Due December 09 - Fluttering Tums and Excited Mums...

[SarahL2]

New Thread before the old one fills up.

it's ok, its just normal for me lol

He comes down in half terms, 2 weeks in summer and sometimes DH will swap a half term for al ong weekend, depending on work etc. its hard.

Just got back from a fab fortnight at the bottem of cornwall ,what a fantastic place to live ,although the car broke down just outside morvah !!! Sorry your struggling scorps ,you sound like you are handling it alot better than you feel if that makes sense

My freind used to live in Morvah; i live in Penzance

I love penzance ,dds favorite park in the whole wide world is the one on the front with sand ,although she was gutted that the tyre swing was missing ! We stayed in mousehole this year ,which was lovely ,my dh would up and move down there tomorrow ,given half a chance ,he loves the sea ,and we live about as far away from any sea as you can get

the sand park, lol, we went there on Tuesday. Mousehole is too small for me i live on the outskirts of Penzance, closer to Newlyn really.

Yes it was nice to stay there ,but im not sure i could live there ,although i live in a village now . The thing i liked about penzance is that people were friendly ,you know the women on the till at tescos talked to you ,that sort of thing ,plus its not all froo frooed and up its own bottem like st ives

I've never been to Cornwall but we might be visiting next July...will be DD's first holiday

I've spent 5 months being very good and planning on putting DD in the white and cream things we had when DS was small - 1 day with my sister today and I've been and bought a whole pink outfit complete with blanket!!

She's a bad influence my sister!

Maybe we could meet up if you do

Think next year we will go somewhere hot on an aeroplane, like Cyprus or something.

That would be lovely Scorps I'd really like that.

DH just showed me the place his sister has found for us to stay (it's going to be a big family holiday thing but we'll have days out on our own) It's in Watergate Bay..is that good?

Hi girls - for those already having braxton hicks - were they gentle or quite uncomfortable? I had a hardening last night, mostly around top and bottom of bump about 8pm ish and I've got it again now, like I said quite uncomfortable

Mine are quite uncomfortable millie, often have to stop what im doing when i have them. I seem to have more in the evening too.

I didn't get them with DS til about 36wks! Do they go away for a bit or should I expect them regularly for the next 17wks!

I think once theyve started, then you will get them regularly and you will get them stronger and more frequent up until the birth. Something to look forward too eh?

I asked my doc about bh has I've been having these. She said as long as it wasn't painful it was ok.

I'm feeling really fat today.

I've been absolutely starving this week, roaming the house in the evenings to find stuff to eat and I've been eating less fruit and veg so probably more rubbish.

Anyone else feeling the same? I've gained a stone exactly so far but quite a bit ofthat seems to be on my thighs .

the last few weeks (because of whats happened) i have been eating less well, and am worried about all the crap im eating, and the weight sticking on. I don't look like i have put weight on, but still worry. I don't knowwhat i weigh at mo.

Im the opposite I cant seem to put on weight and have no appetite at all, when I am hungry all I seem to fancy is really plain dry things like crackers.

I dont know if i have put weight on or not as i am not weighing myself. dont think i am eating that much...... not more than usual infact less as i still struggle a bit feeling ropey on an evening which is when binging would normally occur. I am having LOTS of Braxton HIcks and can be overwhelming at times. I am not in a good mood today.... i have another thread about my partners snoring going. Generally feel low, neglected and just like i want to curl up an cry. Also stupid for thinking my partner really would be a great support!!!! (HE ISNT)

neither is mine, sparkly

Oh honey I know i shouldnt moan and though i dont post that much i have followed your story and i really admire you for being brave. I had same issues as you with my ex and I told him to go (Though not till it happened a second time when dd was a year old!) I was lulled into a false sense of security with this dp who was just fabulous... so understanding of my past, listened to me, always saw value in what i said. Now he just shouts over me and tells me to get a grip. He doesnt touch my bump or tell me i look beautiful or thank me for putting myself through sickness till i was 21 weeks gone.... he just says.....'and who is thinking about me' I feel so so alone and worried that although i cant wait to have this baby..... that i will soon end up on my own. I put up with being treated badly by my ex who stole money from my credit card, knocked me about and had affairs aswell as showing me no love at all. Though this one is not as bad in some ways he is bullying me differently...... and i am seriously questioning whether i am expecting too much.

sparkly i don't think you're expecting too much; even if he stopped shouting at you, that would be something wouldn't it? It doesn't sound like you're demanding full on princess treatment. Is he down about something? I know when my DH is his behaviour can be odd, and men don't find it easy to say whats wrong if they have to be 'strong'.

The odd thing with my DH is that he is attentive, tells me i'm gorgeous, sexy, hot, beautiful every day, always touching me, etc. But he's still a lying cheating bastard.

NO man is perfect hey. My dp does work hard and because of the snoring rarely gets a good fulfilling nights sleep so i know he is tired. I accept i cant have lots of time , just a bit of understanding, a nice text message, possibly flowers once in a blue moon etc. Or just to ask how me and bump are, have i managed to eat today, any more Braxton Hicks etc.

Oh, sparkly and Scorps sorry that your dps are being crap. Mine can be a bit emotionless at times and although I know that it's because of his depression and anxiety issues sometimes it just makes me want to scream for support for me iyswim.

Grr.

Had a nice day with dd so far (dp on a stag do). Hope she is good for the rest of the evening and tomorrow.

A friend of DH's admitted to me that he'd been very distant and grumpy with his (now ex) wife when she was pregnant cause he was scared stiff but hadn't been able to admit it.

He was telling me cause I was fed up with DH after he ignored our anniversary and he wondered if bump could be the reason. Another friend who was expecting his third had become just the same apparently so it wasn't just a first time Dad thing.

Just wondering if this could be the issue for some of the other Dads to be?

Is anyone else feeling really run down? My entire body aches! It's like having flu without the headache and runny nose I know we've been bed shopping for DS today but surely wandering round a couple of shops shouldn't have this much of an effect?!

Plus a lady in one of the shops told me I'm as big as her daughter who is due in a couple of weeks! That made me feel great!!