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!

Hello ladies! Feeling a bit sore and sorry for myself today. Sciatica pain really bloody uncomfortable. Just don?t want another 7 weeks of feeling like this. Think I might call midwife tomorrow and try and arrange some physio although going by some of your experiences I guess I shouldn?t hold my breath!

Inzi ? sorry to hear about your mum honey? I can understand how helpless you must be feeling. Fingers crossed with your support she?ll find it in herself to give up?

Chochobnob ? the breast feeding class (presume it?s the one at the rvi?) was actually not bad! Plus its free time off work to indulge yourself thinking about your lo so not all bad!
As far as the right side thing goes ? I was told last time this is potentially a problem as with the way the baby rotates during labour there is further for them to move before they are in the right position from the right. But there is loads of time for him / her to move between now and then so I wouldn?t worry!

Dal ? glad appointment went well and all is well with lo!

Lisa ? sorry to hear you?ve been back in hospital but sure they would have kept you if they were worried? Fingers crossed and hope your appt goes well tomorrow?

Floria ? sorry to hear you feeling down honey ? its not like normally positive you! Your GP sounds like a nightmare ? sure she was trying to be helpful but that?s not really the right way to go about it! Try and ignore the comments she has made and focus on what you were told at the hospital ? afterall they deal with complications of pregnancy everyday unlike your GP so they are probably better at knowing what the best thing is for you. Fingers crossed you won?t need it but just want to add that sections aren?t necessarily as terrible as you might imagine. I was as terrified as you last time of ending up with one and I had an emergency section after ds became distressed. My recovery ended up so so much easier than I expected and certainly better than friends who had complicated vaginal deliveries. If that?s what happens for you you WILL cope and recover. Can?t speak from personal experience having not had an appendicectomy but maybe your recovery was prolonged then because of all the infection inside after appendicitis which obviously wouldn?t be a factor after a section either?..

J20 ? hope GP appt went well!

MrsFish ? sorry to hear about ds misbehaving? Not what you need at the mo if you feel anything like me. Hope you had a more relaxing afternoon?

Nellie ? good luck getting your ds into nursery!

Muppet ? can?t believe how organised you are about Christmas!!! And lovely to make such personal pressies. Me I?ll get on the net and order things that can be delivered direct to the people concerned! Will spend time thinking of appropriate stuff and not be too last minute but I could NEVER be as organised as you in a million years!!!

Anyway ? what I had intended as a quick catchup has turned into yet another mammoth post! Hello to everyone else not yet mentioned and will try and be a little more cheery when I pop in later?.

hi everyone

was at GP's for nearly 2 hours, he's good thats why everyone go to him, and he is very thorough(sp) so he's always running late, the pain in my cheek bone is something to do with the jaw joint and the muscles surrounding it apparantly, and it is quite hard to shift, so i've got AB for a week to see how i go, thanks for who said about the belated birthday wishes, it isn't actually till Bank hol Mon, i just went for a meal on sat with my friend as she is going to be away on my actual birthday.

forgot to say, spent all day yesterday finishing the beading on the laminate floor-but it is actually finished properly now, just have to clean it

been sorting dd's pigsty bedroom out tins afternoon, she is such a hoarder! took me hours and still not hoovered it, but i've come down to make tea.

muppet-great idea about christmas-hope your not like me, i bought the wool to make a baby blanket, but having never knitted before, i practiced on some wool to make dd a little bag and only just finished it last night, probably wont even start on the blanket now.

apricott-sorry, i've don't even know what your talking about regarding the seams but the ladies on the Arts/Craft senction are normally pretty good.

