Due Oct ~sow's a'roasting!

[j20baby]

Hellllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooo..............here i am, sorry but waited for ages for somone else to do it and i can't find it if they have!

morning everyone!

thank you for all your concerns.

thanks to floria for keeping you updated.the tablets they put me on completely make me feel out of it.my head was all over!!but today ive stopped taking them,mainly because this itching is driving me batty.i had to ring the mw today to ask her to ring the gp and ask for tramadol tablets instead (hopsital told me to ring her and ask her to do it,they wanted to give me them on saturday but as the pharmacy was closed the sho had to go and get them,but he was too busy so i ended up on co-codamol,which make me feel crappy!)anyway,rang mw,who said that as im seeing the consultant thsi afternoon i have to ask her to ring so that she can tell them the right dosage.she was abit concerned when i said that since ive been taking them ive been itching.so have to mention that aswell.have found the perfect thing to scratch with...a ladyshave!!!its got a trimmer bit on it and its bliss on my itchy bits!!!

hopsital wanted to keep me in on bedrest but i told them i could do that at home (didnt mention am moving soon!!)so spent most of yesterday laid on the setee like an invalid.i hate feeling so useless.

lisa what painkillers did they give you?sounds like the co codamol ive got.when i first took them my face felt really numb and flushed,then i started sweating,then my head just felt really fuzzy!!like id been out drinking!!horrible feeling.

anyway,like is aid ive stopped taking teh tablets until ive seen consultant this afternoon.just hoping that she does give me something else for the pain.apparently the tramadol are more specifically for spd pain.

right,will let you know what happens this afternoon,thank you all again for asking after me.

hi to everyone else!hope everyone is ok!xxx

Morning all! Had a quick scan through the last few posts...

Buffy - hope you get the rest you need and that the baby takes its time in arriving...

Lisa - likewise to you! Sounds like you could be the first to pop! I will be 37 weeks next Monday - how far off being full term are you now?

J20 - I bought some newborn nappies this weekend too! 28 sounds like you should be okay, but I'm sure the hospital will help you out with some real nappies if you do run out.

No time to post properly and my memory is shocking at the moment, but hello to everyone else and welcome to orangecat!

Had an awful night - ds woke me up and I couldn't get back to sleep because dh was snoring. Then ds fell out of his "big bed" at 05:00 and I had to stay with him for a bit to get him back to sleep... Plus he has also picked up nits from nursery, I think, and has given them to me! Of course, I don't want to use anything chemical on either of us so will be frantically combing our hair every day from now on... The joys of looking after a toddler whilst pg...

Oh - also had my risk assessment for my home birth and m/w is completely unphased by bubba being back-to-back so that's good... Dh feeling reasonably comfortable about the home birth thing too!

Oooh enjoy your chocs Inzi

Bummer about the nits mumpbump

Hope you get sorted soon Buffy

My god, this thread moves fast! I'm never going to keep up. Sounds like some of you will be popping soon. For me is still feels like ages away - its going to be a long 6 weeks getting fatter and fatter.

Hi mump, Im only 35 weeks so got a while to go but dont think it will be that long. DD1 was early too.

OOOO all that choc, hmmm come share with me please

Its very odd, the SPD seems to have eased off my hips alot but alot more painful inbetween my legs, I could barely sit down earlier

Glad to here your ok buffy, and yes they are the tablets they put me on. I took them once and felt so awful i refused to take them again. I hate taking tablets at the best of times but hate taking anything when im preggy.

Just waiting for my sister to arrive, hope she gets here soon.
lisa

Orange and Floria - hope you mw appts go OK today

Floria - hate to p*ss on your bonfire but lo's can engage several weeks before they arrive when its your first!!! Fingers crossed though your lo stays put long enough to be safe but not so long you go mad!!!

Welcome to wrigglejiggle!

Mona - that someone keyed your car! Please let me know though if icecream did the trick on your heartburn - sounds much more palatable than slugging gaviscon from the bottle!!!

MrsFish - glad your mw is going to see you Thurs! Fingers crossed lo isn't bereech after all this but at least they'l lbe seeing you sooner if so...

J20 - sorry you had a cr*p night honey. me too! Not funny is it?

