Due Aug 08 - Glasses High, Bellies Low, Motherhood Here We Go!!

[TwilightSurfer]

Our first Due August 2008 thread started on Monday the 26th of November 2007.
We have had 11 threads so far with a total of 10,452 posts (at 904).
Shazza2002, VintageGardenia, and Bigboydiditandranaway are three original members.
Believe it or not, DizzyDixies did not join until the 3rd of January 2008.

For each of us, this pregnancy has been well documented among electronic pages that can be found here, links to all our Due August 2008 threads:
Thread 1 26NOV07-21JAN08
Thread 2 09JAN08-05FEB08
Thread 3 05FEB08-04MAR08
Thread 4 04MAR08-28MAR08
Thread 5 27MAR08-12APR08
Thread 6 12APR08-30APR08
Thread 7 30APR08-31MAY08
Thread 8 31MAY08-14JUN08
Thread 9 13JUN08-24JUN08
Thread 10 24JUN08-04JUL08
Thread 20 04JUL08-

Today we begin thread #12. It may or may not take us to our first birth. Either way, it takes us into the home stretch, the moment we've all been waiting for....

DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS
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GROUP TOTAL: 59

DELIVERIES [BOYS (0) vs. GIRLS (0)]
sample23JUL via VB SOMEBODY delivered Jenny Sue, 8lbs 3oz & 55cm [EDD 08AUG]
sample24JUL via CS SOMEBODYELSE delivered Timmy, 6lbs & 43cm [EDD 31JUL]

