Due March 2008 - for our early arrivals and the loooooong 3rd trimesters

[merryberry]

Hello all.

Thanks derah

Doup, that is so exciting! Ours is arriving next Friday so Saturday morning I will be in baby heaven too!

dh made arsy comment on way out of door this morning about losing his weekend to nct classes. know rationally it was one of those stupid things you say when tired but it's still bugging me. let's talk about loss, shall we? my body to small alien type creature, my nights to the pee gods, a year of career trajectory, shall I go on??? Humph.

Am consoling myself with some mumsnet and a tea and chocolate break from house/baby admin!! doing a bunch of last minute ordering today - still needed to order crib and bedding!! i have 2076 baby gros but no cot...

we are south facing so the sun is streaming in the home office - very nice and should also perk me up :.)

ok now feel bad i posted that bc just got apology text from dh

Hurray! I went to a new antenatal water workout class this morning and REALLY ENJOYED IT! That's most out of character for me, so am very impressed. And the sun is shining too...glorious!

Hello everyone. I am feeling miserable today and could do with some cheering up

Still have really painful piles. Went to GP this morning and had the joys of explaining all about my bottom problems and my bowel movements, then letting her poke around my butt-hole, all in the hope of getting something mega strong to stop the pain. Went to chemist, got prescription and found she has given me bog-standard Anusol in the tiniest tube in the world! What a bloody waste of time!

And as well as that, I am just feeling miserable. I feel a bit like I've got baby blues, only 7 weeks too soon. I am tired and everything hurts or aches, and I just feel like I want to cry. Does anyone else feel down? I don't remember feeling like this for no apparent reason with dd or ds and I don't know why I fell like it now.....

By the way, in said class nearly everyone was expecting a boy, most in March, and 5 OF THEM on the same day(8th.) Very odd.

Marchmum, my husband moaned like a drain about having to give up six evenings of his life for NCT classes, but he enjoys attending them now.

I had a scary dream the night before last that I came home with twin girls and had nothing prepared for them, so they had nothing to wear, nowhere to sleep etc.
I took it as a sign to get a move on with the baby preparations, so now I have some newborn babygros, hats, mittens etc and I have started to fill my hospital bag.

Can't wait to start ML - I am thinking of leaving at the end of Feb rather than 9th March.

Feedmenow - let me console you a little. I woke this morning at 5am with excrutiating abdominal pains and nausea - yeay I have the norovirus!!!! Am now ensconsed on my sofa a few short steps from the bathroom, feeling absolutely bloody awful. My piles are threatening to slap onto the bathroom floor (sorry if TMI) so I'm sending you serious sympathy vibes.....
The sun is also streaming through my windows and I had to cancel a delicious sounding pregnancy massage I'd booked this afternoon at a posh spa, so I'm SUPER fed up!!!

Turtle - I really want to go swimming - spent a small fortune on a special maternity swimsuit and have probably used it twice. I'm being so neurotic lately though, since I went on Mat. Leave I'm obsessed with not picking up bugs. I was on a ward over New Year with 'flu proper, and now I've got the dreaded stomach bug...(I happen to live in a particularly dirty borough).

Is anyone doing NCT in north or east london?

Am doing course in Tower Hamlets at the mo...

You nearby?

Poor feedme. Piles sound like the worst, and I'm holding out hope that I won't get them. It's entirely possible to get them after labour, so I may still be so lucky. Have put preparationH wipes in my hospital bag just in case.

Hope you find some relief soon. Any luck searching MN for other remedies? I bet someone will have a sure-fire cure. In fact, there was a thread last night I think??

Urgh, and you're dealing with those hormones. A few women in NCT said they had total breakdowns over the weekend. I think it's just getting to that time - stress/anxiety/etc. - it's all very overwhelming. Try to focus on some of the fun
/positive things you have to look forward to in the next few weeks. And maybe go have a nice massage or spa treatment - I always think pampering is a necessity, not a luxury!

e14 - I couldn't get on any NCT courses despite applying back in AUGUST for them!?!? And my free ante natal classes at the local hospital aren't great (last week's session was only ten minutes long).
The organiser said that I didn't come under the catchment of Hackney and Islington, but Tower Hamlets, and I couldn't get a place on there either!! How are they? What are you covering? Luckily I bought lots and lots of baby books way back at the beginning...

feedmenow and adelaidejo - sending you virtual favourite comfort food/chocolate...

AdelaideJo, try Tower Hamlets again- I think they have another course coming up at the end of Feb. I know they didn't have a coordinator for a while, so we weren't contacted about this course until about 3 weeks ago. We had one day on Saturday, and then this Friday that I am going to without DH (he has to work). It covered things like birthing positions, pain relief, what labour is, nothing ground-breaking that you wouldn't find in a book really! But I did enjoy it.
Hope you feel better soon.
I need a cup of tea. Anyone else?

Not sure how you ladies with desk jobs are coping! I've been stuck in front of the 'puter all day instead of up and about in the lab, and I have an aching bump, a numb bum and am very uncomfotable.

Keeps repeating mantra.... "only 2 more days to go....."

Watched home birth video at my AN class last night. It was pretty painful to watch at times but in the end I almost wanted to cry when the mum was holding the baby. So sweet.

Only 4 more work days to go. Can't wait to finish.

Holidaysqueen - just seen your post on the nappies threads. I've been having the same dilema - for weeks now, and still can't make up my mind! Have you tried the nappy lady website? It's vg - you fill in loads of questions and then you will be sent some recomendations. I had nearly decided on bumbles but now a friend is trying bumgenius on her LO - I shall hear more on friday!

I'm very excited. The JL delivery arrived at lunchtime and I built the cotbed this afternoon all on my own [proud emoticon] as a surprise for DH when he returns from his work trip. I'm missing him loads and he's only been gone 1 night - another 4 to go

I have also acquired a breast pump, a car seat and some bedding, plus a few bits for me. So my baby can now be brought home, fed and put to bed and I can be soothed with warm gel pads, cold gel pads and nipple cream

piggy - i'm off to meet a lollipop nappy adviser tonight (as recommended by derah i think several months ago) to try and get some more info and actually see and play with the nappies. i get so confused by all the boosters and pockets and prefolds and wraps and my head ends up hurting! hopefully seeing them will help a lot - i'll let you know what i think after that, but i think bumgenius is going to end up being the way to go if i'm trying to convince my DH (plus seems easiest to me too - i'm not sure i want to be dealing with anything too complex either!)

So pleased about all the ladies trying cloth nappies!!!!

Our NCT group has banded together to do a baby massage course. How mad that we've booked to start it in mid-April...WITH OUR BABIES HAVING BEEN HERE A FEW WEEKS! It seems like a year from now and tomorrow all at the same time!
Less than a month now til the 4th baby from our little thread comes!

i'm suprised we've had noone else pop at all yet! must be some next month, must be.

Well...we know that Lauren's having a Feb baby. Anyone think they're going to get there first?

I'm aiming for mine popping early, just a hunch
DH still wants him to pop on 29th Feb, I'm thinking a week earlier on 21st during the lunar eclipse!

Alternatively, he may get too comfy and settle in for another month!

With my recent twingy episodes and my "gut feelings", I reckon I'll be early, but then saying that probably means I'm doomed to be 2 week late!

Had heard about the lunar eclipse; also will have to check calendar for full moon....

Ahh...Jfly...I had a feeling I was going to be 2 days early and there is indeed a full moon on the 21st. Who knows!! I wish the next few weeks would hurry up though!!