Due June 09: The final Countdown: RLT, BH, SPD, HB, EC, VBAC & no plans to TTC again!

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Here it is!

evening all - trying to go to bed earlier tonight as I feel shattered

Have finished work now until September - yey

I had a can of guiness tonight - not a big drinker really even when not pg but it was cold and in the fridge and I almost craved it

Dh has decided to stop drinking until the lo is born. He might drink a bottle of wine over the course of a Friday evening normally but needs to be permanently ready to drive me to hospital - I have reminded him it will be a hb - and hopefully no driving will be required!

YAY! silk congrats on your maternity leave!

I'm off to bed myself. Night all!

evening all will catch up tomorrow with you all

Just back from blue man group and it was fab! reminded me so much of seeing them in Florida on my honeymoon almost 2 years ago. if they are coming to a town near you guys i highly recommend seeing them.

Haven't had much pain which is good but now total paranoid as not felt baby move as much today, maybe only felt her move 4 times today but used doppler and heartbeat still going strong should i be worried about the movement or not bother as HB can still be heard.

Daisy ? only people with your attitude and lovely personality laugh about what was going on in your lives around DD?s birth, some would still be moaning about it and how unfair life is 3 years on thought I recognized what you wrote about blood and cramps but you?ve saved me reading my book now

Ermintrude ? how awful about the woman with the CS for no reason I would be livid!! Could anyone see you doing your stair poses from outside?! LOL sounded like a scary moment for you on your walk!

Laura ? hope you are feeling much better today. If I were you, the presence of the clear mucous would not be worrying me, that is pretty normal for this stage and I?d out it down to the cervix softening up which is a good thing but if I had any more cramps, bleeding or any gut feeling that things weren?t the way they should be I?d be back to the hospital, to A&E, in a flash. Hope you enjoy The Blue Man Group; DH saw them in Vegas and still goes on about them.

Littlesarah ? yay, finished Uni! Congrats hon! glad the presentation went well. Lovely dress how exciting about the birth kit having arrived

Bunny ? getting very fed up of tending ?The Scottish Patient? I can tell you, my thoughts are far from saintly have you tried looking for the Swedish make of nursing bra Albacita? They are fairly pretty, underwired, fairly low cut and have fairly thin straps ? what we need for summer! Don?t worry you should get HV visits by being registered with your MW.

June ? what an awful day yesterday and what a long wait, poor you! No wonder you had a bad night?s sleep worrying. So glad to hear your good news sounds like your baby is actually in the perfect position. Very scary that 2 weeks today is 7/6 ? that?s 3 days after my due date Enjoy your meal tonight

Looouise ? my Mum was 3 weeks early with me, 4 weeks late with my sister (long story ? massive baby, strange country, far too many risks taken) and on time with my little sis. My sis had her boys at 36 and 38 weeks. So with DS I was REALLY fed up when he came 9 days late so this time I am just telling myself not to expect her until 13 June (9 days after DD) I also know that I am in denial about her coming when things are a bit mad here. Sorry to hear about the fainting and the anaemia, must have been scary

Tee ? I just registered the baby at the health centre in the usual way when I was in Scotland. Hope you are feeling more comfy today. I have to say on the ?what?s for dinner? question, I?d love to tell them here that it?s anything cooked by someone other than me but I can?t see that happening! hope you had a lovely day with DH precious couple time! Get that bag packed

Silkcushion ? yay, maternity leave! hope your labour gets going faster this time round, must have been tiring. Sorry about DD being disturbed last night my DS (nearly 16 months) is normally really respectful to books but on the odd occasion, he will pull them apart with his teeth, don?t know why. I have never seen him do anything intentionally destructive to a book as he always does it in his cot like your DD did so I just don?t know what fuels it Your DD sounds so sweet good on your DH Mine isn?t drinking, obviously but my MIL is

Doris ? I know what you mean about boobs looking small over the bump, I was just thinking that but then I am fitting snuggly into my 36K at the mo so it is indeed an illusion! I used to love playing with my Mum?s hair when I was little my Gran would never let me near her lovely chignon bun though!

