Due in Jan 2009 - 3 have popped, Christmas is coming and we're all fed up with this pregnancy malarky, bring on the babies!!

[LenniEd]

congratulations to NJ & Kittenpaws, lovely news

LenniEd, hope you have fab birthday celebrations and legs get to stay crossed throughout...

I've just had a text from a friend saying "I can't believe spinklet2 hasn't arrived yet". WHAT???? it starts already and I've still got 2 WEEKS til my due date. ARGHHHHHHHHH

congrats to kittenpaws and nj, welcome to susanna and mikey!

flf, thanks for setting up the post-natal thread - though i don't plan to go anywhere near it for at least another week, i have given the small one firm instructions about this. really not feeling ready at all.

however, i'm wondering about our sets of twins...?

have posted on post thread. someone join me!
have put pics up of ds1 and 2 too.
being pregnant feels like a lifetime ago. just to make you all jealous i can sleep on my front and my back!!!
seriously hope you are all hanging in there. those of you who its your first do something nice with you dp. dh and i had a date night planned for 4 days after stanleys early arrival. we are now trying to pencil in a night away in may..... make the most!!
stanley still gorgeous but still day and night confused but did do 4 hours betwen feeds for first time last night. breasts killing and can't go outside as the cold hurts them too much. midwife tomorrow but they just keep telling me that its a myth that it doesn't hurt to feed. don't mind while actually doing it its just the throbbing inbetween.....
ds1 nd dh at tesco. ds2 asleep in cot. easy this motherhood lark!!!!
see post pregnancy its a whole new world of moaning!!

Oooh more babies, how exciting! Congratulations to the new arrivals forging the way for the rest of us....

Birth still seems like a long way off for me - 3 weeks today till the official date, but I guess it could happen anytime. With all the moving, I'm sure my baby will be late.

Anyway, we are slowly settling in, but I could have done without Christmas really - very tired after Xmas Eve with in-laws and then the actual day with my family -- both days lovely but just exhausting talking to everyone and being sociable I guess.

Met some friends from London today for lunch, who were up staying with family close by, so that was nice. Feeling very huge and cumbersome but am also slightly worried that I haven't put any weight on these last 4 weeks - only seem to be able to eat a few mouthfuls at each meal but am trying to make up in between with many mince pies etc! No-one else seems very concerned, but you do hear about babies that stop growing and have to be induced- so how would anyone know without a scan etc? Oh I'm sure it's me just worrying over nothing.

Seasonal hugs to you all at this very EXCITING time for us xxxx

qumps they are gorgeous
miss jackson - your day sounds good
we all popped out to get dd out of the house it is still freezing here a horrible bitter wind!!
went into homebase,halfords and next. got dd a pair of trousers and her friend top and fleece jumper for her 3rd bday on 24th of jan.
i am 37.5 weeks today cant believe that i will only have 2 weeks 2 go after thursday

qumps, your boys are gorgeous. Am so of you being comfortable to sleep. The throbbing will disappear as your milk supply settles down. Its rubbish to say it doesn't hurt, its different for every Mum and depends on lots of things like how soon your milk comes in, how long it takes for the supply to settle down and how often your baby is feeding.

Spink, its so annoying isn't it. Can't believe I have been properly told off by my Mum for not having this one yet as she is getting tired and stressed waiting. My due date isn't even until the 3rd and I've gone a week over with both pregnancies before!

missj, don't worry yourself, it's quite common for weight gain to slow or even stop in the last couple of weeks. It's a combination of your stomach being squashed and baby running out of room to grow. If there was a real problem your mw would pick it up when she measures your bump.

Haven't been feeling too good today, keep getting dizzy spells and feel a bit shaky. Think its probably lack of sleep so have been taking it easy while DH tries to find places for all the DCs Christmas presents. Really feel the need to get out for a walk in the fresh air but don't even feel up to getting dressed ready to go out.

Have to go out tomorrow anyway as have finally ordered a tens machine and am due to pick it up from Boots. We have to return the boys library books and get DS2s glasses repaired as well, so a trip into town is unavoidable. Am hoping to buy a couple of tops in the sales as well as I have very little that will be any use for breastfeeding - loads of pj's just no daytime clothes! (Can't even get away with sports trousers/joggers in the school playground round here let alone pj's on the school run, lol!)

Ordered a birth pool liner online this morning and hopefully will be building the crib and checking out the contents of the birth pool bag with DH tonight.

