Labour watch - july babies 2014

[Cuddle4]

Congrats Krissie!!

Ohhh, okay Bailey that's good! I actually developed for Real hbp as of this week. They are monitoring me now with modified bedrest at home. Babes is 36. 3 now, but I'm still praying for him to stay his self in there and for my womb to continue to be a safe environment for him! I'll feel better about him making an appearance maybe this time next week! House is clean, yard is nice, bug man is coming to spray for mosquitoes and ants this weekend.. Everything is in place thankfully with the exception of HIS ROOM lol. He will be staying in our room for a few months so we aren't Pressed to make sure it's together but it would be nice if it was.

 

[kuriazuri]

Wow! Congrats ladies with babies!!!!! Exciting!!!

Had an appt today but they didn't check me and say I'm measuring right on track now? (Was a week ahead last week?) that's my only problem with midwives, is you have 15 different people you could see and no one does anything exactly the same. There are also a lot of medical students haha so one got to feel up my belly today. It was funny she had no idea what she was doing and I basically had to show her where to feel for each bit of baby and how to use the Doppler. I liked that the midwife let me tell her, and after the midwife turned to the medical student and said, 'see, a huge part of our job is LISTENING to women.' I liked that a lot. I asked if they would be willing to do a sweep next week, as they did one at my 38 week appt with my first. I want to enjoy the summer with my little man before I have to be back at work!

Keep those babies comin!

 

[baileybubs]

Wow congrats dairy momma and krissie!!!

Dairy momma I thought you'd gone quiet, and I don't blame you for the meds, we all know our own limits and why should we go through extra pain when we don't have to?
Congrats on your baby girl!

Krissie Congratulations!!! I thought you might get the epi, I didn't want to say but I found the pitocin brought it all on too strong for me when I had dd, it was intense like BAM!! And I couldn't cope so I had the epi. I asked my df how I was in labour last time as I thought I was very loud and panicky but he said I seemed calm and quiet......that's me all over you know I'm really suffering when I go quiet lol!! Usually I don't shut up lol

Well this morning I feel like I've run a marathon!!! Every bone in my body aches!! I've been awake half the night with such bad backache. Still got it now but still no cramps and just the odd BH. So still no sign for me *sigh*

 

[baileybubs]

Kuri that was nice that the MW said about listening to women to the student! Wish more MWs woul recognise that lol! Will they be doing a sweep for you soon? They refuse to give us one here until after 40 weeks or unless the consultant does it. Got mine booked for Thursday when I'm 40+2

 

[alex_22]

Congratulations krissie and dairymomma there can't be many of us left waiting now! Fingers crossed our babies get a much needed kick up the bum real soon! I just hope she doesn't come on ds birthday monday I can probably put money on it happening though! X

 

[celine]

Wow the babies are coming, hoping its contaagious for you alex & baileybubs xxx
Alex yea she will prob come on ur ds birthday hahaha.
I officially have three kiddos with 8 days between their birthdays

 

[baileybubs]

Alex my brother was born on my 4th birthday so we share a birthday, its quite fun actually seeing peoples faces when we wish each other happy birthday or when they ask if we are twins and we say no lol, people just dont seem to be able to compute the fact that he was born on my birthday. I'm sure your kids would love it if your dd comes on monday and they end up sharing!

Well I feel shattered but I have a major nesting bug lol!! And I just baked some cakes too lol. But thats coz my friend is coming over later with her dd for a play date so I thought I'd make some cupcakes for us seen as she's the only person nice enough at the moment to bother coming to see me lol!!

 

[alex_22]

Omg just 8 days haha I bet this is an expensive time of year for you its ideal having june/july babies though as its half way through the year the way I see it is I just have 2 big expensive occasions christmas/birthday week instead of birthdays been split between the year, oh I really hope this little lady decides to come soon I really don't think I can cope going 2 weeks over lol x

 

[baileybubs]

Ooh and just to add that a couple of months ago I made the prediction that I would go into labour on the 4th July and give birth on the 5th at 7.14am with him weighing 8lb 4oz so seen as today is the 4th I guarantee it wont happen coz I am never right lol!! I was convinced I was having a boy last pregnancy, then convinced I was having another girl this pregnancy, and I predicted Emilia would be born on April 2nd and she was born on April 5th. So even if I am wrong lets hope I am only 3 days out again lol!!

