Feb 2011 - The turkeys are getting fat...so are we!!!

[WanderingSheep]

ledkr take care, try and rest and not worry, I know, I know, easier said than done!

Take care of yourself ledkr and ring the hospital if you feel like you may be in labour. They may be able to do something?

If you're still getting the pains and tightenings then please call the labour ward, they were great with me a couple of weeks ago. They might ask you to go in and you might even get to see the elusive consultant!

I hope our OHs grow up a bit soon, I know it's stressful for them too but seriously....

ledkr are you ok?

I've been so busy lately, getting everything sorted for christmas, so have only been lurking, but want to send my best to ledkr. I hope you are ok and let us know soon.

Hope everyone else is well and coping with the white stuff! I'm looking forward to Father Christmas visiting

Morning,thanks for all the good wishes.Had sleepless night with really bad pains and kept having to go to toilet.I was convinced that i was going to go onto labour buit had no idea how to get to hospital as we are completely snowed in.It seems to have gone now but i have avery aching groin. Rang ante natal and it is still on so am going to try and get there.Dh has helpfully driven to work so i am praying he makes it back to get me to the app.
I think im grumpy cos have been stuck in for 3 wks now and cold stil not gone.Cant do all the xmassy things we would normally do with dd-late night shopping see santa and a xmas movie etc.Dont even know if my boys can get here for xmas.Forcast is more snow so not going to improve.Poor ds1 is stuck at army base in Pierbright,has leave but cant get home.
need to slepp dh redemed himself last night by giving me a back massage and being quite kind.He then messed it up again but galloping down the stairs like abloody racehorse at 7am and waking dd who had had a very late night-moron

Morning ladies,

Christmas fast approaching, can't wait to finish work tomorrow and have 13 days off. Feeling really tired and just not motivated for work ATM!

Saw mw yesterday and decided I do want the flu jab, but my GP is only doing them today between 12 and 1, when I can't make it, with no plans for another opportunity, and no actual GP appointments for aayyyyges (basically until the new year).

Called loads of private places (Tesco, Boots, Co-op and Lloyds pharmacy etc.) and none of them will do them for pregnant women, so I'm schtuck. Any ideas?

Trying to find out if we have an NHS walk in centre near us but the website is not playing.

Ledkr hope you're OK.
angels hope your BP is fine.
Everyone else I hope you're feeling OK and happy and healthy and if not that you're getting lots of TLC.

Take care in the snow and ice.

Dx

delia i managed to get an appointment for today for flu jab but am unsure whether i will make it.I thought to myself that i am snowed in anyway so prob not exposed to too many germs will get it asap after xmas.Will you be exposed to many people over xmas.Germy sods haha

ledkr Christmas eve we will be at local carols but that's outside in the cold so not like sitting in warm restaurant/pub/house/etc. with germs festering.

Apart from that, we're kind of hibernating and not seeing many people, just parents, so fingers crossed I can avoid it and get the jab asap in the new year.

Thinking of you and hoping you're not in labour and that your pains ease off.

D

I think you will be ok then.I wonder if we can use that "first defence" spray to be sure.When can they fit you in?
I am feeling ok now must have just been aches and pains like opthers have had on here.

Glad you're feeling a little better ledkr I know what you mean about not being able to do Christmassy things as usual because of the weather. I still haven't taken the girls to see Santa and we would normally have spent a few afternoons at the park etc.

I think hope I have finally finished my Christmas shopping, only plus side of the weather is that Belfast city centre was empty at 9am this morning

Deliaskis I actually got my flu jab from the maternity ward at the local hospital, my health centre thought it would be easier so maybe if its near to you you could try there.

PS Finally got my Health in Pregnancy grant today - midwife finally amended form and sent it back, although am afraid to look at my bank account, think I may have already spent it twice

Ta for idea wiggles, it didn't quite work but did help! My ante-natal clinic aren't doing them, it's all GP based in our area, but she did suggest I make an apt to see the practice nurse (easier to get than a GP apt) and not say what it's for, and then just ask for it when I go, so I might try this!

