July 2013 - thread 7 - and we're still talking as we enter the 3rd trimester

[Persuasion]

We've managed to fill yet another thread, so here is a new one to keep chatting away on...

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Does anyone know if we need to buy a car seat long in advance. I.e is there a wait from ordering to.delivery? Well prob get the whole caboodle in john lewis

Cheek if John Lewis say there's a wait you can order them from kiddicare etc and get them next day, I waited a few weeks for mine but ordered it from a local pram shop who ordered individually, they also wanted about £30 more than amazon etc so make sure you check online before so you can get them to price match if needed.

Cheek - normally a wait with John Lewis from order to delivery IIRC. Ask them when you go in to order - and I agree with online price checking for price match too.

DH has come out with sympathy pregnancy insomnia - wouldn't mind but he wakes me up when I'm actually sleeping. Am off to boots today to get him some nytol!

Will catch up in full a bit later but wanted to say cheese that I'm leaving at 35+3, and the headteacher made some snide comment about the other teachers staying til 38 and getting bored in their 2 weeks at home. 35 is def enough for me and if it weren't half term at 33-4 weeks I'd probably leave sooner! So stick to your guns

Seems it was my turn for a hospital stay. Woken up yesterday by sudden bleeding and was admitted for 24hr monitoring. All is fine, Small was jumping around so much it was hard to get the monitor fixed on the heartbeat. No apparent cause and no reason to suggest it'll happen again.

I did cause a bit of a fuss with the neighbours as the hospital insisted I get an ambulance for transport because I was on my own - DH is still offshore until thursday. I am lucky to have good neighbours who figured out it must've been me, and brought me some overnight things in after phoning the hospital to see if I needed CatB looked after!

Eek abzs that sounds like a drama. Glad all is okay with the little one. What lovely neighbours you have!

Glad everything is ok Abzs must have been horrible to be woken up like that.

Stupid phone app won't let me scroll up to see posts, hope all is ok with everyone.

Is anyone else EXHAUSTED at the moment? Doesn't help that my ds is having some sort of awful sleep regression at the mo, but honestly I could snooze at the drop of a hat! I had a 3 hour sleep on Friday afternoon. Apparently iron levels are ok so its not that am just sooo sleeeeepy .

29+6 today. Where is the time going?

Glad you and lil one are ok abzs must of been quite scary tho at the time.

emblosion Im with you on the sleepiness am so tired today but seem to me sleeping ok atm, although got woken up by some uncomfortable BH's the other night.

29+2. Just getting impatient now, got nearly everything bought for baby, just need to get stuff for me for the hospital bag, which i will be packing as soon as i have done i expect as just wanna get it all done and dusted and have lil one here for newborn cuddles :)

Guavas and Cheese, my head seems desperate to get rid of me! She tried to tell me when I had to finish so I quoted back UK employment law. I want to stay as long as possible as I'd get bored and lazy at home - I know what I'm like! If I left early and then had two weeks going overdue I don't know what'd happen to my sanity!

Glad things are okay Abz.

Thanks Dinky and Guava for your reassurance! I'm feeling a bit better about it all now. Runs sorry your head is trying to make you leave early.

Abzs poor you! Glad all is ok with you and small.

emblosion yes I feel shattered too... It seems to come in waves with me.

I've got my 28 week appointment tomorrow which I'm looking forward too!

28+1

Glad things worked out ok, Abzs. What lovely neighbours you have.

SIL (who is tiny) living in Australia gave birth to a 9+lb baby boy by Caesarian this morning. He's gorgeous. Seeing a photo made me so broody - I really want to hold a little baby. Good thing I'm pregnant!

Just on the way home from a weekend in London with DH. Found it pretty tiring, but I think some of that is due to lack of sleep over the last week and a hideous cold that has me constantly blowing my nose and coughing.

Hope everyone else has had a good weekend.

Emblosion I am completely exhausted - I feel your pain. It it like I have been run over by a bus. I feel so lazy but I just want to curl up and hide. Sadly that's not an option as I'm working this weekend which isn't exactly helping. Trying to cut my hours, but it's probably easier to obtain weapons grade plutonium than to speak to someone in Occy Health!

I am also super-teary - anyone else? I cry because I'm tired (including a splendid episode at the start of yesterday's shift in front of a lot of my colleagues ). Then I cry because ask how I am (big mistake!), cry because people are nice to me, and I sobbed because my wonderful colleague came in 40 mins early so I could go home to bed. I think my fluid output in tears exceeded what I managed to drink overnight. Not good!

Absz - how worrying. Glad things settled for you.

EggFlipped hope you feel better soon. Can't believe the H&M in Westfield had no maternity stuff! Most of my stuff is second hand but I did get a few bargains in M&P the other day. Like you, I balk at the thought of paying loads for something I'll barely wear until number 2 comes along.

