Due in October 2012 Part 7 - towards the finish line, going for Gold!

[Planktonette]

On your marks...
Get set...

GO!

huffle I completely agree!! Or there's always that old chestnut, "you think you're tired now, wait until the baby comes!" which always prompts a hormonal rage in me.

Has anyone measured their waist circumference? I'm at 42 inches!!! The biggest I got last time was 38"!!

Well looks like our paralympic decision has been made for us - all our babysitting options bowed out at the last minute. So DH is trying to find someone to go with him (very last minute!) and if he can't, I think neither of us will go. Damn shame. Can't help hoping that no one will go with him so I don't have another Saturday looking after DS alone...I'm a right cow aren't I

Just come back from my final NCT class. Got to hold a 10 day old baby and was amazed at just how tiny he was. I mean I know they're tiny, but he was tiny. Did feel slightly emotional but now just feeling very overwhelmed and underprepared.

Also feeling slightly cranky today as my bean has spent the entire day kicking my ribs and punching my bladder. Not sure what he's pressing on bladderwise but he must be leaning on a nerve or something - every so often he will move and I get an uncontrollable feeling that I'm going to pee myself

Generally feeling uncomfortable, nervous and scared!

one word- CHAFFING!!! Awful!! I am also massive - my friends at my bbq today said 'ooh your bump's getting very big' and 'is it uncomfortable?', 'it looks very tight' and ' are you really looking forward to getting it out of you now?'. Lots of gay boys and childless ladies, who dont know the right things to say. Got a Mr Bump t shirt, which is cute and says ' mind the bump', which is very appropriate......I like the cookie monster 'eating for two' one even better :)

Hi Bella, DD buddy. Am pretty good apart from chaffing and being massive. Thx for the nipple reassurance :)

planktonette, your birth centre sounds amazeballs - i thought st mary's was good, but they dont have a pool in every room. Enjoy!!

Hello friends;
I asked my ObG the other day if babies head was engaged as I felt I was able to eat more easily. He said on #2 that would not happen but there was more room to carry lower with #2. I get the impression he does not like too much patient input - last time I asked if I should have a birth plan, he asked if I would contribute to a flight plan if I was going on a plane. He is his own personality but I like him, and he has a reputation for being slow to ramp up the interventions - my GP did not expect me to be allowed to have a V delivery at 43 yrs with baby #1.
ObG also said the uterus does not have to work so hard to deliver the baby, it seems to be better at it second time round. All reassuring stuff and maybe in the karma of the whole thing maybe fair as I definitely find pregnancy harder second time 'round.

It does make me feel that the field of obstetrics is unique in terms of patient input - eg in orthopaedics, a pt would NEVER be asked which type of prosthesis (jt. replacement) they would prefer.

• Just some of the random thoughts my head is full of at present.

Liege While you don't want to hear the word 'breech' another ObG told me the baby can turn round completely up to 37 weeks, and it seems even later so fingers crossed.

Crazy Isn't it as well the para-olympic decision was taken out of your hands - at the moment I get confused between the choice of having a sandwich or a wrap . I just measured my waist - 41inches, and everyone says 'you are so neat'. I feel like a neat elephant.

Smorgs Delighted to hear the move has worked out so well, including nice neighbours/landlords, and a nice village. Even if you never see the money (deposit) of the other house it sounds like this is miles better.

Cherry Like you I feel so bonded with DH - it is like a kind of honeymoon. I know it is mother nature scheming to join us together, but he is being great all this pregnancy, doing loads with DS as soon as he gets in from work, I feel very 'loved up'. I know he is hoping that DS will be his excuse NOT to be at the birth - he was there with DS but he feels he has no place there. Secretly I am not too fussed.

When I told DH my waist was 41inches - He replied 'that's great. I want us to have a big baby, in fact I'm hoping it will come out in it's school uniform'. He thinks minding a newborn is MAHOOSIVE. I do have pics with him asleep with baby in his arms

Hi liege!

kyyria I held a two week old baby today! New arrival from my NCT class. Incomprehensible that there's something that size - or bigger! - in me now (I'm 37 weeks, eep!) the little baby was so cute, it almost killed me. DH was pleasingly besotted.

beeble nice work, sexy lady! We had sex this morning too Our go-to position is spooning, but I roll almost onto my back, so no difficult arrangement of bump/being too heavy problems.

lisbeth yikes - your ob g sounds a bit old school! If he's the pilot, you're what? The plane?!

