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

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

No she still hasn't turned up! Mind she said she was at a home birth and it could take a while so shall probs see her another time.

Luckily we had our nursery all set up. Mind you it was only completed 7hrs before my waters broke. I do like to be organised! The main thing was that the moses basket had been brought in from the garage and all the bedding for it had been washed. Ella hasnt actually slept in the nursery yet so there was no rush to have gotten it ready for her arrival. She has been in with us for 2 weeks now and we havent set a deadline for her going into her own room yet. She is still sooo little.

Health visitor came this afternoon and weighed her. Her scales told me she was 7lbs 1oz but i wasnt convinced that they were right so weighed her myself on our scales and she came out at 6lbs 6oz (much more believable given her size), so that means that she has gained 14ozs in just under a week - very pleased with that.

Lupins - you must be soo excited tonight knowing that you can go to hospital tomorrow and bring Arlen home with you. I hope you enjoy your 1st day at home as a family of 4 xx

Hello.

Had a lovely day at the Monkeys. Feeling tired and achey but in better spirits today.

AM, thanks for the texts, you're such a sweetie.

lg&t, aghhhhhhhhhhh twins, how cute, It's lovely holding a smallen isn't it?

SOH, glad your birth pool has arried, Swim anyone?

Abbylou, Eeeekkkkkk at 7lb already. Glad the head aches have eased.

Annemme, sorry about your c-sec.

LW, can't believe you had to get up to wait for the MW and she didn't come, I'd have been peed with that one, get to lectures you sleeping student. 8.30am, ohh even I don't do that time if I can help it.

Maveta and Dorisdaily, thanks for the info on the strep B test, Sounds like she couldn't be bothered to do it properly to me. I'm not really worried about it as there are plenty of people who don't even get the test but I will ask MW about it I think next week.

Scoot, hope the mole checking went OK. Dh has to have his checked every year, he has so many we can do dot to dot. Have a good time at your parents.

Have my birthing pool too SOH. It's very cool. DH is doing a trial run with it later. Quite looking forward to using it - even though that involves giving birth

MrsJFB - i looked in my notes from the hospital it said I was gbs positive from the test they did monday and they didn't even mention it! luckily I had already kicked up a fuss with my consultant because I had it last time and she has put a big yellow sticker saying GBS POSITIVE on the notes and hospital file. Beware of midwives though my one (who only has 30odd years experience) said when I asked gbs at booking in "what's that then!"

Am just pondering whether my private health care includes counselling for post traumatic stress disorder. Have just been on the scales and may need it.

I am thoroughly horrified.

Hello!

Am in much better mood today. Got some sleep last night and the midwife has re-arranged homebirth visit for tomorrow and DH has not arranged any meetings.

I have made some lovely linings to go into the 4 wicker baskets which fit on the shelves of my changing table (yet to arrive). Am putting up blackout blinds, but have made some cute curtains to pull over them out of the same fabric. Just need to hem them when the curtain pole goes up and am in the process of making a cot tidy hanging thingy which my mum has "designed" and cut out. Feeling quite pleased with myself!

Which birth pool did you get SOH? My "La Bassine" should be arriving Friday - the day before I'm allowed a home birth too.

Mam is still here. Still being helpful in a way that only she can be. I mean, it's great, she's making dinner and washing up and doing all sorts, but also making "helpful" comments about the crap job the previous owner of our house did on various decorating projects. Further "helpful" comments about well, everything. Add that to her strong right wing views and it's quite an earful. It's like regular soundbites from the Daily Mail. Dreadful. Really winds me up. Plus she can't sit still for five minutes. Starts to grate on the nerves a bit, BUT, I shouldn't complain, she is helping and it is nice to see her.

I'm missing you lovely ladies. Wish I had more time to log on this week. Don't worry though, I'll be back full time next week, boring you all to death with epic posts about very little indeed.

Hope you April ladies see your babies very soon. x

Oh it's a La Bassine. And it's beautiful. I want to put it up again and sleep in it.

In terms of what you do afterwards, you either get your energetic DH to carry bucket loads of the stuff and chuck it away or you use a very handy electric pump to pump the water into the garden- good natural fertiliser! We are going for the second, lazier option.

We don't have a nursery either. Just a moses basket set up in our room and lots of things in stacked storage. Picking up a tallboy tomorrow courtesy of the ILs so we can at least store her clothes.

