May 2011 - The Home Stretch!

[sesamesmith]

Old thread here: The Rosy Glow Before the Storm

Stats thread here: Due May 2011

Awww runningmonkey, you have my hugest sympathy! Restless legs are perhaps the single most annoying and frustrating symptom one can get!! I get them every single day but bizarrely stops once in bed...I have tried to look for a cure but there doesn't seem to be one! I usually get up and have a shower which distracts me a bit!

Waiting to see if DP has got the message that I want a bloody card for mother's day! One that says mummy instead of one meant for adult children would be really good but he's so useless. He can't understand why I want to be called mummy while he's only 3! Maybe I'm just weird actually! Stupid pregnancy hormones!

DS is so funny with moving bump...he says that baby bit him if she kicks him...aww can't wait now, DS is gonna be a great big bro!
Just need to come up with a name that isn't "Destiny", "Angel" or feckin "Alabama"!! We are so not agreeing on names but I will run off and register without him before a child of mine is called Alabama!!

Happy April Fools everyone!
Finally getting into the swing of purchasing for baby: my mum has now said that she'd go halves on a pram so I think we're getting a Bugaboo Bee+
gonna get Mothercare to price match this deal
ladybugsbaby.easywebstore.co.uk/Bugaboo-Bee-Plus-Newborn-Pebble-Package_A5UGI.aspx + I have a 10% off voucher

wanted to get this TENS machine, but out of stock at the mo
www.lloydspharmacy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=1008&storeId=90&productId=322651&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=&top=&top_category=&fromPage=Search&hotspot_prefix=

quite taken with this changing bag
www.boots.com/en/Samsonite-Blossom-Slouch-Changing-Bag-Cherry-Blossom_1045391/

I got a pack of maternity pads from Asda, when I looked at them again at home there's only 10 in there LOLZ They're ma-hoosive I guess then

I finish work on the 15th & am quite tempted to print off an A4 calendar page for April to be able to cross the days off! They've already sent out the new seating plan, harumpf

Hello everyone. I've been lurking for a while but nothing to add other than a really horrible patch a few weeks ago, when I felt a totally mental, hormonal wreck. I went to the GP and asked for counselling - help is out there if you need it.

Better now and just back from doc's appt. C-section booked for 9th May (a day before due date) - had been hoping to get him out a few days earlier but all slots booked.

Off to pick up a fab cotbed I found in a local charity shop for £45 (you can tell this is the third child) and have bought a few vests/suits from Asda & Tesco (again, you can tell this is the third child). Also need to hassle neighbour and get back DS2's old newborn stuff - she's also promised me some of her stuff as well.

Other than that, I just need to get some old stuff out of cupboards, wash it and buy a raincover for the Phil and Ted's I got half price (see a theme emerging here ). I also need to buy a cot mattress - will be looking for a few deals as I know you have to buy these new.

Still can't quite believe I'm having another baby, though I look massive and people keep asking if it's twins/triplets. I'm measuring 33 at 34 weeks but I'm not very tall so I look ridiculous.

Quick post - brillo buy at least half a dozen packs. More if you are brave enough! In fact, go back to asda and pick up a dozen packets then find a teenage cashier to put through your sale.

I think I have half a dozen bought between boots and superdrug but will be buying more. You will need them!

Had my midwife appointment yesterday and she has referred me to see the consultant next week because I am measuring big for dates and she thinks I am carrying alot of water and she cannot feel the position of the baby.
Didnt feel too worried about this until late last night, I have only put 14 pounds on at 33 weeks and although I was by no means tiny before I fell pregnant I was a size 14 so not overweight but my bump is HUGE (almost doesnt look real) so either the baby is really big or I have excessive amounts of water. I constantly feel dehydrated and despite drinking 15+ pints of water a day I am only going to the loo 5-6 times a day could this lead to carrying lots of water?
Dont want to use dr google for fear of what I might find.

at 3rd child syndrome!

Hi guys
Haven't read the posts, will quickly write mine and then go back.
Need some reassurance!
31 weeks... under HUGE stress... everything is going wrong at the moment: my relationship, my son's school, finance and work......I am really having a terribly hard time.
And I am having more or less constant tightenings on my belly... they come and go but it has been for a few hours..... please tell me this is normal, and I am not going into early stress induced labour?!?!?!?

Qwerty whatever you're doing - do the opposite. If you're on your feet lie down and vice versa. Keep track of the tightenings - I think more than 6 an hour are cause for concern.

Pregnancy is a very stressful time and it's perfectly normal for it to cause problems in relationships with OH or children but you need to make sure you're finding time to relax. I usually stress about money etc but in pregnancy I dont for some reason - I realise that worrying won't change anything and you need to relax. Are you at home?

Qwerty. I hope your ok. I am also going thru very serious relationship problems and at times feel like i am goin to havd a break down and then at other times i feel fine usually when im out with friends or family. Try to find lots of distractions to keep your sanity. I personally cant believe my relationship is at breaking point 6 weeks b4 baby is due. I havnt mentioned it on hete or told family as im so embarrased by ghe fact so im glad that u had the guts to say somethin. As for the tightenings they may just b braxton hicks which r common at this stage but if they get worze in intensity or bcom painful i wud ring midwife to get checked out.
Let us know how u get on.