Choccie ? poor you the anticipation of a weekend of largely doing all the childcare alone is exhausting I know. GGGRRRRR to your MIL

Naat ? hope things are better with DH now, pregnancy makes you cry (and dwell on) over everything! Thanks for your help earlier, very much appreciated Great news from the MW, all going well

Bigcar ? sorry to hear you got a scare but glad all is ok

Hi girls,
Have managed to get hair and nails done yesterday and planning a massage next week! Last day of work next thursday! My gorgeous friends are throwing us a baby shower tomorrow + I have not been allowed to do anything (challenge for the control freak who also loves to cook)! Looking forward to seeing them all for a high tea with champange

effie so great you are home and things have settled down
laura hope you not too stressed with reduced movements, bubs is running out of space which might explain fewer movements, but of course ring your midwife if you are worried
silk congrats on maternity leave and mmm guiness- we have some left in the fridge after i made a beef and guiness pie this week
Hi choccie, did you have your cold beer?
naat great the bubs is engaged, but sympathies to your bladder!
mrsmc There are no plans here for extra monitoring just because of the thrombophilia. Encouraging active birth, water birth, whatever i want really- no restrictions . Stopping the clexane and aspirin this week (36). Consultant wants syntocin for 3rd stage to reduce risk of haemorrhage. Otherwise the only way they will let me stay on the bed is if we have any foetal distress or unforseen complications. Hope that helps? The Hep b is given here but is a synthetic rather than live vaccine so very few risks
ermin Hope no more scary pains when out walking
june congrats on head down and good luck deciding where to birth, must be v stressful figuring it out
littlesarah fantastic you have finished uni- congrats!
tee good luck packing that hospital bag- mine now has some useful things in it, although not close to being ready!

hello and waves to bunny, ineed and everyone else.

Morning Juners!

Not a bad night here but I woke up at 6.40am anyway

Let's catch up a bit...

snow wow! Enjoy your baby shower! Lovely friends you have! So glad to hear you're going to be able to be mobile during labour

mrsmc glad you got a nice and leisurely day yesterday. Naughty DH! Men and their brains! Of course eating that was going to be a few steps back!! Tut Tut, a slap in the hand on his way... Glad I could help yesterday

laura glad you had a great time at BMG. Poke baby a bit and if worried, you know what we're going to say: Call the MW!

tee I know what you mean re. walking. I go to the supermarket and I'm a zombie after just that Esp. with all that pelvic pressure and the waddling Hope you have a great day out again today.

silk yay! free woman!! I hope you fully enjoyed your Guiness I'm not a good drinker, I used to have the occasional glass of wine with a meal and that was that. I don't like beer in general but I do like Corona, for a strange reason

Choccie yes, at your DH's social life.

ermin uhhhh what a scare... I imagine your brain thinking of a million things at the same time, in instant problem-solving mode... Glad to know everything is ok, do walk a bit more slowly, please LOL at your DH checking your nails before labour

littleS enjoy your shopping!!! Glad to hear the kit has arrived! Firemen as well?

Hi to the rest of the Juners!!!

Right, over here the sun was shining like mad at 6 but now it's gone Hope it's not too shy during the day and pops out again

Busy day at the Argie's home. Cleaning and tidying up to do before mum arrives tomorrow morning, then we were invited to a mini festival in a tiny town near here and then at night we're going to see a friend play in a pub... phew, I'm already tired

Hope you all have lovely days!!!

(((waves)))

Morning everyone and glad to see everyone is well. I have good news Baby is head down finally and with just over 3 weeks to go Im hoping she stays that way now. Ive been hanging her clothes in the wardrobe and have set up the crib.

I still havent finished packing my hospital bag yet either Tee Still a couple more bits to buy.

woohoo littlesarah I bet you are so pleased to be able to relax at last you must be so proud you kept going and managed to finish your course.

