Due in December 07 - look at that bump!

[buzzybee]

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

Hmm, don't know beanster - did she take you bp? Was that OK? Do you feel thirsty and exhausted (but of course that could just be pregnancy)?
Eating little and often is good and if you feel faint/dizzy or ill in any way between now and next appt, you could give her (or maybe gp since she is so useless) a ring?

You're right insy - we are a miserable lot!! I'm actually feeling relatively positive today and can't wait to see my little baby and see dd enjoy Xmas for the first time (too young before). Keep getting little pangs and hoping he comes a little bit early so i can see him although I'm sure I won;t be the first - due on the 11th and dd was two weeks late

No very exciting plans for the w/e - 2nd birthday party and lots of lying around I hope!

bimblin- that is a great article - I've always loved Zoe Williams and am so pleased she's enjoying motherhood so much, makes me even more desperate for ds to arrive (and will remember to point his willy down - did not know that!)

great article bimblin! I too ahve always liked her stuff- even in now magazine (she's sexy, she's sassy etc.) Liked her previous one about diet in PG too.

Lol skidaddle, I don't think you were being harsh to my dh at all! Am sure Thelady's dh is lovely and supportive though, must be tricky trying to juggle everything when you have a small business to run-I've always thought it must be much easier to be an employee.

Scan was fine, baby is pretty average in size so no worries at all. As suspected it's just a tight fit in me. Better get on and eat more!

The state of my house is really getting me down (why is it always so much worse when dh has time off work??) but i somehow don't have the energy to do anything about it...hope the nesting instinct kicks in soon.

Yes, I like Zoe Williams too - she's one of the only journos out there who seem to stick up for women. She gets absolutely pelted for it every time on the guardian CIF blogs though.

TheLady - a bra can make all the difference can't it.

congrats clairybee, I must admit i have small bump envy! Can't even slump on the couch now without getting breathless or nauseous. The funny thing is, i still feel just bloatedd so it is always a shock when i see myself sideways on in the mirror!

thelady sorry if i was also harsh- i know exactly what it is like- some of my staff have been nagging me to delegate more as my work is really piling up- now i have to make a tier 2 work permit application for my massage therapist- that involves advertising for 28 days, then writing a letter about every cv you receive to explain why each applicant from the EU is not suitable for the job. I have received 30 applications for the job within 3 days.
Last week of patients next week, but at tis rate i will be doing business stuff until the baby arrives! But I know what you mean, it has to be done- there is no alternative.

Claireybee - my house is a nightmare too. It takes me so much longer to clean it lately, and I don't have the energy to do a proper job tidying. My antinatal class teacher was going on last night about how we might want to clean the house during labour! Fat chance with me I'm afraid. I'll be watching telly or in the bath.

claireybee, oh good I'm glad you didn't think I was being harsh and great news that your baby is fine. I assume you're very slight in build and have seen lots of times with really slim women that they hardly have a bump for ages and then suddenly it's huge in the last few weeks - did this happen with your dd (if so then !)?

Mind you I am fairly small in build and my bump is bl**dy huge as people delight in telling me on an hourly basis

Sympathies to all who are having to cope with stressful jobs still. I am lucky in that I can work whatever hours I like and even when I'm working I'm just sitting and writing but I have to get the bulk of my thesis finished before I go on ML and I'm finding it increasingly difficult to think about anything other than this baby - is anyone else having problems keeping their mind on the job?

wizzska- I've never been into cleaning at all and am so far from houseproud it's ridiculous - HOWEVER the last two weeks of my pg with dd the house was absolutely spotless - something just took me over and I just had to make sure it was clean for the baby (?! as if she cared) - just wait and see - it might happen to you too!

Yep Skidaddle, thats me! Was a size 6/8 before having dd and lost loads of weight in first trimester due to horrible constant sickness. Stayed pretty small all the way through until 36 weeks when my bump grew 3 weeks worth in one week-was rushed for a growth scan then too cos they couldn't understand how or why (i blame eating 2 packets of chocolate fingers in under 5 minutes...). I really liked it at the end when i suddenly had thighs rather than sticks-was the first time in my life i'd felt womanly and was gutted when all the curves disappeared within 2 weeks of having her!

The same will probably happen this time-think i feel smaller than i am cos was expecting to be bigger this time but I have to say am sick of people commenting on smallness of bump, especially those who think its ok to ask if there is anything wrong with baby, wtf?!?

