May Mummies, w/c 23th April 07 1 week till May- Woohayy!

[Mrsjaffabiffa]

Morning............

here it is

Thanks you lot - you're worth your weight in gold.

Pebble i love bf too, so it will be a shame if dosnt get to grips with it

Our hospital said no way this one was going to be a vaginal delivery due to his position, not that i would have wanted one anyway, but was shocked not to get the choice, personally I wouldnt have gone for evc, baby could get stressed out and turn back around so would be pointless - I suppose it depends on your views of having a section and for me that wasnt a problem I was quite happy to have one

Wonder how tmp is getting on?????

I can't believe little Arlen is home. Ditto AM and Ella. It's finally happened, we're having babies. It's actually flown by. Hope it all sorts itself out with bf. A friend had a preemie a couple of months ago and had to mix feed (bf, ebm and ff) for a couple of weeks until her dd was able to solely bf. She used to be exhausted from feeding (dd, but her Mum was tired too!).

Ooh little babies, I wonder what's happening with tmp too.

How do all..

Good luck today with your thrush and your in laws SOH-dont do things by halves do you missus..
I want a baby shower too..have been hinting to my best friend but she is so not babyfied that I might as well hint at her cat id have more luck..

I hated leaving dd at childminders for the whole 6 months I did it-i've never used so much mascara as it all kept crying off-thank God for mat leave-but what on earth will I be like with two to leave?DD cries a bit at first but as soon as the door closes behind me she stops-and very often just starts to giggle-I can hear her as I sob back to the car..she is first rate at emotional blackmail that girl..

DD slept very well last night, but she snored so loudly that I was awake at 3 and didnt get back off at all..Am going to the spare room tonight as feel quite poorly today-very hot and bit of a painful ear oddly, which I could do without..

Still, that said, have got up and finished my poxy unit, short break now then going for the final push on the last one...Parents have taken DD to Bakewell to feed the ducks and buy my Dad some plus fours for his walks..I wonder if he is literally the only person who still wears these?Plus they must be Moleskin..he wont hear of a more modern and all performing fabric such as gore tex or whatever..even though when it gets warm he sweats like a beast in his silly thick trousers..

Lol at the thought of toomanyprojects camping next weekend with a new born, lo's, a labrador and no tent..that really would be toomanyprojects.How exciting thatshe could be having the baby NOW!

Afternoon All

My sister's coming today! Am very much looking forward to seeing her, the next time I do I'll have had my baby - or should have if she is going to behave and not be too late! Oh my god - that's a scary thought lol. Have been very productive this morning, have tidied and showered already, will finish getting ready and go into town to do some shopping and have a McDonalds. Yummm. Then meet sis at half 7 tonight.....I think. Should maybe ring her to check this

SOH I hope the tongue thingy clears up for you, that can't be much fun. I mean, no pregnant woman should not be able to eat her gingerbread men Oh and good luck breaking the news to the IL's. If they're reasonable people I'm sure they'll understand.

Lupins I'm glad your enjoying having your wee man at home, I'm very jealous! Good luck with the breastfeeding, but please don't stress yourself out. Like has already been said, a happy mummy is better.

PinkJ I'm sorry to hear about naughty baby still being in the wrong position. With regards to the ECV do what you feel is right, if your not comfortable with having the procedure done then don't. Do your research and see how you feel.

MrsJB glad to hear someone had a good nights sleep - I didn't!

Oh Pebble sweetie. when reading your post about leaving ds. It almost had me getting tearfull. It will get better, keep telling yourself that [happy]

anneme glad you had a nice day shopping yesterday. Don't mention feet. I resemble the elephant man when looking in a southernly direction, my feet yesterday were honestly about 3 times bigger than normal. It was quite shocking, have been wearing nothing but flip flops as I'm too scared to try getting any of my shoes on. What is they didn't come of again, what if they got stuck?

Scoot well done with getting so much work done. I've got until Friday to get 2 reports/essay's and 1 presentation done. Haven't yet started...........

