Due April 2007 - Leaking, squeaking and creaking into the final few weeks

[Ellieump]

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Has anyone with children already shouted at them for what really is absolutely nothing? I have just had a screaming rage at dd and feel terrible. All she did was throw my t-shirt on the floor, but as it is one of the few things i can actually wear at the moment i went mad. The poor little thing, she's only 2. I really hate myself now, can;t stop crying. I have to go to a friends in a bit but don't want to as i'm a mess. Sorry i don't want any sympathy as i know it's just me but wanted to see if anyone else has shouted for no reason. I hate being me right now. I'm horrible, i even hate myself how crap is that! Sorry.

Hello all.

Just back from the Dr's I have some rash thingie can't remember the name, it usually occurs around 34 weeks so is right on time, they gave me some cream to calm the itching but it won't go away till after I give birth. Bugger

Pesha- pmsl at all the talk of wanting DH magic sperm
he does really have a huge superiority complex at the moment where his little swimmers are concerned, He thinks it was all his doing getting me knocked up with DT!
Again I say the man is crazy!

Ellie- scuh a shame you are having such a shit time at the moment, I really feel for you [[[hugs]]]]

Emmy-Your Dh sounds very much like mine was the other day a complete pita. I haope you get things sorted out heres a [[[hug]]] for you as well

Wo- so glad everthing is fine with you and baby
And so of you going to a gig!!!
Make the most of it while you can girl.

SOSPL- Any more news on the nit's?

Eddas - not since our hideous day on sunday - am determined they are not going to get me so wound up! But do completely know what you mean - I find things being thrown on the floor particularly challenging as hurts to pick them up and makes me so cross - I know they don;t understand that it hurts to bend down but its when they do stuff constantly and then throw a wobbly because you've asked them to put stuff away/pick stuff up! I threw a completely wobbly in our downstairs toilet last night - on my own with the door shut because ds2 had just wee'd all over the floor - no attempt to even get it in the toilet and he seemed quite pleased with himself - I had only cleaned it with bleach yesterday because it smelt of wee so much.

One of my friends is a life coach and she just rang to see how I was doing and said something along the lines of small things growing - so don;t worry about them - think she means worries and stress stuff rather than the kids!

x posted you then eddas, trust me you are not alone, DD just seems to be constantly getting under my feet and then getting screamed at for no good reason.
Lucky she doesn't even seem to bat a eye lid, cheeky sod.

Morning all

emmymummy - lots of hugs and sympathy to you

katy - congrats on the blue bean (boys are so much fun )

Had a such lovely day Saturday. b&sil came down from London with their 7 mth dd. She looked so tiny compared to ds! But very cute. Went for a long walk around Cardiff Bay, finished off with mug of hot chocolate. Ds loved running around with his dad and uncle But did hit home when they said the next time they see us we'll have the baby.

Know what you all mean with dh/dp that are on another planet. Took ds to a birthday party on Sunday. Didn't really feel like going on my own, but dh convinced me that he could get a few odd jobs done around the house with me and ds out of the way. Guess what? Nothing got done tried to keep my calm, and just casually asked what he'd been up to, and he replied "just chilling out, I have been working hard all week" You can probably imagine the "discussion" that followed after that comment. Everything is all ok now, sometimes I think the air just needs to be cleared.

Felt very weird yesterday. Went to Ikea with my sis and ds. Half way round, started feeling v light headed. So stopped and had something to eat and sit down. But still felt the same, so had to come home. Really strange feeling of being spaced out. Called the mw out, and she checked me and lo out, and everything is all ok. Think that because generally I've been feeling well though this pg, that it hit home more iykwim. The mw was lovely and told me that if I'm still not feeling right, they'll send to hospital for monitoring. But she told me the best thing right now is to put my feet up when I can. Which is what I'm doing this morning while ds is in nursery

Sorry this turned into such a long post

totally agree with shouting at ds last week he would not go down for his afternoon nap, fought against it so much that I literally threw him in the car seat and drove til he went off. As soon as he fell asleep, I started crying

Morning all.

Emmy, really sorry to hear things are still pants, and that you are not feeling well on top of it all. I am sure the tears are hormonal, although I have to say I am also quite tearful if feeling poorly, or about to come down with something (a bit like a child really!) I hope you can clear the air today with dh.

Hi Ange, glad you are back on form and feeling less stressed about the c section date.

MIABT, good luck with the school visit. I really enjoyed the school trawl I have to say.

