Due Sept 07...The first thing I will do is....... eat Brie, Parma Ham, drink wine and anything else banned... then, I will tie MY OWN shoelaces!'

[MrsFish]

Ok folks here is the new thread. I have put it into ante natal again for now, we can always start a new one in the post natal forum once we have all popped.

:D Could have used that for a thread title.... Once you pop you just can't stop

[hayley2u]

thanks rin. well i just text him to tell him how i felt and got nothing so text him to say can he at least let me know he got message and all i got was yer i got it phone u 2moro. thats it. makes me so angry after all the worry i put in over this he just seems to show no concern whats so ever. told him to do one anyway i hate his guts.

oh well only 3 more sleeps i'm gettin very nervous now but cant wait either to meet my little girl. and also to be oh so not pregnant ever ever ever again lol

[Rin23]

Well at least you've made a decision about it so try to put him out of your mind (he's not worth it). But re the birth - it is nervewracking, I was getting het up yesterday and I don't even know when it's coming! I kind of envy you as you have a date to focus on, but I'd be like you, getting nervous. Try to be as chilled out as possible - and get lots of rest as you'll need to save your energy for the op. And like someone else said you'll have your baby in your arms by wednesday evening! cool!!

[hayley2u]

i know then ill know whatever the pain it llbe worth it to have my baby girl.so excited to meet her and going to try focus all my energy on that now

[emj23]

Hi all, hope you're all okay.

Congratulations to kelmcd and welcome to baby Arben!

37 weeks today! I thought the nesting thing had bypassed me, but I think it kicked in today as I had the uncontrollable urge to clean three rooms from top to bottom. I hope it's still there tomorrow and then the whole house will be looking fab. Only trouble is, I'm absolutely knackered now

[MrsFish]

MrsF 37 weeks today too

I know what you mean emj - I have been sorting stuff out too. Had a new fridge freezer so have been sorting out the old one and cleaning it ready to get rid of, then went to MiL's for lunch (yummy) then got home and started sorting out all the cupboards and under the stairs. Still have loads to do, so hopefully have the energy tomorrow. Although I need to do a full shop and go back to see MiL tomorrow too. Am feeling very tired now though, just treating myself to a glass of cava.

Had text off babysitter she has booked her holiday for the 6th October, which is one week later than my due date, so hopefully this lo will make an appearance before then

[canadianmum]

Congratulations kelmcd !! And welcome to the world Arben .

Rin - I am so jealous of you seeing the Police . I had tickets to see Prince tonight but DH was really against the idea so I gave them to someone else. TBH I feel a bit knackered so probably for the best but still.....

hayley - good for you for focusing on the good thing, your little girl. I agree with others who have said that you should create the most relaxed environment you can for the birth - with or without your DH.

mrsfish / emj - it is a relief to hit 37 wks isn't it??? Not long to go....

DH took our boys to Legoland for the day today, they had a fabulous time and I finally managed to pack most of my hospital bag! I can't believe how much stuff there is to take! Last time it was all a huge rush and I took nothing, DH brought everything in dribs and drabs.

canadianmum 39+1

[kyala]

Evening all, hope you've all had a good day, did manage to read the posts earlier but duty called and didn't get to write anything Blooming busy busy busy doing nothing LOL

Congratulations Kelmcd

Hayley2U: I read your post earlier and, IMO, I wouldn't have him there if it were me, not during your labour anyway. I'd let him be there to greet LO once you had got some rest etc. but if he's been such an arse the last few months (the one point where you need the people around you to be reliable!) then you don't want to give him the impression that you need him at this point!
Of course you're not a demon, if anything you'd be being more sensible keeping him away, you don't need someone like that around a new baby, they need routine and reliability more than the rest of us.
Who's going to be your birth partner? (Just out of curiosity?)

