Due in March 07 - going as mad as the proverbial March hare while we wait!

[LunarSea]

New thread before the old one explodes!

Laidback that is so exciting about the house! I hope your offer is accepted!

Jay how was Borat? I wonder can laughing alot start labour...?

For the first time last night I started to wonder if this was it
First of all, the baby was suddenly and definately trying hard to get out, kicking at the top and scrabbling at the bottom, it was really sore and a strong little baby I can tell you!
I don't remember the others doing that and usually he just wriggles a bit and sleeps loads.
Then I was getting lower periodpainish backache and loads of pressure and Bhs. Dh hasn't arrived yet, so I was all anxious, but eventually it settled down and I went to sleep.

It made me feel nervous though and very aware of the reality of the labour ahead of me. (tremble, tremble.)

I wonder about Rainbowgirl too because she was in such turmoil and it would be great to hear she was doing ok. I hope she is.

Morning all

Rosy - I was wondering about rainbowgirl the other day. Hope she's doing okay

Well the sun is shining here and I had a reasonable night's sleep i.e. no 2 year old in the bed! He spent the whole night in his own bed

Morning ladies,

Will catch up properly later but for now I've rearranged my driving lesson to a Thursday so I have to go and get ready!

Later today (can't remember what time actually, will have to phone the Doctor's) I have a mw appt, I wonder if it will just be the usual one or whether it will be different now I'm 37 weeks?

Speak more later, hope you all have good mornings!!

Morning ladies

First of all, MANY congratulations to both Foxy and Muppet on your fantastic news. Foxy, I am so sorry that your birth experience wasn't the best. He is a big boy though and hope he will get the hang of feeding and sleeping at night quickly. Muppet, Samuel is gorgeous and so cute! Top name too! Glad you are home safely. 2 more boys to add to the tally - wonderful news .

Sending positive vibes to Diva - perhaps she's had the baby by now if she was being induced yesterday. And good luck to everyone twingeing (sp?) today.

No movement here - still being kicked every which way, weeing every 2 mins and generally uncomfortable but in good form. Had my last day at work yesterday and the waddle to the bus stop took me about 20 mins (usually 5) as I had to keep stopping! Have some work to do today but should be able to finish if I get my head down and my arse in gear.

It's a cloudless spring day here, with flowers out and a warm breeze. In a few weeks, we'll all have our babies to enjoy it with. What a lovely thought.

Take care and enjoy the day XXXX

evening all... been a bit of a stressful day today. Dd1 was clingy when I dropped her off at sn kindy today. But managed to get my hair cut today don't know when I will have the time to do that again. Thankfully the hairdresser comes to our place.

Rushed out to do messages and dd2 decided to throw a wobbler when It was time to leave the shops..... so I had to carry a 2 1/2 yo to the car park and put her in the car.

She then decided to be silly as we walked up the back steps ( 16 steps) As I went to step up to the next step holding her hand - she decided to drop to her knees... cue a 'pulled elbow' This is her second. So i knew as soon as it happened what had happened iyswim. So pick up dd1 early from kindy - go to A and E and wait for someone to put said elbow back in. very common injury in small children - she managed to do the other one last year!!!!

cue two very tired girls who did not get an afternoon rest/sleep. I did not get my afternoon rest/sleep and I am grumpy.

Another expectant checking in with NO news
Aside from anight of period cramps, backache and staying up with dd, who is poorly yet again... Got to sleep at 3.30 only to need a few more wees before dp's alarm went off at 6.30.

He woke and said, what was up with dd when you went to her - he only heard the first time...
Men honestly, selective hearing
DD cries louder than the alarm clock and that's the truth.
Anyway, another day, dd will be in front of the tv and in bed most of the day I suspect.
She is a good patient though bless her. So I should get a nice easy day.

Sazzy around yet?
Hopefully getting a lie in...

Poor you and the girls Eidsvold, I hope you can get a nice relaxing early night!

The blonde great your 2 year old slept in his bed, mine used to do that but he's getting all awkward now in time for baby. He's potty training himself too, whether I like it or not...ie taking his clothes off peeing on the floor and then sitting on the potty I've lost control of my children(again)

Happy driving Mossy!

Dolly, hope you get that work done and out of the way so you can concentrate on lazying about!

