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Lea couldn't wait to log on to see if anything was kicking off!!! I had a terrible night - painful BHs for til about 2am when I fell asleep so like a zombie today.

Had my weekly gp check up today - still not seeing the midwife - and the gp was useless so nothing has moved on for me

All she said was don't bother making another appointment as you are at the hospital next week and you'll have delivered by the week after. Well, doh. Does it really take years of medical school to tell me that????? She wouldnt' even discuss a sweep with me and said my BP was high but nothing to worry about - as if I don't have enough to worry about just now. So I'm now just completely peed off

Lea, yes, if the sweep is going to work it will work within 48 hours so here's hoping that things kick off for you today although will be v jealous if it does.

Can't believe the full moon didn't come through for us!!!!

moomoo- hope you are recovering from your ordeal ok and am sure your babe was well worth the wait!!!

Ellie - how you getting on hun - am sure you'll have had your wee one by now - can't wait to hear the news

have a good day everyone and lots of spare labour vibes coming your way, lea although I've got to save some for myself!!!

Loocy xx

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awww thanks for the spare labour vibes - here are some back at ya!

I am in severe nesting mode today. I woke up in severe SPD pain again but somehow that has been over taken by nesting. Up until now i have just not had the energy! This morning I have polished every surface in sight, cleaned out kitchen cupboards, cleaned kitchen from top to bottom, hoovered every room including stairs, been on my hands and knees scrubbing the rugs,(shake and vac and everything). I am now about to mop the kitchen floor and then sweep the patio, paths etc. What is wrong with me? All i know is I am going to be in agony later but I just cannot stop myself.....:/

Right, off to grab my mop!

I will check in later x

good afternoon ladies!!!

ANge- Massive congrats ont he birth of Luke!!! sounds like you really had an awful time but he makes it all worth while. im having trouble forgetting about rileys birth even though it was 3 hours and no complications i just cant shift it from my head. make sure you talk it through with someone hun it helps!!

Claire- Massve congrats to you also on the biirth of Lexi- great name all your kids have great names though i was crap at choosing names lol. how bad is that though leaving you for that length of time i would of been having none of that i wanted a showere asap

Lea- not long til d day chick hopefully we'll have some baby news over the weekend. you go easy nesting or you will bei n agony tonight hun!!

loocy- sendng you lots of labour vibes. hope your managing to rest a little b4 it all kicks off is your mum staying with you while bubs arrives?

nik- hows the back chick? i cant remember did you have epidural. when i had dd i had an epidural and for about 8 weeks after i had chronic back ache i still get it every now and then now. hope gp appt went well? hows alanna ?glad to hear her arm is improving every day is she up to her birth weight yet?

nat- so please bethany seems to be settling a bit better for you. maybe she was just having a tempremental few day riley is goes to seep straight after his bottle at night which is great but as i said bottle cuz the greedy little monster is eating 4 ozs ever 2 1/2 hours at night. so by the time i have put him back down and got myself back into bed im up again in an hour neddles to say im shattered

zoe- hope you havent got internet troubles again we need an update of how your getting on and how dp ds and baby wyatt is doing?

Ali/teri/jenpen/cherie/- hope all you mummies are well and babies!!

moomoo/ellie- your bound to have your little bundles by now so Congratulations cant wait to hear all about it.

well weve had a bit of a night mare time at the mo. riley is eeating ever 3 hors int he day but every 2 1/2 hours at night im so ehausted then to top it all off dd has decided to not play ball anymore and has been a right little madam for me. dh has got the flu as well so its liek ive got 3 kids. im realyl trying to not get my self down but everything seems so much harder this time round. anyhoo dont want to depresss you all lol

catch up soon

rach-jade

Guys I have had mares logging on this site recently! Nightmare! I barely have 2 mins to myself at the moment - I have read all the 6 pages of messages I've missed but can't do personals now as school run in 30 mins and I need to express before I go!

Having sopme issues with feeding which are doing my head in - will fill you in when I've more time.

We've had some news in the family - which i will fill you in on when everyone has had their babies...

Huges congrats to Ange for getting thru that tricky labour - you will forget hun and like others have said - remember how long it took to get that BFP hun it was all worth it - although maybe find another hospital next time?!! They weren't so sympathetic!

Congrats lisa and claire marie - yippee!

