Due Sept '07 - Loving this weather - yes WE WILL make it through the summer thanks!!!

[PurpleLostPrincess]

I did it (slightly adjusted the wording - is it OK?)!!! Now all we've got to do is a link from the old one to the new one - I'll leave that to somebody a bit more competent!

By the way, I just go laalalaalalaaa when you guys talk about epidurals/pain relief etc. I really didn't enjoy having one when I had DS but I had to as they had put me on a drip and all sorts and I had lots of complications. Ended up with even more severe migraines for years afterwards too. Didn't have one with DD1 and much preferred the whole experience. If I can get away with it this time, I'm going to try and avoid having one (obviously can't predict how things will go!). Gas & Air me up all the way!!!

PLP xxx

that's great news about the gtt hayley... I know what you mean about the blood letting... I had a blood borne disease a few years ago and had to have tests practically every month for 2 years. It did make me kind of immune to them but they're still horrible!

sophus - fab news about your mum
moomar - sorry to hear about yours. Hopefully it won't turn out too bad - just have to go with the flow. Mine is still in middle of chemo but i've realised there's nothing I ca do so just have to wait and see. Try and stay upbeat , if you can
as for the show you seem very relaxed about that. Not sure I would/will be. Keep those legs crossed for a while
Hope everyone else is well. I've not a few niggles downstairs - am hoping I'm not getting thrush hard to inspect though at the moment!
went to look round hospital yesterday. Are people going for the ward option - 4 beds - or private room? Feel I need others opinions as don't have many of my own at the moment. Decisions are very difficult..

cc pink. i am hoping for a private room although i'm not sure what ya allowed after c section, but would much rather. i felt more cofident n my own room with ds1 as could do how i please rather than disturb others, or them disturb me. i feel you get more private tme also with dp/dh and baby. but some people swear by going on ward as there always in company and nurse is more likely to be around, but have no experience on the ward one so cnat help there.think its up to you at end of day, whatever you feel.

I thought I might want to chat but thanks - hard choice. Anyone who hasn't looked must go to pregnancy thread and see look at this for a laugh!!Amazing!!

good news about your mum Sopshus! and about your gtt Hayley!

i've had one of those overwrought hormonal days. won't bang on. they happen. but could do without fighting tears of rage/frustration/who knows what every two minutes!

as for rooms, after dd's birth i would (and will) always go for single room if possible, at any price. worth it for the en suite alone. if you're lucky you might get three other people who chat but i didn't and there is no privacy. the odd couple in the bed next to me...lumme...very young, very overweight and the convesation with her mum about how he wouldn't eat any vegetables at all, ever, only chips was straight out of alan bennet. shudder.
still, i'm sure they still talk of my meltdown on being told they wouldn't let me out after all on the sunday as dd hadn't gained enough weight..which i heard as 'you're rubbish at breastfeeding' and, well, you can imagine the rest!
all aboard the motherhood rolllercoaster!

I'm quite tempted by the single room option too... At St Georges they charge £30 a night I think, but they will chuck you out if someone more needy comes along, you do get your money back if this is the case, and they won't move you out after a certain time in the evening, so they don't wake you up at three am to wheel you on to the ward !

I heard they were about £200 at Chelsea and Westminster !!!

I quite like the idea of a bit of sleep if I have to stay over, but I must admit I'll be doing everything in my power to get out of there. I was chatting to my grandmother about it yesterday and she said they used to stay in for 10 days and were grateful for the rest, but I can't sleep on hospital wards, they're too hot and too noisy!

I shall have my own room my own bathroom and kitchen. plus servants [dp and ds's] running around after me.

The single rooms are £200 + at my hospital so not an option financially! Our wards are 6 people and babies sharing and i couldn't get any sleep last time because DS wanted to sleep all day and feed all night! I felt like i was disturbing everyone and spent the night in the feeding room and couldn't sleep in the day because of all the activity! I decided i was better off at home. This time i'll see how it goes if i'm resting then may stay a couple of nights but if not i'll go home!

maybe I should have a single room then It's £50 at ours or premier is £90. I don't think any had en-suite though?! Wish I'd asked that now - pretty certain though.
£200 is madness. Where is that chatty?

mine is free.

