Shagged out viroids - JS Grads 2

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Our old thread ran out of space! The horror!

Also reading back upthread

, just at the rudeness of the midwives' comments! None of their bloody business!

Baby2B glad you've done something about your hip pain. Your physio will be able to give you proper advice but as mine has improved massively over the last week I can tell you what has worked for me. Sitting on birthing ball, wearing a maternity support band. I have one that's like a reinforced bump-band (Carriwell brand) and a couple that are proper "sacro-illic support belts". The latter are expensive (mine are borrowed) but are worth it! I also have a funny shaped cushion - looks a bit like this (but again it's borrrowed so not sure exactly what it is) which I used last night and it was just amazing. I used it the other way around from the picture though as that seemed to work better.

And finally - I do still have a waist. In fact I was showing said attribute off to DH and commented that my bump is very neat. He replied with "Yes, all the weight does seem to be going onto your legs and bum doesn't it"!

Tee hee Esk, my weight is going on to bum, thighs AND waist, so I basically look a bit like a barrel with a bump I'm sure it will all just drop off

talking of church, Esk - for some reason at our church there's a thing where they do a "thanksgiving" for a baby when it's been born - way before the baptism.
There's a proper service in the Book of Common Prayer called The Churching of Women, where you give thanks for the woman surviving childbirth.
I've told DH I want that when the baby's born.
Might fit in nicely with all the christmas services!

I was planning on getting an eye-lash tint (and brazilian) before birth One of my biggest pre planning headaches is when to book both - close enough that they are still 'fresh' but without the fear of going into labout early pale and hairy You really would think I could worry about better things!

Esk I am very VERY anti-baby shower....until my Mum suggested one and then I thought it might be quite nice...

Nickel the descritpion makes me as I guess we forget how dangerous it all used to be. Sounds really nice! We hope bub will be christened in the same church I was (all sorts of odd vicar bashing - not literally, I hope - going on at the church we got married in and my mum attends, which is sad)

I like a bit of Vicar-bshing.
only if it's deserved, though. Some vicars get shit when they're doing a perfectly good job (and i know what a shit vicar is!)
here's the service

it uses a similar prayer to the one in the marriage service, except here, we don't care about the servant, only the handmaid!

ooh, jsut noticed, it says "this woman thy servant"
i'm sure in the one at home it says "handmaid"

Nickel we're now in the Baptist church so there won't be a christening at all - just a thanksgiving/dedication service. Part of me is a little sad that the Baptists don't do Godparents either. But we do plan on having them anyway (I started out Methodist and have been through independent and C of E before settling in our local Baptist!) as it seems wrong not to.

at handmaid though.

different denominations are odd, aren't they, when you're used to a certain way.
at least you get a thanksgiving - maybe you could ask if you can have "sponsors" who will agree to help/support your baby in growing up a christian?
maybe they'll like that?

Good point. I do hope so. We intend to appoint sponsors/Godparents/whatever in any case, but don't know if they'll have any role to play in the service.

churches these days seem to be quite inclusive of people, so i'm sure they'll put them in.
have no idea who to have as godparents - want to choose someone who's actually religious, andwho lives close by (which rules out family members, on one or both counts) and someone who's young enough to be around, but also who's close enough to us.
there aren't that many people we know who fit those categories.

We're thinking along similar lines and having the same problems re distance, faith etc. Added to which we are Godparents to children of various friends (all of whom are actively Christian) and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. But none of them live very near and I'd like someone who could actually see Squig on a regular basis.

vallinna and esk I felt exactly the same way about a baby shower ... again until my mum offered to throw me one. And it was lovely to see people I might not get a chance to catch up with for a while. I told some of them (my friends) not to bring gifts, just themselves - to no avail - but it was lovely in the end. I only think it's weird if you organise it yourself!

Waterproof mascara - good thinking! I went for the Bare Minerals range of make-up which is expensive but nice for a change from the heavy slap I usually rely on. vallinna yes, the timing issue is what is putting me off of getting a spray tan. May wait for contractions and hot foot it down there

You'll probably be shocked to hear I don't have a bank account in the UK (since HSBC closed my old one). I can't get one until I get a job. We have a joint account and DH has an account (which I have the card for as I do all the bills spending etc).

Rather of all the new make up. I'm desperatlely hoping that DH's sick pay will arrive before LO and I will be able to get my unruly mop hacked back into a decent hair do. Not likely at this rate though (fecking goat feckers don't know how to fecking get their fecking goatpaperwork right).

