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Due April 2007 - buddies galore

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EllieKwithaHUGEbump · 27/02/2007 15:00

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mammyjo · 27/02/2007 16:23

Shitting a turkey

1becomes3 · 27/02/2007 16:23

octopussy- mine have been getting stronger the further along I get, I was doing the whole deep breathing and moaning throught the ones I was having on sunday.

Hellcat · 27/02/2007 16:23

octopussy: is that hamburger as in 'hamburger hill' - like - bloody and shredded?

great, at least babies don't have claws, unlike turkeys

how about WD40 for the old perineal massage?

I have thought about using those shoe stretcher type things....

Seriously, I am starting massaging tomorrow, and giving up wheat to 'reduce vaginal congestion' - this is the one thing I believed out of the ayurvedic birth book.

maveta · 27/02/2007 16:24

octopussy - fair enough in that case yes I reckon they would give you a good workout but you´d need at least one a day. But you ARE on ML now so plenty of time..

I have had one or two BH that I´ve had to kind of stop and breathe through but that´s it and was ages ago.

octopussyintummy · 27/02/2007 16:25

Hellcat - think it was more how a hamburger looks and there was reference to various toppings - bleeeurrgrghhhh!

maveta · 27/02/2007 16:25

STOP PRESS!

Weeonion back up there a little bit - WHAT did you say about the massage..in AND OUT?

maveta · 27/02/2007 16:26

LOL LOL

I mean out AND IN???

LOL

octopussyintummy · 27/02/2007 16:26

do turkeys have claws? blimey - even more painful than originally thought!

mammyjo · 27/02/2007 16:26

Very few braxton hicks here and certainly not uncomfortable enough to need to breath through them. Never got many with ds either. I only get occassional tummy tightening which is a bit uncomfortable like period type pain.

1becomes3 · 27/02/2007 16:26

octopussy- try sitting on the loo and dropping a log, my painful BH were because I needed a poo, too many babies and not enough room

octopussyintummy · 27/02/2007 16:27

In/out thing lost me.

Hellcat · 27/02/2007 16:27

1b3, whats the buddy list, how does it work?

(only joking!)

octopussyintummy · 27/02/2007 16:28

1b3 - they've been painful for weeks and I poo between 10-11am everyday

Eddas · 27/02/2007 16:29
Grin
1becomes3 · 27/02/2007 16:29

Hey hellcat It's not too late for me to add you!

octopussyintummy · 27/02/2007 16:30

why not add on people to the end as a single list then pair them up as more join rather than making up threesomes!

1becomes3 · 27/02/2007 16:31

Octopussy-you are most probably over doing it? Thats when mine really kick in when I walk about too much or do too much house work (well that's what I tell DH)

octopussyintummy · 27/02/2007 16:31

The prospect of real contractions every 2 minutes is quite worrying!

maveta · 27/02/2007 16:32

How annoying. Just got a punnet of strawbs out of the fridge, bought yesterday and ate a couple, out of the rest of the punnet FOUR yes FOUR were edible.

And the Mr Freezes I bought this morning aren´t frozen yet .

Those two things may seem unrelated but really they are two in the latest line of hard, hard disappointments in my life.

1becomes3 · 27/02/2007 16:33

Octopussy- it is a very complex process, you can't just pair people up willy nilly, ther are lots of factor to think of.

Hellcat and CharNbump if your due dates are no too close together you could be buddies!
When are you due hellcat?

weeonion · 27/02/2007 16:34

maveta - lol lol lol i was talking about getting all oiled up for the good ole perineal massage - remember that conversation from this morning.?????? maybe i have been reading about the wrong thing???
dp wonders if i am squeamish about doing it - could a vibrator not come into play??? ??????????????????????????

1becomes3 · 27/02/2007 16:35

octopussy-are they that bad?
eeeek

weeonion · 27/02/2007 16:36

maveta - life can be a grind cant it. disappointing soft fruit and unfrozen ices........ lol lol did the aubergines cook ok tho' to make up for it?

Hellcat · 27/02/2007 16:38

Yehudi Gordon tells you how to do perineal massage - I think you slather on the oil, put one foot on the side of the bath, and give the whole thing a good kneading between fingers and thumb - you can feel the band of muscle that needs working. I think you are aiming just to get suppleness and bank up the lubrication - I don't think you need to stretch it to baby/turkey size in advance

Plus, (if I remember rightly as its been so long) you have a thin bit of skin there which is obviously tighter than the muscle and so tearable.

My cat is very small you know and I have been sizing her up for a while wondering if she would still be the smallest in the family, or whether the new born baby would be smaller - and I'm afraid the cat is going to remain the family tiny thing.

Probably just as well for the cat or it could end up covered in all stretching my perineum....

octopussyintummy · 27/02/2007 16:38

I have to stop in my tracks and breathe - not the huffy puffy labour thing but take longer deeper breaths - good practise!

1B3 - sorry to undermine your authority on the subject