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

[ruthosaurus]

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

Morning ladies! Wow, not sure how I sound so chirpy with a slight headache and toothache!

I am 35 weeks today . Can't believe I have made it this far. Somehow it seems to have flown by and taken forever at the same time. I am due at the hospital in about 50 minutes for a final scan to check babe's growth. If all goes to plan, I will get my homebirth. It is obviously playing on my mind as I keep dreaming about all the paces I can give birth at home, lol! Last night it was at the bottom of the stairs.

I am also feeling a bit crappy as am suffering from wisdom tooth ache again. It has been infected for a long time and I was due to have it and the other 3 out in March, but had to cancel. I am paying for it now, not that it is a constant ache or pain, but it comes and goes, reacts to hot/cold and wakes me in the night,l which I don't need when I am already not sleeping well. I called up today to get another referal to the hospital done as the waiting time for surgery is about 8 weeks, so even if baby is late, he should still be here 8-10 weeks from now. As it is, I am likely to have to take a second course of antibiotics in just 2 months and I feel really bad about what I am pumping into my body, but it is a toss up between antibiotics for 7 days or painkillers daily. Hopefully this last course will hold off the pain enough to get this baby out and get me to hospital. Actually, has anyone here had wisdom teeth removed? I have a choice between having 2 done at a time with a local or having a general and having all 4 done at the same time. What do you think? I was originally going to go with the local as I would be able to come straight home and obviously I will breastfeeding, so think this may still be the best choice, providing they pull the worst offending wisom tooth first, lol!

Right, better get organised to go!

I have a game of scrabble open with chocO. So how do we get a game, where we are all playing together then ?

LacksDAISy and DOzy, I have opened a scrabble game with you.
Does anyone else want to join this game. Let me know. Lets gets us all in on one game.

Cheers Obs Dozy is now struggling to keep upo with MN and Scrabble and thinks that ZERO housework is going to get done today!

Obs I will join the game. THe max is 4 players.

Monkey, I tried to add you, but it wouldn't let me. Wonder what I did wrong ? Next game ?

I can't keep up with these scrabble games, and MN, and stop DD from trashing the house!

aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh

monkey has gone to a meeting now anyway

is she winding down to her maternity leave by any chance

and I'm worried I will out a RL name on this thread as well........got to be bi-lingual doing this, eh?

I just got back from my MW appointment - I'm really excited as I got my next appointment booked in 2 weeks at home to go through the homebirth stuff!

Dozy I was hoping to get some housework done today but I really don't see that happening with all this scrabble.

HM2J I had one of my wisdom teeth out a couple of years ago as it was rotten and it was awful - I was in a lot of pain and the only way to cope was to take paracetemol and aspirin together - the "strong" painkillers the dentist gave me didn't do anything. Whenever you get it done, I would just make sure you can take aspirin too. Good luck!

Gosh, apologies for lousy rubbish spelling and cross-posting today. No brain at all.

HM2J, commiserations on the teeth - owie! My mw told me the other day that babies are tough little b*stards (her words, not mine) and are okay with antibiotics but prefer not to have poorly mums. I do like my mw.

Hey, Choc, are you on Mleave now? I'm seriously losing track!

lol rutho.....you obviously come from the "speak your mind" capital of the UK

It's funny how people seem to think they have a right to come and see you straight after giving birth. My DH said he will ring my mum (if it is a suitable time) to say we have gone to the hospital but then will only ring once baby is safely delivered. With my sister my mum wanted updates but my sister partner quite rightly said NO you will get the call when it is over. I don't mind my mum coming a little after we are all ok but i'm not sure I could cope with a whole load of people because i've not done this before so am not sure how i will feel afterwards. I agree with Dozy as well that no way will I be establishing breastfeeing with other people around! That will be something private for our immediate family (DH, me and baby).

Just talking about my sister, in fact we didn't even get the first phonecall because they went into hospital at 6am and baby was delivered at 12.32.

Anyone watch Anna Richardsons sex education programme last night (obviously parts of it are a bit late for us lot). It was on childbirth. I was finishing off tea and DH was sitting at kitchen table and I burst into tears. It scared me! I just can not imagine the pain. DH was so lovely and told me that of course I could do it and what a reward our baby will be. I know he is right and that women all aroudn the world and for billions of years have been doing it but i honestly feel like i'm going to be the one to let the female species down.

Sauraus- Like someone else said, those first few days/minutes you will never get back again so YOU and dh do as you wish and everyone else will just have to respect your wishes!!! Come on use those pregnancy hormones....

and just to add...I was taking three different ABs for my scar infection after DD.....all compatible with BFing as only a little got through in the milk. check out La Leche League or the Breastfeeding Network for drugs info, and make sure your dentist knows you are Bfing. Don;t be fobbed off with a "you can't take these and BF; you have to stop BFing...there is always, always an alternative if the drug is even incompatible in the first place"

right lunchtime here...will catch up with the scrabble in a bit

Daisy, I'm in Sheffield - nuff said! I'm not local but have gone native and speak as I find. My sis has never lived in the North and was stunned by the bluntness - a few years ago the woman in my local off-licence (them were't days) told her that her jumper was shedding all over her coat and that she wanted to get one of those roller things, and at my wedding one of my MILs, Sheff born and bred, asked sis why she wasn't married yet (she assumed she was older but is in fact 3 years younger ). After a bit you grow a slightly thicker skin and it just bounces off, and then you grow to love it.

