November Mummies - Are We There Yet???!!!!

[choudru]

Here is the shiny new November thread. All clean and ready for our babies.

Here is a link to the last one for reference last thread

And here is the roll-call:

ChocolateHobnob - due 31 Oct, SURPRISE
FCH - due 1 Nov, SURPRISE
Choudru - due 2nd Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Seabiscuit - due 2nd Nov, LITTLE BOY
Dawn2820 - due 3rd Nov, SURPRISE
GeekInPigtails - due 4th Nov, SURPRISE
pinklady 82 - due Nov 4th, LITTLE BOY
Muppetgirl- due 5th Nov, LITTLE BOY
iris66 - due 5 Nov, SURPRISE
Annainnz - due 6th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Tonysmum - due 6 Nov, SURPRISE
LizzieO - due Nov 7th, SURPRISE
Silkcushion - due 7th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Mrsj- Ddue 7th Nov, LITLLE GIRL
Pixiefish- due 8th Nov, SECRET
Sparklygothkat-due 8th Nov, LITTLE BOY (next growth scan on the 5th sept)
TheHun - due 8th Nov, SURPRISE
GermanGal - due 9th Nov, scan 27th June
NYKate-due 9th Nov, LITTLE BOY
Aikigypsy -- due 11th Nov, probably-a-girl
Easywriter - due 11th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Jetgirl - due Nov 11th, SURPRISE
Mimi - due 11 Nov, SECRET
GoodGollyMissMolly - due 12 Nov, SURPRISE
HollygoHeavily - due 14th Nov, SURPRISE
Revelyell- due 15th Nov, LITTLE BOY
ZoKe - due 15th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Daisy310575 - due 16th Nov, SURPRISE
Mrss2006 - due 17th Nov, scanned 14 May (no more scans)
Muckers - due 19th Now, LITTLE BOY
Sarahloumadam - due 20th Nov, LITTLE BOY
Bearus - due 21st Nov, LITTLE BOY
Kekouan - due 21st Nov, SURPRISE
Fingerbobs - due 22nd Nov, SURPRISE, next scan?? they say 34 wks owing to placenta previa but will be making enormous fuss to get one a bit sooner
Jossiejump-due 23rd Nov, SECRET
Ara - due 24th Nov, SURPRISE
Floanna - due 24th Nov, SURPRISE
JARM - due 26th Nove, LITTLE BOY!!!
RGPargy - due 27 Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Superloopy - due 27th Nov, LITTLE BOY
Nasr - due 27th Nov, SURPRISE
TeaDr1nker - due 28th Nov, SURPRISE
bunnybaby - due 28th Nov - SURPRISE
Nicolatabb - due 28th Nov - LITTLE BOY
Littleoldme - due Nov 28th - LITTLE BOY
Loopymumsy - due 30th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Absofruitly - due 30th Nov, SURPRISE

Thank you Iris66, i thought i had killed the thread. Obviously not . And thanks for the advice. I honestly thought that bump was having an epileptic fit inside of me, which obviously caused lots of worry. Anyone else get those jittery movements from bump?

So much to do, so little time.......

Morning dearies,

Busy night for chatting last night!

I had a few BH last night. Wave of pain across lower back and under bump. Think I had about 4 but they seem to have stopped now. Must admit now that I have passed the 7 month mark, I would love to go full term with this baby. Am 36 weeks tomorrow so anything from 38 weeks onwards would suit me fine

Went to Meadowhall yesterday since we might not be able to do it for a while. Was so tired by the time we decided to go home that I had to hang on to DH's arm gto walk. Realised I was so tired because we'd been walking around for 2.5 hours so no wonder! You don't realise how much walking you do around shopping centres.

Not long to go at work now ladies - glad to see you're hanging in there RG. I know where you're coming from about feeling like a thickie even though you already have a DS. I have made an effort to learn more this time around to make up for my ignorance last time.

By the way - engorgement remedies are usually to feed your baby or to express some milk to reduce the build up in your breasts. Hand expressing also works but I never got the hang of that.