Maveta, enjoy your day - lucky lady!!

Pesha, sorry to hear you are feeling yuck

Mammyjo, sorry to hear you had another bad night, and that you can rest up today.

WO, really pleased all is ok with you and bean. Can't believe you went to a gig! You go girl!

Hi Isabellymoi.

Sorry if I have forgotten anyone.

Am knackered today. Dh was thrashing about in bed last night, then B woke up as one of the sodding cats had hidden under her bed, and then jumped on her at 1.00 a.m. She then peed herself BIG TIME at 6.00 this morning, so we were stripping beds etc. The alarm then went off at 6.45!

FAB!

Also got well cross with her this morning, as she is being a pain and ignoring what I ask her. Took 20 minutes to get her dressed and then we had a right fight as I need to spray her hair with this quit nits stuff and she kept running off. I ended up pinning her down on the bed. I hate being like that, but sometimes there is no other way I can manage her.

I am finding that I am not tearful, but I am very short tempered and aggressive. WATCH OUT ALL!!

Took me such an age to post that I x-posted with loads of you!

Eddas, you are not alone in shouting. I am desperately trying not to, as I hate myself, but sometimes it is the last resort. It does seem to have the desired effect though, as Becky usually does what is asked after my outburst.

Runny, I have been feeling light headed today. I put it down to being hungry as well, but have had a yum yum and a hot chocolate, and still feel spacy. I think it is tiredeness for me, and also, I feel like I can't get as much air in my lungs as normal due to being full of baby.

Hope you have a relaxing time.

Hi folks and big hugs to emmy and anyone else with suboptimal men !

Glad all was well at the hospital WO and respect for getting to a gig! Bet the bump enjoyed the music. Hope all goes Ok for Dooby, poor thing.

Knackered here too but feeling positive today. Seem to go from feeling really dreadful & down to all happy for no good reason.....I think it's having a show & lots of tightenings - I know it doesn't really mean anything concrete but I just feel that things are changing & moving & my body's gearing up for labour, makes me feel that the end is in sight even if there's still a few weeks to wait.

Had a good midwife visit today - the bump has grown so no more growth scan talk and had quite a posisitve chat about the home birth.

Eddas - the book arrived today, you're a total star - thank-you .

Where is everyone?? I am bored to death at work, and you all bog off!

Hi Liath! Hope your nephew is ok. x

Hiya SOSPL,

I am here just trying to catch up but brain is full of fog today.
How is your last at week at work going?

Hi Flump, my last week is actually really boring! I think I had a panic last week about what needed to be tied up, so tied it all up, and now have nothing to do!

Busy eating chocolate and drinking tea, and chatting to colleagues!

Sorry you are feeling foggy today. x

Great to hear that you got to your concert last night Weeonion
How's Dooby? Must be so scary for her

Congratulations on blue bean Katy can just imagine you getting all excited all over again - only 6 weeks to go !!!!!!!!!

Welcome back Ellie! love the new title, but no sympathy hug from me either

Emmymummy to your dh, they just never get it do they? Did you get the scooter? These hormones are playing havoc with me too. Had a complete meltdown yesterday so you are not alone.
Hope that you have resolved things and are having a better day.

SOL, it must feel like this week is dragging for you if you did everything last week!
Still good that you can relax and enjoy your last week with your colleagues.

Hello everyone, just popping in quickly to say hello.

It seems we are all having a bad time, or feeling utterly shite! Not long to go now!

Had the chief chick midwife visit from the hospital yesterday, felt very honoured. I wrote for advice, and got a personal viist. i'm glad to say much has changed at our hospital, re sabotaging bf. Got lots of help.

Also utterly chuffed to find out we got the maternity grant. I've always felt so cheated, re having to pay for ivf, and loosing all job related befefits.

Baby is still tranverse, which is worrying but shouldn't be, since I'm having a caesarean.

I have to get a 45 min bus into town to use the internet at the library, but they only have half the usual number of machines, so we only get half an hour each. I'm hoping our computer will get fixed on Thursday.

Hugs to you all, keep on going

xx

afternoon ladies!

all quiet here - have just been into Bath to get some birthday pressies for some parties coming up and ds's want to make stuffed parrots so have bought some felt, fur, eyes and feathers!

Have also bought wooden letters for ds3's door! Must go find some blu - tac and stick them on - aaahhhh! He is Ernie btw not ds3!

Parents evening tonight straight after school - the parrot making ....