FT-hope your feeling a bit better, arfe you nesting?

mrsfish-hope ds calmed down and you got him to nursery.

hi Ejt, Winnie, Alicet and everyone else

better go see what we've got for tea

x posted alice

sorry your in pain, def try and get referred ASAP, the sooner you do the sooner you'll get it.

choc-how did the BF class go?

hi everyone - just a quick one to second what alice said about c-sections Floria; I was adamant I wouldn't hvae one last time but that was taken well and truly out of my hands - It wasn't ever what I would have wanted but my recovery was so quick and really quite painless. I was thoroughly amazed cause I had expected to be hobbling around like an old woman for weeks. Fingers crossed it goes the same way this time. Just wanted to say that cause I know how stressful it can be thinking about it all before the event.

also Alice, go and see a physio asap. I had a great time with mine last week and it's made such a difference. My sciatica has been much worse this time round (all those muscles with no tone!)so I would def recommend it.

hope everyone else is ok - have a lovely evening. J20 - rest!!

Just thought I'd add Floria that my gp (the mv's at the hospital think) used the wrong cuff on my arm (sorry alice if that's the wrong term!) to take my blood pressure. They used a smaller one as they said my arm was small but the gp used a large one which really hurt. ( 3times!!!) They think that's, probably, what gave they wierd blood pressure reading from last week that meant I got sent to the hospital for in that my arm got realy squeezed!! On the plus side they did find out about my iron levels so can't complain really!

Ds has just eaten all is spag bol that I made-yippeee! I did cheat by blending the corgette (sp sorry) onion, peppers and mushrooms down slightly so they were less 'bitty' but left the mince alone so it was still quite lumpy.

Just shouted at him though as he's not being a 'good friend' to the pesky Jack Russell (who weed on our duck filled duvet yesteray dog, not boy ) in fact he's terrorizing the poor thing but brackading him under the coffee table using cushions....

3 steps forward, 1 step back

muppet! - i am SHOCKED! you have a duvet full of ducks!!!???

Hi all, well I have had a tough day today, ds did my head in this morning so much so that I lost my temper with him, then felt really guilty. Dropped him off at nursery for the afternoon and went back to bed for a couple of hours, then had a nice long shower and washed my hair, I feel marginally better but still knackered and tearful. Off to Twycross Zoo tomorrow with the nursery so thats another day to keep him occupied with other people to play with. Hopefully my mood will be better by then, they don't usually last long

pmsl greedy!!!!!!!

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Oh, that's better ....

We are still experiencing the PIL effect today - the PILs came to stay this weekend while I was away so that dh could get on and finish the decorating, but now ds is driving me mad!

ie: This morning, we went to get his new uniform, and, as he was good (and also because it's Tuesday and I wanted to buy Heat ) I bought him a comic - it had a spinner thing on it, which he then proceeded to spin next to my ear in the car .. so we have:

me: Stop that ds.
ds: says nothing, carries in spinning the spinner
me (slightly louder): stop that ds, or I'll take it off you.
ds: says nothing, pauses for a moment, then spins the damn thing in my ear again.
me (thankfully at traffic lights): Righ, I'll have that, thank you.
ds: You're not my friend. I don't like you any more. I want mamgu!

and just now ...

ds is talking on the phone to my sister - he's telling her that he's been playing with his hobby horse today, so picks it up and starts swinging it around his head:

me: put it down please ds, you're going to break something
ds: looks at me, turns his back, carries on talking to my sister, and swinging the d@amnable thing around ...
me (slightly louder): Put that down no please ds.
ds: turns round, tunrs hobby horse the other way around, grins and me , and carries on swinging it ...
me: PUT IT DOWN!
ds: throws hobby horse on floor, throws phone in my direction, strops out of room, shouting ... you guessed it: you're not my friend, I don't like you, I want mamgu!

After both incidents, I ignore the strops by the way!

AND ....

When I got back on Sunday, ds was pleased to see me, and came to sit on my lap, gave me cuddles and kisses etc .. meanwhile, MIL is sitting there welling up in tears because ds isn't paying her any attention ... wtf?

And the PILs wonder why I don't go to see them more often?

Sorry, needed to rant ....

[ejt wanders off muttering .....]

Hello! I love checking in here; it feels so reassuring to hear about you all.

J20 - hurrah for your good GP! I've only met mine once, and he spent the entire time asking me about tips for learning French. I think he was relaxing me, but it was most odd!

