April 2015 Thread 11: The finish line is in sight as we get closer to maternity leave and our babies!

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Old thread getting full xx

Wow already 76 posts into thread.. 11?! I can't believe it! Time has flown by so far.

Squatting- hoping everything goes ok, please do let us know if you get time. 2 trips for me so far (well on one occasion it was a Sunday and the midwife was in the area so actually managed to come out to me). Both times were thankfully absolutely fine and baby just decided to give us a little scare! Either that or it was just my mind working overtime.
It's so nice to get the reassurance that you need though.

Just marking my place...thread 11...just wow!

Glad you got checked and all seems ok moomin and good luck Squatting I'm sure bump will start a womb rave as soon as you get there!

30 weeks today - somehow feels good to be in the 30 plus week crew! Can't believe I only have 10 weeks left until due date am due off work from 38 weeks...hope the next 8 weeks go quickly!

We have a completion date for our house move by the way (yay) the 31st March... bit tight as there are a couple of things we wanted to do before moving in but nothing major so hopefully we can be in by the time I go on maternity....

Hope all is ok squatting! And moomin - phew! It did all sound rather worrying.

Super aunt and super uncle have gone. They arrived to dirty hovel. They have left and I have a grouted downstairs toilet (I had only managed half of it so far), with a cleaned kitchen, dining room and cloakroom floor - swept and mopped - a vacuumed living room, an almost tidy but definitely cleaned kitchen, and a happy dd.

Lucky me! And I managed to get a wash done. Off to do another. After sorting dd's nappy who is busy making huge efforts in the living room

Got to the post office with dd this morning too so glad that is done at last. And today she napped... She was knackered poor thing!!!

31+6

yus min this time round I've planned life around being induced at 37 weeks so if 'm not induced and then I go over it's going to suck, but I do at least know that we'll have everything we need on time, and half the baby stuff won't be half way across the country this time if they do need to induce me early (and I'm pretty much ready in case they find something awful on Thursday even though I was told the chances of them inducing me at 32 weeks are very slim)

hope everything's ok squatting

sounds super productive daholster

DD is napping for the second day in a row O.o but she's doing so in my spot on the sofa so I can't take this opportunity to nap myself :( I'm having a hungry day today, worst time for it to dawn on me that in the shop I had delivered yesterday there was absolutely no bloody lunch food! could kill for a jacket potato with cottage cheese and beans and grated cheese and coleslaw!

Oh now dd is bored. Argh!!! It's too late to take her out on her bike and I can't bear messying up all the clean bits before dh gets home with cooking or playdoh. Could try some drawing I suppose. She is just bored of me and my company I think! But craving attention so being naughty climbing up things on purpose... sigh

Daholster you have just reminded me I need to go and send FiL their version of our wedding album. Had it since the new year and just haven't had time to get in a post office to pack it and send it.

Oh dear. Sentences you thought you'd never write to your new in-coming manager - "I'm sorry I won't be able to make that after work event, both because it's on a Tuesday, and because I have a conflicting antenatal class".

Never mind. He has got children, even if they are all in their twenties, so at least he'll remember that this sort of thing happens...

Am I the only one who's actually wanting to dtd?

Very very very rarely ebwy!

Eating dinner alone... Even dd got fed up with my risotto and has buggered off!!! And dh is still in the office. We need to sort this work life balance out - both of us

I'm more the opposite of that, daholster !

which was a problem with my ex, as he wouldn't when I was pregnant. Fortunately, my fiance finds me more attractive than ever, so he's happy.

(I worry about the six or so weeks after I hatch this baby when we're forced into abstinence!)

I am annoyed he's at work, but with his work, not at him. He works way over his hours. It's expected of them. We often talk about him switching jobs but his sort of job is the same everywhere and if he did a slightly different job but better hours he would probably halve his pay.

But I hate it when it's like this. He's at work late, then he is stressed and sometimes working when he is home and it makes me annoyed, he's upset! and it's just a bit pants. But he doesn't feel he has a choice.

