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TTC a 2012 baby - THE GRADUATES!! Pt 2

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ghosteditor · 03/01/2012 22:17

Here's the new thread ladies!!!

May this one bring some BABIES!!!

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Kayzr · 14/03/2012 21:11

Ellie I have to tell you that the 23rd April is a fabulous day to give birth. Not my birthday no siree Grin

Fools Bloody Mothercare!!! I hope you have given them hell!!!

I think it is my sinus's again. Its exactly the same as it was a few weeks ago.

TroubleAndFyfe · 14/03/2012 23:35

Blush added you fools, I knew I'd miss someone off...blame the baby!

TroubleAndFyfe · 14/03/2012 23:36

Oh and I haven't tried cabbage leaves, I ought to by the sounds of it! Grin

aBundanceOfTime · 15/03/2012 03:53

Not been to sleep yet, her maj just won't settle Sad

Davinaaddict · 15/03/2012 06:43

Thanks for all your lovely comments ladies - they cheer me up lots Smile

So still here, no increasing signs yet but I'm still getting the painful random BH's (I don't want to jinx them by calling them contractions!). I've had an odd night with a couple of wakings from DS (thanks for that Hmm) plus more random dreams. This one was all about my boss though Confused She was made redundant and was trying to sell her house - very strange!

I've been awake since 5 so I think today will be a long one, especially as I've got my app at the hospital today (which could take up to 3 hours - joy!) Hope you managed to get some sleep bun

Hope your sinus' clear up Kayzr Sad DH has had quite a bit of sinus pain lately, so I shoved him in a bath with lots of Olbas Oil. He seems to be much better since Grin

Hi fools thanks for the flowers - I'm working on the sneezing Wink Mothercare are annoying - can they trace your order through you bank statements? Hooray for 34 weeks! Boo for daft DH Grin

Thanks for the labour vibes ellie I'll gladly take them all from you, if it helps peanut stay put! Smile Hope you feel better and that you can go home soon. Thanks

Glad you and Blubes are friends again Mamma It's not a bad thing to say you're not in love with being pregnant, at all. At this moment in time, I can completely relate! But I also know I'll miss it a little bit when baby finally makes an appearance.

Trouble - I think you should leave the bastard train your DH better Grin Why on earth would he put chocolate away?? Crazy fool Grin

babybrain3 · 15/03/2012 07:18

My baby is a large plum, and I think I might just be getting a very slight little bump!!!! Grin Grin Grin

TroubleAndFyfe · 15/03/2012 08:07

Grin we had a very good night, I slept for 4 hours in a row! Hope you got there in the end bun
ellie are you home again yet? I hope everything is okay, must be a bit of a shock to get your head around!
davina Grin re the chocolate - exactly, stupid fool. Grin

TroubleAndFyfe · 15/03/2012 08:07

Hooray for the bump babybrain! Grin

aBundanceOfTime · 15/03/2012 08:14

Yay baby! Grin

Got Lilly to sleep properly at about 6 this morning... then it was time for DS to wake up at 7.30 Sad Have got the biggest headache!

Am very Envy at your 4 hours Trouble

foolserrand · 15/03/2012 09:08

Oh, Trouble! He's lovely! And, initial nursing ishoos aside, you are making this whole thing look incredibly easy. It's sickening! You're getting sleep, Fyfe shot out a few weeks early, you are getting on with decorating.... far too sorted!

Davina, my pom poms are still going for you. I have everything crossed your bh turn into wonderful labour pains. Can only assume the pain will be a welcome relief from this arduous waiting.

Mothercare didn't take the money out of the account, but it isn't in there now. It's a big ol mystery but am struggling to care too much as I'm feeling very content right now as I am sitting on my lovely new sofa with my lovely ds who is talking to his baby in between mouthfuls of dairylea dunker YUK! Our house feels like less of a mountain now. Dh nearly finished painting another room last night and I've only got one more room to attack before I can say I'm done. Unfortunately, that's the future nursery and you actually can't walk across the floor with all the stuff that's in the way. Still, I'm a stubborn cow so it will be done by the end of the day! Then I can focus on helping paint and arranging the carpenter to come and sort my nice shelves out. I'd do it but am apparently not to be trusted with power tools Hmm and dh isn't very good at building things. Wow, that's a boring post! Sorry, will try to be more interesting next time!

babybrain3 · 15/03/2012 10:49

My sister in Aus has just told me she's pregnant with her first due about 4wks after me! I'm soo excited!!!