at mine they're 120 a night too, and some of those are 2-people rooms. and they chuck you out if someone else needs it. would be cheaper to stay at a nice hotel! hopefully i'll be out pretty quick though. the consultant i saw last week said if all is well i can go home 48hrs after section. if i can get my mum to have ds for a couple of days then i think i'll get more rest at home

wow 8 hours. thats great. bet i have to stay for full 5 days, dreading it.
cant believe all the prices for private room. i did not even get charged after i had ds1 just got told the bill woud be sent but never heard anything, which was good, but it was also no were in those price lists, think about 30 pound.if spent that much id want to be treated like a queen.

am i able for a private room when had c section, i want to be on my own

Are these private hospitals? Where do you find all this out? I haven't been told anything about this stuff. When I had DS I was in a room with about six beds in it but only two were being used. Unfortunately he was born at 8.30 PM and they make you stay a minimum of six hours so I had no choice but to stay the night, I was kept awake by the other babies all night (mine slept the whole time) and I couldn't wait to leave in the morning. I wasn't told if single rooms were even an option.

Hello everyone !

Great news Sophus about your Mum - really pleased for you . Hope you get some nice time together.

Mmoomar - so sorry about your Mum - thinking of you. It must be a really worrying time for you.

HIWBB - so jealous of your new kitchen ! Wish I'd had the guts to get ours done back in May/June when I had the chance.

My lo is still transverse and after going to Hospital last week for scan etc I have been asked to go back on Weds for an ecv and told to bring my bag in case labour starts ! I am so not ready to have this baby yet - all along I have convinced myself that it would be September . I think its because I lost a baby last year that was due on 25/8/06 so just didn't want to have this baby in August . Sorry I sound really silly and of course the baby's health is most important - just hate feeling out of control and wish lo would just turn around !

amy how sad for you to have lost your baby, nothing in the world worse than that.
i dont really know what to say but august will also be a happy time now as you'll have this bundle of joy. hope everything goes ok.
emj i think these are all just private rooms in the hospital. i did lok on internet about c sections and think they go in to a couple of thousand pound, but not entirely sure. have a look on internet and find out private clinics i your area they usually give a rough guide

Okay, thanks hayley2u

amyclaramum, hopefully your LO will turn around of her own accord, that's what I'm hoping for since mine was breech last time MW checked. It is worrying, but good luck to you, hope it all goes well.

Hellooooo!!!

I bet you will have posted more by the time I've typed out my udpates LOL! Here goes...

MooMar, ccpink and sophus, thinking of you and your mums at these hard times ((hugs))!

sophus - so glad your mum will be coming home tomorrow and hope all goes well with that. How is your toe? I too seem to just eat, sleep (well kind of!), cry and go to the loo!! Hope you managed to rest up the other day?

MooMar - did you confirm if it was a show or not? How are you feeling?

canadianmum - glad baby is head down. Are you enjoying your buggy? I'm jealous because we have chosen one with pink on it and my parents are buying it. Because of the pink, mum doesn't want to buy it until lo comes alone in case its a boy - makes sense I suppose! Hope its still in stock when the time comes though!

ECATLM - have you made a decision on going away yet? I'm sure you'll do whatever is best for you and the 'enormous' household as you put it! I've also had a very emotional day - poor dh has kept his distance so mum got the brunt of it in the end!

emj23 - welcome back! I can't find a nightie that I like for my hospital bag so I'm going with one of my old favourites. We've started stocking up on nappies and wipes but I'm reluctant to buy too many of one particular brand until we know which one we'll go with. Also, we keep using the wipes!

JemimaPuddleduck - DH just walked past me in the lounge and called me your name because of my waddling LOL! (obviously with no knowledge of you or mn!). Anyway, grrrr at your stepdad, how awful! My family take the piss out of my waddle all the time which sometimes gets to me too...

kyala - I'm so glad we're not the only ones who are ridiculously skint too! I worry so much about when this lo arrives and how we are going to survive! Feel for you with the SPD, I've been struggling at night time really badly this week. The crutches are helping when we go out though...

Floss - how did your busy day go in the end? My bh do seem to be worse when I'm more active so I think you've got a point there... I'm totally avoiding the RLT until we're ready - can't afford for this one to come early as the nursery isn't ready yet!!

dal21 - yes, I get less/different movements now and at first it really worried me. I'll spend most of the day worrying about it and then lo will wake up and won't settle down for ages. Don't get kicks any more, just wriggles and hiccups.

MrsMar - yay at having only a few shifts left to work, what a relief!!! I bet you won't miss it one bit, I know I don't!!!!

hayley2u - brilliant that your gtt results came back OK - phew!

HIWBB - hows the kitchen going? Glad to hear dh is on the mend!

