Martians 2014 Thread 15: D-Day is on the horizon

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Shiny new fred.

I come to check in and thread 14 was full so did the honours. Roll up.

good luck yogi hope it goes without a hitch and speedily!

I thought it was a good idea to have a nap after work. I can confirm that it most definitely wasn't :(.

Best of luck yogi

Hope all is well Yogi

Is anyone else a one- woman central heating system at the moment? I seem to be roasting hot all. The. Time! I'm sleeping in just a t-shirt under a thin summer duvet and had to throw it off in the middle of the night as I was so warm

I also seem to be peeing every time I have a drink now, I've only been up an hour and I've already been 3 times!

36 week appointment tomorrow and getting our tour of the birthing unit

Good luck yogi - keep us posted!

Yes Frank. DP had the heating on really late last night as he was working and his office is freezing. Felt like I was trying to get to sleep in a sauna!

I'm really hot at work and yoga last night was like being in a sauna! But my house is cold. I'm glad baby isn't due for a few weeks because at the moment we would have to have the heating on 24/7. When I got in last night it was 9 degrees!

Why was having a nap after work such a bad idea comms?

Because it meant I didn't get to sleep until 4am. Naps always really mess my sleep up :(. Now sitting at work feeling absolutely terrible, I think I'm going to have to go home.

Oh no, 4am?! Bloody hell, maybe you should go home then.

I struggle with napping too - unless I'm really strict and only have a power hour it messes up my sleep at night.

Hi all, newbie here. Sorry to join the party so late, have been lurking on and off for months. 35 weeks this week with EDD 19th March. I am still officially working full time but due to a rotten cold am at home trying desperately to feel normal and failing! So apologies that my first ever post on your thread is a whinge - I am not like this normally!!

Been reading the thread and boy, do you lot talk, lovely to have read that I am not alone, silly but especially with work I don't know anyone in RL who is this pregnant. I have ICP in Pregnancy which makes me itch like mad...probably having an ELCS at 38/39 weeks as a result. I have been poorly for 2 weeks with a cold which honey and lemon won't touch. Haven't been outside for days. I've been strict with naps too had my power nap for today so now holded up on the sofa!!

Welcome flump

That sucks comms

Any news yogi??? Hope you're ok.

Last day of work tomorrow! Scary that I am now Full Term!

Welcome flump!

Hope everything's okay yogi.

Congrats on making it to mat leave Ice! Exciting that you're full term too! Not long to go now :)

We're going to look round the MLU tonight, excited!

Yes to being hot I wake up soaking wet thinking Boob leakage then realise I'm just really sweaty! nice lol! my oh is a cold person and uses me as a hot water bottle which makes me worse!

Anyone heard from yogi? Could this be #3?

Welcome flump

Desperately trying to get bump to move, really don't want to be heading off to MAU at this time of night and having to call neighbours to baby sit DD

Thanks for welcome. I've given up on sleeping with my OH who is like a radiator at the best of times. Have decamped to to half decorated spare room lol!!

Likewise I hope Yogi is OK. Would baby Yogi be the first Martian arrival?

Third Martian baby! I hope everything's going well for her.

MTB cold water, sugar, lie on your left side, give it a good prod. I'm sure you've done all this already and I'm sure everything's fine, best to get checked if you're worried though.

I'm so happy with the MLU, it's definitely choice number one if everything keeps going smoothly. Doesn't even feel like you're in a hospital.

some cold ice cream or frozen yoghurt may get MTBbaby shifting, i've just ate some and am now getting booted!

Is anyone else's OH a terrible horder? I'm really starting to panic, I'm 33 weeks now and he still won't declutter his collections (crap) both the living room and his side of the bedroom are an abomination, we even have 3 massive home brew jars of nasty wine which we will never drink bit he won't part with them! If all this stuff is still in the house when baby comes I will melt down!

Well I went back in for more monitoring today as I was still having contractions although they hadn't progressed to anything. And another internal exam confirmed that I wasn't dilating. However when they did a wee test there was traces of blood in my urine this time which suggests a urine infection. So the upshot of all this that I was given antibiotics and sent home with the contractions being blamed on an irritated uterus caused by the infection.
So sorry, but a false start for me folks

All seems a bit odd to me that a urine infection can caused contractions

Aww yogi that sounds really stressful, I hope you are ok.

Hi everyone, haven't managed to get in for a couple of days. My nursery furniture arrived yesterday which seems surreal looking at it! ice I got the list, thank you so much, they are comprehensive!! Must print it off and tick off as much as poss!

yogi I hope you're doing ok xx

Welcome flump!

I'm no good at napping comms. I have tried but struggle to drop off but if I did nap I would be even worse at sleeping than I am now! Been up since about 4 today...

How stressful yogi. Look after yourself xx

Total I'm the same. Generally I just try and avoid naps completely. I'm sure I'll change my mind when baby's here though!

How are things MTB?

Agree with the others Yogi, take things easy.

Had my 36 week check up today and all well - baby is head down and "a bit" engaged. Eek!

We also had a tour of the MLU which was lovely, I just hope I get to use it

Welcome Flump

Naps are great. I've never been able to manage to sleep during the day but have had a couple of days this week where I've had a proper sleep for 20/30 mins or so on the sofa in front of the telly. It felt really good. Any longer and I probably would have been groggy. I think those of you that are having trouble sleeping at night and on maternity leave should give it another go