Due in December 07 - look at that bump!

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OK hopefully no-one else has started a new thread!

Suey - that is awful. I am thankful I haven't experienced anything like that (so far!). Oh no, how those women weren't talking about me No wonder you escaped back down south!

Insy - do you mind me asking how much you paid for your P&T? Sorry if that is too nosy, I'm trying to weigh up which is the best deal to go for (some include cocoon etc).

AFTERNOON!

Just back from midwife and feeling totally bouncy and Tigger like. I am really well, the baby is really well. And, i hate to show off, but the baby made the midwife giggle THREE TIMES. And she said oh that's it head and that's it bottom so i felt where the head was, and felt the head. Awwwww i love that little head. It's only the size of an orange. I feel all mad and happy and in love really.

Just texted the father and he's now gone all gooey too.

And now going into a boring old meeting with my boring old annoying boss, but i'm beaming away, so i expect to day dream through til hometime. Am having some reflexology tonight, first time ever, see how it helps my back.

xxxxx

Oh and men are definitely perving at me today...but my hair needs a wash, it's gone messy due to the rain (called the just got out of bed look i believe) and i didn't iron my t shirt this morning.

Hurray!

p.s. Suey2 - my family and i used to go to Outer Herbrides for holidays and local kids used to spit at us and chuck rocks, and when any of my family went into the local pub/shop everyone would immediately start speaking Gaelic and pretend they couldn't understand us. Lovely days!

And just now, on way back to office the bus driver was delightful to me (also perving) but as soon as a group of slighlty rowdy GASP foreigners wanted to get on bus, he got all moody and rude and said 'did i invite you onto my bus?'

I mean! Crazy. I expect he's got a tiny penis.

Right, i'm off to a meeting. Have a lovely evening all x

your midwife sounds lovely neuro. saw mine this morning, and dh came along to listen to heartbeat. its the second time i've seen the same one and i thought it might be a one off, but no, she is the MOST miserable midwife imaginable. barely looked at or spoke to either of us, answered her mobile half-way through about another patient, walked out without so much as an 'excuse me', wouldn't tell me bp even when asked, wouldn't say what position baby was in until asked twice by dh, was p'd off that i'm 29 wks not 28 (not my fault, missus, you was on holiday last week innit). she was totally uninterested in the whole thing. makes me really glad i'm NOT having a homebirth- imagine being attended by somebody who frankly doesn't seem to give a s*! i almost asked her if she was feeling okay.
still. not all bad. dh promises we can buy our travel system wotsit tonight. eek.

and when i was sitting in m&s having a coffee afterwards, overheard (not earwigging!) two women complaining about 'all the foreigners'. and this in one of the most homogenous towns and counties in the UK. mahn.

Hello all - I'm here, and finally getting better. Cold kept almost going and then getting worse, so am finally (after 3 weeks!) on antibiotics and slept from 1am to 8am last night instead of waking up coughing every hour. Amazing how much better I feel! Just hoping to avoid the thrush which usually follows ABs for me.

Off to our first NCT class tonight - all the way up to Edinburgh as there are none in the Borders. I'm still utterly shocked that the local NHS classes are women only. How on earth do they expect DH to be anything other than traumatised if he's not told what to expect beforehand?

Tadpole seems to be growing very fast at the moment, and caught me right in the ribs yesterday as I tried to get out the bath. Cue large splash all over the floor as I sat back down again in a hurry

Been online shopping as well, and have some new maternity tops. All need tweaked, as they seem to think that a size 18 needs a V-neck down to navel level.... It'll be nice to be able to retire some of the overstretched T-shirts soon, though. I finally decided that even if it's only 9 weeks to go, I deserve a few things that make me feel pretty and less like an overinflated beachball.

Dundee - it often goes that way. The people who live in cities like London are so used to the different cultures around that they don't notice it anymore. After living in London for 10 years, I find it a bit weird now going to places where its only white faces, even though I grew up in rural Cotswolds.

agree, wizzska. The irony that my scottish accent is admired in london but my english accent (everything being relative) was reviled in scotland.

DH is Scottish and wants to move back to Scotland. After reading everyone's posts about being English in Scotland, I think I'm even less keen now than I was.

Thelady - surely Tadpole is not a tadpole anymore! Mine's a little too big to be a tadpole - more a bucking bronco!

wizzska the main reason i couldn't live in scotland is the climate! I am definitely an urban chick, too and I find scotland now too isolated. Wonderful for lots of reasons, just not for me.
I still call my bump peanut- but you are right one of my employees takes the piss royally about it.

Hello

This thread is really busy and we're not even on mat leave yet!

thelady - I can't believe your local NHS antenatal classes are women only! I have my first NHS antenatal class tomorrow at my doctor's surgery and it says on the letter that partners are welcome. My hubby would be coming anyway as neither of us know anything about babies and need all the help we can get! I was unsure about joining NCT (silly reason - i knew a woman once who was very involved in the NCT and she was a complete pain in the neck and very opinionated about everything to do with babies and childcare. People used to call her the Mother Superior but not to her face!) so decided not to. I hope I don't regret it. Where in Edinburgh are the NCT classes? Hope you don't mind me asking - I live there and was just wondering...

Wisska, that's the same in our house - DH Scottish and I'm English. We were living down south and DH had a desire to move back "home" so when he was made redundant from a job in London we found one up here to give it a go. I do like many things about Scotland but the climate isn't one of them (agree Suey!) then again the white snowy christmas we enjoy are lovely. Not sure we'll be here for good though.

