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

[WanderingSheep]

varicose I had the flu jab a couple of weeks ago and sooo pleased I did as OH has been staying with his parents since monday as he's been so ill with it, couldn't eat until last night and that was only dry toast. I just had a slightly swollen, itchy arm for a few days, no other side effects.

angels nearly there with the move, take as many breaks as you need. Sorry you're getting the grinding pains, they're horrid aren't they? Do you feel as if dd has moved down as that's what the mw told me was causing mine. No advice on what to do though

knitta I've had a brief chat with OH about what he wants to do if I have a cs and I think he'll be okay coming in as they out up a big screen type thing so he won't see anything. He sounds like your DH in the squeamishness dept! He doens't want to see anything if I get my home birth but will be supporting me in the first stage. I really don't mind as i don't want to be thinking 'is he okay?' during the main part. Got my mum for help then! She's also going to cut the cord if possible as OH is too squeamish for that!
If you have a general anaesthetic then no one will be in with you but DH will be able to see baby after when you're recovering (I think! This is what happened to my friend so just hearsay!).

Has anyone experienced a cold feeling inside your bump right at the top? I've had it a couple of times now and assume it's ds pressing on a nerve or something. The only thing I can compare it to is when you have general anaesthetic and can feel cold spreading through your veins. Very odd

Happy New Year all, sorry its a bit late, really knackered, spent all day yesterday pooing - I know not pleasant conversation, no cramping , or diarrahea(?) but everything I ate just came out again!!! Thank God our water eventually came out again yesterday or it would have been extra yucky!!!

angels glad move moving along really feel for you re flu jab - feel really lucky I got mine in the end, and that I ended up getting mine in the maternity unit as opposed to GP. Ran to McDs with girls today ( I would lie and say we hardly ever go but I'm among friends here, my girls love it!!) and was literally sneezed over by everyone in the queue was like flus are us.

Ledkr I still think you're being really patient with your in-laws, now your sister-in-law, I would get dh to ring her and explain that you're feeling overwhelmed, annoyed that people are going to be in your house so soon after the birth and ask her to talk some sense into them. If she can't see your side then I would be less nice

as we are tslking frankly i am also pooing for england,when i do go i dont feel like i have finished its driving me mad.I have an ache really low down on my bikini line too and also horrendous bh there too which i have to breathe thru.
Knitta the screen covers everything you can see nothing at all.They will drop screen for pics if you like but that obviously not good for your dh.With a ga which is pretty rare he cant come in.
My baby seems very quiet but has good heartbeat on dopler,anyone elses a bit quiet at all.
Wiggles,the prob with dsil is she is a young blonde essex girl who has no children and will be captivated by the baby for 5 mins then just want to chat and be entertained by dh.My fab dil sujested to mil that the hotelis nice over the rd ans she said yes maybe for other family memebers WTF? I have a feeling it will be like a bloody stream of people here i will just have to lose the plot.I am defo getting away at half term too cos she has that week all off and will be dh last week of leave and dd first chance to be with us all for a long time.She is on about coming for the whole week,how do these people think you can afford all this,extra food,hot water,washing etc.Was thinking if its all too much when i feel better i will go out with my mates every weekend leaving dh and pil to babysit,dh will soon put his foot down then haha.
Just seen the new series of shameless starts Monday 10th,i am ecstatic.

Ha ha debka my Christmas "secs" are all back in the loft! Silly iPhone typo.

angels my surgery have the vaccine but if yours don't then ask them where does and if you can collect it on prescription and then bring it back into surgery for the nurse to do. Sounds a bit of a faff I know but if you really want it then will be worth it. That's what they did at my surgery when they ran out but the Tescos pharmacy had stock. I am booked in for mine on Tues, as well as DS 2 because of his chest complaint.

Ledkr I don't see how people can expect you to play host to house guests after major surgery. Just tell DH it ain't gonna happen and let him sort it (might work) or suggest he takes baby to stay over at PIL with bubba to g e you a rest...thT should sort the wheat from the chaff!

Am having the opposite pooing problem to you lot- I feel like I REALLY need to go, but nothing is happening. DD is on prune juice, may have to join her (yuck!).

angels I am totally with you on the exhaustion, I feel just like that and i don't have any boxes to unpack. I really don't know how you are managing it.

Anyone's bump wonky? Was contemplating mine whilst cooking tea and it appears to veer off to the right- I suppose it's just where the baby is lying but it did look rather odd!

ledkr think 40weeks has the right idea about your ILs- let DH visit THEM with the baby!!

