Due March 2008 Surely someone has to pop soon...

[turtle23]

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lol @ "then I forgot about it all and had a cup of tea"
Is that the best way forward esp because of pg brains? I think maybe.

Ok, quick poll: how many pairs of little baby socks will I actually need?

Aaargh, too many posts to keep up with!!

Funny (or not so funny really) how many of us are starting to have serious niggles and pains now. I haven't had anything since the episode the other night apart from a few BH, but that's OK. LO needs to hold off for one more week so that I can have my home water birth. So any time after next Monday is fine!

I wasn't going to come to the meet-up cos I'd have to bring DD, and I'm not sure I could cope with a big trip into London with a toddler at 38 weeks. But, if it's half term, maybe my mum (who's a teacher) could stay home with her while I come to the meet-up. We'll see....

I would have to say that I'm in the Denial Club, with brief forays into the Panic Club. But denial seems to work best for me. I'm generally like that with everything.... I don't tend to get excited/worried about anything until it's actually happening.

Right, would post more, and really should post some individual messages to people but I need to get supper moving.....

Oh my, a new thread and we all can't help filling up the pages!

MW today said baby is still "free" so not engaged (and probably not imminently going to pop, I guess). I'm in two minds, really; I want to have the baby now so I can meet it, but I'm being a real fraidy cat about the L&D and therefore hope it doesn't happen too soon. And from my lack of engagement or other symptoms, I'm thinking I'll be late now. But bump measuring right on the button at 36.5 cm so....

It's so frustrating, though, having all this time to think about everything. I tend to over-analyse anyway, so I'm trying to occupy myself with practical stuff so I don't get overwhelmed with the "OMG I'm having a real-life human baby in 3 weeks time" stuff. So yeah, I'm deeply entrenched in denial! Glad I'm not alone....

I'm exactly the same as JFly - want to meet the baby desperately but hoping not too soon because of scaredy-cat tendencies! I'm also trying to think about the possibility of having an April baby so going over doesn't come as too much as a shock. I'm due on 27th, so highly possible that this one could be into April. I've started saying to people "end of March so probably April" when they ask.

LOL at fluff "then I forgot about it all and had a cup of tea" - that is so my personal philosophy

Right I'm exhausted so off to bed. Night night all. I only have 3 working days left so when I wake up it will be less than 60 hours until I'm free of commuting and inbox management and work phone calls for a whole year!!!

Purly / Turtle - forgot to ask mw if baby was 'engaged'(actually I was too scared). Just copied your example and looked in notes and the only thing that looks relevant is the 'relation to brim' which now says 3/5 and has previously been blank. Is that it and what does it mean?
Spacehopper - glad I'm not the only one having my boobs sniffed! The main thing I am worried about dog wise is licking, so we have bought a stair gate to keep the doggies in the kitchen, I'm going to banish them soon so they have a chance to get used to it.
e14 - babysocks! I don't have any! But all the sleepsuits seem to have little feet so I guess maybe not needed.

e14 baby socks: I had gap socks recommended to me. I bought some of those and some mothercare ones.

I keep ordering all these parenting/breastfeeding books. Not sure when I'm going to read them, as I think I'm experiencing information overload. Problem is, I should read these books, as all I've been learning about is PG & labour stuff, rather than what happens afterwards. And I'm not sure I'll have the time or desire to sit down with a book once the baby is here. Anyway, will try to buckle down and get studying!

Does anyone else feel like it would be so much easier to carry the baby if they were just a little bit taller? Spent a large portion of last night trying to stretch myself out in bed so that there was room for the baby and my lungs, but in the end had to get up for a wander to try and coax little feet, hands and bottom away from my lungs and ribs.

Slept through bloke's alarm, and woke up to find he had let the dogs upstairs and I was in a bed full of sleeping rotties. I love it when they get on the bed, but it drives me mad because we have made the decision that they aren't allowed upstairs!
They usually stay where they are told to, and were only upstairs this morning because Bloke obviously thought it was cute to have us all sleeping on the bed together - I have considered a baby gate, but since sending girl dog to agility classes she tends to view gates/fences etc as a challenge rather than a barrier.

Am definitely in favour of the having a cup of tea and forgetting all about it solution to panic and denial. Let's face it, at this stage the baby is going to come out, and, unless, God forbid, something dreadful happens, we're going to have to be parents fairly soon. Worrying isn't going to change this. Accompanying the tea with a donut makes the forgetting even more pleasant, I;ve found...

How is everyone today?

isn't it funny how different things frighten different people? Labour etc doesn't worry me at all - not that I think I'll cope or be any good at it or anything like that, but just because it's my first I have no idea what it will be like so am working on a 'take it as it comes' principle, hence no point in getting worried now.

have some socks, think they're m&s (given to me) but am relying more on sleepsuits with feet. my current thinking on stuff is that what i've got, i've got, what i haven't i can send dh out to the all night tescos to get as and when, and that will have to do. I know i have nappies, some baby clothes of some description and a fine pair of breasts and if my baby wants anything else and I haven't got it then it'll have to wait.

my mum is making various hearty meals and freezing them into individual microwavable portions for when the baby's here and i'm at my wit's end, which i thought was a rather neat plan on her part.

just got my post and a letter from payroll telling me how much mat pay i'll be getting. seems to be bucketloads! I think they may have made an error, but i'm sure as dammit not going to tell them...

spacehopper, the ribs are getting me too. sometimes it's like the babe has got a foot caught under my ribs and then has to pop it out, and i feel the 'click', which is really quite uncomfortable! i find myself pushing it away from my ribs, and it tends to oblige for a little while at least.

donuts sound good. how many krispy cremes can you eat in one sitting before you have a heart attack?

will stop posting now and go and do something useful. or make tea.

