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

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Been away for a couple of days and have spent the morning catching up! Sounds like you're all doing well aside from the sleepless nights, strange dreams and heartburn... Keep your chins up ladies, not long now!!

Tea Amazed by your story, sounds like you did an absolutely fabulous job and through the exhaustion still kept your calm and delivered BabyTea amazingly. I don't blame you for getting a full night's sleep and have honestly been surprised by how well you seem to be able to bf and express having delivered so early! You are an inspiration to us all, keep it up mummy

Amethyst Thank you for your concern, it's nice to know there are other people out there who genuinely care apart from family and friends!

Update here is a similar story again, last night had more cramping and contractions, but cervix is still long and undilated and after a few hours the contractions subsided with the standard, if it happens again or you get severe cramping/any fluid loss come back.. It's getting slightly annoying tiresome, loathsome, utter waste of time now, and when DH asked at what point if it keeps happening would they keep me in they just said they didn't know and would take each episode as it comes.

Have got everything ready now just in case both mine and the LO's bag, car seat is in the car and all bedding is washed and in the moses basket...

Fully expecting a May baby if I'm honest, but hoping she'll stay put until June crossing absolutely everything.

Hope you're all enjoying/looking forward to ML, and are all taking it super easy.

Xx

Hi everyone, sorry I've been absent for so long but what with work,sleepingg and visitors I've been extremely busy doing it would seem very little?!

Hope everyone is ok, can't believe there is a baby already, congratulations tea sounds like you did an amazing job!

All going ok here with me, lucky in that I don't seem to have the heartburn problem many of you are having but I have developed spd which is really annoying me, been to see a physio and doing some exersises but it's a nightmare, especially at night when it's agony... so sorry about the winge!

I shall try and read up on all of this thread to try and catch up but apologies for my absence and hope everyone is doing well!

Xx

Hi all, haven't managed to get online for a couple of days and sounds like lots has happened.

Tea thanks for writing up your birth story - sounds like you're doing a brilliant job MiniT is a lucky boy!

SSC your chicken gristle story sounds gross. I do occasionaly get a clicking in my pelvis from SPD but nothing like that.

Blondie hope your LO manages to stay put for a little while longer - that all sounds a bit scary. I've been having lots of BH recently but nothing proper yet (I don't think!). Having said that I'm also hoping expecting to have a May baby as she's dropped right down. Both DH and my MW think so too.

justwantcheese I had a c-section for DS2 but it was 'cos he was small (and was an emergency) not back-to-back so don't know what the protocol for that is. Hope your consultant appt tomorrow goes well and they discuss it all properly with you. Make sure you write down any questions etc. you might have as, from experience, as soon as you get in their room your mind goes blank!

I had another growth scan yesterday (35 wks) and LO is doing really well - estimated weight is currently 4lbs 14oz which is 5oz more than DS1 was when he was born at 36wks. Couldn't stop smiling in the waiting room while we were waiting to go in and see the consultant! Had a long discussion about our options for the birth and we've decided to go for VBAC but have got my date for a c-section if I haven't gone into labour naturally before then. So, if she decides to stay put her birthday's gonna be Tuesday 12th June!! But, as I said above, I just have a feeling she's not going to hang around 'til then.

In other news I am now dosed up on codeine and hobbling round on crutches 'cos I've done my back in. So annoying/painful - can't do anything without it hurting and tbh codeine doesn't touch it. Thankfully heartburn seems to have eased off a bit but that could be 'cos I finally got the doc to prescribe me Gaviscon and i've got a 500ml bottle of the extra strong, only on prescription stuff. Would highly recommend for any of you ladies suffering from heartburn.

And finally - something that made me laugh - my DH told me yesterday that at some of the after-show parties he goes to, (he plays in several different bands, one of which is a dance music group - The Egg - so goes to lots of rave-type gigs) one of the drugs of choice is nitrus-oxide ie, the gas from gas'n'air. He says people fill up balloons with it from a canister and then they suck it out of the balloon, hold it in and then breathe back into the balloon so they get an intense hit. I just thought that was hilarious given my experience of G and A when delivering DS1. But maybe something for your DPs to try to while away the time in the delivery room???!

Sorry for long post. Haven't been on for a while - but trying to keep up with you all.

Evening all
Blonide, Hope the cramping and contractions fade away and you have a better night tonight, sending you lots of good sleep vibes.
Milly Sorry to hear about the SPD, hope you can find some relief.
Justwantcheese, hope the appointment with the consultant goes well and lots of movement vibes being sent to babycheese so that no longer back to back.
Fanbelt So happy for you that minibelt has got to such a good weight, things are looking promising for you both.
McKayz How are you today? Have you heard from DH yet? A phonecall can make all the difference and really cheer you up, sending you lots of hugs.
I've had a hectic couple of days, shopping and visiting friends, looking forward to a couple of days of doing very little. Heartburn still there but now in the background, just a dull feeling, thankfully.
Hope everyone is well, take care xx

Hello all,

Read all your messages earlier when I got in from work and have now forgotten who said what, even though some of the information has been retained! Useless, sorry.....

