DEC 2010 the final countdown ~ merry christmas ladies, hello babies ~

[OnlyWantsOne]

Hi :)

40 + 2 here

really excellent news reshape
lovely to hear about Ruby, OWO
Thanks for the reassurance about it not being THAT horrific postnatally, ladies :)

Thanks for the lovely welcome everyone. I find it so reassuring reading about everyone's symptoms, when you're experiencing the same things.

My little girl is 3/5's engaged, lots of BH and I'm 38 weeks tomorrow so hoping I'm not going to go much over due date. A nice quick birth then back to my Christmas shopping:)

I definitely prefer having the newborn baby to being pregnant - they're much cuter than the big, unwieldy bump we're carting around, and you can pass them over to someone else

Hi just a quick message, only had a chance to skim - Reshape, that's excellent news, you must be so very relieved.

Thank you all for the thoughts of ds2, he's sleeping on the settee, having flagged massively this afternoon, decided to forget out of hours docs as he was really bad and with a temp of 38.3, rising to 39.3 in 20 mins, so called gp back and said I'm coming down now. Saw him straight away, temp by then was up to 39.8, and my 'diagnosis' 3 weeks ago of tonsilitis turned out to be right. Not happy as he could have been right as rain by now (1st trip to doctor was 15th Nov) but instead the ab's are going to have to work even harder. Hopefully though the penicillin gets to work nice and quickly and Bump stays put for a bit longer while I get his or her big brother better.

Thats great reshape.
Good luck mama hope it all goes well
Lovely to hear about little ruby owo.
CAT so glad you've got ds diagnosed now, hope he gets better quickly.
I also found having a newborn much easier than being heavily pg, the first week was pretty tiring and I didn't get to grips with bf, but hoping to do better this time.
I'm having plenty of bh and aches but nothing else, but only 37+2 , just hoping he'll arrive before Christmas!

Cheryl, hope your DS responds quickly to the drugs. Tonsilitis must be the most miserable of childhood (or adult) illnesses.

Mamathulu, I'm going to nab a chest of drawers tomorrow too! We'll have the baby in with us for months anyway, but I need somewhere to put his stuff! The room he'll have eventually is still full of double bed, clothes, bedding and unpacked boxes from the move, but if there's a chest of drawers in there with his widdle clothes all folded up, I'll feel so much better!

Newborns are so much easier than being massively pregnant! You don't get leg cramps, pee all the time, heartburn... on the other hand, you are shudderingly exhausted, but you can't have everything.

Glad you have a diagnoses now cat and can now start to think towards getting ds better!I hope the medicine works quickly for you!!

Morning all - can't sleep again, been awake for past hour!

CAT glad you have got something sorted for DS, my previous advice on post viral syndrome still stands as he is clearly feeling really poorly with this!

RWD good news about baby's position

mamathulu good luck today - you'll be snuggling up to your newborn later!!

owo glad you are all snuggly! Hopefully joining you soon!!

maxp can't believe you are still working even though I was still working until 2 weeks ago - ML seems to have lasted a lifetime but I don't know how I carried on so long or why I have had my appraisal pre mat leave - mm now what are the ethics on correcting your boss' work??

Here's hoping for some birth action today!!

Morning mrsSnaplegs me too! Just been lying here for an hour thinking that two must surely have passed. I did manage to mostly sleep through from around midnight though.

Morning DF I managed 2300- 0430 so 5 1/2 hours wasn't bad. getting fed up of not being able to get comfy in bed, feels like I have been kicked from the insides - oh yes I have

Oh can hear the thunder of DD awake - better get back to Mummy duties

DF & MrsSL sorry you can't sleep. DC's have taken to waking at 6am when DH goes to work, it's not fun. On the rare days they sleep later I'm up at stupid o'clock coz I can't get comfy.

I can't wait til I can get comfy in bed again, even if I will be up half the night with LO. DH is driving me nuts asking if I'm in labour. All last week he was telling me not to have her yet as he was working an hour away and the snow was making travel slow, now he can't wait till she's born as he's working closer and is outside all day. I swear he thinks I can control when I have her.

It feels like I've got really bad PMS - every little thing winds me up or makes me cry. My hormones had settled down till the past few days so hopefully something will happen soon as I really don't want to be induced.

Morning, I managed 11.30 til 4.30am as well, with the usual 2 trips for a wee in between.
Random things I am stressing about today at bastard o'clock:

I WISH I knew when Tiny would arrive.
DH finishes work on Friday. He is being taken out to dinner tonight by the partners and then has the firm's Christmas drinks/leaving drinks tomorrow night, although he will stick to alcohol-free lager/tonic water etc and maybe one glass of wine (he says, I say naaaaaaaaaaaaaaartheeng)

So it would be nice, on the one hand, if Tiny hangs on until he finishes work, and possibly over the weekend, so DH & I can have some time together. NHS DD is Tuesday 14th, MW is visiting then.

After that I guess I have just over a week before they start on about induction, because 10 days after my DD is the 24th, Chrustmas Eve, and no hospital is going to want to do procedures over Christmas.

