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

[YompingJo]

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lisbeth I got a Moby for 18.50 + p&P on ebay - was well chuffed. They vary massively depending on supply/demand but I wouldn't pay more than 25 I reckon.

Urgh I'm tired and lacking in inspiration tonight. Work was hard and my bits are sore And then DS spread yoghurt all over my uniform whilst eating his supper, grr. Loopy I sympathise. I want to hide too. And go to bed and eat cake like someone suggested. Those are skills of mine.

Blimey there's a lot to catch up on as ever! To all those with excessive baby movements, I think mine's been awake pretty much all day! Really starting to get the fear about what this means when he/she is born - aaahhh!! I'm really not convinced it's flipped either because all the activity is definitely aimed at my pelvic floor. Poor pelvic floor.

Err... angelico moving house? If I have that right good luck! God I'm hopeless.

Squid you're being a massive nobber. The baby will be the perfect size and it's nothing to do with what you have or haven't done. I was tiny last time - it was because I had abdominal muscles! They've buggered off and this time I'm a whale. Enjoy being neat!

Elpis good luck with your scan. Maybe your baby will just have a long back? DS is very tall for his age but has stumpy little legs relative to the length of his back. Alas, he takes after me. And hope the hypochondria isn't fed anything else to keep it going!

Also up for facebook group but am being hopeless getting into it. Doesn't help that my internet connection is being shocking tonight.

Gotta run and put DS to bed

(PS kyyria I'm not stalking you on facebook, I'm being hopeless. Really gotta run now)

Hello All, another one that can't keep up but i'll have a go.

Kyrra i'm not stalking you but have sent you AND the FB group a friends request because i got confuised, sorry...

londonmrs i love your DH comments about the forceps!

about cat poo; i think the only sure fire way to stop a cat pooing in your garden is to get your own cat and they sort it out amongst themsalves. As a cat owner i don't really have any problems but feel pretty sorry for the neighbours. however i also have a dog so still spend plenty of time cleaning up poo! i have heard that putting some rubber snakes in your garden or clear plastic bottles full of water will scare cats away but whether it's true or not i don't know...

yomping it really seems like everyone else is getting organised and i really haven't done a thing, i'm going to be so unprepared. i'm sad enough that the things you have bought i would find really exciting!

i'm having a horrible time at work and that just seems to be taking over everything at the moment. i really need to get my act together though and at least buy a few nappies!!

yomping birthing plans ive not yet been to an antenatal class slightly worried i'd have to idea what to write and seven weeks to go.

Have found the Facebook group and a teddybear has asked fo join

Hello :)

Have almost given up now attempting anything other than a cursory catch up. I've started to read this thread lots of nights this week but never got as far as fully catching up or posting before my 'Mumsnet time' times out.

I think I would like to join this facebook group though. I'll check it out after supper. Kyrria - I'll probably have to friend you so you know who I am. I have a real name and it doesn't have 'fjord' in it .

Been feeling a bit down and stressed. Gestational diabetes confirmed by hospital today and I've got the specialist tomorrow so I'll have more idea of my outlook then. CWest - my specialist has one of those monitoring thingies - I had it last time - the clicking for movements etc. LO was cooperative last time and passed with flying colours but her movements have felt much less clear the last 2 days so I hope no-one gets alarmed. Hoping, at best, that I can keep up my low GI/no glucose diet for management of the GD and that baby is as least not so big that she can stay in until the last week of September OMG I'm not ready!!! .

Anyhow, I'll have a stab and catching up after I've cooked (a low GI feast - warm lentil salad) and put my almost spherical feet up for a while. Not enjoying the 'hot' weather here in Norway (23 and humid) as our flat is roasting and I spend a lot of time hoping the baby doesn't come early as I'm sure she'd overheat in here if she comes before autumn/winter truly sets in .

lots of love to you all, however you're feeling :).

Oh Fjordmumma I am so gutted for you . I know you will cope just fine with GD but I also know it is a total arse and such a shame that you have to think about this when you don't need the hassle. Nothing else to say really just a big glass of and maybe a midget hug.

