Spring is sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where my toenails is - Due June 2010

[greensnail]

Ok, here it is ladies. Nice new thread for us all to enjoy

'Staying in'? I think I meant staying in denial there.

Or maybe just staying in. With a bottle of gin and Ashes to Ashes, it could be a valid alternative...

Gizmo I have to admit that I found it more amusing than I let him know. It was the way DH backed across the kitchen as he said it. Anyway, I can live up to the name when he takes me out for dinner tonight (having had 2 slices of birthday cake at work today- one for me, one for the bump )

barebeasty dh just doubled over laughing at mr greedy, a bit too much for my liking!!!

Hello everyone,

I'm absolutely shattered after another hellishly long day at the hospital - was there from 10am till 4.30pm. Think DD is starting to think that its our second home, although the day was punctuated by some excitement when DD decided to take her first steps accross the waiting room! I can't think of a more appropriate place for her to do it considering the amount of time she has spent there, first when she was the baby in me causing all the problems and now again in this pregnancy.

We're back there again tomorrow, for a scan. Really looking forward to getting a peep at baby again. Then hopefully I'll great a break from hospitals until next week.

gizmo hope you're feeling a bit brighter today. Nothing useful to add to what everyone else has said, but I can't see that there's much point in worrying about all the whatifs at the moment while things are looking so positive. A definite vote for sticking your head in the sand from me, distracting yourself with some retail therapy sounds a great idea. I'm also going through an ebay phase at the moment!

barbeasty i have been calling myself Mr Greedy,we have the same profile! Lol at your brave DH

I had a growth scan today due to some fybroids noticed at 20 weeks,good news,they are not causing any problems at all so much relief for us. The actual scan was lovely and so clear! We could see her blinking,waving and generally looking very contented indeed I am shitting myself slightly apprehensive about the birth though,at the moment she is measuring just above the 90th centile and already weighs 5lb 3 DS2 was 9lb 9 so all the consultant said was 'oh well you've done it before you'll be fine!' Gulp.

At least with DS2 i had no idea how big he was until the actual arrival,better that way i think

Barbeasty and LittleRobbo I like it! I had Mr Greedy as my facebook profile pic.

I just snorted tea at Mampam's nookie description. FWIW I suspect I'm only getting pity shags from DH atm. But I don't care: any day now he'll get squeamish about "bumping the baby's head" and I won't get any.

Gizmo sounds like you're getting sound advice here. I'd be doing the same, FWIW.

Milly I'd love to have a copy of your hypnobirthing handouts (peellywally @ gmail DOT com). I'm using the Marie Mongan book and CD but I'm rubbish at it so could do with all the help I can get. I keep falling asleep within minutes of putting the CD on and I know that probably won't be an option during labour.

I didn't tell you lot about one of my first OBGYN appointments. It's funny trying to get used to being pregnant and working out the local way of doing things here (USA): the nurse told me I was to get ready for the doctor, tossed me a couple of little sheets and told me one was for the top and one for the bottom. She then she skipped out of the room. I guessed that I was to take my clothes off for some sort of examination and tried to work out how the sheets worked. One was just an ordinary sheet so I spread it out on the bed to lie on. The other sheet had a hole in the middle. Luckily I'd read 100 Years of Solitude and remembered the honeymoon part where the bride has a special sheet-with-a-hole for her wedding night. Bit weird, but when in Rome. So I stripped my bottom half, lay on the examination couch, and put the honeymoon sheet over my nethers with the hole carefully positioned.

Obviously not what the nurse had in mind. I know that now. The nurse and the doctor came into the room, and she immediately about-turned and stood on the OBGYN trying to get back out of the room. Cue lots of snorting and whispering from the corridor: "You go in and tell her", "No you tell her". Finally the nurse came back in and told me the bottom sheet goes over my bottom half and the holey sheet goes over my head like a poncho.

I knew there was a South American connection.

at that story poguemahone!

PMSL pogue that is hilarious

poguemahone that is priceless! And to be fair why would you know?! So funny!

milly realised I didn't provide an email address for the hypno-birthing materials which is not too helpful - [email protected] Apologies for being a numpty!

