Due in Jan 07 part 5: Ladygarden reaching your knees? Welcome to the 3rd trimester!

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If you could actually see it, that is!

laughalot, ds (17m) has picked up that we call him monkey when he does something he shouldn't, so now he believes he can do whatever he wants, but he just does it while saying "monkey!" as if that excuses it. It's amazing how long the terrible twos last (like from about 12m to oooh about 18yrs!!).

Dragonhart, i know exactly how you feel!!

My whole house is covered in plaster dust at the moment, and I'm terrified that this baby'll decide to pop out early when we're still in a state.

it's so frustrating for me as i can't do a lot to help as I get shouted at to go and put my feet up if I pick up a paintbrush.

Hi everyone well I though I was going to beat magnolia and be the 1st to have the baby on this thread as ended up in hospital yesterday! Hadnt felt well all weekend sickness bug thing then yesterday morning felt ok so sent dh to work was getting dd ready and doing breakfast felt a bit clammy and hard to breathe next thing I remember is that I am on the kitchen floor with dd pouring frosties on me asking where breakfast was! Phoned my mum and dh he came home from work mum picked dd up and we went to hospital was in from 8am till 4pm they were talking about doing section as baby was in distress when we got there and her heartrate as going beween 100 and 170! but after 3 hours some oxygen and several blood tests all seemed to calm down. Really didnt want to stay so they have let me home on the warning that if i dont rest it will happen again. DH off work today and mum helping tomorrow but its not always easy to rest with a toddler in tow. Now under hospital care and got to go at least fortnightly but probably be weekly till my section date aaargh what a nightmare just really glad done my xmas shopping one less thing to worry about!

for goodness sakes, that's just attention-seeking now!! to be perfectly honest, if someone said to me yesterday "we're going to have to do a c-section and get this baby out now" i might have cheered. carpal tunnel making my life a misery at the moment.

glad to hear you're ok elliep, let us know how it goes. xxx

Even my knees are swollen now the head was 1/5 engaged already by week 34, and am now staggering around painfully and slowly. Feels like it's trying to fight its way out 24 hours a day. Anyway ... lots of sympathy to those facing hospital visits/sections - that would be a lot more difficult right now. Hang in there ladies, and we're all thinking of you.

Probably heading towards time to pack the hospital bag - how many vests and babygrows do you think I need? They only let you stay one night afterwards if nothing's wrong, so we're only talking a stay of 36 hours or so probably. I can't believe that my hospital doesn't even provide cellular blankets for the babies' cots, or cotton wool to wash their faces. My bag's going to be enormous.

Sorry to hear of the problems some of you are having. It's a good job we'll all be sorted (health wise)once our babies are born! God I hope so anyway

Our hospital provides nothing too - we have to take our own blankets/sheets for the fish tank and all the nappies/toiletries etc. I suppose it saves them money and time?

I'm back at work on Friday (been off for just over 6 weeks - a combination of annual leave and sick leave) which I'm half looking forward to now - it's nice been able to rest so much but I'm bored now! At least when I leave properly for Mat Leave (19th Dec) I'll be busy with Xmas stuff.

Loubie xx
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Elliepmummmy - what a clever daughter to know that frosties on Mummy's head would bring you round. She would have tried the milk next!

Joking aside - it's not ideal to be passing out, particulary when you're home alone with your dd. I hope you get the opportunity to rest as much as possible -beg, borrow and steal help from any direction!! Hang on in there and hopefully things will calm down.

It's a new one on me - hospitals not providing sheets and cellular blankets!! It's probably because so many get snaffled by parents/visitors. Yes it's hard to believe how much stuff goes missing - even toys! When my son was having treatment in Great Ormond Street, they used to provide nappies. They had to stop parents being able to help themselves...parents visiting the daycare unit would come on to the ward and nick loads. I also found parents/visitors nicking food from my basket in the fridge - labelled with my son's name and room number!!!! By the way - this was on the oncology ward - it had the most wonderful facilties and atmosphere - I just could n't believe that anyone would behave like that. Luckily most parents were wonderful.

Having started to post in the Jan 07 club, it's probably time to tell you all that my ds died in June, 2 years after he was diagnosed with cancer. He was an amazing, gorgeous little boy and nearly 3 and a half when he died.

I have been in contact with Amyjade on MN, she lost her little girl whilst pregnant as well. I was around 7 weeks pregnant when he died. I only just told my pregnancy yoga class last week. It's probably why I'm a bit too sensitive to public comments about my huge bump - I feel very wobbly at the moment and prone to tears at the smallest thing. Normal London behaviour is bringing tears to my eyes on regular occasions!

Please don't feel you have to say stuff - it's tragic, it's horrible but dh and I are surviving and I still have a sense of humour. Don't make me a social outcast on MN please!!

Thats so sad Gallum, hope you have lots of family support, it makes all the difference. Not sure if it would be harder or easier being pregnant but sending you and your family lots of love. xxx

Right I think that some of you are taking this race to be 'first' on the Jan 07 thread too seriously. . Seriously hope you are ok Ellie and that you find lots of people to come and help.

galmum - i don't think you need to worry about being a social outcast, certainly not on here. mad to think of people nicking nappies off a hospital ward though. not sure what our hospital provides, but think there are sheets and stuff in the incubators. i thought that the bounty packs had nappies in...or perhaps i'm getting a bit obsessed with the bounty packs.... xxx

Urban, dont get your hopes up too high for the bounty pack. I got one free nappy last time, afew tiny tubes of nappy cream, some toothpaste and afew other bits and pieces and vouchers. Lots of leaflets and adverts. Not very exciting!

