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Due Sept 08: Come on babies, 'cause we are running out of space.

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kiskidee · 23/07/2008 09:17

New thread here.

Daft name cause we only have 4 more before we hit 1000.

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Sassafrass · 31/07/2008 17:55

It's recommended to do them at 39 weeks now unless there are medical reasons. I'll have mine at 38+2.

becaroo · 31/07/2008 18:28

poxtola...your ds sounds fab!

I would definately go with the nursery...musch more structured and that is what some children need.

Kel...my sister had her elective section at 38 weeks, but that was 3 years ago.

digitalgirl · 31/07/2008 18:33

Isn't it hot and sticky today? I have been working from home as my SPD has been playing up, ironically after an appointment with the physio yesterday.

She prescribed some 'exercises', a pevlic belt and a giant tubigrip to wear around my bump and pelvis in bed. Er, hello? It's 30 degrees at night, why would I want to wear a tight wooly body sock? Anyway, didn't wear it last night as I put it in the wash, and spent most of the night in agony and then woke up this morning and decided that I could just as easily send 50 emails and make phone calls from home.
And the hospital pharmacy didn't have a pelvic belt in my size...so couldn't try that out.

I have really really really puffy feet. Really painful carpal tunnel at night (can't shuffle pillows or grip the sheet). Have to grit my teeth everytime I roll over or get out of bed to go to the loo.

And I'm fat. Not just pregnant, but fat. I have a double chin, great big bat wings, elephant legs and a huge wobbly bottom.

Can't wait to meet my baby and rescue my poor body from what feels like a rapid decline into arthritic gout.

Moan moan moan.

Sorry to hear about crappy midwife appointments. Mine are the same. As long as my stats indicate I'm low risk then I'm just lumbered in the 'she'll be ok' pile, which in some ways is good. But also makes me think that they won't take me seriously if I'm concerned about something.

imoscarsmum I feel like you. It's been ages since me and DH have 'cuddled' in bed like a real couple - what with all my pillows. And there haven't been any early evening walks to the pub lately with my SPD and puffy feet. I already feel like we've lost our old life even before the new one begins. But yes, lots of very sage advice from the ladies on here.

meglet · 31/07/2008 19:13

kel 39 weeks is the NHS standard for planned c-sections according to my consultant. I am stressing as DS arrived at 37 weeks, so this one may be early too. I will be 39 weeks 4 weeks tomorrow, so I hope they do them on a friday, but I will try and get him to do mine maybe at 38+5 or +6 to stop me worrying. Everytime I go to the loo I am checking for a show and constantly worried that my waters will go and it will all kick off a bit too early.

I have just cleaned out the inside of the dustbuster, I am going mental with all this nesting. Not used to cleaning so much .

eandz · 31/07/2008 19:19

i really do wonder whose going to have their baby next...

i just hope it's not me until i buy a swaddle blanket and a gro bag.

meglet · 31/07/2008 19:23

LOL eandz

I just hope it's not me until I have tidied the garden and got a nice swing chair for the baby.

biglips · 31/07/2008 19:23

eandz - i would like to say it be me who be next as im sooooo heavy! oh and also on my notes that im having a above average size baby......oh blardy great!.. as my dd was 9lb 1oz baby...i dont want a bigger baby! nnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

carrieon · 31/07/2008 19:25

I can totally relate to people having jitters. I was in tears last night for no reason and started worrying I have ante-natal depression! 1st time round I was so confident and in control about this mothering thing, and it did go really well, but weirdly second time round I'm a jibbering wreck. Its doing the newborn thing and a toddler that gets me. Getting out to groups will be harder, I won't be able to do baby swimming lessons, I'm worried I'll be much more housebound which terrifies me. And everyone says 'you'll be so much more confident this time won't you?' as though its a given, and I'm like actually no...I'm much, much more nervous. I'm worried that I'll get cross at dd a lot for getting in the way with the baby and generally being a toddler and breaking stuff and being demanding, even though she's normally absolutely lovely!

eandz · 31/07/2008 19:25

wow a 9lber! i'm afraid of how big mine is going to be.

will my vagina really become flappy?

biglips · 31/07/2008 19:28

well i never got that far with my DD as had an emergency c-section. ill leave it to the people who had been there to give u answers!...

