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

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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

morning ladies!
my god iam in pain with my spd this morning, triped a little as i got out the car last nite! ouchhhh! oh well maybe i will just have another day in my pjs! wish i could get to this nesting bit thats supposed to kick in! cant b arsed! xx

Oh dear, I hope it gets a bit better as the day goes on.

Talking of tripping, yesterday I nearly went a right cropper in town, was just going back to the car and I tripped, sprained my ankle a little and did that comedy almost falling over walk/run forwards, you know the one, that if you don't quite catch it you end up falling sprawled forwards on your front. It really shook me up, hate to think of the consequences of properly falling over. As it was my pride was just smarting a bit as I must have looked a right sight.

morning all,
had a really poo sleep woke up up at 4.30 and could not get back to sleep.
also had argument with dp, which has left me very fustrated. i hate men lol.

loopyloulisa. thonse bottles sound great dont they, might get some in to, they might really help.

chattyhan.yer thats true might just give it a shot whilst at hospital, surely cant do harm, but like you say i'll feel better for trying. i only want to do first few feeds on breast, just hope it can work like that, as once home bottle will be better for me.

thanks mrs fish, i did fall over for real at
24 weeks, scared the life outta me, didnt hit my belly landed on all 4! cut my legs, i can look back and laugh, i ran up to my falt half crying in shock half laughing in embarrasment!! my boyfriend woke up to a tearful mess!!! haha

I know what you mean about the almost falling! The number of times i've lost my balance and grabbed hold of something to stop me falling i can't count! But when it's in public it's so embarrassing especially when you don't know the person you grab lol

lol, when i was coming back on ferry from ireland the other week. sea was really rough and everyone was falling everywhere, i was like a pensioner hanging on to my partner for dear life. i could not catch my balance at all

I've now had two nights in a row of sleeping straight through - blissful. Although still need a nap in the day to stay on top of exhaustion.
Have started taking RLT - so we shall see if it has any effect at all.
Baby now moves not much at all, as guess it doesn't have much room left - but i do spend a lot of time worrying about it. Feels like those early days again when you are terrified every time you go to the loo.
S
x

morning all,
agree with the rest of the world about bump for dal. I haven't even got a page so can't do a photo.

I am supposed to be in cleaning overdrive ready for in-laws coming from oz but can't be bothered! I definately need the nesting bug too

Sophie, I'm with you about looking forward to dieting. Hate being so big feel like a blob - for some reason my arms seem particularly humongous. I did manage to get some new track pants I bought on in ordinary size 12 today - I originally bought them for after bump but like them so much I thought I'd try. They must be faulty!!! My top half is the worst though because of my boobs Got those pj's from next that people mentioned with special secret b'feeding flaps and had to get 16 to get boobs in?! Defo b'feeding to encourage weight loss!

Morning all! My last day at work today and I am in a gooooood mood!! (despite trepidation about lack of money for abit - mind you, got a nice big pay packet this month - my bonus was in it, not massive, but something to take the sting out of being broke)

Glad you had a lovely day out canadianmum - I'm not holding out any aspirations to be back in size 12 jeans in a week. That's partly cos I've never been in size 12 jeans hahahahahaha! I've actually done the cardinal sin and bought a couple of pairs more maternity trousers cos I'm so bored of my others now and I can't face another 5 weeks of them, so I'm going to be quite happy to wear them a few weeks after the baby is born... get my money's worth!!

Twitmonster, you don't look huge at all... I give you my bump is slightly smaller but I'm sure that's the position of the baby, but I have a delightful handful of back fat rolls at the moment, and I notice your back is completely back fat roll free, I'm very !!!

I'm not sure about the whole bf/ff debate, I know there are some strong opinions on here about it... I'm going to aim to bf. It's actually extreme laziness on my part as I won't need to sterilise bottles or buy formula, and it's free (appeals to the tight wad Italian that I am ) I know that some feel selfconscious doing it in public, I guess I won't know until I try. I'm rather fortunate to live in an area where there are lots of young families and in my road there are loads of cafes and restaurants full of mums and babies and they're always bfing in public. Plus of course legally now it's your right to do it, no one is allowed to say you can't do it (I think it changed only a few weeks ago)

I'm thinking that once I've got bfing established I will try one bottle a day of expressed milk, just because of the convenience factor.. we've got a wedding to go to 6 weeks after my due date, and being able to give one feed without having to disappear up to our room for an hour will be really great.

I would never criticise anyone who chose not to bf, it's totally personal choice. If you're terribly selfconscious sophieandbelly, someone told me a pashmina or similar is a good investment cos you can drape it around yourself when you're feeding.

LoopyLou - I hope your scar isn't hurting too much today. I don't know anything about the cervix softening, but I hope that does mean things are imminent for you, it sounds like you're really struggling now.

