Due in August Thread... Part Five!

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Congratulations again to poppy, here's to the rest of us still with increasingly big bumps or of your choice!

Bring on the final trimester in all it's glory!

ahh, i missed TMI day yesterday :o the hospital gave me a pair of disposable knickers and they were much better to wear post birth than normal knickers, as they held the maternity pad in place much better, they were also a bit more airy too

but big knickers are essential now so they don't rub on my scar.

I'd also recommend tending lady gardens, they had an electric razor when they did mine, but not the bottom part and I've only just been able to bend over to sort it out :(

ham good luck with assessment. Glad you're all ok frilly

I missed TMI day as well but now beginning to worry about this BIC treatment?

I also do not tender the garden as you ladies say or take a lawn mower to me delicates as I call it... I wouldnt want anyone to either...

Would they have a medical need to? In that case, I might prefer to get it done myself before hand...

I have to admit that I have been very fortunate in the moist/thrush/uti arena. Somehow I had all those in bountiful amounts before pregnancy and the effect of pregnancy has been quite the opposite. I feel a bit drier most times (well maybe not after sex. That leads to a swimming pool...) And my UTIs which generally occurred every 3 months have not surfaced once!!! Happy me!

Anyone else also notice they heal really easy? I cut myself on a key and I am bumping bump into doors a lot but the grazes seem to be healing great and really quickly?

Ham Good luck!

Ham Hope everythings okay at the hospital :)

Frilly Glad your okay :)

Miggins Not really thought about it yet but I spose I better had

Is anyone up to anything good/exciting today?

Good luck ham hope you get back asap from hospital and all is fine.

Oh I'm feeling a bit shy about all this lady garden talk. When I've had a tidy garden, I felt very exposed and somehow it didn't feel right as I think it's coincided with a couple of thrush episodes and so I've left it be (I think DH doesn't care for clipped topiary?!) But if they shave you, eek! I would rather get some professional shears out ... can't use cream round those parts as had a mishap and wow that hurt... yikes this is really baffling me now, gulp.

For thrush - my Dsis always sits in a warm puddle of a tea tree bath and swears by it, just my little tit bit of the day!

ham hope all goes well. Sounds really wierd and hope it's nothing serious for you.

Sorry about bringing up the ladygardening...! Just something I'm concious of and things are laready grim enough without having that to worry about too.

DDog not so happy this morning now the drugs have worn off. She's on some painkillers, but is wimpering a lot, so I suspect v uncomfy poor wee thing. I sort of know how she feels!

MIL inbound at any point in the next half hour or so. Have managed to catch DH's cold, so coupled with that and DDog, not really in the mood (even less!) for curtain making etc. Would like to be in bed reading Jeeves and Wooster instead. Hey ho.

Am also meant to be going to a breastfeeding thing this morning if the local midwives ever get their act sorted out and tell me a time and a place!

I've not been healing quicker per se, but I've also not had cystitis for ages which is great, as I do suffer from it and it's hideous and makes me miserable.

Hope you all have a nice day and everyone feels well enough. xx

Hope your MIL days goes okay MrsMiggins and your cold goes asap... I had a little sore throat and bunged a ester-C / high strength vitamin C down yesterday and it seems to have killed it.

As for healing, I guess I've had less coldies and less of my usual sore throats but my finger took ages to heal about a month ago and so I'm paranoid about cutting myself as it got all infected.
Also my IBS has cleared up - yeah! and just hoping that it stays away after August :)

Thanks for adding me to the list Needles. I'm 28 from Derby if you want to complete the listing :-)

Thanks for the welcome Frilly I might try to get to know you all before I start sharing too much if that's ok :-)

Hey everyone mean't to post yesterday but was really busy. Went to the docs yesterday no chest infection but got some cough mixture with codine in to calm the cough which apparently you can only take between 20 and 35 weeks am 32 today so just caught the window!! Got some more thrush cream as well as have been a bit itchy down below again!! quick I think it was you who said about the sugar and I keep getting glucose in my urnine so this must be the cause!

