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Due November 2008 - hang on a minute, that's NEXT MONTH! Yikes!

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ruthosaurus · 14/10/2008 14:23

Not that it'll even BE November by the time we run out of space on this thread...

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Pinkyminkee · 20/10/2008 18:58

aya for the pram coming, lacks. I put mine together myself, it's not too hard, just the wheels, I think. No way I'd wait for DH. They just don't get excited about these things, do they? I can never understand it. Any parcel is like Christmas to me (saddo)

I'm not having 3rd stage jab if all goes well, either. Don't think my consultant recommends it for vbac either.

misdee · 20/10/2008 19:05

i'm off to hospital soon. still dont feel right so am getting checked. as soon as dd1 is back from brownies and i have phoned the ward for more advice.

LackaDAISYcal · 20/10/2008 19:08

We'll have a look once the kids are in bed.

LackaDAISYcal · 20/10/2008 19:08

oh, misdee, I hope things are OK.

Keep us posted.

misdee · 20/10/2008 19:10

will do. i think it cold be a water infection or tummy bug though. just dont want that setting off labour. but have packed a bag for myself and one for baby, just in case.

LackaDAISYcal · 20/10/2008 19:14

Is it anything specific or just niggles that are making you think you are starting?

LackaDAISYcal · 20/10/2008 19:15

cross posts. i know how you feel, but I don;t want to go near a ward incase they keep me in!

Dozymare · 20/10/2008 19:28

bugger, typed and lost a post......

missdee wish you well, were you other DD's early? Ae you still having contraction type feelings??????

lacks how are you and yours? are you feeling a bit better and is your DH off tomorrow so you get a chance to rest up??? It;'s not much fun looking after a poorly one when we are this pregnant - my poor ds has ear and chest infection and is very grumpy, tired, clingy.....we have stayed in all day and I am so bored TGF MN and Scrabble!!!!

nOW, HERE'S a weird one...a foodie one at that.....I have cooked a 6 veg shepherd's pie for the family but the thought is making me feel ill......Indeed, all I want is Peanut butter on toast follwed by avocado and big fat tomatoes.........strange cravings eh or not???

IMUM why are they inducing you this week when you aren't due until the 30th November????

LackaDAISYcal · 20/10/2008 19:37

feeling better, but very bored and very grumpy. I think DH is running out of patience. And really has to go back to work tomorrow or they will think he is taking the piss as he handed in his notice last Monday and has only been there two days since.

I feel so fecking useless and am starting to worry that he thinks I'm taking the piss.

DCs much much better. DS is going back to school tomorrow and DD seems much more cheerful. I'm still a bit worried about her tummy though. Maybe it's because she hasn;t been eating much and has probably lost a little bit of weight, but her previously innie tummy button is now just like that....a little button. It looks horrible.

LackaDAISYcal · 20/10/2008 19:37

I hope your DS is OK as well Dozy. Might be worth getting him checked out?

ruthosaurus · 20/10/2008 19:43

Good luck Missdee, hope all is okay and you feel better soon, hon.

Dozy, have the peanut butter! I had this a couple of days ago - all food was making me feel sick apart from really bland crappy stuff like cheese toasties. I've been talked into a takeaway curry tonight (it's the only thing that will assuage DH's evil nicotine cravings, apparently). This is obviously a terrible time to have run out of both Rennies and Gaviscon, isn't it?

Lacks, glad to hear you're feeling better. My pram comes tomorrow as well and I am under orders not to open it until DH comes home. I told DH I'd have taken the toy monkey we got for the baby at the weekend out for a spin in it by then. Re: your DH, erm, what are they going to do, sack him? Ahem.

Oh, curry's here. Meh.

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Pinkyminkee · 20/10/2008 20:04

missdee hope all is well

Dozy I have been eating soo many avocadoes! I've had at least two today and I'm prolly going to have another very shortly I have to get a real craving before I go near peanut butter, though. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with it.

All these poorly children, s'no fun.

DD has been wailing about books and not going to sleep again. She's just messing about, but I don't know how I'm going to manage putting them all to bed on my own when she's like this. AARRRGHH. I think she may now be asleep..

rutho is the monkey a crochet one, anne claire petit? Because that's DD's, my 'namesake'! She LOves him, big time

sparkletoes · 20/10/2008 20:07

Dozy and Ruthy I have been craving (and then helping myself) to peanut butter recently. Really craved it thoughout PG last time but only in last week this time...? One scare story (poss link to peanut allergy) I am not too sure about really! We do have eczema/hayfever in family so the guidelines tell me to avoid it. Blardy guidelines!

MW has informed me my iron levels are low, will need to stock up...

Enjoy your curry Ruthy I LOVE curry!

Pinkyminkee · 20/10/2008 20:12

I too am craving curry now..this thread is no good.

sparkletoes · 20/10/2008 20:17

LOL Pinky!