Bad nights sleep last night, my pelvis is giving me jip and just couldn't get comfy no matter what I tried. I am hoping it is just a phase rather than what it will be like till the end.

My Easter supply of Star Bars is one of the things keeping me going

love that story pogue sounds like the kind of thing I would do.

Fantastic pogue!! That's an absolute classic!

Hope everyone's doing ok. I've been away for a week and am just trying to catch up on everything. My rubbish m/w scared me on Monday by saying that the baby's heartbeat was on the slow side (100-110 bpm) and that she 'almost' sent me for monitoring...then she asked, 'I haven't worried you have I?' Doh! I later rang the m/w's at the hospital who invited me in pretty quickly for monitoring. They were lovely and thankfully everything seemed to be fine but they said in future to bypass my m/w if I had any concerns! While I was there I overheard the sounds of a woman groaning in labour and I'm a bit scared now!!!

pogue, that's hilarious - you've made my morning

pogue that is hilarious.
Glad I made you smile too with my description of DH's idea of foreplay. He only had one girlfriend before me and I think he thinks sex should be how it is on a porn film After nearly 5 years together he still pays no attention when I try and tactfully tell him that sex isn't like a porn film, he doesn't need to try and do 20 positions in one session and that he can't just shove it in and expect me to be raring to go!
Funny thing was, when we did have a bit of nooky the other day, he was rubbing my back. Apparently that was him giving me.......sensual sex
There's really no hope

greensnail if you have any more babies after this one I think it might be a good idea to pack your bags and move into the hospital for 9 months.

LittleR brace yourself, sounds like there could be a 10 pounder on the way It's inevitable that I'll have another big one this time but TBH it already feels like a 10 pounder. I'm starting to worry a bit as when I last saw the consultant I was 20 weeks and he said then that I would have a caesarean at 39 weeks. If it's a monster how on earth are they going to get it out of the small hole they cut???
Good news that your fibroids aren't getting in the way

gizmo don't worry, yes I am feeling brighter but still may go and see my GP, probably towards the end of my pregnancy. I have lots of questions about a C-section that I want to ask but don't feel I can ask my MW, can't ask consultant because he is foreign and I don't really understand his accent all that well. I'm starting to feel the anxiety coming back and have at times thought I've been on the brink of a panic attack. The main reason I want to see GP is because my heart has been doing some very strange things, hard to describe but I notice it more if I'm laying on my left side and when I walk up the stairs or over exert myself (I haven't done any exercise since October and know I'm super unfit). I also know that heart flutterings as such are one of the symtoms of anxiety so it could just be that.

Right off to help DH tidy the house as the wicked witch my mother is coming over today, didn't say what time so no doubt she'll have us hanging on all day for the royal visit.

gizmo forgot to say I love Ashes to Ashes too. Is it just me or is Gene Hunt incredibly sexy??? I know he's not a looker but there's something about him.

As for the topic of nookie...oh you ladies make me laugh! mampam - brilliant description of foreplay...have to say that wouldn't float my boat. Good for you filly. We haven't done it since I conceived. and it's a quetion of whether we will ever go down that road again or whether it'll now be a nun's life for me - Mixture of tiredness, stress, going to bed too late (both of us) but also his smells! I know that I have a ridiculously keen sense of smell at the moment but can't work out whether I should be blaming that or not. His breath always smells a bit, as does his hair and body in general. It just really repels me!

Can I do a survey please:

Does your DH shower/wash hair/floss teeth daily/every other day/twice a week/ other.

Still chortling at your story Pogue - brightened up my morning.

Gizmo sand over head is good.

Greensnail congratulations on your DD taking her first steps.

LaT hope you had a lovely shopping day out and came back with everything you wanted.

freckle - dh showers + washes hair almost every day, cleans teeth twice a day (though not as thoroughly as he ought imo).
He doesn't shave every day though, and really needs to twice a day, so he doesn't get kisses when he hasn't! I hate being prickled by stubble.

