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

[sequeena]

are you having a home birth?? xx

Oh I wish! No I'll be going into hospital when the time comes x

 

[moomin_troll]

thats good a mw is coming to u to check u over...ive never heard of that before

hope the contractions pick up and that thomas is a due date baby.

corey doesnt feel so low down today so i think hes come up abit, which makes looking after zane easier but doesnt say much about me having him anytime soon lol
i was going to take zane out to buy corey a present and me some feeding bras but its p*ssing it down so i dont quiet fancy it lol

 

[sequeena]

Thanks hun xx labour ward said I was better off getting my community midwife to come out first as I'm about half an hour - 45 minutes away from them. Whatever as long as I get seen and told it is labour and not wind

 

[mothercabbage]

i felt baby super low after my bouncing last night but now he doesnt feel as low either i suppose we just have to be patient.... weather crappy here too, stuck indoors with a monstrous 2 year old and a birthing ball for company..OH just left for work an hour ago...BORED!

 

[moomin_troll]

zanes gone off to his playroom so im alone right now on here hahaha altho this morning hes pretended to be a baby, a super hero and now a pirate

because corey was so low yesterday i went on my birthing ball and omg it killed me, he was really digging down lol

im not getting a sweep this time, last time the mw came to me but this one expects me to go to her(fuck that) every appointment ive had with her shes late n its not fair on zane waiting 50 mins in a boring waiting room. just so they can say oh yeah u should go soon and then nothing

 

[xxyjadexx]

Good luck sequeena!!

I'm just waiting 4 a room 2 become available on the labour ward and then I'm off to have my waters broken

 

[AuntBug]

Wow Jade, you must be exhausted! I hope your LO makes a quick appearance today!

 

[xxyjadexx]

I'm still waiting for them to call me up to the labour ward, I feel like I'm awaiting the death sentence!

 

[moomin_troll]

hope they dont keep u waiting much longer! when i went in to have my waters broken i had to call in first to make sure they had the room for me...then they left me for 2 hours and took my bed

 

[sunshinegirl]

Good luck Jade.

Fingers crossed squeena that it won't be too long for you.

AFM I have been having really strong low cramps for the past hour. I am hoping that this is the beginning. I haven't had them around my back yet but they are really strong over my bump. I am bouncing on my ball and rocking it is helping. As this is my first I am not sure if this is it or just a false alarm. What do you guys think?

 

[Mark&Annie]

Could be! I've never felt any contractions in my back

 

[ProudMommy26]

Hellooooo all!!!
Thanks to everyone who has congratulated me. Came out of hospital today with my little boy. He's gorgeous!!
The labour was so very long and painful, but so very worth it in the end.
Here he is, our little Joshua born yesterday weighing 7 lb 11 oz.
Will try and get a birth story wrote up soon.
Hope everyone else is ok and congrats to those who have had their babies and all the best tjw, Jade and everyone else who are due so soon, you're all doing great!

 

[jennthompson]

Congrats ProudMommy! What a beautiful little one you have . Can't wait to hear your story. xx

Also I just noticed how much he looks like your pic on the side....wow! My girls never seemed to look at birth like they did in the u/s pic!

 

[moomin_troll]

are the pains building up and a regular time apart?
i had all my contractions in my back with zane and the pain radiated from the bottom centre out

 

[sunshinegirl]

Yeah pain starts low and goes up and out to sides. I would say they are about every 15-20 mins at the moment. Just rang silver star the specialist unit I under cos of my epilepsy there line closes at 5.30pm. She says sounds like it and to have a bath take paracetamol if pain gets worse. If I want more pain relief to ring labour ward or if my contractions get to 5 mins apart. It also feels like I wanna go to loo all the time and not for a wee ;0)).

Proudmommy pic is so cute x x

 

[moomin_troll]

if u try for the loo dont push too hard hahaha!

a bath in early labour can slow ur contractions down, keep active but also rest and go about things if u can. sitting around waiting for labour to kick in is so boring

 

[sunshinegirl]

oh ok then I will give that a miss then, don't want to slow it down. I have been on my ball since it started. walking up and down stairs and cleaning. Thinking if this is it I need house clean to bring her back too. lol x

 

[mothercabbage]

oooo another one starting!! best wishes sunshine girl..

proudmommy...he is gorgeous! look forward to that birth story!...


asfm...lower belly ache,...had BH whilst on ball earlier but they have stopped now...just like an AF style ache dont think its labour, just had a nap in an uncomfy position! xxxx

 

[Stef]

Evening

Proudmummy, he is gorgeous and yay for being able to go home. Cant wait to read your birth story.

Sunshine Girl - Hope things progress quickly for you. Lol at all the cleaning, im the same though i clean and my daughter messes everything up again.

Well today I have made a bloody good start on the nurser if i do say so myself. I still need to paint though but as the wardrobe hasnt been deleieverd yet it wont be so difficult as the room is pretty bare apart from the cot & a few bits and bobs.

Keep getting funny pains today but I think its wind

xx

 

[xsarahbellax]

Both our NCT course leader & the midwife that took our NHS antenatal class told us that a bath in early labour is good for pain relief & won't slow contractions down. For some reason though, getting in a birthing pool too early can have that effect though, which is why they don't let you get in til how ever many cms.. 5, 7? I forget!