October 2010 Ready or Not, Here We Come

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ABFAb I think any nice smells just have to be a good thing, especially in hospital which generally doesn't smell nice! at pig sperm...I don't think I feel ok about that.

Heh heh DH is well and truly steamed, he told the man in the cake shop he was buying me cup cakes to make up for all the awful things he'd said (along the 'pregnancy isn't an illness' lines) hyuck hyuck...

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x-posted!
Dilly, I actually like the smell of hospitals - all that anti-septic - yum! I love the smell of Dettol, bleach, etc, and if any of you have done First Aid courses, those wipes they give you to wipe Annie's mouth - mmm! Love those! But yes, think the hippy oils are probably a better smell for a nice natural birth, plus they are meant to be beneficial, so I'll stick with those as opposed to filling my oil burner with Dettol! :)

I feel like such an old woman, I'm in my pj's and contemplating my bed already . I feel really tired and a bit off. Oh well, I hope you're all well this evening.

Dilly Glad the steaming worked!!!

Well MIL has been over and worked her magic. One room has been gutted. . HI came home halfway thru and mucked in so RESULT.

Walked the dog today and it crucified me. Had to have a laydown when I got home.

hermya me too been clockwatching for dd2 finishing brownies so dh & I can go to bed with a dvd!

Well from a chirpy start yesterday things went a bit downhill for me as kept feeling dizzy and wiped out, and then I realiase baby not mvoed all day, so ended up being checked out at the hossy.

Thankfully baby just seemed to be indulging in a game of "Sleeping Lions" and was fine. My blood pressure was a bit on low side - hence the dizzyness. Saw a lovely female Dr who ordered me to take it eady and to go straight home to bed, whilst giving the DH the evil eye!

Had to go back in today for further heart beat monitoring and a scan, as this was the 2nd time I've been in with a quiet baby (or as we've renamed it - the sleeping lion game). Today baby has been extremely active kicking everything in sight - even ecorded on my notes how active he was! Was a bit surreal to see baby on scan again - but now secretly worrying he has a big head like his Dad and sister! Hmmm don't fancy assisted delivery again thanks to the big head gene!

Am still knackered but blood pressue back up to normal range today, although iron level still slightly low. Was impressed by MW as she took blood from me and I can honestly say it was 1st time I've had this done without feeling the needle going in or it hurting afterwards.

right well I'm off - hope the rest of you are all ok and that we're soon have some more birth announcements on here.

Well, it'll all be forgotten soon, this pregnancy lark. Am still miserable and trying to look on the bright side which is that she'll be here soon. On the other hand, what the hell am I going to do with four children? Shit!

Started feeling nauseous most of the time again. Nanny thinks I'll deliver next week. Which, given mum is bringing my new cath kidston toiletries bag when she arrives at the end of next week, isn't ideal. Shallow, me? No!

silver what a great mil. Enjoy the DVD nymph.

ILGH, 4 is a fab number!!! Sophia is our 4th and she has slotted in like a dream!

Ohhh my baby is soooo yummy!!! She's been jaundiced but is nice and pink now, it's been stressful but we've turned the corner now. Loving the newborness and sucking it all in . I will miss this phase, the thought of never having a newborn again is sad but noooo way do I want to do it again!

Sending labour vibes to all those who want them.

How many babies do we have now? Sorry I'm not around much, life is kinda manic.......my life revolves around boobie feeding, nappy changing.......which then means baby refills her nappy for me so I change it again lol!

I'm in my own bed with my wee DD attached and DS fast asleep next to me. Missy has been on boob for about 45 mins now. This is my favourite feeding time. I managed to escape the hospital and am now totally ignoring the recomnendation to give ff top ups and just feeding her as often as I can. Literally I was sitting on the sofa after first feed at home cuddling her and I could just feel my breasts filling in a way they haven't before. Perhaps I'm deluding myself and in a few days find she's lost loads of weight but she's had a big wet nappy and I'm pretty sure that's poo I can smell in there now. She's been doing lots of mustard seedy nappies In hospital which must mean she's been getting a good hit of b milk even tho she wasn't feeding as well from me once I was forced to give formula.... What a surprise.

Back again: yup, that was poo . have fed again think it will be thru the night marathon now.

In other [bad] news, we have fleas, whi h may have been hospital acquired. I've been scratching my head and so has ds, dp said. Just been wartcgivg him do itnow, looked through hair abd there it was. I thought I saw one or tWo in hosp. Great. Now what do I do?

Well tis the early hours and I cannot sleep as woke up hungry and baby is now kicking away merrily - so not playing "Sleeping Lions" in the wee hours!

Floozie glad you're home and doing well with feeding, despite the "experts" trying to tell you to FF. Not so good on flea front - hope you manage to banish pronto. Guess all you can do is contact hossy and tell them that you're concern the fleas have come from there?

Right well I'll just keep twiddlign my thumbs until feel tired enough to fall asleep... have a feeling that will happen as it's time to get DD up and ready for school.

Hope you are all blissfully asleep in slumberland including all our little babies who have arrived.

meanbeans ILGH Don't think I'll get to 4 now :(

floozie Glad everythings better now you're home. Hospital will have been more stressful so maybe once you've relaxed your milk can come in properly? I assume it also takes longer to come with a premmie?

Morning bionic I've given up too and am warming some buns for an ealry brekkie!

Morning Nymph!

Have been surfing on the net... oooh buns mmmh... but have none here - sob!

Must remember to order TENS machine at a decent hour today otherwise I will forget and it'll be too late!

