Due in November 08: Missing - 2 feet, last seen somewhere under bump in late August. If found, please massage and trim toenails before returning.

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Hi ladies, new thread as we seem to have outgrown the old one!

Autumlady is a workaholic, who should not be on the tube, with SPD. She is a 'naughty girl'

I think we need a list of naughty girls - those that need to learn to put their feet up and relax. If you don't do it now ladies, YOU WILL REGRET IT.
Says the wise words of Oblomov.
Who does nothing other than put her feet up.

Now who are these ladies - Autumnlady - sit down woman.
Heart2mum, she rushes around, achieving ALOT, doesn't she? God she is amazing. Sit down woman.
Vbab, minimal, slow decorating please.

Now who else, needs an Oblomov telling off ?

Monkeymargot, don't think I can make the lunch as will still be working and am taking too much time off already! Will be thinking of you ladies having your lovely lunch though!

I'm taking this Fri off cos DH are going away for one last fling for our wedding anniversary - very very excited! There is a spa and I've booked in a facial plus other things... only thing is I'm not sure how long I'll be able to comfortably lie in one position for! Still I'm sure they're used to us fussy pregnant women!

Good luck for the journey home autumnlady

Oblomov I def def don't, I'll hep you keep an eye on the offenders from the comfort of my sofa!!

Obs no telling off for me - my DH has done the washing up every day for the past 2 weeks - he has been on gardening leave so I have been getting used to a house husband!! Although I do think he's trying to set an example for me when I'm on maternity leave!

Afternnony everyone. Have just caught up on 2.5 pages since I was on yesterday!!!

Interesting talk about no 2's. I have the opposite problem - can't keep away from the loo - have been particularly bad today - have anyone else got the runs, permenantly?

I 'left work' today - I'm back in tomorrow for an all day meeting but no-one will see me as I'll be stuck in an office. I got a lovely card, box of Thorntons (must hide these from DH) and some Toys R Us vouchers.

I fear my SPD has gone from mild to not-so-mild and was in a lot of pain last night. Hopefully the impending rest whilst on leave will help. But DH has plans of 'you can clean a room each day' along with 'you need to buy stuff for your bag' and 'take the dog out everyday'..... I fear I won't win this one!!

When I got on the tube yesterday we literally just made it and it was packed full so instead of my bump holding the doors open it was DH with out overnight bag, anyway, eventually a guy who was sitting in the priority seat for pregnant people etc offered me his seat. Personally I think it was when everyone around him started staring at him and then me I was panting and looking a little worse for wear. On all the other tubes people offered me their seats so i was quite proud of being british at that point. Annoying however that national express didn't tell me there were no Victoria line tubes!!!! So down to South Kensington and then along on the district line to victoria. 30 odd minutes instead of 11!!! NOT IMPRESSED.

Anyway... oh it is just sooo exciting. We will soon have babies!

Hi Guys just checking in

Time is slowly creeping on, i was just having a little look on the Oct thread and five ladies have had their babies already. I wonder which one of us will be first?

Having a bit of a rough time at the moment. Work is stressful and demanding (got two and a half weeks left still) and not sleeping well at all which makes dealing with teenagers all the more challenging! Trying to relax when i get home but there is so much to sort out before i leave
So jealous about you ladies who have started mat leave already.

Hana i'm leaking colostrum too but not too much that it is uncomfortable. Hopefully someone will be along shortly to give you some advice

It is our final antenatal appointment tomorrow evening talking about labour positions i think and then we are on our own as it is. I'm 35 weeks on Wed and starting to getting a little scared now.

I can vouch that the Juicy Garden blanket is just lurvely . DD loves it and snuggles into it in bed every night.

Also struggling to take everything in. I'm also a shortarse bird so feel baby everywhere at once. SPD back with a vengeance today, but it's easier to bear than the backache I've had all weekend.

