Due May '09 - wave your bum in the air, like you just don't care !

[Tummum]

Here we go !

momino I was an emotional wreck at the thought of this next birth before getting the vbac cd's.. tears etc. but since listening to them regularly i do feel a lot more confident in the approaching birth. I'm sure they must be helping me.. as i've such a different attitude to what's coming now.

ooo! at your pos show too

I started the raspberry tablets yesterday so hoping I can get things going at 38wks.. don't fancy having to cope with bump weight for much longer. I've gained about 2stone & at 36wks now. doing better than with ds as I think I was double that with ds..

Monimo IKWYM re: labour 3rd time around. My 1st was not great (Induction) and last time really wasn't bad at all... but I am really apprehensive this time around. I am also dead worried about the after pains which are supposed to be horrible 3rd time around too. Something to look fwd to then !

Flippin what sort of cycling does your DH do? Mine is into Audax, which invariably eats up your whole weekend. Luckily he's gone off it a bit this year because work is taking up so much time. Phew

Looby sorry to hear that you are back after all of that anticipation. I hope you have a lovely long sleep tonight and restful day tomorrow.

Am v. of those showing signs of imminent arrivals of LO. I was 12 days late with both DC and could really do without doing that again. So slurping the RLT and considering the deed tonight. Well, maybe... if I can be arsed

SPeaking of which, Emmabsmom wow about your Mom ! Bet that was an interesting conversation to have !!

tummum lol at can't be arsed.. quite apt position wise

Tummum - DH is an Audaxer too, but not (usually) the really hardcore stuff, he generally sticks to 200s and 300s , and usually plans it so that it's realtively local stuff. I never really got into Audaxing, but we used to cycle a lot together, long days, touring and so on.

The one upside of DH cycling tomorrow is that he probably won't try to suggest that sex would be nice tonight (or tomorrow night)!

Just done my Ocado shopping for this week and next. Next week is bank holiday!

jennster.. have to admit i'm loving doing the food shopping online.. our local sainsbury's suddenly started delivering so been doing mum's online for a few weeks now. also did ours online this week to give dh a rest from it. it's even free delivery on tuesday, wed, thursday

off to get night time milk and snack.. then bed. night night all xoxox

Night night all too. Am hoping i sleep better tonight- needed a few trips to the loo and had restless legs. DH was also snoring so i took myself to the spare room again- DH said he woke for a wee after i'd gone and didn't even realise i wasn't there!

Morning everyone. Hope you all had a lovely restful sleep.

Flippineck DH did PBP a few years ago which was a real drag but tends to stick to 200s these days. You never know, we might have met at one of those lovely events. I will never forget that lovely smell of damp cycling gear at the HQs... nice..!

Jenn and FiK I LOVE internet shopping. Have done it for ages as taking DC to Tescos is a real nightmare. I was lazy last week and didn't bother because of the B/H so took DC yesterday and had a real freak out about it - the trolley was killing my back and the place was packed. Horrible horrible. So have made sure I have booked the next few weeks worth on internet again.

I am off to parents for SUnday lunch today so no cooking and free child care ! Hoorah ! Couldn't bring myself to self-induced induction last night so have decided to bring out the clary sage for a bath tonight. This LO WILL be on time. Yeah right ! Hope you all have a lovely day.x

Morning all.

Well had a hot curry for dinner last night and managed to put out this morning (sorry TMI) am now popping raspberry leaf capsules like mad. Want this baby out now.
Roll on tommorrow.
The expressing is getting easier too - managed one syringe last night.

looby - well done on the expressing, and for your other efforts too ...hopefully they won't have to be repeated too often!

I love internet shopping, but DH won't let me do it! He really resents paying the delivery charge, so he always does the shopping one evening after work (I don't drive). His choice, I haven't been to Sainsburys for years!

Another lovely day here and loads more washing on the line. I'm going to the shops later to get the last of the stuff for my birth bag - I'm not sure DH's shopping skills extend to maternity towels and the right kind of snack products! I'm thinking fig rolls (they've fuelled quite a few cycling holidays!)

tummum - lol at the smell of club huts! Nice. My brother is the really serious cyclist in our family, he rides fixed all the time and is doing LEL this year. Mad. He got married last year, his wife is lovely and very tolerant, but I think things may change in the future. Maybe he's getting it all out of his system now?!