Buffy you're being messed about so much with your pain relief. No excuse that the pharmacy was shut - they can wrote you a prescription for an outside chemist or give you a few tabs in the meantime and a hospitla prescription to collect another day! Its all about money - much cheaper from hospital pharmacy - but crap to leave you in pain over w/e. Hope you get it all sorted today and that consultant appt goes OK. Ask them to give you the prescription - no point in mw ringing and then telling GP - it will take another couple of days before you have the bl**dy things!!

Inzi - fingers crossed for your mil... Sorry yet another with rubbish sleep but sure the chocs are making up for that!

Mump - fingers crossed on homebirth if thats what you want. And to reassure you my friend had her 2nd at home who was back to back. Plus plenty of time for lo to move....

Lisa - hope your sis arrives soon and no more dramas today!

Hello everyone else!

Well ds and I have been to the park this am - I hobbled like an old lady as I seem to have developed pain in my groin - no fun! Oh well we got there in the end!!! Few jobs to do once I've had my lunch so might not be back on till later - hope no babies in the meantime!!!!

Cheers Alice!!!! Actually I would prefer to go full term, we have cleared October but September is chocca block with engagemnets ...however, apparently, I will be having this LO a bit sooner than expected (EDD 5th Oct) whether I want to or not...... one consultant (diabetic) wants to induce at 37.5 weeks, the other wants 38.5 because I'm on heparin. MW this morning says my BP is up a tad (128/86)and I have a trace of protein in my water and lo is pretty much engaged (didnt give a %)and thinks that it could be anytime..so if I feel not quite right I mustn't take my aspirin or heparin......I want to know what part of agonising hips, swollen feet and chronic indigestion feels "right"?...

tarnation 1.55 teaching any second...I'll post again later

Hi everyone- hope you're all doing ok. big hello to all the new people sorry for those who didn't sleep well (J20 and alice I think)

Buffy, hope you're feeling ok and the pain isn't so bad, and you too Alice. The end is so near now, not much consolation for us I know but hey.

Mump, nits and early wake ups aren't the best combo! hope the combing does the trick.

inzi, so so jealous of your chocolate delivery - how brilliant! Have to say, I have developped a real sweet tooth in the last few weeks. The aftermath of this pg will be fun! great news on the home birth. very

Lisa - hope you're ok. is your sister there yet?

Floria and orange - hope the mw apps go well. Mrsfish, glad you got another app. I had mine this am and lo and behold, despite being engaged this LO is now breech! Funny cause on Sun night I felt the most amazing alien like movement which was incredible to watch and so so sore - made me cry out! So I suppose that was what it was - LO on the move doing a big turnaround. Not too worried about it though cause DS was breech right until the last week and anyway, I'm hoping to get the elective. The good news though is that the bump isn't measuring too massively big,so that is reassuring.

Can I ask a question - can anyone give me an idea of what you are eating in a day? MY DH thinks I'm not eating enough; I do have big woozy spells which may have something to do with it but it would be interesting to see what other pg ladies are consuming!

right - better get on. hope everyone has a lovely afternoon. catch up later.

Floria - why do they want to induce you honey? Sure they have a good reason - just don't know anything about gestational diabetes really other than that you can have big babies (but my mum is diabetic and I was only about 6lb). With you though about many things going on that could easily be termed 'not right'!!!!

Nellie - no idea how much I eat in a day. Just lots of whatever I fancy whenev er I am hungry! Sometimes when I'm busy (like this weekend) I do forget to eat and then feel a bit sick and dizzy - if this sounds like you might be worth you carrying a couple of biscuits or something with you and a drink if you feel like that?

Ds having a mammoth sleep so got loads done and managed to do the massive piule of washing up we have been accumulating while we have been busy tidying everything else! So feel like sitting for a bit is well deserved!

Nellie glad your appt went well too! Like you say not a prob if your lo is breech if you want a section anyway! My consultant appt is a week tomorrow to hopefully book my date. Need to get on and write my birth plan before then to make sure my consultant is happy for what I'm asking for. nothing too wild and wacky and nothing that I'm too wedded to to be honest but I'd like to know in advance if there is anything he's not comfortable with....

Nellie - I am definitely eating more at breakfast - big bowl of cereal followed by one or two slices of toast. Normal sandwich at lunchtime. Yogurt with ds when I get home and possibly another slice of toast. Then dinner (which often seems to be more cereal) if I have time/am hungry enough. But I think that pg hormones seem to kill my appetite off and I have no appetite for savoury/starchy stuff, I just want sweet dairy stuff - hence my two bowls of cereal a day!! I definitely remember reading last time that you need an extra 200 calories a day in the last trimester in addition to your usual "non-pg" intake. HTH.