Hi Piffle, you must be exhausted, I hope you get a nap today!

I live in hope
Although one of our yr old pups is being neutered today, the other one is going spare very noisily outside on his own...

I may have to lock him inside to get any peace...

Hi everyone!

Just popping on to say...

...no news .

Am off to meet my NCT group now.

Chat later. x

40+5
Jonny

Jonny is obviously very confortable where he is Boo. Have a good day.

Kitty are you feeling any less fat today ??

Rosy - keep those legs crossed until your man gets up to Belfast .

hi all-hope you are all having a good day. fingers crossed for your house,Laidback.

another long night watching ski-ing, visiting loo and wishing it was morning. this has to be the worse part of pregnancy..

mama tens keep sending me tens machines (and charging me) must sort it out today!

looking forward to hearing from diva, and sazzy

well girls, just wanted to tell you today is my EDD so Jordi is officially O days old - and in the real world, he is two months old today. The 8th of the month is a significant one in his life because that was also the date (8 July) I found out I was pregnant. He was weighed at clinic yesterday and he is now 6lb 14oz (or 3.12kg) .

Eids, sorry about your bad day. That elbow thing happened twice to a colleague of mine and he said he was worried they'd have social services round!

Piffle, hope you get some rest too.

Happy driving Mossy. When's the test???

Feel like we're finally making some progress towards being ready - dh at last got the crib, basket, car seat, feeding pillow, etc down from the attic last night, and all the covers have now been washed.

And having got baby clothes down from the attic (and we already have far more than we need) - why have I just spent the last half hour (when I'm supposed to be working)looking around Ebay for new ones? Although a lot of what we've got from ds is nice, and I really don't need to buy any more, I've got this irrational urge to offload a lot of it (local NCT sale here soon), and have different things for this one. Why????

Because he's new and you want new things for him - why not?? It's only natural. May not be wise, but hey.

Good morning again.

Firstly.. what the hell is this "hormone" business about?! I don't know what's happened to me today but for some reason I feel unable to think about anything rationally whatsoever. Just a few tiny little things that wouldn't normally bother a normal person have suddenly made me feel really stressed and tearful! I assume it's hormones but why now when I've nothing to be upset about rather than before when I was actually stressed with work / money etc? It makes no sense!!!

Chocolatepenny your mil sounds a bit overbearing, although maybe she thinks she is helping? Is there any way to get her to channel her efforts for good, as it were, so you could say, thanks for doing X, but actually Y needs doing? The joint furniture thing sounds very odd though!!

Jay was Borat good?

Kitty sorry you're feeling fat. Hey come on, have a good look at the size of me on my photo and you'll feel a bit less fat then!

Oooh Laidback good luck with the offer I hope you get the house!!

Sazzy... I got a video in the post this morning THANK YOU!!! I will watch that later when I've calmed down a bit! Having said that you might even be on your way to the labour ward now..... good luck!!

Callie I was wondering about Rainbowgirl too, she was due around the same time as me, I wonder if she is okay?

Rosy... here's hoping your lo hangs on just a bit longer 'til your dh is back!

Dolly I bet you are glad now that you've finished work!

Eids sorry about your stressful day hope your dd2 is okay.

Piffle hope your dd is feeling better soon and you get some rest too.

Booboo hope you have a good time with your NCT group.

Callie I'm not booking in for the test until after Bertie's born, because if for any reason I end up having a c-section, or if I tear badly (oh which reminds me don't anyone do what I did and read that front page thread about the third degree tear ) it will affect how long before I can take lessons again.

Lunar sounds like you're finally getting things sorted, must be hard while you're still at work as well.

Sorry if I've missed anyone, hope everyone is okay.

Right I'm going to eat some food and have a decaff coffee and try to calm myself down before deciding rationally what to do about my minor stresses!

Hiya - sorry don't have time to read all the posts. Kitty - tried to call you earlier and a really cute sounding child answered Will try again later when Monti is dreaming.

Milk has come in and have sore nips (ouch!) and about 1 hour sleep last night LOL!!

will catch up later - any more arrivals yet?