Fluff, that is my attitude too. At the moment, if it came, I could feed it, clothe it, wash it, change it, and give it somewhere warm and comfy to sleep. Surely they can't have many more demands than that?

I can't believe the change from my being delighted everytime it moved or I felt anything, to now dreading it shifting and making me more uncomfortable. I suppose it signals that I am about ready for pregnancy to end and the next bit to begin...

I've just got back from my doctors and apparently the contractions have started. I was like "Yeah, that'll just be the Braxton Hicks" until she showed me the readings and you can see the regular quite large peaks. OK, now I'm freaking as DH is in Switzerland until Friday (I'm in Germany).
Anyone else started? I'm not due to have the op until 25th Feb...gulp.

ooooooooooooooooooooooo! It's always thequietones isn't it

have you told him? did the MW say it was worth him coming back? friday is a long way away...you're booked a cs? what will they do bring it forward now?

Wow thequietone, exciting but early! I hope you're ok and that your DH can get back asap. What op? Are you booked for a cesarian?

paranoidfirsttimer Don't worry, everything will turn out just fine. I remember feeling the 'out of body experience' the first time too. I think I worried because I had enough trouble remembering to feed and organise myself and wondered/ worried about remembering to do everything for the baby. I had vivid dreams about leaving it outside shops and in a zoo (where bizzarly the animals were free to roam!). I don't think I slept properly for the first 6mths worrying about not waking up if she cried, even though she slept all night from 12wks old

all those of you already on maternity leave, I start mine next Friday and can't wait. I have a hectic half term booked - Monday Farmer Palmers (play farm), Tuesday Marwell Zoo, Wednesday chilling day! Thursday Kingston Mauwood animal park and Friday not sure yet!
The Monday I start mat leave I have a treat of pregnancy massage/ facial/ manicure and pedicure package from my lovely friend for my babysitting services can't wait for that!

I must be strange as I haven't had any BH that I have noticed, LO very wriggly though.
Has anyone else been suffering from leg cramps in the calf at night time, I have been getting awful ones where you can feel a huge knot on my leg

Unfortunately I can't do the Meetup as I still have my mindees until 1700 on Friday. Also, too far to come for a week day.
Hope you all have a lovely afternoon and eat my share .

i've been hunting the meet up thread high and low. lost it! could someone link please?

para1sttimer did you try the hypno CD yet? i find mine really good for increasing confidence in myself to cope with the worries, the crap and made me believe I could really rely on myself. Regardless of if becoming mums makes us assess the rest of our lives and whether we like what we see or not, I think there's a bottom line beside that process where we are preparing to give birth and become a mum and we have to face up to it's just us and our bodies doing it ourselves. I get confidence wobbles around this, +++ and the hypnobirthing helps me stabilise myself. I hope you're OK, xx And I hope that made some sort of sense...

Yep, it has to be c section this time round. Just managed to get message to DH on his "Crackberry" and he's wondering whether to come back. Over here they don't have moses baskets or little carrycots like in the UK. I'm freaking out because I can't get hold of one and only have the cot. The baby's going to have to sleep in my knickers drawer at this rate!
Damn, gotta go. DS has woken up...

thequietone can you not go onto ebay for a moses basket? They have some buy now ones on there. Reasonable.

knicker drawer sounds perferct TQO. Hoping everything gets sorted out in time for you, and good luck!

tori, apparently tonic water good for cramp? I think you have to drink a fair bit though. and generally not letting yourself get dehydrated.

how about a baby bed nest for the early weeks then?

Good luck thequietone!

On mat leave now, but still having bad cold. Trying to tidy up the house will take me ages, as I feel it is seriously filthy. (Am I actually nesting?)

Paranoid Hope you are feeling a bit better. I have chosen to be in denial. I was panicking a lot before our wedding (why? now I wonder), so decided this life-changing event will be different.

meet up merry

ooh, quieteone kepp us posted. Good luck

tori would that be Farmer Palmers near Poole? Mr Farmer Palmer is a dish!!!!!! I'm front row for the milking demo every time I visit!!

I'm trying to keep calm about my ECV tomorrow morning. Hopefully I'll get some gas and air....been ages since I've been slightly altered

glamma yes! That is Farmer Palmers near Poole! Where do you live then? I only live down the road from there in Blandford Forum.

I'm up here in London but my best mate moved to Poole a few years ago. They have a season ticket to Farmer Palmers. I love that place. Also very familiar with the smoking pen outside the cafe

My favourite parts are the tractor ride and the stroke a guinea pig sessions.

And any demos with Falmer Palmer, of course. Apparently he has a bit of a following (as he's so swoonsome) but my sources say he sits on the other side of the church. Or should I say sweeps the other half of the stable?

My approach to childbirth is that it is only 12/24/36/48 hours out of my life so I'll just have to try and grin and bear it and remind myself that it will end at some point. In other words, my head is in the sand and I'm denying it all...

I was planning to start my hypnotherapy and yoga-at-home regime in earnest once I finish on Thursday but now you are all giving me alternative ideas, such as donuts and tea on the sofa...

I've just got back from a leisurely 3 hour leaving lunch with my dept. It was fab - 16 out of a possible 17 people were there, which has never happened with my dept before as we have lots of contractors who only work a couple of days a week etc. So I was thrilled that they'd all made the effort to come. Then my head of dept paid for it all, and my boss made a lovely speech and gave me lots of pressies from everyone - clothes and toys for baby plus yummy bubble bath for me. With the whole reorg here, he stops being my boss the day after I go on mat leave so it felt like a proper send off. Very happy now