June Just around the corner now...

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Will this be the final thread?!? I somehow think not, with more and more people starting on maternity leave, we have time for a good few more methinks!

I've lost track of everyone again, owing to the fact I've actually been doing some work recently (I've been seriously slacking off, and am now in a mad panic about impending ML, albeit 4 weeks away still).

I saw someone else mentioned nighttime cramps, and I'm glad I'm not the only one suffering these - I'm sure I don't remember anything this horrible last time. I regularly wake up screaming in agony as both hamstrings simultaneously snap tight, and then roll out of bed, onto the floor, sobbing manically as I try to gently stretch them back. DP, meanwhile, stirs a little, mumbles something which I think is his subconscious asking if I'm ok, then rolls over again. Meanwhile, DD, who has inevitably climbed into our bed, takes the opportunity to stretch into the space I've just vacated, leaving me squished up at the edge, too terrified to fall back asleep in case the pain returns. Oh the fun and larks of pregnancy!

This morning I inflicted really loud singing to the Greatest Hits of Bette Midler on poor unborn child, who was unable to escape. I think scientists may want to conduct experiements into child cruelty.

nomoreheels I'm glad you have cuddles and tea at least! I know it is very scary, but as you are 37 weeks now you know that you can have the baby and they will be big enough to cope in the outside world and the birth will make you better again. It isn't ideal, but if it happens it is not the end of the world. Have some virtual ((hugs)) and as well. Hopefully one of the others with a bit more experience will be along soon to do more!

nmh sorry to hear you've had a stressful day, amazing how one trip to the midwife can suddenly put lots of questions in your mind isn't it. As far as I've seen everything they do seems to cross the t's and dot the i's, so it could well be that the tests are just to be really safe that you're ok and tomorrow you can relax and just put it down to having a week of feeling slightly off colour. If not, worst case they will just be making provisions to ensure both you and the baby are healthy and if they feel that a section might guarantee that better than waiting for labour then I guess you just have to try your best to relax and be fatalistic about it, I know it's a lot easier said than done but I would say the best you can do right now is relax and take it easy. Would it be so bad to see your baby a couple of weeks earlier than expected, knowing that he / she is healthy and well and can get extra cuddles :)
Not sure if that helps at all.

lisascat Maybe at after that you should go into DDs room and sleep in her bed. I think if i was screaming and writing on the floor I would be more than a bit annoyed with DP for not waking up enough to help me out!

nmh cross posted with you. Just remember, the main thing is you're in the best hands. The worst case scenario is when something goes undetected. The moment the professionals are aware of something and monitoring it, the risk drops right down. I know it's easy to say, but relax and place some faith in them. You're scared because this is the first time you've been through this and it's all unfamiliar. But they will have seen it hundreds, if not thousands of times, and right now they're keeping a close eye on you, and all their experience and training is primed.

Joannezipan I would, except I'm too long to lie straight in her bed, and if my legs are even slightly bent, that'll just bring the cramp back. And yes, DP's ability to sleep through the apocalypse is unnerving. I think if I go into labour during the night, I'll be driving myself to the maternity unit, and leaving him a note on the bedside table for when he wakes up!

lisacat I totally empathise about DP's ability to sleep through the apocalypse! I just dont understand why he doesnt wake up to anything! Im sure i could be screaming blue murder and he wouldnt wake up!

Just watched Deal or No Deal (procrastination for not doing my uni work - its terrible) and the woman won £250,000 and it made me all teary!

I guess the very best thing about this nomoreheels is that 37 weeks is considered to be full term, so that's reassuring.

What are you most worried about? Is it the op, or the recovery, or fears for the baby, or is it more that you're tired and poorly and this has come as a shock and upset?

