December 2013 - creeping closer but no more hospital stays please god!

[LadyMedea]

We are a chatty lot!

That was meant to say thanks frouby

lol Alyssa, when I read your comment about parking the car in the garage, my DH was right next to me and I started laughing out loud, so I had to explain the conversation that was going on... hum. haha

feather how exciting! you will probably be the first one to have your LO! I can't believe I am due a whole month after you. seems short, but feels verrrry long.

with regards to family around at the birth, I'm so relieved that there should not be anyone here. but my parents want to come as soon as possible (i.e. end of December - I'm due on the 21st). While people say it's great to have your mum around, mine just stresses me out. I have a lot of anxiety I'm dealing with at the moment, and everyone around me has been so great: telling me I'll be good at this, I'm making the right decisions and everything will go fine. except my mum who thinks her job is to make sure I'm as stressed out as possible. She managed to tell me when we were together back in London that she really doesn't see me doing this. The words are still resonating in my head. Anyways long story to say that I'm not looking forward to having her around to stress me out. At least I said that no one is allowed to stay over in January and that's a hard rule.

ooh thanks for the tip frouby I shall go in tomorrow.

I know what you mean storm I'm always on my own apart from when DP isn't at work. It sucks doesn't it? I have downloaded the entire 7 seasons of Gilmore Girls so that is keeping me entertained at the moment.

It sucks indeed. I'm watching being Erica :)

rose ignore your mum you will do a great job. Regardless of what she things. The best is all we can do xx

I know how you feel stom I'm stuck on my own all week at the moment as dp is working away. Feeling pretty miserable about it today actually, I've come over really tired so having to rest but so bored. Can't wait to move and be with dp and have the baby so I've got a purpose in life again. Right now I feel a bit lost, isolated and useless.
It's funny, people keep chuckling at me and saying what hard work it will be and how I'll be so busy running around after the baby. Well I say bring it on because at least then I'll have something to do and can stop feeling like a nothingness. I felt like this when I was made redundant, that feeling of having nothing in particular to wake up for in the morning is awful.

Not long to go now though ladies and at least we can have a moan and a chat on here!

Rose have every faith that you are going to be a great mother, all any of us can do is our best. Definitely filter out any negative comments like that and try not to let them get to you, you know how you feel yourself about having a baby not anyone else. Your mum will soon be eating her words.

So so so tired this week, don't know where any of my energy has gone!

meandbumpy couldn't have said it better myself that's exactly how I feel. I bet I'll be less tired and and less bored and feel like I have purpose again once little one is here.
I know it's only 7 weeks for me til due date but it still feel like it's years away!!
I just want to move into my new house
So I can wash babies clothes and get her room ready it'll give me something to do. But I'm not moving until I'm 38 weeks!! Which in my opinion is far too close to due date for my liking lol xx

Lol rose I was telling dp what was going on too but he just saidyou always did have a strange way of explaining things lol I think I put it perfectly lol
I also think you'll make a great mother Hun, I was probably the least maternal person ever until I got pregnant with ds1 now I love babies.....still stopping at 3 though

I think my energy must've gone to the same place as yours mrs although dp did a hell of a lot of fidgiting last night and kept me awake a lot.

TMI alert just went to the loo and my discharge smells really sweet, does amniotic fluid smell sweet??

I thought sweet smelling discharge was something to be checked out. It could be amniotic fluid. Give the labour ward a ring and see what they say.

Amniotic fluid smells like sweet hay apparently.
I'd give labour ward a call to be on the safe side
I went the other day because I thought I was leaking turns out I wasn't but they were so happy I called just incase!

Will give them a call when I'm off the train, I'm not soaking or anything just wonder if I've sprung a leak :(

It my just be excess discharge. That's what mine was. But better to check :) hope it's nothing serious xx

whisper, stom and mean* - I feel it too DH is working late tonight and so I feel a little lonely (although this thread is no end of help!!). Doesn't help that I've had to spend an hour today talking about it to the perinatal mental health nurse - get to walk past the teenage pregnancy appts (my appts always seem to clash with this clinic!) with luminous red eyes and sniffles.