I realised yesterday that my HIP grant was paid in weeks ago but it was right before pay day and we had gone a bit overdrawn, so I didn't even notice it .

D

Hi all,

ledkr how scary, especially since you can't get out. Where are you? Everything is melting here, DH is most put out.

Booked my flu jab today after hearing all the horror stories- now worrying because injections are horrid, aren't they!

MW texted to say my urine sample was fine- good news I suppose but I was hoping all the pain I've been getting was due to a UTI. She has referred me to a physio for SPD though- those of you who've been, what do they do? And does it help, most importantly? A trip to Sainsbury's does me in for the whole day now.

delia same thing happened for us with HIP grant- it just filled a hole which I didn't know was there. Got a surestart mat grant though which was a surprise- we are on extra child tax credits- and we have already put down a deposit for a new car seat and isofix base. We are poor as anything but DH will only have the very safest (and most expensive) stuff for his DCs (ahhhh!!).

Hi all, I have decided that pregnancy is rubbish! Im now in so much pain with my back it is just not funny, no position is even remotely comfortable! Have not slept for more than 3 hours in last 3 days!!! Had to go into Day assessment unit yesterday to have babies monitored as there movements have greatly reduced, all ok but I'm also getting horrendous period pains, never get them normally! And apparently I am not eating enough, the girls are taking all the good stuff from food and leaving me short, thing is, I eat when I'm hungry already!

Moan over, Im going to attempt tesco for a bit of a food shop, wish me luck!

Oh Ledkr, bad news about your son, where does he need to get too? Which part of the journey is he having problems with?

jack - I think you're entitled to moan!

I'm having quite broken sleep as well, but mostly due to really intense dreams then I wake up sweating. I've been sleeping a bit better since I put the antacid next to the bed so I don't need to get up in the night. I'm really looking forward to long lie-ins for the next two weeks though.

americanexpat ditto re sleep and lie-ins for the Christmas holidays. I have been getting some sleep, but quite broken, skeep in bed for a bit, then wake up, move to sofa for a bit, repeat several times!. So I am also really looking forward to having a couple of weeks where I can sleep late, or sleep in the day if I need to. I really am tired, I think from lack of sleep and pregnancy, as well as this normal fairly long stint of work with no hols since summer.

I am to be honest a bit fed up with being pg at the moment, but I think will be better once I get the break I need. After new year, I come back to work, but will feel like I'm properly on the home stretch then, and can take holiday and go on mat leave whenever I want (although am planning on leaving mat leave as late as possible).

But I know I'm still lucky compared to what some people are going through so I should count my blessings!

D

hope all are well. Glad to hear ledkr didn't go into early labour in the snow .

Just rung my GP to book a flu jab after asking mw if they do it there at hospital or if I have to go to GP - turns out GP has run out of jabs ?!!! I need to ring them back after Christmas to see if they have got any more in .

Don't think we've heard from prof since she had her long and useless trip at the week end - hope she didn't get snowed in somewhere!

On the elusive sleep front I got my birthday wish today and despite the usual broken nights sleep, I slept in this morning for a whole hour and a half . That was about the limit of excitement for my birthday sadly though.

Just back from mw and bp is ay-OK (ish) . Asked her about the new hospital that opens next month that I'm due to give birth in and she'd just had her first look around this week and said it was amazing - like a hotel aparently, so I'm a bit excited about having a look now, and hope I don't go into labour prematurely as I won't go there then.

Oooh, angels very about your hotel/ hospital! No realy pleased for you, you deserve a bit of good luck! It's not good that they've run out of flu jabs though...

ledkr Glad your DH has seen the light! Mine went out for a christmas drinks/ meal last night and came home early, I was so shocked I didn't know what to say to him! Still didn't get up this morning though

delia Hope you enjoy your time off, the fun has gine out of pregnancy now hasn't it?!

