Due May 2007 - Thread for w/c 06.11.06

[Juicylucythe2nd]

Here you go.

Thanks SOH, You are right it is no fun!! I eat runny eggs. ummmmmmm! You ok? Was getting concerned you had been permanately damaged by the film you went to see on Monday eve. Either that or you had done something serious to your brother.

Morning all!

Blimey you ladies are scaring me. I'm 12 weeks tomorrow and it sounds like i potentially have some fun times ahead in regards to hair. It reminds me of a Purple Ronnie birthday card I sent to my Dad years ago.

'You know you're getting old, and things are turning rotten, when hair starts falling off your head and growing on your bottom!'

Good luck everyone with scans and I'll definitely let you know (for better or worse) how mine goes.

Wow, im on my third pregancy and had no idea about the tuna guidlines, im sure i practically lived off the stuff with ds2, tuna rolls, tuna salads tuna and sweetcorn pasta. I thought i was being healthy, oops.
Why is it i hardly ever eat pate but as soon as im pregnant and am banned from eating it i really really want some. Even food i would never normally touch, as soon as i know i cant have it i want it. Im sure the list of things to avoid grows every year. I reckon its a man who makes it up. He sits in his little office and tries to think of all the food that us pregant women are likely to fancy and then he puts a ban on them, just to annoy us and make the pregnancy drag even more The funny thing is i find once the pregnancy is over and i can eat everything again i dont want any of the stuff i was banned from.

Here's funny hair things and let me know if this has happened to you.
My sister has straight hair like me and after her first baby it turned wavy.
My friend has always been famous for her red curly hair. She was so upset when after her dd was born it straightened. Her hairdresser told her that the only way it might go back is having another baby.

I'm on the falling out hair side. Got handsfull of it every morning when I comb it.

As for the alc. Went off it totally at the beginning, but now quite fancy the look of it again, but as of the weekend it still tasted horrible, so I'll wait for another couple of weeks until I try again. I do sometimes really fancy an ice cold beer

Will I be the last one to get my scan? Mine is on Tuesday. You will all have to keep everything crossed that it's ok.

Know what you mean re the food. Haven't eaten Tuna in months and now I really fancy it. Typical.

My hair is always a nightmare so haven't noticed anything different yet.

I'm craving salty stuff at the moment. Salted popcorn, olives, mashed potatoe with lots of butter and salt and beer!

in honor of it being lunch over there, I'm having left over chinese for breakfast.

LOL at your breakfast MKG, make sure you heat that rice well. Don't want you getting ill.

Are ya kidding me. Left over chinese is best eaten cold. It's already been cooked once, why bother heating it up again.

ohmigod MKG cold?! The choc mini donut is still in the kitchen but not the choc pancake ive just made, eeither of them

My hair still falling out as normal but iknow this usually stops, then after the baby is out i think im going to lose all my hair so much finds its way to the plug hole. Im also sprouting whitchy hairs on my neck, pulled 2 out yesterday with tweezers, even thats a new one for me

Glad to hear the house is big enough moomin, i do know where La Rochelle is, its lovely. Lucky you living in France, Dh and i are def going to live there when we are retired. Right next to a vineyard or 5. we figure we will save pots of money, we already spend far too much money on wine and the odd dash to france on P & O ferries!I cant wait

Yeah cold pizza and cold chinese are the best breakfasts in the world. It reminds me college.

pmsl, you ladies are soooo funny. I know we've only been chatting for a few weeks, but I thought I'd tell you, you brighten my day. This pg'cy is going to be far more enjoyable, with all of you to share it with.

lg&t you will be made very welcome if you ever get out here. Best to avoid May next year though. lol Although I did have 32 people stay at the house for the weekend 2 weeks after Moomi was born, it was my Dad's 65th and we had a massive garden pty. Infact some family arrived earlier than that weekend and my sister and neices arrived the day after I came out of hospital. It was a nightmare and I suffered for a few days after everyone went home.

moomimin

if I had that many people around after the birth you know I would have put them to work. I say if you are in my house you need to be usefull.

JuicyLucy - I have a nuchal on Tuesday as well. Fingers crossed for both of us, and everyone else this week!

I saw an advert for guinness in a bus stop the other day, I really wanted to go right there and then an get a pint! Sadly not possible as it was 8.30am... (and this from someone who doesn't usually drink...)

moomimin - how many people???? I have Big Respect for you! Entertaining my parents for the afternoon was as much (if not more) than I could handle at that point!

My hair was always dead straight and very fine until that is I had my 2nd son, for some bizarre reason (and I'm not complaining) it turned wavy and thicker. I was waiting each day for it all to fall out again as it does once you've given birth but it never did. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that after I give birth to this little 'un it doesn't go back to being straight - I hated it

32 people? That's terrible at any time, but after you've had a baby?!

Can I come and stay aswell? I love France (I used to fantasise about running away to Carcassonne, but DH was having none of it).

Well the inevitable has happened and the MIL and my own DM have started hinting about where they'd like to be when I give birth and I have a nagging suspicion that it'll be in close proximity to where I am when I'm giving birth. I'm having a homebirth, so obviously there are no restrictions on how many people can come (according to them). Maybe I'll leave the front door open and let people wander in off the street too... . I love my DM and MIL dearly, but labour is not a spectator sport. I am having enough problems with the idea of DH seeing me give birth at the moment. Of course I want him there and would be petrified without him, but I've spent 8 years trying to appear alluring and enticing to him, in six months I'll be legs akimbo, displaying everything for him (MIL, DM, the milkman, passing strangers?) to see. I'm practicing tactically and diplomatically explaining that I might want a bit of space while I'm in labour.

