for all us chatty girls due in dec '05!!

[ei23monster]

were all safely in the third trimester now and all startin or due to start our mat leave!!
scarey thought for you all its only 67 days til xmas so not long to go before our babies are all hear and makin themselves at home!!! yikes!!

Morning all,34 wks today,cant really believe it though.....STILL so much to do round the house that i just want to cry......
Glad u had a gd send of for your mum,sure she would of been proud at the way you are coping xxx
Sorry to everyone that feels a little down in the dumps,have had a stinking cold as have dd,so feeeling sorry for myself also.....Still forgetting that i ampregnant,funture seems so heavy now,and as soon as i have started i soon wish i hadnt....

well am on spatone iron now, after a horrendous night again with upset tummy and painful cramps from those stupid iron tablets,ugh. still very crampy/achey, nasty tablets!
not sure why i came across as so down yesterday...wasnt really just you know, all emotions heightened kinda thing!! and like you say george, LONG week!!
hope everyones havinga nice weekend so far, done all my errands, got all my things from B&Q for next stage of fireplace, and looking forward to some apple pie baking later on. mmm, cold weather food!

and george- stop me please!-oh lord, just read that parp thread again and now cross. as if beanie, babydust and ttc is 'funny talk' when 'they' are all on about parping, baby pasta, sausage rolls etc etc etc. I really need a break I think!!

afternoon all.... i dont really want to get wound up but i have to ask, what are you going on about 'parps?' If its too emotive of a subject then dont worry, i dont want to add to the fraustration it seems to be causing!!

Well have been on a cleaning spree, lol although i feel like i have done a lot, in reality i have done half of what i normally do in double the amount of time...i just cant seem to 'get going' although i do seem to be very out of breath very quickily!

Have put all the 'roo' accessories in the nursery now. it looks ooooo beautiful, i just want to sit and look at it all the time!

Having some friends over for dinner n a bit, but going to make some real quick pasta dish none of that slaving for hours in the kitchen malarky for me!

Hope everyones weekend is going well, reading through some of the due dates and the weeks preggers, i think that me and George will be the last ones to have our bubs, would that be right?

Hi ladies,

Bonkerz so glad the funeral was as you wanted it keep crying whenever you want/need to its the best thing.

Been up at my Mums farm most of the day, I actually went out with DH to do some Xmas shopping but left town with nothing but a box of biscuits from M n S that we ate at my Mums. Watched 2 older bros and 1 younger bro and my Dh lugging hay bails around the barn and then the youngest bro (13) started trying to beat up the eldest bro (35) teenagers really are very stupid sometimes it did make me laugh though. Not as much as the site of my 4yr old nephew and 2 yr old niece crawling in and out of the new chicken houses telling us they were trying them out for when the chickens arrive next week .
Unfortunately the good mood hasn't lasted as I have the most horrible pains all accross my tummy, I have tried everything but they just won't go away, never mind such is life.

32+6

Hi all,
Busy day and am now in pain! Took car for MOT and had to walk around town for 2 hours which wasnt great. Went and did budget shop for the week! (£22) still cant believe it!!!! Then when i got home i decided to make a start on clearing stuff! Have done shed, conservatory and some cupboards in lounge! Have managed to fill an 8 seater people carrier with black bags and the parts i have cleared look amazing! Gotta go tip tomorrow and am gonna have a lazy day and start again on monday! Have been really harsh and chucked out so much stuff! Actually have room in some cupboards! AMAZING!!
Have been so busy that have managed to not think all day which has helped loads. A night infront of TV with chocolate and Most Haunted live is planned for me!

Gosh, what an eventful lot you are

Bonkerz - glad it all went well sweet, sorry the following escapade was a bit traumatic. Lots of love to you and yours.

DQ - Blimey, what a scare, you poor thing. Is DH still ok?

Lovely to read all your posts and hear about you all. I do nip in and catch up now and then, a bit at a time.

So, the midwife came & took some blood, check I'm not anemic, think it's just general tiredness though.
Totally overdid it after a meeting in town, met client in High St Ken so left home at 9am, then took other clients to lunch in Covent Garden, then decided to walk from the Strand, through and round Covent Garden and then to Leicester Sq. My innersole on boots was all ruffled so feet really sore and baby pressing down, then went to pick up my glasses in Harrow and walked to my mums to pick Lottie up, it was now 6pm. Felt awful, but anyway...