Definitely true about isolating yourself if you stay in all the time. Have realised the more I get out, the easier it is. But if I stay in for 2 days running, the effort required to go out the 3rd day seems ginormous. You just get used to being indoors and it makes you lethargic.

BFing teacher said the other night that a good way to get babies to sleep well at night was to stimulate their body clock into recognising day and night. Apparently if you take babies out for fresh air every day (not 3-4 hour sessions like that trudy witch), then it can encourage them to sleep better at night. Apparently research shows it is best to take them out between 12 and 4pm (?)

I was quite good with DS when he was a newborn - used to make excuses to go out with him in all weathers. I just hope I manage to keep it up this time even though it will be the depths of winter!

I reckon it's a good excuse to buy a new winter coat - the better I feel about my coat, the more eager I will be to go out and show it off

RG - why don't you use this time to research all the local mum and baby groups in your area? You could make a timetable of baby groups, coffee mornings, bfeeding cafes etc. I'm sure there'll be something for every day of the week and that way, if you are in the mood for taking baby out, there's always somewhere to go. You know igt appeals to your geeky side to be that organisd

Silk - I do hope you're resting.

Swollen - what a nightmare - I'm afraid I have no words of advice since I've still not pottytrained DS. I have heard kids are very sensitive to life changes so maybe the impending birth is causing a little insecurity?

Sarah - OMG I would go into meltdown if that was me! You sound like you are being much more philosophical about it all. At least it will give you a few after-dinner stories when you will laughingly refer back to the time you had to give birth and move house in the same week!

By the way, when I say taking the baby out for fresh air - I don't mean plonking them at the far end of the garden every afternoon where you can't hear them cry!

I meant going out for a stroll with them. I used to love chatting away to DS on our walks - I must have looked like a right nutcase.

I am being a bit naughty logging on during the BOSSE's time, but hey, could not help catching up on what is going on! Am i getting addicted?

Jetgirl- you are lucky you had your in laws fussing over you! I had mine 4 6wks (aaaaaarrhhhh)They behaved as if they were not aware that I was pg, we would go out for the day and upon return, they would all sit down (inc DH), ask for a drink/tea and also expect a well cooked lunch/dinner after that. If they needed something else, would call me to get it 4 them whether I am eating or not!

The worst thing is DH wants to invite them back for longer around the time when the baby comes inc Xmas, Can't imagine how I will cope!!! Does anyone have a spare room where I can hide

Hi everyone!

I think it's brilliant how we're all such chatterboxes these days! Gives me stuff to write about and reply to!

Choc - You're not the first person to tell me i could write a book lol. Hmmm maybe i'm in the wrong job after all?!! The only way i can describe labour (from my own PERSONAL recollection) is that each contraction was like a bad period pain/cramp type thing. That's what it felt like to me anyway. I'm sure you'll be fine. Feeling hiccups is great isn't it?

Welcome Capecodder! If you like to chat constantly then this is the thread for you! Some of us () have far too much time on our hands! I see Anna has beat me to the list update and added you - good job Anna!

FCH - I'm very of you on your last full day at work. 10 more working days for me yet!

re Bringing up Baby - yes the two blondes were extremely rude to poor Continuum lady and CV was CONSTANTLY talking over her and not letting her put her point across. I would have told CV to shut the F* up and let me speak!! She's soooo rude.

Littleoldme - I hope you won the battle with your morals and HAD cheesecake for breakie!! Yum yum!!

Jet - Glad you are feeling positive about the HB sitch too. Sometimes it's nice to have someone different to your normal MW as they can say or do things in a different way that really cheers you up and makes you realise that pg can be quite varied, IYSWIM. And what's this "christmas" thing that you speak of?? I dont think i've heard of that word before - certainly not in October anyway!! I bet you're one of these really annoyingly organised people who get Xmas pressies in the January sales and have it all done by the end of October aren't you? P Personally, i've adopted the more "banshee" approach to Xmas. This means that i'm normally tearing round the shops on Xmas Eve like said banshee still trying to find pressies etc.

