Due Oct 05 - The Homeward Stretch

[Lexie100]

Here we go, hopefully for the last time

I am going to have a nap while ds is at playgroup . Guilty pleasure.

J&Bmum sorry to hear you so down-in-dumps, don?t often hear you downbeat.
As I?ve said 20 million times, don?t know how you all cope this pregnant with toddlers at home. I?ve just had a wonderful weeks leave from work, but ds2 has still gone to nursery. I feel sooooooooo much better after having the most amazingly lazy week of my life. Oh well back to real world next week???

Hey buttonmoon can?t believe your poppy in/ poppy put button, must be really weird!!

Hester with j&Bmum get down there and complain, surely it?s illegal to have no hot water for that length of time.

Lexie100 ? have you got that lump seen to yet? Bbb have you seen mw yet?

Just read my last posting....so many questions so little time. Well in my case too much time.

hey tric don't blame you.....just got up myself!!!

Hester - you need to go and kick some ass about your hot water. Go on - go for it - get all your stress out in one go and they will never mess with you again!!

I think I must be a freak. I have managed to sleep right through the last couple of nights without even having to get up to pee. It could well be because the baby is breech instead of his head pressing on my bladder though....

I am going to my first aquanatal class on Friday. Has anyone been? Is it any good? And I have an antenatal class this afternoon.

My DH made a comment last night about my arse being a bit bigger than it was before. I have put on 2 stones and I am actually quite pleased with the "normal" weight gain. I explained to him that as well as the weight of the baby, fluid, placenta etc, you also lay down around half a stone of fat for energy supplies for breast feeding and it mostly goes on the bum and hips. He refused to believe me and said "What about all these skinny celebs that don't put on anything?" And what really pissed me off was that I let it get to me and had a big sobbing episode
Bloody men, eh.

Sorry, this has turned into a rather long post....

Hope you all have a good day

MB

howdy everyone! Just back from mw appointment, just plonked bum on chair and they called me in which is a first for my surgery. Usually in for a good hours wait. Ruby is 4/5ths engaged. Don't know if that means she's likely to make an appearance soon as it's not my first baby, not sure if its relevant. Anyway at least it's her head that's engaged and not her bum. Everything else fine so that's good news. Had some SERIOUS braxton hicks last night that really hurt quite a bit. Could I be next????? Spoke to midwife about birthing pool and epidural. Not sure which one of these I fancy, maybe none at all but I can't imagine going through that horrendous stinging, burning pushing out bit without anything like I did with dd. Midwife helpfully said as I had dd just over 2 years ago, I'm all nice and stretched down there so it won't hurt as much!!

Getting hair done this afternoon, dreading the sink bit but looking forward to feeling a bit better about my straggly locks.

speak soon xx

i know i must be mad! Obviously my own fault for planning a baby so close in age to Jess, but she is usually so good - today she is the devil child!

Im guilty of chucking her in her cot and leaving her this morning and she has finally gone to sleep - hoorah!

mawbroon, you're right about the breech and not needing the loo as much. You'll soon notice it when your baby turns 2 stone is ideal weight gain and I know cos I've read all the books Those skinny celebs are not normal. You will naturally lose that amount of weight afterwards. I've put on the same and am more than happy that I haven't put on too much. Plus your bum and hips have to get bigger to balance out your belly or you'd topple over

mawbroon - poor you, men can be so insensitive. Dh has instructions to stop his dad from saying 'Blimey, you're getting a big girl' every time he sees me or I will NOT be responsible for my actions! Luckily, all the other men in my life: dh, my dad and my db, know me too well to make ANY comment at all apart from how beautful I look at the moment!

Going into hosp on Sunday for the duration, with the promise of time-off at weekends if there's no drama. Am very upset at leaving dd and the thought of not being able to see her every morning and every night and all that mummy stuff I'll be missing out on, and keep blubbing. But I will try to be brave and I've been telling her what a nice holiday it will be staying with her nanny and grandad and that she can see me every day and sit on my hospital bed which she seems quite excited about!

My friends have been lovely as well - I've got visitors at home and in hospital lined up for every day until next Weds! Lots of books & mags keep arriving in gift bags so I shall be kept busy. I'll try to get on before I go in just in case I don't get the chance between then and the birth. I'll be missing loads of announcements I expect. Anyway, I haven't gone yet...

Lump seems to have gone. Midwife said it could be because i'm still wearing an underwired bra, Ops. Getting fitted for nursing bra on friday.

Had pregnancy massage yesterday, back feels wonderful now. Have more energy today but probably because i had forgotton to take my iron pills for a few days.

time for tea and cookies

BBB - I love your theory about needing bigger bum and hips to balance!!! Cheered me up no end thanks!

Best of luck to you all - not long now... I hope the stay in hospital isn't too boring for you Moomin. Remember to pack an eye mask and ear plugs!! Very important!

William is now 3+4 weeks and is so cute. He is now 5lbs 12 oz so is still tiny but perfect. However, he has learnt the use of his lungs but luckily didn't use them last night! I managed to sneak off to bed at 7.30pm and my DH did the 10.30pm feed from my expressed milk so I could sleep until 2.30am - bliss! Feel normal again. I have a feeling my baby was the first but will still be the smallest after all of you have popped!

Thinking of you all and am counting down the days with you too!
x

Just got back from the coast, am now bloody knackered. Could not sleep in the van, so have ended up with about 5 hours sleep over two nights. Had a kip when I got home for two hours which has took away the blinding headache that I had. Hoping its to do with the lack of sleep and not to do with the blood pressure. Will see how I am later tonight.