MammaInTheMaking · 15/03/2012 11:35

Brocolli baby! I'm pleased to say we're still friends :o

TroubleAndFyfe · 15/03/2012 13:50

Oh god bun, you must be shattered! Sad
Sounds pretty organised fools! Is it then finished when the painting is done?!
How cool babybrain! That will be lovely!
Yay for broccoli baby mamma! Grin

aBundanceOfTime · 15/03/2012 17:59

That I am Trouble! Not entirely sure how I've kept going today, DD has been really unsettled and DS rather demanding in response, think I'm going to crash later though. Oh well, chilli bubbling away ready for when DS goes to bed (he's had fish fingers Grin) yum!

Had some potentially crappy news today, my oldest and closest friend is probably not going to be able to come back from Australia for the wedding - she checked flight prices and it's $2-3,000p/p! Stoopid summer holidays/Olympics combo Sad

Sorry, Lilly's woken up (after a whole 10 minutes of sleep Hmm), will try to catch up properly later if I've not dropped dead by then

TroubleAndFyfe · 15/03/2012 18:09

Oh god bun, is this teething related do you think? [scared] You are some kind of super woman making chilli after a day like that! Grin

aBundanceOfTime · 16/03/2012 08:38

I'm not sure Trouble, there doesn't seem to be any change with her teeth, hard to tell though. But, I got told about this book and am very impressed! The '8 week leap' matches perfectly with Lilly's behaviour at the moment. Thinking back, the 4 week one also makes a lot of sense too. Might be worth a read?
The chilli was yum! Grin Lilly's sleep was better last night - from 12 until 5.30 - I've only just got her back to sleep with the aid of her swing chair (life saver!) though.
How's the house coming along? And the BFing?

Sounds like you're getting on great with the house Fools! Very impressed.

Aw that's such lovely news baby Smile My friend and I were both pregnant at the same time (she was 2months ahead) and she lives in oz, was lovely but very hard at times (when we wanted to go 'baby stuff shopping' together! Grin)

Yay for <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=broccoli+cartoon&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=485&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=4F78ATTEYIxJFM:&imgrefurl=www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_image_pages/0093-0805-2720-1822.html&docid=4oh4VY1tLrE4AM&imgurl=www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_images_n300/0093-0805-2720-1822_cartoon_broccoli_peeking_sideways.jpg&w=289&h=300&ei=OfpiT6WoIsui8gPCnLigCA&zoom=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">broccoli baby! (bless him, he's shy Grin)

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TroubleAndFyfe · 16/03/2012 08:48

Ooh, looks good bun, I'll look at getting that. Glad you had a better night, hope Lilly feels better for it too! The house is slowly taking shape, new skirting, architrave and picture rail fitted and painted in Fyfe's room, painting his walls today (leaving the wall to be papered) then moving everything from bedroom 2 (junk room) into his room and starting to prep bedroom 2. Smile bfing going great Grin so so happy! Now pain free on both sides and a little bit more efficient so have our night wakings down from an hour to 30-40 mins which is lovely too. I'm a very happy mummy! Grin

aBundanceOfTime · 16/03/2012 08:59

Oh that's fantastic, on both counts! Very happy for you Smile

elliebug · 16/03/2012 09:33

I'm going homeGrinGrinGrin will post properly when on pc, everything fine, turned out to be a lot of worry over essentially nothing!

ghosteditor · 16/03/2012 09:42

bun that's fab news - so glad that feeding isn't painful anymore, yeys!

And hurrah for elliebug coming home - was it BP related?

I am still carrying quite a lot of extra weight which I'm Sad about, and I'm bfeeding so can only improve my diet (no cake or choc etc). Yesterday I had hummus sandwiches for lunch and soup for dinner and did an hour's climbing followed by 90 mins of hockey in which I burned 900 calories - so why have a put on 1.5lbs since yesterday morning? Angry

Good work

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Davinaaddict · 16/03/2012 10:37

Gosh this thread moves quickly! Smile

Yay for plum bump babybrain Grin And great news about your sister too Thanks It's lovely having a pregnancy buddy.

Glad things are going really well for you Trouble, and you're managing some good sleep!

Sorry about your terrible night and ridiculously long day yesterday Bun Sad And Angry for you at your friend not being able to make the wedding. The wonder weeks makes or interesting reading so I'll save that one for if when baby makes an appearance. I don't really remember DS's early days but by gosh I remember the 4 month growth spurt - it was awful! But luckily didn't last too long Smile

Glad your feeling contented, despite everything that is going on, fools! I hope you manage to get your money back or your order mysteriously appears. Why aren't you to be trusted with power tools? Smile Is there a back story or is just one of those man things? Grin Sounds like your house is coming on brilliantly!

