September 2014 reaching the final stretch!

[ilovemonstersInc]

Last thread was full.
Some of us are in the last trimester and some nearly there!! Eeek not long left!

Hope everyone's ok today! Top have you started trying to massage at all? I've come to the conclusion I'm too scared!

Just realised I've only got 24 more days left at work - bring ON the mat leave!

inbloom I did attempt the dreaded perenium massage for the first time last night. But have no idea if I did it correctly, my woo just stung a bit during and afterwards and I am freshly freaked out that baby has to fit out of there! Dearly me. I'm thinking though that perhaps the minor stinging means I was actually stretching it so maybe I was doing it right? I'll have another go today when I can pluck up the courage lol.

Hi all, had another midwife appt this morning and got to see a midwife I have seen before which is a never before occurrence! All fine except bump is now apparently measuring small, according to measurements there was only 1cm difference from 3 weeks ago, but I know this isn't right as my bump has got significantly bigger in the last 3 weeks, just think the midwife last time couldn't be bothered to measure properly and so just went with the right measurement for gestation.

She said she's not concerned enough to refer for a growth scan at this point, so now I get to worry for the next 3 weeks until my next appointment.

6 weeks to go for me till mat leave, I've had enough of work now so it can't come quick enough

misog I agree the mw can be rather slap dash with the measurements! I think I'd go with your gut feeling. There is always something to worry about!

Last night and today the babys hiccups are high up my belly and usually they are low...and I know baby was head down, now Im wondering if he has turned..Bump feels different, normally his back arches out to the right and I can feel his bum under my ribs.

Im having an issue with my parents- they have been really really great helping out with school runs, ironing etc. But Im starting to feel like they have moved in and worst of all theytell me what they are doing rather than ask me and see what fits best, if I politely decline something or suggest an alternative they just do what they want anyway. They don't listen. I really don't want to piss them off (a fine line to tread) but they are really pissing me and dh off.

Example: dh has taken fri afternoon, mon & tues off to sort a load of stuff around the house. My dad decieded yesterday to cut our hedge and has only done one side and said he will be back sunday to finish and my dh can help him. The hedge is way down our list of prioritys and having my parents over will only get in the way of us getting stuff done-I should add that we have a gardener that comes and does the hedge but my dad wants to do it! Ive said that this weekend is not a good time and explained why but my dad said he will come anyway!!

My mum should be picking ds up from school today but dh has rung my dad and said he will do it this afternoon but my dad said they will do it anyway! DH expliained there was no need (my mum will come back to ours for an hour or so then need a lift home!) but my dad said they will do it. So dh is pissed off now.

980 messages - nearly time for a new thread - will there be babies arriving on that one?

I'm melting in the heat, exhausted and grumpy. Feel like I'm saying sorry all the time. Takeaway pizza for tea as too hot to cook.

Hot. Tired. Fat.

Ordered bras from john lewis. Am a c cup. Managed to order an L cup.

Have found self getting v stressed by silly things and get feeling that MIL is cross with me but not sure why!

Argh.

Holls I know the feeling!

Anyone got any tips for dealing with acid reflux? Only had it the last two nights so far but tonight is 10 times worse than last night & want to be armed in case it becomes a regular occurrence!

Sorry to hear you're having trouble with your parents whiteblossom its hard when they don't listen to you. My pil are like this. tried to completely take over our wedding, booked a band that they'd chosen without even asking us! Last year mil spent £140 sending a Christmas cake here despite us saying nobody actually eats it and we'd much rather have something else (like UK choc ) but she is insistent she has started a family tradition... They're not interested in their grandkids though but at least it makes it easier. Makes me grateful sometimes that our relatives are on the other side of the world, tho I could do with some help at the mo!

Glad to hear you're gd.app went well ella hope it stays ok for you.

Baby gets hiccups a lot and loves sticking its bottom underneath my ribs which is not comfy! Baby has its feet digging into my side too which feels wierd.

Glad to hear those of you who are teachers are off on hols now, I'm a teacher but stopped when we emigrated, but I remember how hard it was when I was pregnant with dc1 and then 2.

Off this pm to get some bits and pieces for baby

Topsy I had a really bad do with reflux the other night. I was asleep. Woke up gasping for breath as I was refluxing that bad the acid was coming up into my mouth. Was quite scary at the time!!

Ella glad your appointment went well and that your trying to control it yourself. I went with mt dad to his diabetic appointment yesterday and they were happy with him too apart from his 1 glass of orange juice he drinks (was his last luxury lol) so hes not too happy about cutting that out too.

