December 2013 - waddling slowly onwards

[LadyMedea]

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Couldn't have put that any better myself mum I always forget about the trying not to tense up part.....got wrong off the mw during ds1 labour, I kept holding my breath during the contractions and babies hb was dipping.

I think if bump can at least get to 36 weeks ill be happy, but knowing me I will still be pregnant at 42 weeks lol, I can be very wrong a lot of the time hopefully I'm not and I won't hav to wait that long lol.

I've been in pain since about 2pm yesterday. Got pretty much no sleep. My leg just randomly really hurts on my shin bone. Only for about a minute each time but it's really sore. Anyone else had this? Will my leg drop off? Am I dying of a tropical disease?

Lol whisper do you exercise or walk a lot, if so it sounds like shin splints. It's exercise induced and its important to not exercise through the pain. If not I'm afraid I have no idea lol unless youve been to the Caribbean lately then it could be a tropical disease

I go for a walk every day, but I wouldn't call it walking lots...i'm going to pretend it is from walking though so I don't have to go out in the wind and rain

I don't remember going to the Caribbean recently, but then again it's getting pretty hard to remember my own name at the moment...

Lol I know what you mean.
Go with shin splints then you'll have to rest loads

It's getting worse I thought a bath might help, but no. It feels a bit like I get an electric shock every couple of minutes. Just as I am settled from the last one another one happens. God knows what it is.

My 1st,third and 4th babies were 2 weeks late too Alyssa,my 2nd was 2 weeks early which was a lovely suprise!Would love this one to be a bit early as im due the 19th and it will be a bit rubbish for her having a birthday so near,or even on christmas!

Was so happy to wake up to a dry house and not a doggy one this morning!!

Not sure if this is going to make any sense but some of babies kicks/wriggles are occasionally feeling like I'm being pinched?! Not sure what that's about??

31weeks today

Stupid phone it was supposed to be soggy* not doggy lol!!!

I'm not sure about being pinched MrsShrubs, but I do feel like i'm being savagely karate chopped from the insides! He feels like he has got so much stronger over the last couple of days, some of his movements really take my breath away and result in me groaning 'Oomph' loudly each time. DH looked at me last night and snippily said 'oh, that's not at all annoying.' I could have cheerfully strangled the man.

Great news that there's no more water though!

Whisper, congratulations on your thread making discussions of the day I had a rant on there, but I'm getting seriously fed up of pregnancy now. I feel fat and frumpy, none of my clothes fit, I can't afford new ones, I can't get comfortable wherever I am and the hormones and crying are really annoying. I know I should be enjoying the last few weeks alone With DH, but it's getting me down now.

Feather, I hope to goes ok tomorrow when you go in. I really can't believe how horrible some people are. Focus on yourself and your baby and do what's best for you.

Hi all!
Am currently having a lie down after knackering myself out with decorating. Am half way through the first coat of paint on baby's room, and have already finished the second coat of dd's room which I started yesterday. Feeling quite exhausted but very pleased with our progress. Dh is currently walking the dog then he's going to be building a wardrobe and drawers for dd's room, so that the baby can have dd's old furniture.

I have also been getting strong kicks towards my hip bone - can't remember who else said it was their tickly spot but same here! Definitely made me call out in surprise!

I had my GP appointment after my strange blood results. Am a bit anaemic - 10.6. But I don't want iron tabs as I am still suffering with constipation, so am going to get myself some spatone. I don't feel too bad though, a bit tired (especially now I am doing all this painting!), and breathless but nothing too bad.

Had to get my antibody test re-done as the practice nurse had put a sticky label on the vial which meant it couldn't be processed / tested. So had an appointment with a midwife yesterday and she re-did it for me. She wasn't my usual one and turns out she is taking over from the one I have seen since booking in, which is a shame as I has really warmed to the other one. Am sure this one will be fine but she did sound a bit judgy when I said I would prob be going for another c-section (dd was breech which we found out late but before I had gone into labour, so had an elcs with her, which I think I'll repeat again). Anyway, hope she will get over any judginess at the next appointment!

Sorry for long post. Hope everyone's doing ok this weekend - sorry to hear about plumbing issues and nasty colleagues; not nice at all and you have my sympathies.

oh, and whisper I have had leg pain too - I described it as being like the growing pains in my shins that I had as a child. It lasted a day or so but hasn't reappeared. Hope yours goes too!

lisbapalea we're just about to do the decorating too, not looking forward to sanding down walls much

Well, that's me officially on maternity leave! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So glad not to have to go back for a WHOLE YEAR.

Feel quite bad, but is anyone else's DP bugging the shit out of them? I feel awful, but also everything he does at the moment makes me want to poke him in the eyes. I have an internal monologue of 'JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, would you stop tapping your fingers/chewing/breathing like that?!' I'm going to just go ahead and blame hormones at this stage.

P.S. I feel particularly bad as he booked me a antenatal massage class this Tuesday as a mat leave present. I'm a monster! Excuse me while I simultaneously cry and feel irritated. Fucking hormones.

