Due in November - Part 6 - The Ring of Fire is approaching !

[FoghornLeghorn]

Here you go girls - somewhere new you for us to discuss our burning bits

ExpatSarah posted on the old thread not sure if she's made it over here or not so posting her message her for her.

Goodness, I can't believe how long it's taken me to catch up!

Sympathy to all of you having a rough time of it. I seem to have found a second wind, and am not nearly as tired at the end of my working day as I was even a few weeks ago! Perhaps it's something to do with a nesting-type instinct? Because I work so much, I'm using up all my nesting energy at the office? Ah well, I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts.
I've got 5 1/2 weeks till I start my maternity leave (7 weeks till LO is due), and my boss is starting to freak out about my training someone to take over for me, lest I go early.
On top of that, nursery is nowhere near complete. The only things we've bought for LO are car-seat and pram. No cot, no bath, nothing else. I'm starting to wonder if dh has turned completely stupid when it comes to counting down.
Sorry, too long by far here...and too much moaning

Hi all,

You've all made me laugh tonight - even the ring of fire discussion. Thanks - really needed it, - not been that great either lately and DH out of the country so been feeling sorry for myself!

Bethbe

hi all... i'm back!!!!

have had a fantastic couple of days a my mummy's!

went round to best friends on sunday... funny you lot talking about the ring of fire (fab title btw foghorn) she was my birthing partner with ds and we were discussing this very thing!! lebe, take note, i have absolutely no memory whatsoever of this bit! i thought i did quite well, calm... apparently not, she looked at me as if i was deranged when i said this and proceeded to inform me of what i actually was like.. apparently a lot of screaming involved.. and i was not a pretty colour (maybe it's a good thing i can't remember)!

spent a lot of time with my nephew aswell.. he's so lovely, 10 months old now... the scary thing is he looks exactly like my ds!! mum and i went to mothercare with the 2 boys, it kept us so amused that everyone thought they were brothers!! what did i look like pushing around a 19month old, a 10 month old and with a big fat pg belly on me! if i had seen someone else doing that i would have suggested contraception!! no offence to anyone who has done this, but my god it was hard work!!

yesterday i had all my hair cut off, so i have a lovely new 'do' all the blonde highlights i had done have been chopped away so i'm all natural for the 1st time since i can't remember!!

bought all the bits i needed for hospital bag so i'm ready to pack - only i have a few more trips away planned in the next few weeks so idon't know when it will actually get packed as i need the bags, but at least i have the ingredients now (except nappies - note to self)

dp was a busy boy, he stripped the spare room whilst we were away, so it's all ready to be decorated... even though it's to remain a spare/guest room, new baby's going in with ds regardless of flavour!!

nj, i was a smoker and i'm finding it really hard on occasions! i gave up with ds the day after discovering i was pg! but i restarted again the day i gave birth, before i even knew i was in labour because of high stress levels! this time i find it more of a struugle, particularly when i'm out with friends who smoke, i always end up stealing a puff!! i was only smoking 2-3 a day before this pg anyway, i can't smoke at work and i won't smoke with ds around only when he's sleeping! but it's been difficult, particularly when i want a reason to go hide somewhere when i'm getting all stressed!!

this is turning into an epic post, but dp is watching footie and i've been suffering withdrawal symptoms from mn!!!

gonna go now before i start moaning about aches and pains... xx

thought I'd add the last list of statistics to the new thread - think I've got it right. My baby seems to like lying in the most awkward places at the moment - sometimes it really hurts!. Anyhow - good luck all - speak to you again soon.