Hi TeaDr1nker! Thought you hadn't posted in a while. I spose we should keep an eye out for last minute stragglers just in case they have missed the link the new thread etc.... As for the jittery movements, yes i got those too. I was terrified that i'd got an epileptic baby too (i suffered from it as a child) but it's a relief to know it's normal. Phew!!

Choudru - Wow you're doing really well to hang on to LO aren't you! Cant believe you're 36 weeks already. Only one more week and your LO will be considered a full-termer! Yay!!

re engorgement - so it's possible that getting a pump in now would be a good idea then??

re the fresh air - Choudru i've heard this as well and also intend to take LO out for daily strolls between 12 and 4pm. I've told DP that when i'm off work i'll be able to cook much better (and fresher) meals and so will be trotting up to Asda daily for fresh ingredients, incorporating LO's daily walk too. Good plan, eh? Good idea about finding the groups tho. Think i'll have to do that so that i am fully armed with places to go when baby arrives. Think i'll bring out the geek and get organised on that one!

I have (as usual) no idea what to have for lunch today. Every day is a battle of what to have for lunch!! Too much choice and all of it is plap!

Have a good afternoon everyone

LK - oh gawd, they sound like a nightmare!! You should either tell DH "not in this lifetime, buster" or tell them they will have to do stuff themselves as you will be otherwise engaged. Sod that!!

ok - that's me knocked off the HB list then I'll be wired up to bloody insulin & sugar for induction at 38weeks.

On the positive side - i will be able to eat what I like at last and gorge myself and I may even put some weight on (how the hell can you lose weight when pg!!!!!! - oh yeah - not eating trying to control GD ) Got an appointment tomorrow (sugar was so out of control today - and for the last week really, despite the excuse of being ill, that I had to ring the MW) I just hope I can overcome my paranoia of overdosing!!!!

RGPargy: Next maternity go up to a size 22, and I'm finding their sizes pretty spot on based on my pre-preg size. Additions Direct - in terms of blouses anyway - is biiiiiiiiiiig and I'm having to put safety pins in the wrap necklines to preserve my modesty!

TeaDr1nker: I think my sproglet is trying to combine flashdance with some particularly dodgy John Travolta moves. Minor earthquakes is how it feels from the outside . DH finally got to feel it early the other morning, and was most impressed.

Iris - awwwww that must be very disappointing for you!!

thelady - In that case i will look at Next and Additions Direct. Thanx for that!

LK2boyzma: if you want a spare room - come on up to the Borders. We're having a family Xmas, but that means that I feed the sproglet, and everyone else feeds me!!

We're going to dish out tasks for everyone (my folks, his mum, his sister, neice and nephew) so nobody has to do all the cooking or cleaning or whatever. Start practising your "Simply can't cope, dear." look now, so that you've got it down to a fine art once the visitors come.

My mum still speaks admiringly of the friend who turned up just after I was born for a cup of tea: and brought teabags, milk, sugar and biscuits with her; made the tea; chatted; cleaned up; and left .

LK - I am in at your in-laws, but mostly your DH. You obviously have the patience of a saint as I would have told mine to look after his own family (and me) or tell them to sod off. Not that he'd try it, I think he's a bit scared of my evil shrew like temper! I would definitely tell him straight though that if he wants his family to stay when you have a tiny baby it is absolutely up to him to do EVERYTHING or they don't come, it isn't fair on you or your baby to expect you to take on extra burdens when you are dealing with a little one.

RG - Yes, I am really looking forward to going home. I am 36 weeks today and my brain has turned to porridge, I am not enjoying looking like an idiot as I forget what I am talking about in the middle of a sentence . Just to cheer you up though the last week and a half have actually gone by much faster than the previous ones did (at about 30 weeks I was convinced that October was just never going to arrive) and I am feeling so much more positive. I don't think I realised how much of a milestone giving up work would be!

Iris - I am really sorry to hear about your blood sugar; it must be really disappointing! The important thing to remember though is that if that is the best thing for you and your baby then it is the best thing, and once he or she is here it really won't matter a bit about the location of the arrival.

