April 2012 - The FINAL Countdown - Chat and Stats

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1st April aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
2nd April LaTristesse (36) Kent, DS - 22 mo, brewing a girl
4th April Flisspaps (29) DD,2
4th April vintagenancy (32) USA, surprise in making
5th April BeyondLimits (25), DS 10m, Newport
7th April ladyfoucault
8th April spannermary (34) S Yorkshire
11th April HollyPockett
15th April Tinwe DD - 10 mo
16th April digitalgirl DS,3
16th April bushymcbush DD,3
17th April balkanscot
17th April Bunsoutheoven (36) dd- 5yrs, ds - 3yrs, boy cooking
19th April CubTrouble
22nd April JambalayaCodfishPie (27) DD,7
24th April notso DD 11, DS 7, DS 13mo &surprise
27th April Thaleia Boy in making
30th April Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs

Love that thread and Fliss's post especially!

I get a private room for afterwards but then we are paying a fortune to the insurance company for the privilege. I'm a terrible sleeper at the best of times so I think if I was going on a ward I'd be wanting to go home ASAP instead.

Hello. I'd like to add myself to the list, if I may.

I'm due on 18th April, and don't know the gender of my child (although I'm positive it will be a girl). I am 32.

Everything is going great so far, although I am getting pains in my groin when I stand up after sitting for a while, and after a few minutes of walking I feel like I'm dragging a bag of cement around on my belly.

Also it will be my first child, and I am a Brit living in Sweden :D

April Babies

28th March newmummyvicky (28) N somerset surprize in making
1st aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
2nd LaTristesse (36) Kent, DS - 22 mo, brewing a girl
4th Uglymush (32) 1st baby
4th Flisspaps (29) DD,2
4th Cutelittlecatlover DS, 2
4th vintagenancy (32) USA, surprise in making
5th BeyondLimits (25),Newport,DS 10m(nearly 17m now),DS2 cooking
5th Bearcrumble (38), DS 2y, S London, having a girl
5th Sandychick (31), DS 4yrs
6th El32 (33),Wimbledon, cooking a boy
7th ladyfoucault
8th spannermary (34) expecting DS1
11th HollyPockett
13th Scoobysue expecting DS
13th dreamc (31) 1st munchkin
15th Tinwe DD - 10 mo
16th digitalgirl DS,3
16th bushymcbush DD,3
17th balkanscot
17th Bunsoutheoven (36) dd- 5yrs, ds - 3yrs, boy cooking
18th Marshmallowpies (35), expecting DD
18th LaPampa
18th Boomerwang (32) Sweden
19th CubTrouble
21st Bananna1 (42) DD16, DD14, DD11, expecting a surprise
22nd JambalayaCodfishPie (27) DD,7
22nd gimmegimmegimme (33) DS1-4yrs, DS2-2yrs expecting boy no3
23rd Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs
24th notso DD 11, DS 7, DS 13mo &surprise
24th WhenDoISleep DS - 3yrs, expecting DS2.
25th confuzed90 (21)-DS 2and a half, expecting DS2
27th Thaleia Boy in making
28th Justhayley (27) Ds1
29th JackieJay (29) Suprise!
29th Elizabethtailored (28) expecting DS1, London
30th Diffedagaindachs Expecting a girl.

Hey ladies
Just thought id update just posted this in pregnancy too...
Hi im 35+4 and yesterday i did ALOT. I mean cleaning cooked a big meal did all the washing bath DD whos 10 months and cleaned out our bedroom. i also had about 4 number 2's......
Then in the middle of the night i woke and felt REALLY sick. Like the kinda hung over sick when you feel it coming but nothings there??
I stayed awake for about 30 mins just sitting feeling strange i have not felt sick in the pregnancy. I then woke this morning and had diarrhea sorry if tmi.
Is something beginning or getting ready?
Can anyone shine some light im worried!!!!! I feel really hungry too.....
X

