Babies due in May 2014 - is this the Definitelies final countdown?

[ClearlyMoo]

WELCOME! This thread is for all Mums-to-be expecting Maybies babies in (and around) May 2014! Please come and join the fun.

Put your feet up, get yourself a (decaf?) cuppa and settle in to hear the aches and pains, trials and tribulations, shopping excitement and hospital bag woes of those in their third trimester.

Hopefully you'll find a listening ear and a wealth of knowledge. Everyone welcome, especially if you're new to MN and are just peeking in as you start your maternity leave.

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PS

Earlier on this old bloke walked past me on the street - pointed at my bump and said "It's a Boy" and carried on walking.

Random!

All being well, picking up the keys and starting to move stuff over to the new flat TOMORROW!!!!!!

My understanding was work places can enforce may leave 11 weeks before hand? Rigby you be better to go sick from gp!

Feeling dead emotional tonight! OH is at work and I miss him already, and someone's cooking something really nice smelling downstairs and it makes me want a BBQ but we don't have a BBQ or anything to cook on it, and it makes me think of holidays with my family and the fact that this year they've delayed booking their holiday because of us and I feel bad

But my parents are getting Hoseasons vouchers and a weekend of babysitting (well... a weekend of my brother and sister babysitting Mini Moom ) so they can get away somewhere, they've wanted to go to a log cabin with a hot tub for years and it's their 25th wedding anniversary this year :) so I'm looking forward to seeing their faces when they get that.

This is lovely: Something New Video

rigby they can't make you take may leave earlier than you agreed unless you are off for pregnancy related sickness after 36 weeks.

In my last pregnancy I was signed off sick from 26-36 weeks for SPD and prem contractions so work were not the happiest. I then started my mat leave as planned.

I have a feeling midwife is going to admit me tomorrow as my blood sugar was 8.0 before my tea :-((

Sorry to hear lots of you are having a tough time

Moomin I know what you mean about emotional... Everything sets me off crying!

DH has cooked dinner tonight, it smells amazing and I'm starving

Also... December babies?! Whaaaaaaat?

3 weeks and 1 day to go til mat leave

MOAS, thank you for your comments. I think fetal distress is my biggest issue as my DS1 wasn't in any distress! Just me! Haha.
I got to 4cm and was having constant contractions but failed to progress any further. After 12 hours of working through the contractions they decided to move me out of birthing suite and into the main hospital for an epidural. Then they hooked me up to machines to monitor baby as well as giving me all the drugs/hormones used to move labour on until I had had my maximum dosage 8 hours after and I was still at 4cm. DS1 was fine throughout and never in any distress but there was nothing more they could do to make me progress so they delivered him via C Section. I think if he had of been distressed, I would be more confident in wanting an ELCS. I don't want another baby after this one (she says) and I feel like I might regret not giving a VBAC a chance.

My sister has had 2 Emergency C sections and my mom had very long labours with us! I just want a professional to tell me what my chances are realistically of successfully having a VBAC but no one can. I know it has to be my choice. I just keep going back and forth. Aaahh well, these things are sent to try us.

Off to read Harlyn his bedtime stories, no crying yet tonight

Sorry for mammoth post

Selfish post alert so feel free to ignore:

Life is absolutely shit at the moment. Looks like we're not able to get a mortgage cuz my bloody dh is self employed & it's something to do with the way he pays himself from his company that they don't like. The monthly cost of the mortgage would be less than the rent we pay, I am on a good paye salary. It's for a 5% mortgage but even if they offered us a 10% mortgage that would mean we would need another £20,000 for the deposit so it's never going to happen! It would take us ages to save that up when I'm on maternity leave & we're on just 1 salary. I'm so upset about the whole thing - just seems so unfair. I can't stop crying - it just feels like the worst thing ever :(

Mrsmummytobe, sorry to hear that. I used to be self employed years ago and it was really difficult to get on the property ladder then. That was 9 years ago. it's shit when you know you are financially secure enough to buy a house but they make it impossible for you.

