Due in October 2012 - Part 5

[Kyyria]

Just starting us off on a new thread

Mine, that is! Just to keep that clear.

Hi all, an NCT attender here! The info in the classes is reasonably flexible, in that the class can choose to focus more on the birth or the early weeks. We had a very vocal lady in our class who wanted to focus on the birth, unfortunately. Would've been good to hear more about the early weeks.

What it's good for is (expensive) networking. You get a group of friends/acquaintances, all with babies the same age, and they meet new people as do you, at various classes. Through them, you meet more people and find out about different classes. Without NCT I'd've been buggered. But I knew practically nobody locally.

Yomping my bump's appeared from nowhere this week too. I'm pretty unimpressed as I'm struggling to make it through a work day (on my feet), and last time I wasn't this big until much later. I'm going to be an effing whale by 40wks

On the plus side, some maternity gear showed up in the post (topshop & new look) and I'm not sending anything back! Unheard of!! Although I was banking on sending stuff back so now I'm broke....still have figleaves order to appear with lots of new bras. Yikes.

Look at the time, it's after 8.30. I'm going to bed

Hey peeps, quick post between marking and watching Lewis - party on!!!! :o

Becuus congrats on scan and moving - moving is a nightmare! x

Yomping know what you mean about the twisty ligament pain. 'Nuff said...

Huffle are you in NI?! Whereabouts? PM if you want - I'm here too :o And very little NCT stuff here outside of Down and Belfast - fucks me off. I emailed them to see what goes on and they were like, why don't you start something. Eh... because I work full time and write books and am busily incubating a bean and renovating a house so plenty to do thanks :( Really wish they had it where I am as I'm not a local and would LOVE to meet some people. WantanOrange good tip about Sure Start - know my friend from work thinks they are brilliant!

Zoe think we are all abit hypersensitive at the minute and tbh I like the concept of surprise holiday but I would probably fret too about dates etc. Hope it's cool wherever it is to :)

Hey Angelico ! I am indeed. Co. Down. I have no idea how to pm you....... Sorry, i am techno-useless!! PM me away and i will reply!! If i can see where u send to me....... Tho i am off to bed now so i will not answer tonight!

WantanOrange I cannot cope with any hassel at present so at letter. I like to give some of that stuff to DH, especially at present as he doesn't take it personally - he seems better able to cope. Try to put it out of your head and not let it infringe on your nice day.

Just done some 20% off shopping at Boden - can't wait for my goodies...

Hi all not much news - but am just excited because this evening is when I started feeling proper little kicks/flutters! Have been feeling mysterious wobbly sensations for the past couple of weeks - but hard to tell if gas/baby. On the bus ride home tonight, and all these evening have DEFINITELY felt little sensations that couldn't be anything else.

It's lovely!

27, 18+5, #1

Zoe I went ballistic when I got home Tuesday because DH hadn't made dinner. I laid on the sofa and wept. First time I actually thought I was going demented. Bloody hormones.

zara1984 me too have been feeling them for a few days but only realised what they were yesterday. Only seem to be getting them at night when I spend 20mins relaxing in bed before I go to sleep but they are fantastic tryingt to savour every one!

31, 18+3, #1

Hi all
Mixed week for me so far. .. 20 weeks scan on tues was lovely but un cooperative little bean meant heart and lips not seen properly so re scan in 2 weeks (feel illogically anxious about this) and couldn't see if boy or girl. Then vomited every 20 mins from 6pm tues so ended up in hospital and still here now. Basically not quite what I hoped for this week. Ah well, I'm starting to feel better and bump happy and healthy throughout. Want to go home now though...

Yikes, smileyhappymummy! That sounds pretty bloody dramatic, are you ok? Or if not ok, on the mend? Hope it was a tummy bug and not anything more long-lasting!

Gosh smiley that sounds nasty :-( have some and some grapes (we definitely need an emoticon for grapes) and lots of good wishes for a speedy recovery.