Have tea made already - dh made a spag bol last night so that will do the boys and there is a steak for dh - I am completely off cooking and food at the moment - have started eating Alpen! Have eaten a whole box since sunday!

4 1/2 weeks to go ....tick tock tick ....

Hi Octo, it is strangely quiet isn't it.

Yum, Alpen! I am well in to Ricicles at the moment - can't get enough of them.

Hope the parrot making is fun - v brave!

someone on the pg thread about sleep has posted that your body will just sleep as it needs to (does that make sense?) - anyway - I have to say I completely disagree - I need a good 8 hours sleep or I am grumpy, tired, achy and generally on verge of tears. I know things are about to change and we will be sleep deprived but I found that once the baby was here - atleast I could get to sleep and didn;t lie there for hours trying to get to sleep, or was uncomfy or had restless legs thing. also could catch up on sleep when baby slept - can do that in mronings this time if he obliges and have all day thurs and fri too to catch up.

ooh that was a bit of a rant!

Hello sospl - think I may be doind most of the parit making ....

I love rice crispies too ...

parrot even!

Hey ladies....i need some kind words of advice!

Had midwife today and she done the usual checks etc (BP, urine, squidging of stomach, baby heartbeat etc). She said everything felt fine etc then she said she'd measure my fundal height for the first time and she was a litlle suprised that as i'm 35 weeks i only measure 32cms! Now she said it is expected to be a couple cm's either side of your weeks i.e. for 35 weeks a range of 33-37cms. She said tho that to her it feels right to her and had she not measured it she wouldn't have said it was a little smaller......she told me its NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT thing is, i can't stop worrying about it. She hasn't ordered a scan or anything so things can't be that bad, but now i just feel a little bit anxious and up til today i thought the baby was BIG! so had no anxieties at all. Am i being silly worrying if my midwife isn't concerned? xxxxxxxxxxx

Charnbump: Take a look at my post at 10:29 this morning. I really don't think you need to worry - the measurments can be several cms different depending on who is taking them and the position of the baby. I am 36 weeks tomorrow and measured 30cms yesterday. Two weeks ago, a midwife measured me at 34 cms!! I was sent for an ultrasound and everything was fine. The sonographer says that whenever she has to do these kind of growth scans, they are almost always fine.

Do you have a small build? Is this your first? I am fairly petite (and this is my first pregnancy) and the doctor said she wouldn't expect me to have a huge baby. According to the scan, our baby is exactly average size and the sonographer and doctor predicted he/she would weigh just under 7lbs at birth.

I know that reading all this won't necessarily set your mind at ease, but I hope it helps a little. Trust your midwife, if you can - but if you are still concerned maybe you should bring it up with her again and get extra reassurance/checks. Take care!

Just to say - helloooo, I am here - have to come on every day to see if anyone has had their baby yet, but so much work to do this week that I rarely have time to post anything!! Roll on maternity leave!

Thankyou so much for the reassuring messages, i talked to my friend earlier who had a baby in Jan and has a 2yo, she said her and her first dd didn't get on at all in December so I feel alot better. That's why I posted, was hoping i'm not going mad. DD and I had a discussion about mummy having lost her marbles which she found most amusing. I think i have lost them though! She did ask where have they gone, 'are they in the drawer'!! I told her i wasn't sure, but i hope i find them soon!! I just really hope i feel ok once the baby's here. I suppose at least i will be able to do the normal things with dd again like running around and playing chase. Everytime i try i feel like the baby will fall out and end up tired/hot/sweaty and generally not very happy so have been opting out. It's a good job DH is around to take care of the fun side for her at the moment!

Liath, hope she likes the book

Char, my bump always measure too big for the 'average'. At 33 weeks it measured 36cm but mw said it depends how the baby's laying and lots of other things and was totally not worried by it. At my last mw appointment, 36 weeks I measured 37cm. I'm sure they just go thorugh growing spurts and maybe your baby will have one in a couple of weeks so when you're next measured the bump will be within the average. And don't forget they are an aveerage because some poeple will always be above or below, so it really is just a guide. HTH

Issabellymoi & eddas thank you for your responses....i know its only a guide but still feel a little down about it. I am of fairly small build (5ft2" and was 8st4lbs pre - preg) so that could be a factor. Supid bloody measurements....(sigh!) Do i have the right to request a scan to be sure or should i just take it that if the midwife says its fine and normal to her then i should just accept her word?x