I am in deep deep sympathy with those of you suffering from heartburn :( Have had it since about 15 weeks but it's just unfunny now. It wakes me in the night and seems to be with me all the time. Eating makes it worse, not eating makes it worse, being hungry makes it horrific, and I'm beginning to wonder if even chewing the gaviscon tablets (which I take to work as more convenient than liquid) is bringing it on! I shall be cashing my repeat prescription for more liquid tomorrow....

Justwantcheese glad it's not just me :) I can quite understand why hypnotherapy feels it should be watery..... maybe should be hippotherapy. Counselling for distressed semi-aquatic mammals.....

Fanbelt - ouch :( Hope your back becomes more comfortable. Rather amused by the prospect of spaced out ravers on g&a though!

I've been on a school trip today.... outdoors all day and on my feet a lot, not to mention a quick demo of Celtic warfare!! (Why choose me? Is it not fairly obvious I'm probably not the member of staff to nominate for warfare at the moment?!!) Got home and felt the urge to clean the bathroom, partly because I wanted a bath but thought it looked a bit grubby. Now I've done it I'm so knackered I can't be bothered to climb in and out of it!! Ho-hum....

Hello to everyone else, hope you are all having good evenings :)

TDW he doesn't go til Saturday. At some ridiculous time of morning. About 4am I think his taxi comes.

We're filling the birth pool at the minute to see how long it takes. I got it from eBay and was assured by the seller it was a brand new liner and had never been used before. But it's yellow, mouldy and stinks. So my plan to lounge in the pool tonight has been ruined

McK hopefully what they meant is no one birthed in it but maybe it was filled with water and then never used but not dried out before packing away...doesn't help your desire to sit in it tonight though

Yeah I think that must be it. She put on the listing she ended up with a CS but I'm assuming they did a trial run first.

mcKayz that does sound pretty gross. Good thing you got it out for a test run before you needed it for real though!

Yuck to the yellow birthing pool... poor you :(

Just come on to gripe!! Bl**dy MIL has just telephoned at 10pm!! I'm sorry but this really, really pisses me off as we have said time and again not to phone that late at night, especially in term time, as it wakes me up and she then natters on without letting anyone getting a word in edgeways for about 40 mins! If she does this when we've just got the baby to sleep I reserve the right to express my opinion directly and in impolite language!!!

Good for you Gwennie! I refuse to answer the phone if it rings after 10pm. And if it does go then it's usually DH's family so I just let him answer it or if he's out I leave it.

A great tip I had from a friend for after baby's born is to unplug the phone when LO (and you) go for a nap, whether it's during the day or at night. She also used to put a note on the front door saying 'mother and baby sleeping - do not disturb'. If it's really important whoever it is calling can leave a message and you can call them back.

Just woke up with quite an intense pain. Had to breathe through it, then another smaller one a few minutes later. Baby now kicking like mad! I never know whether to call the mw or leave it till its happened for longer. I'm wondering if it was the baby shifting positions, can that be painful? Loving the fact that I'm here in bed groaning and DH is still fast asleep!

Special I'd give the MW a ring just to be on the safe side.

Morning all!

Gwennie - can totally appreciate your frustration with the phoning late at night. If the phone goes after about 7pm here I tend to presume it's bad news about something! Never is, but it's just the way I seem to think!

Special - if the pains are worrying you, give the MW a call. Baby shifting can certainly be unpleasant in my experience; have read that sometimes a lot of movement can trigger Braxton Hicks and I believe they can sometimes be painful. Hope things settle down for you!

Well, long day at work yesterday at around 11 hours and a minimum of 10 hours to do today so am not looking forward to it. DH has a rotten head cold and I'm knackered. Roll on the weekend!

Hope everyone has a good day!

Special hope the pains have quietened down - I agree with SSC and McKayz about calling your MW if you're not sure.

SSC really feel for you and the other ladies that are still at work. I can't imagine getting myself into work now - just getting up, having a shower and then sitting on the sofa for the day tires me out!

We've had a weird one this morning - nothing to do with babies. DS1 (who's 9 y/o) has a friend who calls round in the morning to walk with him to school but yesterday he turned up at our house at 8am (when DS1 was still in bed!). The friend said his clock must have been wrong but this morning he turned up at 8am again but this time with his sister (who's 12 y/o) who explained that their mum was in Paris for a few days (their parents have split up, I think Dad lives in Paris) and a "friend" was looking after them but the friend had to go to work at 8am hence why they were there early. This has set a few alarm bells ringing for me and DH though and we're not sure what to do about it. Who leaves their children on their own with a friend while they go away for a few days, especially as the "friend" seems rather unreliable. And what if we weren't at home for some reason (eg, I'd gone into labour and our DCs were with relatives)... DH thinks the thing to do is speak to the Mum when she gets back (supposedly this evening) to voice our concerns. But it does feel a bit like those stories you read about in the paper of party mums going off to Ibiza leaving their kids at home for a week...

Fan - how odd,if she had told you she would be away and explained that the friend had to leave early,so asked you if it was ok for the kids to come to you an hour early,then that would be one thing but not even to mention it is really really odd and a very rude presumption, esp as you are 8 months pregnant...Also worrying that the DC was obviously embarassed/worried about telling you,as he lied yesterday about it!!!

