December 2013 - Can we keep our legs crossed a little longer!?

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Spatone is great supersesame. To be fair- I've taken it fairly sporadically as I always forget but no sign of constipation when have taken it.

Buy the sachets either from boots- or some people on here have said they're cheaper on amazon I think..

I pop it in a half glass of OJ which helps absorption.

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I just bought some of boots own iron tablets and they seem to be doing the trick and I've never been constipated lol

supersesame My midwife kindly "forgot" to do my iron at my last appointment, because I feel well and she knows I have stopped taking vitamins (which were a waste since I threw them back up as soon as I took them). I've gone off meat, so I've been eating loads of dried apricots (good for increasing iron and for constipation) and I love broccoli and dark green leafy veg.

Alyssa I am nearly 39 weeks, but I miscarried just before getting pregnant this time (as in, I must have ovulated within days of the mc), so I've been pregnant for about 46 weeks and I know that this one isn't coming out until 42 weeks, so 3 more weeks of it. And it is meant to start snowing here tonight. Today the car door was frozen shut and I had to walk DD to childminders.

I'm sorry everyone is feeling the strain of being heavily pregnant recently. I think it's because we know there aren't many weeks left, but it still feels like a lifetime. I've got to get the train from Nottingham to Weston Super Mare today because DP's uncle died in the night. He had had throat cancer for a long time and got a cold that finished him off. It was all very sudden. I am not looking forward to the many hours cooped up and the billion changes we have to make. Poor DP is so upset because him and his uncle were close and he really wanted him to meet the baby. I don't really know what to say to him because I am typically in a very angry ranty mood and know I am being a bitch. He said to me earlier he doesn't need crazy pregnant Whisper today, he needs the Whisper he knows and loves who makes him smile by just being around. made me cry a little bit

I've been following the thread but not managed to get on the laptop in ages as cant ever be bothered to type on my crap phone.
feather good luck tomorrow! Cant believe you're nearly there. It must be weird knowing the date and time it will all happen. Quite nice I imagine instead of having to second guess every symptom and twinge.
Alyssa sorry to hear you've been having on-off symptoms. At least you have the comfort of knowing that once it does kick off it should (hopefully) be quite quick.
rose so sorry to hear about your stuff. That is really crap. And your MIL situation is also pretty shit. Have you looked on AirBnB? People who go away rent their places out for quite reasonable prices. Worth looking at. Console yourself by knowing that we are all freezing our arses off here. It has turned artic this week!
Better you poor thing- still working. You have my sympathies! If you are full of cold I would definitely phone in sick. You definitely are entitled to it. Dont feel guilty.
I think I've also caught a cold or something. DS was at the childminder for the morning yesterday and I slept until about 12.30! Had to beg my dad to come around to look after DS in the afternoon and slept another 2 hours. then had no trouble falling asleep at night and only woke once to go to the loo! Still feel like I could sleep again all day but really have to get stuff today. Soo bloody cold though I really don't fancy leaving the house.

Haven't tried apricots yet, will give them a go. Orange juice and fresh fruit was helping but makes the heartburn too painful. I should probably just eat it and put up with the pain though, choose the better of two evils!

Liking the pregnancy moaning lists. I hate the irony of beingore clumsy so I'm constantly dropping stuff but can't pick it up!

Also relate to being grumpy and shouty constantly- god it's tiring being in a constant foul mood!

At hospital - been here all morning. Had my ultrasound to check out the lumps -she thinks they're benign but she wants to biopsy them just to be sure so now more waiting then I get needles stuck in my boobs not looking forward to it....

Right. Have had another half hour sleep, a beautiful bacon bitty and a cup of coffee, and have made a start on the washing mountain. By which I mean I've sat on the sofa issuing instructions to DH. DS is down for a nap, I'm going to put another wash on then try and make myself look vaguely human for our waddle around town later, looking forward to getting my hair done, that always cheers me up!

Any news on your stuff Rose? I can't imagine how horrid that must be, I know your DH has said to buy new and it must be a small relief to be able to do that but still, it's the waste that would really get to me!

Whisper, really sorry about your DP's uncle, what a horrible thing to happen and what awful timing!

Chilli, it is great to have a date/time, but I've still been though all the second guessing of twinges and stuff for about 6 weeks now! DS was a 32-weeker and I was told there was no way I'd go full term this time, so I've been analysing every last anything since 32 weeks! Plus I started with contractions and loss of fluid on Saturday, so have technically been in a slow first stage since then. It's been a nerve-wracking few days as I've been terrified of going into labour before my section date (was very quick with DS, he was supposed to be a cs but no time, he wasn't breech like this one though!), I'm so tired through lying awake worrying!