Spent today showing a Paralympic medalist - WITH MEDAL - around town. Couldn't get more than five metres without someone stopping her for a photo or to shake hands! Louise Ellery, silver medalist for Australia in shot put Very fun, but draining as well because her disability is a brain injury, which she got at age 21 (same age my sister was when she died from a brain injury, we were put in touch via my Mum via the local brain injury organisation), so, thoughts of mortality and the inevitability + repercussions of accidents never far away. then home for a catch-up-with-friends-before-the-baby-arrives party.

Now: pretty shattered.

Have started thinking about birth recently... Im 37 weeks, that's term, so could be tomorrow, could be five weeks from now! How do you plan anything/not go mental on a schedule like THAT? Ladies who've done this before, any tips?

Hi everyone. Another full on day at yoga and another good sleep at lunchtime so not too dead. One more day of this part of the course to go. It?s been absolutely fascinating and I can?t wait to put it into action. The post-natal stuff is in a few weeks? time and I look forward to teaching those classes too. There?s not a lot of post-natal stuff out there and I?m hoping to help women build up strength and morale. Lots of course work for me to do and still lots of reading but it?s great ? I love learning, particularly on a subject I love and on something so close to my heart.

huffle couldn?t agree more ? so frustrating this interrupted sleep stuff! Seems completely illogical from an evolutionary point of view.

Crazy my waist is 41 inches! (though that is after a pizza?) Boo re paraolympic babysitting problems. That?s such a shame. I hope your SPD has settled down.

Hope the kicks settle down Kyyria - I know we all want movement but it can be pretty painful at times, can?t it.

planktonette wowsers re the birth centre. That sounds awesome. Kingston has two pools, I gather, so odds of one being available when you want one are somewhere between slim and naff all. Thanks for the understanding on the over-committing self front! I honestly think that full day classes are a lot ? art perhaps less physical than yoga, but it?s the concentrating hard, plus the commute, all the learning ? a really long day. And though I do go to work, it?s not as hard, partly cos I?ve been there years and know it all well.

I didn?t think baby?s position mattered as much at this stage as still lots of time to turn? When I went to the doc on Wednesday she was the right way round ? but still time for her to turn the wrong way too, if you know what I mean? I?m just trying to keep positive and keep sitting on the ball and stuff and hopefully she?ll stay in the right place.

Smorgs you have my sympathy re unpacking. Dull, isn?t it? But hurrah for nice neighbours offering the loan of furniture. That sounds awesome!

Cherry I am thinking maybe 10 pairs of cheapy pants? They can be washed, obv, just that if the pads plus washing doesn?t quite work and it ends up stained (sorry for grim mental image) then you can throw them out. Dunno ? that was my theory. And better than ruining nice pants? Did you get to the beach?

Cwest I hope you get the appointment with the consultant soon and that growth scan shows positive stuff.

Yomping oh pants you?ve just reminded me re the massage. I?m only 32 weeks so hopefully I haven?t started too late. And GOODNESS re the thought of us being in post natal group ? scary but kinda cool too. I?d feel lost without you all.

Beeble GREAT effort re foxy dress and foxy shag.
Velo terrifying thought of our babies being imminent. I?m not ready !

Fjord BOTHER re your flat. My flat isn?t done and dusted then ? there?s been a surprising amount of stressful legal negotiations this week. SIGH. I want this to be DONE. I hope the GD still goes on ok and do let us know any Norwegian ante-natal hints and tips.

Right. Off to bed soon ? need my mojo for last day on the course tomorrow ? and big day of meetings on Monday. Oof.

Well, just got home from a rather suceasful shopping day. Visited my grandma (90) , stopped at a 2nd hand s ale and bought 2 sleepers withe the scratch mits and elastic bottoms for night. Got dog food at $10 off a bag. And finally bought some things for the hospital bag: diapers nursing pads plain black underpants ( got 2 large, hopefully big enough to accomodate the massive doubled up pads and one med. Will see how they fit and possibly pick up some more. Also got cotton balls and some wipes and a couple newborn sootheers. Oh and GAVISCON and some milk of magnesia. Stopped at the 2md hand mat store and got a top light jacket for work. Building has no heat until the 22nd. And I someho w in the last two weeks misplaced my only maternity jacket. That still zippeed up. Doh! Oh and hips / spd somewhat tolerable today. I think the ball is helping.

morning all!