I know it's late but that sucks feather the sooner you are out of there the better! And all they have done is completely blown their chances of nice cake on your last day.

ccsays - I'm currently weeping for thinking bad thoughts at DH earlier and now he is emptying the hoover and the dishwasher and insisting I keep my feet up. Congrats on maternity leave - I go on Nov 6th

lisba enjoy your lie-down and the midwife needs to stick her judginess!

pistachio too I'm also so hormonal today, keep having mini anxiety attacks for thinking I hear sounds outside ... when I can hear nothing at all. Think it all started with a saleswoman in the cookshop today asking if it was twins :(

it was in discussions of they day yesterday too pistachio

There is a bird that has decided to make my life hell. It sits on a tree right near the window and fucking sqwarks all day. Non stop. I tried throwing a piece of paper at it today in desperation and the bugger just moved to a different branch and carried on. It's not even a nice bird noise. It sounds like a strangled cat. I know it knows it is annoying me. It stares at me.

Don't beat yourself up ccsays I definitely have my moments of irrational irritation with dh. I had so many in the first trimester he was suggesting counselling for us, but thankfully I have eased off since then, and can now see that it was hormones and nothing worse. In fact I am stunned that we are managing this decorating lark with no fall-outs! My mum is looking after dd which does take the pressure off.

Is it worth being up front with him about how you feel? Along lines of, "just so you know, I know I am being irrational but my fuse is short so I am getting grumpy for no real reason. It's a hormonal pregnancy thing so nothing I can do about it; I just wanted to give you the heads up so you can think twice before you next tap your fingers / chew / breathe etc"??

I am a horrible hormonal witch today too. And I don't care!

Threw a wobbler in middle of argos today.

Not bothered either. I even blew snot bubbles.

DD would call it a meltdown. She's not far off.

But I feel better for it now.

Well, after planning a day out with DH and DS, only to find I can't really walk any more, I've given in and started using the sodding crutches. Feel so pathetic. Felt even worse when a total stranger stopped me in the street to tell me how exhausted I look, when thought I was looking quite good thank you very much!

I'm still going to work tomorrow, but I feel so relieved now that I've decided it'll be my last day, even if I can't tell anyone!

feather go in on the crutches (that way you can hit them if they're bitchy)

whisper if it doesn't go by Monday maybe a trip to the doctors to see what he/she thinks it is. I hope it feels better soon though.

ring ds1 was 3 weeks early and ds2 I went into labour on my due date and had him 25 hours later. I hope this one comes a little early for you.

mrs I haven't felt any pinching with the kids but I am also getting the hip kicks but mainly its just loads of pressure when he moves.

pistachio I am also so so sick of being pregnant too, wish i could fast forward 7 weeks

lisba I don't envy the decorating at all, I seriously don't think I'd have the energy to do it. Midwives must be trained to try and fierce women into a natural labour, if she's still judgey tell her its your body not hers.

ccsays I've been in a fowl mood today with dp and everyone else I think, everything he does is irritating the hell outta me to the point I wanna slap him I've just found him bone idol today and I'm doing everything and I'm majorly pissed off.....I swear if he doesn't put his phone down once today I'm gonna jam it up his backside......sideways!!!!

Lol whisper that's making me think of a film I watched where they shot a bird with a BB gun cos it wouldnt stop singing and then tried to give it mouth to mouth.....please don't do that lol

frouby lol was it at anyone in particular p?

feather I agree with bohemian go with th crutches lol

Can I join in with the being hormonal and sorry for myself. Day 7 of 8 of looking after the kids for a week whilst DH is away (and hearing about his going out for dinners and drinking- then to top it off a client propositioning him!! My DH getting hit on by another woman on the other side of the world whilst I waddle around feeling like a fat fishwife shouting at my kids then crying because I lost my rag..)

I had a good cry after a horrendous bedtime (hyper kids) and have just eaten a big bowl of Ben and Jerry's but it doesn't feel like enough!....

mumoftwo that sounds awful,at least its nearly over!I assume he told you because he told her to do one?

mum Ben and Jerry's is amazing and you have every right to feel sorry for yourself. I'm eyeing up the mint vienetta that I know is in the freezer

ring yes he told me he left straight away and went back to his hotel after that! But still makes me feel so vulnerable being apart whilst some bitch tries to get him into bed!! Now if anything would trigger my hormonal rage it's that!!

Why do women think it's ok to hit on a married man (with kids AND a pregnant wife) it defies belief! I would gouge her eyes out with a blunt pencil if I met her (ok well I'd imagine doing it!)

mumoftwo you are more than entitled to a ben and jerrys blow out! Sounds like you've had a really tough week, and whilst your dh's honesty is obviously great, I totally understand how hearing about that must have made you feel. I reckon polish off the rest of the tub of ice cream!

I am off to bed now with a proper sense of satisfaction having fully painted two bedrooms over the last two days, while dh has been on a flat pack furniture assembly marathon! We have some finishing touches to do to dd's room tomorrow, so that it's ready for the "big reveal" when she comes home from my mum's! The finishing touches to baby's room can wait a little longer - am too knackered to contemplate them!