Where's the April thread gone??

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Can someone put a link to it for some reason i cannot find it!!

I watched 8 Boys And Wanting A Girl last night as well...it's crazy that they just throw away the other fertilised embryos like a scrap of bread when they've had that pgd thing!
Think I overdone it majorly yesterday..I really must remind myself that I only have 8 weeks left and cannot move furniture around like I could before!! Still, I'm a lot more happier now I've sorted my room out again!! x

Tweetz I thought that too! I felt really sorry for all the boys in the programme.
DS2 has developed Chicken Pox today, aaaaaaargh!

• Labour ward number is in my mobile as of now!
• Raspberry leaf tea is on the kitchen counter ready for tomorrow morning
• I bought a pack of newborn nappies
• Ive got cravings for pineapples at the moment!

I still have to get the Moses basquet and the clothes from the loft though
and to buy the car seat and the double puschair...

but I am getting organised!!!

Tweetz that's spooky, I've been vacuuming behind sofas today and have nearly killed myself moving furniture. Am knackered. Really ought to get a handle on this 'taking it easy' lark, but it just does my head in!

Thanks for birthday wishes! Had party last night, spent all day cooking and cleaning, now I feel like a very old lady!
Put all the left overs in the freezer though so don't have to cook all week!

Actually helenwombat, I think the baby has moved as I am much more comfortable. Last night night I thought that he/she was moving back up as I was getting really tight and sore around my ribs again so I ran a really deep bath (we have a huge bath) and sort of lay on my tummy and side in it. Seemed to settle down again after that.

I can't believe how uncomfortable I am in this pregnancy though. I had my first three in three years and I don't think I had time to be aware of the discomfort. A six year gap and an increasingly elderly body doesn't help though.

Collected my pram on Friday! Makes everything a bit more real. A second hand Bugaboo Gecko from eBay. Took me ages to work out how to unfold the thing though...

Morning ladies! Hope everyone is well. How is your chest stinky?
helenwombat what is PUPP rash?
It seems to have been the weekend for moving furniture! I converted DD's cotbed into a bed, so she thinks she's a very big girl, she has a new duvet with a pink fairy on it and she is very pleased with everything. Then she helped me make the cotbed for her brother, she picked up all the screws and bolts I kept dropping so she was very helpful .
We walked to the garden centre yesterday, she went in the buggy but walked the whole way back, must be a mile and a half, which I thought was jolly good for a 2.0 year old. I however was exhausted when we got back (pushing a buggy laden with shopping up a hill with one hand is not easy ) and think I might have the start of SPD. So feeling a bit sorry for myself today.

Bettymum I know what you mean about pushing buggies up hill, it's exhausting now isn't it. I still have moments when I forget I'm pregnant (hard to believe given the size of me) and race around, pushing DS (2.5 yrs) in the pushchair or pushing it, laden with shopping, while holding his hand, and then wonder why i'm so out of breath and feel like I'm going to keel over.

I'm determined not to get a double buggy as DS is 2.5 and really won't need a pushchair for much longer. I bought a buggy board to go on the back of the bugaboo Cameleon (which at the moment is still a pushchair but which will become a pram again for DS2) and DS1 won't go near the blooming thing!! What a waste of £60. I'm hoping that once the bugaboo is a pram again and has a little baby brother in it, the buggy board might be a bit more appealing to him but if not he's going to have an awful lot of walking to do. Hey ho, his choice i suppose! It's either that or I put DS2 in a sling / papoose thing (just bought a 2nd hand baby bjorn for £20) and put DS1 in the Mclaren pushchair. I'm sure it'll be fine... just desperate not to have to get yet another pushchair that will clutter up the hallway.

DH is in New York this week for work and I'm feeling a bit low and sorry for myself with him away. Makes me panic a bit when I think how hard I find it just coping with a 2 year old when he has to travel for work - how will I manage with a toddler and a baby?!

Does anyone else here have a DH / DP who travels a lot? How do you cope with it? I find myself lying awake at night getting really silly with anxiety, worrying about daft things like "if there's a fire how would I get myself and DS out in time given that I've got a huge bump and our stairs are so steep they're practically vertical?" or "if someone broke in what would I do?" Am driving myself nuts. Anyone got any advice?!

Snowtiger - we're in very similar situations. ALso determined not to get a double buggy. A friend is going to lend us her buggy board to go on back of the Quinny, otherwise will have to use Maclaren for DS and sling for baby.

Hubby also works away a fair bit - he's off to Netherlands this week. I always sleep really badly when he is not there, waking at every slight noise, whereas normally I am a heavy sleeper!