Perineal massage beckons... all the mystery and intrigue I had at the beginning of our relationship 8yrs ago has well and truly disappeared. It's knees apart, bottom down a la Ben Elton chez SOH.

Somebody please tell me what this HV wants tomorrow...

SOH, She just wants to find out if you are planning to breast or bottle, know about the whole sleep your baby on it's back and not in bed with you thing and put you in prize possession of a lovely red book that Mathilda can treasure forever. I think Maybe she just needs a cuppa too.

dorisdaily at them not telling you your results. I don't know whether you know I'm in France, how , why, what and when things work here I'm never sure of. This is my second here but just in 2 yrs there's been big differences. I'm going to question my MW about it though.

Have my appiontment with the anethetist (sp?) tommorow, yey, baby can come after that as I can have it pain free if I choose. Wuss!!!!

night all xxx

Hello ladies (probably all asleep by now if you have any sense lol, not me though im waiting up for DH)

SOH If your HV is anything like mine she will want to know the inns and outs of everything, ask silly questions ie do you abuse drugs (as if anyone would admit to it duh), and basically go on and on for ages about things you probably already now Have fun!!!

Well tomorrow, oops i mean today i get to see my consultant re what he plans to do with me in regards to bubs still being breech, which im sure she is. I keep telling myself that whatever he suggests will be for the best and I should go in there with an open mind. I still dont fancy a cs though but at least i would know when this LO is going to arrive.

I spent today feeling really heavy and miserable, im getting fed up with simple tasks like bending down or rolling over in bed becoming harder and harder. Poor Dh can hardly get near me due to the cushions i have to have around me, one between my thighs, one under my bump lol and if he dares knocks one out of place he gets moaned at because it takes ages to get comfy again I hate the thought of having another 4wks of this

I am really hoping Dh sticks to his plan and takes me out for dinner this afternoon,Im going to need cheering up a bit. Im a bit nervous about seeing the consultant anyway but before i go there i will be saying goodbye to one of my lovely neighbours. She died of a brain tumour just under 2wks ago and its her funeral tomorrow. She had been ill for some time so we all knew it was inevitable (?) but it still came as a shock, she was only in her 40/50's. She was such a lovely lady, she didnt have any grandchildren and so would make a fuss of all of our children on the green, chatting to them and buying them sweets, even when she was really ill she would still come out to say hi and catch up on the gossip. We had all planned to go to the funeral but due to the timing many of us cant make it but we will all be lining the street at 9.45 to say our goodbyes as the funeral proccession goes by. I just know i will make a fool of myself and cry but I will make sure im there. I remember when my Aunt was buried and as we drove through the streets there were people lined up everywhere and not just in her own street either, it showed how well liked she was and made me feel so proud to have been related to her, i hope that seeing us all there tomorrow that her husband and daughters will feel the same as i did

Anyway now ive managed to make myself feel really sad and morbid im going to leave you all, my Dh has finally come in from work and after a little chat im off to bed Goodnight!!

Oh pebble sweetie please don't worry to much about your appt tommorrow. Can't imagine how your feeling at the thought of a section, I'd be nervous and upset too mind. At least it would be planned though and you'd have a date set, one positive thing aye

PinkJ - at post traumatic stress dissorder! When I get home next saturday I'm gonna weigh myslf and probably cry. The last time I did I was 10 stone I think. So I've put on 1 1/2 stone at least. Dread to think what'll it'll be by the end!

M/W never showed up and didn't even call Not really like her tbh. She'll end up ringing me tommorrow (or should I say later on) and I'll be in flippin lectures and unable to answer. She needs to make a copy of my notes as well for me to take up to Scotland.

Have decided not to go to 8:30 lecture - I mean that's just silly having it at that time - far too early! Will go in for 11:30 seminars though. Then tutorial at 1:30, and another seminar at 3:30 - 5:30. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz, makes me tired just thinking about it lol!

Have just had a large bowl of lasagne which means heartburn will be along shortly. Gonna crawl into bed with a snickers and watch Some Like it Hot me thinks.