Congratulations to Kittnepaws and Nataliejane

Rray - wonderful about the baby shower! Hope the cold goes away soon.

Congratulations Kittenpaws and Nataliejane on your new arrivals

very of sleeping on front. Haven't managed to do it for 2 years now as boobs got too big and milky once bump was gone, and I was pregnant again before I'd finished breastfeeding!

meant to say I've had a fab Christmas with my parents being stars and looking after DD and letting DP and I finally have some time together before the new one arrives. I'm still having regular contractions and some of them actually are beginning to feel as if they mean business. We shall see!

FLF - Hope all well and good luck if it turns into labour!

Qumps - glad you are enjoying not being pregnant, pictures are lovely! Making me broody, if you can be broody at 38wks pg!!

thanks Lenni, have your BH's calmed down then?

We moved DD into a bed last night, which is a scary prospect this close to a new baby, and given that she is not yet 20 months... but she slept better than she has in ages. When she did wake up, she simply wandered out. We scooped her up and put her back to bed. No tantrums, no fussing. Couple of 'mummy, mummy's but generally am very pleased! Can't belive my little one is no longer cot bound!

Yeah they have - gone completely almost not sure if I want them back or not?! have had a show though this lunchtime... not told anyone in RL - DH included - don't want to start off the twice daily panicked phone calls from MIL asking if the baby is here just yet! I swore DH to secrecy about the BH - he told his Gran and news got back and I've only just heard the end of that so am keeping my cards close to my chest from now on!! Doesn't mean much though I don't think, could be weeks before labour still. With DD I had a show an hour before my waters broke and waters are still intact 8 1/2 hours after this one so am sure its just a 'getting ready' sign rather than an imminent sign iyswim.

DD went in a bed a few months ago now and it was a real turning point for us in terms of her sleep. Up until then she had woken virtually every night since she was born, but her nights really improved when she went in the bed. Although we are having a bit of a rebellion at the moment and she is being very difficult to get upstairs to bed.

ooooh! very excited at possible labour. Am convinced I'll go shortly after you so am keeping close tabs! If you want them back try some chilli or raspberry leaf tea. Both seem to set off mine in no time! Keep forgetting as DP and I love hot food.

I'm really pleased to hear about the bed being a turning point as I was umming and ahhing about making such a massive change just before the baby. Also, we've taken her out of sacks and given her a quilt so I now spend the night worrying about her getting cold/overheated! It never stops does it?

Was your DD on time FLF? My DD was born at 40+2 but my waters went at 39+6 so I knew by then that she was coming one way or another so I never really felt like I'd gone over. Am trying to focus on 42wks as my 'due' date as last time I found the last weeks so hard as I expected to already have a baby, have to say that second time I'm not as anxious for the baby to be here, perhaps because I know what to expect and already have DD to lavish affection on I think in some ways my relaxed attitude to this one is helping my body get ready earlier if that makes sense, where as last time I was so desperate for labour that it was prob counter-productive.

DD loves her quilt! She was in sleeping bags until just before she went in her big bed. Now she snuggles right under the quilt and looks so so cute. If its hot she throws it off, but she soon snuggles back under it if she needs to. I've never had to go in to her to sort out bedding. Have had to sort out teddy bears that have fallen out and lost doudou though! And she managed to roll over the bed guard once, quite recently, but went straight back to sleep unpeturbed.

had c-section at 38wks for pre-eclampsia and never had so much as a braxton hick last time, so its all new to me. Thats why each time I'm getting stupidly excited and thinking I'm in labour. I think when it does finally happen I'll probably ignore it at this rate!

Very glad to hear about the bedding situation. Will try not to worry tonight! Funnily enough when she was in the cot she frequently lost her 'schmoo'. Now in the bed, which is three times the size she keeps hold of it and even finds her own water. Am now very excited that we may have found a solution to the night wakings we've had for the last 4 months!

Of course! Sorry FLF - forgot, should really have remembered that with all the VBAC discussion and hospital changes.

'Tis exciting, in fact I'm prob worse for labour sign spotting, I keep thinking 'Hmm is that familiar from DD's labour' stupid thing is I bet they aren't at all similar.

Right, must finish my tesco shop

Congrats to KittenPaws and NJ

My mother was taken off the ventilator yesterday and is on the mend thank god.

