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Kyyria · 20/05/2012 18:25

Just starting us off on a new thread Smile

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YompingJo · 17/06/2012 11:28

Eek, in my DK "day by day" pregnancy book, it tells me that at the end of next week I'm entering the 3rd trimester. Like the old TV in the Michael Macintyre sketch about digital TV, "I'm not ready" Confused. How has that come around so damn quickly when it has felt like ages away for ages? Does this mean I need to get my shit together soon, or can I put that off for a while longer yet? Grin

Beccus your antenatal yoga sounds nice (if a bit hippified Grin). I missed pilates last week as too knackered but planning to go tomorrow.

Today I am sitting inside assessing writing while DH has gone off for a skate with some mates. Yesterday I was at the school fair while he went surfing. Hmm. I think I need to get a life! Have got 2 out of 6 of my writing assessments done for today, think after the next one I will call it quits.

Bah to working at the weekend.

Zara1984 · 17/06/2012 13:04

Happy Sunday everyone! I went to visit DH in the city he's been working in until Tuesday, and I'm on the train back home now.

We stayed at a lovely hotel, and this morning before he woke up I made him a card from Baby Boy (along with my poorly drawn stick figures) on the hotel notepaper, along with a cup of coffee. He loved it and it made him cry Grin - he is going to be a mess on the day the baby is born!! I think it's going to be a repeat of our wedding day - him crying with joy, me grinning like an idiot with shock and delight...

nenehooo · 17/06/2012 16:40

Hi everyone, remember me?! Been lurking occasionally but have had literally no time to write... congrats to all good news scans and just awful to hear Zara's story about that poor couple. A friend of mine lost her baby the day before her 12 week scan, and it was a big perspective moment for us. Possibly why I avoided reading/posting here too... I'm personally taking every wriggle/kick/belly roll as a blessing - no matter what time of day/night/early hour Grin
So just wanted to drop in and say hi, thinking of you all, but most of all...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELICO!!!
Belatedly... Blush but hope you had a wonderful day my lovely Gemini twin xxxxx

Beccus · 17/06/2012 18:43

yes, yomping, with every class i am getting more corrupted by the hippyness :) Today the teacher was telling us how amazing she felt after her 2nd baby when she did placenta encapsulation - your placenta is dried and then given to you as capsules. It claimed it reduces post natal depression and imcreases milk production!

HaggisNeepsTatties · 17/06/2012 19:24

Hi All,

Wedding was good - I did go for a snooze for about an hour and a half after the meal, which meant I was able to last till almost midnight! (And have some very, lovely nooky with DH afterwards! So my snooze definitely gave me a second wind!)

Now just wondering how I'm going to manage the one in three weeks when we aren't staying at the venue...

Another vote for pregnancy yoga...I'm loving having the time just to think and connect with baby, and getting some good tips for dealing with labour too - I'm just going to have to remember them!

Hope everyone has had a good weekend!

MickeyTheShortOne · 17/06/2012 19:25

Hi everyone, I'm here and still alive!
Congrats to all those with great scan news and feeling wonderful, commiserations to those who are not feeling so wonderful like me.
I am just so exhausted. Whens this second trimester energy supposed to appear? I'm still tearful at silly things, getting mahoosiver by the day and the baby's movement is still sporadic so I never know if I'm supposed to be worried anymore. I have my 20 wk scan on Tuesday and I'm alot more anxious about this one- alot more so than i was for the dating scan. I had a big cry on DP the other day because I'm genuinely terrified that something has gone wrong.
All the worries from the night in A&E and going on holiday- in between worrying about my great grandad who is currently in a home with alzheimers, worrying that I'm not doing everything I should be doing whilst pregnant (another medium- rare steak eater here, its not worth eating steak if it aint medium- rare!) I think its all getting on top of me. And I feel totally guilty for saying it but I'm fed up of being pregnant. Its boring. I keep forgetting how tired I get and how quickly it comes on and I keep forgetting what things I should be doing- Also getting very fed up with the horror stories that people just can't seem to keep to themselves, and what is it with everyone going on about how bad it will all be in the first few months!!
Am I the only person in the world that thinks actually, yeah it might be bad but hell it doesn't last long, so just get on with it?! Yes I know babies cry, I know they poo everywhere and wake/sleep whenever they like, but really if it was that bad then there wouldn't be so many of us around would there! Its the constant "Oh.. That'll be you in a few months" and its like, yes i knowww.

