Feb 2011-Final,final stretch!!

[Grannyapple]

Hi ladies-thought I would be adventurous & set up the new thread for the final leg of our journey

And yes angels it's the pruh, it opened in December and they have had over 90 births there already! Don't k know much else but she did say all the rooms are different, some have pools, some have sofas, not all delivery rooms have beds to try and encourage active mums to be! Am going to have a look round soon I hope!

It's taken me so long to catch up with this thread!

Angels - hope your gpa is ok and that you don't spend your time worrying about him. Just think positive thoughts and happy memories because you need to look after yourself and your baby.

Ledkr - did you mean your PILs and hangers-on are coming down this weekend, 2 days after your CS? If so, stay in hospital! I'm presuming you mean the following one but they can't seriously think that laying all over the house is a great option. When you're up at 6 clattering round the kitchen they will get the message, surely? [wicked emoticon]

I was a bit worried that I wouldn't have many people at my baby shower and would look like a billy no mates. In fact there were only 8 of us, including me, and only 2 people I've met outside of dh's work wives. I haven't really met lots of people I'm close to since moving here and to be fair, one girl was ill on the day and another is in Mexico for 5 weeks. None of that matters though, as we did have a lovely relaxing time. Why not just get your friends together for a coffee and a cake in a lovely cafe? That's pretty much what we did.

If I've missed anyone, I'm sorry. Pregnancy brain is about as bad as my heartburn and sore groin at the moment. Only a few weeks to go now though! We can manage it!

lostfromoz "I can sense your anxiety" think I may have weed myself a little, laughing when I read your post.

snowangels thinking of your grandad, my granny is 99 this year and only moved out of her own house a few years ago. My dad and I (she's his mum) think she's going to hold on until the day before her 100th birthday and die in her sleep, just so she doesn't have to accept her telegram from the Queen She's that awkward, I reckon that's where dd2 gets it from!!!

im glad everyone is doing ok,looking forward to hearing about the homebirths,its never apealed to me but my friend had all 5 of her daughters at home and they were all over ten pounds.Shes a sturdy woman with bright pink spikey hair peircings and tatoos.She is 6 ft and when i last had a party i found her holding court on the patio telling ds's young friends about her sexual antics,they were spellbound!!!I dont know why i told you that in relation to home births tho

Had the inevitable row with dh re inlaws.
He told me to"stop going on about it" so i told him it was no normal practice to have people staying in the house of someone who has had a baby no matter who they were,i said i was "going on about it " to try and reach a compromise but as he feels like that they can go into a hotel.I pointed out that it would be easier if they had made some effort to get to know me during the pg but had not so were virtual strangers to me and now only concerned about seeing baby and not my feelings or welfare.We are not speaking now,how lovely 3 days before we have our baby.I wont forget this ill tell you.

"lost from" what did she mean,the only anxiety was her by the sounds of it.
Sorry for going on today btw i peomise i wont keep going on about it.
tad yes the following weekend,id said it was ok ish for pil to come but the bloody sil and her boyfriend is a joke and dh should have put them right immediately.
The wicked side of me will be aiming for "maximum social discomfort" if they do stay.

Hope you get it sorted soon ledkr. Your dh probably feels stuck between a rock and a hard place and hasn't realised yet he should be 100% on your side. It's great he's so excited about showing your new dd off, but it's a shame he doesn't realise how major an op a CS is.

Oh ledkr families can be a nightmare, especially with a new arrival.

Been and bought a tarpaulin for our home birth- hee hee! Got one more week till midwife can bring all the gear.

Happy Monday- one born every min viewing everyone!

Oh ledkr i really feel sorry for you, your DH should NOT be putting you under pressure so close to your cs and he should just agree to everything you say! I would make it very clear to him that you will not be doing any shopping, cooking, cleaning etc for this "visit" so he will have to do all that, plus wait on you hand and foot after your op. If he's OK with that then let him get on with it, oh, and deffo bang around LOTS during the night when you are feeding your gorgeous baba!

angels i hope you gpa is ok, and that you DH has managed to cheer you up.

tadjennyp glad you enjoyed your baby shower!

Sorry if ive missed anyone out!

Got my 38 weeks check tomorrow, I hope mw will tell me how baby is lying, as ppl keep mentioning positions rto turn baby and I feel clueless about all of this!

Gonna go and order my Asda shop online (very lazy as I am now home all day- but never mind!)

Online has got to be the way forward if you can do it suzy. I nearly collapsed in the supermarket on Saturday. Will only be picking up milk and bread from now on!

V exciting onemore!

Hi ladies-just back from scan-baby is now very much in the correct position tho not engaged yet. So have gone from transverse last week to oblique this morning to head down tonight-he'd better bloody stay there too!

ledkr we had some of the inlaws down this w/e for my baby shower-they were going on about how baby had better not come when they have some operations booked! Tempted to make sure baby defo comes then lol! No, but I did say in a direct, but polite manner, that it would be best that we let them know when they can come & would appreciate it that they wait to be invited-finally seems to have gotten through!! Was knackered all w/e tho from the prep for the visit & then actually having them down & suggesting things to do/ keeping them entertained-dh & I both fell asleep for a cheeky wee half hour snooze on the sofa yesterday which rarely happens! At least he was shattered too do totally gets what I have been banging on about!

40weeks I am hoping for a waterbirth in the new centre at the PRUH but can't seem to get a tour of it-how did u manage it?! Looking forward to hearing all about it-I have only heard good things so far....

