According to my countdown timer...21 hours to go to start of induction, and counting.

Will he come beforehand? (Unlikely:()

Will induction work or will he come out the sunroof? (Your job is to vibe successful induction and labour for me:D)

Have I packed, cleaned, sorted and done everything? (Does my OH even care? He gets at least 2-3 days to himself, having sent the cosycub to grandparents...the carefully tidied house'll be a wreck...)

Anyway, shamelessly and pleadingly, send me luck and good vibes!

Big hugs to you all :P

Induction to what?

edit .......... just got it, sorry, being dozy here (no offence Dozy :D)


Good luck honey

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Good luck. :) I hope it goes well for you.
Text me when he's out, I'm running over to Jessops for a look (We're still staying in Childrens) :D

^^ Only kiddin :P

I have everything crossed for ya.

Good luck Lovely lady, hope all goes really smoothly x

The bug and I will be thinking of you x x

good luck! plenty of good pushing vibes here :D

wishing you loads of luck, hope u have a speedy birth, look forward to seeing pictures x

Good luck girl and remember Tina wants a cuddle of the new un xxx

good luck love hope everythink goes well and its over fast :D

all the best from Chez Talker! :D

Good luck. Hope it all goes well x

Are you still here?
That kid just doesn't get the hint does he?
:D

Good luck for tomorrow :thumbsup:

Good luck. :) I hope it goes well for you.
Text me when he's out, I'm running over to Jessops for a look (We're still staying in Childrens) :D

^^ Only kiddin :P

If you're still in Children's, come on over. I might see what I can do about meeting you and your gorgeous girlie if I find a way to make an escape :D

How's it all going? I've been thinking of you :)

I have everything crossed for ya.

Tell your woman to get moving, Jabber, she was supposed to beat me to it!
In case I miss the big day, best of luck to you two, as well :thumbsup:

good luck love hope everythink goes well and its over fast :D

Same as I said to Jabber...if I miss the big day, best of luck to you.
Hopefully I'll be back in time to send you good vibes in return, however :thumbsup:

good luck and sending lots of good vibes that he makes and appearance sooner x

Same as I said to Jabber...if I miss the big day, best of luck to you.
Hopefully I'll be back in time to send you good vibes in return, however :thumbsup:

thanks all my babies have been stubborn ill still b here wairting for them pics of that beautiful baby :hihi:

i know cosy, you really looked fed up today and your bump is so beautiful (you must be sick of me saying that so I'm sorry)

i know cosy, you really looked fed up today all your bump is so beautiful (you must be sick of me saying that so I'm sorry)

Nah, it's nice to hear positive things when you're so tired:).

Best of luck Cosy :D

Now I'm getting nervous...what if they're too busy and turn me away? How's it all going to go?

Doubt I'll get much sleep tonight...:help:

Just spent ages trying to figure out how to make my breast pump fit together and how to put up the travel cot we use as the baby station downstairs. Seems if you remember to keep the equipment, 9 times out of ten you've thrown the manual out - still, kept us busy for an hour or two, :hihi:

I'll be texting you for updates! :D We're still in Childrens, hopefully not for much longer as Tegan is three weeks old now (:|) but I will definately come to see the new little one when he's nice and fresh if I'm welcome :D

any news???

None, it's driving me mad!

OK, so Cosy is labouring, or if not it hurts a lot for someone who isn't labouring.
EET after 9pm but before 7am tomorrow.

I'm guessing for 12.31 tonight.

How exciting. I've never even met Cosy but I'm always on here checking who's had their babies! I hope she has the birth she wants.

Its gotta be today!! My friends getting married this day next year, they can share special days :hihi:

OK, so Cosy is labouring, or if not it hurts a lot for someone who isn't labouring.
EET after 9pm but before 7am tomorrow.

I'm guessing for 12.31 tonight.

Are we having a book? If so I'll go for 2.45am :thumbsup:

Argh! Good luck Cosy - hope it is going/went well!!!

Good luck Cosy!!!

good luck cosy an babba!!!!!!!!

