September Chit Chat for Ladies Due in Sept/Oct/Nov

[Bumblebee]

Hey ladies just popping on to say a quick hello!! TTC5 once again congrats on the birth of your baby boy! mocha good luck with your birth, hope you have a smooth and speedy delivery , hope everyone else is doing fine and well

[Mochagirl]

Hi Bumblebee! I'm glad you stopped by! How are you feeling? Soon for you too!

Well, my Mom's here now and we fulfilled all our family commitments for this week, so I'm ready for Sadie to come. DH is hoping she'll wait until Sunday so he can play in yet another baseball tournament this weekend. Nice to know where his priorities are.

No contractions yet today or any signs she's coming, really. I'd really like her to come tomorrow or Sunday if possible - I'm going to feel really guilty if she comes late and my Mom ends up being here longer than she planned.

[Hobbermittens]

Oh, Auroara, your mom sounds terrible! Good idea staying away from her for a while. Glad Lillian is doing well.

3 more weeks or so for me.... and I still think it is a girl. I hope you are right about it being a boy, Auroara!!

[Hobbermittens]

Good to see you Bumblebee! How soon do you expect to meet your little man?

[Bumblebee]

Hi mocha!! I'm great thanks have spent the last few months just resting alot in my pregnancy. I have been checked every week since 28 weeks and had growth scans to monitor baby and blood pressure medication to control my BP and thank god everything has gone so well. I'm just waiting to go into labour now although its so confusing I've been having contractions/tightenings, back pain and cervical pain and pressure so many times now, it tends to start and stop after a while, this baby is such a tease! lol! got a sweep booked on my due date an induction if necessary. I actually think I might go overdue. I been practising breathing techniques (hypnobirthing) and got a tens machine and everything else set, just waiting for things to get started now so I can finally meet my baby!!

Sounds like you are ready too, I'm hoping to have my baby this weekend aswell my daughter starts her new school on monday and I so don't want to go into labour on her first day! have you tried anything to help induce labour naturally yet?

[Bumblebee]

Good to see you Bumblebee! How soon do you expect to meet your little man?

Hi hobber! hope youre fine and well hopefully I'll meet him soon this weekend would be nice my daughter starts school on monday and I don't want to miss her first day, I'm more nervous that she is rofl!

[Hobbermittens]

Mocha, you have one day left on your ticker! How exciting! I am glad you have your mom there and everything. Maybe you should start walking, and ask your Midwife to give you a sweep when you see her next (when will that be?). I bet it won't take much to get you started.

[Hobbermittens]

Bumblebee, hope he gets here soon, and you get to take your daughter to school for her first day. Good luck with everything!!

[Mochagirl]

Bumblebee - I've been that way all week with back pain, contractions and cervix pain too. I declined a stretch and sweep when my mw offered on Tuesday just because I really wanted Sadie to wait until my Mom got here (she arrived today) so we'd have someone to watch my other kids when I go to the hospital. We also had a similar situation where ds3 had his first day of preschool today and I didn't want him to miss it.

I have been drinking lots of raspberry leaf tea, but that's about it. I also walk a lot - picking up and dropping off the kids at school, marathon shopping trips, etc. - but that doesn't seem to have an effect on me. I doubt I can talk dh into dtd because my Mom has the room directly across the hall from me. Any other suggestions?

I see the mw again on Tuesday and I'll definitely get a stretch and sweep then, but I really, really hope Sadie comes before then. I hope you get to meet your little man this weekend too!

[Hobbermittens]

Mocha, I can tell you all the things I tried to get DD2 here early, but none of them worked. I ate lots of pineapple, did that uneven curb walking, bounced on a yoga ball, forced DH into sex, ate spicy food, walked like crazy. As far as the sex, I did that when my parents were staying across the hall too--we were just really quiet!