I just want the baby out now. Dp goes back to work next Monday (5th) so the baby has to come before then. Because he is self-employed he doesn't get paternity leave

Every little twinge and i think, Is this it? I have been drinking RL tea to try and get things going but no joy My dd was 2 weeks late and i am so hoping that won't be the case this time!

no worries Lenni, I can't remember half of the things I read on here and its only going to get worse once new born sleep deprivation kicks in! I'm reading this which is fabulous, but utterly frightening about how second children change things.

Come on sparkle, you have to try a bit harder; sex; pineapple; nipple twiddling; curries; hoola hoops on birth ball; long walks; visualisation.... what are you doing mumsnetting? Get busy !

Oooh, yes I've got that book. Can't say I like it much, there isn't much balance to it I've found, focusses a lot on the negatives. Think if I weren't already pregnant I would have enjoyed it more but it depresses me a bit. I'm hoping everything turns out ok in the end, and I'm well prepared for a rocky start, esp since DD keeps telling me "Me No Like Baby!" in no uncertain terms!!! ... can't remember what on earth I needed... oh heck... I can no longer multi-task!

Please can someone talk me out of spending money on a Storksak changing bag. I am seriously coveting one and DH offered to pay as a baby pressie... but DH paying not all that different to me paying and they are ridiculously expensive... and coveting them is taking up a substantial part of my time right now!

I HAVE FINISHED WORK.

Oh happy happy day. Got home at 8:30 and I don't go back till sometime later in my life. WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Took a Tens machine to get me through the shift but I did it. May have UTI but I don't really care Off to catch up on our thread.

I can't catch up! I can't! Going to do it properly tomorrow - will need to make notes!

So - I hope everyone who had sickness in their house has had it pass, and I hope all the maybe baby day nigglers are either resting peacefully or pushing, and I hope that LenniEd buys the changing bag in order to justify me buying a merino wool sleeping bag for bubbs [pre redundancy I hasten to add], and many congratulations to those who have gone to the other side.

Have peeped in on the postantal thread. Very exciting!

congratulations kittenpaws and nj!

my christmas wasn't so good and this is just another rant about my uncle. DH worked but that is normal. i had no intention of doing anything, what with a newborn on hand. uncle came downstairs in the morning before DH went to work to do presents. DH made the mistake of asking what i was going to for dinner, and thats when uncle piped up and said he doesn't have anything... 'don't you have duck in the freezer. i'd love to have that'. DH, being diplomatic, pulled it out to defrost and proceeded to tell me what to cook up. i protested, reminding him that it was hard enough for me to down something reheated for dinner let alone cook for someone else. uncle just sat there with a grin on his face not getting it. i told him to come down at 5 for dinner. by 5.15, he still wasn't down and i tried phoning him. i had to chase after him. that's when he decided to phone family back east and when i finally got through, he laughed and said he forgot! F£$*%cker. he came down with a cup of coffee for himself, wolfed down his dinner (which ended up being overcooked and mine cold because i had to deal with a hungry newborn) and went back upstairs to phone someone. he didn't even take his plate to the sink let alone offer to do the dishes. he came back down almost an hour later with a bottle of severely crappy home made wine (i know it is because DH opened a couple from the same batch and they were corked), ate over half of my chocolates and then i had to tell him he had to go because even with me feeding bubs and falling asleep on the couch, he didn't see the social cue that perhaps he's overstayed his welcome... of which, really, there wasn't a welcome anyhow. i gave DH shit when he got home and told him never, ever, volunteer me for anything again.

sorry for the rant. its suppose to be a time of cheer and giving but the only thing i'd like to give uncle is foot up the ass. here's to hoping that new years i will not have to deal with him.

morning

good luck with shopping

flf,lenni and tree doesnt sound like long for you now

ms sparkle that is great news hope that your mum recovers well

tree - ye for finishing work

cheswife your uncle sounds like a right pain to put it politly that is not the sort of behaviour u want when you have a newborn to deal with on your own

sounds like a foot in the arse is very appropriate. make sure you don't strain anything doing it tho

Lenni & fourlittle am enjoying your early labour sign updates, please keep going with them. Everything has stopped here, I feel tooootally normal, though I have given myself a stitch at the top of bump from trying to vault over ds on his wheelybug. Dh is going to a wedding 3hrs drive away - I decided it would be too uncomfortable because we'd be coming back the same day, but now I kind of regret it cos have nothing else planned and ds is full of energy..

treedelivery YAY for finishing work. A TENS to get you through the shift? Could you be in labour denial?? tho I guess you are more likely to know the signs of a UTI than most!!