Jue in June 2011....... labour here we come!!!!!

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New thread. Should last us a week.

Jasmine at least it wasn't half a freddo the frog or something!

Thornykate and BPrincess - yep - I am so grumpy as well - this morning really takes the biscuit - I've just woken up in the most awful mood. Hope I cheer up a bit as the day goes on.
BP every time I eat toast, I need to then thoroughly empty the middle of my bra of crumbs.
lol @ motherofsnortpigs - I don't think my aim is good enough for that technique unfortunately

joanne I just had to google what a Freddo Frog is and now I'm in a panic that I'm so obviously unprepared for motherhood! Mind you, I do know what Percy Pigs are...

Question of the day, do I cancel my NCT classes?
For the motion..its expensive, its held very late in the evenings (8 til 10), DH wont be with me for any of the classes, I dont feel isolated enough to want to pay to meet other local mums, once DH graces this country with his presence we will be having a private labour prep class from a midwife, it sounds like my labour options are going to be quite prescribed due to my various complications.

Against the motion...this is my first DC and they might teach something earth shattering I need to know. I know what boobs are but have no idea about breast feeding (and would like to). I feel I 'should' go...but I have no idea why really

Votes?

Percy Pigs are very important - Freddos - not so much

jasmine I only know about freddo the frog because of many years of doing weight watchers. They are small enough to have every so often without busting the points budget! I have a feeling after all the cheese and chocolate I've been eating I'll be back there with the babe in arms 6 weeks after it is born!

grumpy ladies I'm also feeling quite grumpy too...it seems I can't win. I slpet last night, but woke up with a horrific back ache because I slept at a funny angle. rolls eyes Do you think I could just sleep until June please? In the meantime I'll just have a and some . no doubt i'll be fisshing the crumbs out of my bra all day!

Jasmine I'm going to mine, loads of my friends who have had babies have ended up making good groups of friends through their classes and still meet up with the a year later. I think you can get a partial refund if your DH isn't going with you as here at least the price is based on a couple attending. I would go.

Sasa - I saw percy revercy sweets in M&S on sunday - genius!

Jasmine - I did AN classes and absolutely loved them, made some new friends (who I am meeting up with on Thursday for a night out, over 3 years later!).

But if you are already having a private MW class and your DH won't make it there, and bearing in mind how late they are, I would probably wouldn't bother.

There are bound to be bumps and babies groups you can visit during the day if you want to meet mums who are expecting around the same time as you. NCT run a bumps and babes group and I found it really useful to go along before DS arrived and saw mums bfing and they were happy to answer my questions (like you I didn't really have a clue about bfing except in the theoretical sense!).

BTW - at least it wasn't a Snickers bad

I am also having to empty my bra of crumbs. I think they need to start selling special maternity bibs

Oh and I am going to ask for a home birth when I meet my MW to dicuss my birth plan...

Kara don't 'ask' for a home birth, tell them you are having a home birth :)

Yes good point! I have a friend who is a real advocate for HB and she has provided me lots of useful information and she is sending me some sample letters as well!

Kara I think you are very brave! I must admit the idea of being at home is awful to me. Firstly I don't want to have to clear up all the mess, secondly my front door opens into my living room and my house has a (small) open plan ground floor...I don't want everyone on the street to seem me giving birth and thirdly It's just plain scary to be that far from a doctor/ surgeon! I think I want to go for the midwife lead unit at my local maternity hospital. Argh how can they expect me to decide these things when I can't eben decide which sandwich I want for lunch?

LOL @ Joannezipan - may I suggest a cheese and pickle sandwich on malted brown bread

We have quite a large living room and a separate hall way. Am thinking I'll spend most of the labour downstairs watching telly and then go upstairs to our bedroom to have the baby.

Note to self - remember to shut the blinds & curtains in the living room

Kara oh good plan! Thanks :o

Just saw the words cheese and pickle sandwich as my eyes passed over the my posts page. Think I know what i'm having for lunch now.

Am I the only one who has morning sickness back even though it wasnt bad in the first trimester? Feeling sorry for myself again ...hmm, now what do I fancy throwing up for lunch...

jasmine lol re the M&M sorry you're feeling sick again. No advice here re NCT as no such thing here.

I'm joining the grumpy club am also getting heartburn but at night which is really not helping with the sleep. Going to go to the chemist to see if I can find gaviscon as have no idea whether can buy it here as I didn't get heartburn with ds.

Jas I'm feeling a bit dodgy in the mornings, havn't actually been sick though. The timely application of some gaviscon seems to work at stopping it.

