Due July 08- The "Oh my goodness we're really actually properly pregnant" thread

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Thread title reflects the fact that every day that passes it dawns on me a bit more

sweetkitty waves at jules

I am so so so tired this morning, DD2 up at 6.20am, I stuck cbeebies on and lay on the sofa for a bit but she wouldn't leave me alone. Must be the bright sunny mornings I think her room faces East as it's always v bright in the morning. I was in bed by 11 last night and was only up once with DD1.

Another cold but sunny day here am going out to a friends today though.

Hello,

Have a good day Sweetkitty....

Just popped by to say hello, sun is shining, DS at nursery, got a whole heap of work to get through, still feeling a bit shitty, although I went to Yoga last night so feel at little less run down and a bit more relaxed!

Hope everyone is OK today?
xx

ooh this thread is nice!!

feeling sick today but dp said he felt a bit odd last night although he is fine now

was very hormonal last night tired and tearful not a happy bunny

disneystar- are you ok?

Hi All,

I too am feeling rubbish today Am MEGA crabbit and short tempered - not unusual for me as I am a fiery red head but particulary so today . I cried last night Not like me at all - not very good at crying - so does not make me feel better - just makes me red, blotchy and stuffed up nose=unable to breathe. Dh is not keen on the name Calvin (now he declares it) so I looked up some other suggestions and tried twice to talk to him about it yesterday. Last night he told me to basically shut up about it. I went up to my room for a wee greet and he came up and apologised. I told him I know it is diferent for men as they aren't really aware of baby until baby makes an appearance and is here in the flesh but for us we love them already and they are apart of us at this stage. The name is important to me as I already call my bump by their names IYSWIM and it is all part of bonding to me. Anyway he apologised for being such a klutz and hopefully he will be prompted to look at names now.
Hence today I am feeling a bit low.
We are going to go to the Scottish baby show next weekend - this will be my last and I wnat to go have a look and enjoy it and spend some cash (couldn't afford to with DD but we are in a better position now).

SWEETKITTY - my nether region is quite sore now too - achey and as though I am about to split into 2 at the pubic join but I don't feel the prolapse thing. Are you doing you PFEs regularly? A good exercise for your abdominal muscles is to pull in your tummy and hold for about 10 seconds thorughout the day - this tones the big band of muscles that crosses horizontally across your tum - helping to support your abdomen and strengthen your back.

Lo seems to have settled into her big bed now - although I awoke at 5 am this morning this time!!!

DISNEYSTAR - hope you are okay and found some time for yourself - your head must be a mess just now. Really really really would feel much better if you would please please please go see your GP as we are all worried about you and you need to look after yourself for the sake of your kids and your newbie. Men can be total idiots and easily led but you should try to talk it thourhg with him if you can - maybe he felt he needed to escape into non reality for a while due to his heart probs and all the stress you've all been under? Not making excuses at all as it hurst like hell when this happens to you but you do need to talk to him about it (when you are ready) for your own sanity. Just rememeber that whatever he has done it was HIS choice and not your fault at all. We are the stronger sex in most ways and they can be total eejits! sending you lots of healing vibes and strength.xxx

Hope everyone else is having a better time - nice to see the sun - even if the wind is biting! Brrrr! Must go DD has awoken.

lol, last night must have been name arguing night, I accused my DH of not taking the name thing seriously either (he keeps suggesting the middle name Barbera now we have decided on the first name Hannah) he just got this solomn take the piss out of you look on his face and agreed it was very important to name the baby AT LEAST 2 months before it was due just incase some nasty person at the birth named it for us. Luckily I laughed last night but on Sunday when he wasn't taking it seriously I did actually burst into tears.
I don't think men take the being prepared thing as seriously as us women do (especially when we are crazy with hormones).