Oh no fjord Have a sugarfree and some low calorie

fjord sending hugs...you've only got to manage for a few weeks at least.

FB group is growing - don't worry about feelings of stalking «smiles nervously and backs towards the nearest exit»

Blimey - am having hot flushes like you wouldn't believe. Sitting next to open patio doors whilst DH shivers on other side of the living room!

Didn't manage a snooze this aft so seriously hoping I am out like a light when it comes to bed time!

Hi all,

Have joined the facebook group, would be good to see a few more faces on there :)

Fjordmor hope everything goes OK with the consultant tomorrow.

Have been shopping today and spent an absolute fortune on baby stuff and new pjs/toiletries etc for me when I go into hospital. There's still A LOT we need to buy and organise, but I finally feel like we are getting somewhere. Although this is my second, I'm still completly amazed by how much stuff a baby needs!

DH is back in the nobber club :( We looked at the buggy we used for DS when we got home and agreed it could do with a clean soon since we are getting everything ready. He said me and mum could do it seeing as I've finished work now. Fair enough, but when I said maybe he would like to do it because of his OCD tendencies, he said "I ent f***g doing it!" and looked really offended. I said "Well I'm sorry for the fact that I'm huge, tired and about to go through major surgery in a few weeks, its not like there's not a lot on my mind is there? I'm obviously not doing enough for this baby am I?!" Grrrr, idiot!

I can also sympathise with everyone suffering from mood swings and tiredness again. In some ways I'm relieved she will be here in the next 4-8 weeks, this has been the longest 7 months of my life!! I'm starting to get really uncomfortable now, and have been really snappy and stroppy with everyone today. Suppose we should hang in there ladies, the end is in sight xxx

Just a quick check in... Please don't be offended but I probably won't join the FB group, like to keep my FB and MN separate as like the anonymity of this and don't think I would post as openly on FB. So please, please don't all jump ship to FB and leave our lovely thread - do keep posting here too! I would miss you all!

Fjord sending a hug and some :( That sucks but try and look at it as you will probably get the pregnancy bit (hip pain, heartburn etc etc) over sooner and get to meet your bean a bit earlier :) They will really keep an eye on you now x

Sorry, so tired - coming down with a cold (thank you visitors last week who arrived full of pestilence and coughed all over us ) and had a hectic day fixing other people's screw-ups - Yomping I feel your pain. With this whole renovation 80% of the problems and delays have been down to people saying they will do things and then not doing them, end of.

Into work tomorrow for A-Level results, then picking more house stuff, then AN appt. Tired even thinking about it. After spending all morning 'justifying' results (for kids who shouldn't even be doing A-Levels) I am quietly confident BP will be off the scale by time I get to AN appt...

Sleep tight lovelies x

CWest sorry but your DH really is sounding like a nobber - wish our thread could sit him down and give him the fright of his life a stern talking to! :)

Wow! Just want to say that the birth preparation cd in the natal hypnotherapy set rocks!!! Well impressed and hope my brain listens to it all and teaches my uterus what to do!!! 321....relax!! Lovely.

oh, fjord, :( thinking of u.
loopy, hope u r feeling better and enjoyed your pampering - u deserve it, working so hard as a bean baker!!
londonlivvy, no-one has ever offered to weigh me at any antenatal appt, apart from my 1st one...i dont think what u do/dont put on is too much of a big deal.
squid, u sound like a super healthy preggo lady with all your exercise and home cooked meals.... dont stresss about bump being a little small....your tentacles are not super tall, so baby squid is just in proportion to mummy squid.

Kyria, I am also stalking u and the group (i am really called Rebecca) on fb, sorry, i am a bit tech challenged. thank u for setting it up.
I do hope we keep posting after our babies come, on this thread, or a post natal one!!
Good nite, ladies.

My attempt at catching up with you all squeezed in before DP and I put our low blood sugar tired (me) and overworked/underslept tired (him) arses to bed?