Hope you are all OK this morning!

huffle totally agree about the sleeping thing! There always seems to be something keeping us awake, doesn't there? The loo trips, the hip pain, the late night worrying... It is a nightmare! My DS has started waking up in the night too, for no real reason, but he is quite difficult to settle atm. In a way, getting up with baby is easier because you are so shatteed you just fall straight to sleep as soon as you are done feeding etc!

livvy well done on surviving your course. I bet you will be so pleased that you have got it out of the way in a few months time. I wish you could run a post-natal class for us all!

planktonette good question! The waiting and not knowing was absolutely the worst thing for me last time. being a planner and a teacher with my timetables etc, I like knowing exactly what I am doing when. Waking up every morning with loose plans but the hope that you may need to cancel them if today is THE DAY is so frustrating. (other 2nd timers may have been more chilled out that me though!) but my advice would be to try not to expect the baby early as most 1st time births are late. Try not to get too disappointed if your due date comes and goes, and ask your midwife for a membrane sweep at the earliest opportunity. Cry and beg her for one if you need to!

crazy am sad for you about paralympics. There are a lot of sacrifices like that aren't there? And I don't blame you for hoping DH will stay in with you too! I would be the same. What did he do in the end?

kyria sympathy on the movement front! I spent my entire last pregnancy worrying about lack of movement so get cross with myself for getting bothered by over-movement, but it is so violent and uncomfortable and often as you describe-bladder pinching and rib kicking! At least we know they are happy and having a good stretch in there!

Well...I had my long awaited baby shower yesterday and it was absolutely fantastic! Far far nicer than I expected. My amazing friend had gone to so much trouble! She had decorated the house, made a lovely buffet with my Mum, made beautiful party bags for everyone and came up with loads of brill games and activities. We had celeb baby picture quizzes, a prediction game where everyone enters when they think baby will come/sex etc and pays a pound, nearest guess wins the jackpot! We made cute little bunting out of baby socks, played a game where we had to guess what the jars of baby food were (they were disgusting!) we had to smell little nappies and identify the contents (calpol, baby shampoo, mars bar etc!) and pin the dummy on the baby! It was such fun and my friends were so lovely. I had said no gifts but they all brought lovely little treats for me, mum to be bath sets etc, but nothing embarrassing or overboard. I feel so lucky! I was exhausted after that but my Mum had arranged for us to go to an open air ABBA concert with the cast of the stage show of Mamma Mia at a hotel near our village. It was brilliant too! So had a great day. dS is punishing me for it now though as he only wants Daddy to do everything for him now. :-(

got a day of school work to do now-can't be bothered!

Much love x

Ugh......

Currently posting from bed, strangely enough nothing pregnancy related. Woke up yesterday morning with the stinkiest cold and most sore throat ever!

Been rough all night with a high temp as well so family have ordered me to rest. They are taking DS shopping and to a birthday party later for me as well. DS has just been in with his drs kit trying to make me better bless him. I feel a bit mean telling him to keep away but he starts school on tues so the last thing I want is for him to get it.

It is ok to take paracetomol every 4 hrs for a couple of days right? Think I would be seriously struggling without it.

Hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine, nobber cold :(

Had a meltdown yesterday. Turns out I have managed, for 8 months, to not notice the fact that I am completely terrified about giving birth... This is what happens when you throw yourself into learning and researching and organising, and don't give yourself time to think about things or come to terms with stuff.

We had a 3-hour NCT class which went through the birth line in graphical detail, was fine at the time but came home and then shouted at DH over something extremely trivial, burst into tears and fell to pieces. I had no idea I was so scared, I genuinely didn't. DH was and and "you seemed to together, I had no idea". Neither did I! He was lovely, has lots of confidence in me (not sure what he is basing this on!) and we did lots of talking and walked in the forest and ate ice cream and came home and ate nice tea and drank a glass of very nice red wine (health reasons?) and I felt a bit better.

Not much to be done about it really - the birth bit is a bit unavoidable . But still feel pretty wobbly. Can it really honestly be true that the realities of what we have got ourselves into here can only just be dawning on me and I am only just working out what a big responsibility this is all going to be and how much it might hurt at the start then how hard it might be from then onwards, forever?