I have been feeling quite anxious about how I will cope with 2.5 yr old and baby with DH working long hours, but had a day of hypnobirthing class on Saturday, and feel much better about it. We did some visualisation of the baby and our new little family, and now when I think about having a newborn to look after I feel excited rather than anxious. Definitely worked, so am going to keep practising.

Finally got a chest of drawers for DS's bedroom, so can move all his clothes out of the nursery and start getting baby stuff down from the loft. Until now, the nursery has still been full of DS' stuff. So it should all start to feel a bit more organised and real now!

That's reassuring to know Zeeky, nice to hear of someone else in the same boat!

I've started sorting out the nursery now, cleared it of DS1's stuff, have washed & ironed all the baby clothes and put them in the drawers, and got the moses basket ready, and it really does help with getting excited about having another baby, as opposed to being anxious about everything else!

I'm also doing hypnobirthing (did it very successfully with DS1) and again, it does help - part of me is still, well, not looking forward to the labour / birth, shall we say, but quite excited about the prospect of getting on with our lives with our two little boys. I particularly like the idea of getting my body back into reasonable shape, once and for all (this baby is my second and my last!) and being able to save up to buy some nice clothes again. I am SO sick of my maternity jeans and my vast, voluminous wide legged trousers. Can't wait to be a size 12 again. Actually even a size 14 would do...

Picked up my iron tablets today, hope I don't get the same symptoms as princesstweetz sounds awful!

I dug out the feeding pillow I used for ds1 last night and I can't believe how much better I slept. It gave me so much relief, I have been finding that my hips hurt so much in bed and the difference having the pillow between my legs was amazing!

Snowtiger I know exactly how you feel about wanting to get on with life and get back into shape. Ds2 will be our final baby too and I can't wait to lose weight and exercise. Dh bought me wii fit for christmas and I plan on joining ww once the little one is here.

I'm quite disgusted at how big I've got. I was drying my hair yesterday in front of the mirror and I realised that I look huge, my legs and arms are really chunky and I don't really recognise myself. I have become a bit of a hermit and it is partly because I don't want people to see me like this. It sounds really shallow but I have "issues" with weight and pregnancy just seems to heighten my anxiety. It doesn't help that people keep asking me about my weight. My mum seems obsessed at the moment, I haven't seen her since just before xmas and I was planning on visiting in half term but the other day on the phone she kept going on and on about my weight she wanted me to go and weigh myself so I could tell her how much weight I had put on. I'm thinking of cancelling my visit now because I can't face her pointing out how fat I have got.

Bad luck Dollshouse Mums can be the most insensitive sometimes can't they??!! Mine always tells me how big I am this time compared to the other 2, as if somehow I hadn't noticed!!! It is tough being this pregnant as you can't imagine ever getting your own body back!
I have been sleeping with a cushion between my knees and it really helps, until today when I picked up DS2 and my back twanged as a muscle went!!! I am in agony now and on Codeine, I am such a wreck this pregnancy!!
Snowtiger my DP went away to Texas for a week when DS2 was 5 months old and I rang him at about 3am sobbing one night saying 'I can't cope, I need you here' (DS2 was poorly thus not sleeping at all!) I did cope perfectly well and felt quite proud of myself afterwards but at the time it can be tough.

thedollhouse i know what you mean about weight and pregnancy... can you tell your mum you dont want to discuss weight issues because it makes you feel down?
What i truly hate is people asking me if Ive got two.... err, no... i know i look big, but i saw a women with twins and she looks twice my size.. people are insensitive sometimes...

I had my appointment with the midwife today and baby is back to back (cue longer, more painful labour if he stays like that). Then i had my appt with the physio and have got lots of pelvc floor exercise, some tubigrip to try on and i have to stay at least 30mins on the exercise ball a day!
Finally i went to pick up an infant car seat, second hand but quite neat (and free)it is a britax...
I focused entirely on the new baby today so everything feels a bit more real...!

Snowtiger when DP is away i always double lock the front door, have my mobile ready, and try to watch a funny movie to keep my mind off things, but yeah, i hate it when he is not here...

It's good to know it's not just me who feels pathetic and about 8 years old when DH is away .

I'm the same about my weight too - had eating disorders for years as a teen / in early twenties and at times like this it's difficult to keep perspective about weight etc. I'm eating chocolate like it's going out of fashion, telling myself it's OK, it's only while I'm pregnant, but then I see myself in the mirror and think I look enormous and it terrifies me that I'll never get back to a normal size again. I rarely weigh myself - don't have scales at home in fact - and am trying not to obsess about it but I am really fed up with feeling fat. When I had DS1 I breastfed for 4 months and ended up 9 lbs lighter than I was when I fell pregnant so am hoping the same thing will happen again.

My one hope (!) in the meantime is that every year I give up chocolate for Lent - not very religious or anything, just see it as a good opportunity to have a bit of self-discipline. If anyone fancies joining me in doing so, for a bit of moral support, it'd be nice to have you on board!

