Shagged Out Viroids Volume 4. Over here!!

[nickelbabe]

ooops, got a bit carried away there.....

sign in everyone!
let's hope we get some new graduates on here too!

Ooh, just saw your message nickel! It could well be that Isbn has engaged a bit. I know that happened with DS quite a bit before he actually was born.

Are you feeling fine though?

as long as it's Isbn's head that's engaged, I don't mind that!

I hadn't noticed it, jsut a colleague of DH's commented, and then I sat down and thought "ooh, it doesn't feel quite as squashed there as it normally does"

I don't know , though, it might just be the dress!

feeling fine? is that relative?
feeling tired, and feeling indegestion-y, and feeling restless.

are you feeling fine?

Feeling fine is definitely relative I think! I am feeling rubbish with the cold - keep sneezing, blowing my nose and feeling shivery. Gah! Just about to head out to collect DS from school, but all I want to do is crawl off to bed. Oh well!

It'll be exciting if Isbn has engaged though - esp. if it's his/her head! Not long to go for you at all. I am 25 wks today. Yay!

oh dear, i hope it's not the flu.

I miss 25 weeks. 25 weeks was good - not feeling crappy, still getting a bit of sleep, but feeling tired. starting to look pg not fat, but without the cumbersome weight. :)
(but i didn't have a cold, so it's easy for me!)

definitely not as bulky under the bust.
I hope that doesn't mean it's gone sideways! 35+3 today.

I don't think it will be the flu, as I had the flu jab about 10 days ago. Hopefully just a cold, but that won't stop me from moaning! Quite often, colds turn into sinus infections for me, so I'll keep an eye on it.

I remember the bulky feeling of the late stages. At least the cooler weather is here though, so you might feel a bit comfier.

no! still too hot!
and my feet are swelling too. worrying about that, because I don't want pre-emclampsia (it's the only symptom, though, so i think i'm okay)
i can't put my feet up, though, because i've got nowhere to do that!

Thanks Bambam. I think I have been lucky that I didn't get sore and more importantly that I had amazing support. I was wanting to feed ds just after he was born and the midwife made me relax and take my time. I was then shown to lie on my side and let him latch on as he wanted. I have two friends that had bad experiences with their first children and are not wanting to try and bf again. Think you have to do what is best for you.

I'm always too hot too nickel, and this cold isn't helping. My temperature's all over the place! I was up at 5.30 this morning as DS had a nightmare. Poor wee soul. I got him back to bed for a bit, but it didn't seem worth it for me, and I feel so tired now!

I'm glad it's going well for you curiosity, and that you have lots of support. I think that makes a huge difference, but I also think it depends on your own character and personality too. We'll all find the way that works best for us.

curiosity - it's good to hear a positive BF story. I was beginning to be scared about it!

:( you're not feeling better today.
My mum gave me a cardigan, and the sleeves are stupidly short - it's defo a full-length sleeve, not three-quarters, but it doesn't even sit as far down as my watch! which of course is even shorter when I'm typing.
so i'm hot round the belly and freeeeeezing on the lower arm and hand.
God knows who they designed this cardy for! the length of the back is just perfect.

I did just remember, after posting, that I cut the feet off some tights a couple of weeks ago for DH's poor post-work wet feet, and I kept the rest of the tights (warning ! hoarder alert!), so I've just been upstairs and cut another length off the legs. I am now sitting here with black sleeve cuffs looking like an oldlady!

That sounds so glam nickel!! Mums buy odd clothes though. Mine got me a bright red fleecy all-in-one a couple of weeks ago. No idea what she was thinking, but I looked like a giant baby!

It's lovely to hear curiosity's positive BF story. I think everyone deserves support and to feel positive about their choice. New mums have enough strain and worry without the BF and FF bashers getting on their case IMO.

it feels quite classy really
it is mum's cardy, she's just lending it me while I'm fat.

I want a giant red fleecy all-in-one!!!!

exactly - I can't see how it can be good for anyone to be pushed this way or that, and made to feel inadequate and made to feel their choices (which sometimes aren't even choices!) are wrong. How does that help a new mum in bonding and looking after her baby?

A happy, relaxed mum makes a happy, relaxed baby. I really believe that's true. We all just want to do our best for our little ones.

The all-in-one was fantastic, but unfortunately my bump pulled it up so that it was giving me a bit of a fanjo-wedgie! So cosy though, and it even had a hood! Not sure whether DP would ever have come near me again if I had kept it though!

oh, you should have kept it! It would have been very snuggly when you're looking after the baby in the winter months.