Sorry people are having bad days today. The sun is shining where I am and despite being in the office and just about to go into the MOST BORING MEETING in the world, life is good here. tries to share some of her good vibes around

DS I hope you have found someone to talk to hugs

Disney not sure if you?re still lurking but really thinking of you. Infidelity is such a tricky thing to get round, not talking through personal experience but from seeing friends go through it, really hope that whatever path you and DH take things work out well xxxxx

Am back at work now, and completely exhausted. I am missing my afternoon naps! Also have a really horrible taste in my mouth all the time, like plastic, it?s absolutely revolting. I reckon that as I have a cold maybe I am actually tasting my own snot! EEEEEEuuuurghh I know that?s disgusting sorry.

And am feeling sick again, started being really sick in the morning because cleaning my teeth always sets me off and now I have no choice but to clean them first thing- unless I want to breathe my snot breath all over my colleagues which I don?t think they?d appreciate. Whilst I?ve been at home I?ve been leaving it till mid morning, if at all when my tummy had settled down as I find that once I start throwing up it?s more difficult to stop, hence on really icky days no brushing at all. And DS is not enjoying the morning rush to get to nursery (we?ve been taking a very leisurely 3 hours or so on the days I?ve been dropping him off) and so mornings are pretty stressful times at the moment as he?s kicking off big style. Guess he will continue until he gets used to the new routine . Commute isn?t bad, takes me 2 hrs from getting up to getting to work inc nursery drop off but it?s 2 hrs of non stop aggro I could really do without at the moment! And my hormones are raging and I feel miserable old grumpy fat tired and hungry (oh god so hungry!). And I ate my packed lunch by 11, am v v v hungry/need to stabilise my blood sugar to stop feeling sick, the cash machine at work is broken and to drive to the next nearest cashpoint 2 miles away means walking to my car which is parked in a carpark miles away down the road and I JUST DON?T WANT TO!

And finally (promise) I was looking at photos of me when preggers with Toby last night and I am bigger now than I was at 36 weeks with him. WOE IS ME!!!!

There, whinge over I think. Phew! Thank you for listening ladies.

SK/Jodie Rumpel and Butterfly McPaula () sorry you?re feeling rough too! Is it the full moon soon that sometimes causes us mnetters to get a bit odd - oh how weird I've just looked it up and the full moon is in 3 days time- maybe that is the reason!

Soz for me me me me me me me me post, will go and try not to think about the aero bubbles in the shop opposite my desk (?Minkus oh minkus we?re lovely and chocolatey and we?re only just here, waiting for you?? )

just cried for ages as my World Party "Ship of fools" track arrived and it made me think about Mark Speight when listening to it

I feel like half a person at the moment

no joie de vivre

Arr McQueen I feel the same. My lovely friend who has just had a little boy is having the baby blues at the moment and I called her earlier to see if there was anything I could help with and ended up crying in the loos after I got off the phone cos I felt for her so much. And then someone in the office bought back a couple of surplus trays of sarnies from a working lunch were over-ordered and I fell on them with such speed and ferociousness that people stopped and looked at me so I had to go off for another blub cos I was embarrassed. And then someone saw me all red eyed in the loos and gave me a sympathetic smile and that started me off again.

Have you got something to be nice to yourself with? A box of choccies, your duvet and your new music? Or a backed up copy of a favourite tv prog and the ability to banish little ones to another room for a while? Be kind to yourself xxx

Disneystar
Wish i could give you a big hug.. We are all here if you need us. You are all over the place and pregnant at the same time is not easy.. You need to think abot you and lo's and thats what matters at the mo. Keep strong and were here if you need a vent..

Two lo's are napping and OMG i have a min to myself.. Just back from Spain and it was lovely apart from getting the vomiting bug!! but glad to be home and back to normal.. Have so much to catch up on! Feeling really tired and think the hard part is setting in... 11 wks and counting and LO wil be here and i will not be pregnant WOOOHOOO How soon can i have a coil fitted i wonder??

hi everyone, well the boys are watching Power Rangers so I have a little bit of time to myself before making tea.

Thinking of you disneystar, whenever you come back on we're all here for you.

