December 2011 - She Canna Take Much More, Cap'n...

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Betwee 8 and 12 weeks to go...and we're giving it all we've got!

Nice one lmf, will be nice too for the little baby to be toasty!

Pelvic floors s q u e e z e! I actually remembered in the shower just now for the first time in a week!

Hi everyone, glad all babies still inside despite pains and pressure!

I had a terrible night - about 4 hours sleep. The baby was kicking me in the ribs and getting hiccups constantly until 1am! Then I slept really fitfully and just couldn't get comfortablr. Then DS decided to practice singing in his cot from 5.30am! It would have been cute if I wasn't so tired. Managed not to get him up until 6.45 though.

DS used to get hiccups a few times a day when he was in the womb but this nbaby hasn't had any until the last few days but now she seems to get them 5+ times a day. Does this mean anything? I always wondered if there is any link with reflux as DS had it really badly and I was SO hoping that this baby would NOT have it.

32 weeks today! That 1 week and 3 days more pregnant than I've ever been before!

Mmmm was reading in my pregnancy book last night something about babies hiccuping more near the end as they practise breathing more. Or something. Can't remember exact details but is very normal apparently.

Let's hope baby stays put for even longer now!

lmf sounds great! Eurgh to the bills though, heating bills are a bit scary this year.

Hopefully, if I manage to get through the slightly mad appointment system I'm off to the GP this morning for repeat iron bloods. I loathe the mad trying to get through for an appointment on the day, but I love my GP, she's great.

Is everyone happy its Friday? I am really looking forward to a lie in tomorrow, then our plans are doing the big clean out of the chooks and going swimming. On Sunday it is the naming ceremony, then we have a Halloween party! I will have exhausted children!

cheese just to add, DD2 had lots of hiccups but was very very rarely sick, just a couple of times a week.

msbuggy am also scared of heating bills. Am going to buy a little heater so I don't have to have the heating on during the day when baby arrives. We normally just have it on for a couple of hours morning and evening. But would cost a fortune to have it on all day. So buying the most economic heater I can find (I looked on Which? for the best buy) and will use it to heat the room I will be in if needs be but leave the heating off during the day. Also have a nice big woolly cardy to keep me warm and will just have to make sure the baby has enough layers to stay warm.

I had a horrid night's sleep too. :( Sooo itchy! But I got a lie in til almost 8! The alarm usually goes off at 5.45. Am going to try to get in to see the docs to see if they can suggest anything.
Hurrah for Friday! The sun is shining and I'm 35 weeks pregnant! Congrats to Mmmm and the latest record of being more pregnant than ever before. It's really nice to hear.
Plans for the weekend: PIL coming over tonight. (So I have to tidy and sort bedding out etc,... poo.) but it's only for one night. (They live less than 20 miles away... grrrr) I was going to go to M&S and get something I could just put in the oven, but DH mentioned going out to eat instead, which would be nice. (Even if we'd have to pay).
No other plans for the weekend yet. I might arrange to see a couple of houses for tomorrow... My sis is having a hallowe'en party, but I CBA. And I'll be 39 (YIKES) on Sunday. BUt I haven't planned to do anything at all. Staying in and eating cake was the latest idea, I may stick to that.
Still gutted about there being no more Spooks. DH still isn't convinced we should call GingerBaby "Harry Dimitri"...

mopsy we're fortunate in that we have a wood burner so don't have to use the heating much, and we have a friend who is a tree surgeon who delivers us his scrap wood. I'm still a big fan of huge blankets, cardigans and fleece dressing gowns though, I love winter!

Although having said that I love winter, I loathe ice. I have balance ishoos because of my hearing problems and am frankly dangerous out on my own with the DDs in the ice, so I end up basically housebound when it is icy. Which is pants.

I'm saving two projects for the last 5/6 weeks (I'm 33 weeks) to keep me occupied and stop me feeling as though I'm waiting. I've set myself the impossible to complete in 5 weeks task of crocheting a double bed sized one of these and I'm stripping the coffee table and re-vamping it in rainbow colours.

Am getting off MN now and going to take my iron and go to the GP. I will then do something useful not come back on here!

LMF congrats on the heating, I have no idea how you coped with last winter without.

I had a great night's sleep last night after going to bed at 9. Determined to enjoy my day off with DD today. We are having her friends over for a bit of halloween mask making chaos fun.

mmmcheese another person here who had a very hiccupy but very rarely sick child.

msbuggy that blanket is lovely, good luck! How difficult is crochet? I've always wanted to learn, I never did because my mum taught me to knit but she never mastered crochet.

We had a terrible night with DS. He woke around 1 then was generally unsettled until 4am. He had his flu jab yesterday afternoon so I'm not sure if it was related to that maybe. Hope everyone has a good day, I need to organise some more stuff in the baby's room today. I'm desperately trying to get organised as I have a feeling she's going to be early and DS arrived before the nesting kicked in.

msbuggy of course coming on here is useful!!! Here's proof...

I too hate the ice (fell over last year and bumped head) and I have to go to work when the weather is bad if it's humanely possible...so I bought these last year on the advice of a paramedic friend who also goes out in all weathers. They are FANTASTIC and make you feel so secure (though they are slippy on smooth surfaces so you can't walk on laminate floor, tiles or plain non-snowy/dry asphalt in them) They fit over standard shoes/walking boots. I've got the Pro ones, you can get a slightly cheaper version too for more "casual" use. They even do kiddy versions for the school run!