MrsFish: Good luck, sending you nice "on time" vines for your LO

Emj: Am so ! I've been having nesting urges lately too but can barely stand for more than 5 minutes now so am totally unable to do any decent cleaning Going to do hoovering tomorrow and baking, but only cos the hoovering I can do in bursts and the baking is a case of chucking ingredients into breadmaker and then leaving it to work it's majick

Canadianmum: Well done on getting the hospital bag sorted, I've been really rubbish but am now totally sorted (I think) and also have DD's overnight bag sorted too So am good to go, just got to start cooking for freezer now!

Well, today was a lovely day, took DD swimming this morning/afternoon, which she loved cos she got some armbands and she was great with those but she still thinks that she can take them off and that I should let go of her LOL sooner or later I'm going to do it to teach her that she can't actually float by herself. . . . but then she might end up with DH's phobia of water and we can't have that!

Spent some of the afternoon in the garden, DH cut the grass and spent some time playing with his new toy. . . . a golf net, it's his anniversary present from me (not that I paid for it but you know. . .) it kept him very happy until I told him it was time to go indoors and chill for a bit

Was very proud this evening, actually made a half decent meal for a change! Have been getting into the habit of cooking easy things like chicken and chips etc but did a proper meal from scratch, which absolutely killed my back, was bent over by the end and had to sit down before dishing up, but it was worth it (But have spent the past hour or so complaining that I'm soooooo hungry managed to stave off hunger with a little bit of white chocolate )

Also, anyone know a good cure for annoying whinging? I'm doing it all the time it's weird stuff like the time it takes for banking to be verified by Paypal (5-7 working days. . . . was last night's whinge and DH was like "Um . . . and I can do what about that?!!" LOL)
I'm becoming more and more hard work, just get this baby out of meeeeeeeee if it carries on I reckon DH will end up reaching in and grabbing LO (Still, that's probably the closest thing to sex we'll be getting for a while eh?! )
Anywho, off for some sleep, hopefully (was awake until stupid O'clock last night and awake at dawn y'day morn , managed to get a couple more hours before DD woke up though)
Have a good night all
xxx
39+4

[emj23]

Oh dear Kyala, I hope your LO arrives soon before all the discomfort drives you loopy. I know what you mean about the whinging, I sometimes think I should stop posting on here for a few days because my posts seem to be nothing but complaining I think DP is getting very fed of me moaning about stuff too.

The cleaning thing today was very weird. I went to a car boot sale this morning and could barely walk around because I felt so huge and tired, but then I got home and had this mad urge to run around hoovering! I'm paying for it now, my feet have swollen up and my back is aching, but at least the living room looks lovely

[EdieMcredie]

Emj23-I bet it's not long before your little one is here with that nesting instinct of yours!

Congratulations Kelmcd! Hope you are enjoying your new baby!

Im up in the night as I can't sleep. Im covered in a very itchy rash and TBH feel like crying. My bump is bright red, hot and covered in angry srtetchmarks. I have tried EVERYTHING for this bloody itching which started on tummy but is now everywhere. MW was not very helpful.Told me to bathe in Bicarb Of soda. Yeah right, that's great. I did it but to no avail

Now going to play spider solitaire and hope the next few hours go quick...

[sophus]

I must have done something really bad in a previous life...

Am nearly 41 weeks, so got a few teensy weensy things on my mind...

Yesterday my car broke down - thankfully outside the house and DP was driving so face prospect of having to sort out car today and working out how i get to MW for stretch and sweep.

Then got woken up at 5.30 by sound of cats in garden followed by my older cat wandering in with half her paw hanging off because neighbourhood tom has beaten her up. So now sitting here trying to persuade very grumpy, sore cat not to go and exact revenge.

And as car is kaput, have to persuade DP to take morning off work to take us to the vets.

Stressed? Moi? Nah!

S
x

[MrsFish]

Sorry an early morning moan...

