April 2011 - we'll shop til we pop!

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Continuation from our old thread here

So maybe this thread we'll see some babies?! And definitely lots more shopping

I snore, and have also had a snotty (and...sorry if tmi - slightly bloody) nose the whole time too. Love MN, makes me feel normal!

Hi everyone

Haven't posted for a long while. I would come on and keep up with everyone and then run out of time to post! But today my boss isn't in so thought I would say hello and happy Friday to you all

Can't believe I am now 28 weeks, had a growth scan on Wednesday (due to Gestational Diabetes) which was great to see.

I really need to get down the baby stuff from the roof and give it all a wash and freshen up for number 2. My DD is so excited about the new one she never stops talking about it.

Nothing much of excitement to report but keep with it and lets hope the next few weeks pass without too much stress and enough sleep to get us through!

SarahJinx Exactly the same here also, unpleasant and I've started to wake myself up now lol DH has taken to the spare room and ear plugs lol! No wonder baby is awake more at night poor things catching up on sleep during the day.

Lucielooo Your not being selfish and you don't have to feel like you need to justify yourself homebirths if your low risk are supposed to be less stressful and require less pain relief, enjoy yourself in your paddling pool and splash her if she's funny about it lol x

No belt yet but that would be ridiculously quick, still excited to rid myself of pain I'll let you know when it arrives how it feels.

Has anyone been suffering with really bad heartburn???? I was until two days ago has to keep popping rennies and swigging gaviscon on a night to help me sleep, very burning pain! Well I mentioned it to my GP who prescribed two tablets a day can't remember what there called, I left the packet in the office and can't be bothered moving to get it, but let me know if you want to know the name. I've not felt a thing since and I can't believe how much this has improved pregnant life. I've even eaten roasted peppers with onions and garlic etc last night washed down with some real lemonade (you have to make things pass the test) and NOTHING HURRAY!!!!!!I feel almost normal again, just the support belt to work and I'm back good as newish!

Hello, JoEW I'm also waking up on my front quite a lot although I tend to be half on top of a pillow but I'm also a bit worried that this can not be great for the baby, evne if it only means that it's getting increasingly grumpy wiht my inability to consider how much room it needs!! Getting really sore hips from sleeping on my side though so often end up on my back. Would tend to snore fairly often when not pg, but apparently I've been making some wonderful noises for a few weeks now

Saw some friends last night who were talking about childbirth as one of them due in a couple of weeks, they seemed to think I was a bit of a freak for not wanting to even consider an epidural, I know I'm meant to keep an open mind about all things childbirth related, but I the thought of someone sticking a needle into my spine and then not being able to feel my legs scares the fuck out of me. Oh well will practise smiling and nodding for next time.

furry i am with you on the epidural. I will have to be really desperate to ask for it. I am hoping gas and air will see me through, and poss the pool.

SarahJinx Me too with the nose. Xmas eve i blew my nose and managed to drown a tissue and cover my face in blood. MW said if it carried on i would need to see doc about having my nose quarterised otherwise it was normal to bleed. I had an op on my nose 8 yrs ago as i couldnt breathe thru one side so had assumed it was that. Anyhoo since xmas eve i have hardly any blood at all.

Yes I have been having bad heartburn and Rennies are my current best friend, I have packets of them everywhere.

Would be interested as to what the tablets are SaltedPretzels. As soon as I lie down to try and sleep it is bad and I currently have 3 pillows, if I need any more my poor DH will be sleeping on cushions!

Know what you mean the thefurryone! Birth choices are very personal and I think I'm more scared of the idea of having an epidural than not having one, though whether that changes when I'm actually in labour who knows!

I dreamt last night that baby was fully cooked and I was going into labour and I was so excited - it was very disappointing to wake up find there's still 11 weeks to go, and not only that but had to get up and go to work instead of playing with new baby! Although I was still at school and wondering how I was going to do my A-Levels with a baby.. feeling under-prepared anyone? :) [hmmm]

Don't know about me, but DP is definitely snoring more! The fact that he gets the hump when I wake him up and ask him to turn over, despite his usually generous nature, suggests I'm probably snoring like a good 'un too but he is being to nice to say

JoEW DH says I have started snoring and the joke is wearing thin here lol.

Have been doing the nursery this week and am even more shattered than usual.

I snore really badly when pg, but luckily DH sleeps like a log and it doesn't wake him - just as well really.

