MSE pregnancy club II

emma_b_4

congratulations claire and i love the name - that was on our shortlist for a boy!

sarahmoon, glad to hear it thought you were going to cheat then!
am trying the champagne thing tonight, oh well its surely worth a go! (just a wee small glass though)

Curious_George_2

thanks for the wishes girls! had a very long day but wasnt too bad...
im knackered now though!

my cousin was due to have a c section next week but i just got a text to say the baby arrived early... at 4.51pm today she had a 7lb 2oz boy!
now there is only my sister in law to go (due 21st sept) then its my turn! YAAAY!

many congrats to Claire and family xXx

izoomzoom

Congratulations Claire Jones, on the birth of Charlie

:j :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :j

Justie

realised I never updated our status on the list....

Congrats to all those who've popped since

I love my little one but it's certainly a shock to the system... we're getting a bit more used to it though. The weirdest thing is that this is for ever - we don't have the option to give him back after a few weeks if it's not working out... (IYSWIM)/

Still it's great to be able to eat pate and stuff again and once I'm off the painkillers I'll be able to have some alcohol too :cool:

EDD LIST

Kimmy310 - 1 August 2007
KarieBlue - 1 August 2007
Simone2697 - 2 August 2007
rina-3rd august 2007
LoopyLouLou - 8 August 2007
spannie1000 - 13th August 2007
Libert23 - 16 August 2007
Katym79 - August 19
ellat257 - 19 August 2007
catalepticdru - 17 August 2007 using Naegele's formula. Though it'll be guaranteed I'll give birth on any day but this one!!
vzzbux - 2nd Sept
lou031205 - 8th September 2007
rachelja - 9th September 2007 (2 wks before dd 4th b'day)
emma_b - 9 September
LizzieAndThomas- 9th September - A GIRL !!!!!
skintio (kate) 16th september 2007
Almost-skint (sammie) - 16th september 2007 - same as you Kate!!
sarahmoon - 11th September (my fourth help!!)
crawli1 - 21st Sept
nickydee5 - 25th Sept 07
Sexyminx82 - 25th Sept 07
SeptemberBaby - 26 September 2007
jojo1978 - 29th September 2007 (2 days after daughters 10th birthday)
Agutka - 30th September 2007
pestcontrol - 30th September 2007
squashy - 9th October 2007
fac73 (Jennifer) - 12th October 2007
casper_la_rue (Caroline) - 13th October 2007
incognito - 14th October 2007
Felicity - 14th October
beckyC - 22nd October
jtotheb's wife - 24 October 2007 (twins!)
Mazcabs 26th October 2007
sunflowergirl - 1st November 2007
THE MIDDLEMAN - 3rd November 2007
clarew - 7 November (twins)
izoomzoom - 8 November
Curious George - 9th November
Hopeless Cook (Cazzie) - 9th November
hippychick1 - 15th November
tammyfshr - 1 December 2007
TATOO07 (MY WIFE) - 6th December 2007
Cel - 8th December
kelticangel - 9th December 2007
Ebony - 10th December
Sugarcubed - 11th December
helend - 15th December
jbbonce - 16th december (but hoping to keep my legs crossed til jan)
Beakerange - 18th December (unplanned!! and hoping it will come out earlier)
Nikstar - 23rd December!! unplanned i may add.
flis21 - 25th December (Moved again - according to scan!!!)
bumpybecky - 25th December
Suzukibabe - 28th December
becky_sleaf - 28th December
wilf55 (her daughter, Chelsea) - 29 December 2007
Shelvis - 8 January 2008
Yorkshirechick - 12th January
Phatmouse - 12th January 2008
Sunny Angel- 14th January 2008 (I think!!)
Slapps - 15th Jan 08
Scruffy96uk- 16 Jan 08
chocaholic110 - 27th January 08
Ella_ella_ella - 29th January 08
Melly74 - 17th February 08
Loopy-loo73 - 21 Feb 08
Bailey - 22 February 08
alison6692 - 24 February 2008
PiscesPrincess - 24th February 2008
Ella29 - 27th February 08
3KIDSNOMONEY - 28th March 08
Dougggie - 2 March 08
ukbBandit - 15 March 2008
Heavenleigh - 24th march 08
Melg1973 - 24th march 08
Newleafer - 27th march 08
Elliesmum - 2nd April 08
redflame705 - 8th April 08

