June 2012 - all aboard the Jubilee Line, next stop babies

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Just quick MSG from me. Came to mat unit earlier as the pains from LO turning and down below were questionable in my book. Have had internal, CTG etc all ok but because of my history they are keeping me in until further notice. So here I am on mat ward! Am very glad I left a tidy and organised house with bags 90% prepared and waiting. Do hope I'm not here long but did look petrified when lovely mw said 'don't worry about baby bits, we've got things here should they whisk u down to theatre in a hurry'
Am starving and need pain relief.
Keep well ladies. X

ffnorm - hope you are feeling okay now - horrible to have a fall like that but it sounds like everything is okay.

I have the saliva prob - although mine is day time and at night it settles down - weird!

Memory fail - can't remember who mentioned the vests but I wore a feeding bra underneath too but I do get super leaky boobs so need as many layers of breast pad and clothes as possible!

Forgot to say I had a lovely time at the spa - so peaceful and delightful not to have small people asking questions/making demands every five minutes!
That's another birthday out of the way - can't believe I'm 38 (urgh).

Small - cross post - hope it is restful on maternity ward and that they let you go home if there is nothing to worry about.

small hope all is ok and you get to go home soon x

Small Hope everything stays where it is and you get some rest on the ward!

Cathfin Glad you enjoyed your spa day without any interruptions :)

We have put a deposit down on a lovely little Yaris, DH fell in love with it instantly we test drove it, so that was that!! Picking it up next Saturday morning all being well, and we'll be home in time for the play-off finals

Small Hope you and baby are ok. Will be thinking of you.

Small do hope all is ok... the idea of being whisked to theatre in a hurry is enough to petrify anyone!

Cathfin that sounds lurvely....

blondie I like the Yaris too :) I have a tiny little micra - it's known as The Beastie.... haven't even bothered to check if we can get the buggy in it as fairly certain we can't, but think DH and I will probably have to swap cars as and when.... which will be funny because he is a beanpole and will have to drive the micra with his knees round his ears... tee hee hee....

I very much enjoyed not being in school this morning, especially as the weather has been quite nice. I have been a good girl though and written a set and a half more reports - so only another set and a half to go now before I've done them all. Not doing any more this evening though. Although I've done very little but sit and look at the computer screen all day, I feel rather odd and light headed as though I'm low on blood sugar can't really be the case though.

Am a bit of those of you with young parents and soon-to-be grandparents! Wouldn't change my mum and dad for the world but my dad is nearer 70 than 60 and my mum is 62 this year and they're "not as young as they used to be". They're still really active and busy busy busy so they're hardly decrepit, but they've got to that stage when they are beginning to seem older... and I'm terrified that when they're so busy and stressed with work they'll just fall down dead one day..! (Dad had a massive heart attack in his 40s so there's history with him!!) DH's parents are a similar age and his dad's just had a new hip... Still, nothing we can do about it!

Going to try one of the local take aways for curry tonight... not used any of them since we moved to this area so hope it's tasty :) Wonder if they provide free gaviscon as an accompaniment............

small hope everything is ok - remember blondie is next to have her baby, so you're not allowed just yet!! :o fingers crossed for you.

my parents aren't that aged - 57 and 58, grandmothers are 98 and (I think) 86. FIL is 65, and no other aged rellies on that side. Mum had me at 27, and I had DS at 27, so we're not ancient parents, but not particularly youthful either!

we had a fun day - DS was up most of last night with a sore ear, and woke up covered in gunk - turns out he has a perforated ear drum, and there was pus everywhere. Smells, and looks, delightful... So we did go to the police station open day, but he wasn't feeling up to it, and then spent the afternoon sitting in the Out Of Hours GP waiting room, as they were running so late. sigh. anyway, another week of antibiotics for him. He spent the winter of 2010/2011 with recurrent ear infections for 6-7 months, it was a pain, and we have his last ENT appointment in 2 weeks - suspect now it won't be his last one after all!!

anyway, massively overdid it today, as I decided to do some gardening in the hour before dinner, and then made dinner, then made DS's bed (had to wash it as it was covered in pus - lovely!) then cleared up whilst DH put DS to bed, and we are both now slumped hopelessly on the sofa. too lazy even to put a DVD on, I don't think either of us even knows what is on TV!! going to bed at 9 I think! :o

hope everyone has a relaxing evening and sunday!

Ugh what a mess I am tonight, I just got arsey with dh for something he hadn't even done then burst in to tears for no reason what so ever Roll on this baby being born!

Dairy I have cried at Glee, The Voice and Britains Got Talent tonight. I am a blubbering wreck. DH told me he loved me earlier and I cried
I remember crying at the coca cola Xmas advert with DS2 too.

