Due in October 2012 Part 6 - Third Trimester Trials and Tribulations

[YompingJo]

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Oh and ps some gorgeous names on here. I had lovely boys' names picked out - including Josh :) - but hard with girls' names. A couple of names we really like are VERY popular at the minute plus one of my favourite names has been ruined forever by a girl I taught who's a tit and has same surname as DH. We need to start thinking about it but one name I really love (classic without being 'poncey', unusual but not too 'out there') DH is resisting...

Angelico that is what we are after - classic but not poncey and not way out there. North London is full of people with really daft names and I am determined that this child isn't going to be one of them!

Ooh Midget I'm at the Athletics tonight too! If you see a fellow preggo in a pink pleated skirt and navy blue top, just give me the secret handshake

I swear I thought I saw someone off this thread last night - the face looked familiar and I must admit I am rubbish at looking at peoples photos so maybe I imagined it. Whoever it was was very tall and most people on this thread seem to be really tall. I will indeed keep my eyes peeled Shall. The skirt sounds like a good thing to look for. I am currently dressed like a tramp - need to think that through better. Weather is looking good (last night it bloody pissed down).

Don't know about anyone else but the hot flushes combined with sunshine are killing me...have had a sweaty top lip just walking up one flight of stairs today!! eurgh!

Afternoon ladies

Well I'm pleased to report that bp was back down to normal this morning :) so I didnt get taken in phew!

Also on the good side, I have been officially signed off work until my mat leave starts next friday, so no more stress for me thank god. Plenty of time to rest and actually start buying some bloody baby gear!

Ive got the GTT Friday morning, then a growth scan and daycare at the Fetal Health Clinic next Tues, so I will know more about when baby is coming after that. Hopefully its a little way off yet!!

So, baby Naomi Louise is definatly causing mummy lots of trouble! Hope this isn't an indicator of things to come!! Yes Angelico, she may well be the first baby on this thread...scary thought!!

Will keep u all posted, you have all been so lovely, thanks for all the support. and to you all xxx

Phew cwest - lovely to hear that all is ok

Cwest very glad to hear that BP back down and that you're not in hospital. Sounds like resting at home is where you need to be. Just as well there's something great on TV to watch eh?

Hooray, glad all is well CWest. Hope it stays that way, and being signed off work ensures that.

Yomping I can testify absolutely to a hyper baby in utero being a hyper baby out utero (er...you know what i mean). DS was mental when I was pg, and is mental now. As a small baby he was a hell of a handful. THis one is exactly the same - am trying to mentally prepare myself for two 100mph children....

Sooo tired after work. Oh My God today was hard. Just going to lie here for a while and do nothing

cwest glad to hear that BP is back to normal! Please do keep us in the loop about next appts.

c.Paving OMG don't scare me!!! This lil bean of mine must be mexican mexican jumping bean?? ok lame as i probably get 10 kicks in 6 or 7 minutes on an active day. Today is a bit quieter. (thankfully got a better sleep last night)

Crazy, it's only what I deserve to be honext, I am a 100mph person - was hoping baby would inherit DH's completely lazy more laid back attitude but all it seems to have got from him is short legs and attention-seeking behaviour

CWest, phew, relieved for you and love the name.

Since we're sharing, our current shortlists are Elliott or Jamie for a boy, and Alexandra (Alex or Lexie), Ella, Keira, Jessica (Jess), Stella (DH is an astronomer) and Jamie (spelt that way though, not spelt Jaime) for a girl. We're having fun with initials and like Keira as it could give initials KIT which is also a cool nickname, and Alexandra could be made to give initials AT-AT which DSH (total Star Wars geek) thinks is almost too good to be true!

Latest bargain from me: this exercise ball from Argos is under £6 at the moment, I got one today, will be found bouncing on it later! Perineum massage oil also arrived today, gulp. I have read 3 separate sets of instructions of what to do and still don't completely understand, a video would be most helpful but I'm a little scared about looking one up! Maybe there is something cartoony that might get the message across without being too eeuuww!

Constipation - I get this on and off. Sometimes I have to (TMI alert) push so hard that I'm scared the baby might come out too

DSH? Dear Sexy Husband? Must learn to proof read before I post.

25 posts since I last read!!! Cwest so glad u r home and ok. Had us all worried there!!!
Angelico r u having lovely day? Proper proper sun here all day, wow!! So jealous ( in nicest poss way!) that you likely moving next week!!!!! That is fantastic! By end of next wk we are making an evaluation on progress and think likely we will stay in this house til after baba born. Not the plan but probably for best!!

