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).

Morning all.

Well I thought I might get away with it but last night the round ligament pain started :( thankfully not as bad as last time but it was too painful to lie in bed so I ended up in the bath at about 3am, which is the only time I can have one in peace anyway.

Let's hope it doesn't get any worse!

As for the visitors thing, I'd told everyone not to visit for the first week but when we got back from the hospital we changed our minds and wanted to show DD off and invited all the neighbours round. So I would tell everyone to back off to start with and then say you will let them know when to visit, and don't be afraid to let them know when to leave as well!

angels i seem ok when driving but have become a terrible passenger i actually scream sometimes! Dh just ignores me.
knitta a fellow cyclist at last.I do alot of pavements now and stick out my tummy when i see potential moaners coming haha. I am starting to get funny looks too.
Perspective please ladies. Went out last night with dh to work do. Felt fat and boring and sober as it was but was trying to enjoy. It was very busy and we were stood talking when an older lady came by and said hello to dh and kind of held his gaze for a bit as you do when you have a secret or special relationship with someone( he said hi and carried on chatting).I brushed aside my paranoia but then later on she was leaving and she kissed one guy goodbye and then totally ignoring me stood there went to dh and kissed his face whilst holding his face with her hands(he didnt bat an eyelid)I asked him later who it was and she is one of the civilian workers(hes a copper)I am stewing on it now. I dont think anything is going on at all but i think it was really rude to do that when i was standing there. I have lots of male friends whom i kiss but would never do it when they were with their partners without first acknowledging them.
I feel really cross about it especialy as i am not afraid to say something and wish that i had now.
I hate to say it but AM I BEING UNREASONABLE?

YANBU- whether she fancies your DH or not, it was rude to kiss him like that in front of you and then ignore you. Was she drunk?

not that i could tell. Its made me mad cos i wouldnt normally have had a prob saying something like "excuse me but we were actually speaking before you started to manhandle my dh" Dh has never mentioned her and she is certainly too old and unattractive for him, i am interested to ask him later how his relationship is at work with her cos he tends to keep himself to himself which proves what i suspect that she was doing it to disrespect me,i caught her staring at me a few times too.Well i wont be pg forever maybe i will have agood old flirt with her dh next time we go out.haha

granny apple dont get me started on my fav subject. PIL live in essex and will def be expecting to visit asap and stay over. Little do they know that i will be allowing a one night only stay(they can only come at weekends)and will not be providing meals or anything else.It tormented me for ages but i am ok now i have a decision. There will be cuddles only at feed timess (last baby was a nightmare due to excessive brotherly love)and i will be in pjs post section,watching back to back come dine with me(not fil sport) bitch eh?

I havnt been on thread for a while as i didnt know where it went.lol. Im 23+3 now and cant belive how fast its going. Im expecting another baby boy and he has been so spoilt. I love baby shopping. Ive been glad to have energy in the last few weeks but im sure that wont last long. Ive also been getting alot of bad round ligament pains which makes it uncomfortable to do things at times. How much weight has everyone gained so far. Ive been back at gym for past 2 weeks for first time in 2 months so im hoping to keep it up for as long as i can.

Now here's a potentially explosive topic- are any of you thinking of getting the seasonal/swine flu jab? My surgery is doing a clinic on the 16th and offering it to all pregnant women. I know someone that had the H1N1 jab last year whilst pregnant and everything was fine and my cousin (who I always go to for advice) who is a GP said she would still get it done if she were expecting BUT.... I can't help wondering about whether it's safe.

It's probably all scaremongering etc. and I bet I will end up having it done but it's playing on my mind a bit. I am not normally this paranoid, honest

ledkr I love the come dine with me comment, oh and btw, YDNBU about the strange woman, she must be very lonely to behave in such a way.

eaurouge I think I'll get the jab (they're both in one aren't they or am I confused... again?!). I've been having the flu jab for years anyway and never had any ill effects from it. I had swine flu 2 years ago so not sure if that means I'm immune now but don't want it again, ever.

I'm not sure about the family visiting thing, I certainly won't have anyone staying with us but this will be my parents first grandchild and my mum is even more excited than me and she is being really good about agreeing with everything we decide on (toys/ feeding/ clothes etc).

I feel like such a lazy bones, I'm still in my pjs and having a day of mumsnetting reading, really should feel a little bit guiltier than this

I'm on the fence about the flu jab. I usually don't get it and don't get the flu, but my immune system isn't 100% right now so I'm more at risk. I'm going to speak to the MW about it at my next appt. Is some immunity passed to the baby?

