Due May 2009 Hairy Mary!... We're on the final stretch!

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Thought I'd better start the new thread before it was too late. Here we go!

blotted yowzer to your bruising. Guess it was bloody frustrating and annoying and completely understand the rant at DH - they just DO NOT GET IT!!

I have been asking for several months for some child catches in the kitchen to prevent breakages etc - still waiting... still chasing round after Lotti whilst trying to cook, clean wash up and stop her dropping glasses etc on the floor - men honestly!

Oooo blotted ouchy!

hope spangle is doing ok, suspense is a nightmare.

So no-one wants to come to my virtual hen night then? Lol More booze for me (wink) !

I'll come! A virtual hen night is about all I'm fit for!

Oh and left my DP this morning to sort out an e bay sale of chaise lounge as someone was coming to pick it up today from top floor (2 flights of stairs) but reasonably light for 2 blokes.

Apparently its been collected but they broke the glass light fitting in the hall. DP just said on phone, Oh I need to clean up the glass in the hall (it was damaged this morning its now mid afternoon and there are still shards of glass all over the hall????!

Yesterday he let lotti rip up a tea bag and empty its contents - still on the kitchen floor this morning... I'm not doing it as a matter of principal (but if I don't will probably end up with a tea tree plantation in there as will be there that long)

Ok mini rant over - back to some worky stuff....

I'll come to hen night - had a couple of chippendales in my car once - a long long time ago..... (not in the biblical sense - mores the pity)

Ahahahaha@ Detsy and the Chippendales!

Well, I've just emailed my husband a resignation letter. I hope he takes it in the jocular fashion I intended but honestly I needed to do something to vent. DS2 has woken up from his nap still being a little sh!t, nicked the playdough that I keep hidden in my room and mashed it into the carpet. That obviously wasn't enough entertainment for him so he opened DS1's tub of goo and poured it all over DS1's bed, including on the (long haired) cat who was asleep. There's now green goo everywhere, DD is in her room playing, I've closed the bedroom door on DS2 and I'm not moving from bed until hubby is home in around 45 minutes.

I am done in.

Oh blotted rescue remedy for you too methinks! Tho I am grinning madly at your gooey long haired cat....

How old is DS2? So this will be your 4th baby??

I think a prize for spangle is a fab idea for being the first to pop.
detsy thanks for that - was busily trying to convince myself that none of the rest of us will pick up her bug then you shatter my illusion so brutally! God though I really hope not. I really need some sleep tonight after last night when I only managed about 2.5 hours.
You are brave going off to London and so far from home when getting this close to your due date - when are you finishing work?

Also talking of ages and terminology is it 25 years old that is the cut-off for making you 'an elderly primigravida'? I always thought 25 was terribly young to be elderly at anything......even having a first child.
Right, glaziers look like they are nearly finished. Best get bum in gear and get to school for DD1.
Byeeeeeee.

dear blotted, I'm glad you're in bed, hope it's calming for you. I'd be screaming by now.

chocolatebunnies, i would love to come to your hen night. could we have cocktails? I'd like a virgin mojito, need something cold and minty...

Lurrve virgin mojitos

God if its 25 for an elderly primigravida that is really shocking!!

Frazz take some non holey (holy..) carrier bags in the car - you know just in case.... puke fest may start at any min... tee hee hee

Agree about the spangle prize - have texted but no response so I'm assuming of course probably very incorrectly that she is in throes of labour - will let you know as soon as I hear anything at all

Finishing work formally on 1st May - 4 weeks and counting but bit different when I work from home most of the time. Altho in a meeting today my boss was busily arranging for chaps to come over from India and Thailand so I can do a day's worth of change training within next few weeks - will be sitting down for that one I think

belgian - how is your ppt going - feel free to mail it to me if you want any input etc - no prob at all

detsy Yeah bump = #4. DS2 just turned three at the start of March

I'll come to the virtual hen night! I'll hvae a virtual bottle of champagne all to myself, please, along with some virtual sushi and virtual brie.

I think we need to start a 'Men...ggrrr... what planet are they from?' group and bloody well sort them out once and for all!!!

Wow no 4 - never really clocked that up till now - good on you!! One of my friends was ranting the other night that the 3's are ten times worse than the 2's - guess you are experiencing the same!

Hope BP is calming down now and you are gently humming buddhist/native american chants.... you know hommmm a hommmm a hommmm hommmm hommm with some tinkly bells and flowing water... Used to havea sacred spirirt cd that you could have had but it got flung out as part of a bitter break up many years ago...

Sushi, sushi - bleurghhhh don't want to share that. Tho a snifter of champers... hmmm

Right bloody hell, I have to get going, talk later gals x

God we've nearly used up this post too...

chocolate make mine a mojito please !

Have spent the day purchasing hospital bag stuff (although planning HB at the mo, tis good to have it ready just in case). DC now playing with large gym ball which was £5 at Tesco... bargain. Bliss for my poor achy back - I look very comical on all fours hugging the gym ball. Just hope no-one is looking in the window

Getting really fed up with pregnancy - bad back, SPD, swelling feet / fingers, bumping into stuff... anyone else feeling the same ?

chocbunnies I'll have a lovely glass of virtual champagne, if that's not too much trouble. And I'd like my very own stash of virtual sushi too

dandy Anti biotics do that to me too.