Ugh sorry. Mini-rant over. I know I shouldn't complain because I am having the perfect pregnancy, things all seem to be falling into place quite easily and luckily, so really I have no right to whinge and whine. Apologies to all you who had to read this- ignore my piteous self!

Off to watch Dirty Dancing (DP is enraptured, love it!), and have a fish finger sandwich. YUM!

Love to you all. and cuddles!

P.S. those who haven't felt like having sex... I recommend you read Fifty shades of grey- and the following two books- I read all three on holiday twice and DP has been wondering if I have been replaced with a sex mad alien- honestly, your sex life will be better than ever!! Wink

MickeyTheShortOne · 17/06/2012 19:27

Oh and I'm getting fat ankles. They hurt :(

whinging and whining 20yr old, 19+3, #1

Guccigirl79 · 17/06/2012 20:06

Hi all!! Just making a mark as lost you all,will have a catch up & speak to you later x

loxy88 · 17/06/2012 20:24

Hiya...

New to mumsnet and thought I'd join the October 2012 mummy's. Hope everyone is ok?
I had my 20 week scan on Friday and we found out were having a girl! We have a son already who's 4 and due to start school this year.
Now have to wait until August to have mw app! Anyone else feeling like they get left with the 2nd?

Xx

YompingJo · 18/06/2012 06:34

Mickey, don't take this the wrong way, but it's actually a relief to hear you saying how tired you are getting at 20. I feel exactly the same (was saying to DH yesterday how I can't get used to walking tiring me out, FFS), but at 37 I had been wondering if it's made worse by my being older. I am very happy to know that it's just pregnancy! So, I feel your pain, mostly I find that being pregnant is a bit of an arse! Fingers crossed for tomorrow, there are lots of reasons movement might be sporadic, I'm sure everything is fine.

Last night I ate... pate Shock. Feeling rebellious and thought I may as well eat the final thing I'm not allowed, so that I have eaten the whole set Grin. Apart from shark that is - where does one get hold of a good shark steak these days? HmmGrin. Actually, we're eating at Heston Blumenthal's restaurant in a few weeks, maybe shark will be on the menu there? I did almost try snails in Paris but chickened out - no idea if they are on the banned list or not.

So - MATB1 form - anyone got to grips with this? Apparently I'm meant to hand it in at wok by the end of this week (I'll be 25 weeks on Friday), but no=one has mentioned it to me and I don't see the midwife for another two and a half weeks (was meant to see her this week but work got in the way so had to reschedule). Can I just turn up at the docs surgery and ask for one? I think the midwife has to complete it and she only works there on Thursdays so I am going to be cutting it a bit fine.

nenehooo, hope everything is going well, and welcome loxy88.

Right, on with Mental Month Week 2. See you on the other side...

Kyyria · 18/06/2012 08:11

Morning all

Have been told by one of my colleagues this morning that I look very well, had I done something to my hair or was it just because I was pregnant? I'm presuming that's the equivalent of saying I'm glowing. Wish I bloody felt it. Still feeling slightly nauseous, reflux, not sleeping (although don't know if that's work stress or pregnancy discomfort), absolutely shattered. Also very sporadic movement so keep on panicking about whether I should be panicking IYKWIM!

Bloody hate Mondays. Can't wait til hometime. Really don't want to be here.

31 (for 3 more days), 21+1, #1

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londonlivvy · 18/06/2012 08:56

Hi Everyone,

A proper catch up before I head off to the hospital for our official 20 week scan (I know I had a brief one last week but they were only checking pepe was there and alive, rather than checking all the anomalies). Hoping to find out what flavour we?re going to get ? anything to break up the boredom of 9 months waiting (can you tell I?m not a patient lass?).