Having a better day today just back from my friends house she is lovely has 3 of her own and wouldn't let me do anything. Am officially 28 weeks today seems like a milestone! One of my friends is 37+4 and thinks she is going to be early bless her I think she is fed up although I did tell her she could have another 4 weeks to go (whoops but trying to be realistic). She asked me today if we would be having number 4 erm not a chance unless I find one in the garden.

Minnie - welcome back

butterfly - I know what you mean everything just seems to get on top of you when you are pregnant. Thats why here is so good you can have a rant and a moan with people who are feeling the exact same.

minkus - sounds rough how many days of work do you have left?

Rumpel - I usually do my PFEs whilst on MN don't always remember but coming on here jolts my memory, my friend (who has had 3) said it's normal and she wasn't "right" downstairs for a while and she's never had a term baby either nevermind an overdue heffalump.

I am still in DP and I have agreed on DD3's name and so quickly with DD2 we had two in mind and we told noone until she was born, even on the morning she was born we were thinking "is this her name?" as it's a bit unusual as well. You know what it is SO her name now. I like to refer to them as their actual name too. DP and I call her BB (Baby Bethany) DD1 has decided she is called Neve this week as she knows a Neve, lovely name but rubbish with our surname. I hadn't even thought I like DD3's name until I said it to DP he said I like it and that was that. Every other name I though of he hated and vice versa.

minkus - so sorry you had a rough day, but had to admit that i giggled at the toilets and sandwich bit. sounds just like me! but i know its not funny at all. its just the worst, these ups and downs.

i had a better day today. went shopping after work and bought some of that HM Marimekko for kids stuff (cute sundress with frilly knickers and hat and a teddy), plus some quite nice underwear (ok, i like slutty stuff - so its a leopard print bra and knickers and another vintagey-looking one in soft peach with black lace. both are maternity with pull down breast-feedy bits but the lacey one is underwired which i thought was not allowed???) anyway, they are much nicer than the elle mcpherson mampy one recommended by trinny and tranny in their book which is too boulder-holder like for my (still quite compact) boobs. then i had my eyebrows and bikini done (not too painful) and got suckered into buying some kind of clarins belly-boob oil for

I am 30 weeks today! I took a pic of my bump - see my profile.
its humungous and i can't believe it will be 25% bigger! unfortunately my thighs seem to be thickening to deal with the weight or something.

Tjuice you are not what I expected you would look like - I don't know why I didn't have a look in mind IYSWIM. You look lovely not big at all. Those bras sound fab, I'm still wearing underwire ones I don't care I'm a rebel. I spent 2 years in those godawful M&S nursing bras they are gross.

We are off shopping tomorrow (to Silverburn for fellow Scots) DD1 has grown an inch in the past week and needs some new clothes. Will be difficult to persuade her pink sparkly princess dresses are not that great for nursery and playing in the garden. Anyway I AM going to buy this new baby some clothes. Plan on getting 7 pack of M&S vests in plain white and some babygros. I rate M&S as their vests don't seem to go baggy at the neck and if you get plain white they are a) cheaper and b) if you get pink vests for eg they show under white clothes (same for blue I guess).

tjuice - you look fab - very glam yummy mummy to be!

Wow Tjuice you look brill, better than me!! I keep meaning to take some pictures. I promise I will do when I get out of my 'scummy mummy' clothes!

I have had such a bad day today, it's now got slightly better now DS has gone to bed, he has whined and whinged all day and my nerves feel like they are about to snap! I love him so much, but he can be so draining at times. I know all he wanted to do was play, but I can't get up and down off the floor so much any more and the baby was lying funny so every time I bend I feel like I'm going to be sick and all my inside feel very squashed... Just feeling sorry for myself I guess!

MINNIE - glad you had a good break, although sickness isn't great! hope you don't feel too bad abouut being back!