Gah. And eek. What a big nobber

Hey there,

Having a flat-clear-out weekend, though boyfriend is doing most of the actual work. After a few days of zen-like-calm, I have managed to have hysterical hormonal meltdowns about the following non-issues in the last 24 hours

• nursing bra I ordered online was too big, exchanged for a replacement, now too small
• lost other nursing bra (found it eventually)
• boyfriend breaking freezer door
• the fact we only have sex once or twice a week now
• being huge and cumbersome
• cat scratching my nipple and drawing blood (entirely my own fault, cuddling him naked)

I'm not sure this bodes well for how I'm going to cope with ACTUAL difficulties like labour and looking after a newborn...

Boyfriend was angelically patient and even had sex with me last night after I cried about it for ages (very attractive eh). At least we did manage to get a fair amount done yesterday, despite all the hysterics.

Went for a short walk this morning, just an hour to the top of this hill overlooking the city, while the boyfriend continued cleaning. I think it helped a bit. I'm embarrassed and ashamed and like planktonette struggling a little with not knowing when the baby will come. One month today I will be 42 weeks so I guess it can't be longer than that. I keep telling myself it will be overdue to not get my hopes up. I also haven't seen my midwife for 3 weeks now so I think I will feel better once I have (Tuesday).

The sunshine is pretty but it's a bit hot.

OK, more cleaning.

Crossposted with Yomping - ah well, at least I'm not alone in the hysterics...

I'm not scared of the actual birth weirdly enough (naively maybe)... I just feel a bit like I've studied for a massive exam and I'm ready now and no one will give me a date for it!

Warning!!!! Another meltdown alert!!!!
After reading all the leaflets from antenatal class yesterday thought I'd start today trying out labour and birthing positions on bed, ball and floor. Figure as I don't hav much strength in legs I need to find something comfy which keeps me upright with minimum effort. Piled up lots pillows on bed to lean over and forward. V comfy, makes sense, but after only a minute or 2 my thighs are tired. I am ashamed that I am so physically weak and unfit and so many of u r so fit!!!!

Cue floods of tears......... Hav been trying to be positive and not afraid of birth process, but tbh I am realising I am so afraid...... I am not physically strong and how the hell am I going to do this?????

Pointless stress I know, baby must come out, regardless.....

Lovely wonderful DH saying all the right things. Knows I can do it, cannot believe how calm I have been, looking forward to helping me and encouraging me and distracting me with silliness. And yes we will prob hav a big baby as we are big people but my body is built for it!!!!

Yesterday I unpacked to wash all my newborn stuff from Asda. Up to 9lb is their first size. But baby might be over 9lb!! Need to wash the 0-3 too.

Oh gawd, I am fretting and ranting. Sorry, thanks for listening. and so many of you with proper problems, great girls.

Xx

Hey ladies - a quick post but sending a special hug to yomping and squid and anyone else feeling madly hormonal and scared. I'm more tired and irritable than anything else at the minute but it comes on fast! Think the delivery fear thing is perfectly normal no matter how it's going to happen. Yomping my friend when she was pregnant said it was like queuing ages to get on a rollercoaster, then getting on and enjoying the ascent, then suddenly realising there's a huge drop just over the hill and you can't get off until you've done it! You are getting your meltdowns out of the way now and then you'll be ready - it's the unknown thing. And squid can understand the uncertainty thing - the thing with the CS is you have a date to work towards so suspect my hysterics will hit a couple of days before and that's when DH will be like

Bella your baby shower sounds lovely - you should put all those games etc in a babyshower thread to give people ideas :)

Livvy your yoga sounds brilliant, am in awe of you doing something like that at this stage but it will be great. You'll feel amazing today!

Planktonette that was a really cool thing to do - must have been hard at a personal level but so brilliant spending time with someone really inspiring and lovely seeing people congratulating her.

Lisbeth not sure if I like the sound of your doc or not - but then I'm his worst nightmare of a patient - to stretch his analogy I'd be the annoying passenger in the cockpit pointing at different buttons and going, "What does that one do?!" :o

Funny how everyone is getting all nesty and cosy with their DH. I would love to but feeling a bit sad that he's now on a massive deadline - like me, the house move knocked his work schedule back big time and he's now under pressure. So he's locked up in his office in the evenings and today when I want to just light the fire and snuggle up while we still can. It's actually making me tearful thinking about it Good to be able to write it here as I am really trying to avoid guilting him - I know he doesn't have a choice and he's trying to get ahead before baby arrives (I just know they will be late as usual sending proofs through and he will be coming to hospital to see me and bean, then heading home to sit up all night reading through stuff ie exhausted). We are going out for lunch today at least so can chill a bit then but his head will be full of stats...