Right must finsih getting ready and be gone, town is calling as is McD's

Happy Saturday's All, will be on tommorrow night to catch up with any weekend gossip

Have a lovely time with your sis lwatkins..and enjoy your mcd's..have just had a sandwich and a generous slice of Mums chocolate cake to set me up for the afternoon--its so sunny here and so rubbish being stuck behind a desk all day..thought id put all this kind of malarkey behind me when I stopped being a student!

right.last unit.Im going in....

Morning all

Thanks for all the messages about ds2 crying. The worse thing about it is he has been going to Pre-school since January and normally loves it so it was very unusual for him to be like that which i think made it harder to deal with. If it was a regular thing i would probably have become hardened to it, knowing i couldnt keep giving in but yesterday was the first time he has got in that state and i felt really horrible for leaving him there even though he was ok in the end. I expect he will be fine again on MOnday.

I woke up in a panic about 5am this morning. I was having contractions, only mild but strong enough to wake me and not allow me to go back to sleep. All i could think about was having to get ds1 up and ready for his Rock Challenge while in labour. It was the last thing i wanted to have to do and i didnt want to spoil his big day either. I also started thinking 'oh my god these pains are going to get stronger and more painful, I really do not want to do this' Bit late for regrets now lol. Luckily they eased off after 1.5hrs and i went back to sleep, theres been nothing since so i think my LO was just playing tricks on me.

On the way to take ds1 to the school another mum came up behind me and when she saw me from the side her reaction was 'bloody hell you are huge' Yes i know im huge but why does everyone think its ok to make comments like that to us, if i was just obese they wouldnt do it, would they? I suppose in her defence she saw me when i was pregnant with ds2 and i was half the size but i still dont need to hear how big i am.

oops MIL on phone wanting me to look at something on the internet so will pop back soon

Hello all,

Today will be a busy day. Eyebrow wax and bang trim at 12, Baby shower at 2,

I started a thread in childbirth (no I'm not in labor), but if anyone has any thoughts to contribute check out

induction v. natural labor

I've just been rooting through the profiles checking out the lovely baby bumps. There are certainly some impressive ones there.

lg&t - BUT, I was shocked to notice yours at 29 weeks is about the same as mine now at 37weeks dontcha think? Agghhh, I know you said you were huge, but I feel huge now. lol

Anymore lovely bumps to be posted?

'Lo all

Just got back from the Big City - ds, dh and I have been to the Dr Who exhibition at the MSIM,it was ace, and dh took loads of photos of me and ds with scary things like slitheens and (my personal favourite) daleks. When I sat down next to the Dalek it told me that I was "an enemy of all daleks" which I found strangely reassuring. If there are any good ones of the bump I will post them.

My lovely new shoes wouldn't go on this morning, which I suspect is because they rubbed a bit because they were too big yesterday sigh is it possible to be barefoot for the next few weeks?

Hi all

Right, off to my baby shower - hope there's cake.

Had my hair done, and hopefully it distracts the attention away from my arse.

Mum has informed me I have to wear heels. For god's sake.

Will post later and tell you how it went.
x

Pink have a lovely time at your baby shower - hope they spoil you rotten

LW have a lovely time with your sister

What a beautiful day it is out there, have just been shopping, lots of people stopping me to say they have never seen such a small baby, then some nosy busy body moaned at me outside the shop for leaving my dog tied up "he will get stolen you know" I know he meant well, bus jeeeesssuusss some people, he didnt even stop going on when i was rolling my eyes and walking off - I am not usually dismissive and rude but buggerrr off, anyway after that i have lovely time playing frisbee in the park with dd and little Arlen slept merrily (and still is), he is so easy compared with dd

Hope ev1 else is having a lovely day too

Lupins, its lovely to hear about you having Arlen at home and doing trips out I am quite .

Pinkj and MKG, how lovely that you have such nice friends and family to organise your babyshowers.

I have invited some friends around for a final knees up on Thursday night, but if it turns into a babyshower I will be so besides it would be a bit difficult as we don't know what flavour this one is!

LOL intheseshoes about the daleks, I used to hide behind the sofa when they were on (apparently). I should think the reverse would be true now if they caught sight of my massiveness.

