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BB3 · 16/10/2011 16:22
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MamaMaiasaura ·
17/10/2011 19:24
Sorry for earlier outburst 
ds2 fast asleep now. He said "mummy your tummy has got bigger and bigger and bigger and then pop (he does a little jump) a baaaaby." if only if were that easy eh? 
Now only got ds2 till he goes to bed. I did say 18th was stuck in my head, I wonder wether it will happen then.
I hope this all over the place irritability means things are actually happening. I'd get my mum to take me in but she wound me up last time simpering to drs and saying "reeeelllaaax" in the most annoying patronising voice that made me grrrr.
SconesForTea ·
17/10/2011 22:23
Awen 
Sorry your DH isn't being more supportive. Really hope your labour is progressing well.
PA that is exactly what I wanted to hear! Thanks 
Tally you can change a baby anywhere - really I have one of those fold-out changing mats with pockets for wipes and things, but DH always has and still does just use his lap wherever we are. DD has had her bottom changed in more pubs than I care to think of It'll be fine. Also you really may not mind feeding in public - I never have - it's just such a natural thing, I plugged her on anywhere. And again in countless pubs! And at the NB stage you will get very used to feeding while eating one-handed... Someone will probably have to cut up your food for you is all!
BB3 ·
18/10/2011 08:31
Right - mammoth catch up after a day off MN.
mimatchin hope you manage to avoid the sweep
Pink Glad baby stayed put until DH is closer
sassy 
at your DH - mine was the same, I would get undressed and he would literally just crack up and make comments like 'you have to be at LEAST a metre from back to front now!'
Jane I don't weigh myself EVER especially when pregnant - I only had to be weighed at my 12 week scan and never have been since.
Happy can't believe I am saying it to a lady so late in her pregnancy but so glad your waters weren't broken - agree they could have checked earlier though hey!
Edward shame the theory wasn't tested out properly - I went into labour in Homebase with DS while my father and I were picking out tiles for the bathroom I had ripped out that morning and I kept telling him to hurry up and get next door to Sainsbury's at least so I would have a better chance of using any vouchers I might have got! It's not an urban myth but it IS dependent on you telling your story to the local papers (I work in PR) - they are unlikely to give you anything unless they are getting some good PR out of it.
Awen glad you are feeling a bit better but this period is horrible and you are doing a fab job juggling everything x Any progress this morning? It's the 18th!!
Exciting progress mrsp anything more to report?
MrsHende welome to mat leave and make sure you rest - Bless your family and DH's excitement. On mucus plug it comes out afterwards in very attractive dribs and drabs between day 1 and 4 post surgery. Bleeding for me was very much like a period for three days and then off and on for the next 3 weeks. I think I have stopped now (girls are 4 weeks today) but I have had a few days before and then it comes back so not 100% sure. My HV says bleeding is worse with CS but that's not my experience so far.
I too have been quite amazed by generosity of some people - we were in the village yesterday picking up some more cream for Ayse-Rose and my sister was waiting outside the chemist with the buggies and this little old lady came along and gave all three kids £1 each and made my sister cross their palms with silver! Bless her - I told my sister I am going to set her up a pitch with a bucket and she can collect donations for a peek at the twins
Trudyla - it's completely natural to worry about DD - I was terrified of how it would effect DS (he stopped speaking when my niece was born as he hated the change) but he was brilliant and if anything it has made him more confident - but we included him in everything, he came and got me from the hospital with the twins, help carry them to the car, sat between them etc etc And as hard as it's been we've tried not to say no too much when he's haring around the place like a loon we just move the girls and distract him with something else.
babyC your friend is an idiot - she is just looking for praise constantly, she clearly has incredibly low self esteem issues. It's not something to boast about - mothers react differently and my view is that it's better to have a comfortable (ish) labour and non stressed baby and mum than battle through pain your body for some reason can't cope with and stress them both out. I wanted a unmedicated labour with DS and after 3 days of waters broken and contracting and no sleep I BEGGED for CS and epidural - three of the buggers didn't work so I ended up delivering unmedicated but it was NOT enjoyable and not something I would boast about. A friend of DH's wife went on about how proud she was of herself just having G&A and one shot of pethidine but it's not a bloody competition!
I hate FB, we only put on pictures of the kids because DH's family live abroad and it's the easiest way of sharing them but they all have the strictest privacy settings on them. I hate people commenting on things but MOSTLY I hate people putting and tagging pictures of you without asking you first! Grrr really gets my goat!
Hand LOL at pjs - I had lovely ones for DS and then had an almighty break of waters in two pairs and had to ask my mum to bring in some from my drawer and she managed to find the ugliest ones I shove at the back of my cupboard for those days you feel awful and want big thick pjs that swamp you and you don't care how hideous you look - I DID care when I was there cuddling my new baby!