Anyway, lots of scans coming up. Very exciting. Still too much discussion of food going on, MN makes me hungry (and I've just eaten jacket potato with moroccan beans and tomato stuff)! Thankfully, I'm tee-total though so the beer discussions have gone right over my head. I do not need another craving!

I think you might want to have an imaginary conversation with your midwife where she states its best if only you and DH are in the house for the birth (or something similar).

Could cope with my mum being there, but will no doubt swear and shout, which would not be good for her to have to hear

Of course you can come too SOH.

Certainly the family were very helpful, but Mum & Dads friends probably didn't know what to do so stayed out of the way, enjoying the free wine and food in the Garden, most of the time. It was the cooking and clearing that was the hardest. It seemed that as soon as we had cleared from breakfast it was time to prepare lunch and then dinner, the kettle and dishwasher were on overtime. Actually it wasn't so much the work it was just that with that many people around there is never a quiet moment. Very busy, noisy, hectic IYKWIM

She was passed from pillar to post, I don't think I changed her nappy the whole weekend. She was passed back to me when I needed to feed her and then she was whipped away by someone else. It was OK.

But then I don't do things easily. Ds was born 200miles from home. It was his own fault for arriving late! we had Christmas planned at my sisters, 14 of us there. I was not going to miss it. He was due on the 18th, we went away on the 22nd, car packed to the brim, all baby essentials and he arrived on the 27th Dec in Birmingham instead of Bournemouth! You lot probably think I'm nuts but it was really good fun. We bought him home to Bournemouth when he was 3 days old.

SOH,

I loved having it just be me and dh. I kicked my mom and sister out of the hospital while I was in labor as they were no use to me. Rule of thumb. Mothers never stop being mothers. My mom went in and started telling people what do. If she wants to be there tell her to clean your house and make dinner. Tell your mil that she can be best used to clean up the placenta (I'm laughing as I write this). I'm sure if you made them do things they would be less inclined to want to be there.

I agree MKG, I had my mum and one of my sisters and dh with me in Birmingham when I had ds. They were all great, but I think dh wasn't as confident because he was maybe embarassed a bit, well mum didn't actually do anything she sat in a rocking chair in the room knitting most of it. My sis was great but I think thats what made dh a bit quiet. With dd it was totally different, 1 person only allowed in the delivery suite in France so it was just dh and I, he was fantastic, it was a very special moment for us, and we really enjoyed it just being us.

ShowOfHands, why don't you just have the baby in the front yard. that way all the neighbors can watch too. i would have none of that. i have always been very shy about my body and have never been ok with changing clothes in front of female friends or my mom, etc. in fact, my mama was shocked when i told her i wanted her in the room with me when i had munch. i ended up having a c-section so she couldn't be there for that though. on that same note, i have never had any trouble telling anyone how i really feel, and in turn no one ever feels upset if i tell them things like "there is no way in hell you are going to be in the room with me when i give birth to my child."
beer. mmm. dh is gets home day after tomorrow and is going to wonder where his last beer went. umm, i dunno.
i am addicted to emoticons.
good luck with the scans today ladies! i can't wait to hear all about it.
moomimin, i am still trying to figure out a new name for you. it is so hard. i feel the same as you about this little antenatal club. it is so nice to chat with you all. adds a bit of routine to my crazy life.
my munchy is being a little sh!t today. he thinks when i say "no" that it is a fun game. he seeks out things to do that will make me say "no". my poor houseplants. they are taking a beating.

I would have mine in the front yard. I don't really like having my breast exposed flopping for all to see (why bfing kinda skeeves me out a little) but for some reason I don't care who gets a view of my vagina. It would be nice to give birth in the sunshine, feeling the gentle breeze. You could bury the placenta in the yard afterwards.

Hi Ladies

Can I join you, I have been following the posts for a few weeks now,

I am 35 and am due on 29th may, however the chances of it arriving then are nil, I am high risk, my ds was stillborn at 29 weeks and my dd who is now 4 was 5 wks prem, I had gestational diabetes, and dangerously low fluid levels, I also have chronic pancreatitis which means I am on strong painkillers most days,

Anyhow despite all that, I am reasonably positive, would like to make it to at least 33 weeks this time lol,

I have had one scan already at 10+3 and all was fine I have my nuchal on monday and am nervous and excited,

Good luck to all of you that have scans coming up, lets hope we all have happy healthy pregnancies, oh and its true reading those posts about food makes me hungry, lets hope this ms stops soon so some stays down lol

Lisa x

lupins71

Welcome, and don't worry about anything.

ROFL at the idea of giving birth in the front yard

Our house is on the No 25 bus route and the football stadium is down the road- if we planned it right we could have all sorts of advice yelled at us. The footie fans could shout abuse or sing rousing songs, the bus driver could slow down and offer inane and banal advice. We could have a burger van offering refreshments, ooh the possibilities are endless...

My mother would just intimidate me if I allowed her to be there. She's very practical and not at all sympathetic. She does a good line in 'come on, you really must try harder, it's not that difficult, I've done it twice and stubbing my toe hurt more' (I kid you not). MIL would be the opposite, immensely emotional, teary and very involved. I'm like you jessinwa, can't even cope with public changing rooms so I think I'm going to go with JL's imaginary conversation with the midwife (and just not tell them when I go into labour anyway).

I'm at work till 7pm tonight (boo hiss) and it takes me an hour to get home. I'm currently hungry and bored... it's reading week at the university I work at and all the students have gone home. So why, I ask you, am I still here?