Due in Sept '07 - part 5 - '.... Half Way to Heaven......?'

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Hope you all don't mind about the new thread. We've been AGONISING over the name

Hi all, been a few days since I posted .... most unlike me!

MADLY busy trying to get ready for France tomorrow. Am I the only one who gets totally knackered trying to organise everything before going away? Washing, ironing, folding, packing, making lists, going shopping, going shopping again, making more lists, stressing that you're going to forget passports etc.

I'm Bloody Knackered. .. .. .. I neeeeeeeeeed a holiday, he he!

Had a flick through posts, sorry if I've missed anyone.

Kinki, so sorry you're poorly with your chest again, really hope those anti biotics kick in and those bloomin germs leave you alone, it's all you need.

Chatty, GRRRRRRRRRRR for you, and hugs.

I started a name thread over on pregnancy, getting some great suggestions for names. I like Lyra, working on DH. He likes Evelyn.

Oh I'm just realising actually how tired I am, this is the first time I've sat down all day. [nodding emoticon]

Hmm, 3 words to sum up my pregnancy at the mo...
Full... feel like I won't stretch anymore
Urgent... keep getting kicks in bladder
Excited...can't wait to meet my little girl

Well just in case I don't get a chance to come back on, BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and see you on the 11th June or thereabouts.

PS I bit the bullet and put some photos on my profile. I want to know what everyone else looks like, put some on yours pleeease!!

My 3 words...

lazy
happy
worried

Chattyhan, I really feel for you. It's so easy to be a man isn't it? Do the deed and then not have to worry.

I just need to get this off my chest...

Everytime my DP goes out and gets trashed I feel like stabbing him. I'm desperate to go out with a load of friends, drink, dance, laugh, be silly, stay up all night and sleep all the next day. I'm desperate to be even slightly reckless. Maybe I'm not ready to be a mother. I'm going through a really bored phase.... I'm sick of talking about babies, people asking me about babies, thinking about babies.... holier than thou mothers who don't get bored of babies.. I did used to have a life 6 months ago...

I'm 28 but feel 68. My weekends involve 'resting' and cleaning and decorating and eating. Great fun!

Apologies to those who have spent years and years trying to conceive.

umm,

forgetful
indecisive
fat!

Stupid question but when does the third trimester start, I thought it was week 28, are some of us really there already?? I'm only in week 23

Emalushka - sorry to hear you're down about your social life. I'm totally with you on that one. I'm a bit older (36) so I should have got that all out of my system but somehow I haven't. This weekend when it was peeing down at a bbq I went to, everyone was getting really drunk and dancing around and generally having a really good time, I felt like such a pooper sat there with my orange juice! I don't really get too annoyed with my dh when he goes out and gets drunk cos that's what I'd do given half the chance, but it does irritate me when I have to put up with his rambling incoherence for four hours when he comes home, this time 6 months ago I'd have found that hilarious! Blah!

Good idea about the photos HIWBB, I'm at work and don't really have access to all my photos, so I've uploaded the only one I've got stored here on my work pc... it's a wedding pic (18 months ago) so that was a good day, I don't look anything like as good now... about three stone heavier and infinitely more tired, but it gives you an idea....

Looking forward to seeing everyone elses!

I thought 3rd trimester started week 26 - I think it depends which book you read.

lets see. 40 devided by 3 = 13.33 x 2 =26.66
Hmmm. If that is how 'they' decide then its about 26 weeks. Personally I always thought 28. Hmmm.
I feel;

1. Huge. I am (was) a neat bump type, but 4th time around this means I have massive bump already. Already big boobs bigger and sore.
2. Painful. Lower back, stomach muscles pulling.
3. Knackered. Could sleep all afternoon.

BH are here too, with my third they started about now as well, and got so strong I'd go red in the face and feel a little breathless. No pain though just v tight hard tummy (even with a jelly belly!)

Thanks MrsMar. Just felt as though I needed a grumble. I haven't really done anything exciting since about New Years Eve (apart from growing a baby!) and although I don't deny DP any of his nights out, I'm envious. Also because of my placenta, I can't even go for a run.

We're going to a big posh wedding this weekend - guess who is the designated driver? I wonder how many people will ask, 'So, when are you due?' 'do you know the sex?' 'Have you had any morning sickness?' etc etc... My bet is on at least 50 people.