Although I did just find a sizable piece of lemon cake from earlier stuck between boobs and bump so bump can't be that small after all!

LOL clairybee I am finding that my bump definitely seems to attract all manner of random stains- am wearing an apron to cook for the first time in my life! very martha stewart

claireybee - all the more reason to put your feet up after the birth - to retain your womanly figure!!

and asking if there is something wrong with your baby because your bump is small

I have been getting lots of crumbs on the top of my bump too - but I see it as a good thing - means the floor doesn't need sweeping so often

Oh yes, anything to avoid the housework!

Claireybee - re: cake stuck on bump. I think it is a clever evolutionary design to ensure pregnant women have a spare stash of food should they fall on hard times. Perhaps the same could be said for pasta sauce on bump from cooking.

wizzska - but that would only work if only we could reach down to lick it off!

lo at the food on bump stuff - i just find stuff falling down between my boobs. Trying to resist the urge to rest the glass of wine or juice on the bump though - perfect for drink shelf As for cooking - I keep forgetting I'm nearer to the burners theee days and end up nearly toasting myself - you'd have thought I'd have learned as I did exactly the same last time with DD

Happy bunny here as DH managed not to miss his flight from home (he's been away fro a few days with work) so should be back before DD needs to be collected from nursery so she'll be happy bunny too.

Skidaddle - glad you didn't feel patronised! I do know what you mean about advice for places that you know really well. And telling someone not to go to India because they are pregnant is just DAFT!

Everyone else - repeat after me - only a few weeks to go...only a few weeks to go...only a few weeks to go.

It's hard but it will pass.

And don't forget your pelvic floors (like i have been)....

Yay working mummy isn't H stalker OW (or if she is she is really demented ) ...am finally in email contact ..sorry for being neurotic paranoid hormonal pregnant woman..she seems like very nice normal lady who lives near me and has same due date ...so apologies all round ...even managed not to give H a hard time as usually something he has done has triggered OW off but seems really was in my head this time .....

Just popping by to wish everyone a good weekend

Thanks for the pelvic floor reminders...must do more must do more...

I am so tired and my god suddenly the baby has become soo active in the past few days. Maybe it is realising it days are numbered. I am farily certain it is bottom up because I am confident I am getting kicked in the ribs. It feels strange to think it is the wrong way up for so long.

Our plumber starts on Monday...we are getting a new boiler and some new raditators - so may be a little stressed next week.

Have a good weekend everyone, we're heading down south early tomorrow for a few days so will catch up late next week.

Thelady you sound like a really amazingly strong person who has already adapted hugely to a new life running an hotel. My advice would be to try not to imagine worst case scenarios, take things as they come and be prepared to adapt to circumstances. That is certainly my philosophy. Your DH sounds like a lovely guy who is being pulled between 2 priorities and is responding to what is urgent right now rather than what is important in the long run. Pretty typical for a guy I'd say! I'm sure when the baby is there in his face he'll realise what is both urgent and important and move mountains for you both if he has to.

FWIW, my (ex) DH last time went back to work after 4 days. I would've liked him to be around more but I actually coped fine. This time of course I have no choice but am pretty confident that if things turn to custard for me I have a few friends around who will try their best to help - the ones who aren't away for Xmas that is!

Actually I'm so looking forward to feeling lighter, not stretched like a beachball, loosing the heartburn and Braxton Hicks that the thought of getting up in the night to feed a baby seems like a pleasant dream.

buzzybee: thanks for the compliments and reassurance based on your experience. DH seems (at the moment) to be about 2 days to a week behind me in the 'oh shit' stakes. Tonight he realised why I was freaking out about New Year... and did a little freaking out himself.

I know I can't plan for this - but also know that I react very very badly to surprises so I like to have thought things through before they bite me in the bum. Not terribly helpful at this stage, I realise.

It does start to seem quite imminent now doesn't it? I saw on one of the other AN threads that some of the women on there had "buddied" up so that if one of them gave birth she would text or email the other one directly so that she could post it to MN. Seems like a great idea to me but not sure how the logistics work. What do you all think? I've never used the CAT thing but I would guess that's the safest way? In fact I have already done this with a women on the "Due in Nov" thread who lives in NZ.