ECATLM - I hope you managed to get some sleep last night. I've been very fortunate in having a very quiet nocturnal baby, but because I'm normally on horrible shifts all over the place I know how miserable it is being awake in the middle of the night... when I finished nights it used to take me ages to get back to sleeping during the night again, I'd wake up at 3am (which was my normal meal break time on shift) and pace around trying not to eat anything!

MrsFish - take your brolly to your friends wedding, it's not looking good (typical!) mind you, you can tell your friend it's supposed to be good luck if it rains on your wedding day

sophus - You're so right, it does feel like the early days again doesn't it? I've been jumpy as hell worrying if I haven't felt a movement for a while... then the movements are so much more subtle now, I think he can only wriggle rather than kick.

Right, I'm off to distribute chocolates to my colleagues!!! Will check back later, have a lovely day everyone xxx

Afternoon,

can't believe the time already. sorry for the confusion but haven't had a show just really soft cervix. I feel very much like a first timer with regards to labour as by the time i was in labour last time (following induction) i was very high already on g&a. I can still remember how painful the contractions were but not in the very early stages and my body was giving no signs of being ready to give birth right up until they gave me the pessary/oxytocin(?)

Toadstool, they gave me codeine at the hospital the other night but side effects weren't mentioned at all and i didn't think to ask. cs is at 38 weeks so there is a risk of breathing problems anyway so should i be avoiding the codeine as much as poss?

Hayley, i realised earlier that i bought the wrong disposable bottles last week, they come in 0-3months and 3months + and guess which ones dopey picked up?! Went back into boots today and as they've got 20% off baby stuff they only cost £1.99 for 4 atm. they are quite expensive but i'll only use them when absolutley necessary.

bought vaseline (for preventing that nasty first poo sticking too much to lo's bum) and arnica today, and lo's bedding is being washed, so think i've just about got everything. now i've said that i'll remember lots more that needs buying and doing. damn pg brain xx

oops, sorry LLL, i think i caused the confusion there! got mixed up with posts... How are you feeling now?

congrats on last day mrsmar!

i finally went back to bed around five thirty and stayed there until about half ten so not too bad. not asleep all the time - thought i was going to have to get up again around 7:30 but put 'today' prog on radio and did the trick! apologies to any 'today' journos!

hehehe ECATLM - John Humphreys voice often sends me back to sleep if I'm awake early I shouldn't say that as a fellow BBCer, but tis true! If I want to wake up, I put on Nick Ferrari on LBC, he gets me soooo annoyed I wake up instantly!

LoopyLou - what's the vaseline tip? do you use it to clean up when changing the first nappies? I'll probably need all the help I can get, I've changed about 5 nappies in my life !!

Hi everyone!

Kyala - didnt make it out my jim jams yesterday - forget the shopping! Showered at about 7pm and changed pyjamas and that was my first day of maternity leave.
Been out shopping this morning though and got some bits and bobs.
LOL about the toes and lady garden. I hope not! Can still reach my toes and am getting pedicures, plus the remington bikini trimmers are keeping everything fairly neat. The last time I used them though was a little bit of a struggle, so DH may have to give a helping hand next time!

Thanks everyone else for the feedback on post preggo feeling.

LoopyLou - Hope the stronger pain killers help. Goodness your LO could be here soon!

Welcome sparks!

Enormous - sorry to see you couldnt sleep - you need to get some good dvd's in to watch for when that happens!

MrsM - hoorah on your last day! And great news on the bonus! double celebration!

Everyone else - you are not alone in not being able to get motivated to get stuff done on the house. I have little odds and ends that need doing and just cannot get motivated to do it! Having said that am going to cut myself a little slack considering have just started maternity leave. Stocked up on books and mags during my shop this morning! . Plan to make the most of these few peaceful weeks before LO arrives. The glosswork can wait!

hi all i'm having a bad day, first i'm awaje since 4 then, my dp tells me he has to work through the weekend, i kick up a fuss, and not talking at min. we were suppsed to be going shoping for baby stuff tommorrow, told him to leave me the money i'll get it myself.i'm prob over reacting but never se him as it is,oh well i'll get over it, but i also miss my ds, whole weekend on my own and dont know what to do know lol.oh and to top it off iv got stomach pains, sound like a spoilt child i know.

loopylou, lol. poor you, at least you got them cheaper at boots then. how long do they store for sorry just never heard of them, sound like a blessing though

still feeling rough and feels like bump has suddenly got 10x bigger! dp is taking me out tonight. really don't feel like it but i kicked up such a fuss as we haven't had a night out on our own all year and yest was anniversary of when we met. serves me right for complaining so much lol.

