March 2013 IX: Cruising to Christmas with burgeoning bumps

[Sheldonella]

Thanks sarahs999 for the lovely new thread name :)

Old thread here

No 9, can you believe it

Hi Ladies,

Hope you've all had a nice Wednesday.

Just a quickie: Are you allowed to eat in labour? I've had a look around recently in a few forums on various websites and there seems to be mixed answers. Any already Mummies know the answer?

I really like the idea of sucking polos and having jelly beans to keep up my sugar levels. And biscuits and bits and pieces.

Thankies!

NHi all!
Very quick peacemaking from the artic circle!Norway is lovely but bloomin cold! Not been above minus 10 but worth it as we have seen the Northern lights! Spectacular! I have struggled with the lack of daylight and have been having mammoth snoozes, will miss them when back in work next week!
Welcome Lauren
Happy birthday sheldon!
DH says about 3k on New boiler system is about right (FIL a plumber) manda hesays if you not replacing radiators to make sure they are all flushed and an inhibitor placed in the system.
We start NCT classes on the second of Jan (bloomin stupid date to start) and have been advised that I'd def worth it!
No Christmas decorations yet but have bought some lovely traditional ornaments here in Norway so may do.this.weekend?
Sorry not to.name check more as ob phone and has taken me.all day to catch up so predictably have forgotten most!
Love to all xxx

LOL at Em, not TMI, very helpful actually! I did find the 'distinctive' tag unhelpful!
So having gone to work yesterday I am now back in bed. Feel pathetic as it is "just a cold" but I've never had one o bad, got through a full box of tissues and constantly coughing or sneezing! Face is red raw and look like I have two black eyes! Feel guilty as DH is MW starting with it, that said I would murder him for his Lemsip ;)
Hope no one has been adversely affected by the snow and ice.

Love the traditional decs from northern Europe lanny my mum is bringing me some back from her axmas shopping trip to Germany this week.

Am ropey this am, dh has spent all week telling me I look rough. He's at work every night so bedtimes are hard work at the moment. I'm at GP this am and dh is insisting I get signed off :( I have 3 hospital appts next week & only 2 days off so it might make life easier that way anyway

lexi colds can be horrendous especially when you can't decongest properly.

Typing fail, should be DH is now starting with it! Lenny v jealous of northern lights, sounds amazing!

It is like DS knows DH isn't here. Grumpy this morning and quite literally into everything.... We had a quiet day yesterday so I thunk he has unspent energy. Off to library and I am going to wrap him up and let him run it all out in playground.

He has started reducing his naps too - guess that is a 14 month old thing? Making showers painful as he insists standing beside me and trying to get wet!

Thanks for seraphine tips. Ordered dress in 2 sizes and hopefully it will be nice. Have bought some mat stuff for Christmas and hated it all so all going back and am now miffed off as feel have nothing to wear. stealth. We might have been neighbours. Spent alot of my time in London are high st ken! Seraphine was never on my radar then though well for me.

Budget was ok for us. Still happy that I only have a small child as for many it must be difficult. Also good time to be more interested to be staying in at night rather than partying!

Going to ring my mum and see if along with babysitting would she feed DS tonight.... Now that would be a treat! Off out with my 2 closest friends for dinner. Will be nice to catch up and hear all the gossip!

Hope all illnesses are improving and the snow is not having too much effect.

Dammit I hear a crash. Better go.

OC x

Main problem with budget is that there's no growth & increase in jobs (dh) and I'm public sector so no pay rise ever and less budget to work in an area that's increasing.

OC yes to naps reducing :)

Ood. i feared that migt be the case though tbh he is an angel sleeper - touch wood - so I have little to complain about.

Yes agree that budget did not seem to help job prospects and public sector pay etc still to be addressed certainly in Ireland. We have such high levels of pay at the upper end. The head librarian of a university gets paid 150,000 per annum. Doesn't that seem ridiculous?

Was just watching daybreak eating brekkie and this is the look I am trying for christening next week though obviously without super reese good looks or bare legs in freezing Ireland!

veryrosenberry.com/2012/05/pregnant-celebs-and-their-maternity-style/

Hopefully dress I ordered will transform me. Wouldn't you know I have little to think about as I obsess about clothing.....

Sil is borrowing my buggy when she is home so a friend is lending me her no longer needed phil and teds so I can road test. Looking forward to it.

MMorning all. Freezing here in London, hope you're all keeping warm enough. It's an emotional day for me today as I'm at the exact gestation (26+6) that my son was born at. Heading into in chartered waters now! Ds has been really sweet and suggested we have a party tonight to celebrate so we are having broad bean risotto and Portuguese tarts . Am currently waiting to see the midwife who appears to be running v late...

Yay sarah that's great :)

I've been to GP this am and they ganged up with dh and said I was better signed off. More concerned about AND than the SPD now. She was v reassuring about the GTT though

Ood, one day at a time, can you do some craft projects and plan some gentle things to look forward to?

Don't feel guilty, no-one really thinks any less of you for listening to your body and your medical team.

Now, go and make some home made christmas crackers, do a cross stitch and then knit some booties ;)

I'm trying to do toddlers still to get me out of the house, got loads of Xmas stuff to sort too, dh is around during most of the day so have a chauffeur. Plus I've 2 + appts a week, will soon be full!

