lucy - don't bend to pick up the toys, just kick them aside
lees - tell your DP I sympathise with him over 'audience participation' in the parentcraft classes! I always feel like a gimp in those kind of situations. I guess my self confidence isn't high enough for me to not be thinking that I look or sound like one! your lo sounds really cute with his excitement about the baby. Yup I'll come do some cleaning for you, I've always enjoyed other peoples cleaning anyway! theres one condition though, you gotta move Manchester closer to Birmimngham cause the drive would finish me off!
widget - yes beige is a stupid colour for a carpet! It always looks fresh and lovely when it first goes down and then it's instantly looks a tad the worse for wear. Mind you at least you have carpet down! I'd love a beige carpet right now then maybe I could spend less money on gas trying to keep the house warm! I glad to hear you had a good nights sleep, I think we all deserve at least that before the babies arrive. Don't fret over the hospital from what people have to say, everyone reports back when things don't go the way they'd like but very few people turn round and tell you that 'the hospital was clean, the staff were angels, the food was fit for the queen....' Good luck on your tour, however,and I hope you find that the hospital is lovely and that the bad things you've heard just don't seem to fit! If it doesn't live up to your expectations you could always go on a holiday close to somewhere with a reputable hospital when it's your time! lol! They can't turn a labouring woman away so you can actually give birth anywhere in the country provided you're admitted with contractions!
Bean - why fret! It'll probably be like trying to juggle with your hands tied behind your back to start with but you will adjust, your whole family will adjust and you will do a fab job of raising more than one child.
Egg - glad to hear you are doing better than you have been the last couple of days. Keep getting well! I don't clean ovens very often myself, or anything for that matter! I've always been a very faddy person whether it's food or mood so the fact that I've been experiencing crazy pockets of time where I am compelled to actually do some housework does not surprise me at all and is probably the only way that our house will get to look as neat and tidy as most peoples do all the time! Even as a child I'd let the stuff pile up aroundme until you couldn't move and then I'd have a week where I really wanted to tidy and clean it all up. I'd even go so far as to clean the inside of my bedroom windows when I tidied my room, my mom's not daft, she left me to get on with it!! You'd of laughed at me the other day, I was on my hands and knees sweeping the rugs with a little dust pan and brush. It took me hours. As soon as I was done I got out the vac anf vacuumed them all anyway! talk about daft! Still, it kept me busy so I can't complain!
tyaca - that's the problem with not working, it's so easy to stagnate. My first tip, if you want to use your day for anything do not turn on the TV! I used to watch loads of TV until I realised that it stole huge chunks of my life, now it's hardly ever on! "felt more penguin than person" I love that phrase, it's true, I do feel more penguin than person, most of the time these days! MIL worked right up to the day that both of her children were born, or so she keeps on telling me! I think she's trying to make me think that the sunshines out of her arse so she can babysit more often. It's backfired because knowing that and being 35+4wks gone myself, I think the woman is a f'in' lunatic! She worked a sheet metal power press in a factory standing up all day then she had to go home and cook a full roast dinner for her hubby (DP's dad was insistant that he should have a proper dinner ever day and that meant roast meat and spuds and at least two veg and gravy, she never protested!)
Ruva - could you manage something like hummus at the moment? that way you can snack rather than trying to force a full meal down your neck and I heard that chick peas are one of the best veggie sources of protein around! Just an idea! I'm really really sorry you're so down at the moment. Please don't think that you need to "sort yourself out" that sounds ever so negative, you need to give yourself a break! And don't feel guilty about not being able to eat at the moment, you are not harming your baby, your baby will take nutrients from you whether you eat them or not! So please try to stop focusing on the areas where you think you might be failing and give yourself some loving.
sams - sorry to hear your lo isn't well. I hope she gets well soon
sarah - I watched H&H last night too! babies babies babies, I love it!