Where's that bloomin' Carol Vorderman when you need her as the August '07 Countdown begins....

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Whaddyathink ???

Sorry for killing the thread with talk of MILs!

Just posted today's scan pic on my profile, bit rubbish but never mind.

Katybird; just had a look at your scan pics and am very ...The best we have got in 39 weeks of pregnancy is a pic of LO's foot!

Well, I have to admit that I am so glad I don't have to worry about in-laws hanging around being 'helpful' , I don't think I would have the patience to deal with it in such an emotional, sleep deprived state.

Yay - a real baby! Well done, Jem - and tell us all the details when you're feeling ready . How exciting...

Ceolas - sorry you're feeling down about baby being breech too. It all feels like one decision too many, doesn't it? Am contemplating emailing Mary Cronk for advice. Just saw your other thread and looks as though there are some good people near where you live. I'm convinced that I could give it a good shot naturally, but I do feel pretty unsupported after my hospital visit. General feeling is that they are inexperienced and would only be able to do a managed breech delivery as opposed to the breech birth that Mary recommends. And that's scary. But so is a c-section Having had children before, you should stand a better chance for attempting a natural delivery though.

Katybird - hurrah for yours turning - that's really excellent and I'll certainly try that manoevere! And Itchy, yes, you're right, we've still time for it to turn by itself judging by the postings of other mums who it's happened to.

Am also going baking mad like TT. Am loving this maternity leave lark - gonna do a bday cake for DH tomorrow

Oh, TT - finally added some pics from wedding day at the end of May (aw, feels like aaages ago now). Working on a new mac from home and couldn't for the life of me work out how to resize pics so they could upload, but think it works...

Lovely picture Annie, you look stunning!

Well after my supposed lie in this morning, DH lets ds get up at 6.45 and come into our room to watch telly, so HE can stay in Bed a bit longer, we noramlly do this but he knows that im not getting any extra rest during the day and that im waking on serval occasions in the night to go to the toliet, i understand that Dh is tired, he has been up at 5.00 twice this week to go Biringham, just wanted to have a moan!!!

Annie you look AMAZING !!! Absolutely beautiful. And so petite. You're definitely the glamorous face of pregnancy!

Actually, I've got a mac too and have no idea how to size pictures to upload them properly. Took forever to get that meet-up picture on my profile and to be honest, haven't got a clue how I did it.

Poor you Pink. Don't think anyone realises how important those extra moments are asleep in bed. I've been up since before 6am for some reason today and didn't drop off as easily last night either. Am very lucky to be able to try and nap later though as I guess the chances of you being able to are between slim and none...

CONGRATULATIONS JEM great news and welcome to your LO.

Katybird- good to hear aby is right way up/down now.

I've also heard the all fours position (as much as possible) can help, turn babies. apparently there is more breech babies than ever, possibly due to desk/computer jobs.

Pink- I hope you get a nap today, I'm never much of a napper, but really needed one last few days.

bananabump- it's hard to know if you want people around or not, My parents came to stay after 1st baby was born and it was nice to have some company and support. If MIL is the helpful cook/clean type it could be great.
We live along way from family/friends now but i only want people to come who are un demanding IYKWIM.

My dh is getting a bit fed up with my whinging, but he should try pg, this last bit is not fun and not helped by nagging cough, diarrea and pain in ribs.... I wish i could have an early baby

ANNIE- what a beautiful dress, colour and bump on you!!!! I love the bouquet and brolly in photo, hope you didn't need the brolly!!!

Congratulations Jem! Welcome to your LO!

Ooh that's it then isn't it? The babies have started arriving! Scared now!
Glad everyone's holding in there despite the aches and pains. Washer -glad your DH apologised. DH and I had a big row on tuesday - bloody men don't they realise we're all a little bit hormonal at the moment!
I also feel like the baby is going to appear when he moves as he is so low down. I keep giving DH kittens as It takes my breath away and he's convinced I'm going into labour - Hee Hee! I have started packing my bag but need to pack another one as I have too much stuff as our hospital don't supply anything other than bedding so I have tons. Hope you all have a good relaxing weekend.

Morning everyone. Just logged on to see if anyone else had popped.

Annie you look absolutely stunning in those photos!!