CWest - sorry to hear about all your health ups and downs. I?m glad your last appointment went well though and that you and the bean passed with flying colours.

Enjoying all the names. I am keeping schtum about my idea as DP and I haven?t discussed it yet. For some reason it?s the last vestige of superstition I have?once she has a name, the name, nothing must happen to her . He?s nagging me to talk about it soon but I expect we?ll still not announce to anyone until the birth. Also after reading Gary Barlow?s story? . Btw?if anyone didn?t see Jason Manford?s amazing blogpost on how men feel about pregnancy and how couples feel about stillbirth, read it and get your tissues out. Set me off for about a full hour and has given me immense respect for the man (who was responding to ?chip on shoulder? trolls). This is the link to his fb note with the post in: www.facebook.com/notes/jason-manford/the-gary-barlow-tragedy-and-internet-idiots/10151995627430696

Have also been in the ?freaked out by less movement? camp the last couple of days, especially with my diagnosed complications. It?s scary ?cos I can still feel her knee, bum, feet etc through my skin it?s just they?re not moving much and when they do, the feeling is very muffled and she?s not making my belly move. Do you think the placenta can move to the front at this late stage? Well I?ll go on the monitoring thing again tomorrow and probably be scanned again so I guess I?ll find out :-.

Thanks to all those offering GD advice or anecdotes. I?ve heard lots of women who have got through it with minimal effect or drama so I?m just keeping my fingers crossed. Think the thing I?m most bothered about is delivery very early (I?m not ready, practically) but would prefer to deliver a smaller baby, early and naturally than a huge one, nearer term with all sorts of risks, greater pain and likelihood of EMCS. Like so many have said, if it has to be that way, I?d rather elect to have one than end up in theatre after a traumatic time. But c?est la vie. We will see. Trying to get my ante-natal classes and birthing unit tour sorted in a hurry now.

Thought I was actually going into early labour last night! . Had what must have been some kind of BH (symptoms matched description for a ?contraction? exactly) except it was continuous for about 20+ minutes. After using ahem?internet search? to see if I should be worried, I got up to walk around to see if pain got better (apparently ?false labour? would) and it did (phew!) and I um? went ?to the loo? a few times and that helped too. I think my insides have got so full there?s just no room to give anymore! . The experience gave me a few ideas about labour though and has strangely made me calmer about the mechanics of it?

Smorgs - snorted with laughter at your ante-natal class experience! My LO is probably going to have 2 middles names and 2 surnames (the latter usual practice here) as I need to squeeze in several family names. I?m big on all that?but I hadn?t mentioned 2 middle names before, Planktonette - think you may have meant someone else?

londonlivvy - glad to hear about your completion date for DF?s flat. I hear you on the money worries. Still not even 1 offer on my flat (a desirably large, neutrally decorated 2 bed flat, 2 minutes walk from Southfields tube station) and it never occurred to me it wouldn?t be sold with the money through by the time I gave birth. We lack a plan B and things are NOT good. I think it?s time to fire the agent and get a new one pronto. Relate to the ?ours not his? stuff with the house as well. Unfortunately most of my worldly goods are still in 11 packing boxes in the sitting room that we have nowhere to unpack. Re the rings; strange one. DP was only divorced since we?ve been together (although he was legally separated when we met). He removed his wedding ring before he met me but I assume he still has it somewhere. Also, his dad still has their wedding picture up in his sitting room. I guess the thing is, I know how DP feels about me and how he feels about his ex and there?s the kids, and people just don?t want to throw that bit of history out. In some ways it was a mistake, but it was a large chunk of his life and gave him two wonderful (mostly ) children. Sounds like your DF?s loyalty is mostly to his family rather than harbouring sentimentality about his ex. And that?s a lovely trait in itself when you come to think of it.

