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Here we are ladies- I'll dash off and link to the new thread from the old one

Iris, can I ask if all GD babies have to be induced at 38 weeks?? I have been told that I will be induced but DS2 is only on the 9th centile and will not be huge anyway, and my diabetes is under control

Sparkly - I was told last pg (protocols may have changed) that with diet controlled GD the risks only start to appear after 40 weeks (I was due to be induced at 40+1 with DS). It's the addition of insulin that apparently increases the risk to such an extent that early induction is deemed necessary.

I know tghat I might not make it to 38 weeks anyway, but I really don;t want to be induced

also had a CS with DS, 9 years ago, and have heard that the scar can rupurt (sp?) if you are induced..

Sparkly, as you've said you don't think you'll get to your due date anyway, it seems highly unlikely you'd need to be induced because you went over it, which is the main reason with GD.

I'll do almost anything to avoid induction too (not that the induction itself was that bad, it wasn't, I got by on G&A, there were just other issues I don't seem able to let go of)I've already got plans to accost DH very regularly as the date looms for his "hormonal help"

I just would like to go into labour naturally, and if I get to 38 weeks I would like to just go into labour when my body is ready IYKWIM

Iris - dont worry, you've been fine. And that goes for everyone ranting about GD. It must be very frustrating!

As for DS's job, well i do actually feel very sorry for him atm. The bloke he was working for told him 3 weeks ago that he "definitely" had work on Monday but in those 3 weeks he has worked for just one day. I'm quite with the bloke because if there was no work, he would just not bother to ring poor DS who was sitting there virtually waiting on his call! So now i have encouraged DS to start looking for a different job because he has to look after number 1, especially if he wants to continue with his driving lessons too. The poor sod was just getting used to having money in his pocket and now he's back to being brassick again. Poor lad. I'll keep you posted if anything comes of a letter we sent the other day. Fingers crossed!!

Sparkly and loopy -- congratulations on your new nieces! I am v. impressed with the 1h 15 min labour.

I've been reading Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth in which she says that there's no evidence that insulin is effective in treating GD. Not sure if I believe her on that, but she's sensible on most other topics. If I were you, Iris, I would GRILL your midwife/consultant about the reasoning and research behind putting you on insulin. Get numbers, dates and details of scientific studies, etc.

Today I applied for two dippy retail sales jobs, one of which looks promissing in that it's half-time and non-strenuous, with nice people. It will be boring, but the women who run the store both have kids and remember what it's like to be pg, so they understand that I don't currently need intellectual challenge from a job. It would probably start on Monday.

Good luck to you Aiki!! let us know how you get on.

Hi All Just to say hello and glad to here your all doing well.

SGK - Congratulations on baby niece, glad your still well.

Been off line this week due to a stay in hospital due to the dreaded Kidney, had another nasty infection, but on the mend now. Been looking forward to getting back on MN to catch up on thread and what your all chatting about, really cheered me up . Just to add to the conversation about being induced. I also would not like this to happen I have not experienced it in previous pregnancies but heard alot of personal experiences about longer labour etc which swayed my decision to agreeing to the c-section on medical grounds. Then again only weeks ago my SIL friend was induced at 37+3 weeks and labour was very quick and no complications, she said something about her cervix being ripe and almost ready for labour anyway, so I suppose its down to when its ready to come, i think. Hope im making sense IYKWIM

It's official. I have, from this moment, contracted "Pregnancy Brain".

Tomorrow DP and I are due to go to my DB's house for my niece's birthday BBQ party, which starts at 6.30pm. so i'm sitting here on the pc with MSN on and my DB messages me saying "sorry you couldn't make it". I ask him what he is talking about and he says "the birthday BBQ". So i ask him what makes him think that we are not coming. He replies "everyone has gone home". I'm like "It's tomorrow! PLEASE tell me it's tomorrow!!!!!" I check my invitation and yup, it was tonight, NOT tomorrow! I'm sooooo about getting the date wrong. When our family has a BBQ it's normally at the weekend so i just assumed it was a Saturday. I did wonder why they were having it at 6.30 on a Saturday night but thought perhaps they were taking my niece out during the day or summat. So here i am, very red faced and feeling rather dumb and also feeling very that i missed out on the double chocolate fountain with marshmallows and crunchies!!!

