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

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LadyMedea · 23/10/2013 22:24

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Alyssa1978 · 02/11/2013 19:30

So sorry to hear about your push chair feather
I would have cried too.

I can't find the thread for takingthestairs

Alyssa1978 · 02/11/2013 19:54

Never mind I found it Smile

Chelsealady · 02/11/2013 20:28

featherbag it was me with the mothercare extreme thanks for the heads up. Its okay to have a hormonal sob atleast yours had a meaning...i cried the other day because i couldnt get my charger into the phone...pathetic!

BohemianRaspberry · 02/11/2013 20:52

I can't find the thread for takingthestairs ... boo but glad you finished on a high note Alyssa

That really sucks about your seat unit feather even more that they didn't just replace it. I would have sobbed at that completely

The builder has finally left us after knocking through our wall and bricking up one of our back doors. We now have a useful dining room! It was wonderful wheeling the buggy in and parking it neatly at the back of the room! The colour pack for the buggy came today too, a lovely jade green colour just to be different.

I haven't been tearful today (for a change) and I have felt really proud of my self-control: woman in the opticians said 'all new glasses are being dispensed upstairs today' and I politely refused. She persisted and I politely refused again and said that at seven and half months pregnant and with what I have just paid for the glasses, the dispenser could come to me. She did! Usually as of late, I would have just burst into tears and climbed up in agony. Actually feel quite proud of this.

But I still don't understand how a short stroll around the shops in the morning has me walking like someone crippled and in agony but this afternoon, I have been cleaning, climbing, hoovering, mopping and hands-and-knees floor scrubbing ...

froubylou · 02/11/2013 21:14

Fuck. Dunno what baby is doing in there but it really bloody hurts. I am hoping he is trying to turn around and get his head down. Just keep getting a really stabby fanny pain and then it feels as though he is having a rave in there lol.

Then when I stand up it feels as though every thing has gone south!

MrsShrubs · 02/11/2013 21:54

Might be trying to engage frouby

Chelsealady · 02/11/2013 22:37

With a little hope baby is engaging frouby!

Alyssa1978 · 03/11/2013 07:17

I have a birthing ball frouby as I find it the only comfortable place to sit......well it's a gym ball but does the same thing. Everytime I sit on it I feel pressure like he's pushing down and everyone has commented on how my bump has dropped really low since I started using it.

froubylou · 03/11/2013 08:32

Well he was wiggling all night but still feels up high. Don't mind if he doesn't want to engage yet but would quite like him to turn around. And stay head down!

Just had a coffee and 2 Eccles cakes in bed for breakfast. Yummy.

But bet I pay for it shortly with indigestion lol.

Takingthestairs having her baby has me worried. Going to spend the day washing baby clothed and packing a bag with the stuff I have, and doing a list for the things I don't.

41 days to my edd and I'm on the 20/12 so that means some of us are due in 3 weeks. And could go in 1 week and be classed as normal!

It really has gone too, too quickly!

WhisperMen · 03/11/2013 10:03

can people stop having their babies now and wait until their due date please? None of you lot are allowed to push until you're at least 37 weeks gone. Okay? Good. I am freaking out quite a bit today as I realised I am 37 weeks this month. I could have a baby by the end of this month and that isn't long enough at all.

I'm going to eat cake for breakfast because I can Grin Happy Sunday ladies

MildredH · 03/11/2013 10:51

Tell me about it- 36+1 today. Wierd, wierd, wierd. Think still but little bit of denial going on.. Happy denial. Love buying pink small things, just don't accept that someone teeny will occupy them!

Hosp bag remains unpacked. Carpet went down yest tho which is lovely. Just need to put the house back together! Then I'll definitely, definitely pack the bag!!

WhisperMen · 03/11/2013 11:04

We have written the list of what is going in the bag. DP has made some sort of spreadsheet that details where the item is in the flat. He is taking it very seriously. We're packing babies bag tomorrow because we currently don't have much to go in mine. Waiting for payday on Thursday and then shall buy stuff for me. Anyone got any recommendations for maternity pads btw?

