Playing the waiting game

Lovely news! - congratulations!

Congratulations goose what a whopper
I had two back to back babies too, ouch

Fabulous news goose

Fantastic news Goose. Enjoy your little grandson

Congratulations to you and all the family goose. What a big boy!

Lovely news Goose - I'm sure you're feeling relieved that your grandson is here and all is well.
I had two 'back to back' labours - and yes, it's very painful!

Great news, Goose. A fine big fellow - poor little mum! Well done to her.

Congratulations goose, on you new grandson.

Congratulations goose. That's wonderful news and what a little bruiser she gave birth to. Have they chosen his name yet?

Congratulations Goose .

Finally baby arrived after over 3 weeks of latent/early labour 10 days late.
we had a number of "false alarms" but midwife explained that this was because of the way the baby was lying & it was making the contractions more painful than they would normally have been & that back to back labours often have false starts.

DD is only tiny 8 stoner & gave birth to a son weighing 9lb 14oz on 13/2 after only 4 hours of established (but really painful) labour on only gas & air - I'm so proud of her, even after all the abuse we all got from her

DD was about 8 days over she had twinges for several days had a membrane sweep pm Tuesday rang me middayish Thursday. She had been advised to go in and was 3cm then.

I went about my usual U3A stuff quite unconcerned, at 5pm she rang to say my grandson had arrived at 3:30pm.
I hadn't started to worry at all by that stage, but the speed of things when she got to hospital had been a bit too fast for comfort for DD and DGS. That was with number one.

Don't bank on it Grannylin. My little grandson is still staying put! I can envisage his personality already. He'll be the one who is still in bed when everyone is stood at the door for the school run!

Still waiting! She's coming swimming tomorrow to try and ginger things up.

Mishap?..........

Nope...still waiting..it must this weekend surely?? Think you are going to pip me when. 24th was the last day in our sweepstake so looks like baby won!

That made me smile when. Oh you're so close now.........[excited emoticon]

With her first baby my daughter's waters broke and then she had a two week wait before being admitted for an induction; plenty of time for fake tan, exfoliation/waxing, manicure, hairstyle - honestly she looked as if she was going in for a magazine photoshoot.

I've been on tenterhooks for ages in view of the last, premature, birth; so not feeling at all impatient as I do want the baby to pass the 38 week mark. I'm especially happy that there will be a surprise at the end of it, I'm really glad I don't know if it's a girl or a boy they're expecting.

All 5 of mine were more or less on time, to within a day or two either way. My first arrived on the exact day! They asked me at the hospital if I was sure that she was my first baby, because I`d only been in labour for just over 4 hours.

She sounds as if she is coping rather well with it all. Good for her.

ga Fortunately it's a planned caesarian, as things have not progressed previously and they're not chancing it this time. The pattern of slow labour is the same as previously. She joked this morning that she will be in full makeup and hair newly styled before she goes down to the theatre on Monday, and said if it wasn't for the gallstones she would have been taking two chocolate eclairs to nibble whilst she was being sewn back up!

Thanks, Moved and I hope you start feeling better soon - just noticed the other thread.

Oh When I was told that gallstones are one of the 3 worst pains you can have and would agree as I had them 32 years ago and can still remember. Give her a hug from me.

That's a shame when - gallstones can be very painful. It's horrid for her that she's (literally) sick and tired because then labour may well be a bit of an ordeal - it can be such hard work - I do hope that she can get some real rest before the baby's born.

Grannylin.........................?

It's not the regular contractions that bother her ga. She's been having them in hospital, but she keeps getting sick and has been vomiting again. They have now found gallstones in a scan, so they will try to settle her down again and say 'maybe a few more days.' Because the flareups have died down, she gets sent home again, still having mild contractions. She's very tired. Only Monday to wait for, fortunately, unless they decide she's taking up a lot of their time so might as well deliver now.

When, oh when, oh when will it happen when?
I refer to my earlier advice.