SOH, yeuk, sorry for all that gumpf in your mouth, hope you are soon feeling better.

I have a bone to pick with you Scoot, you got me thinking about the golden arches possibilities in Nairobi so much that I woke up and just HAD to have one, you did some kind of subliminal marketing on me didn't you? So I braved the bunfight of the NCT sale, which scared both me and the dc with the ferocity of the bargain grabbers and rewarded us all with a MaccyD.

Forgot to say TYG, like all good Irish peeps, its good to see you did your stint with Diageo, and yes Nigerian Guinness is bogging so if anyone ever has the misfortune to visit Lagos, don't drink the Guinness, unless of course you want to drown out the taste of giant land snails that, out of courtesy, you have been forced to eat. That said Guinness brewed in other African countries is much more delicious and definitely not Dublin's rejects!

I am going out tonight, on my own, to go skittling - we live the high life in the country don't you know?

Evening all.

Had a bit of a to do this afternoon. I had a migraine, only the fourth I've ever had in my life and it came from nowhere. Started seeing flashing lights and having tunnel vision then WHAM!, intense pain. Took some paracetamol and went to bed for an hour. I woke up feeling tired, dazed, woolly and sick but the headache and visual disturbance has gone. DH insisted I call my midwife (his Mum had sudden onset preclampsia when pg with him, started with a vicious migraine and he was born by ecs at 32 weeks). The midwife wasn't too concerned as I have had normal bp and no protein all the way through and the pain has gone. She says if I get another one I must go straight to the hospital.

Now, just need you all to tell me that it was dehydration (tbh with this mouth/throat infection I'm barely drinking) and the heat getting to me. I do feel fine, actually woke up starving and devoured fish and chips so I can't be that ill. And usually feeling off colour doesn't bother me, but I panicked. DH is at work till midnight as well and I could do with being snuggled up under the duvet with him. Pregnancy paranoia reigns in Norfolk.

Ils came and went quite quickly as apparently I looked 'white as a sheet' and sat slumped on the sofa feeling drained. DH is doing the 'nobody but me at the birth' speech himself and absolving me of responsibility.

Going to lie down on the sofa with my cat and drink as much water as I can swallow.

Good ol DH with the speech!O dear.What a day you have had of it SOH, with your gunk mouth and head..to bed lady, possibly with some kind of period drama on DVD for company?Thats Dr Scoots prescriotion anyway..

at subliminal marketing Cameroonmama..The all purveying power of Mcd's gets everywhere y'know..specially as I will need a new bathroom when we move and its dependent on DH's bonus, which is directly dependent on sales of premium beef pates and ice cream sundaes and the like!I could murder a toffe sundae now-but as have not done hair in two days and am wearing a hideous ensemble made up of an old fleece and some very large combat pants, dont think I can even bring myself to venture out even through the drive thru for fear of frightening the public..

Enjoy your shower pink,.

Hope DS's rock thing goes ok Pebble..getting a bit scary with the fake labour eh..all my BH have done so far is remind me how much I dont really fancy giving birth again thanks very much..I just want the baby at the end of it..Plus I want one like Arlen who sounds very good...DD would never have allowed me to play frisbee at that age-I was lucky if I got to the toilet without her screaming at me..I hope my LO is an Arlen alike..and you were right to tell the dog man to do one..what are you meant to do with the hound whilst you are in the shop then?

Well one essay to go, a bit of cross referencing and a CV to type and the RMA is done..am hoping to finish the essay bit tonight and the rest is just a few hours work in the week hopefully.But back is pretty sore from sitting here all day and ear is hurting still, so will see how I get on..still there is light at the end of the tunnel..DH has been on revision course today in London and is rewarding himself with a night out tonight..I will be owed a humdinger of a night out after doing this work and carrying a baby..am thinking some high jinks in Brighton one weekend when LO a bit bigger if anyone fancies it..(just coz ive never been to Brighton and ive two babyless mates that live there)

You wait till you see my bump Mrs JB-it will make you feel tiny!