Floria - hugs to you. I echo what others have said - go with the consultant and let the GP do the GP's job and look after you afterwards. And try to stay positive - it really isn't long to go for you now.

EJT - PIL effect! that makes me laugh. I wonder what mine will be like. They have two grandchildren already and tend to think they are budding geniuses; they brag to death about them and you expect them to be playing Mozart and reading Shakespeare when you meet them, and actually they're normal kids. I guess that's grandparents' prerogative.

Mrs Fish - commiserations! he's so cute though, I bet he's even cute when naughty.

Apricott, last time I knit anything I was about ten. I was useless even then!

The breastfeeding class was quite good! I can't believe I'm saying that. I actually found it useful and interesting and watching the video of the newborn baby crawling to the mother's breast was quite moving (OK maybe I need to get out more). The only thing was that a peer counsellor came along near the end and she terrified me a bit because she was incredibly gung ho and I find that level of enthusiasm a bit scary. But yes it was time away from my office, which is being recabled and is thus incredibly noisy.

It's my birthday tomorrow. Weird, it has almost passed me unnoticed because I'm so baby-focused at the mo. I have to resist asking for Mamas and Papas toys for my birthday!!!! Anyway I'm working from home so I'll make myself a cake at some point, a nice chocolatey OTT Nigella one, and take the remains to the office on Thursday.

You are all suffering more than me! I realize. Maybe it being my first makes it easier for me, or maybe since my due date is that bit later (end Oct) I have it all to come!

Have a good evening and hopefully a good night's sleep, everyone...

Hello all and thanks for your supportive messages. Will give my midwife a call tomorrow and try and get that physio appointment sorted. Can't carry on like this if it gets much worse - I'm hobbling about like an old lady!!!!

Can't remember what everyone else said but big hugs to everyone and speak tomorrow.... x

Poor you Alice! Hobbling around sounds awful. Do try and get a physio appointment! Good luck...

Good luck with getting a physio appointment alice!

Not good to hear you've joined the "hobbling like an old lady club" ....

wow I get to do first morning post not normally on here early enough.

Morning all. I had a scarcy dream last night that I went inot labour, but the "show" looked like a huge pile of cream jelly 9yuck0 and I ended up fighting with darren and telling him I would go to the hospital on my own hope i dont do that in real life!!
BP is up again this morning but seeing consultant today so not rushing to hospital, hope it settles before then.

I wanted to ask a real silly question , for those of you that have done this before, how far along were you when you felt labour?? I got to hospital at 2cm, but didnt know i was in labour, didnt feel much until 4cm!! guess im thinking i might not know im in labour again this time round, really silly, i did warn you

hope your all well this morning and well rested. I think we are all starting to feel it now, I cant believe its suddenly nearly here. I only noticed last night, i have an overnight bag for me and baby stuff packed, but no labour bag!! If im heading for C section (will find out today) is it still worth packing one??

Lisa

Morning all

Lisa -good luck with your app today. I was induced so can;t answer the labour question. I do feel like a 1st time mum in that respect as I don't know when I'd go into hospital, what natural labour's like etc!

Alice -good luck with the physio

I am still my very out of breath self. I used dh's heart monitor (bad me I know -it's like having a medical encyclopedia in the house. Convinced I've got most things and that's just on page 1... )
My sitting heartbeat is 95. Wiping the table meant it went to 120 but walking upstairs to the lving room it weent up to 128-130! I think this is high but dh thinks it's fine. He went on about % of heart rate but are definately going to mention it to mw next week as living room upstairs, kictchen downstairs and seem to be permanantly out of breath!!!

Going to take ds + dogs to the local 'large house with large grounds to walk in' then stop for tea and muffin. Are going to spend the afternoon doing a picture with all the things we collect/making Christmas cards. Decided that 2 blobs of cotton wool and a red felt scarf stuck on with black eyes stuck on will do. I've got some ready made cards with a window so all I have to do is stick the snowman on. Might even get the glitter out....

Have a good day all, will speak later x

Morning all!

