Due July 08 - Third trimester - we're on the coundtdown YIPPEE!!!!

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Couldn't fix the title so thought I'd start again - hope this is okay now!!!

yoo hoo... anyone there?

(tumbleweed blows across field of vision....)

Hi isaidno. How are you? Looks like it's going to be another scorcher today (in London at least).

Well done with the kitchen, I bet it feels good.

Morning all,

Another crap nights sleep. I seem to wake up in the early hours lately feeling really sick! Its not nice!
Maybe this is my bodies way of preparing me for the sleepless nights im going to get!

Well today we have the second try at the 4d scan. Fingers crossed baby is in a better position this time! I was really looking forward to it last time but i think the magic has disappeared this time as i dont seem so excited. Think its because im prepared for it not to happen again.

Yesterday was very hot! spent the day in the garden laying paving then finished the day off with a BBQ. Hope everyone has been enjoying the sunshine

pigley - nothing prepares you for the sleepless nights! hope your scan goes ok today.

I'm fine; thanks for asking peanut - although I was super super hot last night in bed (and drunken DH kept trying to cuddle me which didn't help.)

Morning all! Looks like another nice day here in Fife too!!

Feeling absolutely worn out and huge - waking up just as tired as before I went to bed - waking at least 5 or 6 times a night - Oh the joys!!

Good luck for scan pigleychez!!!

Hello everyone!

Had a really odd day yesterday. Felt really dizzy and light headed again all afternoon- think maybe the heat affected me but every time I moved I felt really wobbly. Very disorientating. Will mention it to the mw on Thursday when I see her next.

It's lovely weather here too. Second load of washing in, done 2 hrs housework and now it's starting to warm up I have just flopped in the conservatory with ds to conserve my failing energy DH is running an organised half marathon this morning- I normally go to cheer him on but this year I am to fat and uncomfortable to stand about for two hours with a bored pre-schooler! Hence we'll be out in the garden instead in about 5 mins, ds can be quite noisy like all small children and I would't want to subject the neighbours to his yelps any earlier on a weekend. Minipink and Sweetkitty is one of your other halves running the proper Edinburgh marathon?

Good luck Piggles for the scan. Hope you get some good pics to post for us!

Isaidno- you've been cleaning the skirting boards? Blimey missus would you like to come down here and do mine! Even my houseworkathon didn't get me that far

Morning peanut what you up to today?

And Yay! bebejones on getting the furniture sorted, feels so nice to have aneat little nursery all sorted (we're a long way off!)

Poledra hope you feel better soon.

Hello to everyone I've missed, hope we all have great days!

xx

Feeling hot and puffy today. Went to Tescos first thing came back and havent felt right since. Thought I was getting a migraine but actually I think it is just the heat!

DH has bought me a pink Ipod for taking to Hospital, just creating a 'labour' playlist on my Mac to download onto it! Very excited!! Having a hospital bag panic. When should I have stuff packed? Or at least slightly packed?! I don't have any of the 'essentials' yet and Im starting to get worried!!

Hope everyone is enjoying the weather. Think I am going to get a smoothie ice lolly to cool me down!

Ha! Ha! Minkus at thought of my other half running marathon.. That will be the day!!!

It's very overcast but very muggy....I did 2 and half hours ironing this morning and there is still stuff in the basket.....I did the same last week ...serves me right for having 5 (nearly 6) kids

Feeling fed up and weepy and can't seem to shake it off...I am so snappy at the slightest thing....DH says I'm too hung up on all washing being done, house cleaned and things put away and beating myself up because I don't have the energy to do it to my ususal standards........I know! I know!

I'm my own worse enemy.....but OMG I hate mess....

DD wants me to go out and watch her on her roller skates.....so I'm going...although I should finish the ironing....

Sorry for moan xxx

maternity catsuit anyone?

Don't feel guilty minipink! It's the day of rest don't you know?!

Hello everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your day.

Are you still feeling dizzy/wobbly Minkus. That would worry me too. Keep your fluids up!

Just got back from a nice lunch and a stroll down the high street. My feet have ballooned so much they look like two big rolls of sausage meat. I'm worried that any minute some hungry person is going to run up to me, prick my feet with a fork and chuck me on the barbeque!

So - I'm going to find somewhere to lie down with my feet elevated as high as possible for a while. I can now only officially fit flip flops and even they left an indentation today.