Then today, hurray, we started clearing the studio / nursery. I can't believe how many records and music type stuff D owns! He went up at 11.30 this morning and didn't come down till 7 tonight. Everytime I went up there he was hard at it, sweat dripping from his brow. And we still have loads to do tomorrow! Think my bestest mate is taking Lottie to the science museum so that'll give us a chance to crack on, guilt free

I actually went through a moment of thinking 'oh no, not sure I want to have another child' today Nothing major, but Lottie was just so, so wonderful today, as usual really, and making us laugh and doing things that are unique to her and I had one of those, 'oh my God, I adore you. Every cell in my body loves you with the fiercest passion and you are the my perfect little girl', and I don't want anything to change. I just want it to be us and Lottie .

God isn't that awful. I know it's just a phase and I went through this when pregnant with Lottie.
My friend rang today to tell me she just had her 3rd baby girl and after feeling elated for her, I felt like, ohhh God, it must be chaos there and it must be weird and and how scary having to deal with a new born again and remember stuff and .... I just felt that suddenly I want to be pregnant still, I just don't want it to come out, I'd like it just to stay inside, doing well, but not coming out.

In the week I was all excited and really looking forward to the birth and meeting him or her, but now, I don't want things to change.

well ladies... my bedroom is all decorated and looks absolutely lovely!! im soooo pleased with how it has turned out!! im on the lookout for another room to decorate now!! ei whispers...dont tell dp!!
iv been told that were getting fitted wardrobes aswell so that will be great as our flat-pack ones are just on the verge of collapse!! they dont make em like they used to do they!
sounds like everyone has had a good day!!
oh and i didnt know iron tablets give you stomach cramps!! i was convinced that i was in need of a poo all day and still... i will have to see how these ones affect me as i dont think i cud stand the thought of belly ache, back ache, constipation and {said in a very small and embarrassed voice...} the beginnings of piles for the next eight weeks!! whoever said pregnancy isnt an illness must have been either a man or a lesbian cos as far as i can see were all sufferin in one way or another!!
ok rant of the day over.... how is everyone?? anyone around?

I just thought - part of what's scaring me is having an NT child, a child without Down's syndrome. Havign a little girl who doesn't walk, an needs help doing everything is what I know, it's what I do. I don't get how it will be with a kid that crawls at whatever age they are supposed to crawl by, see I don't even know when children are supposed to crawl. And the thought of someone running round and getting into things, ....... I've had 4 years of my baby only bum shuffling or crawling.

Sorry, sounding off, should do this on SN"s really.

TC i have a bit of what your feeling every day!! its scary to think that in a few weeks time there will be this new little life takin up most of your time! time im guessing you spend alot of with your dd! im sure everything will be fine and that you will rise to the occaision! is lottie your only other child?? if she is then im sure that as with raising a disabled child is a challenge (which you sound like you have done a wonderful job raising her!) then to raise a child with no apparrant problems and taking care of your daughter, although it will be another challenge im sure that you will prove to be just as wonderful a mother to baby no 2 as you are to lottie iyswim!

Thank god for MN sometimes! Thanks Ei, it really is good to know that other people are feeling or have felt this way.
I do know it'll be ok. I felt like this with lottie as I said and that's very hard for me to imagine now, from day 1, well day 5 really once we were out of hospital, she just was part of our lives and it was so easy and so natural, and so, so wonderful and I know it'll be the same again. I just ....... I just,.......don't ..
Ohhh, this is a SN's thing tbh, I will go there and do this ... but I've started, i just think there might be a lot to be said for having 2 children with Down's syndrome maybe???? But I was really looking forward to ahving the opportunity to amybe raise a child with no real special needs.

Ok, I won't delete that, cos I doid say it, but best to ignore it. It'll all be fine.
End of.

Enough.

So - what have you girls got left to do with regard to preparing etc. Are you all organised?

TC also had a touch of that anxiety but for opposite reason..adam has been horrendous today and was thinking i cant cope with him never mind a new baby..lol Also think hitting 30+ weeks brings a reality check to everyone, I was asked today when i was due to spouted it off and lady replies oo about 6 n half weeks then...arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

tc also meant to say you are bound to worry about the opposite to your norm. If i was told I was having a ds child then i would panic [as it is we dont know as we dont have any of the tests] so can understand a little in that way..if that makes sense.

i really dont know whether i would have anything helpful to say on that subject TC tbh but ill have a go... i think that all children are different and special in their own way and having a child without special needs after having one with would prob be very rewarding in the way that you would have more patience with that child you may not have unreal expectations of that child and you would have alot of love to give to that child because of the fact that you would have gained all of these skills whilst learning to raise the child with special needs iykwim!
ok... as for your other question... im mostly sorted for the baby stuff now how about you??

well anyway girlie im off to bed now ...no late night for me tonight as dp had me up at the crack of dawn to decorate so im nice an tired now!! its a hot choc for me (and a handful of choccie cookies) and then beddie byes!! night everyone xx

well anyway girlies im off to bed now ...no late night for me tonight as dp had me up at the crack of dawn to decorate so im nice an tired now!! its a hot choc for me (and a handful of choccie cookies) and then beddie byes!! night everyone xx

