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March 2013 VIII: feeling kicks, comparing knits and halfway there

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theTramp · 03/11/2012 23:24

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Em2010 · 07/11/2012 21:22

Aw lexi I really feel for you. When we had ds we didn't have any friends round here but I can't tell you how amazing babies are for making new friends! I have such a good support network of friends in our village now and we all say the same thing - that we didn't know anyone before we had our babies! Nct is really good too! You will get there- promise!!

ethel hope you feel better soon.

Was hoping for a bit of reassurance- I slipped down the stairs, quite hard, about an hour ago. Felt like I'd jarred my whole body although I don't think my tummy took much impact. Baby has been quiet today anyway which isn't helping reassure me much- do you guys think she'll be ok after my fall? Do you think I'd have known by now if I'd done anything to hurt her? Arghh! Worry..

EthelredOnAGoodDay · 07/11/2012 21:23

Em I would ring the hospital just to be on the safe side. X

Em2010 · 07/11/2012 21:29

Aw lexi I really feel for you. When we had ds we didn't have any friends round here but I can't tell you how amazing babies are for making new friends! I have such a good support network of friends in our village now and we all say the same thing - that we didn't know anyone before we had our babies! Nct is really good too! You will get there- promise!!

ethel hope you feel better soon.

Was hoping for a bit of reassurance- I slipped down the stairs, quite hard, about an hour ago. Felt like I'd jarred my whole body although I don't think my tummy took much impact. Baby has been quiet today anyway which isn't helping reassure me much- do you guys think she'll be ok after my fall? Do you think I'd have known by now if I'd done anything to hurt her? Arghh! Worry..

GummiberryJuice · 07/11/2012 21:31

Em I would ring, you are only going to worry

Em2010 · 07/11/2012 21:32

Oh sorry! silly phone just posted twice for me! Thanks ethel just eating something now which is at lest making her wriggle.

LexiandBeanette · 07/11/2012 21:44

Em I'm sure baby is OK as they are well padded in there, however I'd call if you are anxious. Hope you aren't too shaken! And thanks for sharing your experience, definitely makes me feel better to hear that.

StealthToddler · 07/11/2012 21:51

em I had a fall when pg with ds2. I am a sleepwalker and I was dreaming that ds1 was in our bed and about to fall out (he was in his cot!) and in my sleep I knelt up on the edge of the bed, leant to get him and fell out of bed myself flat on the floor on my tummy. I had an appt anyhow the next day with a consultant for earlier on problems and she said it is never silly to ring and ask if you have fallen and are concerned about baby. So I would ring your midwife if you are at all concerned, they will not think you are silly!!!

Love all the chat but finding it hard to keep up with u all!

You ladies talking about York - I just got the train up from London to York and am now tucked up in the house I grew up in in Knaresborough for the night. Sadly am here for my aunt's funeral but its still lovely to be back up here - and without kids!!!!!! A whole night of unbroken sleep! I don't be woken by ds1 dropping his teddies, or anyone needing a wee, or dh's alarm at 5.15 or ds3 getting up at 6!!! In fact have asked my dad to wake me up at 9.30 if I haven't stirred by then!!!! Woo hoooo sleeeeeeep!!!!

Then am back to London tomorrow night and then off to look at school in Reigate on Friday as planning to move there in the summer (escaping London to get more room for Kids to run around in). Going to be all change in our household next year!!!

Can't really comment on the pill - think I was on dianette but it was years ago! I am extremely old......

mandasand · 07/11/2012 22:05

It's only the opening credits to One Born and am already teary ... !

Will try to catch up in between times.

EthelredOnAGoodDay · 07/11/2012 22:09

Stealth, my friend teaches at a school in Reigate. It's a state boarding school with primary and secondary on one site. Assume it's probs not that one! Grin

Em2010 · 07/11/2012 22:09

Right! I have spoken to the hospital! I am feeling slightly reassured! They said just to keep an eye on the situation re movement, bleeding, pains etc which are all fine at the moment- I think my knees and shoulders seemed to have taken the brunt! Thank you all for the advice Lovely Ladies!

stealth sorry to hear about your aunts funeral but hope you enjoy your night of peace and quiet!

StealthToddler · 07/11/2012 22:28

Has One born every minute started again or is it reruns???

mandasand · 07/11/2012 22:40

Hope the 2nd architect works out, Lexi, and great ideas here about seeing how your neighbours went about it.

On family are far away, we are in Oxford and both sides of family in NW, so it's a big old trip (3-4 hrs each way). I really wish they were closer, or we were, but there's just not the jobs for us (especially me) up north. There might be something when I get up to the next level (five years time?) but that's a long way off, not least in terms of parents' health etc...

Em ouch, poor you! I reckon babies are really well protected but could you get a MW appt just for reassurance? But the fact she is wriggling sounds very good to me!

Glad you had good reassurance from MW, Myjob.

Ethel, funny about you having Gentle Fawn too! Hope you get a good night's sleep and feel better tmrw.

You sleep well too Stealth Smile. Hope auntie's funeral goes as well as these things can.