LA

CattyB due 27th Oct #4 has DS1, DS2, DS3, having a baby, Spott, East Lothian. Prediction 9lb 14oz born on 5th Nov
Youngmum21 due 29th Oct #1
Mummy2Toby due 30th Oct #2 has DS having a girl - Romford, Essex
Tinasan due 31st Oct #1 having a girl
Dpind due 1 november #2
MeAndMyBoy due 2 Nov #2 has DS (3) 3rd scan 19/08 flavour not known. Warwickshire
Chubley due #3 on 3 November flavour unknown, DS (3) DD (16 months). West Yorkshire
Berthablatherwick due 4 Nov #2 Has DS 22m Flavour not known
TwoCatsOnTheBed due 4 Nov #1 Missed M/c last year
Eeyoreuk due 4th Nov #1 Leicester
Camgirl due 4th Nov #1
Debz99 due 5th Nov #1 having a boy
PinkMagic1 due 5 Nov #2 has DS, having a girl
Zink due 5 Nov #1
Delia due 5 Nov #1 flavour not known. Birmingham.
HopingCat due 6 Nov #1 flavour not known, Preston Lancs. Prediction born 4th Nov, 7lb 12oz
Lebe due 6th Nov #1 having a boy
AussieInLondon due 6 Nov #2 has DD
Emom due 7th Nov #1
Novis due 7th Nov #1
Rarrie due 7th Nov #2 has DD
AwayFromHome due 9 Nov #2 has DD
Spinach due 10th Nov (but will have cs weeek earlier) #2 has DD, having a girl
Staceym11 due 11th Nov #2 has dd 16mth, having a boy Surrey
Velcrobott due 11th Nov #3 has DS and DD
Mower due 11 Nov #2 has DS having a boy
Jamcrumpet due 12 Nov #1
Mygirllolipop due 13 Nov #4 (a girl) has DD1 (7), DD2 (5), DD3 (1) homebirth, wed aniv. 12/7. Shropshire/north east
Tamula due 14 Nov #2, a girl, has DD (age 13.5mths)
Kif due 15th Nov #2 has DD aged 2, having a boy
Sighkotika, due 17 nov #1 having a boy.
Fatbetty due 18th Nov #3 has DS1 & DS2 (age 3 and 21 months)
Podglet due 18th November #1, m/c Nov 05, flavour not known, Colchester - Essex. Prediction born
20th Nov 9lb 4oz
Kaybee7777 due 19th November #1 having a boy
Flowers1 due 19th November
Bethbe due 19th November #1 unknown, h/b 140, prediction: 2nd Dec @ 8lb 12oz, Herts/London
Joules1234 due 20th November
Foghornleghorn due 21st November has DD aged 23 months
CharleeSunnysunsun due 21st November #2 has DS 22 aged months, scan says having a boy
Littlemermaid due 22nd Nov #2 has DS
Hattie 05 due 22 Nov #2, a girl, have dd aged 3
Harrogatemum due 24 Nov #3, has DTs aged 18 months. Harrogate (!)
Frangosa due 24 Nov #2, has DD aged 18 months
Calsworld due 24 Nov #1
saralou100 due 24 Nov #2 has ds 17months flavour unknown Bournemouth, dorset.. predicts born on 30th weighing 8lb 4oz
NatalieJane due 25 Nov #2 has DS age 4, Accrington, having a boy. Predicting: D.O.B. 2nd December, weighing 8lb 9oz.
MommyUpNorth due 25 Nov #4 has DD (5), DS (3), DS (1)
amyjade due 30 November #3 Have 2 Dds. Having elective C section at 38 weeks(Flavour unknown)
LadyAnne1sttimemum due 27 November #1 flavour not known, Plymouth, Devon prediction - baby born early and very long in length.
Debbsy 1st time mum due 27th Nov a boy. Staffordshire

Evening everyone - we are a moany lot aren't we - but we may aswell make the most of thinking of ourselves now while we still can
LeBe - try not to panic about the ring of fire - I have already got a ds and to be honest I can't really remember that much about it (otherwise I don't think I would do it again)
Stacey - I am glad that everything is okay with you, you had me worried (and excited for a bit)
Well - I had a midwife appt on Monday but she wasn't there so I saw a doctor instead! He was far more thorough and seemed really excited - he said oooh that's great I can even feel arms and legs But he said that everything was fine - I mentioned that everybody is saying that I look small for dates and he actually measured my tummy (1st time I have been measured) and I am measuring 34 weeks (I am 35+3) so not too far out anyway, will try to catch up properly tomorrow cos I am going to try to get some sleep now - night night all

well you ladies chat sooooo much lol
thanks for new thread fhlh
Well i must be nesting did a monstr food shop last night then cooked a lovley meal,this morning up at half 5 wanting jam nad toast then proceeded to put washer on hang washing out (in the dark)put dish washer on then put dishes away clean everything in sight .... now just getting ready to go to work in wigan this morn back later xx

OMG what have I started, sorry to bring it back for some of you!!!! Thanks for the new thread FHLH !

Went to midwife yesterday and told her about the spotting and mild period pains, she looked a little concerned and was going to ring the labour ward and ask them if I should come in for a swab. Said I had not had anything else since and felt ok, she did my obs and listened to LO's heart rate and decided she would not call them ! Said if it happens again to call the labour ward immediately and get their advice as they may want me to come in for a once over. Phew !

Anyway baby is fine he is in the correct position although head not engaged at all, asked if this is normal as I have seen some posts on here about baby being 2/5 or 3/5 she said it was "you have another 6 weeks yet" was her response I said that may seem like forever to you but to me .... I'm measuring 36 and am 34+3 so not too bad even though she seemed quite concerned about that too ! (Not seen this MW before) think she is just the cautious type ! LO heart rate is 148 not sure if thats "normal" lol

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I'm worried and I know some of you can help me. I was given iron tablets by midwife 2 weeks ago, 200mg, and was told to take 2 per day. When I went for repeat prescription the surgery didn't have the details on my records so asked me what strength I was taking and how many. They then gave me more tablets but the bottle says in big letters that only one should be taken each day. The strength is still 200mg though. So how many am I meant to take? I know that too much iron is a really bad thing (the directions tell me overdoses can be very bad) but don't want to take too few either. Is it a mistake at the suregery? Is it possible that the tablets are double strength so I should only have 1 a day?

I'm having a stressy day today, and LO isn't moving much which is unusual, so that's worrying me too.

