Gingerwench and pina- I?m with you on the feeling crappy on Sunday- maybe it was the weather or the wind direction or something?
Aww at these annoying yet cute DDs- I?ll let my DD join the club! She?s adorable, but I can?t play, lose my temper at myself for not being able to do x, then get ratty with her even though its nothing to do with her. I?m starting to want to have a bath/shower loads (its something else to do and somewhere else that is comfy for a bit) and she?s started saying she wants to help, even in mummy?s hot bath/shower (she and Daddy have ?splashy? baths at more ?normal? temps, but she?s surprisingly fine in my ?as hot as it?ll go? baths!)
GCG- I?ve had a real change in mood and I?m not nervous anymore- Miserable Sunday and BH Monday has made me realise I?ve got my head in the right place and this baby could land now- and I?m as ready as I?ll ever be! With all my plans last week I really WANTED to do stuff and was hoping bump would let me- this week I?ve still got plans but really don?t mind if I don?t get to do them (and one is a meal out with friends I usually wouldn?t miss for the world!!). So, I?m putting it down to hormones and realising that days and weeks of feeling like this will make me absolutely crazy- hope I?m not going to have to wait too long!! LOL at robonan funeral seating arrangements- but seriously hope you are ok for the standing bit, and that your sister?s trip and labour DON?T happen at the same time!
Sweetbean- comparing the weight thing- I?d go with whatever you feel like, but the usual would be from before your pg (as not everyone loses weight while pg)- also it depends if this is you thinking of future weight goals. The only thing I can remember about my weight is I lost 10 kg in 10 days (the gap between getting on the scales with giving birth to DD in the middle of that!) with my last pg. And afterwards I wasn?t too bothered by my weight as such (I?m not a diet person) but it took a while to get used to my new shape, and weight loss/gain didn?t actually affect that as much as I thought. It was silly things like Dorothy Perkins don?t make clothes to flatter my new shape, but didn?t know where to shop for clothes to fit me, so everything looked rubbish. I ended up going shopping with a professional shopper which was really helpful! I?m just hoping I?ll be able to use the same shopping rules once life with new baby settles down....
I never gave DH any paperwork about being pg, either this time or last. I know he had to tell his employers he planned to take some, and with changing the LEA he worked for a couple of months ago, there was some question if they?d give him any leave (amazingly they do, and enhance one week to full pay coz they do count his work for the other council as continued service). We did have the discussion about what would happen if he couldn?t have leave- basically even if it went to disciplinary he was going to be off for the labour, he did say he might go in for a day to get things sorted then take annual leave. He only works with one other person (he manages IT in a school) and basically told the other guy he?d be off around this time and the other person was co-operative about not booking holiday, otherwise it?d got rather sticky. Do you have any family or friends who?d be able to be support if he can only get some but not all the time off you need help for? It really is a horrible situation (and for us it didn?t even cross our minds until after DH started his new job).
Pina- at your miserable Monday morning- I know all about the night time aches and pains, but knowing others are suffering too really doesn?t help that much, does it? Glad you didn?t bump your car- I?ve got nervous of driving, I?m making so many errors, pulling out on people, etc. I?m just planning how little I need to go out so I drive as little as possible. I?m just hoping my driving brain will work after baby! About back pain- well yesterday I couldn?t SIT down for 2 minutes without being in agony, standing up or lying down was the only things bearable (slightly worrying as last time I was like that was in labour!) so, sorry, I?ve got the opposite to you! Re:ladygarden, my birth prep will just involve a slight trim with scissors so I can wash easier- TMI but while pg everything just grows soo long....and I?m just past caring for neatness around the edges, and no way am I going to ask and pay a stranger to wax it! I used to have a friend who did beauty therapy, it was ok going to her...
Wendyjk- belated welcome and happy pg days! Hope your working isn?t too stressful, and I too have just about grown out of my coat- I bought a size up when I was 12 weeks, thinking it?d do, but now I can just do it up, but not sit or squat (I tried to look at something on a bottom shelf in a shop today, and had to undo it!)
Pazza- LOL at topiary!
Sweetbean- LOL at lack of motivation, my house did get started with clearing up, so its not too bad but I really feel I?m not doing anymore until pre-labour nesting or after baby happens!
Otter- I know what you mean about bump tightening, period pains and back ache. My list also includes pubic symph pain (especially when trying to roll over in bed) and ?knitting needle in fanjo? pain. The tightening were getting rather regular yesterday, but eased off when I went to bed, but everything else kept going- though I actually had the best nights sleep in ages with only 4 trips to the loo! I haven?t had a show yet, but that can happen a few weeks before it all gets going, can?t it? Forgive me if I?m wrong, and that ?s exciting news!
Casserole- and council not ?doing? wasps until June. FFS!
Right, this has taken me an hour of catching up to do this, I?ve even put it in word so I can copy and paste without losing it all!!
I missed getting online yesterday coz DD was up half the night, and in the morning we realised she?s got conjunctivitis, so cue unable to go to childminder, trying to arrange GP appointment and 2.5 yr old who never wants cuddles wanting to sit on me, be carried and who?d rub her eye and then cry coz it hurt so much. Last time she was ill was xmas (with ?not-chicken pox? as we were so worried it might be) so I?m completely not used to her being all cute, cuddly but in pain. Thankfully my childminder is a star and came over after she?d done the before school run, helped with DD even came to the Drs with us, then could take DD to hers as no other children around and DD stopped being quite so clingy. I meantime was getting regular BH, all the aches I sympathised with Otter above and it actually hit me this, though definitely not serious, could be the start of things. I had a nap, had a shower, it all continued steady- not scary painful, not getting more frequent but definitely still there and stopping me speaking ( oh, and still couldn?t sit down, that?s why I ended up carrying DD around as couldn?t let her sit on my knee ). I then remembered I had planned to go to B&Q for dust sheets for homebirth....so raided the cellar instead and found some-phew! When DH back from work and even having a shower didn?t stop the BH I told him, and he had a minor panic, looking for the moses basket (him: we?d better get the moses basket ready. Where is it? Me: in the babies room, all ready like its been for weeks.Him: oh, yes.) He even went and did some work he brought home straight away. Him: If you do go into labour tonight you know i need to give this person their laptop back tomorrow? Me: you live near enough they can send someone to get it you know, you don?t have to go in!
Right, I?m late for getting DD now, I wonder how many pages this will be on MN????