So DP comes home from the pub and i tell him about the BBQ and we are both really embarrassed about it and feeling rather bad. DP then starts talking about his dad's car in front of me and DS but he says "dad hasn't been using his car" he then gives me two deliberate winks. I take this as a sign that he is just saying that to protect DS or summat (DS offered to clean FIL's car for cash but it just never happened). So we carry on talking and i give him two deliberate winks back. DP looks at me like i'm a loon and wonders what on earth i am winking at. By this time i am in absolute hysterics and cannot control myself for laughing. I have of course realised that DP did actually have something in his eye and was not winking at me at all!!!! I try to whisper in his ear "you winked at me!" but all i manage to do is nearly wet myself on the kitchen floor from laughing. My sides are hurting, my tummy's hurting and my eyes are streaming, all from getting a massive spate of the giggles.

Oh dear. I fear it will only get worse too. Much worse!!

Great to catch up on all the stories of the day! We are up early DH is leveling the kitchen floor to finish tiling tomorrow this project (new kitchen and bathroom) has taken 8 weeks so far as DH is now back at work so progress is slow meanwhile I'm sitting at home looking at the mess and trying not to moan about it. All my surfaces in the kithen are covered with power tools he is in heaven!! I can't wait to have it all back out in the shed and my domain back. At least we have a functioning toilet now!! I was beginning to wonder if we would have a baby in amongst the rubble. Anyway I have had lots of Brackston Hicks in the past few days do you guys get them? Can I do anything to stop them?

morning all

fiona - must be so frustrating not being able to use your kitchen properly. Hope your DH makes good progress this weekend
BTW you really don't want to stop the BH do you?! It's just your womb getting a bit of practise in before the big day (and the more prepared/stronger the muscles are the more effective they'll be in labour IMO!) I find that rushing around makes them worse so perhaps you need to rest more. Raspberry tea is good for toning the muscles further from 36 weeks though. HTH

RGPargy - how bloody annoying and for you about the BBQ. PMSL over the winking thing though Hope DS manages to get some work soon (and with someone who gives a damn!!)- nothing more disspiriting than feeling you're getting somewhere only to be treated badly. FWIW my pg brain seemed to last until I stopped BF for some reason so I've only actually had 2 months of normality since May 05!!

KaylaB - blimey I hope that's the last episode with your kidney - you poor thing! Have they given you the all clear now?

Another busy day here helping DD to finish the packing then loading up the car (only hope everything'll fit!!) to set off early for Leeds tomorrow Have a good weekend all

Hi all

Sparkly, your sister's consultant seems to have been troublesome all the way through from what she has said! So glad though that she and Jasmine are doing well. I bet she's gorgeous (Jasmine that is!).

RGPargy, that made me laugh!

Fiona, I get BH as well - not very painfully though. But it feels most weird!

Iris, Sparkly etc - I feel for you with the GD. Iris, it won't be long before you can tuck into banned food! How many weeks are you now?

Kayla, sorry about the kidney - what a drag.

I'm 34 weeks and was told to rest more, work less, but have inlaws here this w/e and they are hard work! How does one rest with inlaws around?!

Hope you all have a nice Saturday!

Congrats Sparkly ! It must have been a godd birthing day yesterday as my friend had a little girl yesterday evening (6 days late, so she was pleased to have her at last!); the sister of one of my pupils went into labour too.
Congrats Little too!

I have 2 more days at work to go. One of my pupils said yesterday 'You look happy miss, are you leaving soon?'! It's not that bad at work, honestly!

Looking forward to a day of housework (i'm in the mood for it today) and cooking as I invited my parents round for dinner as an excuse to make yummy puddings! DH is going to construct DDs bed today, it looks quite straightforward...

Iris - it must be really weird to see your kids leave home and be all independent! Do you worry that all they'll do is starve and live on beans on toast? I know that's what i'll do when DS decides to leave home, although i really dont think that'll be anytime soon. You must be brave tho!!

Fiona - Not sure i've had BH before. Deffo not with this pg so far and i dont remember getting them with DS (although it was far too long ago to remember really).

Choc - Just act all weary around your PIL to get them to feel guilty about asking you to do anything. Take forever getting out of your chair when offering to make them tea etc and make sure you fit in loads of ooohs when getting up. They might, just might, offer to do stuff for you!