On pain relief debate, I am naively hoping to hav as little as possible...... I am a total woos with most pain but hav myself convinced this is different!! While back I was part of a post on here about effects of all pain relief and synthetic hormone injections on labour, recovery, neonate recovery and breast feeding. I wish oh wish I had taken notes as was all v interesting. I hav a silly irrational fear of breast feeding not working for me and this is a big trigger. I am however completely of the frame of mind that all help and interventions are totally cool if needed and I will go with advice. No mention at all in antenatal apts yet. Hoping classes give me more insight and info. One thing I was v pleased to learn is that many now suggest not clamping and cutting cord quickly. Ideal to let cord stop pulsating so as to give baby maximum volume of blood. Some say that cutting quickly and giving injection to help speed up delivery of placenta are moves to speed up process for care givers and not necessarily best for mum and baby. Leaving to happen naturally ( in absence of significant bleeding of course) and a bit of gravity, will lead to a safer placenta delivery and natural let down.

I am aware that some of you might think this is poppycock and best to just get it over!! Especially those who hav done it before!!!!! So I am hoping to learn more and hope to have realistic chat with MW. And keep up the hypno CDs in hope that they work!!!!

Do not know if boy or girl in tummy! We hav a girl name for years, lovely easy name! But I feel like is a boy, just a hunch! May be to cushion myself that is possibly not a girl or may be real intuition??? Cannot believe that. But we cannot come up with boy name that we like!!! DH hates his name and goes by another so he feels a big burden to get right!! We are def in the traditional camp, but all names we like already in use by friends or family!!! Ah well, hoping we know it when we meet him!!

Sorry not to respond directly but hopefully I hav managed to stay in conversation a bit!!!

DH has dissappeared..... Wonder if has gone to tackle the weeds I was complaining about.....!

X

Well, 2 nights depriving DH of sleep (and admittedly I've been suffering with insomnia for he last 2 weeks) and we've just had an inevitable cranky, sleep deprived arguement. F*ck knows what we'll be like once the bean arrives! (pardon my french).

I know he doesn't mean to direct things at me. He has a crap commute (1hr either way in the car) and has a job where (sleep deprived) mistakes can kill (he works in a lab with nasty chemicals) and he's starting to feel unsafe at work. I'm the only person at home so things inevitably get directed at me. He's spent the evening huffing and puffing at everything (putting the bin out - smell still makes me vom and struggling to lift bag into wheelie bin), but has spent last week or so huffing and puffing too (having to help do weeding as I can't get up after kneeling; having to cook most nights as either too knackered or smell making me feel icky). Have told him I'm not doing things deliberately, which he says he understands...it's just he's not good at feigning happiness/interest (he's the same when we go shopping).

I've had tears (don't know if hormonal, sleep deprived or deserved!) and offered to clear the washing off the bed in the spare room and sleep in there tonight so I don't disturb him. Body support pillow arrived today so he's suggest try that tonight - just not looking forward to tomorrow if I keep him awake for a third night - it'd be unbearable!

Anyway, we've said our apologies but now sitting in silence (!)

On a lighter note yomping, DH wants to call the bean Luke, just so he can mutter the immortal words "Luke, I am your father"!

32, 28+3, #1, sleep deprived, hormonal and sweaty

Kyyria, are you sure we're not both married to the same man? Yours sounds eerily similar to mine! The same huffing when doing things for me, says he doesn't mind but can't pretend to be happy about it! Why can't he be happy about doing things to make my life easier??? And yes, my DH wanted to call the bean Luke for the same reason, as did his brother!

Hugs and , I'm sure body support pillow will help a lot - perhaps combined with a mug of ovaltine or a banana (both can help sleep).

Somebody distract me, I'm going on a eBay spending spree and can't seem to stop. Have just discovered the amazing magic range of products from Mamas & Papas and steadily buying them up on the cheap. DH has gone to work (random night shift) and I'm a bit scared about fessing up to him in the morning as I keep telling him we have to stop spending money!

Kyyria Hope the silence does not last long . DH and I had row on the train yesturday, listened to by a whole carriage full of people. Then I burst into tears and cried as we walked home. He barely said a word to me all evening and this morning then he just snapped out of it as fine now . Luke is a great name!

DS has been a little shit a bit challenging today. Nothing suits or makes him happy, but then we had a lovely evening, with me watching DH and DS play chess (or Chest as DS calls it). They are so alike, there moods even follow the same pattern!

