December 2011:Once we pop, we just can't stop

[OiMissus]

Here's the new thread!
Squee-eeze those muscles, or squee-ee-eeeze those babies out!

Plu That's a name and a half:o

Seven My iPad is being a prat and refuses to let me see photos. I will unearth laptop tomorrow and have a good nosy:)

My daughter informed me that it is irresponsible to be striking on a school day and that everyone ought to be striking on a Saturday when there's less to do. She's a very idealistic eight year old:o A cross one too, as it means she misses her music lesson. I'm utterly woebegone, as obviously I love carrying her enormous instrument case to school and back on the bus once a week... :o

LMH that makes perfect sense, I was just being nosey! It's not my plan to have one this time, I'd like to think things will happen a bit more 'normally' than with DD and that I'll cope without, but having had no nasty side effects with it I'm less against moving on to an epidural than I was last time around when I'd been recently NCT'd!

Random: anybody else off carbs? I can't 'do' them at the minute. I have so little enthusiasm for anything that might actually be a slow burning sensible foodstuff that I am subsisting on chicken and juice. I fought to eat half a pitta bread tonight, but had no problems with the chicken. I ate a yoghurt for breakfast and lunch was supposed to be beans on toast, but wasn't. Stupid body! I've already lost the best part of two stone. The midwife is going to get catsbummouth at me if I lose much more >_

Oh we've got Love Actually on DVD somewhere - the last time I watched it both DH and I were in tears most of the way through so I dread to think what it will be like with added pregnancy hormones! DH is a lovely great big softy - we watched Downton Abbey on DVD recently and he was crying through most of the second series (won't give it away in case anyone hasn't seen it) and he shed a few tears at the end of You've Got Mail the other day (but I didn't let on that I saw!). The really bad one is the end of the Railway Children, it's like he's turned on a faucet

My back hurts a lot but I think that's because I've been bouncing on the birthing ball all evening. And when I push down on the baby's bottom at the top of my bump it feels like I've got the epi-no inflated down below

Cripes little miss I think I've inherited your 2 stone ......and some unfortunately have been hungry all day today stuffed my guts terribly so am sure I'll get catsbumface from MW for putting on 2 much.

DH loves love actually it makes him cry which then makes me larf.

I've gone back to wanting the epidural so have amended the birth plan accordingly I'm too chicken to go it on gas and air alone!!!

Oooh, we can set up a strike-fight between LittleLittleMiss and Darcie!

LittleMiss, you could always embrace the low-carb diet to bump up your intake, rather than thinking you will be able to manage toast, and then not being able to stomach it? What about lots of eggs dipped in jam?! Or really going for it with the meat? I've found myself attacking meat recently, too. I made a stew this evening, with half a kilo of beef, and DH and I polished it off with no help from DS! I was similarly (though slightly less) greedy with the lamb stew version I made last week - just couldn't get enough of the meat! None of my bloods have shown any anaemia, by the way; I'm just craving meat and fruit (chomping satsumas like an elephant)... although I can still happily stomach a lot of biscuits.

seven omg I swear I gasped when I saw your pictures - she is perfect and your son is gorgeous

LittleMiss ahahahah - let me just laugh some more...your two stone has clearly flown off and taken up residence on my thighs, tum and bum - I can no longer avoid the fact that I even have a big fat double chin!! And yes, let's just put my dinner dishes in the sink...pasta, pasta, more pasta...

Just seen that Kristy has had her baby boy - curtesy of facebook!!! No details, just congratulations posts from friends. Hurrah!!!
I will catch up on the thread properly tomorrow - you lot have been busy!
Huge congratulations to Kristy and Dan!
Once we pop... !

seven Eva is stunning! Well done for growing such a gorgeous one

I'm joining those of you who are turning into Desperate Dan, I want to eat large quantities of cow and not much else!

DP is having huge problems at work, his colleague has changed his working hours so DP gets left to finish everything at the end of the day. No consultation, and to make it worse this means that DP's request for being able to work from home one day a week is likely to be refused. It is utter crap, the colleague has no kids, lives with his Mum, so no responsibilities but gets to change his hours so DP ends up being the one staying late to get everything done that needs to be done! ARGH!

