Fed-Up February Fatties Facing the Final Furlong

[Gill79]

Hi everyone

There's still some space in the old thread - Waddling Zombies and Dancing Babies so no need to start posting yet. Just thought I would get it set up before I go home tonight ready for all you insommiacs!

That'll teach me to spend time on MN when I have things to do. I ended up with both babies and DS1 waking again at the precise same time. Sorted DS1 first with milk and cbeebies, then had to feed DD while poor DS2 screamed for 20 mins . Ah well. All fed and happy now, and I am finally eating my porridge.

DS1 likes Tesco precisely because of the bribes. He usually gets a cbeebies mag, some kind of treat (gingerbread man) and to go on the ride on Thomas outside, so it is FUN for him! Am doing most shopping online now so he doesn't go much!

Welcome to Arhian! You are very very brave moving house while so pregnant! We moved when I was 16 weeks and that was hard work! However maybe if you are an old hand at moving house it is not so tricky, it was our first time except for when we moved in together, when we had no furniture etc.

Sarah - still not popped. I am getting impatient for you so you must be so restless. How old is Harry? Is he getting impatient too or is he like my DS and not really realising anyone was coming?!?

So who is overdue now? Looks like Joosey and Lolo as the others who are have not been around for aaaaages and seem to have abandoned us. Lolo how are the ladies going on the Jan thread? Are there many left to pop?

Jaysthird- thanks for the thread you started. Very interesting on how weights vary from growth scans. I must stop worrying, I must, I must.........

morning all - feeling odd so just popping on to say hello [waves to all] before I have shower and go back to bed! Inlaws have arrived so had tea and toast in bed this morning and ds and his grandad are building a big train track in the lliving room while nanna is upstairs probably cleaning something!

Labour vibes for all you with irritating on/off symptoms and hello to lots of new people.

Egg, am still amazed that you manage to post at all with 3 los, I am trying to get lots of jobs done with a view that life will somehow stop as soon as I have 2! Hopefully I will have a nice surprise .

No sign of baby here, ever morning I wake up without anything dramatic happening I am quite relieved as I'm looking forward to the surreal calm option of electve on Monday!

Saw mw yesterday and bump is measuring an enormous 42cm, has grown 5cm in past 2 weeks which may be why it HURTS so much! Also have protein so mw is coming out to test wee again tomorrow. Really sorry to hear your not getting any support Blue, this just isn't the time when you have energy to giht your own corner is it. Can your dp/dh do any inging round for you - I'd be useless and in tears with frustration if I had to do any fighting at the moment [hugs].

Ah well, so much for the short post! Take care all x

egg, i knew someone with triplets who used to feed 2 at a time. i think it was using those z frame bouncy chairs that are really cheap-i imagine you've already tried this and maybe they're too small, but maybe worth a go otherwise.
better go and have a sleep while have chance. have left dh and mil in house of building horror trying to make it livable in upstairs.
welcome arhian (sp?)

Welcome Arhian. Good luck with the move

Blue i had not known that your iron infusion had not worked. i am so sorry to hear that, and also that you MW expects you to do the chasing up of things. Same things happened to me a bit when i first got preg and they thought i had this blood thing that my dad has. hospital managed to lose my second lot of blood tests in a row, and then the GP made ME chase it up with them. it's so f*ing frustrating.

A big shout out to Gil - hope all is going ok for you and that your boobs are more malleable now

quick question for lovemymum -- how long did it take for your materinity allowance to get processed? cheers

Welcome blondiep14 to the holding camp!! Fed up and fat pretty much sums it up!!

Princessllama - I'm surprised you've got any sanity left at all...rant away - you deserve it! I'm getting a little bit of feeling of baby pressing down on bottom but not much - haven't got a clue what's normal so can't really help except be in the same boat (sinking fast!! )

Welcome arhian!

Sorry guys, not really feeling ignored, just a right moody cow at the mo!!

Still here, just had a massive walk, got a bit jiggy with dh last night, and still nothing. Am now focusing on relaxing!!

Take care everyone xx

Ugh. I am never getting jiggy again...

I will try feeding them together in bouncy chairs but they don't quite sit upright enough in them yet and as they are pukers I like them bolt upright while I feed them to ensure most stays down. Will def do tandem feeding at some point though.

DD just had world's biggest poo. Out the sides, all over legs, bleurgh. She has now gone back to sleep and DS2 has started up.

