General Chat

Think the cut off time for being a Cancerian is about 5 p.m. (BST),.... anyone like to confirm?- jl

First woman in the world has baby

BIG DEAL

McAlp, I am sure the hospital with have air-con.

My daughter was born on this day in 1969
and it was just a blooming hot as now !!
So i really feel for Kate.

Not always Bob,,,,,,,,

some dont have a relationship to get pregnant.....

but will add --------------turkey baster as one means...... ;-) :-D :-D :-D.

implants another.

Dunno wot all the fuss is about! ;-)

women have sex, get pregnant, give birth,


a natural body function.........

I loved the epidurals

3x babies
3x inductions
3x epidurals
3x very overdue daughters ( 15 days, 10 days and 8 days)

8 day overdue baby would have been an induction 15 days over, but I stamped my feet and shouted VERY LOUDLY!
10 day overdue would have been 15 days late too, but at 7days over, I together with my GP convinced the staff that baby was breech... she was delivered breech 3 days later!

I had an epidural once and once only..............numb right side, full feeling left side and stuck on the bed until it wore off, then got up as I wanted to and baby arrived 30 mins later :-D

wonder if her hairdresser and make up artists
are at the birth ;-) ;-)

Epidural is a wonderful thing, ;-)

well i hope so kay :-D :-D

Oh my,,,,,


someone not far from here I can just see is putting out flags.....

Joy,,,,,,,she will be fine,,,,,,,she wont feel a thing,,,,,,, ;-)

mops brow
and paces up and down :-D :-D

I will never ever forget the magical times that I held each of our newborn daughters in my arms for the first time.........they looked deep into my eyes and touched my soul,

:-D

Must have heard us Kitty ,,,,,,,

:-D :-D :-D :-D,

Just hope its the most magical moment of their lives.

Kitty she is only in slow labour so it could be a very loooong day, you might be ok :-D

I bet it will be announced between 11.45am and 3.40pm..............when I will be at work with no access to the internet :-(

Good luck Kate and be strong William :-D :-D

The baby is on his/her way, hopefully not long now..... :-) <3

I loved what the newscaster called the imminent arrival:
"The Great Kate Wait"

Hope she is a bit quicker than my July baby
1987: Baby due date 12 Jul---- Baby birth date 27 Jul

She's here!!!! Princess Alexandra :-D :-D











Just practising for this week. How about these little known facts whilst we wait:


1) Genealogists say the baby will be distantly related to Dracula, the 15th century prince who inspired Bram Stoker's famous vampire. Experts have also traced the family tree back to an Islamic sultan who is believed to be descended from the Prophet Mohammed.

2) Finland has gifted William and Kate with a special 'baby box' received by all expectant mothers in the Nordic country, which includes infant clothing, bra pads and even condoms.

3) By custom, earlier royal births were witnessed by the interior minister, in order to ensure that the heir was legitimate. Luckily for Kate, this tradition ended in 1936.

4) The baby does not necessarily need to have a surname -- but if William and Kate want it to have one, they can choose between Mountbatten-Windsor, Wales and Cambridge.

5) World landmarks including Niagara Falls, Toronto's CN Tower and the fountains at London's Trafalgar Square will turn pink or blue to celebrate the birth, depending on whether it is a girl or boy.

6) The journalists camped outside Kate's hospital are almost crying with boredom after a three-week wait, but it was a different story when William was born in 1982.

His mother Princess Diana fooled the press by telling them her son was due on July 1 -- he arrived 10 days earlier, catching the newspapers completely off guard.

7) You can place your bets on everything from the baby's name to what its hair colour will be. The bookmakers' favourite names are Alexandra for a girl and George for a boy.

But you could win big if William and Kate opt for one of the unlikelier choices -- Prince Wayne, for example, has odds of 500/1.

8) The baby already has its own Wikipedia page -- "Child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge".

9) Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has knitted a kangaroo for the baby.

10) Football superstar David Beckham has suggested that the royal couple should name their baby after him. "I think they should go for David," he said in an interview this week, adding: "If it's a boy."