Pop pop pop We're all about to POP! - July 2014 thread

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Hope you like the title - like inside us, there was no room on the other thread!

Evidently it is all part of the programme. As well as MY hour and a half class on a Monday he is doing 15 mins of stretching every day. Can't wait for it to be over... He is working away on Thursday and staying up there then driving to Tenby to do a recce of the bike and run course on Friday. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Another nice lady helping one of us... Shame about the other one with the wet seat... It does surprise me that some people are just so... Different?! It is exhausting and uncomfortable being pregnant. Any idea what the 'wet' was?!

I think (hope) it was just water! I wish I'd thought quickly enough to say "I think that lady just got up so I could sit down, not to save you getting a soggy bum". Oh well!

I remember finding DH's nightly IM stretching routine disproportionately annoying!

I find anything to so with the whole IM thing disproportionately irritating! I have told him that if he comes back from Wales with an IM tattoo I will divorce him as do not need reminding about this period!!

Still can't believe train woman!

I'm really struggling to feel excited about this baby anymore. And that just makes me feel even worse than I already do.

They're going to turn off life-support this week for MIL. She's not going to get any better. I just can't get my head around it.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is IM training?

Auntie So sorry about that. :(

Oh Maggie I'm so sorry! What dreadful news.

Oh Maggie. I am so sorry. Your poor MIL and your poor DH and poor you. Take a deep breath and don't beat yourself up over how you currently feel. What you are going through at the moment is incredibly tough, let alone being 8+ months pregnant. And do keep talking to us...

Kiwi - sorry! IM is Ironman. DH entered ironman Wales a couple of weeks before I found out I was pregnant. I wasn't entirely happy about him entering it when I wasn't pregnant let alone when I found out I was! Anyhow he works long hours, does crazy hours training 6 days a week and the event is still 3 months away. I rant on here a lot about it! Just as well he is lovely and I am hoping that this is his mid life crisis and will go back to just riding his bike at weekends after September...

Oh auntie that's rubbish news. A birth and a death in the family at similar times though may be a little blessing in disguise. Your baby will sprinkle love and happiness back onto the family where there will be a lot of hurt and upset, S/he will help you all with the healing process.
Can't imagine what your going through right now - honestly wish I could give you a cuddle.
Don't feel bad about not feeling excited, you have so much going on right now it would be difficult for anyone to feel the whole range of emotions at the same time. The baby is not here yet, right now you need to focus on you. Is there anyone that could help you with the house stuff? I'm always much calmer in a calmer environment. Any idea how long your husband will stay out there once they turn life support off? I know it must be horrendously difficult but at least it's not being dragged out for months on end.

Gosh can't believe selfish train lady - think I would have sat on her lap & squashed her to make a point that was my seat. Some people are incredibly selfish.
My lady today restored my faith in humanity today. Can't get her out my head actually. Don't know why I thought I could manage 4 wooden 160cm long shelves on my own with a buggy - thank goodness she came along otherwise if probably still be stranded - or would have thrown the shelves in the road and gone home lol.

Blue thanks so much for your list - it's really helpful. So much on there I didn't even think about. Had 2 books arrive today - to prepare children for home births, one was a water birth the other on dry land. Probably a little too old for my 2 year old but he definitely understood a lot - I skipped over the parts where it spoke about a cord and placenta. It's likely my DS will be home when I'm in labour so want to get him as prepared as possible. He seems totally at ease with it and knows mummy might shout a bit, hopefully he'l sleep through most of it or will be completely fine. The plan is that mum and DP will both get to me in time so they can swap about with looking after him -( putting peppa pig on repeat) if it's too rough my mum will take him out, or she will have to go home with him - although hope that's not the case. Would love him to be there as soon as the baby is born, also want my mum with me as DP was pretty useless when I was in labour last time . If nothing else the books got me super excited about birthing at home. Although from reading HB forums & watching a bloom YouTube clips I now have a totally idealistic vision of labour - think iv forgotten the reality of it

I am so sorry auntie. Thinking of you all.

moresnow people keep asking me if I'm ready for the baby. Nope! is the answer. At some point I'll get an amazing burst of energy and get it all done. I think I'm a bit in denial as DD1 was 9 days late so I figure I have plenty of time still.

I mentioned this in the FB group but my lovely American friends threw me a baby shower at the weekend. They were amazing and made me feel very loved so far from home and family. Makes having 2 DC with no family support seem a little more doable. And bonus: I now have a tiara! As to whether I'll wear it to birth in, um we'll see! I'll try to at least pop it on for a photo for all of you.

Oh gosh laying in bed catching up on MN and writing lists of things I need to buy this week for hospital/home birth bag etc and I'm noticing I have a really dull period pain like ache going on.
I'm 34+4 with DS waters went at 34+5 contractions started 34+6 and he arrived just into 35 weeks. Am trying to remain totally calm but hoping nothings kicking off tonight.
Firstly DP is in Canada - not ideal and writing my lists tonight iv realised I'm totally not ready yet .
Oh shit but of a strong "twinge" as I'm wrong this. Think ill get off my phone and try and sleep just encase. Don't feel like I'm about to go into labour but had no idea with DS either

auntie so sorry about your MIL

Ah, thanks, incapinka! I was too lazy to go back and read the thread. I'd be grumpy about that too.

Hope you managed some sleep, Hayley. Hope it all settled down again for you.