Are 'bangs' the American for fringe MKG..and whilst we are at it, 'cooties'? I always see that in American books and things and never know what it is, im thinking head lice?

Good evening ladies

LW - hope you had a good day with your sister.

TMP - hope you are holding your little bundle by now

Lupins - thanks for your card it arrived this morning. Ella is doing well thanks, she is sleeping a fair bit. She feeds at about 11pm and then wakes between 2&3am then about 6am which is around the time that Jack wakes up. This morning they both woke at half six and dh went downstairs with J and i fed Ella and we fell back to sleep until 9.30am!! Feeding is going well, i am much more relaxed than i was with ds. I do keep running the idea of expressing through my mind - have done it twice already. Mainly because it would mean that dh could do a few feeds. We do have formula in the house as well just in case we have a bad night and we need back up! Please dont feel under pressure from anyone to bf and dont feel bad if you have to stop. Do what you feel is right for you because as MrsJB said 'a happy mother means a happy baby'.

Pebble - i know how you feel, sometimes ds will cling to me as i am trying to leave nursery, i have to take a deep breath pass him to one of the girls and walk out. Breaks my heart as i can hear him all the way down the corridor. Dont worry though, it wont be long before he runs off as soon as he gets there and doesnt even look back. Hope the Rock challenge went well for your ds today.

SOH - hope you feel better soon, being poorly at anytime is not good, but when heavily pg it is especially pants as your immune system is low. Also, was shocked to read that you know about 'Friends' let a lone have watched it AND i have to agree with everyone else when they say that you should put your foot down!!

Scoot - i will add you to my long list of people who have told me off . In answer to your question about being able to go into work with a small baby (and i know its probably not what everyone wants to hear) I feel great and dont feel like i have had a baby tbh. Everything for us is so much better this time round. The jump from 1-2 is so far nice and easy. Ds has never been an easy child and he hasnt really changed since the arrival of his sister. I am really lucky as dh works from home so he can help out when needed.

MrsJB - bump is looking good! Hope you are all well.

DH has been organising the front boarder today, has pulled out all the nasty shrubs and replaced them with a nice row of box hedges. We have also bought some lavender plants, just need a few more and then our nice low maintenance front garden will be complete

I am off to the wonder that is B&Q tomorrow to get a few more shelves for the childrens rooms and also some storage boxes to put the massive supply of clothes that Ella has managed to collect in 2.5weeks!

I saw a friend of mine who i went to school with and she had a little boy on Tuesday. He weighed in at 9lbs and looked positively huge compared to Ella.

(Scoot whispers)I think I might've finished my RMA!I have a little cross referencing to do and add my CV to the front,but all the hard bit, the essays and all that are all done...

Im also done!Am going to bed with my book-feeling very chipper!

oh I will be so unamused if the baby comes tonight now!I want a few weeks rest with nothing much to do first!

Night all xx

Scoot - well done you!! Hope you get a good nights sleep

Evening all

Just colected ds1 from school after his rock challenge comp. His school came 5th out of 11 schools so not too bad. All the kids on the coach looked knackered. I ended up collecting him myself after dh decided to go to the pub all day and on his return at 8.30 it was obvious he was in no fit state to go to the school himself. I am so p'ed off with him. Left him sulking about how he isnt trusted to collect ds from the school, in other words he was sulking because i told him a few home truths. My neighbour offered to walk round with me, no one wants me to do anything on my own at the mo, they are waiting for me to go into labour lol. My neighbour is lovely but is also a bit of a tomboy ie short hair, tracksuits etc and one of the kids on the coach asked Jordan if we were lesbians How embarassing

Anyway i just thought i would post before turning pc off for the night. Im now off to bed, my back is killing me and i keep getting period type pains, have had them on and off all day. I hate this bit where you start to think every twinge could possibly be the start of everything. It makes the last few weeks really drag, you watch i will be getting them daily now until 2wks after my due date when i will finally give birth to an elephant

scooter,

yes bangs are fringe (that's the hair over the forehead right?) How is it possible that we speak the same language?

