Queen

I bet you can't wait to meet your baby

It's such an exciting time

I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

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Originally posted by mozart:
Hello queen, so glad ya feeling a bit better, hope you got your bag packed and near the door, coz sometimes these little buggers want to make their entry at such an un godly hour, just to keep you on your toes, so be one step ahead at all times and that goes for after the birth as well.

Finally got round to finishing packing my bag earlier, so now I'm ready to go.

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:
keep eating them! and downing raspberry leaf tea...then eat pineapples

was told there was something can use for a bath too...but cant remember what

Ooh thats clary sage. Don;t know if it works though

yeah thats it. my friend just told me that it can cause internal bleeding......so maybe not a good idea afterall

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

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Feel better for having a bath. Still having a few twinges but if it is an indicator of labour it doesn't feel like it's going to properly kick off for a while yet.

Are you nervous? I feel nervous already

I'm definitely getting nervous now! I don't feel ready at all. I don't know why but I had it in my head that I would be well overdue, so when the consultant said she wanted to try and start me off early I was really shocked. I don't think you'll ever feel ready though. What's your due date again?

9th October, but it's quite big on the scan and the midwife was feeling me on Friday and said "Oh, it's not a small baby is it?"

Mine did that to me last week. Could be worse, when I was in hospital the other day there was a girl there who was 30 weeks and measuring at 39 weeks! As long as you're prepared to 'go' early, you'll be fine. Have you got all your essential shopping sorted?

Crikey I think we've got everything nearly - how about you? I hope you have

Nope! Thank god for online shopping!

lol, I second that

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Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:

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Originally posted by mozart:
Hello queen, so glad ya feeling a bit better, hope you got your bag packed and near the door, coz sometimes these little buggers want to make their entry at such an un godly hour, just to keep you on your toes, so be one step ahead at all times and that goes for after the birth as well.

Finally got round to finishing packing my bag earlier, so now I'm ready to go.

I'm so excited for you!!! newborns are so sweet and it's such a proud feeling when you've finally 'done' it.



ps...epidural, epidural epidural!!! Mine worked so well that when my sister came in during the later stages.......all hungover and green.... i was more concerned for her cos i'd had a nice sleep while waiting to fully dilate. twas fab lol

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

Do you think I should?

Sex is the one to get it started Queenie.... Mr Queenies man milk contains the same stuff as the jelly they whack up you when they try to induce you.

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

Do you think I should?

That... or get a puppy!

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Sex is the one to get it started Queenie.... Mr Queenies man milk contains the same stuff as the jelly they whack up you when they try to induce you.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww Ditty

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

Do you think I should?

well, i can't tell you that LOL.

but there usually comes a time when you may become ready for another one....even if you thought you never would....i was determined to stop at one

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Sex is the one to get it started Queenie.... Mr Queenies man milk contains the same stuff as the jelly they whack up you when they try to induce you.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww Ditty

lol, quite a good description though

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Sex is the one to get it started Queenie.... Mr Queenies man milk contains the same stuff as the jelly they whack up you when they try to induce you.

it's true! lol

lovely way of putting it though

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

Do you think I should?

well, i can't tell you that LOL.

but there usually comes a time when you may become ready for another one....even if you thought you never would....i was determined to stop at one

I can't be arsed being pregnant or giving birth though

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

Do you think I should?

well, i can't tell you that LOL.

but there usually comes a time when you may become ready for another one....even if you thought you never would....i was determined to stop at one

I can't be arsed being pregnant or giving birth though

but you ready for another little'un? thats the biggy

get a surrogate

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

Do you think I should?

well, i can't tell you that LOL.

but there usually comes a time when you may become ready for another one....even if you thought you never would....i was determined to stop at one

I can't be arsed being pregnant or giving birth though

but you ready for another little'un? thats the biggy

get a surrogate

I don't know

Will you do it for me?

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
I'm a bit jellus. Maybe I should have another one

told you

Do you think I should?

well, i can't tell you that LOL.

but there usually comes a time when you may become ready for another one....even if you thought you never would....i was determined to stop at one

I can't be arsed being pregnant or giving birth though

but you ready for another little'un? thats the biggy

get a surrogate

I don't know

Will you do it for me?

i probably would actually i love being pregnant and dont mind giving birth

you'll have to get in line though, one of my mates asked me a while ago

Note to self - Get Hoobys mobile number and a present

Sorry for spamming Queenie

Just remember Queenie, the little one needs to be born before the 28th. BEFORE!!!