Lady garden - mines a jungle am glad I'm not the only one who just leaves it be as am much more hairy down there when pregnant including hairy bum!! Contemplated doing a quick electric job with last pregnancy but ds came 10 days early so didn't get a chance

I'm pretty sure the only shave you if you have a c-section tho a friend of mine who had an elective one was given a razor and told to do it!! She was like I haven't seen my fanjo for weeks how can I shave it!!!

Have a gander at this, ladies. Is medical review about shaving for labour. I read the Cochrane Review for lots of things

Basically I think the idea is that it doesn't make a bean of difference.

Hi ladies, found you at last! Had a lovely relaxing week away last week and only just worked out we've moved to antenatal clubs! I've vaguely caught up but you've all been very chatty so sorry if I've missed everything - TMI day looked fun

Hope all goes/went ok at the assessment unit ham.

I've surprisingly managed to keep up the ladygardening throughout pregnancy. I go for a wax reasonably regularly normally (but still get told off for not going often enough) and have hopefully timed it so my next one should be at 38w so I'll grin and bear that one to keep everything tidy before the big day! I'm not sure whether to trek to London to go to my usual person or stick closer to home but run the risk of going to a salon for the first time.

Bought a birth pool from someone on Gumtree over the weekend and sorted through the airing cupboard to sacrifice some 'old' towels so I think we're all set for labour! Nursery still needs plastering and painting but plasterer is finally booked.

34w for me today and got mw appt this afternoon, armed with a list of questions which I very nearly left on my desk at work. I dread to think what my colleagues would have made of a list including things like breast pumps, placenta and discharge

Ham good luck - hope all is ok, let us know how you get on.

Panpipe well done on the grooming...

I am becoming a bit of a mess, had a wax before holiday but that was a while ago now defo need a refresher was pre 27 July! If not, they'll shave the top of mine anyway for the c/s I think. The tricky thing is my legs (!) I used to epilate them but now difficult to do around the bumpage. Think I'll just cough up and get 'em waxed too..

Nightfall share at your leisure, no need to get stuck right in(!) although you're more than welcome too! Nothing is off limits here

Susie hope you're feeling a bit better?

Mrsmiggins hope you also feel better soon... All the talk of ddog makes me worry about dstobe as we'll need to get him circumcised for religious reasons ouch!

This is definitely the gardening day!

Yikes, just read the cochrane review (thanks Needles) and the shaving side effects make me squirm - scratches, irritation and redness... owwww eeee.

pan am in awe of your regular waxes now! :o
susie if I'm given a shaver to do it myself I would be really annoyed and have to ask DH to assist ... yes, not seen it for weeks already!!!

Hey all back home all is okay. Bloods suggest not the liver thing so as long as the bile results (nice) come back ok in a few days its fine and I've been given the go ahead to take piriton THANK GOD itching like a feind. No idea what the hell it is, feels just like prickly heat it's awful. Did have protein in urine but hopefully no big deal.

I went up thinking it'd be a case of half hour blood test and urine call with results but it was 4 hours, of which I was on the crazy monitor for most of it cause baby was too sleepy and then my heart got picked up not baby's by mistake. Plus the blood took longer than usual to come back. Felt kind of silly being up there like yeah... I'm itchy just glad it's just an anomoly.

My lady garden is always au natural apart from sometimes a very small tidy round the edges but this has fallen by the wayside with bump. If they bring a razor near me in labour I'll tell them where to stick it, like you need razor rash on top of everything else post-delivery!!

Oh no Ham. Fingers crossed for you x

Oops, forgot to go to last page of thread so missed whole page of messages. Hurrah for baby brain!
Glad hospital visit went well Ham and everything is okay.

Hope all is well Ham, glad its not the liver thing (not asked Dr Google as I am steering well clear).

Glad it all went well ham even if you were there for longer than expected.

All ok at the appt; blood pressure has reached the heady heights of 80/65 and mw thought baby is still head down even if I'm not too sure. The next appt is a marathon 1-1.5 hours where she'll take us through what to expect in labour and the practicalities of getting the house ready.