Pinkali, DH does my nut as he's making me feel like I'm being unreasonable and selfish . It feels like he's not on my side but is taking everyone else's - it seems to matter more what they think, and how he's coping, than what I want. AIBU?

Re pain, antenatal class mw (loopy, Spanish, told us to imagine fears as a tiger and to "find our tigers" - guess what one of mine is?) last night got us to hold a chunk of ice tightly in our hands for 3 minutes to practise coping with pain with breathing and visualisation. It was ace and very empowering at the time but in the cold light of day I'm slightly less convinced about how authentic an experience that was .

hi all. Have been on thhe trek tothe P.O. today. Not sure how many more of thos trips I'm going to manage!

Obs that's great news about the driving etc.

Word of warning re-waters breaking. I had loads with DS and a carrier bag and some towels will not do the trick. You need a BIG sheet of plastic and thick bath towels. My main gush was in the bath but I still maanged to destroy the car seat in a 1o min car jouurney. With any luck, this will not happen to yuo anyway.

rutho have posted your little top. I ironed it, too

missy I got my book today, thanks!! Autumnlady I'm very sorry but I haven't finished the book- can I keep it for a couple more days?[blush}

Get you lot with your scrabble. I'm looking forward to DS going to nusrery next week, I may actually get a minute to myself and join you.

Off to antenatal with the two terrors in tow. Wish me luck!!

Just discovered that DD has coloured in my pantry with purple crayon whilst I was posting that message. sigh

Thanks, Pinky, you're a pal! Ironing? Are you nuts? Very, very impressed as my ironing pile is now taller than me, no exag.

Holy crap, really re: waters? God, homebirthing is looking more and more like an option. Mind you, if I have it at home, DH's family will probably be sat downstairs watching telly!

Why can't small children do useful decorating? Hugs.

I bought an Ikea bar stool in the sale so I don't have to stand up to iron and have only used it for sitting on when I'm on the phone or waiting for the kettle to boil .

I think I'm going to have to go home from work for a lie down as I've had 2 cups of tea and am still tired, plus any more caffeine and the baby will kick right through me [guilt guilt guilt].

I haven't posted for a couple of days but I have been trying to keep up, honest
Obs Great news about the driving, must be a relief. Shame you had to waste so much time at the hospital yesterday though.
Rutho I agree with what has already been said - I couldn't imagine having my BIL there, even if he did sit outside! You're not being unreasonable in wanting some time alone to bond with your baby and to be with your DH. Our AN teacher instructed our DHs to make sure we stay in bed for a week after the birth - a bit unrealistic I think especially for those with LOs already, but the idea is nice. Oh, and also to limit visitors and put a sign on the door
Pinkyminkee If your parcels will fit into a postbox then you can buy postage online on the Royal Mail website here and simply stick it onto the parcel. Much more convenient than trekking to and queuing up at the post office
We had our NCT class bra and beer evening on Monday, where the girls were measured for nursing bras and the boys went down to the pub (despite their offers to help . I bought a couple of those vest tops Daisy mentioned as they were really comfy.
I have my 34 week scan tomorrow to check on the baby's renal dilation. It all seemed OK at the 4D scan early last month so fingers crossed. I also had to have a GBS swab today (well the MW gave me the implement on Sunday and I did it so hope I've done it right!). Fingers crossed that comes back clear so that I can have my HB. It's all booked anyway - the MW came round to talk to us on Sunday about it and was very much in favour, provided the GBS result is OK.
Hope everybody else is OK - sorry I just can't keep up with all these posts What is it going to be like when everybody goes on maternity leave?!

lol rutho, I'm in Leeds, but not native either so ikwym about bluntness! We should have a meet up at some point; I've never been to Meadowhall!! Your AN teacher sounds bloody bonkers. Is your DH a Yorkshireman? Tell him not to be so bloody soft about needing his brother there and remind him that the reason that our water is hard is because it's from Yorkshire!!

lunch done, DD sleeping, my downstairs looking like the before shots from "How Clean is Your House". How can one small child create so much havoc? And how bad will it be when there is two of the little blighters?

I'm packing up nappies to take to the post office (although one of the packages will be cheaper to send via courier than royal mail standard parcels ) and will post your next book Dozy. We aren't going to get through them all before babies arrive, are we?

fingers crossed for your scan cricri. good to have you back

Tha's never been to Meadowhall - you've not lived, lass! [ahem]. I may go there tonight to buy new maternity jeans for oversized arse and thighs (saw pic of me wearing old ones in Paris in April and they were BAGGY! I needed a BELT!).

Sheffield water is bloody soft for some reason - lovely for hair but not so good for extended metaphors or floaty bits in cups of tea .

My house looks like that and I don't even have any kids yet . Just a disinclination to do any real work. I need Kim and Aggie to come over and look after me, plus the team from DIY SOS.