I seriously wonder how I'm going to last another 6 weeks though; I feel so old and decrepit and have to hobble for a few mins after getting up until my legs start working again.

re blood pressure, I think a lot of it depends on what's normal for you. For high BP, they are looking for a top figure of 140 and a bottom of 90, but if you are normally pretty low, then even 120 can be high for you iyswim. It all gets compared to the baseline reading that they took at your booking appointment.

I have just listed a load of nappies on the classified section on here. There are so many, it looks like I'm some sort of trader . I'll give it a week on here and then they are going on used nappies.

Are we going to have text buddies so someone can alert the thread that baby is on it's way/arrived? or are we relying on our DP/DHs to come online and do it for us? I'm happy to organise text buddies

I'll be back later..DD is getting out of hand and needs to go to bed. She keeps on whacking DS for no reason!

Lolabella - really, 5 October ladies already?? I know of one (who is another thread I am a regular on) but I assumed she would be the first October lady! That is scary!! Sorry work is really hard - mine is too, if that is any help? I am starting to panic about getting everything cleared before I leave and I only have 14 days left in the office and most of those already have meetings planned so no idea how I am going to get everything straight for a handover

Daisy - please could you do the text buddies? I would but have no idea how to go about it plus I don't want to give DH my login details

Obs - I really don't need a telling off as I am probably the laziest person on this thread

Did some more shopping today - got my maternity pads (nice!), a dressing gown for the hospital and a few newborn-size clothes as all DS's are shorts and t-shirts (with him being a summer baby) so not really appropriate this time round.

I know you are all ahead of me in terms of weeks but if and when did you pack your hospital bag? I feel I should have it packed but DH thinks it is far too early (am 30+5) and won't get it down from the loft for me!

Autumn Lady, I'm a Bristol person....

My hospital bag isn't packed yet and I'm 33+5! DH was meant to get my lovely jasper conran weekend bag dwon from the loft but swears it isn't up there ......I'm buggered if I'm taking a tatty old rucsac with me.

I've got everything sort of to hand, it's just pulling it all together that's the problem.

Evening All!

Just to re-assure you all who are worrying..here is where we are at in Dozy's World....

1. haven't even thought about my hospital bag
2. Haven't bought nursing pads, maternity pads or HUGE HUGE granny knickers yet
3. nursery isn't even 1/4 finished
4. haven't ordered carpet
5. No cot
6. No nappies...
7. haven't got equipment out of the loft yet

I have however, spent a small fortune on baby girl's clothes......so at least my little tiger lemonade will look lovely, even if her mum has leaky boobs and she is sleeping in the drawer!!!!!!!!

oh and definately have text buddies - I don't want DH logging on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, so many from the Oct thread have given birth, and my poor mn friend with twins still has not (and she is 40wks on Oct 1st!). So, at this rate guys I will not be the first!!

Dreams, I keep having this weird 'fantasy' (an awake one), that they will find 3 babies in there! I kind of would like them to...

pinkali, very cute pic. she looks very similar to my friend's baby Linus. How odd! (And I am not someone who thinks all babies look the same). Bump is neat too, am so jealous of all of you with your creamy skin minus stretchmarks and linea negras and yucky brown marks all over your bellies.

ceebee, my hospital bag isn't packed. There's a few things in it, but a lot isn't - and I am 33 weeks tomorrow! Not to mention the likelihood of being 'early'. I think I will get a bit more panicky when I am 34 weeks.

saurus, love the babygro and the week long bday. Just had to laugh, sounds like something I'd dream up! (May well use it next year). I also LOVE washing and hanging out clothes, but hate folding and putting away.

ChocO, my dh does all the washing up everyday! (even my lunch stuff). I suggest you start setting the expectation for it to carry on when you are breastfeeding and nappy changing and washing and generally shattered!

Ordered my freezer today and it's gonna take 2 weeks (so no batch cooking for me yet, pinky - how about telling your Mum your freezer is full up and would she like to buy you one), but should get the tumble on Thursday which will be a godsend as I washed my first batch of baby stuff today and realised I had left out vests, hats, mittens and towels!

