Not yet November but already three babies down! Ooooh oooh nearly there!

[BeckyBendyLegs]

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ninja - we're in the same boat with the small car issue, but have decided to buy a Bebe Confort Loola... the only 'pram' which collapses like a buggy so will fit in the boot of our Corsa.

I'd initially preferred the Silvercross linear freeway, without the carrycot as we live in a 2 bed flat and don't have much storage space, so the Loola is very similar in that it's a pushchair which goes totally flat with a kind of fleecey insert for baby to lie in, but collapses even smaller than the silvercross so fits our car. Is your boot even smaller than mine?!

Re the hospital bags, I only just made a list at the weekend of items I need to buy before I can actually pack said bags... I know Tamlin recommended Infacol - what's this for?

Infacol is for colicy babies. Great stuff. Ds lived on it for a while, that and breast milk obviously!

yay, toilet tis fixed! which is good cos pregnant ladies need their toilet. am happy once again, apart from having all the cleaning to do now! and baking an extra batch of cookies for my mum as i had to call her over to help me with the toilet.

regarding no boot space and small prams...we've got my youngest's maclaren pushchair that he doesn't use anymore and that fits in ours fine (it's a puma - really practical, not!) and got a Luna with carrycot and that folds up and goes in fine too. Keep explaining to OH that this does NOT mean we don't have to get another car asap lol, it was a squeeze with just the two kids but no way is it big enough for when this one comes lol

Erika so glad all is well with bubba. But to the stupid consultant. How upsetting. I hope you're ok and you never know, he might decide on an early apperance anyway

My mw rang this morning to ask why I didn't go to my hos appointment yesterday?!?!?! I told her I did and that they didn't have me down for an appointment etc and apparently they rang her this morning to say I hadn't been They really are useless

Fingers crossed they notice me when I'm actually in labour and don't try telling me I haven't just had a baby or something equally ridiculous!

As for shopping for food hobnob I spent 2hours doing an online Tesco shop first thing this morning. Couldn't believe it took so long. I seem to be having the same problem. No inspiration and a severe case of preg brain. It's cake/choc or nothing here too lol. I actually have no idea what I have bought so shall be a surprise when it get's here tomorrow!

I really don't like half term when I'm so fat pregnant. Can't drive and can't walk very far atm or I'm in agony so poor kids are bored rigid. Although today a lovely friend took older 2 ds to hers for the day and has just txt to say can they stay the night, wooohoooo!!! Makes things a bit easier only having the 2 younger ones to deal with, although they seem to do nothing but fight at the moment.Dd has taking to shouting at the top of her voice about everything and thinks it's especially funny when I've just put ds down for a nap

I'm hoping that novelty has worn off before bubs makes an apperance.

Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine today. I really need to hang some washing out but I just have no energy at all. I seem to be constantly exhausted at the minute.

Anyway must go before living room disappears completely under the mass of toys currently being hurled around played with

Erika YAY that bubba is fine, and I bet he makes an early appearance anyway Are you feeling a bit better now you know about the soluble aspirin? I hope it helps a bit. Being in constant agony is not much fun.

EasyEggs wow - your hospital def deserves a prize for totally disorganisation!! What did MW say? It doesn't exactly fill you with confidence, does it?

I really am going to have to bake some of those cookies, if only to see what all the fuss is about

Re food/what to eat: I have just had a huge online shop arrive, and the freezer is now full of easy time-friendly supplies: fresh pasta that is now frozen, pizza, fish, soup etc. Friends coming for dinner tonight and we are having a v easy salmon and vegetable risotto that doesn't require much messing at all. I chuck the salmon in the oven, do a quick risotto with peppers, sugar snap peas and broccoli, then flake the salmon through at the end. Don't bother stirring the risotto, just put it on a low heat and it's fine.

MW - LO is not remotely engaged and she won't give me a sweep at 40 weeks if that's still the case. I need to get bouncing!

Shop - spent a fortune on seemingly little, but I did get BOGOF on Disney DVDs, whoever posted that tip - thanks! So, can I freeze cartons of soup or do I need to decant them first?

Nearly time to get DD. I could get used to this child-free lark - shame I seem to be heading in the other direction

Glad you're ok erika

Scarlotti really really sorry about your B and Sil..there are more important things in life than toys..world peace, famine, nuclear wars and more importantly you!!! you're pregnant and they are upsetting you..Tell them to get a LIFE!

Katster take it easy with the ironing..love the sound of the risotto!

erika glad things are going well..hope you feel better.

Anyone else just want these blighters OUT!!!???
I have a bad feeling I will be on here in 3 weeks moaning .

My MIL has gone and mum arrives on thurs..i just realised that I have no time with my husband and DD till the baby arrives now..its all quite weird.

hobnob I freeze soup in the cartons they come in. Never had an accident yet.

I am back from town having bought nothing .
Went to Primark, got told off for trying cardigans on in front of the mirror on shop floor. Filled my bag, qued for ages at changing rooms to be told I would have to take the items out of basket and could not take them all in. Fine. So can the 8month pregnant lady swap items once she has tried them on? NO. You have to re-que.
I left my full basket there at the changing room assistance feet and walked out.
Grrr, I'm not built for shopping.