I've also got a constantly stuffed and runny nose. I've had it during previous pregnancies too, but nowhere near as bad as this. I wonder if the central heating makes it worse?

lucie , I think your reasons for wanting a hb are the deciding factor for most people tbh, thers really isn't anything selfish about it.

Also I'm sure community MW's aren't taken from the hospital. They are on call for mothers having hb, they are not pulled from a shift at the hospital. They do still work shifts at the hospital, but that's separate to being on call in the community. Does that make sense? The majority of MW's also love HB's. They only have one woman to look after ans they are in someone's home, much preferable to a shift on the ward I would say!

Hehe, I snore all the time so any extra because I'm pg doesn't matter as DP is a expert at the prodding technique to stop me without waking me!

I too am a bit freaked out by the epidural thing. Because of my underlying hip and pelvis issues they're not deciding on 'mode of delivery' until I'm 36 weeks. I'm hoping they'll offer Parcelforce

I'll probably have to have an elective CS so I'm trying to get over my nerves. My mum had three CSs, the first was emergency under general and she said it was horrible as she missed the birth moment, one with me after they attempted labour for six hours (she said it was better as she had the epidural and was awake to see me straight away and to witness dad seeing me for the first time) and then an elective CS that was pre-booked. She said it was a bit like going to the dentist and was a bit weird but the level of drugs in the epidural was managed really well as they knew exactly how long she'd be in for etc.

She said she recovered really well with the epidurals and that if I have to have one, any nerves will be cancelled out when I see my baby.

Thank goodness I have her for a bit longer before she's off to France!

Lol at Parcelforce Cycle

at Parcelforce!

Thanks all for making me feel less of a freak, I should really just know better and keep my opinions to myself around these particular friends, lovely as they are most of my views on things are very different from theirs.

I'm waking myself up from the snoring some nights, it's deeply unattractive! cycle let me know if they offer you Parcelforce and I'll ask my MW at my next appt whether my Trust offer that as well...like that idea

I'm being prodded the past few days by bubba right around my belly button. I've done a bit of pointless Googling and seems this might be because baby is breech??? I shouldn't worry about that for now should I? Still plenty of time left for full turns at 28wks?

Don't worry Caramel, the baby could have been prodding you with a foot, head, elbow, bum, or knee. So it could be in any position, and if it is breech it doesn't matter, you're only 28 weeks. They've got so much room to move around at the moment that they turn all of the time.

I have been inspired by all you organised people and I've been sorting out my old baby clothes. I've pulled out the newborn and 0-3 stuff and I'll wash it over the weekend. My previous babies have been born in July and Sept so I'm covered whatever the weather. I remember having snow in April, yet my friend had her baby mid May last year and it was boiling hot. Tis a tricky time of year for having a baby!

It has brought home to me though that it really isn't long before this baby arrives. DH and my dad are taking out the staircase in the house this weekend, which means that from now on we'll be using the new stairs in the extension. It's a step in the right direction but there is so much to be done yet

Do you think Frakk is laying in the sun sipping a virgin cocktail as I type?

Yes to old lady groans, knackered knees, MONSTER snoring, getting up 5 times a night to pee and hogging the bed with my (Theraline) support pillow (which I love because it helps me to sleep not-quite-but-almost on my front). I'm finding in the last couple of weeks I do actually get breathless lying on my back, whereas before I was avoiding because the books say so. Oh, and yes to heartburn (although not sure if it counts as 'heartburn' as it's mostly in the top/back of my throat. Never had heartburn before so not sure if I'm diagnosing correctly. I am drinking lots of milk and banana nesquik to soothe it!

Add hideous carpal tunnel syndrome on top of that (my hands are now numb more often than not numb), which is probably my single most unpleasant and disruptive pregnancy syndrome.

Caramellokoalalover, mine is breech too (have never had a kick above the bellybutton so far, it's all bladder and cervix, then occasionally bellybuttonish when I'm lying down on my back). Apparently they'll mostly turn by about 37 weeks naturally so I am determined not to worry about it until then.

Mmmm milk and banana nesquik... you might be onto something there ecuse!

Just found lovely homebirthing thread in the childbirth section which has been fab. Am really quite excited about giving birth!

lmao Parcelforce

The heartburn tablets are called Ranitidine 150mg made by Accord, they are prescription only. I've not had a single feeling of pain, I'm testing again tonight with a few bottles of fiery ginger beer and a curry so this is the ultimate test. I've also gone from 3 pillows to one under my head so I'm almost laid flat on my side. If I don't feel anything tomorrow or tonight then the party poppers are coming out

at Frakk maybe unrealistic but I see her as a bronzed beech goddess with a bump, flying the glam flag for the April family

Ecuse that's the heartburn I get had!