eandz · 31/07/2008 19:30

biglips,
i'm sure the emergency c section wasn't your first choice of delivery but how did you find it? was it easier to recover than you thought or just as horrible as some people claim it to be?

biglips · 31/07/2008 19:33

no as i was in labour for 17 hours till they realised that dd's head was in a wrong position in the birth canal so had no choice in the end. I recovered very well depsite having a tiny wound infection but it didnt put me off having another baby but it was hard though for the first couple of weeks.

meglet · 31/07/2008 19:33

re: big babies. My cousin in the States had a baby boy last month, 11lb 7oz , c-section 2 weeks early as the consultant was not keen on her going to term with such a big baby.

DP was 13lbs and born naturally. I am sure that his mother still has 'issues' stemming from his birth poor woman. She def treats him less favourably than his brother and sister.

hopefully · 31/07/2008 19:35

I really feel for those of you with crappo midwives. Mine is lovely, and I always feel I should bring her a present so she continues to be so! She told me today I had a very neat bump, which pleased me (even if I am now slightly concerned about her eyesight...)

eandz · 31/07/2008 19:36

meglets:
YIKES!

thanks biglips

carrieon · 31/07/2008 19:38

Just told dh its August tomorrow and he said 'that means our baby is due next month'

PANIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Am frog-marching him up to the loft to get baby stuff down.

biglips · 31/07/2008 19:51

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllll oooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

kel78 · 31/07/2008 20:22

Thanks all- I have had 2 c sections but they were done quite early so was a bit shocked when they said 39 weeks. Im trying a vbac this time if all goes well but only if I start in natural labour, I cannot be induced and I cannot be left too long so will prob end in c sect. If they had offered me an early one I think I would take it now cos im getting fed up and im only 33 weeks.

For all of you have c sections, dont know if uve heard of it but on my 1st a kind nurse brought in peppermint cordial and gave it to me with warm water and the pain of trapped wind after the operation just eased. On my 2nd I took another bottle with me and again it did the trick.

eandz · 31/07/2008 20:26

yeah, i'm only on my 32nd week and i'm not excited about another 8 weeks of this body. i just CAN'T do it!

notcitrus · 31/07/2008 20:38

I'm nearly 34 weeks now and surprisingly doing pretty well with the body (except lying down in bed). I think it helps that my bump looks small from above, so it's only if I catch myself in the mirror I see the enormous bit below the equator and go OH MY GOD!!!

I've just about mastered turning over in bed by putting all my weight on my feet and hands, and not at all on my pelvis.

But I looked up details about codeine in the third trimester and it doesn't seem to be a great idea 'late in pregnancy' or 'near labour', so I probably should take less of it... bah!

My dad's family run to 14 and 15 lb babies (probably why I was so premature, given I was off the charts until I was 18 months, but my mum is tiny). Apparently it's not such an issue because the rest of the body is still narrower and squishier than the head. But have to admit to being relieved that Squirmy is still dead average...

biglips · 31/07/2008 20:45

im 34 weeks today and i find its a struggle to turn over in bed as i gotta hold my BELLY to support it or otherwise i get a pulled muscle feel on my belly on my right side which i end up in agony!!!...........ouch!!

eandz · 31/07/2008 20:55

just carrying my belly on my body is painful.

jearund · 31/07/2008 20:57

Potxola I'd go for the nursery. DD has just started going once a week and is loving it. Today we put her in for a whole day for the first time as my DH is ill and I had to work, and she was absolutely fine then too. There will be lots of distractions for your DS there, things to play with, other children, and, as you say, experienced staff. He'll probably enjoy it. I would however take him for some settling in sessions before the big day so that he is familiar with it (or is it already the place where he goes for 2.5 hours a day?). If he has made it clear he doesn't want to stay at home with a stranger I would go with his wishes. Plus the nursery will be cheaper and near the hospital if there's a problem (which I'm sure there won't be!).

jearund · 31/07/2008 21:00

Kel78 I believe it's 39 weeks here but that's from what I've been told by friends as mine was an emergency one.

biglips · 31/07/2008 21:05

elective c-sections is 39 weeks here too

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