He he McKayz Dh was saying 'what's wrong? Please tell me?' and I just had to say 'honestly, nothing at all! I'm not even sure why I'm crying'

Gwennie LOVE that you call your micra the beastie! Our Mazda is called The Goddess (she is beautiful, sleek and v sophisticated) DH is in the process of deciding what our Yaris is to be called!! Don't be at younger parents and things, age is but a number :) My mum has been in a wheelchair since I was 3 and unfortunately probably won't be around as long as I'd like - enjoy how active and busy your parents are and at 60-something they're practically middle-aged in our society

Kveta Hope DS's ear gets better perforated eardrum is v painful! Poor him, at least he got to see the police cars :)

Dairy and McKayz Sorry to hear you're totes emosh!! Keep your (very small and attractive) chins up and know that we all understand and it's not long to go until we get our bodies back to ourselves (sort of?) and all our DP/H's understand. With you all on roll on babies!

The crying has stopped for me, I feel very 'zen' all calm and at peace - even DH has commented on how extremely 'chilled out and loved up' I've been today. I have sorted out lots of things like British Gas, Car Insurance, Pay Ishoos etc washed all of the baby's clothes and bedding, folded and put it all away. I'm even a little bit annoyed I'm meeting my best friend for lunch tomorrow because I'd really like to clean my bathroom and kitchen!!

Small how are things this morning? What have they said?? Are they going to keep you in longer??? Hope you are ok thinking of you!

blondie you are doing some serious nesting... but do enjoy your lunch today (I am missing my best friend,who is away in the Ukraine until Wed)

Kveta your poor DS,ear problems are horrible,ironic the relief they get from rupture as the pain before is so sore!! Hope he is feeling better today.

McK and Dairy having been pleased with my less overemotional self this pregnancy,I have found myself awful the last few days (seems to have been triggered by the fall) crying at the drop of a hat.

Happy non UK Mothers Day to you all x

Thinking of you, small - and keeping fingers crossed for a drama-free time on the ward.

blondie My mum has a Yaris and aboslutely loves it!

Cathfin, it was me with the bra query - am slowly piecing together my plan of attack now!

gwenniebee My parents are similar - Dad's turning 69 this year, and Mum's 64. They're extremely young at heart, very active, still working etc. but I do have moments of wishing they could be ten years younger, if only to have longer to enjoy their grandchild(ren). And, like you, I do occasionally worry about freak health incidents. That said, I have a friend the same age (29) who's dad is in his late 80s - 60-something parents seem positively youthful by comparison!

smallwonder take things easy, i hope everything goes ok, keep us posted xx

Small - thinking of you and wondering how things are..?

Dairy, McKayz and all other emotional people, hope you are feeling happy! I have amazed myself so far as normally am one of those types who cries at anything and everything, it seems to be my main means of expression! Anyway, bar one total flying off the handle weeping episode a couple of weekends ago... so far so good! Although I am feeling it creep up on me...!

Blondie I must sound like a real whinge... I am so lucky to have my parents still fit and active (and relatively normal, too, which is more than can be said for MIL ) I should just thank my lucky stars and stop convincing myself that something horrendous will happen!! I agree with ffnorm that it sounds like you are properly nesting!

I have had a useless day... started feeling really groggy and light headed again yesterday, thought I'd be better after a decent night's sleep, got up for church this morning and realised half way through the (rather long...) sermon that I really don't feel better at all! Don't know what it is really, I feel like you do when your blood sugar's really low but I can't seem to eat anything that gets me right again. I'm just really sleepy - came home and slept for a couple of hours and then took all the stuff for the baby bouncer into the garden and washed it... and came in and collapsed on the sofa again! Am rather worried about work tomorrow as I can't call in sick because the girl in the next door classroom to me is out at an interview and I know they couldn't get cover for her even with notice, so to get any for me tomorrow morning would be extremely difficult and would make me very unpopular :( Roll on 1st June....

Hope everyone has managed to enjoy some sunshine this weekend - it's certainly made things round here look cheerier! :)

Oooh - just seen post from Smallwonder on fb who says to say thanks to all for their kind wishes, she's fine and.... erm... actually, I'll just copy what she said....

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Hello ladies, hope you're all well this weekend. Thank you for all your kind wishes. I am hopefully going home tomorrow night :) as baby is happy and has turned head down once again we don't think there's any scare of uterus thinning/rupture just maybe old adhesions causing psin in process or along that line -- speak to doc tomorrow :) I am surrounded by women ranging from 37-41+ weeks all waiting induction and little newborns that make me want to cry in sheer awe! My boys were all open mouthed gaping at a newborn earlier!
I'm very tired from all the pain relief, if someone can write thanks and that I'm fine on an mn post that'd be great--need mucho sleepo while I can grab it. Isn't meal time just the highlight of hospital stays :) xx
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Hope that's ok, small! Good to hear from you!

small has just posted on FB that she is ok :) should be home tomorrow night, all being well, and has been awestruck by all the newborns around!

ha ha x-posted gwennie :o

Gwennie No, you don't sound like a whinge at all!! I'm also glad my parents are relatively 'normal' and I won't get started on the MIL, lest I bore you all senseless...

Mmm, maybe I have been nesting a bit I've also slept the last 2 nights right through from 12-6 which is amazing!!

