May 2013 due date

congratulations muurtjie! my little boy arrived 10th may, feels insane that this was 3 months ago but am still trying to find my feet with coping with two kids! DD almost 3, at school this sept. it was hard postpartum this time round, felt the blues unlike first time round, nevertheless trying to enjoy every moment.

Congrats Lexie! Thanks Tattie and Philly! Am up for getting together and showing off our gorgeous babies! xxx

Congratulations Muurtje! My little girl arrived on Sunday 26th May and weighed in at 3660gr. Was so happy to go into labour naturally which was definitely more pleasant than being induced! Second delivery was definitely easier than the first and a lot quicker. So far everything going well, feeding well and sleeping well, manged from 10pm till 4am this morning which was great! Enjoy your little girl Lexi

congratulations Muurtje!!! :) Lovely news.

Just wanted to let you know that last week Wednesday at 12.33 my little girl Alexandra arrived! She weighed 3624gr and measured 51cm. Didn't have an easy delivery, but she is so worth it! She and I are both doing well.

Still no sign of my baby :( Trying out all the tips to get this labour started and am really hoping to avoid an induction!! 40+2 today. I know I'm impatient, it's just that since Monday evening I have been very ready to meet her so it lfeels like I have already been waiting for 5 days :)

Hi Sharan, I'm due around the 22nd, so not far off. How are you feeling? I am sort of torn between being fed up with being pregnant and wanting to meet our little and girl and not wanting her to arrive before the due date and dreading delivery :D Undecisive? Who me? ;) How are all the other May ladies doing?

hello! im expecting baby number 2 - 20th may....anyone else delivering around this time? i already have DD 32 months old :)

Hello, Only 3 more weeks till due date!! Can not believe how quickly it's going!! Wish I was able to do more like Lexie though, but everytime I do too much the next day I spend on the couch in pain with swollen ankles. Such a glamorous thing, pregnancy lol. Saw Dr yesterday. All is well and baby is in the right position and is slowly moving down into my pelvis. Just hope she will remain inside at least till DH gets back from his business trip next week. It's only a couple of day that he will be in Saudi, but I have told him that he better not miss the birth of his firstborn child or I will hold it against him for all eternity :D Have any of the other May babies arrived or is it only little Flynn that jumped the gun? Philly, maybe we can try and catch up next week sometime? I can still fit behind the wheel, so can come down your way.

Hi Glad everything is going well Philly, I've still got another 4 weeks to go before I'm due and another 3 weeks to work! Everything is going well and I'm now on weekly check ups which makes it all seem really close. I really need to sit down and relax more but can't seem to sit still. I've been building up nursery furniture and cleaning like a crazy woman this weekend. Still have a very small bump but baby is normal sized, hoping that I ping back into shape as quickly as I did with the first one! Star007 did you have a growth scan at 32 weeks? My Dr tells me at every appointment which way the baby is lying, thankfully she is in head down position now. For a few weeks she was breech but thankfully turned on her own. From 36 weeks you should be on weekly appointments, have had this with both pregnancies. Filled in the paperwork for insurance approval for the delivery at my last appointment and discussed pain relief for labour. Have requested an epidural. Now its just a waiting game until the baby decides she is ready. If she's anything like her sister I'll be very overdue and I'll end up being induced! Hope everyone is keeping well, not long now! :-)

Hi everyone, hope all the bumps and new mums and babes are great! I finished up work this week and I'm now due in 4wks +5. I'm feeling great apart from aches and pain in bed at night, I can't seem to lie on either side for more than an hour due to pain in my hips! I was wondering how many appointments you all are having at this stage? Someone told me it should be weekly or bi weekly by now. My last app was 13 April and I wasn't scanned so I don't know if baby's head is own and my next app isn't until next weekend 3weeks 3 days before my due date! Is this normal? Philly- glad Flynn is so chilled out, you are lucky! Sounds like you are in love with our little man and sailing through the early weeks just great! I really can't wait to meet our LO now &lt;3 I popped don to the baby bazaar at Times Square today, did anyone else go? It was great, really buy and lots of bargains to be had, I picked up a couple of things. It's great or new mums, I'd recommend it. We've got friends staying next weekend for 4 days which I'm looking forward to. We won't be owing out much but will manage out or dinner and pool time, it will be a nice distraction for few days and when they go its pretty much home strait till the wee one arrives! Hope you're all coping well and feeling great, please post back n keep our May thread going. Not long now ladies!!! Xxx <em>edited by Star007 on 27/04/2013</em>

