Due in September 2006 Part 2

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New thread for september 06 got the thumbs up so i've started it. come join me, i'm lonely even tho celebrating inwardly that i finally have a symptom - nearly threw up when i had had a coughing fit. that's a symptom now, isn't it? plus pants are getting tight and i want to eat all the time.
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Coriander - sorry you are having things tough at the moment I don't know men - they can just be such a pain sometimes!
Totally understand the thought of what people are going to serve at dinner etc as we are going to some friends for dinner tomorrow and even the thought of it is making my stomach turn !

Cori i feel for you so much. Dh has tried to be very understanding about lack of sex but then tells me he is trying to be understanding - in a nice way this is great because he is being understanding but then the cynical part of me thinks "why bl**dy mention it then????"

We had the friends' dinner thing last week and the starter was pate followed by very rare lamb chops! very frustrating as DH is a fully paid up member of the food police and they were two things I love

Hang in there
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Hi
Thanks for all your kind words. I am feeling better today. We have resolved some financial issues which were causing stress so that is better. I also had a good nights sleep which makes the world of a difference.

Norms and Corri - Sorry your dhs are being less than helpful at the moment. Hope they improve soon but it s not much fun at the time.

Cal - glad I am not the only one who works out stupid senarios in their head for hours! My last one was how we would manage to look after two nephews when their parents and grandparents died in a car crash. Not that likely to happen but I had it worked out to the last detail!

Am a bit ashamed of my moan but feel better for it as I'm sometimes near to tears at the moment and any programme with small children or animals (especially donkeys) suffering must be avoided or the floodgates will open.
Glad I didn't see E.R. girls but it makes you think about what we would like to happen to our kids if we died.

Re dh, I keep chanting inwardly to myself...

"I am not lazy I am looking after the beanie by resting and trying to keep BP down and trying to vomit less".

Will never ever be having another pregnancy even if this one does not come to fruition.

Whilst I'm getting it all off my chest, I should mention the incident when MIL came for a long weekend and dh glared at me all the time hinting I should get off my arse and join in with Grandma and ds, whilst he did some office work upstairs. MIL did housework very loudly on Sunday a.m. when I was feeling grim and trying to have a lie-in and wouldn't take her clippy cloppy shoes off (we have mostly tiled/wooden floors downstairs). She finally sensed all was not well and beat a hasty retreat a day earlier than planned but not before telling "You are not ill xxxx, you're just pregnant" despite my repeated vomiting and inability to eat during the weekend.

Funnily enough I went into hospital on the Monday after the weekend.

Hopefully we can discuss things sensibly this weekend.

I know the feeling about DP thinking we're lazy slobs... Have you know I trapsed round town yesterday looking for a polyotter and could I find one??? Spent 3 hours searching and no joy! Then did shopping, unpacked it, fed DD (which is a challenge in itself) got her off to bed and put my feet up... apparantly should of had a broom up my arse and swept up as I did all this!
Feeling so tired and sick... doesn't help DD had the runs and now i've got a sickness bug and was up all night throwing up and all day today, can't stomach eating anything either. Feeling grotty.
As for programmes on tv and crying - oh yes! DP goes 'oh no, you'll stoop to an all time low if you cry at this...' I'll cry at happy and sad things and drives me mad.
Saw a sparrow dead in the road and it's poor mate trying to drag it off the road. That made me sob... What if they had little chicks? Or whatever sparrows have, although maybe to early for that buisness for birds. Oh how I love pgnancy hormones.
But this is my last pgnancy and I want to enjoy it, not be run ragged like I was with my DD!

LOL at the dinner party scenario. I too would normally adore pate and lamb chops.

I went to one last time I was pregnant and the first course was stilton soup (think it was allowable as the cheese was obviously cooked) but my stomach was delicate even at that 6 month stage and the main course was very rare cooked beef and the pudding was something I don't like so I said I was saving room for cheese and biscuits. Was there any pasteurised cheese, oh no everything was practically dripping off the cheese board, no cheddar in sight so I ate grapes and buttered crackers. Dh and I laughed about it afterwards but I drank gallons of water during the meal to stave off the nausea.

Just thinking about it makes me laugh even now.