Got the plumber here this morning to do some work in LO's room. Hopefully once he's done his stuff, we can make serious progress with the room as it is still totally unfit for a bedroom! So far we've got to move the radiator and sink the pipes in the floorboards (they were along the bottom of the radiator before), then get the plasterer in, then paint the walls and build a wardrobe, then furnish it! And all (hopefully) before LO comes along in 9 weeks or so!! DP will have his work cut out!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Morning everyone - was so hungry yesterday with all that talk of toast and pate etc so spent the day stuffing my face in between messages! [hamster cheeks face]

LOL at your latest exploits RG, at this rate we will all be giving birth in a psych ward (hope thats not in too poor taste )Hi to all you teachers trying to appear in control of your faculties in front of the students! I have been bouncing lots of questions back when my brain fails me "what do you think it means???" Can't wait to finish now, wish I was leaving earlier.

Fiona I had loads of Braxtons Hicks last week to the point where it was starting to worry me but I was stressed and rushing around. I read up on them and apparently they can sometimes be worse when you are dehydrated and I do tend to be a bit pants at drinking enough water so I have been trying to drink more and they seem to have eased off - but so has the stress so who knows...

SKG - glad your niece is ok. Jasmine is a gorgeous name.

I am going to brave an NCT sale later - apparently can be manic and I read somewhere that you should go with a list and split up to cover more ground! Am not going to be as tactical as that because we have most things (after a slow start been having a shopping frenzy) but it will be interesting - wish me luck!

still here!!! AM [ANGRY] THOUGH!! My cousin keeps on about us all meeting at the funfair tonight (my best friend is down from scotland) What part of 'I will not be allowed on any rides' and ' I can't walk far atm, it triggers contractions' do they not get??? I can't even walk around a supermarket...

Sarah - good advice re the questioning techniques in class. I'm being obeserved for performance management on Mon with my A2 Eng Lang group - it strains my brain at the best of times. Not sure I culd performance manage my way out of a soggy paper bag at the mo. It also means I won't be able to abandon them whilst i go to the loo. Only 3 weeks to go

RG glad to hear you've joined the ranks of the hormonally lobotomised as well.

SGK - maybe you cousin thinks she's doing a good thing in organising a 'fun' outing ? Either that or she's just being annoying.

I'm feeling quite bored at the mo. Dh and a friend have gone hiking today God I miss my boots and my bike This human incubator business is all very well but it beginning to get a tad tedious.

Had to LOL at DH. He's just been and bought a huge stripey warm and fluffy dressing gown which he's christened his 'dad's dressing gown' Thinking of getting him a pipe and some slippers aswell.

Loopy - oh gawd.... does this mean the mush brain will continue all the time i am feeding too?? DP has even noticed that my head has been all over the place this last week. I have to agree with him!

Littleoldme - LOL at the dressing gown!!! Bless him!!

SGK - perhaps they are thinking more in terms of distance in a straight line, rather than walking round and round in a circle at the fun fair, IYSWIM Nevertheless, it must be very annoying when they keep banging on about it!

Just got back from Asda (was just getting a few bits and pieces) and think i had my first BH whilst pushing the trolley round. How exciting!

Oh and BTW, has anyone else printed out this thread in order to keep up to date when replying?

Loopy- you are so right about the DIY enthusiast being a blessing or not. When we were planning the kitchen we decided whether or not to 'get a man in' but DH decided he would like to do it. Now he's trying to work and finish and its taking forever!! He's made a good job of it though. The only bonus is that we have had concrete floors for 7 weeks now so I haven't had to clean. Tiles are now down in bathroom and nearly finished in kitchen so I'll have to get the mop out of retirement again
I'm a teacher as well but in merton borough we are forced to finish at 32 weeks if we want full mat pay. I was a bit gutted to finish so early but i'm actually glad now as I can put my feet up and go to the toilet whenever I want now. My kids kept asking me if I'd had the baby yet- I don't think they associated the bump with the fact that the baby was still in there. I miss the little buggers though.

its annoying, its not like I can even go on the rides, the operators would take one look at my bump and laugh at me.. Also the fair is HUGE (drove past it yesterday) so would involve lots of walking.

Must be the day for annoying me, my parents just phoned me and asked me to have the baby so they can go away to the caravan (now Lisad has has her baby, I am the only one holding them back) I just snapped and said 'just go if its so important' I think they felt guilty then, because dad backtracked and said he was only joking..

awww chill out SGK!!! There's no point in stressing yourself about it. Unfortunately us pg women have to realise that unless you're pg yourself, other people can be very insensitive to your needs. Over the years i even forgot/buried my head in the sand about how much of a difficult time being pg can be.

Just tell them to have a good time and get them to bring you back some hot donuts!