Due in Nov - Part VIII - Not long now, surely?!

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Right, Here we go, sorry about the pants title!

First baby on this thread do you reckon??

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GoldenOldie - just updated on the GD thread. Had some chips last night & had an 8.5 but they were definately worth it. I don't think I could restrain myself to only have one square of choc. Well done to you, though. Regarding the max intervention, I'm obviously hoping for a normal delivery but madam is content in the breech position, so I might end up a section at this rate. Even if I'm offered a vaginal breech delivery, I think this baby is much bigger than the titchy 7lb DS I had last time. Don't know if I've got the courage. I was hoping for a water birth but can you imagine the trauma trying to get out of the pool in the event of a shoulder dystocia?? Fingers crossed, she'll turn in time & I'll use the pool for pain relief. Don't mind birthing her on dry land, rather the MW was keeping an eye on my poor perineum! TMI??

Is good to see some posts on here today. Logging onto MN at intervals during the day is my breaktime and is good to catch up on what everyone is doing/feeling.

BoB - Sounds like you had a lovely weekend. Sometimes you just need to get out of the environment you are in to make light of it all. LOL @ the dreams. Last night our friend married a woman who has two young daughters. I got on quite well with her - she turned into Michelle Pfeiffer, called me from the dentist's chair to ask me to bring her coke and chocolate which I did via a swim in the pool...I mean WTH??? My dreams are crazy too and like you said 'ongoing narrative'..won't even attempt to analyse mine!

Londoner - I wish I was brave enough to try a homebirth, must be great and I felt excited just hearing about all the little bits that arrived! Like Karma said, my DH goes a very strange colour when he sees my bump tighten or if i'm in any pain. Can't imagine what he'd do if baby was to be born at home!

Karma - Sounds terrible to say but i'm quite relieved that there is someone else suffering from the sciatica. A massage and hot water bottle did bring some relief but it was a case of everything at once for me - the sickness, heartburn, sciatica and the feeling of limbs getting stuck again..bless him! Am really trying to be more positive about these PG ailments, feel silly complaining TBH

Oh and BoB, I feel i've achieved something by just putting the washing on today, hanging it out is going to be like 'Whoooah'. I have to make something nice for DH's dinner though, he's been cooking for last couple of days after working a 7-day week and am feeling quite pants about that. He made me banana fritters last night that were totally yummy!!!!

Right...next break in half an hour ;)

ha...must mention another episode in last nights dream, I was at the advantage card machine in boots and it started spitting out nappies, and all these women came over and we were all fighting over them!
Then I got arrested,and when released I was walking through woodland when I came across the school and went into labour..very very odd

And chacha..putting the washing in = a days work done! hehee
hanging it out will just be a bonus...
dp has been cooking a lot too, i am making the most of it and not feeling remotely guilty. especially when he makes fun of me because i can't get to the bottom shelf of the oven or fridge without sitting on the floor..heheh

Karma - chips, you lucky thing............

Nova - what animal shelter do you help out at? My DS, who is 10, is dog mad at the moment and i think a spell or two of cleaning out some kennels/groming dogs might cure him. Any suggestions where he could do this?

Totally agree about the dreams..... seem to spend the whole night sorting stuff out, just like real life... a whole day in a few dreams. Have given birth so many times in my dreams.... probably having BH in sleep or something. Your dreams sound hilarious girls, I love how your last dream bob somehow steered you back to giving birth at school again!
So relieved to hear I'm not the only one feeling challenged by housework. This week is madness in my house, daughter's b.day on Wednesday (tea party for 16... I'm determined to focus on the positive fact that she has so many friends), also auction ends on our car on eBay on same day[nail-biting emoticon]. Then on Sunday it's my youngest son's b.day, doing bowling/lunch party for 10.... ug.... it's going to be okay, it's going to be okay.... wish me luck! Needless to say many mundane dreams about party bag contents taking place.....
Sorry this post not really relevant to pregnancy.... but how wide-eyed do I look when people make tactless jokes about baby coming early?..... what are they nuts!

hahaha londoner..i love when you have dreams about doing really practical boring stuff..i always wonder why my imagination couldn't throw up more than a mad hoovering frenzy...
i've also had some where i am going around the house and it's full of fridges and I am pouring big jugs of water and ice and juice and coke etc, and keep doing it for ages, then wake up ridiculously dehydrated and dash to the fridge..hahah..
this actually happened while we were away and we had a two litre bottle of coke on the dresser in the room, which i drank almost half of! i woke up in the morning with disgusting feeling teeth and feeling very bad!

and Londoner..good luck! 16 is quite a lot to take on! hope you have recruited help...
Just imagining you dreaming about counting out lollies and making egg sandwiches..hehehe

My friend has a dream journal, she has kept it since she was 13 and it's mad to read through..she's on her 23rd book now! She is very much into dream analysis and I never quite got it..but now I am having very very lucid dreams I think it could be interesting.
well..much more so than a regular journal, that would probably read..'woke up, baby kicking like crazy, did this and that around the house, got annoyed with mil, got over it'..hehehehe

BoB - LOL My pregnancy journal is exactly like that!!! Fortunately it is only me that has to go through the agony of reading it!

