Due July 2008 - The thread where we either all have our babies or talk our way through another one LOL

[Kaz1967]

Starting again ladies? God we don't half talk LOL

Rumpel - found this article, not sure if it is helpful or scary.
www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm

Think potatos are only posionous if green but can still give you stomah ache if you eat too many raw, which you obv haven't done Disney!

No cravings here.

Yes only green ones, could tell you all the science but won't put you to sleep.

Jodie - I was looking at new cot sheets today I have a bedside cot thats currently DD2s normal cot but want to get new sheets for them for the baby. I'll take them off you if you want. Let me know what you want for them???

Oh SK I don't want any money just e-mail me your address and I'll send them (can put postage on DH's expenses at work too)

I'm at jodiew21 at aol dot com

my DS who is quite ill at moment with his treatment is so excited at his 8th birthday tomorrow he cant sleep im constantly saying go to sleep aj he just cant though
hes got a indiana jones wii game indiana jones whip which makes an annoying sound
plus all his brothers and his sister is meeting us at pizza hut tomorrow for his suprise lunch they are going to sing to him and theres baloons and stuff there he has no idea which is a good job as he cant sleep as it is

No cravings here this time either, although with DS it was Milk and Marmite (not together!) I'd wake up in the middle of the night and HAVE to have marmite on toast and a glass of milk!

Disney - that sounds lovely!! I hope he has a great day (I'm sure he will!)

Welcome twoplusone, thanks for the good wishes

I've not heard of raw potatoes before, although I used to gnaw on raw pasta when I was younger.

My only craving has been to chew on elastic bands, but it went away as soon as I started taking iron tablets. Occasionally now I crave various forms of chocolate but I don't think that's anything to do with pregnancy.

Disney - the Indiana Jones game is fab! DH and I spent nearly a whole weekend playing it a couple of weeks ago. Hope he has a wonderful birthday!

tmi alert

with ds 3 /dc4 i had a definitive mucous plug in the morning around 11 am

dark but clear jelly - a blob not mucous firmer and stodgier

then that night i had bloody show frank red blood and dischargy mucous he was born 5 hours later

usually have this show at labour onset but never had mucous plug apart from once

it was a nice warning

i think frank red blood usually an imminent sign

jodie - you sure would send you the p&p will e-mail you in a minute

disney - aww your poor little man, sounds like he will have a good birthday though

Major whinge alert!!!

have done nowt all day and STILL feel tired. now my in laws have just rung and are coming for a fleeting visit tomorrow at school pick up time.

which means I'll have 2 overexcited kids, who won't want to go to ballet, and I will have to cater for them. it feels like I have 4 people to look after when they are here, as they don't spontaneously help for fear of 'getting in the way'.

And while they are great and play with the kids they don't discipline them, so when they are shouting and being unpleasant to each other it's always killjoy mum who has to intervene.

I know, I'm being tired and hormonal, but it's something I could do without. esp as we have not discussed my nearly 6yr olds party on sun, or her presents. I feel like I hardly see or talk to my husband at the moment. he is either at work, out climbing/biking or taking the kids somewhere to give me a rest.

And I'm getting regular, sl painful, lower braxton hicks, which worry me, as if this babe comes early we are screwed for childcare (as it means an unplanned section and 3 days minimum in hospital), esp with such unreliable in laws and my parents being on holiday at present then 4hrs away.

I'm sorry girls, I need to vent, and prob cry. Cass.

Oh Cass, so sorry! Vent away - and have a really good cry. Sometimes it's all just poo isn't it.
Could in-laws take kids out somewhere so you get a break??
Big hugs.

Sorry to hear that Cass poor you

I can totally sympathise, oh my whinge is about my Mum (again) apparently MIL met her today and she was saying that she thinks I have fallen out with her (am I 5?) and that I don't like her to see me when I am pregnant, WTF?

She hasn't seen my DDs since January or hardly phoned me since April, last time she did phone me she spent 20 minutes telling me how my Papa was about to die (he wasn't) then how she had to have more tests for her lastest health scare (last time she thought she had cancer as she had read about it on the interner - she didn't) then finally asked me how I was. She couldn't care less about this baby as it isn't a precious boy, she only saw DD2 twice in the first 6 months of her life. She knows I have SPD but would never offer to come up and help out.

