October 2011 Baby Bus... PART 4

[happymummytobe]

A new thread for the bus!

I think birthing balls and gym balls are the same aren't they?

babyC my babies have enough clothes for one or two days only! I threw all DS's stuff out that I didn't want to keep as a reminder of him (those clothes won't be used for twins) and these only have three baby gros and vests each and three little outfits [bad mummy emoticon]

sunface my consultant said to me that bump tightenings that hurt are contractions, those that don't are BH - sounds like BH to me. I can normally tell when babies backs and bums cause the sensation, when I can't I guess they are BHs!

Groovy yay for head down babies, hopefully she will engage a bit in the next two weeks (don't think DS engaged until quite late from what I can remember but then jammed himself in quite quickly!).

sassy Yay for new car! What did you get? How are DH's family getting on?

Was it pink in your discharge or just like light blood in your underwear. Either way, I think you are supposed to tell the mw if you have any abnormal colours in there (browns, pinks etc) - might be worth phoning your mw this afternoon and seeing if they want to see you ahead of your appointment tomorrow. Probably nothing to worry about too much but worth getting checked out.

So far I have managed to avoid laying on the sofa and watching DVDs and have been very, very productive. Am about to go and have a bath and then pop to tesco to get my sisters birthday card and present and see if there is anything there I can pick up for DS.

Oh on DS - any tips on getting 2 year olds to stop chewing things? He is obsessed with chewing everything - all his toy cars have no wheels left and the animals are starting to become tail-less and ear-less! Just can't get him to stop chewing EVERYTHING!

#dashes in while she really should be working hard#

Very excited at potential first baby on the bus so much so I scanned through most of the other posts so will have to go back and read them all later when I'm not working......

Monkeybubbles hope you're ok - any news??

BB3 Yay for a little girl - sorry I can't remember if this solves your name dilemma - was it two boys and you'd have a problem?

I'm at work on countdown (3 days left til I finish!). Hope all are ok SO jealous of all of you who are already on mat leave...

36+2

#waddles back to do some more work #

Monkeybubbles wow-good luck!! hope its going well, thinking of you! very exciting to have the first bubs on its way hopefully! I'm not surprised you didn't sleep well last night, even in my own room on Friday it was noisy and bright-so I've now added earplugs & an eye mask thingy to my hospital bag, that would be my top tip!

Saw mw today-she was somewhat more reassuring than hospital and explained that sometimes they can give no reason for the bleeding but that it was not from the placenta which is good. Also because I had no pain or contractions, the bubs is moving well & my cervix is 'long and closed' (nice!) then they are not worried about me. Obviously if it happens again then it might be different story....I'm trying not to get anxious every time I go to the loo now :( on the plus side she has recommend rest of the week off work which is fab. I have also started washing all the bubs clothes, but not sure I can bothered ironing!

34 weeks today hurrah!!

Thanks rebel think I'll call my gp or midwife just to check it out!

ooo sassy could that be a potential 'show??! Give your MW a call and see what they say.
Thanks BB3 that's what i was thinking too, if i can still talk through a BH then it's not the real deal!

Aw littlepebble if it's any consolation i've just finished work today at 37+3 - more than ready to leave!

Sorry to disappoint, but it looks like mine won't be the first baby.
It was a crazy couple of days at the hospital, but we're finally home (and exhausted!)
Thank you for all of your support, I'll fill you in on all the gory details tomorrow after I've had a bit of a chance to recover!

groovyrach try spatone u can take 2 per day preferably with orange juice, they don't taste v nice but work fast and don't interfere with digestion the way tablets do.

ed thanks, might need to try that. Started taking my iron tablets again this morning and it was like the morning sickness feeling all over again . Make me feel rubbish! Have googled high iron foods so will make a good attempt at trying to include as much as I can. Loving the fact that cocoa, therefor dark choc has high content . Yipee!!

Aww, was all excited for first baby! Glad to hear everything is ok. Get plenty of rest before it happens for real next time!!!

Aww glad you are home and everything is okay anyway Monkey

Make them "nice" gory details please :)

Starting to feel that this is all a bit of a mad idea now and that I am not ready to be somebodies Mummy

pebble yes it does, think my marriage can just about cope naming one boy but not two

monkey rest up x sure LO will make an appearance soon enough.

seasalt glad your mw was able to reassure you - not long now and we can all stop panicking about twinges and toilets!

sass you ok?

groovy I would send whoever is at home out for chocolate asap - you need that iron!!