Neuro - what a lovely MW appointment. I'd love to feel the head so might ask at my next apt. In comparison sorry yours was so crap Dundee.

Wizzka - I know what you mean about moving out of big towns - I used to live in Reading & work in Slough - it was only when we moved here and I got DD1's school photo that I took a double take - every child in her class was white - was very weird.

Claraq - the heartbeat thing is, unfortunately, not true - i was convinced it was as both my girls had fast heartbeats (150+) but someone (Suey, I think?) posted on an earlier thread a link to a statistics site that showed the heartbeat rate against how many girls & boys were born - there were girls and boys all across the scale.

Thank you to whoever posted the mattress link earlier - have ordered a made-to-measure pram mattress for my secondhand silver cross - £13 inc post which is half the price of the silver cross one before postage.

Dundee - I am appalled by your midwife appointment. How utterly rude of the woman. What is the matter with these people? I asked my midwife if she ever gets bored of her job and she said never i love it, everyday is different.

Just to clarify, i didn't ask specifically to feel the head, it was because she pointed to parts of my tummy. It was really excting though so if any of you have appointments coming up i'd ask if they'd show you. Awwwsw I am still buzzing from it.

It's a shame that lots of Scots still hate the English. It's a bit like continuing to make jokes about Germans and the war. Boring!

Anyway, we're all foreigners somewhere in our lineage surely??? I am Celtic but my Celts were from Scandinavia, and my Welshy ancesters were French.

I am wondering wether to miss out my 28 week appoitment and just go for 32 weeks which would be in a fortnight anyway...

Today was the first time i've seen midwife since mid July. If you feel OK Cazzybabs then miss it? I am 27 weeks and seeing her again in 3 weeks but almost don't see the point at this stage...

I'm looking forward to see if I see the same midwife next app't - have had 3 app'ts at my surgery with a different MW each time!!! Interesting to compare and contrast attitudes when I was asking about getting out of hospital ASAP

MW1 - booking-in, "you won't be wanting a home birth, will you?"

MW2 - "if you want to get out of hospital quickly, why not go for a home birth - there's no reason not to"

MW3 - "hmm, home births are OK if you are committed but you would be best advised to request a 6 hour discharge and make sure that everyone you see in labour knows that"

Personally I don't want a home birth - I have cream carpets!!! And as last time all was OK but there was a moment after she was born when the midwife wanted the doctor to double check something, I'd rather be in hospital - last time I would have ended up transferring in an ambulance and ruining the lovely experience. As it was, the hospital was OK for the birth and the quick sorting out after, it was just they kept me in too long and I didn't know i could kick up a stink to go sooner!

Let's see what Thursday brings...

cazzy - I had my bloods done again at 28 wks routine check so might be worth popping in for those but does seem close to your 32 wk, they'll prob just do them then and catch up - if you feel ok then shouldn't be a problem

loucee - don't mind you asking about P&T at all but have to admit it cost £420 (I know!) that was for buggy, doubles kit, cocoon and double rain cover - sleeping bag/cosy toes should have been £44 from mothercare but I have vouchers from opening ds's baby bonds so it only cost me £14 (didn't feel so ripped off that way)

Insy, they do hold their value really well so don't think you've paid too much. I am getting a few quotes from various online suppliers and also some retailers up here. BF's sister is in New Zealand and is adamant she can ship me one cheaper but it all sounds a bit of a too do!

I am bit scared of going as I am sure my BP is through the roof...have just ordered party bags. I am so indecisive...and as a consequence have paid about ten times more on the p and p than I needed to - AHHHHH. Still can't decide on flooring, cars etc etc.

And ym children at school are so hopeless. Roll on December!

Loucee - Phil & Teds buggies in NZ with all the extras would be over $1000 so that's about GBP380 plus postage I'd be very surprised if much cheaper in the end and as you say much more hassle.

Had lunch today with a friend who's 37 weeks and really made me realise that although I feel big, I've still got a way to go yet. Still find it annoying when people look at my tummy not my face when I meet them tho!

cazzybabs i would definitely go- just incase there is something wrong. Having had the GD scare I guess i will always err on the side of caution.
I also have a team of midqives looking after me. I have met 3 different ones and I reckon if you attend all of you appointments you will be more likely to meet the midwife who will be working with you on the day.
Mine have all been lovely: although the first one suggested a home birth, DH and I had already discussed it and i had definite opinions about water birth so she was presented with a decision rather than given an opportunity to push the home birth option

cazzy - if you are worried about your bp then its worth going - why would you be scared to find out its high? I have a friend who had high bp throughout but they just kept a close eye on her and she had a natural labour at 38 wks, its not necessarily bad news and at least you'll know x

loucee - 420 was the best deal I could find in a shop, we ended up travelling about hour away to get it rather than just popping into mothercare, I'm sure there are some good online deals

housemum - we were lucky and got a 6 hour discharge and want a home birth this time purely so we don't get stuck in hosp over xmas, having researched hb this time I've discovered you can leave at anytime from hosp and if you don't want to wait for the doc and take baby to the GP for a check (or request a home visit) because thats what would happen for a homebirth - makes me much more relaxed about going to hosp if I want to and like you say having the knowledge that we can cause a stink! would hate to be in position where it was scarey to go to hosp because of previous experience - from what I've heard labour wards are very good but the post natal ones are rubbish (obviously thats a sweeping generalisation for our area!)