Choudhru - brilliant post but how do you keep track??!! I am viewing the beautiful bright red fitted coat DH bought me for Xmas last year as my main motivator to lose the left over baby pounds - I can't wait to get back into it

I am planning some daily exercise taking the baby out and showing it off too and have bought a front carrier and baby muff thing so I can carry the little one and wear my nice coat

FCH - I dont know how you worked to 36 weeks! When i leave i will be 34 weeks and thankfully i saved my holiday so that i can have 2 weeks holiday, then start my mat leave. My official mat leave starts on 1st November, by which time i will be 36 weeks. It just seems far too close to D-Day to even contemplate still working!

Iris - Deffo go with the doula - she might be just the tonic you need to put a more positive outlook on the birth.

Callum is coming home............. tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have to room in tonight, and make sure he is feeding on every feed....

wooooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent stuff Sparkly!!!!

Thanks loopy may try that if it keeps happening closer to birth. Must tell u all just had best laugh in ages reading thread about tending to your 'lady garden' prior to labour. will lift ur spirits if ur down in dumps!
PS where do you get those pants Loopy?

YAY for Callum!!!

Does that mean we can be inundated with more pics of how gorgeous he is?! PLEASE!!!

Feels weird seeing people say they are 36 weeks - that still seems like an age away for me only being 32+3!

lol JARM of course I will be posting LOADS of pics, you will all be bored of me soon

Rg - I did not have cheesecake for brekkie but decided to go with choc chip cookies as they are obviously far more nutritious.

Oh and massive congrats Sparkly. That's such great news.

Jarm - I know what you meen I'm 32 +1 and all seems to going v slowly.

Littleoldme - Oh but of COURSE they are!

I'm with you and JARM on the weeks front - I am 32+2!

LK2boyzma - I know I'm lucky really, though I hate being treated like an invalid; and when it comes to housework and stuff like that they are not so forthcoming! 6 weeks - I hope you have a halo! Do they live overseas or something? And there is no way you will want them around when LO is born; my mum was brilliant when DD was born, she told me she would be there whenever I wanted/needed her and would otherwise stay out of my way. I think it took a lot of willpower on her part as she works 10 minutes walk from our house! As a new little family the three of you will need time without lots of intrusion, and you definitely should not feel as if you should be waiting on others hand and foot when you will need lots of r and r.

RG -It'll be a waterbirth at hospital - our unit has nicely equipped waterbirth rooms, so you get all the benefits without the hassle of sorting out a pool at home!
re Christmas - I'm not that annoying , though I do have a spreadsheet so I know what I've bought people in previous years, and I normally like to finish my shopping by the end of October, though any that's not done by then gets done on the internet as I just can't stand going into the shops come November. I don't wrap until December though, it's one of my favourite things about Christmas. Your banshee approach is remarkably similar to my husband's

TeaDr1nker - my LO is exactly the same, it's a weird feeling and I didn't remember my first being so jittery, it's a relief that it's normal though isn't it

Iris66 - Very for you. Just try to think of the grogeous little person you will meet at the end of all this.

Loopy - I don't feel so insane now re the water, thank you! Hope the cookies turn out okay.

Littleoldme - but there is calcium in cheesecake!!

Sparkly - congratulations! You must be so excited, Callum is obviously doing really well.

Hello Capecodder... are you really a cape Codder? I'm a Vineyarder (sort of), geographically out of step with the rest of the crowd here, but might be moving in that direction.

LK -- I think you should go elsewhere when the inlaws come, if they have a history of being high-maintenance.

Iris, I hope it's as good as it can be in the hospital.

Sparkly and Callum! Wow!

I will be 35 weeks this Saturday, and DP is arriving on Sunday from Ireland. It will be a huge transition for me. but I always kind of knew it would happen this way, that one day I would just wake up married (effectively). Going from perpetually single to family at warp speed. Yikes!

LO is trying to put her foot out through my right side.