PA I would have to agree re better out than in. At 4am this morning after both girls had been up for 4 hours, I was not in agreement but now back to normal again!
tally agree on bfing in public - you need to see how you feel about it, at first I was more conscious about it and tried to plan trips around places like mothercare and JL that have nice baby change rooms or Bfing rooms but you do get much more comfortable and now I whip them out all over the place and will happily walk with them latched on with a muslin tucked into my bra strap and covering babies head. I would say see how you feel before investing in them as I personally feel more comfortable just doing it rather than having them all covered up with a hootie hider thing but it's complete personal preference and you won't know until LO is here. Will also depend what sort of feeder, Ayse-Rose is on and off in 5 minutes and guzzles it down so is really easy to feed in public, Edith-May is a bit of a fusser and likes breaks and to take her time so is a bit more difficult!
happy those texts were what sent me over the edge with DS - I got so many of them I threw my phone at the wall in the bathroom which cracked a tile which was what started the whole ripping up the bathroom decision (It was horrible anyway but now I had a reason to do it!!!). With the twins I told everyone I knew what day they were coming with planned CS and I wasn't telling anyone so not to bother texting.
Pink pains sound normal to me, lots of people get pains in their thighs when contracting so don't think it's anything to worry about.
Edward I thought I might kill DH last night when he kept falling asleep whilst burping the girls last night - I did throw him out the bedroom into the spare room!
Not much to report from me - girls being difficult mostly about sleep, DS lovely but pesky, DH being a pain in the bum before he leaves on Thursday (always is, like clockwork two days before he leaves to visit his family he remembers all the things he simply must get to go away with 
, I've given up this year and told him to go shopping himself when he finishes work this afternoon which could be deadly as he goes to tesco to buy bread and comes back £40 later with goodness-knows-what!!). Hope everyone is ok today.
The most exciting news from me is that I can drive from today so am going to take the car out this morning by myself just to get back behind the wheel!!
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EdwardorEricCantDecide ·
18/10/2011 12:03
Cheshire I took DS out a walk in his pram the day we got out of hospital, e was in tesco at about 5 days old I think, I had never heard that u cant take them out till they had jabs (and DS didn't get first jab till he was 5 months due to holidays/illness/change of doctor etc. So I think u'd be ok.
Just out from MW she has said that baby's head is still too high to do a sweep! I don't think I've ever been so disappointed in my life! Actually started crying when I go back to the car!
BB3 ·
18/10/2011 12:37
Oh Edward boo for no sweep, chocolate is what is needed to help baby along i say!
Cheshire ds was at tesco the day he was out of hospital (1 day old) as he needed clothes that fit him and twins out walking on day 2 and they're all fine. I'm sure poppy will love being outside watching the blurs of colours go by! I'd get and do it soon before half term kicks in at the end of the week and trafford centre becomes manic!
trudya I've been persuaded to go with him (I'm too tired to argue) and am leaving all the kids with my parents and sister while we go. I'm expressing like a demon to make sure these girls have enough food (for what feels like 4 days) even though they shouldn't actually need fares while we are gone. Haven't been away from them for more than 15 minutes so a bit nervous about it but it'll be good for me and if I can do it today next time will be easier x
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CheshireDing ·
18/10/2011 12:37
Thanks Edward we have been out every day since she was born for either a walk or for coffee and just to the local shop with the dog but it was because mw said coffee is ok but not Tesco (maybe it's just the customers in Tesco mw has an issue with) . So that's what made me wonder whether a shopping centre had too many people (and germs) so to speak. Maybe I am just being neurotic!
Yesterday was the first day I have actually felt like I can walk probably in about 2-3 months, no babies head in my lady bits or sore lady bits after having Poppy. Was a bit of a revelation when I realised it :)
Shame about babies head being too high, I guess it doesn't want to come out yet then . Ball bouncing for you this afternoon I imagine.
sassy34264 ·
18/10/2011 13:22
edward i feel your disappointment. the mw couldnt do my sweep either. she told me to try sex. told drp and he wasnt much up for it, i didnt get angry but i told him i would be very mad if he didnt and i cant believe how selfish he is and how he could be my last chance to have a normal birth and he was preventing it etc! poor lad , im surprised he could manage it with all the pressure. hehehe. but obviously...........no luck- im still here.
trudy i will have 3 children under 15 months old and the only one im worrying about is me! i think its cos i have the 2 now and they have never had their own individual attention, ie, they dont know whats its like to be an only child, so i cant worry about them getting jealous or having time taken away from them.
cheshire i actually tried to think yesterday what it feels like NOT to be pregnant and i cant honestly remember. freaked me out!
BB3 ·
18/10/2011 14:58
sassy like your bribery with dp!
Cheshire coffee and chocolate are my new best friends - in all seriousness i live in a house next to my parents and my sister is our live in nanny who I'm still paying through maternity leave! That's how I cope throughout the day and then it's just evening and nights to cope with alone as such x I expressed about 10oz in the end which is enough for them nth to have a full feed and a bit of a top up if needed. I'll be set to explode by the time I'm home though!
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sassy34264 ·
18/10/2011 16:04
see- pressed in annoyance and came up twice.
on a good note- my breast pump came today. a mendula swing. i'm hoping and praying this will give me a bit of life back.
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