However, my Dsis (remember the meningitis and redundancy in the summer?) has been declared fit to work AND got a new and better paid job all in the same week! So happy for her, she has been very stressed!

Name changed!

msbaublestwinkle - ni-ice!
Sorry about DH, though. That's a horribly frustrating situation. Could it be an issue for his paternity leave? Have you thought of posting for him in the Employment Issues section? There are some really generous experts who do take time to look at a lot of people's problems for them.

Ladies, even without my two stone I suspect I weigh the same as two of you together:o

Good to know kri5ty has popped, hoping it was a safe and happy birth. Who's next for the pompoms?

As for farcebook. Pfft! My pregnancy isn't widely known about on my flist, so as and when I pop it's going to be a fantastic set of reactions from those in the dark to my first photo/update

Thanks all.

msbaublestwinkle that's great news about your sister.

Massive congratulations to kristy!

Loving the name change Plu that really made me laugh.

I've also lost my appetite at the mo - I usually love meals but now I have to really force myself to eat them. I reckon it's because I'm not working so not burning the energy to build up a real appetite despite regime of walks.

Beautiful photos Seven! My DN Sophie got out of hospital today and I got sent an adorable photo of her in a majorly oversized snowsuit - made me want my lo to arrive even more!

Since my sister's birth, my dad has phoned me every day to see how I'm doing and ask if there are any signs yet. While it's all very well intentioned and I'm glad he's excited, a daily update of, no nothing happening yet is beginning to wear thin. If I have to keep this going for another 2 weeks, I may stop answering his calls!

Wishing everyone a good night's rest

Sleighbells It might be worthwhile just to gently tell him that if he keeps it up you will bury your phone in the compost heap start to screen calls. You don't need that degree of intrusion. Tell him he'll get a call when things get moving/are done and dusted:)

The insomnia fairy is sprinkling her bitchy dust tonight. I ache and though I am shattered I can't get over to sleep. Contemplating some paracetamol to see if I can take the edge off the slicing pain in my knees and hips. I am very much looking forward to getting reacquainted with ibuprofen again:(

Gorgeous photos seven!!
Glad DN is out of hospital and being adorable Sleighbells!

I've been snacking on pretzels today, so send your unloved carbs this way!

I've not seen Love Actually (not my sort of film!)....talking to DH about Christmas kids films; he's NEVER seen the Grinch (original animation, not the Jim Carey one), Wizard of Oz or It's a Wonderful Life and dislikes The Snowman. Leave the bastard??

Send him to me AWCH as I've not seen those three and dislike the last one too. We can bitch for the time it takes you to watch them half an hour and he can return to you you having got it out of his system and all will be well:o

You can have my carbs. I thought about buying a mahoosive tube of Pringles today in honour of the thread title, but left them in tesco as I knew I wouldn't eat them. 'tis a sorry state of affairs I tell you!

LittleMiss, will gladly send him your way over Christmas so I can watch them in peace, just make sure you return him with stuffing, roast potatoes & all the lovely Christmas related carbs!
Have decided my body has gone back into insomnia mode, and I'm never going to sleep at night again....hope your aches feel better soon LittleMiss!
Thankfully, aside from LO smacking me in the lady bits & the braxton hicks, all my other pains have gone away.

Wondering how much catering to lay on for MW's if home birth goes ahead...will they partake in a take-away pizza or will they only expect biscuits & tea? I love being up at silly o'clock, it's when I get all my best thinking done

If pizza is available they may partake of a slice. Youll have to start collecting many for less vouchers:o

Have taken painkillers. Off to battle the insomnia bitch:o

Good luck, hope you manage to sleep!
I've decided I'll just sleep tomorrow during the day, DH is doing a long shift (because of the marches) so shouldn't be disturbed...unless LO gets ideas!

