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[caz_hills]

Congrats DM & family great news can't wait to see pics.

Just thought I would mention on my TENS machine instructions it says you can try just 2 pads on your forearm before labour begins. My physio also said stressed the importance of putting it on when you get the first niggles of pain even if on very low & turning up as the contractions build as the reason TENS doesn't work for a lot of people is they put it on too late. So I am bearing that in mind & taking mine everywhere with me at the moment!

Thanks for the advice. Hann - I know nothing about TENS machines so I need to read the instructions. I will try it on my arm if that is what it says!!!

Glad I have it now so I feel prepared for the birth. Will have a look through the instructions today.

 

[caz_hills]

Hann - forgot to say happy 37 weeks! Also having a minor panic please don't try the TENS machine if it's not safe to do so..... I don't really know what we should or shouldn't do with it.

I'm having a paranoid morning today... Sorry!!! Need to go and chill out I think....

 

[melissasbump]

Hann, happy 37 weeks!

Caz, thanks for asking, im feeling ok so far today, however the sickness creeps up really quickly so dont hold my breath any more! Hope you have a lovely meal tonight.

I cant remember what else was said even though ive read it all!

Today not up to much, going to Sainsburys to pick up a few bits then OH is going to paint our bedroom, dont think hes particularly impressed with the pink colour i picked out but hey ho!

Wheres the sun? im planning on a marathon washing weekend!

 

[Hann12]

Photos of Sophie on facebook!! She is sooo gorgeous!

 

[Sofiekirsten]

Congrats DM!

 

[samzi]

So... who's next then?

 

[Blue_bear]

I think Wez or Claire next

Seems for all my niggles and false alarms over the past couple of weeks, all has gone quiet and ive been feeling pretty good the last day or so! (apart from lack of sleep!)

 

[SugarBeth]

Beth – are there any cupcakes left? I hope not!!!!! Also any news as I know you were having cramps last night?
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Lol sad to say there's only about half the batch left! Oops! Lol

My dad predicted I'd go into labor last night around 3-4 am. Sure enough I woke up around 3 to cramps like I haven't felt them before. They kept me up for an hour and a half before I was able to fall back to sleep. I dreamt that this morning I went to the bathroom and saw my bloody show and had my waters trickle out. I was very disappointed to wake up from that dream. The pain is still pretty bad though, hoping it progresses through the day. I sat on my birthing ball for a good hour and a half last night, which I think gave me these intense cramps. Planning on doing it again today, see where it goes...

 

[Hann12]

BB - I think I have borrowed your niggles and pains! I'm having loads of cramping and back pain, it's come out of nowhere but still have the mucus plug so think I'm a way off actual labour. Think these babies just like to tease us!!

 

[Blue_bear]

I havent lost my plug yet either Hann, but some people dont loose it until their waters go (or get broken) so i wouldnt take that as a sure fire sign either!

 

[caz_hills]

BB - I think I have borrowed your niggles and pains! I'm having loads of cramping and back pain, it's come out of nowhere but still have the mucus plug so think I'm a way off actual labour. Think these babies just like to tease us!!

We really are symptom-less! But Freckles had her baby I think with no symptoms before so I do hold out hope!

Hope the cramping and back pains improve, you have had such a tough week and deserve some rest and relaxation time! Are your relaxation / hypnobirthing CD's helping?

x

 

[Blue_bear]

Just sent J to the shop to get me a full fat coke, baby has been far too quiet for my liking. Has been since yesterday really too. Got a few small wriggles out of him this morning when i was poking to see if i could wake him but definately much quieter.
If i can get a few decent moves out of him i will be happy again!

 

[Hann12]

Hope you get him moving - the coke should do it! They are meant to be a but quieter in the run up to labour I think!

Caz - just got the natel hypnotherapy one through, I think they do help. Have them all on my iPhone so when the baby starts coming I can just plug myself in and start the relaxation. I hope it works for us!!

 

[sparky32]

BB, i've read loads of stories whereby the baby goes a bit quieter when they're in the birth canal and ready for labour. With you having all these cramps and niggles, maybe your not too far away...........fingers crossed!

I wish i can see baby Sophie, c'mon DM put some pictures up of your beautiful baby girl

AFM - i've been feeling rubbish since yesterday, i've been sleeping constantly since 3pm yesterday only waking for some food. Wonder if i coming down with something

Hope they're more beach bumps born soon xx

 

[Squeeker]

A couple quick questions for you all:

Has anyone's hair virtually stopped growing? I haven't shaved my legs in a week and there's barely fuzz there. I could easily go another week, when usually I'd be looking like an amazon woman right about now!

Also, anyone else experiencing really, really tender nipples? Like first-tri tender?

 

[curlew]

sophie is gorgeous, full head of hair and wee harry looks so proud lol they are really cute.

BB - just as well my DS is not near you when you say about getting coke. I asked him yesterday if he would get me a pepsi (have to say don't normally drink fizzy drinks but really fancied one yesterday|). He turned to me and said that he wasn't allowed fizzy drinks as they are bad for you so why was I making his baby brother drink it after all didn't I remember that the baby eats and drinks everything I have and that wasn't very fair on the baby to make him drink coke. I ended up having a J2O instead - guilted by a seven year old

Hope you get some movement soon though.

sparky - hugs that you are not feeling great. Maybe just your body gearing up and getting rest whilst it can.

SB - have fun on your ball.

 

[Blue_bear]

Have to say Squeeker, i have been the opposite. I could shave my under arms literally everyday! They never used to be so bad. My legs would be the same too if i could be bothered to keep up with doing them!
Oh, and havent had sore nipples but have had sore boobs in general! Most of the time its just my right one though which is a bit random!!

Bless your son Curlew! Have to say i have tried to stay away from fizzy drinks as much as poss but i do really fancy one sometimes.

I wonder if baby has gone quiet for a reason then......

 

[kelzyboo]

Awww curlew lol i think i love your DS, what a clever little boy, kinda like my DD too clever for their own good!! Sounds like he'll be a protective big brother, never a bad thing lol hope you drank the pepsi when he'd gone to bed!! I'd have to just to be a rebel x

 

[mummymarsh]

anyone else gone into labour or had babies yet??? xxx

 

[BlueViolet]

Squeeker, sounds like a great symptom, minus the sore nipples. I can't say I'm experiencing that.

Sparky, hope you feel better soon! I think our bodies are just exhausted at this point.

Bb, hope you get some good kicks from the coke. I'm experiencing more shifting than kicking, but I think it counts. I think they're running out of room, so there's less movement.

Caz, I'm symptom-less too. I had very little cramping last week, but that's it. My MW basically said that not all women lose their mucus plugs prior to labor. I suppose we'll see.

SB, that dream sounds like such a tease. My mom predicted July 1st and my husband thinks sometime during the first week of July. I feel like they're all taking bets on when I'm going to pop. So far the most popular date has been 4th of July. Personally, I'd prefer end of June, but I doubt my body will actually take my preference into account.

I need to come up with something fun to do this weekend in addition to our million projects from the "to do" list. I was thinking that there's a chance it could be our last weekend before the baby. Funny enough, everything I want to do seems to revolve around food. There's a place in Ithaca that has amazing Brie stuffed French toast. I wonder if I can rope my husband into going. I still have left-over eggplant parm (the portion was huge) from the restaurant last night. I have to say, it didn't give me one single cramp, but it was delicious.