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Due in Sept '07 - new thread (ish) until we can think of a good thread name, because we didn't notice the message counter and oops we've run out of room for messages!!! Am lost, here alone, come and find me.. HELLLLOOOOO

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Hopeitwontbebig · 20/06/2007 21:50

Oooh this bad Boxer has just farted and it STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rin23 · 29/06/2007 14:45

Sophus, Chattyhan and MrsFish, I'm definately in agreement too - hate being massive and not being able to rush around like normal. I am grateful to be pg of course but it's pretty boring... but am consoling myself that at least the end is in sight (albeit 12 weeks away for me).

MrsFish · 29/06/2007 14:53

13 weeks for me...

sophus · 29/06/2007 14:55

It's the frustration of having so much to do but having to say "oh can you pick up that piece of paper for me please , it's too heavy".

Rin23 · 29/06/2007 15:08

yes exactly! LOL
I hate hate hate being a wimp!

BTW My nappies have just arrived at work (rather embarassingly) - second timers don't all laugh at me for having high hopes (I've had all that from work colleagues), but yes I'm gonna attempt reusable nappies... (my mum did it, can't be that hard?? can it? )

Pennypops · 29/06/2007 15:13

I have to admit I'm not loving it at the moment either. Spent quite a lot of last night crying for no reason whatsoever. In contrast to most of you all who have to deal with being pregnant and looking after existing dc's I do get more time to relax and realise how lucky I am. Unfortunately this knowledge makes me feel even more guilty when I start crying again.

My lo can kick so hard under my ribs that it really hurts and I can spend hours feeling fairly constant sharp pain. If I feel a flash of resentment then.....again with the guilt.

On top of this no matter how much I have found being pregnant tough I know in 10 weeks or so it is going to get a hell of a lot tougher.

Bloody hormones

Chattyhan · 29/06/2007 15:30

sophus you made me laugh - i feel so pathetic when i have to take a rest after walking upstairs! Pennypops i felt like this with my first pregnancy too but less physically tired and more emotionally tired. I don't have time to cry with this pregnancy but with the last i had this ridiculous 1/2 laugh 1/2 cry combo that went on for the entire 9 months!

Pennypops · 29/06/2007 15:40

Oh well at least it isn't just me! I love the fact that everyone is so honest on this thread.

Before I found MN I sometimes felt there was a sort of Preggy Mafia that always had perfect pregnancies - neat bumps not lots of weight gain, perfect glowing skin not zits or random hairyness, boundless energy as opposed to a deep and meaningful relationship with Remegal/Gaviscon/Pepto and/or the inside of the loo.

I love you guys >>>

Hopeitwontbebig · 29/06/2007 16:21
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MrsFish · 29/06/2007 16:47

Just been a little walk with ds as the sun managed to pop its head out for an hour, am now really tired, also even before I had got to the end of the driveway (its quite long btw) I had really bad stitch and had to stop I used to be able to take him on brisk 5 mile walks, how I miss that

MrsMar · 29/06/2007 16:53

Hello everyone.. I'm so sorry to hear about continuing problems with dh/dps.. I can't remember who it was but someone posted an absolutely brilliant diatribe they delivered to their dh one night at being told for the billionth time that something to do with childcare was her job. I think it was something along the lines of "if it was my job, I'd be paid for it, I'd get time off at weekends (or at least two days a week) I'd have paid sick leave and paid annual leave. I'd have meal breaks and protection under health and safety regulations for working a 20+ hour day" Sorry to whoever it was for forgetting your name, but it was absolutely brilliant, and so worth mentioning to dhs who think that because they work 5 days a week the childcare is your job for 7 days a week. Good luck!

PLP - 60 hours is killing me, last day today and I'm off this weekend! yay! The builder did adjust the height of the shower thank God, but it's still not plumbed in. We had to lay the law down today as the builder was threatening to leave the job unfinished, including a loo that still doesn't flush. I told him he wouldn't get paid for anything he's done so far if he did that, and that I'd sell all the tools he's left at our house on ebay!! That did at least help, he came round and has finished the loo.. still no shower or sink yet though, hopefully tomorrow.... We do at least get our living room back tonight from the painters, which is a big relief. I've been pent up in my bedroom like a teenager for three days!

HIWBB - LOVE that photo of the dog!!!! that is sooo funny, he looks like a handful just from the photo !

Auschick - I asked my midwife if my baby was breech, she said she wasn't sure, but thought not as she found his heartbeat pretty high up, however all the kicks I've had have been really low. I have absolutely no movement above my belly button, most of the kicking is around my bikini line. Is this what yours is like? How was the breech position confirmed, was it on a scan? One thing the mw did say was that there was still plenty of time for him to move, if he was still breech at 36 weeks (if he is at all) we could try a few other tricks.