I did the scan fathers day card idea and I must say DF looked absolutely non-plussed and not touched/impressed or whatever. He just said ?But I?m not a father yet?. Humn. It was a bit of a shame especially after hearing such lovely reactions from other other halves like hufflepuffle and Zara. Note to self : don?t expect emotional outpourings from DF. Having said that, DF was an absolute legend over the weekend, driving me to my course and picking me up because he didn?t want me making my stomach pain worse. Bless him. My tum is much less sore so hopefully it was just the vague ?growing pains? that the doc guessed at.

Beccus Don?t worry about the yoga hippiness ? it?s marvellous stuff! Caveat: I am extremely biased as I think yoga is ACE and am training to be a yoga instructor. Not perfect timing to do the course as there's been a lot to learn and it's been physically hard work but I should qualify soon (1st July if all goes well) and I?m hoping it?s something I?ll be able to do part time after the baby arrives.

Thanks Happy Belated B?day Angelico (35 isn?t remotely old by the way!) and happy in advance bday to Kyrria.

Haggis for the wedding, could you have a snooze in the car? If you take a blanket and a pillow, an hour?s kip might work. Depending on the type of car and size of your bump, of course...

Squid you have my sympathy re not sleeping. I haven?t slept properly since last Tuesday as the bloody stomach cramps have been going since then which wakes me up, then I worry about them, then worry about trying to sell the flats and the move and then I worry about other stuff and generally it?s all very constructive. ;-) I think you absolutely have to do what you?re doing, taking care of yourself and the bean and whilst you can?t do the same as someone else, that?s just one of those things. You?re growing a person and that takes more effort than I ever imagined. I think you?re a champ for doing your job.

Similar respect going out to Yomping and all others with mental month ongoing. Fortunately my work is going through a reasonably quiet phase at the moment which is just as well or my boss would be wanting to kill me what with me being out for two days last week and this morning for the scan.

Blush re all you glam ladies actually drying your hair. I don?t even own a hairdryer. Blush

Mickey ? I am not blooming yet. I am still covered in acne and exhausted. This is NOT what Hollywood and the baby books promised me. Sad but hopefully EVENTUALLY we shall bloom, right? Perhaps just later on?

Waves to loxy hello and yay re happy scan news.

36, 20+4, #1

LoopyLa · 18/06/2012 10:15

Yet another weekend goes by & I?ve lost track Blush

Welcome loxy Smile

Mickey yes also, massively fed up with horror stories, aslo when I complain when I?m tired ?get used to it? comments. Ummmm, as a long term insomniac I actually think I?m more than prepared for sleepless nights - AND I won?t have to go to work, just try to keep my baby alive - sounds like a breeze in comparison!! Just feel like saying BLA BLA BLA at people most of the time!! Angry

londonlivvy This is NOT what Hollywood and the baby books promised me Grin This did make me chuckle!

Kyyria yep, can?t be arsed either, want sleep instead.

I appear to be ?glowing? which is nice as everyone thinks I?ve been on holiday. I personally think I?m just good at applying make-up which is utterly necessary so I don?t scare small children. However, feel like death due to lack of sleep and old lady hip pains - how can being in bed become a more painful experience than doing gardening, housework, etc??! Confused Not sure whether this will pass or we do actually need a new mattress being that is a decade old! Confused Confused

My MIL?s boyfriend twat with a massive big beer gut said to me on Saturday ?Oh god you?re huge aren?t you?? And I replied, in my usual, outspoken fashion ?I?m pregnant, what?s your excuse??. He reckoned I was more irritable than usual because I kept making comments - I said to my DH he?s actually more irritating than usual which is why I kept making the comments!

And my BIL decides to bring up breastfeeding in a room of 10 people, including one complete stranger - why would you?!!!

