Due in December 07 - that's next month!!

[buzzybee]

Thought I'd start a new thread

Thanks insy the thing about those kinds of threads is that everyone says well yes he is being a twunt (love that word, only used on mn AFAIK) but men are like that! Well that's not good enough for me - if he is being a twunt, he is being a twunt and that's not OK.

My DH also hates mothers day etc and would NEVER get me a card or anything. I don't really mind that myself - but if your DH knows it would mean a lot to you to get one, why doesn't he just get one?

My DH also literally ALWAYS forgets every member of his family's birthday every year - always. I just find this so thoughtless and inconsiderate. I think I am just going to have to learn his family's birthdays myself because he is so useless, ggrrrrrr

BUT to give him his dues he is good in other ways and does all the cooking and lots of looking after dd so I suppose I won't divorce him just yet

Sorry that turned into a right old rant

MM didn't your DH get you a joint card from your ds and him for mother's day saying something like ' sorry I was a bit skint so had to share the cost of a card with daddy' or something like that? I remember it made me laugh! or maybe that was for your birthday?

clara and loucee yes i did find a nice night nanny. She will be with us 5 nights a week for the first 6 weeks. She is a paediatric staff nurse and is very comforting in a big west-indian mamma kind of way! (sorry if that sounds sizeist or racist but YKWIM)

MM this woman sounds like a pain! But- not long to go for you- i suggest hadns on ears and going lalalala a lot. Oh, and chocolate. And lots of trips to the loo if you need it or not!

skid YANBU, but my DH is exactly the same. I tell him when i am going to see the MW then email him when I get home. He will always respond, but TBH i think it would probably slip his mind if i wasn't so unsubtle about it. I may feel differently if there had been anything worng with my appts though- i think he just relies on me to keep him updated and assumes all is ok if i don't tell him otherwise. TBH, i think he is still in a little bit of denial paticularly as it doesn't effect me every second of every day like it does me. The comment about his work deadline was a classic- never mind that it might be nice for me to get the baby out a little early as long as it is healthy. I keep looking at my big fat belly and thinking HUGE bump and SMALL space to get out.

thanks suey - that was quite a classic quote about his work deadline - might haunt him for a few decades to come

When I had to go to the hospital last week because i thought my waters had gone, when I phoned DH to tell him, he said,
"OK, I'll come home but I'm just in the middle of reading an article. Is it OK if I finish it first?"

I said, that's fine but that quote will haunt you forever if this is the baby coming!

He didn't read it!

Great news that you've got the NN sorted Suey - you'll have to share her tips with the rest of us!

Skidaddle, lol at your husband asking about the article - they just don't have an idea do they!

It's freezing here today, the pond in the park was frozen over so it must be cold and not just me moaning! Think I better just hibernate

insy sorry you can't leave on Thursday, I would strongly recommend you go to the Doc for a line, you want to be in the best shape possible for the birth and by the sounds of things at the moment you are shattered and upset.

TEN working days to go....but over the next 4 weeks .....

I am absolutely shattered, but only 4 more days to go until ML. Don't think I can even manage that much - especially if I can't sleep again tonight. It is so painful to lie down now.

Lots of my single and childless friends have been emailing me lately to see how I am which is really nice.

My brother and SIL came to visit this weekend. Brought loads of 2nd hand baby stuff. I feel a bit guilty because most of it is pretty grotty and I feel a bit ungrateful. They've also been telling me for months that they've got a tens machine for me. Turns out it's not a maternity one, no booster button. They know I want a home birth, do they think I'm superwoman? Had to emergency hire one as soon as they left. Oh well.

Just trying to catch up with you lot after a week away....

The cottage was lovely, even if I couldn't swan about in the hot tub this time.

Thelady = glad yu had a good break.

We had our kitchem floor fitted toda and it looks fab even if we did get a parking ticket in the proces....bloody annoying! Yes we shouldn't have parked where we did, but it was right outside our house (sadly on a yellow line) so the builders could cut tiles on our driveway...c'est la vie but still a waste fo £30 when we could do with the money else where...

Am off on a school trip tomorrow and have a staff meeting so am epecting to be knackered by the evening.

