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

On the topic of 'holidays' and just to sound really bitter, I hate the people who keep sending me travel blogs. I'm glad they're having a good time but I'm stuck indoors, waiting to give birth, with a variety of miserable pregnancy related ailments and largely feeling sorry for myself. Not really in the mood to hear about how fabulous St Tropez is right now and how they can't wait to move on to Tuscany Grrrr, in-laws.

Rant over

It's been more than one person, the most recent being my MOTHER. (but then she also thinks I should start hemming DH clothes and doing his ironing now that I'm not at work anymore.)

Libra- Ha! A Holiday! What i wouldnt give to be laying by the beach with a cocktail!!!

Mcchessers- Good the blood tests are clear.. lets hope the rash clears up soon.

Clic- Sorry to hear about the midwife but sounds like you did the right thing.

Just made a yummy Lasagne for dinner- mmmm

A neighbour is off on holiday first thing tomorow and just knocked to wish me good luck with the birth. Shes off till the 17th and my due date is the 12th.
Says shes looking forward to seing baby when she gets back if its arrived.... Bloody better have!!!
Sweet of her to think of me though

Libra - my mum keeps referring to me as a 'lady of leisure'. Which I guess it kind of true, but it doesn't feel like it!

Surely a lady of leisure should spend her time at the gym and beauty salon ensuring she is impecably turned out for her husband whilst supervising the household staff so the home is spotless rather than wallowing in front of the TV or laptop (or both) discussing piles and SPD?

According to numerous pregnancy magazines I am suppose to spend my ML making nutrious meals to freeze for eating after the baby is born, so far I have bought 2 home-made (not my home) quiches and put them in the freezer and told DH he is old enough to cook for us both.

That's how I'd imagine a lady of leisure. Which is nothing like my life!

I had all sorts of plans to cook nutritious meals but I just can't be bothered to spend that much time messing around in the kitchen. I have been making loads of homemade burgers/meatballs to freeze though but only because they're sooooo easy. I was going to go swimming daily as well

LOL at pre freezing! It's as much as I can do to even vaguely cook for us at the moment - if frozen pizza can be called cooking!

As for holiday - I don't recall being quite so tearful and horrible on any holiday before!

ohh I was going to do the swimming thing as well but finding the time between wimbledon, surfing and sleeping is DIFFICULT.

the food thing I was never going to do, our freezer is too full of ice-cream and lollies to fit nutrious food into. I am treating him to fish and chips tonight tho so I'm not a totally bad wife.

I feel like cheese cake...

Would love a beach holiday... sun sea alcohol... bikini body (I can dream)

I have been a SAHM, working mum and pregnant SAHM. This was the most difficult! For me I found working mum the easiest. House stays clean because no one home, I can go to the toilet on my own, have lunch breaks and DD was fed at nursery so very easy peasy! I could also employ my cleaner guilt free. Have kept her on but for some reason before pregnancy got really difficult I did feel a bit guilty.

DH and DD have gone out for dinner, I still can not really face food. But I think it is time I did something constructive. Have a good evening everyone!

Clic is ECV not an option?? (think I have the right acronym there) Or have you tried that and I missed it?
My idea of birth preparation was to make a huge Ocado order full of things to shove in the freezer and then re-heat after the baby is born to avoid actual cooking for as long as possible. Am being good and trying to stock up on home-cooked food for DS though..
The more I think about MW today the more hacked off I get!!

my DH shot himself in the foot last night by admitting his work canteen does a lunchtime proper cook meal for £2.75 which immediatly absolved me from any guilt I might have felt post-baby about not feeding him properly when he has had a hard day at work.

From what people have said on this forum pregnant SAHM sounds EXHAUSTING. No women should ever feel guilty about having a cleaner, believe me a man wouldn't.

Exactly Libra - once I've watched TV and MNed all day there's no time for swimming. Ah well. I'm also too lazy to walk there since it's on the other side of town.

DH has just come home and gone straight out again to get fish and chips. Result!

I've also managed to persuade him to let me buy the Angel boxset so that I can watch my way through that once I've finished with the Buffy boxset.

Yep thats all ive read in magazines....

Really really cant be bothered cooking away all day making meals to freeze. Who cares if its takeaway for the first 2 weeks!!

Seriously though doesnt take 2 minutes to shove something in the oven, without making a meal from scratch.

Weve just had Lasagne for dinner.... i made it in 10 minutes and was no fuss at all. Plus DH is a better cook than me so dinner will be down to him

I'm actually quite looking forward to some takeaway after the birth

The burgers/meatballs thing is mostly because I've been craving red meat so was making them anyway to eat and then I've been freezing the rest. I think we'll just fill the cupboards with nice easy food to prepare afterwards. I had visions of spending all day making chillis/lasagnes/casseroles etc but I'm too lazy.

we had fish and chips tonight. last night husband made a curry out of nothing which was lovely.

kids both screeching. not sure why, something to do with an aborted chess game. they have just lost favourite toys for a week. why am I having another????

