The 3rd Gemini Luxury Bus

[Librarina]

I thought I'd get our shiny new thread started, welcome.
Previos Thread

I also thought I'd include our little round up of who is having what, when...feel free to update, there's only a few of us so we shouldn't end up drowning in Stats!

kittykats : girl
JoJo: boy
Bringon: girl
Frust: boy
Blending: one of each
Lib: surprise - 1st baby - EDD June 7th
Lor: surprise (for now!)
Ohtheplaces: girl - 1st baby - EDD June 5th
Peardrop: boy

Hello ladies!

Gosh you've all been busy whilst I've been... well not doing very much really, except that we've painted a room for the baby's cot and stuff to go in (not the baby, baby stays with me) and I've ordered a bed-nest from the NCT which I'm very excited about.

I have 15 working days left, and I LOVE doing 4-day weeks. I wish I'd always worked them.

Is anyone else feeling weirdly light-headed? I feel like the baby is pressing on my lungs and I can't get oxygen in. It especially happens when I've eaten a large meal? I'm also a bit bored of having a foot in my ribs or a tiny arm punching me in the hips and I'm also too hot all the time... I thought I was supposed to be pregnant, not having a menopause!

Yes yes to person upthread who was waking at 5am. I've done this the last week or so, no matter what time I go to bed. I hadn't made the link with the clocks changing, but you're completely right. I wake up with hot dry hands, thirsty and hungry and wide awake. I can usually get back to sleep at about 6.30 but that's no use when you're up for work at 7!

I'm 32.3 today, going on Mat leave at 36.

Hello ladies.

Good luck with the mw appt. kitty. Hope baby turns for you!

I'd a good weekend with the MIL and BIL visiting. I really learned my limits though as we were out and about on Saturday and walking around, and I realised that I really can't do that much anymore. My pelvis was killing me - I thought I'd never get home to sit down. They all went out for a bit in the afternoon and I lay down with my hips raised for a bit to take some pressure off - did the trick. The goalposts just keep changing don't they?

Also feeling the pressure rising up my body which is making me pretty uncomfortable. Any food just sits really high up and I'm getting more breathless. Feeling quite cranky about it today.

Was me lib 1.30 and 4-4.30 were typical nighttime breastfeeding times for both dds. So I kinda get why it's 4 that I keep waking up at. But really doesn't help when you need to get up at 6am.
10 working days left.

sigh yes, the oh-so-glamourous 3rd trimester.

Saw another expecting student at a local midwifery meeting today who is due in 2 weeks. She was saying that she's thinking it'll happen soon and that she's feeling a lot of contractions..... to which I went I'm next!

So I'm trying to stay in my peace bubble and not go searching for images or more news on the Boston Marathon tragedy and then our own 1st world tragedy happens where the fridge and freezer just die and refuse to keep food cool, the techs can't even come to LOOK at the stupid thing until next Monday, I have to haul all of the food into the garage and pray we can use most of it up and not have to throw it in the rubbish, and DH leaves to go back to England on Wednesday night to visit his very ill mum (who's still in hospital). Oh, and all of the bills are due and DHs paycheck is less than stellar to cover everything. Can I just fastforward to like, next month? STRESS.

Hey Trumpets, sit in your lovely bubble and ignore the stresses as much as you can. (and eat all the ice-cream in case it melts)

I've found the Boston marathon explosions particularly upsetting, possibly becuase I'm pregnant and everything hits harder, possibly because DH is also a marathon runner and I can imagine being at the finish waiting for him to come, and the scariness of the confusion, possibly also I think because I had two friends who were running it, but I knew fairly quickly that they were fine. Social media is a mixed blessing in these cirumstances, you can find out so much, so quickly, but then you have to filter and process all the information and make sense of it.

Anyway, in happier news. I had my midwife appointment this morning and as usual the baby kicked her hard, and as usual she told me that it was a very active baby.... like I don't know that!

I booked my whooping cough jab - has anyone else had it yet?
And I also booked an aromatherapy massage as a treat for me & baby cos DH is away in London a lot in the next few weeks and I felt we needed pampering.

sounds like a good appt. Librarina.

I had my whooping cough jab last week. No problems. Bit of a sore arm for a few days (couldn't lie on it the first night) but nothing major and no other side effects.

Also have had an aromatherapy massage and can highly recommend it!

I've had it too lib, same as lor!
Had my mw app aswell baby still breech so talked about options and she wants to make sure the gps don't tell me I can't have a vaginal birth if I want it's still an option although a dying trend, had a session of moxibustion today though and instructions and the things to keep doing it twice aday to try and turn her before then, praying this works!!
Havnt really been in much to see news what with a gazillion apps today and dd but it sounds awful, likewise your fridge freezer drama bring, what a pain and always when you need the money, I hate waste aswell, is it not cold enough there to keep it a few days outside?

