***January Jellybeans***~ 35 BABY GIRLS & 23 BABY BOYS BORN ~***

[jojo-m]

possibly at slight progression from me. Felt a bit crampy walking round town this morning and when I've been to the loo had 3 little spots of 'spotting' like I'm about to start my period. Nothing on wiping at all but I'm daring myself to home its the start of my show! Going on birth ball for a bit now to see if I can get anymore out lol x

 

[beccybobeccy]

possibly at slight progression from me. Felt a bit crampy walking round town this morning and when I've been to the loo had 3 little spots of 'spotting' like I'm about to start my period. Nothing on wiping at all but I'm daring myself to home its the start of my show! Going on birth ball for a bit now to see if I can get anymore out lol x

oooh fingers crossed its that 5-11lb baby trying to come out! lol!


Nothing happening here really. I've been crampy but then I've been like this for a few weeks now so I think thats just normal aches and pains.

Going out for dinner with OH and his friends now to try and take my mind off things. Watched pot and all that... x

 

[jms895]

oOOOOOOH GOOD LUCK JO XX

 

[~TLC~]

I blame pregnancy brain but I keep forgetting about this thread!!! But millward329 kindly reminded me about it again!!

Today is my due date!! And hopefully I'll have a little boy to show for it soon. =D

 

[jojo-m]

happy due date TLC!

Its very quiet on here today, obviously people have more interesting things to do than me! Feeling quite crampy again but no more spotting so if it was show, it was a rubbish one!

Off to relax in bath! Hope one of us overdue ladies gets some 'real' action soon!
xx

 

[abstersmum]

I've spent my first official day of maternity leave cleaning the bathroom and I'm exhausted don't know why it's not like it's big

 

[hodbert]

Hiya guys. Sorry I've been AWOL. Am still in hospital. Don't know how many of you have seen my or adam's facebook and Internet in hospital is rubbish so will update fully tomorrow when I get bk home (finally). Labour went badly for me, baby moved and after 40 or so hrs they decided to pull her out with forceps then, when they couldn't, do an emergency c-section. But holly is here now. Yay! Sorry, lisa, we couldn't think of a replacement name and figured you prob wouldn't worry too much about sharing a name. They've currently taken holly so I can have sone rest, which I was all for but now can't sleep coz I feel like a rubbish mum.
Love to all, I haven't been able to read all but will tomorrow. Thanks for all your support in the lead-up to and during my labour. Lifesavers, all of you. Xxx

Hey Tracy, just seen your post, congrats on the birth of Holly! After having a similar length labour I know how you feel and don't feel like a bad mum for getting some rest! After my labour I could barely hold her I was so tired and every night we were in hosp she went into the nursery as we were just so shattered. Take the help whilst its there! And as for the name - yey for sharing names!

 

[~TLC~]

Don't worry I have no interesting things to do either. I've been sitting in front of this computer screen most of the day trying to pass the time! Solitaire has become my new best friend. Boredom is a wonderful thing I can only clean my house so many times, lol.

 

[MrsPhez]

Hey ladies!
Have been having another quiet day on B&B ready for action tomorrow. Action has found me early though! Waters have sprung a slow leak and just had a bloody show! With 12 hours to go to induction he sure was cutting it fine. Have called the maternity unit and they said to wait to go in until the morning as planned unless waters look murky. Still not had a single contraction since those 2 strange pains I felt Tues evening. Hoping for a speedy birth tomorrow by avoiding the pessaries and going straight for the drip/epidural combo.
Feeling excited, nervous but mainly positive and ready. Now how am I going to get a good night's rest? Time to go and check my bags to make sure I have everything. Good luck to all of you waiting. Am sure I'll be on here again soon even if bubs hasn't yet arrived. x

 

[~TLC~]

I'm excited for you MrsPhez!! Best of luck tomorrow!

 

[millward329]

Thats great Mrs Phez, all the best for you x

 

[jojo-m]

Yay mrsphez at last! I'm sure you will be contracting on your own by morning but good luck all the same! How exciting!! X

 

[LittleMrs]

Due date today and no sign yet

Happy due date to you! Hope you don't see too many days past it without putting in an appearance!

not been on here for a while so just catching up on all the threads been so tired of late and busy getting ready for our baby boy due next week!! (20th jan) no sign yet really aching and braxton type twinges midwife said on thurs (13th) that he is 3/5 so is in right place and said next thurs 20th at my app she will do a sweep if we want see if it gets him moving this is my 1st and fiances 3rd baby so im so nervous of the unknown... labour, being in hospital (hate them) and having to stay alone there at night etc :O( i think fiance is just as nervous as me but both so excited to be meeting baby finley soon ) hope you are all doing well xxx

You will be fine, I was telling susie that you will be so busy with baby and exhusted from birth you will be more irritated than anything else with all the noise on the wards when you want to sleep!

Thank you for being so supportive. Am feeling better today. Am just confused about everything, I just hadn't prepared my self for being this overdue but I'm coming to terms with it. Had a better sleep, although have had headache last couple of days. Prob stress related.

Blondie, wishing you all the very best for your induction. It will so amazing to meet our new additions and it will be soon!

Jo-Jo - am back into relax mode. DH made me a frothy coffee! Hope your back pain mean there is a baby round the corner!

