October 2013 - wobbling and sweating through the last trimester

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Baby due dates/sexes/name choices here

The September full moon for me would make me 36+3 so I won't be too hopefull for that one. Plus oct 18th would be perfect for me as it would dh's paternity leave would cover most of the half term holiday and he has a/l for the last few days of the half term for dd's birthday, can u actually believe I'm wishing myself to go 4 days over? Lol

Haha 4 days isnt too bad especially if means you'd get the extra help how many weeks were you when you had your DD?
Went into labour with DS on his due date, just took 2 days to get him out, hoping this one will be the sameish.

Hi all I was on the bus at the very beginning but discovered a lack of time to keep up! Anyway now 29+5 and due 16thoctober. I have got a ds who is 3 and this one is a dd! Now on school holidays as I am a teacher so hoping to have time to keep up with the thread

Got health visitor coming today to go through red book so better get bum in gear and do dishes and get dressed before she arrives!

Hope everyone has a good day :)

Terrible nights sleep here too, I think I finally nodded off around 4am. Had things on my mind too my cat isn't very well he lives with my parents (family cat) but I took him in 13 years ago as a stray and he has been with us ever since, I hope he will be ok, fingers crossed for Archie the cat.

Welcome Lu.

Hot soup I at the Muslim mistake too...

Omg I cannot imagine going 2 weeks over I'm so uncomfy I want this baby to come at 37 weeks, wishful thinking hey!

pink went into labour at 39+3 and delivered at 39+5
Xxx

Hi Lu, you're my due date twin!

I've had two good-ish nights of sleep on the trot (just one 3 a.m. wee) and I feel like a new woman. And we're off to Spain on our hols tomorrow. Just need to pack my enormous unflattering swimming cossie rather than last year's slinky bikini...

Morning all

mrs027 I'm with you on the hormonal front. I really want this baby too and feel ungrateful but really am fed up. I too have been daydreaming about all the running/ cycling/ swimming I'm going to be doing when the baby's born. With 2 kids under 18 months how hard can it be

pseudo oh wasp sting sounds nasty. They all seem to be a bit sleepy at the minute and crawling around so reckon it's not hard to invite a sting. Sorry you've got insomnia.

Welcome lu001 and congrats.

hotsoup muslims

I have been sleeping well though having really vivd dreams about breastfeeding. I'm clearly feeling subconscious pressure to make it work and the dreams have all been about being successful. Anyone else having weird dreams?

Does anyone else find they tend to lie about how many weeks they have left when people ask??? I don't mean to but I have in my head; 8 weeks to due date, 5 weeks of work, 5 weeks until 37 weeks which was when ds born and when I'm really hoping to go! So i keep telling people anything between 6- 8! I think it's just the optimist in me and the fact I'm fed up that wants it to be sooner :)

Re the baby groups. I really loved Baby Sensory and baby swim and met lots of people through those. This time it's going to have to be parent and toddler groups. The problem I find is that they all seem to be in the mornings but I walk the dog every morning and feel bad if I don't do that.

cullier enjoy your hols.

We finally got the double bed set up in the spare room and bought new quilt cover etc. It makes such a difference to have a bed to go to when up doing feeds and to sleep in with the baby rather than keeping dh awake every night. It's all getting real now!

Need to sort out a pram once and for all. I am so torn. I was going to splash out on the bugaboo donkey (and sell our camelion) but bugaboo have not responded to any of the 3 emails I sent about how bad their customer service is so not sure I would give them the business. My other option for a double is the babyjogger city mini but it has no parent facing option and just doesn't feel as nice for a newborn or as comfortable for ds....dilemmas, dilemmas

Warlin Weird dreams - I dreamt last night that people kept coming to take me to prison but I wouldn't go because I didn't want to have my baby in prison or have it taken away and I hadn't done anything wrong but that kept making my sentence longer and longer for evading arrest...