Alice; diabetic consultant wants them out before they get too big (though is pleased at how I'm managing my glucose intolerance with diet alone)...gynae consultant wants it out without drama of having had asprin and heparin that day limiting pain relief and anaesthetic options..(I tested positive for Lupus anticoagulant which is why I'm on heparin but placenta could apparently still fail in the final weeks) and I think the added fact that I'm an old bag with a bad pregnacy history so they want to be in control has a lot to do with it too..so I have a diabetic consult a week tomorrow and another gynae consult on the Mon 17th to decide on a date for induction...if, as they say, LO doesn't take matters into its own hands before then....I have to say that planned induction has the advantage for us of knowing where I'll be delivering; if I was alone and labour started the ambulance would not take me to St Marys central Manchester(where I'm booked in)because it is a different health authority..they wouldn't take me to the nearest hospital Bury either for the same reason...I'd get dragged off to Blackburn or Burnley which are way away from any family support in such an emergency (in fact no one in the family knows exactly where they are!)and though they would have my hand held notes they wouldn't have the full picture either..so much as I'd prefer the natural as possible route ( home birth approval) induction in the right hospital for me is getting more appealing.

Hi all

Lisa & Mona - I'm in Berko. I spotted some of your meet up threads, but they were always on one of my working days . On maternity leave now, though

Mona - nightmare re: car scratch. We had our car for 5 short weeks before a lorry decided to take it's wheel nuts to it. Needs a whole new door The joys of street parking, huh

Inzi - hope MIL is ok. All v scary. My mum had rare form of mouth cancer when I was 3, but pulled through fine, luckily.

Nellie - another breech! Funny little thing going through those acrobatics when there is so little room in there now.

Had such a lovely day, and feel a bit naughtly about it. DD in nursery, so took myself off for lots of shopping and lunch. Have managed to buy myself some of those lovely, essential items like breast pads so have, finally, made an attempt to pack my hospital bag.

And DD had NO accidents at nursery today. Can't believe it. Day 3 of potty training and only 1 accident to her name! Let's see what tomorrow brings.

Hi to everybody else

hi all

am feeling generally crap, getting pains but i don't know what contractions feel like, so am just seeing how i go, don't want to go in as dd startd her new school tomorrow.

sorry to not reply to everyone, thought i should post on here as i have done another thread about it and didn't want to worry any of you if you saw it

Evening all ... am very tires - being in work on crutches and going up and down stairs has taken it out of me.... however, my feet haven't swollen up as I expected, so that's a plus!

Hope all's well with everybody - those who should be resting ... rest! - to put not too fine a point on it, you'll be no good to anybody at home if they decide that you're too ill to stay at home .. (sory if that was a bit forceful!)

I have my 36 weeks appointment tomorrow - and am almost expecting to be bullied by the consultant / one of his minions about our decision not to go into the CLU ... I'll let you know all when I get back.

DS starts in the Dosbarth Derbyn tomorrow (Welsh-language equivalent of Reception class) ... he's very excited, and I've just made the first of many packed lunches for him to take: cheese sandwich, grapes, yogurt and a carton of fruit juice ... just have to put his little slice of banana loaf in there out of the freezer tomorrow and he'll be set!

love to all ...

Nellie;sorry about Lo going breech on you all of a sudden..no doubt it will spin round again soon...if it is any consolation the way my LO is throwing him/herself around this afternoon I wouldn't be surprised if it disengages itself and turns turtle too! As for eating;..well I'm simply not allowed to because of the glucose intolerance ..if I have anything sweet or eat between meals the levels go sky high so I just can't risk it but I do WANT to eat like a horse! Today I had 1.5oz of sugar free museli with semi skimmed milk, lunch was 2 slices of wholemeal bread with tuna and sweetcorn and extra light mayo and an apple and dinner (in about 20 mins)will be home made carrot and corriander soup, a lamb chop, new potatoes and courgettes, (I might be naughty and sneak some mint sauce into the gravy)....good and balanced and healthy and all that but utterly boring when I could kill for a sweet and sour chicken!

Ejt;sorry for the work load when you have so much pain to contend with ..but so sweet Ds going off all excited to reception class with his packed lunch! Good luck at the consultants appointment..don't listen to the bullying

J20; sorry you are feeling so bad..hang on in there.