Big hugs,

nmh I'm sorry to hear that you've got worries. It sounds like the mw is just taking precautionary steps rather than thinking it's an emergency, and I really hope it works out the way you want it to.

lisascat OMG yes. I mainly have it in my left hamstring. My legs are really restless so I'm often stretching them out, even in my sleep. Several times I've woken up in utter agony feeling like I've ripped the muscle. DH keeps thinking I'm going into labour because I am suddenly yelling out! Not had it for a week or so, I think, but it is really weird! It usually only lasts a minute or two. So glad somebody else has this

Everyone who is fed up with DHs who could sleep through the apocalypse should be careful what they wish for Mine wakes up if I so much as blink, so he's not coping well with the giant, restless, crampy, snoring monster I am morphing into

Ditto TTL, I have taken to wearing 'snore strips' to bed, just another accessory in my already extremely glamorous bedtime get up :D

perpetualprovocateur I'm sure your dairy products will be absolutely fine - cheese can be stored at room temperature anyway, butter is fine out of the fridge and it is sooooooo obvious when milk and cream go off that there is absolutely no chance of you accidentally eating it when it's off.
Really, the main dangers are things like cooked meats

That is very rubbish about the company you ordered the moby from TTL - can you name them, or is that not allowed?

Sorry about your stressful day nomoreheels - hope it turns out to be nothing, but they are on the case now anyway and will take good care of you both if there really is a problem.

Lisascat you made me laugh at Bette Midler's greatest hits. How many 'hits' did she have exactly - 'from a distance' and 'the rose' are all that spring to mind

My head-fitting pains seem to have stopped - I was secretly hoping that they would start labour lol.

37 weeks today - term at last

TTL I just asked DH if he minded me becoming a giant, snoring, snorting Hippomonster and he said no of course not hippomonsters are cute! Awww :)

Sasamaxx how about that classic "Wind beneath my wings"??

sasa it was Biz-e-kids (not sure if that's allowed or not). They weren't awful but I am unimpressed!

Loving the hippomonster comment . Today we've all been far too nice to our DHs on this thread. Never mind, I'm sure we'll make their lives hell when we go to bed tonight and start snoring, sweating, rolling and screaming out in agony

OMG 8rubberduckies how could i possibly have forgotten that gem - flllyyyyyyyy flllllyyyyyyyyyy flllllllyyyyyy against the skkkkkyyyyyyyyy LOL

Thanks for that TTL - I had a bad experience with them also at Christmas when I tried to order a castle for DS and it didn't turn up

NMC - hope you are getting plenty of rest and are reassured that you are now full term! Fingers crossed your BP will get uder control and bub will cook a little longer.

TTL - what awful customer service! Definitely one to avoid!

sasamaxx you've just recreated what poor bump had to put up with this morning, except it was about 40 decibels, and lasted almost an hour (a lot of the Divine Miss M album is covers - In My Life, Chapel of Love, When a Man Loves a Woman).

So I just had another cramp incident, except this time it was up my whole right leg, and lasted ages. DP proved really useful this time (doing what his footie team do to each other - almost like a pro!). And now I've done some googling, and apparently I should be drinking 8-10 glasses of water for a start. Also I need to get into the habit of doing calf stretches every morning and evening and having a warm bath before bed. So there's the advice ladies. I was hoping for a quick fix like a strong drug!

LisasCat lots of water yes, and tonic water is good too. Plus bananas. I used to get leg cramps a lot before I was prg and water really helped (it was often when I'd been out on the booze so I was dehydrated). Strangely I've not had it for a while, and not at all in pregnancy... though a couple of times last week I got those twinges you can get that come before a cramp, and I can tell you I was terrified! Anyway, hope they pass really soon.

Rubberduckies I think I have that exact same album - love the Divine Miss M! Might just dig it out later...

Hope everyone has a decent night's sleep tonight.

Oh! NCT nearly new sale tomorrow morning. Anyone got any last minute must-haves that they recommend I buy? I've got the usual - clothes, baby bath, buggy, cot, moses, sheets, muslins, nappies, changing mat and bag, erm... anything kind of more unusual that's they couldn't live without? Come on mums, I'm a first-timer, and would love to hear all your top tips!

Thanks in advance.

Will have a proper read of this thread but seem to be stuck in hospital so is a pain to read and type on my phone.

I am in hospital as I had a bit of a bleed on weds night and now I can't escape. I keep having small bleeds so that adds another 24 hours to my stay...