Esk the truth is my bum, hips, thighs arms are where I always put on weight. Otherwise I'd have no hope of a waist right now. Just remember it's healthier than having an apple shape

Will finish catching up soon. Have to go serve dinner now before it burns.

I think babyshowers are a bit meh (but only because I've never had one ). I went to one years ago and it was really fun.

Good thing about being a nothing. No church services to worry about and no godparent types either. Though DH and I have people we would prefer to raise the DC should both of us die.

Isn't the churching service the official end of a woman's confinement? In all the historic novels I read they mention how it removes the sin from her and allows the husband to shag her again).

The thought of me having a baby shower makes me cringe. It is so not me. BUT if it's something you think you might like, I say go for it.

Is anyone else getting smell cravings? I am utterly addicted to the smell of woodchips, and keep sticking my head inside the bag of cat litter. DH has also caught me leaning into DS's bedroom cupboard and inhaling ecstatically.

aStar the cat litter junky! I'm loving the smell of lemon fairy liquid these days (almost smells good enough to eat).

Maybe stick with sniffing the unused cat litter star, don't progress to the stinky stuff Mostly I'm trying to avoid smells at the moment, maybe the ecstatic smell thing comes later

Yeah, I think it's just a resurgence of my first trimester Insane Sense Of Smell thing. I can smell the kitchen bin from anywhere in the kitchen, even with the lid closed, and believe me that is not ecstatic Ditto used cat litter :( But ohhh, that fresh clean woodchip smell...

Is it wrong that I'm contemplating taking a small bowl of new cat litter to bed with me? TO SNIFF, before anyone gets any (more) wrong ideas.

DH is so going to come home and find me snorting a line of woodchips isn't he?

LOL for the church service allowing husband to shag wife again DH and I are going to clash when it comes to Christenings etc. DH is CoE in the wedding/funeral/Xmas type. I'm Christian in the occasional church goer type. DH likes all of the CoE rites of passage. I'm all for a dedication/thanksgiving with DTs being able to decide for themselves when they are older 'Tis going to be an interesting debate

astar's sniffing habits.

I seem to be lucky in that my extra 2 stone of weight is all tummy. Although I've taken my rings off in the last couple of days because they were getting tight. A few people have said "I'm carrying well". I think this translates as "well, you've not gone and got a fat @rse have you"

Please allow/forgive me a quick gloat...Still shagging here at 35 weeks pg! Found Reverse Cowgirl give oppurtunity for feeling in control for a fecking change without feeling self-concious of my bump!!

Officially impressed Brassica. My spirit is willing, but the flesh is, well, basically too swollen and under pressure

Massively of you JSing antics BB! I spent early pregnancy refusing to do the reverse cowgirl because I knew by late pg it would be the only fun option. Sadly though with DH's OCD gone through the roof, I'm just one very frustrated very pg lady. I just want one go before my bits get shreaded!

At least you don't have to get wourself a dealer for woodchips aStar. Just don't go breaking into any carpenters workshops.

for shredded bits!!!

Still going on the shag front over here too :) Although the last two times (last night and on the weekend) I have not been able to sleep for hours after, which is weird. Haven't tried the reverse cowgirl lately though - DH weirdly seems to think the bump is sexy so I don't feel very self-conscious about it

Oh Star we are just about to move back to my Mum's where the loo will be 5 flights of stairs away...I am now taking cat litter to bed with me for ALL the 'wrong' reasons

My smell craving is still red wine. Has been since the start alcoholic!

BB sort of with you. Mum - religious, me - sort of (13 years of church school, like the rites of passage), DH - couldn't care less (in the nicest possible way!). I like the celebration of birth and excuse to get both sides of the family together

God lord at your shagging prowess! Hats off lady. I was as horny as hell during the first trimester, when of course we were advised not to shag due to the bleeds etc. Gone off it ever since Having very horny dreams now but when I wake up I just can't be arsed, not too keen with being touched by anyone to be honest. Cuddles are nice but even when I had I massage (pro, not DH!) I was willing it to end :(

I, err, had a look at the fanjo with a mirror the other day as watched the YouTube video on perineal massage (the one with the lovely latex model!) and was a bit at (a) the hair (brazilian tomorrow!) and (b) the size! Doesn't feel swollen, however looks a little like a rugby player's cauliflower ear

Had a good cry over leaving our flat yesterday! Not left yet but got stupidly sentimental! This wore off this morning when we had no bloody hot water! The same thing happened when I sold my car, the exhaust fell off the week before!