due in August 05 - 3rd thread!!

[blossom2]

Hello everyone

thought i'd start the new thread since i haven't posted on the last one in a couple of days.

I'm well although my patience/tolerance/ability to smile has completely gone out of the window. I don't seem to have any patience with DD (she really is suffering) or DH. i'm moody and sulky. the only thing that seems to calm me down is a nice bath at the end of the day.

Is it all pregnancy hormones and is anyone else feeling the same!?!?!

blossom, is the pain in your breast very localised? If so it could be a blocked milk duct - even though you're nowhere near the b/f stage yet. From memory I think the advice is to massage the area and apply a hot flannel, but I'll try to remember to check that out. (I've got What to Expect when You're Expecting and it is mentioned as a potential problem at this stage).

Twiga, you have my sympathies on the trouser front - I have one pair over the bump and one pair under the bump and they both slide down constantly - . I've given up trying to find some that are a better fit as I can only buy over the internet!

I have just "exploded" in the midriff area in the last few days - feel (and look) enormous now - and still got months to go yet!!

DH's best friends fiancee has a baby this morning!!! A little girl, 9lb6oz, first baby. The poor thing was in early labour for 48 hours!! But when she did get going it happened quickly, he phoned at 3 this morning and said she was 6cm and by 5:05 she'd had her. Unfortuanately she hasn't slept for 3 days. I can't wait to see her and now I get to go and by cute baby gifts, although not until DH can help me shuffle around the shops. It's made DH and I even more excited about our new baby, although DH did point out this morning that as our baby is born, they'll be coming to the end of the sleepless night phase, nice thought.

Have been prescribed co=dydramol for the pain in my back, although I'm trying to manage with just paracetamol, which is terrible now, I can't walk for very long at all and still no appointments!! I'm feeling very frustrated that i can't do all the things that I want to and cried yesterday when DS was running around in the park and I couldn't join in I just had to sit and watch

I've got ante-natal this afternoon, I wonder if the midwife will be able to speed things up a bit. It will be nice to hear the baby's heart as I haven't heard it for ages. Still I know the baby is OK as it's so busy!!

Hi everyone. Another cold and wet day in London - at least it was dry yesterday so DS could go to the park for a run-around. Saturday was the due date of the baby I miscarried in September, and the baby I miscarried previously would be one in a week or so time. Surprisingly I'm fine about this - it seems to make a huge difference to me being pregnant. I was so miserable before - it's nice to feel happy and positive about this baby.

Hi everyone sorry not checked in for ages as I was busy with dd's birthday party on the 16th and then had a cold. Also she isn't giving me a moments peace at the moment! I've only skimmed through the messages. sorry to hear about your back kate.

As for me I am 26 weeks now and am really lucky, just got a little bit of back pain on Saturday but we had been swimming and then ages shopping. apart from that a very uneventful pregnancy. Hope to catch up later as dd is tugging at me...........

Have my sympathies with trousers Twiga, I'm hoping to check out the Asda range but local store doesn't stock so got to make special journey to Canterbury- soon!
Ooh how exciting Kate, it makes it so much more real when someone has their baby! Congrats to them! Hope u spoke to midwife re; TENS at yr appt this afternoon and all is well. It seems ages since I had an appt but got mine on thurs, baby's very active - day and night - so not concerned. I'm getting pretty breathless though which scares me sometimes. Have been working loads of hours at mo and on nights which mucks up my system- last one tonight though, yippee!

Glad you are feeling positive, Azure and hope everyone else is feeling fine. I have a stinky headache today, but I think I just need more sleep - have 4 year old wriggler in my bed doing snugglies all night, so feeling a bit bushed. 'Her inside' is wriggling too - am trying to convince ds (4) that Robin Hood is NOT a good name for the baby .....
Off back to the MW on Wednesday - every two weeks at the moment - and another scan on 13th....Just told my boss that I won't want to air travel after end of May (27 weeks) which I think is fair enough......
Lots of builders at my house today, so quite pleased I'm here.......

Sorry to hear that your back hurts so much, Kate.

We had a really good trip, mostly. Except for the fact it snowed the first day there! I got an early birthday present. They had a spa there, and I got a pregnancy massage while we were there. That was about the best present ever, I think. The in-laws were great, and having 3 other people to help chase after my 20 month old was wonderful. DH didn't want to go back to work this morning, because he was having such a good time.

Like so many of you, I seemed to have really popped out this past week.

Oh, and Miaou, I'm planning on using a Baby Bjorn (fortunate enough to borrow one) when the baby comes, and it will still be in the 90 degree range for the first month or so here. I have 2 strollers (sorry pushchairs) and am not going to buy another one, and obviously can't push 2 at the same time when its just myself. Its the only reasonable way I can figure out how to get the 2 of them out and about.

Perhaps we will both expire from the heat together, cm! Glad to hear you enjoyed your holiday.

Finally got an appoinment, seeing the physio this Thursday. Still nothing from the consultant, but progress at least. DS was very excited to hear the baby and held my hand the whole time I was at the appointment, it was just like DH being there I was very proud of him.

Great you finally got an appointmet kate100. I hope she/he can help you with the pain. Good luck on thursday.

my Physio has now said she is at the end of her list of things to help me! I am seeing the Obstetrition later today so will see what he has to offer!

What is the ingredient other than parasetamol in Co-dydramol?

Think it is Codeine, but you should probably wait for a medical person to confirm this......

Sorry to hear about everyone's pains. Kate100 glad you got an appointment - your DS sounds a sweetie.

