Due in May 07 - w/c 05.03.07

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Just thought I'd start the ball rolling. Can't quite believe I'm the first on today
Everyone talked out?

Tis a beautiful day, wish I wasn't stuck at work. On holiday next week at Center Parcs in Elveden so hoping the weather lasts.

They put the delivery suite number on my notes, along with the Medicom number at my booking-in appointment at 8 weeksm midwife points it out every time I see her 'just in case'.

'If you're waters break come straight in'

Snort!

What did they think you'd do? Fly a frickin kite?

"Flying your kite" is what got us in this state. (Or so my mother would say...)

Will try to find out a bit more SOH. I don't know which bit of the hair they test, but at first glance it looks like they're being idiots about only going three months back, when the hair sample could be six months old. If they test the root part of the hair, then perhaps not.

Will see what I can find out about the medication and effects of steroids on it.

Lupins - it is a very big decision, but I'm sure you've already thought about it.

I think I'm just surprised when I hear women say it becuase it's so mcuh a bigger deal for women than men. Told DH that if one of us was going to do it, it would be him! Snip, snip - out in 30 mins.

Hello everyone!

Have had my costa coffee, was yum.

Lupins they are making a big deal about you going straight in cos if the baby is footling breech the cord can prolapse if you waters go. Im sure you knew that anyway, when is you section booked for?

SOH am still fuming about your poor DH, i sent you an email last night (not to gingerbread one) Give him a huge hug from me, cant believe you have to deal with this as well as no house, sore shoulder, anaemia, scary chicken ornaments...... you are not whinging at all. I think most of us would be on the verge of breakdown if we were going through what you are. )))hugs((((

MrsJB hope you are packing today! You must be getting excited about it now, i love holidays. Leave the post behind and the dishes and laundry, bliss

Laundry....must get to that.....Have just eaten a portion of chips from the chippie, it was next to the chemist i went in to for Hugs and Jonah's cough medicine. It called to me i couldnt resist

TYG you sound like youve damaged your symphisis pubis, it feels just like you have been kicked in the crotch. If you push on your pelvic bone in the middle it will feel like a bruise. Not nice, hope you have not got it for the rest of the preg. Rest does help as does legs together and not crossing your legs. Easier said than done though.

It is so nice outside i want to wear flip flops, they are buried in the cupboard of doom though......have very hot feet.

SOH - Elveden Centre Parcs is lovely, its where we went back in October. The spa is lovely. A nice relaxing break could be just what you and DH need.

BoooHooo. have just got back from midwife and shes worried about my blood pressure. the lower number has been going up each time... 58/68/76/80. now i have to go and see her again next week. anyone else had this - i'm only 28 +5 fgs! normally i faint loads cos my BP is too low. Suppose I'll have to cut out coffee, tea, salt, my one glass of wine (ok ok 5 glasses)....eat celery....um...start doing my spin bike everyday again... anyone got any ideas on how to reduce it in a week? I know high really starts at 90, but looking at the trend, I can see where she is coming from.

Hey all,

I haven't had time to catch up, but I hope everyone is doing well.

I started practicing my hypnobirthing this week, and I feel very cool and collected (yeah right). I've decided that dh is a moron and is lucky if I decide to stay married to him, sometimes I'm surprised at how stupid men are/can be. Let's just say that I've spent the past few weeks organizing the house so that it is new baby and big belly friendly, Yesterday he managed to undo everything I've been working on. Let's just say that I cried for hours at how I do everything myself, and most of what I do is clean up after him.

Anyway, I've more organizing to do.

BefnalBub,

Try to get to your appointments a little early and just take time, close your eyes and breathe deeply. I times that my bp is high are the days where I'm running late, have ds with me at the appointments, and have a million things to worry about.

If it starts getting higher ask them to leave you alone for a few minutes so they can redo your bp after a few minutes. One time that happened to me, and it went about 5 points lower.

Hello. Just popping in and not taking my coat and shoes off or anything (not pg and hoping not to be pg again, as you might guess by name) just hoping that one of you might have a Baby Names book to hand and can help me with a small question?

Would be ever so grateful ...

fire away then, I have a selection of baby name books.

Thank you MrsJB (great name btw) - is there a girls name in your book spelled something like this:

Shezeradze, Shehzerade, Sehzardzhe - you get the picture. Its got lots of hs and zs in it.

Can I ask you please:

How IS it spelled?
How do you pronounce it?
What does it mean?

Many many thanks.

TIEM.

I'm looking now for you, have 4 to look thrugh so may be a few mins.

Hey all - so much been going on with everyone. Hope you are all ok. Work is crazy busy so haven't been able to lurk much. Thinking of you all xx

TIEM

Sorry; can't find anything even close. I guesse you've exhausted the names websites.

There is not even a girls name beginning with S with a H and a Z in it. Going to have a look around the web, it's bugging me now too. FWIW it sounds very hebrew as the hebrew names had sounds letters and lots of S starting names.

Good Luck, keep watching if I find anything I'll post on here for you.

Thanks Mrs JB. Have got to put the children to bed now. Will start trawling the web later - tbh I hoped the all-seeing, all-knowing power of Mumsnet might be able to help me before I had to go down that route. Very kind of you to help, though.

madeindevon- picked up my iron tablets they are 200mg ferrous sulphate which the leaflet inside says is the equivalent of 65mg or iron. Have you read the leaflet, I think the actual iron content is lower than suggested by the tablet name.