One thing that was pretty funny at my mw appointment, everytime she put the microphone to listen to his heartbeat, he moved away. She said she'd never seen such an active baby and he's obviously going to be a handful! When I told dh he said "that's my boy!" I'm not keen on being pregnant, hate huffing and puffing, and sweating so much. Hate the fact that I can't reach my feet and putting on shoes is a challenge, but it's moments like that that make me think it's got to be worth it all!

I hope everyone has a great weekend, dh and I are doing nothing except perhaps going out for a lovely meal on saturday because we've both been working so hard, neither of us has had a hot meal in a week!!

Take care xx

Pennypops · 29/06/2007 17:04

That rather brilliant diatribe that you refer to was posted by Kinki if I remember correctly!

MrsMar · 29/06/2007 17:09

Well she's a genius!!! It's just brilliant, and so right!

Pennypops · 29/06/2007 17:11

Here here!!

SeamonstEr · 29/06/2007 17:25

evening all.
lol at you all getting the 'i'm fed up but its so far away' feeling, i did warn you...

rin23 i use washables and like everything it isn't that bad, just get yourself a routine and its easy, plus you don't have to remember to buy nappies every week.

Kinki and trinity (and chatty) i was feeling a bit down until i read your posts and realise i've nothing to be down about. I can only repeat what everyone else has said about talking on here.

Heartburn ahoy,but i only get it occasionally, as well as the back ache and stomach pain.

I would love to be maternity leave, but as a sahm with 3 lo's i guess i just have to live through you...

SeamonstEr · 29/06/2007 17:31

oh and thanks for the jellybabies mention; i really want some now.!

laksa · 29/06/2007 18:10

afternoon ladies!

Kinki, trinity and chatty...sorry you're having trouble with your men, they can be worse than children sometimes, one day we will work out a way to make babies without them and then they better watch out!

Mrsmar, auschick, I had my midwife appointment on tuesday and asked where my baby was lying and she said that it was head down but that they move about at this stage anyway so plenty of time for them to get into the right (or in my case, wrong) position. I was told the baby had hiccups but I couldn't tell from the noises on the doppler Actually I didn't really gel with this midwife (I see a different one each time) she was quite antihomebirth and made me feel quite inadequate, hope I don't get her on the day

I am feeling a little down at the moment. My SPD has come back. I also feel really fat, have put on 16 pounds as of this morning and there is my sister on a mega weight loss diet in prep for her wedding and I am on a fast track to obeseville. Somebody tell me to get over myself as seem to be stuck a muddy puddle of selfpity! I am also surrounded by builders rubble with no end in sight

Think I may have entering the third trimester blues

MrsMar · 29/06/2007 18:18

aw laksa.. I'm so understanding the way you feel, I'm huge, one good thing about having the bathroom done is that I can't find my scales so I can't possibly weigh myself, but I know it's not good! And as for the builders rubble, it sucks big time doesn't it? I've only just got a flushing loo after ten days and I'm sick of having a bath each night and getting builders grit and dirt in my arse!!! We can wallow in self pity together

Oh, BTW I'm pretty sure there is a way we can have babies without men, can't they just take dna from any cell now, and use that to fertilise an egg? Even if it is a bit Tomorrow's World we must be able to threaten them with that a bit !!

MrsFish · 29/06/2007 18:20

laksa - I wish I had only out on 16 pound as of this morning I have put on 2 stone and I am not pigging out half as much as I could. My blasted metabolic rate, I only have to look at a biscuit to gain weight.

laksa · 29/06/2007 18:29

Mrsmar, you are right I think they can, I was meaning a fun way to make babies without men

Mrsfish, but I was a stone over my ideal weight when I got pregnant so technically I now have at least 2 stone to lose after I give birth [whining, slightly hysterical emoticon] I am also only 5ft 2 and my arse has popped out as much as my bump...my dh told me that this is a good thing as it stops me from overbalancing

laksa · 29/06/2007 18:34

of course I am not really doing anything constructive to curb my weight gain. I just baked choc muffins and have managed to polish off 3 in a row. My daily food intake must be in the 3000 cal zone but I don't seem to have any will power

Ok, think I have whinged enough on this subject. I am not normally one of those women who bores the pants off everyone talking about their weight, honest. Its just this pregnancy thing has made me feel really insecure and self conscious about the way I look.

laksa · 29/06/2007 18:42

quick question, does everyone get a glucose tolerance test or is it down to the area you live in? My midwife didn't mention it at my last appointment and my next appointment is at 31 weeks, have I got away without having one?

MrsMar · 29/06/2007 18:43

ah! I see... you never know, it could be really fun, if you're turned on by petri dishes and white coats !

The last time I weighed myself I was already a stone up, and that was weeks ago! I had a real hormonal wobble a few weeks ago when dh went out two nights in a row and I got myself into a state thinking about all the lovely pretty skinny women in the bars and pubs of central London. You're not alone... we really must pull ourselves together eh?

MrsMar · 29/06/2007 18:44

I haven't been asked to do a GTT.

laksa · 29/06/2007 18:51

I empathized completely with you on that one, I hate the fact that dh's can still get drunk when we can't, its not fair.