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?

RE internals they are ok as long as you have a nice midwife. You can say "no" to them, they are unecessary most of the time, but for most of us we are keen to find out if we have made any progress so actually want them. I do not like them but i also freak out at a smear too and take valium before hand. I dont need them in labour either as i know what progress im making as i can usually feel the babies head after 10 minutes

LGT wow what a great idea valium b4 a smear - i hate them, find them v painful something to do with they way my insides r facing

I am eating my pre blood test brekki - i never usually eat this much bleughhhh

Have a good day all all back later

I'll have it TYG if it's still up for grabs. Was going to buy it on Amazon today.

Am emailing you now.

Yours! Which one is that? The Hypno one?

Will post ALL the stuff tomorrow morning that's been lying around my house waiting for me to get round to it. The queues in the post offices near work are appalling, so I never bother and I keep forgetting on Saturday mornings.

Might set an alarm on my phone to remind me.

Okay own up, which one of you harridans has been surreptitiously feeding me razor blades in my sleep?

Ow. Ow. Ow.

My throat has been replaced by a small contaminated waste site.

I've had flu. Leave me alone. I don't want this. And according to the Interweb, no strepsils. I am not drinking lemon and honey. It's the work of the devil.

Grumpy grumpus me.

Fab!! I'll take all the help I can get, so if the birthing book is worth a read too, send it my way!

Know what you mean about Post Office queues. The one in our post office on Saturday mornings is absolutely horrendous. (Would probably help if the people working there actually gave a sh*t). I've never seen people move so slowly, or with so little drive or motivation. Although it's probably not the most dynamic place on Earth to work.

HATE MY JOB!!! Thank God only 38 working days left. I work for a totally self- centred, self-absorbed, arrogant, selfish git. Did I mention that I don't like my boss?

You know what I'm going to say, don't you SOH? YOU'D BETTER BE AT HOME WRITING THAT!

You're anaemic, so your immune system is bound to be affected. Give your poor body a break. Get yourself better so you actually enjoy your time off from work.

Agh. 38 working days?

I have 15 not including today and I'm still losing the will to live.

SOH, Have you been secretly meeting with my husband?
He has woken complaining of the same this morning. He's probably just trying to get out of the rest of the packing and cleaning before we leave. We are off at 2.30am, yes, am!! At least the dc's will sleep in the car,

Thanks for your post on my thread yesterday, this bloody coccyx (yeah, I can spell it now)is kiling me.

Tam, We have an internal here every month from 7 mths. They are not that bad. It's normally just 2 gloved fingers & a bit of KY jelly to check the state of the cervix. I don't remember it being too bad with ds and to be honest I think once you've got the first one over with it's not so bad. Most midwifes are fairly discreet about it, they try to keep as much dignity in the early stages by covering you with a sheet and a check just to see how dialtated you are will last no more than a few seconds. Once you get towards the end of the first stage if you are anything like me, you won't care who's looking, prodding, poking up there, JUST GET THAT BABY OUT!

Have a good weekend lg&t, I'm glad you are still going to go.

AM, You OK?

Ina May Gaskin book is good if you need some "good stories" about natural birth. I did find it just a tad too beatnik for me to be able to enjoy it properly. I wanted to roll my eyes quite a few times.

I'll send it anyway, and if you don't fancy it, then perhaps you can pass it to someone else.

Thats a lie actually, our internals are evry appointment from 6 MTHS; just checked in mi book.

SOH you have gone quiet...afraid of the berating you will get when you actually own up to being in work???? You need to rest like TYG says so you give your body a chance to recover. Its the only way. How is DH this morning?

TYG i loved Ina May Gaskin but like you i think she is a bit 'eye roll, worthy' at times. Im not a very smooshy person at all.

Have only just sat down to brekkie as have been scrubbing bathrooms cos the health visitor is coming. Still have hoovering to do, humph. Still will be nice to come back to a clean house on Sunday.

Need to do a shop online to be delivered monday but soooo cant be bothered. Just know i will regret it on monday if i dont though

Mrs JB have a lovely time skiing, drinking hot choc, we will miss you next week.

