Heeereee comes June, its the home streeeeetch!

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Here ya go, new thread! We're almost there!!!!!

Personally, I think all of you with unsupportive husbands need to go on strike for a day, especially if you have LOs. Hand the kid over and head out for the day. Or lock yourself in the bedroom!

Don't put up with this, ladies. You have rights. If they don't 'get' being pregnant, get a 20lb sack of flower and tell them to put in a rucksack and carry it around all day, see how they cope!

Yes, I am half kidding about the flour, but serious about standing up for yourselves. Or they will only get worse once the baby is here.

My mum and i went to the baby show yesterday and bought a moses basket, a mobile nappy changer thing, a couple of the sweetest babygrows and a baby carrier/sling thing. It was good - we got some good ideas.

A tip for anyone going today - pay for your car park ticket in the exhibition centre not when you get back to the car park. the queues were massive at the car park but none in the centre.

And there is a cafe above the hall which is empty - you can sit down for food and tea easily away from the crowds

Tee you are so right.
My sister is coming over on Thursday to stay for a few days and I have told DH that I am taking her out Saturday evening and also on Sunday without the kids so we can have some quality time together. I have learnt to make sure that I plan my things to do so its not all about him. Sounds terrible doesn't it ladies but it is so important for us all to make time for ourselves before and after the babies are born

I am sorry for my miserable post earlier. I seem to be suffering terrible mood swings this pg and I am still drying at anything.

I watched the Magdalene sisters on tape last night and I cried my eyes out. Such a sad story.

Was meant to say "crying" at anything. ooops.

Happy 1st March ladies June doesn?t seem far away now does it?!

I got to lie in until 12 today that said, I was so tired that I just slept, no lying there thinking how wonderful it was to be lounging in bed I keep having nightmares that DH is leaving me. I have had them for the last 3 nights and wake up in floods of tears. It might be because my best friend is getting divorced at the moment but they are really upsetting me I guess I worry a bit that I have been neglecting DH physically recently I have just been so tired and opportunity is tough with a 13 month old. I had better not let this go on too long though as come week 36 I?ll be looking for plenty of action to make sure this baby arrives around the right time

I?ll catch up now, hope you are all well

Snowwombat ? hope you are having a fabulous wedding weekend!

Tee ? well done on those purchases I think it?s fine from now on to start getting things, honestly how are the bruises now? DH has felt the baby a few times but sadly not as often as he did with DS. He also spoke to DS all the time and just doesn?t talk to this baby as much, wish he did DS has felt the kicks but just thinks Mummy?s tummy is a hoot anyway he?s just too young to understand any of it. You are so right about standing up for our rights but what tends to happen here is that if DH wants to watch something or do something he?ll leave DS to his own devices and he?ll end up crying and I can?t stand that so I?ll take over. My DS is the happiest little boy you could wish for but he does get bored and likes to be played with occasionally. That said DH was great with him today playing trains, sadly there was a collision between a train and DS?s head and he has a big bruise

June ? having a much better day thanks Glad you had a good time at The Babyshow. Which chair did you buy? How annoying about the lack of staff to serve you though don?t feel intimidated by the Mums to be who know exactly what they want, you don?t know how long they have been researching for or whether the buys were just on impulse hope you are enjoying your BBQ the PN threads are great, I still post on the one from when DS was born. We all know each other so well now and it is nice to ask questions and to see how all the other babies are getting on too have to say, it took me 5 months after I?d had DS to get back on to MN but I did have a house to pack up and sell and a move from the UK to Spain to deal with in that time! I?ll be faster off the mark this time.

Juicy ? I hope you are feeling much better and are taking it easy. Sorry to hear that your Grandparents aren?t happy we had this situation with DH?s Gran but she has settled in now and everyone is convinced she is in the best place. I hope things settle down before your baby arrives and when she does, just think what a lovely happy event it will be not only for your Mum but for your Grandparents too Your Day with your Mum will be fabulous! LOL at your comment about the Wedding Fairs, I was the same, collected lots of ideas but bought nothing! Great news on your eBay sales my purchases are doing better than my sales at the mo but the additional P&P from Spain puts a lot of people off you?ll have such a ball in Paris! Your cleaner sounds like a handy lady to know. We had no kids at our wedding apart from our 2 yr old nephew who was ring bearer (though I did lay on a crèche for under 1yrs) it started at 6pm and we just felt it was not appropriate (plus kids would have increased our numbers dramatically!)

