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

I wasn't skinny enough for thongs even pre pregnancy so fortunately no thong/gstring packing away in this household lol

Aw falcon I hope you get well and get to go home soon.

mon I'm sorry you have difficult decisions to make. I wouldn't give you advice but you've shown yourself to be such a strong woman. I'm sure you'll do what's right for you and your family.

omg... favellio your comment about the roast trussed chicken (I have a vivid imagination) made me laugh so hard that I first farted a bit and then peed myself a bit. DP had no idea why I was laughing so much but was almost crying from laugher himself at my loss of control over my own body... so sorry to lower the tone!! And could I have my muscles down there back to normal please??!!

sorry it was shire's comment!! I can't remember laughing so much!

Bit OT but is anyone finding it really humid again ATM? I seem to be sweating so much all the time

Also I can't remember who asked earlier about how my pain was ATM but all the pelvic pain etc is just as bad as the lady few days but dh has given me a few back runs and that seems to have done the trick on the back pain, so one less thing to moan about lol xx

last few days.... Not 'lady' few days

Haha Clapham I laughed too...it was highly amusing! Did you tell dp you peed yourself?

MoN I joined this thread after your diagnosis so don't know your story, but you sound like an incredibly strong mother x

Falcon it's good to hear that you're being looked after [hugs]

Someone mentioned rings and swelling. I keep meaning to add that the mw I saw on Friday at 36w asked how mine were fitting and recommended taking my slightly tight wedding band off now while I could to avoid it possibly being cut off (she wasn't the most positive of MWs)

shire and now clapham thanks for the lol!!!

Sorry ladies
But we hadn't lowered the tone for a while...

Hmm, that was me pink for boys, hopefully my midwife doesn't say the same about my rings. Are you going to take yours off or see how it goes? We are so near the end now!

Natalie yes I was hot and sweaty again last night and rummaged around in the night to get the fan out and put it on again down by my bed as couldn't find the plug by the chest of drawers. I then pulled a muscle in my tummy leaping out of bed this morning to remove pillows which I kicked off onto it by mistake to avoid electrical fire. Ouch. Hopefully tonight will be autumnal again to help everyone sleep.

I took mine off, orange- my left hand feels very naked without the band on, but if it cools down again I'll put it back on again. I take my engagement ring off every night anyway and wear it on my right hand, so at least there's something to remind me that DH is still a part of my life...(sometimes I need a reminder!)

Blimey orange. That does sound like a drama lol.

Usually when I wake up for a wee I kick dh to the edge of the bed so I can have the space and dump the quilt to him as I only want a little big of I w

you are right shire, we were getting a bit too highbrow recently! And yes, flyer, it felt appropriate to tell him Back now, refreshed and newly committed to my pelvic floor exercises

pink I took my rings off a few days ago, just in case

this evening is getting better and better... a film with Colin Firth starting on BBC2 soon...

... Want a little bit of quilt but he woke up and moaned I was using too much space.. My argument was simply 'there's two of me'

Excuse the double posting and early posting my phone seems go be on one tonight

MoN that's a tricky decision to have to make, especially when you're 8&1/2 months pregnant. Did you say you couldn't take hormonal contraception for some reason? Would be able to use a non-hormonal coil to buy you a bit of breathing space after Eliana is born and then make the decision later on? I'm glad you've found a helpful group. Will Eliana have to have an operation straight away or will try wait till she's a bit bigger/stronger? I've also been so impressed with how positively you've dealt with everything. Your kids are very lucky to have such a great mum.

falcon hope the bleeding has settled and you get back out tomorrow.

Tarlia hope everything is going ok with you. Are you home yet?

pseudo hope your BP behaves itself.

Sympathy to all the women with SPD pain.

Glad your baby's trace was fine flyer

shire that was one crazy dream! My mental dreams seem to have settled down at the moment. Though my DD whose 4 dreamt that I had the baby and it was a boy - so we'll have to wait and see if she's right...

MrsH you just have to practice- smile and ignore! It becomes second nature after a while. Occasionally prefenced by "how interesting", "safety/health/feeding advice has changed so much in the last 20/30 years, hasn't it?"

flyer glad baby is fine

falcon hope everything gets back to normal and you can go home soon.

39+4 today and officially fed up, all i do is moan, hips are in so much pain, baby wriggling lots, awake all night and sleep all day, I'll do anything to have baby come out now, any extra tips to walking, ball bouncing and primrose oil?

Agree with everyone else mon. You've dealt with the whole pregnancy amazingly. Not long now until you get to meet the little fighter .
It's a very personal decision re the sterilisation. If you don't mind me asking, was this something you planned before you got pregnant or is it a more recent decision?

MoN...thinking of you tonight!!! Xxxx

Mon thinking of you its a tough decison xxx

Cant sleep in this stupid hospital need my own bed

MoN and falcon

I hope you're both ok?

First time I'm awake in a few nights and everyone else seems to be asleep :-( sighs.....

Up with such a bad stomach ache and goin too the loo for number 2's....

MoN echoing what others have said, you have dealt with so much and been so strong throughout the last few months, while worrying about Eliana and your other DCs. I'm glad you've found the support group, you deserve some looking after too. I hope you get support in whatever decision you make, you know you will here

Wee number 3... I dreamt I lost my plug and it looked like a toy dinosaur in a bubble. I was really impressed and took a pic of it- maybe to put on the FB group? I promise not to do that in real life

Baby has decided to wake up and protest/party while I'm laying on my right side. Getting battered.

Oops too soon.

Falcon hope you and Willow are back home and well asap, must be hard but sounds like you're in the right place

I have mental images of trying to locate and remove a size 8 thong from my roasted plump behind. With scissors. I don't like thongs anyway, much to DPs dismay. It's that wedgie feeling when it goes in too far