That's exactly it Jodey. The broker actually said to me if we were both PAYE it would have gone through by now.

Evening everyone. Lots to catch up on, you lot are chatty!

Glad you had a lovely holiday bush it sounds amazing!
Also really glad you got your flat sorted moomin

Sorry to those having problems, we really are nearly there, keep those chins up ladies.

I saw the diabetes midwife yesterday and she is happy I am keeping my blood sugars in target so will continue to control by diet, quite relieved but she did also discuss the metformin/insulin routes and to be honest it doesn't seem too bad.

mrsfoo you don't need to spend heaps of money! just remember to keep it simple! don't waste your £s on fancy diabetic food which is full of crap. Hope you start to feel better soon

I've been signed off with SPD for a further 2 weeks which takes me up to when I was due to leave work anyway (I am using my whole years holiday before starting mat leave) so I am officially done with work until next year!
Feels great
I'm sure my boss hates me but to be honest I don't give a shit, they've been worse than useless so they deserve it

DP has the day off tomorrow so we have a nice long weekend planned, mainly sorting stuff out around the house but will be nice.

Apologies for attention seeking tweet earlier. I was having a REALLY bad day!

Seems physio pulling at ankle yesterday in attempt to fix back has hurt ankle! Long term ligament damage (from cycling accident years ago) I possibly should've warned physio about, but she gave no warning what she was about to do!

Slept 10+ hrs last night after a few bad nights sleep and was a total zombie this morning. Spent lots of time just sobbing on my bed!

Managed to get into my work eventually and worked til 7pm until DH prepared my favourite sausage & mash. Only the sausages were not cooked enough for my liking, I like crispy skin, can't bear stringy sausage skin! So I put them back in grill for 9 more minutes meanwhile DH told me I was rude & ungrateful and was really upset. I just cried lots more and said I was too fragile for this argument!

In the midst of all this baby wasn't moving much all day and I was panicking again but good string movements (more rummaging than kicks) now. So I'm resting easy.

Everyone wants to see us in April and I feel like a hermit at the mo and want them all to go away. Just texted well meaning cousin to say as much. I can't cope with planning anything for mat leave til I get there, get lots of rest and then bored THEN I will consider making plans. I'm just struggling so much at mo I don't want to fill my last few weeks of rest up with people and then feel overwhelmed. Especially as it'll be Easter hols for lots of friends teachers/kids!

Does anyone else feel this way about wanting people to keep their distance?! I think I will want to see people and do stuff but it has to be on my terms. We have family parties in the weekends coming up and they are making me stressed/nervous!

I just keep crying at the moment. Everything is so overwhelming.

Great flat news Moomin, Bush glad your holiday was good. Samba pleased you have natural birth OB, Mrs FC hang on in it WILL get easier.

Thanks to those who encouraged me to vent earlier!

I know we don't have to spend heaps on silly diabetic stuff, but the problem was that we were literally eating our fridge and cupboards bare every couple of days. Money was and is mostly still really tight, but my mum got some money thru from my lovely grandpa who passed away before Christmas so she went bananas and just bought a load of stuff we needed to fill up the cupboards, stuff like lentils and wholemeal bread, and lots of cold meat and bacon and smoked salmon, fridge is now full of veg and I've got a lot more cheerful. I was feeling like a massive failure and a huge burden on my DH and mum so this had lifted my spirits immensely.
N'night all. Thank you for being ACES (oh and moom YAAAAAYYYY NEW FLAT congrats!!!)

Hi everyone, just off to sleep but just wanted to say sorry to see so many of you have had rough days today. Sending you all hugs.

clearly - I'm the same - I get quite stressed when I have lots of social things planned close together.