Going to see the consultant tomorrow over my breechy baby. I'm 37 + 1 so I don't think they'll turn now, but everybody I know keeps going on about how their baby turned at the last minute or even during labour. Grrr. Wish people would stop trying to be helpful. Comments that have really pi$$ed me off over the past couple of weeks:

"Cor blimey, look at the size of you, you're huge!" (despite the fact I've only gained 5lbs, which midwife is happy about as I was a larger lady to start with anyway!)
"Oh, your pregnancy seems to have flown by!" (yeah, for everybody else in the world except me who has had to suffer the morning sickness, the fatigue, the constant ache in the ribs where my baby's head keeps bashing me!)

I have loved being pregnant, but I'm definately at the stage where I want them to come out! Cant wait to move onto "motherhood" rather than "pregnant lady beached whale style".

I was feeling mean, but I gather from what I've just read that everybody else is wanting the baby out now, and wants to shoot people and their comments so I don't feel too badly now!

Will let you know how it goes at the consultants tomorrow.

Love Elf xxxx

Good call mishmash - completely forgot how essential eye mask and earplugs were last time!! Am on to it... Give little William a kiss from auntie Moomin for having such a clever mummy xx

Good luck tomorrow Elf

Elf

Have to agree getting seriously p**d off with are you sure you have that long, are you sure it isn't twins. Went to antenatal on Tuesday and was relieved to see that I was normal sized, my measurements are all average so I know I should not worry.

Do you find that it is men that say it more, they don't have a clue

Also I have to repeat so many times a day how long left (work in a art shop) that I think a week should pass in two days so getting very confused about how long I have left!!

Hello everyone -- joining this thread having 5 weeks to go, lots of heartburn, backache and a baby lying across the way (or however you put it in english... is that breech too?). To top it off I am newly (amicably) separated and have just moved back to my native Denmark with DD 2y 9m and massive guiltfeelings towards her and daddy. Also feeling a bit sorry for myself...

Elf and others: read with interest your thoughts on turning / C-section. My midwife (here in Denmark) is giving baby another 2 weeks to do the turn, and in case not then book me in for a scan and a talk. Would also rather not go through the turning...

Terrified when midwife told me about risk of umbilical cord flushing out in case of waters breaking!! Knew the risk, but now it could be real for me! Will I get a chance to lie there on my back and phone? Must have it (the phone!) permanently attached from now on!

Good luck, Elf.

Hello Danishmummy! I think when it's lying horizontal there's a word for it... but I can't remember what it is because my pregnant brain has turned to much!

Three hours hard gardening this afternoon and my back is now so painful I can't move. I nearly had to ask DH to help me get my knickers on after my bath ... luckily I managed it in the end!!! Off to bed now to snuggle with my 3 year-old who has fallen asleep in my bed, ahhhh!

much=mush

Good luck Elf - let us know how you get on. I am due the same day as you - 12 Oct. I bet neither of us will give birth on that date! My comment for the day was "oh I thought you said you were due in October, not September". Yeah right. Hilarious.

Welcome danishmummy - hoping your baby soon gets into the right position.

Take care everyone.

horizontal - transverse
diagonal - oblique

Hi Danishmummy, welcome to the thread. Moomin, you're more intelligent than me, I knew transverse but not oblique!

jai38 - agree about the twins comment as well. I sit patiently and explain that every scan clearly says "singleton" not "twins" and then have to sit and smile and nod as they explain that one could be hiding behind the other. So far I have managed not to tell people to eff off. Have told people off for touching me, but only people I don't know that well and should know better than to stroke my belly. Erm, hello! What must they be thinking!

My mum has just got her operation date through, she's going to be taken into hosptial on the 4th, and if my hospital plan to do a C-section a week before my due date, it would be the 5th. So tomorrow I'm going to beg and plead that if they do agree to a section, can I have it slightly before so my mum can be there for support? Or does that make me sound like a "too posh to push, baby will fit around my schedule" mother. I really want my mum to be there & see her first grandchild, rather than being stuck in another hospital across town (miserable and in agony) after having her op.

Ah well, thanks for all the luck anyway I will let you know how it all goes....

Welcome Danishmummy. I'm still breech as well at 35+2. Same as you, my midwife is not referring me to the hospital until 37 weeks. I really think that the baby was trying to turn last night as there was loads of rummaging going on in there and he ended up almost sideways again, but no luck, his head is still up the way.

I've definately lost it though. I woke up in the night in a panic because I hadn't fed the baby then I remembered that he's perfectly fine as I haven't actually given birth to him yet. It seems to be a continuation of my dream the night before where I dreamt that I slept through labour (in my own bed) and woke up just as the baby was popping out (bum first) and it didn't hurt a bit. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Off to aquanatal in a bit. It's my first time - hope it's good.

MB

I don't think you are being unreasonable, i want my mum here. She's not living in the UK at the moment so have made her fly in with 2 weeks to go! I couldn't cope if she wasn't here.

I think i overdid the gardening yesterday too. It does look good but think getting the dustpan and brush out for the patio was a little OTT! Talk about nest building.

Have a friend staying for the weekend. Really looking forward to a relax and chat hopefully take my mind of being pregnant.

Elf: I think that's very reasonable request - just say that you really need her there for emotional/practical support. Cry a bit.

Ohh one other thing - getting lots of period type pains, is this normal?

Normal for me Lexie, certainly - I seem to be in pain from something or other constantly now - either contractions or period type pains or backache or hips or... etc. I'm afraid my baby will be born with a paracetamol addiction!