I wish I had kept it for that reason. I'm not looking forward to being up at the crack of doom again doing night feeds, and it would have been so cosy! Imagine if the postie or someone came to the door and I had that on though!

I'm pretty sure my personal postie would have thought it very sexy indeed.
(not on you! on me! or he'd be in for a .... )

It really would have been cosy - ask her if she's still got it.

She got it from a home shopping channel and sent it back unfortunately. I think she is planning on getting me some cosy jammies and nighties for Christmas though, so that I'll have something decent to wear in the hospital when Bean arrives!

Can't believe it's nearly time to collect DS from school again. Such a fast day. He will be tired as he had a nightmare last night that there were spiders and snakes everywhere and that I was dead. Poor wee soul was really sobbing and it took a while to calm him down. I think it might be some anxiety about Bean coming, even though he's excited about it. He's had a lot to deal with in his life, what with me separating from his arse of a dad, and then us having to stop all contact because he just wasn't treating DS right. Lots of cuddles and reassurance are the order of the day.

:(

what an awful nightmare.
I hope the day at school has taken his mind of it.
Lots of cuddles tongith then.

It's not a fast day here - almost dead in town.
I'm bloody cold and sooo tired.

Well we are home again and DS seems fine now and is watching Annie. Hopefully he'll have a better night tonight.

I hope you can get home and get warmed up soon nickel. It's horrible being cold all day.

Hello!!!!! I have arrived!!!!!! It's the Miff in yet another guise! And why this name? Because I have a poppy seed sized embryo growing in my belly!!!!

Wanna hear my story? Well, having had 10 months of clomid, we had already met the consultant for IVF and were due to start ASAP. BUT!!! I was a couple days late and POAS and for the first time ever I got that BFP!! 22 months of trying!

EDD is 29th June. I think I'm about 5 weeks.

Please - fill me in on everything. What stage are you viroids at?

I cannot tell you how good it feels to have made it over here!! When does it start feeling real?

xxx

Mifffffffllllllllles !!!!!

Good shagging, my lovely!

ah, I remember 5 weeks. :)

BamBam is your closest - we've been very quiet on here, since most of them have already popped.
I'm 35 +6, so I'm nearly there too!
Mine didn't feel real for such a long time - probably until I knew I was feeling baby movements and not just stomach growls.
(that was at about 20 weeks!)
Now I'm beng butted (literally with its bum) regularly,

How do you feel?

Hee hee!! Thanks Nickel I thought you'd be pleased to hear from me!!

Wow - you really are close to DD. Go you! How has the pregnancy been? I haven't been lurking, as it hurt too much as I never believed I'd get there!

Feeling normal. But I understand that is too be expected. Did you get any nasty pregnancy symptoms? Are you still working?

Bambam - how far along are you?

What of the other viroids? Takethat and BrassicaBabe?

TTL has definitely dropped (in june, i think).
BB did too - she had twins. but I think she namechanged.
they've got their own post-grad thread , and they don't come over here much [sob sob]

My pregnancy has been generally pretty damn easy
(sorry for gloating!)
I didn't even vomit!
(but i do feel sick often these days, but that's more reflux than nausea - I think my stomach is my food-pipe!)

I'm still working - I've got to work until the last minute!
(bad timing, being due a month before christmas)
I don't fit into any clothes, and I think Isbn (that's the bump's name) has started to drop, because my bump feels slightly lower.

You?
are you vomitting everywhere yet?

Really pleased that everything was so easy. It is reassuring to hear!

Other than sore boobs I have no symptoms yet, which is partly why I don't believe it! Also, you know how long we were trying for. Am almost hoping for a bit of morning sickness :)

Sorry to hear the grads don't come a visit - how rude! Doesn't sound like it'll be long before you're joining them though. You didn't time your pregnancy well at all - your bookshop will miss you! Tsk tsk - after all, planning our pregnancy was top of the agenda

yeah, noone else had it easy!

seriously, though, although it's been overall easy, there have been tiems and days hwne I've felt awful, especially the tired bits.
It's mainly tired and uncomfortable that are the problem - don't forget, even if it's relatively easy, you're still allowed to moan and whinge, and be pandered to at every whim.

oh, they do visit - just not very often. :)
yes, my poor bookshop! I've got saturday girl covering for the holiday, which is going to cost me a fortune now she's 21. and a good friend of mine from backhome is doing a week for me immediately following the birth (she's dropping everything as soon as established labour starts!)