Due in March 07 - Counting Down the Days Now....

[LunarSea]

New thread because the old one's about to hit the 1000 posts mark.

My mother is batty too but she is also fantastic and tries really hard to keep the horrible her under control. I have more understanding of her now since I became a mother and also since I encountered pmt!

spongecake - i know! she just knows how to hit all my nerves at once! i swear if she only said things that were nice you would not hear a peep out of her ever again! and it has got to the stage that everything she does makes me cringe like the way she eats with her mouth open! god i am actually turning into a bitch!

Bethoo I haven't spoken to my mother in over three years. She's a nasty woman. It's a long, long story, but she doesn't know I'm pg either. I'm dreading having to tell her when lo is born. At some point I'm gonna have to post something in "relationships" but under a name change, in case anyone who knows her works out who I am from the story!

But when I do I will let you know and you can go and have a look and compare and contrast, if it will make you feel any better!

Thank goodness for mil, she has been my real Mum since I was twenty two.

Oooh Kitty are you gonna be on the telly again, is it the same series then? How exciting! When are Discovery Home & Health going to do that new series, "screaming scousers in labour"?

Rosy sarky text sounds like a good idea. Something hilarious yet cutting perhaps!

Lunar I've lost track of everyone's EDD! There was a thread somewhere I think!

Spongecake sorry you are feeling low I hope your dp comes around soon.

Callie fantastic news about Jordi !

I am "glad" lots of you are also having painful BHs, I thought if they were period pain like they were real contractions. I get them every evening and keep thinking that this is the night I have to go to hospital, then during the day they become normal non-painful ones.

Moss, I think they do their best to avoid general anaesthetic for em CS but it would depend on the circumstances. with me they gave me drugs to stop the contractions then gave me a spinal block. If you already have an needle in place they can top it up so you wouldn't need a GA.

I went to the hospital today for a discussion with the breastfeeding consultant. She was great, gave me loads of tips, reassurance and confidence in my ability to feed the twins, but euuugh did she have smelly feet, I could smell them even though she still had her shoes on!

My mother is trying to do good deeds, but often she can't see them through. I think just talking about doing helpful things makes her feel bountiful!

Bethoo, maybe this is TMI and you prefer not to try this, but I am pretty sure one baby is engaged because if I have a feel inside I can feel the babies head sitting on my pelvic bone!

Mossy - sounds terrible! i only talk to my mum because she is still with my dad! just hope i do not turn out the same. my dad says i should try and build a relationship with her but i feel too much damage has been done and i find it hard ot forgive and forget how she treat me those teenage years and before i managed to escape by marrying the first bloke who would!

Loelady - i am a non hold bars person so nothing can shock me but that is interesting to know. think i will wait for my thrush to clear first (see i told you!!!).when you say it like that it makes me feel confident that i am only puching a baby out a fingers length or so i will tell myself that! anyhoo he is extremely active still!
soes anybody elses baby seem t obe constantly adjusting in there? fascinating just watching him!

Bethoo my parents are also together still, makes it difficult, I do still "speak" to my Dad by email every now and again, but I haven't told him I'm pg as he'll just tell her... what a tangled web!

But I'm sure I'll sort it out when I have to. Buying cute swaddling wraps from that bump to three website is much more fun though than sorting out my family problems!!

I also worry in case I turn out like my Mum, and I know it sounds awful, but in a way I'm glad I'm having a boy, as if I was having a girl there'd be more chance of history repeating itself.

But so far all the signs are that I'm just like my Dad... fingers crossed!!!

I sent dh a lovely affectionate txt addressed to myself and asked him to sign and return so then he rang me! He's not coming up again next week and wants me to go to cork over valentines when I will be coming up to 37 weeks...I have an appointment on the 15th too. sigh. Think I'll stay put and continue to do without him. I just hope when it comes close to the time he can be around....

Mossy - my thoughts exactly!!! she worships my bro and he can do no wrong! i did worry about if i had a girl as it seems my nana was the same with my mum so i am trying to break the chain! thought it was just me!!!

Rosy - how will you get to Cork? i presume you live in Ireland already as you cannot fly! just ask him if he intends to be there for the birth! maybe it is the hormones and he thinks it is best he stay away!!!
my ex did not 'do pregnancy' so i guess that is why he ditched me expecting to pop back up on the scene after t oplay the doting father role!!! w***!!!

