Darling buds of May and June bugs!

[minidancer]

I know what you mean, when you get into the 30s weekwise it doesn't seem so scary to have baby early, although I would rather baby stayed put for as long as needed.

Oh Megan it's a bit scary isn't it, one evening last week my BHs seemed so much worse and I just felt really unsettled and uncomfortable, I thought the same! Plus I have been seriously nesting the last couple of weeks, cleaning everything!!

Amber I think it is quite common for baby to have the cord round their neck, a lot of babies are born with the cord round their neck too. I hope you can speak to your doctor about it though as you must be worried

We should do predictions of when we think our babies will arrive, think I saw a thread in 3rd tri last week on it, and see who is right/the closest to guessing their own. I will start

Due Date: 16th May
Predicted date: 19th May
Length of Labour: 8 hours
How labour will start: Contractions starting at night
Time of birth: 7am
Baby's weight: 8lb 12oz

Any other predictions we could make?

Your turn now girls

 

[gypsy1981]

Hmm that's a good one, ok here's mine...

Due Date: 17th May
Predicted date: 23rd May
Length of Labour: 14 hours
How labour will start: Waters breaking in bed
Time of birth: 2pm
Baby's weight: 7lb 10oz (or is that wishful thinking?)

My friend's mum thinks she's psychic and she predicted my baby will be born on 23rd. As this was my original due date before the 12 week scan brought me forward I'm inclined to believe her. She also predicted I would have a girl before I found out at the scan and told me that there is an old man with a flat cap watching over my baby until I can take care of her myself. It freaked me out a bit at the time but it's kind of comforting to me now.

Rose - so happy for you that Mark has a job, although it must be weird for you after having him around so much. At least it'll take pressure off financially though. Steven still hasn't found out about his but he's hoping to find something out this week. He's not confident though as it's an internal role and he's pretty sure of who they're going to hire. Still - fingers crossed for now!

I can't quite believe that i'm 32 weeks this week. My baby could be here in as little as 5 weeks! Ooh maybe it will be 23rd April - she never actually specified a month Although I'll not quite be 37 weeks by then and I'd rather she stayed put until at least 37weeks.

 

[minidancer]

Ooh I wonder if she will be right with your date then too, will be interesting to see. We will need to remember what page our predictions are on so we can check back on them.

Good luck for Steven, I hope he does get it and you find out this week.

Has anyone else starting sorting their hospital bag? I have started putting bits and pieces into mine, hope to have it all done by 35 weeks!

 

[gypsy1981]

Thanks - I hope he does too, it's just what we need.

I haven't started packing mine yet, although I have bought most of the stuff to go in it. Bought a couple of button down nighties (for breastfeeding), a huge dressing gown and some slippers in Primark and it came to a grand total of £20 Didn't see the point of getting anything decent considering the amount of time I'm going to spend in there. Plus they're coming in really handy at the minute too as I can't bear pyjama bottoms touching my bump during the night, it feels so uncomfortable.

What have you put in so far? I guess I could start packing nappies and breast pads, etc.

 

[minidancer]

Yeah there is def no point in spending much on them, plus they are likely to get messy and might be ruined and need to go in the bin afterwards. I have bought pjs and slippers from tesco and have dressing gown from last time which i think is primark. I have packed my toiletries, just bought travel size miniatures, packed maternity and breast pads, towels. Think that's it so far, I will pack my pjs and clothes in a couple of weeks. Put nappies in baby bag and will pack his clothes and blankets etc in a couple of weeks too. I have so many lists it is ridiculous!!

 

[meganOUFC]

Did anyone get there welcome pack from pampers? It had about 10 nappies in there so perfect for the hospital bag. And the mini toiletries you get from Wilkos are perfect for the hospital bag too!

 

[meganOUFC]

Did anyone watch one born every minute last night? It occurred to me that the baby born premature is what our babies look like now inside our tummies! As he was born at 30 weeks. It really shocked me and made this bump seem real! X

 

[minidancer]

I sky plussed it so il watch it this afternoon when LO has her nap. I can't believe there are only 2 more episodes left, that takes us into April!