29+3 and still can't actually believe I'm pregnant until I look down

abzs sounds v scary, I'm glad everythings ok now

emblosion I'm with you on the utter exhaustion! I'm so tired this weekend and haven't really done much. I wish I could have had a lie down but it was sunny so out in the garden with the boys. We did go to park this morning, and did short forest walk yesterday but I shouldn't be this tired surely! Feels a bit like first trimester tiredness
plus I managed to put hole in my dungarees at the knee. I love these dungarees, having worn them through all 4 pregnancies (plus they were second hand when I got them off eBay 7 years ago!) so I shouldn't be too surprised they are finally falling apart. I will keep wearing them regardless as they are the comfiest thing in last few weeks

Confession time...

Sorted out the baby bits we bought last weekend and put most of them in the wash. But some had a bright trim that I was worried would run over everything else, so kept them out to wash separately. And I may have held the sleep suits as if there was a baby in them. Got me rather excited!

Thanks dinky and twinkle I am glad to read its not an 8 week.wait or anything as gives us more time

I'm with everyone on tiredness. I escaped all the first trimester symptoms but making up for it now with tiredness, leg cramps and swollen feet. I think I'm tired as I always need the loo!

Posted too soon..abz glad you have a good neighbours but sorry for your scare.,hope you get your dh.home soon

MrsMillions

Good to hear most of us are getting on well, despite the aches, pains and exhaustion. I had my first (definite) BH today on a 15 minute walk to the shop. Uncomfortable much?

We picked up an eBay cot this weekend, very happy and excited to finally clear the room ready for furniture! Poor DH is working so hard on DIY projects and putting the nursery will be a real high point for us both.

One thing for (most?) of us to look forward to in the next few weeks: two bank holiday weekends!

Abzs - glad you and Small are OK. Sounds scary! Glad you had your neighbours looking out for you - bet DH can't wait yo be back to look after you. Please take it easy.

Slouching - I have just been blubbing away at a film! Fortunately so was everyone else in the cinema. I cried a lot in last trimester of my first pregnancy as I was exhausted, stressed and guilty at stress being bad for the baby - I don't normally cry so it was my body's way of telling me (and everyone else) I needed some support and to slow down. Definitely cry at the occ health people!

Thinking - hope you can patch those dungarees. I hate it when loved items of clothing die - its almost like losing an old friend.

Belated too but Shiv that's amazing news. I hope you've managed some more cuddles since then.

Abzs so glad everything is okay. Your neighbours sound wonderful but you must have been so worried.

I'm feeling exhausted too. Not sure how I'll make it to 36 wks at work but on a fixed term contract for a project so can't really finish any earlier.

Dinky I hope your DH's insomnia improves. Which film did you see? I haven't been to the cinema in ages but one is opening up in town soon and I'm really hoping they'll do mother and baby screenings.

MrsMillions that made me smile.

Slouching hopefully a good nights sleep will help. Your colleague sounds fab though. I think that would make me cry too.

Hope you all have a good week.

Slouching you really do need to get your nights/oncalls sorted asap. Seriously I am surprised your dept haven't done it anyway regardless of occy health. Cry copiously if it helps!

Hope the weekend has been stable for shiv and Oliver.

I am frazzled after a day with DS who suddenly decided to become a "typical" 2 year old out of the blue - constant weeping, wailing, throwing, kicking and tantrumming - totally out of character (we are spoilt normally!). Hoping it is all down to 3 days in a row with no nap... (he is in that awkward phase where he needs one every 2 days or so but when he does have one he is up til 8.45-9pm).

Vinegar I called them this morning, taking them a letter from my consultant on weds, and stopping nights, weekends and on calls from now on. Hurrah! Hope your DS is back on form soon - he sounds rather like me on a night shift!

29+4

Morning all. I swear at the beginning of every week I pump out. DH home from a business trip and was like "wow look at that belly". Must of popped out a few inches overnight. Braxton Hicks are getting me. So much tightening and with the little lady kicking I am so sore.

Today's a sick day for me, DH brought home a cold. Also have loads of baby paperwork. I'm from the states and DH is English and we just found out his new job prospect wants us to move back to Reykjavik. Which is making my head spin this week as I have to prepare the little ladies dual citizenship and then have the big talk on whether we relocate. I lived there before as a worker but a stay at home mom would be a bit of a leap. My Icelandic is poor and well sure baby groups where you don't understand much would be a challenge. Busy week to say the least.

Sick day for me too. Had a tummy bug/ate something over the weekend. Spent yesterday feeling sick and now just feel completely shattered. Off to my 31 wk appt and then back to bed.

Hurrah for Slouching being liberated from on calls/weekends/nightshifts! Hope it helps alleviate the tiredness Slouching.

Photographer - wow, moving to Iceland would be quite a major change! Sounds like lots of stuff for you and DH to talk about. Definitely get yourselves better first.

Runs (my what an appropriate nickname this morning) - sorry you're feeling crook today too and hope you feel better soon today. Keep your fluids up lady even if you dont feel like eating.

Marie - went to see "A Song for Marion" followed by dinner at the Charlotte Street hotel. Was lovely but quite an emotionally draining film - not the best choice for homonal pregnant woman!