Daisy ? the concert should be fun you have lots of time to get used to the idea and get your head around leaving DS, sounds like he?ll be in great hands too. Thanks for the support, much appreciated

Choccie ? poor you hon sounds like you are in a lot of pain with your back and to top it off, you do sound run down. I feel run down too, I just can?t get rid of this cough. Your DH is very bad mine does things like that (he is in the pub now watching football) it is almost as if they think parenting does not apply to them when they have something else they want to do. I think we need to put our feet down more and demand more ?me? time, even if it?s just to sleep in. I hope he makes it up to you. Now read your post about next weekend, excellent! hope you have lots of adult me time I know what you mean about crying, I was in floods last night over David Cameron?s son, so very sad

Help ? sounds like a very successful day for you at the Babyshow which carrier/sling did you go for?

Wonder where Strawberry Sam and Cote are?

evening all,
Been to the baby show today & was a little dissapointed, I think these shows have gone down hill in the last few years! I didn't see anything really special apart from these cute leather bibs that are 100% anti stain apparently !! Snapped up 2 of them at £15 each!!! We got all of our advent bits too including a bottle warmer, electronic breast pump & glow in the dark binkies!!!!! These worked out at about 20% off. All though the midwife rep that I spoke to told me off when asked if I am going to b/ feed I said I want to give it a go she was like that's not the attitude!!!!!
June how come parking cost us £10?????
A boob question has anyone else got dark lines coming from the nipple pointing towards the chest? Mine appeard last week & looks like the line on my tummy?
In other news the pain came back about an hour ago doubled up I was- it now seems to be following a pattern after exercise it starts as I was fine walking round today

Tee you always make me - dh has made some 'funny' comments such as 'oh you have all the symptoms!' but now he wouldn't dare as he has seen how much pain I am in. And they are all inconsiderate to some extent isn't it funny how all of them have been going out lately- mine is off abroad on a stag on April 4 for 3 nights!!!!! We just can't do that whilst pg! Actually had a 2 hr chat with my sil earlier (nephew just out of hospital) she was saying how she might have to have a word with my dh as it's unreasonable, I am not that bothered to be honest as I have made it clear it ain't happening once baby arrives! Actually he announced he is off on ANOTHER stag on July 3 abroad again, my mil told my sil how I & baby were coming to stay with her while her ds goes to get pissed ! WTF???!! That IS NOT happening!

I am sorry that we all seem to have these pg problems but what I keep thinking is how I can't wait to meet baby!!!!!

evening all for those at the babyshow hope you had a fab time and bought wonderful things, baby show in Glasgow isn't until April but suppose that isn't too far away seen as it is March already YIKES!!

Well went back to Glasgow Pram Centre today to buy the footmuff for the Quinny and it was a nightmare. Went on MOnday and it was so quiet, went today and you couldn't move it was so busy, but at least I got the footmuff so thats everything in for the pram. Bought some outfits from mothercare today too Think i've asked before what would you guys buy a britax car seat from birth to 4yrs or an infant carrier seat that will only last for around 12 mnths?

tee i hope the bruises and pain from your fall is starting to die down. my dh has felt the baby kick twice, everytime i fell her kicking i tell him but like your dh by time he puts his hand on tummy she stops...must like playing games with our dh's

mrsmcjnr lucky you lying in to 12! Glad your feeling better I have been having the same type of dreams over the past month, and again like you I feel that maybe its because of lack of 'action' just been so tired and sore lately. Also I spotted cote on the am i being unreasonable thread lately...wonder why she doesn't some on here anymore

juicy i hope your feeling better and pain eases soon for you, been in my thoughts recently x

chocie sorry that your pain is back, hopefully the physio can hel you. I have my physio appointment tomorrow and praying she gives me the splints I need to I can try and get a pins and needles/numbness free night of sleep. And dont worry about your posts being 'miserable' if you cant vent feelings on here where can you I hope you enjoy your time with your sister on Thursday

helpive sounds like you got some good purchases at the show

God didn't realise I could type this much!

