December 2011: We've got big bumps and we cannot lie (down comfortably)

[LittleMissFlustered]

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Shake those bumps ladies.

And squeeeeeeeze

Cheep maybe your body is having a rest before Labour kickstarts into high gear?!

Mincemeat ice cream??!! Yes please!
That reminds me, I have some Ben and jerry's frozen yoghurt lurking about. I am going to snaffle it

Darcies it's a Rachel Allen Recipe; DP seemed to like it, but he'll eat anything :) Managed to find the recipe online here

cheep when No seems too confrontational I find that No thank you said with a very big smile can work wonders :) & if your MW is pushy just ask very solemnly do I have to to which the only answer they can give is no, as you don't have to do anything; it's always your choice & then you can say not today thanks

Just had a mahoosive piece of DP's birthday cake smothered in clotted cream...hoping the temporary sugar-high will turn into a genuine pick me up as I was feeling more miserable by the minute.

Thanks Honey Will attempt to make some this weekend :)

Sorry about the lack of sleep everyone is having, I hardly slept either as DD was ill last night. Am such a foul mood today for no reason and have a headache too. I think my body is disintegrating or something as I have aches and pains on my hips, back and knees.

I am also getting wound up about telling my friend that I can't take her kids after school for a day a week anymore. There are 3 of them and with my own DD it's just getting too much as I have to feed them and entertain them from after school till 7pm. I feel as I don't know how to say your kids are too much work. Also I think she also assumes I will just carry on after I have the little one despite my hints, this is probably not going to end well.

Sorry about the me me me post.

Am adding mince pies and haagen das to my shopping list. :)

Mmm clotted cream, mince pies... I wish I could get in my car to go to the shop :-(

Have been in the bath for an hour and s half... Ooops! But it has brought on mild period pains... let's hope they last lol

fusam I know you'll feel bad, but you just have to tell her. Even what you said then, 'its getting too much now', she should understand, I certainly would!

fusam can you turn on the tears with pregnancy hormones? Just get her alone and tell her how much hard work you're finding pregnancy, get weepy and tell her "I'm sorry, I can't do it anymore". then she'll feel sorry for you, and it'll all work out.

Yes you are right, I just need to put my big girl knickers on and get on with it. Hope she will understand, might have to go and buy some mince pies for courage since I can't have a shot of something stiff .

fusam I'm that your friend assumes you'll still take her kids with a NB! Has she not brought it up at all? I'm sure she's just hoping that you won't as she needs you but it would be very unreasonable of her to give you a hard time about it; don't worry I'm sure it'll be fine...if she's a real friend

fusam Your friend should understand that at this late stage in pregnancy it is hard to cope with.

I'm super late in saying this but congratulations/felicitations seven!

I thought loose bowel was a sign, but I've had it a couple of times and got very excited by it and then nothing... after eating a whole pineapple two nights ago I got lots of BHs but again, it turned into nothing. DH thinks I am walking too much - probably more than before I was pregnant (about 4-5 miles, 4 times a week) so I am somehow ruining babies position and disengaging the head... I'm not sure how much I will be able to keep walking as I'm starting to get hip pain.

I'm over 39 weeks and still at work (admittedly only 3 days a week due to using my A/L) but thankfully my last day is Friday - I will never do this again, I think 38 weeks would have been quite enough. I really thought this baby would be out at the same time as DD was (37+4) and was just not expecting this. I may well go overdue...

Afternoon everyone

Back from MW appointment and yay no sweep then she pointed out that next Thursday is my appointment with the consultant and he will induce me then as the baby is over the 95th cential

The babies head is 3/5 engaged and will not go down anymore untill i have contractions and my water breaks! I'm so feed up of waiting now and i'm so big.

We have the meeting tomoro with everyone but MW has not go a letter, the family support worker is off sick and not going to be there, i have left a message for the HV and SW to call me to confirm. Its so poorly organised. I have told my DH to cancel his half day holiday, which he was using to be there and use it next week for the consultant appointment in case they induce me then.

I feel as if everything is so up in the air right now.

I so want to start getting ready for xmas now but i'm holding off untill the baby is here. I have done the cards, the meat order, the goodies list, the gift list, going to get the new ice age dvd for xmas eve, got the mincepies done and just waiting for the tree and dec's to be got out of the loft.