Madame I had exactly that situation when I was pregnant with DD2, he stank and his breath was disgusting as far as i was concerned, made him sleep upstairs in the spare room from 4 months onwards, how we stayed together I don't know.
As we drove back from the hospital it was as if a black cloud had lifted and everything was normal again, DH didn't repulse me and we went on to get married and have more babies so I am sure it'll be the same for you.

madame My other half is such a soap dodger! It was a real revelation when we moved in together. I almost managed to get him to a shower every other day but he still sees weekends as a time when he should have a break from this. However he has recently taken up running every other day in the mornings so thankfully he wants to shower after that. I am seriously crossing my fingers in the hope he keeps it up if only so I don't have to nag him to clean himself! It links in with nookie quite well, if he is feeling fruity I ask him when he last showered and refuse on the grounds he is not putting anything in me that hasn't been 'properly' cleaned in recent days!!

I have found my sense of smell plays tricks on me. I periodically ask my other half if he has let one go and invariably he hasn't, really not a smell sensation I am looking for at this time!!

I need a emoticon for stories like yours Pogue...it's exactly the sort of thing I'd do, lie there cheerfully congratulating myself on having worked out The System until the dreadful truth strikes

Freckle DH showers (inc hair)/shaves once a day and brushes teeth twice. Doesn't floss though. TBH, it wouldn't bother me if he was a bit less diligent, I don't find his natural scent repellent (although I draw the line at stinky breath!). Years ago I read something - maybe in New Scientist? - about the interaction between our hormonal triggers and our sense of smell. Theory was that scent may (and it's only a theory) be a rough guideline to genetic compatibility and therefore our receptiveness to different people's smells will vary depending on our reproductive status. Do you think it's just your DH, or does unwashed body smell generally give you the icks at the moment?

LittleR maybe yr baby could be one of those long skinny ones? Or perhaps arrive a bit early? I had a friend whose second baby - a DS - arrived 3 weeks early and was 9 lbs+

You made their day Pogue!

DH showers every day and washes hair probably every other day. He washes his teeth every day because I make him . His father never cleans his teeth and DH is very much of the opinion that if it's good enough for his father, it's good enough for him. Not good enough for me! And his father doesn't have any of his own teeth left. He shaves, hmm, every couple of days but I don't really notice because he's got a goatee so kisses are bristly anyway.

Had agreat day in London yesterday, thanks. Saw all the baby bits I wanted, realised I would have made practially the same choice over the internet anayway (so felt better at living in the middle of nowhere), saw a friend for lunch and managed to catch the promised train home. DH and DD hadn't fallen out either, so all good.

Seriously tired today though. The next few months with a toddler are going to involve a lot of playdates (ie mummies on sofas while toddlers play together). An absolute lifesaver!

Is anyone else buying a double for a toddler and newborn? I'm not convinced I'm going to buy one yet, and will probably wait until after the baby is born, but if I do want one that is lightweight and nippy. I'm tossing up between the Out 'n' about Nippa and the Baby Jogger Mini City. I don't think either of them look that great, but everyone rates the Nippa. When I saw them yesterday though I thought the Nippa's seats looked really buckety. I don't think DD will put up with that. The baby Jogger was much easier to fold and steer too (although the shopping basket was poor). Any thoughts? I know someone on here did buy the Nippa.

Looked at Phil and Ted's too. The fold is too much of a faff for me these days. Nice to steer though. It's all Phil and Teds and Bugaboos in London, isn't it? Thousands of them. Bugs not my cup of tea either though. I live in a very hilly place, so every kilo to push counts.

And don't suggest the mountain buggy - the budget could stretch that far but I don't!

Greensnail missed that your DD took her first steps. Well done her!!!

LaT I've just ordered a phil and teds. Main reason is that I wanted a tandem and it's about the only thing that fits into my boot. I am not overly keen on the anything on the market. Everything seems too heavy / expensive and still doesn't tick all the boxes. The P&T for me was the best of the bunch.

LT my last batch of babies were 44 and 22 months apart so I've had a lot of twin buggies over the years.
The best for a toddler and newborn I found was the maclaren twin traveller, lies flat and is nice and roomy without being heavy.
But then when they reach 1 and 3 the phill and teds suspension and air tyres are fantastic for pushing the sheer weight of them both.
We walked everywhere and I had an arse you could crack walnuts with as a result, bonus !

Ooooooooooooh MillyMollyMoo that's the kind of arse I'd like. Hope my P&T's gets me the same results