Sorry to hear about so many incidences of hip pain, sleep problems and nobber partners. Without being even more long-winded than usual, I can just say I empathise and am in each of those camps too occasionally (I think they rotate when things start going too smoothly? ). I?m mercifully free of hip pain at the moment, but often have ?bump pain? at night (prob big baby pressing on fibroids) and get up to go to the loo minimum twice, sometimes 4 or 5 times?DP being ok at the mo but DSD2 still being bratty and I have to count to 10 multiple times when in sole charge of her that I can?t tell her off and pick her up on things (kicking plates/cutlery off the table whilst writhing around on the sofa and just leaving it where it fell ).

Glad we can all talk frankly about things like not instantly bonding. Also loving everyone?s ante-natal class gems. Lots of great tips am trying to absorb them all by osmosis! :)

In awe of those still at work, returning to work, planning homebirths and still exercising fitfully! Also, someone has changed their name to hzgreen and I can?t work out who it is? .

Oh cripes ? this is epic! Going to have to be a two-poster again - 4 pages still to go....

Kyyria ? I?ve sent you a friend request. Want to stay anonymous on MN (but happy to out myself to anyone in the fb group) suffice as to say, my first name begins with ?R? and the pic is a black and white one of me & DP. Am also unbelievably boiling btw! Empathy your way!

Thanks for kind words everyone! Trying to focus on the positive (at least it?s not?etc.)

Where was I? oh yes, page 4 ?

Midget - so glad I didn?t know you were planning on being up a ladder halfway up a house before you did it! I?d have worried myself sick! I don?t even like DP or FIL going up (but then my cousin?s partner recently died falling through a roof so I?m a bit sensitive and paranoid). Well done though, I need a boot in the arse to do more nesting as my due date may well be jumped forward .

crazyp - glad your midwife session was a better one and great news about the wedding anniversary weekend.

lisbeth & Midget - thanks for sharing your birth experiences with/without pain relief. I?m hearing from a lot of folk in RL too recently and it?s really helping me make my list of ?birth preferences? that I?ll hand in to the birthing unit here. I guess I?ll finish deciding after our 1-1 ante-natal with a doula-lady but it?s been really helpful.

LondonMrs - what can I say about your mum? I know how I?d have felt. I could empathise by quoting my own mother on her insensitive, unhelpful comments about my pregnancy but if you?ve read my posts before you?ll know what she?s like. Mine?s a critic by nature. You have my sympathy. It?s kind of the one person you always want to be ?on your side? ? whatever that means in the given situation and it always feels so harsh when they fail to support and comfort and by that kind of criticism they do.

Re stuff - am also in the ?changing bin never occurred to me? camp. Agree with lots of them (although not from experience of course ? just ?cos they?re on my list too ). For a changing bag, I?m afraid I?ve my heart set on a Storksack. I?ve wanted a big leather handbag for ages as I have to lug lots of stuff around so for me, that?s what it will be ? with a nappy and changing mat pouch! What a great compromise! Only drawback ? was going to treat myself to one once the flat sold so will have to go with the one that comes with the Stokke until my property cashes in?
huffle I?m with you on the early move of baby into own room and necessity for baby monitor. However, it?s on my ?phase 2? (after baby?s born) list as she?ll be stuck next to me for the first 2 months.

Squid, Midget and anyone else worried about small babies, if mine?s heading for super-bigness, I?ll send you all the newborn/tiny baby clothes I?ve already been bought. Deal? :) I for one would rather be in your camp, delivery wise. Arghhhhh!!!

Yomping - am definitely up for a new post-natal thread here, as well as this fb group. After going through this 9 months all together it would be weird not to also compare notes on babies, how we?re feeling/managing and if DP/Hs have got over their nobbery. :) Oh and Yomping, am trying to be inspired by your organisation also. I need a good dose of ?things to do? to take my mind off GD and self pity?

Angelico - hope your cold clears up soon and try to relax. Take care of that BP too!

That?s all for today. Will try and get on tomorrow PM after my consultant appt.