Well got a half decent nights sleep; no indigestion for the first time in ages! Unfortunately some nasty little flying thing bit me on the hand when I was walking the dog last night and the itch/pain woke me a few times, this morning it looks like someone has put half a boiled egg under the skin it still itches but hurts if you touch it...so I'm off to the pharmacy for something to put on it.

Alice, I hope you get that physio appointment soon. My sciatica comes and goes depending on what I have been doing and to a certain extent, what position Lo is in. Some days I can barely move, others I'm just fine. After aquanatal last friday I was fit as a fiddle for the whole weekend..barely a twinge despite all the events we were fitting in... but on Monday I could have done with a crane to help me out of every chair I sat on...and walking the dog was not fun and took forever. I hope the physio can give you some relief.

Sorry I was such a miserable old bag yesterday....I've got my head round the GD malarchy now and I won't miss the magnums that much...Dh being away doesn't help..but writing to my buddy yesterday I realised that this week is the anniversary of the amnio that caused me to lose Robyn (I think sub-conciously I've been aware of it approaching for sometime)....so I suppose it is no wonder I spent most of yesterday fighting off tears....Guess what girls? I'm sorry but I think you're in for 10 days of doom and gloom from me!...At least I have warned you and you have my permission to tell me to buck up and thank heavens for the fact that I'm 33+5 wks pg with a LO that looks fit and healthy and is now viable and might be with me sooner than I think!

Right the sun is shining, this dog needs walking and I need to see the pharmacist about this weird looking hand so I'm off.... I'll drop in later and see how everyone is going on.

good luck lisa

i was induced last time too, so i've no idea either!

muppet- you sound very organised, hope you have a productive day.

FT-i've got flying animals that keep coming in my house and biting me, they're as big as bloody mice(well kind of) and evil,so got a few bites myself, bloody things! your bound to be feeling a bit down, esp with dp away, feel free to moan(i do!) and we';; try and help you get through it.

i feel especially down today, really tearful and have like a huge rage inside me ifkwim, i hope noone annoys me today, as i feel ready to kill! my dad put a big fence up round my back garden the last 2 days and told me it was going to cost me about £200, he rung me last night to say the bloke ho got the timber off was charging him £390, so that has pi**ed me off, not his fault, but i still feel annoyed, also one of my cats has gone missing, normally she wouldn't go far, so i'm worried she's been run over, everytime i hear the stupid people speeding down the road outside i think she's been hit

sorry to moan, hate feeling like this

Morning all! Very quick post from me...

Lisa - when I went to be induced, I was already 3cm dilated. I'd had a few mild contractions a couple of evenings before following a sweep (when the consultant said I was already 3cm dilated) and then nothing for a couple of days. Not sure when they count labour as being established - maybe 4cm?

Alicet - sorry to hear you're in pain. Hope you get the physio sorted out!

I had an odd dream last night that my sister was in labour in the same room as me, but she started before me and was howling and screaming and there was nothing I could do to help her. Wierd, hey? I might yet end up being her birthing partner, I guess, as her fiance might be away when she has the baby... I think the fact she doesn't seem to be insisting on his being there reflects her blissful ignorance...

Morning everyone,

I hope you are all well today.

I joined the neighbourhood forums on the Cow & Gate site, and today received a message from someone that just lives 5 minutes away from me. When I went to reply, I found that she had blocked my. WHY?? It's not as if the message was sent weeks ago. Oh well, it is her loss.

DD has got a friend round to play today. I am glad it is nice, so they have been playing outside for quite a bit of the mmorning.

Got midwife appointment at 2pm tomorrow, so dd will get to hear the heartbeat again.

Hi all,

Am having a good day today - have just sorted out the payment break on our mortgage - it took all of 5 minutes to set up - I was expecting the 3rd degree!

Also, have spoken to Catrin, who is taking over from the previous doula - and I feel a lot happier than I did before!

Also, ds is playing round at a friend's house for the afternoon (she's also the childminder who looks after him when I'm at work) - and she's refused to let me pay her for looking after him ...

Also, the people from the bed shop have phoned and our bed is coming tomorrow ...

