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

hey ladies, lots going on today. Dp has gastroentaritus sp? So poor souls off work.

viksam lol at dog, mine would have done it too. It is rubbish they will let me go on but unless i go myself dd wont be here till 14th as her lungs still have to mature

memphis i am sure you'l look fab in the dress, most women get bump envy and love seeing a pg belly. Bet the rest of you is slim, so they will be telling you its all baby, thats what i get told. Did you have mw today?

wonder are you feeling better now? Tiredness is a killer. I'm starting to try and get list sorted too.

kapars lo is head down and we managed to see everything, but we were told to remember that cos she is big it would be hard to see lots.

ooooh very excited about the scan now then stac!

kk i wouldnt be surprised if your bodies getting ready, pains may be lo pushing down. I get it, also sharp pains at my bum. You must be so looking forward to the spa, wish it was me lol

dh were you off to today? I slept till 11am today so glad schools off haha

memphis it could just be the dogs are begining noticing changes in you and the house. My dog seems to be siding more with dp as if he knows i wont have that much time for him. Maybe check a pet behaviour site, some answer questions free x

Well didn't get my sleep but have managed washing up, clean sheets and clean dining room floor - dh, god bless him, did our room and bathroom yesterday - he has been such a star this pregnancy - so if I ignore the fact that dd's bedroom is a tip and the carpets haven't been hoovered for a week I'm almost on top of the housework - 2 more weeks of school and then I should have a couple of days a week to catch up on it all before baby arrives. Sorry v. dull posting! Anyone else finding washing up a pita - my bump gets in the way.

memphis definitly seems like the dog has noticed something is up, my cat is just most put out by the lack of space on my lap and insists on trying to sit on bump all the time.

Right 20mins till I need to go get dd - maybe if I just shut my eyes for 10 mins..

stac I had lunch with my friend at a carvery which was really yummy. Filled me up SO much, Im sure that I cant eat as much as I used to lol.
Your lucky being able to sleep til 11, I woke up at 8 when DP left for work and couldnt get back to sleep.

wonder wake up, your 10 mins late! lol

stac yes just got back from the midwife, baby is now engaged!! but eventhough bump has really grown and ive actually put on half a stone she said feeling belly baby is now actually on the small side and doesnt think he has really grown in the 3 weeks since i last saw her! she didnt seem concerned by it though, she is getting married day after edd so if i do go ful term she wont be doing my after birth visits which is a shame!
thanks for advice on dog im going to try and clean up baby room ofvarious things ive moved about in there to see if that is what has overwhelmed him ( its his room 2 he sleeps on the futon sofa) thinking about it when i showed mum the cot all made up he wasnt to happy and didnt sleep in there last night
dh glad carvery was nice im not planning on eating out til after birth now as i cant eat it all so dont want to waste money

memphis glad your LO has engaged, thats good news! Ive got my mw app tomoro so will find out then if mine has or not, still think its a little early yet.
I want to get as many meals and trips out as I can now cos they will be alot harder once LO is here!

Just went to GP about my upper back/shoulder pain. He said my back is very weak there because of the relaxin and sitting scrunched up over my laptop and the weight of the baby pulling down etc.. He said I need to work those muscles otherwise I will be in a lot of pain breastfeeding.
So I've had three different diagnoses now!
He also gave me iron tablets as he said I was low which the midwife never noticed three weeks ago so just as well I went to him.

I know how you feel DH! I keep on thinking I have up to 4 weekends left and I really want to take advantage of the the time left! After LO comes with the breastfeeding and waking up during the night the first 12 months particularly are going to be challenging! So time to get as much "me" time as possible now
memphis I am sure you look stunning in the dress!

Evening all!

Had to go to hospital today to get LO's HR checked and it's got an ectopic HR which means it skips a beat every now and then. It's also breech/transverse which I'm very about. Still got time to turn but despite me assuring the MW this morning that it was tranverse she said it was in a perfect position...just shows what she knows. Don't know about a breech VBAC

Can't believe we're all going to have our babies next month!

Evening!
wow jojo 4 weekends left! never thought of it like that! Just looked and i have 5! eeeek... time is disappearing at the moment
Don't know if i'm being a bit niaeve (sp?) in thinking i will still be able to get out plenty with baby - i love going out for meals and really wouldn't want that to stop!

DH carvery sounds lovely! might persuade my dh to go to one later in the week! i love yorkshire puds and gravy

memphis sounds strange with your dog- mine has taken to sleeping in baby's room now but not had any of the strange behaviours- yours must be sensing something different from you!

kapars are you going to see physio about your back or do you have exercises to do?

Last day at work tomorrow- it feels really strange knowing i will be setting my alarm tonight for the last time in a long time! I imagine once baby is here i won't need it much! lol!

Evening. Hope everyone had a nice weekend, although it sounds like you're all suffering a bit.

I managed to get quite a lot done over the weekend whilst DH was away - cleared out the soon-to-be nursery took down all the shelves and blinds and light fittings and things and did the paint testers.

