Due in September 2006......nearly there ladies!!

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Cori x

Thats a good idea.

My original date was the 9th but my scan date is the 12th. I reckon though, as they say that most 1st babies come within 2 weeks of the due date either side then the scans can't be all that accurate after all! I feel so ready for it now and so uncomfortable that I'm kindof hoping LO will put in an appearance sooner rather than later! Knowing my luck it'll be late though

Hey ladies!!!

Just had an email form my friend who found out she was oreg a while ago and wasn't sure about her feeling (her mum left her when she was young etc...) You may remember me mentioning it before... Well she has quit her job because she was working nights and being bullied too. I am that no one stuck up for her!!!

She is now selling evrything she owns on ebay, lol to try and raise money for a new pram etc. I am feeling guilty as I lok at all the pointless things our new baby has and what he will actually need! She is even saying she will use terry nappies- anyone else use them??? I always thought they would be quite hard to use as somuch washing and drying, especially when her baby is due in January.

So now I am on a mission. We have DD's old pliko which was used for a year, her carseat, millions of white baby gro's, vests etc... and if she has a boy she can have all of this one's clothes and bits. Feeling bad as she is even saying she is going to 'pan' sterilise. Going to box up all my maternity clothes i've out grown, all baby stuff we have in abundance etc and invite her to stay during the week while her DP is at work. Feeling v. guilty and self indulgant about my spending now.

Pol - Good for you for doing what you can.

Cori - Now I'm the one watching "Baby, baby" on Discovery Health Channel! Guilty as charged ...

The ones I've seen, the mom is mostly under epidural and just talking with everyone while contractions are going. Making mental notes of "what not to do" - one yesterday had the whole extended family in the room during labor! I'll never understand that.
Watching some of those shows is kind of serving purpose of gearing myself up ... I remember the crowning stage was by far the most painful, but a short period of time and then it's over. That last part I think was the hardest for me.

Here stats from DH channel: In US, 1 in 4 births is a C-section, including emergency ones & scheduled ones (scheduled at week 39). In Brazil, 60% of births are scheduled C-sections - scheduled at week 36/37 to stop stretch marks/stomach skin stretching over those last few weeks! So it's definitely true!

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Mom's been giving me a hard time over the phone about not breastfeeding ... she'd better be quiet while she's here or I'll have to become no-nonsense. Thankfully MIL is saying things on the phone like "well honey you know it'll be easier now that you won't be having to deal with breastfeeding ..."

Marls- stick by your decision re. breastfeeding... I can understand why when you already have children that establishing a routine with a breast feeding baby is harder as you don't actually know what they've had or not had, if that makes sense?!

Has anyone had their baby really hurting their tummy??? My lo is sticking right out of the middle of my bump and it hurts so so much! I keep trying to poke him back in but then he kicks and just moves back there. Not sure I can stand another 5 weeks (possibly 7 if od) of this...! Also he fels like he has been really bearing down today with that tingly like feeling right up in my cervix... maybe the day will be soon...

Homemama - sorry your MW is making you worried. I reckon she is just being overcautious and you will be fine. I reckon a lot of the time they don't know their arse from their elbow!!

Marls - sorry to hear your Mum is givng you grief over not breatfeeding. Just gloss over it as best you can......easier said than done I realise but always best not to rise to it when possible! Your MIL sounds lovely.

Angelfaces - I think your baby has got plenty of time to engage, I wouldn't stress about it, you have 5 weeks for him / her to get into position.

Liquidclocks - hope you are getting your essay done and not getting distracted with MM.

Pol - you sound like a lovely friend, don't stress about the comparison of what you have bought compared to her situation, the fact you are helping out makes you a lovely friend

Definately no action being had in this house - the very idea is a turn off at the moment. I always expected some hormone to kick in during my pregnancy to make me want to jump on DH's bones but I guess it never kicked in!!

