Knocked Up Rollcall

peeps can be lame. what can you do? maybe we can use it when shes 16 and wants a car 'oh you know we'd love to get you a car for your birthday but its probably time we told you you don't actually have a real birthday. sorry!'

SS, I am constantly amazed at the rudeness and mentalness of people!

Howie came 10 days late but I was in labour for two days so was already in labour by this time with him. The annoying thing is the hospital doesn't routinely induce until term+12 which would be Saturday, but they don't induce at the weekend and they're fully booked on Friday so I have to go in two days earlier.

Cant wait until Monday? We need Ally on this thread to tell the story of how her mom was a month overdue with her.

My preggo update: still v v sick but getting longer and longer periods of feeling ok (before the sick starts again) too.

Sunny, that's like classic Gilbert & Sullivan. I highly recommend that strategy for keeping Beeps under lock and key (and under the legal age for anything fun).

I think you only don't have a real birthday if you were born on February 29th.

Alice was induced too, but I've never ever heard that 'not a real birthday' thing. How bizarre.

Meg, good luck for tomorrow (if not before!!)

They won't leave it til next week because it's hospital policy to induce at term+12 and I would be +14 on Monday, plus the delivery suite is so busy that often you have to wait a day or two to get an induction slot, so that could take me into the middle of next week. TBH I am so fed up with being pregnant that I'm willing to be induced if that's what it takes! but would obviously rather go into labour naturally.

I had strong, regular contractions from 4am-6am this morning but they have tailed off since, here's hoping they get started again.

good luck!

Not knocked up any more! Archie William finally arrived at 3.52am, weighing in at 8lb 15oz. Will post on the photo thread later.

Yay!!!!! Thats so great, Meg. Snuck in just before the induction, right? Sounds like everything went well. Was it faster and/or less painful this time? Congrats! Can't wait to see the photos.

Congratulations!

Fantastic news, congratulations! Glad you didn't have to go through the induction, can't wait to see the photos

That's a big baby.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!

wau!

archie's a great name. congratulations!

Archie! Woot! :-) How are things going?

All going fine, thanks! He's an angel baby thus far, mainly just sleeps and feeds (and feeds, and feeds -- weighed in at 9lb 9oz yesterday, ie has put on 10oz in 12 days!). It seems much easier than the first few weeks with Howie; I don't know if that's because Archie's more laidback, or we are...

sounds like elisabeth. the first three weeks all she did was sleep. then she woke up and never wanted to sleep for more than two hours. hah but oh boy do i feel broody seeing all these wonderful babies.

my best friend (since we were 9) just found out shes having a boy! she is also due on the same day as i am.

Went for high risk scan today. scary stuff but everything is perfect size and no unexpected fluid gathering anyhwere. kid also moving around like lightning in there. oh also seen - testicles.

!! A little brother to boss around...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_juV31YwBJoU/SAkdoMUEdOI/AAAAAAAABQE/paAfpBBGUoQ/s320/Linus_boxing_Lucy01.jpg

haha. exactly

Yay! How many weeks are you now?

18 and something wks. due date is now a toss up between oct 29, nov 1st and nov 2nd. Neither of my drs is willing to commit to any of those.

OMG!!!!! Cld be same as Elisabeth! She was born 31st of October. :-))))

halloween babies!!!

sinusitis while preggo = lame

sinusitis while preggo in stupid unrelenting southern summer + 2 year old that doesnt sleep = lamer

any kid born on halloween is gonna be a wildcat when they grow up, btw

trust me, the kid is already a wildcat now. :-)

SS, oh crappers, that's horrid. :-( hope it gets easier.

Ah, I had sinusitis for about a month in this pregnancy too. Got antibiotics in the end, which sorted it in a couple of days.

woah just found out my brother's wife is pregnant with a boy due 2.5 months after Henry. weeee.

Just noticed this thread - wife's due on Friday with our first. Exciting!

Friday??? WOAH! Congrats. Is it your first?

Oh you said it's your first. Duh!

hahaha Nate, see how absentminded we get once we pop out a kid. :-)

Congrats btw!

Thanks SS & Stevie - still no sign!

How about now?

Still nothing!

!!!!!

is there a plan to induce?

Well Sam worked her due date out as that Friday (24th), the hospital worked her due date out as Wednesday 29th. So by her reckoning she's 10 days over, by the hospital's she's 5 days over. She's got a midwife's appointment on Wednesday and I guess they'll decide then whether or not to induce.

Both mine were 10 days over so I feel your wife's pain! We tried all the usual: curry/pineapple/raspberry leaf tea/walking/sex/nipple stimulation. In the end it was a sweep that really got things moving.

a little less than 3 months to go here. kid better not be overdue. this pregnancy has been so consistently painful and uncomfortable that i feel like im dying some kind of slow death. /whining

We tried all the usual: curry/pineapple/raspberry leaf tea/walking/sex/nipple stimulation.

Haha...I *did not know* about nipple stimulation!

We think curry did it for us.

Damn sex was what got us into the situation in the first place. Not doing that again.

Ever.

Walking kicked it all off for me I think - late night (i.e. leaving at 11.30pm) trip to IKEA wandering round the whole thing, contractions started 4 hours later.

my mom dragged me around a mall for FIVE HOURS and it did nothing!