January 2012 - Will any of us deliver before Father Christmas? The race is on!

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Hope you don't mind the slight tweaking of the thread title :) I was feeling creative! Not that it matters, at this rate it won't last more than a week...!

Yes Ghost you don't accept paypal if they're collecting otherwise they can claim that they paid but never received the item.

We've accepted cash on collection for stuff sold on eBay quite a few times.

hello girls, just checking in. Haven't read back over any of todays action but hope everyone is ok and cath up tmrw

xxxx

Evening busy day - we have a car full of baby stuff but we are not unpacking it until tomorrow we are too lazy

Ps I also feel a bit uneasy but I know exactly why. I was a bit constipated and finally got a bit of relief this evening and sorry TMI alert - it was one if those that just disappears straight down the loo - that's happened a couple of times now and I can't stop thinking that it was bubs gone down. I know it wasn't but I can't stop the thought

santasho The delivery guy was so friendly and was about 18 years old that I actually felt bad to ask anything, just thanked him

oiesha I know, so relieved! But their customer service was absolute pants!!!!

mummy happy to hear you had no problems with them

parsley I had to laugh a bit about your 'poop' story...sorry

Hope everyone is doing fine! xxx

supa loved the pic on FB!

makescakes ow, your MW sounds lovely, Fx for the baby to hang in there till she is back!!!

Thanks ladies! Cash it is then.

Yummy - my MIL has foam jigsaw playmate thingies for when the grandkids are round and they're fab. Think she bought them dirt cheap at a bootfair but they've lasted through 3 kids so far (eldest is 6)!

Right so I'll play some beyonce and see if that works. Glad to hear I'm not the only one with a bump that won't move on command! Sounds like worrying at this stage is pretty normal then.

Greenlady - glad your pram arrived at last. :) we got our pram today too.

Butterfly - the elderflower spillage was quite funny, particularly my DH sticking to the floor. I'm on the fourth mopping though and it still sticks!

Hi ladies just checking if anyone else in my insomnia club. Dh is out on a night shift and I am laying here my mind whirring about what on earth ee would do if this baby has to be born on Christmas day.

We have no family here on that day so who on earth would look after our dc's? I have 2 best friends but I couldn't impose it on them , they have their parents around. Think we would have to take them in to hosp with us and drag them away from their presents on Christmas day .

I'll Join the insomnia club tonight spicy pizza and apple pie with custard earlier has left me with some mingingly chronic heartburn and now I'm out of gaviscon milk only works for about half hour at a time!

Mmmm to spicy pizza boo to no gaviscon it really is magic stuff .

What? MN deleted my post :( just to say hello to the wide awake ladies in here!

Mulled hope you enjoyed the pram! We love it, but much to learn :P

Good Morning ladies!!!

Morning ladies. think I actually managed 8 hours sleep last night albeit in about 3 separate stints due to loo breaks etc.

Just put a wash on of all the clothes and sheets etc we picked up yesterday. We also got a vibrating chair, Moses basket and bassinet and a few toys and playmats. Even sterilisers and nappy bins and car seat. I think the only thing we need to get now is a bath once JL come up with the goods on the push chair and crib. I feel very lucky.

morning,

mulled have you tried using white vinegar to mop up the floor.

Morning ladies
Dd stayed in her own bed all night!! First time in weeks.
Still had my usual 3am wake up but managed to get back to sleep ok

Dd is going to a Christmas party today with my parents so im eventually putting up the tree. Christmas will come to this house.

Im determined we will be Christmas and baby ready before Wednesday

worm I think the girls will happily leave the presents under the tree if its in exchange for the baby

38weeks today - Wtf?! How did that happen?

38 weeks

katy will be having our first two babies in 3 DAYS OMG!!!!!!!!!

Eek 38 weeks!!!

I had a dreadful night too, but I always think I'll wake up more if I use MN. I woke up every hour and was frequently awake for up at an hour through the night. Was having uncomfortable HBs very frequently - in fact they're still going now. Looks like I might be one of those people who practices contractions a lot! No other signs of labour so am not worrying (at least not during daylight, there was lots of worrying last night!) plus am only 36+3.

Morning!

I really feel like I've got a hangover - I haven't. Stuck to soft drinks at DH's work's Christmas do last night! Really enjoyed myself especially as I saw it as our last night of 'freedom' before Peanut arrives. Peanut (nosey bugger) enjoyed the night out too - would not stop moving and wriggling.

I'm beginning to feel slightly uneasy now. Watched 'Dawn Gets a Baby' on Really Channel on Sky on Friday night. It was the most 'realisitic' programme about birth that I have watched and I was slightly freaked by it! Especially as some mums said that their bits were never the same again and it took on average 3-6 months to resume bedroom relationships again!!!

I'm getting a lot of period cramps (same time of day between 3 and 6am) and I had a TMI moment yesterday - diarrhoea! It was so sudden. My NHS book said this (and vomiting) can be signs of imminent labour. I think it's just my body 'warming up' because I can barely lift my legs to put underwear on, tights, trousers etc. It is a bugger to walk because my inner bits (pelvis) ache so much.

Today's tasks - Christmas tree is going up and write Christmas cards. I wasn't going to do Christmas decorations this year as I always take them down on New Years Day and Peanut's delivery date is then but I can't have Christmas with our folks without something Chritmasey being up in the house.

Mum2be I know what you mean - putting shoes on etc has suddenly got much harder! Take it easy if you can today and just supervise the Christmas prep - it takes a lot out of you!

Also know what you mean re hangover feeling - I had this too after a night out, guess it's fatigue more than anything.

very exciting about Katy's babies!!!!!!

santa 38 weeks???

I feel that I need to take control again of my own body (if that makes sense) as before I was feeling so calm and collected about the big day...but now trying to sort out all of the daily stuff (clothes, pram, crib, etc...) I feel I lost it!

Am determined to do the last bits of what is missing (haven't packed my hospital bag!!!!) and then just relax!

mum2be yes, putting shoes on are becoming trickier!

parsley - did you see the bath I linked to a couple of threads while back? It was reasonably priced, nice solid construction, not very heavy and very very clever design so the baby can't slip down into the water - it is one of my favourite not-cute baby items (because of course the teeny tiny socks etc win the cute awards!)

OMG - for any of you having back ache, or any other aches and pains for that matter, I would highly recommend looking into light touch massage (as taught in hypno classes). Physio banned me from having 'normal' back massage, but I figured the light touch one wouldn't cause any problems and (scuse my language) but fucking hell - the relief! Instant pain dissipation, so much more comfortable and it lasted ages.

Basically it's fingertips stroking the skin so lightly you're just stirring the hairs up a bit. It stimulates nerve endings and causes endorphin production, which is 80x more powerful than morphine as a painkiller, so DH basically shot me full of natural morphine and all the pain went and I slept through from 11 - 6.30am!!! A full night's sleep - huzzah!

Seriously, try it. I am so looking forward to what it can do during labour if that was a preview of its effectiveness.