Hey to everyone else i will try and get a spare 20 mins to dp a proper namecheck lata its impossible on my fone :(

Hi all,

MsLucy had a great discussion with John Lewis staff re mattress for cotbed for DC3. We had a ridiculously expensive all singing all dancing mattress for DS and DD, neither of whom were in it past 20 months (DS evicted for DD, DD able to climb out by then). John Lewis recommended their £60 foam one, which will do for me for this bump. If you want wipe clean fitted sheets as well as the removable washable cover, got mine from Tesco for under £4 each at their recent baby event thing.

jbells and qwerty sorry you are having a miserable time. Please don't underestimate how much it stress you are under and be kind to yourself. Pregnancy and childbirth have the worse timing ever: at most times, you can cope with whatever life throws at you, but during preg/newborn it is like someone saying: 'maximum stress, at a time with minimum physical, emotional and mental reserves to cope'. Stupid!!! Oh, and we'll just throw in massive expenditure at a time of reduced income on mat leave for good measure. I think it is a myth that all relationships don't suffer at this time. Crikey, we are scared and frightened, as are the dads except they feel like they can't show it and sometimes behave in the most ridiculous ways. They feel out of control at the responsibility and at the fact they think any sane person (esp MIL, friends etc) will want to publicly hang them if they are seen to be unsupportive in any way. Sometimes they are total muppets but I think sometimes they are normal sane rational people who just make silly choices and comments. I can't offer any advice or comfort other than just hang on and don't make any rash decisions.

Loopy we've just recently made a complaint to DD's hospital which has been handled extremely thoroughly. I only copied PALs as I wanted to complain informally to start with but they took the view it should be formal. Very good but word of warning: standard response time is 25 working days, which together with bank hols means it will be beyond your due date?

all those large of bump I have a sneaky feeling media indoctrination is seeping in such that people who are not/have not/forgotten what it is like to be preg think celebs tiny bumps are the norm. Hence why everyone feels the need to comment on impending labour when you've actually got months to go. Ignore ignore ignore!

Hi - very honoured that I win the prize for most sproglets produced :)
Really suffering today though. Had to ring dh and get him home from work this morning as I have caught dd3s gastroenteritis bug and am throwing up for England.my stomach is hurting so much and given that it's all squished up anyway and I have reflux very badly it's pretty grim :( I'm not used to asking for help so I felt a bit pathetic but I spent the day in bed. I feel exactly the same but less stressed about it as I know the dcs are all being looked after.

I just need a whinge :(

Dh is amazing, the house has been upside down lately due to my spd and all our illnesses and he spent the day with dd3 tidying and doing washing. :) he's definitely a star.

Hoping I manage to keep this toast down anyway. Dd2 has a party to go to tomorrow aft and no present. Then I should be at a dancing comp all day sunday with dd1 so I really don't have time to be ill!

On a good note - aghhhhhhhhh it's April!!!!!!!!!!!
35 weeks today :D

stripey agree with you about the whole body image thing (and what you said about relationships too). Why do people think it's OK to comment though on size of bump? People have commented to me that they didn't know I was pregnant and am I sure about dates because I don't look that pregnant? Yes, I accept that if I wear DH's baggy jumpers, it's difficult to tell, but it's very upsetting references made about the baby being small for dates, when actually the measurements are entirely normal. Grrrr.

perpetually is there a soft play area where you are? For gifts, I just get a voucher for the soft play and include a sibling.

Thanks stripeybump

im prob feeling xtra sorry for myself this wk as its my bday tomoro its like when baf things happen at xmas i suppose and it always seems worse as u feel like u shud b really happy. I hope you r feeling better and that things with dd r going well

perpent- i hope u feel better soon i had a stomach bug at tje start of pg and that was bad enuf. Make sure u get plenty of rest

icanonlytry I'm not sure that 15 pints of water a day is good (not that I have any expertise). Sounds like an awful lot. Did you tell your midwife you're drinking so much?

Hi all, Have been very quietly reading after saying hi many months ago!
I'm in a bit of a quandary at the mo as was admitted to hhospital Wed with pre-eclampaua as had 4+ protein in my urine and high blood pressure, they now think i May have gestation diabetes as well but i'm not being tested until Monday.
Quite puzzled as it is currently looking unlikely i'll leave hospital without having.delivered, but i'm only 34+1 today... How.long.can they keep her in there?!! Not thinking very clearly as have only had a few hours sleep since Wed as it is quite noisy here at night.

Hi all, Have been very quietly reading after saying hi many months ago!
I'm in a bit of a quandary at the mo as was admitted to hhospital Wed with pre-eclampaua as had 4+ protein in my urine and high blood pressure, they now think i May have gestation diabetes as well but i'm not being tested until Monday.
Quite puzzled as it is currently looking unlikely i'll leave hospital without having.delivered, but i'm only 34+1 today... How.long.can they keep her in there?!! Not thinking very clearly as have only had a few hours sleep since Wed as it is quite noisy here at night.

Thanks Pistachio and loopy - i've been very calm about it so far but for some reason i've lost my rational thinking this evening! Apologies for all the typos too - I'm relying on my phone and also have a cannula (sic) in just in case.they need to.operate quickly... so y typing is not up to much at present!