Quiet, pain free nights to all (ok ? I know you?re all asleep already?).

fjordmor Sorry to hear of your GD. I only have an anecdote too but one of my friends had it first time round. She had a normal birth and her son was a bit smaller than my DD. Second time round she's 5wks ahead of me and clear of GD (she's 40+ too). The baby certainly looks pretty big but you know you can never tell because people carry so differently.

Well, my scan was fine! His measurements are now average all over except for the head, which is bigger, but that makes sense as DD was born with a huge head. Everything else looks fine too. I didn't ask whether he has Down's because in four scans none of the sonographers has ever suggested it and I didn't want to look like a paranoid nobber. Anyway, I can go to France on the train so long as I'm not going up any mountains. Hooray!

Managed a trip to the theatre yesterday - the grown-ups' theatre, I mean: have seen about 10 kids' plays since DD was born but this was only second proper production since. It felt good and brain engaged. Have stopped worrying about a pulmonary embolism. Chased the NHS cord blood bank to which I'd hoped to donate this time, but they won't let me because MS might be caused by an infection. Hmm. It might be triggered by an infection, but that's not the latest thinking. Think they are afraid of being sued. Felt a bit useless, especially as cord blood has potential to treat MS. I could save it privately but that's pretty expensive and I wanted to help other people, not just my own children. Still, no point in dwelling. Off to catch the Eurostar! Hope you all get some rest over the weekend and it doesn't get too hot. Should we all be grateful it's been a rainy summer?

Morning all

angelico I will definitely keep posting on here as like the anonymity, but nice to see faces on FB.

Actually had a half decent night's sleep last night - only awake properly once to go to the loo. Still feel absolutely shattered but fingers crossed it will be the first in a good run!

Had been having discussion with hubby about moving house as the area we live in isn't horrendous, but it does have a crappy element in the council houses up the street. Top end of the street has drugs problems, prostitution issues etc - there was a stabbing last night right outside the house of one of the other girls at work, she's absolutely beside herself. The street where it happened is a 2 mins down the road from our house. Really want to move now!

32, 29+4, #1

Just been having a nose at postnatal clubs - shall we start one when first couple of babies are out? But can we avoid the twee rhyming names? (apologies to anyone who likes twee rhyming names or indeed actually created one of them! )

Agree FB group good for being nosy seeing what people look like, but I vote for doing all the posting here otherwise people will get left behind or confused. Some will not be on FB, some will choose not to join group, some will find 2 places to keep track of too much and some (definitely me) will find people having different names confusing!

Fjord, you deserve a and low-sugar (I won't tell) for your epic catch up! You always make sure you respond to lots of people and I think that's really caring of you. So sorry about GD but you sound like you're coming to terms with it.

Ha ha, to all who are jealous of my organisational skills, don't be. It might sound great but the trade off is that I was mighty pissed off last night as I felt I had done nothing but sit at a computer all day, during my holiday time, and also I am such a completer-finisher that I can't let myself relax until I have organised/done stuff that needs organising/doing - with the result that I don't relax much and that's not great. I'm sure there is a balance to be struck somewhere. At the moment, I wake up and have a 20-item to-do list written within 5 minutes, then frantically work through it all day so that I can relax - but the working through it generates more for the next day, etc etc. I'm just scared, I think, and avoiding thinking about it by keeping myself busy. I might not be a great mum says the voice in my head, pretty constantly but at least I can get all this stuff organised before the baby arrives, because that right there IS something I'm good at .

Anyway - if anyone is feeling an email address and I'll send you lists of what to put in labour bag/hospital bag/baby's bag/DH/s bag, and a version of a birth plan if you're interested. All have been complied after working my way through loads of pregnancy and birth books and taking their advice on board.

Elpis, hooray for your scan and trip to France! I love France and am very ! Hope you enjoy it And I think you're lovely for wanting to help others with chord blood.

Kyyria, yay for sleep!

I have 2 days of natal hypnotherapy workshops tomorrow and Saturday. We are the only people on the course so the lady is coming to our house - terrified I'm going to make a nobber of myself through being nervous and compensating by coming across like an over-confident pillock. Either that or DH and I will get the giggles and will not be able to take it seriously. Will post anything interesting or useful that we learn.

