January 2012 - The one with the heartburn, kick counting and bump-gropers losing their hands...

[shonnomanom]

There we go, a nice new thread.

The BIG Question??? Will the first baby arrive during this thread???????

Mz sorry your not feeling any better, when is your dp home? Why dont you want to go in tonight, it might put your mind at ease. (((hugs)))

My antenatal classes came through today (called birth and parent preparation classes). They start at my local children's centre on Wednesday 30th at 6:30pm, two hours every Wednesday for 4 weeks. That means I'll be 35 weeks when they begin and nearly 39 when they finish!
At least DH can come as they are not in an afternoon. :)

I had a day off today and got a taste of maternity. it was lovely. But back to work tomorrow and then Wednesday morning off for my MW appointment (due to raised BP last week).
I don't go on maternity until 2nd December (last day) so have another 3 weeks and 4 days left. :( I'll be almost 36 week then.

dp was home at 3.15. i realy should go tonight but have a feeling they are going to keep me in if i go in now and dnt want to be kept in.

on the good news though ive nearly done all my xmas shopping just got to find the wrapping paper i baought and make a start on wrapping it all. i bought 4 packs and carnt find any of it.

Mz, if they keep you in its not for fun! :) its because they want to monitor the baby. You really should go.

MZ please can i be a naggy friend. Please please call them and go in if they want you too. It's important not to ignore this stuff. It's not normal and it's not ok to be bleeding at this time. Please, because my friend nearly lost her 3rd baby through ignoring symptoms similar to yours-there was a knot in the cord and baby wasn't getting the nutrients she needed.

Hey all. Sorry I can;t respond to everyone, but the only post that sticks in my mind is Oeisha's piles and you've had all the advice you need I think!

I'm staying at my mum and dads' this week, kind of my last chance to just be a daughter before the dynamic changes and there's a whole new generation to consider. It's been nice so far - I've had two of my favourite meals already! :)

Went to Primark first thing and stocked up on some boring basics - enormous knickers for tucking maternity pads into (£2.50 for 4, so I won;t mind if they get all yukked up) 3 enormous t-shirt nighties (size 20 when I'm a size 14!) with buttons down the front at £4 each for the end of pregnancy/breastfeeding and a lovely Scandanavian looking sweater dress with a good proportion of wool in it to keep me warm if the weather is going to turn soon (£16). Was gobsmacked at the adult-sized fleece babygros - who the hell would wear one of those? Really?

Hope you're all OK and the piles are clearing up Oeisha! Will try and check in more often so I can respond to people instead of just threadjacking.

cakes ME!!!! I really want some footed PJs for lazy days at home. For any other mentalists like me out there then have a look here.
Sounds like you're having a good relaxing time with your parents!

fish and parsley...oh, your names sound good together...obv. hungry but unable to eat due to random shitness today. Yes, my indigestion feels like morning sickness occasionally, especially if I'm super-tired. Mostly though it's that feeling that there's something wedged in my throat. Glad you're feeling better fish.

Mia in answer to your question a while back, GBS can be 'symptomless'. You can also be a carrier without having an eposide. Have a look at the GBS site. After my particularly nastly proglongues thrush in 1st trimester, I was told that if you had discharge and itching etc. that's like thrush, then it's thrush. They might want to do high-vaginal swabs for GBS and or thrush.

mz I hope you're ok. I'd be mental with worry if I were you.

As for caulibottom, well, it's not that irritating. They're just THERE... WAITING...

Antenatal class was ok. DH is now a little more "shit, there's gonna be a baby at the end of it". Disturbingly, one of the MWs that regularly pokes my tummy at Stepping Hill is in my class! I kinda guessed she was pg, but she's so neat and frankly is obv. coping much better than me - though I think she's a Feb birth! Ah well.

OH! a good tip for birthing bag that I hadn't though of was vasaline for lips. Helps with feeling dehydrated, especially if you're having entonox.

Feel free to ignore, I'm tired and fed-up and just want to rant...
Oh god. I'm just soo bloody tired and now I can't sleep. :( DH was just stroppy with me. OK it didn't help that he was snoring, but I doubt that's why. I can usually fall asleep between bouts of snoring.
I just don't get it. Abi's hooving me about a lot, but that's not unusual. One of my furbabies has gone a bit mental as I'm up and that's adding to my desire to not be awake. Because I'm awake I'm stressing about stupid things - money, the nursery, again, weightloss and an active baby oh, and should I really be feeling this physically SHIT.
Mentally I'm tired and fed up and worrying about crap but am generally loving feeling Abi hooving about in there. It's nice to play with her and just feel this close to her.

Oh, and something that'll make you laugh:
Lastnight I got into my comfy stripy PJ bottoms early, so only had the top to do. Took top off and did a bit of stretching/nipple checking (some days they're pale, some days they're PURPLE). Dh burst out laughing, so I asked whhyyy....and:
"in those, stood like that, you look like Obelix" Thankfully I found it funny too and we both couldn't stop laughing for about 10 minutes.

Oeshia it sounds like you have pregnancy insomnia. Try putting on a film or somthing, that what helps me drift off

at Obelix

oeisha you have my sympathies - I'm finding that some nights it's really difficult to sleep (often I drop off for a little while then DH has the audacity to breathe or turn over or some such craziness, and then I'm completely awake). I think it's a pregnancy thing as I'm usually a massive sleeper. It's not surprising that we have lots to mull over/plan/worry about. The only thing that seems to work for me is taking myself off to the other bedroom to sleep - DH gets a bit put out that he's being abandoned but at least I get some snooze! Did you manage to get to sleep in the end last night?

