August Mummies 2011 - 28 baby boys, 14 baby girls, and 4 beautiful angels so far xxx

[eandc123]

I'm just watching OBEM USA and of course i'm an emotional wreck! But it's dawned on me that i'm not only looking forward to meeting our baby but also to find out if I'll have a son or daughter!! I can't believe i didn't even think about that. I've been team yellow and not even thought about it for ages. I've been too busy thinking about who it will look like and what colour hair it'll have that i didn't even think pink or blue. Oooooo how exciting!!!!

 

[mothercabbage]

Good luck tjw!

hope baby is still head down proudmommy!

asfm...tired...ive nested the house to death! full term today so the waiting begins!!!...i wanted to try everything to get labour started but now im term...im not sure...i dont wanna share my baby just yet, i may hold off on the spicey foods n bump road trips

 

[AuntBug]

Hi Ladies. Sounds like everyone is getting so close!

Hope those heads are still down tjw and proudmommy!

Afm, getting discharged this morning. My LO still needs a bit of time in the nicu, although she's in he special care section, so she's doing great. May even have her iv taken out in a few days. It's going to be so hard to leave her here but I know she'll be home soon with me and she's getting fantastic care.

I'll be able to post some pictures fianally when I get home tonight.

 

[moomin_troll]

aunt bug its shame shes still in nicu and ur going home but she will be home in no time, so atleast ule have time to get home and sort things out for her

afm (thought id start using it hahaha) im doing housework today seen as the reading and my mum think corey is going to turn up tomo and i am getting alot of back pains altho that could be because corey might still be back to back...guess ile find out tomorrow haha

 

[ProudMommy26]

Hi Ladies. Sounds like everyone is getting so close!

Hope those heads are still down tjw and proudmommy!

Afm, getting discharged this morning. My LO still needs a bit of time in the nicu, although she's in he special care section, so she's doing great. May even have her iv taken out in a few days. It's going to be so hard to leave her here but I know she'll be home soon with me and she's getting fantastic care.

I'll be able to post some pictures fianally when I get home tonight.

I'm glad your little beauty is doing brilliantly AuntBug! I know it'll be hard for you to leave her, but as you say she's in the best care there and will soon be home for sure!!

MotherCabbage- If you've got a birthing/gym ball, get on that if you can. I've been on mine constantly. I hate sitting on the sofa now, constantly locks my back up. The ball really helps the aches and pains and is perfect for getting baby ready for the big day.
Was looking on youtube yesterday at the video's. Here's one I found, but there are many more on there to look at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD5yBrqePHg

Get well soon sequeena!

Charlie- With all these pains you're having... Hopefully you'll go into labour soon! I know how you feel though. My girls go away the weekend for a few days. This is the third time they've ever been away from me, really going to miss them

moomin- That would be brill if your baby could come tomorrow. You never know

eandc123- That must be so amazing you not knowing the sex. I was going to not find out also... But I couldn't wait. I'm terrible like that But it will be a special moment for you when you do find out.

 

[CharlieKeys]

Emma - spooky! I was gonna ask you earlier how you have coped being Team yellow for this long - any guesses to what you think baby is?

Heather - hope your little monkey turrrrrrns!!!

Sequeena - feel better! Try and drink lots of water and rest as much as you can

Also just a question - can you have a 'slow' leak in your waters?

 

[abs07]

Good luck tjw!!

Great news auntbug - can't wait to see pics!

Got checked this morning and still only 1 cm But her heart rate jumped a ton - she's usually at 140-150 and today she was at 162!! Anybody know anything about high heart rates correlated with birth?!?!?!

 

[sunshinegirl]

moomin, I am watching your status after your reading. Really waiting to see if it comes true. If yours does then I will start worry about mine....eeek!