TJuice it is funny though! That's whats so weird I can see the funny side of my hormones but can't help crying for silly reasons! Your bump looks so beautiful, and ooh la la about the undies Agree with SK, you look different from how I thought you would! In my head I think you had short straight dark hair and rectangular glasses. No idea why!

And can we have some more food porn please? What are you having for dinner?

I'm still wearing some of my underwire bras too, I really need the support. The maternity ones I find come just too far up on my boobs and I like to show a bit of skin around my decolletage (such a hussy)so if I wore the proper mat bras they would show over the top of all my clothes.

SK glad you have settled on a name!
McQueen are you feeling any better this evening? Hope so.

And where are you Kaz1967? You're such a stalwart of this thread and I miss you! Hope things are ok and that your fibroid isn't giving you more probs.

Hello everyone,

Not been on for a few days so been trying to catch up with everything.

Thanks for the comments about Bump everyone.

Welcome JudgeJudyAndExecutioner. Feel free to add yourself to the list.

disneystar - So sorry to hear what your going through. Not really much i can say but thinking of you and you can always sound off here if you like.

Nice bump Tjuice
Im 28 weeks on Sat. 30 weeks seems kinda scary- like the final countdown!!

only 19 work days left! WOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!

The sides of my bump have been sooo itchy today so i think a good rub with bio oil is in store for tonight.

Dreading my job for his evening!- Got to clean out the Hamster that we are looking after. Dreading taking him out the cage incase he escapes again!!
DH says he refuses to take the kitchen apart AGAIN! he he
The biggest blue/blackest bruise on my arm has appeared from Tuesday nights rescue!

As it's been quiet on here tonight I had a search for messages I posted just before and after DD2 was born, oh I was a whinging old whingebag you think I'm bad now.

She was born at 4am and I posted on MN at 10am - I am going to do better this time.

Well i must say that i now official HATE Hamsters!!

Ill be soo glad to give it back!

Took Hamster out of its cage to clean it and it jumped from my hands making a run across the living room floor. I grabbed it and it bit me!
Really NOT keen on Hamsters any more!

It is quiet on here tonight SK. Im knackered and should go to bed early but keep thinking of things to do!
Lucky DH has tomorow off work as we are having new a fridge,freezer and washer/dryer delivered. Wish i was off too

thanks for the nice comments on my bump and all. its weird how you can get a mental pic of someone from their posts and they can be so different . . .rectangle glasses and short straight hair! librarian tjuice . . .

its a public holiday here tomorrow so i get a nice lie-in. then i am going to take the train across the bridge to sweden where dp works to meet him at some swedish megastore called Babyland. It sounds a bit like hell to me, but we are going to buy a bath or bath rest thingey and a few other really small bits and bobs.

new fridge, freezer and washer dryer? nice. would love a new dishwasher at the moment - ours is crap. we don't even have a washer-dryer - there is a big laundry room in the basement, which is the main reason why i thought disposable nappies will be a better option for me.

totally recommend the Hennes and Mauritz maternity underwear for a cheap lingerie buzz. its really cute and looks nicer than it is. just bypass the rest of the maternity clothes. minkus - have the same thing with maternity bras being too high up. i mean, you need to show something off, right. bit of cleave is the advantage of being preggers so why where bras and necklines up to the chin?

as for food porn - i had dominos pizza tonight

Morning all,
Feels like ages since I have been on MN. I blame work for getting in the way!

Anyway, hopefully I have managed to catch up and can start playing at being a MN'er again!

DISNEY, along with everyone else on here, my thoughts are with you. Talking to your GP sounds like extremely sensible advice. Also, remember we are here for you too...even if we might be somewhat hormonal at times!

I am going to be 28 weeks on Thursday. The last couple of weeks have been somewhat rollercoaster'ish in terms of tiredness and work. It's starting to feel a little like the first trimester..lack of sleep and brain dead! I guess you don't really appreciate how much energy you have in the middle one until it disappears. All I want to do now is pack in work, buy loads of baby things and eat cake.

