Due March 2007 - Heading for the third trimester

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Thought I'd start a new thread as the other one's about to run out.

Moroc - that's so funny about the flasher. Serves him right (Cut their goolies off - that's what I say!!). I have a general problem with impatience, not just whilst driving .

I'm really of people who have access to Surestarts.

Welcome back diva, glad the move went well, I was wondering how you were getting on.

Umm, this baby is a little bit wriggly during the night too, this causes me great worries because I have found that there is a neo natal/newborn sleep pattern. So, if they are still at night in the womb then you're in for an ok. time. If they wriggle during the night, well...... perhaps ds3 just wakes up when I have to get up to the various dd's and their night wakings.

Foxy, I'm starting to feel more excitment about this birth than I have for a few births now. Trouble is I turned on t.v the other day and my birth prog was on, so me and the dds had to watch it. Dd2 was particularly excited about the fact that her blanket was on t.v !!
Anyway, it brought it all back to me, the pain etc. and then I got s**t scared and thought that I can't do this again etc. so, I'm not going to watch it again until after the next birth!!

Welcome back Diva! Glad your move went well. Hope you're enjoying all the extra space.

Morocco: tips for arse-huggers. First, put on your hazards. Always makes them drop back as they think you're going to stop in the middle of the road. Failing that, pop your foot on the clutch and slip into reverse (without letting your foot of the clutch obviously). Scares the bejeezus out of people.

Can you tell I live in South London?

hello everyone

sorry to those with poorly grandparents; amazingly i still have all 4 of mine but my adopted nan died last Jan it was horrible, however in a strange way, this pregnancy has helped me come to terms with it.. nature's way of the world etc...

diva, nice to see you.. glad the move went well, how's the brothel / sex shop?

so my big news is: i've got what is almost certainly whooping cough!

my daughter and i have been ill for weeks as in about 4 or 5 weeks, i'm finally having a load of blood tests and if i don't get better they are threatening to do a chest x-ray to check for clots etc... they nearly admitted me to hospital on sat because i couldn't breathe. have now got an inhaler to use in coughing fits.

i must have done something awful in a past life to deserve all this happening to me!!

i'm trying to stay vaguely cheerful but it is tough. not exactly the pregnancy i was planning!!

anyone else got experience of non-pg related illness during pregnancy?

morocco - thx for the sure start tip - used to belong to our local one in london - here i'm not in the area - but when i feel better will ask my gp about it for sure.

xx

hi rainbowgirl- i was in hospital with breathing trouble a few weeks ago. I discharged myself as i didn't want to be injected with radiation-one of the tests-a risk to the baby, esp as all other tests negative-aprt from the one they use to see if u have blood clots- its usually always positive for prgnt women.yes, very helpful! i'm afraid i put mine down to stress -even if you don't show how you feel, your body lets it come out in another way. hope this helps. I was in overnight, no sleep, and not put on pregnancy ward. Very distressing...as one woman was dotty and screamed all night. staff nice though, apart from the ones who wanted me injected. do whats right for you at all times!

Sadly dh's granny just passed away this afternoon.

Anyone any experience of alternative funerals - we want to plan something environmentally friendly, non-religious and think there's a woodland burial site nearby...

Has anyone been to such a thing ever?

Hello everyone! Sorry I have not been around for ages - work has been a complete nightmare and I have been right royally stuffed since middle of last week. coming out of it a bit now though.

Booboo - thank you so much for the offer. I'd love to come over. DD is looking a bit spotty though and there is chicken pox at nursery, so may I see how she is before we fix a time? I too am waiting for Friday to unveil my Christmas name. My finger hovers over the carol CDs regularly but it's just too early at the moment.

Hello Spongecake, sorry you've not heard from your folks. Hope you're feeling a bit perkier now. Did you have the chocolate?!

Rainbowgirl - you have had such a bad time, I am so sorry. Thinking of you XXXX

Hello Diva, glad the move was OK. Moving when pg is awful isn't it? Hope you're not too tired.

Foxy - book club sounds fab, food sounds even better! I know what you mean about me time. I feel that I haven't had any for the last few weeks. DH is going away with some mates at the weekend though, so if I can persuade DD not to go ballistic when she goes to bed, I should have a whole night of MN in front of me, with Strictly for company of course .

Kitty, the night theory must (sadly) be true. DD went bonkers at night and was nocturnal when she came out. this one is no different. I am going to be in trouble come March again. Oh well, at least I'll have MN to keep my company this time .

Glad to see some other ladies are drinking a bit - I don't have much now, but I love my glass here and there. I am sure it is good for our BP.

Hello to everyone else - good to see you again!

I FINALLY have my scan tomorrow - am I the last? If DD has the pox then I will have to go alone as DH will need to stay here with her. Fingers crossed she's just a bit spotty. I'll let you know what it is tomorrow.

Hope you all have a good evening. It's really nice to be back on. I hope i'll be here a bit more often from now on.

