July 2010: Still getting bigger, gone are the days when we had a figure

[stac14]

July is getting closer and we're all still gabbing. Feel free to join in

memphis my problem is i told dp now he loves takin the piss lol other than that my memory is non existant, i reply wrong and everything ah well kind of back to normal in 8wks lol. I got a lovely dress from h&m for £10 that even though its a maternity dress will still do until my belly goes down lol x

Hi All

hope everyone is having a good day. I'm currently scoffing the hugest plate of macaroni cheese - the woman in the canteen has started giving me the most enormous portions. I think she's trying to feed my up.

On the subject of bargains, I completely forgot - I'd been bidding on an ebay auction which ended right in the middle of the Flight of the Conchords concert on Sunday night. So when we came out, not only had I had a fabulous time, but was also the proud owner of an Icandy cherry pushchair, carrycot, footmuff, raincover and maxicosi car seat all for £300. Not bad work! I also just got a stash of 0-3 month baby clothes for 99p. If the baby makes an early appearance it will have clothes and somewhere to sleep, yay!

Really need to finish reading this pile of scripts before I head off for my Anti D injection in an hour!

Hi all - I am soo tired - had a little teary moment at lunch time - just too washed out to do anything else. DH had bad news about his father yesterday - he is poorly and isn't going to get better, just so sad and frustrating, he is only 70 - you just don't know what is around the corner - I seem to know of so many people seriously ill atm. Anyway woke up at 12.45 last night and couldn't get back to sleep, think I just drifted off before the alarm woke me.

Just realised that I have given my leaving date as a week later than I had thought - what a narna, going to have to change it, prospect of 4.5 weeks until I finish work is bad enough, no way I can make 5.5.

jojo sounds so exciting having everything in place, I haven't done a thing yet - but my babs is likely to arrive at least 2 weeks after you.

Does anyone know of anywhere selling wrap around style baby vests? I remember them being so much easier while babys head is all wobbly, Tesco's had some but I supidly didn't get them when they first got them in and now they only have 9-12 month sizes!!

becky I too have had the cough, vomit, wee, have a little sob on the bathroom floor moment - during my last pg it was a regular thing as i was so sick I keep forgetting to keep up with my pelvic floor exercises and I really do notice when I haven't done them for a couple of days I have taken to coughing and sneezing with my legs crossed if at all possible - I have to stop everything and concentrate to avoid an accident.

stac I got the ball today, just this sec opened it and no pump! Ive emailed the seller to double check its not me being stupid, but I looked at the description again and it says features: with pump. So that to me sounds like it should come with one.

memphis yeah get the ball out! Oooh that is a very good bargain you got there. Ebay is great for some things

Ive put my pic up from earlier today so you can all compare the 2!

Ive had a very good day today. The weather was really nice so went round town with my friend. She bought me a changing mat from matalan which is lovely.
We also went into poundland (only just opened, used to be woolworths) I could have bought SO much in there, they've got some great bargains. I found some really cool wall stickers for LO, airplane themed, there's about 10 stickers and just £1!

anifers thats a fab buy hun, and clothes for 99p you must be chuffed

wonder really sorry to hear bout your fil. You must be stressed with it all hun, thinking of you.

jojo finally saw your bump pic its lovely hun

dh your right you dont look much different hun, you must be so glad. I wish mine wasnt as big but not much i can do bout it lol. Thats crap bout your ball, i know its not the point but you may be able to get a pump from the £1 shop, i got ds one for his football. X

wonder really sorry about your fil must be a really hard time for you and your dh.
dh your bump lookks fuller at the top, but its still really neat, mine doesnt look much different either, i love poundland but ours is really small so the baby section is tint and the queues are huge so i dont venture in as much now!! roll on when baby is here and i can push through with my pushchair!!!
anifers a bonus on icandy, i really want the footmuff in the mandarin orange to match my canopy but brand new they are £74 and e bay havent had one on yet but the baby cant go into the seat pod thing until 6 months so i wont give up until its time to go into that near x mas!! mum has offered to buy it but i cant justify that much even if its not me paying!!!

