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Thanks everyone.. unfortunately I am still at home and the pains haven't intensified or shortened in timing at all... I even got a pretty good nights sleep... They are still here this morning so I hope that they get stronger and closer as the day goes on or I could be in for one of those drag it out for days type labour.. :redface: We'll just have to wait and see I guess... Take care Ladies...
I'm uploading photos on facebook - at this rate, you'll have given birth before I've finished!!!! ;)
:goodluck::goodluck::goodluck:best of luck lilmiss,im really thinking of you hun and sending a heap of labour vibes your way.
London miss-=- may I add you? Whats your facebook name? Mines same as on here :)
Will definitely have to try some of these kick on demand tricks :D
lise i too have had the "Your belly is quite big already, your going to be HUGE" comments but to be honest, they dont bother me at all as i have been through too much for too long to care how i look or will look.
lilmiss sending you super dooper labour vibes!!
Bought some more stuff last night for our little girl ie: sheet set, mattress protector, wraps, baby head rest which is meant to help prevent flat spots oh and i also got myself a body pillow finally and wow, it really helped me have a great nights sleep. Will be placing our big order today. OMG it all seems so real now!! Oh and not to mention i have started looking at local daycares, now that is surreal!!!
Well ladies we had our 28 week scan today - and I wish we hadn't!! It was done during our regular OB visit, and DH asked her if she could confirm the gender as we've bought a number of girly, pink cloths and dresses (as you know!!). She had a look and said she wasn't sure - she saw something she thought was the labia, but then we could clearly see something that looked like a penis!! She said if she had to make a guess she'd say boy but she really wasn't confident at all. She admitted she wasn't very good at this, and said she'd check next time but i'm now feeling so confused and torn and uncertain as to what to think. Please don't get me wrong - i'm more than happy for the baby to be a boy, but after being told it's a girl and thinking of it as a girl for all these weeks and buying it girl clothes etc., well if I kind of feel like if it is a boy then we've 'lost' our little girl.
I'm off to Google the accuracy of these things - I know that early on the clitoris can look like a penis but is that normal at this stage? She did say if it was a boy then it's boy bits are very small... I'M SO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!
Hope you are all well - lilmiss, sending some labour vibes your way xx
lise -=- sorry to hear of your confusion :s
if she says shes not very good and the last one was convinced it was a girl id go with the last one... but ive known way to many people who have had them get it wrong nd go through the wrong themed nursery dillhemma after the birth not to mention emotional readjustment that i didnt really want to know this time :) Id rather know for sure at the birth then think its one and get the other..
Hope next time you get a definate answer!
<3 Ky
speaking of which... Im feeling soooo impatient the last couple days!!!!!! especially after being told on the scan that bubs was 3 kilos and ready to roll!
Ive done walking DTD curry chilli doing Rasperry leaf tea tonight.. warm baths and showers. I know I still have 19 days left but hopeing ill go a lil earlier.. I went at 39 weeks and 4 days with DS and they say ur second gos earlier.. so heres hopeing! Oh and I really hope lilmiss is off pushing her lil bundle out as we speak!!! GOOD LUCK LILL MISS!!
Hopefully not all at the same time, Kyra!!! :D I'd be worried about spilling the curry if so ha ha ha
I'm watching videos on babycenter.com. I really ought not do this without DH being in the house as I scare myself!! But I'd rather be prepared... what do you all have for the weekend? I'm starting with a curry (mmmmmm) and a hen do tomorrow, and the cinema on Sunday (you'll note not much study listed here, bad girl!)
(other than those of you who might be in labour, I guess I can work out what you're doing this weekend.....)
Hi Ladies,
I don't post in here very often at all but am having a bad day and knew you'd all understand. :hello: to everyone - it's so good to see some LTTTC girls graduating into this thread, and I feel so privileged to have shared much of my journey with you all. Sending lots of labourvibes to LilMiss!
So... a bit of a rant. One of my friends started TTC about four months ago, and I discovered today that she's 12 weeks pregnant. Quite aside from being very happy for her (truly!), and even looking forward to sharing the experience with her, I'm also really angry with the world and feeling very sad about it. Why is she so lucky? Why did the dice fall her way so easily? Seriously, :wtf: Why can't it be as hard for her as it was for us? I have been very emotional and upset all afternoon and haven't yet returned her call - I will, and I will be gracious and happy for her (because I am), but I am also hurting a lot as well. That's not her fault and I won't make her suffer for it, but I expect that she'll be understanding of why I am a bit reserved around her. I know this is my baggage, and not hers. I'm also quite shocked to discover that my emotions are so strong despite me now being 32 weeks pregnant myself - but I guess that's what infertility will do to you.
Okay, rant over. I do often lurk in here and enjoy seeing you all getting along with your pregnancies. I'm just very bad at keeping up with everyone and keeping up with myself half the time!
Thanks for the ear ladies,
Seph
I'll be honest, the first time I read this, I thought you were being a little bit unreasonable. But then I read it again, and realised you said 4 months and not 4 years which is what my brain read (assumed) as who on earth gets pregnant within in a month... I hope getting it out your system helped.. I don't think the anger of LTTTC ever leaves you. Or the total lack of fairness, however you measure equity.