Cheshire it is scary but in a few weeks time you'll wonder how you ever existed without them here! Xx

bb3 yes im fine. i rang the mw while dp was out picking up the new car (vauxhall zafria) (sp)? they said to put a pad on and ring back in an hour, but no developments since.
hope not seasalt as im only 34 weeks tomorrow and i think it would need scbu at this stage. dont know whether to tell them tomorrow or not as they'll probably give me steroid injections and they bloody hurt. not as much as labour obviously but in a worse way! i know it doesnt make sense but they it bloody stings wuss id seriously rather have labour at least i can breath through them and they go for a bit!
dp just left for Bath with a bursting bin bag of all clothes from newborn to 0-3months to wash at his cottage. i didnt even bother seperating neutrals from pinks and blues. he might as well do them all. he has a dryer there whereas i dont here. will be a relief when they all come back done. mil dropped cot off today, she says sils ds can sleep in bed with her or in his own. just need to sell the boys nursery furniture that my mum bought us last year as it takes up too much room and then we can organise babies room. i dont know what she was thinking, she knew it was twins, and we would hsve to buy the same again. i just want a big adult wardrobe, big chest of drawers and 3 cots. now i have 1 adult wardrobe, 1 blue bed, 1 blue bookcase, 1 blue set of drawers and 1 blue tall boy type wardrobe! plus a massive rocking horse that can hold adults (mum bought it dd1 when she was little) and 2 cots in there. good job baby goes in with me for a while.
bb3 i think it was you who asked about dp's family. they are ok. they had an appointment at christies last thurs and mil is much more positive, so im assuming they have said things to make them feel she has a good chance of recovery. (couldnt really talk at the meal)she starts radiotherapy in 3 weeks and then chemo after that.

Hi all that's me just in from being out shopping all day. Managed to take back all the thngs I wanted to and got a few basics for LO (but used most of the exchange towards DS winter jacket) as I already have too many clothes for LO!

DS was fascinated by a baby doll and buggy in mothercare so I got him it (DH wasn't happy lol) but he was playing with doll in the car on way home and doing "this little piggy" on it's fingers and toes it was the cutest thing ever! Hes going to make such a good big bro.

[proud mummy emoticon]

Penelope really good idea about the list of who to email/phone. Last time DH was in charge of my phone (he doesn't have one) and he dropped it in the back of my Dad's car. It turned up a couple of days later but I was without a phone in the hospital, and lots of people didn't find out for a few days.
This time I'll be in charge of the phone, but I think I should start putting a list together now of who best to tell so they can tell others... I'm bound to forget someone, and they'll take the hump. :)

Erk Christmas! I'm trying not to think about it. It's too complicated. We usually end up having at least 3 "Christmas Day's." The families all live in different bits of the country, we all have young kids under 5, 2 of whom it'll be the 1st Christmas. No one has a house big enough to accommodate everyone, (I've started buying stools which we can stash around the house for family meals) and the weather usually throws a spanner in the works anyway.
It was so much easier pre-children, because I always worked on Christmas Day so colleagues with children wouldn't have to.

monkey ooh, I got all excited. Glad you're both okay though and get plenty of rest.

Cheshire Don't worry, I often think I'm not ready to be a Mummy... and I've been one for 4 years now.
I do keep thinking "Do I really want to do this again?" It's a bit late now though :o and I do really.
I'm still up for meeting up at some point if you'd like.

I had MW appointment today, nothing exciting to report. All normal, LO not engaged but not likely to be until labour. I'm definitely back under midwifery led care now though.

I've got 4 more days in work, tomorrow, then Mon-Wed next week. I finished my last big piece of client work today though so I feel like I can relax now. I'm going to spend tomorrow visiting clients and dropping everything off, then I've got next week free to discharge people (hopefully), finish setting up templates and writing "how-to" guides in case they do cover the maternity post, and I'm going to have a good clear out!

This weekend I will pack my hospital bag properly, get LO's clothes washed, and sort out a corner of our room for it to sleep... In between lying around feeling sorry for myself as DD has given me her cold.
I feel like my throat has been sandpapered, and breathing is even more difficult now that it was before.

monkey glad everything is ok!

sassy could be your plug? but you are quite early for that!

My Lo is naughty hadn't moved all day so went to hospital for a trace and he/she started moving...the HB was gd but they want me back in tomorrow for another trace? should I be worried?

37 weeks

sassy glad all seems ok and also glad mil is more positive. Fingers crossed that means good news for your SIL. Well done on packing off DH with the washing! If I did that they'd all cone back a grey-ish colour and shoved in a bag! DH can iron (if you have 4 hours to wait while he meticulously takes out every last crease) but can't do the actual washing!! .