So, the latest in the Cosy family arrived this morning at 7.34 am, au naturel!
Congrats to the Cosy family! :banana:

many congratulations to them all - and well done cosy x

Yaaaay!

congratulations

Congratulations and welcome to the world little one! x

I'm soo excited well done Cosy, any news on weight?

brilliant, all over and done with, well done cosy, look forward to seeing baby pictures

awww fantastic, well done cosy :banana::banana:

congratulations an welcome to the world babba
cannot wait to see pictures

congratulations cant wait to see photos :thumbsup:

Congratulations Cosy! :)

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awww well done cosy congratulations love :D

Excellent stuff!!!

oh yay well done cosy! welcome little one!!

Congrats Cosy!

Good going cosy,welcome to the world little one,cant wait for my cuddle at Jellys.

Brilliant news cosy, knew you could do it ;)

Weight, if I have the news right, is 6lb 13oz. Which must be a shocker to the CosyDen since Cosycub was a whopper almost matching my twins weight combined!

wow a teeny!! well its teeny compared to the sizes of mine :hihi:

thanks all! a quick update from the hospital...so very quick. i'll be sureto give you a better account soon.
wolfcub does indeed weigh a measley 6lbs 13oz...a full 4lbs less than his brother's birthweight. turns out theplacenta was indeed seriously compromised, so i'm very glad he wasinduced when he was. apparently it wasn'tnice.
he is of ourse gorgeous, though i am half afraid of sqquishing him,lol. can't currently holdhis temp very well but we should both behome tomorrow.

thanks again for all the good vibes...we were on the very cusp of a section with one last desperate push for vbac - literally, lol- and we did it. can't help but reckon the good vibes helped.

see you at jellys very shortly. zebra, mark forgot to bring my phone to the hospital. i'll call you tomorrow. thanks for all the moral support xxx

Fantastic news, congratulations!

Well done for doing the vbac thing - very brave. Glad all is well. At least wolfcub was a little one. I think you had the right one by c-sec!

Congratulations to Cosy and Cosycub2 x x xx

congratulations im glad he's arrived safely.well done.

So, the latest in the Cosy family arrived this morning at 7.34 am, au naturel!
Congrats to the Cosy family! :banana:

congrats hun xxxxx:)

Fabulous news!!!

That's lovely, having two little boys! :thumbsup:

Congratulations!!!!:banana::banana::banana:

Well done and congratulations.

Congrats from us 3 Cosy, hope all went well :D

Them hospital keypads aint easy 2 use eh :hihi:

I couldnt even get online with it! I was gutted....3 days in hossie and no internet :hihi:

Hey well done you! Glad to hear it happened finally! Many congratulations to you all, I'll be up your way soon in Oct to see your neighbours, so will have to drop in and see you all! take care xxxxx

congrats. What fantastic news. You did a great job, well done. :)

Some pics of Wolf cub.
http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/SFZebra/

aww hes beautiful :love:
i want mine now :hihi:

He's lovely :)

Aww he is so gorgeous I just love his blonde hair :love:

awww he is sooo sweet

awww congratulations :):)

and hes gawgus !!!!!!!!

welcome to the world little one :)

congratulations :D

He's gorgeous xx

Awh what a cutie :)

bless! Stop having babies ppl - before I get broody! :hihi:

Awww! *broody* Congratulations Cosy & family!

I've actually been priviliged to meet the new cub in person today ... he's so TINY! Awwww! he's so cute too!

Although I was forced to tell mrs cosywolf off for being out of the house at all. I thought she should still be reclining on her pillows receiving visiting dignitaries ... not pounding the pavements pushing a pram. tut! tut!

:D

congratulation's cosywolf:banana::thumbsup::clap:

what a beautiful little man, hope you are all well and settleing in at home well, all our warmest wishes Cat & Linkonx:

aw he's lovely congrats hun

awwwww he is gorgeous and honeyb your little bro says no more pleeeeeaaaassseeee

awwwww he is gorgeous and honeyb your little bro says no more pleeeeeaaaassseeee

:hihi: i might be broody but i'm not insane....unless someone wants to swap me a cute little babby for a hulking great pre menstrual whingy 7 yr old.....!