Anneme try not to worry to much about cs, I have had 1 emergancy 1 elective, must say the recovery from elective was much better, but both were fine, I was worried about having a spinal but it was nothing, hardly felt it really, please feel free top ask me any questions and sending you stay put vibes till 9th

AM glad Jack had a nice birthday, birdworld is nice - not too big, have you been to beale park - it is lovely there only just up the road from me in Theale, OMG at kk's in Camberly have to collar a friend to take me over there will disguise it as a "shopping trip" lol

LW I was respectable 34D when non pg, went to 38d while pg am now whopping 38E half my body size I didnt get measured as soon as milk came in waited to do a guestimate whn they had settled down

LGT glad you had a nice day, my god 7lb each poor woman, none of mine have weighed 7lb and shes had 2 in one go!!!! cant say i fancy that

Pink Jenny ermmmm nursery furniture, baby is home today and crib hasnt arrived, changing unit was bought round by friends dh last night - very orgnaised not!! lol

Pebble hope your appt goes well, sorry to hear about your neighbor, I think it always is a shock when someone passes even if they have been poorly for a while, and it is so nice to see a good show of people at a funeral, when my brother died we were amazed at the amount of people who turned up, dont worry about crying its better to let the emotion out, hugs to you - look now im getting set off!!!

I am feelig a mixture of excitemnet and being totally unprepared for little mans homcoming, dd is excited I let her stay up late and help me fill the changing unit with his clothes and stuff, bought a lovely beany chair form mcare yesterday as I think the rocker chair will be too upright for his dinky size at the moment, LGT im sure you know what i mean, my friend was trying to tell me otherwise until saw how small he is, then she said what a great buy your going to get good use out of that!!

John lewis arent getting the bag for pushchair until next week grrrr, which means i cant use my carrycot and therefore the pushchair until then luckily i have the powertrack as backup - pray it doesnt rain as it doesnt have a raincover, just about to get one off ebay

Right will post later when im am a proud panicking member of family of 4 (i know i already am but it will be real later)

Thinking of you today pebble with the funeral and your appointment. Hope it goes ok, shame im not still in Portsmouth really, we could have had our section dates at the same time and been company for each other. Before your appointment go read Mary Cronk's stuff on the t'internet, dont be afraid to ask for a vaginal delivery, i certainly would be if he wasnt footlling breech and i had labours that lasted longer than 40mins and the baby was little.

Lupins thinking of you to bringing home little Arlen, good buy on the beanie chair. I had a bouncer and they just flopped over in it, i just had to lay them on the floor.

Hello to everyone else too, im off to toddlers and then see the midwife at 12.30. Back later

Got an email from Notsolikel. She's been in Germany visiting inlaws and got back Sunday. She mentioned catching up on all the chat but that will take her the rest of her pregnancy to do. I'm struggling just keeping up day to day

Hope everyone is well

Meant to say she and Bean are well

Ammne - just echoing what everyone else has been saying really - probably better to know that it is going to happen and when than have it sprung on you.

Pebble - Hope the funeral goes well and that your consultant is reasonable. I think Mary Cronk's stuff is really worth a read too.

My box of scary bits and my gases have just arrived. The box has a list of things like 'amnio hook' and 'perineal repair kit'. Yikes. Didn't use any of that stuff last time though so let's hope it all stays in the box this time too.

I saw my midwife on tuesday and the baby is 4/5 engaged and both of us think it might be a bit early. I just hope I have enough time to get my reports finished and make a blind for the kitchen window (right next to where the pool will be....). DP is worried that it will all kick off when he is working down in York (he's there two days each week)and he won't have time to get back. I have been sending him texts saying 'still not had baby' every now and then which I'm sure will wear a bit thin soon.

Hi all

I'm still around - 40 weeks tomorrow. Haven't got time to catch up as a bit busy today trying to keep up to date with everything in the house just in case.

At least got DD1s birthday and parties out of the way but I'm really fed up now. Feel huge and uncomfortable (I know you all do as well but sometimes you feel like you are the only ones don't you?).

Going out for lunch with friends so just off to do a few jobs before I do.

Hope to catch up soon

Pebble, how , hope this morning was okay. Cry all you like love, it's good for you.

Getting in a right old tizz about this hv. I've heard so many people talk about them and their interfering. My only concern really is that my views on parenting might not match the party line. DH says I have to nod along and tell her what she wants to hear. As a lentil-weaving soon-to-be baby wearer I'm sure my attitude of 'I can't actually see the problem with co-sleeping' and 'I'm not in the least bit interested in routines, charts and measures' is not going to sit well with her. She may very well be lovely and I am actually pro health visitors in theory but I don't want a flipping interview. And I tend to get sarcastic when cornered. If she asks me if I use intravenous drugs I'll probably tell her it makes the prostitution easier to bear.