 

[alex_22]

I'm exactly the same bailey you can guarantee whatever I predict its wrong, everyday I think today is the day but no such luck! I never thought I'd be this fed up this soon, second time around is sooo much harder though x

 

[baileybubs]

I know, its these toddlers lol, wearing us out, how I long to be able to just sit down or nap lol! But currently I'm shattered and watching my dd throw all the balls out of her play tent looking like she's nowhere near ready for a nap *sigh*

 

[alex_22]

They are hard work mind arnt they lol, my ds has emptied his shopping trolly all over my floor and hasn't looked at it again as usual I don't have the energy to pick it all up though! I'm hoping he will sit down and chill out infront of the telly soon so I can nap! I'm drained today! X

 

[celine]

I remember with dd 1 i was so sure id go at 37 weeks cos looking after a toddler all day killed me!

 

[kuriazuri]

Bailey--yes, they will do a sweep before 40 weeks here. What I see, is the midwives would rather help jump start labor naturally to support the birth center (there are soooo FEW here, and only 1 within a hospital that I know of) than have a mom go to l&d to induce and leave the birth center roster. I don't know if I'm right, but that seems logical to me. Woke up bright and sunshiney way too early this morning! Going to go meditate and start visualizations and acupressure as the 5th is the first of the dates I would like (luckily there are more) we dtd last night plus I'm doing 3000 mg epo nightly. Can't ingest the stuff as it gives me major migraines! Can't wait for fireworks tonight! Happy 4th!!!!!

 

[alex_22]

I think it makes sence to start doing sweeps before 40 weeks anyway maybe there would be a few less inductions if from 38-39 weeks they offered sweeps, my hospital now offer induction as soon as your waters break :S I definitely won't be accepting if my waters go first again I'd rather give my body time to do it on its own then be induced after the 24 hours, before joining this site I was oblivious to the complications that can come with inductions and probably would have snapped their hands off but ill definitely be declining until my 24 hours are up x

 

[Timewaster]

Happy 4th of July, everyone (who live in U.S)! How is everyone feeling today?

I was hoping for a 4thof July baby but nada. Oh well...

 

[baileybubs]

Oh yeah happy 4th July, forgot it was Independence day for you guys in the US.

Alex I actually did snap their hands off last time for induction, my BP was raised and I had protein in my urine but they didnt actually confirm pre-e, they just said "seen as you are a day before due date we may as well induce" and I was so excited about meeting dd and not being pregnant anymore I had no idea the complications and what could happen. I wish I had waited a day or two more coz my body wasnt ready at all, plus they rushed it through because they had a room available for me.

Kuriazuri yeah it makes total sense and I wish they did that here, I dont think my local MWs are allowed to though as the one I asked last week said it wasnt in the MWs remit to do a sweep before 40 weeks. After 40 weeks we are at lower risk so they only do it then apparently. I think its rubbish coz we all know due dates are just a guess really so why they need to take it to the letter I will never know. I had a private scan the week before my NHS dating scan and their measurements put my due date at 6th July not 8th so it goes to show that they can vary so much, so why wait until EXACTLY 40 weeks to do a sweep. If my body wasnt ready then nothing would happen surely. Oh well, c'est la vie I guess lol!

I'm feeling nothing today Timewaster, well, I say nothing, but still the same BHs, cramps and my back ache has stepped it up a notch making it impossible to sleep at all!! But besides that its the same as yesterday, and the day before lol. Nothing.
How about you?

 

[dairymomma]

Hang in there ladies! I don't remember if I posted this with my update or not, but I had no signs of labor before Tuesday evening either. Nada. Nothing. Zip. Just my usual discharge and BH when I walked. Even my backache had disappeared. Then that night I had regular BH and even told DH, "If I didn't know better, I'd think I was in labor." Went to bed thinking that would stop everything. Woke up 2.5 hours later in early labor. So no signs doesn't mean anything really. This was my fastest labor yet too-12.5 hours if you go from the time my BH started to delivery.

 

[alex_22]

Bailey in your situation I would have done the same but knowing they'll only leave you 24 hours from your waters breaking I think its worth giving your body a chance to do it itself, I lost quite a lot of my plug this morning no blood in it though just white/yellow and about the size of my thumb, I'd be going into labour tomorrow with finnley 38+2 so maybe this little lady will follow suit I very much doubt it though its FARRRR to coincidental x

 

[Timewaster]

Yeah. I have been losing my plug since the last 2 weeks but other than that nothing has been happening.

My doctor is very experienced and she is convinced I will go into labor before 9th. That kind of got my hopes up.

Alex - you never know. You might go into labor tomorrow.

Maybe if we all think hard enough about going into labor. It might work. It worked for me when I was having my second baby.

I thought about going into labor on my due date and contractions started that night so you never know.