December 2013 - waddling slowly onwards

[LadyMedea]

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Hope everyone is ok.. Glad your dp is coming home whisper
I've got 2 viewings for our flat tomorrow... Ready for when we leave in december... Urgh really can't be bothered.. DP is going to help me have a tidy up tonight... Its not messy juat everything is chucked in the spare room and could do with a hoover..

I hope they don't mention how cold it is cos we can't afford the hearting on!

Was craving Scrambled eggs on toast so made some and it was disappointing.. By the time I made it i didnt want it... I've been craving it all weekend grr..

Think dp was abit anxious about being a dad last night.. Which was kinda nice cos I thought it was just me... He asked if I thought we'd done it too soon and should have waited a year... (been together 4 years but only lived together 10months) then asked if we will be good parents... Bless him.. Hes going to be such a good dad... I can't wait to see DD in his arms xx

Ooh pink.. I got a reflexology treatment for. My birthday.. I'm. Booked in on Friday.. I actually can't wait!!

Aww stom, that's lovely!

So glad to hear your DP is coming home whisper, sounds like you need him around for lots of cuddles and looking after at the moment! Hope you have a nice afternoon together

Can't believe how lazy I've been this morning! Had a super long lie-in after DP left for work (which I now feel a bit guilty about after reading about everyone's sleepless nights )
Now I'm up and about, all I want to do is tidy and rearrange furniture, which obviously I can't do without DP... Looks like I'm stuck with doing the washing up and all the other boring jobs instead! Off to see one of my best friends for dinner and a catch-up tonight though, so that should make up for it

Had a call from my mum last night as she wants to buy me a nice birthing shirt! It's not something I'd really considered before because of the price of them and the fact that I'm going to look awful no matter what I'm wearing when the time comes... But at least now I'll be able to preserve a little bit of modesty!

its never heard of birthing shirts?!! What are they like? The only thing I'd say is what I've given birth in in the past has always ended up in the bin! Even if I've managed to keep it mostly clean during labour, when baby is put on you when he/she is born (if you're doing skin to skin) you get all that sticky vernix stuff mixed with blood and all the rest on you and it doesn't come out of clothes! But then if she wants to buy you something it'll be nice to have something on that you feel comfortable in!

I had a really weird dream last night- i dreamt that I got really wasted- so drunk that I couldn't remember the end of the night then I woke up and was so worried thinking I'd got really drunk and how it could have affected the baby. It took me a few minutes to realise it was just a dream and I hadn't poisoned him/her. I was so relieved!

Glad your dp is coming home early Whisper. Enjoy your afternoon together.

I should so be doing some stuff instead of surfing the net whilst DS2 is napping. i'm sat here in the office looking at all the shite that needs to be cleared out before we can turn it into a nursery and feeling quite deflated. it's a mess!....

Hi Everyone
I'm a bit of a slow starter on the forum thing!!

I'm due on the 12th December with my first little one - having a surprise so we don't know what flavour we are having! Not had too many problems in my pregnancy except that little one is now feeling MASSIVE and is breech so is heading in the wrong direction!!

I'm starting to have a little freak out at becoming a mum so have found my way to here thanks to Stom91

So anyway! Hi everyone looking forward to chatting to you all!

mumoftwo That's exactly it - if it was down to me then I'd just give birth in a huge baggy old t-shirt and be done with it, but since she's offering I'm not going to complain!

I had no idea what they were until my mum mentioned them! The one that she suggested is this: www.thebirthingshirtcompany.com/#/birthwear-shop/4565104931
It looks quite practical and comfy and under the 'benefits' tab it explains which bits open up and unfold etc. It's on offer too, so even if it does go straight in the bin then I won't feel too bad...!

Hi molly hope you're not freaking out too much. Though just rant away on here if you are. We love to listen to other peoples moans

Welcome Molly Don't worry about being breech at this point, plenty of time for baby to turn over! I have no idea which way up baby is facing, midwives have never said.

whisper glad you went to hospital and that you're being looked after this afternoon.