Will keep you all up to date (and no doubt be on here fretting all night tonight, if anyone's up to keep me company!) and post pics on the FB group when I can!

bumpy try the flapjack recipe I posted upthread, it's got dried apricots in and is yummy and dead easy to make! I'm making another batch this afternoon with chocolate chips in this time to take to hospital tomorrow.

HI everyone. Just thought I'd check in at the end! I posted early on in my pregnancy but the thread has simply moved too fast for me! Posting now as I have my CS date on 9th December and I am so happy to have an endpoint in sight. It will be nice to share the last three weeks of misery with fellow sufferers.

FWIW I have been doing okay until this week when it has really hit me hard. I have a toddler boy who is uber-energetic and I am struggling to keep up with him. He doesn't go to nursery or anything like that but I am very lucky to have some kind family members who enjoy taking him for the day a couple of times per week and one lovely set of grandparents who have started to have him overnight. The rest of the time is just torture because I can't walk far and he gets a bit clingy if stuck in all day. All I want to do is sleep ( or at least just lie in bed staring into space).

Good luck to everyone currently getting out early and those due to escape in the next few weeks. I will try and catch up as misery loves misery.

geppa welcome back. I hear you on the fractious toddler stuck in all day. Good that family can give you a bit of a rest.

feather I’m so excited for you! Can’t believe it’s nearly tomorrow and that you’ve got this far. Ick on this morning’s happenings though.

mean All bran? The MWs here recommend taking a laxative at the first sign of labour. Not something I’d do personally but if it were a choice between that and an enema I reckon it’s the lesser of two evils.

mum good that they’re probably benign but best be on the safe side even if it does involve needles in sensitive places :(

I’ve been evangelising about slings over on FB, any potential slingers who don’t do FB that I can convert here?

The whinge lists are great!

Okay guys, to take mine and DP's mind off the shit situation we are in today I asked him if he had a list of stuff he hasn't enjoyed about me being pregnant. Here is our whinges.

Mine:
-I hate that it takes me forever to put socks on and that my legs and feet are so swollen that my socks are a bit too tight.
-I hate the heartburn that comes whenever I lay down for more than 20 minutes.
-I hate the fact I can see all the dirt in our flat, but cannot clean any of it because I can't stand for long enough
-I hate that it takes forever to walk anywhere, and as we have no car we have to walk to places.
-I hate that just going up the stairs to the loo leaves me wheezing like a 40 a day smoker
-I hate the constant flipping between extreme constipation and then going 3/4 times a day.
-I hate that I can't have a cigarette when I'm stressed
-I hate that my belly button has popped out and looks disgusting.

DP's list
-I hate it when she is in pain
-I hate it when she gets overtired because she is grumpy.
-I hate that she can't keep up with me walking and I constantly have to slow down
-I hate that I'm not allowed to laugh at her waddling. She looks like a duck, it's hard not to laugh!
-I hate that she has become one big ball of hormones and will cry at anything. I never know how to make her happy again.
-I hate that she has had to have so many blood tests as I know she is petrified of needles and it's always painful for her because of her silly veins.
-Most of all, I hate the fact I can't give her a break from it for even half an hour. I just want to take her belly off her so she can sleep and eat to her hearts content and not be miserable and in pain.

Nom I can't do ring sling or pouch sling, but would not be without my strtetchy wrap, or my woolen wrap, or my bamboo wrap, or my mai tei, or my toddler SSC (which I carried 3yo in until my SPD got too bad).

I wish ring slings worke for me - I had a water one for showering with a baby, but it just never felt right to me.

Geppa and Nom I'm with you and your bored toddlers! I feel awful I can't keep up with DS and reckon he'd prob sleep more if I could run him around a bit more...

I've been on monitor at hospital all morning - went in to get checked after pain yesterday (just niggly off and on today) and reduced movement. Turns out I'm contracting slightly, but cervix is still closed. Bit scary as only just coming up to 35 weeks, but they've sent me home anyway and said go straight in if anything changes. Gah!

8 minutes this afternoon to put on my sock and boots. And I didn't even do up my boots. On the plus side:

I have only put on about 7 kg. Assuming this baby is similar in size to her siblings, that is 4 kg of baby, so the rest of me has gotten smaller :)

I'm going to have an ickle baby at some point, if it ever comes out!

I get 380 days off work, 290 of them at 77.5% of my normal pay (well, that percentage of my old, higher, normal pay )

I can choose what days to go back to work (I think I might go back 2 days a week after a year - not enpugh for them to give me a timetable with loads of assessing and grading needed, enough to really extend the time I have off) and I can choose to work full time over the summer holidays and get paid, then go back to part time after summer.

