Due May 05 part 5

[logic]

I think it's time for a new thread! The old one was getting huge...

I'd say ebay. I've sold 7 different things (from bundle of excellent quality baby boys stuff to old vinyl). We made enough to pay for a new wardrobe for the little pickles (DS and the one on the way!).

Sex - husband is relentlessly wanting it every night.. but I only fancy about once every two weeks. It's more the self-pleasing whilst together than actual sex now, as my belly is in the way!

ebay is a good idea. What about charities? Do they want maternity stuff? I have lots of nice boys clothes in the loft too.

I can't wait until its March too, and only two months to go, i can't wait to 'meet' our baby and be a mum! It will also be good to get rid of the back ache! I'm finding being pregnant now alot better than the first trimester, I was so tired then, I do seem to have some more energy now, I love the fact I 'look' pregnant and people comment on how quickly I'm growing - saw my sister for lunch and she thinks I'm noticeably bigger in the last week, and I love being able to feel the baby move around - even if some of the kicks do hurt a little.
Re sex - i have the opposite problem, I'm up for it but dp is a bit unsure now I'm so much bigger and he can see the baby move around, so its dropped off a little bit lately - guess I'll get used to it!
I've already bought some little clothes, went to Blooming Marvellous in Bath and spent over £200 on things - not all clothes! (luckily had 10% discount voucher) and we've ordered our cot now, my nesting instinct is now taking over and I'm desperate to finish the nursery and get the little tiny clothes sorted out.

I still take great pleasure in folding my DS little shirts and trousers and putting them neatly in his draw. I am nesting for the new one too. I have been given a wee little dress for her, and my Mum brings something pink everytime she comes to see us! DH is building the new wardrobe this weekend, then I can start going mad! We're going to be decorating the nursery over the Easter weekend.

Maternity clothes... I'm sure charity shops would welcome them also. I was so lucky that my friends gave me tons of stuff for this pregnancy. Perhaps hang on to some of it for the next chum that falls?

snap preggars - we have put aside Easter w/end for decorating - we just lurve fighting crowds of people in B&Q! But it means we can do it all as a family - we're really keen that ds should be involved in decorating the nursery. He was blowing raspberries on my tummy this evening (after having said into it "hello, I'm big brother").

That book looks excellent, Lua, I think I'll buy that.

I'm sorry too, vistervic, if my moaning has offended you too. I know what you mean, but for me the mc has actually made matters worse and me hate being pg all the more. I feel cheated, like I should have the whole pg business out of the way, and I feel very scared that the whole pg business will have been in vain anyway. I wish I could enjoy being pg more!

Myermay, snap re weeny white babygro's, it's all I can justify buying atm as I have tons of blue stuff. Wish so much that I knew what to expect.
Fashill, spoons is really the most comfortable, but did get an ann summers book with lots of ideas for variation - in the more down to earth pg books they seem to say get as much sex as you can before baba comes along. All i know is that it will be a LONG time before I will be having sex without using contraception after May.
Poshpaws, totally agree re: correcting previous mistakes with first baby, or trying at least
Fisil, IKWYM re: pregnancy all in vain, it is something i think about all the time, i am trying very hard not to tempt fate by presuming that things will be ok. I can't actually picture myself holding baba yet, i need to actually be holding him/her first before i will believe it.
It is great to be sharing all these pregnancies, and it will be even better sharing all the birth stories and watching these babies grow, hope you're all having a nice evening xxxxxxxxx

i can't wait till march either, it all will seem so much closer and more exciting.
a friend of mine is being induced tomorrow, i am so jealous. partly because she no longer has to be pregnant anymore, but mostly because she gets to meet her baby and hold him and smell him. i wish the next 2 months would hurry up!!

northstar, dh bought me a rabbit from Ann Summers for xmas, bless him Must admit though, we only waited 5 weeks after ds was born to get back to normal, the bare minimum for the pill to work!

I really can't believe that I just posted that!

Way to go Logic

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We had a lovely quickie this morning, YIPPEE!! And I will try and get a bit more now Northstar!! And it was spoons, worked very nicely although I have a big bruise on my bum from where DP was massaging the sciatic nerve for me last night!! It was absolutely killing and I kept saying are you rubbing it too hard, now I know he was!

Well done Logic!!

Don't know about you all but London's snow is looking lovely today, was daydreaming on the way in about playing in it with our son!!

Hello ladies. I hope you don't mind me introducing myself. I spend most of my time on the June board but have a sneaky suspicion that this one might arrive in late May and so I wanted to say hello. It'll be our second - we have a dd who will be 3 in April.

Hi welshmum and welcome. I'm an imposter too - I'm due in April but on my last performance (ds nearly 2 weeks late) I reckon on May!

Hurray for those "toys" hey girls! Had to rob the batteries from mine on xmas morning for ds new digger though
Im really going to get contraception organised asap in may, no 9/10 month gaps for me, I went to a few fortune tellers over the years and they all told me I would have three children. Im sure that didnt include the m/c so I'm thinking I'm half way there

The May mums welcome everybody!!

I'm due on 27th May so I may end up being a June Mum!

hello welshmum - you've joined during a very interesting conversation! Glad to know that I'm not the only one anyway!

Northstar/Logic - I've got 'toys' but I've been scared to use them. Do you know of any reason to not use them?!? Just thought the vibrating might be a bit bad...

Am I the only one who is glad not to even have to think about sex right now, and who would really rather not ever do it again?

northstar, lol at the digger Isn't motherhood great?

fashill, I've never read anything that said you couldn't! Didn't harm ds anyway. My sex drive seems to go through the roof when pg.

fisil, I'm with you there! I never have had a very high sex drive but now it's practically non-existant ! I'm actually quite jealous of all the others in some ways . I'm glad you ladies are all enjoying yourselves - have fun!

Im with you fisil and maymum. When I'm not even capable of putting on my own socks anymore I'm definatly not up for any bedroom aerobics. I do enjoy to snuggle up with dp before going to sleep but thats about all I can manage, much to dp's disappointment

Bit of a delayed response for Hollya on the when to give up work thing - this is my second - with no 1 is worked til 37 weeks, went two weeks overdue so had five weeks of eating myself to four stone overweight and being utterly bored -plus lost out on time with baby. This time am working to 39 weeks! Ultimately depends on the kind of job you do, how prepared you are for the big day and whether you have support once your mat leave starts - with my first all of my friends were at work and I was too scared to travel too far for fear of going into labour so I got really fed up at home and would have been better off at work. In my experience you will get tired, but those extra few weeks with baby afterwards is very precious time.

I'm having a very odd intuitive feeling that there is something wrong with the baby. Nothing specific, the scan at 20 weeks showed that everything is normal, correct number of arms and legs etc... and the baby is moving a lot but I don't know. It's horrible. I keep imagining scenarios where the baby is born not right. Is anyone else feeling this anxious as well or am I just going mad?

I reckon that's completely normal, logic, unfortunately!