PistachioTruffle · 03/11/2013 12:34

I'm with you all on the panicking thing, someone I know had their baby this week at 37 weeks, and realising that could be me in 3 weeks time made made me feel a bit faint! I'm not ready! Also, I woke up this morning and forgot I was pregnant. What the heck is that all about?'

Stom91 · 03/11/2013 12:35

whisper I was about to ask the same. Maternity pads which are the softest/ comfiest. And breast pads too.

Also (tmi) how long after having baby does your period come back? And when can you use a tampon is it after 6 weeks? I hate pads they make me feel yucky.

WhisperMen · 03/11/2013 12:42

oh I regularly forget I'm pregnant pistachio usually when I've just woken up. I lie there feeling nice and then roll over and remember that I am infact a beached whale.

Chelsealady · 03/11/2013 12:51

I feel so far behind to everyone else im not due till the 30th i still have 8 whole weeks :(

Stom91 · 03/11/2013 12:56

chelsea I have 7 weeks left and it feels like forever!! I'm hoping that lil one makes an appearance 2 weeks early
I due 21st but BIL is moving to Dubai on the 23rd so she needs to come early or on time so she can meet her uncle!!

I will actually cry if she's late. I don't want to still be pregnant at Christmas lol x

Chelsealady · 03/11/2013 13:00

stom I keep saying i want her here on the 20th thats my ideal date because i dont want to be pregnant at xmas or in hospital at xmas and i certainly dont want to carry over into next year!!!

abcdemma · 03/11/2013 13:04

Going back to the Xtreme, I'm looking at getting that one and wondering what you think of it frouby, Chelsea and feather. We don't do much 'off-roading' and I'm worried it looks mahoosive but the quality looks good which is the main thing.
Think I'm going to make a start on hospital bags today, but it means washing everything and there's already a pile of washing to get through before starting on baby stuff.
Also wondering about the period returning thing, and is it affected by contraception as I'm debating what to use post-baby. I've read so many horror stories about the mini-pill & implant turning people into bleeding hormonal wrecks Confused Been stocking up in Tesco/Asda pads as they're only £1 for 10 but just seen 48 for £5 in Mothercare with 3 for 2 on offer so it'd be £10 for 150 which is miles better value....

Stom91 · 03/11/2013 13:06

Same I said to dp Christmas will be rubbish if she's not here lol as soon as I hit the 38 week mark I'm trying everything to get her out lol
My dad has a feeling she will be here the first week in December. I have the 9th in my head and dp has the 14th so we will see lol. We move on the 7th so she has to stay til then lol

Stom91 · 03/11/2013 13:09

liz I'll probably go back onto cerezette. I was on that before and had no problems.
I'm off to Brighton Wednesday to buy all the stuff for my bag
And do a little Xmas shopping :)

WhisperMen · 03/11/2013 13:39

isn't it 37 weeks that baby is full term Storm perhaps you should start then. give you an extra week to try and get the little one out Grin

my feet keep going numb and pins and needly today. That's not right is it?

Stom91 · 03/11/2013 13:45

Haha yeah. Going to buy a gym ball and get bouncing on that to see if she will turn as I think she is sideways. I'll find out Tuesday when I see the mw.

I don't think I can last til 40 weeks!! Why is pregnancy soooo long! Let hope she wants to be a 2013 baby and not a 2014 baby lol I actually want a few drinks new year! Lol

WhisperMen · 03/11/2013 13:56

I want mine to come before or on time so that I get my christmas present of a decent wee Grin It's not much to ask for is it?

MildredH · 03/11/2013 14:46

I got the mother care pads on the 3 for 2 offer- got a pack of 48 which will start me off at least! Then the other 2 items I got breast pads and those pads for the bed/car whatever.. You can mix and match

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