Must say I had a bit of a teary 'ugly day' episiode this morning. Just looked at myself in the mirror and thought "who is that?" That coupled with the fact I only have two pairs of maternity jeans (too hot!) and nothing else to wear on my bottom half so I feel hot and bothered. Tried pulling on a big white floaty skirt with elasticised waistband and couldn't pull it over my thighs which seem to have doubled in size these last six months.

DH saw me trying to wrench the skirt up and that set me off. He assures me he doesn't think I look like a big fatty bom bom but I feel so heavy and unladylike at the moment. That mixed with the new found hair that has sprouted on my belly, I feel more like a builder with a big beer gut, or homer simpson, than a pregnant lady.

Your house sounds like it's run like a very tight ship minipink. It sounds like you're having a hard time letting go. You're not alone, and don't beat yourself up. You have to get used to turning a blind eye to the chaos, especially now. Otherwise you'll send your blood pressure soaring.

Well, out of desperation, I have found a length of material that I am going to use as a sarong tied under my bump.

Thinking of you all. xx

peanut! i have down(not hair, down!) on my tummy too - wtf????

and i have the same problem with maternity bottoms. my friend lent me two pairs of thai fisherman trousers so my style is getting reeeeeallly relaxed and beachy now . . .

and i didn't dare go to the beach today, in case someone tried to put me back in the water, beached whale style . . .

its so hot and i am so sapped of energy. but can't complain - this has got to be better than bundling up in the winter, scandi style . . .

minipink - you sound awesomely tidy and conscientious. i hate cleaning but i love a clean place, if you know what i mean.
i think my nesting instinct is kicking in . . .but only in terms of me noticing how grotty things are. i need a new cleaner, or maybe to alternate between two! as for doing it myself - just can't face it.

i have a guy coming to paint the nursery tomorrow which is exciting. its a tiny little broom cupboard room which she won't go in for a while (its not that near to our room) but i will put the fancy travel cot thingey in there and all her bits and bobs.

pigley - hope scan went well - can't wait to see the pics!

Hot and tired (with hairy tum!)

Had my sister amnd 3 DC's all w/e - nice but am really ready to drop now. Must go and eat ice cream.

Evening all hope you all had a lovely Sunday, we went to a park and childrens farm, DDs had a ball but DP banned me from walking up hills and walking too much in general. I get so frustrated though. Then we went to the local park (which is huge with boating lake etc) I had such a bad craving for chippy chips with loads of salt, vinegar and tomato ketchup thats awful I made DP stop off and get me some followed by a ice cream cone with a flake in it, hardly nutritious lunch. Had a lovely afternoon nap when we got back too.

Minnie - SPD not too bad just got to remember not to do too much, I have been doing online shopping for ages now but recently switched to getting it delivered on a Saturday as DP can unpack it all and put it away too, theres no way I could do a full supermarket shop with the two DDs

pigley - hope the scan went well come and tell us about it

minkus - it is my DP that is running the Edinburgh marathon in a few weeks, I don't think I am going to cheer him on though he did his 22 miles fine came home and mowed (? is that a word) the front lawn, he is barking mad though.

minipink - I know exactly what you mean about the housework I have so much ironing it is spilling out the basket and then some. Haven't tackled upstairs apart from basic tidying for about 2 weeks must start to do something every day.

peanut - I feel the same about clothes, don't want to buy anything else though, I have take to wearing some bigger sizes and leaving the button undone.

Tjuice - aww lovely to get the nursery all sorted

Hiya hope everyone has had a great day. I have been at Bristol zoo with a friends daughter to see the new butterfly house. I am knackered now, and a bit of a headache from too much sun, but we had a lovely day the gibbons were so sweet chasing each other round and singing.

Got the dreaded consultant appointment tomorrow and have to get my stubborn head on about the bloody GTT. But at least I get to see the little monster again cos I have a scan too to check on these fibroids

Minkus re feeling dizzy how much are you drinking? it may be in this weather you are getting a little dehydrated which is making your blood pressure drop a little. Could also be you're a little anaemic it can drop this time in pregnancy as your placenta is growing and your total blood volume is going up. Try and drink a little more and take it easy hun

Hi Girls...

Well the scan went ok. Typically baby was laying with its nose touching my placenta so the pics werent 100% but we managed to get a few and some dvd footage.

At all our scans (normal NHS ones) baby has had its hand by its face and today was no exception. Babys hand was by its face the whole time. Tried thumb sucking but kept missing lol.
We saw it yawning and poking its tongue out... very sweet

The guy was really nice and we spent ages trying to move baby away from my placenta but LO wasnt having it so he did the best he could. He even gave us money off too so it cost us £115 plus vat instead of £150 plus vat which was good.

