Due November 2009 - Remember, remember we're due in November, but not yet quite ready to pop!

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Hi everyone

Pavlov grrrr at builders.

Scarlotti I know how you feel...

And having a baby in November - well it will be hard getting out at 4pm in the dark and cold. I had this with DS1! We used to walk about Charlbury in the pitch black feeling very sorry for ourselves. But next summer when are babies are bonny 6 month old cherrubs will be lovely

We are Snot City in this house today. I had a bad night. Up at 1am with DS2 and again 2am and then at 4am woke up with HORRIBLE CRAMPS IN LEG! AND had sore throat all night! So slept about errr 4 bours in total. DS2 and I are feeling a bit poorly and watching ITNG before going to get DS1. Sniff. Sniff. Back to school germs. Snot. Snot.

pav believe me, it's only you ladies currently keeping me sane!

Sanity is overated

Thanks for the advice Pav. Will try to remember but I hate mess so will be a real effort.

Erika - look on the sleeping bags fr sale thread - someone has just put some on there - unisex 0-6 2.5tog if you're interested?

Just thought I'd send you this image to entertain those of you that are feeling crappy - following the RSPCAs advice, I am carrying round a bubble bee teddy bear with a nappy and sleep suit on, talking to it, cooing over it, and keeping the dog away from it. I look rediculous.

So, our laptop mysteriously breaks (and then magically starts working again...) for a few days and I get myself back here to see that you lot have filled up half a thread already?
Is there anyone keeping track of the chattiest antinatal groups ever because I'm sure the November -09 crew need some kind of an award!

I'm really, really sorry, but haven't got time to catch up on all the million pages right now (I will though, I promise) so just wanted to say hi.

To everyone feeling uncomfortable I can't recommend the bum-in-air-position enough! I sometimes feel like he's got a foot shoved up in my throat (I know that's anatomically not possible so nearly went to see my GP the other day as was convinced something was wrong...) but spending half an hour a couple of times a day in that position seems to shift it.

Can't remember who was suffering with constipation, but I read the other day that rhubarb is really good for that - seems strange, but any excuse for a yummy crumble!

Also Verbaudet (sp?) have an offer on at the moment where you get £10 off your order if you spend £20!

Slings/carriers: I've got a 2nd hand Baby Bjorn. I've got back issues so couldn't have anything that keeps weight on one shoulder only, and don't think I'd trust myself to tie anything properly anyway tbh.

Has anyone used or seen Lilypadz (re-usable silicone breastpads) "live"? I like the principle, but they're quite expensive so not sure if they're worth it?

Righty-o. I'll be back later on to catch up properly.

Oh, and the MIL has finally left the building. Didn't quite manage the full three weeks, thank you very much!

Aiiiiiitiiishoooooo!

Just popping in to vent...

Ds's have been a nightmare tonight, especially ds1, he is being so rude and such a bully to ds2, I'm ashamed to say I lost the plot and shouted at him . I ended up almost in tears so I sent him to bed and sat doing puzzles with ds2 to try to clear my head. Ds1 came down crying after a while saying he was very sorry and that he didn't want to be naughty it just happened!! Anyway we've had a cuddle and they are both now in bed, but I feel so down I just want to cry I really don't know how I am going to cope with when the baby is here...

Bless you

Oh Tigger big hug (if you can bear to be hugged by the Snot Monster of Shropshire). I have those moments with my DSs too (DS2 bit DS1 recently and I had the same thoughts exactly). You'll cope. I'm sure you will.

Aittttishhoooou again! Sorry guys. I feel like Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail (the bit when Tom Hanks comes round to see her at her apartment and she is full of cold). I'm such a man when it comes to illness!

Thanks becky, dh has just got home with some lovely flowers and a family size bar of whole nut! Going to put the tv on and try to relax a bit.

Sorry you are feeling so rough, hope you feel better soon.

Child in supermarket, pointing: 'Mummy, look at that lady, she's really fat.'

What happened to that whole Victorian 'seen and not heard' thing, hmm?

Good evening, Snot Monster and All! I hope all the niggles - nore and less snotty - clear up soon.

We must beat all the MN records for chattines, no?

kyte - exactly the same thing happened to my old car - the gear box quote was more than what the car was worth! So in the skip it went... I was a bit upset (get emotional about cars, me ) but the new one cheered me up. There are really good deals out there at the moment so good luck car-hunting.
I have to say, I'm very impressed with how organised you are with the new LO. I have so far accumulated:

baby vests x5
sleepsuits x3
cute socks x1 (pair)
cute hooded cardi thinghy with ears on the hood x1
box of breastpads
babasling

Ha! Is there a competition for the least prepared / capable?

pavlov - had a look at your other thread and am very impressed with your cool and collected manner. I really hope things get sorted out soon and I think the advice on here is very good - try to find time and space away from it all and concentrate on your own wellbeing and that of the baby. I know it is easier said than done but am hoping for things to turn around for you pronto.