Morning all... well this morning started out crap emotional overreaction from me this morning which is unusual because I have pretty much remained quite stable throughout this pregnancy so far, probably why dh has no idea how to handle me. Felt really tired and achy after yesterdays exploits, so when ds woke up and was shouting me at 7am (I know that's not early) I shouted back for him to get back into bed, not too mean but a bit short, well he started crying, dh then started going on at me (in his nice calm reasonnable way - which winds me up more and makes me feel really guilty) about how unfair I was being, and it wasn't ds's fault I was tired, and perhaps I should go bed earlier if this is what I am like.... tried telling him that going to bed earlier won't solve it, its because I wake up so often and |I'm uncomfortable... and I have just had 10 days of ds to myself with his tantrums and whining and early mornings and I am just SICK OF BEING PREGNANT NOW so excuse me for being a bit grumpy then I burst into tears. I wouldn't look at him and he has gone off to work, he will be wondering how he can help me, but he doesn't understand that there is nothing he can do to help, and sometimes I just need to be left alone to calm down, because he makes me worse when he is trying to be nice.... anyhow, the day can only get better can't it sorry for that rant.

[ScottishMummy]

my out of hospital lunch post baby was double soft eggs&Chips mmmmmmm

saw my stomach again

threw out velcro fasten adidas

[FlossALump]

Mrs Fish - i'm sure most of us have had days like that, and erm perhaps with a bit more frequency! Don't feel bad. I hope you can just take it easy this morning and recoup a bit. I'm feeling rather guilty as DS got up before DP left for work and I zoked back asleep only to wake up an hour later! I went for a wee and DS comes up to say hello and inform me 'I watching beebies mummy!'. I'm an awful mother. But a slightly less tired one.

Edie, itching can be a sign of a problem - is there a different midwife you can speak to? I reckon its worth another try.

Sophus, you have all my sympathies. I really hope something happens for you soon. The worst thing is definately all the people trying to find out if you've popped yet isn't it? My phone stopped working for several days and the only thing I thought was how wonderful people aren't harassing me about it all! Then on friday I got 20 texts from the 2nd of Sept on...

Well mum has been and gone, DP was a star and I still have a bump! I said to her that her visiting has probably delayed the birth - sods law and all. Am also wavering a bit on the home birth thing as the further along I get with pregnancy the more I worry about the size of the baby. I was a big baby and DS was 7.7lbs at 37+6.

on the other hand I'm loosing faith that I'm ever going to go into labour!!

Anyway, happy monday everyone!! At least all of us still waiting are a week closer to meeting our new babies.

[Holly29]

Hiya ladies,

Sophus - deep breaths...

Hayley, I'm so sorry you have to go through this. Just do whatever feels right at the time, I think.

CanadianMum, I probably shouldn't say this - but I went to see Prince last night and it was awesome. I kept dancing away and the security people kept coming up and going "Hey, take it easy!" and "You're not going to give birth tonight are you?" and pointing out the exits... All I could think of was that I won't be getting many chances to dance/see concerts in the next few months... so make the most of it! It was really pretty exhausting though (not that I told my DH this, he was quite anti me going.)

Hope everyone is doing well.

[Coriander73]

Hello..just popped over from Sep 2006 thread to say HOW I laughed when reading your thread title!!!!!! Oh yes...I empathise totally! My DS is 1 this coming Sunday so please do try & make the most of it as I cannot believe how quickly this year has passed! Good luck to those still waiting (& how lucky you didn't have any summer!!!! Us ladies on Sep 2006 could have killed last summer we were that hot & bothered!!!! )

[MrsBumblebee]

Due date today!! And no signs of labour. Honestly, some babies have absolutely no sense of punctuality . I'm actually feeling very calm and collected today; I think everyone else (particularly my parents!) is much more impatient about LO arriving than I am. Though I'm sure that will beginning to change if nothing happens in the next few days.

