THREAD 13 Jan 2014 - Grab those bags, we're nearing the top of that rollercoaster!

[Toothfairy78]

OK I caved. Here's thread 13!

I've had a few stabbing pains in my lower abdomen today too. The first time I thought I'd pulled something as I was stretching but the second I was sat still so I'm not sure what it is!

Fresh fruit definitely cancels out the calories of whatever you eat with it :) and ice cream is calorie free as it's helps heartburn.

I've been having the stabbing pain too. Was properly waddly earlier but baby seems to have moved up a bit again this evening.

Oh yes mrsG. As are the chocolate orange milkshakes I discovered this week as a heartburn remedy!

I have discovered that I am a much bigger wuss about things when its dark, so ideally I need to be in active labour and push bubs out during daylight hours....

Tonight its all feeling a bit real! Cant believe in just a few weeks we will all have little people to look after and be responsible for! finds paper bag to hyperventilate into

Cant believe its only 2.5 weeks til Christmas! How did that happen? Really cant believe I finished work three weeks ago! Time has absolutely flown by!!!

Omg ladies. I have planned what to put in the freezer but haven't actually done any of it yet. Am going to be using PIL nectar card to do a Sainsbury shop next sat and shall get everything then so i don't expect to be doing my batch baking until i am 37 weeks. My mum told me today that her and my sister are happy to help when they come up on 20th dec which is lovely. They obv plan to be busy as they are doing all the cooking and have offered to clean the house already.
I am gonna do: lasagne, cottage pie, beef stew and meatballs. Will freeze the meatballs individually on a tray as then they can all go in a bag together and we can just pull out what we need. Will do a tomato sauce to freeze separately. Plan to get some steam veg so we have stuff in.
Need to remember to stock up on tins of things as well and maybe freeze some fresh pasta. Maybe having a baby near xmas was a bad idea as my freezer will be full what with xmas nibbles as well!!

mrsg I have been having lower abdomen pains too, at the bottom of my bump where the line is and it can get pretty sore. I think mines just more stretching. No stabby fanjo here yet

Was going to have a productive day today as only 3 weekends left before Christmas (eek!) but dh got in from work Christmas do at 6am so slept until lunch time, had a productive couple of hours but we've now just had a 4 hour nap. Wanted to get bedroom flooring laid today but haven't even started :( seriously thinking baby will be born in a building site, too much left to do for only 2.5 weekends :(

Tried to have a productive day here too but need to sit down every 20 minutes! House needs a mega clean and my urge to nest and organise is in overdrive!
Dh not enjoying my frantic push to get the house tidy - I invited two friends over tomorrow to force us to tidy in time. Of course now its nearly x factor and the house is still a tip...
Still,I have a clean microwave!

Argh FIL came round today while dh was out to plaster a bit of our kitchen ceiling and now the kitchen floor is a state. I have mopped it but there are still plaster smears everywhere. My mum washed it by hand last weekend so it was glorious. Am gonna have to wash it by hand again tomorrow.
Am grateful he came to do it but wish he would not trample stuff all over the house

Still here but madly busy so not been on. X

Thanks enormouse toby and frying for listening to my ranting last night and making me feel better about it. Was obviously just having a moment.
Good news in my world is that I'm starting to feel a bit better yey. Trying not to get my hopes up but definitely an improvement. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
sultana how much was dressing gown in matalan? Also what colours did they have? Ive only seen thin ones in primark but they are white!! Not the best colour after just having a baby!!
Well got the 3 kids this weekend and they all been in hyper mode but ive still managed to sort rest of baby clothes and get a load more baby bits down from loft to go thru. Found the moses basket. Just need to wash all the bedding for it etc. Found the steriliser but no cord for it. Not helpful hey . gutted about that..

frizz that's like my whole house! Apparently vinegar gets it off I'm just flooring over it because I'm lazy

choco glad your feeling better, your doing so well being positive. The cord will turn up :)

space forgot to say yesterday I was thinking of you this week. Hope the pm provides some comfort and good news about being able to try again when your ready :)

choco so glad you are feeling a little better. Will keep everything crossed you continue to feel better. The dressing gown was £16.99. They had a really thin one but it was white.....They had silvery grey and shocking pink in the style I went for. I got the pink one as its quite a deep pink so hoping any leakage wont be as noticeable.... Not a colour I would normally go for. They had red ones too but they were shorter....

I had to get a larger size than normal so its massive, but pointless getting a smaller size that doesn't cover anything....

Well the warm spiced apple juice sucked! Smelt lovely but was unbelievably bitter. It was like sucking on a lemon....gutted!

Glad you're on the mend a bit, loulou :)
Can you Google the model of your steriliser and see if you can get a new cord for it?

I should have done some nesting today, but by the time DH got home from his driving lesson and we'd been shopping most of the day was gone. Washed some more baby clothes though.

Scrubbing the floor will make sure the baby's in the right position, frizz :o

Sorry about the juice, sultana. It sounded delicious, so how disappointing :(

This is probably a silly question, but are increased movements anything to worry about? She's calmed down now, but has been wriggling around loads, literally all day. I'm getting a little paranoid!

Sometimes mine goes a little insane for a while, MrsG. I don't worry about it, but the usual caveats apply re speaking to a medical professional if you're worried.

Morning ladies!

We seem to be mega crazy busy!

I had a huff at DH yesterday for playing n the PS3 for hours yesterday. Poor thing he'd hardly had any time to himself this week trying to avert 11th hr disaster at work, parents being round and stupid work Xmas do. I was just freaking out at sheer list of stuff to do before Xmas, state of the house, discomfort of ToothJr head being 3/5 engaged and having a stinking cold!

