19th October Ladies ... **5 Births Already**

[sam#3]

* Eat Fresh Pineapple
* Drink Raspberry Leaf Tea
* Spicy Curries
* Sex
* Driving Down Bumpy Roads
* Boob Pumping
* Twiddling Nipples
* Long Walk
* Castor Oil
erm thats all i can think of right now x

most of these could work if you are overdue ((in theory))

 

[sam#3]

I think the mistake most women make is from about 37/38 weeks they start trying everything possible to start labour when they are not even 'overdue'.... so because of this they make the last few weeks seem really long!

Most of the methods of helping things along will only have an effect ((if any)) once you are passed the due date and so 'overdue'

BTW - i put 'overdue' in inverted commas because i really resent the term, and i resent the deflated feeling it puts into women when their babies haven't arrived by what is really a 'rough guess date'

I have learnt this the hard way reaching 42 weeks with #3... and from 40 weeks having tried...
sex
walking
ball bouncing
frantic cleaning
wearing my best undies to bed
castor oil
DIY stretch & sweeps as well as 5 carried out by various MW's
eating curry
putting evening primrose oil capsules near my cervix
using clary sage oil in the bath......... ETC ETC!!!

This time i intend to have a far more laid back approach!!!

 

[x-TyMa-x]

^ i agree lol, I was trying from around 38weeks as i was sooooooooooooooo ready to have my baby!!! Nothing worked lol i had 3 sweeps and ended up being induced anyway! x

 

[sam#3]

I think it makes it seem so frustrating... i remember checking my underwear everytime i went for a wee from 38 weeks in case i had my show lol!!

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Same! haha!!! was also scared to go anywhere incase my waters broke!!

 

[Mary Jo]

oh, I completely agree, Sam, completely. this time I am not expecting ANYTHING till 40 weeks. it's just so hard when you're on a board like this and other people are going on about being full-term from 37-38 weeks, you get so you expect things to happen. especially if you post in a due month thread and you're not due at the very beginning! I remember last time, I posted in the August 2009 threads, and Adam was due on the 11th, and there were 10 babies born in July, and it was hard as time went by *feeling* like you were overdue when you weren't at all, when other people had their babies home already and never had to go through the very last couple of weeks. I was so envious, I couldnt bear it!

I do know that some women don't even think of a due date but rather a due month. in that case we all are due in October. to have a November baby we'd have to go to 41+5. to have a September baby, they'd be 37+2. the odds are good that we will all have October babies.

I actually had something of a minor show at 39+6. so everything was really bang on target. just those last 3 days were so slow.

 

[Phantom710]

I joke about trying anything as soon as i hit 37 weeks, but I figure baby will come in his own time.

i've noticed just in the last week or so, my stomah actually feels HEAVY. Like, I can tell its there now, even before, when i was showing I didn't feel a weight difference, but now...

i dunno, it's so odd. haha.

1 more week and we'll be in double digits. CRAZY.

 

[sam#3]

i know what you mean about the weight, ive had a few moments especially if i have been on my feet all day where i feel really heavy and 'draggy' lol

i also know when i need to take it easy because i have had lots of braxton hicks.

i have found a company that rent heated birth pools for the same price as a 4d scan so i think i *might* be sacrificing the scan to have the pool!!

 

[Phantom710]

I'm hormonal. I admit it now. LOL

Hubby's cousin passed away this weekend, and funeral services are going to be thursday.

originally, i was going to leave with him tomorrow, but we've decided i'm going to stay here. it's a 7 hour drive each way, and the drive back hubby has to drive the body >.<

that was the line for me. So, i'm going to go to the grave side here on Friday, but we'll be alone tomorrow and thursday.

I say i'm hormonal cause i'm like.... SAD to be alone for two days

usually i say breaks are needed occasionally, but now all i can think about is being alone and pregnant. D=

 

[Mary Jo]

aw, I'm sorry Phantom. that's rough on you and your husband. it's not fun to be left, but I imagine even less fun to do two long trips in a short space of time.

happy 25 weeks to all of us. 15 weeks left. whoa...

 

[Phantom710]

Happy 25 Weeks Ladies!!!!​

Thanks :flower I feel like such a whiner. Like, I know it's only 2 nights, haha, and I'm still bummed :O

 

[x-TyMa-x]

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[Mary Jo]

this might sound like an odd question... but I am curious... what sort of knickers are you wearing? I went through my last pregnancy with my normal knickers (bikinis and high legs and other low cut ones) but today I thought, gah, these are actually not that comfy. had a look round M&S but just don't know what I should get, if I should get some normal ones (for me) in a bigger size, or a different style? I can't imagine that granny knicks are going to be all that comfy but I know some people swear by them.

 

[katerdid]

I'm still wearing my Victoria's Secret bikini's....and they are starting to cut into my thighs! So fun. I'm just going to go to Walmart and pick up a cheap-o pack of briefs in a bigger size. Not full on granny, just a bit more conservative.


HAPPY 25 WEEKS!

 

[sam#3]

Im thinking about getting some cheapie cotton ones from primark or tesco as my lacy ones seem to be digging in and irritating me now

 

[sam#3]

new tickers yay!!!

Happy 25 weeks ladies x x

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Were Eggplants!!!

 

[sam#3]

wooooo! what has my life become that i find a ticker change THIS awesome!!

i took my littlest swimming today and i really enjoyed the weightlessness in the water it was great - and cookie seemed to enjoy it too she was kicking/tumbling around loads!!

i decided last night i am definately hiring a birth pool instead of having a 4d scan so im glad she seems to like the water!!!

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Talking of tickers .... not sure if any of you saw my post in the 2nd tri boards.... but look at the naughty little baby on my ticker ....

Is it just me or is it sticking its middle finger up at us!!!


Sam- im hoping to get swimming soon & yay for the birthing pool x

 

[sam#3]

lol it does lok like it but i wonder if it is pointing as the description says about knowing the right way up