Still reckons I have to take 3 tablets a day, that's 195mg of iron a day

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LGT I didnt realise that about the footling breech, will get there smartish - not that I was planning on popping to tesco for snacks before hand lol - my section date is 15th may will be 38 weeks, both previous babies have been breech I know each pg is differant will wait and see, I have no confidence in getting to 38 weeks I really think it will be earlier

I was sat in the spare room this afternoon dismantling a shelf unit - and the bloomin pushchair that was propped up fell on me and gave me a right crack on the head - I didnt go funny or anything but it bloody well hurt for a good ten minutes

TEIM

this is the closest I got try this link, if you get chance, It was the closest sounding names.

MrsJB - thanks so much. Couldn't find it on there, so googled Zac+Goldsmith+wife and found it!!! So happy. It is Sheherezade. Still no idea how to pronounce it though, but it is my new Mumsnet name - and you helped me find it. Thank you thank you thank and good luck in May!.

I need to ask everyone a question and I really apologise for the 'too much information' you will need to give me to respond.

Basically - except for pap smears I have never had an internal examination so I have no idea what it is

If I have a midwife visit or doctor visit closer to Bean's arrival date and they say I need an internal what will they do? Once I'm in labour and they check me to see how dilated I am how do they do that?

I feel like such a schmuck...but appreciate any response's regardless of how graphic

TIEM - do you mean Sheherazade?

~SOH lots of hugs - poor poor you. I hope everything sorts out. It does sound as if they are being really stupid. Hope you and DH can go off and do something nice this weekend.

CM - glad all is going well - hope it is not too tedious in hosp

Iron - Isn't porridge meant to be good for iron? I've been eating it a lot recently and my iron levels are much better than with DS.

Big Babies - DS1 was 9lb5 - I am 5'5 and DH is a couple of inches taller and neither of us are particularly big so everyone was a bit surprised - me in particular i may say. I seem to be having lots of checks this time to make sure but i am a little nervous of them getting it wrong and wheeling me in for a Csection unnecessarily - DS was born naturally with gas, air and water (iyswim) and I'd rather do that....time will tell. All the consultant has to say to me is "incontinence" and, to be honest, I'll do whatever she says...

New car sitting out in front of the house looking lovely and shiny. Have not had a chance to drive it yet so am going out with DH this weekend - bit nervous because the reason we bought it was so that I would (finally) get driving - bit of a b***r if I don't like it....my nornmally calm DH might be tipped over the edge.

Must go - have promised myself an early night and it is already 9.40
x

Cinnamonton - so far as I remember with DS1 the only time anyone peered up there was when I went in and my waters had broken - I don't remember it feeling any different to a smear - in fact less uncomfortable AND the plus thing was that it then got my contractions going which was a relief. DH's face when they did start poking around was a picture - we get so used to it I suppose. GOD IT'S HARD BEING A WOMAN etc etc

Internal not much different to a smear, although less uncomfortable, IMO, as they don't have to hold the cervix open as with a smear. They just feel with fingers to see how open the cervix is.

I don't think they do them TOO often. Not that I remember anyway. Plus, they'll try to do them between contractions so you don't have two things to deal with!

MKG - to you. Men are really thick sometimes. They try to "help" and you end up having more work to do. I did my first Hypnobirthing class last week and have the second on Sunday. It seems really good. Thank you for recommending it.

BTW - I have a spare hypnobirthing book now. Happy to post to anyone who would like it. Email me twelveyeargap at googlemail dot com. Also if anyone would like the Ina May Gaskin "Guide to Childbirth" book - I've finished with that.

SOH - since you'll only absorb about 20% of those 195g of iron, then it's not so much after all. That DOES make sense about hte ferrous whatsit not being directly equivalent to iron.

Better do some work today. This is getting ridiculous. I'm tired though. Went to bed with the laptop so I could listen to the Hypno cd (DH was out with clients) and remembered I had to do the grocery shopping. That somehow took over an hour. I think I got to sleep near midnight some time, DH woke me a bit later when he came in and I shushed him, then he must have fallen asleep on the sofa because he woke me AGAIN at 5am when he came to bed and my alarm was set for 5.30. BOOO. Drove to work today in a fit of pique about being too tired for messing about with buses and train. Any excuse. Don't know if I can bring myself to wait til after 6 to leave to skip the Congestion Charge. My boss does that, (despite earning over £1m a year and driving an Aston Martin). Tight git.

Just phoned DH. Not out of bed. He was late for work yesterday as well.

He said to me the other day, how great it would be that when I'm at home, I can kick him out of bed on time and won't that be great - him getting to work on time, but that "I'd have to get better at it", becuase I'm not bossy enough now. Eh, hello? What age are you? Then he complains that I speak to him like a child sometimes. I wonder why.

Morning all, will catch up later when i have done the school run. I have fed and got dressed 5 children, my kitchen is sparkly and the tumble dryer and washing machine are on the go already....[smug emotion]

Of course when the baby comes out i will still be sat feeding him having not done a thing, the kids will be on fruit winders for brekkie [shudder] and the baby will do a poo up to his neck right before i need to leave for school. If i remember that correctly

Im off to Plymouth today and the health visitor is coming at 12 so need to clean up and pack to the car. Oh the fun....

See you all later xxxx