MrsFish, sorry to hear you're having a bad day. Glad that your dh is trying to be understanding, even if he can't really do anything to help. Can you give yourself a treat today to cheer you up? I made myself a massive banana split with hot chocolate fudge sauce last night, which may be why I'm in a good mood today . I don't mean to belittle your troubles in any way, but sometimes simple pleasures can work wonders .

Sophus, you poor thing, you really don't need all this to cope with when you're already a week overdue. Have you got anyone else local who can help you out with vets and MW appointments?

Edie, I agree with Floss that maybe it's worth getting someone else to check you out. Sorry, I really hope I'm not worrying you by saying that, and of course most cases of bad itching are nothing more than that (albeit very painful), but it might be nice to be reassured that it's not a sign of anything else? Of course, your MW might have already done any checks that need to be done - in which case, I'm just sorry you're feeling so uncomfortable.

Hi to everyone else, and hope you're having good Mondays.

[emj23]

Just a quick post to say sorry you're both feeling so down Sophus and MrsFish. This last bit is incredibly hard but it'll all be over so soon. That's what I'm repeating to myself anyway

I hope everyone else is feeling alright and as positive and comfy as possible.

[EmLouT]

Happy monday ladies!

Mrs Fish - sorry to hear you are having a bad day - I know how it feels when your DH is trying to be nice and make things better and the only thing they could do to make things better would be to actually get the baby out of you. The end is in sight though even though it seems like miles away.

It sounds like we are all very irritable and uncomfortable at the moment. I would do anything to get a good night's sleep. The builders called this morning to say that they were going to be late but could I go back to sleep? Of course not so here I am waiting for them to arrive (STILL).

Am feeling a little odd today as I am going into hospital tonight to be induced and I am very excited but also very nervous. It is wonderful to think that, by Wednesday, I will have my LO in my arms but I can't quite believe it is true!

Will keep you posted with any news. Have a good day everyone.

[EdieMcredie]

Floss and MrsBumble

Yes I have seen my MW this morning, thanks for your concern. She reitorated that as long as itching is not on hands and feet all should be fine. I think it is heat rash but bloody uncomfortable. Dr had prescribed me something, gotta pick it up later. Going in next wed for sweep if nothing has happened.

xx

[Hopeitwontbebig]

CONGRATULATIONS KELMCD, welcome to the world baby Arden. x x x x

Yay, like the new thread title

ScottishMummy, that sounds like a FABULOUS breakfast to have post birth YUM!!

Coriander, yes, we've been incredibly lucky this Summer! Phew!!

Holly, glad you enjoyed the Prince concert, PMSL at all the people around you panicking!! Just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for your kind words on Friday when I was feeling out of sorts. I read your message to DH and said 'Seeeeeeeeeeee, they ARE my friends!', he was actually impressed!

Kyala, glad you managed to get through to 'Homer', long may it last! Your posts do make me laugh! I too have ended up a whinge monster!! I cooked a 'proper' dinner yesterday and was in a similar state to you by the sounds of it. Everyone else was sitting on their bums playing Xbox whilst I was being Cinderella in the kitchen! Glad you enjoyed the swimming!

EmLouT, hope you enjoyed your baby shower yesterday, did you get lots of lovely goodies? How exciting about the induction!!!

hayley2u, so sorry to hear about the problems you and x are having. It's the last thing you need to be worrying about at the moment. I agree that you should absolutely do what feels right for you, at the end of the day YOU'RE the important one in this. (((hugs)))

MrsFish, I'm glad your babysitter has booked the following week off, phew, just have to make sure that baby makes it's appearance on time! I too had a horrible hormonal rant at my DS1, so I know where you're coming from. Really, I must have looked REALLY scary, I was screaming at him this morning, I felt like the worst Mum in the world when I dropped him to school .

Canadianmum, I would have LOVED to have gone to see Prince, maybe we should have gone secretly together I with you on the size of one's hospital bag! Mine's gone from a big bag to a suitcase and separate bag for baby clothes! Obviously because I know I'm having a section I need more stuff. It's mostly filled with a dressing gown and v-pillow!!