One Born is on More 4 - not one I've seen before so probs new? Like Grand Designs I've generally seen most of them at least once!

Crap day here. Feeling bit sorry for self but telly is helping.

mandasand · 07/11/2012 23:04

no, it can't have been a new one because I've seen the one they've advertised for next week...

ThreeForTea · 07/11/2012 23:08

Just read 11 pages Blush Things have been quite full on this week, lots to do at work, dd being a pickle and had to put house back together after dh's weekend of DIY!

stealth I am SO happy for you with good test result, hope you can really enjoy rest of this pregnancy now :)

sundae well done for getting through scan yest. I totally felt the fear at my first two scans after prevent pregnancy. Yay for team pink.

tramp and manda may well have to try youses recipies out sometime!

Hi to everyone old and new!

So anyone else started having morning sickness at 22 weeks, actual being sick?? It's official, I'm a freak aren't I? ;) still find it an improvement on the terrible constant nausea of before 14 weeks, at least fairly predictable!

mandasand · 07/11/2012 23:15

Hey Three! I didn't have any sickness, just nausea in 1st trimester. 2nd trimester's been clear of that too, except I have had a strong urge to barf on three occasions over past few days. I am resolutely ignoring it though as Ir efuse to get morning sickness now!!

theTramp · 07/11/2012 23:56

No vomiting here either but I do get days where the nausea randomly returns, or I just have absolutely zilch energy. Ive started to think I'm suffering sugar crashes. It's not like me to eat/drink so
Much sweet stuff (although I'm more likely to have a pain au Faisal than haribo for breakfast :) ) and there seems to def be a slump. More slow release energy foods needed I think.

My day improved but chuff me it was bloody busy. Ended with Bafta screening of Hitchcock, with Q&A with Hopkins and Mirren who are great in it. I was surprised by what a good film it was actually. The script is warm, funny, touching and insightful. The cast v good and I would merrily recommend it to anyone. In my top 10 for the year.

Em - glad you're ok, fall must have been scary. It's amazing how well insulated the wee ones are though.

Myjob - eek! So pleased you went straight to hospital and were checked out. Not what you want at all. Really happy you and baby are a ok.

Lexi - what a sod your extension news is. Bah! I can only echo others sentiment, pop along to a neighbours and see what they did and get architect to think up something cunning. Unless all your neighbours are umpa lumpas of course...?

London to Reigate. Bloomin heck, serious lifestyle change. I thought MrM and I were being daring moving from zone 1 to zone 3, and an unknown quantity no less, last year. Mind you we moved to an amazing house, so fact that area and neighbours are fab too has turned out to be the unexpected and now invaluable bonus. Still, Reigate?!?!!!

Re: pill. Thank goodness I'm not alone. Seriously so many female friends not one of whom has had any bloody problems with the pill. I HATE the way it's peddled. I'm sick of the general lack of understanding or rather desire to understand what is going on with female bodies. Everything gets blamed on periods, hormones or lack thereof. No thought or consideration as to why unless you push and hard. I've used condoms as preferred contraception for years (male whining not tolerated) and yet Drs will go on at me as if I'm dicing with reproductive death. Not that I'm shagging around, but were I to do so condoms are way more effective at aiding against STDs etc than the bloody pill. Grrrr. Just let them try to shove the pill, the coil or anything else down my throat post birth. Condoms or snip period.

I'm sort of opposite you lot on the family being nearby thing. Support network def counts for a lot But I like distance. So fact that family aren't up the road is a positive for me. Yes it's handy for childcare etc and prhaps I'll rethink this view post Socs arrival, but I doubt it. I think I'm a v social hermit in this respect.

Hello to all lurkers who've delurked.

Manda - hope tomorrow's a better day.

Right I'm off to sleep, apols to all I've forgotten to name check, but hi de Ho Lanny and tea.

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StormyBrid · 08/11/2012 00:15

I think I win the family-close-by competition - we're at number 4, and my brother's at number 7. A shame we're planning to move, as it would be handy having a babysitter on call and so close! Not likely to move more than a mile though, and as I grew up here there's parents and friends around too. Sister's four hundred miles away though. Sad

Re energy levels and general knackeredness, I've found this past week I'm surprisingly energetic, for the first time in months. Today I've been out cycling, actually done housework (!), danced about the kitchen like a lunatic, cooked tea, and been out for a drink - not long ago just nipping to the corner shop wore me out. And I can't help but notice this newfound energy coincides with me giving up junk food again last week. Noticed the same thing when I wasn't pregnant too. Definitely sleepy now though. Bed awaits!

OctoberCarrot · 08/11/2012 07:10

My MIL lives in the same small Dublin suburb that she was born in which I find so strange. My FIL met her when he went to borarding school with her brohter in same suburb. Their retirement house shares it's back wall with the same school! DH is one of 6children and they all live within a 3 mile radius. Despite this closeness and the fact we get on very well my Inlaws never call in and I am not keen in popping in without DH so we don't actually see them that often. So you can be close but not actually see lots of them ifykwim?

I see lots of my Mum which is nice.

