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[justmarried24]

Morning all!!

Oooooh sweep today Nat! How exciting!! Cant wait to hear all about it. Hope it's not painful hun!!!! Just think, you could have baby by tonight or tomorrow if it works!!! Great news about the house too. Keeping everything crossed!

Donna - thats a great idea to record baby's heartbeat to pc....might have to get hubby to help me!!

Liz - I think Dylan Thomas is fab, and like Nat I did Alevel English Lit and never heard of him so I wouldnt have known anything about the link to the poet!!

Chelsie - hope youre enjoying maternity leave hun!!

I am having a day of doing nothing today as I havent slept well again and I also dont feel well. I have a headache (since yday afternoon) and I am all aches and pains!! Keep getting so many twinges which are starting to hurt too....but they never become anything more than slight twinges!

Hope you all have a nice day ladies!

Love and hugs
xxxx

 

[wannabubba#4]

Morning ladies - OMG nearly 10am and I am just up haha -didn't sleep great either but mainly due to DH moaning and groaning and OW-ing all night -poor soul really is sore, normally never complains about anything -funny how empathetic he has become to my pain also lol; so when he left for work I had been awake for hours already and really COULD have got up but I am so glad I never -the best 2 hours sleep I have had lol

Nat -SO excited for you hun, hope the sweep goes well -or should I say has gone well haha - you could have your baby today OMG; or at least by the weekend. SO exciting, cant wait to see whether your baby is pink or blue- bet you are glad you stayed on team yellow now.
Have a fab day after your mw appt, sounds like a nice busy afternoon to help the sweep along and keep your mind off the twinge spotting lol. xx

Lori -hope you are feeling better, and hoping the twinges hurry up and come to something for you. I remmeber having lots of twinges with previous pregnancies and although desperate for some sign now lol -I am not wanting days / weeks of cramps and 'is this it???'' moments. Cant see you going overdue though, this has been going on for awhile now for you, hasn't it??
FX'd for you and loads of labour dust xxx

I have had nothing still - cant believe it!! I know that baby will come when ready and all the tricks to help start labour are all dubious at best, but c'mon baby -had a very spicy madras last night, a whole pineappple, 4 cups of RTL and even managed to get DH upstairs for an early night - through his and my pain lol -very sexy and romantic NOT!! haha; and not even a BH lol
DH has been told he cannot be off work after 2nd Aug as there are too many assistant managers off in Aug so his paternity/ annual leave starts next week. Aaaaaaarrgghhhh -he is having 1 week A/L and 2 weeks P/L so he is officiallly on hols from next Monday and hoping desperately that baby comes by the end of next week so that he can have 2 full weeks paternity with us. I am SO pissed at his work, and him for not standing up to them - he is just glad to be getting the 3 weeks off!!! Originally he was told he could have 2 weeks paternity but NO hols as they couldn't spare him for 3 weeks in the summer, but no bloody good if baby is overdue and needs to be induced on 23rd July -he'd only have 1 week left then GGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I s'pose even if baby is born by next mid-week lol then DH will have had a few days off to chill first - only fair I s'pose, since I have been off FOREVER!! (and hopefully give his pain a chance to settle) and then 2 1/2 weeks paternity leave. Sods law that wont happen now though, will it??? I will just need to DEMAND a sweep at 40w+1 (next Wed) and pray that it works -thats the same day as your planned induction Nat, isn't it ?lol - if your sweep doesn't work we could have babies on the same day haha

My eldest DS is coming homw today yay!! glad baby held off for him - and so looking forward to seeing him -it's only been a few days but it's mad how much I miss him haha - even though he IS becoming a horrid hormonal teenager lol

Liz - hope you and Dylan are good
Chelsie - hope you are enjoying your maternity leave - am kind of expecting you to pop next now lol- just cos we dont hear the typical 'no symptoms' or ' 'OMG sypmtoms' threads from you and you'll be one of the lucky ones who just pops one night and has their baby haha

Have a fab day ladies, hugs to all mums ,bumps and Dylan xxxxx

 

[nb1984]

Well I am back!!

I went to my midwife and had my sweep, I was expecting it to hurt a lot more than it did, it was more uncomfortable than anything. Ooh lets hope it does something!

She said I am already 1cm with my cervix nice and soft but I have lost another kilo and not grown in fundal height so now measure 34 weeks at 39 weeks! So here is the current plan, unless obviously the sweep does something in the meantime...

On Saturday at 6pm I go into the hospital and they put in a pessary and do a heart trace on the baby, then on Sunday at 7.30am it is back to the hospital, unless of course contractions start in the night, and then hook me up to a hormone drip to get everything going, so by Monday at the latest Baby Bourner will be here! I still cannot believe it, or get my head around it! very pleased to have a quiet day tomorrow that I can get everything sorted and move the crib into our room and pack a few more things, this is nuts!

Sorry to get to be so lucky and organised when you have the stress of not knowing what is happening Donna, fingers crossed something will just 'occur in the night' for you this week!

Lori - I am sorry to hear you are not feeling too well, I hope that changes soon, and changes into some pain that you don't mind having!

ANyway I am off to get my nephew from school now and then onto the picnic, hoping nothing happens while I am with my Mum and sisters or they will all go into mental overdrive and I will kill them, haha I am terrible I know!

xxx

 

[MilitaryMummy]

Hey ladies... So sorry i haven't been on for a while!!! Have had a very very busy weekend lol. And have not been very well the last few days

Nat... Hopefully the house thing will be sorted soon for you, i can't believe there making out to be so much trouble! lol. Also GOOD LUCK hope the sweep today has worked for you although am very jealous hehe.. Great news about your pram aswell... glad they were so understanding!

Liz... Hope you and Dylan are good!

