December- The Final Countdown!!!!

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HI Guys, I am still confused, so please join me on this one.

Blimey, what is it with December babies and transverse lies? So much for babycentre's 'most babies are head down by now' - ha

Also interesting to see length of torso not relevent: I'm small, so sort of wondered if baby was feeling she had more space that way around - clearly not!

Eli, my uterus is heart-shaped (bicornuate) which explains my breech/transverse. I also have short torso, so maybe it would be like that anyway. Who knows, all I do know, is that since I've come back on-line I've got heartburn again!

Poor you Maroon, if it's not one tis other! I am one of the low bp people. DH says we should have a good barney every morning to get my bp up a bit. That's more advice than the hospital/gp gave me!!

Really? Me too - though only slightly. That explains it then. Did your other LOs turn eventually, or did you have sections with both?

Wish my dh would suggest a daily barney, he tends to avoid them whenever possible and I run after the poor man longing for one

They tried to turn DS but he was stuck in breech because of the fundus so I had a c-section. DD was transverse and they knew they wouldn't be able to turn her from DS so another c-section. This time it's a c-section all they way unfortunately. VB is out of the question with no.3.

Another heart shaped uterus here. At my 4D scan he said he thought lo was mostly head down, but it really doesn't feel like it. OB said he is still changing around quite a lot. Really doesn't matter though as it's a section anyway. I just hope he doesn't decide to stick his head between my ribs for the last 6 weeks like ds. We had to do lots of positioning therapy to get it looking normal.

Not sleeping well here either. I think lo got right on my bladder a couple of nights ago. Seemed like I got up about 20 times to go pee "Only" about 5 trips last night...

Maroon - good news about your mum!

I was in Hosp 2 weeks ago with BP 140/110, they wasnted to keep me in but all tests showed no sign of pre-eclampsia and I discharged myself so's not to miss DD's b'day. Spoke to fav midwife about it and she said the doc on the labour ward that day is useless, and she had actually told her to leave her lady alone and go do a vaginal exam on someone else! I love my midwaife. I refuse to open my legs unless she;s the one supervising!

About the Peter Jones thing - are they like John Lewis? We dont have anything called that here - is it a London shop? I never put DD in a creche for exactly that reason - you never know what might happen. Yet when I told my counsellor about those fears she said I was being irrational - perhaps I should post her that awful story!

Well decided to try and do something nice with just me and DD after school today, she has been wanting to wrap something up for baby from her, having seen me do all the Xmas wrapping over the last few weeks, and I had said we could go shopping and she could choose a Xmas present for bump from her, herself.

Decided to trek (well 20 min drive) to Mothercare World so we would have some choice, was there all of 10 min (store was really, really hot) and I tried to faint luckily we were in the crib section and they had a rocking chair handy for me to collapse into.

Wonderful staff didn't even notice and was trying to persuade DD that she could go ask the nice lady to help mummy (before I passed out), when a shopper stopped and asked if I was ok, was all really scary, mainly because I was on my own with DD and was worried about her safety and how upset she would be.

2 cups of water and a 20min sit down and I felt able to leave and come home, but what a disaster and I do feel like a prat for going out, when I am obviously not over this virus thing.

Poor DD, my idea of a treat went horribly wrong

Won't be going out again with her on my own without DH handy again!!

Well I have had a frustrating day, blooming Spanish logic! Turned up for my 32 week appointment which was at 1.20 at 2 o'clock i am still sitting there so I go and find out what's happening. The midwife said why didn't you say something before. I said because i was waiting for my name to be called as usual.

She said but oh it's Friday! I look puzzled. She said that you have to come half an hour early on a friday because the Dr leaves early. So basically the dr had left before I arrived. Where is the logic? Why not just give me an appointment for half an hour earlier? I was the last appointment! Does everyone know this?

Anyway i have to go back on Tuesday, god knows what happens on a Tuesday! Perhaps i have to get there an hour after I have an appointment.

Sorry to rant!

Poor you WB-

I fainted earlier on in the pregnancy in Sainsbury's and I had DD with me too. It was very scary,and NOBODY asked if I was okay!!! It really is terrible. I passed out at the tills too, and the cashier just carried on serving other people...looked at me a bit oddly though. I went and sat in the chair in front of her till,and blacked out..trying not too fall out of the chair....it was horrible! I fully sympathise! I hope you feel better now, maybe a milo???

Poor you WB-

I fainted earlier on in the pregnancy in Sainsbury's and I had DD with me too. It was very scary,and NOBODY asked if I was okay!!! It really is terrible. I passed out at the tills too, and the cashier just carried on serving other people...looked at me a bit oddly though. I went and sat in the chair in front of her till,and blacked out..trying not too fall out of the chair....it was horrible! I fully sympathise! I hope you feel better now, maybe a milo???

Do you all feel so full when you get up in the night to wee. I mean so full you have to literally hold your tummy so you don't feel like you're going to explode on the way there or back to bed!?

In reverse order....

CR, yes, I do - not every time, but quite often. And seeing as I pee at least 3 or 4 times per night at the moment, thats enough. I sometimes feel like that during the day as well - esp. today and last night, when I've suddenly started having noticeable Braxton Hicks.