Pol25,

Oh My God, am definately crying now over the sparrow incident.

Hope you are feeling better soon pol25.

Oh... that sparrow thing will haunt me forever i'm sure.....
The tears and emotions bubble over even at bloomin' lady and the tramp!!!
I'm hoping this sickness budges off soon... have my scan on Monday!!! And don't want a full bladder and be feeling sicky!
Normsnockers I would've cried about the meal thing!!! No cheese, no soup, no main or pud !!!

Pol - interesting you say about having a full bladder for your scan, just spoke to my friend this morning who said the same. I didn't have to have a full bladder at all for my scan - weird.
Did you all have to for your scans?

As for the sparrow story? Too sad, you will have us all sobbing by the end of the day with that thought!!

Norms - mmm....think that my dinner party on Sat will be a bit of a chore seeing as past 9pm I am moody and tired and literally need my bed.

Pol, I think I must be a sick women as I have just PMSL about the sparrow....only because when pg with DD I ran over a rabbit & never forgave myself thinking I'd orphaned her bunnies (sat sobbing in the car)....Afterwards I thought wasn't it better to run over the bunny rather than crash the car with me & unborn child in it?!!!!! Oh dear..hormones yep, taking on a life of their own...I think it's called histeria when laughing at something sad.....

Norms, PMSL also re your MIL (although appreciate at the time you weren't laughing!) & the dinner!! God know's what they are going to dish up....but the thought of it being anything other than plain bread, plain pasta or planish soup is making me go all funny!

cori and Norms - what is it with Men. Everything is just so black and white with them. Obviously they need to get in touch with their emotional side and have a bit of sympathy.
Maybe you could stock up on microwave meals, then he can put them in when he gets in from work - 5 minutes later and PING dinner is served!
As for MIL's don't get me started....
Lysettes - went to M&S. Their 1 style of maternity bra is very 'sports bra' like - not attractive, Last time I got nice lacy bra's from there but they don't do them any more. However they do a couple of nice feeding bra's, so in the end I thought well I might as well save some money and go straight to a feeding bra, rather than having to buy yet more bra's.
Have gone up to a 34 F

Mabel,

That's another of dh's little foibles.

"Doesn't like" most microwave meals on principle and considers it alomost as bad as not cooking fullstop unless of course he's chosen it personally from M & S or Waitrose and then if the ready meal can be oven cooked he opts for that method of cooking as its' much better.

Grrrr!

OH goodness me - tell him to pop in to the chippy on his way home ;)

.........either that or eat at his mums ...hee hee!

Norms - I don't know how your managing to work and do all that with your ds. I spend all day with ds and then luckily dh comes home and I practically threw ds at him and he puts him to bed!! Your dh is mad complaining when all he has to do is get himself something to eat!!
I had to have a full bladder for my scan too - however it wasn't very full as I didn't want to rush off to the loo if there was any detail and the scan was fine despite snooty receptionist telling me scan wouldn't work if I didn't have a full bladder!! Whilst I was being scanned the sonographer asked if I'd ever had a stomach scan. I said no, why and she said because my kidney isn't where it should be No idea what that was all about!!

very sad about the sparrow. I saw something like that once, dead pigeon that some Bastard SWERVED in a car park to hit and it's mate was trying to get it up Animal stories always upset me and i can't even watch the News lately as i literally RAN out of the living room in tears the other day at a sad story and dd was quite worried

Made the mistake of watching richard and judy and they had the david attenborough prog on there, a shark killing mating seals and a leopard killing some sort of stag-y thing. Boo hoo
We're told to drink and litre and half for ever scan an hour before.... At last one sonographer said 'can you let a bit out and then come back?!'
I replied with something similar to, doing that would be like trying to stop niagra falls, it's either a full bladder or an empty one!
Aww and the piegeon stroy has got me too but yes, do save the life of your child and you first, that is ok just about...

Hi everyone, sorry I'm posting late today but been very sicky today. Also DS has a bad cold so he's very clingy at the moment.

Sorry to hear so many of your DHs are being inconsiderate (sorry if that's too harsh a word). I have to admit I'm quite lucky with DH. He has literally done everything possible for me these last 7wks. He knows I'm worse in the afternoons/evenings so he's been getting up at 5.30 to get into work by 6.30 just so he can leave early to be home with me when I need him most. He has also done all the housework and bathed and put DS to bed every night since I started getting sick.