Plus it will be shite for Tiny to have a birthday so close to Christmas, as in a few days either side.

So I hope Tiny comes on his DD, or between 12th and 16th December.

Not being able to have any control over this is really annoying me. I hate waiting for things, and not being able to plan ahead, especially not knowing how labour & birth will turn out ie. will I end up staying in hospital, having abdominal surgery, etc etc.

Plus I have randomly just spent a fortune at Ocado because I am SICK TO DEATH of cooking now and just want to be sure that there is a load of quiche and sausages and fresh pasta and stuff in the fridge, so I/we won't starve. I can't be arsed carrying heavy bags of shopping around anymore (we don't have a car, I walk to the local grovers/butchers/LIDL and drag back huge bags and a rucksack, or a granny wheely shopping trolley).

God I am well fed up today.

What are you randomly stressing about?

x-post with crazykat, yeah it does feel like bad PMS, doesn't it? I suppose it is, only even more hormones...

Morning miffster I now need to either have baby today so I can go with DD to zoo tomorrow to collect our prize, can't deliver tomorrow otherwise we all miss the trip, MW wants to do a sweep on Friday but DH needs to go to old house to collect other car and caravan etc at weekend so can't really have a sweep as will be on my own with DD 2 hours drive away!

So really baby needs to arrive today if possible or wait until Monday but then DD has another school performance on Monday (full version of one we went to the other day ) - I was never this busy when I was at work!!

Oh well when he's ready eh!! Off to bake cakes for DD school cake sale on Friday - better keep myself busy

Miffster I am randomly stressing about all the same things apart from teh due date which I hope will be later than they say and nearer to Christmas.

I spent silly money on food in M&S yesterday just because I couldn't be arsed, then proceeded to burn it to buggery!

MIL is due on Saturday and apparently coming straight round here before going to her own mothers house. If the baby is late then I need to fill next week with things which get me out of the house as I DH will still be at work and I don't want to look like I am needing company if you see what I mean! This means getting up and going out which is a pain as I would rather be in bed. I am terrified that i will go into labour while MIL is here. She is also throwing a bash in a pub for her birthday some time next week and I am stressing about

a. Going
b. being expected to drive the car there

neither of which I want to do as i will be past my due date and won't be feeling like attending a party. Plus - what if I am in the first stages of labour, how am I supposed to keep it quiet while sitting having a meal with DHs family?

DH is convinced I will have the baby this weekend or on Tuesday - his mum's birthday. I would quite like the baby to have a birthday of its own thank you! I didn't get pregnant to provide a birthday present for MIL!

RE inductions - My due date is 11th and I have been booked in to see the Midwife on 20th, if I haven't given birth by then I will be offered a sweep apparently! So basically I don't get to see a midwife again until I am 9 days overdue. I was told an induction would be offered on 24th.

God, DF I really feel for you with the MIL business. I especially think it is awful that you, a very heavily pg woman should have to
a) leave her nest
b) have her peace disrupted
c) be expected to tramp about outside getting tired (and running the risk of getting cold/slipping on ice/picking up a bug)in order to avoid unwelcome company that has been foisted on her!

Would it be impossible for you to say that you just want to sleep, have time alone, and potter about in the last few days before CD1, not have her round for company? Can't she hang about with someone who DOES want her to be there?

Nor do I think you should be expected to attend parties, or certainly not drive to them - surely it should be arrive in cab, hand over gift, kiss kiss, leave after an hour, doctors orders need to rest, thank you very much for turning up when you are about to have a baby DF ?

Yes it's his mum's birthday and so on but it is YOUR FIRST CHILD - she has a birthday every flipping year, and she has HAD her children!

on your behalf because this has been worrying you for the best part of 6 months and I really do think it is not all about MIL at this stage...

I am hoping that she wont be here for ages or frequently to be honest. There's no reason for her to be, I am just thinking the worst. on 13th she goes to her cottage which is about 30 minutes drive away and she'll hopefully have things planned other than coming to see us.

The party thing hasn't really been discussed, all I know is it's nearer to where she will be that here and that it's all booked for everyone to attend. I have no idea what day or what time. BIL and his girlfriend live near us and so I do wonder if I am going to be expected to do the driving. I will say no though. DH will have to stay sober anyway so he can do it. Not sure he realises though cos we've not talked about it! It is a significant birthday and was all planned before I got pregnant so I am tryuing to be chilled, just so long as everyone realises I might not make it as I have a really good excuse

Christmas is another thing, but we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

My plan is that all visits after the baby comes should be short and infrequent. No one to stay overnight, no one here the day we get back from hospital. I will be spending time in bed doing skin to skin anyway, for which I will need privace. Also I need to somehow accomodate my own family nto the visits so will be trying to arrange times when we only have one or two people here at a time.

Can't wait to see how it all goes - I am hoping better than I imagine

First day of mat leave for me! Yippee! I should have finished earlier but as I am self-employed I took on a couple of last minute projects because I didn't want to turn down the money.

From now on I will be nesting, baking and generally putting my feet up! I might go out later and buy some feeding bras too.