I took DS to the Stay and Play today and got asked about names (Artemis). I got this look and "I've never heard that before, where did you get it from?" erm....Greek goddess maybe? No? ok.............

yomping you have my sympathies - like you say, DHs are wonderful (otherwise we wouldn't be with them) but I just wish sometimes mine could smile and say "yes i'm tired/cranky/fed-up but it's ok"...

Your query as to them being the same bloke reminded me of an episode of Men Behaving Badly when Gary asks Dorothy what she would think if he said he was having an affair...her response was "Oh dear, now there are two of us that have to put up with your feet"

Hadn't thought about ovaltine (think i've got a sample pack somewhere) and didn't know bananas were good for sleep either. Will certainly give ovaltine a try tonight.

Must admit, I did smile when you said about the AT-AT initials Must admit I'm also planning on doing a Darth Vader impression if they let me near the gas and air during labour

*wantanorange8 Artemis sounds very regal - am I right in thinking it was the name of one of the 3 musketeers?? I love names like that that have a history behind them.

Aramis was the musketeer, and that is also a cool name. Artemis was the Greek goddess of pause while I Google hunting and wild stuff. Ooh, WantAnOrange, I want to steal that! What a great meaning for a name! Would work with the whole Star Wars AT-AT thing too.. However, I don't think DH would go for it so I'll give it back to you. (wouldn't actually have copied you and jealous you can think of such great names!)

Yomping yes, it was aramis I was thinking of.

Must admit I know a friend of a friend of a friend who has a little boy called Atticus

Hahahahaaha, loving the "Luke I am your father" thing, thats PURE BRILLIANCE.

CWest Glad to hear you are OK, take it easy!!!!!!

Crazypaving Yes PLEASE don't scare me either!! this little one just seems to be moving and all the time.. well I say all the time I get worried when it stops for an hour put it that way!!

So for a laugh we tried the wedding ring and also needle on thread over tummy! Both went in a circle! First google found a site that said circle is girl, swinging is boy. Next site said the opposite.....!!!!! There goes that idea then!!!!

Night all! X

Kyrria and Yomping on a similar note, we know someone who has two boys called George and Lucas... Their wedding anniversary is on May the 4th...

Glad things are better Cwest and that you got signed off.

What a lot of posts! Not even going to try and reply to everyone cos I think then I would be up till midnight at least but am reading and thinking of everyone, nice to catch up.
cwest really glad bp has settled down and that you can start relaxing now!
I am relieved to be only working 2 days a week at the moment but still finding that difficult and I'm only 31 weeks, don't know how you're all doing it. Had another 10 hr day today and so tired this evening (moan moan moan)!
Finding I get too hot to sleep properly at night as well, especially hands and feet... Anyone else? Ok at getting comfy but just can't get cool.
Loving everyone's names, especially Luke for a boy. That made me and dh both laugh out loud so thank you!
Our current favourite for a girl would be Elizabeth rose (have told dd that she can pick the middle name so long as it isn't tinkerbell or peppa! And rose is her current favourite, she actually has quite good taste). Also like Eleanor and Charlotte though. I like Francesca but dh says no. Spoilsport, but never mind!
Midwife for me tomorrow, get to take dd for the first time, think she will like hearing the baby on Doppler. Just hope everythings still going ok, getting more nervous the closer b-day comes! Also a bit of me (totally irrational) sad that this baby is going to be another Caesarian, sort of wish I could have a vaginal delivery but there you go, just feels funny knowing I'll never deliver a baby "normally". Does that make any sense? At all?
Sleep well everyone!

OMG - it has taken me all day to catch up.
CWest Be first by all means.... but NOT August!! Sounds like you need to be off. I am really relieved for you.

Smorgs Good luck with the house hunting. Personally I wouldn't fancy cleaning up someone else's mould but if needs must.

Cherry No wonder Japanese families are small. All of that co-sleeping would not have been the thing in an Irish Catholic family - I am 1 of 6. There was parent's bedroom, boys' bedroom and girls' bedroom when I grew up.

Still no AuPair - interested party now does not want to do skype interview so assume v poor English. Friends advise to keep looking. Thanks for asking Fjord. I hope the GD resolves. My SiL just had that and she had her baby in May and all was well. I think she just had to be monitored more and be very careful of her diet.

On the name front - I find it hard to think of names that suit a baby and a grown man. We are on the blue team. Tom is currently top of my list.

I am meting the ObGyn next Wednesday. I have not seen him in an age due to being away and the one appointment I did have was with a locum. I know my regular guy now and usually find him very informative and he always puts any worries to rest. I want to hear from him that all is fine even though I often feel wretched - is this normal??