Feb babies 2011 - We may not be glowing but we're definitely growing!

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The old thread was getting quite full so I took the liberty of starting a new one, I hope nobody minds! I thought I'd keep in with our glowing and growing theme (I'm not very creative, sorry).

Oh dear ledkr I'm sorry to hear that. Especially the people drinking cider on the ward, that's pretty cheeky it must have been a nightmare for the nurses (mil is nurse so I am constantly feeling sorry for them they have it really tough)

Hope it gets better for you soon and all turns out well.

Oh dear ledkr I'm sorry to hear that. Especially the people drinking cider on the ward, that's pretty cheeky it must have been a nightmare for the nurses (mil is nurse so I am constantly feeling sorry for them they have it really tough)

Hope it gets better for you soon and all turns out well.

hello newbies [hgrin]

zero that's so exciting DH felt baby move - I know a few people here have had that excitement but I haven't felt much from the outside yet, although that could be due to my tummy fat insulation . Oh, and we've borrowed a mozart CD we are playing at home in the hope of breeding a child genius [hgrin]

slaughtered I found lavendar ice cream much nicer than it sounds (slightly more sorbet-ish than creamy). I also had lavendar jam while I was there [hgrin] .

Had lots of boring chores to do this morning but the whole morning has been spent sorting out an ebay sale (DH found some barbour jacket liners PIL gave him he's never used, turns out they're quite saleable on ebay :) ). I'm not really an ebay pro so everything takes so long and is so confusing. Think pg brain isn't helping!

jackinthebump free galaxy bars? ohhh bet she was getting mobbed with all those pg ladies [hwink]

x posted there. ledkr that sounds like a really stressful episode. I guess at least they can 'fix' the anemia with tablets and with any luck you'll be feeling much better soon. Don't like the thought of cider drinking in hospital. I get cross enough when someone is drinking alcohol on tubes/trains when they arn't allowed to - I always want to go up to them and tell them off (in a teacherish way) but I'm too chicken incase I get punched!

and zero you're still repeating youself, I said zero, you're repeating youself [hwink]

I know angels its this flipping phone it has a mind of its own! So annoying!

i know waht you do zero i get that on my i phone. At least we never miss your posts. Well first day off work and i am soooo bored already. Could clean but no energy just keep eating and chatting on phone to anyone who will listen. Have booked a 4d scan for Friday for me dh and dd i am so excited.Meant to be for dh birthday but i dont think ill be able to contain myself.

ledkr sorry to hear you're poorly. You obviously did the right thing going in though as at least now you know and they can do something about it.

I have once or twice felt baby kick on the outside, but have always excitedly yelled DH and then baby has inconsiderately gone to sleep! I have extra 'insulation' as well angels which might have something to do with it - one of my (v slim) friends is about a week behind me and her DH has been able to feel kicks for almost two weeks now. She is very slim and fit though, hardly any fat at all.

I've had lots of classic FM on lately, not deliberately trying to breed a genius baby, but have been feeling quite unsettled by a lot of TV - 'action' type stuff seems too loud and 'busy' for want of a better word, so am watching v chilled out TV or listening to Classic FM. If genius baby is a by-product then not complaining!

Had a lovely weekend actually. Mattress topper arrived and has really helped. Not sleeping a whole night or anything, but only waking up 3 or 4 times to turn over and get comfy again, then going back to sleep, rather than lying awake unable to get comfy to start with. So sleep has helped a lot. Also went to the North West Food Lovers Festival on Saturday and had a lovely afternoon there not focussed on being pregnant, and a nice walk out in the llovely sun yesterday, so I feel like I've been able to relax properly and do things not entirely about pregnancy.

Stay happy and healthy ladies
Dx

deliaskis weirdly enough I never used to like classical music and would growl at DH when he tried to put it on in the car but right now it's all I want to listen to. Could there be some kind of pregnancy hormone which makes us want Radio 3 all the time?

