeks is the longest most doctors "let" a person go. Some people choose to be left to go longer with regular monitoring, but it's typically quite a fight to go over 42 weeks (or 40+10 in a lot of places). I won't fight a 42 week induction if I go that far this time (my brother is getting married a week later lol) but in future I plan to request not to be induced as long as there is no indication that the placenta is failing or baby is distressed.

Of course, everywhere is different and some doctors don't even like you to make it to your due date before inducing you... though I think that's becoming less common. I personally believe though that babies should be allowed to arrive whenever they're ready to.

I've been told they'll induce me at 40 + 10 if I get that far. If I have to be induced then that will make it a may baby instead of April!

Natasha, fingers crossed they sort something for you next week

Abii, Congratulations again All the due dates are on the front page, as you will see you have a few ladies due around the same time as you. So glad your first appointment went well

Rachael, I have just realised you are 16 weeks + now!! God time is flying, it only seems like yesterday you were having your scan. Hope all is well with the job

Natalie, I have just realised that your little one is due around the same time as your birthday! How cute is that. Algthough I have a feeling that your baby isnt going to come until the new year lol x

Hope everyone else is ok. Little Pip woke me up at 5am kicking away so I have been up cooking as I have some friends over later. I have so far done a spinach (yuck) soup for next weeks lunches and now that Gavin is up I am going to make us a cooked breakfast and then start on the chilli and baking the cakes and apple crumble. Hope you all have a lovely weekend planned

Wendy Love the scan piccy, couldn't be more perfect with the heart shaped uterus! Im so pleased for you!
My friend is the same, she said there's nothing nicer than getting into a bed of freshly ironed sheet's. I said she's more than welcome to iron mine
Glad you had an awesome time at the concert, did you get any good pix?

Karen Good luck with your scan on Monday!! I'll keep you in mind with positive thought's

Emma I'm really shocked by your MW's attitude, and I hope that your letter of complaint will make a change for women in the future in your area with regard's to the care they receive from the MW's. As for yourself, is it possible to request a different MW? Someone who will actually do their job properly and care for you in an appropriate manor would be nice!
Hope the iron tablet's are doing the job and that your feeling perkier
I can't believe you were up and cooking so early this morning! Are you feeling a nap time coming on??

Abi Congratulations!! I hope 1st tri speed's through for you quickly and easily!
I was due Nov 5th, but still going! My MW appointment on Monday (which I'll be attending at this rate) will be booking me in to be induced. Will be 41+2 at the appointment (or Term+9 however you wish to look at it). My first son was 12 day's late and I was induced so I kind of expected to go over, just hoped I would go into a more natural labour!

All ladies Happy Saturday! Hope you all well and enjoying the weekend!

As for me, No change! Just patiently waiting for Monday, though I type patiently with gritted teeth lol. Think Auron might be getting night terror's? A couple of time's he's woken up in the middle of the night inconsolable and crying, which we just though were nightmare's and don't mind him sleeping in our bed with us for the rest of the night as it's the only thing that will calm him down (not even being beside him in his own bed will calm him down, it's very strange), but last night was the worst! He woke up screaming just before 10, tried giving him a milk refill in his cup, stoking his face and being beside him but he wouldn't stop crying. So we left him, thinking he might be over tired and cry to sleep (he does it on the odd occasion, and he was very tired) but 10min's later he's screaming down the house and out of bed by the stair gate. So I went back upstairs, cuddled him like a baby in my arm's by his bed, he's still screaming, so I ended up putting him in our bed, and staying beside him until he fell asleep 20mins later. He slept fine through the night, and Nick slept on the sofa so I could have the comfort of the bed, but it was a pain as during the night when I needed to pee, it was so painful I could barely move, and I was on Nick's side of the bed which you have to shuffle off the end of the bed to walk around, due to lack of bedroom space! I wasn't sure if I was having contractions, but as it stood, my bladder was just that full! Didn't think it was possible with so much baby in there Anywho, I'm thinking of asking the health visitor about it next time I take Auron to be weighed (which I really should do, it's been about 7-8month's!) it's so horrible, feel so helpless for him!

Awwhh thank you so much
congrats to you as well for being able to hold in there all this time
Lol i get what you mean, my sister was 43 weeks when they induced her, she was in labor for about 4 hours though so her contractions were quick and to the point lol.
I hope you labor goes nothing but perfectly and you bring home a beautiful healthy baby
so this is prob a stupid question lol but are you having a boy or girl? the name sounds like it could be for both:]
I figured out that i don't want to know my baby's gender, i want it to be a surprise
Thank you so much:]
and thank you for pointing that out, i didn't know

Raant:So i feel like crapp today, i think morning sickness is finally kicking in and it sucks..really bad haha, its making me unable to sleep.
Starting to get nervous..i hope nothing goes wrong.

Abi We're expecting another boy, but we didn't have a 'potty shot' so it could well have been a strangely placed umbilical cord It wasn't until I saw that pretty much everyone who know's the sex of their baby has had a potty shot that I began to question it. But unless he does come out a she, we'll just expect a he lol.
43 week's! I'm only 1week over due and have already been on the verge of ripping out my hair! It's funny, I've been so patient and happy throughout the entire pregnancy, yet as soon as it hit November 1st my patience just completely drained and I feel like I've been getting more and more miserable by the day!
Our first son (Auron) was a surprise, not by choice though. He kept rolling around with his leg's crossed at the 20week scan, though I had a feeling I was having a boy throughout the entire pregnancy, unlike this one, I've not felt sure for any of it, though it's still hard to believe we'll have 2 children for christmas. 2!! Anywho, we had to go the whole 'neutral' route, but after he was born we didn't end up using most of the neutral clothes, just felt like a waste of money! Which is why we wanted to know this time around too

On the point of sickness, I'm sure Wendy will be able to give you lot's of idea's on how to help with that as she had it really bad until recently! Only thing I can think to suggest is ginger! Ginger biscuits is what I used to have a nibble on when I felt sicky in 1st tri, which did help, even if it did taste horrible!

Awwhh how cute:] were you hoping for another boy or a girl?
haha yes that is possible 'he' may come out a 'she' im an example of that xP i was suppose to be a boy but came out a girl haha, my dad used to say they chopped it off<.< lol.
i know right![she didn't let them induce her] she wanted the baby to come he 'he was ready' lol i told her shes crazy for letting him be in there that long, due to complications, i heard its more risky to give birth after 40 weeks but that could be wrong lol. She did deliver a healthy baby boy though weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces:] haha awwhh xP i feel like im probably going to be that way too, be all happy during the first few months with my baby belly but than get grouchy after the 8 month mark hahaha, df better beware xP
Oh my gosh thats so funny haha, he just didn't want you guys to know what he was i guess xP
i honestly think im having a girl, because of how sick im getting[at only 4 weeks] and the craving for sweets all the time, guess we'll see when he/she is ready for me to find out haha.
Awwhh thats an awesome Christmas present though:]
I got lovebug for my bday its in 13 days and thats all i was asking for
Haha niiice, im going neutral too, only the nursery is going to be a neutral pooh bear im so excited to start decorating haha.

Ironed sheets?!?! Who irons their sheets? I hate ironing with a passion lol. I do love the feeling of fresh sheets, but they don't have to be ironed to feel like that

Emma, I certainly wouldn't mind going into the new year - I'd much rather have the little bit extra time to prepare lol - so not ready to consider that baby COULD be here in 4 weeks (or it could be 9 lol). I'd prefer the 6-8 week range though but of course it's all up to baby.