Ermin I cant walk more than a few yards without my spd kicking in these days and since baby has turned head down the pressure down there is unbelievable

Its funny how we all wonder whether our little ones will be early or late here is my list
baby 1 (first relationship) 1 day early
baby 2 (first relationship) 6 days early
baby 3 (first relationship) 10 days early
baby 4 (first relationship) 14 days early
baby 5 (second relationship) 5 days late
baby 6 (second relationship) 3 days early
baby 7 (second relationship 14 days late
baby 8 ??????
Im expecting her to be late now all the panic about c section and delivering early has died down. But have really been making an effort to get ready just in case shes early.
Has anyone got anything nice planned for the bank holiday weekend? Im just going to carry on attacking the house and hopefuly dp will get the downstairs bathroom painted.
Hope everyone has a good weekend only one more weekend until June ladies

Dreamy - Fab news that baby has moved! Obviously they are a wee bit more mobile than we realise in the final weeks!

I wonder when this one will come... dd was four days early but I'm sure that means nothing and this one wil go over. I did have a feeling baby 2 would be early too but I think that was just paranoia over baby coming before uni was out of the way! I have only ever had two really strong absolute certainty feelings in my life (both right) and this feeling was far flimsier!

I am very happy to have gotten through uni, it hardly seems real!

Naat - I think the firemen will come out next week! Don't worry, I'll tell you all about it. Have a great day today, we are off clothes shopping later so hopefully will get a gorgeous outfit. Bet it'll be lovely to see your mum.

Snow - Ooooh I'm jealous of your baby shower. I backed down on mine, but kind of wish I hadn't now, it was so lovely last time.

Choccie - You are being very understanding about your dh's plans. I felt when dh told me he and a couple of mates went out for lunch yesterday at the last minute! He'll get another night out soon (sans me) as a close friend is off to China for 6 months soon but that will probably be it. Unless I am tagging along pathetically. A girl I know who is about 33 weeks was talking about going to a nightclub on facebook the other day, I couldn't believe it! She is only 21, but I was about that age when I had dd and I still spent most of the pregnancy cosied up with books and DVDs and in bed by 10.

MrsMcJnr - My cousin had her dd 9 days late and she is now due on the 27th May so I shall let you know how that works out! She is very much like you, expecting a late baby but, she said she had a show the other night!

Hello to everyone else, the dress is gorgeous isn't it bunny? I am planning on going to some second-hand/vintage places today to see if I can get a bargain but I do love that one!

Morning all!

What amazing weather! We're off to the garden centre in a moment to try and buy plants for our containers. Can't wait! Then my brother is coming over to finally empty our garage of all his crap that we've been storing for 2 years! He moves into a new flat with his lovely GF this weekend. We won't know what to do with all the space! Then we're off to pick up a new chest freezer for the garage so I can store all those meals that I've been cooking up!

Don't have time for a big catch up, but glad to hear that all those babies are turning and ready for exit. Thanks for that list of your actual delivery dates dreamy. DS was 3 weeks early, so I had that date in my head, but I know that there's every chance that I'll go two weeks over! I get the feeling that this little one likes it in there a bit too much! I'm loathe to be induced though as my birthday is exactly 14 days after my EDD. Mmmmm. Not a nice way to spend your birthday! I'll go for 15 days over I think!

Sorry to hear about DPs/DHs being a PITA. Grr.... luckily mine has been okay, though still forgets that things can be tricky for me (like changing the bedding etc). Oh well.

Had half a pineapple, a curry and sex last night (not all at the same time - I really would have to change the bedding then ). I told DH that's the plan for the next 14 days! He didn't look too bothered....

Love to all xx

Morning

grrr @ crap night's sleep. Didn't manage more than 2 hours without waking (all my own fault not dd)

Had a curry last night and shall we just say my digestive system cannot cope with it. Told dh this morning no more curries til the lo is out. He said he'd had a crap week at work and fancied starting his paternity leave so the curry suggestion was his secret paln to start labour!

We had a chat about hypnobirthing this morning . Told him I'd informed you lot about his mockery. he asked what you'd said. Told him you thought he was a tosser he was then did some serious backtracking - apparently he fully supports me in it and is fascinated to see how/if it will work. To be fair I have spent £220 on it (face to face hypnotherapy not just cds) and he didn't complain about that.

