Jan 09- Baby this is Davina, you have been evicted from the big mother house. You have 5 minutes to pack up your things and leave - I'm coming to get you!

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great title RRay! Lets see if we can get those babies moving!

Actually now I think of it I am having some tightnings. Think it's because bubbs is so active, which is a nice change from the really quite week I've had. She keeps sticking her heel or knee or something out my right side. Very cute.

DD just melted in my arms again. She says she is very worried about me and how I will have all this baby to look after. She went out with nanna today and insisted on buying me a pressi of a little soap and body lotion and then came home and sat and stroked my hand.
We did a deal last night that dh would put her to bed tonight, and she has been upset about that. Was torn between sticking to parenting guns and just scooping her up into my bed and never letting go of her.
As a very expressive, bright, 1st born at 4 and a bit, there is no wondering how this is afecting her. She tells me! She seems unconcerned for herself but worried for everyone else. I REALLY hope the feeding doesn't keep me away from her. I won't let anything else but thats the only thing I can think of.

Might start a thread for others experiences.

dog- you are supposed to be last my dear- your due date is the last of everyone! I bet some of us go into feb anyway

missJ I am finding potatoes the worst thing at the moment for giving me heartburn- have stuck to rice and pasta last few days and been much much better! I really hate the taste of gaviscon- makes me heave!

tree DD has been very emotional this weekend too- fine one minute, then dissolving into tears the next. Lots of mummy hugs needed. She is overwrought I think- as we keep expecting him, but she doesn't know when he's going to turn up, so she is excited, and anxious, and disappointed all the time- it is such a rollercoaster for them, isn't it? (well- us too- but at least we understand why )

She was worried about me going in the car today- because of last week's crash, and I might get hurt bless her.

She is shaking off the end of a cold too, and is pretty tired with it. Bedtime has become a very whiny, clingy time, whereas previously, she has always been a star at bedtime- silent within 2 minutes usually. At the moment its 15 minutes of wailing and gnashing of teeth, stay mama, stay mama.
It is hard for them- as they know what it is going to entail far more than an 18 mo old.

Oh dog- meant to say 30th was the day I was due with DD btw- she turned up on 4th feb. Were your others on time, or over?

Peach - It's the same scenario totaly! How old your dd?

tree- dd will be 3 feb 4th- but she has always been really highly strung sensitive. She is an out and out Mummy's girl too, so I know it's going to hit her hard once DS arrives, even with lots of back-up from Papa and Nana, who she absolutely adores.
DS is really going to be a NSB- don't see much of a way around it- I am keeping her at nursery though, so that DS and I get sometime alone together, and I can concentrate on her fully when she's home, she will stay full-time at first at least, then probably cut down to part time once I'm in more a of a routine with him.

There was an interesting article in the times yesterday about age gaps- when you get to 3 years there's less of a threat, as the older child has already developed their personality and worked out their position in the family etc. Fingers crossed this is the case and she doesn't feel threatened by his arrival. I was terribly jealous of my brother who arrived 23 mo after me... we fought like cat and dog throughout childhood, and have no relationship at all now- we haven't seen each other for 15 years tbh.

LG&T - India is so yummy

I am fed up and shattered so you lot must feel worse as I am not even at my due date yet!!

I read that!! Felt reassured as my gap seemed to suggest not uber close as teenagers but OK in childhood and hopefully adulthood. But then today she has broken my heart with her little worried face.

I'm an only and so is dh so I'll be having no clue about sibling dynamics. lots of books and mumsnet.

Be interesting to see how we get on Peach! Check out the thread I started getting ideas about not making feeding an issue, but they could apply to anything really.
Are your babies going to come on the same day!?

ds1 was 3yrs & 3 mths when dts arrived and there was no jealousy at all and we were really suprised. They were 'his' babies and he was/is so proud that there are two of them.

This time I could well have problems with 22mths age gap and only one pair of hands and two knees, when I am feeding I can only cuddle etc... one twin, whereas at the moment the squeeze on one knee each (with my fat belly in the way)

oooggs - maybe your fed up and shattered state is very understandable even if you are not due! That's a whole load of babies, all power to you >

think you just hit the nail on the head tree - they are both still babies - it will be worth it in many years time when four of them can split the cost of our nursing home

They'll all be vastly succesfull and go quarters so you can have a condo in LA and an island retreat and the best in retirement living.

