DUE MAY 07 PART 2 the sequel

[mummymelling]

there you go ladies its started

Oh yeah,

My boobs finally started hurting today. Finally another symptom other than being tired!

Pebble - which CP did you go to? I have been to Longleat and Elveden. I went to Longleat for my hen weekend! I do prefer Elveden though as all the villas are closer to the main centre, but the swimming pool at Longleat is far better! We are hoping to go to Eleveden in February for a long weekend.

Bad news is that the nausea seems to have made an unwelcome return. Just hoping that it goes away again soon.

Overly hormonal women should not be allowed to watch the Xfactor!! Found myself blubbing when they found out if they had made it to the final four or whether thier dreams had been completely shattered, and then having to watch them tell their excited families the bad news!

Got myself another lovely pair of trousers from New Look yesterday for £20.

Hi
Havent posted for ages but just thought I would ask if anyone is planning on watching the live birth programme on Channel 5 tonight. DP and I are going to sit and watch it together and hope it doesnt freak us out too much!!
I have been suffereing with sickness for the last 4 weeks but it is starting to ease a bit now. Think I am about 10 weeks but having a dating/NT scan on the 24th to confirm. I hated feeling sick but it was strangely reassuring, now I am worrying that it is too soon for it to start going. Other than that the main things seem to be the tiredness, I doze off several times on the sofa each evening & then go to bed at about 9.30pm, probably losing sleep by getting up for a wee about 3 times a night!!!!

Afternoon Ladies,yes we are planning to watch the live birth on channel 5 tonight,will probably cry about that as well because yes i cried at x factor last night [again] i seem to cry at it every week.
JONAH B... dont know if this is any help but i just pulled down my soooo comfy M&S trousers and copied the numbers off of the label [thank god DH was out at the time he already thinks ive flipped] anyway back to numbers try 8990 563 or t5707443/2039b see if that does any good xx

Hello ladies, have been vegetating this weekend, nothing to do except run around after kids. Weather been lovely so just taken the kids on a trek to the beech. Feel not too bad today and have even eaten a donut!
Am looking forward to my scan on tues, pls let it only be 1 jumping bean in there.
Will def be watching the birth thing tonight if i can get my stupid digibox to work. I too was bawling at Xfactor, its so very sad....

Forgive my American self, but what is the Xfactor that everyone is talking about?

MKG - XFactor is very similar to American Idol. Simon Cowell is one of judges. There are 3 categories 16-24yrs (mentored by Simon Cowell) 25 and overs (mentored by Sharon Osbourne) and Groups (mentored by Louis Walsh - he is the manager of Westlife). Each week the teams battle it out and then one person/group gets knocked out depending on who gets the lowest viewer phone vote.

Glad to see that i was not the only blubbering wreck!!

Thanks Aprilmeadow.

Sometimes when reading posts I don't know what anyone is talking about. (I've never heard of Westlife) Also because of my silly American self, what is an HV that people refer to?

No news of pregnancy yet. Still the same, boobs hurt, and I could sleep through WW3. My dh has been on my case because I'm not cleaning the house as much. I explained that chasing after ds is housework enough for me at least until this rough trimester is over. (I don't think he accepted that or not).

MKG, I?ve heard there?s a big call on the internet for pgt porn stars in v. tight tops!!! . I?m sure you?d already thought of swiping friends clothes, I wasn?t in any way implying that pgy had addled your brain that much .

HV = health visitor. I will be polite about health visitors for your delicate ears. Health visitors are there primarily to look after the mum-to-be?s general wellbeing. For my DS, the HV attended some of the ante-natal classes and will visit your home 2-3 times after the birth to check everything?s okay. They are not checking you ?medically?, that?s the midwife?s role, more your general wellbeing ? to see if you?re coping okay, if you are suffering from PND, that sort of thing.

Westlife = not to be confused with Boys Own. Westlife are an Irish boy band, whose major following was pre-teen girls. They?ve been split up a while now. Lead singer was a guy called Ronan Keating, who was also had a career as a solo singer, then I believe, went on to manage Boys Own (another Irish boy band). I hope I?m getting my facts straight here. I must reassure you not to be concerned if you haven't heard of either band. You're really not missing out greatly.

Ladies, glad it wasn?t just me re the X Factor. I was blubbing from beginning to end and told my DH the v. same thing ? pgt women shouldn?t be allowed to watch programmes like that. That rollercoaster of emotions can?t be good for the baby!!!

Mummy, thanks so much for that. I?ll check it out on the web.

I tell an absolute lie. It seems at though Westlife are about to release "The Love Album". OMG, someone save us!!!!!

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Jonahb - going to have to sadly correct you on this one.... was a big boyzone fan back in my teens (now 25 seems to be disappearing!) Ronan Keating was the lead singer of Boyzone, also managed by Louis Walsh. Boyzone split about 4/5yrs ago and Ronan went on to have a very sucessful career. Westlife on the other hand were at one point co-managed by Ronan and Louis, but now just Louis, afaik. They are still together, and infact they performed last night on Strictly Come Dancing.