Link Yaktrax Here

Glad that hiccups don't necessarily mean reflux. I think that was actually the hardest thing when DS was newborn as I had to hold him upright for 30mins after every feed or he would just puke it all back up.

I hate the cold so winter isn't my favourite season but on the other hand I do like wrapping up in lots of layers, coat scarf etc and going for winter walks. lmf I can't imagine how you coped without C/H before, having to get up in the night must have been awful!

Ok, I'm back!

Thank you aethel will order some this weekend. I fall over quite a lot anyway (seriously, someone bumps into me in the street and over I go!) but these might make ice a manageable risk rather than just dangerous.

GP visit was ok, she looked up Spatone but still had to parrot 'I have to advise you to take the tablets' but she did say that I'm clearly educated [hhmm] and have looked into it. I said I'd rather have the repeat bloods, then if the Spatone hasn't done it then I'll take the evil tablets (I've taken them before, was so badly constipated I had to take laxatives; which is very bad for an ex-bulimic, really don't want to trigger myself while I'm pregnant). She was happy with that so at least I know where I'm going.

I didn't go to bed until 2am, talking to a friend in Yankland on MSN...'D'H then woke me up at 4 getting ready for work

Reading through the thread, I can't see when DarciesMum last posted, has she name changed and I've missed it, or did she 'leave' the thread? (Apologies if you've named changed to avoid being ID-ed in RL, lemme know and I'll get ths post deleted).

Sorry everyone had a shite night of sleep!

, our leccy bill has been reduced by £14p/m, although we were overpaying by £200 a year, so no idea how much we'll end up owning them at the end of the year!

msbuggy, sounds like a great idea! Like the blanket!! I'm going to dig out the sewing machine I got for christmas last year & try making something (other than a mess)!

I keep on bashing bump on half-opened doors/the kitchen surface/friends as I turn around...how can I forget it's there?!

AWCH if it makes you feel any better I pressed mine against a hot pan on the hob last week [hblush]

Nursery is nearly organised, now washing the last of the baby stuff and just hand-washed DS's knitted unisex cardigans. Still waiting for DH to put up a rail in the cupboard though.

I also had a bad night. DD woke at 1am and wouldn't settle until she came in with me. She then was snuggled right up to me so I couldn't get comfortable and sleep at all! Pleased to report that after 21 hours sleep DD's temp is back to normal though. She still has a nasty cough and isn't completely well but seems to be on the mend now. DH and I are now just waiting to see if we get it too!

I'm suddenly feeling exhausted after last night. Its making me worry about how I'm going to cope with the sleepless nights, especially if I BF as DH won't be able to help for the first few weeks. I know the first-time advice is sleep when they do but it isn't possible with another child. Can anyone who already has 2 DC's offer any advice or reassurance?

I am also a bump-basher. Half opened doors, car doors, walls, corners, tables, chairs,... beware ironing if you are hot-pan-prone!

Same here on the electricity bills we paying about £160 a month at the moment (we dont have gas) which i just do not believe is right even with DH working from home and his 2 fishtanks, he refuses to do anything about it as he says its based on the meter and because the account is in his name they wont speak to me. When i am going to be home all day too burning electricity dread to think how will pay it.

34 weeks today so my aim for the weekend is to finish birth plan and pack hospital bag, replenish stock of stretch mark cream, pregnancy vitamins and maybe start washing some baby clothes.

Hi Everyone

I'm just taking it easy trying to keep baby in for as long as possible

Hope everyone has a good day/Weekend

seven I only have one so far as well, but I remember that after she was born, I suddenly had so much more energy again. I'm planning on tiring DD out by having her help me look after the baby etc and hopefully pretty quickly I will manage to convince her to nap at the same time the baby does.

seven Use your DP! Bfing can be tiring all on its own when you have to concentrate so much to get it right, so here's what we do.

Baby wakes up, DP changes nappy and passes me baby to feed. DP fetches anything I need (food, water, reads me a book, puts a DVD on) while I feed baby. If baby doesn't go straight to sleep after nursing DP either coos over them in bed, or if they're unsettled he puts baby in the sling and paces until baby falls asleep/needs more milk. I go to sleep while he does this. If anyone is thinking that it sounds like DP does all of the hard work, actually I think it evens things out. After all the Mum is breast feeding and recovering from birth (and looking after other DC id applicable!). I also credit our way of doing things with how close a bond to our babies DP has always had. The only thing a bloke can't do is breast feed, he can do everything else just as well as Mum can, and quite often a deeper voice singing actually works faster!

Thanks msbuggy, DH is happy to do his fair share. I'm mostly worried about how I'll manage in the day after DH's paternity leave has finished. DS has now dropped his afternoon nap, I was hoping he'd keep it up for at least a couple of months after DD arrives.

Beemybaby great idea about wearing them out. We only live 5 minutes from the park so I'll try and get into the habit of going everyday as soon as I feel up to it. That way I can wear DS out while DD sleeps in the buggy/sling and the fresh air will keep me awake do me good.

and I was forgetting that I'm extra knackered after a bad night because I'm more than 7 months pregnant!