Good to hear your going to have a nice relaxing day, I'm going for a waddle round the shops later for a bit of retail therapy (although in York not Sheffield so about an hours drive away hope I'm not going to live to regret that! Would be amusing though! Do you see midwife again soon or just at induction next? on the positive side of induction your 99% more likely to get an epidural if you ask for one than if you don't get induced! x

I keep having flashbacks - fairly sure i begged on my knees for an epidural. Got one though.

Hey girls hope you are all ok and coping with your last fews days of being preggy (hopefully!). To all those who are worried about inductions, although my labour was long and ended in c-section, that was nothing to do with being induced, more my body not able to push holly out. The induction process is nothing to worry about and you will be great. Once you get in there you just go with it anyway and even though I was in there for 40 hours (again not due to being induced) it didnt seem like it at the time and when i look back it doesnt seem that long either.

I hadnt realised how similar our labours were - I wasn't induced but it was 40 hrs and ended in a c-section.... and, of course a Holly.

Hiya guys. Sorry I've been AWOL. Am still in hospital. Don't know how many of you have seen my or adam's facebook and Internet in hospital is rubbish so will update fully tomorrow when I get bk home (finally). Labour went badly for me, baby moved and after 40 or so hrs they decided to pull her out with forceps then, when they couldn't, do an emergency c-section. But holly is here now. Yay! Sorry, lisa, we couldn't think of a replacement name and figured you prob wouldn't worry too much about sharing a name. They've currently taken holly so I can have sone rest, which I was all for but now can't sleep coz I feel like a rubbish mum.
Love to all, I haven't been able to read all but will tomorrow. Thanks for all your support in the lead-up to and during my labour. Lifesavers, all of you. Xxx

Hey Tracy, just seen your post, congrats on the birth of Holly! After having a similar length labour I know how you feel and don't feel like a bad mum for getting some rest! After my labour I could barely hold her I was so tired and every night we were in hosp she went into the nursery as we were just so shattered. Take the help whilst its there! And as for the name - yey for sharing names!

I'm glad you're not upset. I honestly hadnt realised that it wasnt just the name they had in common. Wonder if other Hollys had a similar birth - maybe we should start warning people!!

 

[abstersmum]

Good luck mrs phez

 

[jms895]

Morning pregnant ladies Hows everyone?

 

[jojo-m]

still pregnant and totally fed up! stupidly had a feeling that last night would be the night, even arranged who I would call in the night etc. Even had bath with clary sage oil last night, didn't do anything but it was relaxing! Sweep tomorrow, not really looking forward to it as still getting slight spotting, starting to wonder if its an infection rather than start of anything.

Wonder how mrsphez is getting on, aww hope she has her baby soon x

 

[sar35]

good luck Mrs Phez, not long Jo (sorry prob the wrong thing to say)

 

[abstersmum]

I'm fed up too I also thought something could be starting last night and almost sent our daughter to my mums, also had an argument with oh this morning as he woke me up watching a loud film downstairs I know it was 9 am but it's my first day off work and he doesn't work and I let him lie in till 11 yesterday ok rant over sorry tired and emotional

 

[jojo-m]

thanks sarah, it gets harder to imagine having the baby rather than easier even though logic says that its less time to wait x

 

[smiffy85]

HIYA!!! :waves:

LOL!

Just caught up with everything. Had like 12 or so pages to read so excuse me if I don't mention important stuff lol! Its been like 3 days since I checked on here (Toby has been a demading little monkey with feeding but more of that later) and can't believe the action!

Pinkie, Central Perk and LittleMrs - YAY YAY YAY! You finally have your babies! Congrats!

Beccy, Jo, Susie, MrsPhez, abstermum and anyone else still preggers - sending lots of hugs. I know I only went to +3/4 days over but I was so ready for Toby to come out by then so sympthise totally - and loving the eviction procedures! Still no swallowing though...nobody that desperate hehehehe

Need to check the mummies thread yet but I always come here first even tho Im not preg anymore lol. Like to keep up with those of you still cooking beans!

Toby is still adorable and is starting to look like a proper little person now not just a scrunchy newborn. He is a very demanding feeder tho and cos of that I have been suffering a bit with sore boobies and nipples. He can chomp down hard sometimes and it nearly has me on the ceiling!!! I bought some nipple sheilds which worked for a few days but he doesn't always accept them and tends to knock them off as he is latching on so have resorted to lansinoh cream which seems to work so far as long as I use it lots and after every feed. Started to express too now which helps and he takes a bottle well.

Had a few meltdowns RE feeding over the past few days but thats cos of the pain and the hormones. Was stressing OH out a bit and he just told me to relax and stop over analysing Toby's actions so much. I keep expecting a routine i think but he's only 10 days old lol! High expectations I think.

I love being a mummy tho, when he stares at me my heart melts and I love the cuddles! He was very good yesterday, we went to the pub for dinner for my mum's birthday and he slept the whole time in his car seat. Then had to wake him for a feed and her did a massive dirty nappy which involves a full costume change!

Still need to get aorund to writing my birth story. Have done a censored version for family email so just gonna adapt that. When I get a chance as I'm enjoying a catch up with you lot!

Sending lots of love and luck for labour to start soon!

Good luck MrsPhez for today!

xxxxx