Good luck at your scan today Rose, hope everything goes good!

 

[gypsy1981]

I watched it, that premature baby looked so delicate bless him. His skin was paper thin and was almost hanging off him. It's amazing what medicine can do these days, he looked so healthy 6 months on.

Well I just got back from midwife and wriggly is still doing perfectly. It's a shame the same cant be said about me though - I may possibly have a UTI. There was protein in my urine and I was getting pains last night which she said could be a symptom of it. They've sent my sample off for testing and if I get any more pains over weekend I've gotta go straight to maternity assessment unit

 

[minidancer]

sorry you are feeling rubbish! Hopefully it will come back as a simple uti that is easily treated with antibiotics. Put your feet up and haw a relaxing night tonight xx

I watched OBEM, I know what you mean, it's amazing to think that's what our babies are like just now. It is so good to see the amazing things modern medicine achieves, you would never know at the 6 month mark that he had been 10 weeks early!

 

[Elanesse]

x

 

[Elanesse]

x

 

[akjk]

dr just told me not to worry about the cord, but i still do! How can you not?! i just hope its not on there anymore and i'm worrying for nothing

 

[minidancer]

Happy Birthday Leanne Hope you have a great night tonight and have a nice long lie tomorrow to recover. Thats great about the job, fingers crossed you get it, good luck Ooh it will be interesting to see if your reading is correct, well the conception and test times are correct already. I bet it is a girl going by the pinkness of our thread!! Don't worry about a long labour, the time passes so quick that when you look back on it it will seem like it flew by.

Amber that is good that your doctor is not concerned about it, I think as it is really common. I know it doesn't stop you worrying though

 

[meganOUFC]

Great prediction Leanne! Although I feel your baby will be around 6 1/2lb. I've no idea why???????

Ok here's for me:
Due Date: 26th May
Predicted date: 28th may
Length of Labour: 5 hours
How labour will start: on the school run!
Time of birth: 14:00
Baby's weight: 8lb 6oz

 

[meganOUFC]

What an amazing day! Off to go to boats hill (a beauty hotspot in Oxford) for some greenery, great views and some family time x
Enjoy the sun girlies xx

 

[moggi]

Hiya, hope everyone is enjoying the weather. Sorry I haven't been about much recently. Been a bit stressed out and trying to get an answer from my midwife (waste of time honestly". Hospital have cocked up again, plotted growth chart incorrectly so it appeared she was growing nicely, just a bit small. When I got home showing Mark, I realised they had plotted it incorrectly, the doctor obviously hadn't checked and she has dropped onto the 10th centile, in the three weeks since the last scan. Bloody sonographer (whose fault it is) was the same one that put me back two days at the 12 week scan too. Soooo angry and stressed out now. I know it isn't life or death but i'm not being seen by anyone for another 4 weeks, I can see history repeating itself from my first daughter. I have absolutely NO trust in that hospital now If I don't hear from Midwife tomorrow (left message for her on Friday) I'm contacting the consultants secretary. xxx

 

[moggi]

Surprise, surprise. Nothing from midwife! Is it really too much to ask to have your mind put at ease?

 

[minidancer]

Aw Rose you really aren't having an easy time of it hun Your midwife sounds absolutely hopeless!! I would just phone the consultant and get them to answer your questions, and tell them you have been waiting all weekend for your midwife to get back to you and you haven't heard from her. I really hope you get some answers today, worrying will be doing you no good and it's not fair on you xxx

 

[moggi]

Spoken to consultants secretary, she said midwife should have dealt with this (which we all already know ) She's advised me to go to GP so they can plot it to see if there is a problem (there is, I can plot a bloody graph). If I get no luck anywhere she said to contact her again and she will fit me in at Thursdays clinic. So fed up and stressed now, just want to make sure she's ok