Hope you manage to get a nap later on pink.

thanks guys, doubt it as In laws are around this afternoon! Oh well, i may just crack at some point! Just keep snapping at eveyone as its because im fed up and tired, feel so sorry for ds as i seem to be forever moaning! ( im moaning as i type as he is playong with his nosiey gun! poor little sod)

Aw, fanks. It did threaten to rain, hence the brolly, but then the sun came out and we went on a big walk up a nearby mountain (in different clothes!) and a pub lunch. Was v romantic, really as it was a completely different sort of wedding in the end.

Morning all you early birds. I've been the same - up at the crack. Didn't get to sleep for ages either - the bump went mental while I was in bed reading and I was watching its head flip across one side of my ribs to the other, willing it to try and do a complete turn. Weirdly, I started to take pulsatilla - the homeopathic remedy for turning a baby - yesterday. Am pretty cynical about it, but am feeling willing to give anything a go at the mo - so might be worth you earlier mums trying it with your breech babies if it has that effect on mine at 38+4 .

Woah - it's sunny here. Maybe the rain has finally moved on...

congratulations Jem - that's fantastic news. hope your new arrival is settling in well. bet it feels like she's always been here?

i look forward to all the details of all the new arrivals - weights, flavours for those we don't know, names (we've not choosen any yet, better start thinking of some!) and the gory details

after 2 weeks of wishing mine would make an appearance i now need it to wait until at least monday afternoon before anything starts as DP as an interview on monday morning...that'll be me i'll have just jixed it now.

Morning folks,

Annie your wedding pics are beautiful, I love your dress!

Well, I've just had the same sodding row with dp about his mother AGAIN for the fortytwelvth time since the visit was suggested months ago. She is now saying the only day they can get down in next saturday (due date) so essentially "tough"

I could just cry honestly, I just KNOW we'll all be sat here with nothing to say to each other for four days, then I'll go into labour as soon as she leaves. I feel under such pressure and he just DOESN'T understand at all. He just keeps saying "you just don't want them to come down full stop" and it feels like such emotional blackmail. Either we do things his way or I am Bad Girlfriend who hates his mother, and that's just him! god knows what she thinks of me.

I have said "we can go visit her when baby's here, two or three days in" but apparently that isn't good enough. I've asked for a few more days before the visit to ensure he's here, not good enough. And she can't stay elsewhere or at a hotel because she's skint, we're skint, and she's virtually disabled and can't drive, so she'd just be sat a hotel room by herself not going anywhere. So we're all just going to be sat in our tiny livingroom looking at each other for 4 days willing me to pop. Bloody wonderful.

I'm so angry I feel like I have steam coming out of my ears. I do all the bloody compromising and nothing is good enough.

I just feel like buggering off to my sisters until he's born, and let them sit here and stare at each other without me.

Oh Banana. You sound stressed and rightly so. I honestly, honestly think you need to say that you need your space right now and that your MIL can come down after the baby is born. Your DP must understand that. Why don't you say that none of our rellies are coming down until after the birth? He needs to stand up for you right now - I certainly want/need my space. Also, tell him that if you are stressed - not able to veg out around the house in your undies if you need to etc, it can really inhibit you going into labour and the speed of the labour itself... Might guilt trip him into understanding.

If all else fails, I'd suggest ringing her yourself and saying that you'd love to see her, but it would be much nicer for her once the baby is born and you're sure she'll understand. Good luck x

Thanks Annie, it's nice to know someone sees where I'm coming from and doesn't think I'm just being a bitch for the sake of it. I really do think he has no concept of how hard it's going to be. He's in for a shock.

Bananabump - you poor thing. Chin up, and be strong. This is the one time you REALLY can lay down the law. What you really need is go into labour the day before she arrives, stay in hospital, and come home when she leaves!!!

Hiya everyone. I'm from the July 07 thread. Probably the last one. It has gone very quiet on there.

Am due tomorrow but don't think it will happen b4 August. Thought I come and visit some people who are rapidly disappearing to a world of sour milk stains and poo just yet!

Congrats Jem - can't wait to hear all about it.