Yay! I love your midwife Kitty! Breech birth is totally just a variation of normal and there ARE wonderfully skilled midwives out there who know how to manage these births. I know it sounds really hokey but also just talking with your baby about why she's in the position she's in and whether she can turn can help you know what kind of birth you may be able to expect. Sometimes babies just have the wisdom and they know they need to born in a certain way (even though it may not be in the way we think it should be). Take the time to tune inwards and listen to your body and your baby :)

Thankfully that's the ONLY thing that I can be optimistic about with this weather. The food is staying cool in the garage and so far it's been pretty easy to just head outside and grab something. It's not supposed to get over 45 degrees for the next few days so I'll just take what I can get! Also having to admit that I'm ready to just get going on the whole DH-being-away deal that's coming up. At least I get the bed to myself

Is our routine midwife app at 34 or 36 weeks?
I have a scary feeling my joint midwife/HV appointment is next week. not routine to have a joint app but I refused to see the HV without the midwife being there I have been trying not to think about it as I'll have a panic attack and chicken out if I do.

Is it wrong of me to feel quite relieved that I'm not having these jabs (flu/whooping cough) that you're all taking about?

Is anyone thinking about pain relief for the birth yet? I'm debating whether to buy or hire a tens machine.

It's 34wks frus then another at 36,38,40..... Yes I wasn't looking forward to whooping cough jab but it wasn't bad in fairness, no illness and I didn't have the flu one!
Thanks bring, it wasn't my regular mw as she is on leave although apparently she is a senior specialist and this mw said she would support me if I wanted to push a vb, I guess my only fear would be what if there wasn't a specialist there when I went into labour or would they induce to make sure? I liked that she was for it though and for my right to choose, she also mentioned this moxibustion and the good odds, baby currently going mad in tummy but so far today 2times breech tilt, swimming and 5 handstands in pool, sitting on ball wiggeling hips for 30 mins, talking to and shining torch low on tummy and 2 lots of moxibustion ..... Can I do anymore??!?
Fear that I do believe in positive thinking though but that I'm loosing my hope and feal abit pessimist like i don't think she will move and don't want that in my head but not sure how to get it to go sorry guys you must be sick of me and my breech woes !!
Bring- good news for the natural fridge and big empty bed, got to admit myself that I savour an empty bed when dh on nights!!

It's 34wks frus then another at 36,38,40..... Yes I wasn't looking forward to whooping cough jab but it wasn't bad in fairness, no illness and I didn't have the flu one!
Thanks bring, it wasn't my regular mw as she is on leave although apparently she is a senior specialist and this mw said she would support me if I wanted to push a vb, I guess my only fear would be what if there wasn't a specialist there when I went into labour or would they induce to make sure? I liked that she was for it though and for my right to choose, she also mentioned this moxibustion and the good odds, baby currently going mad in tummy but so far today 2times breech tilt, swimming and 5 handstands in pool, sitting on ball wiggeling hips for 30 mins, talking to and shining torch low on tummy and 2 lots of moxibustion ..... Can I do anymore??!?
Fear that I do believe in positive thinking though but that I'm loosing my hope and feal abit pessimist like i don't think she will move and don't want that in my head but not sure how to get it to go sorry guys you must be sick of me and my breech woes !!
Bring- good news for the natural fridge and big empty bed, got to admit myself that I savour an empty bed when dh on nights!!

What is moxibustion kitty? I've never heard of it.

Why are you not having all the jabs frus. Just curious.

Sounds like you're putting some good work in kitty. I'm sure it's hard to stay positive, but I guess you have to try and trust baby and trust your own body. Fingers crossed for you.

That would be a very good thing to find out now while you are weighing out your options, kitty. It may be a case where they will have the specialist on-call for you for when you do go into labor and they know you are planning a vbb. You are doing all that you can. Hopefully your babe will start picking up the hints. There is still time. Those nimble little ones have been known to turn during labor. Maybe start imagining what she would look like head-down in your belly, imagine her doing a flip, or even imagine dolphins as they do flips out of the water? We're here for you, please feel free to vent away! This is a safe space.

Frus and (Lor), I haven't gotten any jabs either. I just haven't been able to find the research (for my own personal use) to convince me that getting the vaccination while pregnant would be more beneficial than harmful. After they added the H1N1 flu vaccine to all of the flu jabs over here and then started marketing it and the whooping cough jab to pregnant women, I just decided to not go that route. It seems like a big ol' money-making scheme to me rather than a public health advantage. . But, to each their own and if you feel like it was the right choice for you and your family, then I totally support that.