Really busy yesterday - got new glasses and contacts in the morning, bought some makeup in a compact for hospital so I can swipe it on in 30 seconds for photos (I rarely bother wearing make up so was all very exciting :o), then went to market to get nice bread and houmous and pesto. My parents and nephew visited and didn't leave till 8.30pm and by the time they left I was shattered. Dad put up a new wardrobe rail for the bean's room so I was able to hang up all the groovy 70's dresses :o Then had a shower and collapsed in a heap! Tiredness is creeping up with every night of unbroken sleep - huffle I totally agree about the cruelty of sleeping badly now when we've months of it ahead of us.

Anyway, waves at everyone else and sending hugs all round.

Ahhhh huffle some for you! I think the hormones are getting us all!!! x

Clotheswise - I haven't even bothered buying any newborn stuff, just 0-3. Hope she doesn't come out a 6lber after all their dire warnings about her being a beanosaurus :o

Thank u Angelico , I know this is normal...... Hugs and support to you with such a busy DH, I'd be a wreck without mine at mo. but sounds like he working v hard, good man.
I only bought 6 each of first size as so cheap n cheerful and thought 0-3 looked lots bigger but may hav been a waste!

squid & yomping we all cross posted!! Hysterical hormonal moments!!!! I suppose angelico is right and better to do it now, so keep it up!!!!

Funny, you both reflect my feelings. Hav read and researched and educated self just as would for any new experience but the exam is v v soon and feeling that no amount if preparation is adequate!!

Left my post earlier and went and cleaned mirrors in slide robes and a few windows. Off now to get Hoover and Hoover out said wardrobes. This nesting is weird isn't it?? Always heard about it but thought it was exaggeration! Honestly, our house has never been cleaner. And even my DH has got it, yesterday he was hoovering walls in front bedroom............

Sorry not to post to all. As ever, I am the worst....
But Bella love love love your shower, that was just beautiful and special, you are lucky and loved!

cwest sympathy on the cold, poor thing. Stay in bed and rest. Lots of vit C via oranges and strawberries? Better now than in few wks I spose. X

crazy my circumference is 42.5 inches!!! Which confirms my suspicion that although so many tell me I am so 'neat' it is an illusion caused by height!!! Cos I feel massive!!! Anyone bigger than 42.5???! And 5 wks to go....... Topple alert!!

Right, off to attack the dust bunnies once more,

Thanks ladies, love to you all
Xx

yomping and huffle you have my heartfelt sympathy.

Had my last NCT class yesterday and got to hold a 10 day old baby. Got home, had complete meltdown with tears and thought I was on the verge of a panic attack at one point. I'm not sure if it is the enormity of what is going to happen, the thought that there will be a very tiny thing depending on me, or whether it's the thought of labour scaring me (have so far worked on the principle that if I don't think about labour then I don't have to acknowledge it has to happen!).

Still feeling delicate and wobbly today...

32, 33+0, #1

Kyyria hugs and sympathies to you too. Xx

This really is all an enormous thing isn't it?? Regardless of how we tell ourselves it is part of life, thousands if people do it every day around the world..... Blah blah... But it is our own individual world which is changing and changing completely, never mind the painful 'episode' to actually release the baba from its 9 month home.......

But at least we all in it together!

Off to get dressed to go buy some raspberry leaf tea, make this uterus strong, even if my thighs aren't!!!

Xx

A hug for kyrria - holding a baby now is so strange! I never had any interest in them really but now when I hold my new nephew for example I find myself really studying him. He seems so miraculous - the idea that we grow these whole new humans inside us and they come out with tiny perfect knuckles and ankles and heels :)

We just went out for lunch, phoned to see if there was a table (live in touristy area, this should be last weekend of tourists, want to tell them all to fuck off to be honest, totally uncharitable I know ), were told there was no wait. Got there and 30 minute wait due to influx of basstading tourists. Managed to leave without meltdown, then we drove to another place and thankfully got straight in. Yes, first world problems indeed - but not for hungry, hormonal crazy lady here who had taken her blood sugar and didn't want to do it again DH now locked up in office again like mad scientist. I'm going to hang up washing on radiators. It's raining on and off so good excuse to slap on a DVD :o

On a totally different note this is the makeup I got yesterday - and it's brilliant!!! I got the cool beige one and it's perfect. I can never be bothered with makeup but I swear this one takes literally thirty seconds to put on, no fingers needed so not messy and makes you look all even toned and glowy! Will be perfect for hospital and post-baby - so really recommend it if you want something dead easy for those first 'earth mother' photos with the new beans :o It's also on 3 for 2 at the minute so I might stock up...

