Due in July Part Five - The Final Furlong

[Caroline1852]

We have run out of space on the other thread.

Twoplusone - Glad to hear you are feeling better. I am sure your body is just preparing for the 'big day'!
Those kind of nights are all too familiar to us now and I have started to think that I will never have a good nights sleep again!

Typhoonsmum - He hasn't diddled you:
He gave you £20
Indian came to £5 (his half - therefore you owed him £15 change)
He owed you £10 so you just gave him £5 from the £15 change...right?
20-5= 15
15-10=5

Wow, I cant believe I just worked that out..but have been sitting here for half an hour trying to work out some dates...easier to just go and get a calender!

Big hugs to all.

hi all,
Just wanted to say big congratulations to all the mummies!!! Can't believe we are already well on our way. Things are now much easier - am on maternity leave, but am trying to make the most of it with dd (2.5 years) going to toddler groups, parks, swimming etc so am knackered when she is asleep. Really must start thinking about getting my hospital bag packed, cleaning the pram, buying moses basket mattress, buying last few bits ..... the list is endless!!!

Start going into minor panic mode when I come on here and read how organised everyone is, so am going to sign off now!

Take care all and look forward to hearing who will be next! xxx

Hi Everyone.

WeddingCake - just read your fantastic birth story and have been crying and laughing in equal measure. I seem to remember feeling much the same way (i.e. if I can just get this poo out I'll feel soooo much better) when I was in early labour with DD, so think it is quite normal to confuse the two sensations - basically the baby is pressing on your colon so it is sending that message to the brain.

Congrats too Bertieboo.

Well done on the stats ABgirl - its so nice you've been doing that, even including rubbish me who has posted about twice in the last 6 months! Bit of a fairweather poster I suppose - I'm back now it's all action on here

towplusone - hi, not been on for a few days. We are army, posted in Glasgow. Know exactly what you mean. strange aches and turns from the babe. I think we're just anticipating everything cos it's no.3. Sometimes can't tell if it's BH or babe moving. I SO know what you mean with these mess functions and bloody mobiles going straight to answer machine!! Grin and bear it. Not long to go!
Congratulations Bertieboo !

What have you all packed for labour in your hospital bags? Snacks/facecloths/drinks any ideas???

Bodkin - I started a thread on this the other day and got lots of sensible advice - here

beyonceen- is your hubby signals!!!

hi everyone

congratulations to all that have recently had their little ones hope you are all well and enjoying getting to know your bundles.

I have actually managed to start getting ready! Ive cleaned the moses basket i used for dd and bought a new mattress for it. I washed the carseat cover and the carseat is now fitted in the car ready, our pushchair arrived! Got a Jane one from ebay - brand new and boxed with all tags for £89 and am just waiting for a nice day to wash the babygrows and vests. I dont know if its nesting but i cannot stop buying cleaning products! Its DH's job to go out and buy outfits once LO has arrived as we dont know what we're having, so only got a few white ones to start with.

We are moving into our new house next weekend hopefully so long as the decorating gets finished in the week. We were going to move this weekend but we live next to Donington Park race track and its the Moto GP this weekend so all the roads are one way, blocked off etc and is a nightmare. So we're moving next weekend when i'll be 36+5 joy!

Has anyone been having bad dizzyness? Whenever i try and go anywhere now i just get so dizzy and hot is impossible

Having just seen Beyonceen's mention of hospital bags, and snacks reminds me - I packed a bag of yoghurt coated raisins in mine as a high energy snack to keep blood sugar levels up. Didn't labour long enough to need them, but found they were great in the couple of days after the birth, supplementing the hospital food and with the added bonus of keeping things soft enough to make the first poo fairly easy. So just thought I'd share that with you girls!

, my last message was to Beyonceen, not Bodkin, sorry!

Jamantha, good tip about the raisins, will remember that one.

Who was asking about restless legs? I've got that (never had it in pg before either!). Apparently, it's a lack of either/both calcium and potassium I think. I find a bowl of cereal (with milk obviously) and a banana just before bed will help reduce it (though not stop it entirely - dh has the bruises to prove it )

Huskygirl - you might want to get your iron levels checked. I was suffering with that all of a sudden, having previously been fine. Thought it might be low iron, so bought some over-the-counter iron tablets (checked with pharmacist they were ok to take when pg) until i see midwife next week - I do feel better for them already though (only been on them 3 days).