Ladies I really feel for some of you, what a rollercoaster we're on. Hang in there, we're all doing the best we can for our little ones.
I think I've been fairly lucky apart from the BP creeping up now and again and on the plus side I haven't felt ill with it. MW appointment today went well and BP was behaving it's self. I'm measuring a little big but nothing to worry about. Olivia is head down still and giving me plenty of reassurance kicks.
On a bit of a bum note, my hospitals new super labour ward which was going to be ready end of March, now won't be opening until end of May. So I think we're just going to miss out on all the new facility and water birth rooms. Oh well, nothings getting me down too much today; I've finished work and on holiday tomorrow!
If I don't get chance to catch up, I hope everyone suffering will have a better week.

Non mnetty hugs to everyone that needs them

Not sleeping great tonight. Baby has decided to engage again which is nice because I can breathe again! But not so nice because he's pressing on my sciatic nerve (I think) and I got stuck on the way back from the loo for the umpteenth time and couldn't move for about twenty minutes because the pain was unreal. Then my boobs leaked all over my t shirt.

I bet if someone was watching me it'd be hilarious, worthy of you've been framed or something.

This peeing a bazillion times a night is getting ridiculous. I feel like I want to write a strongly worded letter to whoever decided this is a thing in pregnancy!

Dobe u can add me to your letterof complaint!!! I've had nothing to drink since coming to bed yet I've had the most ridiculous bladder ache as it feels full!! On the plus having some lovely kicking times with mini me that I don't need to share with dh

The positive today is: IT'S FRIDAY!

After today I can totally rest for two days and I'll only have two weeks left (or 10 working days) of work before maternity leave! Whoop!

Morning all! ClearlyMoo sounds like a good time to go into lockdown, refuse to see anyone and just relax with all your favourite things for a while. Hopefully things'll seem brighter soon - not long now until you have a gorgeous snuggly newborn! Then the trials of pregnancy will just fade from your mind. :)

Things are brightening up here. I'm finally winning against this rotten cold that's had me on my knees for the past week and a bit. I've actually slept (aside from my 3am bathroom trip) for the past two nights. I feel a bit like a new woman today - it's 8am and I'm actually almost awake rather than feeling like a walking zombie.

Probably just as well, I'm WFH today but in my breaks I need to tidy the entire house before my DParents arrive later. But then I'm not working again until Wednesday, woo!

Helps as well that the sun is shining and my DH and DD1 are both being lovely. (Though have now left for work/nursery, sadly.) I woke up to snuggles from DD1 at 7am this morning - not a bad way to start the day. Can't wait until it's both DD1 and DD2 and we can all snuggle in bed together while DH fetches us breakfast in bed.

Morning all, sorry to hear there are still a lot of us feeling rubbish. I have finally managed to shift a cold that has been hanging around (box of tissues lasting only two days, nice) and feeling happy it's nearly the weekend after a few rubbish days at work. My pg brain seems to have kicked in a bit now, had been looking forward to making a specific thing for tea last night then remembered we had run out of onions and garlic - cue meltdown!

Moomin hope all goes well with the flat!

Happy moving moom!! Another scan and chat today..... Fingers crossed the amniotic fluid somehow is replenishing itself!!

Non mnetty hugs everywhere and thanks to everyone for the best wishes with the flat. I'm excited :)

Last night the pain in my scar was the worst it's been; it's definitely getting progressively worse. At first the cocodamol wasn't touching it and we thought it was going to be back to the hospital for us but after about an hour it finally knocked me out.

It's worrying me because I'm not sure how much longer I can take. If I can get to 37 weeks so baby's all baked and fully risen and golden brown and whatever, I'll be happy. At the same time, the thought of induction early does worry me because there's a higher chance of it failing and needing an EMCS and then that's a faff because they're worried about it causing more scar tissue humph

I'm in a right mood today. Possibly because I feel like I haven't actually slept, just woken up after being knocked out. I feel slightly hungover

Oooooh going into a flat move grumpy is SO not the right way to go

Just remember that dp is not deliberately being a twazzock... Men are just not made to move house .