Well the shower was short and to the point. Since it was my second one it was just inlaws, my aunt, and my mom. We ate cake and opened gifts. Got some money, clothes, and lots of diapers which is what I needed more than anything else.

Gotta get some sleep I feel so exhausted.

Well done Scoot - you can relax now!

SOH - your DH sounds lovely. also, re migraines, I get them when dehydrated sometimes - also I often find that carbs help (bizarrely something like pringles/minicheddars/pappadams - honest!) Also if you are feeling a bit stressed a migraine can come on. Good to check with mw at this stage too.

Pebble lol at your new lesbian relationship! It's too late to say this but I think you should just stay in bed tomorrow am and let your DH do all the work.

AM - glad all going well. Good to be reminded about feeding routine with v small baby - sounds similar to my present sleep pattern!

Felt like fierce mummy today. When we picked up DS from nursery yesterday he had been v naughty - spat at someone, hit one of the helpers, took all his clothes off at lunch(?) - generally grim. This morning, while DH was at work, he was pretty grim again and I ended up putting him in his room and closing door and trying really hard to maintain the no means no message. Think it is getting through - I am terrified of being one of those parents who is completely deluded about their DC and does nothing about it and then DC is never invited to anyones house etc etc....mind you there are reasons for his behaviour (although they do not excuse it) - I am preg, he almost always plays up at the beginning of term when DH and I go back to work although i thought we had got away with it this time and, most importantly, he is 3 1/2!!!
Must go back to bed - I want to get up with DS tomorrow am to give DH a chance for a lie in but if I am up too much in the night then all my good intentions will go out of the window!

SOH, hope you are feeling better this morning...

Scoot, well done on getting your work finished, now you can relax, haha probably the baby will come today

April sounds like you and Ella are doing really well, not too much uping and downing in the night, lucky you.

Pebble, lol at your new lesbian relationship, very open minded kids these days Sorry about dh.

MKG, my and the dc favourite american word is booger!

Anneme, if it makes you feel better ds who is 3 gets sent often for time out, I think at this age they are gearing up for full on testosterone surge as there is a lot of running about, shouting, waving sticks, pretending to kill people and generally winding his big sister up. When he is in the company of other boys like this it is all seems to get worse! Do you find the same? I try to be quite strict with him, difficult when you feel tired!

I managed to survive the skittles last night, which was great fun, everyone had a laugh at my efforts needless to say. It's quite a thing around here apparently, but its like stepping back in time, with old battered wooden skittles and balls and a couple of stick-em-uppers (boys who put the pins up again!) who needs 10 pin bowling and technology! But I had a rubbish nights sleep, with pains at around 3am and backache, I'm fine now but told this baby it can't come at least until next Fri night when dh will be back, fingers crossed.

Morning all

Thought I'd bore you all with the goss re my shower. 11 of my friends came as well as various family friends.

My mum had really gone to town - baby shower bunting around the front door, big white balloons on either side. Huge 'we're having a baby shower' door hangings everywhere, big white bowls filled with pink and white marshmallows, and a 'cake' that she copied from an episode of Sex and the City that was made of nappies, a sterilising unit, a grobag, a blanket and a teddy bear. And loads of food and wine, Schoer for me! It was just amazing, and all my repeated tears and thank yous didnt seem to do it justice. She even had 'baby shower' party favour bags filled with chocolates, and one ofher friends from work had made me a CD filled with songs with 'baby' in the title which we listened to.

We then all sat round, chatted, ate and opened presents. It was just fab, she'd even bought me a dress to wear.

It was just so lovely, and perfect timing, when you are feeling so rubbish about yourself to be surrounded by people that care, and to be spoilt and made a fuss of.

Anyhoo, today we're going to lunch with my brother and sister in law and their two children. Will post later and hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. May is only two days away!

I'm flouncing. There are too many people on this thread who have had their babies (who appear to be amazingly well behaved!), had luxurious baby showers or are in good health. I'm going to start my own thread in the corner.

My tongue appears to be covered in ulcers this morning. What on earth is wrong with me? For the first time in days I do not want to go into labour, I couldn't handle it.

Yours, with lurgy,

SOH