***April Sweet Peas 2011*** join here (48 babies born)

[CottlestonPie]

Hey everyone, hope you have all had a really good day, I too am getting inpatient and have started on the EPO, how much is everyone taking? I have 500mg capsules and they say on the pack that you should take one a day.....tempted to take a bit more!

x

By 38 weeks I was taking 2 EPO and 1 RLT capsule every morning and every evening.
I'm pretty sure that's what helped with my dilating so quickly.

 

[lilgemsy]

Oh my shit! Im excited!
I should be a mum before the week is out ^_^
I had a sweep when I went to the consultant and Ive been booked in for an induction for Thursday! Thats like 3 days! Yay!
Im so so scared yet excited
A paedeatrician (cant spell that but kiddy doc) has been booked and put on standby for when I go into labour too though which is a bit scary since it means Ollie might be whisked away once he's born. :/ His kidneys still arent right hence the inducement.
Just have to wait and see what happens though.
Oh and apparently Ive been in very slow labour since Friday anyways... I dilated a little bit after all those pains over the weekend!
Keep getting a few pains since the sweep today too so never know could go tonight yet! (Wishful thinking heh)

I hope everyone is well and youve all had a nice day ^_^ x

 

[AmethystDream]

Good luck Gem babe

 

[bernina]

Gem that's wonderful news on getting an induction date (or possibly going earlier from the sweep)! Fingers crossed that you and Ollie have a very smooth and healthy labor and delivery. Must be amazing to know you're going to meet your little man no later than Thursday!!

Gertrude, I have 1 cat who has the longest hair. We literally can watch the hairballs drift by when the heat turns on. No matter how often we clean there is hair everywhere. But of course we love her so put up with it all. Poor baby is going to probably be coughing up furballs and soon as she's crawling.

 

[MissFox]

That's great news Gem!!! Hope the sweep sets thing off for you!
Emmy- Sorry to hear about the section getting changed! So far in advance makes it seem like it is just for a game of golf. LAME!
Jen- I have 1300mg capsules of EPO- I take 2 in the morning and 1 at night and then right before bed I insert 1 vaginally. Dr said that was fine. Also make sure it's 8% or more of GLA (Gamma L.... Acid). I'm honestly not sure if it's making a difference at all though. With the amount I'm dialating it could very well be my own body doing it but at least it's one way to try that doesn't involve trying to jump DH- which I'm also still trying.

I've been on the couch ALL MORNING! It's noon now and I just finished some Tomato soup and cheese and crackers. I'm craving chocolate sooo bad though!

 

[Tasha360]

Yay Gem so happy something is finally happening for you! xxxx

 

[Emmy'sMommy]

Well i finally got the phone call i have been waiting on ALL day! They have changed my c-section to Monday the 11th instead of the 12th! So 7 days i will meet my little girl! I cant wait!! Im happy everything worked out ok!



Thats fabulous Gem! Hope you get to meet your little man very soon!

 

[CottlestonPie]

Yay!!! So many of you are getting soooo close, this is awesome
Can't wait for more april mummies to meet their sweetpeas! (And the birth stories and photos of course!) Good luck ladies!! xxxx

I got my mothers day card today... pic below! And my 3yo nephew came round to see his baby cousin. Too cute! (The rattle in the 2nd pic was Tyler's when he was born and he wanted Toby to have it, bless!)

 

[Emmy'sMommy]

Great pics Cottles!!! He is a cutie!

 

[bernina]

Awesome news Emmy!!!!!

Cottleston your son is adorable and how sweet is your nephew!! The card Toby and Daddy gave you made me tear up, so precious!!!

 

[Tasha360]

love the pics especially the 1st one xx

 

[moomoo]

Hi girls, hope you are all well! (I have caught up but on my phone so a nightmare to quote ect)

went for scan today... Good news last scan showed her to be not even on the centile chart so we had to go for another scan this morning to check the placenta and fluid levels.

All was great, she's grown a lb in 2 weeks which is average and is now weighing a healthy 6lb 5oz!! Also I think last time the femur measurement was wrong as this time it's soooo much longer? She's gunna have her daddys legs!

Still no twinges, getting fed up with people asking!

Anyone else watching one born every minute? XX

 

[MissFox]

Great news on your section Emmy!
Cottles- soooo cute!! Thanks for all the pictures!
moomoo- glad to hear that it was just inaccurate measurments and that your LO is bigger! for weight gain

Still sitting around the house doing NOTHING. It's freaking hard!

 

[SazzleR]

Emmys & Gem - glad to hear that you'll be meeting your LOs v soon. Exciting! Hope everything goes well for you both.

 

[gertrude]

Oooo it's all getting very exciting isn't it

Gorgeous photos!

I'm in bed, I feel so pleased to have got the living room nice I've banned myself and my cats from it for the evening she's coming here to do a home birth risk assessment - whatever one of those is

 

[caro103]

aww gorgeous pics cottles!

Gem, so glad they're finally getting him out!

Emmy, glad section date worked out for the best!

Gertrude, they don't even do any homes visits in our area for home births! I could live in a tent for all they know, lol! glad you got the living room sorted though!

eeek sweep for me tomorrow, fx'ed it starts something, although pressures off now all tests have come back normal !

 

[2ndtimeAbz]

I wouldn't worry Gertrude, I expected it to be proper scary but in fact it was more of a run-through of equipment and policies and making sure there was room for all the MW kit! I'd typed up my birth plan but most of it was already included in they way they ideally deal with HB so I was happy. I would go into it positive and confident

x

 

[chocojen]

One born was a repeat from last series! Even oh remembered it! Tonight he has been in stitches at the thought of me giving birth! Gem so pleased they finally have a plan for you. emmy Great news that it is gonna be sooner for you. Sam I will up my dosage then thanks very much for the info. X

 

[lilgemsy]

Cottles - Toby is simply adorable :3 How cute! x

MissFox - Id share my easter egg with you if you lived closer lol. I crave chocolate too so always have easter eggs in lately xD

Emmys - Thats great that you got a new date sorted! Bet youre excited now eh! Hope it all goes fabulously x

MooMoo - Fantastic news from the scan I watched OBEM... that girl at 2cm O_O omg. Im apparently at 2cm today and Im in nowhere near as much pain as that haha! Her pain threshold must be terrible!

Caro - FX'd the sweep sets things off for you! x

I think I should go to bed soon incase things set off tonight.
Since the sweep Ive had a fair amount of blood and omg it was definately my plug lol. It looked like a red slug or something. Tmi sorry but yeah it was absolutely gross haha. It came out like when I whiped and I thought my insides where falling out and panicked and shouted my mum xD
Ive had shows before but never anywhere near as much as that come out!
Had quite a few pains too but not regular. Or if they are regular then Im not very good at timing xD

 

[DanaBump]

cottles-he looks like a little slice of heaven! cutest little guy!!

emmys- so happy for you! hope these next few days aren't going to drag as much for you as it has me. today seemed to take an eternity and i have 10 more to go!

i'm scared of labor. scared crapless. any of you women who've had babies in the US before, when you have an epi, do you still get the burning when baby crowns?

can't wait to meet my little girl!!!

i just noticed we don't have any girls yet, besides ruby of course. so exciting we're all starting to pop. feels like yesterday we were just hoping for a pink line, then sticky beans and now we're all anxious for their eviction. hard to believe i have a cute little baby in there