Due October 2007 ~porkers can't keep their snouts out of the feeding troughs!

[j20baby]

part zillion

in fact - when ds was born, the thing that dh bought into hsopital for me the next day that I could have kissed him for, was a slab of Danish blue ... oooh, the ecstacy!

I dream of being able to eat a nice normal dinner at night and not getting indigestion.

But with that meal - I start with a lovely cocktail...white peach bellini methinks....followed by some foie grois for starter then for main either fresh (raw!) seafood or medium rare steak.....accompanied with one of my fave wines. Hmmm, not a massive desert person normally...so let me come back to you on that one.

Roll on sept/ oct!

I must admit I'm a bit like that with a nice G&T I don't have any gin in so would have to go and buy one....that would get a few looks!

Pimms and lemonade.......

i want a glass of my fave champers...although I hear that that is one of the worst alcohols to drink when B/F'ing as the bubbles can cause gas in bub...am thinking one cheeky glass cannot hurt tho .

..and what I want,
what I really really want,
is to lie on my tummy and sleeeeeeeppppp again.

Dal; I love it when you talk dirty!!!!!lol
I have to say you are a girl after my own heart...I would definately join you with the pate and the seafood course (lots of king prawns!), the entree for me would be a medium rare tournedo rossini (a tower of croute, pate, fillet steak, slice of truffle and topped with madeira sauce!), perhaps Zabaglione for dessert, each course accompanied by a carefully selected wine and defiantely torte docelatte cheese and biscuits with the port afterwards....porn for the pregnant woman!
...got to go find some chocolate....

I think I'll leave you two alone for a while!!!!

Hi everyone,

Just a quick hello all round. Welcome Rek21 and Chocolatehobnob.

Floria - so sorry to hear about the inquest. It must all be very difficult for you at the moment

J20baby - hope you're feeling better today.

Same goes for everyone else with pains and problems. My DH was laughing at me last night for waddling round the kitchen like a penguin, groaning. Have self-diagnosed mild SPD - certainly not a crutches job, but painful nonetheless.

Dal - like the others said, heartburn feels like a burning sensation in your throat and between your boobs. I'm all out of gaviscon at the moment and keep forgetting to restock.

I'm off to the doctor today to be (I hope)certified fit to travel - Italy next week!! Am also going to force self to pluck up courage to ask about suspected piles . Not looking forward to it, but it has to be done!! They have posters up all over the surgery trying to stop people being embarrassed about these things, but who are they kidding?

We had 'huggles' when DD was little too, but my favourite words of hers were 'cuffle' - which meant 'bit of fluff/crumbs etc' on the floor, and 'moffiss' for 'moth' .

Dal - can that possibly be true? Drinking fizzy drink surely doesn't mean we make fizzy milk?! I reckon it's just someone spinning us pregnant woman another tale. DH came out with some research the other day that if you eat too much when pg, you're more likely to have an obese child. Made me quite cross, as seems to me just another thing to make us feel guilty and worry about. But I digress...

On the food/drink porn front - I just fancy being able to really enjoy a glass of good crisp chilled white wine again. At the moment it's heartburn in a glass as far as I'm concerned.

Mmmmmmm Champagne - I must admit that I haven't entirely refrained this pregnancy Love red wine too, but that is heartburn in a glass for me, but then again everything is.

Just got back from mw... I am measuring spot on for my dates, baby's head is still down but my iron levels have dropped right down. They were in the high 13's but have now dropped to 11.4. I've been told to eat steak a couple of times a week and chocolate (green & blacks) but I can't stand the stuff, and choc gives me the worst heartburn... so, other than choc, and in non pill form what do I need to eat? Can't understand why its dropped so much as I am not eating anything different to before, but it will explain why I have been so tired

LES - I asked the mw about omeprazole, but she said that it is not recommended when pregnant?? I have just got another big bottle of peptac instead

Mrs Fish -
Strawberries, anything green for veg, parsley is very high in iron.