Apart from that all is well baby is kicking away. Am 34 plus a and have a horrid feeling I might be kept here until 37 weeks. On a positive note I am 3 days more pregnant than I have ever been.

Waves to anyone who may remember me...

Morning all,

Waves to HalleLouja, hope things sort themselves out and to manage to escape. I found, even being in for a night, once they have their claws into you it's quite hard to get away! Glad all is well with the baby, do the know what's causing the bleeding?

NMH Sorry you're having a stressful time but as lots of others have said you are in the best hands and also you are full term. I could be wrong but I'm not sure having pe leads directly to a section, I'm pretty sure one of my friends was induced early as her's wasn't too bad. Fingers crossed it all works out for you.

Leroy Sorry, I totally forgot to reply to you about your friend. How awful for her and hard for you :( I found when my friend had a seriously ill baby (was a bit older) it was the small things I could do that made the difference, making meals, looking after the other children, providing tissues and a shoulder, etc. If she has to travel a lot to see the baby then maybe getting lots of change for the car park for her so she doesn't need to worry about that. Fingers crossed.

Full term today

Have lovely weekends and relax as much as possible!

Yes I have been having restless legs and cramps as well.

Have a very disturbing dream last night. Dreamt that I had the baby at home but there was something wrong with her and she was taken straight to hospital without me even seeing I was worried about how she was being fed, plus I was bleeding heavily and I remember she was born at 4am. What really freaked me out was I woke up because I had a cramp in my leg, jumped out of bed and put my weight on the crampy leg to sort it out, then got back in, fell asleep and the dream picked up where it left off
Totally freaked me out, it was incredibly detailed, in the dream I also texted my friend and told her the baby's name. I also kept trying to contact the hospital to go and see the baby and they kept forgetting to call me back
It just felt so real so now feeling a bit panicky....

Sorry you're stuck in hospital Hallelouja - hope the bleeds stop and you can be let home.

That's v upsetting Kara - I hope it's not of those dreams that keep popping into your head all day.

I'm in for a v busy day today - need to:
Get to storage to look out all baby stuff
Get to school uniform shop to order up all uniform stuff for DS starting in August
Get to Lidl for pull-ups (the only ones that contain DS's bedwetter wee in the whole world - washable ones no longer work and big brands are not absorbant enough)
Get to bra shop for another 2 maternity/nursing bras as have now outgrown the ones I have
Pick up 1st communion present for Godson
Get back to home town in time for said Godson's 1st communion at 6pm

It would be a lot easier to do these things if I lived in a city, but I'm in a teeny town and the school uniform shop is in the next town 10 miles away in one direction while all the other stuff is in the city (Glasgow) 15-20 miles in the other direction.
Oh well - better start getting everyone dressed - have a lovely Saturday everyone

8RD Forgot to say that anytime spent just you and him counts as quality time. Read a book, colour, watch his favourite programme, etc. I was pretty immobile when pregnant with ds and one of mine and dd's best things was falling asleep together ! I feel for you as I was similar and spent a lot of time feeling guilty about it but honestly you have nothing to feel guilty about. Think of all the things you can do when the baby is out, strangely easier when you can't move. Also remember that this is a tiny period in a long life, it felt like hell at the time with dd but 4.5yrs later neither of us seemed to have suffered any damage from it :)

Sasa I wish you luck on your quests today and an early to bed tonight, methinks you might need it :)

Only read last two posts on thread, but just wanted to say Knackered that is great advise you've given 8rd which I'll be trying to use for myself too.

Oh hallelouja I hope you get the all clear and can go home soon.

Just a quick question: we have been given our moses basket by my step-mum, who washed all the old bedding etc for it. But it's been in her loft for 20 years and now I'm wondering if the mattress will be safe or if we should get a new one. Anybody know?

Good luck on your missions sasa!

xxx

DS just came in to the bedroom (where DH and I are in denial it's day time) wearing his sunhat. Just his sunhat. So cute Sadly I have to get up now as my sister is staying the night and I need to clean the house (esp as the In Laws are coming on Monday - grrr). No more MN for me then. Have a lovely weekend all (and take it easy NMH)