Due in May - Week Commencing 12/03/07

[twelveyeargap]

Morning.

Well I have jsut eaten a share size bag of literal Munchies.Went down a treat.Gonna have some fruit salad now to compensate..Im disgustingly big.Am wearing a frock today that two weeks ago was fine.Now my belly is pulling it down so it is so low cut its practically indecent.Am having to don a pashmina to cover my modesty every time I leave my office for fear of giving staff/customers a heart attack!But its so hot in my service that I almost die of suffocation!

@ Scooter. I haven't been in since you posted, but I regularly go in for my petrol and bits and pieces. There are indeed a couple of lovely chaps in there.

I finally sent those dresses, btw, so if you get a notification to collect something at the post office, then that's what it will be.

Can't believe people say things like that about a teeny tiny road. It's stupid. I would never normally have chosen to live on a busy road, but if the right house comes up... You can't have everything can you? Not unless you're completely loaded. You have to compromise on some things.

Good luck with the next viewing.

Exactly.Ruddy picky if you ask me..Its so funny Im starting to get really defensive when people say they dont like something about the house.How ridiculous-I obviously dont like some things about the house either or I wouldnt be trying to move..Im so silly sometimes..
Anyway its only busy at rush hour your road isnt it?-Ive driven up it in the middle of the day and theres been nowt on it, (this sounds stalkerish, sorry).Most roads in London are busy sometimes,chuffing place is practically gridlocked twice a day..
Dresses arrived thanks-well the card did from the postie so will go and pick them up at some point.O well.Was getting excited that someone had sent me a large gift thru the post.Chance'd be a fine thing..

Im TOO HOT.(throws pashmina on floor and stamps on it in manner of cross 7 yr old)

Did I tell everyone that dd started walking over the weekend?!She can do 7 steps on her own now.Very proud Mama I am!

And yes, I know Pashminas are very passe but I dont care.
Did buy self a lovely pair of new style platforms from Office when in York though.Which would be fine if I wasnt too much like a weeble to balance in them!

Thank you so much for your advice. I've spoken to the midwives and to the hospital where I was originally due to have the baby. Both have said there's nothing to worry about although they can't formally give results over the phone. As a couple of you mentioned, they say that they only get in touch if there's a problem and that they're very diligent about chasing it up....Yikes, what a strange and horrible thing to have become obsessed about!

Anyway, I'm going to try and regain my sanity and shall reintroduce myself when I go back to worrying about more normal things like what colour to paint the spare bedroom and what colour pram I want....

Thank you again

I was the same before dd as we moved 6 weeks before she was born..I really panicked that the midwives didnt know me and that the hospital would never have heard of me..dont worry-by the time you are in labour they have to let you in and look after you no matter what!As long as you've a copy of your notes, (and to be honest even if you havent), all will be well...

Re the other bits..
Im going Apple Green on my pram..and hopefully a pale yellow on the bedroom wall whenever we move to a house that dd2 can get her own room in..She strikes me as a sort of yellow kind of baby,even though we havent met her yet!DD1 has been a pink type of girl from day 1..(I mean in terms of colours they like not physical appearance obviously).Although Aprilmeadows your woman re decorating-have you see her mural?!

Hi all, just got a call from the hospital, my glucose tolerance test has come back with raosed level - have to go in on monday and get a blood monitor - am not really surprised, would explain why pancrea has been so painful - but my krispy kreme experiance may have to wait

Sorry to hear that lupins. Had my test yesterday and rang for results today but not in yet. Not really expecing anything to be wrong they are just testing because baby could be big! Will probably get a shock if it is raised!

Not much else to report. Sleeping in DD2s bed most of the time now as struggling to sleep and our bedroom smells of paint. Was awake in the night for ages - insomnia is a pain.

DD2 wet the bed two nights ago and keeps getting unexplained inuries so we think she is attention seeking. She is nearly 7 and has always been the baby. Had parents evening last night and the teacher said the same - she mentioned the inujuries! DD1 got a brill report as usual but we have things to work on with DD2 - like we have loads of time!!!

SkyTV Hope your results are ok I had my test on friday so took a few days, am not too shocked, bless your dd2 - do you think this is her nose being out of joint due to new arrival being due soon, dd has been wetting bet alot more and wanting to sleep with me - she also keeps asking if we will still be best friends - trying to offer lots of reassurance - not always easy at 3am!! Were you dd's big then - or is this baby growing big?