Round two-

Girls someone mentioned sex and bringing on birth. Has anyone else totally gone off it? Sorry to get personal but my libido is at zero

Juicy we've managed it a couple of times, which was great, but I've felt so foul and full of nausea that it really hasn't been conducive. Poor old DH. I did get stirrings last week and am hoping 3rd trimester brings me the horn. It did first pg, less so 2nd. And the positions you can get into are a bit more cumbersome than usual. But by the time you get past due date you'll do anything to get it started - just wait, you'll be eating vindaloo washed down with raspberry leaf tea and demanding that your OH aims semen at your cervix .

Hope your OH isn't too disheartened - and don't worry, it does come back!

Evening ladies!

Quick one from me, and will send a proper email catch up tomorrow.

So sorry to hear that you were sad, MrsMcJnr! DH wasn't being v nice so I ended up in tears and he felt bad, and I quite embarrassed as am sure pre pregnancy would have been angry instead of hurt. Still, it helped me to talk to him about it. How you feel is v important and think men aren't always as sensitive as they could be...

And Juicy v sorry to hear that your pains are back. DH and I went away this weekend and my stomach pains (which I think must be muscle/ligament stretching or something) are isolated to a particular point at the top of my bump, but quite painful - stop you in your tracks sort of thing. I will see GP about it, but so annoying as was having a breezy pregnancy.

Am I the only one who is now getting so big that they are slower, huffing and puffing and sighing (ie am like a 70 year old), need constant toilet breaks and get aches and pains in the back and bump if they walk around for a while? Not to mention that my bump is almost in the way everytime I try to bend over, and am not even mentioning how I can see it will effect the "baby dancing" soon. I know I can't complain, but am really starting to feel pregnant if you know what I mean. Should I mention how much I eat? Not only do I now prob weigh more than DH , but can almost out eat him, too! and he EATS.

God, how me me me this is.

Sounds like the baby show wasn't that great, so those of us who didn't go didn't really miss out then? I was at another flat viewing and couldn't face it.

I haven't really bought much (beyond clothes - my baby daughter will have a wardrobe to rival her mum's!!!), so those of you who haven't got all your kit yet, I am also in your club. Can't wait, though! You just know I have the purchases all ready and listed in my spreadsheet!

snowwombat - also wanted to wish you a v happy wedding! Hope it was wonderful!

choccie - I 2nd Laura - vent away! Sounds like your DH has been a bit unsupportive, and that some nice time w your sister will be v much deserved! As will some chocolate...

Talk to you tomorrow ladies, and enjoy the rest of your evenings!

Bunny- sorry that you got upset what is it with dh?!!

I am right there with you with the old late pregnancy aches & pains, we have two flights of stairs in our house this am got down ready to put socks on & they were odd (totally wouldn't care but was wearing ballet flats so there was a lot of sock on show) dh shouted just wear them but I coundnt as it would have looked poo I asked him to go back & he wouldn't by the time I got back down I was hardly breathing! No one gets it unless they have been pg! I also feel I am paying for having no morning sickness now as I was having a good pregnancy up until last week. Get to the dr about your pains sweetie let's hope he actually does something about it- unlike mine! Well they asked me to go back on Thursday & I will & tell them it still really hurts !!

Erm- I am 26 weeks tom - is that the 3rd trimester let's hope the 'urge' comes back but to be honest I am usually so pissed of with dh about something that I wouldn't want him near me!

I must say I've never really lost the urge, but am too damn tired to do anything about it! I even managed to shave my legs in the bath today and was going to offer myself up to DH on a plate, so to speak, but I suddenly realized I can't keep my eyes open and he's not interested until 10pm after Lost is over!!!

Once a month is turning into once every two months!!!

Hello everyone,

MrsMcJnr helped me with a pregnancy doubt I had on another thread and invited me to this one, really sweet of her!

To give you a small summary, I'm 25+3wks pregnant with my first baby (due date: 12th June). I had really rough weeks between the 6th and the 13th and after that it has been quite smooth.

I'm new at MN, just joined 10 days ago, I think, and I'm finding it sooooo useful, informative and supportive (no family near, at all!)

