July 2015 (thread 10) - the one where the bumps are huge, feet become unreachable and nesting seriously kicks in.

[Fattycow]

Welcome, welcome, to the 10th thread for babies expected in July 2015.
We are all counting the days and might even see the arrival of the first babies on this thread!

Here is the stats list, please keep your own entry up to date:
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Exactly, lucky MN is a great source of info on it's own, without other stuff added into the mix.

I started a thread the other day about hospital bags and what you're told to take and how pointless most of it is - the ladies have given some wonderful examples, given me lots of lol moments. Much better than a mw could have put it!

I am quite happy with my midwife appointments. They are short, but she always checks my blood pressure and listens to the baby's heart. Then any questions I can ask.

My midwife appointments are short but sweet, see her once a week, she does urine, bp, baby HR and i'm out the door.

The longest part is waiting for her to turn up on time despite me having the first appointment of the day!

broody thanks for that hospital bag thread, I've cut mine down quite a lot and now have a back up bag that we will leave in the car and hopefully not need!

I've seen three different midwives so far and they are all really good but the clinics are so busy that I can't get an appointment now for four weeks - which is my due date! eek! They recommended trying to contact hospital midwives to see someone else but can't get through. Feel like the next time I see someone it will be in the delivery suite.

Eek, quadruple post, how did that happen?! Sorry!

well that was fun. glad my mum was there to keep me calm. slagging off my kids Dad really? they are meant to be my friends yet they do that? so so angry right now.

Woah I feel told Of course I appreciate how overworked and underappreciated midwives are... guess I was just surprised by the total lack of consistency.

I'm not surprised you're angry fatty - that sounds like crap behaviour on the part of your mates.

Aw Fatty hugs to you.
Never mind the so called friends. Some people are just insensitive..
No excuse for their behaviour.
Just look at the positives in your life and be thankful that you are not like them.

You will be holding your new baby before you know it with all the love and support from your dc, dm, db and lo's dd.
you have a whole lot of love around you :)
There could be plenty of reasons / excuses for your 'friends' behaviour but at this stage of pg between lack of energy and crazy hormones, I wouldn't even give them the head space required !

Don't let the buggers get you down :) it's not like you x

I'm still plodding along - 36 weeks now and extremely hormonal continuing checking in from sidelines :)

thanks guys. it's just getting to me as more and more I am seeing them behave this way. they have changed since I had my DD.
but I do have everyone else around me. me and LOs dad have had our problems but we seem to be ok now. I think most of our problems were too much too soon as we were really young when we first got together. but we are going to have a third child and no matter what happens with us, our children come first
and my mum is awesome and my lovely brothers. one of which has just trumped up the money for a new cooker for me as mine broke. so he told me to pay him back weekly, interest free instead of putting it in a credit card.

I am bored of being preggers now. just want baby here!

That sounds more positive and more like you Fatty :)
And fwiw I think your relationship with lo's dad sounds very healthy. You do lose friends as you get older too, for various reasons, maybe that's what is happening ! Maybe not but it is true that your family are the ones who will always be there for you :)

I think I'm feeling the same in terms of just wanting lo here now !

Some more work to be completed in bedroom then she can come whenever she wants

Re the MW chat, I'm not complaining about my MW per se, I understand that theyre under a lot of pressure and I've generally had pretty long sessions, but I'd rather see her for 5mins but more frequently. I think in all I'll see her 4-5 times in the whole pregnancy.

Sorry that some of you aren't having a good experience with your midwives.

I can't complain, I've had great service, even with a change of midwife in the middle. My appointments have all been about 15 mins and incuded BP, urine test, heart beat. My local surgery only has a midwife there one day a week, but I haven't had a problem getting at appointment. Shame the service is so different across the country.

We went to our first antenatal class tonight. It was 2 hours and covered the stages of labour and pain relief. There were 15 couples there, so much busier than NCT, but worth going. Next class is breastfeeding

Charlie you get even less appts second time round!

Ooh also meant to say... I feel for those of you not having a great time now. I'm feeling big and awkward, my ribs hurt, horrible swollen get (that go all the way up to my knees ) and pelvic pain that makes walking uncomfortable Not glamorous this pregnancy lark is it Moan over!

Feet not get

broody where is your hospital bag thread? I can't see it with my preggo eyes.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/2392571-Hospitals-bags-your-most-useless-contents

Been awake since 3am, I'm now on the couch as OH insists on breathing and it was getting on my nerves.

I'm not complaining about my mw really just that 1 appointment. Also that because it's no3 your expected to just know, it's 7years since I did all of this before, I'm at a different Drs surgery and using a different hospital plus have a first time dad. Charlie I'm with you I would rather more frequent 5 min appointments than less frequent 15mins ones especially from 34/35weeks.

sherbet, I'm the same. Everything is swollen! Feet, ankles, legs, hands... I can no longer fit into my maternity jeans, as my legs are too swollen!

Sorry for falling off thread, hope everyone is ok! Finally got my home visit booked for homebirth yesterday but still having a lot of negativity from my midwife. I still haven't heard baby's heartbeat during a routine appt (only when I got took into hosp) as its 'against guidelines' but while she was trying to persuade me to have a hospital birth it was mentioned I'll need monitoring at least once every 15 mins at home not sure why this is all of a sudden mega important when at the moment it's just 'a snapshot' of potential wellbeing? I can see her having a huge fit when we go through birth plan at the home visit! Physio tonight to see if they can do anything for me at all regarding my hips and back, 34 plus 2 today and so bloody uncomfortable! Regarding appointments I've only seen my midwife at booking, 16 weeks, 28 weeks and 34 weeks so far, which seems a fair few less appts than last time, 2 booked appts left until 'compulsory discussion of induction' at 40 plus 5.

I'm so sick of people telling me how huge I am... I'm paranoid enough about my weight gain without all and sundry (this morning it was the guy delivering my pram!) telling me "she's going to be a big one". I don't think I'm particularly big at all!

loopy sorry about your MW, that's really annoying. Can you call the supervisor? Mine was the opposite, she brought up the idea of a homebirth (er, no thanks!)