And mean I can totally empathise, people keep saying 'enjoy the time off' and 'you'll wish you had it back when he comes along' but I feel I have lost all purpose.

Shrubs I get similar but I was told by the midwife that unless I was soaking pantyliners throughout the day then not to worry. Still ring though

Rose I love my mum to bits but having her at the birth will just send my anxiety levels sky rocketing - I can just imagine actually pushing the baby out whilst checking that she has everything she needs and cleaning the delivery suite

thanks for reassuring me. I think I'll be ok, because I don't see why I wouldn't be, but hey it's always annoying when the person who should believe in you the most is totally unsupportive. She's actually just angry because I decided to move to the US. I well I am ignoring her.

mean, whisper, stom, bohemian I think we're all in the same boat. I've always been such an achiever, working on my career etc, and right now I'm wondering what my purpose is... I know I'm cooking a human being, but it's still a bit hard to deal with the loneliness sometimes. ah well, only 7 weeks to go then I will have someone with me all the time :)

but yes, it's so great to have all of you keeping me company!!

I was told that it doesn't smell mrs but the more I read the more people note a sweet smell.
Mine came out in an almighty gush with ds1 that I soaked through 2 towels actual bath towels lol
They had to brake it with ds2 and my back waters broke in a trickle and by the time they broke my actual waters long story that came out in a gush too so I've never really noticed a smell as I was in active labour both times it went.

OMG this bab is pushing down into my pelvis with some force, its actually hurting, if he pushes anymore then he's gonna pop his head out

I know what you mean rose I'm at home with only myself for company ... that's never a good thing. I argue with and torture myself for twisted fun it seems.

How did your appointment go Bohemian? Hope it has helped and you're feeling better x

Hope all is well Mrs

I keep having to double check the dates to believe it's only 6 weeks to go for me, it still seems like such a long time away!
I found mine and dp's New Years list from the great 2013 get-our-lives-back meeting and it turns out we're not doing too badly. He's gone back to a permanent position, I went self employed (although hardly had any work but it's a start!) we're moving to where we want to live and got pregnant which is the icing on the cake. The only things that we've missed is dp wanted to 'get buff' (he's been the one eating for two, oops!) and we need to sell the house, which is a big stress but at least it's the last thing on the list. Finding that was much better than finding that bloody card from the year before! Puts things into perspective, we're not fully on top of things but we are a hell of a lot better and have been working hard.
Got me thinking about what New Years resolutions or plans we'll make for 2014 but I just can't see that far ahead at the moment!

I cant wait to see the first babys on the way story!!! Its going to make me so excited and i know as soon as the first labour story pops up they will be all coming one after another and then that will be telling me my time will be soon :D yaaaay

I can't keep up with everyone. It has just taken me 30 minutes to catch up from yesterday :)

Okay, it's 3am and being kicked mercilessly on the inside by Junior who appears to have discovered yoga and being shoved by DH who is indulging in similar moves. Like father, like son I guess. Come on lads I need sleep!

Hello everyone!!
I've been out of the loop for a few weeks as I moved house at the beginning of Sept and it consumed so much of my spare time for a while. Been silently popping by but you gals have so much to say I guess I've missed a lot of updates :)

Anyway hope everyone is well and getting excited about meeting their new little people soon x

Not leaking thankfully, spoke to the MW last night and like someone else said earlier they weren't worried because I'm not going through loads of panty liners or anything. Did go to bed at 8.30 with a film and was asleep by 9.30, hoping that will give me my energy boost today, I slept walked through most of yesterday.

Baby feels like he's trying to push his way out via my belly button at the moment, keep having flashes of that part in alien!

Hey whisper, meand, bohemian and stom. Im joining your abandoned club- dp is on a project at work at the mo which means he's out of the house for 14 hours a day, leaving me to do everything. I am so so ao tired, and while dd is super cute, shes constantly on the go and im so uncomfortable with my bump that I'm really struggling with chasing and lifting her. The guilt is awful too.