TTC LIST

Daisykate124
Cookiesncream
witchyroo
sjm
Fishcake_random
Lesleydejager
jo_jo
picklesmum
durham_girl
likabu
Bun
RJH090384
jo101
MonkeyLady
Pooky
emptypocketz
JustKeepSwimming
Miss_pink & Mr Pink
Emjem
Boobylou
lilmrsmullen

BIRTH LIST

alm721- Boy William Phillip 04/05/2007 at 12.35am, 7lb 9oz
Becles - Charlotte Jane, 05/05/2007 at 11.39pm, 7lb 3oz
sampainter - Boy Matthew Ian Harvey, 05/05/07 at 11:08am, 7lb 10oz
kennyjosiah(mrs) Girl, Libbie May - 06/05/07 arrived on hubby's birthday - 8lb 4oz (12 days late)
Snaggles - GIRL - Natasha Grace, born 9/5/07, 3.24am, 7lbs
LillieFlower - GIRL - Eve Nadezhda, born 15/05/07 (13 days late!) at 5:38am, 8lb 2oz and absolutely beautiful!
tequilla_slammer2002 - GIRL - Tiger-lily krystaL, BORN 20/05/07 05:07AM, 6lbs 5oz (6 days late!)
Mrs Steveeeee - Boy, William Louis born on 24/06/07 @ 17:57 7lb 10oz 4 days early
Chubacheroo - GIRL - Sofia Marisa - 29th June 2007 11:34pm, 8lb 13oz (5 days late)
jo_b - Boy, Ben, born 07/07/07 @10.14pm, 7ib 5oz, 7 days early
Jenpoptab- Boy, Hayden Arnold born 08.07.07@ 9.32am, 8lb 2.5oz, 9 days OD
noodlebutty (Tricia), Marianne born 10/07/07 @ 5:44am 10lb 6oz
Bargainbabe - Girl, Alexis Freya born on 11/7/07 @ 9:30am 8lb 3oz 5 days OD.
Eels100 - Thomas Joseph born 24/7/07 @ 15.57 8lb 2oz C-section
janinegr, Tom Ryan born 26/07/07 @10:34pm 7lb 15oz
Valentine x - Ella Summer born 29/07/07 @ 9.03am, 8lb 3.5oz, home birth
Shortie - Bradley Joshua, born 31/07/07 @ 19.30. 7lb (3 weeks early)
Terminally Short of Cash - Baby Bill born 02/08/07 7lb 13oz
Caleo - Kaci Paige born 5/8/2007 @ 2035 8lb 2.5oz
Justie - Isaac born 16/08/07 @ 06.02 6lb 14oz (9 days early)
Saver_Sam - Natasha Emily Elisha born 17/8/2007 @ 23.33, 8lb (8 days early)
Dormouse - Boy, Alex, born 20/08/07 @ 13:47, 8lb 3 oz (8 days early, waterbirth)
Claire Jones- Boy, Charlie (not decided on middle name yet) Jones 23/08/07 @ 3.23am, 8lbs 10.5 ounces (4 days late).

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

Lisamiddle - 2nd July 2007
Sam0mule - 5th July 2007
Twirlypen - 7th July 2007
Smiler34 - 9th July 2007
moneymaker2 - 9th July 2007
*Louise* - 19th July
mercurystar999 - 24th July 2007
Welshlassie - 29 July 2007

Long labour only just got home from hospital this afternoon so will update you on all the gory details later when I manage to get some sleep!

sarahmoon_2

emma_b wrote: »

congratulations claire and i love the name - that was on our shortlist for a boy!

sarahmoon, glad to hear it thought you were going to cheat then!
am trying the champagne thing tonight, oh well its surely worth a go! (just a wee small glass though)

Emma please tell me your still here and the champagne didn't work last night lol!!! Anyway, after a really busy day yesterday I was putting away ironing and I had on HUGE contraction - it certainly wasn't a Braxton Hicks, I didn't know whether to stand up lie down or what - and then nothing :mad: . Anyway, lazy day here today no school run, so off for a shower and might just paint my nails.

