Due November 2007 - STAND AND DELIVER! (or squat, lie down, go on all fours, etc......)

[RGPargy]

Hi girlies

Our post was getting very large again, so i've made another new one. Hope you dont mind!

Link to the old post HERE

Morning everyone

Well i woke up this morning and felt like i had a baby elephant in my tummy! Thing is, as much as i go to sleep on my side, i always wake up on my back. Baby felt really heavy on my tum this morning tho and i was hoping that it could be the start of something. Alas, she's still firmly in place and shows no signs of shifting just yet!

Jarm - Your dad sounds absolutely lovely!! DP's parents are rather like that, they are always helping us one way or another. Shame the same cant be said for my family really. My mum lives in Spain and i haven't seen her since October 06 and my dad, brother and sister dont really get in contact unless there's a BBQ or summat going on lol. Families are funny how they can be so different aren't they?

LOM - fair enough. There's me being quietly confident that this LO will be early but in reality she could be late too so i really should prepare myself for that too i spose! Erk!

Silk - I agree that you should have a false alarm to get DH out of his work presentation today.

LK - Your DH sounds lovely by doing all that ironing!! The iron rarely comes out in my house unless i need to wear something that simply HAS to be ironed! LOL @ not knowing about labour. Bless him.

Sparkly - Callum is still sounding like a trooper isn't he. Sounds like he could be getting too much of a top up, which is obviously great news! So pleased you are perservering on the BF front. It'll all be so worth it for you keep it up. Good on ya!!

Aiki - Hang on in there, you might not need to have that chat just yet. Who knows what could happen in the next 6 days.

Lady - the cottage sounds lovely. Just what you need to get away from it all and stick your feet up for a bit.

Fiona - how unfair that there was no baby this morning! Sake!! Glad you've still got your libido tho. I'm finding all that sort of stuff a bit of an effort at the mo. Last night's excuse was that i was still too full from dinner lol.

LOM - i've had days where i feel like myself again too and then suddenly i look down and it's "oooops, i'd forgotten about that bump!"

36+6 today and off for a presentation scan on Wednesday. I cant wait to see my baby again. Hopefully they'll be able to confirm the sex (i'm convinced she'll come out a boy!) and we might even get to see her face close up too with any luck. How exciting!!!

Right, off for a shower and then to do stuff around the house (for a change). Have a nice day ladies!

xxx

RG Is a presentation scan common practise where you live, or are they unsure of the position? I'm dead jealous of you getting to see your Lo again.

I know what you mean about ending up your back. It's a PITA c'os you end up waking up feeling uncomfortable. I brace my self with pillows on one side and DH on the other.

Right, must go and do battle with my sewing machine.

It's very quiet on here today...

Afternoon All
Having a hell day, FEEL LIKE I NEED TO KILL SOMEONE OR SOMETHING.
Everything is annoying me, the computer for being slow, the weather for being cloudy, the bath for not being deep enough to get my bump in, bla, bla, bla.

Anyway enough ranting!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the positive, I have cleaned out the odds and sods drawer in the kitchen, you know the one... where all the crap gets thrown, take away menu's, elastic bands, paper clips the spare keys for the car, old receipts, birthday candles. Had a good old sort out which took up half an hour. Rewarded myself with yet another mini areo bar....
Off to a funeral shortly which obviously wont help to lighten my mood, just really tired today, took me hours to get to sleep last night, just couldn't get comfortable.
Catch you later...

LOM - i'm having the presentation scan purely because MW couldn't feel baby's position due to scar tissue. It's not common practice in our area so i feel very lucky to be having another scan.

WRT waking up on your back, it's actually one of the more comfier positions for me. I think baby must have disengaged or summat for her to feel this heavy on my tummy. Here we go with the hokey kokey then!!

Enjoy the sewing machine!

Muckers - good job on the odds and sods drawer! They're often a nightmare. Deffo deserve a mini aero for that, or possibly a BIG one?!!

Sorry to hear about a funeral.....

Muckers - i know how you feel! Im getting very ratty with everything at the moment too!

Ive had my cousin (17yrs old) here all morning trying to get him a job, i tell ya, not sure whats more hard work - toddlers or teenagers!

Managed to escape for half an hour to morrisons for a few bits, and have cut said cousins hair and had lunch - so once he goes in about an hour i can finally relax!

Jarm - i can tell you first hand that teenagers are MUCH harder work than toddlers!! I'm also trying to get my DS to get a bloody job (also 17) and it's such hard work!! I totally sympathise!!

