Due May 07 - w/c 2nd April

[twelveyeargap]

Hello! I'm back!

Hey hey Befnal, I'm a pink square apparently, as is Daniel Craig. Oh yes, we're meant to be. I just knew it.

Still feeling weird but have 11 whole days off now. Will try and rest but have to clean whole house from top to bottom tomorrow. Nesty nesting.

Glad Lupins is okay if a little bored. MrsJB will be thinking of you tomorrow. LG&T, I know it's hard for you to say goodbye to them, but they'll be back before you know it and full of beans.

Ooh DH back from Chinese run...

Nesting AND pains SOH?
Please take it easy tonight thats all I will say..im looking forward to seeing you next week and dont want any Mathildas gate crashing just yet!
Could just eat some chinese you blighter-have had to settle for a cheese and pickle bap..

DO YOUR OWN BIKINI WAX....... you must be mad! oooouuuucccccchhhhhhhhh

SOH, chinese yuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmy i had a mcdonalds! Qtr pounder with cheese meal.

Did the quiz thingy and am a pink circle. I think i agree with what they said.

Good on you April-all money in the bank for DH everytime you visit the golden arches, (as long as its in moderation of course-can be enjoyed as part of a balanced diet!)

It doesnt seem to hurt as much if I do it myself-but like I said have only ever attempted it after drinking one or two gins..my friend tried to wax her own underarms once-she did one then had to wash the wax off the other as she couldnt face it-dont think will be trying that anytime soon!

Well i like to do my bit!! Ds is also a fan of the golden arches Balanced diet....hmmm could do with a bit of work on that at the moment! Having a bit of a thing about ice cream at the mo... any kind all yummy.

Brings a tear to my eye thinking about it. Razor and shampoo in the shower everytime.

Well Mcd's currently doing a lovely sort of sundae thing with an apple pie in it..(Scooter plugs shamelessly whilst thinking of DH's bonus)
I have a thing for Strawberry Milk this week-dont think thats that great for you either..my first pg I was like a Puritan with regards to eating fruit and veg and what not-this one have to confess have not been quite as good..poor baby..

Off to Bed now with intention of watching ER from Monday which I SKY plussed-little chance as am knackered and will no doubt be asleep before the first break..DH is watching the cricket..sooo dull.It shouldnt be allowed on prime time telly IMO...
Enough to send anyone to sleep...

Hello

Tuesday perfect for me Scoot. SOH - have emailed you my mobile number. Too brain fried this eve to think of a venue. Will get onto it tomorrow.

I've been out and about all day. Dropped DD to LCY airport, plane delayed an hour. Drove into the City to collect bank card from branch - forgot to get it before I left work. Went to John Lewis in Oxford St and failed yet again to find fabric for nursery stuff so am now changing plans a bit. Collected Mountain Buggy from shop. Hurray! (Still wating for the carrycot though.) Bought some groceries. Went to Homebase, except didn't because in my stupor I drove to the wrong "retail park". Idiot. Drove to correct retail park for Homebase. Bought undercoat for nursery walls (they're currently a shockingly bright colour left by prev owner). Made dinner, chatted to DH and then suddenly nearly had my head on the plate with the fatigue that overtook me.

SOH - please get some rest, just in case.

Night all. x

Seem to be getting loads of pains tonight. I'm still getting the period pain-type thingies and seem to find it uncomfortable to sit down in one position for long. My sciatics had calmed down a bit after breech bub turned round the right way but it is REALLY bad tonight - I even did some ironing to try and avoid sitting in one position for too long! I've done the ironing but couldn't even delight in watching my beloved Chelsea win, they only managed a draw. I must admit, although I don't think it's imminent, I will be very surprised if I make it to 40 weeks.
Btw, I too am a fan of the golden arches so your dh will have made a fortune out of me in the last few weeks - I just can't resist the Creme Egg McFlurrys!!!

Evening all

Good news about Lupin so far, will be thinking of her stuck in hospital even though its obviously the best place for her

LG&T Hope you dont miss the kids too much, try to make the most of the peace and quiet, I know i would.

SOH i hope you are resting and feel better in the morning

I think im in sympathy with you Ive been having strong braxton hicks all day and for the past hour ive been getting a lot of pain in my lower back on and off and at the same time my bump goes solid. Ive also had stretchy sort of aches low down so im hoping that maybe this LO is on the move and will be head down at my midwife appointment next week (or is that wishful thinking) I expect my body is just paying me back for standing up nearly all day, its not used to it.

Crossed post with you Abbylou, looks like our LO's are determined to cause us all as much pain and discomfort as they can before they make their appearances.

I'd be suprised if i make it the full 40wks too. My bump seems quite low considering the baby is nowhere near engaged and today my mum said she thinks i will have it early too. As i wrote the other day she seems to have a knack when it comes to knowng when babies are going to be born. I told her that she could order this one to arrive at about 37-38 weeks that way it fits in around everything else that is going on and isnt too early either lol i will have to wait and see if she works her magic

Evening all, hope you are resting SOH! Wish you lived round the corner so i could check on ya, and eat some of your chinese

TYG you sound like me buzzy and full of it one minute and practically asleep in your food the next.

kIds all gone, very quiet. DH made lovely tea and ive had 2 mini bottles of beer. Very chilled out evening.