Now having read this i do sound VERY sad!!

So what did you ladies think of the Birth Night Live show?? Wasnt as good as i thought it would be - and bugger having 4 babies at once! One is definately enough!

Jonah, HA HA HA (maybe I will set up a website) My prego brain has got me, but I just needed to convey that my friends are the size of hobbits.

Sorry all you UKers I have know clue what any of those boy bands are (I will thank God every night for that).

We don't have HVs here. I guess its kinda like a doula? But they aren't popular here either. No, here pregnant women are left to there own devices. We are asked how we're doing during our monthly visit, but I don't think 5 minutes with a doctor gives them enough time to access your true state. Now what's the truth about HVs, because you don't need to polite on my account?

I still think it's funny (not ha ha fun, but interesteing funny) that almost everyone there see's a midwife. They are few and far between here. A certified-nurse midwife is more common, but has to be associated with an ob office. They can do home birth or hospital. A lay midwife pracices privately, but they don't have rights at most hospitals. Direct entry midwives can only do homebirths and are illegal in a lot of states. In fact, homebirths are illegal in a lot of states. I had a midwife with ds and loved her, but the practice doesn't take my new insurance, so I have to see an obstetrician. Most GP's don't do prenatal either.

HMM, (She says pondering) we don't get great emotional prenatal care, midwives are rare, homebirth is practically non-existent . . .

Perhaps that is why our C-section rate is 25% in the US.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Oh aprilmeadow, your knowledge of boy bands is scary. However, I could probably name all the Back Street Boys, Nsyncers, and . . .New kids on the block. Who remembers them?

I am back.

had a repeat scan today and all is well. Saw and heard the heart beating - can't believe the technology as I am only 7ish weeks pregnant.

so can I now moan, moan, moan, moan about the vile morning sickness I am suffering.

MKG - love the Back Street Boys! NSync were ok and wasnt that keen on NKOTB.

Thankfully my taste in music seems to have matured a little!

We have doulas here as well. HV's are almost metween a midwife and a GP.

Dejags, glad the scan went well. I am hopefully having my scan next week.

Morning ladies,nausea with a vengeance today as every day ,feel sooo tired and generally crappy, must be having babies at the older age that does it, still got a delightful afternoon at DRs for a minor op this afternoon[having my very ingrown toenail taken off]just the thought of it makes me feel even sicker lol,and i cant take any pain relief after[thats going to be a bummer] xx

MKG the rate of medically managed births in the US does seem incredibly high,lots of epidurals and constant monitering etc,makes me so glad im in uk xx

dejags, welcome back to the thread!

Sorry to hear about all the morning sickness, I still haven't had any thankfully. The odd sore boob, fatigue and memory like a sieve and nothing else so far.

MKG, your post makes me soooo glad I don't live in the States. I'm (hopefully) having a homebirth with the full support of an excellent midwife team.

mummymelling, good luck with the toenail- ouch!

ShowOfHands (with silly name)

April, I stand corrected. I always mix the westown/boyslife band up. I hope I didn?t offend a true fan who had Ronan plastered all over their bedroom walls??

MKG ? I remember New Kids. Didn't they sing, ?you?ve got the right stuff, baby?..??

You only get to see a dr once a month? What about in late pgy? Do the visits increase? What tends to happen here (or at least where I live) is that you see your MW once a month, then later in pgy, it moves to once every three weeks, then two weeks, then right at the end, every week. There?s a difference also between the community midwife, who does the above and the hospital mw?s who deliver the baby. I?m probably speaking rubbish here, but I think the dr is only involved if its not a straightforward birth (can anyone help me out here? I didn't have a straightforward birth last time, so I?ve no idea what the ?normal? is.) My dr only came into the delivery room at the end when it was all going a bit wrong. Oh, and our community mw?s visit you at home after the birth, for the first couple of weeks.To be honest, I know it varies according to where you live, but I was really pleased with the pre and post baby care I received last time.

Dejags, glad to hear the scan went well.

I?ve got 2 pieces of news today:

1. My scan date has come through for the 27th
2. My boobs hurt SO much. Already told DH not to even look at them, breathe on them, glance furtively at them, brush past them for at least the next year!!! . Poor man. I?m so mean, but what the h*ll, i?m pgt, I can do what I like!!!

Hope you are all feeling okay today. Keeping eating those Ginger Nuts....

sighs Just typed a lovely big chatty "hello, I'm back" post and then accidentally refreshed the page and lost it before I posted...

Will start again.

Hello everyone. It's been ages since I've been able to post. Really sorry to hear about Nicola. Very sad. MKG - Can't believe home births are illegal in some states. That's so unfair!