And ... the sun is shining and it's a beautiful day!

Hi to everybody ... and yes, I was induced last time too, so have no idea what goin into labour on my own feels like! I had a dream last night that I went into labour today, but didn;t realise it, and that dh ended up delivering the baby. She weighed in at 4lb 10oz. and had masses of dark hair and was really skinny! I've been firmly telling her to stay put this morning!

Hope everybody is ok!

Hi all

Just got back from walk with dogs & ds. Was joined by a friend and her son so both boys really enjoyed beating up trees with sticks and searching for worms! My blcak lab jumped straight in the lake which is typical him but atm I can't help him if he gets into difficulty -he jumped in a canal that had a sheer side and he couldn't get our so dh had to haul him in!- but he doesn't think before he jumps!

We let the boys play in the new park and then had lunch, went to wool shop (ds wants a blanket for his toys as I've been crotcheting like mad for Henry) then home as ds was complaining of being too tired to do anything. He's now watching Thunderbirds which he loves

Am now very tired and achy again so will spend the rest of the day crotcheting as lo is going mad.

Hi everyone

Saw my midwife this morning - everything was fine but I was a bit disheartened to hear that due to reorganisation she might be moving surgeries, so I might get someone new from now on. And there was me thinking how lucky I'd been to get consistency. Ah well, it's not the end of the world.

Just back from the lovely lunch and ice-cream by the sea at an Italian restaurant/coffee shop in Mumbles. It was baking. We sat outside and roasted. This is what summer should be like ... trouble is I don't feel even slightly inclined to do work now .

I went into labour spontaneously last time, had a show and contractions and went into hopsital after about six hours, only to be sent home, ate soup, was sick, went straight back in cos contractions were stronger and closer together. That's all I remember, no details about centimetres I'm afraid. So no help really. I wouldn't worry about not realising it's happening, surely that's a good thing?

Thinking of you Floria

Muppet that you're planning Christmas already. I've not managed to get my arse in gear sufficiently to tidy the house ready for the baby yet, nor sort out somewhere for the baby to sleep. Really must do both! Christmas will have to wait.

Right, I'm off to collect some re-sit exams scripts I have to mark. I do wish the students wouldn't fail their exams, life could be so much easier ...

Where are you all in the sun????? It's like November here - strong winds, grey skies, showers.......enjoy it anyway, not that I'm jealous!

Hope everyone is ok this afternoon - the dreams sound very intense I have to say; I've only had a few but if it's anything like last time there will be certainly more to come!

hopefully catch up later - enjoy the rest of the afternoon

Lisa ? I went to hospital when I was 5cm last time. My waters had broken a few hours before so I had a clue but I was convinced I was in pre-labour and they would tell me to go home even though I was quite uncomfortable! It was only when dh came in from work and timed my contractions that I realised how frequent and long lasting they were and we called in!
I too am probably having an elective section but I?m packing a labour bag in case things kick off early?.

Muppet ? that heart rate is high normally but I think it goes up in pregnancy anyway as your heart has to work harder. Couldn?t swear to it though so best to ask mw. Short of breath def normal though ? your lungs can?t expand as much as normal as the baby is in the way.

Floria ? don?t beat yourself up for feeling low at the mo ? its no wonder with it being the anniversary of losing Robyn. Here for you for hugs and sympathy whenever you need it?.

J20 ? sorry you?re unhappy. And really hope your cat is OK ? I have 3 and I would be devastated if one went missing so know what you?re going through?. Big hugs to you too?

Winnie ? strange behaviour from cow and gate woman! She sounds a bit unhinged if she sends you a message then blocks you? Like you say her loss!

Ejt ? glad you?re having a good day! Deserve it after cr*p from PIL?s yesterday!

Well I never got a chance to call mw to arrange physio as I was busy at work today. And feel a bit better? Will call tomorrow am though as sure it will be worth it?. Anyway off to bath and bed ds (although he keeps saying no when I ask if he wants a bath!!) and will be back later?. Hello to everyone else I haven?t mentioned ? I?m thinking of all you lovely ladies!