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Last Few Weeks to Go Rant

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nikkinoo · 12/09/2005 05:21

Just needed a rant

have had a superb pregnancy to date not even a hint of sickness etc, but oh my gosh am I paying the price now.

As i sit here at nearly 5am with rasberry leaf tea and choccie biscuit feel the need to have a good bloody moan about the last bit of the last tri mester.

Obsessive food cravings in particular Olives the ones that really do it being a sainsburys special selection spanish green olives marinated in garlic lemon and piquant peppers (mmm) I actually dream of these things and make special trips to the super market and open the jar in the car park, like some crazy olive junkie. However they give me such bad heart burn that they are followed by a number of rennies chucked in all at a time for that satisfying chalky crunch that I so desire.

baby is headbutting my womb as if she has got smells like teen spirit on her baby i pod and she is moshing like a good un, if this wasnt my 3rd baby i would have been up the mat ward many a time as she feels like she is busting out.

having a show and nothing ever coming of it, was shopping a few weeks ago and felt like waters had gone was ecstatic as it was the end of Aug and i thought yes she can go to school early (DD is a sept baby and is so ready for school but has another yr to go) Kids were away at mums I thought perfect timing, however baby was resloute in her postition to remain in the womb.

Hormomes getting the better of me have turned into someone who gives strangers a good telling off, like the poor guy who had the cheek to tut at me cos i cold not move kids and buggy out of the way fast enough for him to get into the next aisle at the check out, blimey did i give him some grief. Also DP has had it aswell was having a serious rel crisis few weeks ago, mind you he has been shitty to me too.

Needing a mechainical hoist just to turn over in bed.

getting sick of people saying havent you had that baby yet- enough said.

only having a selection of about three outfits to wear, as even some of the mat clothes I bought have long since abandoned my massive belly. Was hardly putting on any weight but have piled it on over last few weeks my ass is the size of Brazil and can see it in people as they try to avoid eye contact with my rear end but they are strangely drawn to its sheer size and bulk

and lastly going for a mesurement in marksies for a mat bra and the sales assistant being horrified at my moll flanders look she told me that underwired padded sexy bras are not the thing to wear and said it would be a good idea there and then to wear the sensible white soft cotton nursing bra for my mammoth breasts, so any last area of femmininity is gone for the next few months, when babs is born and I turn into the mummy milk machine. Oh and desperate for a bikini wax (wonder if they will do one on a heavily pregnant woman)

Cheers for that space to rant. Its all in jest really cos I know when I have that lovely little baby in my arms and she is safe and well and has that look in her eyes like I am the only one that exists in the whole world, she has been worth all of this and then some .

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Kiwifruit · 12/09/2005 09:22

LOL Nikkinoo - all sounds very familiar !! Are you due in September? If you are, come and join us on the Due in September thread - we're all in the same boat and thoroughly fed up!!

nikkinoo · 12/09/2005 09:56

Hiyah Kiwifruit Yes am due on the 18th of this month how about you

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flamesparrow · 12/09/2005 09:59

Oooh I remember it all so clearly. I was a month overdue (arguement over my dates and scan dates) and I remember being ready to thump anyone who looked at my huge bump and said "Still here then?" - "No, I've had the baby and just liked the huge lumpy look so wander round with a cushion up there"... or "Looks like the scan dates were right then" which wound me up even more because I knew they were wrong.

Bras... Mothercare have got some pretty pink feeding bras... slightly more feminine, and actually give mroe support (I found) than the maternity ones.

zubb · 12/09/2005 10:03

sympathies nikkinoo - my due date was last Thursday and I'm still sat here waiting! Just had a couple of phone calls, and been stopped by everyone at playschool, all with the same 'not had it yet!'.
Ds2 was 8 days late so I remember this well, and at least I get to watch the cricket all day with my feet up, so it could be worse I suppose.

nikkinoo · 12/09/2005 10:05

yes have looked at the web site, Elle Mcphearson does her own range too, but I think they will be probably quite expensive.

Oh i shouldnt whinge when I look at poor people in the likes of New Orleans and that I think come on Nick it could be LOADS worse.

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Kiwifruit · 12/09/2005 10:50

Nikkinoo - am due on the 25th, so still nearly 2 weeks until due date. Sigh. Have had enough of this now, although would be happy for baby to hold on until the end of this week so that I can get all my jobs done (have been on maternity leave for 2 weeks now and have perfected the art of procrastination... ).

Apparently figleaves.com has a deal on Elle MacPherson feeding bras - you get a free pair of matching knickers with each bra purchased. Bras are on my list of jobs for this week...

andif · 12/09/2005 10:55

Yeah, but to add insult to injury, Elle MacPherson bras only go up to an E cup - just designed to make you feel more like a whale if you are well endowed (and who isn't at this stage!?)

flamesparrow · 12/09/2005 11:02

That's a bit off

I was an F when I started

nikkinoo · 12/09/2005 11:14

Well what can we expect from a size 6 supermodel i suppose. I bet she never got varicous veins or any other preggy horrors like piles (mind you I dont even have them thank goodness)

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milward · 12/09/2005 11:21

People asking if it's twins!!! - no its not I'm just big. My dd2 school teacher saying every day - the baby hasn't dropped down yet as I look huge. My doc says it has so I'm going with her version!! Due on the 24/09 - my dd3 came when I was 38 weeks but feel now that this little one is here for the long haul.

Kiwifruit · 12/09/2005 11:21

And they only go to a 38 - I'm usually a 36, but my maternity bras are 40, so think I'm not going to have any luck with the EP ones either - guess it will be the sexy super scaffolding ones for me...

nikkinoo · 12/09/2005 11:30

I was massive with my second baby she was nearly 10 days late and bless her weighed in at 9 pounds 5. I used to get people telling me what a bonny boy I had even when she was in a pink dress!!

Now though she is dead petite and little for her age. Midwife reckons this baby will be no bigger than a 7 pounder, how they can tell though is a mystery to me.

I have dropped though and nearly everyday some thing happens in the shape of a very mild mild show, have had a pretty big one before now, but midwife reckons that was just preassure being released as i was having loads of pain in the abdomen.

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