Then had call from mw clinic to say I missed my appointment. I was convinced it was tomorrow but on checking no, it was today. Really annoyed with myself as had a slight bleed again last night and on Monday I promised hospital I would see mw this week. Gate keeper receptionist said they wouldn't be able to see me this week now and was very unsympathetic to my mushy brain syndrome. Thankfully mw phoned back and said come Friday and was very friendly.

Still found a £10 on the way to town so although I bought zilch I returned with more money than I left the house with.

DS went paintballing with his mates yesterday. Funny how the worry never really leaves once you are a parent. DS's voice is breaking. It's so strange to have one child entering adulthood whilst the other is just about to start on their life.

Glad I'm not alone with small car syndrome. It has made me realise just how funny we must look as a family in our tiny toy car though. DP is 6ft, DS is 5ft 10in and I'm 5ft 8in and none of us is exactly slight. When M&P put the car seat in to test it out DP couldn't fit in the front because the seat had to go so far forward. As much as other road users used to hate me in it I do miss my Volvo (don't ever tell any one I said that though)

Glad all is well Erika

Don't know who mentioned sex but I have forgotten what it is. DP can't cope with the baby in tummy thing so not much chance of natural induction there but good on those who are still managing it

just had scan, and baby is in transverse breach, so c section will be scheduled for next fwe days. Can't stop crying.

Comma lots of huggs. Your baby will be with you soon and it may not be the birth you were hoping for but you and baby will have the rest of your lives together. That's whats most important xxx

Comma, big hugs. Try not to focus on the birth, if you can, and on the fact that very soon you will have your baby in your arms. And as Ninja says, you will have your whole lives together. Big hugs.

comma for you, how disappointing that you will not get the birth you want, but, as already said, try really hard to focus on the fact that very soon you will have your baby here, healthy, safe and for good. I am thinking of you x

Oh comma You are probably a bit in shock, like ninja and Kaster have said, think about the fact that your baby will be in your arms soon and will have a safe delivery. You will still be giving birth to your baby and you have still carried him/her for the last 9 months, and of course you do have the rest of your lives together. Thinking about you.

ninja at Primark

erika so glad Bryn is doing well, he'll be here before you know it!

Oh comma, it must have come as a shock, but you'll have your lovely LO with you soon ((hugs)).

So sorry comma

sorry to hear that comma try to relax now and take time to get over the decision being taken out of your hands. Then you can refocus on your LO

Getting heaps of BH this evening, quite uncomfortable ones, and keep going to sit on the loo as think my waters will pop.
Am sure it's all wishful thinking.
I just don't know what to expect if my waters don't go and labour starts as that's never happened to me before.

ninja with you on the both ends of the parent spectrum. DD (15) has been talking to me about 6th form and career choices and here I am 8 months up the spout!

Oh Comma I am thinking of you. Just remember it is the best for the health of you and the baby. You'll soon have your little one with you.

Wow, its taken me bloomin ages to catch up! What a busy thread!

comma I'm sorry to hear about the transverse/breech position and you having to have a cs. Like the others say though, the most important thing is that your little one arrives safely and you can get on with the important stuff, bringing the baby up! Hope you feel better soon lovey.

ninja good on you for walking out of Primark, what shoddy service. Bad enough when you are not pregnant but you'd think they would make allowances for heavily pregnant women!

Erika so pleased your scan went well but boo to your consultant. Hopefully Bryn will be just as eager to see you and will make an early appearance.

scarlotti regarding your b and sil's reaction to their daughters toy, how bloody rude! I've had friends give me second hand stuff before and I couldn't give a stuff, they get played with for such a small amount of time that it seems a shame not to pass them on. Feel pleased with yourself for at least being green with your present giving and in future don't bother getting them anything!

Had my 3rd round of acupuncture today and my back is soooo much better, whoopee!! However, now the other side is aching although got a bit of a niggly feeling down below so wonder if anything is occurring or maybe it's my body playing tricks on me. Oh well, we shall see

comma what a shock, especially after all your promising signs. Once you're over the initial shock it'll be ok and you'll get to meet LO soon! Just ask Tamlin - I'm sure the let-down of being told you're to have a cs all seems irrelevant soon after.

venus just had a lovely carbonara!

ninja you did the right thing walking out, that's so over the top, surely a little discretion and common sense wouldn't have hurt them? I did a huge shop at river island online to cheer myself up of post baby clothes waiting for afterwards, and when they got there there was a rip in a pair of leggings and it was so hard taking them back worrying they'd look at me hugely pregnant and laugh thinking i'd just tried to squeeze into them and they'd exploded hahaha

Thank you all very much. Feel really down about it, still can't deal with epi from last birth, don't think I can deal with huge scars and all from cs (I know its immature). On top have gotten in hideous fight with DH, who wants his mother to come sooner so he can be in the hospital. Don't really need him there and would prefer mil to come a week later, so we have a few days at home before I have to deal with her. Don't want to be too bossy though, as you never know how things will turn out.

Comma I know it's scary hon but honesly, don't worry about the scar. it's not immature at all to be thinking about it but it's barely noticeable. my stretchmarks are so much worse than the scar but they are very careful these days about making the incision so you can easily cover it up and it will fade as well.

Unless you dont get on with your mil it's probably for the best she'll be there- recovery can be hard for the first couple of days with a cs and having a hand round the house won't be such a bad thing, neither will having dh there with you at the hospital more but i can understand where you're coming from xx