Ellie and Moomoo - assumign you guys are busy deliverinhg?!!

Loocy and lea - hang in their gals - we're all sticking with you to the bitter end - then we can all fly over to the parenting thread together! Last to deliver should maybe get the priveledge of startibg the neqw thread?!!

Sorry typos so bad - in rush - boobs killing me!

ooo me and DP are eloping on friday 27th (well only down the road to the church!) to get married. Just me him and 2 close friends as witnesses. Our priest thinks its all very romeo and juliet!! Also Wyatt is being baptised in couple weeks time and my brother is getting married as well the following week - so mad mad weeks coming up!

Oh and my house is still a shithole - what happened to my lovely clean home????!!!!

Love to everyone else - hope all babies are behaving! Re Sma - I have heard all sorts of dodgy stuff on them - didn't they have to recall a load of products recently?

Sorry to be so crap but DHH server doesn't help!

Speak soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

cross posted rach - yes been having mares! Will update asap! xxx

hi girlies,

lea, looocy stalking you gals, been checking on you everyday, lea good god women slow down, you'll go into labour by the end of the day at this rate!

nat, glad beth is sleeping better, i used aptimel for 1 day between, breastfeeding and expressing, it was recommended by a scbu nurse who was in my antenatel class apperently it's what they use on the special care babies so figured it was good enough for my baby.

rach sorry riley is being a monkey with his feds, alanna had a few days when she was just ravenous and i had to take some of my frozen breast milk out as i couldn't keep upwith her, she calmed down now that i'm giving her 5oz 5 times a day, she has her last botle at 11pm, sleeps until 5am has another bottle then sleeps until 11am! no epidural for me chick, just gas and air!! i'm a tough bird like you! will up date on the back later. alanna is probably at her birth weight (8lb 5) by now she was 8lb 4 last thur and hv is comiung out tommorrow so she'll be weighed again then.

zoe, glad to have you back, you are a tease, we need the gos!!! whats the family news and feeding issues? are you expressing like me? i'm still expressing every fed for alanna and have some extra in the freezer for when i have a night out next month! massive congrats on the wedding date, it's not long at all, hope your not getting too stressed about the arrangments! don't fret about the house, mine is still awful too, can't seem to get past doing the basics.

thanks everyone for asking about my back, apperently it's a pelvic injury that has occured due to the joints ect being loose and soft with the pregnancy hormones and it's not going to improve until i stop producing breast milk, i am determind to give alanna breast milk for as long as possible so i'll just have to suffer, i have been given ibuprofen and some more exercises!!! have physio on monday so hopefully will get some more advise.

anyone else still feeling huge? i'm starting to feel depressed about my flabby bits i'm thinking of starting a diet, so frustrated i can't even exercise after 6 weeks unless my tummy muscles have closed together again!!!

zoe- Glad to see you back!! im very intrigued what the family news and feeding issues. were all really nosey ent we hahahaha how cool about the wedding really not long at all like a week my god have you got everything sorted. i hope your gonna have some photos i love lookng at wedding photos. hoepfully youll get back on soon hun and update us all further!!

nik- im with you on the feeling huge i ust seem to have this extra skin hanging on the bottom of my stomach its like a little apron i and creats like a little bulge in my jeans so im wearing some very loose fitting tops to hide it. hoping all being well can get oin with some exersize after 6 weeks. apparently you can do more damage than good if you diet of exercize before 6 weeks. i gt to admit though i have been eating very consiously and not pigging out. my dh says he like me with a bit of etra meat on me im sure hes just being nice hahaha

xxx

I keep logging on to see if there's any update from lea!!!

nic - if you stick with the breastfeeding I swear the weight will really start to fall off once you hit the 2-3 month mark - it's the best weight loss programme there is!!! And don't even think about dieting - You need all the energy you can get to keep it up once they start getting really hungry

zoe - good to hear from you at long last and like everyone else am dying to know the goss you big tease!!!! Tell us tell us tell us... go on go on go on!!!! oh and CONGRATULATIONS on your big elope! Very romantic - how lovely!!! post some piccies on MSN - sounds like you've got a few events coming up to keep you busy.

lea - as for nesting, the closest I've come to it was two nights ago in bed when I was thinking of all the things that I really must do like cleaning out the cupboards, etc. needless to say when I woke up I didn't have the energy but did manage to dust and hoover the whole house top to bottom and sorted out all this paperwork DH and I have been meaning to sort out for months (like bank statements, etc) Had a whale of a time chucking stuff away - I do love a good clear out!!!!

good luck hun - let's hope we have our babies at the same time!