 

[Mark&Annie]

Buh I'm getting fed up too! I was soooo sure I would go into labour before my due date, now it's so close I'm sure I won't! I never got this far before, I don't even know what happens if you need to be induced!
Every morning after I've walked the dogs for nearly an hour, I feel him really low, then by the evening he's shifted back up again! He was only 2-3/5ths engaged at my last visit. Midwife said they can go up and down, esp if it's not first pregnancy. Bloddy yo-yo baby come out already!!!

 

[mothercabbage]

thanx for the video proudmommy, ive been on BBall...makes baby super low and BH come but then when i get off BH stop and baby crawls back up under my ribs!!..guess there is no rushing this little guy!! got a sweep booked for due day..anyone else going to have one done to get things moving?? xx

 

[CharlieKeys]

How do you get one?? I can't get an appointment with my midwife until I'm 12 days OVERDUE - so I have no idea what to do about inductions etc..........

 

[mothercabbage]

i booked a 40 week app with MW i asked if i can have a sweep then and she said yes! not plesent but well worth the discomfort!! a means to an end!! if your MW is fully booked then id ring once your 40 weeks and say you NEED to see MW!...xxx

 

[Mark&Annie]

What is involved in a sweep? Is it something your midwife does? What does it do?!

 

[mothercabbage]

its where MW puts 1-2 fingers inside your cervix and does a sweeping motion,(circular) it sweeps the membranes and stretches the cervix...high possibility of starting labour, like i said before i had my babies the next day following a sweep!...deffo worth a shot!

 

[tjw]

Can't have induction as Harri is definitely too big for me to birth. His shoulders are far to broad and would dislocate as my pelvis is too narrow (like my mum's - she had c sections for all 4 of us and the biggest baby she carried was only 6lbs 3oz) on the plus side we still get to meet our lil boy on Thursday morning (c section)... Obstetrician wasn't happy with fetal movements however so had to have ctg monitoring done. today (all good there and even had a couple contractions on the reading) and have to have another ctg on Sunday and then again on Tuesday. Had a student midwife try to take bloods for various reasons today and she hardly got anything out and my arm and hand are now like a pin cushion, with plasters everywhere!! My hand is tingling right up to the wrist Have to get bloods taken on Sunday instead... luckily she won't be there that day but in the meantime I'm wondering why she was the only person to deal with me on day assessment unit today...??? Surely someone more experienced should have been overseeing things??

 

[Mark&Annie]

Hmmm, a sweep sounds like something your partner should do not a midwife!

That scary tjw! Glad you have a defo date though, can't wait to see him!!

 

[xxyjadexx]

Moomin I'm waiting for your baby to be born 2mrro so i can have faith in my reading lol

Tjw at least the end is in sight and u will be with ur little harri in a few days! X

 

[moomin_troll]

moomin, I am watching your status after your reading. Really waiting to see if it comes true. If yours does then I will start worry about mine....eeek!

i am getting pains but i really cant see me going into labour tomorrow lol

 

[AuntBug]

Sorry it took me so long ladies. I just got home from the hospital, had to leave Taylor at the NICU. Just heart breaking But she is going so well, we are thrilled!!!

 

[Jodie.82]

eandc ive been a bit like that, forgetting that I actually dont know boy or girl! I think because we have decided its a boy and every single person looks at me and says boy, I will be in so so much shock if we have a little girl, either way its going to be amazing finding out!
aww auntbug that must be hard but she is in the best care and hopefully will be home with you asap. the pics are beautiful, she is precious! what a perfect little girly
abs sorry I dont know anything about the heartrate

I had contractions for 2 hours last night! was all alone as OH was at work and I was alternating between getting scared and excited! I didnt want to call him home for a false alarm so I just kept waiting thinking when will I know its real! there were times though for about 10 mins at a time when the pain didnt go, more like period pain the it would peak and my belly go hard more like a contraction but then go back to the period pain?! I dont remember anything like that from my first labour....now Im thinking is this going to happen everynight? also baby def doesnt feel engaged anymore and the hiccups keep being back up where they were when baby was breech then changing again....im so confused what to do! I think we will get a scan tomorrow to check where baby is as we need to be prepared for the midwife if its going to be breech