October 2013 - Anyone remember a time when we weren't pregnant?

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Stats sheet

Key:
SC - still cooking (pre EDD)
SFW - still f*ing waiting (post EDD)
OWT - on way to theatre (CS)
IP - induction in progress
SWIL - somewhere in labour
LIT -lost in transition

flyer your dps bulk buying obsession is my favourite thing about these threads!!

Yay another baby! Congrats ruby!

Huge congrats Ruby! Looking forward to hearing your story. Gorgeous name too. It's at the top of our list ...

Congratulations ruby, hope you and alice are doing well.

Welcome to the world baby Alice massive congratulations Ruby x

Congrats ruby and welcome baby Alice!

congrats ruby!!! Amazing news and a lovely name. How big was she? Looking forward to your full story

textbook please please please post the photo on FB!! We would love to see it! And glad your naughty placenta keeps moving up. Best of luck for tomorrow - will be thinking of you xxx

flyer both these nighties look great and very practical for BFing. Unlike others, I wasn't hot or sweaty after birth and wore long sleeves nighties right away. Perhaps you could buy one of each - sleeveless and long sleeves? You will need them anyway as you will be leaking milk at night so I found that I had to change very often. Also, might be worth to have mattress protector on your bed in the months after the birth - I totally ruined our mattress with the amount of milk I was leaking at night...
will know better this time!

I still haven't done much today. Slightly stressing now as DP's mum is coming tomorrow and staying with us until Sunday... She is a lovely lady and we really get on, she cares about me a lot and I know she will try to help and make me rest... but I'm just loving my lazy lonely days right now... doing what I want and when I want, not having to worry about someone else being bored etc... as I know these days will be over very very soon! I find it tiresome to have someone around the house with me from morning to night as I will have to entertain her and find things to do during the day (DP is obviously at work). She is 77 and can't walk far because of her bad knee and I love long walks... the only exercise I'm getting right now. She also doesn't eat pasta or rice and will only eat traditional British meals - meat and two veg. And I can't eat a lot of meat as it makes me feel unwell... so will have to manage our meals somehow. Also, she watches some TV programmes I simply can't abide and expects me to watch them with her. I would be OK with one or a couple of days with her on my own but not four... I have no idea what to do with her and what we are going to talk about for four days... I feel like a terrible awful selfish person because she is really lovely but I just want to be on my own...

Great news Ruby! Enjoy some much needed rest!

I'm here, mostly lurking!

Congratulations ruby I too am looking forward to the full story!! Alice is a beautiful name!

Just posted on the FB group but might as well ask here as well, what are your thoughts on epidurals? Most ladies have them in the hospital I'll be in, but you can opt out, although there is no alternative. So, epidural or nothing?!

Can you really buy nursing clothes on asos? That's fab, the gorgeous ones clapham and flyer have are a little out of my price range now I've spent all my money on those very impractical ash boots!!

umlauf I've responded to u in Facebook

ruby congrats on the birth of baby Alice wat a pretty name :-) how much did she weigh?

I had a seriously upset stomache today, definately not a bug as not feeling unwell.... All this pre labour stuff is absolutely crap literally lol

I am also feeling like I want the baby out RIGHT NOW but actually would like him to come next Monday, it will mean I can have my baby shower Saturday, then dh gets paid Sunday so can buy n e last minute bits then my midwife is back from her holiday Monday so I will get to have her for my birth....so next Monday is good for me when I will be exactly 38 weeks.

Does anyone else that's 37+ feel like they need to leave the house nice and tidy when they go to bed now just incase things start over night? Or am I being paranoid

Lol natalieand, 37+5 and I'm exactly the same. I'm constantly cleaning, just in case fx it won't be long now!!

Congratulations ruby.......lovely name

Cleaning and shaving legs

Congratulations Ruby - enjoy your little one x

I had a look in M&S for that dressing gown flyer but they didn't have it. I might order online tonight. Matalan here had nothing Nat though I did get some cute sleepsuits and a "going home" outfit for Eliana.

Congratulations ruby. Alice will be Eliana's middle name after Dp's mum.

I feel completely exhausted today and have that bowling ball between my legs feeling. I think I'll lie on the sofa and let the dc's do some house work.

Oh god, had asked parents to stay this weekend as my 'on call' friend for DS, its her fellas bday so thought it best to have someone else available. Just spoke to dad, and they are coming on wednesday until sunday. What kind of a weekend is that?