Iron Boosting Tips and Tricks

Drink tea and coffee between meals, not with meals. The tannin can reduce iron absorption so drink tea between meals. Coffee contains less tannin than tea but still needs to be considered as it has other compounds that reduce iron absorption

Eat lean red meat 3-4 times a week. Red meat is a great source of easy to absorb iron. Poultry and fish also supply iron although less than red meat

When shopping, add some of the following to your shopping list as they are good at helping us to absorb iron from the food we eat: vitamin C rich juices e.g. orange, grapefruit, tomato juices, other drinks fortified with vitamin C, tomatoes (fresh, canned as puree or tomato based sauces)

Vitamin C appears to help us to absorb iron. So, for example, having a glass of orange juice with a meal, or having vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, green peppers or potatoes (all good sources of vitamin C) we might be able to increase the amount of iron our bodies get from our food

Ensure you keep plenty of green leafy vegetables in your freezer just in case you run out of time to buy fresh or there are none available when you go shopping. Frozen vegetables contain the same amount of iron as fresh

Buy a range of nuts and seeds to keep in store and add to your favourite dishes when you want to e.g. sprinkle nuts on salads and add seeds to stews

Buy a good wine bottle stopper to keep your full bottle of wine ?fresh? to drink or consider buying smaller individual bottles and share with a partner or friend

Check the label when you buy your breakfast cereal. Compare brand for brand and variety for variety and choose those higher in iron

Make sandwiches for lunch or snack times made with granary or wholemeal bread

When you eat out at the Indian, choose a Balti curry as these are cooked in an iron skillet and so provide a source of iron

got that from here
thought loads of us are iron difficient so might as well post it for everyone.

Thanks muppetgirl - the thing is apart from the red meat and nuts, I eat everything else already perhaps I just need more of it

Hi everyone . I've just joined this site and have enjoyed reading your chat! I'm due 18-24 Oct (dates vary) and am having a little girl.

MrsFish, glad I have docs appt tonight now!!!!they were prescribed to me as gaviscon makes me (in sons words) Hurl lol. Will ask doc about them as they have been working wonders......

We just got back from paying agency fee;s on the flat we want. 2 bedroom, master bedroom has ensuite....guess where i can have naughties now lololol ooppss thinking aloud there....I MUST BEHAVE!!!!...Kitchen fully fitted including dishwasher, microwave, washing machine, cooker...everything right down to cutlery, Video entry door system, private court yard and parking, erm....ohhh Kitchen in all chrome my fav...very sexy indeed lolol here I go again. Bathrooms have glass sinks, there is a glass top dining table n leather chairs, ohhhh I love it....All going well we move in after 20th August. I am so excited. Never thought a warehouse conversion could look so nice lol.

I am in desperate need of a nap, as i didn't sleep to well last night....will get 40 winks n tell you all all about it later....as still got things on my mind.....and maybe just telling someone will help.

Welcome Charlie

LES - Gaviscon makes me hurl too. I have some stuff from the mw called Peptac and it is aniseed flavour, not great but a hell of a lot more palatable than Gaviscon.

Also whilst in Sainsbuy's getting more chewy Rennie, I noticed some other stuff which I have bought to try. It is still from Rennie but they are called 'Dual Action tablets' and you can take them whilst pregnant, will let you know if they work

HI all,
A post in two parts - the first for all and the second only for those who don't mind TMI

OK - just spent ages trying to catch up on what's been going on - still no babies here it seems, so that's good!

Welcome to ChocHN (I think we spoke on the pregnancy board the other day, so welcome here...) Rek and Charlie.

Floria - so sorry to hear about your dad and the inquest - it feels so awful when you don't feel like you're getting justic for a loved one... when my Dad died two years ago, we looked into taking some action against the hospital for the way they treated him (stuff like not telling him when they'd brought him food or helping him eat it, when he was deaf-blind and had no way of knowing, then taking it away and compaining that he was losing weight and other such caring incidences...) and found that no-one would help us... it just added to the upset we already felt, so i know how you must be feeling. I just try and focus on the good times we had with him and try and block out the negative stuff, but it's hard when it's all so raw. Big hugs to you...

Lisad - sorry you're struggling so much with your health hope things start looking up for you soon...

j20 - you're definitely sounding down at the moment - hope you're getting enough rest and that there are people looking after you - it makes everything harder to cope with if you're knackered out... It's time to call in all favours from friends and relatives I reckon...

Food porn - for me it's Saint Agur blue cheese - I'm going to eat a tonne of it, and foie gras and seafood and and... must stop now I'm sure this is making it worse...

Have booked hols in Cornwall now - very excited, having found lots of lovely places to stay (different place each night, which will be fun...) all quirky little guest houses and boutique hotels. DH isn't happy with the budget, but as it's replacing the three weeks we originally had booked in Italy in Sep/October (which have now been cancelled for obvious reasons) I figure we deserve a little bit of luxury...