Well nice rainy and miserable here - total bliss!! Can manage to sleep(well not the sleep I used to have, with on average of about 8 trips to the loo and constant turning over due to hip pain - arh the joys of carrying a baby!!)

Hope you are all having a relaxing Sat night - am going to try and stay awake longer tonight, last night I was fast asleep by 8:30 !!! Am turning into an old person already!![shock}

Pol, I had that very sensation about 3 weeks ish back..it was horrible to be honest! I also tried trying to poke it back away from my belly button as it hurt so much!! It shifted the day after...thank God. I had bath with DD this morning..well I wanted a bath & she insisted on getting in, which given my current size somewhat suprised her when she sat neck high in water!! Anyhow the baby was moving in a very alien like way...I made her put her hand on my tummy & she just giggled...

Marls, I watched another one...stupid stupid!! It doesn't do me any good at all so I don't know why I do...what does surprise me though is that midwives seem to be totally none existant & (just the ones that I've seen so I hate to generalise etc) every Mother seems to be on the bed in stirrups etc....is that a true relection on how it's done US style? (sorry if this has been discussed before)

ANYONE ELSE DUE 6TH SEP?

Cori- your DD sounds much like mine. She will kiss him and hug him but when he moves she just giggles and runs off. She also is swamped in bath water when she is in the bath with me. I could cause a tidal wave

LO has been pushing out in this place for three days and now i'm not only hurting when he pushes out but also I think it's made it tender even when he isn't there. When I go to sit down feel as if he is going to pop out as the skin is so streched.

How old is your DD Pol? We couldn't get out today as raining all day (not that I'm complaining because it's a joy not to be suffering in 30+ heat) but my 80 year old Grandma is with us for a few days & she's suddenly so fraile & forgetful I just didn't know who was harder to look after. I tried DD in her new bed for a siesta but although she didn't leave the bed she didn't sleep either so am really tired now! She loves the new room, plays in there etc but DH wants us to wait until next Tuesday (don't ask why..no idea...you know what they are like when they insist on something even though it makes no sense to you) before we put her to bed at night in it. I just keep panicking that baby will be here before she's settled in new bed & then will kick up major fuss when she can't go back into the cotbed. Maybe it'll all be fine & I'm worrying unnecessarily??

Baby is very hard & sticking out tonight..I know how uncomfortable you must be feeling.....by the scan date I'm due the 9th so that is less than 4 weeks..but the original EDD says the 15th which is just over 4 weeks but I don't know...not feeling positive about either to be honest!!!! Please tell me I'm not the only one who is scared a bit about it all?? That'll teach me to keep watching those bloody tv births!! As my MW says they never show good ones..only the screaming, gory dramatic ones....

Cori- my DD is two on my due date (18th Sept)... couldn't have planned better . It has been raining here all day too but we spent the day colouring in Noddy (or non-non) as she calls him. And of course eating! I have not been complaining though as like you say it's been cool.

Not too sure how i'm feeling either, been having pains tonight about every half hour, not particualrly painful but just taking my breath away. Feeling alittle panicky now... like 'oooooooohhhhh I remeber all this now- and it just gets worse'

DD 2 on your due date......now that my dear is timing!!!!!!! I thought we'd done badly enough to be due a mere 11 days after DD is two!!!!!...oh must go & see the results of "How do you solve a problem like Maria"...

Hey i'm recording it so I can watch midsummer murders much to DP's digust!!! He hates it but we have his nephew round and they are playing on there ds lites...

Cori, LOL, LOL at your being uncannily attracted to the TV ... US births: true, hardly ever a mw, almost always a dr. (but the mw's we do have are wonderful or they wouldn't get repeat business, no mw horror stories here) ... and the stirrups/back labor is due to massive epidural use. Most moms elect to be completely paralyzed from waist down so they won't feel pain, but then back becomes the only position that dr.s are comfortable with for them to give birth, and that's one reason I didn't want an epidural (for which my friends thought I was crazy). I think your mw is right though: if they're screaming, it's not typical. Those are the ones that make me .