Don't worry about your HV SOH. My last one was lovely. Haven't met the new one yet though!!

Has nobody else seen a hv before the birth of the child? My charming mother reckons the midwife's told her I'm a hippy homebirther and she's coming round to check up on me.

SOH - Know what you mean about HV's, the first one we had wasn't interested in our parenting style particularly, but she was determind to find some problem to help with. It must be a tricky job becuase I'm sure they are useful to some people. She just managed to rub me up the wrong way and I remember thinking 'if I did have PND I wouldn't tell you'. I haven't had much to do with the HV who replaced her, but at least she is very good at giving immunisations.

I think HV's are supposed to come and introduce themselves before the baby is born (probably both so they can assess you and so you know who they are and what they do)

Poor you Pebble, I hope its not too upsetting a morning, have a good cry.

Personally SOH, I just nod in agreement at the HV, tell them what they want to hear and get excited when I get my little red book, which, incidentally I didn't get til after the babies came. She's probably just interested in checking out your pool you hippy homebirther you.

Sky, its good to see you are still with us..

I think it prob depends when the midwife/ GP informs the HVs that you're "on their list" as it were. My MW said this morning that they'll inform the HV of the birth. Perhaps some community care areas inform the HVs of the "impending" birth. Wait and see; after saying that I'll have a HV round here tomorrow.

All went fine with hombirth talk this morning. Baby moving down. Still lying on the right (she's a gravity defying baby - I've been lying on my left since about 20 weeks!) The birth pool arrived so we're all set for homebirth as of Saturday. DH now aware that MW is a vegetarian and likes the eggs for her egg sandwiches soft.

Just a few things to get; a bucket (eww), a little clock with a second hand and something I never thought of is a flat mirror for putting on the floor of the pool. She said it's really helpful if I decide to give birth on all fours in the pool as they can watch what's going on. DH concerned about it breaking, but it's hardly likely in a soft inflatable pool. She won't even be using any instruments which could drop on it. Be nice for me to be able to see what's going on as well. Maybe... Maybe I'll just want to zone out and pretend it's not happening!

Very sorry to hear about your neighbour Pebble. She sounds like she was a lovely lady. Best of luck with the consultant.

My god I'm HUGE! I actually thought I was quite dainty for a while but I have completely ballooned - it's not natural, it can't be! I can't even sit down at a table/desk like a normal person anymore. I keep going to sit and end up smacking my bump onto the table like it's being served up as dinner lol. I have to specially manoever myself so that I actually end up about a metre away from the table. This has caused some bad spillages at dinner I can tell you.

Lupins so happy wee Arlens coming home today. You must post some more piccies as soon as you have time my sweet!

SOH don't panic about HV, she'll probably be lovely. Think they do have a bad rep for being interfering, pushy and a bit nasty at times but that's just a minority and I'm sure yours will be a sweetheart. If she isn't then you can either just smile and nod for an easy life or be as sarcastic as you can with her if you feel she's getting your back up. If she is truly awful then ask to change HV's. Just remember though it's your baby and you can raise her however you like, so don't feel pressured by this woman if she suggests you do things 'a certain way'.

Glad to hear notsolikel and bubs are doing ok, was wondering where she had got to recently.

LG&T hope m/w goes ok, and have fun at toddlers.

Benson Imagine if you don't get that blind up in time, what a treat the neighbours will be in for

SKY, oh not long now! I don't think I'll make it to 40 weeks cause I'm seriously considering going in for her myself! I'm fed up and still have 4 weeks to EDD and am expecting I'll probs be late as well. Ho hum.

Ok so didn't make it to 11:30 lecture either! Am seriously thinking to hell with it all today. I'm more in the mood for getting other things done today than going into boring seminars. Must go to my tutorial at 1:30 though, that's important.

I'm so fed up of being pregnant, moan moan, grumble grumble. People keep telling me 'not long now', I've got 4 farkin weeks left of this crap! My spd seems to be kicking in a bit more cause the sheer weight of me is making it hurt more. Oh and my m/w has dissapeared of the face of the earth lol. I'm even scaring her with my size