We must compare our babies' IQs in ten years time and see if they really are geniuses or not!

zero it is a weird thing. I've always liked classical music, play piano and was in orchestra at school etc. so have always enjoyed it, but haven't often listened to it on the radio or whatever, apart from at Christmas for the carols etc. and so for me I think it's mainly that the noise and brights lights etc. of the TV are making me go grrrr rather than suddenly liking classical music, but the need to be 'soothed' rather than 'stimulated' (no I don't mean like that!) is maybe a pregnancy/hormonal thing.

yes, I've found since getting pg I can't watch upsetting/aggressive/violent etc things on TV/radio as they upset me and I look to soothing things instead. I've put loads of classics/period dramas on my 'love film' list recently as I'm really enjoying these at the minute (compared to my usual thriller/horror type choices) - it's 'pride and prej' avec colin firth for me this week [hgrin]. Maybe it's a hormone thing... [hhmm]

delia glad the mattress topper is helping and you got a pg free day at the week end. Food festival sounds good. I'm still funny with loads of foods but seem to have got an obsession with chocolate now - can't get enough, I'm trying to ration myself to a square or two or a low cal hot choc when I feel the urge but tis hard. Think this baby is going to be a choco-o-holic like its mum. It's so funny - before I got pg I was full of 'when I'm pg I will eat no sugar and my baby will not be allowed any fatty/sugary foods once born' and 'when I have a baby it will watch no TV. ever.' but I can see my plans may have been too idealistic

angels yes I have been drowing in period dramas as well - P&P (both versions), and basically, every Jane Austen film ever made (2 or 3 versions of a lot of them) [hblush].

My chocolate consumption has crept up as well. It's not [hshock] yet but it's gone from maybe just 1 square to maybe just one row, to maybe two rows. So I need to knock that on the head a bit.

And like yours, my baby isn't going to watch TV, or eat convenience food, or play computer games, or wear tacky clothes, or be mean ever, or really anything bad, it is going to spend its spare time doing wholesome things like reading, walking in the countryside, munching on (and loving) fruit (possibly homegrown), and asking me and DH insightful questions about the difference between right and wrong and the world around us and suchlike. Unrealistic? Moi? [hgrin]

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I AM BORED. angels how have you coped at home all this time?
I have been crying with the feelings of exhaustion and frustration of not being able to do anything-swept floor earlier and felt like i was going to pass out.Then watched back to back birth programmes on tv and kept crying at that too especially when they gave the baby to the man and i thought i cant wait till dh holds his first child followed immediately by morbid thoughts of that not ever happening arrrrrgh whats wrong with me.
Where is our prof too? I know she went on her hols but seems a while now "prof where are you?"calls and hears an echo

ledkr why else do you think I spend my life posting on here?! I'm trying to keep myself occupied/sane! I really really understand the frustration as I get that every day - there's so much I want to do but some days I can only manage to unload the dishwasher and that's pretty much it. It's actually quite mentally challenging to stay positive and keep busy. Have you done your christmas shopping yet? Maybe you could use this week to buy stuff online and be in ready for all the deliveries. Or even writing your christmas cards ready. I've been doing quite a bit of knitting to waste time keep myself occupied. ALso reading, watching TV/DVDs, emails etc etc, but, to be honest, I would MUCH rather just feel well enough to live my normal life. At least you know that once the iron levels perk up you should feel better, and in the mea time, just do what you can manage, and don't expect much of yourself or you'll only be frustrated.

I assume prof is still on holiday - lucky thing. I bet she's having a wonderful time.

Hey Ledkr sorry to hear about hospital visit, bored hurrumph I'd love the chance to be bored [hwink] Feeling sorry for myself at minute - too busy at work and think I may be pushing the physical side of work, unsympathetic boss etc, I had morbid thoughts over the past few days but baby is really beginning to move so feeling a bit more settled. You must be really excited about scan on Fri, you should be able to see so everything so much clearer now.

D&A - lots of giggles at your good intentions, I had exactly the same for dd1 and she kept most of them. DD2 came along and I'm afraid it was "quick where's CBeebies"!! [hgrin] Must dash - off to prepare chicken nuggets, chips and fruit shoots!!

I'm trying to keep my expectations fairly low but its really hard not to think were going to bring up dd perfectly especially in terms of education as I'm a science geek and dh is an English geek so between us we think were going to bring up a genius. But I'm sure dd will have lots of plans of her own.

