Due March 2007 No2

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I thought I would start a new thread as I came to this thread late and am not sure who is and isn't around.

I'll start

2dd's
due 30 Mar
living in Australia

If one more person says to me that i've got 3 kids already another 2 wont make any difference i am going to scream

Caz Sounds like you are one of the few people who actually NEED a four wheel drive!

Whippie, you'll get all sorts of comments. I Found that Dp and I were still reasonably sociable creatures when we only had three. When we had four things changed. When the sixth arrives I dread to think where we'll be.
I'll be hugging a bottle of wine thats for sure

I like maternity knickers that go under the bump. I feel really claustrophobic with belly button covered by knickers! I hate uncomfortable bras. Don't care how pretty they are! And thongs no way! I have to wear comfy shoes too. I like mens shoes. Every now and then I dress up as a woman and dh's eyes light up!!
Mothercare was good for maternity bras for me before. So will be taking a trip there at some point because I threw old ones out thinking dd2 was the last one! But this one definately IS the last one!! much as I adore kids, I am too tired for this malarky.
The books look gorgeous. Wrong age for my lot though. 15, 3, 22mnths. I do need some new books for them. Am going to tell everyone that asks to give them books for christmas.
15 year old has had to wedge himself in between two babyseats. Then in August some one crashed into the back of us and ran off! The kids were screaming with fright but not hurt THANK GOODNESS! So dh got us a vw sharan. Which I haven't driven yet. I couldn't park an ordinary car never mind that big thing! I have been walking everywhere and I love it. Feels great.
15 wks today

hi ladies

thanks for knicker and bra advise - that really helps - I am a big Marks fan so that should do the trick. Out of curiousity though I think I will now venture into Mothercare... have held back so far.
Nova, also like those shorts numbers.... very comfy. Thanks ladies. Off to shop.... even DH has politely commented on arse overhang... hmmmm.

Another good nights sleep. Must be a weekend thing.

Whippie - whoo hoo

Anniediv - stay with us, we are all having our ups and downs - Its better out than in as the old saying goes...

whippie/kitty-ive found that having 4 is quite different,thinking about it,i used to go out before i had dd2,to friends' for coffee or to parent and toddler type groups,cos i only had ds2 with me and the other 2 were at school.now i just spend all day going backwards and forwards to school/nursery and poor dd2 never gets to go anywhere interesting!i couldn,t imagine having twins.having an 11 month old and a newborn was bad enough but at least ds1 slept at night and could feed himself to an extent.
i used to go mad at all the people who said'you've got ur hands full' when i was out with all the kids(2 in a double buggy).grrr.

anniediv,i have felt like a miserable cow since i got pg but its good to share ur feelings with those who understand.how ru feeling today?

14+4

Got dd2's 3rd birthday party today. God I hate them. I have a child's party every month from August to December. My fault I know. At least the next one will be April, so I get a bit of a break. I am miserable too. I want to drink lots of alcolhol every night and it makes me miserable that I can't. perhaps it's because I've only just recovered from the last preg. Oh stop moaning me.

I was really depressed until a couple of weeks ago. Now it has lifted in a dramatic way. As if I had a bag on my head and someone took it off. So I am feeling elated to be free of it and slightly nervous of it coming back. A few things have changed in past couple of weeks, ms passed, taking ginseng and royal jelly every night last 10 days, started walking every day, and started coming on mumsnet more! Yay!!!

Kitty - may the force be with you !!! We were at a friends 1st birthday last Saturday - they chose to have it at a kids playground thingamy. First time for us. Even DH was begging me for a paracetemol at the end of it...lucky bugger could at least have a couple of beers (he is enjoying the co-driving arrangement currently in place..... most definately a bucket of wine would do the trick, so you have my sympathy and empathy with that .
It will be a great day though ? Seems the good weather is staying with us.

Ok, am definately off to shop for knickers, will share with you my spoils when I get back !