April Babies

28th March newmummyvicky (28) N somerset surprize in making
1st aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
2nd LaTristesse (36) Kent, DS - 22 mo, brewing a girl
4th Uglymush (32) 1st baby
4th Flisspaps (29) DD,2
4th Cutelittlecatlover DS, 2
4th vintagenancy (32) USA, surprise in making
5th BeyondLimits (25),Newport,DS 10m(nearly 17m now),DS2 cooking
5th Bearcrumble (38), DS 2y, S London, having a girl
5th Sandychick (31), DS 4yrs
6th El32 (33),Wimbledon, cooking a boy
6th Riamay2011 brewing a surprise....but do have a c section booked for 5th!!
7th ladyfoucault
8th spannermary (34) expecting DS1
11th HollyPockett
13th Scoobysue expecting DS
13th dreamc (31) 1st munchkin
15th Tinwe DD - 10 mo
16th digitalgirl DS,3
16th bushymcbush DD,3
17th balkanscot
17th Bunsoutheoven (36) dd- 5yrs, ds - 3yrs, boy cooking
18th Marshmallowpies (35), expecting DD
18th LaPampa
18th Boomerwang (32) Sweden
19th CubTrouble
21st Bananna1 (42) DD16, DD14, DD11, expecting a surprise
22nd JambalayaCodfishPie (27) DD,7
22nd gimmegimmegimme (33) DS1-4yrs, DS2-2yrs expecting boy no3
23rd Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs
24th notso DD 11, DS 7, DS 13mo &surprise
24th WhenDoISleep DS - 3yrs, expecting DS2.
25th confuzed90 (21)-DS 2and a half, expecting DS2
27th Thaleia Boy in making
28th Justhayley (27) Ds1
29th JackieJay (29) Suprise!
29th Elizabethtailored (28) expecting DS1, London
30th Diffedagaindachs Expecting a girl.

Rimay2011 maybe it could be something you've ate or a bit of an upset tummy? You got back ache or belly pains or anything?

My back is a bit sore but has been for about a week!

ria could be the start of something! Only time will tell! If you start getting headaches then call your mw to get your bp checked.

riamay I've barely been off the loo this morning, feel really out of sorts (really in edge and like I need a bloody good sob) and have had backache and lots of BH this morning.

I've never hoped for a bug before, but today is a first! Early babies are unusual for my family (unheard of in fact) so its unlikely mine is anything other than a dicky tum! I shall hope yours is too, rather than
the beginning of a March arrival

35+5 today here. How's everyone else doing? There's got to be some maternity leave looming soon for some of you?

HollyPockett I've just forwarded that thread to DH - hope he reads it!! :)

How weird, I couldn't get off the toilet all day yesterday either! I out it down to the Dominoes pizza that I knew I shouldn't have eaten on Saturday night!

My mat leave starts on 28th March, 17.5 working days and counting!

out should be put

I had day of jumping on & off the loo the other day too. Also made me think whether it was the start of something.....but no.

All is still well here. Seems it was nothing that a good go at the housework this morning didn't fix How are you riamay?

Am 34 weeks today! Slightly amazed I am this far along, really doesn't seem like there's much time left. Another 6.5 working days left for me. Half day tomorrow because I have my 34 week check at the hospital.

Anyone remember if they take bloods at this appointment? Wondered if they might because of my puffy hands and feet.

For all those nesting - I seem to do that every weekend. I can't just 'be' in the house without cleaning/clearing/shifting something. Apart from the commute, working is almost easier for me because I'm not scrubbing, spritzing, washing.

28th March newmummyvicky (28) N somerset surprize in making
1st aprilfoolsbaby 1 DD,3.4
2nd LaTristesse (36) Kent, DS - 22 mo, brewing a girl
4th Uglymush (32) 1st baby
4th Flisspaps (29) DD,2
4th Cutelittlecatlover DS, 2
4th vintagenancy (32) USA, surprise in making
5th BeyondLimits (25),Newport,DS 10m(nearly 17m now),DS2 cooking
5th Bearcrumble (38), DS 2y, S London, having a girl
5th Sandychick (31), DS 4yrs
6th El32 (33),Wimbledon, cooking a boy
6th Riamay2011 brewing a surprise....but do have a c section booked for 5th!!
7th ladyfoucault
8th spannermary (34) expecting DS1
11th HollyPockett
13th Scoobysue expecting DS
13th dreamc (31) 1st munchkin
15th Tinwe DD - 10 mo
16th digitalgirl DS,3
16th bushymcbush DD,3
17th balkanscot
17th Bunsoutheoven (36) dd- 5yrs, ds - 3yrs, boy cooking
18th Marshmallowpies (35), expecting DD
18th LaPampa
18th Boomerwang (32) Sweden
19th CubTrouble
21st Bananna1 (42) DD16, DD14, DD11, expecting a surprise
22nd JambalayaCodfishPie (27) DD,7
22nd gimmegimmegimme (33) DS1-4yrs, DS2-2yrs expecting boy no3
23rd Nordicmom (36) London, DS - 6,5 yrs
24th notso DD 11, DS 7, DS 13mo &surprise
24th WhenDoISleep DS - 3yrs, expecting DS2.
25th confuzed90 (21)-DS 2and a half, expecting DS2
27th Thaleia Boy in making
28th Justhayley (27) Ds1
28th Lorrainbow (28) Cooking our first boy
29th JackieJay (29) Suprise!
29th Elizabethtailored (28) expecting DS1, London
30th Diffedagaindachs Expecting a girl.

