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Due in June........bring on the pineapples, evening primrose oil and raspberry leaf tea

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DaisysGotABigBump · 20/05/2007 20:48

Sorry its a bit boring, but I was lacking inspriation and running out of cyberspace...........it's all that talking to myself

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 16:49

No, HandA...the sun has shone here for about two hours tops....and its really windy

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 16:51

I just assumed Sputnik that cos you lived in Italy, and your MIL was in Rome that your DH was Italian....how come he and his family are over there then?

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hollyandalice · 24/05/2007 16:51

Sorry daisy! It's faking boiling here! Well, as they say, it is grim up north!

I wonder who'll be next to pop (apart from lilkel obv)...my money's on derlor!

hollyandalice · 24/05/2007 16:52

It's not faking boiling here...it's farking boiling!! Doh, I have pg head on!

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 16:55

I think Fannyannie might just be next....she's in labour, LOL

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hollyandalice · 24/05/2007 16:56

Shit, I missed that one! I really must stop doing useful things and stay on here all day! I hate missing things!

bumperlicious · 24/05/2007 17:00

Hi all. Thanks for the text btw daisy. Sorry didn't reply, stupidly popped into town, and as usual spent longer than intended and nearly keeled over getting home! Anyone else finding the simple act of walking a few metres bloody painful?

Anyway, bought some super strength sanitary towels - nice! Looking forward to having to use them!

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 17:01

Holly...RedFraggle is having a section on the 5th like me.....was gonna update the stats, but didn't want you to think I was trying to muscle in on your job

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bumperlicious · 24/05/2007 17:02

Sputnik - I assumed the same thing! Where in Italy do you live? Is it near Rome? Can I come and live with you too! I love Italy!

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 17:04

Hi Bumper....I've been struggling with the school run for a few weeks now and it's literally a five minute walk for me usually.

But...that's the last school run pre-baby. Next time I do it I'll be puhing the pram

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 17:05

shit...I've just found some new stretch marks

Serves me right for being a bit smug about it the other day

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bumperlicious · 24/05/2007 17:06

Eeeeek daisy!

BadZelda · 24/05/2007 17:07

Bumper - here's a tip for you that works well for me...seems to keep discomfort to a minimum anyway. When you're walking, pretend you're walking on a narrow beam - take small steps and keep your feet close together. Try and avoid swaying / waddling (if you can) as it puts more pressure on your pelvis. Also avoid opening heavy doors and pushing shopping trolleys! Try and keep your back straight and pull your bump in...feels kind of wrong at first, but it all reduces pressure on your pelvis so might help?

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 17:08

I now have visions of them multiplying rapidly over the course of the next couple of weeks....this is what happened with DS

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hollyandalice · 24/05/2007 17:10

Thanks daisy, I'll update the stats thread now! I really need to keep up! I promise I'll be a better PA from now on!

IKWYM about not being able to walk. Yesterday I went to a party at the soft play centre and I had to catch the train. OMG it was like hell! The train stations have no ramps or lifts so I had to somehow get the buggy up and down numerous flights of stairs, it was awful and I was nearly crying by the time I got there! Then I had to do it all again on the way back!

bumperlicious · 24/05/2007 17:10

Can I ask a really personal and possibly controversial question? I hope no-one lurking thinks that badly of me for asking this, but I am just hoping that other people go through the same feelings and it's almost like I just need to prepare myself for the worst...

...does anyone worry that something might be wrong with the baby? Something that wasn't picked up on the scan? I really hope no-one finds this offensive me asking this. But obviously I want everything to be perfect - who wouldn't? But just recently I have started getting an irrational fear that something might be wrong, and I know that if it was I would deal with it, and lots of people have to. But is it normal to be feeling like this?

hollyandalice · 24/05/2007 17:13

Yes, I do bumper. I had none of the tests that most people have (apart from scans), so I am a bit paranoid about something being wrong. However, like everything I don't want to think about I have pushed it to the back of my mind!

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 17:14

Bumper....its perfectly normal for you to feel like this at this stage of the game. You wouldn't be human if you didn't have these worries. I think its maybe our sub-conscious gearing itself up for the very remote possibilty that there might be something wrong. Chances are everything is fine, so try not to get yourself into a state about it

I didn't have any testing done for Downs so that worry is always there at the back of my mind as well!

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bumperlicious · 24/05/2007 17:19

I didn't have any of the tests either. We decided that we would consider an amnio so there was no point in the blood tests. Just starting to get a bit worked up about it. Nothing i can do now though is there?! But it's almost like I have to prepare myself for the worst. Defensive pessimist - that's me!

notsolilKel · 24/05/2007 17:43

Bumper - I certainly hope it's completely normal (see my recent post about fearing I'd have a 3-headed giraffe pulled from my abdomen tomorrow). Ok nothing about that is normal per se, but you know what I mean!

Will I sleep at all tonight I wonder? I feel like I'm about to go on some really hot date, it's funny, butterflies in the tum and no appetite!!

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 17:53

Don't know about you Lilkel but I was told no food after midnight of the night before...will you be staying up till then to have some food, or are these butterflies and loss of appetite ruling it out completely?

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bumperlicious · 24/05/2007 17:55

Oh gosh, good luck kel. Just think, by this time tomorrow you'll have a little giraffe to play with! If I don't say it before you go GOOD LUCK! Look forward to hearing the details!

notsolilKel · 24/05/2007 17:59

D, yes, I was told that too. Going to put a damper on my 2am snack-in-the-dark routine which seems to have become a fixture of my life since pg with DS1! Plan is to have a nice meal tonight - actually it's medically necessary as my bloodwork shows protein is too low and I'm fighting anaemia as well. All the bloody pills and homeopathic remedies I'm taking, it's ridiculous!! Plus MIL arrives from Germany shortly so a 'real meal' is necessary.

I'm just hoping the excitement in the morning will substitute for breakfast and that I won't be too delayed once we get to hospital.

The thought of polishing off the rest of that Pralines & Cream at 11:59 tonight does sound naughtily tempting tho...!!

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DaisysGotABigBump · 24/05/2007 18:14

how long have you been taking the arnica Lilkel?

and are you taking anything else to promote better/quicker healing?

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annobal · 24/05/2007 18:16

Hi all, gosh you've been busy/chatty today - it's taken ages to catch up.

Daisy, please pass HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Natty and Johny on birth of Ellen.

LOL on the amount of people from/lived in Adelaide here. Yes, you are right that there def is 2 degrees of separation (or whatever the saying is, I have absolutely no brain today) - everyone knows everyone and everyone's business. Earl of Leicester a great pub - there was also a pub in Parkside/Eastwood friends would frequent whenever I went 'home' - can't remember the name tho - Havelock sounds horrible.

Foxy, loved your thread about bonding with new baby. I'm not a good one at going through immense pain and hitting exhaustion only to have a baby thrust on me at the end of it - DH did the initial bonding and mine came later. I was never worried that it wouldn't, just knew I had to recover first (bloody mw was pushing me to breastfeed within a minute of giving birth)