Really trying to approach it more scientifically than emotionally ... felt like a Warrior last time after it was over; very proud of myself ... hoping for that same sense of accomplishment this time. The only part I'm squeamish about is the crowning ... I need to come to terms with that and be ready for it.

And the breastfeeding ... nearly starved DS1 last time with my DD's (apparently size didn't matter), so no way. No way. Have had to stand up to Mom on so many issues before though; I'm well-practiced ...

Baby HAS been moving to uncomfortable positions - as with y'all, just keep moving him back ... it's the B-H contractions that are the biggest bother right now ... punctually every evening, 5 to 8. Grr.

1baby1bump, I'm due on the 5th of sept.

Homemama, try not to worry too much, I'm thinking about you (again)

I put some pictures of my ds on yahoo but none of me, you all look too glam!

I'm feeling for everyone with hip/groin pain and bad sleep. I'm shattered all day but as soon as the clock hits 1am I'm wide awake all night.

Saw the midwife on thurs and baby is engaged but she couldn't work out if my body thinks it's on its 1st or 2nd baby, so if I'm engaged early or not. Just hope lo stays put for 2 more weeks so we can get moved in and settled.

DH got home last night and it was lovely. ds ran up to him shouting missed you daddy! So cute.

Well, I'm off to pack my hospital bag (15th attempt I keep on getting distracted with packing boxes). Look after those bumps x

HI all!
well it is a miserable day here. DH has got a day of painting the nursery today, he finally got the walls sanded and prepared - I do feel like it is all very late in the day, but can't complain - he has worked like a trooper to get it done. I ordered some curtain poles and we have flooring, so we're almost there!
Marls - you stick to your guns re: breastfeeding. WE all know by now that breast is best, we have it rammed down our throats enough (not literally ) - it just isn't for everyone!
Pol - well done you for helping out your friend. RE: terry terry nappies - I use shaped ones, partly cost and partly environmental reasons and they really aren't as much hassle as you'd think.

It's taken ages to read all the posts! We went to a wedding on Friday, so haven't been able to log in until now. Lots of new people - hello all of you.

I'd due on 5 September, but hoping not to get that far.... He's 4/5 engaged so v. uncomfortable, and DS1 was born at 38 so I'm hoping for last week or so in August...

Homemama, so sorry to hear your midwife has you worried again, I'll be thinking of you on Tuesday.

I'm going to put some pictures on yahoo over lunchtime once DH shows me how... Calvemjoe, dare you to put one of yourself on!! All the DD/DSs look very cute!

Managed it!! Photos uploaded..

Lovely photos Claire. He's very cute!

very cute sometimes!!

Pol - your friend may already know about this but if not, tell her to look into a Surestart grant. They are for people who aren't going to get maternity benefit from an employer for whatever reason and it's a one off payment of £500 which you don't have to pay back. It's well worth it. Her local job centre can give her the forms and you can apply for it anytime from 34 weeks I think up to after the baby is born. Also, tell her to shop around. I'm on a very limited budget as I'm not working and don't have any support from my ex-husband but I've managed to make the Surestart grant really stretch. I haven't been able to go for big-name brands but I've still got good quality stuff. I've been making the most of buy-one-get-one-frees at supermarkets on nappies/wipes/baby lotions etc and have made use of the Boots parenting club vouchers. Also, Mothercare have a sale on at the moment and are discontinuing some of their lines so you can get some real bargains - they're own make pram/pushchair was reduced to £99 and is really nice. I've also been scouting Ebay and have had some nice stuff at a fraction of the cost in the shops, most of it brand new. Hope that helps!

I got the free changing bag from Boots yesterday and so have now packed LO's hospital bag. Am slightly concerned that I've gone a bit overboard as it doesn't close! Plus my own suitcase is almost full and I still have to fit in towels and a dressing gown! But, I have to say, a lot of the space is being taken up by packs of breast pads/maternity pads/nappies. Even so, I look like I'm going for a fortnight!