56 days to go! That's pretty exciting though... are you all packed up and ready to go? It's lovely to hear from you
Well... I'm still here... All activity has ceased and I think that I was having Pre-labour pains... So frustrating.. :wall: Add to that.. I met a lady at the shops who told me that she had pre-labour pains for 5 days and they would come down to 3 mins apart but would stop at night.. Thanks for that.. makes me feel so much more optomistic (Note sarcasm).. So labour alarm is reset and I'm back to waiting...
Thanks for all your labour vibes though and sorry for the false alarm.. :redface:
:Doh lillmiss your poor girl ,but hey hun dont be sorry;)your little man will be here very soon and you will know when the time is rite.
till then many labour vibes heading your way i dont think its gonna be long hun .smithy xoxo
a big hello to you all girls keep plodding along your all going great.
lise bumma about your scan hun ,but im excited to find out whats really in there lol..
Hi Girls.I have finally finished moving and my internet has just come back on..finally!!
I have gone back a few pages and read what you have all been upto.
Lilmiss~ wow,what excitement,labour pains now nothing? Must be frustrating! Your bub will be here in no time.Try and enjoy the last few quiet moments while you can.It must be hard though not to think of anything else.
Hang on.... had to yell at my cat to get off the damn screen door...stupid moron!!
Has anyone heard from .... forgot name?... Colts mummy? Still wishing to hear if he is doing well now after the whole RH thing?
Persephone~ I dont mean to sound harsh but you shouldnt be feeling that way,especially as you have your baby on the way.If you still hadnt conceived,i could definatly see your point but you have been lucky to have been blessed,even if it did take some time.I believe that what you put out,comes back.I have,for the past year or so,only been happy for those who have conceived knowing that,if i show happiness toward others and not bitterness,then,i will be be returned to the good fortune of my own conception,which i have,luckily.I wouldnt wish infertility on my worst enemy.I really wouldnt want any woman to have to go through what i have been through.I doubt you really would have wanted to see your friend go through that heartache,of 4 yrs trying.Sharing the experience with her and watching your children grow up together as friends,im sure will make you both very close. :)
Hello to everyone else.Belly rubs to all and kisses to the bubs who are already here!!xx
:lol:mmmmmmmm sorry for intruding girls but ive been lurking all day to see if theres any news from lilmiss...and NO theres not so im wondering if this means anything ? mmmmmmm wondering...
belly rubs to you all girls and i hope you all had a nice weekend
Sorry Smithy my dear but still no bub... Still getting the pains but nothing regular just tiring and frustrating... I'll definitely let you know what the real thing starts... If I can work out what's real and what's not...lol... :redface:
Morning ladies. I hope you are all well. It's really autumnal here in Melbourne, quite a lovely morning. I had what I think might be a practice contraction yesterday, which seems a bit early, although I might have been imagining it. It felt like someone cracked an egg on the top of my uterus, and a strange sensation passed down it from the top. Is that what they feel like? I was in a taxi at the time so couldn't really investigate with some poking of the belly
I started thinking about my packing list yesterday. You know you are British when one of the first things I packed was some decent teabags in a ziplock bag.... :D When my friend was in the Royal Womens last year, I kept getting given tea so weak, it would have counted as washing up water in our household, so thought I'd better do that. I'm quite sure that their baby delivery skills are better than their tea making though... hopefully!
How are you all? I'll be on here loads this week as I am having an essay crisis. :wall:
Hi Londonmiss~ Im not sure about how the braxton hicks contractions feel....its been way too long since having my son..LOL Im a newbie all over.
A good cup of tea is a must although i havent had one since i became pregnant.I only have had maybe 1 glass of cola this whole time,but have been getting my caffeine dose in the 2 lindt bunnies i have eaten:redface:
Had a trip to the hospital last friday.I think i may have lost some of my mucus plug but when i went to the delivery ward,i had an internal check and my cervix was closed.(Thankfully) so im not sure what it was.I always check when i wipe or anything and didnt notice anything at all until an hour or so later while preparing dinner,i looked in the toilet before going and saw a small bloody mucus bit.The thing is...i had been cutting the bloody yuk bits of the chicken i had been preparing and mum thinks it may have stuck on me and fallen off while i had been emptying my bladder!!:o
So its a mystery....chicken or plug?? Sounds soooo weird typing this...almost a comedy skit. BUT it did scare the crap out of me and i was in tears heading to emergency.I wouldnt DARE to tell my ob that it could have been the yucky chicken bits i had been cutting off.Im sure he would cross me off his list!!The nurses were fabulous and i checked out in a much better state.Bubs heartrate was great,lots of kicks etc and a closed and firm cervix so who knows.I would have died if Peanut had made her entry as she is too small to survive.The nurses said 25 weeks is the very earliest a bub 'may' survive.Its scary thinking we are all dying to get to the 12 week mark,before we think we will be o.k only to start worrying again about preterm labour.Now im madly counting and wishing i could hurry and get to the 28 week mark where survival (should anything happen) is alot better.Oh the stress!! It never ends.
Anyhow i have been fine.no weird feelings,no discharges,lots of strong kicks everyday so am feeling better.I have another app this thursday with my ob.
I have good news too...DH and i have FINALLY picked a name for our little girl.Im so pleased.I just hope we dont change our minds or she is being called 'Peanut'.LOL