Well, I'm still confused about the whole 'visual disturbances' thing! Haven't had any more glitter or shooting stars since Friday so I guess thats a good thing. The mw didn't seem concerned at all because of my bp being normal but then she did seem to be on autopilot tbh. She's normally very responsive...?

The kids are finally home! I reckon thats why I've been so emotional the last couple of days as I've missed them sooo much. Had some calls from DD1 crying for me and saying she missed my cuddles which was really hard but we got through it! Needless to say, they've made their mark on the house already and its back to being like picaddilly circus!

DH went to the clinic this morning and has been told its a 2 year waiting list for CBT . In the meantime, they've put him on new tablets (yes another lot - I reckon he's had everything going!) and he goes back early October. He's back at work tomorrow but I'm now worried as the season slows down about now and the idea of looking for another job is enough to tip him over the edge at the moment - great!!

On the positive side, we've stripped the nursery so we've just got to wait for the man to do some boxing in stuff then it can be decorated and I can get ready properly!!!

Goodness me, I reckon this is the longest post I've ever done!!!!

Hello to everybody I haven't mentioned and hope you're all well!

(((((((hugs)))))))))

PLP xxx

Oh, meant to say - Basingstoke charges about £70 per night for a single room - I'd never heard of it before and this is my third there! Seriously considering it due to DH's 'issues' but hoping I won't be staying in for long...

amyclaramum, sorry to hear about your m/c. I totally understand how you feel as my first m/c was in August too (albeit 5 years ago). I'm paranoid as my 2nd m/c was last October so this baby HAS to come in September as far as I'm concerned!!!

Hope all goes well and that lo turns of his/her own accord before then... ((hugs)) xxx

I lost a baby last October too, Purplelostprincess, so fingers crossed that both are babies come in September x

Had a bit of a worrying time last night and today as baby didn't move for over 12 hours. I tried everything including coffee, iced water and lots of prodding and still no movement. i was told to go in to the day assessment ward for monitoring. After a 3 hour wait I was so hungry that I bought a giant size yorkie bar from the machine and lo and behold LO started jumping all over the place. 15 minutes later I was hooked up to the monitor which showed a very active baby. I felt a bit of a fraud, but the midwife was very reassuring and told me to go straight back if it happened again. Hopefully this is a sign that LO will be a fantastic sleeper when he/she is born...!

And he/she will like Yorkies LOL! Glad all turned out well at the hospital xx

Sorry to hear about your loss too Jemima. Here's looking forward to our September babies! ((hugs))

Sophus - that is great news about your Mum - I know how stressful it can be having an ill parent. My mum has just gone into hospital so they can fit a feeding tube into her stomach because, due to very bad stomach injuries in a past operation, she has been unable to eat properly for months. Once they have fed her up they are going to do more major surgery on her stomach - all very worrying and scheduled to take place in October when I am fully expecting to be run off my feet anyway. Sorry to moan - it just seems to be never ending at the moment!

As for fat comments - these people should try heaving around all this extra weight and being kicked by it at the most inconvenient times! I swear nature missed out a step when it forgot to make men experience at least a day of what it feels like to be heavily pregnant.

Still not got a kitchen but I do have a house full of builders who I think I scared yesterday when I burst into tears on one of them .

Have a good day everyone despite the rain.

Morning everyone!! I am loving the rain! Last night was just so fresh and cool - has left london feeling much nicer! I bet I wont be saying that once I have children cooped up indoors because of it!

PLP - a 2 year wait list??? are you serious??? That is disgusting! Depression doesnt wait for 2 years! Has DH at least been added to the wait list?

Sorry to hear about those worrying about LO's - especially in light of previous experiences. Havent really got anything to say aside from to you all!

Think my little one was lying sideways last night - now that I know what to look for and am paying attention, bump seemed wider and hard bits on both sides. Has changed back again this morning, so I have no clue what this bub is doing!

EmLou - hope the builders clear out sooner rather than later. It is horrible having people under your feet when all you want is peace and quiet and a clean house! Hopefully wont be much longer!

Well I am having real dilemna! DH and I decided not to find out the sex of the baby and at 33+4 have another check up today. I am sooooo tempted to just find out what we are having...not knowing is killing me. But then I am scared that I will ruin the surprise that i have wanted all along! What shall i do? May post my dilemna on the pregnancy thread and see what everyone thinks. Need to decide in the next 2 hours!

Dal - You have waited this long, I think you should carry on waiting, I think you might kick yourself if you find out now

Jemima/PLP - I had a ms last Oct too, this one is due 30th Sept