Well, going to finish watching Bleak House and have an early night tonight methinks, hope I get to sleep more then 2 hours

Happy birthday Angels hope you had a fab day!
Ledkr glad all is well with baby and DH!

I had to go tou the docs today because of chest infection, got some antibiotics so hope it clears a bit for christmas!
Hope everyone is well, im heading off for an early bath and bed!

Well I must have been a good girl all year . Got a call from work this morning, they aren't opening for the rest of the week so I am now on annual leave until my mat leave kicks in mid January - Yippee!!!

Hope everyone starts to feel a bit better, now that we are almost on the home stretch!! My sleep has been terrible last few nights, wakening at 3am and then unable to get back to sleep, hopefully we will be able to relax and lie in a bit more when dd1 finishes school - roll on Thursday!!!

Happy Birthday angels !!!!

What a result wiggles that's great news!!!

Whilst I am not enjoying this pregnancy one bit, I must admit I have found myself a bit sad that I will never be pregnant again... DH doesnt want any more babies and I probably wouldn't cope with another pregnancy very well let alone another DC! I am still quite young though (25) so a lot of my circle of friends won't be having babies for a while yet and I wonder how I feel when they are all getting pg. Probably being silly just feel a bit mopey that I only have 8 weeks left!

Glad you didn't go into labour ledkr. Happy Birthday Angels. Resul wiggles.

Happy birthday angels, and congrats for lie-in, we have to be grateful for small mercies!

wiggles how lucky re work closing. I am bitterly disappointed as we were supposed to get several inches of snow last night and as it's my last day, I wasn't ruling out the prospect of being snowed in and not bothering being able to get in, but v disappointed as only a couple of inches and no excuse to not get here! Serves me right for planning to be a bit lazy .

NeedtoSleep you're so right, the fun has gone right out of pregnancy at the mo. I don't know if I might feel a bit better after the Christmas break as mentally I will feel like I'm on the home stretch, but right now, I can't be f*ing arsed with anything (sorry for language!).

Still, 5pm today, off for 12 days, so things are looking up.

Was reading a preg & labour book last night and blubbing just thinking to myself 'I'm going to be soooo crap at giving birth'. DH was very understanding and said I would be just fine, but probably thought I was being a bit mental but really, they don't have to do it do they? I think I worry because I'm not very physically fit, and don't cope well when I'm tired, so I can see myself being the total wimp who just lies there saying 'I can't do it'. Anyone else feel like this?

D

wigglwa fab news

delia I feel EXACTLY the same as you re: birth. I almost have to sit down after walking up the stairs now - how on earth will I have the energy to go through birth?! I have no stamina from having months of feeling barely up to doing much. Also, DH I don't think realises the reality of birth - he's slowly reading a blokes guide to pg I got him from the library but hasn't got as far as birth bit yet and is so laid back about it all - it's easy for him! I'm thinking of forcing him to watch 'one born every minute' christmas special to give him a bit of a realistic insight into birth - watched an episode originally and my face was literally - really scared me (I know lots of people loved watching it though). Just felt I was a bit naive about it all before. I don't really know what to do about it other than keep reading more positive birth books (like Ina May) and doing birth prep hypnotherapy to make us more positive about the prospect. Oh, and I don't know if this is to be recommended but since I know I'll be a 'I can't do this' type of person I'm hoping on lots of drugs to get me through!!

Is anyone else now tired ALL the time? I just had another morning lie in (granted I as up alot in the night with dodgy tummy probably due to eating too much birthday cake!) but am permenantly feeling like I've run a marathon/post viral exhaustion type feeling but in a slightly different way to first trimester. The afternoons are now useless as I just want to crash on the sofa, so, what with the morning lie ins, that only gives me about a 3 hr window to do anything! I don't know how those with other DC are doing it I really don't.