Ive added a couple of the best ones onto my profile page.

Havent had chance to catch up on todays posts yet. Everytime i do we have a powercut and lose the internet! We have 2 already tonight.
Funny though hearing all the neighbours groan when it goes again ( we all have the back/conservatory doors open)

Hope everyones well

Hello everyone! I have had a wonderful weekend but definitely a knackering one! Yesterday DH hired a boat and we went for a trip up the Thames. It was lovely and then today we went to a local fair. I have done way too much and can hardly walk, but it was worth it. DH got me a reclining seat for the garden this afternoon and have spent the evening out there as he slaved over the bbq...felt very decadent! Asked for a few grapes but he told me where they could go!

Sadly my hair growth has not been limited to my belly...and sadly Tjuice it is not down, it is ugly stuff!

Did not get this much last pregnancy, wondering if the extra testoterone from a boy is the reason.

Kaz I am also off to the consultant tomorrow - good luck!

Peanut - I cut off a pair of my maternity jeans, the ones I had worn most so they are long shorts. Felt cooler and figure I will need them for a few weeks after birth.

Know how you feel minipink about keeping things tidy. I must admit I am a bit over the top though and on top of that we have our house for sale so I have become obsessive!

I wish my DH would run a marathon or two - have a feeling he is trying to be too overly considerate and is developing his own sympathetic big belly! It does make me feel better - the thought of having a bigger and hairier belly than him would be too much to bear!

I am now off to bed as I can not stay awake... just not sure how I am going to get up the stairs...

I hope everyone has a good week!

lovely pics pigley; glad it all went well

p.s. glad to hear you got your scan pics pigley! My DD was always sucking her hands in our scans and when she was born had little sucking blisters on her fingers!

Morning all. Hope goes well with appointments of various sorts this week. Not seeing midwife for 4 weeks now but baby was spine to spine on Wed and my back is KILLING!!! Been sitting on the ball, it was BOILING in London yesterday so I sat on it in the park for a couple of hours. Sleeping is getting to be a little difficult because of the hip pain so if anyone has any tips, do let me know! Spent the last week sleeping almost sitting up and using my hypnobirthing techniques to block the pain, it works really well in getting me off to sleep but I wake up in the oddest positions! Seeing the physio again Thursday so hoping she can level me out.

Morning all, sitting here sweating in work already. Nice. Also my work colleague just made me laugh and I think I may have wee'd myself a little!

Pigleychez - your baby is asserting itself before it's even born!! Scan photos very cute.

Peanut73 (and everyone else feeling hot with nothing to wear!), Dotty P are doing maternity knee length shorts for £18, I lived in them this weekend they are very comfy, they are under the bump but they don't fall down as they hhave a tie which is much more comfortable than a belt.
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SK/Kaz1967/CilC - those sound like you had lovely sundays.

My nesting instinct hasn't yet stretched itself to actually doing housework but I am getting very concious of stuff that hasn't yet been finished in the house AND NEEDS DOING. We are not getting a cleaner for my mat leave but it's definitely a condition of me returning to work next year!

We have done hospital bags but I was wondering what is needed in a nappy bag? (Trying to work out sizes!)

Hope all scans/appointments go well this week.

Morning,

Well it seems as though the weather is getting to us all, but it feels wrong to moan when it's so lovely doesn't it? I too am finding it hard to sleep, and so is DS.. So that doesn't help!

I had such a lovely weekend, DH had DS Sat morning while I got my haircut (And my god did it need cutting!) and then did a bit of shopping! I never thought my idea of a 'relaxing' time would be to brave Asda on a Saturday without DS around!!!! Then we went out for a meal on Sat night for FIL 70th Birthday...

Then yesterday had loads of friends over and had a lovey BBQ in our new garden, it was lovely, had the paddling pool out, music on, was very warm! I (well baby) freaked a cuple of my DH (single) frends out aswell, by moving atound and they could see my belly moving! that was fun! Am shattered now though! All that fresh air and DS woke up just as I was going to bed and didn't settle agin until 2... Luckily he's at nursery today, but I'm 'working!' [Wink]

Congrats on your scan Pigley, he/she looks lovely, it's not long until we meet our babies now is it!

My belly is getting quite hairy and it's full of stretch marks, but it all goes! (eventually!)

