Due in December 07 - look at that bump!

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

My mw has never once questioned my reasons as i went in with a list of why i wanted electcive cs, she said to go with what i felt comfortable with

I see we can all drink again now. Soon nobody is going to even try to take any official advice it is contradicted so often. Mine's a glass of red!

Oh, and a packet of peanuts!

wisska - I've given up listening to advice - it changes every week am loving having a snickers bar most days, doing nothing for my weight gain but seems to be on my craving list!

loucee - I thought you were a similar time to me - its daft but I'll be disappointed if baby is overdue, I know thats stupid and nothing I can do about it but I think it'll restrict us as I won't want to go too far from home or have people over in case I have to kick them out! dh's family live 3 hours away so can't just chuck them out if waters break and they'll stay and fuss, not what I need!
have decided if I'm in hosp for xmas we'll have xmas day all over again at a later date (my dad was in the navy and when he was at sea for big ocassions we'd just have them on a different day - it actually makes it really memorable as for all the 'important' stuff my dad was always there - even if my bday was 2 months 'late' )

i never stopped drinking but i did limit to 2 small glasses a week. I may let the boat out now allow myself 3!
Fifi/ clara i am glad that my SIL's experience was unusual.

I cant stand the thought of having a drink.
I went out with dp last weekend and was sick of drinking pop so got a cider and blackcurrant, it took me ages to drink it and made me feel ill.
We've got a nice bottle of champagne to have for xmas though so im looking forward to enjoying that.

Suey - I've not been tee total either, just having the odd glass of wine now and again when I've really felt like one. I bought some really cheap wine glasses from Tescos, they are so tiny and I only have it half filled so I know it's not a big measure.

Insy - You're right, we can celebrate any occasion on whatever day and it will still be special. I'd rather have Christmas all over again if I am in hospital rather than get depressed that I missed it!

Board seems a bit quieter today

Wow lots of catching up to do when you miss a few days! Hope everyone is doing well.

Had a nightmare 7 hour car journey on monday, got stuck behind an accident and took us over 2 hours to move from one junction to the next. My bum and hips were killing me, plus dd was understandably not happy about having to sit in her car seat for so long, especially when we werent even moving! On top of trying to keep her complaining to a minimum to avoid stressing dh further, our petrol light came on just as we got stuck so we also had to spend 2 hours stuck in traffic panicking that we were about to run out of fuel! fun fun fun!

Saw midwife today and my bump hasn't grown since the last time (when i was already measuring slightly small) so have a growth scan tomorrow. Not too worried as bubs is very active in there and feels quite squashed so think it is just me that isnt growing and not the baby. Also mw said baby was very happy when she was listening to the heartbeat. Am actually quite excited about having an extra scan and seeing baby again but DH (who always looks on the down side)told me off for being excited about something that could potentially show us a problem with the baby...

yes, indeed. maybe we all need our afternoon wispa/ greggs pastie/ chocolate muffin?
PELVIC FLOOR

x post clairybee.
Journey sounds hideous! and DH sounds typical. I have to go to the dentist today (sensitive tooth) and DH suggested that any type of pain relief would't be good for the baby I had to correct him pretty swiftly as you can imagine

Drink? has something been in news again that i've missed? I have been having the odd glass or two when I want but usually end up with heatburn afterwards so big dissapointment!!

Just been to MW and may as well have not bothered. yet another different one - team based up here - and she didn't even get out of her chair, introduce herself or in general seem to give a flying f**k. realled disillousioned about the whole set up. And for the first tiem I have ketones (proteins) in my wee - 4 on the scale apparently but no idea what that means or how bad?????

on a good point - button is head down so hopefully will stay that way feel the need for chocolate coming on.......

Hello to all the new folk - hope you enjoy the company on here.

I'm not in a particularly good place just now: having to do blood glucose tests (so no chocolate!), wear anti-thrombosis stockings, and fight with DH about how we're supposed to keep this hotel running once the baby is here. Add to that the fact that I can't sleep on my left side or back (too sore) and I'm having to wear wrist braces at night as well....

Whinge whine mump grump etc.