My DH resents the delivery charge too but I tend to find a bit of googling usually turns up a free delivery code or extra points or somesuch. Always always check the sticky threads here - forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=38 because they'll have codes for money off. It can be a bit fiddly going through them all to find a code that still works but it's well worth it.

hi. thanks all for letting me know I'm not alone in anxiety - though i think one would be crazy not to be even a little nervous before giving birth. am trying to concentrate on the baby to come and how looking forward I am to meeting him/her.

about the show - well nothing since yesterday so does make me wonder. i'm sure it was a little bit of the plug but defn not enough for me to feel that birth is approaching in the next few days. sigh. it's so hard to be patient isn't it?

looby, very impressed at your self-induction methods . really wish i could do the same. maybe i'll feel differently in a few days .

i'm so fed up with..... everything. my stupid maternity trousers keep falling down on me, i feel very unattractive, i feel like a bad mum because i'm yelling at the girls too often for things/messes normal for children (have to lighten up on the sand table), am fed up with the dog barking at every passerby (we live on a busy road), fed up with the mess, fed up with stupid things like spilling coffee on my sleeve. i need to relax!

Fi, i'll keep trying to listen to the CD. tried this morning when I woke up but was interrupted by the dd2 calling me to pick her up (at least I did get a lovely cuddle!).

sorry for the rant-type post and feel-sorry-for-myself theme.

let me end this post and a very, very positive note: got the HiP grant money in my account !! I applied at the end of Jan so the others who have applied similar should be seeing something soon. very, very good news and makes up for alot of the frustration i'm feeling. sigh.

lovely DH has taken girls and dog out so i'm going off to relax with my raspberry tea.

hope all are well.

as you can see from above, i'm 'very, very' happy about the grant money . worth the wait and hope you get yours soon.

Yay! Due to your post momimo just checked my account and mine is there too!!! Yippee.

I have a pg massage booked for Tuesday, and some reflexology for Wednesday to maybe get things moving so the grant will nicely pay for that. Both health things, no???

looby well done for trying the self inducement!! Think I could handle the curry but any thought of DH coming anywhere near me at the moment, well.......I do hope you get a bed tomorrow.You never know you could get a call at any time - it happened to someone I know. She was "booked" in for inducement on a monday, so decided to go shopping on the sunday for those last minute things and whilst in John Lewis, she got a call saying they were quiet and could she go in now?! She did and it all went really smoothly. In the meantime, put your feet up!! Or go to John Lewis....

Looby sorry everything didn't go to plan yesterday - hope tomorrow is more productive!

Momino - you aren't the only grumpy/snappy mother around. I seem to be snapping at ds more frequently, he completely ignores me which drives me mad! Must take after his father

I was thinking of all our early threads where we're all desperate that the baby stays put and the pregnancy progresses well and now near the end we're desperate to get the baby out asap!!! I have had enough of being pregnant, but on the other hand I'm quite sad and nostalgic as this will probably be my last pregnancy.

I decided to find out what all the fuss was about this Susan Boyle (Britain's got Talent) on Youtube - bloomin hormones, I sobbed through the whole thing and get tears in my eyes everytime I think about it!

Hope Jael's MRI has gone well.

Ohhh I wonder if mine grant money is in yet. Our internet banking is not working so will have to wait to find out. It will certainly be timely if it is as we are very poor at the moment. Bring on pay day!!
I'm back to work tomorrow 8 days to go!!! Tomorrow is an inset so no kids and I have a midwife appointment so should be a cruisy day.
I feel really well again not bad for 37 + 3 weeks at all. I am finding night time slightly uncomfortable but still managing to get a fairly decent sleep and during the day I feel quite energetic and comfortable so hopefully that will continue. I can't get over how much easier this PG has been compared to my last one.
No self-induction attempts here I am quite happy to wait for this one until it is ready to come. It's not huge and I was a week over due with DD so I'm thinking it might be the same this time. Also my mum arrives a week after my due date so I'm happy to wait for her.
Looby Hope you are enjoying your last day of relaxation for a while and hope tomorrow you can go in and get under way!!

Hurrah! I checked my bank due to Momino's and ladyhelen's posts and my HiP grant is in too - just in time for me to buy the ju ju be changing bag I was dithering about earlier today!

Any thoughts on acceptable level of girliness of changing bag for a baby boy? (Am uncomfortably aware may have to get additional bag for DH if I give in to my inner urges...)

Hope everyone's ok, and thinking of you Looby

I'm working again today in spite of the lovely weather - only 5 more days to go before ML (yay!) and realised last week that I have too much work to fit in and no time, and don't want to land it all on my poor replacement who is new to the business as well as my role.

sigh, better get back to it.

