Due April 2009: Episode 22 - Plug Popping, Ball Bouncing and Cervix Searching the preparations continue...

[SmuttyNuttyTaff]

chose this one hope nobody minds another quick thread!! the last one is a record i think at a day and a half!!!

haha I was saying that to DH earlier today that i can't get my head round being a mum and actually not thinking about myself and 'us' but another person as the most important thing!

I am hoping that the hormone swings at the moment are my body telling me all is getting ready for a change!!

How is DH doing with the cot?

hello all! in bed again - this preparing for baby and trying to get labour kick started is hard work. lots of walking, sex, bouncing, curry, cleaning, RLT and OEP - only outcome is a random contractions and ever more mucus plug. anyways it all makes me a very tired girl - so about to have a mothers day nap, shame cause is a beautiful day but if labour is to start would be too tired. catch you all later

oooh enjoy your nap Oddeyes!!

"Mothers are so grown up & responsible & always know what to do!" uuuuuummm hello there springy, you should know me enough by now that i am nothing like this especially the grown up bit lol

Hey Oddeyes - nice to hear from you keep plugging away

Barbarelly probably too busy and sleepy to get on much

Any ideas what I should do. The stay off after d&v is 72 hours which means I have both ds2 and dd on tuesday as they can't go to playgroup. My cons, appointment is at 9am so we will have to leave at 8 before school so my friend was originally going to drop them off at playgroup for me. Now obviously she can't and I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do. Is there any obvious thing that I'm missing that I could do to solve the problem?

Twas a little bit tongue-in-cheek, Nutty but mostly not. I mean look at how much effort you made with DD's birthday present. You're a fabulous mum. You're not only a mum - you're definitely still a real person with a sense of humour & not some crazy maternal robot, but you are a really, really good mother. We all know that just from talking to you on MN & never even seeing you with her.

The magnitude of having to look after a whole new person & be totally responsible for their well-being is so daunting! I don't doubt that I'll love him, but it's such a huge mental leap!

BB, he's building it now. I've just put the 3rd load of laundry of the day through. This one contains mostly crib sheets & muslin squares. I'm feeling a bit nesty (I keep peering through to the nursery & wanting to clean the windows?!) but I think I'd just make myself sick if I tried, so I'm resisting.

OddEyes, it won't be long now & you should definitely nap whilst you can I really want people to start having babies to help distract me from mine! More sex & curry for you, stat!

bronze, could DH take an hour or two off work to look after them? Or another friend / family member?

I'm not sure exactly what your situation is, so I'm probably making stupid suggestions

No not stupid suggestions. I should have said though I don't drive so DH has to take me.

Thinking about it my friend would take me and he could stay at home but then we have the problem of getting her son to school ahhhh

mils in court that day so can't. We don't have many people we can ask.... I'll keep thinking and will look at bus times

How far away is your appt? Would it be too expensive to get a taxi? Especially if you factor in hospital parking costs if DH took you anyway... Or you could get a taxi either there or back & DH could do the other journey to drop you off / fetch you with the kids in the car if they're not actually too ill anymore & just off in case they're contagious?

Get you nesting (I didn't wash my muslins - figure they'll be covered in sick fairly quickly so will get a good wash!!!)

bronze, hmmm - only other thing is potentially taking them with you?

And I only washed my nappies once (not the four times I was supposed to!) am a bad mother-to-be!!

I think gone for the friend takes ds1 to school
dh has ds2 and dd in the car and drops me off. Taxi would be £30 one way which we just don't have so fingers crossed they're feeling ok by then to go in his car. DH would so not be a happy bunny if they made a mess of his car (even if I do find the idea slightly funny )

you're supposed to wash them 4 times? Is that just training?

Apparently they are not fully absorbent until they have been washed 4 times!

I however think that they will be wet so frequently that they will soon be washed 4 times!

which ones do you have?

Your LO will only do little wees to begin with anyway, surely? 4 washes does seem excessive.

bronze, you may just have to make sure they're sitting on plastic bags & hope for the best... They should be well enough by Tuesday anyway, I should think? How are they at the moment?

oh springy springy springy, blacky greeny sticky poo

the close parent ones here they are really easy to use (from what I can tell) but still no idea if they will be any good!!

I'm hoping they'll be ok. I think dd will, ds2 has me a little worried but its a couple of days away so we'll see

Oh bronze you are making me want to be a mother more than anything sticky poo and D&V!! how exciting!!

ooh they look quite nice. My problem has always been wraps. I can never find one sI like.
I'm watching a close sling on ebay at the moment

which colour? me too.... [competitive emoticon]