And at the moment I'm easily knackered, tired and sleepy and I just want him home not only cos I love him but of course for all the parenting help I can get!!!

Car is still not back from the garage so relying on lifts again for work tomorrow which is frustrating... It's harder to stay and get everything finished. In fact, I can hardly get there early enough, grr!!!

Bundle of joy again

And WOW my feet ache!!!

I def don't want to DTD- once in the whole pregnancy! DH is a patient man- he touches me and I flinch due to back pain and sciatica.

ebwy it's better than last time for dh! I had zero drive at all last time! Must be this little one's testosterone reviving a little of some tiny flame somewhere...

daholster and loads of sympathy - both DH and I have jobs with long hours, which in my case often turns into working at home in the evenings (especially on days when I'm working at home anyway). While this means we both understand that the other has the sort of work that requires that sort of input, it does also mean we're a bit slack on letting it happen - and I'm very aware that we won't be able to keep that up when we have a baby on the scene, who won't take a calm and rational view of the situation and will have very different views on what counts as a priority! In a way it's going to be good for us both, but in others it's going to be a massive culture shock.

Ooh, meant to say I had my appointment with the dental hygienist today - very weird to be lying back in a dental chair with the baby squirming away and the hygienist chipping away at my teeth!

Good news Squatting, and nice for you to have another scan without much worry.

I haven't felt like DTD much this pregnancy but we've been managing once a week. DH would prefer it more often but gets why I don't feel up for it.

Pleased you got checked out moomin pleased things are ok. And you too squatting. I have just given bump a poke in the bum to get some more movement which has worked well - I won't be doing that when baby has arrived though!!

daholster must be horrible with both of you working silly hours. I'm so pleased that although my hours and unpredictable at times, DH works essentially 9-5 so at least he is there when I get home. We decided recently that although he would like a slightly different better paid job that whilst I was still working full time silly hours it wasn't worth the sacrifice of not seeing each other. Hoping it might be better when I go part time after mat leave and he can then look around again for new jobs.

Ebwy don't worry - you are just lucky that you still want to DTD! Thankfully an understanding DH here too as I'm so uncomfortable it's just not really happening.

Just taken my shoes off when I got in from work about half an hour ago... My feet appear to have turned into puddings!! Look hilarious. Need to get them up on the sofa!

Thanks guys. Dh has just got home and said he has work to do, is double booked for tomorrow and is to be in Edinburgh from next week until his paternity leave... We live in Hampshire

He's told them he won't be going there as long as that - he wants to work from home towards the end of the project (which basically finishes at his pat leave) but I am now terrified. And so sad. And so exhausted, wtf am I going to do???? In laws will really be leant upon, especially when I do out of hours. Our poor dd. I'm sure she'll be ok, but its panning out rather shit and all getting scarily close. And whenare we going to get the house finished?!!! I can't believe it!

Must dry the years and straighten my face and go and help get dd out of the bath.

Sorry guys

Aw daholster that really really sucks.
Will he be home weekends? Not that it helps you the rest of the time. I'm sure your family will understand you will need some extra help, even if it's something simple like taking DD for a couple of hours so you can sleep. Feel free to vent as much as you need to!

Aww daholster, sorry to hear about your DH. I hope that things are easier when it happens and that family and friends can help!

Ebwy I think it's very sweet that you're worried about not DTD in the six weeks after your baby is born! I think I can pretty much guarantee nothing being further from my mind.

Oh daholster sorry about your DH's work. It sounds pants quite frankly. How long has he been there - is he due a bit of goodwill and understanding with a second baby on the way? Is there someone - a sympathetic boss or HR someone - he can speak to?

Good news Squatting.

Annia - my dental hygienist appt in v v v early pregnancy was what alerted me to possibility of being upduffed. Normally I have a couple of tender spots but that time there was blood everywhere! She gave me a lecture for not flossing - fair cop - but actually not the reason for the crimson tides! Fortunately have gone back to normal since then.