Scoot apple sundae things? mmmmmmmm they sound good. Your buggy got picked up at 3 and should be with you by 3 tomorrow, good luck getting in to it. DH went a bit ott with the tape

My quinny zapp is on ebay as we speak with 3 bids and already at 68 squids, so i will get my bugaboo next month i hope, hooray!

Night night all xxxxxx

Morning all

Pebble - you have just described exactly the same things that I'm feeling. The constant Braxton Hicks, low almost numbing back pain. I'm now also going to the loo every half hour and lucky to squeeze a thimble full of wee out. Such a palaver!

Well, DH and I are sitting on a train (that has wireless - oh joy) on our way from Kings Cross Station to Inverness in Scotland! Queue heather and gorgeous men in kilts leaping around It's a 6.15 - 3pm journey and the hard thing will be to get off Mumsnet and get some work done on the journey.

Sorry to hear some of you are feeling the aches, pains and weirdness. REST UP

Tam
xx

Seems that these lovely pains/crotch zingers are being 'enjoyed' by all then! Felt like an old woman whilst wandering around toysrus what with my hip clicking and the 'flicking' pains i was getting in my bits along with the interesting dance/squirm routine that Ella was doing for me. Nothing much else until i got into bed and then it all started again although this time i had lovely loooooong braxton hicks to add. Oh the joys of pregnancy. I am sure that if i had this with J then i have blocked/locked it away somewhere. Not long to go though as i am 36wks today.

Hope Lupins had a good night and that both she and her little man are well and in one peice.

off out to choose fabric for the curtains in the nursery this morning. Good old mum is making them for me! and most importanly will be going to the post office

Oh completely forgot to say - I got my secret stork pressie yesterday and it's FAB
Scoffed the chocolate last night about 11pm after getting home from work and it gave me all the energy I needed to pack before crashing into bed. The little sleeping sack outfit thing is perfect. Thank you you clever 'mysterious' woman. I've sent the envelope off to a lab to be tested because the postmark is so bad i can't figure out where it has come from. So maybe a clue for me as I am currently quite clueless?

I'm very sorry to say my pressie has been left at home 2 days in a row but I promise to send it next Wed as soon as I get back from bonny Scotland.

Good morning pregnant people. I was all set to have a lie in this morning it being the first day of my holiday and all but have been up since 6.30 with a renewed burst of energy. Have just put on my second load of washing, tackled the ironing pile and hoovered up (neighbours are deaf). Just got to clean the bathrooms (three of the bloomin' things), scrub the kitchen floor, clean the oven and dust and I can have some lunch. Feeling very industrious this morning. I may regret it this afternoon.

Pains are less intense this morning. Don't worry, if they got worse, more regular or closer together I'll call the midwife. The baby's movements are changing too as she engages more. She's much lower and can't move as much, just kicks at my ribs on a regular basis. No intention of giving birth just yet I assure you.

Got the greatest thing through the post this morning. A letter which starts 'We are pleased to inform you that following all assessments and medical tests you have passed selection for Norfolk Constabulary. We would like to offer you appointment as a Police Constable and will confirm the date to start training in due course'. Woo hoo! It will be months still but we have The Letter.

I am more than I can type this morning. I want to be on a train to Scotland. I love Scotland and when DH has completed his first two years he can apply for a transfer to Lothian and Borders Constabulary. I can get some land, grow some veg and get a pig and a goat. Perfick.

Scoot can you ask your DH to explain something to me. WTF is cricket? I mean, honestly. It's not even a sport, it makes no sense and it's always a draw. How can it be a draw? Now I played rounders at school and you couldn't claim 'oh no I intended to get more home runs but I ran out of time therefore it's a draw'. No, you win or you lose. Cricket is such a load of mind-numbing tosh and it goes on for days. After 46 seconds most normal people have lost the will to live, nobody keeps score as it's only going to be a draw anyway and the spectators all slump, topless, tattooed, with beer in hand, jeering indeciferable phrases at a bunch of blokes playing a complicated game of catch. I ask again, WTF is cricket?

Other good news today is that we are being given a car. The IL's friends' son is reducing his fleet (eh?) and has a car that he can't be bothered to sell. It's nothing fancy, just a little pootley thing that probably does 0-60 in a day and a half, but it has 4 wheels and space for a carseat. Great news. I should learn to drive. But we can at least get away and take the little person out of a 5 mile radius once in a while.

I'm going to eat poached eggs on toast and then clean the oven. Will be back shortly to start planning the London thing. I need to work out the underground (how do you get on it? where do you buy a ticket? does it really say 'mind the gap'? where is it other than underground? how do I get underground? will I be crushed? etc) and where other attractions are- I've only seen them in magazines. Tuesday's definitely fine for me btw. Shall I wear my t-shirt from Animals on the Underground? It has a pig on it. London will hate me, all my clothes look like this .

Anyway, work to do!