Sorry I am really annoyed now that MIL and anoyone else who hears her rants thinks that I have fallne out with her no I just can't be bothered listening to her crap anymore

Sorry Cass doesn't help you any, I would make it really obvious that you are tired, DON'T cater for them, maybe they will take the hint.

Jules - can answer 2 out of 3 I think

1. Child benefit - there is a claim form that is usually included in the Bounty Pack thing the MWs give you in hospital, you fill it in and send it away with LOs birth cert, I think it's about £18 a week now for first child, tax credits phone them up (number on website) and I think they either take your details over the phone or send you claim forms. What you get depends on your income for LAST year, you will at least £80 a month for the first year if you earn under 57K a year, you get £10 a week plus an extra £10 a week for the babe being under 1. (Thats what the woman told me last week anyway). Tax credits is a completely pants system and you will never know how they work it out and they will overpay you and get it back - it sucks!

2. Arnica - erm don't really know, Rumpel is the woman to ask, I have always taken it just after labour as my labours have been too short to take it during

3. GBS - it's not routinely tested for in this country (money costs again according to my MW) don't know what the risk factors are for getting tested for it.

hi ladies just had some bad news really my daughter who was supposed to be having my DC in the day i have my induction know tells me soory i cant well only for a few hours
that leaves me with no childcare whatsoever
so my DH has to stay with them now
i feel gutted i do not want to be on my own im terrified of indution
anyone fancy being my birth partner out there
gonna be the 7th or 8th july

i have no family at all just me dh and dc
sounds sad but no friends either i guess im not a mixer type of person i guess where i have a sick son ive never had time for friendships im always doing his rota,s hospitals stuff like that,so any playgroups were for parents of disabled kids and they are always busy to,weve just slotted into this life i guess
yeah i might start a thread see what happens good idea you never know do you

Disney wasn't it you who had a Doula?? Couldn't she help out?

Cass Life is pants isn't it! I'm lucky my In laws are fab, but I know what you mean about getting he kids over-excited, can you just be firm and ask them if they minded putting tea on, or bathing the kids or something?

Sweetkitty Just got your e-mail, I'll get that sorted this week... I'll let you know when I've done it!

Sorry if being thick but what's Arnica?

Thanks JustJules.. I'll look into that when shoppimg tomorrow.

Hello - late post before bed.

jules - arnica is fab, it's for bleeding and bruising. I took a tablet (bought the boots variety) every two hours after the birth and I healed really quickly. I actually took it like that for about two weeks. Obviously I didn't take it every two hours religiously but I took it when I remembered.

I had to go into theatre after my labour to have a manual removal of the placenta which was very gory and I lost a lot of blood and I think my recovery would've been a lot worse without the arnica.

And yes SK you have a good memory - the CB form is in the bounty pack and you fill it out and send it in with the birth certificate.

cass - I sympathise with you. My MIL is a pain and I heard via DH tonight that she is planning a party with all her friends at her house for Charlie on the 6th July... ummm, was anyone going to ask me about that? Charlie is still so little and MIL is so bolshy and is always trying to pick him up, stick her dirty finger in his wee mouth, etc. Rahhhh!

Disney - that's a real bummer. If it wasn't for the fact I have Charlie to look after i would offer to be there for you!

SK - I'm sorry to hear about your mum being like that, I can imagine it being verrrry draining.

Well all, night night. Off to a 'first mothers group' tomorrow - nervous and excited.
xx

Disney - why can your DD not have DC's for longer? Any chance she can rearrange whatever it is she is doing? Otherwise mn idea is a good one. You really do have so much to cope with all the time. Thinking of you. Hope DS has a fab bday.

Cass - I found even having my parents here last w/e too much, and they are great - well my mum is - my Dad does nothing but ask for cups of tea etc, but my mum makes those! I feel I just want to hibernate and see absolutely no one until LO is born. I barely have the energy to talk to DH and DCs! Bad wife. Bad mother!

Anyone recommend a comfy sleep bra? I am 36/38 C/D at the moment but am assuming will be 36D after birth.