I think you have to be 35 to be an elderly primigravida, not 25! Gosh if that was the case then the vast majority of first time mums I meet would be elderly!
And according what I read last night they picked 40 as the stillbirth rate shoots up. They said that stillbirth rates in relation to age follow a U shape, i.e. Higher at either extremes of ages.

blotted oh dear, makes you wonder why we want dcs doesn't it?

I just had an outburst at poor ds. After swimming he was slowly getting dressed, while I was melting in the dressing room while holding dd and ds's coat, schoolbags, my crutches, my handbag and my backpack with my presentation stuff in. Anyway when he was dressed I asked him to quickly put his towel and trunks in the back. He neatly spread his towel on the floor and started to slowly fold it extremely neatly, while I just wanted to get out of there and started to get impatient because of the heat. Anyway, he stepped back, bumped with his back against the bench, started screaming because he hurt himself. My reaction was to throw everything I was holding onto the floor and scream at him that it's his own fault for starting the stupid folding thing, rather than just stuffing it in his bag like I'd asked him, because I'd have to take it out at home anyway. He was upset because I was screaming at him while he was in pain, rather than comforting him and I was angry because I was hot and uncomfortable with no one around to help me with all my stuff and now him hurting himself was making me have to stay in that horrible hot place for even longer and dd was upset because my screaming was hurting her ears. We're home now. I've apologised and feel guilty about screaming at him when I really shoud have just rubbed his back and comforted him. He's been ever so good as well, helping me out at home and stuff, which makes my behaviour even worse.

Oh and detsy thanks for your help. I haven't actually done any ppt yet, but I can only have 3 slides and I know what I want on them, so I should be OK. I more or less have the contents sorted, but when I had a trial reading out loud it didn't really flow very well, so I'm going to have to adapt it a bit. One question, I want to have a list with my references, but I don't want it to take up any of my slides, do you think it'll be OK to make just a word print out of my references. There's quite a few, so hopefully they'll be impressed!

Hi girls, v quick post as wiped out and going to bed.
Sorry to everyone having dh probs
keeping fingers crossed for spangle
*Belgian good luck for presentation, it is tomorrow isn't it?

Choc am def up for hen night... Champers for me too please. I have some rather fetching bunny Ears i can send you if you like (check out my hen do pics on fb if you want to see them!!)

Belgian I am glad it's not just me losing my cool with DC. I am finding bedtimes really difficult as DD2 is acting up, but today DD1 was at it too. I'm sure they pick up on me being stressed and just feed off the stress vibes but it is sooo difficult to get them all sorted whilst struggling with my back and SPD. Then, stress brings on BH just when I don't want them. DH is away all week so it is only me and today I am just fed up with it and want a break. All I'd like is to be able to "hang up" the baby-bump for a couple of hours while I had a bath / run / sort out the house and then put it back on again !!! Oh, and a handy zip fitting to give birth rather than labour would be nice too. That and an automatic 'putting DC to bed' machine would come in handy too... grrrrrr

Gosh, I was only on here yesterday and what a lot seems to be happening...

How exciting about Spangle! Really hope it's all progressing well. Detsy a prize is a great idea.

Sorry to hear that so many of you have worries and pains - really does bring it home that we are all on the final straight!

It also seems like lots of you are suffering additional worry because of unsympathetic medical practitioners... I am seeing my consultant tomorrow to discuss VBAC v. elcs and am a little apprehensive. I keep reminding myself that ALL the staff I see (midwives, doctors etc) have a common aim - which is for me to end up with a healthy baby. I find that thought helps when it seems like they're not telling me what I want to hear!

Belgian don't be too hard on yourself about your outburst. I was on crutches during my last PG and I didn't have any DCs to look after so I really sympathise. Sounds like you are coping amazingly well. And you have been so fantastic on this thread, answering everyone's queries - what would we do without you?

Chocolate champagne gives me terrible heartburn so I'd like a mojito please (with a Gaviscon chaser).

Blotted good for you! Have a lovely relaxing evening.

Hope everyone else is ok? I'm enjoying a moment's quiet because DD and DH have taken the dog to the vet. After Elsa's all night vomiting on Monday, last night we were kept up half the night by the blimmin' dog throwing up! Who will be next I wonder?

The thing is: I just exploded and up until then he'd been OK. Just slow while I wanted to get out of there. I think he's forgiven me by now though. They tend to forget things easily.

A zippy bump would be lovely! Can you imagine how easy it would be to give birth?! I also want a see through bump so I can see what lo is up to in there and afterwards I want see through boobs to see how much milk lo is having

Hmm, I wonder if it's possible for bug to be transmitted via the internet. Emmalina and frazzled's dcs both suffering from it. Maybe I should shut down my computer. Last thing I need is one of the dcs to be ill tomorrow. I've got no back up child care.

Thanks for your kind words Emmalina. It really means a lot to me. Look, I'm starting to get all choked up...