Edward - glad you got it changed and sorted - bet dh is too!

bless DS! He'll be a brilliant big brother.

bilblio yay for mw led care again!

Leo I wouldn't worry unless the trace today revealed anything (which I'm sure they would have told you). When I couldn't feel twin 1 they traced me on the fri, sat and Tuesday just to be 110% sure even though every time we heard the two heartbeats and movement (although I couldn't always feel it). It's probably just a precaution and to help put your mind at rest. Hopefully LO will start to behave and give you lots of wiggles all day tomorrow.

Oh and bilblio hope you feel better soon.

Right DS has decided he is going back to sleep and is fidgeting like a worm trying to get comfy so I better go and settle him xx

Hope you're all enjoying a better sleep than me, pelvis pain is a b*h tonight - literally feels like my right hip is ripping away from my body but not long to go hey!!!

36+1 and 12 days left xxa

umph, im up again. woke for the toilet and cant get back to sleep. dp has been here thurs, fri, sat, sun and mon night and now the wind is howling through my bedroom fireplace and it feels a little spooky! i woke up for first toilet break at midnight and ended up putting bedside lamp on. can hear the bloody bathroom extractor fan whizzing as well. im a big wuss!
i was burgled in the night about 5years ago while me and dd1 were asleep upstairs. so the anxiety stems from that. i live in a nicer area now and i have an alarm, so i should be ok.
baby has either decided to rhythmically kick me, either that or it has hiccups. bless. going to read my chick lit for 30 mins and see if that helps.

leo i wouldnt worry. they will just be being precautious. x

Also can't sleep! So frustrating isn't it.

Birthing balls are a bit bigger than exercise balls - you need your pelvis to be higher than your knees when you're on it. Mine was £16(ish) from the Internet (think it's a birthease one). Not using it as much as I should though

Just feeling huge and sore now. Loving the course I'm on this week but missing time at home. Still got quite a lot to organise and someone today told me that my body won't let me go into labour till everything is organised. Slightly freaked me out and makes me want to leap out of bed right now and pack my flipping hospital bag!

monkey glad you're home and hope you can have lots of rest in the next few days.

sassy hope chick kit helps - what are you reading? DS has decided he's not ready for sleep just yet after all!

I always hate the first few nights DH is away as I can't settle properly either - (although then equally find his first few bed-hogging nights back hard too!!)) hopefully the noises will calm down soon and you can get to sleep again xx

happy I was Sooo unorganised with DS. I didn't have a bathroom (I'd just ripped it out in mat leave boredom), I didn't have a hospital bag packed or anything when he decided to make an appearance. This time I'm all packed, house spotless and nothing left to do and no sign of them yet... Maybe I should go rip another bathroom out....

BB3 ok, that makes me feel a bit better! Will get as much done as I can this weekend and try to relax.

Am wide awake now but don't want to wake poor dh up by putting the light on to read. Never had problems sleeping before I was pregnant! Still, it'll all be worth it. Really can't wait to meet my lo soon.

Night all x

Thanks guys that makes me feel better! O i do hate the sleepless nights though. Hope everyone got back to sleep! I'm very jealous BB3 that you know when your going to have your babies..its horrible not knowing and waiting!

Morning all

Just thought sound has been very quiet - do you think we might have our first baby?

BBx

Morning all,

Leo I hope you're ok, I'm sure they have called you in just as precaution again today, better to be safe - let us know how you get on.

I went for my growth scan yesterday, again conflicting advice/facts from different medical professionals again! I'm getting a little annoyed with this now as I feel I've come this far with no major problems apart from my fibroid thing around week 21 and now they are all freaking me out!

The sonographer said the baby is ok and the growth is following the curve just above 50th centile. Then I had to go to maternity ward midwife to get the sign off or plan of care and she was going hmmmmm uhmmmmm and all that saying well the baby is now at 35 weeks (I am 36+4 today), we should check again, when is your next appointment and all that. I explained that my next appointment is with the GP at 38 weeks and she was again hmmmmm, so I said shall I cancel the GP appointment and see if I can book an appointment with the same midwife who measured me and referred me this time for 38 weeks to get measured again and she was like yes that would be a great idea!! I mean do you have to tell them what to do these days?! She has also underlined on my notes to monitor the movements which is worrying as it is counting all the movements now I'm extra paranoid!

Sorry for the long post and the rant, but I am getting very dishartened by all of this :(

I hope everyone is ok today and people that haven't managed to sleep through the night are having nice catch-up this morning!