Meanbeans - :) your baby sounds scrummy!

Floozie- sounds like you are doing great! It's early enough for you milk supply to recover quickly from missed ff feeds- you have got te best excuse to be in bed cuddling LO eating cake- feed and sleep!!

Ds was awake at 5.30 again today, time to start reducing his afternoon nap :(

I thought labour was quietly starting yesterday but no joy again. She'll be here in her own time. Its amazing how different 2 pregnancies can be. Totally different experiences!

I'm going to make ginger biscuits now. Want one?

DH told me just to book in for a c section. Think he's fed up of me moaning all the time. Tactful eh?

Bionic which TENS are you getting?

Morning Girly girls!!

I went to bed early last night and had a really achey back. I also woke up a few times with what I think were contractions, it was like really bad period cramps with what felt like a band squeezing me at the same time. I've taken DH to work and felt a little crampy as I was driving him there and have felt a little ill eating my coco pops this morning.

Meansbeans Your baby sounds lovely.

ILGH Well with four children, I'd be bribing the older two onto my side and use them to help me control the younger two .

Bionic Sorry about your bunlessness.

Floozie I could be wrong, but maybe the stress of being in hospital was affecting you more than you think. I wouldn't be surprised if everything just starts to settle now.

Floozie I'm so glad you are home! Now you can all relax and get on with being a lovely family. It sounds like you are doing great on the feeding front - make sure you keep your own energy reserves up!

Hermya Oooo sounds like things could be starting for you - fingers crossed!

I have everything ready now, just waiting for a baby! Shall we take bets on who gets the actual 10.10.10 date of birth?

hermya & seashell progress?

Just woke from my extra sleep, 6:30- 9:15 makes me feel more human!

I have my pre op appt this am. Armed with my list of questions and dh instructed.

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Floozie Hooray that you are home!!! Enjoy that lovely time with your baby. at the fleas. The hospital really need to do something about it.

ILGH Can I have some biscuits, please???

Hermya ooh exciting. I haven't really had any cramps since monday night, but am hoping to get some more.

I like the date 20.10.2010 as well as 10.10.10 - I almost prefer it... But would much rather get 10.10 as it's sooner!!!!

IL's coming to stay near us at the weekend for a MONTH. Have mixed feelings - it will be good to have them near if I go into labout (my parents live quite a long drive away, so would have to rely on friends for teh night shift, whereas IL's could do both day and night). I do like them, but they are very intense and MIL is very intense with ds - gives him 100% attention to the detriment of others in the room and I don't know what will happen when the next one arrive especially if dc2 is a girl... It's starting to get me stressed and it shouldn't - they will want us to drop things to see them (I don't mind seeing them, but don't like the emotional blackmail that they put on) and if it's anything like before, they'll want to keep looking after ds 'to give us a break' ie want us out of the picture so they get him to themselves - I don't need a break! I want to make the most of the time alone I have with ds before the next one arrives - I don't want him taking off my hands. I am dreading what it will be like when this one comes as well - MIL, although not anti-bfing, ff and does not understand what it takes to get breastfeeding established - last time she kept telling me the virtues of ff - I could do without is (I am NOT anti ff, but I want to bf again and need support, not a disaproving comment about the number of times I am feeding). Sorry that turned in to a bit of a rant.

Anyway, my parents are coming up today to take me out for a meal. Would be good for my waters to break/ go in to labour while they are here to look after ds!

Nymph good luck with the pre-op!! How exciting that you'll have a BABY on Thursday!!!!

Nymph Good luck with the pre op.

Well I still feel a bit achey, not as much as last night. So I'm going to go walk up a big hill and eat some cake to see if that helps .

floozie so glad to hear that you are home and can get on with things in your own way

Nymph good luck with the pre-op appointment

Hermya hope things are going OK - have you got your positioning scan today? If so hope it reveals good news

At my MW appointment last week baby was back-to-back so have been on all fours trying to get him to move but not sure if it has done the trick as yet

Hope everyone else had as good a night as they could

nymph how exciting- nearly there! Hope the pre-op goes well and they are able to answer all your questions satisfactorily. Looking forward to hearing good news soon!

Hermya good luck with the scan. Hope things kick off again soon.

moonstorm it's lovely to have family to visit, but sometimes the baggage they bring is just too much! Hope you manage to get some good times with ds before your LO is born. Enjoy the meal with your parents.

floozie congratulations on being back home and well done on the bf front. I'm so glad things are going well now.

Bionic hope your baby doesn't play sleeping lions too much and make you worried. Sorry you didn't get a good nights sleep.

Well, I had a terrible night for itching again. I am just so fed up with this wretched rash. It's pretty much everywhere on my limbs now and over about half of my bump. dh wants me to ring the mw today about it, but if I've got a consultant's appt tomorrow, it seems a bit OTT. Hopefully will get the results of the liver function test today from the gp, but I'm pretty sure all will be normal there.

Aw nymph, good luck with the pre-op.

moonstorm blimey, that's a pain. Can your DH have a word so your mil doesn't start on any tactless "helpfulness"?

The ginger biscuits were awesome. Note I say were. Delia Smith recipe. Yum.

Off for lunctime nap, as long as DS3 stays asleep.

Just a quick one as I've not had chance to post lately.
I now know what some of you were talking about with carpal tunnel syndrome and it's not very nice!!
We are moving today- at 39 weeks- and dh has been sent home from work poorly. But I am determined not to stress.
Congrats to the new babies since last time. Hello to all the still preggers ladies hope you all ok. Sorry no time for name checks