Angelico did your Boots hav the colour match gizmo for the foundation? Apparently is brill!! I'm a total Bare Minerals fan myself, really is nothing like it for me, so light and natural and great for sensitive skin, but the whole swirl tap and buff might be a bit much in those early days!!

Just been out for lovely wee wander with DH to get the raspberry tea. Had a cappuccino in Starbucks........ First proper coffee in 8 months!!! Figure it can't hurt at this stage. And my, it was fantastic!!!!! I'm buzzing tho, god only knows what baba will make of it when it gets it!!

Huffle they did have the colour match thing put it made me 'pale rose' or something - sort of pinky colour. They only do certain types of makeup in it and none of the compact ones. I wanted something that could be swiped on without needing blended or needing me to crawl out of bed post-CS to wash hands. Am actually dead impressed with that compact one as you can put it on quite lightly and it's soooo invisible but beautifying :o

Am glaring balefully at the dark clouds overhead and willing them to feck off for an hour... took a chance and hung washing out... On a similar note if any of you don't have a tumble but find it hard to dry washing this Lakeland drying rail was getting rave reviews on another thread today - apparently it's great for baby clothes and your own clothes, v cheap to run etc.

Hi all. Bloody hot today it's making me grumpy. Hopefully this is the last of the hot weather though.
Squid, I had the same tantrum about sex yesterday. But to be honest, it's because we had sex yesterday morning and I just didn't really enjoy it. He didn't do anything wrong, I'm just constantly preoccupied with trying to get comfy or trying not to squash my belly. Can't wait to have my body back.
Huffle, re. your labour fears, if you haven't already, read the Natal Hypnotherapy Birth Preparation book. It's helped me really think of it as a natural process rather than a medical one. I'm going to be imagining myself as a cavewoman just leaning up against a tree, doing this completely primal and natural thing. (Sorry for sounding like a hippy). Weirdly, I also find it comforting to know that women have given birth while in a coma before. Not that I'm saying you're as inactive as that, but it's nice to know that the body is perfectly capable of giving birth in that situation. I think we can trust our bodies. We've already managed to grow babies in them which is bloody amazing- they aren't going to let us down now.
Plankton the birth centre near me is really similar and I'm desperate to give birth there. I'm now nervous because I just can't tell what position baby is in, but she seems to switch daily between head down and transverse. Hoping she settles in a good position.
Kyyria, that scares me too- I keep suddenly realising that it's the rest of our lives... But I think if we didn't feel like that, then that would mean we hadn't begun to comprehend the enormity of what we're about to do, so that process is healthy. That's what I'm telling myself anyway.
Bella you're shower sounds lively! I haven't really thought about having one to be honest.
CWest poor you! Paracetamol is fine, and particularly recommended because you should avoid a fever. Drink plenty of water and your body will fight it off.
My husband got freaked out by the movements last night. He likes to feel kicks, but last night he had his hand on my belly and she just stretched so a lump stuck out and then just stayed there. He was shrieking 'That's you doing that, isn't it?!' and I kept insisting 'No, it's the baby! How could I possibly be doing that with my stomach?!' Him: 'I don't know, with your muscles!' Me:' I don't have any muscles left!'
I shouldn't have been so smug about my lovely poo the other day. I went straight back to my usual struggle the next day. It's not fair, I honestly eat a really good diet with loads of fruit and veg and wholemeal stuff, and I drink loads of water! Why can't I just enjoy a nice poo once a day without having to do labour breathing?!
We popped to the newly refurbished Mothercare in North London today. It's huge with a scanning suite and a pram obstacle course! Hubby was disappointed we'd already bought out pram as he wanted to try it out.

Long post for me. Have a lovely Sunday everyone! I have 2 weeks left at work and then no more rush hour tubes for me for a year!

This seems to be the weekend of hormonal panic! I also had general meltdown about everything this morning. CWest I'm still get over my horrible cold, had to take 3 days of work and my throat is still sore - hope you get over it quickly.

Thanks to everyone for the Tena pants suggestion, went shopping yesterday to stock up, DH looking very nervous at the sight of all the padding - at least its starting to dawn on him that those pictures of freshly made-up adoring mothers is hiding something.....

For those of us who are still working - 'courage' as they say in this part of the world. I have 1 week and then 1 week of hand over before maternity leave starts. Can't wait.