Londoner - How old are your kids? Can't remember if you've mentioned it before. You sure have a busy week ahead!! Are your kids going to be around for the birth? I remember an episode of desperate midwives where the woman had her baby at home and then all the siblings came in to hold it - it was really sweet!

I need a good chicken curry or casserole recipe as I have a chicken that's been jointed and is now defrosted. Am stuck for ideas.

Chacha.. this is why I started one and it has two pages filled in..hehe..I went out and bought a posh notebook for it, but then thought..pah!
as for dinner..if you can get out for ingredients you should try my thai curry recipe on our tasty treats thread...it's delicious!
failing that an italian style casserole with chopped tomatoes, olives, aubergine, peppers, lots of herbs and a bit of double cream stirred in at the end is always good!

argh..my backache is getting unbearable...especially coupled with badass spd pains..but I am still smiling! As I said..all is good now!..must be thinking positive..hehehe (right now backache = at least i did a big cleaning spree yesterday which is good, and means i don't have to worry about it for a while...hehehe)
i have abandoned the ball and now have office chair with v pillow on my back and best pillow from my bed under my bum..but still no good..and lying flat makes it worse!
What painkillers can I take? i have been using calpol for spd..silly i know but it seems 'safer'..but it just doesnt work! boo.

As far as i know the only OTC painkeller thats safe to take yourself is paracetemol. You need to check that the calpol you are taking has paracetemol and not ibuprofen, which isnt ok ( dont know why but you coudl google it). If it were me i woudl check with Gp who might give you something on prescription. Also I think you coudl get referred to an obstetric physio?

kristina..the calpol is fine..
after the pharamacist wouldn't sell me verrucca treatment for dp because it's not to be used by pregnant women, i trust she is very responsible!hehehe
i've just made a hot water bottle which is soothing..so long as I don't move!
I may just spend the rest of this pregnancy in a warm bath .....

Sounds like a good idea! I've had more baths this year than i've probably had my entire life!

I have a question. I get that tugging feeling as if one of baby's limb has gotten caught - the one that makes me catch my breath! I get it at the bottom of my bump to the right and just under my belly button. Don't suppose anyone could make a guess as to whether this is any indication of baby being breech or not? He was breech at 28wks but head down at 30. Am now 33+2. All pressure and weight seem to be at bottom iyswim and the hiccups seem to be from there too but can't be sure. Towards top of bump I see little movements like prods. Sorry i've gone on a bit, m/w will tell me later this week i'm sure just wanted to ask you guys.
Thanks

Afternoon girls, Diddle what fantastic news, I'm thrilled for you, make sure you rest up and get pampered like a princess for the next 8 weeks or so. Will keep everything crossed for you.

Hope the girls that met up today had fun.

I'm with you lot about the funny dreams, I keep dreaming that one particular friend of mine is pregnant, she's not as she has a little boy who is about to turn one at the end of the month but last night must have been the 5th or 6th time I've lumbered her with another baby!!!

I'm feeling virtuous today as I sat and ironed for 2.5 hours, can't do it standing up any more as my hips and legs hurt too much but sad to say still haven't finished so will have to do it tonight watching Vincent - I have thing about Ray Winston - don't ask!

Glad I'm not the only one that is finding reaching the floor a nightmare, poor Ben wants me to play marbles and trains etc on the floor and I can only last about 10 minutes before I have to get up again. I find that my hips lock and I keep trapping a nerve in my right leg - owwww!!!

Right best go and cook some dinner before dh getsin, speak to you all later. Beks

Chacah..i too would love to know..if only we could feel what midwives can eh?
Last appointment he was 3/5 engaged, but all the movemnts i feel suggest he is still using the ubmilical cord as a trapeze..
He is defintly all at the bottom, but often feels like he is lying sideways, or just sprawled acorss me..heheheee
There are many that make me gasp..a really hard jerking motion that he will do again a couple of times. and occasionally I get a strange 'shuddering' feeling
all the movements for me are below belly button..very odd!
haha
can you tell I spent a weekend with childless friends trying not to talk about anything baby related..i have just unleashed it all on you guys!

