January 2014 (Thread 11) - We demand answers like what to pack in our bags and who stole our energy?

[Toothfairy78]

OK before we start... SQUEEEZE!

And begin!

toby glad the contractions have eased and i hope they stay away for now.

All this heartburn sounds pants. I have been lucky so far and have my fx that i dont get any.

Ill have a look for the compatability images on amazon, thanks.

sultana i really fancied aquanatal but they all seem to be during work which is a bit rubbish so i have not really done any exercise all pg. even dog walks are short if i go on them now as i am just too tired.

Frizz I was the same - every one I found was during the day. Then one of the girls at my NCT class said about this one which I hadn't come across, so thought I would give it a go. Was really glad I did, although will have to find some way of warding off the heartburn next week as I don't think I can go through another night like last night. Ironically a morning class would actually suit me much better as the heartburn doesn't tend to kick in until late afternoon for me generally.... When I go off on mat leave I may try one of the daytime classes I have seen - although will only be able to do it for a few weeks before little one arrives....

Morning all!

Well first nct class was quite nice! 6 other lovely couples there. Had fun arranging pictures of birth, had a go at swaddling, passing round baby dolls. Looking forward to Sunday!

blue I can sew and I'm well impressed at your sewing list!! I too have a Poang I'd like to cover. Quite fancy covering it in the Designers Guild fabric I got for an obscenely cheap price the other week but reckon MIL will have kittens if she saw it! Do you have a pattern or are you going to trace round the existing cover...?

And your basket liners has just triggered off an idea... I think I have the necessary materials to make those quilted kind of basket/tub things. Mmm, I shall be doodling and sketching away when I should be working today! Thanks blue you've inspired at least one person today!

I was just gonna wing it! I don't actually have the chair at my house since we don't have anywhere to put it yet( because of all the work being done upstairs)

Glad the contractions have eased toby

sultana I hope the session goes ok!

No aqua natal near me. I love being in the water and really wish there was one :(

Yay for good classes, both aquanatal and NCT. I might look into aquanatal classes, but I don't know if I'm brave enough to go by myself!

Contractions are sporadic but still on the painful side of uncomfortable. They seem to be easier if I'm sitting doing nothing, but Tuesdays are bad for that. I always go to my grandad's on a Tuesday to change his bedding and clean/hoover a bit for him. I'll just keep an eye on them.

I sympathise so much with your heartburn woes, sultana. Go to your gp. They can give you stuff to make it bearable. Mine got so much better when they put me on omeprazole and the relief was amazing. I've forgotten to take it most of the last week, plus I've been eating a lot of crap due to not having a cooker, so the resurgence of my heartburn is mostly my own fault.

Very impressed with all your sewing Blue!

Toby I hope you still manage to take it easy today

DH is another one who keeps talking about 'Alien' and is completely creeped out by my belly button!

We think we've chosen a name, but I'm refusing to call her by it until she's born. DH brother called their baby by name as soon as they found out the sex at about 18 weeks but for some reason I'm not comfortable with doing the same.

really impressed with the list blue can't sow but you have reminded me of things I hadn't even thought of. Now working out where a laundry basket could go and if I could fit some baskets under the cot for spare nappies and wipes.

Only thing I am making is a skirt for the cot and that's pretty simple, well until dh got involved and is now making clips with his 3d printer :)

Glad the contractions eased Toby and hope you are okay this morning.

I'm so irritable with everyone at the moment probably because everything hurts and I can't sleep but find it really hard not to be extra grumpy.

How's everyone finding the cold weather? I live the fact it makes me less dizzy and I faint less but my rain coat no longer does up!

There are aquanatal classes in Charing toby, and they are free! You pay a £20 admin fee I think. I was booked in but then I wasn't signed off by the consultant in time. Classes are running until the middle of December: Puddleducks. I hope your contractions have buggered off now. take it easy today.

another - how are you doing?

Thanks, book :) I'll check it out.

Re names, we have a list for each sex, and frontrunners on each list, but we definitely won't decide until it's born. The only thing we're definitely decided on is the second middle name -- it was my nana's maiden name and I love it.

Gah! Tuesdays at 6.30 :( No aquanatal for me.

book your sewing sounds amazing. wish I had time to make some things but just battling with sorting the house is enough for me at the minute.

Sorry for all the heartburn. I've only had a very minor amount in the last week and that was bad enough.

Hope the contractions stop toby.

Woke up this morning with sore throat, swollen glands and no energy whatsoever. Was going to drag myself into the office but then realised Dh has gone to work with my car key so thought sod it I'll just work from home. So glad I did as now feeling worse than when I got up. Oh well think it's all the stress of the past week catching up with me.

Good to hear contractions have eased a bit, Toby. Take it easy!

We've had a name for ages because we sort of picked one and then DH mentioned it to DS and it stuck - now there's no going back!!

Toby good idea about the maiden name usage! i've been through all our families first and middle names and there's nothing i really love (DD's middle name is after my great-grandmother) and DH is Irish catholic so they all have at least 5 names each, and none of them are called by their first name! We also have a list going, which i add to and subtract from all the time, but we probably won't decide till she's here. Although DD feels strongly that she should be called Chloe, after her new nursery teacher!