I'm so bored at work...my heart just ins't in this anymore. 5 working weeks and 4 working days to go.

kara have you thought through the logistics of climbing a flight of stairs whilst in transition?! joanne imo hospitals, doctors and surgeons are scary. You are brave for wanting to leave the comfort and safety of your home to birth your baby elsewhere - but each to her own :) jasmine nothing too acidic if you think it might reappear. We're going for roast chicken, mayo and tomato on seeded brown.

BP Me! I too need a bib. That's when I'm not dropping my fork on the floor or throwing water over my shoulder. Pleased I know the clumsiness wears off after birth, or I'd be fearing for LO's life!

Jasmine thank you for the offer of your back yard. I ended up staying indoors all day. My excuse is that I was exhausted and sore in the fanjo again. will be venturing out today though as I have things to do and after a bad start, maybe a bit of energy to do it with.

Oh 8RDs! I've never had a baby shower either (although this is only #2 for us). When I was pg with DS all the trashy mags I read werre full of Nicole Ruddy Richie and how much money she was spending on her crappy baby shower. Grr. I do agree about the commute as a SAHM though. I quite like being able to work from bed on a daily basis when the need arises.

Sasa comments like that around antipodeans (esp the Aussie ones, not so much us Kiwi types) will get you dagger eyes! MMM Caramel Freddo!!

I'm in the Gaviscon club today. All night I kept getting painful bubbles of acid gas in my throat and it's still going on today. I never had reflux this back with DS. Mind you Current Bun has figured out how to get it's feet under my rib cage, where as DS apparenty had his foot stuck on it, so that might be making a difference.

Oh and not only are there feet up under my ribs, there are little hands or elbows playing with my bladder. Oh the joy!

At least the rain has buggered off and the sun is back out in full force

'have you thought through the logistics of climbing a flight of stairs whilst in transition?!'

I hope to get up upstairs much earlier than that to get in the bath once the pain starts to get bad!

But not the end of the world if I end up staying downstairs!

lol @ confessions
How much do I want motherofsnortpigs's lunch
We are having rubbish ham sandwiches on not-very-fresh bread.

Plain pasta with a bit of cheese...and some peas. Feeling a bit better now, it truly is morning sickness this time, suddenly switches off around midday.

Confessions I am having reflux too. Not heartburn funnily enough just sudden acid bubble into throat or a bit of dinner up in my nose (sorry if you are eating). Burping is a dangerous activity.

Im trying to train bump to recognise the cot mobile tune, have been playing it several times a day to my belly button. Cant decide whether frantic kicking means 'there's that lovely familiar tune again' or 'turn that bloody racket off else I'm coming out now to kill it myself'

Jasmine DH has been doing this with Brown Bear Brown Bear book. He reads it every night to the bump. He is hoping that the baby will know his voice and associate the rythum of the story with being safe and warm and calm...I hope it works!

Hi everyone, hope you are all ok. I disappeared for a few days as I was having a bit of a "fed up" phase where I didn't want to talk or think about being pregnant for a while! 32 +3 and really, really ready to get back to my non pregnant self.

It's been gorgeous sunny weather here in Manchester, but chucking it down with rain today sadly. I did make the most of the sun but I've also come down with a rotten scratchy throat and a bunged up nose, making sleep very difficult as it gets worse when I lie down and I can't breathe properly, even with extra pillows. Guess that flu jab doesn't cover this particular strain...

Heartburn is also getting worse, like some people here have mentioned - I must go back to the GP and ask for a massive bottle of Gaviscon on scrip. I'm spending a fortune on rennies!

It was DP's birthday last week and we had a lovely few days, finishing with a delicious curry at East z East and drinks with friends at a posh beer house on Saturday night. Well - I had a couple of half pints of low alcohol ale sipped slowly over 5 hours while everyone around me got drunk. :( Then again I didn't have a bad head the next morning, so that's something at least.

Unfortunately my chat with the neighbour wasn't as effective as I thought - when we got home, there was another party in full swing. I charged over in full "don't mess with a pregnant bird" mode and asked to speak to the mum. The kids outside told me she was sleeping, to which I was as it was really, really noisy with hip hop blaring, front door wide open, drunk kids screeching in the house and in the street... I had a massive go at them all, e.g. "this is the THIRD BLOODY WEEKEND IN A ROW" sort of thing.

I must have scared them as most of them ran inside, and to be fair, they turned the music off and stayed quiet the rest of the night. I was still really angry though, as she'd promised no more parties for a while - so what happened? Now I have to find the right time to have yet another word, and I'm not sure if I can trust her. She's a lovely lady, but we get the feeling that she is finding it hard to control her teens. Hmmmm.