Annie - love the pics - you looked wonderful.

pink - I know how you feel about your dh wanting more sleep. When we were both working, if I had a day off I had to get up with dd because he had to go to work. If he had a day off I had to get up with dd so he could get some extra sleep. Men - huh! Even though I get up several times a night for the loo I had to get up just before 7am this morning with dd. He had to lay in til 10:30 because he's up at 5am tomorrow to go to a car show. I can't win!

banana - that's terrible. I'm totally with you on needing some time to yourself. The last thing you need is to be standing on ceremony days before you're due. Hope you can get it sorted out.

I had my blood results back yesterday and everything is normal so I'm going to phone my midwife on Monday to discuss what to do next. I'm desperately hoping this baby won't arrive til after next weekend but you can't be too careful - especially with Jem having hers 4 weeks early.

Typhoonsmum - you are very welcome to join us... with the notable exception of Jem, we are all sitting tight here, and planning to pop on the same day- feel free to boost our stats!!

ps.... we are also v fed up -as you must be, so there is much talk of sleepless nights, sore hips, pelvis, veins etc.... and probably much worse!

R u a first timer? (I guess not by the name?) -feel free to share your experiences!!

I have a four year daughter but that pregnancy was so long ago I've forgotten most of it.

Main complaint is sore ribs. He seems to have settled with his feet under my right side and kicks my ribs every now and again.

Am at moment having period type pains but have been for weeks so not paying
attention till they get MUCH worse

Hey Typhoon, welcome indeed !!

Quick note for all of us, just seen Betty again for our long 'what's going to happen' chat and she's coming next week and bringing some other special homeopathic tablets that help soften the cervix....sounds like something a few of us might be very interested in as the days tick away eh ? Can't remember the name but they began with a 'C' so sorry I can't be more help yet. I'm to start taking them with a week to go so do remind me next Friday if I don't mention them !!

Oh Bananna, Well he's not going to win the Mr Sensativity prize, but it looks like you're going to get stuck with the situation.
If I were you I would move the computer into your bedroom, get yourself a few good books and bunker down in your bedroom for a few days. Just tell them you're really tired and need to rest . Let them sit and stare at each other in another room! Also, make sure your DP knows he'll be in charge of all catering etc!

Banana - Poor you, it so hard when the family want to come, know that my own mum wont be a problem, dont see that much of her and i love my IL to bits, but SIL we havent seen for 2 weeks (lives a 5 min walk) and this i dont mind but KNOW that she will want to be round here all the time in the first few weeks! told dh no way, people come when they are invited!!!

Had a busy day and no time for nap but hey thats nothing new, had a period ache pain for the last few hours which im hoping will stay!!! i know not today or tomorrow but sometime soon........................... >>>>>> Waiting for dh to come back with a curry - Starving!

Welcome typhoon - i do keep watching your thread to see how you are all doing! Welcome to the August bunch as GBP said ,we are all here to moan about swellings and stuff!!

Hi Typhoon, you poor thing, being last on the july thread! Must be difficult having seen everyone else have their babies, but you'll definitely pop before some of us, you'll be making us all jealous in no time!!

Thanks everyone for the supportive messages, I appreciate it. After I last posted I steeled myself for a big row, and told him he wasn't being fair. Well, it wasn't pretty (and apparently I ranted) but in the end he seemed to understand where I was coming from, and has agreed to let her know that we'll probably be needing to make other arrangements, in case baby isn't here by the 4th. Which is all I ask!

Had a bit of a scary/crap moment at the petrol station earlier, I checked my balance at the ATM outside before dp got petrol and I had £50, so got petrol and a few bits and bobs and went to pay on my card. Somehow the bloody chip and pin machine managed to take my money, BUT not register that it had taken it! And said "transfer declined"

So then I raced back outside to the ATM to check balance again, and it said my balance was £10! The staff looked at me like I was trying to pull a fast one. They said "well, you'll need to pay" but I had no other money and dp didn't have his wallet on him! And then I started with contractions.... nightmare!

So to cut a long story short, after 30 mins of panic I called my sister to come and bail us out who lives half an hour away and was in the bath (aargh!) THEN after she set off, my bank managed to confirm that the money had gone out and the stoopid manager finally let us leave the petrol station. Gah!!

She said they hadn't had a problem with the machines in 3 1/2 years, sods law they decide to break when I go in contracting!

Anybody else craving wine and plenty of it? lol