Excellent - so that's a full house on the snoring then! I feel so much better.

I've escaped heartburn so far and your carpal tunnel syndrome sounds vile, ecuse. Hope it improves.

Isn't it funny how we all focus on different elements of the birth to be frightened of? I am not at all bothered by the idea of a needle in my back if it means I then can't feel any tearing - that's the thing that totally freaks me out and I'll do pretty much anything to avoid it. I really wish Parcelforce was an option.

I'm also pretty sure baby is breech - I only ever feel kicks and prods low down (being booted in the cervix is quite something, isn't it) and haven't felt anything up top. Also not worrying as I've heard they turn till late.

Planning a bumper Mothercare run this weekend. Your dream made me laugh lucieloo I always dream about my a-levels when I'm underprepared.

And it's Friday! Thank god. Though that means I only have 10 weeks left at work now. Time is flying.

I found out from MW this morning that we can get gaviscon free on prescription through GP so have put my request in before I bankrupt myself buying the stuff! I only started trying it 4 nights ago as the throat/chest pain was getting too much, and it was brilliant. MW also said to try to leave 3 hours between evening eating & going to bed but that would either leave me STARVING or going to bed ridiculously late and frankly I can't stay awake!

I've also go the dream genii and whilst I do really like it I still wake up on my back and have to move around to alleviate hip ache. Oh and cramp in calf woke me up last night. It's all glamour glamour.

Phew, thanks for the reassurance that baby could still comply and get head down. Kicks to the cervix are disturbing, never had that with DS. And the kicks to a full bladder are not pleasant either. Still, I'd be worrying my head off if I didn't feel anything so can't win

Frakk you'd better be having enough mocktails for all of us, you've got a lot of ladies dreaming of you by the sea and feeling very jealous!

I thought I'd hate the epidural needle but funnily enough when it came to the moment I wasn't at all bothered

Hello everyone!

I'm loving the references to the "April Family"! It's really lovely!

I've had a hectic few days, my Grandad's in hosp having had a "mild heart attack", which was a bit of a shock on wednesday night. So I was off work on thursday, back in today but completely away with the fairies! He's got surgery on tuesday, he should be fine.

Not a huge amount of news, bump-wise. I've got a touch of indigestion (an acidy feeling in the back of my throat, completely cured by rennies!) and generally a very heavy bump!

Who was saying about the baby going quiet for a few days at 26 weeks? (As I said, I'm completely zoned out at the mo!) This one went quiet over xmas at about 27 weeks, then perked up again.

I think he's head-down - I get hiccups on my pelvic floor, and kicks on my right side (sometimes left too). I also get what feels like a bum up under my ribs!

I'm 31 weeks today! Can't believe we'll be term in 6 weeks! So that's only 7 weeks to work now. Amazing!

Regarding birth options - I'm really lucky to have the midwife-led unit down the road, otherwise I'd choose home birth over hosp. For exactly the reasons lucie said - hospitals scare me, and I'd be more anxious, therefore more likely to have complications and require intervention.

In preparation I've been reading Ina May Gaskin's book again. And my natal hypnotherapy cd arrived on wednesday, which seems to be along the same lines. Hoping it'll make a difference!

We haven't heard anything about antenatal classes yet, so I'm going to ask about them at my appointment on monday.

And today, I've been really breathless and dizzy all morning. Thought I was going to hurl at one point. People kept saying "have you had enough to eat/drink" and I had, honest! I can't work out what might have caused it. Hope it's not a sign of things to come, what with restricted lung capacity, etc.

I'm so looking forward to birth. To not being pregnant any more! And mostly to not being at work any more! Oh, Friday, sofa & sleep time!

Wow, looks like I did have some news, after all!

having a sad evening, a friend who I met a few years ago through my old job had a car crash on Tuesday and was airlifted to Newcastle due to serious head injuries, she's been fighting since and her relatives have been keeping everyone informed through Facebook to minimise the number of callers to the ward etc. I just found out she's passed away Baby is kicking like crazy do you think bump feels my sadness? I don't know I'm having a cry fest so maybe. Sorry to lower the mood I just needed to let it out. x If baby is a girl we were going to use her middle name as baby's Evelyn because we all love it, now after the accident and her passing away today, I don't know how I feel now. We loved the name not because it's Louise' but now I don't know..

Hugs for you Salted. So sorry. x

Hugs for you Salted. So sorry. x