Hi ladies.

Sorry I haven't been on for a few days: going back to work was a bit of a shock to the system. In fact, I had to take Friday off as I was too sick to get out of bed until 5pm (yes, it still hasn't gone. If I read one more article saying "your morning sickness should now have passed.... grrr... ).

Anniediv and pennygaff: sorry to hear you're feeling so low. The thing that's keeping me going at the mo is feeling LO wriggle inside me. I got DH to press his hand on my tum this morning to check I wasn't imagining it, and he could feel it too!

I've got a couple of M&S maternity bras, and they're shit. The straps are really long, and my boobs look like udders. I only wear them in the house: the rest of the time I wear my old sports bra, which is getting a bit tight.

I'm going to Selfridges asap to get measured for a decent bra. I'm getting lots of hand-me-down maternity clothes anyway, and I've got the sort of norks that need some serious scaffolding to look good.

Oops:

EDD 3rd March
16 weeks

kitty-at least u planned things birthday-wise better than i did,i have 2 in december(2 days apart!)and one in january.ds2 gets spoilt rotten with his being in the middle of summer.

i could feel the baby moving last night and i said'oh s##t,im going to have a baby'(well,der) 6 long months stretching in front of me,of being fat,paranoid and sober

Sober sucks
I have fantasies when preg that as soon as baby is out I'll go and get plastered. It never happens because A) I can't cope with horrendous hangovers any more
B) Too much alcohol disturbs my sleep now.
It's so depressing.
I long for those days way back when , when I could drink and drink without reprecussion and without the bloody healthy living police rammming the facts down my throat that I should have no more than x no. of units a week ( which I frequently do)and so I feel crap about it.
Still I'm doing better than an ex teaching pal I bumped into a little while ago.
I was bemoaning the fact that I drank nearly everyday and wished I didn't (healthy police again). She agreed and said she needed to start drinking at kiddies bath time. Well, I felt alot better about myself as I start after their bed time I thought, "I'm not quite as desperate as you YET!"

Hello all, I am back from work now. Feeling a bit better, although still SICK.

On the subject of drinking, when I am first pregnant (and haven't realised I am) I have had several nights out out on the lash and drunk like a demon with no side effects at all. Only to realise a couple of days later that I'm pregnant and shouldn't have been drinking like that in the first place . How unfair that the one benefit of pregnancy I get is something I shouldn't be doing anyway!!!

mmm alcohol...i know i won't be able to get p*ed after ive had the baby cos i will sleep through the baby crying in the night.i drank in my last pg,not much but just a glass of wine when the kids had gone to bed.i dont want to drink now cos any alcohol atall is supposed to be bad and i would feel really guilty.

Diva, everything is supposed to be bad. Worse than having a drink, in my opinion, is a stressed mother who can't relax. At some point my needs are important too. The mother has been forgotton as far as pregnancy is concerned. It's all about the baby's needs and that'a no good for the baby either.

Why is thread better than the earlier one?

I mean the March antenatal thread
13+4

Entirely agree with Kitty - I had a few glasses of wine each week when I was pg with DD and once I could stomach it after the first bit. I suppose everyone just has to do what is right for them. I fully intend to have a few more once I have got out of the sick stage again. I will know I am cured when I can face wine and tea. at the moment, the smell and even the thought of them turns my stomach. I too am sick of reading about MS passing off now. It isn't and I am very fed up. Annie - stay around my love, there are still a few of us with our buckets and moaning is really par for the course when you're pregnant .

I too have a boob problem. mine are 34 h and round my ankles without a decent bra. I don't think I have gone braless since I was about 12 so am very envious of those who can. They haven't got any bigger though and didn't when my milk came in last time. I would recommend Bravissimo to anyone who is challenged of nork - they do some good non underwired ones, though Iread somewhere you can still have an underwire if it is fitted properly so the wire is on your chest not your boob. As I am still feeding on and off, I'll go straight for the delicious nursing bra option though.

