Still blooming and getting bigger

[littleoldme]

Decided we were getting to full. Hope this works.

Iris - greats new on DD's results. I've lived in Leeds for 10 years and it's great.

Mrs J - sorry to hear about your back. I've got a link to a v good web site with so exercises and stuff. nag me and I'll find it for you.

Sparkly - all the best for tomorrow.

Oh DH just arrived home will catch up later.

Mrs Jetson - meant to give you loads of sympathy on my earlier post - sorry - you drama queen you It does sound seriously awful though;especially when you have other LOs to run after. I hope the massages are helping (perhaps get DH to give you one (a massage!) in between appointments?)

Easywriter - I never knew about the diet thing before GTT! Thanks - I've made a mental note to eat loads of protein from now until monday

on that note - I'd best get my fish out of the fridge & get some dinner on!

Um! I don't think I explained it well enough, that info (the bit about making your last meal before the fast was just for sparkly as she has her test tomorrow.

If you have longer than that until your test, avoid eating refined sugar as much as you can, keep carbs to a minimum, when you eat carbs always eat some protein (the way the two act upon your system helps to stabilise blood sugar). Your ideal meals for 3 days before the test should include lots of protein and green vegetables. You should have some carbs but make sure they're things like jacket potato, brown rice or brown bread.

Just for the record blood sugar has a very poor response to white rice so avoid it like the plague.

Bolied eggs, cubed ham, etc are good for protein that's portable (should you need it). Beware of bought (rather than boiled by your own fair hand) ham as it often contains sugar.

Hope that makes a bit more sense.

When you get to the last meal before your fast make it protein with no refined sugar.

That does make lots of sense Easywriter - thanks .
I had diet controlled GD last pg (I only didn't have to inject by the skin of my teeth) so was on a low GI/GL diet for over 1/2 my pg (tested early as my dad was diabetic). I had an early test this time too but it came back ok. I'm ashamed to admit my diet has been pretty high carb so far so I really do need to get my act together over the next few days at the very least!

Iris- congrats to your dd xx

Thanks Pixiefish . She's just gone out to celebrate with her mates.

bless her iris

I started packing my bag tonight, but realised I have no big pants for the bag, so must get that sorted. Don't know how many babygros and vests to pack or what size, have put newborn in but left a pile of tiny baby ones out in the baby's room (just in case) so that DH can bring them if needed.

I haven't had a bag before, DS came at 35 weeks and I so wasn't ready. DD1 came at 31 weeks and I was completely unprepared. And with DD2 I went into labour while at Great ormond street hospital with DS, so rushed back and was taken straight to hospital at 33 weeks.

I still don't think I have everything I need for my bag..

Sgk.

knickers
mat pads
nighties
book
bits for labour- snack bars etc- tbh i don't think I even unpacked my labour bag apart for to get nightie out
money
camera
nappies
wash bag
towels

just thinking out loud
we can add to it as we go and rememebr that dh can bring stuff back in to you

as for babygrows- baby will be in hosp gown for first few hours won't he? Then dh can bring clothes in for him

Thank you for the messages!! Although just reread my message - should be 'behind my THIGH not THING'!!!!

Sparkly - good luck for tomorrow, and oh my God I can't believe you have your bag packed! It really is getting closer - especially with your previous history.

Easy - we haven't got anything like that over here unfortunately - by the time they ship anything out it would arrive after teh DD!!

Little - thank you - I would appreciate the link!

Iris - thank you! Am I really a drama queen? DH is really good but he has never been bloody pregnant - whereas you girls have!

Oh bugger well here goes anyway - another few niggles I need to get off my chest - which is now 2 sizes bigger than it was!

There will be too much information but I have to be honest!

So number 1 problem - I am absolutely panicking that this one is going to arrive before I fly back. I guess that 4 babies in under 5 years will bring trauma of sorts to my body but I sort of feel that 'it will all fall out'. It is all very very obvious - even looking in a mirror that bits aren't where they should be. Obviously my muscles - or lack of them - are not going to be able to help much keeping everything in - but I am really quite worried - if this makes sense - without the really gorey details!

number 2 - I ahve had 3 normal pg's - DS1 6 days late, DS2 4 days early DD 10 days late (after a close false alarm at 35 weeks). Anyone wanting to hazard a guess that DD2 will be early? I fly at 33+3 - so I should be OK - but having a prem baby here?? I'd really rather not. Survival rates are not great at the best of times...

number 3 - how the hell do I get rid of 4 years worth of 2 boys clothes without getting emotionally attached and 'keeping it just in case'. Just in case what? They suddenly turn back time and become babies again??

number 4 - anyone think I'm slightly losing the plot?

how many weeks will you be flying back Mrs J?

as for the clothes- keep them for a bit or do you HAVE to get rid of them. There might be a reason in future- a good friend might need them or you might need them...

Good evening everyone!

I read through messages last night but was too tired to type, I think. This morning I had my GTT, and yesterday ate quite a bit of sugar, so we'll see. I also wanted to eat sugar all this afternoon, and nap, even though I'd napped in between blood draws at the GTT (seriously needed the sleep). I'm exhausted. I don't think that the GTT helped, but it's probably mostly the moving, which is nowhere near done. I don't know where to start on unpacking, since I'm not sure how long I'll be here, when my boyfriend is coming over to stay, what I'll be doing for work in the tiny interval before the baby arrives, etc. I also had to reschedule my flight to Ireland because of the "action" (like a strike, only not?) by the aerlingus pilots, starting the day I was supposed to leave.