WAITING ROOM [BOYS (13) vs. GIRLS (15)] [(6) Scheduled C-Sections]
21JUL IlanaK is 35 and lives in Central London. She has 2DSs, 7y & 4y. Expecting DC#3 via CS [EDD 28JUL], a BOY to be named Saul.
23JUL Voodoococonut is 29 and lives in Manchester but moving to West Midlands asap. She has a DD, 19M. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
24JUL Alittlebitshy is 28 and lives in East London/Essex. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 03AUG], a SURPRISE.
29JUL Miamla is 32 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to maybe be named Theodore.
29JUL Bigboydiditandranaway is 36 and lives in Midlands. She has a DS, 26m. Expecting DC#2.
30JUL Dizzydixies is 32 and lives in Fife. She has 2DDs, 5y & 2y. Expecting DC#3 via VBac or CSec, guesses it's a girl.
31JUL SassyLou is 33 and lives in Cheshire. She has 2DDs, 7y & 5y. Expecting DC#3.
01AUG PhilB is 31 and lives in SE London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
01AUG Pertelote is 30 and lives in East London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Vintagegardenia is 35 and lives in Ireland. She has a DS, 9y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
02AUG Mum2b1 is expecting DC#1.
02AUG Shazza2002 is 27 and lives in West London. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
04AUG SKYTVADDICT is 40 and lives in Lincolnshire. She has a DS, 13m, and 2DDs, 8y & 12y. Expecting DC#4 via CS [EDD 08AUG], a SURPRISE.
04AUG ChaCha is 32 and lives in Oxford. She has 2DCs, 2y & 10m, Expecting DC#3 via CS [EDD 10AUG], guesses it's a boy.
06AUG CaptainCaveman is 35 and lives in Nottingham. She has a DS, 4.2y. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 17AUG], a BOY.
07AUG BraveNewWorld is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
08AUG LadyOfWaffle is 22 and lives in Berkshire. She has a DS, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
08AUG Mummypud is 28 and lives in Wiltshire. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
08AUG Bealcain is 21 and lives in Kent, She has 2DSs 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, a GIRL to be named Delilah.
08AUG Babieseverywhere is 34 and lives in Lancashire. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
09AUG BirthdayBaby is expecting DC#1.
10AUG Lcy is 30 and lives in Wales. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
11AUG Poppysocks is 30 and lives in St Andrews. She has a DD, 2.4y. Expecting DC#2 via CS [EDD 17AUG], a GIRL.
11AUG Sarahnh is 32 and lives in West Midlands. She has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL to maybe be named Tess Alexandra.
11AUG Foghornleghorn is 23 and lives in Northampton. She has 2DDs, 3y & 1y. Expecting DC#3, guesses it's a girl.
11AUG Sibh has 2DCs, DS 5y & DD 2y. She is expecting DC#3.
12AUG Buckets is 31 and lives in Southampton. She has a DD, 4y, & a DS, 3. Expecting DC#3 via CSec (01-07AUG?), a BOY to maybe be named Kurt.
13AUG Mal00 is 33 and lives in South London. She is expecting DC#1, a BOY to be name Leonardo or Lorenzo.
14AUG Hardygirl is 36 and lives in SW London. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
14AUG HazieDazieandBaby is 26 and lives in Aberdeen. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL to be named Gabriella.
14AUG Gigglegirl is 32 and lives in Stockport. She has a DD, 4y, and 2DSs, 2y & 1y. Expecting DC#4, a GIRL to be named Imogen.
16AUG Longwayfromhome is 29 and lives in Argentina[London-4h]. Expecting DC#1, a BOY to named Tomas.
16AUG Pregnancy1 is 31 and lives in London. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
17AUG Iliketosleep is 24 and lives in Wolverhampton. She has 2DDs, 7y & 6y and a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#4.
17AUG Warthog has a DD, 2y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
17AUG Jennylee is 30 and lives in West Lothian. She has a DS, 9y. Expecting DC#2, a GIRL.
18AUG Kezza7779 is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.
18AUG Expectant is 32 and lives in Singapore[London+7h]. Expecting DC#1, a SURPRISE.
18AUG Cheerfulvicky is 24 and lives in Cornwall. Expecting DC#1, a BOY.
19AUG SazzlesA is 35 and lives in Cheltenham. She has a DD, 18m. Expecting DC#2 via VBAC or CSec, a GIRL to maybe be named Emma.
19AUG Karney is 39 and lives in Glasgow.
19AUG TwilightSurfer is 37 and lives in Chattanooga[London-5h]. She has a DD, 4y. Expecting DC#2 via VB, a GIRL to be named Reese Eleanor.
19AUG Daisy26 is expecting DC#1, a GIRL.
20AUG Ejesmum is 38 and lives in Exeter. She has a DS, 4y. Expecting DC#2.
20AUG Stillhere is 36 and lives in Yorkshire. She has a DS, 2.5y. Expecting DC#2, a SURPRISE.
21AUG Pinchypants is 34 and lives in Guildford. She has a DD, 20m. Expecting DC#2.
21AUG Musm2go is 35 and lives in B'ham Solihull. She has a DD, 6y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
23AUG Stickybean is 27 and lives in North London. Expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
24AUG Libbyssister is 34 and lives in Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 2.11y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
24AUG Cyteen is 32 and lives in Leicester. Expecting DC#1, a BOY.
24AUG SausageAndMash is 37 and lives in London. She has a DD, 3y. Expecting DC#2.
25AUG Petitfilou is 36 and lives in S Oxfordshire. She has a DS, 4.4y, & a DD, 2.10y. Expecting DC#3, a BOY.
25AUG Oopsacoconut is 32 and lives in Wiltshire. Expecting DC#1, a GIRL to be named Poppaea Anna.
26AUG Ellasmum1 is 30 and lives in North Staffs-Newcastle under Lyme. She has a DD, 5y. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG Dancerandprancer is 31 and lives in Devon. She has a DD, 28m. Expecting DC#2, a BOY.
26AUG No1putsbabyinthecorner is 30 and lives in South Yorkshire. She as a DD, 1y. Expecting DC#2.
28AUG Ataraxis formerly Readyforbed has 2 DSs, 5y & 3y, and is expecting DC#3, a GIRL.
29AUG Waytoomuchchocolate is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a girl.
30AUG AnnVan lives in Kent and is expecting DC#1, guesses it's a boy.

Just feeling blue. MIL plan isn't going to work. DH being a complete BUTTHEAD. It's just sad because I know if my mother were still alive this would not be an issue...she'd be by my side ready to do anything and everything without being asked.

thanks

Morning all.

Anyone heard from Miamla lately? She's due soon.

Forgot DD has softplay party this lunchtime so we are off to lovely country pub nearby for lunch. DS was v good at cinema yesterday but after so much popcorn got a bit of a sugar rush in last half hour and just ran up and down the aisle ecstatically, leading a couple of tiny toddlers astray, so I went to sit right at the front to keep an eye on them. Highly recommend Wall-e btw, something for everyone.

Oooooo yum tea - thanks Saz

TS - I'm sorry to hear about your mum hun {{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}

LOL Saz at what's an evening out - I struggled to remember til last night

Was a lovely evening although been suffring most of the night with stomach ache, feeling sick & 'churny' - a very rich 3 course meal does not agree with heavily PG lady it seems

Did you enjoy your brekkie??