for those of you who haven't heard the vaseline tip it's to liberally smear lo's bottom with it before putting the very first nappy on, as the stuff that comes out in the first few days is like tar and almost impossible to get off their skin. if you use vaseline until their poo becomes runnier it prevents the poo sticking to their skin. it does work, especially as changing a newborn's nappy usually involves cotton wool and water only (although i must admit i did use wet wipes when the mw wasn't looking )

hayley, the bottles are individually sealed in plastic and i've looked on the box and wrapper and cant see a use-by date anywhere. they're in a blue box, made by tommee tippee but read the instructions carefully as once the bottle is done up, it becomes tamper-proof and you cannot re-open it, also you cant heat them in microwave. i usually use them with a carton of readymade formula as ds was happy to drink that at room temp but didn't like powdered formula unless it was warm (i don't think it dissolved very well unless water was hot enough). i always kept one in the changing bag and car for those unplanned trips out.

anyone heard anything from Lou? she was being induced last weekend. hopefully she's too blissed out being a new mum.

have a great weekend everyone

Lisa xx

Hi All

Loopyloulisa - know exactly what you mean about bump growth! On Wednesday night the baby was squirming around like the incredible hulk trying to get out, and I swear it had grown considerably by the next morning! It slightly freaked me out although growing can't be a bad thing (as far as baby's health is concerned - as far as my personal comfort is concerned, well that's another issue...).

MrsMar - very jealous of you on mat leave. I start a week today! Also been meaning to say I know exactly what you mean about the money situation - I'm in a similar sit. to you and can't imagine not having my own cash. Guess I'm gonna have to get used to it but it's going to be hard.

Vaseline tip useful - loopy, so thanks for that! All these things to learn?.

Impressed by all of you putting up bump pics - Dal definitely very glam! TwitmonstEr -- love the new name, and don't regret your pic. - I can't bear to photograph mine as I fear it will be too horrific!! I am sooo looking forward to having some energy again and being able to run, roll over, throw myself around, etc?

Chatty - LOL at poo girl - so sorry for you having to deal with that, sounds horrendous. You are too good!

Interested to read BF/FF chats - I am intending to BF but not really looking forward to getting now massive baps out in public. If they were only a bit smaller it might be a bit more discreet, but I can't see anyone missing them at this rate?. Do they go down at all after initial BF starts does anyone know?

Welcome to newbies/ rejoined-bies.

Good luck to Mmoomar re shows? I thought there was just one, so much do I know!

I agree with the vaseline tip - we didn't do it with DS1 and it took about 15 mins and my entire pack of cotton wool to remove it from his bum! Was hilarious though!

Will be using it this time!

Rin - to answer your questions boobs may get bigger when milk comes in or stay how they are! Unlikely to get smaller initially i'm afraid. As for the show - can come out in one blob or lots of little blobs - it's different for everyone it's also common for it to have old blood streaks but if there's fresh blood then get it checked out.

Hayley - i've got a DS free weekend and a DP who is too busy to spend it with me so will probably be sitting around on my own too! He even needs the car so i'll be housebound!

my sister in law has just text me and said she has a feeling junior will put in an apperance 18th september!!! b nice so that i dont go over but freaked me out a bit!! shes prob jinxed me and i will be 2 weeks late now!! in desperate need of doing nursery,why do men not feel the urgency?? my boyfriend says "whats the rush? doesnt even sleep in there for first however long!!!" hes wanted a baby for so long nothing seems to freak him out bout baby, how did your partners cope?? cos i think hes got a shock comming!!

Afternoon - group email has gone out - there are about 19 of us on the list! Let me know if you havent received it and emailed me your details!

Am 34 weeks today and measured bump again, it doesnt seem to have grown. Combo of that and smaller abdominal circumference in the last scan is starting to worry me a little. But then thinking about it, my bump tends to expand almost overnight in spurts of 2/3 weeks, so maybe that is why.

Hmmm.

Thanks Dal, looks ok to me. No-one near me in Derbyshire though... you are all southerners by the looks of it Oh and I found you on Google Dal, no wonder the photo is so good it was taken professionally wasn't it how far gone were you in it, I thought that was how you looked now at 30 odd weeks

Hey mrsf - it was taken just over a week ago for an article that appeared in the telegraph the monday just gone, so would have been 32+5 in the pic.

am off to google myself now! not done that under my married name!

thanks for mail Dal - amazing how many of us are near me! Hope all's well with your baby's growth, mine definately grows in spurts so perhaps that's the answer.

Chatty - thanks for info re boobs and show... looks like I'll have to wait to get into my old tops with these woppers... urg.

Rin - yup, that is pretty cool! I was working in sw11 til yesterday - so know the area well. fab area to live!! I am marooned in north london!

Mrsf - its all in the lighting and the pose and the clothing! The other pic i found of me on google has me wearing an indian salwaar kameez which is loose fitting and makes me look colossal! Fitted clothing in pregnancy is defo the way forward!

ooh great tip LoopyLou... I'll remember to buy a big jar of vaseline! I hope you enjoy your night out tonight.

Rin - I hope your last week flies by!

Dal - I too have received the email with all the contacts... all looks good to me! Thanks for organising!