Due Sept '08: We're halfway there part 2....

[LittleConnie]

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Am I the only one feeling tired all the time ? They did test on me when I was at the hospital and I am fine, just pregnant.

I swear I felt full of beans when pregnant with my son.

DebilTheScot I am not buying a new pushchair either. I have my Chicco travel system and it looks like new after I replaced 2 wheels. If I had to buy another one, I would buy the same one and they don't make it anymore. I bought it 4 years ago with the pram and car seat.

I'm feeling tired today but think I've got hayfever too. Feel a bit woozy and managed to bang my arm on a wall and a wheelie bin whilst on my way to the loo just now! It's probably just the heat!

Pidge, you were brave to be cycling in the winter months at that stage, well done! It's so much easier and more pleasant in the summer. I certainly can't see myself ever getting on a bus, they drive me crazy.

I'm tired but as I'm now in my 10th week of chest infection I'm not expecting it to be any different!

jenny - the alternative to cycling is getting two EXTRA trains on top of my main commuter train. So I used to alternate - one day on the bike, and one day getting the extra trains. Not perfect, but there you go. And, as I said, sometimes I found the extra walking and standing around on the train platforms worse than just jumping on my bike for 40 minutes.

potxola - I'm also often tired (despite the cycling!!). Much more tired this time than I remember in my previous two pregnancies. Maybe I'm just getting old, or I've forgotten what it's like. I have to be in bed by 9pm or I'm in trouble and on a Monday and Friday I get a 'mini' lie in, whilst dp gets the kids up, and on Saturdays and Sundays I'm allowed a 'big' lie in! And I've been known at work when really struggling to go to our shower room and lie down on the cold tiled floor to sleep after lunch for half an hour. Desperate measures, but there's nowhere else appropriate.

Aw, pidge, I have visions of you huddled up on a cold shower floor trying to sleep!

Pidge I was the same in my last pregnancy in the first trimester. I had at least one sleep a day on the floor of a toilet cubicle.

Pidge I am also doing the "mini" lie in on saturdays and sundays mornng while my husband deals with my ds. It does help.

Wow, I feel knackered just to think of all those trains! I'm so lucky that my commute is not that long...

Gosh I must show DP all the mini lie ins that other people are having. We always all get up together.

I start my maternity levae officially on 15 Sept (due 20th), but I have annual leave built up, so actually finish work on 22 August - can't wait as I am also tired alot.

I have just got back in from a meeting and I feel such a stupid fool. Driving back through our high street, i totally did not spot (or hear) an ambulance coming through behind me and there were 2 policemen in the road who waved me down and gave me a right telling off! I started to cry and apologised profusely - I just did not see it - and they let me off with a telling off but I feel so awful. How could I not have seen it? I get all upset cos someone could have been dying and I held it up. I am so ashamed. Need some TLC now I think (or a stiff drink, but that's not an option).

my bp isn't normally low but that was what it felt like this morn. Luckily I didn't have to teach periods 1&2 and then the teaching I was doing for the rest of the day I could do mainly sitting down. I'm not meant to see midwife for another 5 weeks (at 28 weeks) but if I don't feel like I've recovered over the weekend I'll go on Tuesday. I'm hoping that I can also benefit from the long lies on Saturday and Sunday morning. I usually get them but haven't the last 2 weeks coz of having my parents down and being in Cardiff. It does make a big difference getting those extra couple of hours.

Is starlight ok? She hasn't been on here for ages, she's normally a very frequent poster. Maybe she's on holiday

i think she is on holiday.

you guys, if i'm having pain in my private area if i put too much pressure/weight on just one leg....it's nothing to worry about, right?

Eandz, it might be because all the joints and the pelvis are loosening up. Think it's called spd. I'm suffering with it but it's not very bad at the moment.