McKayz - I'd complain and ask for a refund - if its yellow and mouldy they shouldn't be selling it as 'unused' or should have detailed the damage.

Fan - that sounds dodgy - I would call around there to see what's going on, I'd hate to have to do it but it would be worse if something happened to the children if they don't have an adult there!!

hi all - it went away. I think LO knows when I'm travelling into london so it gets me worried! Brought my yellow notes with me, and I'm 5 mins from St Thomas', so if it does decide to do it again I'll just go visit tea and babytea

definitely still breech though, as I can feel the head right underneath my sternum. Would so like not to be c-s after all the hassle with the fibroids. but sometimes seems the LO doesn't want to come out the natural way......

McKayz I'm an ebay seller, and that definitely shouldn't be advertised as new or unused! You have a valid case for refund. They need to tell you about the damage when they write the description so you know what you're buying (as it sounds like you wouldn't have bought it like that). I'd open up a dispute case, and certainly leave bad feedback.

fan agree, something doesn't sound right there....

Cathfin FFnorm I agree it does sound dodgy. I'm going to give his mum a call tomorrow just to say we were worried and to let us know if she needs help with childcare etc. Don't mind helping out if someone's stuck esp. if single mum but obviously with imminent baby now's perhaps not the best time for us!! But tricky conversation to have!

On slightly more positive note have just spent huge amount of money on Amazon on a stunt scooter for DS1's 9th birthday present. You'd think having a new baby sister would be present enough but apparently not! His birthday is on 29th May and I've promised him the baby won't arrive on his birthday so fingers (legs etc.) crossed!

Gwennie I do think it is rude for MIL to ring after 10 pm, we have a no phonecall after 9pm in our family unless it is an emergency. So I would just unplug the phone. We have to remember the phone is for our convenience and just because it rings doens't mean we have to answer it. Indulge yourself and unplug, as you know with having LOs already, when they've just gone to sleep and you're tired, you don't want disturbing.
Special I'm glad the pains have subsided.
SSC, poor you still at work, I don't know how you are managing it. This is my 3rd week off work and I can't imagine still having to go. Has off to you
Fan, that's a big promise to make to DS1, hope you can keep your legs crossed
I'm having a lazy day today, it's peeing it down again today and so not planning on doing anything. Hope everyone is well, take care xx

Fan - plus if she realises you have noticed she hopefully won't do it again!

Gwennie - I'd pull the plug on the phone too - I get peeved if anyone dares to ring after 9pm as I'm pretty much always in bed by then!

TDW - raining here too - am in bed trying to get some stuff done on the laptop but would rather be asleep, have an hour until playschool pick up...

gwennie Totally understand your frustration over late night phone calls, especially when it's someone who natters on. I grew up with a no phone calls after 9pm unless it's an emergency rule so tend to get quite worried if the phone rings later on. Plus you need as much sleep as you can get at the mo!

fan how odd and very worrying, hopefully it's not too awkward a conversation but she needs to know she can't just disappear off like that. Hope DS appreciates his stunt scooter (as an aside, can you actually do stunts on it? sounds exciting/terrifying), sure he will be excited by the baby sister once she's arrived :)

Special glad the pains went away, will send you some 'stop being awkward' vibes for the LO.

McKayz I've never done any ebay selling but it is out of order that they described as new when clearly not. Can you at least claim the cost of a new liner back off them?

Hope everyone else is having a good morning, I'm just proof reading my little brother's dissertation, he's an engineer though so all the maths is way over my head and I'd never realised how hard it is to check grammar when you don't understand the content of a sentence!

fan if a child in school explained that situation to me, I'd hand it over to the child protection officer for the school straight away... I know that sounds quite dramatic and it is because I have a professional responsibility (which as a friend, you don't have towards them) so it would be partly covering my own arse, but that's still what I'd do! Sounds very wrong....

Unplugging the phone is great in theory, but as we have discovered to our costs before she just assumes we're out and then sends increasingly irate texts to DH!!! SSC Definitely with you on the assuming it's bad news front! With my little bro in Helmand and me being of a nervous disposition my heart races whatever!!

MummyBee is staying so more later :)

Hi guys, sorry, was incommunicado for the past days/weeks. A major disaster in the flat that is mine but occupied by my dad. Flooding from the flat above on a major scale, collapsed ceiling, tens of thousands pounds worth of damage (we will see what insurance will be like with us), lawyers, various assessment teams (independent and from the management compnay) to see what the cause of that damage is... management company is trying to blame us, as I am an easy target for them being abroad (in the UK). I've had several sleepless nights as it is legally my property, so my responsibility and I am normally would be required to visit in person and sign all the papers, but I cannot/will not, so have to arrange poa for a local legal representative...

Got fitted with a support belt today - highly recommend it.
Anybody had a look at contraction apps? Anything that you can recommend me (Ipod touch only in this household < dinosaurs > )

Meanwhile will read pages worth of past posts , hopefully it will take my mind off the not-so-important stuff...