OK... now for part two....

!! too much information warning !!

OK with that disclaimer out of the way...

Got really upset last night, over what is probably stupid, but need to share it and se if you all think I'm being ureasonable with DH...

First let me preface this with the fact that

a) DH is generally a superstar, takes care of me loads, handles all our admin (including at the moment selling my old flat which we were renting, so lots of paperwork) whilst working loads as a deputy CEO of a charity AND studying for a Masters, and is wonderful and I'm lucky to have him, I know... and

b) I'm also aware that I'm having a realy cushy pregnancy in comparison with many people's - no sickness, only minor heartburn/indigestion, no spd etc. etc.

but...

DH keeps on and on pestering me for sex. Every evening, from supper onwards he starts on about it, and it is absolutley the last thing I want to do at the moment...

Feel very fat, enormous and bloated - my boobs are huge and just feel deeply unattractive, and no matter how much he tells me that he thinks I'm gorgeous and he loves my body how it is now, it doesn't make any difference.

PLus by the end of a long working day - usually 12 hours+ and over 2 hours a day spent doing battle with the tube, I'm so knackered... and after I've picked up ingredients for supper on the way home, cooked and cleared up, all I'm good for is collapsing in front of the telly for an episode of CSI before crawling into bed and seeing how much sleep I can cram in between pee-trips... the last thinsg I'm thikig about is anything remotely energetic...

And suffereing from backache/sore hips which is really quite painful by the end of the day.

Added to this, on the occassions where i've given in and decided to go along with it for his sake - I've not enjoyed it at all - just found it uncomfortable - plus it wakes the baby up and she starts moving about lots, which frankly freaks me out a bit...

God, I sound like such a whinger... but last night I just completely lost it - felt really bad that I'm not considering his needs/desires, really depressed that my body isn't my own anymore and low about the way I look now, guilty, tired etc and ended up in tears for about an hour, which just made him feel really bad, which was the last thing I wanted to do...

I know he has high hopes for out holiday next week, and as much as I'm looking forward to it I'm also anxious that he's expecting lots of 'action' which I simply won't feel able to provide...

It just makes me feel so bloody depressed. I love this baby, and don't really mind being pregnant that much, but the physical side makes me feel really down, and the thought of sex just makes me feel even more depressed...

He probably thought (until last night) that it was helping make me feel more attractive... when in actual fact the opposite is true...

Please tell me if you thik I'm being a selfish cow and should just shut up get on with it for his sake... I don't know what to do about the situation TBH...

OK it's safe for all those of a sensitive disposition to read again now

DB
xx

Hi all,
Hope everyone's ok, although it sounds like we're all suffering in one way or another.

Designerbaby, your holiday sounds great. I hope you enjoy it. How many weeks pg will you be when you go? I went to Cornwall camping last year at 32wks pg with DS2, never again!!! I popped 2 air beds cos i was sooo heavy(lol). Guest houses definately sound more luxurious.

I went to see a physio. this am and have now got my back strapped up and a support belt and 2 crutches! I'm now feeling very sorry for myself. I've been told to rest but how do you do that with an 8yo, a 6yo and a 9mo to look after!?!

Designerbaby,
I've just read your latest post and it sounds sooo familiar!!!
I keep telling my DP that i wish he could go through pg even just for 1 day to see what we have to go through.
Don't worry you're definately not being unreasonable.

HI DS, you are not being unreasonable at all. You keep change the way you feel to make dh feel better. I knida miss the physical side of things as my hormones send me into a raving loon but no chance with SPD. Have you thought about maybe trying other things other than full intercourse (I know what you mean about waking baby used to freak me in my last pregnancy). Maybe suggest taking a long bath together or massage? Climb inot bed together witha good movie and snuggle up. They are all things that physically are wonderful for that closness that making love brings too.

Dont force yourself into doing anything, im sure your hubby wouldnt want that either, but dont think too badly of him either. He properly doesnt know what to do for the best. Maybe a holiday is just what you need, but if it doesnt put you in themood sod it, doesnt matter.
Not long to go now, he'll just have to wait

Hugs
Lisa

kians mum, so gald to hear you have 2 crutches now, hope it helps
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
Thank you. The 2 crutches are definately better than the 1!
I've never used crutches before though and as i sort of stumbled out of the hospital with them the heavens opened and i must have looked so funny trying to go as quickly as poss without falling over!!!
Anyway how are you? Hope you are feeling better.