November 2012 - nearer the end than the beginning

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Morning all

I spent the night in pain, every time
Little one moved I got the worst stabbing pain in my bladder, it was empty but still.
I also couldn't settle I was just full of unease, god knows what about.

We have the Olympic torch coming today, I don't think i'm going to see it, too many
people all barging me in the bump doesn't sound like my idea of fun, it's going straight by my house though so suddenly in little miss popular

I have the food shopping to do and I could do with sorting some more cupboards out but I literally cannot be bothered, I'm tempted to curl up on the sofa and have a day off, sadly it's sports days tomorrow and I have to provide a family picnic.

God I ache this morning :( oh well at least we fly today !!

No bleeding, happy kicking baby inside so should be ok. Just bruised swollen knees!! Seriously!!

Sorry those of you with little people are having traumas. I can't suggest much!!! Just smile ;) and cry away from them!! I'm sure I'll be shouting for advice!!!

Right will carry on packing etc!

Take it easy today Tits Ive had nights and days like that...although you may feel better when you get going...Thank goodness our sports day might be cancelled because of the rain today...my kids didnt want to do it this year (rolypoly race and pass the water bucket race)

Happy Hols Horsey :)

Evil I am sorry you are feeling blue. You do not need to answer here, but if you have a history of depression it may be an idea to see your GP. Post natal depression is well known, but there is also antenatal depression. It could just be work, but worth monitoring. If it is work related, still see your GP as you could get signed off. I was off for 6 weeks at the beginning, and am thankfully ok now. I have already finished work though, which is helping so much. Would that be an option? I know money is an issue but your health and wellbeing is much more important. Perhaps a sick note is the way to go? Take care, and PM me if you want x

Gosh I'm in a bad mood today, we had a weeks holiday booked for 2 weeks time and now we're going to have to cancel, all because DP forgot its his Dad's bday. I am bring totally unreasonable to be annoyed but sod it, I'm resenting now having to pay ££££ to book another week in the holidays instead, this one was a free holiday donated by the local children's charity since DS has been so poorly this year. I'm far more gutted than I should be.

I'm going to join the grumpy club this morning. Barely slept a week last night. Was super busy dashing round sorting out the house yesterday and ended up with shooting pains in my butt from doing too much. Sleep was not helped by the fact that not only is the belly dweller tap-dancing they also appear to be doing backflips or cartwheels - my belly was being distorted really painfully as they dashed around. You know when you change position about 50 times, huffing and puffing, odd limb cramps and tingles start to annoy you, you wonder if that's the dawn chorus you can hear, you want to throttle DH for sleeping peacefully and then the cat comes to try to cuddle crush you, you glance at the clock and it's half two and you want to cry. Then a minute later you wake up and it's morning. Yeah my night was like that. Am such a moaning Myrtle. Hahaha how the feck am I going to cope with sleepless nights without going postal?!!!

Tits I'd be gutted too. Can't you just see DH's father after? Given it's for the good of his grandson surely he'd understand? unless he's anything like my Dad

I'm going to hazard a guess he is like your Dad then YW.
My main gripe is that it was this week so I wasn't too far along in what is a very high risk pregnancy, the further along I get the more problems are likely to present.
It's probably the tiredness making me grumpy but at the moment I feel a bit liked and the kids have been shoved aside for family.

Morning.

I am sorry you are feeling blue evil. We are going throug such massive changes that i think we will all have days when we could just crawl under the duvet. Valium is right though, I think - you know your history.

Hooray for holiday packing horsey! It's funny to think of all the skinned knees and elbows we have as children. We just stop expecting to fall over don't we? Glad you and bump are feeling well this morning though.

Dealing with toddlers sounds hard work . . . Like teenagers but smaller and slightly more comprehensible.

Better sleep last night. I took some preventative Gaviscon (that stuff is horrible) and had a hot water bottle on my back. I did wake up a few time but that's normal. I think I could could on one hand the numbe of night's in my whole life where I have slept right through.

tits it seems pretty off that the whole holiday has been abandoned. If it was because your DS has been so poorly then I would say you deserve it! Is there no way of talking FIL round at all?

YW the sleep resentment rings loud and clear here. DH sleeps so incredibly well he only really needs 6 hours to feel completely refreshed. He could sleep through anything. I frequently see every hour of the night and am often accompanied by a dribbling kitty who is delighted to see that I am awake.

The sleep deprivation of motherhood also worries me. I love bed and I love sleeping. I am like a dormouse. Not sure dormice are that hot with 2 hourly feeds through the night.