Midgetm I did the same on Monday, I ended up making the dinner (dh was on the phone to his parents and cannot multitask) and we didn't eat until gone 9pm - well past my bedtime!

Zoe hope you're feeling better today. Please don't beat yourself up over being hormonal - growing a bean is hard work! I hope it all works out on the holiday front :)

I think probably just tummy bug - been treated for possible kidney infection just in case as well but suspect they are just being cautious because of my previous dramatic sepsis with baby number 1. Odd being back on labour ward and discovering that everyone still remembers my first delivery but also nice and reassuring to know that they are going to be aware and cautious for me.
Anyway no more vomiting and finally no more ketones in wee so looks like home to finish off antibiotics today - feel happier now.

Ps Zoe I can completely understand how you felt - surprises + hormones not always a good combination! Hope things are feeling a bit better today?

Yey for movements Kyria and Zara!

Got my scan tomorrow... eek.

Any news from CWest? I know you were having worries earlier in the week.

Hello ladies, just checking in, hope you all had a good day. x

Zoe Surprise flowers are one thing, but surprise hols I think I would struggle with too! Hope it has worked out.

Smiley holy moly that sounds rubbish. Hope you get out soon!

LondonMrsS good luck for your scan.

Hello to everyone else!

I WAS feeling super cheery with prospect of long weekend away by the seaside and then spoke to my sister, which rather crushed the joy out of me. After a chat about my postnatal plans, she took exception to my saying that I wanted to work part time to help me feel like a person (thus, in her eyes, implying that she is less of a person because she's a full time mum). I explained that I thought she was a great mum, and she found her adult contact through church but I didn't have that and it was important to me and so on. She went on (and on) about how I need to boost my confidence and not be reliant on others and buck up etc etc. AND THEN went on about her horrific birth stories and that of my other sister and said that because I have the same body shape that I'll also be doomed to the same thing so don't get any ideas about it not being too awful etc etc. Thanks. That's helpful. FFS If you have nothing nice to say, then maybe just don't say it. Horror stories are NOT HELPFUL.

So now feeling teary and scared and rubbish, frankly.

Boo. Hope everyone's day went well and you're all looking forward to a weekend off.

Londonlivvy my sister and I couldn't have had labours further apart if we had actively tried. Stick your fingers in your ears and ignore her.

Zoe, midget and dosomething, I am feeling the evil preggers hormones, too! Had an absolute meltdown yesterday over the phone with this guy i have to meet tomorrow for work and am not looking forward to the cringe-fest that that will be.
kyria and Zara, isn't movment the best thing - i recommend chilli - baby is going nuts after dinner :)
Smiley, that sounds awful, hope r on the mend.
I just googled NCT and there are 2 weekly bumps and baby groups on near me that are free and you dont need to be a member to go to. Might do nhs antenatal classes and go along to those.

hey y'all! Sorry i have been MIA for a while, just been so busy! But I have loved catching up on all your news. What a lovely bunch you guys are. Congrats to all those with happy scan news!

We are 4 days into potty training ds which is quite hard going so I am exhausted although finally have enjoyed a week at work
without a big event. Got my scan in the morning- snap londonmrs . What time is yours? Ours is at 8.50am. Really excited and also quite nervous. Not going to find out the sex as still keen on a surprise. Completely convinced it is a boy though- has anyone else got a strong feeling one way or the other?

dame I have loved your posts and am so re-assured that it isn't just me with a ds who is sometimes prone to tantrums etc. It is so hard coping with all of that while pregnant isn't it? I have found this to be a completely different experience to last time. Has anyone else?

lisbeth thank you so much for responding to my work woes way back in the other thread! My work is very complicated these days as i was never really HOD, I was just the only Drama teacher so any decisions were up to me. Now there are more of us and no clear leader it is fraught with problems. Add to that, the fact that I have always cared passionately about work and now I dash back to my boy as quick as I can. I do still care about it, but I am only there because I have to be. Despite this, I still find it hard to relinquish control of the things I have always done.