DH has finally accepted that taking bookings for Dinner B&B packages after my due date isn't exactly practical as he's the chef. It's only taken me how many months to get through his thick skull that babies don't give notice of imminent arrival so you can warn guests they won't get dinner. [FUME]

We went to chat with the owners of the other nice hotel in town, and they're OK with us sending guests up to them for dinner if we have to dash off in the middle of everything. I know we can't just close the place from 2 weeks before the due date, but when all this kicked off DH was going to hire an agency chef so he could get some paternity leave. Now he's back-tracked and decided we can't afford it.

Great! I can just see myself getting dragged out of bed to serve New Year dinner to guests because a waitress has got hung over and not turned up for work.

Och, I know it won't be that awful (or at least I hope not) but I'm stressing about DH not taking any time off and missing out on the first few weeks with the sproglet. Heaven help us if it comes early and we've a hotel full of guests!

I'm not really interested in alchohol, am actually enjoying the break and so is my liver! Chocolate on the other hand is a different matter.

Beanster - they now say we can have a small glass of wine every day or up to 1.5 units of alchohol.

Poor you Claireybee, your journey sounds awful.

Beanster - all my midwives have been like that. I've never had the same one twice and they're always a bit quick and dismissive. Next appointment is with the homebirth midwives team so hopefully will get better care.

loved the tshirt suggestion wizzska!

Lol Suey-I hope he accepted it!

Thelady, your dh also sounds pretty typical, it's funny how differently most men seem to look at pregnancy/arrival of baby to women-maybe we really are a different species?! I know for my DH it's all about the birth and then he expects me to just get on with things again. When dd came along he'd just started his new job and went in the next day as normal, they sent him home for 2 weeks paternity leave so instead of spending time with me and dd he went and signed on at the agency he'd been getting work through before he started his job! It's no wonder I completely overdid things and took ages to recover really...
Also, sorry if this is unsympathetic, but the thing that really stood out to me from your post is that you aren't allowed to eat chocolate! Think everything else would be more bearable if you could!

much empathy thelady- i was having to contemplate the very same. It must be really difficult trying not to overdo it too and you still seem pretty overloaded and stressed out.
Can you take it easier in jan and maybe shut the hotel briefly? Then at least you would have time to look forward to

is it wrong that I don't want the Green and Blacks dark choccy in the fridge but have a desire for boost or double decker??

TheLady - sounds chaotic - you shiuld ake all your guests fill in an occupation thingy so at least you'd know if a Doctor or Midwife were staying with you!!

TheLady - To have to worry about all that and not to be able to eat chocolate, now that really isn't fair.

I think men are all the same. They put all this rubbish about saying that male brains are all about strategy and planning and science, but in my experience they only put it into practice when making football score prediction spreadsheets during world cup tournaments. My DH doesn't really think things through much - doesn't know how much the bills come to in our household, hasn't bothered to check and thinks that I'll not have to go back to work again and he can work a 3 day week even though he earns less than half of what I do.

Claireybee - I'd have killed my DH if he'd done that. Mind you, fat chance, he's always happy to have time off.

Wizzka - lol at the world cup thing - how true. my DH can't remember his own phone number but ask about points difference or team stats/positions etc for the Rugby world cup at the mo - no problem!

He's away for a few a few days with work and I even had to remind him to pack pants and socks!! What chance does my little have if he's a boy ????

Evening all-
Just checking to see how everyone is doing...
Got my interview tomorrow so wish me luck...

hello all,

sympathies to thelady and claireybee

thelady - as much as your dh missing out on the first few weeks of your baby's life, think also of yourself - you will be exhausted after labour as well as hormonal and will NEED his support at this time. I don;t know how I would have got through the first few weeks without DH (I know loads of women do it on their own but if you have a partner then he should be there to help). I'm sure he will realise this once the baby is here but would be much better if he realised it now - and no chocolate you poor thing

claireybee - good luck with the scan - I'm sure you are right and it is just you that's not getting bigger (lucky you!) and you poor thing having to cope all by yourself when your DH should have been on paternity leave - I hope he's not planning to do the same this time round or else all your mn buddies will come round and get him!!

feeling very sorry for myself today - feel so exhausted and emotional and have all this work stress to deal with. And if one more person greets me with 'God you're huge' I will sock them one. Whatever happened to 'hello'???

Amani, good luck, let us know how it went! I'm sure we'll all be thinking of you.

Yes Skidaddle, I'm a bit more emotional these days - especially if I've had a bad night.

good luck amani - will cross my fingers for you
will you be on mn later to tell us how it went?

oo yes amani- do let us know how you got on!