Congrats to you all cosy! He's absolutely gorgeous, looks so content :love: Hope you are ok. I want another one NOW lol xxx

:hihi: i might be broody but i'm not insane....unless someone wants to swap me a cute little babby for a hulking great pre menstrual whingy 7 yr old.....!

she isnt that bad is she :hihi: i was going to offer to swap the naughtiest twin for her but your brother isnt thrilled with that idea

Congratulations Cosy, he is absolutely beautiful x

thanks everyone, he truly is gorgeous. He and his brother are certainly keeping me busy though. Will try and tell the whole gory story tomorrow

Looking forward to it Cosy, and thanks for letting me have a cuddle today! It was the first thing I was gushing about to my partner when I got in! He offered the opportunity to have another whenever I want - perhaps not for another couple of years, no matter how much your gorgeous little one makes me broody!

And I'm still chuckling over Cosycub's "Do you want to stroke my baby?"

Congrats hun :)

Hi guys, so sorry for the absence. I've been soooo busy and soooo tired, I'd forgotten how exhausting this whole baby lark can be. Followed by a baby blues smackdown. Why do we do this all, again? :)

Well, as promised, the birth story in a nutshell:
Turned up on Tuesday 9th at 9am at the Labour Ward for my induction, waited an hour before being looked at. Turned out I was already 2cm dilated, so they wouldn't give me the prostin, but decided to break my waters instead. Which would have been fine, but...you guessed it, a sudden run on women in labour meant no free midwives. How rude!:P Waited (again) in the aptly named waiting room for 2 more hours, then got sent to Whirlow ward to, err, wait some more.

Finally at 4.30/5pm they came got us and sent us back down to Labour. My waters were broken at 7pm, and never stopped leaking again. Reckon i know why my belly was so big...I never knew anything could hold that much liquid, we were paddling in it! :gag:
I politely proceeded to go into labour like a good lass, but despite the pain my good humour worked against me - people kept coming in and saying 'you're far too happy to be in active labour' or 'nope, too cheerful, not in enough pain'...so finally I was convinced to have an epidural and got the syntocin drip.

Problem with the epidural was: turns out I have a nasty case of White Coat Syndrome when it comes to men holding needles they want to stick in my back. Every time the poor anaesthetist came near me, my blood pressure dropped to the floor and I pretty much passed out.:hihi:. So despite the fact that my vital signs were fine whenever he left the room and my MW and doc insisted he top me up, he refused...so the epidural was ineffective - which got very meaningful later...

Long story short, it finally came time to push. But though i was fully dilated, this little wolfcub decided to swim straight back up the birth canal in the wrong direction i.e. up, not down, and no amount of coaxing would bring him back down. Maddening little mooch :mad:
Then his heartrate started to tumble...and we were 'rushed' (it seemed to take hours) to the operating theatre for an assisted birth or c-section. Remember the epidural? This is about the time I started begging for a truckload...a c-section? He was so ginger about giving me enough that I maintain I was never numb enough to be cut open:help:

This is your one chance! they told me, shoving the ventouse in, push! Push now! And I obligingly....turned and vomited all over my husband:hihi:
I was gutted, thought I'd lost my final chance for a vbac...but no, miraculously they cried Push again! and I did, and out he popped...all 6lbs 13oz of him, hoorah! Not breathing, but they whisked him away and got him sorted.

I was under the needle for another hour, as I was ripped all ways from sunday (cue irate rants at them to get a move on, lmao). The final twist was the placenta. We thought we'd gotten away with it, but it was in fact impressively degraded. They kept wanting to show it to me, but thanks anyway.

And that is how I popped out Wolfcub, a little cutie, exactly 4 whole lbs lighter than his brother's birth weight. :)
Not for long...you should see his giant hands and feet...and just now he ate 5oz of milk in one go, 8 days old...making up for lost time, lol

wow! speedy 5 is only on 5oz bottles now and she's 15 weeks! Great story Cosy - glad you got the vbac you wanted :)

Glad you got the birth you planned :D The theatre at Jessops scares me lol! Tegan's on 5oz bottles now and she's 5 weeks lol but she's been on them since about two weeks I think..