I'm feeling really washed out today. Have 22 office days left and just cannot wait for my break. Had a funny moment at breakfast - got a massive sharp twinge inside, I actually had to leap out from my chair as it was too painful sitting down. It was probably trapped wind and nothing else I imagine labour pains are dull rather than sharp, but it surely scared DH.

Just wanted to say thank you all for being here - what scarlotti said. Don't know where I would have started all this pregnancy and baby lark without you guys.

Do you wonder now who's going to be the first? I do!

that's 'more and less snotty'

Awww Tigger I too am having one of those days, even posted in chat and got ignored so that made things a hundred times worse!

Fingers crossed tomorrow will be a better day for you and the boys. We all have (or will have) days like these and they do make everything seem so impossible but also we know that tomorrow could be a dream in comparison and we will be wondering what we were worried about

I just ate a big bag of revels to cheer myself up, do you have any choccie in the house? Go eat it, all of it

Tabby Hope baby has turned for you at the scan and your placenta moves out the way, let me know how you get on I know the feeling you're talking about too re the feet in groin situation. I keep getting some very odd pains and feelings "down there" I did mention it to MW yesterday at my appointment and she said it's perfectly normal in breech babies and all she could do was recommend positions to get into to try and turn her. Fingers crossed they work.

Laugs so sorry you are having trouble with the baby clothes situation. Not what you need esp at this point in preg. Do you have friends/family who could give you some of theirs at all? Not the same I know but every little helps!

Pav at that idiotic builder on your behalf. I can't believe anyone would do all that. I really really hope things start heading in the right direction soon and with as little cost as possible on top of everything you've already paid out. Sometimes it seems like everything has a habit of going tits up when we least need it

Ninja thanks for the hotmilk link, ordered 3 and they came today, what a bargain

Well I had mw appointment yesterday, I told her about placenta being low and them booking me a scan and she said that if it wasn't seen at 20wks it more than likely means it was ok then and it is growing the wrong way, apparently it happens quite often in ladies who have had quite a few babies and seeing as this is technically number 6 then it isn't surprising. So if that is the case then I will be looking at a section Really don't want that but suppose it's out of my hands.

Had day from hell today, dd decided to be miserable from the second she opened her eyes, ds was the same and I spent most of the day listening to them scream/cry or wind each other up. I have never been so glad to see bedtime!!

Had an awful nights sleep last night too so that didn't help. I was just so uncomfy and was tossing and turning all night long. Hope tonight is better.

Sorry if I have missed anyone/anything out, brain is numb! Hope you're all ok.

easyeggs you just reminded me, I have a big tub of something chocolate cookie related in the freezer - shall dig that out when DD is asleep.

I am very pav enjoy it!

I have now run out of stuff to graze on, I keep wandering aimlessly into the kitchen to check fridge and cupboards!

I came on to ask tabbycat - did you speak to your MW/hosp about the baby movements? Only mine have continued, almost constantly since yesterday, All the time, he is moving over and over and over and around and around and he feels like he is pulsing/throbbing/hiccuping all the time, in the same place literally with no break and it often hurts in the nether regions. Is this normal I am wondering? Given the stress I have had and the adrenalin pumping I am worried I might have done him some harm . Or he is just an excitable boy?

becky hope you feel better soon x

Broodzilla - we do chat too much eh? I had a baby bjorn with DD and I really liked it. It was simple and easy to use and I liked that i could just unclip the front without taking it all off when DD was sleeping, so did not disturb her trying to take it all off. That was needed a lot.

tigger (hugs) hope your day improves after the DCs go to bed.

I think we all deserve an evening on the sofa, under a duvet, with some chocolate ice-cream / Revels / Nutty chocolate / Terry's Choco orange - delete as appropriate watching something good on TV. We are wonderful mothers and / or mothers-to-be and don't let anyone else say or think differently!

PS Wouldn't it be fun if we could find a really, really big sofa and sit together? We'd never stop nattering though that's the problem with that idea!

Will someone please come and hold my hand. Having a real panic about tomorrow morning

Hey Ninja, sorry I must have missed it, what is happening tomorrow, hand at the ready