On a positive front, I think I can actually feel parts of the baby through the bump. It has definitely got harder and there's no doubt as to where the baby is. So exciting! It's mainly on my right side...is there an old wives tale that means that's a boy/girl/footballer/ballet dancer etc.... It makes me laugh that people size you up and down and then say 'GIRL!'. Like they know!

Anyway, better log in to work. Have a good day y'all!

ps...welcome to the newbies.

Morning All! Hows everyone feeling today? Loads to catch up on as have been away having my own little melt down! I don't know if it is just my hormones playing up but I feel like I can't take any more. Everyone and everything seems to be landing on me this month!
My car finally broke down and died on the way home on friday leaving me at the side of the road. I knew it was going to happen but I thaught it would at least make it till payday when I would have the cash to sort it out but of course it didn't so I had to borrow some money from Mum to go get another Anyway still skint I went to one of those cheque cashing places yesterday so I can put some petrol in the damn thing (didn't want to ask mum again) and while I was in there I got clamped! So instead of cashing one cheque I had to go back in and do another 2! £130 quid for 10 min! fantastic!
Anyway am totally freaking out now as have bought nothing for baby at all yet and there is only 12 weeks left. Am totally nackerd all the time and still have to work for another 8 weeks!
To top things off my Mum and Dad are SERIOUSLY looking at divorce and I found out that a close family member has Hep C and has been keeping it from me for ages and may have passed it on to her daughter but will not get her tested till she is 16 and has refused treatment on herself because of the side effects!
Sorry to start moaning al ready at this time of the morning but if I don't get this off my chest I think I am gonna explode!
On a up side I can feel baby kicking and wriggling all the time now and I know its not long till she gets here so thats one thing to keep me going even if she does have to sleep on a changing mat when she gets here
Hope you all having a better day!

Morning all, today I am working from home where the guilt about being allowed to work from home will mean I get not only the washing, tidying, cleaning of the house done but also double the amount of work I would do if sat at my desk at the office!

Up and down night it felt like I was awake for all of it due to uncomfy bump and snoring DH but actually I am not too tired this morning and will use my lunch break to have a nap in comfort

babyontheway it certainly sounds like you had one of those days and not even able to have a glass bottle of wine when you got home doesn't help. I hope the car doesn't cost too much to fix.

TJuice I am another one envious of how amazing you look, I can quite safely say there will as few photos of me as possible sporting the pregnant look! As for bras when I am going out and want to flash the cleavage I just wear one of my old ones which is too small now, it hoikes everything up and together . Apparently my DH says he keeps ogling them telling himself off for ogling other womens boobs and then realising they are mine. Ok he is slightly odd.
I also read that as long as the bra is properly fitted it doesn't really matter if it is underwired.

I love the name Neve has a huge girly crush on Neve Campbell when I was younger!

Hi everyone, sorry for not posting for ages.
So sorry for everyone having a rough time.
Disney- I don't begin to understand what you're going through, but hope you've managed to speak to somebody- I hate to feel you're trying to cope with things on your own. Pregnancy's hard enough without everything else you've got in your life xx
Rumpel- know what you mean about "not doing crying well"- you gave a perfect description. Always v envious of those who can cry and still look good!
Babyontheway- what a nightmare day, hope today doesn't throw anymore horrible surprises at you as it certainly seems as if you have enough to cope wth at the moment
Sweetkitty- hope Silverburn trip goes well- its new to Glasgow since i left but sounds huge!
Pigley- poor you dealing with evil hamster from hell. Guinea-pigs are much nicer...
Tjuice- I'm seconding Libra's comments about your pics, you look so glamorous. I've a wedding to go in Ireland at the beginning of May and am starting to panic as my fleece +nonpreggie big borrowed jogger bottoms just won't do.... Also desperately itchy bump, despite bio-oil + everything else i can think to rub in. Can imagine me in photos getting caught having a sneeky scratch
I'm sorry for missing folk, i know i haven't managed to catch everyones news. Serves me right for not being in touch for so long...
xx