Due April 2009 - Chapter 25: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever you are!!!!!

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a little something for the weekend?????

we bought a little dress for the baby (first thing I have bought as I bet its a boy now ) and I took her to Toys R Us for the first time ever (I am such an evil mother!)

She went crazy. It was comical. I don't think she even knew that many toys existed.

I have to say I don't find the RLT too offensive any more...provided I have some chocolate at the same time ...

Don't they have to induce if ECV distresses the baby or summat?

I said I was going to bed but I'm still here....

MM, we keep buying pink and I'm really worried she will be a he. I don't think they get it that wrong now they do they, especially as we had a 4D scan at 26 weeks.

Have to say I was encouraged (and mildly alarmed) by the use of the word labia by the sonographer..

Morning all

Another night and no wee break (it's almost as if my body has forgotten it's pregnant at night time - yay) but then I wake up and it remembers.

Having said that this morning I feel incredibly uncomfortable (like I am not attached to my body) and very very emotional - MS is back with all it's force - waking up needing to run to the toilet to be sick had been forgotten until now

DH gave me a tummy massage last night which the baby LOVED was wriggling around like crazy - I know it sounds silly but I genuinely think this baby already love DH so much - if it has been quiet all day (and I am on th verge of starting to worry) and DH comes home from work, nussles his head in to my tummy and starts chatting away to the baby and it goes crazy!!

Re induction, I don't know if this is the case for everyone but I know that they will induce you if the baby gets stressed after turning but also, if they are worried the baby will turn back again, they will induce the baby to make sure you can have a safe vb delivery rather than risk it turning and having to have an emergency cs if you go in to labour (cord etc). I was breech and they turned me and I just flipped straight back so as soon as they had me the right position again they induced my mum (at 38 weeks) to avoid me doing it again - let's hope my LO isn't as difficult as me

Am watching F1 at the moment - I'm not even all that fussed to be honest but grew up on it every weekend with my dad so think I keep watching it out of habit! Jenson Button is leading and have to say I am secretly pleased as everyone kind of wrote him off last season.

I saw so many beautiful baby clothes yesterday - but mostly for boys and made me really want a DS - I can't wait to find out what it is!! It's driving me crazy!!! Having said that I still don't think I would find out next time

Good morning everyone, am I the first one up? Everyone else still sound asleep I take it, in lovely warm beds?

Had a weird dream about missing a train because I couldn't run due to the big bump - the train driver practically shut the door in my face and I went to complain and the guys in the ticket office just laughed at me and were really rude so I woke up sobbing (except I didn't, I just dreamt I was crying). Odd.

How is everyone today? We have a trip to the tip planned - how exciting - and then I'll get DH to install the car seat. Except I'll probably end up doing it myself given his previous DIY performance

Ah boo BB you beat me to the first post of the day

I don't know how anyone can have the patience to wait for 9 months until they find out if it's a boy or a girl? BB have you got any secret preferences? If your LO is already so keen on daddy then I bet it's a girl!

Okay can anyone explain Earth Hour to me please? If all these cities just kept the lights on their sights & parliamentary buildings off all the time surely that would already make a difference to climate change? Seems funny for them to protest against something they are causing themselves.

Morning Schultes - I decided to keep it unknown because the whole pregnancy was a bit of a welcome surprise and to be honest I am so impatient that if I knew dates and sex and probably name, I wouldn't have anything to wait on!!! Dh was really unhappy about it at first but now I think he is secretly pleased he doesn't know!!

From the second I got pregnant I was 100% convinced it is a girl, over the past 6 weeks I have gone back and forth so many times. If I am really honest, I would love it to be a little boy (bar the name issue), as I was one of three girls and always always wanted an older brother and always imagined having a boy first but equally would be happy with a girl, I JUST WANT TO KNOW NOW!!!!!

Schultes I don't get it either - It always makes me laugh when you see some PR stunt about saving the environment by using blackle or turning lights off for an hour a day and you are just like 'do it ALL the time!!!'

I'm glad I am not the only one BB

Just having some fun on the Apprentice thread...

I don't get the media and the environment - a year ago we were being made to feel guilty for taking planes ....... yesterday the cut in flights due to the recession was being presented as a problem. Ditto Chelsea tractors - now there is talk of bail outs!

Very exciting about Clairey, no idea about possible reasons though.

Good news about your DH boffin - it sounds like Friday and the doctor's reaction has at least made him now take it seriously.

I was convinced early in pg mine was a boy, but the scan woman told me girl - so much for intuition I think it hard to know whether intuition is ever right, because you always have a 50% chance.

BB I'm very impressed you managed to walk for two hours I walked for one hour on Friday and ever since my pelvis/fanjo area has been absolutely killing! I felt fine at the time, but afterwards .......

I'm getting very sick of this baby, it's now just too bloody big for the space and also getting annoyed. Why can't it just COME OUT then it'll have all the space it needs!

good morning all

come on Clairey, time for a baby I think. BB I had just got nearly a week of good nights' sleep in..and dH decided to snore like a trooper last night. Earplugs made no discernible difference...surprised he's still alive this morning

Ear plugs don't make a difference - I find my IPOD better (but you might not be able to sleep listening to music)

ooh might try that brettgirl - thanks. Was trying to remember when DD was a baby if it was a problem but I think I just crashed out every time she slept!

