Due Dec 2007 on the wind down?

[suey2]

has this worked?

at inconsiderate people on public transport.

Morning ladies.

Mrswizz and suey will keep you up to date with any meet up developments.

suey - well done with the schools. I am hoping to be moved away by the time Ds starts school so cant really make any plans.

In terms of creativity at the minute just going with the me on top, but very soon may well have to be more creative than that.

MotherofZ - sorry to hear about your fall. My sense of balance is completely out of the window now and really sorry to hear the SPD is gettign worse, I think I have it mildly but shudder to think how I would cope if it got any worse.

I cant stand In the Night Garden but DS loves it so we do watch it, plus that signifies bath time. The names just drive me mad Igle pigle and whatever.

Skidaddle - the box of goodies seems like a great idea am definitely going to try that one.

In terms of coats, luckily my coat is a large size and I reckon with a scarf as MotherofZ I can probably get away with it. Last time I found I was always so hot, even in the coldest weather so think I will just try and layer up and make do. Sorry no useful suggestions there.

am finally going to buy some bras at the weekend as mine really are diggin in now. can i just buy nursiong bras from now as i dont really want to buy maternity and then nursing as they are not cheap are they.

I hate people on the tube, they are the worse. Am making a pact with myself to actually ask people to get the hell up.

do they get up if you ask - or do they ignore you??

this is a new pact - but was reading a transport rant thread and apparently they do.... i think they are shamed into it.

Poor you MotherofZ, be careful and rest up if you can. I rested most of last weekend and felt so much better on Monday! Very sore today though, mostly on left hand side still, hoping to have a fairly easy weekend again though to rest it up a bit.

I have been wondering about the coat thing too, I need a new coat anyway as the zip went on mine but don't really want to buy a maternity one! Am wearing a fleece at the moment which should last me until quite near the end if not all the way, just concerned it may not be warm enough! Going to have to start looking for some maternity jumpers I think. Keep meaning to place an order with Mothercare anyway, need bras! Am going to get nursing ones though!

Hope everyone else is okay today x

That is my plan Beckle... dont want to buy maternity and then have to buy nursing aswell.

When I went to Marks and Sparks to get measured for nuring bras towards the end of my last pregnany, how they determine the size you need is one size less going around and one cup bigger than your pregnancy size.

So far example if towards the end of your pregnany you are 38D, the nursing bras you need is 36D. Hope that makes sense.

I ahve had to buy 2 lots of bras so far. Got the back extenders now though, so hoping to stag on until I need the nursing bras. Planning to go for a fitting at 37 weeks.

Oh okay, so will i need to buy bras now and then bras again for nursing.

God bras should be provided on the NHS when pregnant - and so should sanitary towels tampons etc. such ridiclous costs.

(this is about a comment a hundred posts down - I csn't keep up)

I hve given up on my pelvic floor. I will just have to spend the next 50 years smelling of wee and trying not the laugh!

Sigh - I'll never be an Olympic trampolinist...

people here are great on public transport - always get a seat and people always let me get on the bus first (not quite sure why a pregnant woman needs that priviledge but no complaints from me) - that's the good old north of England for you!

I am also thinking about maternity jumpers beckle - I have a couple of cardigans but they're not very warm to last me through to december...

how are your cramps now MM? have they gone completely? I had a really bad bout of them last night - me and dh went out for dinner and I couldn't eat a thing and could barely walk home because they were so sore. Fine today though - i am sure they are not contractions even though they feel similar - just uterus squashing my bowel (sorry TMI) - hurts to put my socks on now - anyone else?

Ceratinly, having problems with socks etc. bending over for anything is a hassle.

Still getting the cramps but not as bad and less frequently. Think it is just part and parcel of pregnancy now really.

I actually feel completely knackered and my mum even commented yesterday that I should perhaps give up work soon. I feel uncomfortable pretty much all of the time now and when baby kicks I feel all bruised inside so that is not even a joy for me at the moment. I have reached the I want it over stage already. really not enjoying this pregnancy much.... which is quite

I had a really bad phase which is now a bit better MM - it was probably when I was the same stage as you as I am due a couple of weeks before you. Hopefully it will pass and you will feel better again. I have definitely found that I have really good days and really bad days. Sometimes I can barely walk up a hill and I think, oh God that's it now, but then the next day I can march up no problem.

Hope it is just a phase for you as well, and giving up work would help I'm sure. lots of sympathy

Thats what makes this site so invaluable. I could take all day about aches and pains but I am sure no one in RL would want to listen and perhaps have no idea what I am on about. I think it certainly is about sort of trying to carry on doing everything you always do which of course you cant to the same degree.

I am 26 weeks on monday and honestly feel about 35.

agree with MM -some of you have been solovely about the advice given

• (feeling a little emotional this afternon )

Am 26+1 now Mixedmama and 3 months feels like forever away! Quite uncomfy with walking at times, especially up hills! Did walk the school run this morning though I am going to drive it this afternoon!
Trouble is I just can't be arsed to do anything! I wasn't exactly full of energy when I had the boys but pg did not take this toll on me physically.

Some doddery old lady with a walking stick has just pointed out a chair to me while we were waiting in the post office queue! And my mil asked me the other day if I count as disabled now!! I thought I was looking pretty good but must be delusional.

Disabled?? Altho I think if you are not entitled to Smp or whatever sometimes you can claim disability. Maybe I made that up tho, making up loads of stuff lately that i am sure I have read somewhere....

Well, I suppose if I can get money for it I don't mind so much

Hi all - have not had time to catch up with all the messages but SKIDADDLE in that wierd your life is the same as my life way I am also reading that book about having a 2nd child and to be honest it has terrified me! BTW also totally at your dd being potty trained. We are at the stage when she tells me she needs to go but doesn't then sit on the potty!

Sigh. We'll get there...

Gotta go she's sitting on my lap demanding I play with bubbles....

claraq - I've only just started the book but can see it getting scary very soon! Better forearmed and forewarned or whatever the expression is though, don't you think? I didn't like the bit about falling out of love with your firstborn and indignantly thought 'of course I won't, you stupid woman' but I'm sure everyone says the same thing...

Feel almost embarrassed at my dd's potty training, esp. as MIL delights in telling all her neighbours/friends etc about how 'advanced' (yes she really does use that word) dd is - feel like I'm some awful pushy competitive mother even though it's not me boasting about it but at the same time it is SO great not to have to do nappy washes every other day

Hello! I'm braving London with DH tomorrow. He'll have NO compunction about getting people out of their seats so I can sit down
Pity that in the later stages of pg when we are like 80yo arthritis sufferers that we don't have a few more allowances as per disabled people - you know like being able to park in more accessible spaces, dunno about anyone else but have trouble getting in and out of my car in car parks.
I suppose the argument is that we bring pg on ourselves - we can choose not to get pg, but the human race would become extinct if nobody had babies!!
Maybe I should just park in the P&C spaces, I do have a baby seat in the car (in anticipation of Turtle's arrival), but then I would feel guilty about depriving a parent who may struggle getting small children in and out of car seats.
Seriously thinking, I would have thought that if your SPD is serious to warrant crutches or other forms of support you would be classed as being disabled, albeit temporarily?