Just wanted to add that my right foot looks like the elephant mans (so bloody swollen) which I think was all the walking yesterday, I can barely get a flip flop on it at the minute lol.

redflame705

Hi Gals.
Here we go, lots of questions. Once you start typing you think of something else, lol!:rotfl:
I was wondering at what time did you start getting stuff in for the new arrival?
I'm just going into my eighth week so I know it's a bit soon yet but I keep seeing great stuff on freecycle.

What about spotting? I don't want to give TMI but I've had "discharge" for about a week. I did ask my midwife and she said it's probably just that. It seems to fade and then come back. It's not "bloody" though. (I'm really sorry about this but I wanted to ask someone who'd probably been there, done that!)

and finally on a lighter note. So here I was this morning watching friends. The one where Pheobe has her brother's triplets and I was in floods. I'm an emotional person anyway but that's just ridiculous! :rotfl:

Dormouse

Hiya... Am finally getting a chance to post this, after a 2-day feeding fest that Alex decided to have... :rolleyes:

Here goes.

I had contractions on and off all day Sunday (I even posted here at the time as they kept stopping and starting). At 2am Monday morning they got a lot more regular (about 5 mins apart) and quite painful. I'd been up for 24 hours at that stage so was knackered anyway... Struggled through until 5.30am and then decided it was time to phone the labour ward. :eek:

I was 4cm dilated at this stage, and after all the paperwork and faffing about, was offered the chance to use the pool. I'd vaguely considered pool labour/birth before, but hadn't made up my mind about it (I'd learnt the lesson of being flexible with my plans when I had DS1, as I ended up being induced then). Anyway, as the opportunity was there, I decided to go for it, thinking I could always get out of the pool if I didn't like it. I did though, as it turned out, and stayed there for the whole labour and birth. :T

The water felt soothing and nice. I was having lots of back ache for some reason, and really felt the water helped with that. I got gas & air pretty much straight away, and hung on to it for dear life (love the stuff ). I went into the pool at about 7am and Alex was born just before 2pm. :j

The first few hours in the pool felt great - I was really relaxed and chilled out. Once I got nearer the pushing stage, though, I can't say I was very chilled out - it was hard work, but I'm convinced being in the pool made things a bit easier.

As this was my second birth, I have to admit I expected it to be a bit shorter, but hey ho. I'm not going to lie - it's hard work whatever way you look at it. I am such a wuss though, and also screamed the place down. Am I embarrassed - no! :cool:

I had one smallish tear and some grazes, which they asked me if I wanted them stitched or not. Being given the choice, I said no, and am glad I did - I just wanted them to leave me alone at that stage! They seem to be healing fine though. :cool:

All in all, it went fine. I was glad to get a much more natural labour this time compared to DS1, and I had a really lovely midwife. :happyhear

To those considering a pool birth, I’d say definitely give it a go – you can always get out if you don’t like it. The only slight drawback I can think of is, if you’ve given birth in the pool, you don’t get given the injection to speed up the placenta getting out, so it might be quite a wait. Once I’d given birth, we stayed in the pool for probably about half an hour, which wasn’t the most pleasant experience, sitting around in lukewarm water with all sorts of things floating around you! :rotfl: I then asked to get out (the placenta still wouldn’t budge), and after a lot more faffing about, it finally came out after an hour or so (they had to give me the jab after all).

And that’s about it. Am adjusting to life with a newborn, again, which is so tiring but also the loveliest thing ever. If anyone wants to know anything else about pool births, you’re welcome to PM me (can’t guarantee a speedy response at the moment though! ). Good luck to you all; I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread and I’ll see you all on the Parents thread soon! Take care, girlies. :kisses3:

Dormouse

Re: maternity pads and breast pads. I went through a whole pack of brick-size mat pads within a few hours of giving birth, then graduated on to night-size Bodyform (blue packs, they're great and very absorbent), and now am on even smaller Bodyform. I think this time I'm getting less bleeding though - am not sure why, but it's definitely considerably less now just after 5 days. I think it varies quite a lot woman to woman anyway, and obviously one birth to another as well.