I have a stupid question, how many times a day should I feel the baby? At the moment is probably every 4-5hrs I feel movement, I can now feel them on the outside, but I normally feel 3 or 4 kicks and then nothing for a while. I also get a lot of internal kicks, if that makes sense. I have an anterior placenta and 24+6.

Ahh Ood sorry you still feel ropey, being signed off will be for the best!

Supposed to be 10 ish but every baby/bump is different. They get into a pattern but early on movements can be missed and later they run out of room. Clear as mud

Hi all

Sarah that is quite a milestone! Good news!

ood hope the signing off helps you to feel better. Fingers crossed.

It's v cold here, was no warmer than -2 on my way up here this morning and all the men in the office keep returning from their lunch breaks saying how cold it is!

sundae as ood said, they are all different. I thinks the key is to work out what is your own pattern and then use that as your own yardstick.

Getting lots of kicks or something very low down, plus quite often sore in the groin area when I stand up. All a bit unconfortable. Bloody boys, I had none of this with DD!

Sympathies ethel I'm getting lots of the cervix kicks at the moment

Well having a fab day went for scan this morning and infection is totally gone and cervix has gone back to original length - baby boy is weighing about 2lb 2oz and is perfect and doing amazing and if I labour before 34 weeks he will let me try a natural delivery so I can be awake for it - however if I did get past that it would be a c section as baby would be too big and put too much pressure on pelvis and back and it would be too high risk. So am a very happy bunny and feeeling sooooooo much better about things and esp as he thinks I will make it to min 30 weeks now!! Am celebrating with a macdonalds lunch :)

Great news zoey :)

woooohoooooo zoey!!!!

Thanks for all the messages yesterday everyone, you are all so lovely :) We went to Jamie's Italian and I had pasta and a virgin cocktail. The food was lovely and there was a very cute baby at the table next to me who made it look perfectly possible to go out for nice meals as a family. This pleases me :)

I've been feeling some uncomfortable downward pressure when walking around. There is no pain with it but should I be worried? I think DD may have turned as I'm feeling kicks really high up now. I would call someone about it but they never answer. Grrr.

zoey That is brilliant news, I'm so pleased for you. I hope you get the birth you want. Oh I could really eat McDonalds! DH is current making me a bacon sandwich though so all good.

sarah Great to reach the milestone.

Ethel It is about that cold here too. Brrrr!

sundae That sounds fine. With my anterior placenta a couple of weeks ago I was like that. Now she is bigger (26+5) I can feel her much more frequently.

ood Good that you are signed off. I hope you get some rest.

October That dress is lovely - very elegant. I have just got my Phil & Teds, I would be interested to hear how your test goes. I certainly love pushing mine around my kitchen :)

Lanny Very jealous of your holiday :) I love cold places - we went to Iceland last year and it was beautiful but didn't see the northern lights. Hope you are having a nice time.

Lexi Sorry to hear you are so poorly. Definitely good to stay home and keep warm. I don't know if it helps but I got a boots brand lemsip type thing that is ok in pregnancy. It doesn't have the decongestant though unfortunately.

Right, off to eat my lunch!

Zoey fantastic news, must be such a relief and so nice to have a plan

Sheldonella Your birthday sounded fun. I love Jamie's Italian and we take the boys there a lot.

Lexi stay inside and rest. I have had a horrid cold, sore throat for ages and have been staring longingly at the Day Nurse and having to make do with paracetamol . it's freezing cold here today, makes me want to hibernate but sadly have the school run to do shortly!

October I have some Seraphine maternity clothes and they are great. I hope you love the dress. It's so hard to find decent maternity clothes. I have given up looking. This is definitely my last baby and so will just make do until the end. My boys have all dropped their morning nap at around 15 months but then started sleeping longer at lunchtime. ds3 still has a 2.5/3hour nap every lunchtime which is a fab time to get stuff done or lie on the sofa looking on here

Ood I hope you manage to get some rest now that you are signed off although easier said than done with 3 Children

Lanny your holiday sounds fab

Ethel I hope dd is feeling better.

Lauren I am booked in for my whooping cough jab next Friday which is 29 weeks. I would do anything I could to prevent my tiny baby getting such a nasty illness and the jab is the same one they give 8 week old babies. I have never felt like eating in labour. With ds1 I felt sick and with the next two it was all too quick so no time to do anything apart from focus on contractions. I am pretty sure you are allowed to though, especially if you have an epidural because there is loads of hanging around.

All well here. Had my 28 week midwife apt yesterday where she took blood & did a general check up. All well and lovely to hear hb again. I was 27+5 and measuring 29 though so it's not in my imagination that I look/feel enormous! We had ds1's nativity yesterday and ds2's this morning. Both so sweet, made me feel very emotional

Hope everyone else is doing Ok.

Yeay Zoey that all sounds really positive!

Cross posted! Thanks sheldon & pink!
Sheldon I love the idea of family meals :) Don't know if it just me but now Beanette is moving so much I find myself wondering a lot about what she will be like, good and bad! Such a major unknown!

Re: pressure, I definitely feel 'heavier' in the bump and more achey some days and judging by kicks it depends how baby is lying. I keep being told I am ' carrying low' too, don't know if that is the case for you? I wouldn't be too worried, annoying though that you can't get anyone on the phone.

pink glad all is well & awwwww for nativity, how lovely!