ChaCha, My baby's breech & this is what she feels like. Most of the kicks are below my navel. Even when she has hiccups (like right now!) they are felt lower down. If you put your hand at the top of your bump, the head feels quite large & obviously hard to touch. If you find it, put a hand to either side & see if you can gently move it from side to side. If you can, its the head. Then feel down below, use a hand in either groin area. Without pressing the two hands together (its too painful)press each hand in turn, see what it feels like there. If its the bottom, its much narrower & can't be wobbled from side to side like the head. As for the movements, it depends whether baby has knees bent or stretched out so you can feel kicks at the top & bottom. HTH.

When my DS was 33 weeks, he decided to shift from breech to cephalic in 5 secs, whilst I was out shopping. I looked like Grouch Marx....very embarrassing!

I had to resort to the hot water bottle yesterday morning. The pain was right in my buttock & was made worse by bubs lying obliquely with her butt in my groin. I think I'm going to have my work cut out when she's born, I think.

bob, thanks for being excited about my home birth. Try not to worry about the hospital environment, it'll probably be just fine.....IMHO..... once you've had your baby you'll be in your own gorgeous bubble anyway and even annoying people (if you experience any at all) won't bother you, you'll be far too busy smiling at your new arrival . My main reason for requesting a home birth is so that the whole family can be together all the time... HTH. BTW love your water/coke dream experience, can just feel those squeaky coca cola teeth now!
karma, thanks for your enthusiasm on the home birth front.... lol, about your husband passing out if you suggested one, mine went pretty pale, but then I figured if I remained quite matter of fact about it and seemed quietly confident he'd be okay in the end..... he he he, she shoots-she scores .
RE: Hospital decisions... I agree with you, go with your instincts, you sound really keen on Northallerton, book it!
I was booked at one hospital for my first child, then changed to another, can't be that hard for them to process [roll eyes at red tape emoticon}, they probably just need a bit of encouragement from you to do it?
LOL, I just read your description of when your baby turned in 5 seconds, what a classic story, lol!
ChaCha, lol at you logging onto MN every 1/2 hour for breaks, know just what you mean! BTW, hope you've posted that banana fritter recipe up for us?
BTW, my kids are 13 (son), 10 this week (son), 7 this week (daughter). Yeah, I saw that episode of desperate midwives you mention too... the whole family just groan when I watch anything graphic like that.... apart from youngest son who is completely fascinated and wants to be around when baby is born.... eldest & youngest want to be out of the house...
MMMM, mention of chicken curry/casserole making me hungry, hope you enjoy it . BTW, sounds like your baby is head down to me...
Beks, lol, at vision of heavily pregnant woman playing marbles & trains, lol! Hip lock sounds agony though!

Right... off to look busy now before husband gets home, he he he . Have a good evening all!

Karma - LOL hysterically at the 5 second move scenario
I am really looking fwd to m/w appt on Thursday to find out how he is. I have to mention that when i'm in the bath or just looking at bump lying down, all movement seems to be more on the left hand side causing bump to kind of move 'alien like' in upward left direction. Does that make sense? Probably not! Anyway, just me trying to analyse his position...shall shut it now!

Londoner - So there are 3 years between your kids right? (Round of applause for Chacha). That's perfect. I'd love to have 3 or 4 kids but we'll talk about that again after experiencing birth. Do you remember the woman from that particular episode singing in the birthing pool...don't recall the tune but remember thinking it was real flower power stuff. Hope you will not be doing the same..your kids will run a mile!!! lol

BoB - One of these days you're going to type 'Caca' instead of ChaCha and I'm going to be in hysterics!!!! You make me giggle.

Have made dinner and am going to relax now. I am really enjoying Mary Reilly and wan't to get back to it. Anybody else reading anything of interest?
See you all later x

Just managed to get Tessa to bed and log on but no news yet. Like most of you, it seems amazing that one of us has already got a baby to hold.

Got my computer back today after what seems like weeks of being relegated to DH work laptop for minutes at a time (ie when it wasn't being used for work!) whilst front bedroom was demolished/put back together/decorated/ etc. Feels like I've got some of my independence back. Work still not finished on room but its got a hell olf a lot further than I thought it would before baby turns up. Amazing what a pregnant, hormonal woman can get others to achieve

Well done Londoner on getting your homebirth stuff, when is it you are due? We have our midwife coming to do a home visit on Thursday and then we will have a much clearer idea of the homebirth thing (I hope!!)
I'm not planning for Tessa to actually see too much when the time comes (she is only 2 1/2) but we were given a lovely child's book about a homebirth by a friend who thought it was too explicit for her daughter. I thought Tessa could handle it and it has become a favourite at the moment, its called "Hallo Baby".
At least if she does see/hear things then she has a good idea of what is happening as we have talked about it a lot - she knows pushing is involved and yelling

LOL at all the dream stuff. I'm not doing too badly but DH always dreams vividly and scared the s**t out of me at 3am this morning by screaming at the top of his voice - NOT good for heartburn, though possibly good for inducing labour!

Right off to find something to eat, must be at least 90 mins since the last time!