XXXXXX

So sorry to hear your news muppet. I went to a humanist ceremony in july - nice readings, music, no mention of God, really calm and peaceful. Thinking of you XXX

muppet so sorry to hear your news. i don't know much about alternative funerals but did have a naming ceremony for dd; it was really peaceful and lovely; anything outdoors is usually good even if it's cold! xx

Muppet, sorry about your dh's gran, hope the funeral is a lovely one

Dolly, good to have you back

Rainbowgirl, you're going through it at the mo aren't you? Does that mean your dd also has whooping cough? I remember having it as a child, and I was immunised . Get some stuff to boost your body like royal jelly and spirulina. Spongecake is right, when you are stressed your body has ways of showing it. You neec to be kind to yourself now and try and relax and give your body a chance to build itself up and that's an order!!

Noone's ever flashed at me! I'm beginning to feel a bit insulted. Obviously I'm not the kind of person people want to flash at. Or.... maybe they have and being rather unobservant I just didn't notice

phew!
i started off reading but ended up skimming and even thats taken me 2 hours.mind you,i am enjoying a glass of low alcohol wine which has gone straight to my head.

going back about a week to the convo about monitoring in labour-i was monitored in all mine due to being induced but in the last two i insisted they removed the monitor for the pushing stage.they just listened with the hand held thing between contractions.i had to be monitored as i was being induced with the oxytocin drip ,but i dont see why they would insist on continuous monitoring for a vbac?

thank you for the welcome back

i was going to change internet supplier anyway cos i was with aol ....say no more

rainbow-the sex shops are pretty quiet!did u get that rabbit in the end?i remember looking at some rather dodgey internet sites when i was at this stage of pregnancy without a partner.
there is a site called paternity angel which is quite good for the men folk-dp though so anyway.

my belly has 'popped' this week,im sure the baby has got about 6 inch longer cos i can feel the kicks very high up now.i have also put on 6lb in 6 days,though that may be due to all the takeaways that are mandatory when one is moving home.

the extra space here is great but having 3 floors is weird,the night before last i walked past my bedroom on the first floor and went to dd1's on the 2nd.i also went to the old house after going to town on saturday.the classic baby brainer though was me phoning sky to have a dish installed,only to be informed by the engineer that there is already a fully-functioning one here

x-posts muppet,sorry to hear about your dh's gran

Hello all,

Think I felt Bertie move for the first time today! My placenta's round the front so I apparently it is okay to feel it a little later than normal (I am 23 weeks tomorrow). Like a sort of tickling / flapping feeling?

Jay I like all your names except the one I'm not as keen on is Marshall, but only because it puts me in mind of Marshall Mathers (Eminem)!! Sorry to hear about your poorly grandad, I hope he is comfortable.

Rosy love the sound of your hair! I used to dye my hair all sorts of mad colours when I was young, but had to give it up when I started work. When I'm on my maternity leave though I'm thinking of pillar box red - I'm naturally blonde so the bright red really takes!!

Morocco I look about ready to drop, too, I am seriously considering banishing dh to the spare bed shortly, because I take up most of ours!

Diva glad your move went okay!

Muppet so sorry about your dh's Gran, she sounds like an amazing person. I hope you manage to sort out something that is a celebration of her life, for the funeral.

Rainbowgirl you poor thing it doesn't get any easier for you does it? I'm sorry to hear you are going through the wringer at the moment, I hope you feel better soon xxx

I had better go 'cos I have just made tea and have spent so long writing this I've left the chilli in the oven, dh has just pointed out that I'd promised to serve it at quarter past nine!!!

Muppet - I'm really sorry to hear your DH's granny has died. I haven't been to an alternative funeral, but you might try googling a few combinations and I'm sure you'll find some great ideas. Let us know how it goes.

Booboo - you should write a manual on driving in sraf London. Funny how all of us who've lived/learnt to drive there have had similar experiences. West London is terribly sedate and polite but I still drive like a Taxi driver from Bermondsey or something .

Rainbow - you poor thing, you're really going through it at the moment. Has DD got it too? My only experience of non PG illness is the food poisoning of a few weeks ago and it knocked me for six. I agree with Piffle though that stress really runs you down emotionally and physically and makes you very susceptable to illness. Make sure you put yourself fisrt and get plenty of rest.

Kitty - it must be really spooky watching yourself, a year on, and in virtually the same position. I remember you saying in the DVD something along the lines of "I don't feel ready for a new baby to arrive now, as I'm organising everything for Christmas" LOL.
TTC is terribly frustrating but when you do, don't you find you get these moments of "OMG can I handle another one ??? ". BTW you're probably too busy to notice all the flashers

Diva - glad you're settling in now. We moved Feb 2004 and I'm still getting used to having three floors. It still feels like a novetly!

Bertie - that does sound like Bertie making his presence felt. It will get stronger and stronger, until it feel like a bag of kittens inside you (love the name Bertie BTW)

Dolly - are you going to find out the sex at the scan? You must be excited. BTW I had the christmas lights on for the bookclub on Sunday, all glittery round the window. I love christmas lights

Great to have you back Diva, I've got three floors too which is lovely (but climbing up and down them all isn't fun when pregnant!)Glad you are settling well though, it'll be great to have the extra space.