Loocy xx

Hi everyone,

I am sorry that this is going to be short and all me me me but I can't seem to get a minute to myself to read all the posts. Thanks everyone for all the kind words about the labour and the congrats, hi to all the my 2ww's buds!

Lea - Luke was born on the 12th. I hope things get moving soon for you.

Loocy - Hope you don't have much longer to wait.

Nic - I have now resorted to expressing my milk and bottle feeding and it is working really well, although I think I may get RSI with using a manual pump. Do you have an electric pump and what would everyone else recommend?

I have had Luke at the Dr's today as he just doesn't settle especially at night from about 9pm - 3am. e is in so much pain and the Dr has prescribed Infacol which I have been using but at least I can now get it free on prescription. Hence me having no time to post. Does anyone have any suggestions on which bottles / soothers are best for colic babies and also any other tips would be really appreciated as I feel like a zombie with the lack of sleep.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Ange
x

hi ange, i know what it's like thoes first couple of weeks, by week 3 we had settled down a bit, don't get me wrong things are still very hectic but we are getting there. had to pop on and see if i could offer any advise, i only used the manual breast pump for 2 days, then i bought a medela swing pump, it's £89, which is another reason i'm determind to keep going i want to get my moneys worth, but it is great, and i would definatly recommend it. alanna hasn't been colicy but i've been using the tommee tippee closer to nature bottles and soothers since she was a week old and the bottles have an anti-colic feature which my have helped. hope some of that helps you sweetie.

rach looocy thanks for the diet/excercise input, i have the flap of skin hanging over my waist band too!!! not very attractive!!! i will hang on in there for another 2 weeks and will see what my gp advices at my 6 week check up i think.

I DID IT! I DID IT!

Oliver Arthur was born (all by himself) at 9.45pm on Tuesday 17th June weighing 7lb 15oz.

As you know, I went in for an induction at 8.30am on Tuesday expecting them to break my waters and see how we got on.

We waited all morning and eventually got seen by an obstetrician at about 11.30. She examined me. I was still 3cm but effaced and 'stretchy'. She did another quick sweep while she was 'down there' and then we were left alone again until a bed became free on labour ward.

I had some lunch at 12.30 and started feeling a bit achey. Then by 1pm I started getting proper contractions. Almost immediatedly they started coming three minutes apart.

I met my designated midwife who said my room would be ready in the next half an hour and who do you think it was!? It was the same midwife who I saw in triage on Sunday who was so supportive and no nonsense about VBAC. I couldn't believe my luck!

By the time the room was eventually ready at 3.45 she examined me and I was 4 cm and in established labour. She broke my waters at 4.15 and we were able to just get on with it.

Even though I was monitored I was helped to move about and do whatever I needed to keep as comfortable as possible.

After two hours the plan was to examine me and see if I'd progressed and if not to give me a small dose to oxitocin. I was still only 5cm at that point and I was gutted!

Karen went off to organise the hormone drip and by the time she came back again things had really kicked up a gear. Contractions were coming more or less on top of each other and I was starting to think that I couldn't cope any more.

By 8.15, thinking I'd still only be about 6cm, I was thinking about asking for drugs. By now I was howling like a constipated opra singer with each contraction because it was the only thing I could do to help with the pain. Karen asked me if I'd felt any pressure in my bottom yet, which I hadn't, but then I got this sudden uncontrolable urge to push. She examined me again and I was 9cm!!

So that point was the hardest of the whole thing. My body was trying to push when I wasn't yet ready. Karen was telling me not to and there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop myself! In the end Karen had me change position and managed to stretch the last tiny bit of cervix out of the way.

Unfortunatelty at 8.45 Karen had to change shifts but I had another lovely midwife who took over my care for the rest of the pushing stage. I had no idea how hard that would be. The uncontrolable urge seemed to go and was replaced by a less painful but also less effective type of contraction. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't seem to push for long enough with each go and I took an hour and a half in total to finally get him out.