70 quid TYG thats awful! Could you not fight it? Say that you got delayed and that you would be happy to pay the difference but feel that the fine is totally unfair...

Lupins, sorry to hear that your test results were not good. Just think they will be back to normal once KK has opened in Reading. I will gladly deliver them for you as i am sure i will be spending a lot of time in Reading once they are open

JL, cant get all of my bag ready as nursing bras have to wait until about 37weeks (once ML starts). Re baby grows, i have put 3 newborn (upto 9lbs - i think) in the bag. I am hoping that i will be in and out as this is not my first, but if she was smaller/bigger and i had to stay in i can always send dh out to get the required size.

Daisy, welcome to the May thread. Do you know what flavour you are having? Also what is your due date?

AM - Thanks we will have to have a KK and coffee meet up - well hot chocolate as I dont drink coffee - went throught Elvetham - or however you spell it on sunday

Lupins - hot choc and KK can it get any better? Elvetham is a great place for getting lost in! So many roads to turn down and i am sure you can spend days in the estate driving round and round

Got another DIY weekend ahead of us. Going to do the kitchen and the entrance hall. Luckily they're fairly small areas so will easily be completed in 2 days.

Now are there any more of you that want to join the Secret Shower Swap????

I've made my list and I'm about to match you all up and email you with the person that you are sending to. The person you are sending to is not the person who is sending to you (almost sounded confusing).

So email me on lovelymarslady at aol dot com and you can join in the fun.

I want nothing back. Just pay a good deed forward.

MarsLady

Well I've had bugger all sleep and am very grouchy! Not even Prison Break has made me slightly happier, somethings not right! My backs really hurting to as I've been slumped over my desk all day and now all freakin night too.

Have lectures at 11:30 and can't be arsed, haven't done any work for uni in weeks. Found out my exmas are on the 18th and 24th May. Well my due dates the 24th so doesn't look like I'll be making it to them after all!

My dad's still really ill which means he can't come and get me to bring me home for the easter hols next friday. They did ask if I could get a train but to be honest, 7 hours on a train, 31 weeks pregnant with a mahoosive suitcase - I think not! So think my mum will be coming to get me instead now which I feel awful about as she'll be at work all week and my sis gets back from travelling next friday, which means my mum will miss all day saturdy with my sister cause she'll be coming to get me - argh! Spent hours in tears earlier with all this cause I now feel like I'm being a pain in the arse for my parents. But I just wanna be at home now, I've had enough of being here. And I wanted to be there to see my sister and it's my dad's Birthday on the monday so my reasons aren't all selfish!

God I'm just so tired and cranky, and sick of being bloody pregnant. I want my body back, I want to be able to paint my toes or at least see them when I look down, and keep my ladygarden nice and trim. Raiders of the lost arc - I think not! More like bloody raiders of the lost LW's fandango! Oh and whilst I'm having a moan I looked into child maintenance earlier in case I need to claim from him, what's the sodding point? He'd be giving me something like £20 a week. WTF? Am I expected to raise this baby on oxygen or something!!!

Ok am going to go and get some sleep and come back later and be less like Bernard Black from Black Books

LW - I hope you were able to get back to sleep. I know its easy for me to say, but try and keep your chin up sweetie. You WILL manage, and its only because its the unknown at the moment that is making you panic. Once you are home in the safe arms of family support things will look a lot better. Also, re child maintenance make sure you get what you can even if it is 20 a week. Make him pay!

Better get my arse into gear and actually get ready for work. Catch you all later

LW sorry you are having a pants time - always happens that everything goes wrong together, prefectly normal to feel quite fed up with being pg at this point, sorry you dad is still poorly - I am sure your mum wont mind coming to get you, probably saves her alot of worry about you struggling on a train - I feel bad havent been to see mine at all whole pg but like you say long train journey while pg (and with 4yo and dog) nooooo way, and I know she understands, is there no other way of getting to do your exams - cant they delay them or bring them forward - sorry dont know how these things work

AM - add marshmallows to the hot choc with cream - and side dish of ice cream - PERFECT!! have a good weekend decorating - you have seen the beautiful decor in our place - cringy, makes me shudder sometimes, I hate it!! but as we arent sure how long we are going to be here then we're not putting in alot of effort

Another lovely day - hopefully going to make it out for a walk today - got to go to town to pay cheques in, dp has his 1st appt at the gym and the river is next door so might take pooch for for a well deserved stroll

Have a great day all xx

Hello all
feeling v good because have booked osteopath appt for Friday - back is killing me. hope he can perform his usual magic - not sure how they do it when you can't lie down....