DF your MIL does sound a nightmare. Hopefully, when she arrives she will be a picture of non-instrusive support. Well, you can hope... either that or just do your own thing, politely turn down invitiations for company, and explain as little as possible.

I am 37+6 today, but I'd be happy to have the baby early if he wants to make an appearance.

DH and I have planned a day trip to London on Saturday, so I am stressing a little about going into labour on Oxford Street! I will be sure to take my notes and have lots of tea breaks, and if I do get any major twinges, we can be back on the next train. Eek!

Last night we thought we'd try out a few of the old wives' tales so it was a hot chilli for dinner, washed down by two cups of raspberry leaf tea, then the most unromantic bonk imaginable. I will leave it to your imagination. The only thing it gave me was awful heartburn from the chilli. Hmm, maybe I'll wait until overdue until trying that combo again.

It's not really that she's a nightmare, just that it's a really inconvenient time and I feel like I am expected to be there despite being very pregnant or possibly even having had the baby.

I guess I wish people would talk to me more about what I want.

I don't want to rant and rave though - and I do know that I worry far too much about things which haven't happened yet so I should stop moaning really

Happy maternity leave Cloe

Morning all,
I am lurching between wanting to have the baby this very minute and hoping it will wait until after Christmas!
I am petrified of labouring with SPD, but the SPD is getting me down.
FIL has decided to remodel our downstairs bathroom and the utility room tomorrow and Friday so will be without heating and hotwater for two days - joy!
reshape great news on babys position.

CAT poor DS hope the AB's kick in soon.

Esian Hello and welcome.

crazy my DH has also been driving me mad with the is it labour comments, everytime I make a sound!

Miffster I am stressing about LO coming on 17/18th, for one they are mine and my Mums birthdays, also DH's whole family are away so not around to look after DC's and my parents are out for mums birthday so may also be unavailable. On the other hand would be nice to have baby home for Christmas. Also sick of cooking, and only want to eat pie and mash or mince and mash, I think this baby takes after my Dad!

MrsSL you made me with your precise birth timings. What prize have you won?

DF perhaps you should have a false alarm on the night of the party.

Chloe happy mat leave! I am 37+6 today too. at you trying all those methods! Actually managed to have reasonable sex last night, had a few BH afterwards but nothing significant. Trying to keep at it so to speak despite SPD as am convinced that is what made DD come on time. DH has told me he will buy me a pineapple and a curry this weekend!

Morning all I managed another amazing sleep last night!from about 1 till 10:15!!

41 weeks today :-0 booked in for another sweep and swabs this afternoon and i will get my induction date today too!

Happy due date Chloe!I hope everyone is holding up ok!!

Still half asleep!happy mat leave not due date!!

DF you are so not alone on this, i spend more time worrying about the what if's than anything sensible. I have always found our families hard work and demanding and sometimes wish we could move further away. I have decided to ignore the phone today as i'vehad 8 missed calls and answer phone messages from family who are checking if I have gone into labour. I will not return their calls just yet anx may send a text later saying NO. As Sunday coming is my due date everyone and anyone is checking on me after being told they won't be called unless Little B has arrived. MiL has backed off a bit since I flipped and DH supported me.

I have noticed an increase in friendly phonecalls recently. no one ever usually calls my home phone yet now I have friends calling all the time. Bless them. It's not got irritating yet but I think it might by next week.

laurenamiam I am jealous of your sleep!

Morning all.

Reshape fab news that baby has turned for you. :)

DF sorry about your MIL worries. I hope you are able to get some rest. Whoever suggested it, I think saying midwife has told you to rest is a good move. I now have mobile on silent and I am turning house phone off when I don't want to be disturbed!

lauren hope the sweep sets something off for you. I think it is France they count a normal pg as 41 weeks not 40. DD came at 40+8 and I was nowhere near as calm as you are!

notso my yoga teacher told me a lot of women find weirdly once they are in labour the SPD pain is not so bad. I am a bit concerned about it too, as my pelvis is pretty sore, but hoping being in pool will help a lot.

Chloe you trooper, can't believe you've only just finished! Happy maternity leave.

Miffster my DH has his works do on Sat and I did say last night he could have a couple, but if I feel niggly I reserve the right to ask him to stay sober. I have been stressing a bit about whether someone else will go into labour at same time as me and no MW available, but my MW reassured me on that score this morning so for once I don't think O'm actually stressing about anything specifically.

MrsS hope the baby puts in an appearance today :)

DD has a cold and is a bit grotty today. She behaved beautifully in the doctors this morning though, so I was really proud of her. Last time I saw the MW with her in tow she screamed when the MW did my BP and listened to the baby. This time, she was much more relaxed.

Am feeling really happy and positive now. Baby is still head down, not back to back although lying on right side, and the head is starting to engage!! Hooray! Hoping this means I am not going to go much over. 38+5 and so ready to have this baby now.

Sorry for anyone I've missed. Hope all ok, and we get some more arrivals soon.

notso years free family pass to marwell zoo plus trip to collect it from there tomorrow which involves personalised visit to Santa for DD and a friend!