Gorgeous day here too. Dd has just gone down for a nap so I think I might try the same before getting in the garden this afternoon and doing some planting messing about in the mud with a toddler

Hope you all have a good day

Hey ladies will have a proper read in a mo but just wanted to say that we are having poor weather wild winds, torrential rain and thunder storms last night. It?s nice and cool today which is a bonus. I am feeling a bit down I think I am a bit bored too feel trapped with DS, MIL and DH all at home and I can?t think of anywhere I want to (or have the energy) to go to. I think a lot of this stems from the fact that my whole family are up North for my cousin?s wedding which is today and we took the decision not to go as it would have meant 2 days of driving each way (the right decision I think!) still feel that we are missing out on the fun though and it would have been nice to see my relies .

Also feeling a bit anxious and stressed still about the impending birth and the idea of the Abs and the constant monitoring. I guess I am still hung up on the idea of a tiny baby receiving Abs though I understand that that is far better given the circumstances than not having them. I am just cross I guess that the situation exists at all. As for the constant monitoring, I keep getting cross about it as there is no reason for it other than clearly a hospital protocol which has classed me as high risk due to the thrombophilia. I know I am being a huffy git and making a big fuss about nothing but none of it sits comfortably with me at the mo. I also know that I am not going to win if I try to say I don?t want this, they won?t back down here. In many ways I want to get there early in labour to have the Abs for the sake of the baby but truly don?t think I?ll have time to get enough to prevent her from having to have them too and then on the other hand I want to stay at home as long as possible to limit the amount of fuss made during labour like I did last time. I guess I am feeling torn between these two extremes. Thanks for listening

Hi MrsM - sorry to hear you're feeling stresed/miserable - we're all allowed to be at this stage I think. Doesn't help if you're all trapped indoors either. Thought you were in Spain? Bloody weather eh!

mrsmc Sorry to hear you're not feeling anxious, I think it's quite normal at this stage especially when you have choices to make and extra labour options to worry about.
We're so engrossed into this final stage going through every details that it's easy to get down I think. I can hardly think about anything else.
The mw said yesterday that they would give me a sweep on my due date and then backtracked and said oh probably not actually cause "it's a first baby". I don't want a sweep on my "due date", if the baby is 8 days late that's still fine isn't it?

I had a very bad night sleep last night as well, real problem with heartburns again, it's been on and off but paricularly bad at the moment. I'm shattered.
I asked dh to just please let me be grumpy this morning as it's just too much effort not to be. He didn't like it but my mood is lifting a bit now.
I'm going to have a bath I think. (= mission...I really wish we had a swimming pool).

I had to go to the post office this morning to post the "new keeper" registration document as we sold our old car yesterday. (yay!).
I should have known really that the post office on a saturday morning is a baaad idea.
Loads of smelly people queuing, and some blatantly jumping the queue cause "they only needed 2 minutes". . RUDE!

I wanted to pay some money in to my account and despite having "BANKING" plastered all over their walls the guy laughed at me when I presented him my credit card to pay "into". I mean??? what's so funny about that? In the end he said I couldn't pay money in either my credit card account or my current account ?!?. So much for that then.
The local Lloyds banks are all closed, we are in london aren't we? How lazy is that?

(See, told you I was grumpy today ;)

I feel like I'm back to the first trimester symptoms, extreme tiredness, nausea, pelvic pain, and I can only have bland pasta for lunch and dinner...

Are you guys doing these pelvic floor exercises, I've been so slack...
Off I go on my gym ball...

Right well after all this venting I do feel better after all.
We're meeting up with some of the NCT group tomorrow which'll be nice! I might even bake something.

Have a lovely bank holiday weekend!

Hi

Back from getting hair done. Its now greyless with red bits! I'm a cool mummy.

Personally, I'm sick of hearing myself whine. So let's play a game!

What is the very first thing that you are going to eat, that you have been avoiding while pregnant?