Ok, so here's my rant for the day. I invited MIL for scan as she will be down here. I talked to her yesterday, and even though I already told her what it was for (measurements, checking up on baby, etc) she proceeded to get mad at me because she thought the only reason I was having one was to find out what the sex was. She (and DH) don't think people should know, and she said that I was very selfish to go find out when he didnt want to know. She said she was going to jump in front of the monitor so I couldn't find out. I told her that I was not insisting that I have one, that its just standard procedure now. After wasting about an hour having one of the most pointless conversations of my life, she informed me that she knew what I was having anyways because she asked her psychic, and he told her it was a girl. So my question is how come it is ok for her to "know" and me not to? I almost want to find out just to know if it is a boy like I think, and let her have it. Rant over. Sorry. I told DH about it last night, and the poor man is just shaking his head over it as much as I am.

Poor Colinsmommy! Here's my MIL rant for the day. She pops round on Sunday night to see our new sofas and then warns me against putting on any more weight. I have to say, up until November I weighed 8 stone. I now weigh 9 stone. Big deal. I'm 5ft 7, so have always been tall and skinny. MIL tells me that she only put on 3lbs with middle child (DH), because she just ate salads. I laughed and said I didn't care weighed and poor old DH, caught in the middle, said he thought I looked lovely and curvy. Honestly. Mother-in-laws. And pass those biscuits...

K7--Tell your MIL I said ppplllt. (big raspberry) I am 5 7 too, and was 9 stone before pregnancy and am up around 11 I think already. I think you are incredibly skinny!!! (I'd pass the biscuits if I hadn't eaten them already)

Sorry to hear your mother-in-law stories. Colinsmommy, what complete lack of understanding and consideration - I hope it won't spoil the scan for you.

Talking about MILs, when DH told his mum that I was pregnant her first comment was "oh dear". He had to reassure her it was a good thing. Last time I saw her she had a real go about mothers who work (as I do) and how it wouldn't be possible for me to go back to work with 2 children (err, and how is the mortgage going to be paid?). Seeing her on Saturday again so I look forward to hearing what gems she'll have to offer.

cm, on your behalf with MIL!!! Do you want to find out the sex of your baby? If you do it may be easier for you if you "un-invite" her to the scan. Or, you could do what someone else on mumsnet did - get the sonographer to write down the sex on a piece of paper and seal it in an envelope, so that you and dh can open it together in peace away from MIL!

Geez, you poor people. Makes me glad I don't have a MIL. My mum can be a PITA sometimes though!

I kind of want to know. Actually my friends want to know, for when they give me my shower. We have a bunch of boys, so everyone is anxious to give pink. That and the 5 others who are pregnant or have just given birth are all having girls, so they want to know if I will be the 6th. Derick doesn't want to know so much he's not going to the scan because he's afraid he will find out. I'm about 90% tempted to call the Dr's assistant who will be doing the scan and tell her to write it down for the dr, who can tell my on my appointment 11 days after the scan what it is, since MIL will have returned home and Derick won't be able to come because he will be short-staffed then. I think un-inviting her would just make things really bad.

colinsmommy I think that is probably the best solution to your dilemma - am impressed that you will be able to keep it from dh though!

I figure I've been calling the baby he for a few months now, and I'm so sure it is a boy that I'll just keep on calling it he, and nobody will be the wiser!

(of course the only trouble with this plan is the possibility it is a girl, and then I'll really have to be careful and might blow it.)

hi everyone
oh colinsmommy wouldnt it be nice to tell your MIL her pyschic is crap
what is it with MIL's someone should invent a pill that makes the keep there gobs shut mine keeps the comments coming about how big i am and read an artical about a woman that had massive twins and put on 5 stones in total and i was told to watch as i was going that way, which im not of course, just because she is 4 foot something and had 4lb babies because she smoked and drank all the way through.

well i walked out of work today, there is someone in the office who i always considerd a friend though she has a temper and can be very intmidating, anyway she seemed to take a huf with me last week and usually she comes round, but its been getting worse and worse so i had to ask to borrow a book of regs from her and i thought if i was nice and polite it would break the ice but no she took further offence and was so nasty i ended upin the toilets for the good part of an hour crying and being sick - so to hell with them all someone else got my stuff and i left...sorry for such a boring story but had to get it off my chest.

Well, I did it. I called the person who will be doing my ultrasound and she's not going to say a word while I'm there, but will tell the Dr. what it will be so I can find out at my next appointment. Now all I can do is hope and hope that it will be a boy just to prove the psychic wrong.

Sorry to hear your day was so bad, Josey. I hope you are feeling better now.

Sorry to hear about your bad time at work josey. Is that it now or will you go back in and try and work things out? Don't loose your rights to maternity pay.

MIL's really do need to learn when to hold their tongues!! my MIL, when we told her and FIL that we were expecting our 4th said "I'd put my head in an oven if it was me!"

Well, had a bit of a wasted trip to the hospital today to see the obstetrition. He basically said I knew everything I needed to know about the SPD and that although things had come on a long way with regard to recognising the condition, in the last 10yrs, the treatment hasn't progressed at all. SO have to continue as I am. He did agree with me that longterm use of co-codamol wasn't a good idea and to only take it when it is really bad. TENS only works with muscular pain adn accupuncture is too short term that I would need it very frequently. (very expensive!!) If it gets any worse I am to go back and they will admit me, use a short term stronger analgesic and then chuck me out until it gets bad again.

Colinsmommy, that sounds like a really good solution. Best of luck for the scan. Josey, sorry to hear about your miserable time at work. I second KMS's comments about not forfeiting your maternity rights. Is there a manager you can speak to? KMS, sorry to hear that there is so little that can be done for your condition - I hope the next few months are bearable. I gasped when I read your MIL's comments.