OK I have a question?
My MW is having a hard time feeling the position of the baby due to all the amniotic fluid. My gut instinct is that she's at least partially engaged but I thought I'd ask those of you who know your babies are engaged to see if you agree.
When I walk it feels like I have a mild haemmaroid - pushing down on my bum.
I feel like I need to wee quite often.
When LO gets hiccups they feel quite low down.
I don't feel like she moves around with big movements - only kicks and punches.
I'm walking much more slowly!

BUT on the other hand am still getting quite bad heartburn/reflux so she's still majorly restricting my ability to digest food.

What do you think???

Buzzy, you sound like me! So will go out on a limb and say yes, lo is at least head down - mw confirmed for me last week.
Thelady - do you feel nice and relaxed after your break?

Hee hee off work today, thank God coz it has been rather stressful last couple of days with the recruitment I'm trying to get done (see my AIBU thread!).
So you'll be hearing from me a bit today (in between housework!)

Morning all,

How are you ladies today?

Buzzy and Bouncing - I don't have a clue which position my LO is in. I can feel movements all over the place, so have a feeling it still hasn't engaged yet....

Bouncing - left msg on your AIBU thread...

Morning all,

Yes Skid, that card was for my birthday, he is getting better. The thing is he knows I like things like that, even if I got no pressie I really like to know that I was remembered and get a card, or even a cuppa in bed on Mothers Day.

Vomitted in the car on the way into work today, no idea where it came from and why at 33 weeks I am still being sick, it was not pleasant.

Suey - glad you got your NN and recruitment sorted. Defo let us know any wonder tips she may have.

Blimey you guys chat lots

Buzzy - I saw the midwife 2 weeks ago and LO was 3/5 engaged and I know he's dropped since then. I'm getting exactly the feelings you describe. it feel like he's trying to head butt his way out.

MM - Poor old you that's not pleasant

Re the whole cards thing. My Dh can be a bit pants sometimes too. It is always me who remebers birthdays and sends cards etc. I don't think he's consciously ignoring stuff - it just enter his head in the first place.

MM- oh no poor you! You don't think you are coming down with what your ds had last week?

MM - Poor you feeling sick. I even find it painful if I sneeze these days with such a big stomach, it feels like the skin can't take it. Can't imaging what being sick feels like.

I think my little one is head down with feet by my right rib. He still moves quite a bit though but definately feel pressure low down. Not sure if he's fully engaged yet. Will ask Midwife tomorrow.

I hope not bouncing... DH has a massive cold so think he has it for sure. I hope this is just a bad day but I can feel that I will be sick again within the next ten minutes. Supervisor is not that understanding and I get the impression she thinks I am making it up.

Morning all,

thelady - glad you enjoyed your trip? How are you feeling now?

buzzy - I feel like you describe and my baby is definitely head down but not engaged - hopefully someone who's baby is not head-down can tell you how they feel so you can compare... do we have any breeches? I know ambi's was but I think s/he has now turned?

MM - poor you. I have been feeling really really sick these past few weeks as well - never had it last time round, don;t know what it's due to

I'm feeling like a new person today - dd (and therefore I) slept in until 8.30 today, had a a big chat with DH and sorted a lot of stuff out, and even managed to have a bit of sex - a v. rare occurrence in the skiddadle household these days - although interrupted by the window cleaner

Skid - was he peering through the window? I hope you and DH put on a good show
MM - . Supervisor sounds a right cow . Throw up in her lap, bet she'll believe you then!

bouncing - curtains were closed thank goodness - think the sight of an 8-month pg woman having sex at 8.30 in the morning might have had the same result as MM's car journey!!

MM your supervisor sounds horrid

hahaha

she is fine really but i can just see in her eyes she think i am over-reacting.

MM just had a thought - have you started taking your iron tablets yet? They can make you really nauseous. You could try spatone instead although it is a bit pricey. I remember my SIL had terrible nausea and diarrhoea on gp-prescribed iron tablets

at skid for lie in...feel too much like an elephant to want to do anything else....

By the way, can finally sat my mat cover has 'got the hang of it'....