Second sweep and...UPDATE

Excellent!! Hope some action starts soon SF.
Laura
Due tomorrow! x

My (quite late) BA :)

Congratulations! Hope your little boy is feeling better soon.
Laura
Due tomorrow! x

UPDATE no news - Sweep in an hour - wish me luck

Ooooh good luck! I'll be offered one next week at 40+4 if baby hasn't voluntarily exited by then. Thanks for the info foxoo, have been wondering exactly what it involved and was going to look into it today.
Laura
Due tomorrow! x

My BA

Congratulations to you all! x

Congratulations! And need some advice as I'm not so good..

Thanks to all of you for your replies... you all sound so calm and rational. Usually I am too!
I was sent to the pregnancy day assessment unit by the midwife who spoke to my husband this morning, she couldn't understand why I wasn't referred yesterday. Anyway we had a scan which showed baby to be head down and everything normal! The sonographer couldn't understand why the mw had such an issue in locating the baby's head, the fibroid wasn't an issue as it hadn't grown/moved! Bizarre.

We were then seen by another mw who confirmed bubs is head down and pretty much fully engaged, along with a consultant who confirmed it a third time and talked to us about the fibroid and the fact it didn't pose any risk to me having a vaginal delivery. By this time I was starting to feel like a bit of a prat! He did say it slightly increases the risk of PPH, so if nothing else I've opted out of the midwife unit for delivery and will go to the hospital instead on his advice, despite the risk being v. small.

I can't believe all the fuss! It's amazing how you can go from thinking that all is fine to being terrified! It wasn't so much the idea of having a section - that I can cope with, whatever is best for the baby + I is obviously the way to go, but more the fact that I was totally freaked by the way it was handled yesterday and then nothing being done! I mean, if you're told you need an emergency scan, you kind of want it yesterday, don't you?

And Joey, you're definitely right, you do get treated slightly differently when people find out you work within the sector, sometimes a good thing and sometimes not I find! Depending on who you see.

Anyway, lets hope that's the last of the drama, and I'll get back to bouncing on my ball and a nice cup of raspberry leaf tea (!).... maybe I'll get to join Snugglenush with a baby who arrives on his due date eh?

Thanks again for the replies ladies. x

Congratulations! And need some advice as I'm not so good..

Hi all... first of all massive congratulations to all you ladies who've had your gorgeous October babies! I've been following everyones BAs and stories, wow, it's been an exciting month so far! I'm so happy for all of you, some beautiful little babies arriving .

I've been moseying on during this pregnancy having had quite a reasonable time, no issues with me or baby so far other than the fact a small fibroid was picked up at my 20 week scan. (This is relevant later.)
My due date is on Saturday 9th Oct, this being my first baby I had booked in at the midwife led unit due to the fact everything has been uncomplicated so far. Baby was head down and engaged (or so I was told) at around 37 weeks so we were all ready to go. My 40 week appointment yesterday has unfortunately thrown a bit of a spanner in the works as the midwife now thinks baby is either breech/oblique, and due to the fact the fibroid has apparently grown (which they do in pregnancy, however I did not get told this and it has never been monitored) she can't really work out what part of baby is what and what position he is in, but she's pretty sure he's not head down/engaged. She also thinks there's a chance the fibroid may have moved down and be in the way of my cervix. Yipee.

I've had issues with my mw all the way through, various things have been missed/and or late, and just had the feeling she's not all that comptetent. This was a different, more senior mw that I saw yesterday for the first time and thank god for that as it seems like fate I saw someone who seemed to know what they were doing. I'm a staff nurse in ICU so I think I'm pretty good at picking up when people know what they're doing or not, but I guess that's irrelevant now.

So the mw says she wants me to have an urgent scan to check the baby's position (bearing in mind this was yesterday and she was unable to get anything organised...don't worry, hubs is on it this morning and getting very cross as apparently she has now gone off sick this morning!!!! Would you believe it?) And also that I need to see a consultant. The mw hubs has spoken to today is saying this is now an urgent situation as my due date is Saturday.

I am so freaking out now! Waiting for mw to see what she can organise for today/tomorrow. Be honest ladies... I'm going to be having a section here, aren't I? :cry:

Laura 39+6

What do you eat in a day?

Mmmm, making me hungry now!

Today I've had:
BLT for brunch, slept in like Snugglenush!
Square of cadbury caramel choccie
Chocolate + cream muffin
2 cups caffeine free tea
1 cup raspberry leaf tea
1/2 pint milk
1/2 pint high juice
Big glass OJ

Having burger in a bun and skinny chips for tea (lazy and bad I know but we haven't shopped and are vegging all day)
Will definitely have a fruit pastilles ice lolly afterwards!

That looks really bad... usually eat really healthily!

Laura
38+0

What do you wear to go into hospital?

Me too, just whatever I'm wearing at the time, will be taking in trackie bottoms, vest and hoodie to change into afterwards but it's all stuff I could wear before if needs be.

These days I'm living in black leggings and a selection of tunic style patterned tops with a long cardie and flip flops, so it will probably be something along those lines... have got away so far with a size 14 and haven't bought any maternity clothes, now I've got a real bee in my bonnet about getting to the end of my pregnancy without buying any!
Laura
37+4

Baby more active than ever now! Constant BH tonight too!

I've been finding this too, thought that baby was supposed to have chilled out a bit now due to less room to move but our bump is more active than ever, especially when I eat or drink anything. Also having hiccups daily, my husband gets a bit upset and feels sorry for him when he has them!
Laura
37+4

my nursery - sorry if lots of pics

Lovely! It's so exciting to see them done isn't it?
Laura
37+3

New (very early) pregnancy.... a bit confused.