I give up! 900 words to go and I'm s BORED!!!
Well done mandaz for getting your bag packed - and don't worry mine didn't close hen I had DS either, have done slightly better this time but that's mainly because I'm not planning on staying in after I've had him

Pol - pleased your friend is getting enthusiastic about the baby now. If she's selling on ebay she'll be able to buy there too. We had DS on a shoestring as I had to give up work an it is possible - tere's so much they don't actually need. Of course this time round I've gone all out but hey, it's my last chance to do it so why not! BTW I'd definiely say proper terries are faffy and not worth it but we use cotton bottoms and I find them fine. My friend used some all in ones which are ok if you can dry them on radiators but we wouldn't have had enough space - the cotton bottoms just dried on a clothes horse (tumble dryers negate the cost/environmental benefit). A good tip to make them extra absorbent is to cut up an old fleece (or buy from a charity shop) into nappy sized strips and fold into the nappy - very cheap and less leaks! We bought a big plastic bin and wash them once a week or so with no smell problems. I also found that if you buy an old fashioned dish clot and cut one seam off it makes a nice 'netting' bag so you can lift th nappies out and stick them all straight in the washer rather than picking them out individually.

Marls - I've decided to BF the colostrum if I can and maybe a few extra days but then I'm going back on my lovely drugs again so I can start going back to places I've been unable to go for the last seven months (fluorescent lights). Stick to your guns, DS was fully FF and bar one patch of mild eczema on his arm which might have been there anyway he's physically just fine. Plus they get to snuggle more with their daddies don't they - I remember the first time I watched DH feeding him, my heart melted!

If only my mumsnet posts could contribute towards my word count! Well, back off to read about Ley's model of compliance... fun fun fun!

calvemjoe & trotskymo, nice to know im not the only one hoping for an early one!
ds was a week early and this one feels like he is always trying to get out at every opportunity!!
for some bizarre reason, my head keeps telling me he will arrive around the 24th. dont know why though- watch this space!

seeing midwife tomorrow, hopefully she can tell me if hes on the way down yet, he feels as though he is.

im on the old iron tablets this time- 2 per day.
anyone else?

reminds me- still havent packed my bag! best do otherwise it will be another dh lucky dip special for me!!

Thanks for support re: breastfeeding ... Mom has a long history of being manipulative, although her heart's nearly always in the right place. I think she enjoyed it so much with all 3 of us; that's why she's pushing the issue right now. Sigh.

1baby1bump - I'm due on the 7th! Have been told baby won't go that long, though.

LOVE the adorable new pictures of DHs and DSs!!

Ezridax. you're all set!

Thinking of posting in yahoo "files" section the most applicable info from "The Happiest Baby on the Block" ... and 0 to 8 week schedule we (generally) used for DS1, for anyone interested in scheduling. Does anyone have info they used from the "Baby Whisperer" they could post? Very interested in what's been usable for y'all from that book, have heard so many good things about it.

Also, considering what's happened with ol' V**demort, do you think one would be able to discuss Linda Hirshman's and H. Kirwan-Taylor's views of motherhood on MN?

Hey to new september people .
Glad all is generally well in MN world although my thoughts go out to you Homemama.
I had a student midwife worry me the other day at my antenatal appointment. It was quite funny . She measured me and said i was 37cms when i'm 34 wks i'm 33-34cms really.
Then she tried to find the baby's heartbeat, found mine and had this worried look on her face, i crapped it! Then she found the baby's heartbeat.
Comedy of errors - it was funny afterwards.
Oh and at the appointment before she was worried about my blood pressure but the midwife assured her it was fine. She has not got a poker face
I can't believe i have just over 5 weeks left i'm sooo not prepared my house is upside down . I don't think i'm mentally prepared never mind anything else. I'm still in denial. It's not like this baby was a shock it was well and truly planned but i still can't believe it, it's surreal. I'm very happy don't get me wrong but i still can't believe i'm gonna be a mum.
Sorry for rant