Muppet I'm sure the funeral will be special because you are obviously putting alot of thought into it.

Mossletoe, you'll probably start to feel loads of movement now! And before you know it you'll be able to feel a small foot in your ribs

Rainbow, get some honey down you, and garlic and lots of vitamin c and rest, rest, rest!

Fox, there are a few over the top lit up houses around now and they are brilliant! Reminds me of the grinch, must buy that movie actually, I love it. Dd is nagging me loads to put the tree up so I think I'll be doing that in the next day or two. Then ds2 will probably pull it down a couple of times oh well.

25wks 2 (boy)

Muppet - sorry for your loss. My Grandad passed this morning. A relief really, but sad none the less.

Diva - Glad you're all moved and stuff and settling in! We looked at a three storey house and the stair climbing scared me! A bungalow would suit me and my lazy bones!

MS back with true gusto!

Amie sad to hear you've lost your Grandad. Hope he died peacefully.

Amie and Muppet: sorry for both your losses. . I feel with this baby that I'm 'replenishing' the family (we had a spate of losses a few years back).

of all of you with your three floors of glorious space. We have a ground floor flat (converted from an Edwardian house). I suppose I'm grateful I don't have any stairs though...

Dolly: just drop me a text/call me when you get DD's disgnosis: poor little poppet. It'd be lovely to see you!

Foxy: it's shocking what living in Sarf London has done to my driving. I was always a confident driver, but being constantly surrounded by people who don't care if they write-off their cars cause they shouldn't be legally on the road anyway really hardens you off, doesn't it?

Rainbow: so sorry to hear you're still having such a rough time. I agree that stress plays a huge part in lowering our immune systems. Is there some kind of yoga class you could get to in the week? I've found that sort of thing very helpful for learning relaxation techniques (being something of an uptight bunny myself).

EDD 3/3
26+2
Boy

Amie - I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandad passing away

Thanks for all your kind words and sorry for your loss too Amie.

Boo - I like your idea of replenishing the family

Rainbow - keep your chin up girl... you've certainly had a big dollop of rubbish to deal with recently. Roll on the New Year and roll on march when we can all start getting on with the next chapter in our lives....

25 + 3 (boy)

Amie, I'm really sorry to hear about your Grandad. Even though you half expect it, it's still horrible.

I only have one grandparent left, it's my gran, but she doesn't really know who anyone or anything is. My dh's gran is still alive though, it's a shame though because she is becoming frail, having to have a stair lift put in, but when she was young she was in the land army and everything.

Boo where in South London do you live? I lived in London a few years back, in Lewisham. I quite liked it (although it cost us more to rent a 1 bedroom mouse infested flat with no gch there than to rent a two bedroom house with all mod cons up here!) but dh hated it and got quite ill, so we moved back here.

I missed it terribly at first, but I have to say now I've re-aclimatised (sp? is that even a word?) I prefer it, although I do sometimes miss the "buzz".

Yes it is certainly little Bertie making an appearance, how long is it before other people can feel him kick does anyone know?

Hello ...

Welcome back Diva... hope you are settling in to your new (tall) home

Amie, sorry to hear of your loss; and Jay , sorry I mis-read your earlier post and didn't realise your grandad was back in hospital. sorry

I have planned for a natural woodland burial when I die. There are lots of websites about where the sites are how to plan the ceremony.

Mossletoe... I am 25 + 2 and also have an anterior placenta. DH and DS's have just started to feel the baby moving around in the last week (although I have been feeling the movements for longer.) He had the hiccups last night for the first time

Fox - we are coming back to the UK in mid Jan and plan to definately stay for 6 months. Because of the war in Sri Lanka it is unlikely we will come back here and so may relocate to Cornwall or somewhere else chilled. We are lucky that we can work anywhere really so feeling quite relaxed about it.

Moss where do you live now? That's a good question about when other people can feel the baby kick. I can really feel my litle man, but neither DH nor DS & DD can feel it when they "lay their hands". Its bizarre.

Laidback - I actually got your DS's cards into the post box today. Yesterday I had no stamps and there was a mega queue in the post office. But they are well and truly on their way across the world to you now . What kind of work are you and Ur DH in? We're vaguley thinking of relocating to the west country (Wiltshire) as half the family are now there, but the hurdle is finding a job really, as there are just fewer down there for us. I work in affordable housing.

I booked all my ante natal referesher classes today, so its all beginning to feel very "real".

I'm hoping to use Queen Charlotte's birthing centre, complete with its lava lamps and glittering disco balls and my disco Doula

Like the sound of your disco doula ...sequinned halterneck tops for all !

DH is a psychiatrist and I am a psychotherapist, although have worked as a probation officer and drugs worker in the past..... no shortage of those jobs anywhere unfortunately. Thinking of setting up a practice together somewhere. Have been running a property business in Sri Lanka too but about to bail out with the reddies... if we can find a way of getting the money out

Foxy I'm in St Helens, in Merseyside. It's known mainly for Rugby, glass and Johnny Vegas!

Your birthing centre sounds amazing!!! Does it really have disco balls or are you having us on?

Laidback is that mid Jan this year or next year?