As for me, the first morning I am home after having baby, DH has agreed to make me a real old fashion Ulster Fry. Two very runny eggs, two bacon, two sausage, fried soda bread and fried potato bread.

I could kill for a runny egg!

Oh, I'm also going to ignore my diabetes for at least one entire day!!

Anyone else want to play with me?

Degrees of rudeness query...

I broke my phone a few weeks ago and a friend kindly gave me her spare one to use. She said she wouldn't need it back until July.

Anyway, got email today saying would it be okay to have it back at the beginning of June for a week so she can have two batteries when she walks west highland way because she doesn't want to miss calls about possible jobs!

Seemed rather inconsiderate to me? I mean she is talking about 'borrowing it back' on the 3rd when I am due on the 6th and really rather need to have the phone around! (I know we all survived without mobiles in the past but you know what I mean!)

I felt like saying that I thought it was thoughtless to ask me for it having said I could keep it to July so she can have two batteries but of course I did not. I did say I would need a phone around then what with labour and all but that I believe my mum has one spare so I should be able to get hers...

Anyhoo, not a big deal at all, but just one of those moments where you go, eh? Surely you can see that is a ridiculous request??!

Apart from that I'm knitting away madly, starting sewing finished pieces of blanket together and now really want to finish it!

Oh and Tee - I'll be on the chicken liver pate... mmmmm love it (fraid I've eaten runny eggs!).

June - No you don't need a sweep on your due date, no way, 8 days or two weeks late should be totally fine! Glad you're cheering up a bit.

Wish the weather would cheer up here!

Pate, blue cheese and Pimms.... Not in some strange cocktail tho.....

laura I'd call the mw re: lack of movements. They say you should call if there is a change in the pattern of less movements than usualy (count 10 a day as a standard).

A large glass of Voddy for my body !

I get the vibes from a few of you that you are feeling quite down. Can I join you? I am feeling so crappy today. It's an overwhelming horrible feeling of being fed up. I know its the hormones but no-one around me seems to be very understanding of this. I am also not looking forward to spending the most tired hours of this afternoon on my own with dc's whilst dh goes off with all of our mutual friends to watch MY home rugby team play their provincial team. I hate this feeling sorry for myself. Its just not normally me......

Maybe I will reach out for a bottle of cold beer this evening to cheer myself up.
I'm not an alcoholic, honest...

Tee Wicked game :D

It really depends when I give birth but that's been on list for months:

Salmon eggs on blinis with creme fraiche, maybe even caviar, and a glass of champagne to go with it.

The next full meal: the rarest juicest steak I can find.

And definitely defintely defintely as soon as I can: Creamy blue cheese (St Agur) and unpasteurized smelly brie with a glass of red wine.
I really haven't missed alcohol at all and the de-alcoholised stuff has done me fine whne we had people round, I've only had one bottle throughout the whole nine months.

I would have a runny egg as it is so appealing but eggs even thoroughly cooked have been making me sick the entire pregnancy so I think it's going to be a while until I try it again...

I'm hungry now...

Meant to say I'm slightly of some of your cup sizes I'm "only" a D or DD depending on who measures me. mrsmc 36K! Sounds wicked to me (without sounding eer, weird? sorry!).

littleSarah Do you know anyone else who can lend you a phone? We used to have a nokia tesco payg handset knocking around before I started tidying up the office, not sure if it has a sim card or charger or even if that would be suitable for you but I could have a look for you if you like?

choccie I feel a lot better after a little rest and a shower. Shame you can't watch the game on tv, you know theyre going to be hyped up when they come back from it.
Can you do a bit of window shopping or "window-surfing" (is that even a word?)?
I must admit window shopping can get a bit depressing, they don't stock ANY maternity stuff round here so nothing fits.
Or get yourself your favourite snack or a chocolate treat or something for the baby?
LOL I just had a picture in my mind of choccie going to max out the credit card on extravagant baby stuff .
Are you in london? I can't remember. They're making oxford street pedestrian today (or this weekend). I quite like going to a nice shop like Harrods or Selfridges every now and then, always end up only buying some bread from their bakery and maybe a couple of things from their food hall as everything else is just a bit too much for my budget but it's quite a nice thing to do walking around looking at nice stuff (mm, yeah though not necessarily when you're over 8 months pg.)

