October 2012 - where we all bury our heads in the sand

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Evenin all!

So sorry I?ve been totally missing!

House is turned upside down at the mo with the new kitchen, which was supposed to be fitted in 3 days and is now on day 5? And still not ready :(

What have I missed?

babybrain Congrats on the engagement! Ooh so exciting!!! I loved wedding planning, trying on dresses is soo the best bit!

The vitamin D thing, right at my first appointment midwife mentioned vitamin D due to increase in rickets, but I am taking pregnacare so she was happy with that.

Pinpan I?ve been trying to show my brother the bump wiggling over skype but every single time it just stops wiggling! Cheeky/shy baby!!

shell if my NCT class was anything to go by your not missing much! I am also worried about not knowing any mums, figure going to baby yoga and stuff after the birth should help!

Thunder Glad its not just me! I added someone this morning and they were from America as well! I took them off, was thinking of making the group secret so nobody can find it?

newton hope you are feeling better after your fall! You must have got a fright! Annd ouch for the broken toe!!

elvis how did you get on being a bridesmaid??

beeble my DH does the folding towel thing, folds them then leaves them on the couch! soooo annoying!!! He really is fab in every other way but honestly I don?t get how men?s brains are wired!!!

So so sorry if I have missed anyone! It moves so fast!!

I packed my hospital bag? It takes up 2 mini suitcases.. I do not know how to travel light!!

I have our NCT breastfeeding class tomorrow night? apparently we will go into pairs to practice anyone have a clue what that will be like?!?! I don?t wanna whip out my boobs in front of everyone!!!

And we?re off to York on Wednesday! Wooo! Cannot wait!!

:o :o beeble my DH does the sink thing too (despite being way more housetrained than me), as does my Dad. DM and I have come to the conclusion that's it's A Man Thing?? :o

Definitely a Man Thing! I think they just don't see things like laundry baskets waiting to go upstairs. If science could harness that invisibility power, great things could come of it.

Have fun in York, WeeSooty!

Thumb, I'm pretty sure the NZ sun is worse than in Aus - certainly not warmer, but even the careful Australians who visit manage to get burned here. Don't know whether it's that the ozone layer is thinner or just because it's not usually so warm so people aren't so careful. I'm always amused by the UV forecast though; it's the same one as used in the UK (a little bit of googling shows that it is 4 in London today and 4 in New Zealand as well). Don't think it ever goes above 6 in the UK, but here it hits 11+ in December and stays there til March. Poor baby is going to be stuck under a solar cover for four months!

Hello All,
So much news to catch up on - I'm only phone so it's hard to namecheck. Hope you had lovely BH wknds for those in the uk.

Boo to overnight stretchmarks and broken toe indeed!

We moved on weds, pretty smoothly but so daunting arriving here to the ridiculous amount of work.. But several quotes later for heating and re-wiring and with a painter friend helping with cosmetic stuff I think it's manageable to be in a decent state for end of September to leave me with 3 weeks to relax. I just get to organise and direct thankfully!

Weesooty, hope your kitchen is done soon!

Sorry to hear so many are so uncomfortable :( I'm fed up with getting up inthe night and faffing around with pillows too. And now the loo is 1.5 floors down!

Hope to catch up better with Internet at work!

Oh, and to all those suffering from man-blindness - flowers! Our house is too chaotic for that to be noticeable right now but Normal service will resume shortly I'm sure.

Random question - how often do your bumps get the hiccups? Mine seems to have them 3 or 4 times a day at the moment. Plus I think she has turned around to have her back to my front - good girl, that's the right way to be, but when she kicks it's like she's rummaging in my guts. Please can I not go overdue at all, maybe even have her a few days early, and have my innards back to myself?

Yay for the new house and imminent organisation, goodsense!

Hi ladies! Hope you are all well. Congrats on the move, that must be such a relief. We moved last week and still all over the place, but just moving makes me feel ready for the baby.
I was a bridesmaid yesterday and really enjoyed it. By the end, tho, I was in sooooo much pain in my lower left rib (a foot?!) that I had to stagger home! Off work today then in wed and thurs then that's it!!! Thank goodness!!

Also I have a personal question to ask u all. Don't answer If u don't want t, but you're the only other pregnant people I know and I feel I know u fairly well :). Are u guys still DTD with your other halfs? Not so much here largely cos we stayed at my in laws for so long and now I'm massive, achey and tired. Worried that we will never do it again cos when the baby comes we will both be knackered all the time!!! God, the things I worry about....

Humph, my bump doesn't hiccup or do anything cute. Just beats me up. Latest trick is digging feet into my left side then arching her back so her bum sticks out on the right side - she resists when I try to gently push her back into a more compact position. I did this as well, according to mum, and I was a wiggly little monster once I was out. I, my mother and grandmother all also had reflux, so I anticipate the same with this one - no nice quiet baby for me, I suspect

elvis we are, sometimes, weekend afternoons mainly, as too tired during the week and DH has been evicted and replaced by pillow/the cat

Evicted from the bed, obviously, not from the house

I love that mickey has evicted her DP...

In answer to Elvis we are, but not very regularly! Think DH senses that any time we DTD now could be the last time for a long while though. We're probably once/twice a week at the moment. Last time instigated by me (first time for everything!!) With DS it was DTD that brought on my show... So I'm certainly not writing it off at this point! But by no means is it energetic, seductive or anything vaguely romantic

Glad you asked about hiccups pinpan baby never had them until the last few weeks and now seems to get them all the time! I find them really uncomfy!

elvis I'm also worry about DTD. My DH is desperate at the moment and in my head I feel the same but I'm struggling with my own body image and it kills my mood! Plus we've been so busy just not had the chance! Think we are both hoping the nice hotel in York will help with how I feel and this will be our week

The temp covering my job has started. It is so weird and awkward!

hello all, at 35 weeks + 5, my baby boy finally decided to turn head down - phewwww - what a relief!!