Anyway...back to babies! Can i contribute to the name debate? I havent told anyone oin RL our ideas but would actually appreciate some advice as DH and I are finding it hard to agree. I love William but he thinks it is too widely used. He likes Rory but I am not convinced. I love Zoe for a girl which my fella likes too but he prefers Pippa. What do you guys think?

Zoe (great name by the way!) I think you were justified in feeling a bit upset by the holiday thing. I love the process of planning a holiday and wouldn't really like that to be taken away from me. And I would hate to have no say in the dates. Plus, his assertion that because it is 'his money' he can cancel it or whatever is in one way very generous, but also a little worrying if his money is now your family's money. I don't mean to be critical of your man as I am sure the gesture was meant to be a lovely one and how great that he is so kind. I think it is an example of those times when men can be both thoughtful and thoughtless at the same time! What have you decided to do?

Rigt, i was meant to sit here and iron another massive pile of ds's clothes for him to wee on tomorrow but I just can't face it! DH working late again bless him so I am going to have a guilt free early night. Love to all xx

age 29 dc#2 20 weeks today- hurrah! EDD 18th october.

Oooo Lime we're due the same day!! :)

Wow,not been on for a couple of days & loads has gone on so much to remember but cant as I have a cloudy memory these days!! So congrats to those that have positive scans,& to those that have been feeling crook I hope you're feeling better very soon :)

Had scan this morning & can report I have a blue on board! So can start to buy clothes that aren't bloody cream!! :)

Not much else to report have a busy weekend ahead of work,stag do (DP not me!) a day of motor racing & a bbq with friends & my nephew's b'day - my goodness I'm gonna be bloody swollen after that lot!!

Hope you all have lovely plans for the bank holiday & are not charging around like I will be!!

Congrats on having a Boy Gucci boys are delicious!

Lisbeth thanks for your reply, I missed it last night. DH was the first to read the letter and his exact words were "I'm going to tear that man new asshole!" If you knew DH you'd be [shocked]. He's the most chilled out, laid back person you'd imagine. We've written a complaint in return but yesturday another parent at the school phoned me very distressed and said the Head had called her and shouted at her down the phone, called her names and called her a liar! I'm a bit nervous about how our letter will be responded to now! Anyway, the upshot of it all is, that I'm going to look at a new school for DS today .

WRT birth horror stories I think you hear about the worst cases because talking about normal births isn't as exciting and I worry it can come across as kind of smug I suppose. DS's birth went really well, only lasted 8 hours, wasn't as painful as I'd feared, and out he came in 2 pushes! If I say any of this out loud I get evil looks!

Forgot stats again.

23, 21+2, #2

gucci we can race to the labour ward

Loving reading all the scan updates,, such an exciting time!
Right I'm off to don my red, white and blue for the Jubilee picnic at work today.

Hope everyone has a good day x

WantanOrange can you and some other parents make a formal complaint about the head? I don't really know how schools work (yet...argh), but do the governers have teh power to step in? That's absolutely shocking behaviour!

bella how's the potty training going? How old is your DS? I'm definitely finding it different this time - I suppose less time to think about the pg, and can't get home after a day at work and lie down (I used to sleep for 30mins when I got home from work last time...it was bliss!). My legs feel like marble pillars after a day at work.

To 2nd timers, and big old TMI warning, so avert your eyes if you'd rather, but are you finding this pg a huge strain on the pelvic floor? I think with increased blood flow etc I just have this feeling that I'm barely holding on to my insides, and any minute now everything's going to fall out My (ahem) nether regions are constantly swollen and sort of throbbing. Apart from the other day when I'd been standing too long and they went numb! Anyone else experiencing anything even remotely similar?? Wondering if I should be worried.

Looking forward to a super duper long weekend!! Isn't the weather bloody typical, how English

Oh: 31 - 21+5 - DC2