Hello - just v quickly popping on to say that we popped early and gave birth to erm no name baby boy 2 on 21st at 5.30pm. He was 7lb 7oz, we did our VBAC(hurrah!),good luck to everyone and hope to see you soon on the PN thread...
Sxxxx

Congratulations 3fos. Welcome baby boy

Well done 3flightsofstairs and welcome to the world erm no name!! Look forward to hearing all about your birth story!!

Congratulations 3flights and welcome to your son.

Abgirl thanks for the stats.

Pulapula - good luck for tomorrow - that's when your c-section is booked isn't it?

Congratulations 3flights..

Things really are starting for us now arent they.

Goodluck for your c-section tommorrow. pulapula..

Well we had sex this morning and dh said that I feel very soft.... hopefully this means that my cervix is getting ready to let lo out.. Had lots of pains down there last night whilst lo was moving aroubnd.. ( think he thought he was on a trampoline)

Feel really tearful today.. DS had me in tears before we went to creche this morning as he wouldnt get his clothes on.. I feel like I am losing the plot.. letting a 3 yr old reduce me to tears.. ..

never mind.. hejust thinks he has a mad mummy I think.. I think he is picking up now that something is happening soon, just hope this isnt a sign to come of how he will be when LO gets here..!!!

Hope everyone else is ok.xxx

Congratulations 3flights! Look forward to reading the birth story!! . All the best with choosing a name too.

Congratulations 3flightsofstairs! Can't wait to hear his name and hope you are coping...

twoplusone, sorry to hear you are feeling very tearful. Hope you feel a little better now. I've been quite tearful over the weekend too. DH thinks it's my body's way of making sure I am too emotionally shot to reject the baby when it arrives!?

thanks melissa.. am going to to try and get ds of to sleep.. (virtualy unheard of him having an afternoon nap..now ) but he was up 3-4 times before we went to bed then twice in the night then at 6am.. he has been a little blllleeeeeep all morning since creche.. going to put hiim to bed with some milk and read him a story and see if this works.. hopefully it will as mummy could really do with a nap too. xxxxx

Hi all,

Thanks for the good wishes. I go in at 2.30pm for pre-op stuff and should be let out and told when to come back for my section tomorrow. I hope its morning, as I will be nil by mouth and used to having my breakfast!

DD has not been well this weekend (sickness and high temp) but seems better today. We are hoping its just her final tooth coming through that caused it.

Twoplusone- I really struggle when DD won't get dressed/ get out of the bath etc and find it really draining now, as I'm so shattered. But luckily it doesn't happen often, and hopefully it was just a one-off with your DS. Sounds like baby Lee could be on the way soon, with all the twinges and strange feelings down below.

I feel very strange today - I think it is finally sinking in that I'll have a baby very soon. I think so far I have just been so focused on the operation that I forget about the baby side of things, and having to look after baby afterwards, particularly the first few days in hospital!

Last time my first vivid memory of my DD was when they put her on my chest straight after delivery and she was all warm and really heavy! I was so happy when they said she was a girl - my DH said I deserved to get what I wanted after what I'd been through, and I said to my DH "Do you think she'll mind being an only child?!" I was so sure I couldn't go through it again! But hey, look at me now!

thanks jamantha and miaow. Great tips. twoplusone - how is this even gymnastically possible??? I'm much to sore for proper sex! hubby is not signals, he's royal artillery.

Congratulations 3flights!! how early was he?

beyonceen- tbh its the first time in ages that sex hasnt hurt.... I must be realxed more.. (or hoping that sex will help and bring on labour..)

I only asked what your dh was in as dh and I couldnt think who was posted up in Glasgow, all he could think of was AGC and the signals TA center.. ( My DH is signals) Will your dh be going away soon.. or are you at a non deployable unit.. Sorry I am just being nosey..

Oh all has gone quiet upstairs ds might have fallen asleep inwhich case I can too...heres hoping...

OMG.. he has the first time in months yeah yeah yeah.. I am going for a kip girls.. (That has put a smile on my face..!!