Welcome molly make yourself at home :)
Those birthing shirts sound good.. May have to have a look.. But as I'm hoping for a water birth I may not need one!

Hi Molly I'm due about 2 weeks before you and mine only turned head down about 2 weeks ago

aw Fab hopefully little one will still turn, mine has only gone breech in the last two weeks though the little monster has been head down the entire time!!

Find out at my 34 week appointment next week what its decided to do!

Welcome molly

Glad you're okay now whisper

Even my biggest knickers are now digging in so time to go buy some super Bridget Jones types to keep me going for the next 7 & half weeks.

Got to do the 3D scan again today and this time he played along!! Was so amazing to see him, he had the hicuups too so was bouncing up and down every few seconds

mrs sounds like a fab experience

Welcome molly

I am using the vest underdress of an old dress to give birth in. It is too big too wear as a normal dress as it offers plenty of "skin" which I realised would be perfect for labour just as I was chucking it out!

Then I am going to find me a couple of Matalan special button downs for after my shower and for bf

So after being in bed for ages and having a super long lie in this morning, I went out for hot chocolate with my friend and 18 month old boy. We walked there and back, a total of a mile, then I unscrewed door handles ready to send our doors to be dipped and now I am SHATTERED. How did I manage 13 hour days with spin in the first 25 weeks of this pregnancy.

Tomorrow I am going to get my gym membership frozen and take up the free swimming for the upduffed offered by my council. But my DP is worried I have a tendancy to overdo it and will cause another bleef, that I have had to promise I am going to just see if I can make it from one end of the pool to the other, and that I just want to feel weightless for a little. If today is anything to go by, I will probably only manage a couple of lengths!

I'm tired and fed up today. Bring on maternity leave! At least then I'll be tired and fed up and can stay on the sofa in pjs if I want to.

Sounds amazing mrs so jealous!

I'd love to be weightless... But I'm scared of swimming pools /deep water!

Dp came home and helped finish off the cleaning I couldn't manage... He was like a domestic goddess haha he even fixed the hoover.. Yay :)
May have to buy him a pinny lol

Hope you feel better soon Pistachio

I've got to go food shopping now... Oh the joys... :/

Just finished work and now have 2 days off....ah bliss. Dp has been rubbing my cocoa butter into my stomach bless him, now he's making us tacos for tea...can't wait

Glad to get to spend some time with your dp whisper

Oh I feel you pistachio these 2 weeks can't go quick enough.

Welcome molly

Sounds brill mrs so jealous lol

Glad YOU got to spend time with him stom not me, I don't know him

Not stom I mean whisper I think I need some sleep lol.

it was a nice afternoon until my grumpy evil twin decided to rear her head. he's retreated to the cinema now. poor guy just wanted to watch tv not get abused

HAHA Bed for you I think alyssa Enjoy your tacos :)

Hi Molly I'm due on 10th Dec and I don't think my little surprise has fully committed to being head down yet either, still seems to be managing to move positions quite a bit. Hope it's in the right place by the time it's too big to move!
To those who are in the know, if I can feel what I think must be hiccups right down low (almost feels like in my bum!) does that mean baby is head down??

I'll definitely be scamming the supermarkets for more first time shops guys, thanks for the idea! Literally halved the bill this time.

Glad you got your 3D scan Mrs sounds lovely!

Whisper and everyone else that's been feeling down or under the weather of late, hope you're all feeling better in yourselves. We're so close now!

Very impressed with all our respective dps/dhs for pulling their weight and trying their best. Mine's trying to get some overtime on the run up to christmas at the moment. Keep everything crossed he gets it because the extra cash would make so much difference and ease a lot of stress!

Being weightless in the pool sounds like a dream right now, enjoy your swim pink!