I'm so not good at multitasking

I'm impressed with all of you still working and going out. I just find it so hard and then feel self consioues as people look at my bump and i'm so big i waddle. In Meadowhall last night i even had a women do a double take at me and i went bright red

Hey everyone, have had a rather hilarious morning - having slept only 4 hours or so I was finally drifting off when there was a knock at the door. I thought it was just the postie who has seen me in my underwear a million times before before so I went and threw open the door but nooo...it was three guys sent round by the school to install a new fire alarm No problem says I, give me 5 min to get dressed (though I did wonder why they needed three brawny one is remarkably attractive guys to replace the little smoke alarm that fell off the ceiling a few weeks ago).

Cue a sort of comedy montage of ladders...and dropcloths...and hoovers...and toolboxes...and reels and reels of red wiring being carted into the flat. Drilling begins, sawdust all over our flat I had JUST tidied in preparation for my parents (who announced yesterday they were arriving a day early as a surprise)!! Turns out every single room in the flat (including the loft, crawl spaces, store room) needs a separate fire and smoke alarm now so they will be here all day and tomorrow and possibly Friday.

Anyway when they arrived they apologised and said it had to be done by the end of the month - and then looked at my enormo belly and said "err...we're not going to be a nuisance are we?" I actually said "don't worry boys, not in labour as yet though you will be the first to know because I'm having a home birth" and they went white and gibbered a bit I showed them the loft and shut them in, hoping that would quiet the noise of the drilling (not a chance).

And then as if on cue - my parents arrive from Heathrow (I shut them in the living room) and then, bugger of buggers, my poor cleaner arrives to finish her deep clean which I had of course totally forgotten about (I shut her in the kitchen), locked myself in the bathroom and laughed until I nearly cried, it was just such a hilarious mess!!

Parents were carted off to nice lunch in town and then put on the train to London, Thanksgiving dinner hastily rescheduled to Saturday, cleaner luckily had plenty to do in the kitchen (and will be getting a christmas bonus, saintly lady), I will be making the fire alarm guys tea for the next few days, and far from huffing clary sage and bouncing on my ball I am actively hoping the baby doesn't arrive while these guys are here because it's certainly better to have three days of drilling and hoovering now than during a homebirth or afterwards with a newborn!!

But I still haven't gotten any sleep

((((hugs)))) Tyelperion - wow what a day you have had. Your cleaner sounds lovely, its good that your mum and dad are with you and the fire alarms can only make it more safe for your LO when here

After all that you desever a sit down and a cuppa xx

Or a sleep

Cheep Good that the MW listened and didn't give you a sweep. Good luck on your induction next week tho.

Tyel Sounds like you've had a very busy and interesting morning, now is time to sleep :)

Honey thanks for all the great ideas. I am heading to the shops now and hopefully by the time I get there I will know which of the goodies to make. I think I might do Apple & Mincemeat Jalousie or the Mincemeat Strudel. I am worried that if it is too good I wont be able to part with them

So of all the dropped babies... I can't even stick a FINGERNAIL between my bottom rib and baby's butt!!!

OI and Msbuggy GO BUY THE MINCEMEAT ICE-CREAM... YUMMY YUM YUM!!!

hi all, sorry to hear of sleep issues :( my hips getting painful too, added to numerous pee stops per night doesn't make for restfulness!

Spent all day at the hospital being monitored. Everything seems okay but have to go back next week again for more monitoring. But baby's heartbeat is fine and she is active, which is the main thing! It's more my high bp etc. they are monitoring.

Mopsy Hopefully your BP will go back to normal soon and or baby will make an appearance to take the painful hips away.

DD school is on strike next weds so have to put a plan of what xmassy things I can do with her for the day!

Tyel sounds like you had a fun day

Fusam You really need to have an honest talk with your friend and let her know that this situation will not work out for you and that she needs to find alternative arrangements. Sure she can be upset - but ultimately I am sure she will understand (or at least pretend too!)

Leaving work a bit early so that I can buy some pastry to make my mincpie goodies for tomorrow :)

Have to admit, not a fan of the mince pies. Or any Christmas food really. Don't really like turkey, plum pudding, Christmas cake either ... I feel like scrooge :)

Mopsy Is that your xmas name Mopsyakascrooge LOL

cheep i feel like peoplexare staring too and feel embarassed at being so big. I sometimes do a doubletake when i see myself in the mirror!

Having chinese takeaway tonight but struggling a bit with what im allowed since being diagnosed with gestational diabetes last week. I suppose a chop suey would be ok as long as not too much sugar ib the sauce.

tyel your story made me laugh!

LO has now moved and is back to back and no longer engaged. I give up! Just have to wait and see what happens but im already getting impatient and only 36 weeks on friday.