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
Note to self - Get Hoobys mobile number and a present

Sorry for spamming Queenie

you got my FB anyway

Awww,best wishes to the new mummy's in waiting,IM feeling quite broody now, for a new grandchild(you know, the kind you can send home when you have had enough.) ,

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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"there will be a little plug of mucus that dislodges from the opening of your cervix"

tmi!

i dont know anyone who has had one of them (or seen it i should say)

I did

It was mega disgusting , and like reams and reams of snot

oh jeebus

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

happened to me last time too. i really wanted to push and could feel his head coming down...stupid bint told me off for wanting to push saying i need to wait for waters to break. then she decided to check how dialiated i was and was shocked to feel a head so broke my waters for me. he was in distressed cos he wanted to come out and i was told to fight it for about 30 mins or so

had a few choice words for that midwife!! i mean she left me for over 30 mins before claiming i wasn't ready to push

thing is a baby can be born with the sac round there head like a space man...doesn't do any harm so why they make you wait i dont know....makes it easier for them i spose

Zactly the same happened to me with my first. Told me to stop pushing and they left me there for half an hour. Then they came and broke the waters. It was because there was a caesarian going on next door.

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Originally posted by jennywren:

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Originally posted by Darthhoob:

happened to me last time too. i really wanted to push and could feel his head coming down...stupid bint told me off for wanting to push saying i need to wait for waters to break. then she decided to check how dialiated i was and was shocked to feel a head so broke my waters for me. he was in distressed cos he wanted to come out and i was told to fight it for about 30 mins or so

had a few choice words for that midwife!! i mean she left me for over 30 mins before claiming i wasn't ready to push

thing is a baby can be born with the sac round there head like a space man...doesn't do any harm so why they make you wait i dont know....makes it easier for them i spose

Zactly the same happened to me with my first. Told me to stop pushing and they left me there for half an hour. Then they came and broke the waters. It was because there was a caesarian going on next door.

yeah there was one going off next door to me too, mother and bbay were fine but apparently it was quite a traumatic operation for the mum. i think mainly cos it was emergency and she had planned her birth perfectly...and ofc it never really goes to plan.

they need more midwives. mined you i had 3 of them flapping round me at one point

Awe Queenie, if you go in over night, hope everything goes good for you xxx

Reading this thread has bought back my labour night on here.

I want another one now lol

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"there will be a little plug of mucus that dislodges from the opening of your cervix"

tmi!

i dont know anyone who has had one of them (or seen it i should say)

Oh i had it with both of mine. eeewwwww!! lol but after it neither baby emerged for at least 24 hours after that, so not a sign of imminent arrival i don't think. All labours are different, my waters didn't break untill about 20 mins before the birth with both ( had an awful experience with 2nd, they kept leaving me cos my waters hadn't broke even though i could feel the baby's head!!! bloody idiots! might as well have stayed at home and delivered it myself for all the help they were. ) I know everyone says it but honestly you'll know............mostly cos it'l be really f******* painfull, my advice is to get yourself to hosp before it gets unbearable so you'll have plenty of time for a nice relaxing epidural. Don't listen to all the old claptrap about side effects blah blah blah, it's the best thing ever invented!!

And don't worry you'll be absolutely fine.

happened to me last time too. i really wanted to push and could feel his head coming down...stupid bint told me off for wanting to push saying i need to wait for waters to break. then she decided to check how dialiated i was and was shocked to feel a head so broke my waters for me. he was in distressed cos he wanted to come out and i was told to fight it for about 30 mins or so

had a few choice words for that midwife!! i mean she left me for over 30 mins before claiming i wasn't ready to push

thing is a baby can be born with the sac round there head like a space man...doesn't do any harm so why they make you wait i dont know....makes it easier for them i spose

See, that's what I want to ask - if you feel like you should be pushing, surely that's what you should do? I keep hearing people saying the same sort of thing that they were told to hang on!

well, it depends how far dialated you are, need to be a certain amount to push, but can feel need to push ( second stage of labour) before dialated enough...midwife can tell but this one argued i wasn't ready without checking.