Hey SOH - great news about the car and even better news about the letter Big yay for MrSOH. Have you had a chance to listen to any of the CD's. I'm dying to know if any of them are up your alley other than Cat Empire.

I'm going to be an absolute bitch and say cricket is fun at the moment cause the Aussies are winning and the English lost yesterday to Sri Lanka I am so mean and should just rack off back to the sunburnt land i know...I know

Dejags - where are you off to in Oz and for how long?

Good morning everyone. Wow SOH you've done more this morning than I think I've done in a week! Make sure you take it easy this afternoon.
I can report my worst night's sleep so far. Back pain was horrendous and if I laid on one side for more than about an hour I got searing pains through my hips. Not that I could lie for that long anyway as I too have been struck by the constsnt need to wee. It's so infuriating isn't it. Ds decided 6.30 was a reasonable time to get up and climb in with us but he definitely wasn't in the mood for sleep. He wanted Balamory on!
Dh has now gone out to see some clients and then is off to his other job for 12 so it's just me and ds all day and evening again. I'm finding it increasingly hard to keep him entertained.
The new cot mattress I ordered from Kiddicare arrived this morning. I have to say I was very impressed as I only ordered it yesterday morning and it was here by 9am. I've got a beautiful baby rocker chair I won on ebay arriving sometime too. Then at the weekend it's off to my sister's to pick up the Moses basket and bath and a few unisex clothes and we're about there. Must pack my bag though.....

Morning all,

It's so sunny! I'm stuck inside doing some work while DP and DS have gone to the allotment to plant onions. I did have a lovely day yesterday though, an outing to Deep Sea World yesterday morning (which DS loved) and a cycle ride to the Botanics in the afternoon to stroll about in the sunshine wearing a t shirt (the first t shirt day of the year is soo exciting).

Bit concerned by all of this nesting in the SOH household, will be keeping a close eye out.

Hope Lupins isn't too bored in hospital. I think if I was told I had to have a CS tomorrow I would run and hide. I'm not ready yet! I've still got to finish my work, make a blind for the kitchen window, cover the sofas, do a spot of cleaning, find my nursing bras and on and on

Don't forget the secret shower deadline approaches 9th April is when gifts should arrive

Hi cinnamontam - we are moving permanently to Brisbane in December this year.

Good morning and hurrah! for the end of work for me! Sorry to anyone who is still working, and not meaning to make you . I finished yesterday for the lovely Easter holidays, and on the 17th April when everyone goes back, I will be starting my maternity leave! Yay! Had a lovely lot of gorgeous presents - because I am a teacher, every child and their parents have spoilt me rotten - I had John Lewis vouchers, House of Fraser vouchers, a Clarins Mum to be box, a Clarins facial and makeover, loads of pregnancy smellies and lovely things for me for after the birth, teddies for the baby, chocolates, books, flowers, slippers, tea, and the most beautiful changing bag from my teaching assistant which is from Johnny LouLous, but looks exactly like an Orla Keily bag to me, and I would be delighted to carry as a handbag. I was really really chuffed, and everyone has been so nice. We had a leaving do at a lovely restaurant last night, and I stayed till midnight! DH let me have a nice lie in till 8.45, and I am now chilling in my pjs whilst ds watches telly in his (it's the first day of the holidays, so I'm letting him have a treat!)

Like a few others have mentioned, I'm hoping to spend a bit more time nuturing this poor baby who has had much less attention than ds did when I was pregnant, so when ds goes back to school, I intend to really rest and look after the two of us. I think I am back to head down now, although I didn't knowabout the hands and feet by head type of breech, so the higher up kicks aren't necessarily a good indication. Also vaguely concerned that lost of people are commenting on me having a rather compact bump. With ds I was huge (but then so was he!) but I was a lot bigger to beging with (about 5 stone heavier). I also lost weight whilst pregnant as I have an endocrine imbalance that is redressed by pregnancy. So, I am telling myself that this is what is happening here again, and that I will give birth and lose all weight immediately, and all will be well. I have put on about 24 lbs so far, which seems within normal limits and all the movement etc is all fine. Perhaps I am simply carrying well, but combined with the nagging sense that I haven't really been looking after myself quite as well as I ought, it is making me a little worried. I have a mw appointment next week, so will ask then.

I am thinking of Lupins today, and hoping that all is going well for you. She sounds in good spirits from lgandt's text, so fingers crossed for babyLupins. xxxx

SOH, you have tired me out just reading your post, sure your labour hasn't started yet,so much nesting How exciting to get a free car, I'm sure you will learn to drive in no time, after all you have all that tractor experience.

Cinammon I am envious you are heading up to bonnie scotland, my homeland, weather forecast for up there looks fabulous for this weekend, lucky you.

MrsJB hope the scan goes well today.

Abbeylou, sounds like a painful night for you, hope you get to take it easy a bit.

LG&T hope you are not missing the kids too much, want one of mine?

InTheseShoes - you lucky thing, you were spoiled!!!

you can look at this website for foetal presentation

a little video of an inversion technique for us breech/transversies

think i've just seen a lump of tumbleweed the size of my birthing ball roll past...