stac the seller emailed me back saying she made a mistake with the listing but as it was her mistake she is going to send a pump to me which is really nice.

memphis yeah I have had lots of compliments on it, I must admit its very neat and Im quite proud of it
There wasnt very much baby stuff in our one either, there is some bits that I might consider buying when LO is older i.e teething rings.

dh i wish i was bigger to be honest, im sick of people saying your so tiny, like ive been dieting throughout the pregnancy i have to then explain to them ive been ill almost all the way through! to which they reply ooooh morning sickness, then i say noooo its very boring and tedious i bought teething rings in the asda baby event for £1 which was £2.50 off so i couldnt resist even if im already sick of moving them around the drawer already!!! a bit too forward thinking me thinks

ive just had chips and fishcake for tea with tomato sauce, its the only thing i fancy at the mo, dh says its better i eat that than nothing so hes alway running to chippy!

memphis yeah I know what you mean, people are surprised when I say I have 2 months left but I dont know if thats because they think I look big or small!

I cant stop eating tonight and we seem to have bought alot of crap so I keep eating crisps and sweets its not good! I suddenly felt really conscious of what Im eating yesterday and tried to make myself eat healthier but its no good, I have such a sweet tooth!

thats good dh at least your getting the pump, you'l be bouncing around before you know it lol. I know what you mean bout people not believing how long you have left. I was accused of pretending i was pg, as a joke of course. I just laughed and said i didnt know pillows could move about so much lol

memphis i was quite ill up till about 18wks with ms and anxiety which put me off eating. I lost of weight too, think thats why people wonder where the bumps came from. At the end of the day whether your bump is big or small who cares so long as our babies are healthy eh? How have you been today?

mlic theres loads of online places do great fancy dress quite cheap. Are you handy? You could hit primark and buy one of those milatary jacket and check thier sale rail for a frilly shirt, go for a pair of leggings for him. Buy cheap costume jewellery that you could stitch onto the jacket like chains etc. For the leggings you could buy gold hairbands and cut them open and stitch down the sides like a stripe. And use a hairband for his head, loads of make up and messy hair. The clothes would probs be womens though. Soz rabbling again but i love fancy dress lmao x

stac i know what you mean trying to explain that LO is bigger than average and hes all in my ribs and back and thats why he hurts so much seems to fall on deaf ears!! cant belive its 7 weeks til im full term, was looking at diary and if they induce me at 37 weeks its only 4 weeks away eeeek!!!! i felt slightly better yesterday but already been quite ill this morning, to top things off my throat is all swollen, dh had it last week but hes ok now but as im so weak my body doesnt want to fight stuff ive already had 3 couses of antibiotics in last month and i read somewhere that your only allowed 3 courses through whole pregnancy so starting to panic about in case i need more what would they do???
and then what freaked me out even more is last night (TMI ALERT) i had a filthy dream about bob dylan!!! i mean i think he is a true legend and i like older men but that took the biscuit!!! yuk!!!! i woke up feeling violated

Morning all! Hope everyone is doing well today.

My hospital bag is nearly packed... I've been stacking things onto it for several weeks now. Once my poor DH finishes with all his exams at the end of next week, I'll rope him into a bag packing session where I spread everything out on the bed and explain the purposes and functions, then he puts them into the bag. Means he'll know where everything is when I call for it! (Or that's the theory, anyway...)

I'm holding off on snacks at the moment, since some of the things I want will go out of date too early if I buy them now. I'll add them in a month or so. I've acquired sports bottles of water though and frozen two of them. Not sure what to get for the midwives though... Any ideas? I was thinking a box of chocolates, but I'm worried if I end up in a roasting hospital in the middle of summer that they'll all melt if my bag gets left lying around!