I am so pooped today and have done v. little. Obs, I agree with the 'telling off', mostly because it makes me feel bad and inept and a terrible mother/ housewife/ wife when people are so busy. I did one wash today and wiped down high chair! House is chaos of toys and food all over floor. Just managed to chuck some fish and chips in the oven for supper with frozen peas. . Lost it with ds (he scribbled on kitchen floor when I told him to stop it). Phoned dh and demanded he come home (it was after 6 and he only came at 7 anyway). Early night for me...followed by only being able to sleep on my left side, and when that hurts I have to get up for a couple of hours. Ah, poor me. Well blood pressure is fine, and spine is fine, and I don't have SPD or any major swelling. So, I should stop whinging shouldn't I?

MM v.funny. You have clearly not met my mother. I asked them if they could get my old dolly cot out of their attic to give to DD for her birthday- you'd think I'd asked for the moon. I hear myself asking these things and I think pinky what are you doing.
She did buy some polo shirts for DS for school (I did not ask for this, I hasten to add) but then declared I had bankrupted her (lol theyare very well off). I don't care anymore, but it's when they offer things then change their minds that I get annoyed because it makes me look like a fool.

Anyhoo. Enough. Just feeling v.hormonal at the mo and getting v. frustrated at my inability to do anything.

I have bought my baby nappies and my mummy nappies but not packed anything.

I have discovered that I have managed to buy two crib mattresses from different shops so one will have to go back- PG brain-DOH.

Right going to take a few rubbish snaps of these blankets
in lieu of proper ones.

hanah not sure expressing is a fabbo idea. You could be stimulating supply and making things worse. daisy can you offer any of your wisdom to hana??

Hana, I had painful, heavy boobs other day and my friend (midwife) sad just to rub them down with hot flannel, not to express or anything. I acually leaked more with ds but never expressed. If you start getting blocked ducts (very hard, sore area), go to doctor...

hana, from what I can find on kellymom and in the books I have, milk production doesn't begin until the right hormones are in place after delivery and progesterone starts to drop. You have been making colostrum since about halfway through as well.

But, I'm not sure what effect expressing the colostrum will have. I know that different women produce different amounts prior to the baby's birth and that it doesn't appear to have an effect on milk production post birth. I would start a thread in breast and bottle feeding and put a shout out for tiktok or one of the other BFCs in the title to lend their experienced views.

I have eaten waaaaay too much food; a huge bowl of gluten free pasta (made from chickpeas, yum) with red pesto, and then far far far too many minstrels .

hana, from what I can find on kellymom and in the books I have, milk production doesn't begin until the right hormones are in place after delivery and progesterone starts to drop. You have been making colostrum since about halfway through as well.

But, I'm not sure what effect expressing the colostrum will have. I know that different women produce different amounts prior to the baby's birth and that it doesn't appear to have an effect on milk production post birth. I would start a thread in breast and bottle feeding and put a shout out for tiktok or one of the other BFCs in the title to lend their experienced views.

I have eaten waaaaay too much food; a huge bowl of gluten free pasta (made from chickpeas, yum) with red pesto, and then far far far too many minstrels .

I haven't even thought about packing a hospital bag but then I am only just 30 weeks.
What am I meant to put in one again

Mind you, when I was in the hospital midwives told me not to use my own babygros (why wash them yourself when we can do it for you?) Then they provided the granny knckers and pads for first couple of days and pads for final few. Also all of DD nappies, cotton wool etc.
So what is it that I need to bring cept clothes I don't mind ruining, a nightie/jammies. My own cushion is a must if I want to get any sleep but it is on my bed and ain't going near a bag until I am heading out the door.
What else
My labour started at 11pm, in hospital by 1am. I never listened to music or read any magazines etc. I just can't think what I need to pack!!

ooh, Food! I will need to pack crisps!! And shower stuff.

sorry about your mum, pinky, she sounds like an unhappy woman...do you have siblings? At least you know you will not be like that. In my postnatal group when I had ds, one of the subjects we spoke about was how having a baby affected our relationship with our mum. Everyone, but everyone said it made them more grateful, but for me, it made me more resentful and critical of her! Every time she said something vaguely not nice to my little baby (can;t you wait a bit longer in between feeds, naughty boy etc.), I got so defensive. I think she's noticed how much I praise ds and tell him he is handsome, clever, good and lovely! To start with she said he will get a big head! But I said there is nothing wrong with having healthy self esteem and she KNOWS she hasn't, so...She has been humble enough though to say I am a really good Mum.