Moxibustion is a Chinese remedy where it's a type or drug you light like a cigar and aim to heat to points on the outside of your little toes, like a reflexology thing frus, will it work?! It seems abit odd but willing to try in my desperation lol
Bring- will defo research and have a list of questions written down if I have to, I'd definatly want to know there would be someone there who knew what they were doing and if they can bring you in for a cs seems like it would be no more to ask for someone to be on call or induced at a good time too.... Alot to think about!
Having another insomnia night ( ofcourse when I've work tomorrow!)

It's an herb called mugwort. It's got a great success rate, just have to keep it up. It's meant to realign your body's energy so that it makes turning favorable for baby. Acupuncture is so fascinating! I would love to learn more about it.....one day.....

lor DH has a rare genetic condition (that nobody has ever heard off, although it is more well known in the states) that can be affected by certain medical drugs. We go on the basis that until we know the dc don't have it, we presume that they have, as its the safest option. If they do it may not effect them until they are 60, but can effect them much younger. but why take the risk of the severity being affected by something i could prevent So whilst pregnant I avoid them too. including any drugs that cross the placenta Certain vaccines haven't had longtern research into whether they cause a detrimental reaction. Also rules out g&a in labour. But explains why I've managed to get them to agree to test the cord blood. I am very relieved about that as blood tests on a baby are not nice

Hormones! Argh! DS has suddenly discovered that he can climb on the coffee table. Apparently this is a hysterical new game that involves seeing how close he can get to slipping or jumping or just walking straight off the edge before I can get to him! He just managed to climb up, jump a few times & walk off the edge in the time it took me to cross the room. I was literally millimetres away from not managing to catch him! He thought it was hysterical & I can't stop crying at the thought of what could've happened & utter despair because I don't know how to stop him doing it again! I'm v aware that normally I'd just get cross with him but I'm so hormonal that I just can't stop crying! I've put him in his highchair now & as soon as I can control myself enough to get food without weeping then he'll have his lunch a bit early followed by an extra long nap & lots of playtime in his cot until DH gets home! I'm normally v relaxed about supervised risk taking but this has really scared me!

Jojo your ds and my dd must be re incarnations of the same child, she has discovered this new "game" although she climbs on her table or the window sill, it is apparently hilarious particullaly when you go to get her!!

Ok bus partners, I'm going to lose it. Seriously. We are supposed to get another 2 INCHES OF FUCKING SNOW TOMORROW. I don't live in Russia, I'm in Minnesota. I just want to take a walk outside without wearing boots and a scarf. I'm totally ready to cry (seriously, cry out of pure frustration) about this disgusting and pathetic spring.

-Rant over-

I'm glad it's not just us with the fucked-up spring, but more snow is just not on. Have you considered suing? We're supposed to have summer babies! At this rate I'm not even sure summer is possible.

bring that sucks. I was on the point of despair just from the cold we had, that's finally lifted. Don't think I could cope with snow.

Interesting to hear different perspectives on jabs. I think living in Central London and travelling on the tube just feels a bit germ-ridden so jabs make sense to me, especially since I've had both the flu and pneumonia in recent-ist years.

I've today off so spent the morning down at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as they were having a natural birth open day. Still can't tour either the birthing unit or labour ward because they have visitor restrictions because of norovirus but it was great to hear more info on how things work there and meet the team. C&W also have a pilot programme I place with NHS employed doulas. I wasn't going to hire a doula but if one was there and available I'd be interested. Think it might be good support for DH too.

frus! I would sue, I'm sure I'm not the only one around here who would if they could. Everyone is super grumpy about the weather.

DH's plane just took off. Praying the next 5 days go smoothly.

Morning! [wide awake emoticon]
I had planned on going back to bed after the school run this morning, but have a ton of chores to do. DH is a lazy sod and despite having a day of yesterday did sod all, so now I have to do his washing up, as we have someone coming round later

I hope your DH had a safe flight bring
kitty and jojo I have a climber/escape artist too. it's great fun not. I'd like to say the best policy is to ignore, and hope for the best, as its not as fun if it isn't a game. Unfortunately my dd does it just for the thrill and doesn't care if I notice or not. Strangely enough despite our regular trips to a&e, they've never been because of her now very accomplished climbing.

Morning < half dead emotioncom>
Dd kept me up till after midnight with crying, were not sure what's wrong as she's had abit if a cold but is normally still brilliant at night but was hyperventilating crying last night whenever we tried to put her down and wanted to go downstairs?!? Up at 5:50 for work oh dear god