digitalgirl You should be offered the chance to have blood taken at 34 or 36 weeks if you want to :)

My nesting all went pear-shaped today. Had this bee in my bonnet that I MUST hoover all of downstairs, upstairs and the stairs. Half an hour after being on my hands and knees sweeping the stairs, our ceiling collapsed (we're having a loft conversion and the rain yesterday made the ceiling waterlogged and heavy) right over the stairs, raining dust, debris, masonry and plaster. I was so nearly covered in the stuff, it made me so shocked to think what would have happened had I been at the top of the stairs when it collapsed! Luckily I had just finished, so all I had to mourn were my beautiful, clean carpets, which are now dust-ridden and marked :-(
What news Riamay?!

Just found out today that a friend of DH's kids have just come down with chicken pox. DH saw this friend for a drink on Tuesday and the kids were confirmed as fully poxed up by the weekend.

Am not too worried as I've had CP myself and any infection would have to have gone via 2 other people (DH and his friend) before it got to me...but should I be telling my midwife about this? Not meant to be seeing her for a couple of weeks anyway so don't really have the opportunity...

Bananna What a nightmare. I'd cry - will the builders take care of it as it was their fault?

Welcome, dachs - so sorry for your loss - and other new posters.

Riamay Hope you are ok - keep us updated.

Marshmallowpies I think as long as you've had it you don't need to worry.

I saw my consultant today - an hour later than the appt time of 1pm so I was starving and stuffed my face with crisps from the hospital vending machine afterwards. All looks well and I have my caesarian booked for Thurs the 5th April. Eeek!

Riamary it does sound like something! aches and loose bowels are a sign of baby coming soon!

Ive been getting belly pains for the last few hours quite low down in the belly. Baby also feels so heavy when i walk around. Also he/she is hurting a little bit when they move side to side! Not sure if these are brax hicks??????
being a first timer!
Hubby made me tea tonight, im going have a bath a hopefully they will ease off and ill feel better!

Bananna Glad you're OK - what a nightmare!

Bearcrumble How exciting to have the date set :)

marshmallow I'd not be too worried to be honest. I wonder how many people you come into contact daily (in the shops etc) who have been in contact with someone who has something that you know nothing about. If you'd been in direct contact then I'd be a bit less blase, especially if you'd not had it yourself but chances are you'll be fine. If you are worried, you can always phone the MW just to put your mind at rest.

newmummyvicky They sound like BH. Babies do tend to be heavy this late on, almost as if they'll just fall out! If they're actual contractions you'll find that they probably become regular (actual contractions don't become regular for everyone though) and much less manageable. I didn't have any last time round, but this time I've known that I've been getting them, bloody uncomfortable but not painful.

Hey ladies still feeling strange and boobs are sore now. Midwife said the same as u guys....body is starting up. Just got to wait. Also have a increase in v.discharge tonight?.. Normal?.

Feeling very dehydrated too but i suppose thats the diarrhea. Babys movements are still reduced but are defo still there. Very very very low now tho....

So that my update :) does anyone wanna hazard a guess on when bubba will make an apperance? Dh thinks 1 week!
Xx

Today for the first time ever, and in public, I did the thing where you support your lower back with your hands and lean back to try to correct the weight balance. Your bump sticks right out so there can be no doubt that I am not just fat, I am, in fact, pregnant... and my back is killing me :(

If I'm out for a while on my feet they start to ache (no swelling yet though) and I feel like I've been riding a horse for a week straight whenever I get up from my chair. I grunt like a pig.

I guess you could say I'm starting to really feel it's coming soon now!