Due May 09 - patta cake, jaffa cake, bakers man bring me a baby as fast as you can!

[Momino]

Here we go....

Morning,

Haven't read everything said so far. Like the PJ day idea, but can I just be in my dressing gown and pants, because my PJ's are too tight

cote you've got every right to fight off those cortisone injections, at 37 weeks your lo is well cooked and it's lungs are mature. In the UK you only get injections up to 36 weeks.

Sex didn't work last night. Did have to twist dh's arm to get it... Hope it did something for you blotted

I'm v. tearful today. I can't believe it's always me getting up 1st in the morning to set the table, make breakfast etc... I'm the one who doesn't sleep well/has pain when walking around 1st thing. Not fair

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to any European and American mums on here. Enjoy your day

Happy NZ and south african mothers day too. It seems to be everywhere but here.

I feel like I've got a cold today. I woke up with a sore throat slightly swollen glands and runny nose . Thats not fair when I've got to run a marathon in the next week or so.

Belgian a mother never has a day off I am always the one up doing the stuff that needs to be done or if not I still have to give instructions, make sure its all there and tidy it up properly afterwards.

Cote good luck at least you'll have your LO soon. Good luck for the next few days.

morning Belgian. sorry about the breakfast... seems like sometimes if you want something done you have to do it yourself. maybe your DH can do at least lunch duty? you need some pampering.

full moon effect still today so fingers crossed and sending labour vibes your way (and to anyone else who's on the brink of due date).
Happy Mother's day.xx

Hi ladies

Lots of congrats to Daizydoo and Ses, how exciting - and lovely names.

Sorry to hear that people are feeling down; it's the waiting and waiting and waiting I suppose, together with not feeling great, things hurting and on top of that being powerless to fix it.

I keep trying to remember that in a few weeks, regardless of what happens in the meantime, I'll have had the baby, be able to look after him in some way, be over the worst of any woes, and established some kind of relationship.

I'm just not sure of the details yet! Including a name - you'd think that as we've known for over 4 months we're having a boy we'd have something sorted out, but no... If I like it, DH doesn't and vice versa. Or we both think it's 'ok' and that's just not good enough... sigh.

Never mind. Am off for a shower because of v greasy hair but momino, just deodorant is absolutely fine for a PJ Sunday imo!! belgian, d gown and pants more than qualifies.

We're a glamorous lot nowadays, aren't we?!

febes, take care of yourself. drink lots of liquids (hot water/lemon, OJ, chicken soup etc), try to rest and not do too much cleaning (ok to give instructions ).

i know you don't need me telling you this but i'm missing two children today so have too much time to think. so just say, 'yes mum'.

ReeBee, we stopped looking at names about a month before due date as we were getting confused and not liking anything.

we did have a list of about 5 names each for boy/girl but none really stood out. After baby was born, it was the 2nd day after when we thought we'd try the name, Harper, out on baby then we decided to keep it.

naming children isn't easy and I'll admit i had reservations about Harper but had been through so many books/websites, none surpassed. It fits her now and I really like it.

Maybe see what your baby looks like when born and decide then. It doesn't matter if you don't announce the name straight away.

Morning all ... I forgot about our PJ day and am showered and dressed - ah well I guess I did have mine yesterday instead.

I don't suppose if anyone knows if it is Mothers day in France today or not ? DH assures me that it isn't for another couple of weeks but I don't want to be in the MIL's bad books.

I do the same as you BelgianC buy a card in March then lose it/forget to send it.
Still, she is normally happy with a phonecall. (I think) lol

Period Pains developed into about 8 BH contractions about 30 mins apart last night. I thought something was going to happen (again) then fell asleep and nothing today (AGAIN)
I am happy to report that my coccyx bone has stopped aching this morning so am hoping to go out for a (I won't say long) walk in a while.