Still, despite being the most painful thing I have ever done I can't belive how lucky I was to have it all go so smoothly after all the nightmares I've had with my medical care. I am still on a high because my body did it all by itself even after all the Drs doubting me.

I came home from hospital yesterday lunchtime after a sleepless night on the ward - partly because I was so pumped full of adrenaine and partly because I was kept awake by another resless baby and his poor Mum.

Even though I am completely shattered and a bit achy the recover after this birth isn't even in the same league as the pain I was in after my C-Section. I had a slight tear and stitches but even that is nowhere near as bad as I had imagined it to be.

The best thing of all though has to be the reaction of DS when we bought Oliver home. After all these months of worrying about it, he was so excited to meet him. The first thing he said to DH this morning was 'morning Daddy I see baby Orla (he's not quite mastered the name yet) and Mummy?' BLESS!

Oliver kept me awake most of last night wanting to suckle constantly so I have been a bit zombified today. I can feel my milk coming in now though, so hopefully tonight wont be quite as bad and I can get at least an hour or two's sleep in each stretch.

Anyway. Thank you all so much for all your kind messages and thoughts over the last few weeks. I can't tell you how much you have all helped me through all this.

I'll be popping on as often as I can to catch up with you all and then I hope to be joining you on our new parenting thread when we've all had our bubbas!

******** FRIDAY 20TH JUNE 2008 ********

************ BABIES DUE ************

Loocy - 39w +6d - EDD 21ST JUNE - IT'S A SURPRISE
Lea - 39w +5d - EDD 22ND JUNE - IT'S A SURPRISE

************ BABIES BORN ************

KYMMY - 21ST MARCH @ ??:?? - BROOKE -AMBER - WEIGHING 4LB 11OZ

JENNIPENNI - 6TH APRIL @ 11:43PM - JOSH - WEIGHING 5LBS 10OZ
TERI - 15TH APRIL @ 12.45AM - ZAK - WEIGHING 6LB 3OZ
ALI - 16TH APRIL @ 23:12 - CHARILE - WEIGHING 8LB 4OZ
MELANIE - 24TH APRIL @ 2:28AM - IMOGEN ANN - WEIGHING 6LB 9OZ
CHERIE - 29TH APRIL @ 10:07AM - KYLE - WEIGHING 8LB 1OZ

NAT - 9TH MAY @ 13:15 - BETHANY - WEIGHING 7LB 10OZ
WUBBA - 17th MAY @ 2:17AM - ELLIOT - WEIGHING 7LB 6OZ
EVERHOPEFUL – 22ND MAY @ 6:07AM - WYATT FINLAY - WEIGHING 7LBS 3OZ
NIC - 22nd may @ 7:10AM - ALANNA LINDA - WEIGHING 8LBS 5OZ
LOZZIE - AWAITING NEWS ????
MaANTHA - 24TH MAY @ 7:30AM - JARED VINCENT - WEIGHING 9LBS 4OZ
RACHEL-JADE - 28TH MAY @ 8:16PM - RILEY AARON - WEIGHING 6LBS 15OZS
LISA - 30TH MAY @ 9:27AM - KATY NIAMH - WEIGHING 7LBS 2OZS

CLAIRE - 4TH JUNE @ 6:11AM - LEXIE ROSE - WEIGHING 7LBS 15OZS
JEN - 10th JUNE @ 9:49AM - LINCOLN - WEIGHING 8LBS 4OZS
ANGE - 12TH JUNE @ 8:03PM - LUKE DANIEL - WEIGHING 7LBS 14OZS
MOOMOO - 17TH JUNE @ 9:45PM - OLIVER ARTHUR - WEIGHING 7LBS 15OZS
ELLIE - AWAITING NEWS???


************ PREDICTIONS ************

nat - 10th may, 7lb 8oz
cherie - 29th april, 8lb 5oz
teri - 28th april, 7lb 2 oz
jenni - 3rd may - 7lb 4oz
melanie - 16th may, 8lb 2oz
zoe - 20th may - 7lb 4oz
nicola - 30th may, 8lb 5oz
rach-jade - 30th may, 7lb 7oz
ange - 6th june, 8lb 3oz
looocy - 25th june, 7lb 7oz
lea - 18th june, 7lb 4oz

CONGRATULATIONS MOOMOO!!!! That is such great news and Oliver is one of my all time favourite names :-) I am so pleased you managed to do it on your own. That is so brilliant. I hope you are still on a high

No news from me :-( I will try and do a proper post later, DS is asking for breakfast.

x

moomoo wow wow wow so so so thrilled for you and you did all by yourself!!! I'm so pleased after all that waiting and doubting that you managed to have the birth you wanted in the end! Excellent stuff and Oliver is a lovely name - what a fab weight too!!!

