Due in July Part Five - The Final Furlong

[Caroline1852]

We have run out of space on the other thread.

Who was it that said feeling Flu like was a sign.

I have a sore throat and stuffy nose. Does that count.

Catz, good luck with the due date baby. How exciting that you had a show! Its finally moving!

Twoplusone - Glad to hear you are pottering. I did some washing which I hung out but now its raining and I have decided that I cannot be bothered to get it in! I am having one lazy a$$ day today!

Typhoonsmum - Lucky you having help you don't feel you need! She really sounds as though she is trying to help you so perhaps you could manage her help a bit better by suggesting she helps with your DD in a way that would be useful. I am sure the last thing she wants to do is upset you.

oh my god! just decided to venture over the road to the shops, get a bit of sun and now rolling round on the floor in agony. think it's the hill coming back! feel really uncomfortable now, like my hips have come apart and baby's just going to drop out!
-crawling off to get piece of cake to make me feel better now-

hey all - great news from Bodkin. Most of the labours have seemed pretty straight forward so far! Chrissybobs - My DS1 was induced with syntocin and I kept putting off the epidural so ended up not having one. It was very painful but it has given me hope that if I can cope with that then I should be OK with this one, provided i'm not induced again .

Typhoonsmum - Perhaps your MIL is missing having someone to depend on her since her DH passed so she may be putting a lot of that onto you. Am sure there is a good way of accepting some of her help but making sure she takes care of herself for a change.

So amongst everyone else there are some 'shows', some niggles and then some flu-like symptoms... Hopefully it means something for someone . Given the amount of people left we must surely be having a least one new one per day . Very exciting!!!!

All is fine for me - LO not budging at all and no symptoms to spot really. I totally get the whole 'constant BH' - Sometime my stomach feels tight for hours!. Midwife tomorrow so I'll see what she says - she's given no indication on weight / size but I feel like he's a big one.

Hope everyone is doing well

Ouch, hope the cake helps Tiggsy

Is the cake helping Tiggsy..

I am so trying to sort out travel insurance, for dd, keep getting told no as we are not uk residents.. my response yes we are as we live in Vritish forces accomodation, rent goes to the uk govt, still pay NI and Taxes and Council taxes etc same as anyone living in the uk. So thought would try my Bank lloydstsb as we have gold service which provides travel insurance. Only to be told by them that as we live overseas the insurance policies we have with them with the account are null and void..WTF. So for the last 3.5yrs we have been paying account charges for things we cant use!!. So lovely complaint letter going to there customer service teams.

They have know we live overseas all along due to our address and not once has anyone told us that this invalidates everything we are both paying towards in our accounts.. What do you think the chances are we will get the charges reinbursed from 2004!!!! I am so so so sorry really need to rant...

Tried the travel insurance on camp and they have told me dd neeeds to be on my mams policy so that if anything happens to my mam dd can get home.. but mam cant her on her policy as she is not her dd. I cant do a family policy as we are not travelling with her. This is the first years it has been a problem. If she has an E111 card does she need seperate insurance.. WTF can I do....

Sorry rant over I am counting to 10 and trying to calm myself down, before I explode

two (small) slices of cake have not helped with the pain
got stuck trying to get off the floor as well...
rang dp at work and he thought it was hilarious

mmm... banana and chocolate spread samdwiches yummy

Tiggsy- sounds like you're feeling better now!

hehehe, feeling rather sick now!

two plus one, nightmare! have had similar address problems when we were in Germany. YOu should def get those charges back. Be persistant - though it's the last thing you need right now - it may take your mind off the long wait and "twinge-watch" as i like to call it now.
Congratulations Bodkin! lovely images of cuddly baby girls.
x

'Twinge- watch'! I love it! X

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anyone else getting regular phone calls and texts from friends now (usually just when you start to doze off!) asking if anything's happening yet? i'm not due for three weeks, got my cs in two, do you think our babies realise what havoc they play with peoples lives BEFORE they arrive?!

2+1 Pretty sure you still need insurance, even if you have old E111 or new EHIC. Are E111 still valid?

Tiggsy- have a cookie.

yum yum, thankyou jennster. haven't put weight on all thru pregnancy, making up for it now me thinks!!

2+1 Doesn't look like E111 are valid, but here is the link to the quick online application form www.ehic.org.uk/Internet/home.do

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weight thing wasn't down to me... suffered with hyperemis from 4 weeks

So it seems we are all 'niggly' in one way or another! Thanks girls for making me feel so normal, I really don't know what I would do without this regular sanity check.

Typhoonsmum - I totally understand what you are saying about your MIL. If its any help I have a wonderful Mum who only wants to please but sometimes it just gets too much!

She doesn't drive but thinks nothing of getting 3 buses to go and get something for me that I may have mentioned I needed. It leaves me feeling really cr*p because it would only take me 5 minutes in the car. My suggestion is that you sit her down and thank her for her help and her generosity and tell her how much appreciate her (but would like her to conserve some energy for when the baby is born!)

JAM - Seems that your father has it in a nutshell! At this stage we all just seem soooo ready to have our LO's that we find it hard to cope. Very well put!

I think for me the main problem is lack of sleep (or lack of getting comfortable to be able to sleep) which leaves me exhausted and irritable. Then I get tearful and start doubting that I can do this! All I want is to be excited about it and get things moving!

And at friends who keep calling and asking 'have you had it yet'?! Like we would fail to mention something like that!

And double at my MIL who has now given us a total of 8 numbers to call her on and we are 'not to forget' to call her! AS IF!!!!

Wow that was a long post...sorry

Quick question - How many sleep suits/vests have you packed in your bag for LO?

I've packed 3 vests and 2 sleepsuits. Just in case I have a sicky/ messy baby!! Obv if end up with a CS or something DH will ned to bring some more up but based on being in one night I think (Hope) the above will be enough!

I've packed 3 and 3, but then am planning a home birth and so hopefully won't need them. It's amazining where that newborn (esp breastfed) poo can get to though.