Oooh Blotted how exciting - If you have your lo today then sales of Primrose oil Capsules will go sky high overnight and we will all have oozing Fanjo's by Monday evening

Cote and Pula - good luck on Mon and Tues

I'm off to go and take a bath now. The full moon effect is clearly not working on this thread at all

I usually send my mum some flowers. This year I did find a card and gave it to her this morning. She seemed happy enough I also phoned my grandma for my dad, because of our silly phone playing up and off course she thought I was phoning to announce something more exciting.

I dreamed I gave birth last night, btw. It was a girl and weighed 9lb3oz . Hopefully it's one of those psychic dreams and it'll happen later on today!

Minim It's so cruel, isn't it when your body keeps making you think something exciting is about to happen and then you just go to sleep and it all stops. I've sort of given up hope now that it'll come any time before either my mum goes back home tomorrow or the sweep on wed...

We've stopped talking about baby names too. Hopefully after the birth we'll look at the baby and think: 'oh, he she looks just like a x or y'

thanks momino and belgian, think i'll take a leaf out of your books and wait until afterwards.

fingers cossed for some more birth announcements today. Oh, and mini, and [eugh emoticon] at the oozing fanjo comment, how lovely!

duh, typo... crossed of course. Although if cossing them would help I'd be prepared to give it a go!

morning

ds slept till 7.30am in his new improved room so that's 3 mornings in a row he's slept past 6am now. I'm hoping he's decided to switch back to his 7pm to 7am sleep time.. would be v nice for me at this late stage of imminent bump.

been trying to catch up and love the pj idea.. but already bathed and sort of dressed in stretchy pineapple joggers and a camisole with built in support.. we have shared gardens and had to put something on to take the dog out! not enough of an exhibitionist to get away with my night attire of just knickers.

unfortunately I've more organising and sorting of ds's and baby stuff to do today.. while dh does moving of heavy stuff into store room and putting the cot bed back up in what will be the baby's room again.

blotted really hope this is it for you now

good luck to cote and pulapula for your cs's

trying to remember previous pages.. was it ladyhelen feeling bad about switching to FF? I gave myself a huge guilt trip and was gutted I couldn't get the bf to work with ds last time. he was totally happy wherever his milk came from though and stopping the bf helped me recover too. this time I'm going to give it another good go but not going beat myself up about it if for some reason it goes fubar (she says but knows I'll prob still get upset again!) x

dh and I were all set for some induction this morning.. but didn't get started early enough as just as we were disrobing.. ds was up & demanding breakfast.. bit of a mood killer

Rant alert:

I am so annoyed today. I don't know if I am justified or just being a hormonal bitch but god I could just punch DH. (all the little things making me snap!)

Would it be to much to ask that he DO something without me having to ask??? DD woke up at 6:30 this morning, which is very early for her. I of course was lying there awake until finally I said 'ummm you want to go put her dummy in and see if maybe she will sleep a little more??'...so off he goes. Then she makes noise at 7...right ok. NO movement from DH. I said ' Go get her up and bring her in with us, I will put the tv on.' So he brings her in bed and falls back asleep. I am sitting there talking to her and trying to wake up. By 7:30 I said 'I bet she is hungry so maybe she should have some breakfast (hint f* hint!) DH grunts...so I end up getting up and getting her breakfast and making myself a coffee...screw his coffee. He is up 5 min later...

Then he asked what I wanted to do today. I said I wouldn't mind going to Ikea. I said we can go in 20 min and she will nap in the car, or we can go when she gets up from her nap. NO REPLY. I know he didn't want to go when she napped cause he wanted to play his stupid PS3 while she slept, which normally I am fine with cause I can watch girly tv and relax...I also know it is his day off, but where is my day off or my time to put my feet up?

Then he is all 'Oh lets get ready then' by which point I am like 'no, forget it' cause at that point I thought we would have a car accident if I had to be in closed quarters with him.