Ange - DD never had colic but my friend swore by gripe water - infacol apparently takes a while to build up in their system so you need to keep using it. The only other thing is just to remember that colic doesn't last .

In terms of exercising, you can get back to it as soon as you feel ready - when I had DD I was back out running within 4 weeks of having her and felt fine although I took it really easy at first.

Anyway you'll not be surprised to hear there's no news from here but I got a good night's sleep last night so am feeling a lot better about things today. last night i was just so upset and tired and DH was great bless him - he really has had to put up with a lot of me moaning the last week or so - at this point in my last pregnancy, DD was a week old!!!

love to all new mummies
Loocy xx

hi all - wyatt screamed and screamed all morning for food on the way to school and now we've got home and I can feed him - he's fast asleep so coming on here for quick chat and allow my boobs to get producing!

Ok the feeding issues:
these are really getting me down now - Wyatt feeds so randomly and its impossible to keep up - sometimes he demands every hour and then will sleep for 4 hours...night before last I fed him at 8.30pm and he didn't wake me until 5am!!!! Needless to say my boobs were like melons and spraying all over the place - but as I was so tired I didn't notice it til Wyatt woke up. Last night he was awake every hour and half looking for food to the point that I just couldn't produce any more and had to send DP (or DH2B now I guess!) down to get my emergency stash from the fridge - he guzzled 3 oz from the bottle - AFTER he had been on me for 45 mins. What am I doing wrong here? When I express - I find that one time I get 6oz out from both then othertimes I get only 1oz. I suspect this is whats happening for Wyatt - hence why some hours he goes longer than others. ANyway - if he were just the only child it wouldn't be so bad but poor DS1 is losing out on my time and the school run is becoming a nightmare as Wyatt always seems to want a feed when I need to leave the house. He is gaining weight which I suppose is a good thing - he was 7lb 9 (and a 1/3 - very important to add that bit!) on wed and turns out he wasn't quite 7lb3 at birth as it was written in kgs and when I went on the internet to convert it into pounds all the sites I tried came up with 7lb2. HV seems to think its entirely normal for him to feed every hour and she says it will be about 6 weeks before my milk supply stabilises. But I could have done untold damage to DS1 in that time with lack of attention and being late for school, plus I am exhausted and can't keep up with my essential chores (I mean like washing school uniform and DPs work clothes etc not hoovering behind the sofa!)
Also my big problem is Wyatt is VERY sicky - he throws up LOADS - we've been spending a fortune on Infacol and am thrilled to hear Ange got hers on prescription so I am going to try that from my GP - that'll help! I am constantly covered in sick - and often don't realise it til I realise I'm in my last clean outfit and I'm due at school in 10 mins. HELP!

I really could do with some advice and opinions here - I know lots of mummies on here are using formula and doing really well on it, but like Nic I am determined to try and stick with the breastmilk - but I am considering maybe mixed feeding and perhaps doing one or two bottles a day of formula at stressful times like tea time (can't remember last time I ate at the table with DP and DS1 or when my dinner was actually still hot!) and just before school run in the am. But my HV says it will upset his tummy acids but others I've spoken to say their HV actively encouraged them to mix feed over giving up entirely. What should I do? Poor mite is always hungry and DS1 needs to be taken into consideration too.

I would like to express like Ange and Nic - but how does that work exactly? When do you express? How many bottles do you have? And if you express say 2oz into one bottle with a solid lid on can you later "add" to it by expressing another couple oz on the top? Or will it do something nasty to bacteria or something? This is all a bit new this breastfeeding thing - i had issues with DS1 too and gave up too early I think - I still regret it now. How do you manage to express in between feeds? Do you express at set times of the day?
Nic I would LOVE wyatt to have 5 oz 5 times a day like Alanna - how are you doing that???!!!

Sorry to blubber on about me me me - but I am worrying myself silly over it and that surely doesn't help either.

Be back later to see if lea and looocy have made any progress!