Cleaning, leg shaving and constantly checking that I have spare bed covers and matching towels in case I have to call my parents or in laws for emergency overnight child care. The word neurotic springs to mind

Just back from MW who said that she thought the baby might have popped back out despite being 3/5 engage 2 weeks ago . That makes no sense to me since my bump has dropped at least 2-3 inches and I'm getting a fair bit of pressure in my pelvis. She did also say that it might be the shoulders she's feeling, so lets hope it's that.

clapham are you mad??? What on earth possessed you to agree to that visit?!

mrsH DP suggested it because she lives on her own now and hasn't seen us for a while so he thought it would be nice for her to visit. I agreed as I thought she would come for the weekend, as always, from Friday to Monday or similar. But not on Tuesday... so bowlfull I feel your pain... what kind of a "weekend" is it?

don't get me wrong - she is a lovely lady but being with someone the entire day from morning to night for 4 days feels too much right now... and I'm too nice to just bugger off and do my own stuff so, knowing myself, I will try to entertain her all the time and will be secretly frustrated inside. DP keeps telling me I can just leave her with her TV and go and watch another TV in another but it feels so rude. I can't do it...

I'm not the only one feeling a bit antisocial these days right?

umlauf I'm not planning to have an epidural as they say it slows down birth and can lead to interventions and C Section which I don't want. I managed to do it without one last time. But every birth is different so don't quote me and reserve the right to change my mind! Not in my plan though

I do not have this nesting instinct I am missing the nesting gene. I have no desire to clean at all full stop!!

Went to mothercare to collect the elmo booties falcon had and ordered that jumper Clapham, I went for a size 10, they did have size 8 to order in store though. I think I'd be kidding myself with getting into a size 8 this side of Xmas. My arms have gone bigger as well as every other part of my body.

Called in at m&s had a scone, lush. Also got some nice shower gel and body cream for hospital it's called Moroccan escape by m&s...they was a time is be buying Jo Malone but not anymore, gone are the indulgent days.

Got all my ingredients to bake and am too tired to start now

Clapham no advice for mil stay....eat out every night maybe?! What programmes does she like to watch?

Mon were you saying about the hooded towel?

I just bought one in Asda £5 bargain...it's their max & Millie range. My other is a free persil one from Nct and my mum bought me one from m&s i think.

Congrats ruby and welcome little Alice.

Virtual hug clapham, i have about a 4 hour tolerance of my mil (less if she's drinking) and after that she begins to grate on my nerves - but your one sounds ok and it will be Sunday before you know it! Maybe you could get out of the rubbish tv progs by using that time for naps? No one argues with a pregnant lady when they say they need to lie down. I would also ask dp to plan some evening activities and maybe cook 1 or 2 of the evening meals to take some of the pressure off you. Worth a try! Good luck.

I thought I had been given all the pregnancy symptoms i was due, but DH mentioned last night my nose has got wider. I hadn't noticed myself, but he's right. Anyone else had this? My feet are humongous today too. Would never normally wish away nice weather but I do hope it's cooler again tomorrow. Moan, moan, moan....

Im also feeling very anti social clapham, just cant be arsed to think about anyone else except DS. My parents are not demanding, so fine in that respect, but we live in a 2 bed flat, so they will be on the sofabed in living room.

I had an epidural last time umlauf, but will be doing my best to avoid one this time. The procedure is fine, and pain relief outstanding, but i ended up with loads of intervention because i couldnt feel the urge to push, and so by the time they bothered to check me i was fully dilated, ds in distress and they had to get him out there and then. So it was poor care in my case, but epi didnt help. Having said that lots of women have them and have umconplicated births. As with everything baby related there is no right or wrong, you just have to go with what you think is best.

MrsO my nose grew last twice but it goes back down again, thankfully. No growing hooter this time but very puffy lips

Congratulations Ruby. Hope Alice is doing well.

37 weeks today and SC. Only 2 weeks til section day!

Thank you to everyone who indulged my rant! DH is on the case with the landlord. The problem is that he and his wife are genuinely nice people but I think they must be a bit scatty, and possibly just don't have the money to complete everything in one go. This makes it difficult to confront them when we see them, but I just wish they'd tell us what the situation is, rather than promise things they can't deliver!

Did I read someone else on here saying that they don't want to socialise anymore? I'm completely with you. I'm seeing a friend tonight who I haven't seen since our wedding 18 months ago. I know when I'm out, it will be great, but it's just being bothered to go!

Looking forward to this weekend though. I'm having my pre-birth hair colour and cut then DH and I are going for dim sums - possibly the last meal out for just the two of us before the baby arrives. Have no idea what I'll wear though...have wanted to go to the cinema too, but there's nothing on I want to see!