I'm very jealous of all those getting exercise classes in. I had great intentions with pre-natal yoga classes, but similar issues to some of you - they are all on during working hours and i've been so busy with work, even though i'm freelance, i just haven't managed to fit a single one in. Thankfully the workload is easing up a bit, and i might be able to fit a sneaky hour in on Thursday. It would be nice to feel i have some muscle underneath all this baby!

Hope you pick up soon, nature. Somebody posted a recipe on one of the other threads for a hot toddy tea (without the whisky!) that i made for DH and i when we came down with a similar thing last month. It was really soothing.

Toby poor you not being able to take it easy today - look after yourself as much as you can.....

Nature I feel for you - sucks feeling like shite and being preggers at the same time....

Toby I have given in and just called the GP surgery. My useless GP is away this week and not back until next week. I completely lost it and said I wasn't going to wait until next week and they would have to find someone else for me to see! Magically an appointment with the locum Dr came up on Friday - still 3 days away, but at least it's this week and perhaps this doctor will be more useful than my normal wishy washy one! FFS! That's very unlike me to getting shitty with a receptionist, but HONESTLY, she didn't even ask if it was something that could wait until next bloody week. Am getting absolutely desperate and feel like complete shite today - am beginning to think I may have picked up a bug as feel as though I could vom any minute, along with dashing to the toilet every so often!

Right, 2 hours of training and then perhaps I can have a lie down.... Not looking forward to this!

Well done, sultana! You don't have to put up with feeling any worse than late pregnancy already feels.

The nursing chair that lovely DH bought me has just arrived, so I've got that to put together (and furniture to move to find a space for it!)

sultanajo sorry you're feeling crappy too. Think there may be a few things going around at the minute.

Yay for the new chair toby

Well very conveniently the delivery that looked like it was coming tomorrow (so I would have had to get in-laws round) has just turned up. Lucky I was home

toby bah for no electrics - bloody bastarding houses. Also I'm sorry to hear you're still in pain - you will be careful, won't you?
Re the aquanatal - there aren't any near me. Not one! I thought it was a standard thing to go to, but it's nigh on impossible to find!

extra and only I dread to think what I'll be like with DC2 - I am SUCH a bitch right now. Everything winds me up, and I cry most days. Poor DH . This morning he was in trouble as he went shopping yesterday while I was away, bought guinea fowl for supper (as you do ) but no milk or bread. Hence no breakfast. I was not impressed. As toby said, give yourselves a break - they're too young to remember it, I can't recall anything beyond an image of my mum's face from that age - certainly not her shouting/being lovely!

sultana glad you got a GPs appointment, take it easy and remember - training can wait, you can't. If you have to stop it, you have to.

Feeling upbeat today - I have four more days to survive until my mat cover person starts, and then I will be massively putting my feet up. Deep end for him, I think

This is in spite of the rude old cow who uses our library for classes, who last week told me she hadn't realised I was pregnant, today saying 'my god, is it twins - you're enormous! You do realise you don't have to eat for two'. I smiled and said 'I've put on 13.5 lbs so far, and my midwife is happy with that, but I'll be sure to pass on your concerns'.
Stupid cow. She is one of those totally socially illiterate types though (and has no DC, so what would she know). Meh.

nature sorry to hear you're feeling crappy too - take it easy today! You've had a lot to deal with.

Humpty what a total twat! The mood I am in I would have given her a piece of my mind!

Just about made it through the training - I have never trained so fast in my life! Then ran out right at the end. Feeling awful - am gutted as won't be going to NCT tonight which is breast feeding and can't exactly send DH by himself and it was the last one with all of us together which is such a shame. However, I feel awful, can't risk shitting myself on the way there and back and also if it's a bug I don't wanna give it to anyone else....

Can't face eating anything - have forced a plain bagel down this morning but can't face anything else. Am focussing on drinking - bubs will be OK without me eating today (or for most of today) won't he? Every time I think of food I wanna vom....

sultana :( I hope you start feeling better soon. Last Wednesday I threw up pretty much everything I ate, I think it was because of a migraine but it wasn't fun! Baby will be fine, just rest lots and look after yourself!

humpty I'm impressed with the restraint you showed in your response! I had someone say to me last week that I'm bigger than their Dsis was at full term! Lucky I like the person! People just don't have a clue.

Feel better soon sultanajo shame about nct class. I'm wondering whether to go to yoga or not tonight.

sultana MrsG is quite correct. Baby will be fine, they take everything they need and just deplete your resources/leave you with nothing for yourself. Don't worry if you can't eat but if you can't drink then you need to phone midwife as you can get dehydrated really quickly. Hope you feel better soon

You all sound like you're really suffering - hope you all feel better soon xx

sultana - yy to what space said. You poor love. Do you have any oral rehydration stuff in (Dioralyte/similar)? Might be worth having one of those.

Also, call the NCT organiser - I'm sure they'll find you another BF class to attend.
Hope you feel better soon.

nature they just don't think, do they? I might start making personal comments about their size/shape and pretend to be surprised if they are offended

Thanks ladies! Am forcing little sips down and taken my temp which is slightly raised. Not actually vommed yet which is something.....bubs is having a kick session which is also reassuring... Hope this buggers off as quickly as it arrived.....

Sorry all I have done is moan ladies....feeling sorry for myself and bubs....

I seem to remember you & several others telling me that I was not to be silly as that's what you were all here for. To listen to my moans and send hugs &

So straight back at you