WOW, clearly I?m in one of THOSE moods today Blush

Maternity wear tip for those who wear tights : I find buying maternity tights a challenge & they don?t usually get good reviews either. I wore a normal pair last week but snipped the waistband at the front & back and it gave me at least an extra 5 inches at the waist! Then I wore them under the bump and it worked out really quite well! Smile

I?ve got my 22 week scan on Friday which is very exciting, although perhaps against my better judgement, I?ve decided to ?opt? in to have an internal one as well just to ensure cervix is hunky-dory; if it?s offered, best to be on the safe side I guess?!

And still barely any movement at all Sad Sad All I feel is very light ones which if I?m not concentrating, I miss completely. I know a few people have mentioned that the location of their placentas might affect the feeling of movement - how do you find out this info?

Sorry for the massive post - have lots on my mind Blush

35, 21+1, dc#1

squidkid · 18/06/2012 12:38

hello chucks

I'm not well though they're not entirely sure why yet and I've been told to take it VERY EASY (the doctor emphasised sternly, after I'd explained what my normal activity levels are like!) until at least Thursday when I'll see the doc again. So I'm not at work, I'm in bed with two kitties and lots of books and will have time to catch up with everyone. I don't think it's anything that serious though and it's me that's sick not the baby - they listened to heartbeat this morning, movements are gymnastic to say the least, and have consulted with a consultant obstetrician - so I feel a lot less anxious and am just going to do lots of sleeping.

going to find some lunch and then will settle down for a good catch up xxx

LoopyLa · 18/06/2012 12:52

AAAAAAND another thing! Anyone finding that their bump is smallish & compact at the beginning of the day and then at the end, it feels really heavy and huge? Sad

I had a bit of a meltdown on Friday morning. My bump felt really odd & hard when I was lying down and then I jumped on the scales and I've put on 22 lbs - yes, you read that correctly, 22!! I'm not even eating out of control & take walks every day, how the hell can I slow this down???

Ok, I best go, before someone finds out where I work & commits me to a funny farm Hmm

Sorry for the downer...I probably should just keep things to myself Blush

londonlivvy · 18/06/2012 13:24

Loopy - yep, bump grows massively through the day. Actually I measured myself this morning (a not very impressive 93cm) and will measure myself again tonight to see if I can quantify this!!

Right... in other news, we are TEAM PINK. Though she won't be wearing pink much as DF is ginger and lots of gingers in my family so odds are she'll be a red-headed lass. We had to be sent away for coffee + sugary snack to get baby to move. Then sent away a second time for more belly dancing in the car park. Seems like she's a stubborn lass already (eek!).

Anyway, after the trauma of the last week, this is a huge relief.

Now we just need flat buyers to SORT THEMSELVES OUT and stop dragging feet and hopefully all that will come good.

Squid huge hugs and restfulness to you. Lots of sleeping and reading and playing with kittens and look after yourself.

squidkid · 18/06/2012 15:30

smileyhappymummy Hope your uneventful weekend was lovely and uneventful! As far as grumpiness, I'm pretty sure I was grumpy this often when I wasn't pregnant so can't really use it as an excuse... I do burst into tears now though...

Yomping Great to hear about your friends managing to get pregnant. One of my mates told me a few weeks ago she and her boyfriend had actually been trying for a year and a half now, I had no idea. I am feeling a bit bad about merrily telling everyone now. I mean she was lovely and we had a nice chat and she was even apologising to me (?) for going on about it when I was pregnant... And great news Yomping also on having a mate for maternity leave - I have about five now! all my friends are breeding like crazy right now!

giggling at kyyria blowdrying her towel, and of course looking so glowing and beautiful - I know what you mean about people saying you look nice and you're like, I'VE HAD 2 HOURS SLEEP I HATE YOU!

Angelico HAPPY BIRTHDAY. You know, my mum told me she was considered an "elderly primip" at 26!! They must have changed the definition! we had a good old laugh about that. And thanks for your nice words.