Lol

Buckets - he hee at your DS leading some toddlers astray I've not been brave enough to take DD to the cinema yet - they do those Parent & Toddler sessions but they charge normal rate (maybe I am just a tight arse but I thought they might have offered a reduced rate ticket seeings as you won't actually get to sit & watch the entire film without needing to make loo breaks/wipe tears after popcorn gets knocked over & drink spilt in lap - & goodness knows what the kiddies will get up to )

I was wondering baout miamla. if she's not been on by later today I'll text her......

My back has got a bit stuck. ow ow ow. Hope I can make it inot the shower and over the church a bit later. ow ow ow. The sooner this baby is out, the sooner my body can try to remember how it is SUPPOSED to behave

oooh tea - I'm hoping i'll want it again in 4-5 days time. I am, normally, a real teapot - mucho tea all day, but when pg i go right off it. The last cup I had was in December i think. Dh says that last time, after having dd I wanted it pretty soon after, so here's hoping!!!!

Ts so what's the issue with mil? is it dh or is it mil being the problem??? lots of hugs for YOU either way.

sazz v jealous of your long sleep. I was in bed not long after 8 last night. read til gone 10, tried to sleep but failed, then dh came home so we chatted a bit, then i treed to sleep some more but couldn;t hence being on mn and drinking milk to help the heratburn. then i had a very awake/asleep night . I've only got 3 more nights in my bed - weds i'm in hosp overnight pre section -eek, so hope I get some decent sleep from tonight onwards....

sorry - v me me me

Hi, sorry to hear of aches & pains & unexplained symptoms, sarah, annvan, everyone.

Sazzles you are the angel with the teapot, thank you! Glad you got a lie in.

Ilana tomorrow!!! Good luck, good luck, in case I don't get on again later, we will all be thinking of you and your baby.

TS when you say MIL plan won't work do you mean she's not coming or she's come and it's problematic? I may have missed a post earlier in my catchup.

CC how are your pains today?

So so sorry for all with PIL probs and bump-prodding MILs and unnecessary comments and silly tea.

LOL at Countdown Carol!

Talk later, have a good day. xx

Morning (just about!) all Think baby has moved out of my pelvis abit which means I can sit at the PC (woooooooo!) for a little bit. Can anyone give me a brief roundup, I have no idea how everyone is getting on, scanned abit but there is so much! DH is at Farnborough Airshow today, I am falling apart too much to go Don't know how much pain your all in, but if likes mine then {{HUGS}} for everyone! I can't believe this is the last little bit, I have only 2 and a bit weeks to go until my EDD and I am still not ready The builder has gone on hols for four weeks now so at least once I clean the house it'll stay pretty clean now, but so much hasn't been done that I thought would be done by the time baby came ie. flooring at least in the living room! Sending DH out for a big carpet offcut tomorrow, it's about all I can do for now. Anyone else totally sh*tting themselves yet??

Morning all,
Sympathy and tea please...
Braved trip to hospital on own (mum left Friday) for final infusion & was awful They could not find a suitable vein anywhere...so after much prodding and people in and out i passed out on bed [shame], started wheezing and had those horrible cold sweats. I then burst into tears and told them no more and that i didn't want the c-section either!! LOL
They brought me a nebulizer (sp?), and told me to go home and rest and talk to midwife about levels as the two i've already had may be okay.
Very embarrased but a taste of things to come perhaps. Hope the pre-section medical folks are ready for me, i can't believe what a big kid i was so off i went sobbing waiting to be picked up.
DH is going to take us out for lunch now and a touch of retail therapy, think he felt v.sorry for me, have lovely blue/purple colourful hands and arms.

Sorry for me post. I am totally shitting myself now LOW x

MIL Issue {{twilight reflects back to DD1's birth}} MIL said she wanted to come and help. We called as soon as DD was born. She arrived the following day with FIL and saw us in the hospital...saying she'd meet us at home the next day to help us get settled. She met us at home ONLY AFTER picking up DH's teenage niece so said help with settling in turned into MIL, FIL , niece visiting for 2 hours then leaving......and not returning. They spent the remainder of the day with niece, decided we had things handled and drove home because their dog was at the kennel.