Happy New Year All....!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one dealing with parents who are being 'annoying' about visiting new baby....Have they forgottan when it was like when they had babies...

My father called me the other day and 'told' me that as soon as the baby arrives they will come straight down (from Scotland) and stay with us for a few days. DH freaked...! Anyway me being me we ended up having a bit of a fight about it...My father told me i was being selfish and precious..!!!
All I asked was if he could give maybe give us a few days grace and then stay in a local B&B...! In the end I told him he will do as he's told and that's the end of it...! Haven't told my father that i'm due at this stage to have a ELCS at 39 weeks..and he's book time off work from my due date onwards for 2 weeks..hahahah! God i'm mean.

At what stage is everyone going to pack a hospital bag??

Jacks how are your girls doing...???

my in laws live 3-4 hrs drive away,so not really feasable while still little also why should i be separated from my baby to apease them?They just have to accept that when you have relatives who live in a different town you wont see them as much like lots of others have to and not be so damn pushy.I do ike the dh and dd2 going away opnion for when she is older so me and dd1 can chill.
I have afeeling there will be a period of unrest whilst a few boundaries are enforced,just have to hope one of the siblings has a baby soon to take off the pressure.

Good for you Highlandgirl!

And if he does think you're being precious, when can you be if not after giving birth!!? Give him the old "I thought you of all people would be more understanding" in your sad voice. Puts him on the back foot! Gosh I am mean :-)

Highlandgirl Had a real panic about my hospital bag last night. Felt quite peculiar last night, had it been my first would have been quite tempted to ring labour ward but just decided to hang tight. But midway through thinking mmm what's going on here, I thought Christ I've nothing in for hospital bag!!. Had got mil to get me nice toiletries etc for Christmas but still sitting in the pack etc, really going to get organised this week.

I'm quite lucky with my parents/inlaws etc, not that we always get on but that we all live fairly near each other, so can do quick 1hr visits!! and escape quite quickly

Ledkr Baby hasn't even arrived yet and i'm already fed up of appeasing everyone other than 'our' new family...enforce boundaries...mmm quite! I'm having a baby yet my father still speaks to me like i'm 5 years old...

Problem is my step-mother's children (the girls only) have had her round with a matter of hours, so my father thinks this is what happens...don't mind him coming..but not my step-mother as I can't stand her.

Pooing for Britian....i'm not pooing at all or sleeping....!!!!

debka the last 2 morning's I've woken up and bump is all to the left...very odd.

ledkr just a thought but.... could you not tell the ils that your date has been pushed back a week (or two) so you get a little respite? Only joking, but must be a tempting thought!

I've finished packing my bag and it's in the hall.... sure I've forgotten a few things though but have lots of wine gums and flip flops (as recommended by mn!). I've packed baby bag as well, not much to pack though really is there? Have put in 4 vests and babygros (2 of different sizes) along with mitts, hats, and a couple of cardigans. Have packed 8 nappies and some wipes, do I need anything else? I'm hoping I won't need it and it'll just be good to have everything in one place for when the time comes.

Been trying to get ds to move about as trying to film my stomach but he's not playing along. Very strange picture though, looks like jupiter! My bump moves from left to right quite a bit normally and looks a bit pointy sometimes

who's going to join me on the preg insomnia thread at 5am then?
Just been chatting to dh re the visitor saga and we worked out why its such a common prob.
1-families are more likely to live in different places nowadays.
2-our pil or parents used to stay in hospital ages post baby so always felt much more "normal" so wouldnt understand what its like to come home after major abdominal surgery or bad birth after only a few days and entertain house guests.
I can see us turning into a b and b if i dont put my foot down a bit Ill have to put in tea and coffee facilities.Can i interest anyone in a room?

I'll have a room Ledkr, but only if I can have breakfast, dinner and tea and I'm waited on hand and foot . God your ILs are being so cheeky! Thankfully my ILs and my mum and sister live nearby so we have no need for them to stay over but I'm sure they'll all be descending on us as soon as I've given birth! They did last time but as long as I feel well enough I don't mind an hour or so visit. DH made me laugh last time though. It says in all the books that you should get the visitors to make cups of tea for you instead of the other way around, my mum usually plonks herself down at our house, the minute she gets in and says, "are you making a brew, Wandering'sDH?" but when I'd just had DD DH turned around and said, "no it says in the book that visitors should make tea and coffee for the new parents, I'll have a coffee thanks!" her face was a picture and I think he did actually make her one but I could tell that he had been looking forward to saying it!

I remember MIL saying that when DH was born the hospital sent the new mothers to stay away from their babies to "have a rest!" She said it was fab!

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