Bethoo I'm in Belfast,I would have to drive to Dublin, then he would meet us and bring us to cork. we all sleep in one room in the staff house but it's beside the sea and we eat in the restaurant every night....but he'll be busy and we probably won't see him much and I probably can't be bothered to go! [grumpy cow with bad attitude emoticon]

oops ive started everyone moaning about dps and mothers

moss-im a pisces.i don't sulk as such but sometimes i get upset and need time to figure out if i'm being paranoid before i decide whether to talk to dp.so if he asks whats wrong?(which means 'what the hell am i supposed to have done this time you over emotional bag of hormones')i just say nothing cos i cant be bothered to argue when i know im wrong anyway(cos i always am).

i think my baby's head keeps staring to engage then coming back out again.i was enjoying being able to walk properly today,untill my back started hurting.i would start with the pineapple etc if i didnt have so long to go.has anybody tried castor oil?

moss/bethoo etc-i think we should start an 'insane mothers' thread.i do enjoy reading about everybody's insane MIL's but i cant join in with those threads (dp doesnt have a mother as far as he's concerned).
i wouldnt know if my mum was in a mood with me atm as my sister isnt speaking to me so wont be able to pass on any moany messages from my mum.

arent families great?

rosy-sorry to hear your dh isnt being very supportive.i think he should at least go to you for valentines-i wouldnt want to be too far from home at 37 weeks

hi rosy- ikwym i think-am lucky my dp's restuarant is v close so have same prob in the long hours, but not in the long distance. can't sit at a table in a restuarant now as need to be near the loo (worst table) and/or just want to be home

mossy-dp is being great but he screws up, says "sorry!" and carries on! I suppose I want him to put gravel in his shoes as a penance or some other reminder of how crap he is ooccasionally- unlike me who is perfect in everyway

bump very fidgety. thought I had a show last night but decided I was halluncinating and went to bed. been quiet today, no BH

I'm not sure if it's a star sign thing with blokes and the sulking. I've never had a DP that didn't sulk and/or say 'nothing' when you ask them what's wrong even though patently they are pissed off about something. Aargh!

My family are being kind to me now after my earlier moan so hopefully they've realised I need a bit of looking after.

rosylily - that's a long old drive from Belfast to Dublin and then on to Cork. Can your DP really not come up?

bethoo - I think you've got me mixed up with someone else - I don't haven't got a date yet and I don't know if they're going to induce or give me a c section or what. I keep feeling like my LO is trying to engage and then floating off again. There's definitely a lot of very uncomfortable action going on down near my bladder. Of course it might just be him stamping and kicking.

Went to mothercare to try and get fitted for a bra and they won't do it until you're 38 weeks!

just nicked this link from a thread about castor oil that was in childbirth last week natural induction of labour

the bit about oral sex being more effective than,er,normal,is particularly interesting

Diva I'm an aries, I probably do ride roughshod over his feelings sometimes, I can be quite insensitive without realising!

I am gonna start a thread about what to do about my mother, but it won't be today, I am in too good a mood; it's Friday and I'm off home in just under fifteen minutes!!!

Ah Rosy I hope your dh can be around when you finally pop. Do you have a stand-in in case he can't?

Oh my goodness

Yeah it would be a man who recommends fellatio (sp?) But I'll have to be really desperate to go into labour the mood I'm in with dh at the moment

Moss, I do have plenty of support around, so I'm not too worried. I'm sure dh will be around when it comes to it, he loves a good drama

Echo everyone's gripes about their mum's.

Ours had/has mental health problems and often seemed to deliberately tried to feck our brains up. Still does too - totally potty!

Would love to get really drunk with you lot one day so we can all compare notes - but will have to wait for Mossy to start her thread.

Mossy - sorry your's is such a cow My MIL is my substitute Mum too - she's much kinder and actually acknowledges my existance

Its a wonder we've managed to turn out so normal isn't it? [twitch]

I mean my step mum is my substitute (not MIL, I don't have one of those)

i dont have a substitute mum.although my nan is great,but she's going a bit loopy now.

rosy-i will probably get that desperate

i think i may have to leave mn alone tonight as that 'would you pose topless' thread has the potential to send my bp through the roof

hello everyone
first the good news - my internet connection is here, so now I'm at home chatting on my broadband!! maybe now I'll get to chat to you all some more.
the bad news which i am so well p###ed off ab out is that the baby has turned round and is now breech. I can't believe it, she has been head down for so long no - why decide to turn round now??? I flat out refuse an elective c section so she better turn back round again or I will be having very severe words with her when she arrives
seriously though, I am well upset about this. ds1 was c section and I know lots of people have really good experiences of c sections but I do not want to go there again.
off to lie with bum in air for next hour or two

Morning all,

Hmm... my ms has mostly gone but I still throw up when I put a toothbrush to the back of my mouth so I'm not sure fellatio's a goer! I'll see how overdue I get first!

Morocco I didn't know babies could just turn around like that! Will you be able to turn her back do you think?

Driving lesson again this morning... I'm really tired this a.m. too, didn't sleep so well last night. And I've run out of coffee so I'd better find some way to wake up or St Helens had better watch out!!!