Christmas (December) Babies 2018!

[jessicaftl]

So exciting, can't wait to hear updates and hoping all goes well! Hope everyone is having a good week(end)...

39 weeks today, getting close. Lots of BH, ordered some more diapers for baby and a nice hanging diaper caddy to finally get my diapers out of a bin I've been using for years lol. Last night I ate lots of tasty food and actually slept well, probably because I ate so much lol. I only had to get up a couple times to pee and my bladder was *full*. I guess I needed that rest!

 

[MrsDuck]

Omg star, get packing. I hope all goes smoothly and I can’t wait for your update and pics

Jessica I bet you feel so much better after a good sleep and happy 39 weeks

I can’t believe everyone is having their babies in November!!!

My scan and appointment took an annoying turn too, they are now sending me for a late gtt test next week as baby looked to have had a growth spurt aaagh

 

[MrsDuck]

Oh and I had bh nearly all day and night yesterday, I was starting to panic but all seems to have returned to normal today thankfully

 

[jessicaftl]

MrsDuck - good luck with your gtt, hope you get decent results! Will it be the one hour or three hour at this point?? It is funny how so many of us are going in November! Good that your bh calmed down, I had a couple scares like that over the last two weeks, I get so worried about it being the real thing it makes it worse I think.

 

[jessicaftl]

For some reason I'm still not getting notifications on this thread, I even tried to "unwatch" and "rewatch" and they're still not showing... very annoying.

Anxiously awaiting to hear back about markswife, hoping her c/s went smoothly and she's recovering well with her LO.

 

[dove830]

NST went well today, baby girl co-operated better today than she did last week. BP is still the same :s They are estimating her to be 7 lbs, 15 ozs already.....be interesting to see if she ends up weighing more than my youngest. Her belly is so rotund, it just looks like a circle on the ultrasound, lol.

 

[Buttercupbabi]

Oooh STAR - Can't believe you will have your little baby this time next week - how exciting! I wish you all the best

Jess, you need to get star jumping or something haha! Get those contractions started!

As for me, I finally have my date! Woo Hoo!
Was given the 13th - so will literally would have made it to 39wks! Im not really superstitious but I am a little gutted on the date, his 1st Bday will now fall on Friday 13th! Brilliant lol
And to make it worse I will miss my boys Nativity where he will be the Narrator! But hey ho - Can't wait to meet this little man! 19days to go.... YIKES!

 

[jessicaftl]

dove - I'm curious as to if lo will be bigger than your last one, 11 lbs!! Yikes lol.

buttercup - I always go about a week late, so if I'm early I would be surprised, but I am on my feet often so maybe something will happen this next week!! And Friday the 13th - maybe luck will be just fine . Those days will go by quickly, sorry you'll miss your son's Nativity, though.

Afm - strangely slept okay last night again, baby is moving lots though, and lots of hiccups lately too.

 

[MrsDuck]

Jessica my gtt is a 2 hr test after fasting for 12 hrs. Glad you are sleeping better and maybe you will have a baby on time this time???

Dove yikes I’m panicking after being told my baby is 6lb 14oz already, my dd was only 6lb 12oz at birth

Buttercup yay for having a date but sorry you will miss the nativity

Star I hope all goes well tomorrow and I can’t wait for your update/pics

Afm nothing much to report, no loss of any plug but lots of bh and baby is very wriggly

 

[jessicaftl]

MrsDuck - haven't lost much plug yet, so hoping it happens this week and next week I'll go into labor, but who knows. GL on your gtt, two hours after fasting would be hell for me no food.

Hope everyone is doing okay, kind of quiet and wondering how it's going. Weekend has been about usual, did lots of cleanup yesterday and got the baby car seat in the car and things prepared around the house. Now it's just a waiting game. I did manage to spill some boiling hot water on my bump, got a blister from the ordeal and now my skin is super red and painful. We got our Christmas stuff out and will be decorating throughout the next couple weeks while we wait for the little arrival.

