Due November 2008: "Now, where is my uterus?...Just above the hair!! "

[Heartmum2Jamie]

Our shiny new thread!!

Im sorry that some people are feeling so rubbish - it is amazing how quickly our feelings can change. No excuse for your wicked SIL though Doctorswife - don't know how you put up with family members like that?

If it is any consolation Drwife my dp IS reading the pregnancy books for blokes and is driving me crazy with 'my books says you wouls be feeling like this/that/other etc'. Not only that but he also proudly announces several, sometimes embarrassing, symptoms im suffering from too to anybody who will listen I might as well have left my dignity on the doorstep when i got pregnant

Anyway do what i do, a nice bath or a cup of tea away from dp, enjoy the flutters of your little bub and try and relax

Lovely scan news today Zonedout you have more will power than me refraining from finding out the sex - but you are right a suprise will be lovely.

Good news for Ceebee too on hearing hb - lovely sound. Whenever i use my doppler now, just for a sneaky listen, i get a big boot in the stomach - it's quite funny

Hello to everyone else x

yes was great to hear about scan and heartbeart, zonedout and ceebee...dont want your nice messages lost amongst my ranting. ceebee, ive not heard heartbeat at two antenatal visits so

hmmm good point lola about DH reading the books, i just wish he would cotton on. dont tickle me, it hurts, dont tickle me it hurts, DONT FUCKING TICKLE ME! yelping in pain. then he says quietly "i was touching the baby" cue me to feel shit and guilty. Arghhh i just feel up and down, and for the first time in my life i actually feel vulnerable. DH has a golf holiday planned for sept and before baby i was fine with it, now i feel sad that i'll be alone. how pathetic!!

Hi everyone,

I dont post very often but I usually follow the thread to keep up with what everyone is up to BUT I moved house last week so have been so busy plus no internet for a few days and I cant believe how much there is to catch up on!!!!!!!

I havent had chance to read it all yet but will try and catch up over the next few days!

It was dd's 2nd birthday today and we took her to the seaside for the day, she was so tired she was in bed early tonight but we had a lovely day

Great news on all the 20 week scans!! I have mine tomorrow morning so will be back later in the day to update you. I cant remember do you need a full bladder for this one or is baby big enough now??

happy b'day to your dd mum2becks. ahhh cant wait for those times. good luck on your scan tomorrow, let us know how you get on and whether you find out the flavour.

not pathetic at all thedoctor's wife.....it's a time of huge changes and adjustments and everyone feels so much more vulnerable than they did pre pregnancy. And all those hormones running around your system only add to the cinfusion.

Your DH nees to be aware of your vulnerability. Tell him from me he needs to be looking after you; if one minute you want a tickle, and the next minuite you don't; well that's your pregnant prerogative! My DH finds it hard to keep up with the emotional roller coaster I'm on some days, and how when I've been fine with something one day, the next I can sit howling about the thing that wasn't a problem yesterday...if that makes any sense at all?

hi mum2becks; sounds like a good day at the seaside and Good Lcuk for your scan tomorrow . I'm pretty sure you don't need to drink loads for the 20 weeks scan, but if your bladder has somehting in it then the picture is clearer. i think having a few cups of water immediately beforehand would do the trick, but there'll be posters up about it at the hospital

hanaflower - you are not mad for looking at Greece next year. It's THE BEST thing you can do with a 7month old baby. We took our ds to Crete end of May/ beginning June and it was p.e.r.f.e.c.t. He absolutely loved all the swimming and eating sand etc. and we really, really needed the holiday to look forward to and then to relax and recuperate a bit (we took the grandparents for babysitting and driving!).

Loving all the moans! I thought I was the only one, losing it a bit with the 'small bump' people when I am feeling so unwieldy and already getting swollen legs on hot days!!! My dh winds me up by being on my case about have I taken my vitamins? have i taken my mummyomega? have I drunk enough water? have the babies moved? am I getting enough rest? how dare i eat a peanut! is that meat cooked through? AAAAAAAAARGHHH. He is obsessed by these babies and will not listen to the fact that it is OUT OF OUR CONTROL. I am quite laidback so it is driving me mad!

I had a horrid birthday. Ds played up all day. He kicked children and even the teacher at playschool. Then he cried all the way home, wouldn't eat any lunch, unwrapped my dad's father's day gift which I had very carefully wrapped and put supposedly out of reach, wouldn't eat his tea either.