Oh auntie :( I'm so so sorry. Your poor DP but so awful for you too. Sending big hugs your way.

auntie so sorry to hear that, what a difficult decision for dh and all the family. Would really like to pray for you all if you wouldn't mind? I can imagine your feeling very torn about baby at the moment but hope it does bring some joy at a sad time for all the family.

hayley hope you got some sleep and baby has settled a bit more, am guessing you would rather go closer to full term this time if possible! Or at least have dh back in the country!

plate still a bit in shock at wet seat lady- did she move out of wet seat into dry seat when it was offered for you? I would have been tempted to ask her what she had done to make it wet!!

Arhh not slept at all well and felt very sick all day/night. Fell asleep by 9.15 then woke up at 10 to be sick, been up every 2h since then and hips are agony. .. if this is prep for baby coming can they hurry up cause I'm ready! (although busy last week at work would suggest otherwise!)

So been awake since 4am but had the nicest dream - I had a baby boy, and all was ok. Yes I didn't know what I was doing all the time but that was fine, I breastfed and baby slept and just feel that all will be worth it - if only labour were as easy as a dream!

Hiya managed to get to sleep after about half an hour of pains and have had nothing since thankfully. It was also the first time in ages that iv slept through the night without waking up to wee
Looking after my friends 8 week old old - she'll be in he house but needs to get some physio so I'll be holding the baby - can't wait will be my first experience of looking after my 2 year old and a baby, hope it doesn't put me off lol

Auntie I'm really sorry to hear that, I was hoping against hope for you that things would be better than they sounded. Thinking of you and your family.

Hayley, glad to hear things seem to have calmed down.

I managed to wash a blue blanket that I was certain was colourfast with some white baby grows yesterday; no longer are they quite white. Not ideal if we have a girl and think I need to learn to be a better housewife before the baby arrives.

Ickle that sounds like a rubbish night. My hips make more than an hour of sleep at a time impossible too, it's grim.

Morning all. Well I did have a better night but still so tired. Having a slow start to the day snuggled up on the sofa with DS watching Postman Pat. MW due at some point today but no idea what time which is a pain as means we just have to wait in for her grrr.

Hayley and snow if there's anything else she suggests for homebirth I'll let you know.

auntie im so so sorry that things have taken a turn for the worse. Dont feel guilty about finding it hard to get excited about baby - you have a lot on your plate right now and need to be kind to yourself. Baby will be much loved once they have made their arrival so for now it is only natural to focus on yourself and oh.

mrsA I managed to shrink the first batch of baby clothes I washed! They were 0-3 months so hopefully may still fit for a bit if she is small!

Hayley I had 3 what I think were maybe contractions a couple of days ago. Ive been having braxton hicks for a while but these were really quite painful in comparison and didnt pass when I changed position etc. Havent had any since then and am 37 weeks this week so hopefully baby stays put a bit longer. Hoping everything settled for you and that baby takes a relaxed approach to exiting the womb!

blue it has also been a slow start to the day here. My feet are very swollen and quite sore probably as I decided to repaint the kitchen yesterday so I am in bed with the dog eating rich teas for breakfast (feel sick) and watching Jeremy Kyle

Thank you ladies. I am currently packing DPs suit and stuff for his mum's funeral which will be in France (assuming she doesn't beat the 2% odds). This is so wrong. I'm also making sure my bag is packed for another hospital stay because if my blood pressure is normal it'll be a miracle. I can't stop bloody crying and DP is trying to cheer me up now.

well had my late 37 week appointment with midwife this morning. (late as I was in hospital last week for the baby turning). This time had a different midwife and it turns out regular midwife had not filled in a load of forms, done my MRSA test and also diabetes test despite the fact I have thyroid problems and my sister has diabetes. So not have to do the breakfast followed by blood test ASAP which will involve a trek to Reading hospital and their dreadful parking and queues.

Annoying.

Even more annoying is the odd twinges and shows that pointed to an early labour have disappeared.

Afternoon all,

Apologies in advance but I've just had a rubbish midwife appointment and need a bit of a moan! Temporary midwife, to start things off she measured me at 35 weeks (I'm 37+3 today and have been measuring at 2cm ahead consistently since 28 weeks) and now I'm concerned that my bump has shrunk... She didn't ask me if I was feeling baby move, yet wrote down that I was feeling lots of movement, blood pressure was high and when I mentioned my concerns she dismissed it and said "it's fine".

Baby has moved and is now back to back, she says just to "hope" he moves between now and birth.

Does anyone know if I can request an appointment with my usual community midwife inbetween scheduled antenatal clinics? And does anyone have and real advice for moving a back to back baby (or experience of back to back labour?)

Sorry if I seem mega negative just not having a good day today!

Collie I think you should definitely try to see your normal midwife. You're not happy with your care today so you need to see someone else, especially as you're so close to dates.

Feel like my heart's going to leap out of my chest. We've had a potential dispute with a neighbour on the backburner for a couple of months and it seems like it's going somewhere now. Neighbour wants to put a door into her flat that would take up some of the shared garden in our development, even though she doesn't have permission from the factor/other owners. It might go to court. Really don't need the stress or expense right now. And DH is out till late tonight so I have to do all the toddler stuff by myself today. The only good thing is that I don't have to cook dinner since there's leftover pasta salad in the fridge.