Welcome lu and congratulations :)

orangeblossom2 I'm so glad I'm not the only person who has had that really odd feeling of baby trying to escape through my side in bed! I've had it a few times and it freaks me out! Tried explaining to DP but he just looked at me as if a mixture of hormones and baby brain had taken over!!

I remember when I joined this thread someone said we were due date buddies, I think it was bowlfullofjelly ... Anyone else due October 5th?!?! Very interesting about the full moon! I have said from the beginning of this pregnancy that we would have a September baby (don't know why just a feeling that i have had) so will be interesting to see if my feeling is right!!

pink natalie I had dd at 37+5 so flyer people will tell you that you'll likely go over with your first, I had it, also because I'm fairly big built (5'5 and was size 12 back then) and my bump was small. They're talking shite

My mum is convinced that because dd starts school full time 4 weeks before due date and I am planning on treating myself to lots of me time, haircut ect that he will come early so I get zero time to myself!

My mil calls them Muslims too

warlin I lie too! So I'm 30+1 today but I say I'm nearly 31 or tell people 9 weeks left. Hehe!

pink looking back I think I did Bloom from weeks 16-24. Although I didn't feel it at the time it was definitely the best I felt this whole pregnancy so must have been!!

This house if operation prepare for baby now. lots of organising and decluttering to do as our house is fairly small (perfect location however!) And we still have baby stuff up north which hopefully we will collect this week since dh is off work.

I lie too!

It's the look people give you when they ask when you're due and you say October and I'm not even that big. So I've taken to saying the end of September. Truth is, baby could arrive anytime up to Halloween. That seems a really, really long time away right now.

1stTimer I'm due 3rd Oct and I live in the same town as you. I have a feeling that someone else on this thread does too, but I won't "out" her just in case I'm wrong or she would prefer to keep it to herself.

I was in Trago too on Saturday! Love that there are a few Trago shoppers here - it's so naff, but we love it for DIY stuff, it has saved us a fortune doing up our house.

Another one here who has been lying about when babys due I got fed up of the "are you sure your not having twins" comment so have been saying end of September, I think since I will be officially classed as full term half way through September thats fair...

1sttimer Im due October 5th too!!

warlin we had a nightmare at the weekend looking at double prams, my favourite was the babyjogger too, mostly because will fit my tall DS but DH wasnt happy with not having a parent facing option. I have seen a couple on ebay that have carrycots but the lady in kiddicare told me the British version wasnt set up for it. Not sure if this is true. We ended up with the iCandy pear but mostly because DH got very involved (not like him) so ended up spending more than I had been originally budgeted.

Also agree on the crazy and vivid dreams, also is anyone having overly erotic dreams... ? or is that one just me

comtesse 1stTimer I love Trago. Visit Falmouth's store every time DH and I are back home (so we're in there pretty much every month). My only concern is that my Gran seems to buy another item of baby clothing every time she shops there... So I have no idea what to expect from her collection!

welcome lu!

warlin I kind of lie. I am due 2nd October, but if I say "October" when people ask then it often gets dismissed as "in the future". So now I say "end of September-ish". Unless it is someone who knows that pregnancy is 40 weeks, in which case I just tell them the number of weeks I am.

rox we are due date buddies :) I say end of Sept too, partly because I'm convinced it will be a Sept birth. Although both dh and I have Sept birthdays so would actually prefer this baby to be Oct but I just dont want to wait that long!

pink it's so hard to get a pram you want. I'm the same with the babyjogger...it's great for 2 toddlers but it just doesn't seem that good for the newborn. I wouldn't sell my bugaboo camelion if we were buying the babyjogger but I reckon we will prob just go with the donkey. It's really expensive but we can get 20% with mothercare. I just wish one shop stocked all the options because at the minute I can't realy compare them as Mothercare don't do babyjogger...

And lol on the erotic dreams pink. I had them last time but haven't been so lucky this time!