Unfortunately DH has work issues so am off to consultant on my own with DS in tow. Pain as the last time he caused chaos and I need to focus on questions and answers. Too early o get my mum to come over I think too and Thursday is golf day!

Em2010. Hope you are feeling ok after your fall.

OC x

Oodthunkit · 08/11/2012 07:19

My family is v small. My mum was an only & I'm an only hence my big family and I only see one aunt/uncle/cousin on my Dads side. None v far. One cousin is about 40 mins away but home often and everyone else is within 20 mins. We moved 4 years ago 10 miles away and my parents followed us last year so are now a 5 min walk.

Oodthunkit · 08/11/2012 07:22

lexi are you in a conservation area/listed? Usually if one neighbour has something done then others get passed easily. Get the planning officer to do a site visit, ours is v good ( listed building) and will tell us ways that would be allowed.

zoeymlucas · 08/11/2012 07:29

Sorry for no posts yesterday was DS1 10th birthday and was a totally hectic day- ended up with a killer headache and in bed just after 8 and then tossed and turned all night until I gave up at 5 and got up feeling even worse than last night!!! Plus have a stock take tonight so working late which sucks arsesorry

I have gone through everyone's posts but am totally brain dead today so sorry Sad

tramp I haven't stopped being sick and retching if baby has had enough or just don't fancy eating that, it's driving me mad!!!

God luck Amanda my little scan buddy will look forward to news of your 2 :) my scan is at 8.30 and can't wait as been having a lot of pain last few days soo hoping it's in head and scn will prove it :) anyone else with appointments/ scans good luck x

Will try and catch up properly later after some tablets and a coffee

theTramp · 08/11/2012 09:26

Aw Zoey you poor thing. Non stop nausea is just awful. Wearing and awful. Bah humbug as they say.

Clothes crisis this morning. 3 dresses now out of action. Bump growth spurt means they've gone from short to baby doll nighty in less than a week. Curses! I'm getting wee bit bored of my wardrobe, not sure I can survive on 3 dresses, one jumper, one top & one pair of trousers for much longer. (sigh).

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StealthToddler · 08/11/2012 09:28

tramp Reigate isn't as batty as it sounds. My brother and his wife and 4 boys live there and have done for over 20 years! I am from North Yorkshire and my dh from Suffolk and or parents are still there. One of my bros still North Yorkshire. I have been in London since 1996 and really miss having any family at all closer than an hour away.
So Reigate - good commute for dh into canary wharf, close to my brother, kids will go to a school with their cousins (to The Hawthorns school - looks like we can get ds1 into yr 1 and ds2 into reception next year), I am not going back to work after this baby so I will have some family to help me transition to a very different lifestyle. Also got lots of friends moved within a 20 min radius of the town. We know we can get a fab house there so it's just a no brained really. Have been humming and ha-ing over it for a few years and finally decided to just do it. We are developing our house in London first though so that we can sell up, buy a lovely house in Reigate and be mortgage free so I don't have to worry about not bringing in a salary. I have worked for 17 years so feel very nervous sbout so many changes - and I know with 4 children under 6 it will be hard at first. We are thinking we may consider an au pair once we got settled....

Sheldonella · 08/11/2012 09:49

Morning all, sorry for the reduced posting this week. Work has been tiring me out and I've had no energy at all. I also now have hip pain so have been going to bed early to get comfy.
All of my weekend orders have arrived now so I have all my nappies, a sling and some new books. Very exciting although I think I'll leave reading the birth book until closer to the time as I've been feeling a bit freaked out by the thought of it Blush Next on my shopping list is probably a breast pump and a couple of bottles.
I cant't remeber who started the pill discussion but I had no idea how many women it didn't suit. I've tried 8 and they all had nasty side effects so gave up on it about 3 years ago. Dianette the best but had to stop because of migraines, cerazette made me bleed non stop for 3 months (erm, definitely effective as a contraceptive then). Not sure what I will do after the baby is born.
tramp I think mine has suddenly had a growth spurt too as I noticed my bump looking much bigger in my trusty grey dress. I was trying to avoid more shopping but I think it is inevitable.
Lexi That must be frustrating with the extension. Definitely get more opinions as it must be possible if neighbours have done it. I know how you feel about family too - mine are all at least a couple of hours away and my parents don't drive. I'm hoping the NCT works out as a nice support network.
Good luck with the scans zoey and manda.
Three Sorry to hear you have sickness at this stage. Could it be a bug? I hope it doesn't stick around.
Em Glad to hear you are ok after the fall and that you called the hospital.
Hi to everyone else and welcome newbies!
I have another midwife appointment today but will hopefully get to reading and posting more after that.

theTramp · 08/11/2012 10:00

Dianette has a bunch of v nasty side effects including, if you're on it for too long, clotting. Dianette gave me migraines too. Not that the Dr paid any attention but despite being a teen I was quite adamant. According to Dr it was just "stress". Yes, stress that magically appeared after starting to take dianette. Anyway - days long gone.

I am with you on the was hoping not to need to buy more but looking like no choice. Such a pain. I did buy two tops from pretty pregnant last week, stupidly without trying them on. Neither is long enough. Bah!

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