Still, DH relented and set up our new fridge freezer, put a curtain rail up, took me me to Ikea (on a Saturday night), where I treated him to an Ikea dinner! We got fabric for curtains, a changing table for the bathroom, bits for ToothJr and ordered sofa and footstool for the family room to be delivered New Year's Eve! BTW Waddling round Ikea, bloated with baby and full bladder is hard work!

So today while DH does even more work (he's an accountant=shouldn't be working Sunday), I'll be cleaning and stocking up our shiny new freezer, bleeding radiators and generally nesting, while guzzling paracetamol and joshanda tea (for colds). Actually must go stock up on it cos i'm nearly out and may as well stock up on pulses/beans so I can cook up a storm for the freezer, while I'm there.

And finishing my hospital bag, I got my short thin black dressing gown for £10 from sports direct of all places if your interested choco.

Sorry to hear abut the spiced apple juice sultana. Maybe we should set up a research pool and come up with our own warming winter punch recipes?

Thats a very good point toby
I did sneakily clean most of it last night while dh was doing something on his computer. He wasnt happy when he realised as he said he would do it today. Think i am starting to get that nesting feeling!

choco really chuffed that you are starting to feel better. Long may it continue.

mrsg i def find there are moments of crazy movement but call if you at all worried. They do say not to count kicks anymore but recognise changes in patterns for your own baby so it doesnt hurt to call if your mind is stressing.

sultana sorry the apple juice sucked! I will most def avoid as i am a huge apple juice fan. It is my choice of drink above anything alcoholic as i love the stuff but i like sweetness so a bitter hot thing would be bad!

I havent got a dressing gown for my bag. Lots of people have said about them, but all the stuff in the bag has already cost so much bearing in mind most of it will get covered in stuff so will be chucked and i just cant be spending more money. Its times like these that i wish i had already had things like slippers and nighties etc that were old instead of having to buy cheap ones just to incinerate them after!

Well some nice pee leakage overnight for me it couldnt just stick to the liner could it, i must have rolled over or something at the time as it was nice and soggy. Cue AF panic again (am never gonna get it into my head that its just pee)
A friend is popping over today for a drink. I used to work with her and she was one of my bridesmaids, but she got a new job at end of Sept and i havent seen her really since so that should be nice.
Need to get up and shower at this moment instead of lying in bed chilling.

Happy sunday ladies!!

Morning! Hope all is well with the nesting ladies. Can you come over and bleach my whole house when you're done please? I still have no nesting instinct and the house is smeared in mud and cat hair. I'm looking forward to actually wanting to clean things. I also still haven't packed my hospital bags or done any batch cooking. I'm doomed to be here on my own, two weeks overdue aren't I?
First NCT class this morning. Haven't mentioned anything about the possible touchy-feeliness of it to DH. He nearly died at the NHS one we went to when the midwives started talking about pelvic floors and how doing the exercises would benefit the dads too (nudge, nudge, , ) If they ask him to talk about his feelings this morning his head might explode!
sultana I bought alcohol free mulled wine and it tastes like poison. I may experiment with mulled alcohol free cider later on...

book I will be here with you to so don't worry! Haven't even thought about batch cooking and haven't started on hospital bag yet, although it did arrive on Friday so when I get the urge I can.

Aptaclub have a preparing for birth app which is actually quite good, has checklists for hospital bag, shopping list, what baby needs, questions to ask etc

tooth we were due to go to ikea last night too but after a 4 hour nap couldn't be bothered (but I did prime the skirting boards for our room instead) so now have to go this morning :( would have been so much quiter last night

Today I need to go to ikea and b&q, paint the skirting boards, lay the bedroom floor, pva the bricks behind skirting board, paint bedroom ceiling and put cupboard up in utility. Wish me luck :)

mrsg I second what the others have said. Sultanajr has had his days of mega activity and I nearly called mw to check this wasn't abnormal, so don't feel bad calling if you need reassurance....

frizz poor you with the pee leakage! It really needs to give you a break!

tooth I had no idea sports direct do dressing gowns! Too knackered to change now, but that sounds like exactly what I have been looking for.... Thanks for the tip.

Stupid spiced apple juice! What they should have put on the guidelines is - once heated add a TON of sugar!

Loving the productivity. I too have woken up raring to go again - poor DH will be pounced on as soon as he gets up! Mind you, the first thing I will be doing it getting him to empty the dishwasher filter as the dishwasher hasn't drained and DH never bothers to clean his plates and bowls of things like rice before putting them in..... Grrrr!

Breakfast this morning was half a fresh pineapple! 2 for £2 at Waitrose. Very refreshing!

book I saw the alcohol free mulled wine, so glad I didn't get that one too....

mrsv my back has seized up just reading your list of things to do! I wish you the very best of luck!!!

sultana I bought the alcohol free mulled wine from ikea on someone's recommendation (sorry can't remember who) but haven't tried it yet. May get some more today ready for Christmas and hope its tasty

Yes I doubt ill be able to walk by the end of the day. Last time ikea was enough for me to be crippled for rest of day but so much to do going to try and battle through

Thanks sultana and tooth for the dressing gown info. Sports direct is great. We have a huge one about 30 miles from us but it does everything. I got some nice summer vest tops in there and lovely slippers all for rly cheap. Might give my mum a call and see if she's going shopping that way 2day!!
frizz know what u mean with expense of things. Ive been quite lucky and found some old slippers nighties and underwear that I hadn't chucked out so been able to use that. Most of our baby clothes have come from boot fairs, given to us by friends or dd's hand me downs. Its all in great condition as they only wear it a few months. I do need a thin dressing gown though as I took my thick one into hospital with me recently and it was like a sauna on the wards. Anyway hope u have a chilled day and the pee leakage stops soon!!