Where's the April thread gone??

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

What an awful day today... i went shopping and cracked all the eggs i bought in my shopping bag on my way home, then i got a parking ticket and now my dishwasher is letting me down... cant wait for DP to come back home!!

zeeky i know what you mean about getting ur DS out of the way... Mine is going to my parents 5 days before my due date for two weeks... let's hope baby waits until then...!!

dollhouse im the same about the iron tablets.. i dont feel any difference in terms of energy

I have a 4 hours journey this week-end... im planning to take a pillow to seat on it in the car because i do feel uncomfortable when i drive for 10-15 minutes... i hope it will work!

hi my dd has 9/10 wks to go and has a itchey tummy and her hip is giving her some gyp !!

dollshouse im with you on the anti social thing. i just want to stay at home and cant be bothered seeing anyone.

i was a bridesmaid at my sil's wedding on saturday, it was exhausting and i look so huge on some of the photos i could cry. i thought i was looking quite good until i saw the pics.

Totsaky Hope you have a better day today.

Nicnac I'm in awe of you being a bridesmaid on Saturday. Well done. I'm totally with you and thedollshouse about wanting to hide awy. I'm 36 weeks today and we've been invited to my BF's son's christening when I'm almost 38 weeks and a family christening when I'm almost 39 weeks and I could cry. I love a christening but feel huge, unattractive and uncomfortable and the thought of having to make myself look semi-presentable and put up with everyone touching my bump and saying things like "Do we need hot water and towels?" and "Won't be long now!" fills me with dread.

I'm really uncomfortable today and can't bear the thought of a possible 6 weeks to go...

On the plus side I think I'm on the last load of baby washing and the baby's room is looking like a baby room rather than a spare room. I've packed and repacked my hospital bags several times so I'm fairly organised. I still have a bag to pack for DD. I'm lucky in the fact that both sets of grandparents only live about half an hour away so she'll go to one of them when the time comes.

Just read that back-I'm not always a miserable cow -honest!

nicnac I bet you looked lovely
It seems to be a busy time for family events, I had to go to a funeral last week and I got a few of the "it's not coming today, is it?" comments from people. That would not be a good place to go into labour though.
Sad that other people aren't feeling better on the iron tablets, I feel like a new woman. Thank goodness as I felt really really dreadful before.

Neeko i'm at the uncomfortable, fed up stage too! My bump was so small with the other two that it really wasn't a hindrance, this time I just feel so huge. Everything seems such an effort and almost wish I was still at work just to be able to sit down most of the day instead of running round after a toddler and a 10 year old! We went to Tumble Tots this morning and I am exhausted! However, I am loving being with the boys it is just a bit hard at times, oh and we are due to be moving house before the baby aaaargh!
Wombat thank you for the cream info, I have a really bad rash around where my belly button should be and the Dr didn't give me anything for it so going to try your suggestion.

Pillia glad it's not just me IYKWIM managed to go for a swim earlier as DD is at nursery and it's made me feel loads better.

Just ordered the new pram, I went for the 3 wheeler My Choice from Mothercare. Unfortunately we stored ds's pram in the shed as we don't have any room in the house and it got eaten by mice.

It still feels unreal, I can't belive we will have a new baby soon! I thought because this is our second it wouldn't feel so scary but it still feels just as unreal as it did first time round.

My face is swelling up today it was commented upon at the school gates. I can't wait for my antenatal appointment on Thursday as I need someone to reassure me that everything is okay.

Nice pram thedollshouse. I'd like a new one but can't really justify it. I have the Mothercare urban detour travel system from when I had DD. It's great to push ut faces away so not ideal with a newborn. I think I'll use it with the car seat so the baby is facing me if I know I'm only going out for an hour or so.

Hope your midwife can give you some answers. You know that if you're retaining fluid, the more water you drink the less you retain, don't you?

Hello ladies, haven't been on for a while but reassured to hear everyone's as uncomfortable and fed up as me!!

I'm now 33.3 weeks and thoroughly fed up with it all. On Sunday night I had awful 'stretching' pains and some shooting pains, started feeling sick and shuddery, and although it eventually subsided it did give me the kick up the arse I needed to go and pack my hospital bag and recognise that I am going to be having a baby soon!

Dollshouse I also thought I'd be a bit more mentally / emotionally prepared this time around as it's DC2 but I'm just as scared about giving birth again, and getting really anxious at the thought of months of sleepless nights / breastfeeding / generally being knackered but this time having a toddler to look after as well.

I'm exhausted today after having a few friends (with toddlers & babies in tow) round - really need to take it easy but it's not practical with a toddler is it? They need to carry on their lives as normal as much as I might want to hibernate with a big bag of crisps (given up chocolate for lent, daft bint that I am).