Yay for broccoli baby Mamma I'm glad you're still friends Grin

Glad they're letting you out you're going home Ellie, especially as it was something and nothing Smile

Ghost , I hope you're not weighing yourself daily [quizzical face]?Smile Seriously, don't beat yourself up about it. Your have a nearly 2 month old, so your body is still recovering from pregnancy and labour. Diet and exercise are great for you both physically and mentally, but unless you are superhuman (or one of them lucky celebs that have nannies, personal trainers, dieticians and chefs), it will take time. And of course, you'll be building your muscles back up again and will likely have changes in water retention. But having said all that I completely get how frustrating it is, when all you want is to get out of maternity clothes Sad I was in mine for over 6 months last time and was still wearing size 16, instead of my usual 12's about 4 months after Sad. Try to enjoy things for now and not give yourself too much pressure though - it will go! Smile

So very frustratingly I'm still bloody here Angry I went to the hospital for my CS Pre-Assessment clinic yesterday and it really freaked me out to the point where I had a very little cry (but managed to hide it). I think it was just because of all the information they give you, that they don't normally have time to give you when it's an EMCS, so it was info overload and I realised just how much I don't want a CS Sad. It's made worse by the fact that I bloody asked for it instead of opting for induction! So the upshot is I'm in a bit of a mess now and have just 3 days for baby to appear. I know that there are still plus sides to it (Baby's health, being organised as I know when baby will arrive, ladybits still being intact etc), but there are so many negatives outweighing those at the moment. I'm worried about recovery and the impact it will have on DH & DS, not being able to drive, the fact that it's a major operation (albeit a common one, never mind one I've already been through Hmm). Oh and on top of all that, I think the extra stress has put paid to any labour signs I might have been having Sad Sorry ladies - another self indulgent rant! I seem to be doing a lot of that lately Sad It is easier to let it out here though, as DH is enough of a worrier without me giving him more things to worry about. But he is being brilliant and keeps asking if there's anything he can do.

Right, time to pull myself together and tell my mother to fuck off that no, there is no baby news, get some breakfast down me, and get on that ball! Maybe followed up by some floor cleaning Grin

TroubleAndFyfe · 16/03/2012 14:15

Yay ellie! Grin
ghost what davina said! Grin
davina poor you Sad it sounds a bit scary preparing for it. Sounds like DH will look after you well if you do need the CS though? Also, presumably you can still change your mind too? No one can make you do anything you don't want to do.. Smile

Davinaaddict · 16/03/2012 15:32

Thanks Trouble - I've been thinking about changing my mind. I think I'll see how I feel on the day, if I get there (still very slightly hopeful). I'd feel bad though cos they only do 3 ELCS's a day so don't like taking anyone else's slot Sad Also I made this decision and if I don't go through with it, then it's likely I'll have to go down the induction route, so either way I won't be happy Grin The joys of pregnancy hormones eh?

So today I've cleaned out all my top kitchen cupboards and had lots of bouncing on my ball. Just having a break as I've now got a bit of backache, before doing the bottom ones. The floor may have to wait until tomorrow Grin

ghosteditor · 16/03/2012 15:44

Thanks davina and trouble ; no, not weighing every day, usually weekly, but I was curious about the effect of yesterday's training. Looks like I build muscle faster than I lose fat Hmm. Am just sick of only having a few clothes to wear (nearly all of which I have bought since the birth). Btw I don't know if I've mentioned it before but the Frugi nursing dresses are fab (I have two Blush) and one can get 15% off with the code 'boogie' I think.

Davina gosh, getting close! I'm pretty sure they could bump up another CS if you decided to cancel as that's what happened to my friend who went over with her sons. Please don't accept a CS for the sake of politeness! Your body and your baby after all... And it sounds like it would be perfectly safe to wait until early next week.

Sorry for being rubbish at posting - never get more than a few mins and am always on my phone do can't read back easily!

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Kayzr · 16/03/2012 16:32

Davina I really hope that baby comes before Monday. I don't know what I would do as I am terrified of needles and both a CS and Induction involve needles and drips and things.

Ellie I am so pleased you are going home!!! YAY!!!

Ghost Step away from the scales! Grin They do say it takes 9 months to and 9 months to get off.

I feel utterly fed up of being pregnant at the minute. I just want to want to be able to have a bottle of cider, a huge curry and have no heartburn. I hate heartburn.