I'm getting there, not really sure really intil I have the nursery sorted and then can see what I'm missing. Hav et o get a wardrobe, and a new chest of drawers so we can put old drawers/changing station in nursery, then I can see what else I'm missing.
Night ei, xxx

night ei
our nursery still looks half ready and half like a junk room which i think it will do until after we have the carpet and new sofas. My living/ dining room is currently half packed away in boxes and the dining room is stripped so lovely looking..lol

Everyone's quiet today, busy decorating?
Well dh's friend stayed over Fri night and I got about 3hrs sleep, so was in a fine mood Sat morning
Calmed down after about an hour and dh even agreed that it was better he only stayed for one night, not two.....
Finished washing the baby's bedding, muslins and towels this weekend, so just have the clothes to start on next weekend. Have also bought a new toy/book storage unit from Argos (using Nectar points ) so dh can put that together this week and we can finish off reorganising her room and the spare room.
Have had a nice weekend, pottering around the house, and it just being the 3 of us, has felt like Central Station in this house for most of summer.....
TB, no idea what it's like to have a special needs child, but understood exactly what you meant when you wanted it just to stay as the 3 of you. I've also been having waves of feelings like that, guilty about how things will change for dd and her not having our undivided attention anymore. Just one of those hormonal guilty moments, first time around it was what sort of mother am I going to be, this time it's how will I manage with two and how is dd going to cope!
& dq, as for that parp thread, talk about a bunch of whingers. If they don't like what other people want to discuss, then don't read the threads or participate on websites like this - like you said, nothing like that to scare away newbies....rant over
33+1

Good evening ladies,

So much for a quiet wkend!! I have spring cleaned the house and it still looks a mess!!!! aghhhhhhh

Have bough some xmas pressies (get it out of the way)

DQ, Will have to look out for that thread.. I understand what you mean by some of the insenative ones eg: Like how terrible it was to have a baby in Dec!!!! That one mademe really mad a while back!

Bonkers,
stupid lodgers, have some people no feelings!

does anyone have a really sore feeling in your nether region, when you get up in the morning? I seem to be getting worse, i have to bend over to walk and even that is a strugle!! but it goes after a while..

How are you all this wkend?

afternoon all
just a quickie as dh should be home soon and we are loading some boxes for his parents to store at their house. Am glad they cook sunday tea as i couldnt face it today..lol
Have cleaned all the kitchen including cupboards and oven. Mopped through and done a load of washing only to go upstairs and find another basket full..sigh..lol

Bonkerz - so sorry to hear that your mums lodgers were so insensative. I'm glad your mum got a good send off though.

I'm quite the opposite about giving dd a baby. She has wanted a brother or sister for sooooo long and until now it's been something we haven't been able to provide her with. I've felt guilty for so long, first about not conceiving quickly then about loosing the baby that I actually feel happy now that I can give her a sibling. She is so excited about the baby arriving that I've been having terrible fears about something happening to this baby.

We've had quite a busy weekend. I finally packed my hospital bag and we got the curtains up in the nursery which means it's finally finished!

DQ - I hope your dh has had a restful weekend and is feeling less sore!

Hope all you other ladies are on fine form too

35 weeks today

Hi Ladies,

Had a really strange day today, not really done much but have been busy all day. Not quite sure how that happened.

Still got the same pains that I had yesterday evening and paracetamol doesn't do anything damn pregnancy I'm still wondering when I'm going to start glowing

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend. I dare say it will be busier on here tomorrow when you are all sat at your desks pretending to be working

33 weeks today

Ha ha i have tomor off yiiipppppeeee.. We have a bank holiday here... It would be great to have a lie in but somtimes i do nearly be as happy getting up as i dont have to deal with being sore and uncomfi!

The trick or treat bowl is looking bare now! well i am pregnant! lol every time i pass it i put my hand in for "just one more"!!!

hey ladies! another late posting for me today!! iv been a bit busy today organising stuff to be stored away in the loft- finally!! iv been on at dp for ages to put it all up there and its all finally done!! hes sorted out the shelves for the babys roo aswell and theyr getting put up next week!! yay almost done!!
minnie i get that achey, painful feeling downstairs my m/w said its a ligament thing and to take paracetamol for the pain if it gets too bad! i dont reckon its anythin to worry about just use it as ammo for getting out of doin housework- it works on my dp!! i think hes getting a bit sick of that particular excuse as im tryin to keep my back pain excuse for bigger jobs so i can use it for longer!!haha
how is everyone??