I'm a little jealous of everyone with their nice neat bumps. Over the past few days everyone has suddenly started commenting on mine! About five people have said exactly the same thing. I must have exploded during the weekend, or something. The repeated conversation goes along the lines of:

"So, how long left to go now?" followed by " Are you sure there's only one in there?" when I tell them I have just over two months left.

I know I'm a bit short, carrying all out front and measuring a touch large... But eek! Having visions now of a baby the size of a St. Bernard. (Though preferably less hairy...)

Got my iron tablets prescription from the surgery yesterday, and found out my blood count is currently 12 - so not as bad as I was fearing. Basically the iron seems to be a preventative measure to make sure it doesn't get any lower in the last few weeks, to make sure I can still have my homebirth. At current level, homebirth would just be ok.

As an aside... Does anyone know what the situation is with heartburn tablets and iron tablets? The instructions with the iron tablets say to let your doctor know if you're taking heartburn tablets alongside the iron tablets. Do I actually need to worry about this? The instructions also say to tell your doctor if your stools go black, which I thought was normal on iron tablets and the doc almost certainly won't care about. Are the instructions just being excessively cautious, or is there an actual concern?

spirael people keep saying the same about my bump, I don't think it's grown much in the last week but I keep getting surprised looks...still got 2 months to go so who knows what looks I'll be getting then. I'm going to take in choccies, I'll be freezing some water bottles so that'll keep the little ones for the mw's looking after me cool and I'll leave a tin at home so if I do have to stay overnight DH can bring them in the following day. I'm halfway packed on my hospital bag, just procrastinating really, and I shoved loads of vests/babygros in and then thought I only really need 2 of each and the rest in the baby bag for later.
I found out my iron levels are at 11 and apparently that's fine so I don't need supplements. Rather scuppers my hopes cos now I have no idea why I've been feeling dizzy/breathless and nearly fainting. My levels are normally up around 14/15 though so 11 is lower than my body's used to.
memphis I'm sure if you do need something the doctors will have an answer. Don't worry about taking something if you need to, as long as the person prescribing it knows you've had 3 courses already.
Just got DD weighed and she's put on a kilo despite not wanting to eat...obviously full fat milk does something for you!

spireal i think the rule with heartburn tablets and iron tablets is your ok to take them together you just need to take them at differnet times in the day and not together.

on the subject of what to buy mw's when i went in to hospital the mw's had loads of chocolate in their tea room but one of the mw's brought in biscuits as they didnt have any so i have bought a nice tin of biscuits from m&s fro then then they wont go hot and melt either!
trying to pass time by browsing internet im getting really horrid dragging period type pains that is creeping down my legs its getting a bit tedious as i cant walk about to relieve it!!
im supposed to be going out on a hen do 4 weeks after dd, just been informed we will be wearing the ann summers cheerleader outfit, i wouldnt have worn it b4 falling pg, let alone after, thank goodness i will have a little baby as my excuse not to go!!!

Hey ladies,

spireal and chulita thats the other comments and looks i'm getting. That and theres no way you'l last to your due date. Its a pain in the ass.

memphis dont worry about the antibiotics i'm sure the docs will know what you need hun. Oh i wouldnt go for the ann summers hen do either. I dont mind fancy dress so long as i can choose what i'm want to wear. X

Hello everyone,

Its such a lovely day here today but I havent got any plans and I dont live near enough to walk anywhere so to go out for a walk Id need to drive somewhere first and Im going to be driving alot 2mo so dont really want to waste petrol as its SOOO expensive at the mo!

Luckily its going to be nice for the rest of the week so will make the most of it tomo and Fri.