PS My DH is also fab - the reason he's rebuilding the porch is partly because our old one was wood and glass and held together with dirt (not good when house on market) but mainly because slugs could get in and a few months ago I flipped completely and said it HAD to be sorted before I started putting a buggy in there... imagine, slugs on the pram - eeeuuuuggghhhh. So, bless him, he took me at my word!

I was hopping to hear of Lobby's news of glad tidings and joy... Oh poor you - well hopefully Monday will bring you the bundle of joy you so want to be holding... just think one more day...

I'm gonna see if I have Evening Primrose Oil capsules - anyhing's worth a try I think... As for sex - WOW at Emmas mum - how cool is that! But any position is out - just not doing it for dh - he doesn't find me appealing! But I erhm, do quite well on my own!

And I too got my pregnancy grant!! But I'm not rushing out to spend it cos I'm not entitled to any other payments - no maternity allownace etc... as I'm not receieving a wage only my pension!

We had a lovely day out yesterday. The sun was shining here and ds wanted to go and feed some ducks! So we found ducks, geese and nesting swans and fed away. Then to a friend's house for BBQ and ds had hours of fun playing (with girls.... he was the only boy there too! He got plenty of hugs...) there was another preg lady there with 6 weeks to go and I couldn't believe how freeking mobile she is.. made me quiet . She was hopping all over the place chasing after her 18 month dd. For me to get up off a chair and get going is a mammoth task! I have to do it in stages! ANd then shuffle off..... ANd the host of the BBQ just couldn't keep his hands off my bump - the more drunk he got the more he wnated a touch!!! But he kept feeling my boobs too - all one big bump really!!! !!!

DH is going to mo the lawn today.... sometime... will wait and see on that one! It kinda looks like a wildlife garden at the moment...

Back on later - away to find some Evening Primrose Oil Caps.....

Dandy - coat your rings in washing liquid then put your hands up past the wrists into the coldest water you can tolerate for a couple of minutes then try again. The cold will (should!) reduce the swelling enough for you to be able to slide them off.

My back is unbelievably sore as well, I've spent most of the weekend curled in a ball in bed trying to ease it off. I can't wait until this is all over!

Morning all,

I checked my account in excitement but no grant money there yet but i only applied in late Feb so guess i might have to wait a bit.

DS was up in the night and ended up in bed with me with DH relegated to the spare bed for a change. DS has been full of cold but seemed much better at lunchtime, wanting to eat, so i hope he's over the worst. Guess its good that he's preparing me for sleepless nights!

I am excited as i will be going round to a friends later to borrow lots of baby stuff. Even though i've had 2 DCs there are things we never bought, so we are borrowing baby clothes (her DS was very well dressed as a baby so should be some lovely outfits), baby gym, activity pod (for when LO is older), a nursing chair and v-shaped cushion, and something called a "snuggle me" which is apparently something to put LO in safely in your bed when they can't settle at night. With DS i just had to put his moses basket next to me and keep a hand on him but it wasnt the most comfortable position.

Also my bump has really grown this week- i thought it might as it seems whenever i crave milk, cheese etc that its because LO is busy growing!

Hello ladies!!

Looby - how v frustrating for you! Hope things go a bit more to plan tomorrow for you.

Jennster - those bean bags gave me a good chuckle

Emmabemma - v cool mum! I swear mine still doesn't believe I know about sex at all

Don't think there's much point in me checking for my grant money until at least June as my MW didn't have any forms until my appointment at the end of March. Good to know there is progress though!

My DH is off to Belfast with work this afternoon for 24 hrs. My cousin (also a good friend really) is coming over and staying the night. She's offerred to do me a pedicure

hi all. it's so sunny and beautiful here... if it's like that your way, do get outside - i think the vitaminD of sunlight made me feel better (i didn't get out at all yesterday ).

can you tell we're all getting to the end of pregnancy? I'm sorry for those of you with back pain and other ailments. i'm just thinking this will be over in 2-4 weeks depending upon if on time or not. then we'll have a new set of worries albeit nice ones with a little baby attached .

off to a sunday lunch now. will check back on later.

hope jael is ok today. and wonder how belgian is doing...

bring on number 2 birth - there are a lot of us who are impatient on here. I was holding on but now have a horrible cough and sore throat which is making sleep miserable, and hurts my bump. What d'ya all reckon the strongest thing I can take is? Hot honey/lemon just not cutting it...