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

[Stef]

Congratulations tjw

Xx

 

[eandc123]

Congratulations to TJW and Jade. You both got there eventually I'm glad to hear everyone is well.

 

[moomin_troll]

well i was getting contractions last night but they have stopped now. so im just going to do abit of housework today and see what happens

 

[mothercabbage]

moomin is it your due date today? hope you get those contractions back..<--labour dust...send some back my way

 

[moomin_troll]

yes it is my due date hahaha
i was thinking yesterday, that time 9 months ago we decided to try for a baby and now 9months later its my due date today. crazy how fast i got pregnant lol

still dont quiet believe im pregnant tho so labout if it does start up again will be interesting hahaha

 

[sunshinegirl]

Oh moomin welcome to the waiting club....there are a few of us now.

I am still getting odd contractions but still not progressing.....bored now. Had a really spicy hot chinese last night and half a tub of ben and jerry's

Any news from the others overdue mums?

 

[jennthompson]

I'm not overdue yet, but I decided to walk for hours yesterday to see if it got things moving. Sadly it didn't do a thing for me except cause my ankles to swell up and my back to hurt . Oh and I did my walking around the shops and spent $300. Early Christmas shopping anyone? Lol

 

[abs07]

Congrats to all the new mommies - so exciting!!

Sorry it's taken me so long, but here's my birth story:
I woke up on Sunday, 7/31/11, at 5am to use the bathroom. I noticed some blood when I wiped so it kind of freaked me out. I went back to bed and woke up again at 7am to pee (again) and noticed more blood. When I look back on it now, it was probably my plug that came out plus my "bloody show". I went to lay back in bed & noticed that I was starting to have some stomach pains. I got up out of bed & started doing some things around the house (cleaning, laundry, etc). They seem to have subsided, but I kept getting them. I started keeping track of the contractions throughout the day but they were so irregular and didn't hurt that bad. I was so determined not to go to the hospital until my contractions were 4 minutes apart but these were anywhere between 5 - 15 minutes all day long. And again, they didn't hurt enough to warrant anything. I stayed home all day (even though DH went to the pool - I really wanted to go, but didn't want to chance anything). He came home and we got a pizza for dinner & just chilled out around the house. After dinner the contractions started to get worse but they were still extemely irregular. I got a shower after dinner but still didn't feel the greatest. About 8pm they started getting stronger to where I couldn't get comfortable when they were going on. Again, they were still irregular. They came anywhere between 5 - 10 minutes apart. DH had to work on Monday so he went to bed at 10pm and I stayed up because laying down didn't help at all. From 10pm - 11:45pm they were horrible. I couldn't sit, stand or lay down - nothing was comfortable but they were STILL irregular! They were coming between 4 - 8 minutes. I couldn't take it anymore so I woke DH up & we left for the hospital. We got there at midnight and they took me up to the room & checked me. I was only 2 cm dilated but 100% effaced. They were debating on whether or not to keep me & I think the only reason they did was because I was 100% effaced (THANK GOODNESS!!) They got me all hooked up to the IV and I tried walking around, but the contractions hurt too much. They new that the anesthisiologist wasn't going to be coming in until 4am, plus they wanted me dilated to 4cm before I got it so they gave me a shot of Demerol at 2am, which was awful. I could still feel every contraction and the medicine made me extremely loopy - I couldn't focus my eyes on anything which I didn't like. At 4am I got the epidural and things were great From 4am - 9am I went from 4cm to 10 cm and started pushing at 9am. I pushed twice and they stopped me because I wasn't really "pushing" because I couldn't feel anything with the epidural. So they stopped me and from 9am - 10am I started to feel each contraction again. I started pushing again at 10am and Ashlyn came into the world at 11:13am!
I would say the contractions were worse than the pushing, even though the pushing tired me out. It wasn't like anything I was expecting, yet so rewarding at the end. Pushing for so long made me tired and extremely hot. When she was finally born I started shaking because I was so cold. It turns out that during labor I kept saying how hot I was and they kept turning the thermostat down for me - it was at 55 degrees!
I have a few pics to share below. I love her so much and now I can't even comprehend life without her

 

[jennthompson]

Great birth story and what a beautiful little girl! Congrats!

 

[sunshinegirl]

Beautiful abs, sounds like a good birth. Congratulations x x

 

[BattyNora]

Congratulations Abs.

Now officially overdue and frustrayed! I'm terrified of induction but can't see me being patient enough to ever turn it down after 42 weeks!

 

[Stef]

She is beautiful Abs, Congratulations

xx

 

[AuntBug]

She is gorgeous abs, thanks for sharing.

 

[CharlieKeys]

She's gorgeous abs - congrats again

And sunshinegirl - no news from me really - just lost loads of plug in two days and on and off cramps but not holding my breath how is it going for you??

Batty - would you consider going over 42 weeks?

 

[Mark&Annie]

Awwww congrats again Abs, shes GORGEOUS!!! Well done

 

[sunshinegirl]

cramps have got stronger again this evening but I am not getting my hopes up. I think my little megan is a cheeky teaser.

 

[moomin_troll]

i was told this today by the lovely mervsmum "oxytocin (what brings on labour) levels naturally drop as the sun comes up. It's why women have stop start labours and it's almost always at night and stops at day break"

so this seems to be why the cramps/contractions seem to start up at night, best thing u can do and im trying to do is just let my body relax and not worry about labour and it should start lol

 

[BattyNora]

I always said I would do anything and everything to avoid induction because I really want as natural a birth as possible, and not only is induction not natural, I really do believe the introduction of artificial hormones undermines your bodies own production, including the pain relief part! I've always said if it came to it I would try to go for monitoring...but now seeing how impatient I am after ONE day I don't see how my resolve would hold out!

Sunshine Girl - fingers crossed it will continue to pick up tonight!

 

[abs07]

Thanks everyone! I'll continue to look for updates - can't wait to hear everyone elses stories!

 

[Vivienne]

Nada here