Am feeling slightly stalkerish keep coming back on to see if Sazzy has posted yet
She was meant to have an unduction today? Until it was cancelled - this happened to me with dd - dd was born on dot of 38 wks on the day they had planned to induce me, before I refused that was....
if you are in labour, good luck!!!!!

Hello All,
Another busy day for everyone it seems...

NO news here though, lying on the couch feeling sorry for myself still . Bleeding has now stopped and I am having side effects to the anti-biotics that they gave me so feeling very drowzzy, clumbsy and dizzy - Lovely. Last night DH & I decided to do the deed to see if we could get things kicking off (as this works for us) and I was in agony for 4 hours - had really strong contractions every 10 minutes which stopped . Was hoping with the slight contractions I keep having that this would work. Still have slight contractions all day but nothing that the hospital will be to interested in. Its difficult this time as it is still 2 weeks till my C-sec and they keep telling me if the contraction get worse I must go in and they will deliver now - but how do I know when to call in - its just not the same as when you are having natural and have to wait till you can't cope - so not sure when to go in as the contractions were so soar but I knew they could stop - which they did. Dont want to go in and look like and idiot. Especially if they see I have done the deed when doing an internal

I just really hope these contractions (however slight they seem) don't last for the next 2 weeks with nothing happening as they are really getting me down now and I think I may just go mad

Mossie - hope the driving went well. Oh and the complete irrational stress over nothing - welcome to my club. Its perfectly normal apparently. I am like that so often at the moment. Yesterday when I was discharged from hospital (without a baby in my arms) my poor DH got the brunt of it. Today its DS1 who is getting it. And whats with my step SIL having her baby today - befor me (even though she was due last week). Irrational - yes - normal who knows...

Sazzy - hope you are in the throws of labour now and all is going well for you .

Jay - loved the joke by the way & how was Borat last night? Hope DD is feeling better now - how is she doing?

Laidback - good luck with the house - hope your offer is accepted sounds like a lovely place.

Lunar - its normal to want everything new for the new lo - not always finacially practical - but hey who cares.

To Booboo and everyone else waiting for something to happen Im sending good contracting and dialating vibes (please send some my way too ) in the hope things will kick off for you all soon.

Hope you are all having a good afternoon and to those who did not get much sleep last night hope you get to have a relaxing afternoon and an early night!

sorry for the long message - did not realise how long it would be - oops

Oh Mistiek you are having such a rough time of it. You poor thing, you know I am sure if you call the hospital they won't think you're an idiot, and I'm sure lots of people have sex to try and get things started as it's quite a well known technique, so I bet they wouldn't bat an eyelid.

But I know that it's not what they think it's how you feel, I once called the hosi about lo not doing the requisite number of kicks and felt like such a hypochondriac!! (sp?)

I hope it kicks off for you soon, maybe your lo is just really comfy in there!

I am going to go to bed for an hour now, and then hopefully I will wake up feeling like slightly more human ready for the mw appt!

Sorry, for those having a shit time
I had mw app today. I am now walking so slowly that an old lady with a walking stick stopped to let me pass her .
The mw said she'd do a sweep at my next app, I think not .
Foxy, I'm in 'till about 3pm school run time. That was ds 1 you spoke to but he's crap at messages, I guessed by your number!!

mistiek the on off pre labour phase must drive you mad esp if you know you're having a section.

Mine appear frequently and then die off when I lie down, then appear when I'm asleep, and go away when I wake up
Buggered if I know...
It is enough to drive you demented

Am off to sleep now with dd (snotty beyond belief so she will snore snore snore)
Sazzy a no show
Do we dare hope she has her baby now!

Hi All
Mistiek, your C date is the same as my EDD so I can understand contractions now must be hard as you have two wks yet. Hope baby comes before will cross things for you.
MIL is not coming around today thinks I am getting 'Space' on DH recommendation. Although Last Night he took off where she left off and started organising the kitchen cupboards madly till 10pm.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a holiday at this point? As it is I've been in bed most of the afternoon.
Hope babies? progress well in next 24hrs for all with contractions.
What Does erveyone thing of Tens Machines? I have been thinking of hiring one although my friend and sister say they aren't worth it?

Chocolatepenny - opinions vary on tens. You need to put them on as soon as contractions start to max the benefits. I used one with DS and must have worn it for 17 hrs! I have hired another one this time