I am really fed up now. have had to shout at youngest today as she just doesn't listen to me. oldest thinks she's above all of this being told what to do malarkey. maybe having a little helpless dependant baby is just what I need to restore some inner peace!!!

BUT I have just booked a weekend at centreparcs in sept for us plus my mum and dad. got £70 off, using code SUN8CP, if anyone else fancies it. considering we don't have a summer holiday booked this year, yet, I'm now looking forward to it.

the transverse lie delivery is rubbish. actually there's a risk of cord prolapse and some places advocate being admitted in the last few weeks of pregnancy, just in case this happens. so stick to your guns, girl!

I'm feeling a bit smug now, because my freezer is full of lasagne, chilli, bolognese and prepared veggies!
But, I did send DH & DS out to Sainsbugs for supplies and insisted they came home with an "easy" tea. So we've just had TTD lasagne & garlic bread. I did wash a salad and make garlic mushrooms though!
I hope I don't go into labour tonight - I will stink of garlic!!

Fish and chips all round

Jacobs - I haven't had garlic bread for ages and now I've remembered how much I like it!

The only problem with garlic bread is that we are now unable to serve it without terrible Peter Kay impressions "GARLIC BREAD!"

CilC - if ECV for breech would've involved being prepped for possible emergency c-section, and a consultant and midwife carrying out the procedure in hospital with lots of monitoring - what is the MW on re transverse - stick you on ball and turn it???!! I think MWs are generally great, and we are so lucky with ours here - but really, some people (and I suppose that goes for all sorts of professionals) talk so much rubbish. The follow-up physio I saw last week was very surprised and quite scathing when I said I'd been advised by everyone else to go for c-section - but then she had a breech delivery herself, didn't she....I mean she'd just assessed my pelvis!!

I've been trying out my TENS machine - the pulse is a lot stronger than I thought it would be! Which is quite reassuring really.

Congratulations mummypig! Oooh, we're in double figures now for new arrivals!

Good to hear your birth story, beepbeep, that sounds like a very good experience overall.

Ah well, Happy Due Date to me! Absolutely no sign of any action at all here. Someone was suggesting a booby prize for the last one to go - well, I'd be very disturbed if I was in the running for that, but judging by last time I could be a contender for most overdue... I'd be very happy to give up that honour to someone else though!

SK can i just ask what dose your co codamol are please?

I always stock up for the afterpains but last time they prescribed some super strength things that made me dizzy and vomit so i do nOT want them...

Evening all I have had some lovely cocodamol for the SPD and feel really funny

I haven't got a freezer full of food I never understood that oh have a freezer full of food as you will have your hands full and won't be able to prepare gourmet meals, well I don't prepare gourmet meals anyway but I've found it easy to cook a dinner around a baby especially a first one.

beepbeep - lovely birth story and Isaac is a lovely name, what does DD think of her new brother? What age gap do you have, it's not much is it, they will be very close.

min912 - we had a nutter of a MW last time, she wasn't nasty she was lovely but so OTT, invaded your personal space and was a bit too invasive. DP said if she came to the house this time she wasn't allowed in, she's retired now I think. My main MW is lovely and lives 5 mins away so I am so hoping it's her that delivers me.

pigley - aww about your Gran my dies the month before I got pregnant with DD1 I like to think she sent me a wee gift, DD1 has her name as her middle name too but it's horrible to think they will never meet your DC suppose theres loads of people think that. On the BH I wouldn't worry I had none with no1 think it's quite common, it won't stop you when the time comes.

mcchesers - great news about the rash hope the creams calm it down for you

Lily - a sweep is really just like an internal, uncomfortable yes, I think it only really works if you were about to go into labour anyway, I think I will wait another week before asking for one (maybe)

CliC - I agree being a pregnant SAHM is so hard. I knew it would be hard before I got pregnant again but didn't realise how hard, I have been in tears many a day, suppose it would have been easier without the SPD though. Right enough I'm about to have a 4 yo, a 2 1/2 yo and a baby

Sorry to anyone else I have missed out, anyone up for having a baby tonight?

butterfly - 500mg paracetamol, 30mg of codeine

I was given them after DD1 for the stitches and got them after DD2 never had an afterpain, when the GP phoned the labour ward the minute he said 3rd baby she said prescribe some oral analgesia for afterpains.

Hi

Ive had chips tonight too! (Although I had a kebab with mine - yummy!)

Just had a lovely bath, and managed to shave my legs!! Didn't dare do my 'underneath' though, If I can't see it it doesn't exist! I can now go into labour in the next 48 hours (please) with lovely smooth legs!

I can't believe that some of us are now close to 40 weeks, and even 'overdue' it's bringing it home that it's all a bit close!

SK, only 2 hours and 20 mins and you can have your Home Birth!!!!!!!!!