You KNOW you'll regret not doing the shopping LG&T. Only the thought of having to go to Tesco tonight instead, kept me awake long enough to finish my online shop last night.

Hope you have a lovely weekend in Plymouth. Sorry you have to go all that way though.

When are you heading down for the long stay?

Thanks guys - I always get drunk for my pap smears. You think I'm joking I have to I hate them that much. Doesn't sound so bad...and by then like you said I'll probably not care what's going on down there and just want Tilda out!

Discount at Dorothy Perkins online if you want it. 25% off until Sunday.

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Don't berate me, yes am at work.

I think DH is having a breakdown. He hasn't eaten or slept since Wednesday and he can't stop crying. He's just phoned me at work and he's sobbing, I can't understand him.

Have asked his Mum if she can help. I don't know what to do. This isn't like him. I'm petrified he'll do something silly, not that but something without thinking.

Oh SOH i think he really needs to get signed off work and rest. The body only keeps going for so long before it shuts down in a im not coping mode. You are going to have to be forceful with him and explain you need him to be strong for you and the baby and the only way he is going to be able to do that is sort himself out now. Harsh but true. I hope you hol next week will help. No breating just ))))hugs(((((

TYG fab discount, wish i had some money to spend! Have just done my asda shop online. Box ticked. Cant face pushing a shopping trolley.

Must hoover, HV here in half hour

That's awful. He needs to be signed off for stress. You're going away aren't you? Hopefully that will help a bit.

SOH - did you persuade him to go home? if not I think you should go and get him. I agree that he needs to be signed off work.

I always think that having two of the major things in your life going wrong at once is enough to make anyone extremely stressed. Your DH has been having problems at work and now his escape route looks like it has closed off. It hasn't. You must try to remember that he hasn't done anything wrong and that there will be a way round the test. It was a false positive. If he really does want to join the police then it is worth fighting for.

You have also have a baby on the way, which even when it is something your really want does add an extra layer of stress to everything.

You have been trying to buy a house too. That is usually considered to be one of the highest stress things you can do. No wonder things are starting to crack a bit. I think the easiest way to take some of the pressure off would be to put buying a house on hold for a while. Do you think you could rent a place for 6 months to give you a chance to sort out your DH's change of job and get used to being parents?

I'm Sorry SOH, you probably don't need to hear it again but I agree with everyone, you both just have soooo much going at the moment, something will give if you do not look after yourselves. Can you get dh to go to the gp? He needs some time off, if he is brave enough to come clean with the Gp about the bullying then that will get him signed off without the police force stuff, although he may be able to offer advice with that too for you. Would he let you go with him?

The break will do you good for a few days, but if he could try see things a bit clearer before you go then that would mean that this doesn't play too bad on his mind the whole time you are away.

)))))))))))Hugs for you both(((((((((((((((

How's your throat?

SOH - I'm so sorry to hear what you guys are going through. The ladies are all very wise and all I can do is echo what they have already said. Thinking of you - will post more later

What are ya doin SOH? Hope you have managed to speak to him xxxx

Oh how was it wiv the HV lg&t, did she notice your bathroom was clean.

I cleaned the flat from top to bottom the first time the midwife came round when I was prego with DS..... and then was really disappointed that she only went in one room.

Good excuse to have a tidy up though

I've just had my lunch hour, half an hour of which I spent on the phone to DH and the other half an hour I spent in the toilet crying.

DH is a mess. He has been on the phone to the Samaritans this morning (no GP appointments, they said try again on Monday- we're on holiday then). He said that when he's at work he thinks terrible things that he can't say to me. I know what he means and he said although he thinks it, he couldn't leave me and Mathilda. I don't know how to help him. I want him to see a GP on his own so that he can say all of these things without fear of upsetting me. I'll wait outside for him. He's at home atm, but has to work tonight- nasty boss woman says they can't manage without him and we have no sick note to get him out of it. One of his colleagues found him locked in the office crying yesterday and called me, but he couldn't come home because of the bloody bully.

I'm so sorry to do all of this on here, but I haven't got anybody to talk to.