RGP - i wouldnt mindso much but he is such a lazy git! Expects things to be handed to him on a plate! In all fairness his mum escaped a violent relationship and brought him and his brother down to live here from scotland, so it has been a steep learning curve for him, but he is just so bone idle!!!

Have given him orders to get himself sorted as his mum is finally moving out of my dads house next week into their own house and he is going to have to help with the bills!

Just been looking for that natures sunshine 5W stuff and couldn't find them anywhere well in the 2 health shops I looked in.

I did buy some new arnica and caulophyllum 200 remedies. Arnica for aches and pains and caulophyllum to help with contractions. I also bought some calm and clear room spray to make the hospital room smell nicer and to calm us down.

Also picked up my bounty 'mum to be' pack and bought a pack of muslins and terry nappies so feel ready to be a mummy now. Come on baby!!!!!

Also got a pump for my birthing ball so will be bouncing this afternoon.

Back from Funeral and actually feeling a lot better than before I went.... weird!!!

Having a nice cuppa now and thinking about going to bed for a while before bf gets home from work, might read my book..

I have a pump for my ball but cant find the valve anywhere to put some more air in it. it's a bit flat and I just know if I sit on it, I'll end up flat on my face or arse (one of the two)

38 wks today - wish I was in labour, want this baby out now....Lol.

Right off to bed for a rest

I'm 36+3 today and very of you, LOM - no sign of the LO dropping yet - still very much jammed up under my ribs. When did things get more comfortable for all of you? Is it ever comfortable again - lol?!

Mini- I am 38+4 and my bump has not dropped and I am definately not comfortable.

Hi there - no news from anyone yet then??

I am off to a Bonfire Night at school soon - hopefully this will be the kick start we need.... I am 39+6..... This baby HAS to come out sooner rather than later.

Hope you are all well....

Silk - I might be seeing you soon....

Jarm - I totally sympathise about your cousin. I think at that age they lack motivation and so really need to be constantly pushed (nagged) all the time. DS has had a bit of work, but unfortunately the bloke has mucked him around alot, telling him he deffo has work the next week but then not bothering to phone him etc. He's also had the stumbling block of needing a Health & Safety card before he can get a job as most places require it now. Now it's not even worth him looking for a job until he's got his card because they ALL require that he has the H&S card before even thinking about taking him on. His test is next saturday (second attempt) so fingers crossed he'll pass it this time and really get out there earning. When he's earning, he's more than willing to pay his keep and put money aside for things like driving lessons. It's just getting them motivated that's the hardest part! (sorry for the long waffle!)

Fiona - blimey you do sound like you're ready now! I have to confess that i still haven't got my hospital bags ready . I am having a home water birth, but i have been told to pack a bag for me and baby "just in case". It's just not on my mind at all tho!!

Muckers - Glad you are feeling better. Sometimes socialising with people, albeit in difficult circumstances, can make you snap out of a bad or black mood because you just have to be nice to those around you and cant just tell them to f*ck off coz you're in a bad mood lol. Hope you enjoyed your rest!

Mini - Dont worry about LO being under your ribs. One day soon you'll wake up and then notice that your bump looks like it's down by your knees - either that or you'll discover a nice little cup-holding table that was once your belly!

I've been quite busy today, i have to say! I'm very proud of myself. Today i have taken some paint back for a refund at Homebase, done some wood priming in the baby's room, swept all the floors (we only have carpet on the stairs and in the conservatory), hoovered the two carpets, sorted out DP's work clothes drawer and am thinking about cleaning the bathroom. I'm just having a five minute tea break and will sort the bathroom out in a mo.

Hope you've all had nice days!

Loopy - how was your weekend in deepest darkest Wales?

Fiona - won't hold my breath, then... RG - exhausted just hearing about your day! I've just about managed an antenatal class followed by a long lunch with girls from NCT class. Yummy, lovely Thai food - but suspect revenge will be taken by heartburn tonight...

Hello everyone,

It has taken ages for me to catch up- you're all so very chatty.

We've had a death in the family which really took me by surprise. My cousin was only 33 and was like a sister to me. She was SO excited about the baby and sent her a webcam just last week so that she could see baby first thing. She had been knitting plenty of lovely baby clothes that my mother will bring over in a few weeks. I've been a bit heartbroken and hysterical and have been wondering about the effects of grief on the baby. Even harder that I cannot attend the funeral as it is NY.