I've had a lovely few hours at home this afternoon after mw left. Still working but I've had a grand total of 2 emails since coming back so there's nothing really I can do! My replacement starts at work tomorrow and I finish next Friday - can't wait!

Hey ham glad to here it only seems to be an allery if a somewhat mysterious one!!

Took ds for his nursery trial today where we stay for half an hour and leave him for half an hour. He threw a fit when he realised we wern't there so they called us but when we got there they managed to calm him down! So we left him till the half hour was up. Another trial tmw so fingers crossed!!

Glad all is on Ham!

You lot and your lady forest discussion had me in stitches!! Before LO, I used to get the whole lot whipped off every 5 weeks as I find it SO much more comfortable. However, since being pregnant it's a lot more painful so have just been strimming down there although DH had to do it last time because he found me (legs akimbo) sobbing on the floor by the mirror because I couldn't reach!.

I can now only shave my legs in the bath because balancing in the shower has become impossible! As for the more delicate area I actually keep it trim using sissors - shaving or waxing leaves me too itchy and sore afterwards and not worth it I find. I'm still able to trim coz I use curved nail sissors I point the curve outwards so there is no chance of cutting myself and it doesn't really matter that I can't see what I'm doing... (Thought I'd join in, in for a penny and all...)

Ooooh, im learning so much and a little surprised about a few things!!

What's this leakage thing your all on about? Do you mean wee or general, ahem, dampness? My boobs have never leaked in PG either (3rd pg). Am I strange? Im starting to feel like a husk!

There are so many of you who never de-hair! How can you not de-hair?
You must all have fanjo's like the woman from 'Life of Brian'! I can imagine your 70's fanjo-fro's with sweat bands on singing Bob Marley !

OR, am I just hairy?

I could never leave it alone. Im forever worrying that I might be caught out pre de-fuzzing.

I shave/trim as I go swimming twice a week and since having children I find I can't keep up with or time waxing like I used to.

I had decided to make an effort to get to a few waxing appointments soon but I have always wondered about waxing etiquette!

Since you lot are so into discussing all things leaky/hairy open I was wondering what to do.

When I go to get waxed I wear normal pants. Black, not too big, not too small, I feel they are my 'appropriate pants'. The therapist then hands you the tissue to edge your knickers and proceeds to just wax the edge around them.

Now, What Id really like to sport downstairs is a non hairy bum crack and just enough left to keep it cosy, less landing strip, more rose bud IYSWIM.

How the hell do you go about this. Ideally this would require me going in, 30+ weeks PG with a G-String on (wretch), lying down, legs in air and drop to either side, stating "go for it". I feel this might be a little forward.

How is it done ladies of waxing experience? How do you get them to 'get in there' a bit more without seeming weird

Wowsers, what have I started with all the ladygarden talk?! . Quick, I think what you need is a Brazilian, but it's intense and you'll need to contort into various undignified positions for the waxer to get into various spots. And it's not lovely when it grows in. But is er, minimal and I'm sure they've seen it all. If you want to/can, take a couple of paracetamol beforehand to numb things a bit (brufen is better, but not allowed at the mo). I'm going to keep strimming and then go for a good wax in a month so it's decent enough beforehand. I used to go a lot more, but can't afford it now, so it's a strim job which is also fine, as I'm not too bad naturally, plus am quite fair.

Ham, really glad everything is ok and hope you've had an ok evening.

MIL visit was nice actually. She's on her best behaviour at the mo, although I had to laugh to myself at her reaction when I told her our paint colour for the nursery is going to be a very pale grey! It will be nice, promise!

DDog is much better tonight and gearing up to some of her usual tricks. It'll take her a few days but she's on the mend thank goodness. Thanks for your kind thoughts on this, I know I'm daft about it!

Off to bed soon as am tired and feeling coldy and ick. x

Quick, it's a Brazilian you'd need which is what I would go for. However, they don't always foley right round the back so I always ask mine to get the very back. Brazillians involve no knickers an when they do the back you go on all fours and pull your cheeks out one at a time Embarrassing the first time, but they are so matter of fact about it

MIL is here for dinner...DH just showing her the nursery. Please make her go away!