But I did get some really nice presents...and even a couple of surprises. My dad made me an album of pictures from my birth to now. How sweet is that? It took him ages.

Hope you all sleep well and wake up

I felt so vulnerable with my first pregnancy. I had no idea how DH was going to rise to the challenge of fatherhood and I was very worried about it- lots of tears. But he has been fantastic. I think it's a normal process of pregnancy, you have to be sure he will be there for you and your baby- you need that reassurance.

I had a hypo whilst driving and crashed the car. I did do a test and drank lucozade, but it didn't seem to make any difference. I left my friends house. I reversed into a parked car. Ds was screaming because he was so frightened. Fortunatly my friend knows dh and called him and he was there quickly. I was taken to A&E and was there until late last night.
I am supposed to go to KIngs this am, but dh wants me to stay at home. I am supposed to be in work this pm. But dh thinks that I am not safe to drive, so I don't know what I am going to do about getting to work, generally.
Thia is all very bad and I can't stop crying

Oh Oblomov hugs to you, what an awful thing to happen. Maybe you should take it easy for the day and rebook your app at Kings - Then see what they suggest re the driving. The most important thing is that you and DS are OK. Cars can be fixed.Look after yourself x

Oblomov you poor thing - def agree with Bubbaz take some time off, you have had a terrible scare and would prob not be fit for much if you went into work. I'm sure they will understand.

Forgot to say a huge good luck to mum2Becks. Will check in later to hear the good news and perhaps flavour?

morning all, Oblomov deffo take some time for yourself, if only to try to get another appointment etc and take time after such a scary experience.

merry, sorry your birthday was crap, the book your dad did sounds lovely. our friends just did that for a couple we know who got married, they did a Love Is... and had pictures of them over the years. My DH got all sad saying we dont have pics of us over the years as we met on the net and married 1 yr and 3 weeks after we met!

After yesterdays moaning, i thought i would share my revelatory thought with you. This morning it dawned on me, if babies like sounds from the womb, does that mean they like the sound of a wee? surely that must be the loudest thing, common thing they hear with their head down into an echoey toilet listening to my water music as i tiddle????? Now you dont get that on a womb sounds CD!!

Dr's Wife - You absolutly made put my pelvic floor muscle to the test when i read your 'rant'. Firstly, I am so sorry this is how you feel, but secondly, you cheered me up no end. I have just giggled to myself for 5 minutes whilst sitting in the office. CLASSIC!!! You sound more like me everyday (sorry if that worries you). Hey I can't feel the baby move yet so think yourself lucky in that respect. For the rest of it and your DH not understanding how you're feeling, I's stick to your initial response of "fuck off you knob head", it leaves no room for confusion. As for sex, surprisingly we have it about once a week (i've told DH how bloody lucky he is), and it isn't that bad. Initially I didn't want it at all but felt like I should, then I realised quite how close it can bring you , but it is down to the individual and no one should make you feel pressured. My friend had it twice in 1 year!! Anyway, thank you for making me laugh

Dont worry me to be like you Pinkali, i talk about you all the time now!!! im always saying to my DH things like, well pinakli is about my size so it must be fine! he goes WHO??!!!! Pinka-what?!!!! i'll tell him from you "fuck off knob head"

oblomov that sounds very distressing. I'm glad it happened in a 'safe' place, you were being taken care of. Maybe go to the appt but definitely not to work...I know it's hard for us in London to rebook appointments without long waits, but they may make an exception for you.

Dr's wife - my husband and I met and married in under a year! So we don't have many couple photos, but we are quickly getting more.

hanaflower - forgot to say...we went near Chania (that's where we flew to). It was quite hot when we went, warm enough for ds to go in outside pool and the sea. There's that lovely beach with the pink sand, and very shallow water that warms up and he could just sit in it. He was fine with heat (just didn't wear a lot!), got a lovely tan despite factor 50 suncream that made him look like a little ghost! We didn't have to take a whole lot of equipment for him...stroller, a handblender for food (wwe were self catering), and I was breastfeeding - so that was it!

I am adding this post...now someone will have to start a new thread soon and IT AIN'T GONNA BE ME! Ha ha ha

Everyone put their thinking caps on - we need a new thread name ASAP!!!

xx

My Dh and I were engaged 7 months from meeting and then married 7 months from engagement, unfortuantely the baby took a bit longer although we did practice for a long time before we hit jackpot!!