November 2012 - reaching the six-month mark

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1518656-November-2012-baby-shopping-time-has-really-taken-off

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Sat here listening to 'Small Bump' for about the 50th time, still makes me cry.

Just me?!

I have been on my hands and knee scrubbing the kitchen floor this morning and doing the laundry, nesting!

Hi fatima voucher code would b great thanks.
Will check out midwife program.

Olympics was great today. N tube wasn't bad either.
I have given mat date as 38 weeks ATM. However I know I'll prob leave before then, but it's easier to leave early then to leave later so given late date in case I feel ok at work. Plus with mil at home I don't know if I would prefer to be at home to work .

I'm wondering if I'm stopping too early now! Mat leave starts 6 weeks before I'm due but using annual leave up so will actually be 29/30 weeks when I stop!

My birthday and dh's birthdays are both in November. Mine is 7th and dh is 15, baby is due 18. I don't mind sharing a birthday with LO, I'll be 39 at next birthday so it will be kind of nice to take the focus off my numbers going up, lol!!

My plan was to start maternity 2 weeks before due date but I might make it 3. I feel so big and I'm starting to get a bit uncomfortable, not sure if I can go a full 3 more months. At my work you can take all the annual leave you accrue up until leaving date and then the rest you can take on the other side of maternity. So I can come back a bit later.

I've put that midwife programme on record I misse it last night didn't think anything was on so watched my box set of mistresses.
I'll catch up on last nights on Iplayer.

My due date they've given me is the 20th but I think I'm a couple of days earlier than that but I just don't want to go two weeks late because that'll be dec.
Ds was 9 days early so hoping for that again!

Oh and happy first day of august everyone! We're into our 6th month woohoo!

Just spoke to dh about baby coming on his birthday, he said it would be the best present ever....awwwww!!

Hi catbag, yes, I am expecting DCDA twins too. I am having 2 girls. They are my first (and second) children.

I have had amazing health care at my hospital with some great consultants and midwives. They seem very thorough and make me feel very reassured. I am planning a natural delivery (had a mini meltdown but consultant anesthetist was lovely and reassuring which really helped) and if lower twin is not engaged then it will have to be a section. Meltdown happened when silly community midwife said that wouldn't be a problem if upper twin was not head down as the doctor would just stick his hand up there and twist it into place! Cue, tears!

I was planning to ask about the steroid injection at my 28 week appointment. I spent Saturday night in hospital with lower back and abdominal cramps. Initially they thought it was early labour but thankfully not. Have the all clear now. Am being very naughty and still working despite doctor saying not to. Have 7 days of work left then going on maternity leave and cannot wait! I need to rest and relax (and no more lifting!!!!!) to get babies to decent size.

How is your pregnancy going. Do you feel like you are carrying a ton of brick around? What is your bump measuring?

Well, the bed and outside of the nappy were lovely and dry, but the inside was sodden. She wee's for Scotland! Overall pleased with performance, but it is just one night. This is a 2yr3mo we are talking about, and overnight, so I am sure newborns would be fine. she slept really well - she is quite often woken up with a wet nappy and/ or bed. The others are still not dry after 2 nights and 1 full day inside.

We're moving into our new house today! Yay! Looking forward to keeping my dad and DH apart being chief delegator

I feel really achey this morning so really annoyed with myself for not remembering yoga last night, because it helps such a lot. Got 2wks to wait until the next class, then the teacher is on holiday so not very happy :( :( Prob taking DD swimming this morning, so maybe that will help??!

missMummy hope the move goes smoothly.

Still ill ffs :( not gone into work again but no better at all still coughing loads. It's just a cold but they're so bloody annoying!!

I finish work at 37 weeks, taking two weeks leave then starting mat leave at 39+3 so hopefully will be ok!! Wanted more time after the birth and my work are brilliant. Only 10 weeks left at work ESP as been sick this week!! Omg?!

Watching the mw programme on the I player. Not sure I can do labour!!!

I had the worst cramp in my foot last night, such a nightmare! I could have cried.

Chick when the doc told us the baby was due on DH's birthday (6th), his immediate response was: "you still have to get me a present you know!"

Hi all

Will go and catch up on the new thread and everyone's news but wanted to mark place. Am horrifically busy at work so havent read for ages! Plus DH has called to say that DD has managed to eat a washing tablet so now panicking slightly about that.

Please ignore this. I am just testing sad

Yes! The sad emoticon is wrong!

What you on about valium?

Good morning,

The sunny weather didn't last long. Tipping it down here with weather warnings. Anyway, doesn't need to be sunny to laze around reading.

Officially my mat leave starts at 37+5 but we have two weeks holidays before that. When I go back to school in a week and a half it is an eight week term then that's it. Quite a thought. I have got very used to just thinking about me and baby that I am not quite sure how I will cope with getting back into a very busy term. Anyway, in some ways it will be great and make the time go faster. My MIL is concerned that I am starting may leave late even though it will actually be about 35 weeks when I stop going to work. She was telling me that when she was having her first (40 years ago) she had to apply to be allowed to work past 26 weeks.

the midwives programme was worth watching. I found it better than OBEM in that I felt it was a more truthful representation. Expectant mum waiting hours for a bed, breathing problems, midwives admitting trying to bully women into certain things and so on. I still never think about labour. People have asked if I am worried. I can honestly say that it doesn't enter my head apart from fleeting moments. I have decided that I want a birthing tank. Will I need to book one?

Parents and sister visiting today. Should get myself sorted really.

In my post with sad, what do you see as I see a wink emoticon.

I see a sad face?! :( like that

Pass I see you winking at me. Twice. DD has reassured me I am not going mad. Perhaps it is just iPad. Cheap rubbish clearly!