Edie, you poor thing. Have you been to the doctors about your itching? Best get it checked just in case it's that liver thing that pregnant women can sometimes get. Your midwife sounds useless

Sophus, oh no!! Poor cat. Hope you managed to pursuade DP to take the morning off. Let us know how you get on at vets and with your stretch and sweep.

MrsBumbleBee, sending that baby birthing vibes......! The banana split you had sounds FABULOUS!!!!!!!! Hmm, think I might melt some chocolate in the microwave and drizzle over a banana.. bananas are healthy!!

I'm house bound today because my car has gone in for its MOT. A friend is going to drop children home from school, because I couldn't manage the walk. DH has an appointment this evening with another surgeon to see if we can get any more feedback about his nerve recovery. Fingers crossed on that one. Tomorrow is going to be fun, we need to drive over to Oxford for 10:30 to see DH's original neurosurgeon, then come home, then I've got to go over to Oxford again at 2:15 to see an anaesthetist to go over details for Mondays CS!! DH and I live in hospitals these days!! Well I'm going to have a take it easy day today, after I've unloaded the dishwasher and washing machine!!!

Hope everyone else is well!

[Hopeitwontbebig]

Just read your post Edie, glad you got some reassurance this morning. Just hope that blooming itching stops

[ccpink]

sophus I really feel for you and the cat. Hope things are picking up and that you persuaded dh to stay off and ferry you both

mrs fish - you have my sympathies - my dh told me I should go and have nap yesterday if tired because I was moaning that he can't get my gym ball inflated. I could hear myself saying how easily everyone else got theirs up and I can't get mine up - but could have happily cried. Him saying that just makes me madder though as like you say you still wake up so don't get that special sleep that only happens so many hours in! Oh well not long now... then we'll be able to sleep but someone else will prevent us

edie - glad you got something - I was going to say like hopey to go to docs if no joy at mw. Not worth being in pain. What about calamine lotion if it's heat rash? Might help as added relief if we're allowed it

I'm having a nice day as mil took me on final m&p spree to get all bits I wanted but had resisted due to cost - tie backs, matching blankets etc.. Feel very happy with myself now and will be playing happily in nursery later!!!! Please say my brain will return...

[EdieMcredie]

CCPINK

I have tried calamine and glycerin cream, aqueous, lanacane, aloe vera, bio oil, E45. Nothing seems to be working. Will see what the GP comes up with, I think it will be antihistamine

I am bleeding with this itching

[HammerHeadShark]

Hi All

We have FINALLY got our comupter and stuff sorted after our house move four weeks ago and I have missed all these lovely babies arriving!

MEGA CONGRATULATIONS to those of you who have your scrummy new arrivals already, and good luck and runny-cheesey dreams to the rest of us

I have been really busy sorting the house, transferring my hospital care and trying to get the DTs signed up to a nursery near by. I have a lovely consultant, who has decided to do my c/section on 17th September so only a week to go!!!!!! Sharing my date with you HopeItWontBeBig so am in good company - can't believe we are meeting our new baby so soon.

The old clothes I have finally sorted out are so TINY! Hopefully getting the pram delivered today and must get the car seat out of the shed - feel like the world's slackest mum-to-be - was much more caring and organised last time.

Nice to be back joining you all again, take care the finishing post is in sight!

[amyclaramum]

Congratulations Kelmcd ! Good Luck to everyone waiting for C sections, inductions and waters breaking !

Eloise is nearly 3 weeks ! Can't believe it really but in other ways can't remember her not being here if you know what I mean !!

Hayley - sorry to hear about your troubles with the ex ! I just wanted to agree with what everyone has said that you should have someone for you in the delivery room and he should wait outside until you decide you want to introduce him to the lo! Good luck anyway !

love to everyone else xx Photos should work now !