As for names, this week we've been mostly calling the bump Jamie (will be James Michael) But starting to like Miles, but everyone turns there nose up at it! so maybe not!

Good luck today KAZ, let us know how you get on!

Anyone else I've missed, sorry.... Tired and pregnant, you know how it goes, information goes in one ear and straight out the other!

Lovely photos Pigley! Very cute

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a hairy belly, I didn't realise that was meant to happen and have been mortified at each of my examinations (I guess I'm going to have to get over being shy in front of midwives though..).

Was loving the hot weather all weekend but then didn't sleep a wink last night. I do like my new tan though - makes me look very healthy! Am I right in thinking that pregnant ladies are meant to burn more quickly or something?

Hope everyones Monday morning is going well - I'm at work for the first of my last 3 days. Yay! Still quite bored though as not much to do.

Hurrah just ordered new fridge/freezer but have left list at home so can't cross it off!

I think Miles is one of those names that grows on you and when people first hear a name they have a gut reaction and thats the only one you see so I say if you like a name stick with it, when they go thru 9 months of pregnancy they can name their baby what they like!

hi all

its another bank holiday here - april and may have so many, its quite luxurious.

the painter can't come today because we didn't organise a ladder! i have somewhat of an excuse for being an airhead (hormones???)but dp?????

this morning i made my spring cleaning list, which made me feel much calmer. now i shall hand it to the cleaner when she next comes - and thats my nesting taken care of . . . !

seriously its weird to me that the idea of dust bunnies under the bed is making my skin crawl right now. usually i really don't care as long as things have a superficial appearance of being tidy . . .

when i manage to get enough sleep, i keep having really weird and disturbing dreams. i woke up this morning all upset - i had been dreaming that i gave birth to a cat. a lovely cat but still . . . and i blamed this colleague of mine (somehow she had done some kind of embryo swap, i guess???. I was in floods of tears and quit my job in a massive flounce.
i blame the national geographic channel - i watched a programme on pregnancy and how the baby develops last night which was all really interesting and cool until it got to the birth bit. wasn't a difficult birth but whenever i see one, i get really emotional and cry (most unlike me usually). its not so much fear of pain (I think i am getting my head around the idea of that - of course reality will be very different . . .) but its the knowledge that we will got through this intense experience and at the end of it, have this beautiful but vulnerable little thing to look after - (for the rest of our lives . . .)

don't get me wrong - i am totally up of it and so ready - but its an enormous thing to get your head around if you think of it like that - you know what i mean??

heffa - enjoy your last few days at work! i have 9 half-days left but quite a bit of work to achieve in that time. they suddenly decided that they want an environmental/CSR (greenwash) strategy from me before I go. . .

jodie - sounds like a really nice weekend. it is so cool that the weather is good - much more chilled than winter time, despite heat and swelling etc etc.

libra - i so need to finish my hospital bag! getting a bit panicky now. its HUGE too - an old Orla Kiely weekended. The nurses are going to think that I am moving in. Read last night in the Baby Whisperer (pretty mad, I think, but I like it) that you shouldn't take too much to the hospital but you know - i never travel light!

piggley - love the pics! the programme i watched was saying how important those scans are for bonding with your child - pre-birth and how it has an amazing effect on your relationship with them afterwards. So I am well jealous. So cute!

Gilly - i have no position tips but hope your physio works it out for you.

CilC - your hubby sounds really sweet! i think that sympathy belly is cute too. In fact, I get rather annoyed at how fit and thin my dp is, which is crazy. On sat he bought himself a lovely linen suit from COS and a shirt to go with it (to get married in) and he looks so dapper. But part of me feels annoyed that I am getting hitched 36 weeks pregnant and will be so upstaged by everyone including him! very childish, I know . . .
but i console myself by thinking that at the blessing/reception in Jamaica next year - I will not be the size of a planet AND will have the most gorgeous flower girl ever . . .

Current name for the girl is Elodie Summer Harrison (I know someone on Enders is called Summer but the programme and the name are not known here . . .). Still in the shortlist are: Tallulah, Molly, Imogen, Eloise, Bonnie, Matilda and Zaylie.

sorry for the essay-like post. have great days everyone!

TJuice - Elodie was my seond choice name I love it but DP wasn't so keen, love that it would get shortened to Ellie as well. Apparently Bethany is the name of a character in Coronation Street although she is no longer in it, I don't care I love the name and it's the only one DP and I agree on.