My mom, sister and aunt are coming for a week at the end of Feb (due at the beginning). I'm looking forward to the visit because they're the type of people who not only take care of their own needs but will probably do the hoovering too! I may have to fight them for the baby though.

havent read up on the flu jab yet but instinctively dont want it. I had it once not long after chemo and had the worse flu ever and i never ever get flu or colds so guess my immunity is good.
spd is good today but i am having aday at home apart from a quick cycle to the shop.I am glaring at the dust tho its so tempting.
eau rouge i have that ligamnet pain too but only if i move from sitting to standing, its very intense and i have to double over which is very emabarassing in public.
cler i am so glad you are back i was worried and have been searching for you on mn. Congrats on the 4th little boy,there is some cute stuff out there for boys now its not like when mine were little.

Morning everyone (well it is for me ) Hope you're having a great and relaxing day. I don't know about the flu jab, it's a big thing in the States but I managed to avoid it last year. I've put on 17 lbs so far cler which is too much too soon I think. I've started going back to the gym too and trying not to buy too many crisps. That woman's behaviour was very odd ledkr and I would be tempted to talk to your dh about boundaries. Then again my dh left at 5 this morning to go and climb a mountain all day, leaving dd distraught as she thinks weekends should be all about her! So I'm not in the best of moods and you perhaps shouldn't take my advice!

I have gained a stone and a half in weight so far and wasnt sure if its to much for 23 weeks.

tad thanks i wondered if it was just me being pg.Knowing dh he is very private at work and doesnt get overly involved with people so unless he says shes a good friend and they share a laugh and a cup of tea i can only assume that she did it to p me off.I have many male friends but only kiss the ones that i am very close to and have been for years and certainly not at the exclusion of their wives. And if they are good friends then why wouldnt she want to meet me?I am seriously quite anoyed and will be doing the same to her husband at the xmas party!Do you also not think a kiss using hands is a little intimate? Sorry im harping on now.

She sounds like she is insecure. And a bit of a wally. I would be tempted to be 'overheard' talking about how I would love to have a good flirt with him but you just cant bring yourself to flirt with a fat man who has dribble on his chin (or similar/more bitchy) - rise above it but with a touch of bitchiness!

[confused}

oops those fat fingers at work again!

But then she's won ledkr because she has pissed you off. Your dh went home with you, is having a baby with you and you have nothing to worry about in that respect. I don't think doing the same to her dh would be a good idea - he may think you are coming on to him, pregnant or not! A loud clearing of the throat and a filthy stare would be enough to make her look a desperate harpy if she is silly enough to try it again . Try and get the silly woman out of your head (and I am crap at taking my own advice).

10 pin bowling - dd wants to do it tomorrow. Is it advisable?

Tadj advice much more grown up than mine

I'm old 40weeks - very old today.

Hello ladies, hope everyone continues to do well. I haven't thought about the flu jab at all and I'm not sure if I have an opinion on it. I probably won't get one just because I don't have any strong feelings in favour of it and hate going to the doctors at the best of times.

In other news, my enthusiastic MIL kindly bought us a tommee tippee microwave steriliser from mothercare today... it was only £12.50 so we thought we were getting a bargian but when we got it home it seemed so small that we're worried that only the smallest bottles will go in it. And then I realised after we had been standing there, slagging it off for being too small for ten minutes, that MIL was a bit hurt because she was trying to do us a favour by buying it for us. I feel so guilty now. She's not very well off so would be heart broken to think that we might never use it, so we might have to take it back with her next week. But we might buy a larger bottle first and see if it fits.

Anyway. Hope everyone else is enjoying a pain free (er...) weekend

You can use small bottles for if you express breast milk, esp in early days. (Sorry can't remember if you are doing breast, bottle or both). Tiny ones only take little and often anyway.

oh dear zero you wicked woman haha. Its so hard when people get you stuff.Someone gave me a moses basket and to be honest its a bit tatty and the hood doesnt stay up properly and i have to buy a matress anyway so may as well get a new one. I'll just be honest and say i wanted a more girly one.
tad i know you are right and i am probably over reacting as dont exactly feel very gorgeous at the moment with my huge bum.I wish id said something tho. I thought that "would you like a grope of my husband as well while you are?" there would have been suitably cutting and made a point. Why do you always think of these things after?

tad ten pin bowled at 38 weeks last time for my works xmas do, i was fine. I was also very irritated at being asked to leave the ice whilst skating

Ledkr YANBU my dh has "friends" like this at work. I sometimes think that its the job they do, some women my husband works with think they're all very close - long hours, threat of danger etc, I will be the one to say it out loud she sounds like a bit of a beeatch!!

I think I'll get flu/swine flu jab this year, my 2 dds got it last year so if I think its safe enough for them. I also through an mutual friend know a woman who was hospitalised immediately after birth last year after catching it so I think I'll go ahead.

thanks tad and ledkr and for the record am hoping to breast feed but also express from time to time.