That should say "if anyone is feeling panicked and totally unprepared, PM me an..."

Thanks everyone for the support, I have changed my appt to a pedi & a mani instead - plus I'm bringing my trusty desk fan as the beautician is a friend so she'll understand & should be a bit more relaxing too. After a good cry, hugs from DH, a nap & large slice of choccy fudge cake, I felt much better

Yomping that's amazing! I shall def PM you when not on phone, thank you.

Morning lovelies.

Thanks for all your kind comments about what a nobber I am re: bump size, that makes me feel better. I know bumps/women just look a bit different and unless midwife is worried I won't be. Had a bit of of a freak out about exercise but although I exercise every day I don't think I'm being excessive (I walk around 5 miles a day, mostly just up and down the river chatting to fishermen, and I do some swimming and yoga) and everything I've read says it's great for mum and baby and I should just count myself lucky that I still feel well enough to do that. ( and to everyone who's not so lucky)

So anyway I'm not going to change unless my body disagrees with me or my midwife says anything.

I have spent months and months convincing myself baby will be late (first babies are always late, don't expect anything till 41 weeks, yadda yadda) and it's suddenly occurred to me what if it's early!! I mean it could be 3 weeks now! Boyfriend (who is about as OCD as... Yomping ) is very panicky because I don't have a hospital bag packed as yet, though as I keep telling him, if baby comes before 37 weeks it will be premature and we'll have bigger concerns than labour snacks! I am going to pack it at the end of August (36 weeks) - it feels symbolic. Hopefully I won't go to hospital anyway!

I am going to a slingmeet in a few hours, yikes! They seem like obsessive nutters from facebook but I can just meet them, run away, and never speak to them again if necessary! They seem to only talk about slings and have 400 slings each, so maybe one of them will give me a sling I will give you guys the lowdown on any sling advice.

Speaking of facebook I am dithering over joining the group as I post loads of really random albums of photos on facebook that you would probably all think were weird or boring and am quite open about stuff - this is because all my settings are set to max security and I have a very tightly controlled group of close friends who I know well and no one else has access! So even though you guys aren't "strangers", it's not like I have that kind of facebook where random acquaintances read it so I'm not too sure about mixing the two... forgive me for dithering, I love you guys and it's not personal, I will probably join anyway in the end! If it's just to see my face that's absolutely fine, think most of you have anyway!

Lastly I am going away twice next week - like I said, end of august feels symbolic - and mostly feel ok about this but sometimes a little nervous. I'm going to Newcastle to see a friend which is 3 hours on the train by myself and I'm not sure why I'm nervous... I have told boyfriend unless I am DYING he is to come and get me with the car if I did go into labour or anything crazy, do not want to have baby in Newcastle!! Ahhh don't be a nobber it will be fine. Second trip is only a couple of hours away and we are together and have the car so it will be ok. And then I'm not going far from home for the last 3 weeks. Is this irresponsible, is this normal, am I being ridiculous for even being nervous?

Anyway having a mate to stay before that and Jess Ennis homecoming party tomorrow and seeing another mate on Sunday and all day antenatal class on Saturday - I will do some restin' & nestin' in September honest

squid, 34+3 (yeah it's a bit small but it's perfectly formed and it's MY SQUID!)

Fjordmor. Thank you for the positive spin on the wedding rings. I was finding it a bit tricky to deal with but the way that you put it has really made sense to me. Bless his sentimental soul.

Good luck re GD. I?m sure you?ll find some great recipes etc to make it not too dull.

Now... here comes my bossy side... hope you?re ready... I have had an offer finally on my flat and (fingers crossed) it should complete in September. Some thoughts for you after having a bit of a HELP I NEED TO SELL MY FLAT with some of my most brutally honest friends. Feel free to ignore of course.