Hello lovely ladies.
Hope all those with aches, pains and insomnia are coping OK.
MerryM Triplets? You're a crazy lady!
Choc make the most of DH doing stuff, and try and instill in him some kind of routine if poss! (can you tell I've been reading Gina Ford anyone?) My DH does no housework. Grr.
I can't get comfy these days, after eating everything feels really squished up inside, it's not pleasant. And every time I walk briskly (have a dog, so quite a lot) I keep getting really strong BH.
My (male) colleague, whose DW recently gave birth, made me PMSL today when he mentioned how his DW had lots of Haxton Bricks. Love it!
Got so many things to do - and only 6 weeks in which to do it... I've booked a van and this weekend DH and I are finally packing up our 2 x guest beds, driving 260 miles round trip to put them in my brother's garage, so we can finally start creating a nursery.
Getting a blackout blind thing sorted, and am going to order all the other stuff needed online in one big hit.
Hospital bag? Not a hope.

I am still LOL at being "told off" by Oblomov, but yes, I think I can afford to slow down some now. Well, maybe not tomorrow as need to clean the hob and mop the floors, but have nothing else on the agenda aside from that!

Lolabella, I keep forgetting you are due the same day as me. I also can't believe I will be 35 weeks on Wednesday.

I had a midwife appt today, had to bring it forward a week as we will be away during clinic next week. Saw a different CMW from normal, she seemed way more pro homebirth. She didn't even seem concerned about baby's size and is the first midwife to not have a startled look on her face at my fundal height measurment (am 34+5 today and measured 37cm........ not bad considering I was measuring 34cm at 28 weeks!). She said that although I LOOKED to be carrying a big baby, on palpation, he appears to be nicely "average" with a fair bit of fluid, so much so she could not tell which side his back was on (turned out was on my left!). She took bloods to redo my FBC and check iron levels again and managed to squeeze my fetal growth scan in for this week (wednesday). My next appt is in 2 weeks (36+5) and I will be told whether I can have my homebirth. I feel a little more positive about it after today's appt, especially when we discussed how far out fetal weight by U/S can be, as much as 20% either way and both my boys were 20% smaller than predicted!

Thanks for all you kind messages regarding my newly acquired pains and advice to RELAX.

Had a nice relaxing (with a couple of chores) AM while DS at nursery. But DS has been a mixed bag of emotions this afternoon. Going from loving, funny and daft (like me) to the complete opposite of kicking off for no apparent reason and slapping cupboards out of anger or whatever (amusing sometimes). DS was fantasic though at cooking his tea . His tea consisted of beans, mini sausages and toast followed by rice pudding. I supervised closely of course (and did most of it). he was so happy and kept saying "i cooked it" and ate it all. So cute. My DS loves nothing more than feeling like his had helped or achieved something himself and of course being praised for it. Very independant (too independant) and strong minded. Dont know where he gets it from .

I managed to hurt DS though . I was on the sofa and he came running towards me at full speed. Out of reaction I went to put my knee down in front of myself to stop him banging into my bump (as he has done many times) but I was too slow and hit DS straight in the mouth with my knee . He was really, really upset ... well for about 2 mins anyway. Not a bad recovery time for a split lip inside his mouth.

childcare vouchers - Will keep you ladies informed as to whether or not my vouchers get reinstated by work.

I had a missed call from work today but they didn't leave a message. It's pay day on Thursday and SHOULD all be sorted for it. I hope it wasnt payroll ringing up to query the vouchers.

I've sent an email to the payroll guy to find out if it has been sorted. Fingers crossed ladies.