Crikey, it's so complicated isn't it?

I'm just so amazed reading all the threads and posts about pregnancy and labour. It's 35 years since I had my last baby and we just didn't know anything about what happened in pregnancy and labour back then. We weren't told anything and we never asked either. I don't think we would have been told much if we had asked. We just sort of got on with things and left it all to the midwives. I honestly don't know if all this is an improvement or not tbh. One thing that is a huge improvement though, is the fact that today pregnant women are not treated like cattle like we were back in the bad old days.

Good luck Queenie, and I hope it all goes well for you.

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Sex is the one to get it started Queenie.... Mr Queenies man milk contains the same stuff as the jelly they whack up you when they try to induce you.

I said things are different than in my day! Inducements were not carried out like that back then!

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Feel better for having a bath. Still having a few twinges but if it is an indicator of labour it doesn't feel like it's going to properly kick off for a while yet.

least you feel better. i dunno whether to advise to put feet up/squat or go for a long walk/sex session

At this present moment in time I would rather eat John McCririck's toenails than have a sex session.

aye, but it does work! lol!

mind you...eating John McCririck's toenails might do the trick as well

Perhaps you would prefer a curry?

Tried that on Saturday.

Raspberry Leaf Tea?

That stuff is vile

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:

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Originally posted by fookat:
"there will be a little plug of mucus that dislodges from the opening of your cervix"

tmi!

i dont know anyone who has had one of them (or seen it i should say)

I did

It was mega disgusting , and like reams and reams of snot

oh jeebus

Agreed! When they said 'plug' I thought it was going to be a quick thing without an awful lot of mess but with my first it just kept coming and coming and coming - ewwww

Mine did too, sort of resembled a runnier version of babies first poo lol

I will totally second the every labour is different statement earlier btw.

Each of my four was completely different from the other - my first I didn't have a clue what was going on most of the time. I didn't know it was labour at first because the pain was all in my back and my thighs and there was no pain in my abdomen at all until very late into it.

My second I can 't really help you with as I under very unusual circumstances at the time and so had an epidural and didn't feel the labour at all.

The third the labour was all in my tummy and was relatively mild compared to my first. Mind, i think I made my first much worse by becoming very worked up and very tense because I was scared and I was much more relaxed for my third and so it was a lot easier to go with it.

The fourth was all over the place - I was in with suspected early labour from 31 weeks - 35 weeks back and forth to the hospital and they eventually induced me at 39 weeks because of the SPD. But that's the only one I did totally without an epidural and it was a lot quicker than the others.

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Mine did too, sort of resembled a runnier version of babies first poo lol

>_<

What's happening? Is Queenie in labour then??

Good luck if you are Queenie

I'm sure Queenie said her hospital appt was at 8am this morning. Bet we're all watching this space with bated breath!

Queenie

With my first it was just pains but I didn't go to the hospital until they started getting closer together and more painful. With the second I had slight pains then my water broke. If your water breaks you must go to hospital as soon as possible.

woohoo queenie i see youuuuuuuu

how did appointment go

Queenie! You're online... it's the 19th! Isn't there something you should be doing today?

Morning all. Just back from the hospital appointment. Blood pressure is lower and more stable than it has been for a few weeks at around /87 and no trace of protein in my wee today so all good news. The midwife said she thought I looked much healthier today too and I woke up with no pains this morning. I explained what happened yesterday and the midwife said it was a good sign that things are moving quickly and naturally. The lower pain was probably caused by the fact I have a 'very fidgety baby' and it's pushing it's head quite hard while getting fully engaged, it's just more painful because of the SPD. The tightening across the middle is probably Braxton Hicks but she thinks it's a likely sign that I won't have too much longer to go now. She told me to aim for Sunday.

The consultant made me feel better too because she said the midwives never let her live down the fact she went to hospital thinking she was in full labour when she was having Braxton Hicks with her first baby.

btw 'man milk' and 'plugs'

Hrmph! :foldedarmsinahuffcosherguessisobviouslygoingtobewrongsmiley: