March 06 - Into the 3rd Trimester

[RosiePosie]

Here we are girls. I think we are all a bit shell-shocked at the moment, aren't we?

Thinking of you DHW and wishing life wasn't so cruel sometimes.

Hi everyone, I've been keeping an eye on developments but I never seen to get a chance to post so Happy New Year to everyone. I feel like I am on a bit of a countdown now - only 9 weeks left! My DD had to be induced as I had obstetric chloestasis (itchy liver thing) and there is a good chance I'll get it again so I keep thinking that I could have my baby sooner than I think. A good job too as DS starts full time school this week and I know I will feel very tearful and sad. We have just about got the nursery sorted out but probably won't get the moses basket and car seat etc out of the loft for a while. I am starting to look for a few nice sleepsuits etc as most of mine are at least 2nd hand and are getting a bit grubby. I agree with everyone else about that is all that they wear for the first couple of months. We have organised quite a few things for the coming weekends to keep us busy and make the weeks go faster. I feel enormous and when people I don't know ask me how many weeks I've left I feel embarassed to tell them! However I was at the swimming pool changing room the other day and I got chatting to a woman who was a midwife and she said my bump looked like a first time bump and was shocked it was my third. I was so happy about this I couldn't stop telling DH. Anyway, not for much longer, we have got a chocolate mountain in our house. All the best to everyone, at least we all know that something exciting is going to happen for us in the next few months!

ooh did someone mention a chocolate mountain! munz get out here!

well another low-key new yrs eve here, although did manage to stay awake until 1ish, but wasnt very active! stuck to the mineral water too, zzzzzzzzzzz.

thanks v. much friz and laundrylover for clothes and bedding advice. i am going to go the same route as you friz for the first few weeks, strictly sleepsuits that i can bung in the machine.

must go over to birth announcements now and find out whether george has a boy or a girl

lol rom - choc mountain, i'm there honney - who's house we at then? lol - we can be all the fat ladyeeez together!

ok then girls new year new stats list! lol. and one of our previous members is now on the aug threads so fingers x'ed for her.

Frizbe - aged 30, DH 40 - due 27th Feb, #3 (incl one SS) lives 30 mins from medow hall having a girl
Poppyh - aged 31 having induction 27th feb with #3 having a girl
Thell - aged 26 - due 28th feb #1 having a girl lives SE London
Rosieposie - aged 30 - due 28th Feb with #3 from IOW having a boy
Toothyboy - aged 34, DP 36 - due 1st March with #2 having ??
Ags ? aged 34 due 2nd March with #2 lives Kent (v posh! He He) having a girl
UniSarah ? aged?? Due 2nd march #?? (think having a boy)
munz - aged 23 - due 3rd March with #1 (2 prev m/c incl one last cycle)From P'mouth living in Pembs. having a boy
anchovies - aged 25, DH 26 - due 4th March with #2 having a boy
Dene - aged 34 due 6th march #2
Lizzylou - aged 32 due 6th March with #2 lives in Lancs (N Manchester)
oneofeach - aged 36 - due 6th March with #3
Chellebelle - aged 25 - due 6th march with #2
Chamomile - aged 41 - due 7th March with #3
Starryeyed - due 7th March
BibiTwo - aged ? due 8th March with #2
Romilly - aged 34?? due 8th March with #1 1 prev m/c lives SW london having a girl
Daisy20 - aged? due 9th March with #?
expressmummy - due 10th March with #3
Cadmum - aged 34, due 10th March with #4 ( 3 previous missed m/c ) lives Canada Having??
Newgirl - aged 34 due 14th March #2 - (not my friend as we'll fight over CE!) having ??
LaundryLover aged 33 with # 2 due 19th March lives Manchester way Having ??
Jackstini - aged 33, due 21st March with #1 lives nottingham haing ??
marne - aged 23 due 21st March with # 2 (3 SK's)
catj - aged 35 due 21st March with #4 lives wimborne
coppertop- aged ? due 22nd March with #3
Spiker ? aged 35 due 23rd March with #2 from SE London (rom bud for u!) having ??
madrush - aged 31 due 25th March with # 2 (1 previous mc)
Internationalgirl aged ?? due 25th march #3 having a boy
Piffy - aged 33 due 26th March with #1 lives cheshire
Klara - aged??? due 27th March with #2 having girl - unconfirmed
Swiperfox - aged 28 #3 due end march from Southampton ? (some one has to be! He He)

Our March Angel
Desperatehousewife (little boy)

Honery Members who's angels sadly didn't make it.

majormoo
auntynon
Mumtosomeone
Mojomummy (now on the due in Aug thread ? fingers crossed for her this time)
Oldfool
baggybear

Thanks Munz for adding me to the stats and to everyone else for the welcomes.

Happy New Year to everyone - we were extrememly boring and were in bed before midnight. We didn't have any guests other than a couple of dogs! We were dogsitting for a couple of friends who went away for New Years and the dogs weren't exactly in the mood for celebrating - in fact they freaked out when the people across the street started up their fireworks. So a bit of a non-event for us but dh and I did have a nice chat in the morning about all the fun stuff coming up in the next few months - baby shower, dd2's birthday (she'll be 6! March 2nd), taking maternity time and preparing for bub's arrival not to mention actually seeing his little face.

Hey coppertop - hope pregnancy and your little guys are treating you well. We settled into South Africa pretty well - kids are loving their new school. My dd with HFA is doing really well - her verbal language has just exploded in the last few months and she is already talking about her baby brother and pointing to my tummy. It's pretty warm here right now so I expect a couple of really hot months to come - will literally be barefoot and pregnant wearing big loose clothing - especially once I start maternity leave beginning of March - am considering just running around the house in knickers and t-shirt for the last 3-4 weeks . At least we have air conditioners in the house - I think it will be my saving grace.

Now Christmas is over it is time for us all to get serious about outfitting our new additions. I feel like we are waaaayyyyy behind the ball. This baby literally has nothing - with dd being almost 6 we thought we were finished having babies so didn't keep anything - not even a pair of socks! Gonna go this weekend and do a little shopping around - should be fun. At least this leaves it wide open for family and friends - we can literally 'say anything will be great' - I just hope they don't all go to the same shop and get the same outfit!!

Keep well everyone

Hi everyone, Happy New Year. Welcome to the thread IG

Well, I'll be glad to get back to normal tommorrow - dh at work and ds at school. I'm determined this baby is going to come two weeks early, during half term, as dh is on holiday that week and if baby comes then he'll be able to have 3 weeks off work in one go! Not very likely though, as both the others were a week late, but I'm on a mission and will be trying EVERYTHING on a daily basis that week to get things going! So, if the baby co-operates, I only have another 6 weeks to go!

go for it RP, you never know baby may be persuaded, I was having words with bump last night, Sat 25th Feb is good for me, dh, ss and dd, so have decided to advise bump to pop then you never know eh!!
Well dd has been so in the wars yest and today, she tried to barge past her bro on some stone steps yest, and fell down them = one black eye and a grazed cheek....today, she's managed to bite the front of her lip inside and out, not just once, but twice both times falling over doing normal things, putting a video on her low shelf and turning off the light, whilst standing on the floor.....argh!! if she carries this on nursery will be sending social services around........I really hope she's on the grow and isn't developing an ear infection or something.....

IG - ooh don't worry hon, in a way I wish we'd waited on clothes - but ho hum! lol. sorted em out yesterday and it's not as bad as I thought! lol.

RP - like u i'm determined this bub's not going to term any time after 38 weeks for me! (althou I recon he'll be late) what sorts of things will u be doing to bring labour on? am hoping to only have 7 weeks left really. althou if he's not born on the 2nd march he'll go over (2nd was my grandads b'day)

friz - hope DD's out of the walls soon.

kicks have settled down as well now.

Out of the walls? I'm guessing wars right? will let you know in a bit as off to pick her up from nursery soon!

Well have managed to do the things we've been needing to do for a while today, been to Mothercare and brought new bras (42D ouch!) I'm only measuring a 40 at the mo, but they insisted I had the next size up as I have until end of Feb to go.....am usually a 34 where has all that extra weight come from......
Have also brought lots of bits like breast pads etc......
Then managed to get a new oven, to be delivered next week, so finally back to proper cooking!! hurrah! and then the most expensive bit of all, a new car, to fit all 3 kids in........argh.....so we're now the proud owners of a fairly new Xsara Picasso my 1st newish car ever!! (its still 4 years old!!) anyway am now officially skint for the rest of the year....ho hum eh!

I've had my Picasso for a couple of months now - I really love it, what colour is yours? Mine's a dark silver.

My plan of action for my "self induction week" involves everything - you're going to think I'm nuts! Every day of that week I'm planning to eat a fresh pineaple, have sex ( lolol, not sure how ), have a clary sage massage, hot baths, curries - oooh, I'm in for a fun week!

Nice to see that you are back to being chatty. I am full of a nasty head cold and feeling rather impatient with the LOs today. DD is really acting up and is in everyone's space. DS1 is trying to read the Narnia Chronicles and DS2 is happy to play trucks on the floor but DD is having none of it. She won't even sit to watch a DVD...

I have NOTHING prepared for the baby and we still haven't found a place to live so you know whose baby will actually arrive early! I didn't even bring any of the newborn clothes worn by our other three down from Canada... Talk about disorganised! Perhaps I am still in denial. Can't even agree on a name (or potential names for either a boy or a girl).

I am pleased to be wearing clothes that actually fit and didn't cost a fortune. What a relief! I even managed to buy a black down coat at Old Navy (owned by the Gap) for $28.00 (about 14 quid!).

RP I shall watch to see just how successful your self-induction is! Any tips for going over? Both our DSs were early at 37 ish weeks and DD was 41 weeks. Wish I knew why...

lol friz - ahy u know what I mean! lol. u know I got measured as well,did I tell u from a 34D to a 40DD - and the woman said only just DD! well got it home and there's bags of growing room! lol - will go back thou at the end of the month for one final one.

on ur new cars. we couldn't finance ours in the end so sticking with what we've got - should get better if i'm not up and down country lanes 4 times a day!

cads - I did look for u online! - (like to see what's about) found nothing other than a load of 1 beds - an no pics for me to drool over - most dissapointed! lol. I guess as long as baby has a packet of nappys a bed and a few clothes all will be well - failing that I did hear once of a man called TBA as apparently all this sibling's hated their names so the parent's wrote TBA on the birth certificate for him to choose - don't know how true that is thou! lol.

rosie - does the clary actually work then? what about caster oil/raspberry leaf tea? I did tell DH we'll be having loads of sex and he looked at me like i'd grown another head! lol. mum recons she meassured big thru out with DB and he was 5 dyas early - is there any link with boys being early and girls not?

Lol, my theory is girls are lazy!! but then that's just cause I like to lie in bed and I expect my girls to as well!!

RP ah yes the colour, well that's why it was a bit cheaper, thus we could afford it....purple......(misty lilac!)ahem, still I'll be able to find it in the carpark right rite girly colour.....

Cadmum, don't worry sure the little one will hang in, will get online shopping for houses to help you out! V Jealous of you being near Old Navy, wish they'd do them in the UK!

Munz, tell dh, he won't be getting it for at least 6 weeks after, so he really needs to make the most of it now!!, that should sort him out

lol - don't think he's bothered we've only managed 5/6 times in the 31 weeks i've been pg! lol - he sees it like he's on excersise - althou minght need to pounce on the w/e for some activity! lol - felt really horrid cos it was xmas and all. lol.

Hello ladies, i'm new to this bit (not mn just the pg section) i am 29 weeks pg, my due date is 20th March, but unless baby decides to come early will be having an 'elective' section on 16th march as have had an emergency c/s and an elective c/s for breech!!! was hoping to try and persuade them to let me go to 42 weeks to try and come by itself but they are insisiting that i have ac/s. i was a bit peed off at first but fine now, i have a feeling that this one may come early! and i will stay at home as long as possible if everything appears fine, hopefully arrive at hospital with baby almost out. (wishful thinking me thinks, as ds1 was 43 weeks, failed induction and ds2 was 38 weeks c/s for breech!)

now christmas is out of the way, i am looking forward to spending some money on this one. i got rid of all my gear after ds2 as we said never again! . heavily debating the pram issue with dh at the mo, but at least in doing so he hasn't seen how many clothes i have brought in the sales for this one!

lol at the sale shopping vickiyumyum, welcome to the thread, Munz could you do the honours on the stats!

