Hi Steph, no your right you certainly dont want a hernia on top of everything else you are going through. I hate to hear that you are struggling but you have done really well up until now hun and theres not many more weeks to go. Like you said, your probably not going to make it til your due date so try and remain positive.

How is Joe reacting about having a new baby brother or sister, or is he still too young to understand?

Joesmummy - a bit like you a feel ready to go but having experienced these feelings on 2 and 3 i'm not convinced in my case. A good way of telling if your not squeemish is to put two fingers in the old LG and if you can feel the neck of your cervix very low and it feels like your lips (on your face) rather than the end of your nose your pretty much ready to go saw that on a midwife training program! HeHe thoroughly gross though

The other thing is lots of jelly like discharge - so i'm pretty sure i have ages to go yet - isnt pregnancy lovely.

Luce - i've got one too lots of the nice baby chairs come with them already but i do like to be able to wash stuff so i'm going to get a fleece one as well.

Debbie i had a show 3 weeks ago but got loads and loads of discharge this week that feels a bit trickly recently (not my waters though)
Ha ha when i had an internal then i was 1cm,soft and slightly effaced but i walked around like that for 10 weeks with joe so i know it dosent mean anything.
God if men or childless women read through this thread the human race would be an endangerd species!!!

Joesmummy - i'm quite sure between us we have also put a number of first time mums off too hehe. But no one said it was pretty. God 10 weeks is a long time though andy pandy was about my longest and that was 3 days of proper gunge and then into labour.

My OH got out of bed the other day as he said as i was snorring and i was trumping in my sleep he said it was gross! I think hes forgotten were not always in control but when bubba kicks hard it does make you want to trump. I have spare pants and knickers at work just in case -i know i'm a bit paranoid but it makes me feel better. But i will be suprised if i go much beofre my due date i can think i'll hang in till the first week of november.

Do you know what your going to do with Joe when you go into labour?

R we all gunna have early november babies lol! Perhaps we'll set a trend & have them all at the beginning of Nov!!

Luce yes back 2 back labour is more painful, u get more of a back labour (hence why my bck is sore now) plus it is harder 2 push baby out. I'm not worried as he is half & half at the mo so I'm confident he will move if I get off my arse lol! I always expected 2 have another big baby, I know it's only a rough guide but I am measuring 2wks bigger & coz of how the baby is positioned my bump is flatter when I lay down so when he turns I will measuring bigger lol!

Laura, I wouldn't recommend work at this minute rest up hun. Alex was 9lb 4oz which would have been ok if he went full term but he was 2wks & 2 days early lol! As with everything pregnancy brings we will just have 2 wait & c!! I love big chubby babies though but I'm only 5"3!

Steph glad u have got heating, snap these last few weeks r really gunna bother me lol!

Hi Debbie, how was work 2day?? Not sure I'm brave enough 2 try 2 feel my cervix lol!

from Alex xxx

Joesmummy - i'm not expecting this one to engage at all -i cant be bothered to guess anymore but it is a little distracting when suddenly you realise the BH's have suddenly become regular i get arround to timing them i get 1 or 2 and they disapear into thin air. Hopefully all that practice will make things a bit quicker.

Right i'm off for a bit of tv in bed as the kids of all gone up to read in bed so i can relax now.

Lol debbie i know what you mean.I wont be feeling for anything in my LG as i'd probably be more disappointed if anything was happening and it was 6 weeks to wait...Just gotta try and remember that the baby isnt due till 16th so have to expect to go that far anything less is a bonus!I have been having them very regular...every 8 mins last night but stopped again around 11pm and again this afternoon every 12 mins but again they have stopped...they never get stronger though,always the same strength so i know its all to wind me up but as much as i've had enough and would like it to all be over i desperately wanna make it to term at the same time so that everything will be ok.
Enjoy your tv viewing,i am probably gonna go to bed soon aswell.

Hi all

Luce the sizes for the Cot Bed sheets are 150 x 120 cm Hope this helps.

Antenatal was good, I asked about the mobile epidural and she said most places do that now anyway and it just means that your legs are not totally numb, i dosnt mean you can get up an move around like I previously thought so im gutted about that.

Hope youve had a nice evening girls im going to bed now as its been a long day

Luv K xxx

Steph (Joesmummy) ah bless that card sounds really sweet, poor you crying in tescos, those damn hormones hey.
Ooo heating...congratulations.
Do you have to do much in the way of preparation for a home birth?

Debbie, you made me laugh when you said about your OH saying you were snoring and trumping in your sleep ...lol how embarrassing.

Jenny, atleast you know to expect a big baby and can prepare yourself for that. I would love to have an idea as to how much baby is going to weigh, but there really is no way of knowing without a scan is there?
Alex wants to count your freckles? Wow thats gotta be a great way to keep him amused for a bit.

Kirsty, yeah that helps loads thanks hun. My mattress is 140x70cm so they wont fit if they are fitted sheets. Are they? Saves me a trip to matalan.
Unfortunately my hospital doesnt do mobile epidurals, apparently you need closer monitoring!

Hi Joesmummy - i'm up for breakfast and a cup of tea going to head up again after 3 probably just to give my food time to settle!

Those contractions do sound like the real think particularly the dodgy tummy, think you should probably book in with the mw this morning for a check up especially if your feeling a bit leaky as a slow drain of the waters is sometimes a bit dodgy you just want to check thats not happening. Stick a cool towel on your forehead and make sure you keep your tem down as at this stage if you have picked up a tummy bug that can set you off as well.

Anyone up? 

Steph as Debbie says i would speak to MW asap

Debbie - I also have been making the trumping in my sleep hence why steven been sleeping in the spare room for over 4 weeks.

Spent the night tossing and turning so decided just to get up