Lucy, my BF lived in Madrid for a couple of years and was constantly reporting similar stories where medical services were concerned! She said the care was basically good, but some of the receptionists/nurses were totally frustrating and stubborn, and the systems utterly illogical Sounds very frustrating...

WB, poor you...and how awful that the staff didn't do anything. I know how scary it is to feel unwell whilst in sole charge of small person, quite upsetting esp. when no one seems to notice or care. Thank goodness for passer by.

Hmm, also..I guess if you feel that crap after the virus thingy you had, I can put down some of the crappiness I feel to my own virus thingy...definitely starting another cold here, cough is back with a vengeance.
Am supposed to go and see Billy Elliot (musical) tomorrow with dh and neice, sort of final treat outing pre-bump arrival....hope I can last that long (piles, dizziness, cough etc) not sure I can, but am going to do my utmost, been looking forward to it for ages!

60 messages and still October - are we going to call the next thread the REALLY TRULY FINAL COUNTDOWN?
Can't believe no-one asks how you are when you faint in a public place fgs, how appalling. Nor the illogic of knowing you should turn up half an hour earlier because it's Friday!!!!
Am on short fuse today, staying away from dp in case we argue AGAIN (3 times since Mon), just my hormones kicking in. I alternately wanted to hug ds to pieces and scream at him this afternoon, feel like complete psycho. A spot of shopping seems in order tomorrow, I think, surely that will solve all ills? I don't care what's in the garage, I am buying something for this baby, something cute, something fleecy and preferably NOT blue.

Maybe the next thread (yes there will surely be one) should be called The Final Milo. Or Shop Till They Drop.

Great names for the new threads!There's no doubt in my mind that we will be able to use both. Less than 2 days, we are on 60 odd messages! Man!,we are GOOD!

Sleep tight all, x

hi all, just popping in for a break as I should be packing boxes up right now. we move 2wks yesterday and I cannot wait till its all over. Its started to get to me over the past few days and made me feel really a bit depressed and irritable over just about everything.
My mum says its just I am getting overwhelmed by the whole thing at the moment which is probably true. Meeting her for a much needed afternoon away from it all later. Does anyone else feel they get really stressed with their other children or partner? I know I am not the easiest person to be around right now.

I cannot wait to be in our new house and be able to get things ready for the baby.

maroon35, hope it all works our for you, good news about your mum.

Carameli, in your shoes, I would be a nightmare - moving is bad enough without being very pregnant! As it is, I get irritable more easily than usual, and when I'm particularly tired, or anxious, I have to work hard not to be horrid. Especially with dh.

HTH....and good luck with the packing, enjoy your afternoon off

Yes it's hard Carmelli. Just don't overdo it. Easy said but as you know I overdid it a bit and am still suffering. 11.30am and I feel completely zonked ...

It is lovely when you have moved though. I am leaving the baby's room to the end (only study and kitchen to get through if dh EVER puts the cupboards up) as that is going to be my favourite bit! I keep going in there and imagining the little chap/chapette gurgling away in his/her cot

Strangely for me Carmelli, my DCs & DH are the only people who don't stress me out at the moment. I feel all loving towards them - most odd

carameli, I have been v v v irritable & snappy, I just feel cross with the world & I'm certainly not moving in 2 weeks! i did go shopping this morning, bought few things for ds1 & ds22be, but somehow don't feel any better. Have just come back to pile of chores to sort out as well. Grrrrrr.

hi all , thanks for your messages, had a lovely afternoon out with my mum went to a lovely coffee shop and gossiped away about the world. She is great at times like this. We then went around the shops and down to the River for a drink and sit out in the lovely afternoon sun. It was just what I needed. Dh and dd have gone to see his mum and then pop to see his sister so I still have the house to myself here. Going to put my feet up and have a sticky toffee pudding while reading a lovely magazine.

just trying to focus on things after the next two weeks

Castles-What a horrible creche story,but don't feel bad about sharing. We need to know about these things!
Lucy-can't believe the "but it's Friday" logic.
Carameli-Make sure you take plenty of rests!!

I'm being a snappy cow,but when I'm biting DH's head off I think I'm in the right at the time. Most
I think Bean is head down, but like you,AQ,I still can't tell even on No2! My next MW appointment is four weeks away so by then Bean will can prob stuck himself in whatever position he'll stay in so I'm hoping he's heading south!

Had a session with a photographer today to do some maternity shots.Freebies! She wanted some pg people for her portfolio.(She found me on MN!) Looking forward to seeing the results!

I've got my baby stuff sorted now(Bar a pack of newbie nappies!) I've been very laid back about the ammount of stuff I need this time(partly because I bought so much last time and partly because the house situation is so weird here, I can't get too obsessed with details.(Like I did with DS1)

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. I'm going to try not to post six messages in a row and make the thread too long after one week.

I'm being snappy too and very weepy.

I still haven't bought a thing I'm really going to have to get my arse in gear. If this baby is early I'm going to be stumped. I think i'm overwhelmed with xmas and dd's birthday, i haven't done anything for them either. I''m in denial, hahahaha

What does the D stand for in Ds.Dd.Dp,Dh etc? I ahve wondered for a few years now!!!

Darling, I believe or DAMN depending on the hormones!

I havn't a sodding thing done for xmas and it's only cos it was last month that DS's birthday was sorted. DH's birthday is in two weeks. AAAAGGGGHHH!