Morning all

Night 2 in the spare bed for me my hips were killing me minute got in our bed so had to move otherwise none of us were going to get sleep came downstairs about 7 much comfier on the sofa!!

As for overkeen parents have told everyone that there will be no "im in labour" announcements people will be told when it's all over and he is here not unreasonable I think however my mother will nit accept it practically every call we have she reminds me to tell her and every time I say we won't be . I know she's excited but she 500 miles away she wouldnt know any different and there's nowt she can do anyway what if it takes days she and everyone else will worry so would prefer not to tell anyone. Is that unreasonable?

Morning!

msbuggy you and DH have my sympathy: i work til 6.30 in the afternoons (usd to do that 3 days a week), and While i was off on mat leave with DD1, two colleagues at work each decided to have an "early finish" day where they left at 5-5.30. This meant when I returned my request for one/two earlier finishes was refused because " there are too many people already going early". Neither of them had young children or childcare issues.....It's sadly quite common for people without children to think "why should they get a better deal because they are a parent?" grrr though.

I still live with my mother, she asks me around four times a day if theres 'anything' and my father says everyday 'so your still here?'... it was ok for the first few days but this has been going on for over three weeks. arg.

So I'm now overdue by a day, I remember when I was given the 29 Nov date at my scan after thinking it was going to be 1st Dec, and then coming back on here and asking you guys if I should move to Nov thread and you all said I should stay here as I'd probs go overrdue anyway - well you were all right hormonally sobs

I've got a mw appointment today so I'm going to beg for a sweep, I honestly never thought I'd get to be this late (DD was 18 days early, so that means there is a 19 day difference in gestation lengths so far, my mother only had a 16 day difference between all her 4 births). Also baby is measuring a week big this whole time and feels really big too, so I'm panicking about not managing to get a 9lber out as DD was lovely and wee and just over 6lb as she was just over 37weeks and the correct fundal height all the way through.

Plus a grandmother at the toddler group I go to told me about her daughter who had a perfect first birth with a DD at just under 6lb and then went very overdue with a DS which was over two weeks late and ended with a c-section - so now I think this could very much be my fate as it all sounds to close to home. I am petrified of an ecs.

ok, enough about me... did we know the name of cheeps baby yet?

bee oh dear! Don't listen to the horror story people, everyone I know has had much more fun on their second births...my 2nd was painless and only 4 hours, a friend had a home VBAC, another managed to get the water birth she didn't get to first time, recently my doula had her second baby in two hours of active labour...some people just seem to enjoy scaring pregnant women!

Thank you aethel and plu I'll point him at the employment section, he does post occasionally!

Congratulations kristy! I hope you are enjoying lots of newborn cuddles!

Plan for today, well my insomnia seems to have sorted itself out (going to bed very late is helping!) and after all of the rain yesterday the DDs want to go to the woods at the end of the road to splash in puddles!

Morning all, I have had no indepth conversations with MWs. I asked if I could go thru my birth plan at the last one, and got a raised eyebrow. (?) But then she went thru it and was perfectly human...
I'm loving all the new Christmassy names, the more ridiculous longer the better Plu!
Seven you lucky lady! What beautiful children! Eva is gorgeous and your DS is absolutely adorable.
I shall be having a Ginger giant. I am resigned. But he'll be gorgeous in his mother's eyes!
AWCH my DH is the same, hasn't watched any normal films, he REFUSES to watch Love Actually (which I love). Last year I made him watch Oliver! as he'd never seen it. A deprived childhood methinks. I'm not sure how I'd handle Love Actually at the moment. I can't watch Frozen Planet without bursting into tears at something, it really upsets me. I can't watch animals hunting animals it would appear. RIDICULOUS!
The Reflexology was lovely yesterday, but am not feeling any benefits yet. Nothing is starting... and my ankles are still elephantine. I also spent ALL yesterday evening from 5pm til 11pm doing figure 8's on the birth ball. This child is staying put, isn't he? :( My original estimation was that I'd be giving birth on Nov 20th. Ha! It's more likely to be Dec 15th. Rubbish!