36 weeks

good morning! it's a bit bloody early i know...but i can't sleep. have been up for 5 pees since putting my head down 5 hours ago, went to bed with mega backache, and woke up feeling battered. hobbled downstairs and had a delicious for a bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes and sugary cup of hot choccy....(sorry GD mums...)

DIDDLE - CONGRATULATIONS [SMILE] [GRIN]! I'm very pleased for you and your DP/DH!!! a summer baby how lovely!!

GOLDEN OLDIE - no didnt get on the nct classes but went to uclh classes last week (got depressed - words like 'agony' and 'like passing a bus' didn't do much for confidence) then we went to the hypno birthing course I booked myself and dp on. The 'look into my eyes look into my eyes' approach to pain relief gives me confidence at least and the relaxation cd works a treat.....and my partner is involved (he has developed a silly voice) so a success in my book as he is involved and it taught him a few massage techniques that he is happy to practice, and got him up to speed on his part to play (trying to keep us on our birth plan as far as poss) so i am happy. Hope I can it work long enough to hold off screaming for an epidural ...we shall see.

wonder how RODEO is getting along? how very exciting for her!!! I can hardly believe how fast time has gone by...it seems like only last week i was 5 months preggers

I hope to be on the thread more often as we approach the finish line, as i am now on maternity leave! Yesssss!

Being off work feels 'other worldly' to me. partner sleeping upstairs, and a whole day spent having an internal dialogue with myself. is it just me or does it take some getting used to being alone for long periods....!!

My first day of leave seemed like a very long day. i didn't get dressed until 2 pm, had a 2 hour nap, spent loads of time decorating and spoke to my mum and then to a friend for 40 mins each(usually I have a 3 min chat with people then feel guilty).

Anyhow i am now feeling 'very sleepy' as my equivalent of paul mckenna would say....back to bed for a couple of hours, i think
be back on later.

mormimg all,
DIDDLE wow congrats you really deserve some good luck
just a quickie as im off for a kidney scan this morning.Not sure how they will find kidneys with all this baby????
had a good meet yesterday with enthusia and diege.
talk later
twinkle
33+5

Morning all!

ChaCha, your description of 'alien bump' on one side makes perfect sense, sounds like your baby is really comfortable to settle on that left-hand side.... mine is like that too & the head is down.... the pokey-up bit is baby's bottom! Hopefully this is the same in your case, you'll find out tomorrow right?
RE: Singing hippy woman at home in birthing pool..... don't recall which song....."..show me the way to go home...." perhaps? I shall be lowing like a cow I expect (ha ha ha ), as per usual, rather than singing...... whatever gets you through the night.....(which is another song).
Did just read a book called 'The Treatment' by Daniel Menaker, which was nice.... can also recommend an little publication called 'Hello' which offers a fascinating take on other peoples' lives and is worth dipping into.... don't know if you're familiar with that at all?
Hi tessasmum.... you're having a home birth too? Yay. My baby's due on 5th Nov. about the same as you by the looks of things? Book you've got your daughter sounds good, I like your description of labour as 'a lot of pushing & yelling' lol..... someone else was explaining it to their child by pointing out that anything you put a real physical effort into makes you expel a loud noise and this is so true..... think of the noise you might make when you're trying to pull a welly boot on/off or watching an athlete throw/launch a shot put and the sound they make at the point of most effort(or just after).... I think this is a good comparison don't you?
Hi JenJam- glad to hear you're relaxing into maternity leave and enjoying your new free time.
Hi twinkle- good luck with your kidney scan, lol at you wondering how on earth they'll locate them with baby in the way. Look forward to hearing all about your meet yesterday...

Well, really must go and do more party prep... have to buy more party bag bits & bobs, rather a lot of food.... and cake ingredients [gulp], daughter has given me detailed diagram of how cake should look...I'll let you know! lol.

Morning,

I am feeling a little nervous today, as my little man is having his MMR jab today. Wish I felt 100% that I'm doing the right thing...still best thing to do I think.

Anyway, I've got my 37wk appointment today with MW. Secretly hoping she says "Oooh, baby will be here in a matter of days"....never happen though. As I ran 10 over with DS, I think sods law-I will this time
JENJAM-know what you mean about 5 pees a night...our bathroom is downstairs!
I'll try and pop on later or in the morning to let you all know how I get on.

Hope RODEO is ok. Probably in "baby world"....another universe where nothing/no-one else exsists....well for about a week anyway. I hope all is well though, and that baby is fit and healthy.
Weird to think we're starting to actually "have" our babies isn't it?!
Seems only a few weeks ago I was scanning on here to find anyone else who was pg the same time as me!

Well, fingers crossed for later (jab etc)
Hope everyone is really well...well, as can be at almost 9 months pg!

Catch you later
xx