Oooh swimming. I might try to go Thursday or Friday while DS is at nursery. I love that feeling of being weightless. Might need to trim my bikini line and do my legs first. I've got lazy since bump got big enough to cover. Can still see my toes and the peeling nail varnish is annoying me so maybe I'll do a pedicure too. Although must not forget scan on Thursday!

I'm quite tempted by one of those birthing shirts. I just wore normal clothes last time and shucked them as I felt the need to...

Hi molly!

I really, really need to go to bed right now.

Hi ladies,

Just thought I'd say hello!

I too am feeling rubbish and down. I'm being so irrational but I can't help it!

I've been really angry with my poor husband, the house is a mess and I feel like I can't keep on top of it all. Trying to get my 2 DS's back into one room but can't find the screws for the bunk beds! So it's just not being done. I've got really angry about my husbands bad breath - just wish he'd go to the bloody dentist and stop drinking so much coke! I wake up in the night wretching because it's so bad. I've tried subtle hints but he gets in a strop and says 'I always brush my teeth!' (He does, but clearly he has something wrong!).

Had a nice quiet day at work yesterday - couldn't even be bothered to put on make-up. I'm trying to juggle my remaining leave so I can fit in Uni' too - and swap my working days around my days off Uni' - this is proving more stressful then it should.

Got all upset at Uni' this morning as a lecturer I'd emailed asking for feedback on my exam hadn't replied - when I approached him he just avoided the question - ie - he blatantly doesn't want me to see my exam paper - I'm not at all questioning him - I just want to know where I went so wrong in my exams (usually an A student and that grade was far from an A). To make this worse, this lecturer is quite attractive - we had an end of year ball in June - I was pregnant so not drinking; he got very drunk and made a 'proposition' - obviously nothing happened. Now I'm heavily pregnant, and I feel like he's being an arse - maybe he's just embarrassed, but I'm trying to be 'normal'.

I got home from Uni' and had just missed a delivery (I said no one would be in 'til 1) they tried to deliver at 1225 and I walked in at 1230.

Got really upset and cried because everything is going wrong. I feel like there's no time to do anything at all. I want to clean the house but feel drained. Husband suggested I go for a nap - which would have been great had I not had the school run to do, kids homework with them, dinner to cook, a sky high pile of ironing - as well as lots of study in prep' for tomorrow's lectures.

I actually felt better after doing a few bits. But how do people fit everything in when they're heavily pregnant?

Ugh!

Just climbed into bed - awaiting the 6 am alarm for school runs, Uni' work and housework to stat all over again.

To boot I look huge! Massive! My boobs are enormous. I feel like a whale. I am so unattractive right now.

Sorry for the rant. Sure you all feel similar. Just wanted to get it off my chest.

Much love x

As for shirts, I got a few HUGE button front lounge shirts for breast feeding, as well as a cheapo nighty for labour. I also bought a few packs of cheap massive knickers - I don't like disposable ones, and they cost about the same as huge primarni ones. So I've washed and ironed all those so I can feel comfy when labouring / after birth - everything is cheap enough to just bin too if necessary.

Boots had a 3 for 2 on baby things so got some pads etc from there last week. Had an urge to start putting a bag together today - I'm approaching 34 weeks so really should have something on place 'just in case' - although I don't expect this baby to come out until around 42 weeks like its big brothers.

Anyone else had lots of swelling? My calves have got huge recently! My socks etc are leaving indentations on them.

I'm hoping that all this chubbiness is in fact systemic oedema and I'll be back in the size 12 skinny jeans soon (ha - as if!).

Look after yourselves everyone. X

Random panic - never mind the fact I'm totally ill-prepared for this interview on Friday, what the FUCK am I going to wear?! I have NO smart maternity clothes, I wear scrubs for work so never needed maternity workwear, and other than a couple of 'occasion' dresses which would be totally inappropriate, all I have is denim, joggers, tees and casual jumpers! I don't get paid til next week and no way can I afford to go buy anything, especially as it'll be worn literally once!