Whomever posted the "not been for a week"... Prune juice really works (yuk, I know) and All Bran for brekki. Got me moving after my three day "oh my God will I ever go again" episodes.

Had to give in and buy maternity stuff at the weekend. Went to Brent Cross. Topshop had NOTHING in my size, Dorothy Perkins had no maternity wear at all, neither did New Look, Mothercare was worse than useless. Found jeans, combats and black work trousers in H&M and two lovely tops all for £100. Of course H&M make clothes for giants so had to drag out the sewing machine when I got home. Mr Twelveyeargap is gutted. I think he really believed I'd be 4 months before I needed them. Better get used to it! The comfort is so good though. The work trousers are so plain, nobody seems to have noticed. Well, it's a US bank and it's all very PC here. Online courses on "respect for the individual" blah blah. The one bloke onthe desk that might brave saying "Crikey, you're piling it on! Are you up the duff?" is away so I'll escape for another week I think!

The boss's wife is pregnant (due Apr) so he's being lovely to me, which is great.

Nausea, well it's more like the sore stomach you get after a big night out wehre you think you might throw up later... I'm finding nibbling tiny bits of crystallised ginger is really helping. Might try lemon and ginger tea later as well.

How are we all doing? I've misssssed yoooooo!

Jonah,

Once you hit the third trimester you go every two weeks, until month 9 where you go once a week.
Yeah we do things weird here. Oh well. I had a wonderful epidural free birth with ds, so I'll just fight for another one. Here you're weird if you don't get one. It's hard for a lot of people to accept midwives here. I have a horror story, but I will not tell it, because I don't want to influence anyone's opinion of the birthing process in a negative way. I try to stay free of horror stories.

I am so excited because I have my scan in 3 days. I have also gained 8 pounds already. I need to stop the "I'm pregnant I can eat what I want diet".

Hello

Aprilmeadow, we went to Elveden Forest this time but went to Longleat in May. We didnt go into the pool this time as we spent most of the time in the hot tub instead, less noisy/crowded but i didnt think it looked as good as the longleat one. We are definately thinking of going again but which one we will return to im not sure, longleat is nearer but if we go with MIL again it would have to be Elveden as its flatter (shes has a bad knee so cant handle steep slopes). Ds2 woke up yesterday asking to go in the hot tub, poor boy hasnt adjusted to being back in our boring normal house yet!!

I have spent the last two days in a mad cleaning frenzy, ive boxed most of my kitchen up ready for the builders on Wednesday, thrown out anything i can replace easily, convinced dh that we need a new cooker and am now working on getting a new microwave, on top of that ive been trying to catch up on all the washing, as soon as i get near the bottom of the pile it seems to grow again then today ive blitzed the lounge. It is now officially a toy free zone, well least until after the midwife has been tomorrow

My boobs are still very sore but the nausea is definately a lot better. Im getting very weepy lately though much to the amusement of dh. I havent cried at X Factor (id never live it down if i did) but yesterday the hoover broke and i burst out crying, dh just sat there with a bemused look on his face. I also got teary watching a film the other night (it wasnt even sad)but luckily dh had fallen asleep so he missed that one.

I liked the 'polite' description of HV's, by the way. Im glad im not the only one on here who obviously isnt a big fan of them.

hello all! i have been away to a wedding and had lots of visitors here at my house before that so getting on the computer has been difficult. now that things are back to normal i hope to contribute a bit more often.
first of all, i feel so horrible for nicola. i hope she is getting the support and rest she needs right now.
mkg, i am in the us too, though on the other coast. when i had ds i ended up having an emergency c-section after being induced two weeks after my due date. it was hell, but in the end we are both happy and healthy. a home birth sounds like heaven. i envy all of you who have that choice. dh, ds and i are moving to australia in february so i need to research all of my options regarding midwife, hospital, vbac, etc. who knows what i might end up with this time. all i really care about is that i have a healthy little bundle to take home.
twelveyeargap, i totally feel the same way as you with the morning sickness thing. i keep telling my hubby that it feels like i drank way too much last night even though i didn't have a sip. i have only puked twice so far and felt a million times better afterward.
wasn't robbie williams in one of those bands? he is so good lookin.
good luck with the toe, mummy. hope you get lots of chocolate delivered to you while you have your feet up tonight.
my boy just turned one and is learning how to walk. his favorite handles for pulling himself up off of the floor are my boobs. ouch.
hope you are all feeling welland getting enough rest and food. we are almost into the second trimester. i am excited to tell my friends why i have been so boring lately.

Indeed Robbie was in a boyband - Take That!!

Jonah - did you see my room back in all its glory - LOL Covered in Take That (approx 85%), Boyzone and other cheesey groups made up the rest!! I had two bedrooms to cover - parents divorced - so i had loads of posters. One of my friends had her room covered floor to ceiling, the ceiling was also covered, as were the doors and wardrobes - she definately won in the obsessed fan dept!