Granny will yours need to stay too?Thats the problem isnt it,its all just too intense having anyone here from morning till night when you feel ill and in pain or bleeding heavily.I may make dh look at all your posts,the mw today said it was ridiculous.Like i said they could have used this time to get closer to me so i didnt feel so uncomfortable when they came down and i am vulnerable.
I def like the making sure the baby is loud at night option haha.
Is it obem tonight,maybe i shouldnt watch it i feel scared enough.

I'm not watching it!! I have managed to get myself in a positive state of mind about the birth...dont want anything to spoil it!

Ooh I can't help myself...compulsive viewing in my eyes!

ledkr yes they would stay tho they have said they would stay in a hotel as we only have 2 bedrooms. But my issue with that is that they would then be round here all day anyway so would just be like staying here anyway! Think there will be an issue between sil & mil as to who visits first (I think mil should be down first as she is the only living grandparent for this baby-fil passed away in June last year) but they will need to sort that out between themselves.. As long as I see my sis first, the others can argue all they like!

I know they all mean well, but I just find them all a bit indecisive & needing constant reassurance compared to my side who leave u to get on with things, safe in the knowledge that u'll shout if u need them! But that prob comes from fact that my folks passed away over 16 years ago so my sis & I had no choice to get in with it, really.

grannyapple the ext for the birthing unit is 864750

My mw is going to call me to let me know about a possible open evening they are having. Might be worth calling them though and asking. Apparently they don't do tours any more as the unit as a whole is so busy they don't have any free rooms!

Ledkr - I know it's all been said but I just wanted to add my sympathies to the deluge that has already ben offered - what a situation. Hope it resolves itself soon and your DH gets with the programme. I like the idea of you just camping out in your room with your baby and freeview - go for it! We can send Red Cross parcels to keep you going. :)

Thanks for all the gpa wishes - just wanted to give an update that he's got heart failure - although apparently this isn't as bad as it sounds and should be treatable - phew.

Also to report my IBS type tummy pains much worse and have spend most of evening in tears with painful spasms. Got DH to ring someone we vaguely know who is a GP in desperation as to what I can take but just got told to ring GP or labour unit. Am trying to get through tonight and will see GP tomorrow - convinced it's just IBS from stress and needing sleep and baby seems to be moving as normal

ledkr even if your DH is close to his family I really don't see why they'd expect to stay with you so soon - a hotel or b&b would be what reasonable people would do IME.

Sad news angels I hope everything works out.

My widwife told me today that my due date was probably wrong as I have been measuring 3cm too big for a couple of months now. But she said there wasn't much point having a scan as it doesn't really change anything, knowing that she will probably come in mid feb rather than early March. I will bring my mat leave forward by a week though, meaning my last day of work will now be the 4th feb.

Am quite sad about finances because have just calculated that the nursery down the road will cost £451 for two days a week or £677 for three days a week and we're not sure if we can afford it. Will have to look and see if a childminder might be cheaper - it would make such a difference if I didn't have to pay for the school holidays but the local nurseries make you pay for the school holidays, even if you can have her yourself then.

At least we can all watch OBEM :)

Evening Ladies.

I joined this thread a while back but didnt have a nice pregnancy and pretty much spent the first 33 weeks vomiting horribly and so weak i could barely get out of bed, then I went into early labour at 32 weeks which they managed to stop and jabbed me with steroids.

Oliver Harry was determined to make an early appearance though and arrived on 14th Jan after 2 days of contractions, I had awful scar pain from previous sections so they decided to do a section on the evening of 14th Jan! He was born at 35 weeks weighing 7lbs 3. Although he has jaundice and has lost a lot of weight and is now down to 6lbs. He didnt need special care and I got to bring him home with me :) He gained weight at todays weigh in so we can stop the daily weigh ins now :)

He's so scrummy I just cant stop snuggling him.

(H's my third and final boy, although feeling a little sad about that already!)

Aw congrats julezboo!

Wow Julez that's amazing, hope he continues to put on weight :)

congrats julez,sounds like hes going to be completely spoiled.
obem was rubbish.
angels hope gpa is ok and your tummy settles.have you tried peppermint tea?
thanks again re support.it helps to know its not me,if they had been more interested in the pg and me and maybe contributed a little gift i'd be more inclined to put myself out but they are like strangers to me,especially sil who has only ever conversed with dh re baby even if i text her an update she replies to dh.
sleep well all xx
ps granny they would be here all day yes despite the hotel.

Congratulations julezboo - he sounds scrumptious. Hope you feel better soon angels. I can't bear the heartburn tonight.

Congratulations Julez! More happy news!
Ledkr, stick up for yourself on this one. My in laws live half hour away and wouldn't need to stay with us but I'm still strict about visiting!

morning who was it who went to see black swan,was it good?Im going tonight its my final bid for freedom before baba takes over my life for a few months.
Its such a funny time,im scared re op but glad to be getting it done sad as last pg and worried i wont cope,a real mixed bag of emotions.

Julez Congratulations, lovely name, hope Oliver continues to go from strength to strength. Look after yourself too.

tadjennyp I was wrecked with heartburn last night, couldn't sleep from about 3ish!! Not really sure why it was so bad.

I know what you meant Ledkr, this is likely to be my last pregnancy too, and although I haven't had a great one, its sad to think it might be the last. I am hoping to nip out to see the Kings Speech at some point next week but think I may be being too optimistic re comfort but as you all know the cinema is my "bringing on baby" tip