Went to Kiddicare yesterday (yes - we are only 20 mins from the shop...). We were meant to be trying out a new base for our old bebecar pram. None of them fit so we could buy an old one from bebecar (which I am not so keen on because there are a couple of things that annoy me about it) BUT DDDDDDDDH then got quite excited about buying new pram - hee hee - and then I don't get the blame for spending. I am playing this one carefully. Had a look at the Amby baby hammock which is lovely but decided that if this one is as much of a porker as DS (in the nicest poss way) then it won't fit in it for long enough. Also DH not that keen and don'd want to distract him from wanting new pram....BUT did buy nice comfy chair (one of those breastfeeding ones) that was going cheap because it had not box - as if i care. I always thought those chairs were a bit of a rip off but they are so comfy - in fact I am going to sit in mine now.

btw - can't remember who was worrying about breastfeeding. I am a lazy sod and I much preferred it because it meant I didn't have to worry about bottles and things - it is a abit daunting beforehand though. Just go with the (milk) flow!!

Had a couple more ladies sign up. Today is your last day. I'm off out all day and will start sending out the swaps tonight.

Don't forget when you email me I'll need:

Your MN name
Your RL name
Your address
What you are having (if you know)
What you like/dislike... eg having a girl but hate pink

Today really is your last chance(unless my client goes into labour in which case you get an extra day or two lol).

Morning all

Well the pains i was suffering with on Tuesday finally went at 2.30am wednesday morning. I spent all day trying to get in touch with my midwife, leaving pager messages but to no avail. I wasnt too worried because bubs was still moving around, in fact he/she seemed to be moving a lotmore than usual. All day i had ds2 coming up to me asking if my tummy was better and cuddling me, even when my neighbour took him outside to play with the other kids he was in and out checking up on me which is more than i can say about Dh. He knew how much pain i was in when he left in the morning but not once did he phone or text to see how i was. Then instead of coming home after work he went to the pub, when i phoned to ask if he could come home soon because i was still in pain and really wanted some company he promised he wouldnt be late. He rolled in the door at 11.45pm and because i was upset he got nasty. All i'd wanted was him to show he did give a shit about me by giving up the pub for one measly (?) night. Everyone else i know had been texting or calling all day to check i was ok yet my own husband couldnt be bothered. We had already had a major arguement on Saturday night about the amount of time he spends at the pub (ie every spare chance he gets, we hardly see him)and id been ready to throw our marriage away, i feel like a single mum most of the time anyway, and so after Tuesday i was really p'ed off. He even begrudged having to take me to see midwife yesterday (i just wanted to put my mind at rest because bubs hadnt been moving all day, everything was fine by the way) I know dh isnt one to show his emotions much but he is turning into an arsehole who only thinks of himself. The annoying thing is no matter what i say seems to go in one ear and out the other with him, he knows how close i am to kicking him out yet he wont do anything to help things, he will spout some rubbish about how he is going to stop wasting money down the pub, decorate the house, spend more time with us blah blah blah but its all lies, within a week we are back to square one. Surely its not too much to expect your husband to spend time with you and the kids?

Enough of me moaning about dh, he isnt worth it.

Welcome Daisy!!

On the subject of hospital bags i panicked a bit on Tuesday, i knew i wasnt in labour or anything but it did make me think that if anything did happen i wasnt anywhere near ready. The baby would be fine, it has everything it will need but as for me, well thats a different matter so i went on the pc and printed off a hospital bag checklist and it is my task for the next week tobuy everything i need for my bags.

I am now on the lookout for a cheap mans t-shirt to wear for labour. With ds2 i managed to find a bright green one for £1, a lot better than hospital gowns and cheaper than buying a proper nightshirt afterall i threw it in the bin afterwards, no point taking things like that home to wash!!!

Hallo and thank you for your nice welcomes!

Amazing what a nights sleep can do for you. I actually feel quite sane today. My poor DH will be deeply relieved as he usually enjoys being at home but last night kept muttering about wanting tomorrow morning "to roll on" and muttering about how much he was looking forward to going to work. Probably not helped by the fact that I dramatically announced I was giving up everything except watching TV in bed and eating Chinese takeaways....Anyway, all much more normal today - luckily...

