January 2014 (thread 9) Pregnancy half time is over. Fast growing bumps, braxton hicks and we thought we would worry less!

[Frizz1986]

Hope its ok me setting up a new thread.
Couldnt see one, but if I am just being blind please tell me.....

I just involuntarily squeezed when I read the words 'pelvic floor'. Anyone else

Sarah I agree with the others that men are often just not as excited about babies! DH keeps being overly practical when I just want to be excited!

I don't think you're mean or horrid for not speaking for a day humpty!
Quite often if he's only away for a week we don't speak at all! is just annoyed me as he knows I've been stressed about various things, and a little lonely as all of our family and most of our friends are 150 miles away and he still can't be bothered to send a text every few days unless promted!

Aww you ladies are bloody brilliant. Thankyou for talking sense to me. I am glad im not the only one who's partner isnt openly jumping for joy.

mrsg I totally understand where your coming from. Although dh is very good at keeping in contact these days but its mainly cus of the kiddies rather than me. When you have your little girl he will be in touch a lot more, bet ya! :)

Oh shit pelvic floors thanks for the reminder! Although I fear after 3 babies I might be fighting a losing battle (hmm)

Oh and after all that with dh not knowing my week, turns out I was a day out aswell. Apparently I am 24+1 .shows how much I know woops!

frizz that's okay!

enjoying yep, I did a set of 8 as soon as I read those words...

MrsG if it's a few days, I can understand you feeling lonely. That's hard - days are so much longer when you're the one being 'left' rather than the 'leaver'.

sarahl anytime - I was being a hormonal monster last week, I was just lucky that DH has had a shot of patience/is trying for a sainthood, or I'd have been ranting about him daily. Luckily this week, I've decided I couldn't care less about work again (that was what was stressing me out) and peace has returned to the Humpty House.

Sarah just had an idea...tell him he'll get a BJ if he gets it right (the number of weeks you are) - remember, carrot not stick!

Ha ha me too enjoying ! Weeks ago it was so easy to squeeze but then I forgot to do them and now it's really tricky!! I hope it's not too late!!

sarahl, I can barely remember how many weeks I am. DH tells me! And he's a million times more excited than I am in general. He also reminds me of anniversaries and at the weekend he reminded me it's my birthday in a couple of weeks. I'm fairly sure he has higher oestrogen levels than I do

So from your DH's perspective, I can say that for me it's not that I'm not happy about/interested in the baby. It's just that the pregnancy/baby is not the only thing on my mind at any given time. I'm pretty scatterbrained at the best of times, and my attention span is that of a teenage boy.

Haha mythree I will have to try that one!! ( dh will thankyou too!!)

humpty got to love the hormones!!!! Pregnancy is just the best :)

toby is this dh's first? Where did u find him in amongst all these unexcited men :)

It is his first. Not mine, but his. Perhaps that explains it, but it doesn't explain all the other stuff that makes me the 'man' in this relationship :o

Honestly. He reminds me every year when our anniversary is. And this year he bought me an excellent, thoughtful present, while I bought him...nothing. Not even a card

It's not that I don't care about this stuff. It's just that sometimes it isn't the first thing I think about. Or maybe I'm just horrible!

He sounds very sweet toby! DH remembers the date we first became 'official' as it was my birthday, and he's remembered our first wedding anniversary but there's a good chance we'll both forget next year!

Ah, he's just a big girl

toby and MrsG my DH is the one to remember anniversaries etc too. He took me out for a lovely meal and to see Les Mis, which I was very at, but a little too. Then he reminded me it was our 6 month wedding anniversary (yes, we wouldn't normally celebrate 6 months, but we were newlyweds, what can I say). I hadn't twigged. He also knows the date on which he officially asked me to be his girlfriend (no, despite what it sounds like, we weren't 14 at the time), and uses our wedding date, and the due date of this baby as his Lotto numbers.
I remember his birthday, as it's 3 days after mine. Otherwise, I am pretty shit at remembering/marking the date.

He's definitely a girl, isn't he?

Does that mean I am a lesbian?

:o Humpty. You and me both!

Hahaha humpty that properly made me laugh then. Check you all out with your he/she husbands haha. On our first wedding anniversary dh had been sneaking off a couple of times the weeks leading up to it. I totally didn't click on and started thinking where the F is he sneaking off to. Turned out he had planned a big lovely suprise for me and was taking the bottle of champagne we got on our wedding day to the hotel and planning it all out. This year was supposed to be my turn to organise something and I totally failed and booked a last minute meal that I then cancelled cus he had well and truly pissed me off and HE ended up te booking it and sending me flowers . Oh shit, I've just realised I'm the bitch in this marriage :)

Ohh humpty I love musicals!! I've been nagging dh to take me back to London for sooooo long. We went there when we first met for the weekend and I loved it!! Went to see blood brothers.

toby that explains the excited nature of dh. My dd was dh's first and he was fab! This time around ummmm not so much haha.

Ps heartburn will not piss off tonight ergh my throats on fire

In that case it's lucky that DH's first child will also be his last!

For our anniversary in the summer, DH bought me (us) tickets to Book Of Mormon. If you're a musical fan, put it on your list. It's amazing!

Boo to heartburn :( I'm foreseeing a bad night with it myself -- we've got chorizo burgers for dinner.

Haha DH and I are the same! I'm the bloke. I feel bad sometimes..!

me and dh are the same as well. He cooked dinner tonight whilst I fixed the toilet! Haha

Haha thats brilliant nature.

Last baby here too toby dh is getting the snip. People keep saying he wont be allowed it though at 28yrs old but my mates dh had it done at 25.

Sorry totally changing the subject there haha

Well my dh is def the lazy one and i am the uptight control freak! Dh does good bdays and xmas but thats because i am beyond easy to buy for and when we set our price limit he goes over it and i dont as its the price limit. Makes me feel awful eg the year before last our £30 budget. I got him a razor he asked for and a subscription to a magazine.
He got me and ipad!

toby i am beyond jealous of the book of mormon.
I totally want to see if and was hoping to go see it on broadway in feb this year (before the uk previews had even started) but as dh was in charge and he didnt bother booking it, by the time i got round to sorting everything out there were only seats at the back for a lot of money and i am a bit of a theatre snob. If i get to go i like the good seats. It was ok though as i got to see lion king and wicked instead!! Dh's first ever musicals and he really enjoyed them. I thought he would enjoy the lion king more but he thought wicked was awesome!

toby we got tickets for Book of Mormon for weekend after next!

DH ordered them ages ago, like before I was pg.

Hope the heartburn buggers off quick sharp for those who have it!

Oooh, Book of Mormon, I'd forgotten about that. I may have to get DH tickets for his birthday. So far, otherwise, he has socks, pants and a DVD. He needs socks and pants though - he has loads with holes.
I suspect, though, this kind of practicality may not be considered 'a romantic gift'.

Well if it makes you feel better, it was DH birthday the other weeks and he got a bottle of Balvenie whiskey, a home cooked steak dinner with birthday cake and......an ironing board cover!

Wot? Sainsbury s had them at half price and he needed a new one!

, tooth! I want to see it again.
Top tip: if you're hungry afterwards, it's a really short walk to Five Guys in Long Acre, where you'll get the best burger ever, and all the flavours of soft drink known to man. Get the small burger (with everything) and don't get the spicy fries!

Speaking of Sainsbury's, I bought a changing mat in with my shopping today :) It was a fiver or something, on a special offer.

DH loves getting socks and pants at Christmas. He's getting quite a selection of stupid slogan/comic book underwear as he's really hard to buy for so I get him lots each year to make it look like I've bought him more. Although he does need a new ironing board cover...