*** NOVEMBER 2011 BABIES ! *** Chrysanthe-Mums - 39 babies here already!!!

[k8y]

Hope everyones getting on ok. Looking foward to hearing more birth announcements soon.

Piccy of my beautiful Martha all content after a mammoth feeding session ...

 

[Huggles]

She's gorgeous k8y

 

[Mrs. AJ]

K8y she is absolutely perfect!

 

[tlh97990]

qwk im in love with your nursery i wish i was more creative but im not

good luck everyone thats had sweeps hopefully some more babies will be born.

afm im still having irregular contractions but theyre not very strong so im thinking shell hang out in there for at least a week when my doctor gets back. im going to tell my boss this afternoon that next week is going to be my last week at work whether or not the baby comes because she'll def. be coming the week after induced or not so i may get a couple days of no work or school or baby. that'd also put me off work til the week of christmas which is what i was kinda hoping for cuz id go back to work for 3 days and have a 5 day weekend with the holiday break then have 3 or 4 days of work and another long weekend for new years so i think my plan is good!!

 

[k8y]

aw thank you. first couple of days were hard, but now milk has come in she is sleeping better and seems more content in between. x

 

[wtt :)]

Amazing nursery and happy 38 (?) weeks, qwk!
Are we really all having contractions already? I had one definite one yesterday morning, then another one at night and maybe a few here and there during the night but i was half asleep and couldn't be bothered!
she is beautiful, k8y!

 

[Huggles]

good luck tlh - hope your boss agrees! (he better jolly well agree!)

 

[tlh97990]

im sure they will i figure itd be better for them to have a set day that they can tell my fill in to plan on being full time from that point on unless madelyn comes before then. i almost feel bad working when it could be any day just because if i went into labor in the middle of the night or right before work it may be harder for them to get the fill in at the office on time!

 

[wtt :)]

Happy 39 weeks, Dr.G!

 

[Michieb]

Great nursery QWK!! Huge room!!! I love all the handmade touches!!
K8Y she is beautiful!!! Glad you are enjoying!!!

Hope things go well for you with your sweep dr gomps!

Babyhopes good luck!!

 

[Mrs. AJ]

Tlh, I'm sure your work will be happy to agree to that, sounds like a good plan. And happy 39 weeks!

 

[wtt :)]

happy 39 weeks, tlh! Good luck. Hopefully this will turn into something productive soon! (at least by the time your doctor is back )

 

[MummyCat]

OMG... QWK... that is one heck of an amazing nursery it's certainly a room you'd WANT to spend a lot of time in! you are so creative and talented... it really shows in the room! Quinton will love it! Happy 38 weeks hun!

hia girls, just hought i'd drop in and say just got back from having a sweep and im 3cm's xx

Good luck Chloe!!! Hope it kicks off nicely for you!!

Happy 39 weeks TLH!

Katie.. Martha is beautiful!!! Glad feeding is going well! xx

 

[DrGomps]

qwk...I AM IN LOVE with your nursery!! You are so talented!! I love how you did his name in needle point loops with the same fabrics you used to make the bedding and I love the colors and the goldfish on the wall...how did you do that?? I definitely would love to spend time in that nursery!!

tlh...I still can't believe you are still working...you make me feel lazy...but I am loving some me time before she comes...but I understand wanting to maximize the time with baby.

Bby...I hope you can get some rest and things ease up.

Chloe...hope the sweep works..

K8y...love the pic of Martha...makes me broody!!

 

[bbygurl719]

still feeling a lil uneasy but not as bad as earlier will probably go to bed early again. i just wish i could say this is it shes comeing but i cant

 

[qwk]

thank you all! i totally go up there and just hang out in the glider... which btw is awesome. it was so overpriced from babies r us, but my mom generously gave it to us for our shower and my it is comfy. DH fell asleep in it the other day when he was up supposedly working on something else everything else was actually pretty cheap, it's mainly ikea (including secondhand ikea, even better)

dr. g - the little fish are vinyl decals i got off etsy! peel and stick hehe.

 

[pip7890]

Goodness this thread moves so quick!

Beautiful pics Sheryl.

Lovely nursery Qwk.

Happy x weeks for those moving up today.

So many contractions!

AFM Here's my update from today's hospital appointment:

Endocrinologist - very happy with my bloods. Doesn't need to see me again until 8w after the birth. I will need to do another GTT at 6w post-birth.

36w growth scan - WB currently measuring around 7lb (give or take 25%); head circumference, abdomen circumference and femur length all correlate so suggests he's not adversely affected by my GD; I, however, have been diagnosed with polyhydramnios https://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/complications/polyhydramnios/ but it appears quite mild and is probably linked to my GD.

We did get a picture but it's pretty crappy so not sure whether I'll bother posting. The sonographer was the moody bitch who normally shouts at people and I couldn't face a battle with her.

Obstetrician - decision made to induce me at 38w exactly so I'm booked in for Monday 7 November. He thinks there's a good chance I won't make it that far due to the tightenings I've been having and the partial plug loss/CM. He's told me what I have to do if my waters break before the induction because of the potential complications of the polyhydramnios. He thinks that if I do need to be induced we might be able to get away with just a membrane rupture, rather than a pessary, as he would expect my cervix to have begun dilating by 38w.

I'm feeling rather apprehensive now - it seems very real suddenly - and I must admit to bursting into tears when I heard about the polyhydramnios. It just feels like something else to worry about if you know what I mean.

to all

Pip x

 

[tlh97990]

i cant believe im still working either every day when im on my way to work i just wanna turn around to go home and lay on the couch but i dont want to spend two weeks at home and have four weeks to spend with her and recover so im trying to stretch it out as long as possible!!

so my mom is mad at me because i originally told my family i would call them after i had the baby due to not wanting to be bothered with family and stress while im in labor. well i decided id be nice and call them when i was in labor so they could take their time coming up and see us while we were still in the hospital. after yesterday thinking my water broke i called my mom on the way to the hospital and told her i was going to get checked out and would let her know if it was the real deal or a false alarm. i text her to tell her the labs take 30 mins to determine if it was amniotic fluid and i would call her after i knew. the two hours i was at the hospital she called or texted me every 5 minutes the entire time so i told her i def. wasnt calling until after the baby was here or when i was almost ready to push her out because she drove me nuts when it wasnt even the real thing. so now she says im ungrateful and now that i have my car back i dont care about anyone else. she tried saying she only called because everyone else was calling me and she didnt want me to think it was because of her when she was the only person that continuously called!!

 

[sherylb]

I'm kind of thinking it would be nice to not tell people until after after my own false labor. Family and friends were constantly texting and calling and I haven't been answering my phone for the last week because I don't want to talk to anyone except DH and my mom now.

 

[tlh97990]

i feel bad because i do want to include them since it is the first grandbaby and what not but ive tried nicely explaining i dont want to be bothered and if its that bad in false labor i can only imagine how much worse itll be in real labor!

after i hung up with my mom telling her id call after the baby is born she had her boyfriend call and leave me a voicemail saying he was cutting off my gas card (he gave me a credit card to use for 50 dollars in gas each month) and if i used it today after 5:15pm when he called he was going to report it stolen so id get in trouble with the police since i was being selfish and stubborn and dindt want to tell my mom when i go into labor. i feel like that was the perfect way to get me to call first thing when i go into labor!! its just sad to me that they are being so childish and acting like my feelings dont matter when this is the one time for me to be selfish and have things my way!