Mygirl, you're not far off 7..... LOL

I had a crappy night again last night, but not quite as bad as the night before, I have realised whats waking me up though, it is when I move, if I try to move one leg and then the other it hurts like hell, whereas if I sort of roll using my arms (what a mental picture!!) it does still hurt but no where near as bad. The problem is trying to remember to move using my arms more than my legs when I am asleep! And I only woke up twice to go to the loo, but by this morning when I woke up I was absolutely bursting!! I don't think I have moved so quickly in the morning for at least 2 or 3 months!!

About the smoking, I had been smoking for about 5 years and didn't have another after I got the BFP with DS, then when he was about 18 months old I started again not many just a few a day, then on the 3rd of January this year I decided to give up during the week and just have some on a Saturday night, which I did up until I got the BFP with this one, and I haven't had one since, but I do miss it. I don't think that even after a good few years of smoking that I am 'addicted' it has never bothered me to give up, and I have found the habit of having that 5 minute time out was harder to break than anything else. I don't think I will ever go back to smoking full time, but I will definatly go back to having a few on a Saturday night. Does that make me a bad person? I smoke because I enjoy it, not because I have to?

HC, give the surgery a quick ring, someone should be able to tell you, it is no good us lot guessing, although I would guess that if you were told to take 2x200mg a day, then that is what you should take, but as I said, it isn't really something you should guess at. Don't worry about it, I am sure you will have an answer by the end of today, and even if you didn't take the full ammount for one day, it wouldn't cause any problem.

About LO not moving as much, it is quite normal at this late stage, they just run out of room. If you are worried though mention it to the M/W when you ring about the iron.

Morning all
I have read through all your post but what with pg brain and actually needing to do work im not going to reply to all. Had a better nights sleep although about 3 i woke up and started making mental lists of what to do and even thinking about xmas presents!!! Was late for work again, due to traffic today not me but im sure everyone is thinkinhg im doing cos its my last week, omg cant believe im leaving tom and im not coming back im really quite sad now its here!
Anyway best do some work for a change hope everyone has a good day! xx

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I've found the new thread, hurah! :-)

Just wondered if anyone has used Hypnobirthing in previous births, or know anyone that has. I've started reading up on it, and I've gotta say if it does what it says on the tin, I'd much rather that than the horror stories I've been hearing lately!

morning all.
Does anyone have any spare energy they want to send my way . feel completley washed out the last couple of days and have done nothing. Feel bad about this.
Have just tried to put my stuff into my hospital bag and it won't fit, think i'm going to have to break it down into 2 bags like some of you have done, i'm sure there did'nt look like there was that much on the bed and i've cut it down some since going to 1st parent class on tue!

morning everyone, sorry i scared (and excited) some of you. we still here, with hiccups constantly!!!

have been on the phone all morning sorting out all the direct debits from one of my accounts to another so that they come out of the one with the overdraft!! then wont have to worry so much about more charges, bloody things!

hope all ok, i feel alright today, dont have loads of energy but have enough to do what needs doing (washing up, washing, cleaning bathroom etc.)

Hi all,

Am with you all on the washed out front - feel like absolute pants atm - hopefully it'll pass soon as tomorrow it my last day at work HORARRRR!!!!

Inland Revenue have now sorted out our child tax credit so now i can send off my sure start form, fingers crossed it comes back as a yes - the money would certainly be handy. Always worth a try, the worst they can do is say no.

I tried to pack my hospital bag last night and gave uo after a few mins, it was no way going to fit. Am going to get a bigger bag tonight and then try again.
Still really concerned about the size of the baby etc but trying to put it to the back of my mid til we have scan

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yes my girl, you'll have less time once this ones born! lol (like you've got spare time now!)

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Hello! Only just found you guys but due Nov 16 so looks like this is where it's at. Enjoyed your recent threads but bet i've missed loads of good stuff. Sounds like at the moment it's new weird ailments occuring, sleep problems and giving up work. For me new weird rashes on legs and belly, bizarro dreams, and 3 weeks to go today!!

Thinking about what i need for hospital bag. I've got all the lists of essentials for the mum & bub but wonder if there is anything those that have done it before can recommend? Little luxuries that make a difference. Heard lip balm is a must, all the panting maybe??....

schmijaz, surely you cant be 3 weeks to go? iv got 6 weeks to go and im due 13th nov.

why doesnt dh want you to internet bank mygirl?? its so much easier (unless on wireless connection then i wouldnt touch it with a barge poll!

Sorry no I meant 3 more weeks at work! 7 weeks to 'GO'.

oh i see, was just checking my maths thinking 'i cant be that close! lol'

Welcome Schmizaj

Ive been told now that all the back and period type pains are probably lo burrowing deeper, so feel a bit better now if its for a good cause its not so bad is it?

FHLH - My last day tom aswell, ive just found out they have got me a present and stuff, im so chuffed and i have to bring in the cakes tom so could be a fattening day! I couldnt wait for it to come, and i wouldnt stay on if asked but i am really sad now its here, do you feel the same?
Delia - sorry not enough energy for myself let alone any to spare! x