Big pants rule. Never bothered with maternity ones either. Would echo what Nova said about disposable ones. They are like wearing a badly fitting J cloth. Last time DH went to M and S when DD was 6 hours old to buy me some bigs. If they hit your waist, then they will hold your dressing in place comfortably if you have a section. I found normal knickers didn't do it with the big dressing. Plus they are very cosy and keep your sanitary brick in place.

Congratulations on your twins whippie, that's lovely news . I have given up caring what other people think - makes life much easier. People have already asked if this one was planned as the age gap isn't huge. If people are rude enough to share their thoughts on your twins, remind yourself it's their problem not yours. I think twins are great.

It's my birthday today, which is usually an excuse for champagne for breakfast, copious amounts of food, drink, treats etc etc. So far I have managed a hot cross bun, half a sausage and 2 diet cokes. It's heinz red soup for tea - boats are being pushed out here. Hope everyone has had a good day. XXXXX

Sorry, I always forget, I am 13 weeks tomorrow.

Happy Birthday to you
Hapyy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Dolly
Happy Birthday to you xxxx

It's my dd2's birthday today too!!(3)

Dolly - happy birthday luvvy I hope you had a good day today and had some fun too!

I drank lightly throughout 1st two pregnancies, and would through this one if it didn't make me feel so ill, although I did enjoy half a glass of red last night, which was lovely.

In non PG mode, always treat myself to a glass of wine and half hour reading a good book at night - its my treat to myself (my "me time") and I continued that through breastfeeding. It makes for a relaxed and happy mummy and it may even help baby sleep I'm quite happy to cut things out which are seriously dangerous, but 1 glass of wine per. night is not going to do anyone any harm, I'm not pushimg the alcohol thing, but my Mum used to dip my sister's bottle teat in gin to make her sleep and it did her no harm at all. She's very academic, emotionally well balanced and healthy

Rosylily - you're a woman after my own heart on the underwear and shoes front Flat shoes and big knickers for me too.

Diva/Booboodedoo - I'm glad you can feel your babies moving now. I've been feeling it off & on since about Monday, its incredible and very heartening sn't it

Annie D - glad you're feeling brighter now. I'm up and down too even thogh I feel I should be happy to be PG - feel so rough and pissed off I have to work when I'm feeling so crap.

We have a Vauxhall Zafira, which we bought in Feb, when TTC, as it allows for the five of us plus two after school playmates, or us plus my mum and brother.

16 weeks today

happy birthday dollyp!and kittywits dd!

i envy those who can go bra-less also,as that hasnt been an option for me since i was 12 and a pair of huge ,saggy boobs appeared in the space of 2 weeks.i have always worn underwired bras-even in pg-otherwise i may as well rest them on my belly.
i think i have an aversion to big knickers cos my mother always used to make me wear them to school.and i had to tuck my vest into them.

i remember now why i decided not to drink,it wasnt cos of all the hoo-haa over it(i don't really take any notice of what they tell u not to eat,after all)its cos im taking prozac and didn't think it would be a good idea to risk it.also,if i had a glass of wine,i would get an overwhelming urge to chain smoke about 10 fags

I'm holding out for a glass or two of port at christmas. Too sick to handle booze at the minute, although with dd I had a huge craving for beer. Apparently Becks do a good alcohol free one that tastes real.

I keep being asked indirectly if this baby was planned and it's only my second. It's because dd is 11 months old and people seem to think I'm crazy for having another one so soon, but to me it's not too soon.

Birthday wishes for yesterday

Dollyp you'll have to have a doubly fantastic birthday next year!
Nova having them close is nice, they are fantatic company for each other then.
I am so clumsy today. Dropping everything.
I seem to remember feeling movement really early last time but this time I'm not noticing any yet. Probably a lazy baby! Its really reassuring to feel movement though.