 

[MrsDuck]

Ouch Jessica you poor thing, I hope your bluster has time to heal a bit before baby arrives. God it must have hurt, the skin is pulled so thin on your belly now, how painful. It’s funny how you’ve said all along you’ll go a week over, your body obviously doesn’t like change haha
Thanks I’m not looking forward to tomorrow’s sickly sweet drink yuk

I got our Christmas decorations down too this weekend, I was concerned that if I didn’t do it now I wouldn’t feel like doing it next week and dd would miss out coz hubby wouldn’t bother. We’ve only really put up tinsel around the place and we still need to go and get our tree. I had another night last night of almost continuous bh and tightenings

 

[jessicaftl]

MrsDuck - thank you, I lathered up with lots of aloe and there are some scabs on it, but I think it'll be okay. I'm hoping it does heal up a bit before I go into labor, too, ugh. I couldn't even lean against the sink last night to do dishes. GL on the test! We haven't gotten our tree yet, but with the bins in the living room with decorations the little ones are getting excited to decorate. Maybe all that moving around will get labor going for me . I remember one time I read pineapple worked for inducing so I ate like two cans of it and then found out it's the raw pineapple... I ate some later on and it still never worked.

The countdown is on... four days! I can't wait to hear how it goes for Star today for her induction. Tomorrow I see my mw, nothing too exciting is going on *yet*. Hoping some plug comes out soon, unless I lost a bunch during the night or something, or maybe it'll all happen at once which would be a first haha. Hope everyone else is doing okay!!

 

[dove830]

So exciting with everyone getting close. Am I the latest? 3 weeks to go today. We did our decorating this weekend.....it was the first year that I literally did nothing. Hubby put up the lights and the tree, and then the kids decorated the house and the tree all by themselves, it was lovely. I have my regular dr appt this afternoon, but nothing exciting.

Jessica--your poor tummy
Star--how are you feeling?
MrsDuck--good luck with your test!

 

[jessicaftl]

I keep wondering who is gonna go next, lol, can't wait to hear from Star this week and see how her induction went (is going).

Dove - yeah I feel about the same, I just want to lump and not do anything at this point. Hard to chase around my two youngest when they are messing up the house and being a bit wild.

 

[jessicaftl]

Good morning everyone!

Hope everyone is doing okay, all is usual on my end. Anxious to see Star's update, been thinking about her induction and hoping all went well .

Not much going on for me, lots of braxton hicks yesterday, some kind of painful, so maybe the start of something?? Maybe I'll go earlier than I usually do?? No loss of plug yet, either. Just really hungry and anxious about labor. Tonight is my midwife appt and she texted me last night to give me good news that my out of hospital birth has been approved (woohoo).

 

[MrsDuck]

Jessica how is your belly and any signs yet?

Dove I think I’m the last, baby is due 18th December

Afm im not sure how my gtt went today, my bloods got sent to the lab and they said no news is good news so if I don’t get a phone call in the next couple of days I’ll find out at my next appointment next Wednesday

 

[MrsDuck]

Jessica I didn’t get your update until after I posted grrrr
Yay for getting your out of hospital birth, maybe baby was just waiting for that confirmation haha I hope all goes well st your appointment tonight.

I too am eagerly awaiting everyone’s baby news

 

[dove830]

Jessica---yay, that is great news!
MrsDuck--me too!! Can't wait for updates.....

My dr a[ppt was really quick yesterday. Same old, same old....except that I am now measuring TEN weeks ahead...….ugh!

 

[MrsDuck]

Omg dove is that even possible??? If baby is measuring that big don’t they want to induce you now? Your baby is going to be like a 3 month baby when she’s born. I’d be pooping my pants

 

[jessicaftl]

Thanks ladies, been watching fb group and it look like bdb had her daughter too, going on her profile pic, hopefully she posts her birth story soon! No news from markswife or Star yet, though...

dove - wow 10 weeks lol, is it from extra fluid? I cannot even imagine measuring so far ahead.

MrsDuck - my belly is okay, blistered like crazy, but I am slathering aloe on it constantly and it seems okay, it is scabbing up and healing as well as it can, hopefully healed enough by the time baby comes because it does hurt when hot water touches it still. Hope your gtt went okay, at least you're almost to the end either way and if it does come back bad it won't be for long.

I'm also awaiting baby news, so exciting! I think there's just a few of us left (lol not even December yet). I imagine my appointment will just be basic. I'm having lots of bh still today, so hoping maybe it's the start of something!! Still no plug or anything though, and last time my water broke so we'll see how it goes