DS1 went to bed eventually after spending 40 mins trying for a poo .

All alone now til 6:40 (well, alone with kids).

Welcome to blondie and Arhian, I have a sneaky feeling I may know who Arhian is (unless there's a very spooky coincidence going on!)

Sarah - best of luck things move for you soon as I completely sympathise with the lack of labour action!

I've decided that I'm not leaving the house now until baby arrives after 2 days out with A) horrendous pain in the front of my pelvis and B) constant comments from people. If I do go out I may write on my t-shirt 'Yes, I'm about to pop. It's a girl. I know it's low and I know it's 'all just there' so please don't speak to me'
Despite the contractions on wednesday nothing has changed except my hip pain. Luckily my parents have been over looking after DD whilst I whale around the place.
I didn't get to my due date last time so tomorrow will be a novelty for me, I'll be staying in and having a bath with plenty of lavender oil as it apparently helps the uterus contract. I may treat myself to a citrus curry as I react very badly to those and spend half the day on the toilet afterwards (sorry if tmi!)

well i say "getting jiggy", it was more like hump back whale humping. Dh said i only wanted him for his sperm!

Egg, you've just reminded me of the delights of "up the back" poohs!! can't wait! hope your evening goes smoothly. my ds1 is 10 and still enjoys 40 minute poo, it is definately a boy thing.

Well i've just been and bought a posh breast pump and have been doing nipple stim with it whilst bouncing on ball. i think i looked dead gorgeous, but dh spluttered coffee when he walked in!

ROFL joosey . I can just picture it!

Yes tis indeed a boy thing, my nephew spends HOURS on the loo. I am in and out in 30 seconds of course.

Lucy just make sure you get the contents of the citrus curry OUT before you go into established labour, I imagine spurting liquid poo would be more embarrassing in labour than the odd lump .

Rozzy I did a search earlier on Center Parcs as think we might go in early summer before babies are weaning and found that you went last April, which one did you go to? And was it good? Any tips? Anyone else been??????

Oh Lucy, as for inane comments from strangers, I was in M&S last Sunday with my Powertwin pushchair and both babies each on full display, dressed in identical snowsuits and hats, and the man behind me says "are they twins".

Aherm. No one is a whole year older .

I mean how on earth else could I have two obviously NEWBORN babies if they were NOT twins, unless I had borrowed one from a friend. Childminders would not take babies that young, it is obvious that they are not 9 months or more apart, WTF did he think I was going to reply?

What a complete nob-end.

when my friend had twins she used to go nuts when people smiled at her and said, "oh they're twins".
Many a time i had to drag her away while she muttered "of course they're f*ing twins, did you think i hadn't noticed"

I went to pick up kids from school and someone said,"God you've been pregnant for ages" I swear i could have punched the cow.

Haha! I bet that comment went down a storm! "God you've been pregnant for ages". "Yes, a whole 40 bloody weeks you bitch"...

Really ought to go and wake DS1 now. He's been asleep for THREE HOURS. But the peace is so nice.

Haven't posted for ages but have just been catching up and laughing at the pregnant for ages comment! I'm due a week tomorrow and have like everyone else been trying all the usual tricks but with no luck so far, hence yet another curry for dinner tonight!

Hi Tyaca.

I sent off the mat allowance form last Monday afternoon and got a form back last Saturday morning saying that it had been granted. I was very surprised to get it back so fast.

Princess Ilama - Am so sorry you've got all this crap with the builders going on. It's the last thing you need during the final weeks of being pg.