I think trying to talk him round is going to just end up in MIL, BILs and SIL having their lives made miserable. We're probably just going to have to suck it up and try and book something elsewhere. My DSs aren't DP's children ( even though he treats them like they are) so FIL has never seen them as his GC.

Last night DH felt his first really clear kick. I kept poking my tummy to wake the baby up (I am so going to get payback for this!) and he started wriggling like crazy really low down. I grabbed DH's hand and he pressed gently and his face just lit up

We're having a bit of a crappy time of things as his mum had surgery for a brain tumour last week and it didn't work. She now needs to wait 6-8 weeks to recover then either radiotherapy or risky surgery. The scary thing is that this surgery was meant to create space for the cells swelling up after radiotherapy. There don't seem to be any good options

Feeling a bit down and weepy today as it feels as soon as we recover from one drama we're faced with another. I just want to hide from the world and spend thousands online (managed to restrict myself to just a crib with a collapsible side yesterday) on baby things. Being pregnant is a great distraction!

Morning ladies.

I haven?t posted for a couple of days because my laptop decided to die on Friday. Well it?s still working actually but the screen is so dark that you can barely make anything out so it?s unusable. I?m unsure whether to take it somewhere to be repaired or to just buy a new one. There are a few other things wrong with it so don?t want to spend a load of money on it then it dies completely just as I start mat leave and can?t afford a new one. Hmm..

Evil I have odd days like that too but if you are feeling like that more often than not perhaps you need to speak to your midwife? People talk a lot about post-natal depression now but ante-natal depression is quite common too.

Hi all, back from the peak district. Apart from a couple of days of rain the weather was generally kind. Even had a couple of days of sunshine which was a bonus. Was quite busy with lots of days out but ate out most days so managed to have a bit of relaxing time too. Got a cold now though which is irritating.

Apart from heartburn during the night I'm not having any pregnancy troubles. I ate dinner earlier yesterday and didn't have it nearly as bad so that helped. Have avoided the gaviscon so far but think I'll have to crack it open soon. I hate that stuff! Am 23 weeks today. Got midwife appointment this afternoon. Tomorrow am off to get a big bed for DD so have the joy of moving her into that in the next couple of weeks.

Glad to see everyone's pregnancy is progressing nicely. Can't believe how quickly they're going!

horsey have a lovely holiday. tits having to cancel a holiday due to DH's dad having a birthday seems a bit extreme to me. Surely the dad would want his family and grandson to have a holiday. It wouldn't even occur to me to not go away due to it being my parents or in laws birthday but perhaps I have got the wrong end of the stick.

tits just read you other post re your D'S not being his GS. I still fail to see why you are expected to cancel a holiday due to fil birthday though. Is it a big special one (ie 60) with a organised party or something?

Waiting ((((hugs)))) do you know what type of tumour it is? Hopefully shell be ok.

Just went to the supermarket and forgot my wallet!! Seriously!!

Tits sorry about your holiday and your fil. Mine it a total arse even with his own gc. He's just the most selfish man I know!!!

As far as I understand horsey the tumour isn't what would kill her in itself but its growth will. So benign as opposed to malignant? I'm trying to stay positive for DH but my dad and maternal Nana both died of brain tumours (neither hereditary) so it's tough.

I can't believe how pregnant we all are

apple I have a similar problem. My laptop died on Saturday night after I didnt throw it at DH . It's 5 years old and has been on the way out for ages but i cant afford to replace it this month - fecking car insurance!

Nope not a biggie, will just be a meal out.
Nothing we can do now, arranging time off (again) would be too much hassle, plus DP has a day off this week for another family thing

Ok so the radiotherapy would stint the growth should the surgery recovery go ok. It is hard just try to think positive but when you've seen malignant ones it's hard. Mil had a brain met from breast cancer, surgery then through to us for radiotherapy. Big hugs I hope she's ok.

Sorry to hear about the tumour. Hopefully all will be well, but a dreadful time for you all.

As to cancelling the holiday, was anything booked for the birthday before the holiday was arranged? If not, then I would be very angry indeed. It is difficult though, as complaining could make life and relationships very strained. It makes it even more tricky with step families, although it shouldn't.

X-post tits. Spend away I say!

No nothing booked, we usually do a meal
out for his families birthdays (not that they bothered to do anything for DP)

I guess some families are different, my own DF was on holiday for my bday, I understood it was the most practical week for him to go and I saw him the week after, I assumed it would be no biggie to see him the day before we left (day before his bday) but apparently I was wrong, it's just not worth the hassle for everyone else to challenge it though.