Small Glad to hear all is well and LO is head down again :)

Hope everyone has really enjoyed the sunny weekend, lunch with my best friend was so lovely we ended up going for a wander in Cheddar and an ice cream along the pond :) Was so lovely to be out and soaking up the vit D!!

Glad all is ok small

Glad to see on fb that small is ok

blondie I have just sold my Yaris, very reluctantly as I loved it but I couldn't fit baby seat, pram and dog! So have just got an Auris, very similar just bit bigger.

kveta hope your poor DH's ear is feeling better and you've had a more restful day today. It was my turn to over do it today... Frantic weeding in the garden and housework

cathfin I turn 37 this week, it's nice to know I'm not the only one heading towards 40 with a baby on the way! DP will be 45 this year and is worrying he's going to be an old Dad. I keep telling him there are benefits to being older, like he's not likely to panic and is very calm and has lived a bit! It is amazing all the different ages of us and our families yet we're all so similar in our current situation

Just eaten a bowl of Eton mess... Could have polished off a bucket full

Hope this weather hangs around for a good while, have been in a good mood all weekend, even with LO kicking like mad non-stop

Hi all, just been having a catch-up.

small glad to hear everything's okay - hope you get home soon.

Gwennie I don't know how you cope, still working - sounds really tiring, not only having to deal with going in to work (and dealing with horrible parents and their offspring) but then having to write up reports etc. when you're at home. Also, regarding parents, my dad's 83 and my mum's 70 so they're both much older (I'm 35) but both very fit and active (for their age) and my Dad lives next door to us which is great (most of the time!). I do envy friends with younger parents who can be more hands on though, but especially with my dad I'm just grateful he's still around (if that doesn't sound too morbid). And he's so excited about getting a grandaughter. Sadly both my sets of grandparents died years ago.

Ellybet Physio was lovely and did manipulation of pelvis but just made it very sore for 24hrs and then felt pretty much the same. Also felt it 'click' this morning when I got out of bed and it's just gone back to how it was. Nice to have the attention but i don't actually think it'll get better until the baby's out.

Rhi hope your trip to Bristol goes okay - are you going to Southmead or St Michaels for your scan?

Can't remember who it was that fell over (baby brain) but I hope you're feeling better - that sounded very scary.

Had a tour of Southmead delivery suite/maternity wards yesterday. Although I had both my first 2 there they were both emergencies so I didn't get much opportunity to suss the place out. Have to say it all looked a bit shabby but I know the staff are brilliant (from previous experence). Sadly, being high risk I won't be able to use the birth suite which they've tried to make look less like a hospital and more like home. They've said I can have the birth balls etc. in the regular delivery rooms but they do look like very medical hospital rooms (and relatively small) which does make me feel a bit sad. Also they've got one set of wireless monitors (apparently with VBAC I have to have continuous monitoring) which I'm going to try and bagsy. At least then I'll be able to be more mobile. Definitely want to avoid a scalp monitor which I had with DS1 as that meant I was confined to the bed. Anyway, it did make it all seem scarily real - that I'll actually be in there at some point in the next 4 weeks giving birth. Also seeing people wheeling round their newborns in those little perspex cots got me soooo broody (good thing I'm preggers eh?!). I am now just so excited about meeting our LO - can't wait .

Really hope the sunnier weather is with us for a while now. Had a lovely relaxing afternoon sitting in the garden reading.

ffnorm really sorry to hear about your fall but glad everything seems ok and that you just take it easy now.

smallwonder good to hear you are doing ok and hope you get home tomorrow as expected.

Kveta sorry about DSs ear, hope it gets better soon.

CathFin your spa day sounds lovely what I wouldn't give for a massage right now!

Mmmm Amethyst, Eton mess...

Well, just had 2nd full day at home. It is lovely to have BabyTea home, but I have been finding it very hard going. Even though I roomed in for two nights at the hospital, the first night at home was a big shock, and I had very little sleep. I was feeling really down yesterday, but after a slightly better night last night (thanks to DH taking charge of an unsettled LO so I didn't have to stay awake for so long) I feel a bit better today. Am still feeling rather overwhelmed/confused and other things after the ordeal of the last 6 weeks though, so am going to see the GP this week to see if I can be referred for some counselling. I am so lucky to have so much support available from the neonatal outreach team and the community midwives - I think I would be utterly lost if I didn't have them.

We have enjoyed our first couple of trips out - to the town hall yesterday morning to register the birth (first trip out with the pram, very exciting! ), and a walk round the common in the afternoon with my parents, and a trip to another park this morning with BIL to have a greasy spoon fry up . It is definitely good to be getting out in the fresh air, having been in the hospital for so long now. Shame the weather is going to get crappy again, so I hear but at least we have braved those first trips out.

Just waiting for the end of some bizarre sci-fi movie we are watching on DVD (In Time starring Justin Timberlake) then it is time for sleepage! Wonder how much I will get tonight?

Hope everyone has a good week ahead