Saw midwife today. Everything is fine but the receptionists at the doctors were rubbish AGAIN. Midwife had to have a go at them for ignoring me. Got my mat b form. like the sound of free first class on the train but I never get trains so its a bit wasted on me :(

I'm trying to keep my expectations fairly low but its really hard not to think were going to bring up dd perfectly especially in terms of education as I'm a science geek and dh is an English geek so between us we think were going to bring up a genius. But I'm sure dd will have lots of plans of her own.

Saw midwife today. Everything is fine but the receptionists at the doctors were rubbish AGAIN. Midwife had to have a go at them for ignoring me. Got my mat b form. like the sound of free first class on the train but I never get trains so its a bit wasted on me :(

wiggles la la la I'm not listening [fingers in ears]...

Dx

D To be fair dd2 does a great patter in conversational Spanish all thanks to the genius of Dora and Diego [hwink]

Oh i feel for you i have had one overnight stay in hospital so far :( it sucks, whats worse is they put me in the ward you go to just before yu give birth so veryone round about me was puffing and panting through there labour pains was rather frightening to say the least. Hopefully once your tablets start to take effect you will be feeling a wee bit better.

Anyone know if we are allowed nytol or herbal sleeping remedies?

zero drs receptionists are the bloody gestapo.One of mine used to be a right slapper round the town and now thinks she can look down her nose at me and ask about my personal business.I tried to get mw to leave my health in pg form last week but i was one day off 25 wks so they wouldnt so i have to wait till this thursday grrr.
I never let my boys play with guns or war toys so they made them form lego and now one of them is a kick boxer and the other a bloody soldier..dont waste ya time worrying haha.

scmacbt you and your nytol haha. I must admit i am partial to pills normally and would have a couple of nytol or co codamol to help me sleep and i am frustrated i cant do it now when you most need it. No booze fags or mind altering drugs. Very boring.Have a nice bottle of champers in my fridge for when i get home from hospital.
They are horrible places arent they. Fortunatly didnt stay overnight but was dreading having to.A woman can only read so many take a breaks and the day room looked like an episode of shameless so didnt fancy it much :o

Haha im just so deeperate for one night of sleep i honestly look and feel like one of the living dead, not being helped by ds having horrific nightmares which are interupting what little sleep im managing to wrangle.

Yes i know what you mean in regards to shameless :) i had a "lovely" teenage mum in the bed beside me screaming at midwives, nurses anyone in general that she wasnt f*ing doing anything they wanted her to and that she would continue to keep taking cocaine and drinking until her baby came in 5 months!! I have nothing against teenage mums was one myself but i felt like giving her a smack round the head.

well i had a non teenage mum when had dd 8 and she was vile. She was asking for a fag as they bought her in from her c section and when they bought her baby in the cot the woman next to me muttered "whats that an ashtray?"she left her san pads sunny side up in the bath room and one night she was bathing her baby at 5am. Woke the whole ward. I heard the mw tell her not to and she said loudly "ill f'ing launch you in a bit. Id had enough so shouted from behind my curtain "yeah and ill flippin launch you if you wake me up again!" so funny,she just went silent. Saw her a few months later when i dropped dd at her very expensive nursery to go to work.She was dropping hers off as apparently "social pay for it" she had abad back apparently SHE WAS ABOUT TWENTY STONE FOR GOD SAKE haha

cant you sleep cos not comfy or insomnia? I am going to count my wees tonight i think its about 5-6 and i can only remain in one position for 2 hrs then wake up to turn over and re position my pillows. I have so many pillows in my structure dd asked if i was building a house

Haha id have done the exact same with that lady! I luckily got put in a private room with ds 6 because of emergency section and how badly it affected me. But my floor was ull of horrible people who kept trying to get me to go for lunch, dinner etc, but i didnt leave my wee room for 5 days. Will be a big shock this time round as i'll no doubt be out in a ward.

Oh people like her are the reason that people who cant work, i havent been able to get a job since i got made redundant at the beginning of march, get lumped in with the rest of the croungers. Lady who drops her kids off at ds's school has a new pram every month and lovely clothes, yet has 4 kids and doesnt work, i just think how do you do it?? Because i struggled working full time never mind now im not working.

Its more a case of insomnia and the weeing, think im about 5 times a night too. Im finally puttin on weight though although the bumps not really getting any bigger. How are you faring with the whole food/hertburn thing or are you one of the lucky few to not get heartburn?