Laughalot is 28 today and I feel loads better than I did except my body feels like im 108 .

Ellie is trying to steal the limelight off mags no hope you are better ell remember to rest even though is hard wih a toddler.

Gal reading your story has made me think about what I posted yesterday and I should be very gratefull for what I have so thankyou for such a touching story.

Galmum I can't imagine what you went through but its lovely to have you with us and your baby will be very lucky to have his/hers older brother watching over him/her.

My hospital doesnt provide anything, have to take blankets, bottles, formula, nappies etc and UD last time didnt get my bounty pack till I went home!!Feeling loads better had a sleep this morning and dd crashed out on sofa at the mo so taking the time to sit down and realx. My nan who lives an hour away and is 8o odd phoned this morning to ask if I wanted her to come and stay so she could cook our meals for us bless her but it would be twice as much work having her here. But my lovely next door neighbour who is retired has just popped round a homemade casserole for us to save me cooking tonight think I owe her a big bunch of flowers as shes always looking after us!

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Happy Birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear laughalot
Happy birthday to you

hope you have a lovely day and get spoilt!

aren't neighbours great sometimes? people are always going on about the degradation of society, but my mum's neighbours have been fantastic this past week. she's had someone come in and help clean, do the laundry, help with the cooking. i think it's nice.

of course, some neighbours you want to murder with a rusty axe. (or is that just me...?)

Ellie!!!!!!! I am pleased everything is ok and to be honest I am shitting myself so much now I really don't mind if you all go 1st!

Galmum , words don't even come close. Amyjade has a June '05 dd so I know her story from that thread; she hasn't popped in for a bit (actually the whole thread is a bit quieter these days!) so if you're still in contact, please send her all our love, we think of her, and I know it was Freya's birthday recently.
EPM/magnolia - please stop racing, you'll give us all heart attacks!! EPM glad you're feeling better, take it easy (hollow laughter from EPM as she considers taking it easy with a toddler!). Magnolia - you take it easy too!! I don't suppose anything can stop you worrying, but we'll all be thinking of you.

Likewise Galmum, I'm so sorry to hear of what's happened. You sound like such a strong person, which I admire you for. I hope the new baby will go someway to filling what must be a massive hole in your life - I know s/he will never replace your son.

Hope everyone else is well, just think, in just over 2 months time (hopefully!)we'll all have our precious little bundles

Loubie xx

Morning all, just wanted to pop on and say good luck to magnolia for tomorrow as not sure if I'll get logged on again today. Can't wait to hear all about your little boy when you are home and settled.

hi all sorry for my terrible lack of posting and not knowing whats going on with everyone, i hope everyone is fine, I'm going for a scan this in a min to check that the heart hasn't turned any more than it had been abd that there is no underlying reason for it

take care all
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Hope the scan goes well Trinity.

Good luck for tomorrow Magnolia. Hope all goes well and we hear from you soon. xxx

afternoon all - well i am just on here for a rant really. just had MW appointment, and she tells me antenatal classes start tomorrow! at 3pm!! i'm SO annoyed, especially since she said they wouldn't be starting till the 7th december. and DH is really upset cause he probably won't be able to make it.

hope the scan goes well TR, and good luck for tomorrow magnolia - be thinking of you both! xxx

Just popped on to wish you luck for tomorrow Magnolia. Cant help feeling a tiny bit envious that you'rre going to be holding your little boy very very soon, whilst the rest of us are plodding / waddling along !

Had a MW appointment this morning and we dont even have any classes in the area ! There is one evening session in December at the hospital which promotes active births and all that but and I'm on the waiting list for it and not guarenteed to get on it. Then I come on here to read all your posts about having to bring own blankets and toiletries etc to hospital. Whats that all about ??! Still not decided if I want to have a home birth or not yet, but I've got 3 weeks to decide. I've just arranged a look around the hospital next Tuesday at 3pm BUT only if its not busy !!! but now I think I'll have to cancel that as its Beavers that night and the hospital is 25 miles in the opposite direction from school, the kids break up the following week and I dont really want them to be with me being dragged around the unit where they might see or hear too much iykwim.

AAAAAAAAAhhhh why couldnt I have been more organised and got all this sorted before now instead of sticking my head in the sand and hoping it would all sort itself out ?

scan went really well, they have said there is nothing at all pushing the heart and that it is just one of those things
verey pleased

now I just hope the physio can help with my spd, have an app on friday, fingers crossed

Fab news TR so glad its all fine just counting down till the big day now! Hope SPD appt goes as well.

Had a lovely day today and been able to rest a bit as DD has for once been immaculately (sp?) well behaved. Went food shopping and she sat in trolley all the way round (with a bribe of some fairy hairbands) played nicely this afternoon with her kitchen (making chocolate cake apparently)and we have read about 20 books. Now she has helped tidy up and she is chilling on sofa with me watching Peppa Pig whilst our lovely braised beef that has been in the oven since 12 wafts a lovely smell through the house and best of all DH came home at 3 as his boss knows what happened on monday and let him have yesterday off paid and finish early today (dh does do work lots of favours so nice to have some in return)

I could dream that very day will be like this for thenext 5 weeks can't I?