I have had really bad piles for 3-4 days last weeks, it was extremly painful and i lived in agony for those few days and nights, getting hardly any sleep and living on painkillers. Has anyone else got them? Apparently they are quite normal to get during the last stage of pregnancy and specually during/after labor, so watch out for more pain for me!!!

Elvis - not for about 6w now. I'm just too uncomfortable and have zero interest. When I went overdue with DS, we tried DTD to bring on labour but it was just so awkward and uncomfortable and DH couldn't actually finish the job so it was a total waste of time and we won't be doing that again.

Not much in the way of hiccups here either, unlike DS - he used to get hiccups quite a lot - but lots of uncomfortable squirming.

Can't wait for my osteo appt on Friday - R leg is starting to go weak at the hip joint which can be a bit scary.

I am also sleeping alone with the beanbag and several pillows and so on. Couldn't cope with anyone else in the bed, even DH sitting on the edge upsets my pelvic equilibrium

We do still, once or twice a week. Albeit not as energetic as it used to be and involves me generally doing very little because there's a huge bump in the way... But it's the thought that counts :o

My back is fucking agony today! I seriously nearly fall back over every time I stand up. Keep trying to tell myself in a few weeks she'll probably be here - I'm working on the theory that the others were before their due date, so she will be too. There's really no basis for that, but it makes me feel better and slightly less miserable...

Can we take codeine? Getting quite desperate :(

Captain I have read (probably on MN) that as baby is fully formed at this stage, codeine is OK but I don't ever take it myself so maybe worth checking with mw or GP? And you are right, it is the thought that counts....[WINK]

Thunder I sympathise completely... We did the active ttc thing for 2 months (not the same AT ALL, I know) and were absoultely shattered! So I'm not surprised you've not been interested after 3 years of it!!

Weesooty I have never had to hand over any work to somebody until a couple of weeks ago. It is awkward, isn't it? I think she originally thought I didn't have a clue what I was doing and had no control over my team... After a week or two in the job she has realised that it's not me it's them And there's actually quite a lot involved. As you can see by the length of this post, having somebody in to cover you has it's benefits! I'm almost fully handed over now, just finishing off the odd few things that are mine

ST82 I have a huge fear of getting piles again. I was in pain for about 8 weeks after DS was born...Every. Single. Day. Can you see you MW or GP now and see if there is anything they can do for you? Preparations for me are as follows:

Stop taking iron tablets at 38 weeks (makes me constipated)

Drink several gallons of water

Lots of fruit and veg

I'm trying to make it easier for myself....iyswim. They can come back after the pushing bit of labour (which is when I developed them last time) so I'm planning on using gravity a lot (walking around etc) and trying to have an effective pushing stage which I will be discussing with my mw tomorrow.

Elvis DTD seems like such a chore nowadays!! It's takes all my effort just to climb into bed , let alone then doing anything in the bed!! Having said that, we did it last Wed night - first time after 4 weeks & can't see myself being arsed working up 'the mood' for it again before baby comes ...

On mobile. Sorry for lack of name checks.

Hiccups , yup bean gets them LOTS. Almost everytime I eat something. Within 5 to ten minutes.

DTD maybe once a month now. DH is devistated by this... Me not so much.

Spd sufferers. Does not take much these days to over do it. On friday went to the mall with my mom. Walked about 2 hours....slowly and ended in agony. 3 days later and still recovering. Yoga on sunday helped a bit. But thighs sore now too from doing lots of slow squats!
Thanks for all the sympaties on my dh's " man disease" glad to know I have a lifetime to work on his training.
Hope yo all enjoyed the BH. (Glad I now know that means bank holiday and you nutters were not all celebrating braxton hicks!)

Well, just peeked, no stretch markds I can see and can still see the numbers on the scale so that must be a good sign.

Well that is about all I can manage this morning. TTFN!

Ha ha newton I'm the same. Almost every email that comes in I forward to my replacement with a one-sentence explanation of what it's about, before returning to MN

I hear glycerine suppositories are a must post-birth (pile-free here and intending to stay that way)

ST82 I have piles as of this week :( I am lucky they don't hurt though. Someone on another thread recommended using sudocream on them.

We're dtd sporadically - I'd like to be doing it more but DH has started a new job and all his energy and focus has been on that over the past few months I think. And now I'm just huge and uncomfortable and I have piles so I think it will peter off now til afterwards :(

Oh and baby gets hiccups whenever I eat, it's cute :o

We've DTD about 3 times whole pregnancy! Last time with DD, I was super-horny and could not get enough, now I don't fancy it one bit. DH doesn't seem bothered either which suits me in the short term but eek, we might have to do a bit of work to get back on track after baby has arrived. Though he is prepared to help me out with a erm...natural stretch and sweep if you know what I mean should I go overdue.

For the first time all pregnancy I was sick this morning and vaguely wondered if something was about to happen but it's all gone away again now. DD - who turned 2 yesterday - was most unsympathetic - simply told me to stop it and go and wash my face!

Thanks ladies! Guess we are not the only ones who can't be arsed to DTD. thank god for that!! I'll have to try and be interested if I go overdue tho....