Right then the stupid stair gate falls off the bloody wall. I told him 2 DAYS ago that it needed fixed and was worried about DD since she climbs on it. So off he goes to fix it asking me what to do...WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME???? JUST DEAL WITH IT!!!! Oh I could have killed him. I have enough to worry about...and you can't put a damn screw in a wall without asking me? So I ended up saying I would fix the damn thing. It took me 5 min and I didn't have to consult with DH, so why oh why could he have not done it? GRRRRR

We talked though and I told him that I know I am being a cow...but I just feel that I need all the rest I can get before I go into labour and I don't need to ask him to help. Also, I have so much to worry about and decisions to make that I wish he would take some worry off of me, you know?

I even put a cheeky list of random house stuff that needs done on the fridge, like fixing my wonky shelf in the kitchen...thinking he would get the hint as I started to cross things off...but no...are men really this dense that we need to spell things out for them all the time???

Usually he is really good about helping, but I always have to ask what I want done. Normally I don't mind, but now I just feel like I have enough and I need him to just take over sometimes.

Now I made him go play his stupid PS3 so I could get some peace before I freak on his ass...just hoping I calm down soon.

Sorry long me post there...just totally needed to get that off my chest. Going to get the tub of Ben and Jerry's as they are the only men who can help me apparently...

Ooooh emmabemmasmom I feel your pain... I have to list things clearly to dp (and therefore get accused of being a nag) otherwise things don't get DONE. Eg, he said he'd take the washing out of the machine as it hurts when I bend over.... 3 hours later its still in there... I get it out... 'no, leave that to me' I hear.... ggrrrr.... get of your bum and DO it then!

Still. He HAS run me a bath (still in stinky dressing gown) AND made croissants AND went out and cleaned the car AND is going to do the isofix thingy for the carseat AND brought me tea in bed.....

Congrats to Ses and Daizy - oooh time for another girl!

emmabsmom, poor you! i do see where you're coming from. it seems like a lot of men need to be told what to do. it was a good idea to sit him in front of the ps3 so he can get out of his system.

hope he gets the picture and does more for you this afternoon - you deserve it!

dandy, at your malaysian meal. hey,maybe it jump-started something? was it spicy?

Hello again. Just back to see what's going on, and to let you know that I am still in my PJs! I am going to have a clary sage bath soon though.

Sorry to hear about the annoying husbands/partners - you'd think that they'd appreciate that it's getting a bit tricky for us now, wouldn't you? I shouldn't complain, DH isn't too bad, but there are times when I wish he'd see what needs doing a bit more clearly.

We woke DH up at 9, he got up and I went back to bed for another 90 minutes, very pleasant. He's gone shopping and taken DD with him so I can have a bath in peace!

Dandy - wonder if this is it? Malaysian sounds good. Thai didn't do it for me, maybe I need to try a different country?!

Emmab Are you me?? I just read your post out to DH as that sounds like a regular day at our house. Why are men so dense, can't they read our minds???????? I feel your pain babes. The thing I have realised is that DH does the same thing all the time and stays pretty constant. Its me who is driven by hormones. Today for example I'm ok and coping with stuff still asking him to do bits and bobs for me which he happily does but if I wake up feeling hormonal, tired or fed up I just can't understand why he can't do anything without being sodding asked.

I'd hide the PS3 if I was you. Can't adide vid games.

flippin, i'm still in my pj's as well, blinds down, watching stupid telly. I may just go back for a nap as just put Harper down for a nap (though she's yelling intermittently after I've gone through the crying check list ).

rest of family back at 3ish so will need to be awake for the older DD's.

so sorry the DH's aren't doing their part. Do they not realise how tiring/painful being pregnant and having a baby can be? sometimes i do wish men could be pregnant for a little bit so they could understand a bit of what women feel like, might appreciate us a bit more.

Thank you all for the words of support!

Feeling better now that we have had some space.

He is usually very caring and sweet looking after me and helping out. I think when I am feeling so hormonal it is easy to just see the bad and not the good. I am just glad he understands and lets me have a rant even though I know he just wanted to tell me to shut up lol

I also wish they could be pg for a little bit too!