Dozymare · 20/10/2008 20:19

why are we all craving avocadoes and peanut butter......are we deficient in something????

Pinkyminkee · 20/10/2008 20:22

Quite possibly. Either that or we are just a bunch of little piggies.

Oblomov · 20/10/2008 20:23

Hope Misdee is o.k.

I am off to Kings tomorrow. 36 week scan and will see Prof and Mr Marsh.

In answer to Dozy's and MerryM 's q's. I think dh has been quite unwell recently. And then I had my hypo. And he was VERY scared. It was a VERY VERY Bad one. He cried last night. He told me. I think it is all just a bit tense.

I am off to pack my hospital bag. I did it a few weeks ago, but then needed it for my admission the other week. And I currently , as I type have nothing packed at all !!
I just wonder. If tomorrow, they don't let me home. My blood sugars continue to be very very low. For MerryM , let me tell you they are 2.1 or 2.3 most of the day. That in itself is officiallly HYPO. Maybe it is not placenta failure at all.
Anyway, best to have my bag ready. Incase I need to tell dh that they are not letting me out. Ha ha !!

MerryMarigold · 20/10/2008 20:27

Pinky, thanks so much for the post. I think you are right, oh wise one. I really wanted to be more in control this time as last time I wasn't, but I think it is best not to put any extra pressure on myself and 'go with the flow'. I keep thinking: ermmmmm....what CD would I like playing? Actually, I couldn't care less, I just want to see my babies out and safe and healthy! I had so many plans last time but my whole pregnancy was very good and on the day my waters broke I was driving to structural surveyor's and picking up reports and doing all sorts of stuff. Today I have mostly done nothing. I am not even craving anything. In fact I feel downright depressed, how odd is that?

Sorry for me post! Well, ok, mostly mine are, aren't they?!

I did have halloween icons but they have gone now, dunno why.

Dozy, def have the peanut. I love it, love it and often crave it (when not pg too ). And it's full of protein, good for placenta. Maybe body wants protein not 6 veg!

Lacks, hope all gets better soon in the Daisycal house. Glad things are improving and that dh has been around today. Hope he can stick around tomorrow.

Misdee, will try and keep up with your movements tomorrow. We have internet in our hosp. It is painfully slow, but not too bad for reading posts. Actually posting is a bit of a 'mare, so will leave that to my text bud.

MerryMarigold · 20/10/2008 20:30

Sorry Obs, cross post. Wow, that is so low. I start feeling odd and sweaty at 3.5 and then go off and munch choc digestives. Anyway, I have forgotten my insulin for lunch and supper today. Oops.

Sorry for your dh, he must have been petrified. So glad you have got a check tomorrow with BOTH docs. Maybe we will be birthing twins .

Pinkyminkee · 20/10/2008 20:35

merry Not odd at all. I'm sure Oblomov would agree. Difficult pregancies get you down. They put a strain on you, your body, your relationships. Focussing on holding you babies is probably the healthiest thing you can do for yourself right now. Not long to wait, either!

Hope things go well for you, oblomov

Pinkyminkee · 20/10/2008 20:36

lol at 'wise one'.. I missed that!

cricri · 20/10/2008 21:08

Misdee Hope everything is OK.
Oblomov Good luck for tomorrow.
MM Can't wait to hear news of the twins Hope all goes well - not long to go now and once they've arrived hopefully you'll feel more like your old self.
Peanut butter - yuck, can't stand it. But Nutella, that's a different story

LackaDAISYcal · 20/10/2008 21:09

Merry, I'm completely forgetting that you will meet your babies on Wednesday and

What you say makes sense about the control thing; I suppose the important thing is that both you and the babies are fine; a twin pregnancy is a very different thing to a singleton one. Music.....couldn't tell you what was playing either of my CS deliveries, although I do remember chatting at length about whatever was on when DS was being delivered, but I was so off my face on drugs I can't remember anything; maybe DH remembers.

Obs, much love to you sweetheart . not sure I have the "right" thing to say as your expereince is so far removed from anything I've ever experienced. I'm thinking of you though and hope that things go well tomorrow.

Avocados are rich in magnesium, iron, potassium and vits B, E and K. Peanuts in iron, zinc and magnesium.

I'm a firm believer in our body telling us what it needs.......mine obviously needs maltesers

ruthosaurus · 20/10/2008 21:19

Mine didn't need bloody curry - it was really disgusting. DH said it tasted normal to him. It tasted of metal to me. Even the naan bread. Ew.

Good luck for tomorrow Obs, all the best.

Merry, hugs.

Pinky, the monkey is called "Medium Bashful Monkey, apparently, from Jellycat, and is a v soft furry-type monkey, with a lovely little face.

Night all, off to cheer myself up with more custard.

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