Ah hum, I best get used to it, I suppose.

awww emalushka - it's crap isn't it? I'm going to a wedding this weekend and I'm driving too... Bleurgh! My only consolation is making dh pay for a MUCH nicer room in the hotel we're staying at! Might insist he pays for a massage too

Emalushka, well done for getting that off your chest. It's crappy feeling like that I'm sure. Why can't men be more understanding and empathetic? If only they were more like women (!) I know what you mean about feeling 68, there's nothing that's aged me more than being a mum. I'm afraid I don't have any advice to offer, I just hope you manage to find a way to do all the things you want to do. At 38 I'm a bit of an old cow and feel way past the high life. I think myself truely blessed and lucky if my dh takes me to a greasy spoon for a cup of tea these days! If it makes you feel any better, the way you wrote your post I imagine you as a gorgeous, vibrant, and glam party loving animal. And remember, in a few months time, nights out are only a baby-sitter away.

Hi fio my girls are 5 and 2 and i was told i was infertile due to pcos after dd2 was born so this was a very big surprise!
Emmalushka i know how you feel about your social life i havent had one since dd1 was born when i was 19 and that was 5 years ago! I do go to bingo on a friday evening but thats as exciting as it gets i cant remember the last time me and dp went out together its a shame as when we go out i find myself looking @ him and thinking "now thats why i fancied you" We are going to have start making an effort!
Seamonster i too had a tight bump once apon a time but now im a size 18-20 my jelly belly doesnt even look like a bump
Sophie x

Emalushka (and indeed everyone else) I totally understand where you are coming from on the social front. DH and I both work in the same industry and we always used to meet for drinks after work and I loved that "couple of glasses of wine together then home" routine where we'd gossip about people we both knew and worked with.

Now I just come straight home as I'm always knackered. DH has been generally really understanding but he still does beers after work with his team sometimes and with customers although he drinks a lot less these days. Plus he has jollies that are run buy customers and suppliers that take him out of the country entirely. Its the sort of thing that I USED to do so I feel really left out sometimes.

And yes, if he comes home pissed I want to lynch him. We'll have a social life again one day!!! x

Heya Emmalushka,
that's SOOOOOOO how I feel, it really gets me. I'm 'only' 29, but what with DS being little, and me BFing him till he was 1 anyway, and now me being up the duff, I don;t think I've drunk alcohol for God only knows how long... Going out? What's that? Babysitters are like 50 euros a night, then dinner and usual expenses on top of that, so even an average night out is pretty pricy in the end.. DH comes back drunk occasionally, I don't really stop him going out unless it's one of those all day golfing sessions, but I wish he'd not wake me up a 3am stumbling back to bed.. When the Bump arrives he'll be turfed into the spare room! He tried to keep up the drinking nights with DS1 untill i cracked one day and went mental at him, threatening to leave unless he coped on and stopped waking me up. Hormones... I think the solution is to have Saturday mornings off to sleep, or just making sure you put your foot down and demand to go out now and then. I went to see Arctic Monkies on Tuesday, DH was very ambivalent about me going, but we got to teh concert and teh security guards were sooo nice and got me a seat at the very very very front, and DH loved it, they were the best seats in the whole place, and we got them because of MY bump. So the evening was great, even if I was drinking flat coke all the time. God I'm rambling!
Can I ask a question? The Bump is kicking absolutely non-stop, day and night. Does this mean it's going to be hyper when it arrives?? DS never kicked this much and he's just a ball of energy, so if the next one is even worse I'll be run into the ground in a matter of weeks..
My 3 words - sciatica (sp?), knackered, knackered! I feel sooooooo old!

Oh dear Lux, looks like you're in for an extra hyper one! Look on the bright side, they might wear each other out!

All along I've said I don't really mind what this one is like: girl or boy, two heads or six arms, whatever. All I wish for is one that can walk instead of run and talk instead of shout, like the other two. And like yours, this one is constantly kicking, and at the scan his jaw was moving up and down non-stop. Don't think I'll be getting my wish somehow.

Hello all

Holly29, great idea on three words. I am very late in Sept so at only 23 weeks my three words are..

desperate - she has got to be standing on my bladder and people say that gets worse!

changeable - one moment very excited, the next very scared. As a first timer I wonder if you just obsess more?

energy - defintely more energy now I am feeling so much better after a terrible first 16 weeks

On a very nice note my work have just put full pay for maternity leave from 3 months to 4 months. Yippee - won't have to ask DH to subsidise my Starbucks quite as much.