My temporary contract ends on 30th of June so I'm just going to start my leave then. I really don't want to do supply teaching the last few weeks of term =)

Womb - Home
Mustsleep - Home (hopefully)
LouiseAnn - hospital
Carrieon - hospital (waterbirth if pool is free)
EandZ - Hospital (with lots of drugs).
Sassafrass - Hospital either vbac or c-section
Ellideb- Home and waterbirth
Lollyheart - hospital waterbirth (gbs)
Barnpot - hospital waterbirth NO EPIDURAL!!
Splishsplosh - prefer MLU at hospital, but bet have to do general labour ward. Hope no epidural
Meglet - planned c-section (but would have home birth if cervix wasn't broken!)
slinkie - hospital, no epidural. NO CFM please!
LittleConnie - Birth Centre, hopefully with access to birthing pool
Talia1 - birth centre with birth pool
izzybiz- Hospital, would love waterbirth!
Lollipopmother - Hospital (first baby)
jearund - Hospital (planned c-section unless consultant talks me into a VBAC!)
DebitheScot- hospital, no pethadin
digitalgirl - hospital, waterbirth if poss
Gracie14 - Birth centre with pool (hopefully)
Sunshinemummy - hospital birth, Elective CS
pidge - home waterbirth
imoscarsmum - hospital, waterbirth if pool free. Hoping for active birth & avoid epidural.
blimey planned csection at 40 weeks

finally 20/40 and scan today:-
and I have another huge boy!! on 95th centile so will need a growth scan later on
not posting much as broad band is down

Imo I wouldn't worry about it, it happens to us all.

a growth scan if he's growing perfectly?

Hi all, had scan today, everything perfect and I was quite flabbergasted to be told we are having a BOY!!
So adding to the list

Crabby - boy?? - GIRL!!!!
Kiskidee - GIRL
WombFor1More- boy? BOY
Debithescot- boy ??
lollyheart- boy? BOY
Starlight- girl?
Barnpot- boy?
jearund- boy? - BOY
Potxola- boy- GIRL
Sassafrass- girl- GIRL
biglips- girl?
becaroo- boy??
Talia1- boy - GIRL
izzybiz- Girl??- BOY!!
slinkiemalinki- boy? - BOY
Carrieon- girl?
MelT76- Girl?
LittleConnie- boy?
Micromum- Girl??
mustsleep- Girl?? - confirmed as a BOY!!!
Lollipopmother- Boy? - Confirmed as a girl
kel78- Boy??
expatmom2be- boy? - GIRL(?)
charitygirl- boy ?
ellideb- girl?- BOY
feelingpositive- girl? - Confirmed as GIRL!!
Gracie14 - boy? BOY
Bogie - girl? GIRL
eandz - boy - definitely a boy!
Worthog - boy?
Luboo - boy?
KashaSarrasin - boy??
LouiseAnn - boy?

Izzibiz Congratulations on your little man.

Hello everyone, lovely evening eh? I've had a great day as a friend bought me a birthday present (2 months late...) of going for a facial while she looked after dd for an hour! Bliss. Then we sat in her beautiful peaceful garden on the swinging seat, felt like a mini-holiday. And having been out all day, there was no washing up to do!
I've had some braxton hicks, I find they're a tightening of the whole bump, whereas ligament pain (with which I'm all too familiar) is more like period pain and 'ouch' moments under my bump.
sunshine my dh has got up with dd and given me a lie in every day since I got pregnant...show your dp that and claim your pregnant rights! I daren't tell him that my sickness stopped this week in case he stops getting up with dd
I didn't take the Phil&Teds out today, it just looks too shiny and nice and I don't want to sully it with the dirt in the park!

yes congratulations!!!

Congratulations to all those who have had scans, more good news

I feel soooo tired. Have hardly sat down from 6am til 7.30pm, and my legs feel so feeble, I felt like crawling up the stairs! I was all too happy to give in to dd and join her in her "bumpity bumpity" sliding down the stairs on her bottom!

I'm very of lie ins. In this house that's the prerogative of p, although I do get to go back to bed sometimes when he takes her to dad's group, or she's at her grandma's at the weekend. But it's not quite the same - it's rare for me to wake later than 6.20am and given a choice I'd be a go to bed late, get up late person