Hi vyy - welcome to the thread.

Frizbe - never seen one that colour before - maybe they discontinued it! That's what we did with my first car ( the little Ford KA we just sold ) - it was much cheaper than all the other KA's on the forecourt, because it was purple! I loved it though. . .

Munz, really I don't think anything works unless the baby and your body is ready, it's just wishful thinking on my part. A clary sage massage did get my contractions started last time, but I'd been having a show for a couple of days anyway - so I was obviously ready.

RP does that clarysage stuff stink then, have heard it does?

[big sigh emotion] yes! lol. i'll do the stats again! lol, althou will leave it for a few days if that's ok - assuming everything's ok with everyone elses?

vick - hiya and welcome on over. glad u found us. lol@ sales shopping - u'll fit right in here - the other important question - of course is choc or not?

rp - how soon does the show happen then b4 labours starts? I tell u i'm gettin worried about this labour lark. only 8 weeks to go if he goes to full term!

Hey Munz, no point worrying about labour now girl, it's all a bit too late!! Basically we are all different so you might not even see a show (all singing, all dancing etc!!). With Tilly I tried to be prepared but three days of 'early labour' was knackering and then the birth was amazing and I loved it. We videoed the cord cutting etc and I say 'Well, that was pretty easy really!!' which amuses my friends with kids no end!
I am feeling very blase about the whole thing this time - am more worried about the following months of sleep deprivation!!
I also never leaked a single drop of milk in 8 months of bfing so would quite like to be a bit more cow like this time!
Tilly is having her first night in her 'big girls bed' and went down like a dream - she looks very cute. The bed is a black cast iron one from Ikea and even as a cot bed looks HUGE!

Friz - I don't think it stinks any more than any other essential oil really.

Munz - re. the show - it's a "how long is a piece of string" question really. First time, I had one little show 3 days before start of labour, second time I had a continuous show ( where did it all come from from???!!!) for 2 days before hand. Try not to worry about it. I've never had breaking waters or anything like that - just a show and then contractions.

LL - I've never ever leaked milk either, not even in the first few weeks - what a waste of money all those breastpads were! I bf for 18 months, but never had enough milk to be able to express as well.

Munz,
Was 19 when had first baby and thought a show would be a tiny discharge.In my case I bleed like a really heavy period, and I thought I was losing the baby.Apparently this happens to some in labour.My advice would be to expect anything!!
Trying to get everything ready now.Have bought a new cosytoes for old pliko pushchair as cant really afford a new one.Just need new mattress for my moses basket, also some bottles.
Got loads of clothes, and need to buy a chest of drawers as I have nowhere to put them.Just sold my dressing table on ebay to make room for one.Thinking about packing my hospital bag now too.Must get some luxury products to pamper myself with as im having a c section!
Hope everyone else ok!!

Hiya everyone! I haven't posted on here for so long - but I do look in quite often to check how everyone's doing!!

I'm feeling a bit guilty with all this talk of new cars, pushchairs, equipment etc!! I've bought a stuffed elephant, a pack of vests and a pack of sleepsuits for this baby. That's it! But I've just been reminded that I should think about a new mattress for the moses basket, although ds hardly slept in it at all, went straight to his big cot after a week, and we only really used the moses basket for occasional naps if he was downstairs. This one's going to be in the basket for a couple of months probably cos ds is still in the cot - we're waiting until we move house (next month hopefully) to move him to a big boy bed.

Anyway glad you're all doing OK!

Hi everybody, happy new year!

Sorry I haven't posted for ages and ages. I still drop in quite often but just seem to be so busy with at work, then keeping my 3yr old occupied, then in bed for 8pm!

I am off work today feeling really sick and tired. I enjoy my job but am really struggling to keep going at the moment. Only 10 working days till I finish for maternity leave (last day is 20th Jan)!!!

We have hardly made any preparations for our new arrival yet. No clothes, bedroom not ready... So I am very envious of all of you who seem very prepared! It always seemed such a long way away but now there is less than 9 weeks to go!