I feel torn between dreading the baby coming (and all that entails - labour, birth, lack of sleep, recovery, how DS1 will cope with it all, how our lives will be turned upside down again etc etc) and wishing it would all just happen now and be over and done with.

Not fun this, is it?!

Snowtiger don't start worrying about the birth business. Second labours are much easier because you know what you are doing, you are far more confident. I'm a big believer that you feel the worst pain when you are scared, and you won't get so scared this time.

And as for all the other stuff, the dealing with a toddler when you have a baby, you will cope brilliantly, mostly because you will have to. I always found night feeds much easier to deal with with DCs 2 and 3 because it was a rare bit of "one-on-one" time with the new addition. (Won't be the case this time, all my current babies are at school. I actually had my life back for a while!)

helenwombat

Thanks flybynight, kind of you to be so reassuring!

It's such a strange time isn't it, I feel excited, sad, scared... the hormones probably aren't helping though eh?! And if you've chosen to have another baby having got your others off to school and regained a bit of space for your yourself, it can't be that bad can it?!

is anyone having problems whith headaches and sore clicky hip/s as my dds been having thease lately

I have just been clearing out a cupboard and looking through my ds' (9) keepsake box. I have all his baby cards,the scan pic, his favourite toy etc. It was lovely.

I have also kept some of his school work, all his school reports and local newspaper cuttings when he's had his photo done.

I can't believe his box started nearly 10 years ago. His sisters started 6 years ago and I'll have to start a new one for this bubba.

wizbit my top tip would be to brief DP so he knows what niceties to bring you for breakfast once you're in hospital (i had my chai latte and a croissant from cafe Nero everyday and it was great!!), to make sure he knows where mothercare is and to have the catalogue handy (i had to send mine to buy new bra, my boobs went up a size after giving birth) and finally to be assertive in labour, not let yourself pressurised into doing anything you dont really want to do (eg. having an epidural if you said in ur birth plan, u dont want one etc..)
Sorry that was 3 top tips!!

im currently working on my birth plan, i am really determined to have my VBAC (unless medical emergency of course) - i cried about half an hour yesterday after hearing someone who had a natural birth despite having had exactly the same problems i did - i know i wasnt assertive enough and everything escalated so quickly to a ceasarian... but this time i feel i know better. crying yesterday actually made me feel better about the whole issue.

Anyone else having problems to sleep? i was up at 3am then went back to bed around 10am and got up at 1.30pm... i am not impressed with myself....

Should we make a brand new thread beginning of march to welcome our babies? we are bound to have a few early babies!

Wizbit - my top tip would be to enjoy your maternity leave before baby arrives. A few friends told me this last time, so I took them at their word, as this will be the last time for quite a while that you will be able to enjoy long lie-ins! I read lots of books, slept a lot and generally relaxed and enjoyed the peace and quiet. At least then you should be well rested and relaxed when the baby decides it's time to make an appearance .

Also I did lots of cooking, putting meals in the freezer, which really took the pressure off for the first month or two. When DH was home it was ok as he would cook, but when he was at work it made it so much easier for me to just get something out of the freezer and know that it was a nice home-cooked meal and not takeaway/ready meals. I've continued to batch cook for the freezer ever since - never really did it before DS!

Tostaky I woke up at 4am panicking about moving house, buying a new car and getting baby stuff sorted/ my head around having number 3, all in the space of 7 weeks! I went to the hairdresser this morning and have had my hair chopped into a shorter funkier style that I won't need to blow dry!! Feels more like 'Me'!
I was thinking about a new thread too but don't want to lose everyone again, especially at this critical stage!!! No idea how to start one though!!

wizbit my top tip for survival is a post-birth one. When the baby is a couple of weeks old, start getting a good newspaper delivered every day and read it. Otherwise, you feel like your brain is turning to mush and the only thing you can talk about is babies. And get out of the house every day - the earlier the better - even if it is just walking down the shops with the pram.

I'm talking my three children up to Scotland (from Yorkshire) on the train this weekend. My husband will be away skiiing and I need to share the love with my parents. Think of me! My stress levels will be high...

snowtiger as much as I am looking forward to my new addition, he or she is a bit of an, erm, surprise as they say! Still, I did always say I wanted four.

Damn. My bag of Chocolate Eclairs is finished...

as anyone elses bump dropped as dd has what does this mean !! head down etcshes 9 wks to go

I'm just back from 32 wk check with MW. Baby seems to be presenting breech. My dd was like this and she had to be turned at about 38/39 wks. MW said if it still felt like this at my next check at 35 wks they would send me for a scan.