Been getting lots of pain again :( was convinced I wouldbe back in hospital last night then it all stopped +

Top horace on the August thread has had her baby

Donteven what did you get?
I just need towels. Well dont need them but if I see some cheap onew will pick them up. I only need more pads for me.

Ella well done on GD management, it cant be easy.

Topsy I get acid reflux at the moment too, it also come on /is worse when I roll on my right side- quite common. I use gavisgon, works a treat and very quick too. I keep it on the bedside table (sexy!)

dontevenblink OMG they booked a band for your wedding!!! Thing is they will always say they were only trying to help...They don't understand that its the help they want not the help you need or want.

I told my dad again last night to leave the hedge and then this morning he tells me hes coming over at the weekend, he told me this after I told him how busy we were at the w/end. I want to scream!

Ive been trying really hard to eat better and it appears to be paying off (ive been weighing myself every morning). Im starting to get organised to do some batch cooking, bought a big fab pan from tk max. Does anyone know if you can freeze flapjacks?

Started washing all the baby stuff yesterday

Anyone suffering with a sore belly button- the area around it feels like its tearing-Cant see anything though..

Sorry to hear about your parents whiteblossom. I think you might have to be a bit blunt with them to be honest and just say that although you appreciate their help you need a bit of space and don't want them over all the time. It's easier said than done I know. I'm lucky with my parents that they live a 30 minute drive away which is just far enough to stop then popping over all the time. We have the opposite problem with DH's parents though - they never come over and always expect us to go to them. They live about a 45 min drive away and I have no problem with visiting them regularly but don't think it would kill them to sometimes be the ones who made the effort instead (and they'll drop hints that they want us to drive over like 'we haven't seen you in ages') even though they know me and DH are still working full-time and that I'm heavily pregnant. It's not that they are unable to travel either - they both have cars and seem to manage plenty of long-haul holidays. I think it upsets DH a bit as they see his sister and BIL all the time (probably at least 4 times a week) as they live in the same town. Literally I think they probably come over to us about once a year, and expect us to do all the other trips. I may put my foot down in the last few weeks of pregnancy / first few weeks after baby is born and make it clear that I'd rather they come to us for a change.

Sympathies to all of your ladies with GD and acid reflux and other such pregnancy delights. It must be horrible - I've been finding the heat hard enough but I suspect that's true for all of us.

Saw midwife this week who said I've got white blood cells in my urine, which was either because the sample was contaminated somehow or it's a sign of an infection. I suspect it's the latter as I was really ill over last weekend so that would kind of make sense. She sent the sample off but said it would take a few days to get the results back. I'm still not feeling really great now but struggling on at work. 5 more weeks left!!! Good news is that I'm off next week though which I'm hoping to use to relax a bit and feel a bit better.

Getting frustrated with DH as progress with the nursery seems to have stalled again. He hasn't done anything in there for about a week and in the meantime the house looks like a tip because there is stuff everywhere from where DH has taken everything out of the nursery to paint it. I'm trying not to moan about it as I appreciate he's working full-time in the week but the constant mess and lack of progress is starting to do my head in. At over 32 weeks I really don't think he gets that this baby could potentially be here in just over a month if I give birth at 37 weeks like my Mum did, and I just want to feel as ready and prepared as possible so I can relax a little bit but he doesn't seem to think like that, and just leaves everything to the last minute.

Sorry for the long rant.

Can't believe this thread is nearly over and on the next thread there will probably be babies being born!!!!

Hi ladies how we all doing? Enjoying the weather?
I've got a little handheld fan and freezer full of icelollies so I'm sorted lol, trying to enjoy the sunshine :)
I'm suffering with horrendous heartburn/acid reflux whatever it is too, Rennies are my best friend right now they help take the edge off xx

& it's so scary there'll be babies arriving on the next thread doesn't seem like 2 mins ago we were all in the early stages xx

new thread
this was nearly full so thought id create a new one

I know kitkat can't believe how close we all are now! I am in denial I think...

Nothing ilove Was meant to be getting a mattress cover for Moses basket and some stuff for my second hospital bag but only got as far as some more maternity pads and then got distracted by a wool shop! (i love knitting and am looking for wool to make a knitted rabbit for the baby, yes I am a bit sad ) In my defence I only had about an hr free in the end before dd finished school...

Does anyone else feel really hungry but then can't each much when they eat? So frustrating, baby is really high now which I think is the prob, but I feel sick when I don't eat, but then sick when I do...

Big cross post there

New thread and new babies - eek!