I really must go and make myself something to eat now.

Hello everyone,

Just a quick post from me as i am mid washing and cleaning and pining to go back to bed for a lie down.

I was in manic mode yesterday and managed to spend 3 hours in the garden and completely finish it all - now it just needs watering every night which i can manage with a baby. I am so happy it is all finished. Then off to see the last school on my list for dd and it was lovely, sadly the only negative is that it is not walking distance away but loved all the things they did - even have an allotment where they have chickens and grow vegetables etc. They sell the eggs to parents and vegetables in a market when the time comes. Other cool things too, so very impressed and now not so concerned if the christian school doesn't accept dd. In fact they teach religion studies and have strong ethics/values in this school too. Then had my two neighbours over for carrot cake and coffee at lunchtime. Then back in the garden, then cleaned the house and then dressed up, put on killer false nails - painted bright red, popped on Italian pointy shoes, and went out to dinner with friends.

Only problem - my felt swelled up so much over dinner, I couldn't get my shoes back on and our friends had to drive us the 400metres to our house!!!

mrsmcjnr - glad they were receptive about your birth plan and sad to hear that Dr B has been disappointing. I gave him God status after he was so fab with dd. Thanks for the lovely compliment. We must try and meet up when I come down the Spain for the fortnight.

naat - thinking of you and your big move today. Don't do too much .

tee - I have missed sushi so might have some of that. Poached eggs on toast with bearnaise are a great love of mine too. I remember last time that wine and champagne made me feel really odd for a while after birth, so actually not pining for that. Although that vodka sounds great!

I had better go. Washing machine beeping.

Oooooooo! I forgot about sushi.......mmmmmm.....

Tee apart from the requisite tea and toast I know I'll actually feel like straight after the birth (hmm, maybe a humungus bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes too) the next thing will be much along the lines of a still-mooing steak and large glass of Malbec. Ulster fry sounds pretty good too though.

LittleS Sounds like your friend just didn't think it through when she lent you the phone, but since it's hers you can't really argue. Why not just buy a cheap Pay as You Go? I got mine from the Orange shop, it was £12 and there were some for £8, and you only need to stick £10 on it to start it off. Then you've got it forever.

Daisy glad you liked the school and don't feel worried about DC getting into The One, which is always a pressure. All UK schools have to teach RE as part of the curriculum, so whether it's a religious or a community school the kids should be learning about various religions. In fact, by law it has to be slightly skewed in favour of christianity, which is a constant bugbear for us heathen, but they don't actually 'teach religion', just teach DC facts about the different major religions. They also shouldn't talk about 'christian ethics/values' because they're exactly the same as the ethics/values of any other religion or indeed humanism etc.

Sorry that some of you ladies are feeling down. I'm definitely a bit more snappy than usual, and tearful. At lunch DS was telling us about a little girl in his class whose mum died earlier this year and who has presented the school with a new sound system with a special plaque on top saying 'In Memoriam' to her mum. I burst out crying while 3 pairs of eyes looked at me like I was an alien. DH didn't even pass me a tissue! Being the emotional 'hub' of a family is quite some responsibility; if I lose it they just don't know what to do.

Anyway, calmer now and going out to eat this evening while DC are at a sleepover with friends, so hopefully will calm down.

Enjoy the sunshine - beautiful here in the midlands.

I think I have gone a bit mad today.

I have been feeling so full of and mad with dh that I got the mower out and did the back lawn. He didn't care less that I was doing this 9 months pgt but came out as a display to the neighbours and said "you can't mow the lawn when 9 months pgt". Yeh right, so stop me then. Off he went in the car to watch the rugby and left me to it whilst the kids watched tv.

I seem to be pining for dh's support (and not getting it) and feel like I am an emotional wreck today .

Sorry for ranting about all of this....MN is such a great sounding board, especially when there isn't anybody else around.

Enjoy the lovely weather everyone.