Marvelous.

Wow, some fantastic news since I was last on! Massive congrats to MsSparkle, Shanster, FLF and Stripey - lets keep this up!

Big strapping babies MsSparkle and LG&T! DS was only a little one and getting him out was hard enough - 9lb+ deserves a medal.

Tree know what you mean as I'm an only child too - I read that no hairbrush book but am not much the wiser. My DS is 13m so goodness knows what he will make of it - not much I hope!

congratualtions to all the new arrivals. babies coming thick and fast. looking forward to catching up on the post natal thread.
lg&t pics are gorgeous. makes me want lots more!

Sorry, I am not expecting any more babies but had to pop in to say fab thread title!

The Spanish woman in Call the Midwife was having her 24th child (eek!). The author thought the nun had made a mistake and intended to write 14.

elkie- I liked the fact it transpired that the husband spoke no spanish and the wife, no English, and they remained completely in love all that time, and thier complete faith in the fact thier little baby will survive when she's born on that foggy night and the mother just believed 100% in her mother's intuition, and she was right..Has she written any other books that are published at the moment? I need to go out and find something page turning to read to relived the boredom of waiting for this baby to pop out!

tree- Can I pick your brains? Is it standard for a midwife to offer a sweep if you are overdue? She didnt mention it at 40+1 , but I thought I might ring up tomorrow and ask...

Eachpeach and Tree, your little girls sound so sweet, its good to know they're looking after thier mummies. I imagine at that age they will enjoy being involved with the baby and taking on the roll of big sister. I am the youngest, so never experienced the arrival of a younger sibling.

It keeps on making me tearful when I look at DD and think about how she's going to feel when DC2 arrives, she's 21 months and doesn't really get what's going on...and all of a sudden, after being quite an independent little baby has turned into a really affectionate little toddler...half of me can't wait to see her as a big sister and the other half of me is just hanging on to the last bit of time when its just the three of us. Does that sound weird? I think its just because its been such a lovely time. I just hope she's not jealous or too hurt by the new arrival. Hopefully she will slip intot he role of bossy big sister quite naturally.

Totally get what you say about the 3 of you. I was going to have just one, such was my infatuation with dd! I've got more infatuated with her as she has got older and funnier tbh. Plus dh and I both only's so it feels natural. Can't ever imagine thinking this one is half so amazing as dd1 but they tell me I will and they are right. But my little dd is growing and wants to take care of me and starts school in Sept [I need councelling now] and ohhhh. My little dd!!

[weird preggo hormones at work as I had to stay away 1-2 nights a week from 7 months and going back to work, as work was so far, and so I have always had to leave her]

I thought it was fairly standard to offer sweep at term plus, maybe not to do it at 40+1, but certainly your next apppt after that. Would def ring and ask for one if your game.

I think the pregnancy hormones are making me super-sentimental too... everything seems to bring tears to my eyes...

Right, going to get this baby out by next weekend, am 40+4 now and nearly out of patience! Got hosp. appt. on Thursday to discuss next steps if baby isn't here by then. Am up for a sweep if it will get things going!

Off to bed...sent DP out to the pub with bil as we are driving each other slightly mad waiting for things to kick off, so am going to take full advantage of having bed to myself...before he rocks in smelling of beer and snoring...what was I thinking?

Long as he isn't full of romance, beer and snoring. Thats tooooo much.

Sleep tight.

hello, just trying to catch up, but its vey difficult with a bub squealing in the background! off to bag my bed in postnatal and will catch up and post epic labour tomorrow x

I'm here stalking you......! Enjoy your postnantal bed, will have muffins for the epic. Sleep tight.

oh tree, was hoping you'd be ready in post-natal for nipple talk! Hope you are doing ok.. sleep well x

Still here - but there too occasionally for nipple talk!

Moose and all the other ladies who's babies have popped out - congrats!

sorry I have not had the time to read through the thread - pretty hectic being a new momma.

Shadows of the Workhouse is due out in paperback this week but Amazon has it as 5-9 days delivery. Are you still thinking of coming up to the shops in Wood Green? If you do I have a copy I can lend you, which I bought from The Book People a few months ago, I'll need it back because I've not read it yet. Actually, that may not be true, I think it might have been from the supermarket at a more paperback sort of price.