Hello everyone, not posted for ages but have been reading. Am coming up to 30 weeks now and have really struggled this week, spd, generally huge and knackered. Been ok up to now, hopefully this is just a bad week.

Talking about mums mine kindly told me that my cousins wife has a nice tidy bump (she is about the same weeks as me) and why did I just look gross , she was laughing at the time but REALLY.

Good job I dont take anything to heart that she says anymore, it took me to the age of about 34 to ignore her comments.

I really hope I never do that to my daughter.

I think it is going to be a long 10 weeks (12 weeks according to my dates).

my mum is the total opposite she compliments me all the time. i think it is because she told me her mum used to put her down quite a lot and not let her wear certain things and she thinks it was because her mum was jealous of her figure. she was very slim when she was younger and she is far from that now but she still doesnt let that affect how she treats me.

i might try and join you snowtiger, i have also been eating way too much chocolate this pregnancy i cant seem to help myself im craving it constantly. cream eggs especially at the moment are my weakness. im worried that i will get used to eating it all the time and wont be able to stop once i have the baby.

also cant wait to get back into my regular clothes im so sick of all the stuff that fits me now. just really hope i can fit back into all my lovely stuff again.

baby's room is all sorted now, just need a few bits ond bobs and need to get the crib and car seat back from my cousin + get a new mattress for it, which iv asked mil to do for me but im worried she wont order it in time now.

i dont know whether to get a buggy board or not. ds is 4 next month so is quite capable of walking but he's used to us using the car and i wont be able to drive for 6 weeks after cs. also i think a buggy board might be a bit of fun for him and therefore help with any jealousy of me pushing the baby in a pram iyswim. the noly thing im worried about is i cant see how it wouldnt get under your feet whilst pushing the pram. had anyone used one before and can tell me that you dont trip over it all the time?

Hi all, is anyone else suffering from achy heavy arms? Really strange but for the last couple of weeks my arms have felt like dead weights and even holding the telephone is uncomfortable.

Hi all. Sorry I haven't posted for a while though I have been lurking.
34 weeks for me today and only 6 working days to go . Really looking forward to stopping now.

I've been reading the weight gain posts wth interest. I feel like a heffer too although I've put on less than I did with DD. Keep looking with longing at my non-mat clothes but trying to keep it in perspective. At least we'll have the lovely summer weather to walk it off in.

Nicnac can I adopt your Mum, she sounds lovely??!! Toady my Mum is the same and when she isn't commenting with glee on the size of my bump she is winding me up about how desperate she is for a GrandDaughter, I just want to snap and say 'I don't know why when you have always been so evil to your Daughters'!!!
Tostaky I am also on the tubigrip, I started it today and I almost skipped on the school run this morning it has made such a difference. Also trying to only sit on my ball but think it aggravated my back hence the pulled muscle!!

thedollshouse, I get really heavy arms too!! Just having a bth these days feels like a massive workout!! DP is constantly shouting through to see if I'm ok when I'm trying to have a relaxing soak at night I do that much grunting!!! I'm finding it hard to get motivated in the day, but once I force myself to even get dressed I'm ok as long as I keep going...but my hips and lower back are staring to cause me soo much jip!!! I feel olddd!! My arms feel like a dead weight now as it goes I'm soooo tired!!
7 weeks left for me..absolutely love my bump, and know I'm gonna miss it so loads..keep telling myself the fact I can put my socks on in record time without making rude noises will more than compensate hehe
And as for chocolate!!! I ate a massive bag of buttons in one go today, that were bought to keep me going a while...need chocolate asap in mornings to get me waking up properly, and can eat more than one bar of chocolate at a time 4-5 times a day...my poor poor teeth...think a trip tot he dentist is on the cards!!! x

Hello everyone, I'm busy packing for the UK just wanted to join in with weight gain convo! I saw a pic of myself in the summer pre-prgnancy and I looked lovely and I had a waist! Now I have big arms, legs, arse, face, feet, hands, B E L L Y !!! It made me feel quite sad but I think probably more determined to lose the weight after, hopefully.

Can anyone tell me if Gaviscon will cure horrid acidy burps?

And is it normal to have morning sickness again now?

[biscuits]'s for everyone - choccie ones !

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Neeko 34 weeks already? You are having your baby in march!! Im 33 wks tomorrow and secretly hoping for a march baby! Wow not long to go?.. I cant wait!!
rumple yes gaviscon should help. I prefer the "cool" flavoured gaviscon, it tastes better!
Tomorrow is my last day at work and then I have 6 weeks to get myself organised and to sort out all outstanding paperwork/issues/minor repairs/stuff I always put off?