My due date is 8th May but it looks like it'll be a C-section and the doctor's keen to do it around 27th April. So all things being equal it'll be some time between those two. I need to get it into my (clearly utterly fogged up) head that the baby could decide to come earlier. DH and I are working backwards from an early May date and working out how to get fully ready for the baby. Clearly it may have ideas of its own.....

I don't know which flavour it is except that I'm completely convinced that it's a boy. My mother said something about daughters yesterday and I was completely taken aback. I need to remind myself that it could be either as I keep talking it to it as he. We decided we didn't want to know too early as I knew that I'd have planned its entire life and would already be able to imagine teenage arguments by the time it was born if I knew what it was. Obviously I now wish we knew as there are only so many beige baby grows with teddy bears on that you can buy!

Hope that it's lovely and sunny wherever you are. Unfortunately have been out and about and there are a curiously large number of large men in vest tops around ....but it's still a glorious day!

Oh Pebble. I don't know what to say. Poor you.

Poor you Pebble, shall i come over and shout too?

STOP talking about easily accessible Krispy Kremes......im sooooooo jealous >

TYG WTF with the the parking??? Not good at all, £70 quid for an hour, outrageous!

I am still here by the way, DH is home and we have been out most of the time. I miss you guys when im not on here for a couple of days though.

I have been getting texts from SOH and MrsJB both are well and having a fab time. MrsJB little girl has fallen and hurt her head though, 3 stitches Poor thing she always donks her head.

Welcome daisy by the way, lovely to have you with us xxxx

I have just baked 75 cup cakes for red nose day tomorrow, they are going in the staff room at both infant and junior schools. Hopefully it will raise a little more money and feed some harrassed teachers too.

My SPD is giving me gip angain, moved some furniture in the youngest boys room yesterday and feel like you did TYG after you kicked the laundry basket. How is yours? Did it go?

Back down to the kitchen for me.....decorating to be done....75 cupcakes to be coloured in red icing. Will post a pic of them all later if i remember.

Been up since 3 this morning, popped around here pretty early to poke SOH (I was bored ok!) and noticed LW. Anyway now that I make slighly more sense it being later in the day even if sleep has not been added....

LW I'm a student parent, £20 sucks and I know it feels like you have to bring a baby up on air but, even as a student you get your child benefit and you get a tidy sum from child tax credit and don't forget to send a copy of birth certificate to your LEA you get a nice grant for being a student parent and if you are not on full loan you soon will be! Oh and thanks to e bay I've got enough clothes for up to 6 months for around £30.

Love your thread btw does make me giggle!

bye bye!

Thanx for the offer LG&T but i think dh is so far up his own arse sometimes nothing will get him to see my point of view, bloody men

I am feeling so tired today but darent lay down on the sofa yet, ds2 has got pre-school in an hour and knowing my luck i would fall asleep. Hopefully I can get my head down for a bit when he has gone. Only problem is Dh is still in bed at the moment and you can bet he will wake up just as i want to relax and he will be moaning hes hungry etc. Ive decided im going to tell him that the midwife said that although everything was ok at the check that she has advised me to take it easy for the next few days just to make sure, whether that will make any difference to him i dont know, he will probably moan that i dont do anything anyway (except the cooking, cleaning, ironing, looking after kids 24/7, you can see where hes coming from though im so lazy i just sit on my bum all day )

In order to stay awake Ive been messing around on the computer looking at all the different chinese gender charts. It all started because id watched an american midwife show last night and they were testing the theory of if its possible to know the sex without a scan by using the old ring on a string and the chinese charts. Strangely enough they got most right but then again they could have edited it to make the midwives look good According to the chinese charts im having both (2 charts said boy and 1 said girl) and the ring on a string trick also had the same outcome so either ive got a hidden twin in there or its all a load of codswallop. I guess i will just have to wait until the 29th to find out for sure lol

Hi all

Sorry to hear your aren't feeling good pebblemum and lw. Hope you are feeling better now.

Lupins - sorry to hear about your raised results and also sorry for not replying about the size of my girls. DD1 was 6 10 and DD2 was 8 5 so neither particulary huge but DP was 9 6 so will have to wait and see. Still haven't got my GTT results.

Hello and welcome daisy.

Anneme - where do you live? We are in Lincs about 3/4 hours from kiddicare.

Helping at the NCT nearly new sale on saturday and hoping to get a moses basket and a few other bits.