Can not believe I only have 5 more weeks to go from tomorrow! So looking forward to meeting our little girl. Still have lots to do, but spd pain is playing havoc with my ability to get things done and pain is making me super cranky and snappy :( Philly, how is Flynn doing? Still being a perfect angel I hope. Are any of the other May ladies close to their EDD?

Oh my goodness, congratulations Philly that is amazing news :D I'm so pleased for you. I bet you car hardly believe it indeed. Look after yourself and little Flynn (love the name!). It's all becoming so real! I am due in just over 7 weeks and finish up work in just over a week's due to some holidays I have to take. I must say I'm looking forward to finishing up as my bump is pretty big and I am am feeling more tired as the weeks go on. I have a check up with my ob/gyn on Sat so hopeing everything is till progressing well and on track. Lexi - sounds like you have been busy! But also good that you managed a relaxing holiday too, sounds lovely :) I too need to get myself to some antenatal classes, this is my first and I haven't dine any yet. I intend to though... Hope everyone is well, keep posting as we near our due dates :D xxx

Wow big congratulations Philly! Glad it all went well and you have a healthy baby boy! Apologies for not responding in a while, have had lots of visitors and have just returned from a lovely relaxing holiday. Still got a few weeks left to work, planning to work up to 39 weeks which sounds crazy but I still feel really good and have a tiny baby bump. Can't believe I've only got another 6 weeks to go, still got lots to do, like paint the nursery and buy the cot. Haven't done any antenatal classes as this is my second pregnancy and surely it can't have changed that much in 9 years! My only request is an epidural! Had check up with Dr this morning and everything is progressing well so now its just a waiting game! Hope everyone else is keeping well.

Congratulations again!! So happy to hear that you are both doing well!! Hope you DH will be back soon and then he can have some time with Flynn. I love the name, very nice! XX

Congratulations Philly :) You did it and you're with your healthy baby now, look after yourself, early days are not easy but they'll pass very quickly and your confidence as a mother will grow with time. Enjoy it and many congratulations again x

Hi Star, I'm doing the classes with Cecile de Scally. Who works as an independent midwife. The classes are on Sat evening in Health care city. Only been to one session but really enjoyed it and both DH and I like Cecile very much. I'm quite enjoying the hypnobirthing cd's too. I find her voice soothing and although I don't feel hypnothised It does help me relax. It even helped me bring my bloodpressure down at my check-up this weekend. Measured 147/90 as I'd just had a squabble wih DH. Was left alone for a couple of minutes during which I did my breathing and 1,2,3, relax and measured 122/70 :D Was very impressed!

Oh Philly, you poor thing. Although sounds like you are in great hands. Plus, look at the bright side, you get to see your new addition sooner than expected :) You must be excited. I hope it all goes to plan, i'll be thinking of you, keep us posted. Where did you do your antenatal class Philly and Muurtje? I still need to find some! I didn't fancy City Hospital ones but I old be wrong, any feedback appreciated. I finish up work in a few weeks and I'm 32 weeks gone now. I'm looking forward to putting my feet up but need to get things done too. I really want to go to some good antenatal classes but would like ones that teach you labour positions and exercises. How are you finding the natal hypnotherapy Muurtje? I really like it, even if its just for the relaxed feeling I get when listening to the CDs now! I hope it helps :) keep in touch ladies x <em>edited by Star007 on 03/04/2013</em>

Oh Philly, how awful! Hope your blood pressure goes down thanks to the bed rest. If you are bored let me know and I'll pop by. Can you still have cakes and biscuits? If that's okay I'll bake something for you to cheer you up. How long until you are 37 weeks? Glad to hear though that your Dr and the nurses are taking such good care of you! We started ante-natal class on Saturday and I really enjoyed it and so did DH. Found it very informative and well taught. Has made me feel much more confident about the choices I can make regarding giving birth. Looking forward to the next sessions.