Lori... i really hope for your sake that all these aches and pains and twinges turn into something for you soon!

Donna... I hope something happens for you soon too.. just to release you of some of your pain. Hope DH is ok aswell. And defo fingers crossed that bubs comes so he has plenty of time with him before going back to work!

I haven't really had any twinges or niggles or anything, just suffering with the normal old backache which is horrendous and now my hips have started to play up! . Starting to feel your pain Donna. The lack of sleep is a nightmare isn't it???? Maternity leave is lovely... especially with the lack of sleep not having to get up in the morning is a god send
Well other than that not alot to say really, all baby's things are ready and her room and everything... very subtle and simple her room is! Not gone for pink, gone for neutral. We also now have her pram and have it set up with the carrycot on it ready. So glad we now have everything sorted.
Didn't really want the pram in the house before she was born but unfortunately MIL wont be able to get up again before she was born and she had the car seat so didn't want to risk being without that!!!

Hope you all have a fab day today ladies, i am planning on doing pretty sweet FA .

Love and hugs to all mums, bumps and Dylan xxxxxxxx

 

[nb1984]

Well to update I have been to my reflexologist who is SO lovely and said she has done some moves to help the sweep.

I thought I might lose more of a plug than I have done but hey ho, I haven't had any BH today but I have had some pains in the top of my legs which is odd?! I just started to feel really sick while eating dinner so I'm going to have a bath & relax before pouncing on hubby later!!

Hope you've all had relaxing days & hope you feel better soon MM xxx

 

[wannabubba#4]

Good Luck Nat -hope labour starts soon for you and very soon you'll be holding your lil bubba xx

 

[GossipGirly]

good luck Nat fxd for you, post some pics on here and not just fb pls for us stalkers x

 

[nb1984]

Well it is 3am and I'm wide awake again!!!

After a bath & relaxing evening, doing the deed and off to bed I still got nothing!

No show, no broken waters, not even any braxton hicks!!!

So I guess I have until Saturday night now so it means I can get on with packing, I promise to post pics & an announcement here first as we won't put anything on fbook for a while. I have so many random people on there that I'd rather tell all our close friends & family first! So my sisters are under strict instructions not to post it all over!

Right I am going to hopefully fall back to sleep!! X

 

[nb1984]

My waters broke!! It was just before 6am and they really popped!! Will keep you updated when contractions start!!xxx

 

[MilitaryMummy]

OMG nat that's amazing.... keeping everything crossed for you!!!! Good luck babes. xxxxxxx

 

[nb1984]

OMG nat that's amazing.... keeping everything crossed for you!!!! Good luck babes. xxxxxxx

Thank you! My contractions are every 12 minutes now, but really mild still so just chilling in my rocking chair with my tens machine on, if you havent got one I really recommend it, it is def helping! xx

 

[GossipGirly]

oooo how exciting!!! good luck hope everything goes well for you! cant wait to see if you are pink or blue! x

 

[MilitaryMummy]

OMG nat that's amazing.... keeping everything crossed for you!!!! Good luck babes. xxxxxxx

Thank you! My contractions are every 12 minutes now, but really mild still so just chilling in my rocking chair with my tens machine on, if you havent got one I really recommend it, it is def helping! xx

I dont have one but have heard there fab! what kind do you have?? xx

 

[wannabubba#4]

Congrats Nat - OMG you'll have your baby by tomorrow latest, hope you aren't too uncomfortable just now and all the best.

I loved mt TENS with second labour, never got a chance with thrid and never got round to buying one this time -last one got broken some time down the line. WishI ahd bought one now, DH could use it jsut now, in fact I think I'll go get one jsut now -we have both been up ALL night with him in pain zzzzzzzz -back to the docs first thing this morning. OMG IF I go into labour in the next few days I am going to have to do it alone sob sob

Good Luck Nat xxx

 

[justmarried24]

Wow!!! Nat!!! So excited for you!!

Nothing to report here. Keep getting BH, but they never turn into anything else! Off to collect tens machine from a friend today. She bought one when she was pregnant so just going to borrow hers. Glad to hear its working hun!! Goodness me you will have your baby by tomorrow at the latest!!

I have a nice day planned with my SIL and nephew. He's almost 2 and very active so hoping running around after him in the garden might start something!! Haha!

Nat I am so excited for you, but also SO jealous! I want a sweep!! Hehe!! Keep us updated!

Love and hugs all, have a nice day!
xxxxx

 

[mrsbeanbump]

wow Nat!!! the end is in sight!!! good luck with everything, are you going to wait as long as you can at home? omg you could have your baby by now!! (or it could be a day or so but here's hoping!)

yay yay yay yay! remember, don't stay on your back! the mw will try to get you there subtly 'let me just check baby' and then you'll end up staying on your back so remember to move!!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[MilitaryMummy]

Sorry ladies... what tens machine would you lot recommend??? xx

 

[wannabubba#4]

Sorry ladies... what tens machine would you lot recommend??? xx

Lloyds chemist(in shop and online) have their TENS machines at half price just now -I just bought one for DH and I'll use it when in active labour -as its not a maternity one not recommended for pregnancy use, but would be fine in labour according to the pharmacist.

xxx

 

[nb1984]

Hello! A very quick update! I was 4cm dialayed at 3pm contractions were over a minute with less than a minute in between so I rook the epidural at 2.30, after being up all night I was totally done!! They're confident baby B will be here tonight!! Will post again if/when I can!!

I hired a mama tens for £25 an it was brilliant highly recommend it!

Bythe way, gas and air is amazing!!!! Xxx

 

[mrsbeanbump]

yes gas and air is amazing nat!!! take care of yourself!! so excited for you, birth is sooooo AMAZING!! keep us updated!!! xxxxxxxxx