Oh brett yesterday I was in agony - hurt so much walking up the stairs, today I ache slightly right on the top of my inside legs but other than that not too bad!!

I am with you on the just coming out bit!!

I genuinely really don't know now and I actually just want it to happen so I can find out!!

MM I would have killed him!!!

OK - that's reassuring BB I really want to go for another walk today so think I will! I figure if I can still walk at this stage it will mean it won't take me as long to get fit after the birth (as I will be lighter IYSWIM). Plus, it's so lovely being outside in the fresh air. Only I'm getting a bit bored of canals (because it hurts to walk up and down hills) haha.

Hello

I have given DH a bit of a lie in today. Hope that helps his BP too.

FIL coming for lunch - roast chicken, roast potatoes, baby carrots, baby leeks, baby sugar snap peas, cauliflower and brocolli florets. Might do something with raspberries for pudding. I have made the recent discovery if you buy baby veg or pre-prepared veg, you can do practically no lunch preparation other than tip it into pans, and still look like a domestic goddess, even if you can't actually lift the hot food out the oven or off the hob yourself.

If Nutty appears, can you help me find a couple of reasonably priced olive green and/or gold throws for my sofas? Your internet research skills are formidable and you saved me £££ on the bathroom stuff1

If GingerSarah appears, my phone is being silly so I am desperately hoping you haven't been trying to buddy text me.

morning all!

i was hoping to wake up to a baby announcement! oh well. it;ll come. they DO come out apparently. it isn't just a cruel joke.

BB - i'm with you on the MS front. but mine comes at random times of the day. last night it was about 11. all that lovely chinese food and the whole bar of chocolate i ate... word of warning...don't vomit up chinese food through your nose. it's not cool.

DS was up and down for most of the evening as well. and DH didn't get home until after 2 and was steaming. and trying it on with me. a very tired very sore very sick me. he didn't get very far. got swore at a lot. and my trusty sleeping kid side kick kept kicking him in the nuts so that helped!

not sure hwat's on the cards for today. DH is out of commission for a while. still stinking of booze and we can't go anywhere with him like that. so much for our trip to costco!

trista - read your post about having the last rennie and really really felt for you. i have secret stashes everywhere in the house now after a night like that. it's hell isn't it? though i'm trying the maalox again and that's helping.

My baby is posterior, just like last time! I think it has to do with my preferred positions! So perhaps I ought to get a birthing ball at this point!

Now at the stage where I'm avoiding people and their questions;

'Is the baby coming yet?'

This, from grown women who've had babies themselves....!

No babies?

Today I shall mostly be doing nothing, except seeng if can find any form on the Grand National runners.

I have more cheesecake and some caramel shortbread slices that need attending to.

It's not April yet though! Although I'm getting pretty uncomfortable. Looking forward to being able to walk again.

Well, I have just emailed the next nearest primary school up the road, to apply for a place for DS2, to get him away from the clutches of the mad head teacher and so on. We have said we are happy to take up a place at the beginning of next term if they have one.

Just hope they have space for him now. It has a nice swimming pool, bigger grounds and the uniform is optional, so I think he'll like all this, although no doubt he will moan about missing his friends. However knowing him, he will have made about 50 more by the end of the first week though. Never met a stranger, our DS2.

They also have a proper nursery class, so DS3 will be able to go there in due course as well, which is a bonus. At the current school there is only a fairly crap playgroup in a clapped out portacabin in the playground, and parents have to be there to help, which means working parents effectively can't use it.

I am still a bit nervous though!

Morning everyone.
Boffin - I salute you, well done. That was some battle, took a lot out of me. Nice tip on the baby veg too
BB - I'm really excited about finding out the sex too. I've been convinced the whole time I'm having a girl. DS thinks it's a girl, everyone thinks it's a girl. Watch me have a boy now just to make life interesting
MM - you must have some patience! The very second my DP starts to snore he gets a boot in the legs from me, or shaken til he wakes up and turns over. Poor thing that's quite cruel of me isn't it?
Purple - the last rennie was amazing last night, but unfortunately didn't last long. Went to bed and had to use extra pillows to prop myself up. Didn't work though and I ended up spending the majority of last night sitting upright on the sofa, with a big castle made of cushions to lay my head on! What a bloody farce. Managed to sleep though, even if it was just snoozing.
schulte - that's a crazy dream you had. Isn't it crazy how the hormones affect our dreams. From really horny ones in the beginning, to crazy paranoid ones about self-done c-sections and giving birth to monsters.
Well today we're getting to see my neice My bro has managed to sort it through solicitors that he can have her today, so we'll see her for a couple of hours.
At least it's a start. Hope the pick up went smoothly, no arguements.

Afternoon - Quick update before i catch up

SWALISWAN UPDATE - I am going back to hospital this morning as i have high BP, protein in urine, headache, nausea and problems with vision. Just escaped staying in last night when BP was very high for a bit. Will get blood test results this morning.