• Look at your competition (ie findaproperty.com) and see how your property is presented vs your competitors. Does yours look attractive? If not, why not? Can you do anything about those shortcomings? (I debated fitting a new kitchen before deciding it wouldn?t be worth the disruption to my tenants).
• Look at the price. Flats are not going at the asking price at the moment in London (zoopla.co.uk for actual selling prices). FWIW, I had three valuations in January, averaging £320k. My flat is now selling for £280k. A huge drop, I grant you, but it?s a sale. And a flat is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. No-one was offering the higher price. If you?re asking x, then you need to justify that in the wording. So make sure that it says ?larger than average?, ?close to the tube? etc etc. (sorry if this is blindingly obvious but when we looked really critically at the particulars of my flat, we found this not to be the case. They hadn?t even taken a picture of the nice upstairs bathroom which has a curved glass walk in shower etc. Madness.)
• Look at the upkeep of your property. My tenants had let the garden become a jungle and the front hedge / roses were like triffids. I had to keep going round there to sort it out to keep it nice for viewings. Do you have friends who can do this? Also my tenants never opened the window in the sitting room in the entire year they were there (I discovered on the day they moved out that it was stuck ? 10 mins work with a chisel, done), so it smelt stuffy. This can?t have helped.
• If you want to change agents, do so, but you can performance-appraise them re whether they are getting clicks on your property on their website / the visits through the door of your flat. If they?re not getting those then it could be down to the particulars, or the price. Make sure your agent gives you those details (clicks / viewings) every week. Agents also don?t care what price your flat sells for as the commission difference vs a 200k sale vs £230k sale is flat is only £400. You can negotiate a deal with them where they have stepped commission (*ie a higher percentage, for a higher sale price), to incentivise them to get the best price (unfortunately I didn?t do this at my agent as didn?t know it was possible).

I also want to comment on lots of your things and news and thoughts, but no time right now.

However I will say I am thinking of you Fjordmor and I'm sorry to hear your news - you have a great attitude and your kind relaxing manner is a real inspiration to me and I'm sure the GD will 'just' be a pain in the arse and they'll be able to keep it all under control. But still, really sucks, really thinking of you. Let us know how your appointment goes today?

I will catch up with the rest of you LATER! Can i just say I think it is amazing that there are so many of us on here and even though there's lots of different opinions and personalities everyone is so thoughtful and respectful and (most importantly) NONE OF YOU ANNOY ME! This is really unusual. I don't have such high hopes for my sling meet

right, have to go!

Morning all,
Thanks all on your sympathies on my mum's comments. I know she doesn't mean to be hurtful, and she's always been the same. Whoever it was who said she's projecting her own stuff onto me was right- she's always deciding she's got a new food intolerance or something- she's just a bit obsessed. I'm not really annoyed about what she said- more at the fact she said it! But that's my mother. If she ever says anything like that to my daughter, she'll get a rather more aggressive response!
Fjord, sympathies on the GD. At least it's not for too long. Do you have any nasty symptoms? I hope you're ok.
Squid if you did want to join the FB group, I don't think that means we can see eachothers' profiles anyway- unless we 'friend' eachother (grrr... I hate using words like 'friend' as a verb). But we're still posting here, so up to you! I just like to see your names and faces as it makes it feel even more like you're all real people! Oh, and am agreeing with everyone who called you a nobber- every photo I've seen of you, you look like a gorgeous healthy pregnant woman and you will have a gorgeous healthy baby.
Oof, really tender and sore ribs today. Not that I can find my ribs any more, but I feel sore where they used to be.
Had a very quiet night and on the movement front, so I'm going to do a count this morning.
Big love to you all.

I have 5 weeks of work left! Can't bloody wait...
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Re the FB group - like Londonmrs says, no-one in the group can access your profile, your own wall posts, photos etc or read what you have posted anywhere else unless you add them as a friend. I was a bit concerned about this too as I keep my list of friends strictly to people I know in real life (being a teacher, I sometimes get requests from 11-year olds - yeah, right, I'm going to let you see photos of my life and read my updates - quite apart from the fact that you have lied about your age to have a facebook page in the first place... )