To make it worse I am coming down with the flu and am nearly bed ridden. I am sure that there should be a law that you can't get sick when you're pregnant. It's like being sick on holiday- just not fair.

At 37+3 this is my first day of maternity leave and I am so glad to have it. I am so excited to have this time to myself and just gather my thoughts and get ready for this new adventure and have some rest.

Last week the mid-wife said that baby was presenting posterior- back to back- and that I need to get her shifted or have a much longer harder birth. Have spent hours with bum wiggling in the air and sitting backwards on chairs to no avail. Any one else have this problem? Any advice?

Wonderful friends threw me a surprise baby shower on Saturday and it was just perfect and brought me to tears. Beautiful food, gifts and they arranged for a woman to come and give me a pedicure and make over- just what I needed.

Mini - your day sounds much more appealing than mine!! I really must get out and make friends so that i can have girly thai lunches lol.

Cape - so sorry to hear of your loss. xxx

RG - toddlers may be hard work but at least they have the decency to look cute. I can't say the same for most teenage boys I know. ;)

Easy on the housework though - you're putting me to shame!

Not done much today. Attempted to cook a curry to surprise DH. He only gets home cooked curry about once a month, if that. Even when I do make it, it tastes nothing like what my mum or MIL would come up with

Also took the opportunity to wash and refill my spice rack bottles. Of all the pointless tasks to do! Was going to label them all nicely but then ran out of sellotape and gave up half way through.

I think I need to have this baby before I become even more demented.

LOM - coffee and walnut will do very very nicely indeed Have e-mailed you about arrangements. Glad to hear you are feeling so energised. Very cute that your DH is so eager to see your baby - I thought it was just us women who got impatient.

muckers - sorry to hear talk about funerals. But glad it doesn't seem to have gotten you down. I agree - getting out and mingling with people is a great tonic for grumpiness. Even, peversly (sp?) at a funeral. I guess it might make you appreciate that it's not your's!

Another one of my NCT group has had her LO. And another e-mailed to say her waters have broken and contractions started. In one way, it makes me very but in another, it makes me hopeful that my time could be very soon.

Cape - So sorry to hear of the tragic loss of your cousin

Mrs J - hope yr firework display jolts the baby out. I went to one on friday and think it may have scared her so much she's clinging on inside.

Rg - I'm sitting here wondering wtf I did today. you have achieved so much and I appear to have done nothing. Read a book, went to hypnobirthing - it's amazing. He showed us how to reduce our perceptions of pain just through visualisation - it worked. It is mind over matter. need to practise lots though as labour is a bit more painful than pinching (which is how we practised).

Suppose I ought to go and cook tea for dh - not being a v good housewife at the moment. Can't be arsed to do anything!

Oh my gosh cape - what shocking and awful news

You are all putting me to shame now!

Once the lazy idle teenage cousin left, I went to bed

Got up, sat about a bit, had some tea and am now sitting about again!

Am off into town tomorrow morning to get measured for a bra - im popping out of EVERYTHING now so need something! Even if I get measured and then order online because it will probably be cheaper!

DH has ordered a chill out tonight of get the girls to bed, dvd in bed and an early night

We could all do with more babies i think..... this waiting malarky is SO annoying! 37wks today though so finally feel as if im on the homeward stretch!

Sorry for all thetalk of funerals and deaths. Will add you to my prayer list.

My mum died when DD1 was 2 weeks old - i know how hard it can be x

Cape - what a shock. Sorry to hear your news.

Choudru - Oh yes, i totally agree about the cute toddlers. All they have to do is give you a cheeky grin and a cuddle and you could forgive them anything, even selling your granny!!

As for curries, do you not have a handed down recipe or anything or do you just chuck it all in a pan and see what happens? I'd have no idea about what spices/herbs to put in a curry. I get mine out of a jar!

lol @ your sorting out your spice rack. That's about as pointless as ironing socks! Still, these weird compulsions get to us pg ladies at the oddest times, dont they?! From the sounds of things at your NCT group, your turn will come soon, dont worry. Must be frustrating tho. I know if i go overdue i will be VERY frustrated and will want the baby out ASAP!!

Can you MSN me coffee and walnut too please?

Silk - dont worry, all this DomGod stuff will NOT last!! Tomorrow i have a shopping trip planned for net curtains for the nursery and then i will mop all the floors, but that is IT! I think i've done enough today to warrant an easy day tomorrow.

Jarm - Enjoy your "early night"