Anyway, glad to join the June thread!

naat welcome and hello to the June thread, god the number here continues to grow which is great glad mrsmcjnr told you we are here, and any probs we're here to help...we're a lively chatty helpful bunch of mums to be

Oooh busy sunday on this thread :D

We bought loads of baby stuff from http://www.smythstoys.com/Store_Locator.aspx Smyths today, loads of bargains to be had.
We bought a cot (wth matress and 2 beddings), lovely pink pillow, moses basket/stand, dresser with changing mat, pram, car seat and car seat base, bouncer, travel cot and mattress, and some other bits and bobs for just under £650 (we asked for an extra discount at the till and they gave us 7.5% discount on the total as well!)
They were ever so nice to us, running around getting our stuff showing us how everythnig goes together and folds and everything. Very patient and knowledgeable and nice :D

Of course we had to have some kind of drama.

We'd spent the better part of two hours choosing everything and then waiting for them to do the running around gettin everything together.
When I went to pay my company debit card was declined, I tried another company debit card, also declined, then I tried a credit card which I hadn't used in so long I couldn't remember the right pin number, and tried my personal debit card and that was also declined. All declined!!!
(When I know the funds are in there by the way!)
We were starting to worry that Lloyds had gone bankrupt or something.

It took ages to get through to the bank helpline, you can just imagine the queue behind us in the toy shop!!!! People were not happy and there were many icy stares

To (try and) cut a long story short the bank clerk was absolutely useless and got us nowhere.

We asked her if she could see some kind of block because the purchase was more than £500 in one go, and remove it if so but she was adamant that she could not see any problems whatsoever and that either the machine was broken (not, other people used it fine,) or my cards were damaged somehow (which they are not).
And that we'd have to call back tomorrow!?

She was also giving me bs about me having to call again for each other card as if she couldn't deal with them all in one phone call and that I would have had to be on hold for 15 minutes for each one. (I refused and she "dealt" with them all one by one)

Dh promptly told her that we're moving all our money out tomorrow added that she should get a real job and put the phone down on her which we all thought was hilarious.
At that point bil was there as well as we'd woken him up to come and help us take all the stuff back home as my boot is not big enough!
Dh's tirade to the clerk was much longer and much funner, and he managed to not swear once which was amazing, we actually stayed very calm considering the hassle and the wait. I didn't even cry ;)

In the end, after an hour on hold and arguing with the useless bank, we figured it must be some kind of block and put the amount through in two payments with my original company debitcard and it WORKED!
We came back home with all our stuff :D
(What is the point of a block on the amount you can take in one transaction if you can still take that same amount out in two transactions???)

Then we had to cook for all our guests!
Sil called at 2pm to say she wasn't coming and 2 cousins did not turn up either, and did not even call to say they weren't coming, or bother to pick up their phones when we called them to see where they were at. Isn't that totally rude???
Dh chilled out anyway preparing the bbq (he loves it).
We had a really lovely time with the people who came over, there was 6 of us in the end and that was a good number to share the apple crumble I made :D We finished all the ice cream too :D:D:D
I wish we had another sunday tomorrow!

Thank you, Lauraloo!

The thread is really long, but I went back some pages to "get to know all of you" a bit better ... I'm more up-to-date now haha

Sorry about all the pains some of the mums are feeling, hope they cease soon . I had an awful back pain yesterday but DH came to the rescue, thank God, with some massages. That, plus a lot of water, I guess started to make it go away. Today it has been much better, fortunately.

June, thanks for the tip on the post-natal thread. I'll definitely read that one!!

and glad you could finally buy everything you'd spent so much time choosing today

June - Poor you with your credit card dramas! But congratulations on your purchases. Dresser + cot + pram for under £650! A miracle! I must seek out this place.

Help - what kind of sling did you choose in the end? I can't wait to "wear" my baby and sing softly into its darling soft head...ahhhh.

MrsMcJnr - sorry to hear about waking up in the night in tears. I know what you mean about friends' dramas affecting our own psyches. Make sure you don't carry too much of her distress though!

Juicy DH on stag night in July? WTF? Surely that's a divorce card? What's your due date? Is it not possible that you could run over and actually deliver around then? Cut up his passport immediately.