However, in the midst of all that brain-addling stuff I've still found some time to obsess about baby poo and how I'm going to deal with it. I decided to go with cloth early on, but then got lost in all the different kinds. Right now I'm leaning towards the squares ("prefolds" as they call them here) rather than shaped, because aparently they last longer in terms of sizing and are generally more versatile, not to mention less expensive. I'm also thinking about EC, but not going to be too ambitious about it at first.

Off to look at boxes some more. those of you packing your hospital bags.

BTW just rearranged my due date - the last 3 scans all said 7 instead of 10 Nov - and that is what the MW is going on! Fine by me - 3 days earler and it's also my Daddy's bday!!!!

This has GOT to be the busiest month surely - there are a fair few of us due!

FCH - due 1 Nov, SURPRISE
Choudru - due 2nd Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Seabiscuit - due 2nd Nov, LITTLE BOY
Dawn2820 - due 3rd Nov, SURPRISE
GeekInPigtails - due 4th Nov, SURPRISE
pinklady 82 - due Nov 4th, LITTLE BOY
Muppetgirl- due 5th Nov, LITTLE BOY
iris66 - due 5 Nov, SURPRISE
Annainnz - due 6th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Tonysmum - due 6 Nov, SURPRISE
LizzieO - due Nov 7th, SURPRISE
Silkcushion - due 7th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Mrsj- Ddue 7th Nov, LITLLE GIRL
Pixiefish- due 8th Nov, SECRET Growth scan 24th August
Sparklygothkat-due 8th Nov, LITTLE BOY (next growth scan on the 5th sept)
TheHun - due 8th Nov, SURPRISE
GermanGal - due 9th Nov, scan 27th June
NYKate-due 9th Nov, LITTLE BOY
Aikigypsy -- due 11th Nov, probably-a-girl
Easywriter - due 11th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Jetgirl - due Nov 11th, SURPRISE
Mimi - due 11 Nov, SECRET
GoodGollyMissMolly - due 12 Nov, SURPRISE
HollygoHeavily - due 14th Nov, SURPRISE
Revelyell- due 15th Nov, LITTLE BOY
ZoKe - due 15th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Mrss2006 - due 17th Nov, scanned 14 May (no more scans)
Muckers - due 19th Now, LITTLE BOY
Sarahloumadam - due 20th Nov, LITTLE BOY
Bearus - due 21st Nov, LITTLE BOY
Fingerbobs - due 22nd Nov, SURPRISE, next scan?? they say 34 wks owing to placenta previa but will be making enormous fuss to get one a bit sooner
Jossiejump-due 23rd Nov, SECRET
Ara - due 24th Nov, SURPRISE
RGPargy - due 27 Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Superloopy - due 27th Nov, LITTLE BOY
bunnybaby - due 28th Nov - SURPRISE
Nicolatabb - due 28th Nov - LITTLE BOY
Littleoldme - due Nov 28th - LITTLE BOY
Loopymumsy - due 30th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Absofruitly - due 30th Nov, SURPRISE

Pixie - I'll be just over 33 weeks

I thought I better start doing my bag, because of my history, its only 3 weeks till the time I had DD1. I am hopeful that I will carry further this time, but given my history I need to be prepared really.

Easywriter, I went ot Leeds Uni too - I see from your profile you're 38, I'm 36 so you would have been a year or two ahead of me. I too had a very good time, far too good a time really , got a 2:2 after 3 years of nights out! I too found it hard to leave Leeds, in fact I stayed four years after I graduated!

Heh, heh! Such a familiar tale.

The only year of exams I passed first time were my finals!! (Ad only then because I knew I had to!)I was ents sec in 92 (she says blowing her cover) and that's my excuse. Music was everything and school... an annoyance!

You wouldn't recognize me now though even if you have any idea what I looked like then.
said it before and I'll say it again, great city!!

Ooh, Ents sec in 92...I was a steward, used to work at the gigs so I could get into all the other gigs free (mainly the raves, I was entering my big dance music phase). I remember a guy called Kel who was Ents sec one year, were you before or after him? I went to see so many bands at uni, I remember deciding which unis to apply to by going through the NME and seeing which cities had the most gigs on! Aaaah, getting all nostalgic...the Duchess of York...free gigs at the Uni with my Ents pass...getting squished in the moshpit...to the point where I virtually couldn't breathe...happy days!

Mrs J here's the link I was telling you about. It's a PDF of the info I was given at the hosp yesterday. the physio said that all pelvic/lower back pain in pg gererally has the same cause although the symptoms may be slightly diff. She also said to do pelvic floor, pelvic tilts and abdominal exercises 4-6times daily with 10 repetitions.link

She also said , and I found this astonishing, that if you labour standing, squatting or on all fours everything opens up by an extra 28% compared to lying on your back.

I also now have a rather fetching support belt which Dh says are like kinky little shorts. They aren't. Also got a huge tubi grip so I feel thoroughly trussed.

Hope everyone has a lovely day.

Btw, that's me letting out the hugest sigh of relief ever cos I finished work today.

Feels a bit weird but blimey I'm glad I wont be getting up at 6.30 am for...a while anyway!

Btw, that's me letting out the hugest sigh of relief ever cos I finished work today.

Feels a bit weird but blimey I'm glad I wont be getting up at 6.30 am for...a while anyway!