You probably won't need many breast pads for the first couple of days until the milk comes in. Again, this varies a lot for different people.

CG: like you, I leaked a lot with DS1, but am finding am leaking a lot less this time round! So it is possible to change. Also, the whole breastfeeding feels a bit different this time (the let-down is a lot less strong - it's weird how things can be different ).

I'm a firm believer in Lansinoh pads (expensive but worth it if you're a leaker who wants to avoid the Miss Wet T-shirt - look ) and also Tommee Tippee ones - which incidentally are 1/2 price in Tesco at the moment, so stock up! :money:

Also, continuing the MSE theme, the two Bounty packs you get at the hospital are great. I had a full-size bottle of Comfort and a full-size pack of Johnson's wipes in mine, a tub for Pampers wipes, as well as loads of other smaller samples and vouchers. Something else, apart from the lovely baby, to look forward to after all that pain. :j :rotfl:

System

sarahmoon wrote: »

Emma please tell me your still here and the champagne didn't work last night lol!!! Anyway, after a really busy day yesterday I was putting away ironing and I had on HUGE contraction - it certainly wasn't a Braxton Hicks, I didn't know whether to stand up lie down or what - and then nothing :mad: . Anyway, lazy day here today no school run, so off for a shower and might just paint my nails.

Just wanted to add that my right foot looks like the elephant mans (so bloody swollen) which I think was all the walking yesterday, I can barely get a flip flop on it at the minute lol.

Sounds like it might not be long Sarah! Fingers crossed for you. I was up at quarter to five this morning with cramps/false contractions again. Really quite painful but not as bad as the real thing obviously. Lasted a couple of hours again and nothing since!! Went to get bp checked and it is still high so back at hosp tomorrow.....Hope all well with you Emma!

emma_b_4

hi!:j
no the champers didnt start me off - i was sooooooo ill though
after having about 2cm of champagne (from a flute so hardly any really i was racing up to the loo belly gurgling. was there a while (sorry if tmi) after another small sip i started feeling very nauseous, another waddle upstairs and was wretching for ages. ended up sat with a bowl next to me on sofa! :eek: wasnt sick though just gipping and feeling very sick. in the name of science;) i finished off the glass and can honestly say i have nevr felt so bad after one glass of anything before in my life. i was sweating like mad and just feeling really awful. not drunk awful, poorly awful!
so went to bed, where i had stomach cramps on and off all night and kept thinking if i go into labour i hope i dont smell of alcohol! but nothing i am still here fat as ever!
today we have been on a 2 hour walk to try and get things moving but no progress yet - i know i have 2 weeks to go but in this weather you just want the baby out dont ya! as i put it to hubby, i have loved being pregnant its only now im beginning to get fed up so id rather have her now and finish on a high :rotfl: beofre i get completely fed up!

maybe if you were overdue the sickness and toiletting from the champers might start you off i dont know but for me i wont be doing it again. i havent drank through pregnancy maybe thats why had such a bad effect i dont know but wasnt what i was expecting!

so all three of us are still waiting then, sarah you sound like you might "pop" first :T

Dormouse, thankyou for the info on water births, at parentcraft they said if you want the placenta injection you have to get out the pool - i will ask them that theough if get the water birth i want.
Cant wait for the freebie packs
i have bought three packs of kotex huuuge pads that say maternity/night time. shoudl i buy more? or see how i get on with those? have just put one pack in hospital bag.



redflame705, i didnt start buying anything till well after my 20 week scan as then i felt reassured that all was well with the pregnancy. you do see things on freecycle but they do tend to come up time and again - theres always someone with baby stuff!
not sure what you mean about the DC, what colour is it? i had spotting early on and was very worrying, especially after having a miscarriage last year, but all has turned out fine for me.
congratulations on your pregnancy :T