Beccus I've really enjoyed my antenatal yoga too - makes me feel strong and relaxed and I've started doing lots of it in pauses in everyday life.

Oh Mickey I just want to give you a hug... anxiety over scans (and everything else) is totally normal... pregnancy is fucking boring, it goes on forever and everyone says annoying things and you stop being fit and there's all the not-drinking to do... And i had a flip-out about how annoying people were with their stupid-doom-and-gloom stories a few weeks ago. They sound like right whingers who hate their babies. Of course it will be hard, but lots of things in life are hard, sometimes you get the impression people have never done anything else difficult before! People still love babies and keep having them, so. Grr. Shut up.

yomping, again: I got my MATb at my 25 week appt, but I think you could ask your gp for it if you need it before? Call them. Also well done for eating pate.

londonlivvy if it makes you feel any better about father's day me and boyfriend had a cynical conversation about how much we hate manufactured holidays and I'm not expecting any mother day cards any time soon!
CONGRATULATIONS on your little girl. xxx

So, my weekend went like this... came home from work early on friday because I went grey and nearly collapsed, went to bed shaky dizzy having palpitations, stupid boyfriend was distracted by the football and by the time it was over I was asleep, had train tickets to edinburgh at 7.30 the next morning, usefully had the conversation about whether I was well enough to go to edinburgh whilst walking to the station, then inevitably got on the train anyway due to astronomical cost of already-bought tickets. At this point I started getting a brown discharge - YAY! Just what you want as you sail 4 hours from home... I don't know the friends in Edinburgh very well, we are not super-close - they are usually lovely but very active types - as I am - however I think I'm not quite as blissfully oblivious to when someone is not feeling 100% - so we end up walking "a few minutes" to an art gallery in the torrential rain for the best part of an hour, I end up sitting on the side of the street in the torrential rain, boyfriend insists we go home, we walk home for what feels like forever, I hate everyone at this point and feel humiliated not to mention wet, go to bed at 3pm and get up at 7pm by which point thankfully dinner out has been cancelled and we are getting takeaway. Go back to bed after takeaway, do little until the train journey home the next day, getting more and more worried about stupid brown discharge (light, but persistent). Boyfriend is in the doghouse for not talking to me properly on friday and potentially avoiding all this. Phoned out of hours labour ward number last night and they said it was ok to wait till morning but keep an eye on discharge in case it got heavy or went red. So have been up every hour through the night knicker checking in a panic.

Saw GP this morning. Blood taken, swabs done, heartbeat listened to. I'm either anaemic or have an infection or have just been overdoing it, they are calling me back when they have results. Got told to take a week off work, but I'll take three days and see how I'm doing. Cervix is closed, baby squid is fine. S/he has been kicking like crazy throughout or I really would have got a lot more panicky.

LoopyLa · 18/06/2012 15:40

Sorry squid for what you've been through - if they told you a week though, best to be on the safe side and take a week. No-one will thank you for being a hero IYSWIM!

londonlivvy · 18/06/2012 21:55

Squid that sounds no fun at all. Do rest up.

Now... everyone...bit of a fun game (if you fancy it).... I think it was loopy who said her bump increased during the day. I've now measured mine twice today and it increased by 3cm. From 93 to 96cm.

How much does yours increase by? I'll be interested to learn whether mine is more or less elastic than the average.

Smorgs · 18/06/2012 22:12

Mickey you took the words right out of my mouth, feeling utterly underwhelmed by it all at the moment. Tired, fat, can't sleep, bored and since my work contract finished I have way too much time on my hands to dwell on things. And totally over all those scare stories and: "Oh life will never be the same come October..."

Yomping Umm pate! I dream about foie gras at the moment. And fresh goats cheese with really thick rind.

londonlivvy Congrats on your little girl! Great idea about the bump measuring - I'll try later this week and let you know.

squid Take care of yourself, hope you feel better soon.