I have had a few weird dreams too - none about our baby, which I'm a bit sad about, but a couple about trying to BF. one one occasion, the feeding child was a walking, talking toddler with teeth . Not that I'm anti longer BF, you understand, I just thought might get a chance to get my eye in with a smaller child first

comtesse are you in Exeter?

pinkbuttons yay awesome!!

Haha I find Trago a bit of a guilty pleasure! It's great for bargains and stuff for the house! My DP hates it! We usually get half way around and the hints begin about leaving!! Ha!

Am out in the van with DP today to save me from going mad at home but travel sickness is out with a vengeance!

Feeling really down today for no reason, it may just be all the disrupted sleep ah well I suppose I better get used to that!

I am 29th September so 32+1 but I tell everyone 7 weeks as i'm in my 33rd week makes it sound not to far away and I am enormous!!

Comtesse - its me .

I am huge now!!! I have weirdly lost weight on my arms and legs (still in pre preg summer trousers sitting under the bump - albeit their cotton or linen ones, not jeans) but my bump is now ridiculous. All out in front and legs/elbows/heads poking out periodically...

I have thankfully been sleeping well, bar the odd calf cramps, as I've had a dream genii pillow from 12 weeks (got it out of the loft after the scan). It really helps. That said, DD usually wakes up, very briefly, once in the night with needing a wee or a bad dream or something.... And then its all go from 6.30am, so what with still working f/t and setting up our new business every evening (and growing two babies), I'm still knackered!

I never know what to say re due date. After all, by my own dates, due date was 1 Oct, then by scan its 28 Sept.... But in fact I'll be term for twins on 1 Sept. Much easier now the c section is booked as I just say early September. We're not actually telling anyone the date of the c section in RL (its 10 Sept) apart from the neighbour who is having DD for the afternoon (they've got a daughter the same age as DD - her closest friend)... The neighbours having DD that day also have a 2 month old and before she was born, we knew her sex, name, date and time of arrival (she arrived 1 minute after eta).... And it did take the excitement out of it all somehow... So, very personal, but we've decided not to tell anyone and that way our families can get that lovely surprise "they're here" call!!! We're weird, I know!

Oh, and two weeks to go of work!! Yay!! Then 3 weeks until D day (ie 5 weeks from now)...eeek!!!

But if they arrive on the planned day, I could still easily not be the
first to pop...!

Sorry to hear you're feeling down falcon. I've had a couple of really good cries over the last few days for no apparent reason, although I have been supremely tired too. Perhaps third trimester really is just the first trimester in disguise!

warlin woo for the 2nd October due dates! I calculated my dates to be closer to 10th October, but kind of feel like baby might come a bit early. I would prefer an October baby, but have no idea why!

legally DH and I would be the same if we had a date booked I think. For the same reason as you in that we've not found out the sex and we're not telling anyone any of our name ideas. We're trying to keep as much a secret as possible so it's more of a surprise for everyone when baby is born!

1stTimer and Lu - have you added yourselves to the stats sheet? If you are not sure what to do but want to be added then let me know your due date, sex (or surprise) of your baby and if you have any name ideas and I will happily add you to the sheet.

Also due in October, but actually feeling really good!! No wobbling or sweating! my bump is quite small, so that might be making it easier for me.
Good luck to all

Going on from what I just said legally - it's quite nice to keep something between just me and DH. I think that's part of the reason why we're keeping our name ideas to ourselves, and also why I would like just DH to be present at the birth. That way we can have our moment to ourselves as a mini family before the parents and siblings descend! I think we're quite secretive really. Quite happy in our own little bubble

Pink thank God someone else is having the erotic dreams. I mentioned them a few weeks ago and everyone claimed I was the only one.

Anyone got any top tips for a UTI? Sorry for tmi but I've been in and out the loo for the last 3 hours and have spots of blood in my wee. Can't get a doctors appointment until tomorrow morning.
So any good remedies that might help relive the itch and pain?