Orange; congratulations on potty training.. it took sil well over a week with Ds (2.11) to get an accident free day and 3 months on he's still not 100% at night or if he gets involved in a game.

Dinner nearly ready now so I'm off to test blood and stuff my face!

Evening Ladies! So sorry to hear about everyone's sleepless nights, complications, aches, pains etc

Nellie - I'm eating a big bowl of muesli and fruit for brekkie and then a normal sarnie plus yoghurt for lunch. In the evening, I'll normally have a proper hot meal plus some other little treat - I'm very partial to ice lollies and ice cream at the mo so getting through quite a lot! I've been pretty lucky with cravings though as all I seem to want is fruit! I've never eaten so healthily! I find I have to have something quite often though to stave off the dizzy feelings...Drinking loads of water too.

I also have a question for you all...my due date is 22 Oct and we're going to Australia for a month with the inlaws in mid Jan. Has anyone done any long haul travel with a very young baby before and do you have any tips? I want to be as prepared as possible...We're breaking up the journey by stopping at Singapore for 2 nights on the way there and Bankok for 2 on the way back.

Floria - can see how the planned induction might have some appeal! And understand their reasoning too....

ejt - good luck tomorrow! You are very knowledgeable about why you want to go to the MLU so hopefully they will listen to your wishes...

Sorry to everyone else who is in discomfort - Oh that will probably be all of us! Look after yourselves lovely ladies x

And Orange - less of the feeling guilty about having some 'me' time while your ds is in nursery! I'm looking forward to that when I go on maternity leave next week. Much as I love ds its hard work looking after him this pg and we won't get time to ourselves for a good long while I imagine once these lo's arrive!

And colly - not done long haul but imagine it would be easier with a tiny one than when older. Try and prebook a seat at the front of the section in the middle with a bassinette - a cot that fits to the wall in front of you for them to sleep in. Good luck!

Hi All

Sorry I not been here for last couple of days I have been at my new flat where I have no internet access yet!!!!

Also last night dp had to rush me to the hospital. I was having pains in stomach and back. Neck of womb is still closed but lo is in position. They wanted to keep me in but i refused to stay wanted to be home lol I am stubborn i know.

Hi all

J20 - haven't seen your other thread yet but hope things are okay!

LES, Floria, Buffy - things are really moving for you too! Hope you're all doing okay and hanging on in there. Keep us posted!

Orangecat - lucky you to be on mat leave. Make the most of it!

Nellie - shame about the breech - but yes if it's moved once it can move again!

EJT - crutches at work sounds tough! take care of yourself.

I'm fine - had a reasonable day at work but I always feel tired and sick in the car on the way home and then right up till dinner! I guess it's cos I'm in work too many hours (get there 7.45, leave around 5.30) for my pregnant body.
Concerning food, I don't dare admit my intake today... I seem to go through phases of utter desperation to eat!! Today, okay, I've had special K and orange juice for breakfast, a mini packet of chocolate Cadbury animals mid morning, half a bunch of grapes, a sandwich, a Cadburys snack bar, then for dinner fajitas and I'll have two squares of chocolate later. I think lo goes through growth spurts but I am definitely eating heartily at the moment. Mind you lo was kicking madly today - think it enjoyed the sugar high!

Have a good evening all - I'm going to watch some television and rest.

Oh LES
Looks like there might be 3 of us popping LO's early.

Hi all, hope bubs stay in place a bit longer for those of you having early indicators.

Colly - I flew to Oz with a 2 yr old and a 4 mth old. It was fine - you just need to be well prepared. Book a bulkhead seat with a bassinet and you'll be fine. We were in a small section of the plane with lots of families so also didn't feel so concscious about the noise. Baby slept a lot and fed a lot and we had a few days dealing with jet lag either end, but that affected the 2 yr old much more than the baby. A month is great, because you'll have plenty of time to adjust and enjoy your trip. Where are you going? If all is well with this baby we are planning to go in March with an 8yr old, 6 yr old and 5 mth old. I expect that the baby will be the easiest traveller of the bunch!

Sorry also meant to say that breaking the journey will help a lot. We went straight through to Melbourne, with just a 3 hr plane change in Bangkok. Wandering around an airport at somebody's 2am with 2 little ones was no fun! You'll be about 12 hrs each leg, and it shouldn't be that bad.