Sorry if it sounds like I'm gloating. I'm not, it's just that typing it out and hearing about some of your experiences has made me realise just how much he does and how much more I should appreciate him and how much I do love him.

Sorry, a bit teary tonight (seems to be catching). The mistake I made was watching the Dunblane programme the other night. It totally broke my heart to think of those little 5yr olds and their poor parents. I've been crying about it since wednesday night and I keep looking at DS and thinking I can't ever protect him as much as I want. I was teaching in a reception class at the time and thought I was affected by it then but becoming a parent just sends your emotions sky high.

Re bras; I bought the Elle Macpherson feeding bras. They were slightly more expensive but well worth it. They look very pretty and fitted right the way through from the early pg surge to the end of b/f. I still wear them as my pre DS pg size of 36C went up to a 38E and stayed that way. Who knows where I'll end up after this one!

Hope everyone has a good weekend. I'll post Monday afternoon and let you know how the scan went. Felt a lot more positive last time, not sure why.

Feeling the bra thing is nearing too... last time with DD when came from hospital and milk gushed in I was a whoooooooping 44E! Help, looked worse than bloomin' Jordan.
Good thing DP loves big boobs, except hardly in the mood for fulfilling his whims when i'm gonna have a new baby!

A very belated CONGRATS, Puppy - you must be feeling SO relieved.

Kreamkrackers, so sorry to hear about your sister. We thought that might kind of be us this time around, had an infertility appt. set up (had been a year and a half) and then had to call and change it when the test was positive. Had decided not to do any IVF etc. b/c we have good friends who emptied their savings and eventually were divorced over the process of trying. The good news for them I guess is that they did finally have a little girl ... Infertility is the WORST. I very much hope things can work out for your sister!

Re: sparrow - that is incredibly sad ... I accidentally ran over a chimpunk about a month ago and it was very, very, very upsetting !!! At least I didn't see its partner anywhere - that would've been even more terrible!

Triple screen in 2 days - actually very excited about it. I get excited about all my Dr.'s appts. Does anyone else?

Morning all.
Wow alot of stories of dh's being sods. Hmmmm be wonderful if they could experience the first 10 wks then jump straight to the heavily pg, back killing, spd aching bit then finally onto to the labour bit.
I'm so lucky with my dp. Where he's been off work, he's let me crash out if need be. In the early weeks when i was bleeding and shattered, he did the cleaning, cooking etc. Even now I'm feeling great he still does alot. Bless him, I should tell him how much I really do appreciate him
How's everyone today?
I'm feeling so fat lol. Would'nt mind if it's just bump but my legs and backside feel the size of a house. Anyone else or just me?

Thanks Marl, sorry but I don't think i welcomed you to the thread, Congratulations on your pregnancy when are you due? DH and I are currently thinking about the triple test.

Hellkat your not on your own I feel like the size of a house but thats probably because i am even before i was pregnant lol, I feel like I have the pregnancy waddle when I walk now.

I feel quite tearful at times espec when watching the end of the latest harry potter film, and the other day when watching the news about that poor family whose house exploded , well up just thinking about it.

oh and i got upset when i forgot to but carrier bags at aldis this morning

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homemama - I went for the Elle macpherson one last time, have to say I highly recommend it - I lived in it when feeding DS. Unfortunately this time round I am not working, so got to have a bit more of a tight rein on the spending.
Am wearing one of my M&S ones today and is very comfy though.
I think the worst ones are mothercare - they seem to come up small on me and give absolutely no support.

HellKat you are not the only one feeling huge, for the 1st time yesterday I got a look at myself in a full length mirror whilst trying on bra's - blimey! Didn't realise I was so large! And I know I'm not as big this time as I was with DS at this stage, so god know what I was like with him - must have looked like a small country...!

Morning all.
Thank goodness I'm not alone
Braved the scales this morning and to my have gained 3/4's of a stone!!!! So from now on I'll carry on snacking but it'll be on fruit, nuts & seeds between meals instead of choc, popcorn etc.

How's everyone today?