Choccie poor, poor you. Backache and diahorria is a terrible double affliction. I do hope you're feeling better. I'm very glad to hear your sister is coming to stay this week. Stay away from gritty Peter Mullan films!

As for all of you with your temporary celibacy woes, you'll find no sympathy from me. I bet I'm the only person on this thread who hasn't had sex since ....oooh, approximately 00:05 GMT on Thursday 18 September...and look what happened then!!!

I do detect that we all seem to be in a real hormonal maelstorm atm. I wonder if that's usual at 24-26 weeks?
I have had terrible anxiety, concocting dreadful scenarios about babyfather returning from Brussels when child is one and demanding shared residence and a judge ordering my baby to live with him one week and me the next. Ladies please tell me this won't happen.

I can't see it, he's a lovely, kind person, and active member of his local church, but these dark thoughts come to me in the middle of the night. I imagine dc crying saying "mummy, don't make me go", or spending Christmas Day in floods of tears bc my darling child isn't with me. I realise my situation is hardly unique and many couples have this issues, so why I am being so insane??

LittleSarah can you help me out at all? Do you mind me asking what arrangements you have with dd's father?

I\ve been feeling so highly strung and mad I even thought about seeing a counsellor, but then realised that £50 would be much better spent on baby stuff....Tell me it's the hormones, girls????????????

Naat Hello and welcome!

That sounds like something they tell you when you are a teenager....'you only have to do it once to get pregnant, honey', in that knowing sort of way.

loooouise - I am not sure of what your rights are or how things will work out with the babyfather, but it does sound like your hormones are being devilish in causing you such anxiety. Think its prob normal to feel anxious about the little one as we are so programmed to love and protect them. They aren't even here yet, but are taking all our nutrients first, kicking us to bits and causing all sorts of aches and pains, and our response? We still love, love love them! I am in stable parenting environment and am still having anxious moments and worries and silly dreams about our baby, so in your shoes I would def be having frightening dreams and be strung out! Would yoga or some other form of relaxation (would suggest a cocktail in "ordinary" circumstances... ) help?

loooouise - just re-read my post - wasn't implying that you aren't providing a stable parenting environment, by the way - that phrase reads VERY badly, my apologies! I just mean that I don't have any uncertainty in what our arrangements are, but I am still a bit anxious about things...

Oh my God! I've got no chance of catching up! You lot move so fast....

June sorry to hear about your credit card dilemmas. Well done on the bargains though. It feels good to get the big things sorted, doesn't it?

MrsMcJnr sorry to hear you were sad. Glad you managed to catch up on some sleep.

Juicy - WTF? You DH is in for a shock if he thinks he's off for a stag do in July! I think you can safely say that July will be a write off this year..... hide his passport!

Naat Hi there! Hope all is going well with this pregnancy

Choccie Hope you're feeling better soon

snowwombat Hope you had a fab wedding

Help glad you managed to pick up some stuff at the baby show.

Sorry to hear about your baby father anxieties Loooouise. Pregnancy really brings out the worst in our psyches sometimes!

Well all is good in the chocolate household, though DS was up at 5am and I ended up crawling into bed with him and completely aggravating my SPD. Meanwhile he was sound asleep until I tried to creep out and was yelling again. I think he had a nightmare and seemed really upset.

Have finished his room and he's been sleeping brilliantly in his 'big boy bed' (until the nightmare). I've stripped out his nursery to wash all the bedding, curtains, rugs etc and we're going to spend the next few weeks repainting and tarting up all the furniture with a lick of paint. Thank goodness we're having another boy. It makes life a lot easier!

I've bought very little for this little one as we've got it all from last time. I feel a bit guilty actually, though I think I need to buy some more vests and sleep-suits as they're a bit worse for wear since DS was in them.

On the bedroom 'action' front, it's been pretty non-existant since we fell pregnant. Just the once actually. SPD makes life really complicated. DH doesn't seem that worried though.... might have to be a bit more pro-active in that department. Don't want him to feel rejected!

Cote's been posting on other threads, so she's around. I think she had a bit of a barney with someone on here a couple of months ago and she hasn't posted since. I can't remember what it was about though....

I hoovered up a whole bar of whole nut and a big bag of Maltesers last night...... oh well.....