I am also stressing cause FIL is not back until Tuesday at midnight so I feel like I cannot relax until he is back. I am creating my own anxiety in a sense...

PJ day sounds great We are all still in ours lol Might make us go somewhere though to lift the mood...

I wish i could have joined you in a PJ day but i was up and out this morning with the kids so that DH could do some work. With me bringing the cs forward, he had a week less to tie up loose ends before his 3 weeks off on paternity/annual leave.

Have already had my first visitors request for next weekend from my BIL/SIL but i have accepted it for now- will see how things are later in the week.

My mum/dad also threatened want to come next weekend, but i will try and get them to come and visit whilst i'm in hospital. I just had a flashback then to when i had DD and another of my BILs paid a surprise visit to me in hospital when i was having a really weepy moment, as i couldn't get DD to stop crying. I don't think he was expecting that, and didn't stay long! I also remember trumping a lot in those early days, which wasn't great when i had visitors, but there's nothing you can do to control them

Hi girls - quick question for Belgian...
Is it normal then to be 2.5cm dliated last week and have had more tightenings and assume a bit more dilatation but still nothing major happening? I'm realy uncomfy today - think baby back on nerve and moving tons which is proving v uncomfortable.

Went back to bed this morning and slept for another few hours which I feel much better for but am v naggy and miserable!

DD parading around in bare feet and looking at her toes every few minutes - bless her

God I wonder if the primrose oil worked or is blotted was ready anyway.....??

Congratulations daizy and ses! And what lovely names!

We are still totally stuck for a name for our ds but I'm loving finding out what everyone else has gone for. You do indeed all have excellent taste . Think we will do what others have said and just see what he looks like, everyone can wait to know what he's called.

Blotted sorry, not very sympathetic response but the evening primrose oil did make me laugh. Sounds like things are moving in the meantime though?? Every time I come on I hope to see all you overdue ladies NOT posting because you're in labour - and if I'm finding it frustrating I can't imagine how you're feeling. Much sympathy and plenty of BIG LABOUR VIBES NOW!

Good luck cote and pula, I hope all goes well with your cs and you and your babies are well.

Belgian you have my sympathies with the getting up/getting breakfast and basically everything else, I am feeling exactly the same and it really isn't fair. I hope you do feel a bit more looked after by the end of the day - your mum is still around till tomorrow isn't she? I hope she takes European mothers' day to mean that she should take care of you a bit rather than expecting pampering of her own! And emmabemmas your rant hits the nail on the head for me at th moment too. Why are men so crap at this kind of thing? I am beginning to panic about going into labour simply because I am so exhausted already I know I will not be able to cope and will end up going for an epidural - when the ONE THING I have wanted throughout this preg is to manage it without this time. Wouldn't be the end of the world, but it would be so frustrating to end up in that situation just for the sake of doing everything myself because dh and fil are too crap to realise I NEVER get to sit down for a minute (except when on mn ). This morning was particulary good: fil cleaned up his half of the breakfast table (plates in dishwasher, food etc back in fridge, table wiped spotlessly clean) and left ours there - even though we had been away from the table and in the bathroom/dressing dd since before he got up!!! I asked him if he'd finished so I could clean up and he had the nerve to just say 'yes thanks' as if he had no idea which breakfast table I could posibly be referring to .

Oooh dear all this ranting is obviously infectious, that was totally unintended. Had better go anyway as I have a 3-course birthay meal for dh to prepare while everyone else takes it easy. Cannot be good for my blood pressure, grrr grrrr!

Actually sod that, I am going to sit and do nothing in the sun for a bit and they can just have dinner when I get round to it later . Think reading about pj day has made me see some sense.

By the way I made blotted's bakewell cake yesterday and it looks FAB (not eaten yet as b'day tea is later on but I cannot wait, it smells gorgeous!). I might put a pic on my profile in her honour when she gets back with her lo!