Am just getting around to thinking about prams/buggies. I am probably just useless at searching so can anyone point me to a thread with lots of good reviews by other mumsnetters or other reviews. I have read the mumsnet reviews but they are 2005 so I guess their must be a few more things on the market since. Having said that I am quite taken with the M&P's Pliko pramette - any views?

PS: Canadianmum - to your question, my midwife raved about hammocks (Amby natures nest?) at my last appointment when we were talking about the 'necessities to buy' list. She also quite likes the Tummy Tubs - I think that is what they are called although she did admit most people will think they are a glorified bucket!

Chatty - always thinking about you and wondering if you are ok. Glad you are finding some support here.

Don't worry too much if you can help it, try to be philosophical about the whole thing, yes you will get more and more uncomfortable and yes it will hurt, but its nothing you can't handle I'm sure and at the end of the day what will happen will happen with or without you worrying. If its any help I'm worrying as well, especially about the birth so you're completely normal in this.

Hi all,
Just a quick post,
Bloody sick of the weather and being stuck in the house,dont feel in a very good mood today at all.To top it all,DP has taken a day from work and gone to Afan,Wales with BIL to go mountain biking,Alright for some I never get a day off from DS,sorting business paperwork out,hoovering,washing,cleaning,good job I dont go to work as well...GRRRR!....Hope he gets soaked!

Tinalc,I brought a tummy tub when I had DS,it was great never had a bathtime with tears would defo recommend.
Would love a hammock but they are very pricey.The Nest type are anyway,you can get another type which resemble adult hammocks and these are much cheaper.Think I will be sticking with the moses basket from last time though as it had hardly any use as DS hated it,mind you who`s to say this one will like it either?

Take care all.
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Hello again, I'm back at work and boooored!! Can I ask some muppet questions that I really should know the answer to myself?

1. As with the last pregnancy, all I've wanted to eat for this one is sugar, sugar, icecream, icecream. Does this affect my baby bump, or not? I know it gets little sugar rushes after I eat, and I know that, duh, eating sugar is not exactly the best form of nutrition, but would I be making it hyper by eating it? It kicks alllll the time, every 10 minutes it seems, which the first one didnt. (Obviously I eat a varied, home cooked diet and don't actually exist on Mars and Magnums, but I have lapsed alot more than I usually would...) Muppet question No 2 is about Braxton Hicks - I just don't get them any more... I've not had one for over 2 months now, is that wierd, or normal, or what? Baby and me are otherwise healthy, and all the scans are great, and the kicking is great, but I've just not felt the familiar 'entire stomach clencher' which I thought I would at this stage? Anyone got any answers or any other muppet questions of their very own??

Me again!!! We had a tummy tub too, but after a few months DS just wanted to stand all the time, so we just got into the bath with him. It is just holding all my cleaning products now. The only great things we bought were the pram (obviously, and we got that 2nd hand), a looovely woven soft wool blanket that we use every night, a lambskin for the pram, that was used to use to lie on when BFing DS. He just loves how soft it is and would run his little chubby fingers through it. We also thought the Baby Bjorn Active sling was brilliant. We used that almost daily from virtual birth till he was about 10kg and just too heavy. It was especially fab on city break holidays. Another great thing is (if you can stretch to it) a cleaner for the first few months at least, and longer if you can afford it. It was just lovely not having to clean behind the d*mn loo every week. Highly recomended it. Our cleaner was shite, but even her help was great.

Hi all
huge, knackered, breathless!
I'm still enjoying it though in some psycho way?!?
Hopeitwontbebig & mrsmar - fab pictures. I haven't even managed to create a page! Where in northants are you hopeit?! I am in market harborough but work in wooton
small world

My 3 words would be:

Excited
Exhausted
Enormous I love chocolate!

I'm impressed by the profile pages people have set up, I'm still trying to work out how to do this!

Ohhhhh! Where are the profiles then? I can't see them anywhere (tho I am a bit of a spa when it comes to computers/anything requiring electricity..) Can someone point me in the correct direction?

I think you just click on a person's name as it appears on any thread, and then you can view their profile... I think.

If there is a yellow symbol(book i think) on the far right of the person's name banner then they have a profile and you can click on the symbol to view it. To set one up click on my registration and follow the links!

Morning all, kids off to Grandmas today! Only 14 weeks to go!
Had one of those bad nights, just couldn't sleep. Oh well.