Well we had friends visiting this weekend, which started off with a Gund N Roses concert on Thursday night. Umm probably not great for the bean's developing eardrums Blush

Then I spent the rest of it as designated driver trundling all over the countryside to vineyards for tastings I couldn't take part in. Normally I would have been fine, but I just got really tired and hot. DH and I started sniping ("you're driving too close to the kerb, the turning was back there, why on earth are you parking here?") and I ended up feeling utterly utterly shit about myself. I kept thinking: 'what on earth is life going to be like when we have a little one to look after, and all the associated decisions to make, when we can't even drive to a vineyard on a Friday afternoon to drink wine without arguing?'

In the end our friends got so fed up they had to tell us to stop bickering Blush

Oh and I still haven't found a new place to live as our current flat is on the third floor with no lift and backs onto the same courtyard as a restaurant which wheels its bins full of bottles over the cobbles at 5.30am, grrrrrrrr.

Hope everyone else is feeling better?!

CWest30 · 18/06/2012 22:48

I'M BEING KICKED!!!!!!!..........

...............well at least I think I am Haha! Waited sooooooo long for this so hope I'm right!

Re: bump changing size, yes definatly, in the mornings I barely look pregnant, yet after dinner, I look bout 8 months!! Was completly flummoxed today tho, all along everyone been saying how big I am....at wrk this afternoon, the lady came in whose maternity leave I am covering. The first thing she commented on was my lack of a bump??? Confused.com LOL.

Re: MATB1 form, I'm not due to see my midwife til I'm 23 wks, but my employers asked me to see if I can get my form now so they can start sorting stuff out. I called my midwife, and she is leaving it at the reception of my GPs surgery for me to pick up on Thursday.

Busy week this week, going away for a wk on Sunday, sooooooooooo needed! So I have loads to sort out at work, plus do washing/ironing/packing. Yuk!! Will all be worth it when I walk out of those work doors on Friday, esp as I will have my pink or blue scan before I have to be back at work :-)

Well best get some sleep I guess, got another busy day tomorrow!

Love to all x

29, DC2, 20+1

CWest30 · 19/06/2012 08:33

Meant to add, I'm def not "blooming" either. Exhausted, queasy in the mornings still, aches n pains etc etc etc. Been so queasy this morning, I'm sitting here munching a bag of Bacon rashers crisps for brekkie, awful I know, but was the only thing I could face! I don't think blooming even happens, its a myth!

Obstetrician this morning, hopefully bp will be ok, even tho I keep forgetting meds tut tut! And hoping I get to hear heartbeat......just wish I was going 4 my 20 wk scan instead but still got 2 wks to wait.

Speak later x

RowanMumsnet · 19/06/2012 10:53

Hi all,

Just to let you know, we've moved this thread to 'antenatal clubs' as it's a more appropriate topic for it.

Thanks,
MNHQ

LoopyLa · 19/06/2012 11:37

londonlivvy I shall have to try that too!!

squidkid · 19/06/2012 14:21

I think everyone has lost our thread now.

Spent almost all of yesterday sleeping and feel better today to the point where I think I should be back at work and am feeling a bit guilty, still the doctor said to wait at least until Thursday and really wanted me off for the week, they are calling me tomorrow with results. I now believe there's nothing wrong with me I was just tired and am ready to feel a bit ashamed about this when they ring me tomorrow and all is fine and I am fine and for some reason I lost the ability to walk for a few days. Meh.

The discharge has stopped, which is a relief.

I'm 26 weeks today and all a muddle about everything. Work, finishing work so early, getting my appraisal done for the year, am I doing too much, am I lazy and doing nothing, I-need-to-exercise-or-I'll-get-massive, don't-be-stupid-you've-hardly-got-bigger-at-all... just too many thoughts.

Cwest hope you enjoy the heartbeat. The first time I heard that it was like magic. Much better than scans in my opinion. Now I've got lots of movements so the heartbeat feels less important.

Smorgs you are a hero for driving people to vineyards for wine you can't drink, I don't think I could be that selfless! Really missing wine these days. I was a glass-a-night-with-food kinda girl.