DPs mom has been ringing me EVERY SINGLE DAY for the last few weeks and EVERY time she asks me "how long have you got left now?". She rings the house phone and I don't have caller ID or an answer phone so I can't screen my calls. As I'm sure you can imagine, it's REALLY started to piss me off. I know she's just excited but why can;t she just leave me the hell alone? I've been doing really well with these calls, managing to sound calm and happy to hear from her until today that is! I picked the phone up an don hearing her cheery voice my heart just sank. I sounded miserable and I was really short with her. She reacted by thinking that something was wrong with me and I had to tell her six times that I was fine, but each time I sounded more and more irritated. Then she said "you're not fine, I can hear it in your voice, I'm coming over". NO NO NO NO NO NO my head went so it happened, I snapped, I screached at herthat there was nothing bloody wrong with me and there was no need for her to come all the way over to see me. I think at this point she managed to pick up on the fact that I might not be ill but annoyed and said she'd leave me to calm down and she'd call back later. I feel really guilty for speaking to her like that. She is a lovely woman and is only excited and showing that she cares but I'm so wound up by the constant calls that I am no longer in control of my temper and emotions. I just don't know how I can get her to stop calling me constantly without hurting her feelings. I've spoken to DP about it hoping that he'll call her and say the right thing to get her off my back but he hasn't and I don't feel that I can talk to him about it any more because it's his mom and he seems to get hurt over it, which I can totally understand. I just don't know what to do!
I know it's not a major issue in the grand scheme of things, as I said I'm just terrified that I am going to pick the phone up and scream " WHY DON'T YOU JUST FUCK OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE YOU CRAZY FUCKING WOMAN" at her and she doesn't deserve that at all!

PK, your restraint impresses me. I seriously would have to say to my MIL that I was getting rather annoyed with her daily calls. She drives me mad anyway and thankfully is not calling all the time asking after the babies, but has asked DH if she can call me this weekend for a catch up. I don't want to talk to her but she has been very good at not bothering me so I will have to. Better than her visiting .

It is annoying when anyone says all that "not long to go" stuff, as everyone on here can testify, and if it is the same person, day in day out, it is enough to send you round the bend. Maybe you could tell her that everyone you know, friends and family, are calling constantly (ie not just her) and that it is driving you mad, thereby not implying that she personally is driving you mad??

Alternatively, you will just have to give birth!

DS1 has eaten three forkfuls of chicken for his supper and given up . He is still trying for his poo.

Thanks for the warm welcome girlies - your posts have cheered me up no end.

STILL no sign of baby begining the journey, let alone arriving, but feeling bit chirpier today thank god!!

I must have scared people yesterday as haven't had a single phonecall or text today (apart from from DP, who calls almost hourly!!) not that i'm complaining

Egg - we went to Oasis Whinfell - we've actually been there 3 times and really like it. Our boys are a bit older than your 3 so there would probably be less for you to do although the pool is nice and your DH or you could take DS1 out on the bikes (babies have to be sitting up before they can go in the trailers). Also the outdoor parks are good for the kids. I've been asked before on more than one ocassion whether my 2 were twins when they were in the double buggy! There's 23 months between them .

PK - I would just let the phone ring - you can always do 1471 afterwards and phone back anyone you actually want to speak to. Maybe I should do the same - had work on the phone 3 times today as they managed to screw something up and wanted to know how to fix it!

Although I'm looking forward to lo arriving and not being pregnant anymore I still don't feel quite ready for this one to arrive. My mum and dad are taking the boys tomorrow night so I'm looking forward to a rest and then I have a meeting at one of DS1s potential school on Monday evening. Also DH still to paint hall. I'm getting a bit jittery though as I'm 39 weeks tomorrow and DS2 was 5 days early so I suppose it could happen anytime now. Keep telling myself that it won't happen until I'm ready but I know that's just nonsense and he will decide!

Took the boys swimming today and only just managed to get my maternity swimsuit on - revealing a bit too much of my bosoms than I would like. Had 4 mins in the hot tub which was bliss!!! I know you're not supposed to when you're pregnant but remember when I went into labour with DS1 the midwife told me to get into a bath as hot as I could bear so I think it's probably ok at this point.

Hope everyones feeling ok!

Egg, can you get your son to drink some orange juice with bits in? that should help a bit (along with a lot of water)

Rozzy - I just have! I'm not answering the phone again! if she gets worried (she did last week when she rang and I was asleep!) she can call her dear son on his mobile and talk to him about it!

pk - perhaps you could try outdoing her in the updates stakes. ring four times a day with really minor info??

rozzer, cant believe work aren't giving you any peace. you should get all lawyer on them and start a clock every time they call. then bill 'em, or take the time in leiu after mat leave.

any other first timers become a bit obsessed with their partner's mortality? every time he's late, i'm convinced he's been in an accident. must get some life insurance sorted for him

hmmppppphhhhhh. where are are babies, huh? not mine, obvs, which is never going to come. i swear i only feel about six months pregnant. apart from my boobs, my boobs think i have triplets already. ughhhh.

yogabirth rehearsal tomo. poor DH