Ive just had lunch and Ive got to clean the bathroom today, its been top of my list for ages but I cant motivate myself to get off the sofa!

dh i just attempted to start gutting out ds's room and lasted 30mins and i'm knackered. Dp had already told me not to do it so its my own fault lol. Its dry but cloudy here going to the shops in 10mins then to school. Still have washing and stuff to do, boring lol. On a brighter note i've to wait for a delivery tomorrow which is a gift from my aunts friend in london i cant wait lol she works in harrods so its something exciting yay lol

Anyone else feeling quite breathless? Got an app for the physio the lady on the phone said my next step might be crutches bloody hope not. I'm asking for painkillers at least they would help cos paracetamol and over the counter co-codamol are crap.

X

stac yeah im feeling very breathless all the time. peoplw are always asking me am i ok! i only have to say a long sentence and im out of breath! if the crutches help then you should really go for them. they're bloody annoying but if they give you a bit of relief it'l be worth it.
dh im the same im finding it very hard to get motivated today. got up and showered and cooked lunch and now im laying down again! have a client coming at half 4 for highlights and im sooooooooooo not in the mood to do it! only 4 and half weeks left to work............
dull day today here too but quite warm so everyone feeling tired today!
stac im getting as lot of braxton hicks too.getting them constantly and sometimes every 5 mins! really uncomfortable period pains with them too! wonder if its a sign il go early?!

stac yeah Ive just done the washing up, cleaned the bathroom and en suite and put the clean washing away and put a load of dirty laundry in the washing machine, now having a sit down before doing the hoovering.
Wow a present from harrods, that sounds exciting! You must tell us what it is when you get it

i agree with stac and kk about feeling breathless i cant talk on the phone and walk about anymore i sound like i work for a dirty chat line if i do!! stac pain killers seem to go from one extreme to another after co codamol it takes a jump to dhydracodiene and tramadol, ive been prescribed these but i can barely talk on them let alone function!!
had an eventful few hours feeling really weak today postman came with my new dress today which is lovely but it took it out of me so got on sofa with a yoghurt started to choke on it and then threw up all over myself and sofa as i couldnt get up!!! wish doctors would listen to my concerns and induce me, i wont be in a fit state to look after myself let alone a baby if they leave me much longer (sorry about rant losing the will to live at the moment)

Ive just written a complaint email to my local tesco! I feel quite proud its my first one (and hopefully last). I wouldnt do it unless absolutely necessary though.
DP and I shop there every Sat and every week they have run out of large trolleys outside the store entrance and the ones that are left are either broken or stuck together and it really gets on our nerves so Ive emailed them to tell them, I dont think I was snotty, just wanted to bring to their attention really.

Also working my way through a very nice punnet of strawberries!

i know the crutches maybe a good idea, but think its the independant thing in me that makes not want them. The amount of people that think i'm asthmatic is unbelievable. I think becky mentioned them earlier and they are more concerned with frequency. In the ready steady baby book it had said if you had 4 in an hour and they are getting closer together to call your midwife. Hope your get through your clients quick

I am gutted dh they messed up the delivery and sent it to her house so it will be next week. I know she is getting me a travel cot but don't know if thats from harrods but shes sending me a surprise so cant wait

memphis you poor luv, think the doc wants to keep your baby in as long as possible due to the complications preterm babies can face. Im not allowed my cs before i am 39 wks as she could have breathing problems. Dss was 4wks early and has been plagued with breathing problems such as asthma, csv a bronchial disorder he has spent various nights in hospital with no signs of it changing. I can totally understand how you feel, and in your shoes i'd feel the same. To be honest with the pain i'd love to be early but that would just be for me. Hopefully the doc can come to a compromise for you both x

mlic it is so sweet when they come out with some random word. DD said 'bread' at lunchtime and looked so chuffed with herself. We've been doing babysigning with her too and she picks up several signs a week. I love this age, it's totally gorgeous One thing to remember is that even though they'll be the older sibling, they're still only tiny.

memphis I hope you manage to get some energy and that they listen to you about inducing...sounds like you're going to have your work cut out.

stac I understand how you feel about crutches...I feel vulnerable enough being hugely pregnant without that to draw attention to me as well

And I'm also in the ridiculously breathless camp...highly irritating.