I had awful heartburn and indigestion last night - at one stage it was combining with BH and I thought something might be wrong, but I'm glad I waited it out, as I feel better this morning. Seems like lots of us are suffering at the moment...

We covered waterbirth at antenatal yoga last night and all 10 of us were seriously considering waterbirth! Must be a self-selecting yogi thing. Did you know you can hire pools which have the facility to heat their own water? No more kettles!

I often get insomnia out of pg. Well, not 'often' but it's often enough for it to be something I just have to deal with. Ended up being awake until about 2.30 I think. Have slept ok since then. About 1.15 I looked down at bump an realise something odd was happening - it was literally pointing right, very right, and I coudl feel a head and a bottom and a third thing, (possibly another head....2 headed baby???) Then over a period there were very slow movements down, so I'm hoping it was all caused by uncomfiness due to Abi turning. Can't feel anything that feels like a noggin in the usual places this morning...would be nice to not be concerned about a breech!

oh how funny! I had a totally asymmetric bump last night too - pamplemousse was all pointy on the left hand side of my bump (head, I think, but maybe bum). DH was most amused!

Well that's a night I don't ever want to repeat again! --but probably will many times. Dd had a high tewwewe just couldn't lower it, was awake till 3am dealing with her then decided the best ting was for her to be in our bed so we could keep an eye on her. Dh was snoring, she was snoring finally dropped off around 5, alarm went off at 6 waking dd. She's now back in bed as shes so tired but ive got so much to do today I have to be up :(

addicted you poor thing, I don't know how you're coping with that! Could you schedule some nap time for you and dd at any point in the day, once you've got some things done? have a .

oh shitting fucktits - I've just forwarded an email to a customer without deleting the chat between me and a colleague in which I comment on the customer's spurious promise to do something. Oh fuckity fuck fuck fuck.

I need a holiday!

can you recall it fryn? Outlook has a recall function - of course, the emailer has to accept the recall but it may be worth a go. I hate it when things like that happen!

fryn Oh no! but you have made me chuckle...a lot...at least you could try explaining it away by saying it wasn't strickly him/her, but other customers have let you down before??? Or is it more directed than that?

ghost I often get an a-symetric bump. Feels like she's trying to break out alien-style, buttocks first...

addicted I hope you get some rest, in whatever form possible!

OK - I'm going to need your help with this one ladies!

My work colleagues are so rare, all unmarried career women with no children and no plans for any of the such.
They've just asked me to put together a list of things I might like as gifts when I go on Mat Leave, with places they can buy them from, and price range.
What??!! I have to give them a list of my own leaving present ideas?! eeek, have no idea what to put on there, as feel incredibly rude doing so!

Most essential things I have from DD, like baby bath, changing mats etc etc... so I can't think of anything except clothes...
They won't accept 'oh just give me vouchers' as they like to make the opening of the gift scenario as awkward as possible...

Can't I put 'a new dining table, tiles for the kitchen, new bin, new crockery, lamps, hedge trimmer... etc etc - all from your local B&Q, price varies' on there??!!

ghost I'm rather hoping she won't read down, so I don't want to draw attention to it by recalling it!

oiesha unfortunately it was a bit more directed than a general comment. And they're our biggest customer too. Double oops!

On the plus side, it's not as bad as the time I emailed a customer calling him a stalker (again the comment was for a colleague about the customer, but I did the classic reply rather than forward). I really shouldn't be allowed near email, should I??

sorry, didn't mean to sound ungrateful, just uncomfortable giving a list of present ideas to work colleagues!

fryn - know how you feel, yesterday I recalled about 10 emails because I kept sending the wrong thing to wrong people, nevermind the typing mistakes. Can't seem to type properly anymore.

sorry mia in my flap I missed yours! That's tricky - is there anything non-essential you'd like for the baby, like a snow suit, play mat, bouncy chair, sling, anything along those lines? Obviously B&Q presents would be far better, but they might be a bit funny about it!

fryn I can totally understand that. Last time I recalled an email we had an entire conversation afterwards about how the recipient didn't know you could recall emails and wasn't that fantastic etc etc... sometimes it's just better to keep quiet! I have my email set to a three minute delay specifically to avoid head-desk moments like that, but it's not always enough!

oeisha that's it exactly! It's quite funny now, not sure it will be so amusing when I have a 5lb+ baby trying to break free...

mia that is weird! I totally see the slightly misguided logic that they don't want to get you something unneeded or duplicate, but surely they can think of something nice but innocuous by themselves? Vouchers would surely be best. I agree with fryn that something for the baby like a play mat or bouncy chair would be nice, as it would get lots of use at first and is a tangible thing for them to wrap up. As for places and prices, I would just write 'see google'... Or you could ask for something totally indulgent and useless like most of the things on this website

I have actually in my baby brained distractedness occasionally wondered what I might get as a mat leave present. Since I seem to be the one who remembers all the birthdays - and everyone forgot mine and didn't even get me a card this year - I suspect that it will be a big fat zilch. That's ok though - I think gift giving to colleagues is a bit OTT and am not too fussed really.

MZ how are you doing? Did you take yourself off to hospital? FX for you.

mia I know how you feel about having to make lists for presents, it is very awkward. What about some photo albums for the baby or height photo thingys. I got some nice ones for DD that she loves now looking through but I'd have never bought myself. Now I got one for the bump and it has lots of room for notes like, who the godparents are, when the milestones happened. I'm a big nerd who loves filling in things so suits me.

oooo ghost - how can you set email to have a delay? I realised literally as I hit send, so that would have saved that one bit of embarrassment! The stalker one I didn't realise my error until the customer called me...