{{{{flash foward to present}}}}
MIL offered again to help but very much more vocal this time. Claims "her lady friends" have been baggering her because she's had not granny duties. I bit the bullet and composed a very nice email explaining all our sitter options were gone at the present moment, that I was concerned with going into labor without someone to watch DD1, and asked if she'd come up (today), get settled and help mind DD1 until the birth (maybe two weeks time). DH seem hesitant about having her up for so long...it's his mom so I added an "out" to the email so see if she really wanted to help. She took the "out". She does't want us to call until we head to the hospital. SHE IS FIVE HOURS AWAY (on a good day). That leaves no one for DD1 (which is my ONLY need). Then fourth time asked what do you need of me. ARRGGHH! When I started to cry, DH nicely said I was making more of this than I should. He picked up the phone to call his mom and I told him not to that I was unwilling to BEG for help and that he just needed to be aware that HE would be caring for DD1 and not me during the delivery. He then said I needed to get off my high horse.

THAT ABOUT COVERS IT!
Last night I was up going through my contacts considering all possible options for either a sitter for DD1 or a birthing coach for me. As for DH, he could move to Egypt right now and I could care less!!

ChaCha {{{HUGS}}}

Eeek! DP's mum sisters and brother coming round for sunday roast, had to clean kitchen, get food ready all while feeling sick/dizzy (threw up my breakast) then found out that the fridge had come unplugged at some point and Ice cream had melted EVERWHERE. Why oh why did we offer to do a roast??

Well I'm still crying but things have improved. After MIL's voicemail and email last night I politely responded that the weekend after the birth would be a nice time for them to visit and thanked her for ... goodness knows what but I was being as nice as I could in the light of feeling totally left out in the cold. When I told DH this morning he blew a fuse then noticed there was a voicemail on the phone. It was his dad saying he was bringing his mom up today. what?? I start crying again. I tell DH I've already started trying to find another solution. He gets madder saying you've got what you wanted now be grateful. LIKE THAT'S SUPPOSE TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER!! I finally find the strength to call MIL back. As soon as MIL answers the phone she starts appologizing saying she was being short sighted and that I'd been clear with my needs and that she had no problem coming up today and would stay as long as needed. {{{Prompt More Crying}}}

I've officially been crying now for ...... 15 hours. I am so thankful I have our thread to let out what I can because I'm still not at all happy with DH. I've got about six hours to gain control over my emotions before MIL & FIL arrive. You can find me in the naughty corner for the remainder of the day with a large bottle of rum. Feel free to join but please bring your own bottle for I fear I won't have enough to share.

Oh TS, what a rollercoaster it all is . I was going to say that odds are you will probably have at least 5-6hrs notice of impending baby, even if it meant you getting a cab to hospital by yourself and DH sitting DD until his mom arrived. But yay, having her in situ is even better. Maybe you and she can go out and bond tomorrow, let out all your fears and worries and see if it rings any bells for her.

TS - big hugs your way,

Sazzles - Not just any ice cream, three tubs of Haagen Daz ruined and spilled all over the freezer

Oh Twilight, what a nightmare - {{hugs}}. My mother is similar, she asks what I need and then when I suggest something there's always an objection - but at least she's my mother so I can tell her she's being a pain!

Hope the rum helps and once she's there in person you can get along...

AnnVan..the ice cream...THAT IS A CRIME!! Very close to spilling your alcoholic beverage in THINGS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE DONE AND PUNISHABLE BY LAW!!!

Thanks for all the hugs and kindness. Rum must be working...I'm not crying but I'm still ignoring DH despite all is attempts to speak to me.

Lunch to day is chili and lemonaid.

Must wipe down the kitchen counters after lunch then nap.

Sazzles DHs need good kick in butt today!!

TS - sorry you've been having such a 'mare and really glad that your MIL has seen the light. I hope your DH starts seeing things a little more your way and that you've managed to stem the flow of tears and are feeling a bit more cheerful.

Annvan - I feel your pain re: the ice cream. Truly tragic!

Ilana - much good luck for tomorrow - the August thread PIONEER! Very excited on your behalf!

I have spent the weekend frantically nesting with DH getting things down from the loft and washing old baby grows etc. It's all getting a bit REAL now - just hit 35 weeks proper and the panic is starting to build ....

... so, am feeling I ought to get hospital bag ready. If anyone has a checklist of what to take please could you post (sure it's been done before but don't want to spend chocolate eating time on scrolling down old threads!) Thanks.