See whinges are so very good - makes the situations almost seem funny. Hey geppa welcome back [smiles]

alyssa I love your list and second everything on there

Wow loki that sounds like such a good deal - wish I was over there (and had your lack of weight gain too). I desperately want a sling but can't get measured up until Junior puts in an appearance. DH also wants a sling that will fit him too.

I second the apricots for constipation - just don't eat too many. I got pregnancy-eating-blindness and munched through bagsworth and gave myself cramps so intense, I thought they were contractions!

Silly whinges from this morning time!

• I hate that even though you are pregnant, look exhausted, in pain and producing a new human - little old ladies STILL think they outrank you.

• I hate that I can't get my new worktop into the kitchen still got the bugger out the car and dragged it in, will tell DH it was a magic fairy
• I hate that stupid Waitrose put out yummy - and generous! - deli samples only to see the samples were all blue cheese cubes and pate on crackers. Could have cried - told them they were cruel.

I CANNOT stop cleaning!!!

This is not like me at all

Oh and can someone pm me to add me on FB?

bohemian what kind of sling do you want that you think you need to get measured for? Or do you just mean trying some out? Do you have a preference for style?

I have period type cramps, pressure on my fanjo at the front and pain at the top of my legs, but baby cannot arrive now!!!

messaged you upthe

Thanks Whisper I've replied

Better That would make a lot of sense as we were doing a lot of that during the class and I haven't felt any pains since. Not nice and as you said, a bit disconcerting, but I'm so glad to know it's not just me!

UpThe Whisper or stom should be able to sort you out with an invite to the FB group

Nom Ooooh, definitely worth keeping an eye on though, even if baby isn't allowed to arrive just yet!

Whisper Your DP's list is so cute! So sorry to hear of his loss, hopefully being able to be around family will help though. Oh and say hello to my little corner of the world while you're there

I've been lucky in that pregnancy has been fairly straightforward for me up until about 30 weeks. Totally agree with everyone's whinge lists though and have a few to add:

• I hate how fat I'm getting and that I haven't got the energy or ability to go to the gym
• I hate feeling like a burden to people because of needing help with lifting, carrying, reaching, picking things up etc.
• I hate not being able to have a drink in the evenings with DP
• I hate being able to see where I want to go but having to waddle there instead of powerwalk
• I hate feeling like I need to be treated differently just because I'm pregnant, but equally I hate that people don't seem to notice or care and just barge into you when you're out and about
• I hate not being able to do any freelance work (I'm a live music photographer and can't go to gigs as I can't stand for long enough and can't take photos because I can't move or bend!)
• I hate not having a social life (getting out and about is a struggle now and none of my friends have been particularly interested in meeting up since I got pregnant anyway...)
• And I really bloody hate that I always seem to be whinging about something lately!

Ahhhh, that feels better!

On the subject of whinging though, I can't seem to move today. Spent ages on my feet yesterday walking around Asda, cooking, cleaning, washing up and hanging up two loads of washing...
Doesn't sound like much but I'm guessing I overdid it because my back has completely seized up and I can barely walk now

Well spent 5 hours in the hospital - after an ultrasound and two needle biopsies I then had to have a tissue biopsy as the needle ones didn't get enough cells. Now I have to wait till next weds for the results. Poor ds was so good the whole time with all the waiting.

Anyone else getting loads of Braxton hicks? I must have had a dozen today- not sure if it means anything but it seems like a hell of a lot!

Just had a kitkat chunky and it doesn't seem enough- I'm such a pig, usually I find it too much!

its I find that- if I do too much one day I really suffer the next. I'm waddling a lot too now- seem to have less SPD pain but more pain just under my bump? Anyone else have this? I think it's cos my bump is sticking out so far for my small frame and there's nothing to support it! It's like the biggest overhang- I need a support on a wheel to put under it for walking!

So nom are you a sling 'guru' then- I.e. Know a lot about it all? I borrowed a long fabric one- the type you wrap round in an elaborate way - found it great wen ds1 and 2 were really small to soothe them in the evenings during that 'crying' hour but didn't use it much when out and about. The person I borrowed it from has got rid of it so I'd be keen to get another- any brands you particularly recommend? I also borrowed the one with the ring from the same person but couldn't get it in the right position/ baby didn't look comfy. I find the baby Bjorn doesn't do my back any favours tho d has used it a lot for both DC's when out and about.

Just wanted to pop on and say mothercare has got loads of special offers on at the moment across practically everything- bottles, sterilisers, bumbos, furniture and was so chuffed because the nappy disposal system I went in for was half price at £12.50!

Going to try and catch up on the day [smiles]

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