July 2009 buddies wanted!!

[Elliebank]

Just had a text off Gem - 'Blake Ethan born 9.50am weighing 7lb 13oz. No drugs all is well'

Congrats Gem & George, can't wait to see pics xx

(Shelley - hope you don't mind, thought you'd be in bed xxxx)

 

[wishingonastar]

already congratulated her in other july thread but will do here too CONGRATULATIONS GEM!

 

[wishingonastar]

right...i'm off for my hike please please please let me come back and log on saying one of the following:
a) i'm having contractions
b) my water broke
c) i popped it out and am back home learning to breastfeed

 

[Elliebank]

am back home learning to breastfeed

I'll keep my fingers crossed for that one!!

Are you going with yr Dad?

 

[wishingonastar]

gonna walk to his which is about 5 mins walk by a capable persons standard...15 mins by mine! then have some refreshments look at some baby pics of me that he's found (i've NEVER seen pics of me as a baby before!) and then see how i feel as to whether i suggest him accompanying me on a hike...knowing me i'll feel too lazy and just trek the short but long walk back!

 

[elley_baby248]

OMG i told her yesterday she would beat me to it! I'm really jealous now but so glad she has her little boy and she went no where near being overdue like she thought she would!

 

[Elliebank]

You've never seen baby pics of yourself?!!! It might be like looking at yr baby if he/she takes after you!!! (hopefully you'll find that out today as well, what yr baby looks like)

 

[godivalocks]

Wow! That's a lot of pages since my last time on here!

Congrats, Gem!

Update for me: OB did a sweep without me even having to ask, but so far hasn't done anything. Not even bleeding. Was a little painful. She said she expected me to have had the kid by now and was surprised to see me.

If I don't go in the next couple days on my own, I'm to go in to get induced early (as long as they have a bed for me). I'm still hoping I'll go on my own, but at this rate, I doubt it.

Now I'm just hoping they'll say they'll have a bed for me. Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[Twiglet]

Hope the sweep does something for you Godiva!

Yay for Gem no pain relief and not a bigbig baby

wishing, lets hope its option C eh?

 

[Sarah+]

Oh WOW! Congrats Gem, George and (big) family! Brave girl too. I hope we see pictures soon

Glad to hear you got your sweep Godiva

I gotta get a ball! Seems to do the trick. Have had the worst back ache and bump pains all day. They're not contractions though - as it's just all the time! Feels like the head is pressing down on my cervix, which I guess it probably is. Ouch

 

[Elliebank]

Just had a text off SJK -

Hey girls, only got home for 20 mins yesterday when the pains started & I was bleeding, so phoned the ward & they told me to come back. Had labour pains all day, very strong, got pethadene injection & it was crap, made me drowsy but wakened me for every contraction. So after a bad night saw a doc this morning who was gonna break my waters as I was 3cm yesterday, I asked him to give me an hour to get bathed, in meantime he took another 2 girls to labour ward & broke theirs so I've to suffer another night & wait until morning unless I get further by myself. How's everyone coping, anyone go yet? x

Poor SJK, hope it happens today for her.

I've told her about Gem xx

 

[Sarah+]

Oh, poor thing She's been going so long with this now. Pass on our best wishes when you text next.

 

[wishingonastar]

elliebank - as you have gems number could you please let her know sjk says congrats...she asked me to pass it on but i don't have her number!

i was thinking...blake was a really good weight - so much for the docs thinking he'd be big!

well i walked about 1.5 to 2 miles in total and got lots of strong BH particularly on way back but they've stopped now...am currently typing this whilst sat on my ball rocking!!!

oh god ladies...so i saw pics of me as a baby for the first time and i was a little chubby cheeked thing and have to be honest wasn't all that awesome looking there were about 5 photos where i thought 'yeah ok i look sweet' but other than that i was like 'oh dear!!!' i also discovered today from seeing the piccies that my hair went completely blonde when i was a toddler...no one EVER told me that! i was born with brunette hair, went blonde and then went back to brunette when i was about 5 or 6. now i'm really 'interested' to see what my baby looks like

plus my bottom half actually looked like humpty dumpty... a huge belly and bum with little legs poking out cos apparently they used terry nappies on us which were like huge towels wrapped round our bums!!

 

[Elliebank]

elliebank - as you have gems number could you please let her know sjk says congrats...she asked me to pass it on but i don't have her number!

Already done it hon, SJK asked me too!

That's good that you got strong BH's....not so good that they've stopped!! Hopefully the walk will have done something!!!

re the baby photos!!!

 

[wishingonastar]

maybethistime is gonna try the long walk and ball trick tomorrow...she can't go for walk today as merv isn't home and there's a rapist on the loose in her area there have been five attacks recently and one a short way away from her

oh and elliebank - maybe says congrats to gem too and to tell her she's very jammy with how it worked out!

 

[wishingonastar]

thanks elliebank - we must have been texting sjk at the same time!

 

[Elliebank]

Lol I'll tell Gem.

OMG that's bad about the rapist!!

 

[shelleylu]

Hey girls.

Whata night - our first Mummy! I had the worst nights sleep of my life last night - well actually no sleep. I was staring at the ceiling at 6am this morning...... Gem text me at 4am - while I was wide awake to tell me the good news and of course that made me even worse!

How lucky is she? Nice short labour, no drugs - the girl's a wonder woman - she makes it sound easy eh!

SJK - poor you hun. Please send her my love whoever has her number. I have my fingers crossed things start to go a bit easier xxx

G - it can take a few hours for a sweep to have ANY effect, so bear with it hun xx

Well apart from having 2hrs kip (I look like complete sh!t and feel as bad, but have decided not to go to sleep so I can tonight instead..) The bug seems to be not so bad today. I was so worried yesterday afternoon when things went a bit wonky. I kept going really drowsy and my head was throbbing. I felt soooo ill all evening, and then couldnt sleep it off. I was also having regular BH and lots of pains. I thought about phoning the hospital at one point. Then of course I got scared and started crying because thats what you do when you're very pregnant and ill!

Touch wood the lurgy seems to be fading and I can get on with eviction... I'm up for the walking - but tomorrow please!!

Sorry for going on, but its been emotional and such a horrid week. Hopefully now the little July rays of sunshine are coming out, it'll cheer us all up a bit

Hope evryone is well xxxxxx

ps, can anyone explain why my wee is orange?

 

[Elliebank]

Glad yr feeling better Shelley. Poor you, it's bad enough being ill but awful when yr preggers too....and so close to yr due date!!

Hmmmm...maybe yr dehydrated? That normally makes wee darker

 

[TigerLady]

Congrats, Gem!!!!!

dunno about the wee shelly...? sorry. Maybe EB is right... dehydration combined with prenatal vits (which makes it bright yellow/green normally)