Hello! I hope you and your little bundles of joy are all doing well. I just got back from a trip to London and it was great, but am now knackered. Also having SPD in a city like that is not ideal. All the walking and the public transport was not great. Thankfully I have found a great chiropractor and seeing her helps a lot. I can not believe I only have another two months or so to go. It's gone so quickly!! Finishing off the nursery and buying the last of the things we need is fun. Star, I also bought the natal hypnotherapy cd's. Going to try them for the first time today. Let me know what you think? Keep well!!

May ladies, it has been too long! I hope you're all feeling great! Philly, that's great you've finished work already. I've still got 6 weeks of work to go and it's pretty full on. I'm really tired :( Apart from the tiredness I'm doing ok though. I've been enjoying swimming after work, I find it really relaxing and at least it's a little exercise. I don't know about anyone else but I definitely feel my hormones are all over the place, more so now than at any other stage of pregnancy. I can be quite emotional at times over small things! Baby's movements are unreal! It has progressed from cute pops and kicks to full on alien style flips and prolonged movements! It's quite bizarre but awesome at the same time. 7 month check went well and we got an amazing 4d pic of the baby curled up looking all cute and cosy!! I'm looking forward to finishing work because I'm so tired that when the weekend comes I just want to relax, I have no energy to do the various things we need to prepare and buy :( I bought some natal hypnotherapy CDs and I'm enjoying those in preparation for the birth. I feel it will give me a focus during labour other than the pain and I hope it will help! Please let me know how you've all been keeping and what you'd news is :))) X

Hello, hope you are all doing well! Philly, sorry to hear about you having to spend so much time at FMC... Glad to hear that it was a false alarm though. Star, we've planned for my parents to come out about 10-14 days after the birth and stay for about 10 days. Initially my Mum was going to come before the birth and stay for about two weeks after. However after a lot of toing and froing we all decided this would be a better option. DH will take about two weeks off so he will be able to help me out in the beginning. Since a couple of days I've got a very sore pubic bone. Turning over in bed is agony and I can only really lie on my side with a pillow between my legs. Walking and even driving are sometimes painful. I'm seeing the Gyn on Wed to get an okay to fly letter, but I really hope that it will settle a bit as we're leaving for London on the 3rd for about 12 days and I dread to think how much I am going to spend on taxi's if I can't walk very well. It also means that all my lovely plans to go shopping might have to be cut short and be replaced by visits to amazon :( Anyway enough about the physical discomforts, I am so enjoying all this movement that I'm getting. It really is amazing! Went to see a comedy show this weekend and the baby was joining in with all the laughing. She kept kicking and/or moving throughout the show. Am looking into ante-natal classes today. Gosh there is a lot to choose from! I'm not really sure how to pick one. I found this to be quite helpful but it isn't very recent: http://gulfnews.com/life-style/parenting/the-best-antenatal-classes-in-dubai-1.881609 Star, I'm looking in to Natal hypnotherapy, which is a different version of hypnobirthing. It is almost the same, except that this is a 'British' method and the other method is 'American'. I seem to remember that there are hypnobirthing classes on offer in Dubai, but I can't remember where I read about them. Sorry, that doesn't help you very much! I am excited to try out this method and see if it will help at all. Not expecting pain free labour, but would like to feel that I have some kind of coping strategy. Still waiting for DH to finish painting the nursery... it's been three weekends in a row now where he promised to get it done. I've decided that I'm not going to do it for him and if it's isn't finished by the time our little one is here then that will be his problem and not mine... I'm sure he'll get it done about a week before the due date ;) I went with a friend to the baby bazaar at Time Square this weekend. If any of you are looking for nice second-hand clothes, then that's the place to be. They also have a lot of prams and car seats on sale. I didn't actually buy anything, but that has got a lot to do with my upcoming trip and prices of things being so much lower in the UK. Keep well. xxx