Also managed to dig over the veg patch and plant out all my seedlings and build a big pyramid thing for my peas and beans. My neighbour was very impressed and then told me I was as big as our other neighbour, (who's just had a baby), the week before she gave birth (!)

DH got back late Sunday night feeling very sorry for himself after the stag and proceeded to chose my least favourite colour for the nursery. It's a really dark green and i think it just looks like dark brown at night, but he was adamant so 'deep adam green' it is... I kept saying it wasn't exactly a baby colour, but he said LO won't care and it's for us really..

Monday we went to pick up the paints and a few more bits for the garden, and then ACTUALLY BOUGHT SOME STUFF FOR THE BABY! There's a big ol' Mothercare in the retail park with the B&Q so we had a massive shopping spree, bought the essential clothes, (little wrap around vests that you can also get online peeps) blankets, and a couple of sleep suits.

I put them all in to wash last night and now they're all hanging over the radiators - DH and I keep pointing to them and squealing with a mixture of excitement and horror lol.

I was saying to a friend at the weekend, because I've had such a ridiculously easy ride this pregnancy it's been very easy to just carry on as normal and pretend it's all a very long way off, but now we're realising it's only 7 weeks away and we're getting a bit giddy.

becky good luck with your last day tomorrow, im with you on still going out once LO is born meals out in week we could take him and mum said shes available at weekends to babysit we plan on once a month a proper night out just the 2 of us.
dh trips out b4 baby born will be a must i just cant eat much and cinema is too uncomfortable so not sure what else i can do as getting drunk is out the question, it also shows i didnt have a varied social life b4 i fell pregnant!
chulita i hope lo moves for you, is the HR going to be a problem or will it be ok? your right that we will all have babies next month! that sounds so strange! i feel a bit odd saying im going to be a mummy, i apparently called my mum momma or mommy til i was about 8 which comes from my family in birmingham, my dad still calls his mum mom so i wonder if that will be case with my baby?

kapars did the doc tell you what you should be doing? Why will you be in trouble breast feeding?

Anifersgirl My god, you have been busy, you have had a good ride to be able to do all that,long may it continue for you. I must admit i feel lucky, the only thing that has really bothered me has been this rib pain, which the doc told me I'll just have to live with!

memphis I call my Mom Mom, so does DH and we are both from Brum. His Mom will be Nana, which i think is cute. Ur lucky having ur Mum available to babysit, im a bit worried about outings etc and also feeling alone and isolated as family and friends are so far away. I tell myself that I will make friends at groups etc but i dont find it easy to make friends, im not one for loads of random friendships so really dont know how things will pan out on that front.

chulita LO does have time to change position doesnt it, will the ectopic heart matter to LO, what did they say about it?

DH carvery sounds ace, there are not too many carveries around here which sucks, loads up in Brum though so i always try and go for one when we go there!

I havent even worked out how many weekends I have left im just focusing on when I finish work. Worked out I have 13 days left, 3 of which I shall be away on trips so 10 days in the humdrum normality that I will probably really miss after a while. But at the moment I absolutly cannot wait till I finish, work is getting harder and Im finding it hard to live up to the expectations of the staff, I still feel like i have to lead by example but feeling half dead and with this amazing rib pain im not really doing a great job.
So becky Im very envious of it being ur last day, good luck I hope they have done something nice for you!

Short list for names - currently discussing with dh
Asher - my fave
Dylan - dh's fave
Ellis - dh not too sure
Orson - means little bear - how cute

memphis glad lo is in position, hope your the same dh. The carvery near us is gorgeous and so cheap at only £4 a meal.

kapars what a nightmare? I am passed telling the gp or mw bout pains, always get told its to do with my pelvis. Last time i got gave cocodamol.

jojo i hadnt even thought of how many weekends i have left before lo arrives but now you mention it, its only 5 cos of the section.

chulita do they think lo will move? Your so right next month and we'll all be talking labour and babies not pregnancy. Time has flew by

becky good luck with your last day. How are you? Not heard of you in a while have you saw violet?

anifers can you not get dh to change his mind bout the room colour? Sounds like you had a v.busy weekend.

viksam you'l just be getting knackered hun, when do you finish?

wonder i like dylan and asher, not that its any of my business just for what its worth. Are you going to wait till lo is here and pick one of the 4? They are all good names x

aw thanks girls! we are having a chinese lunch so not thinking much work will be done after that!
Just had a lovely bath and sitting with a cuppa before i head in for the last time (well, til after mat leave!)- it feels really really strange! It's all getting quite real now -AGH!

stac really not been on much as doing so much work at computer through the day i haven't been able to face putting on laptop at home! also been going to bed mega early as so tired- thats all about to change tho! Saw violet last friday at aquanatal but it wasn't on this week so not since then. She said she was exhausted with work and has loads to do too! Hopefully we can arrange to meet up over next few weeks once things quieten down a bit!
also, where is the carvery near you? £4- bargain!

Right... better get dressed at make my final trip to work (butterflies spinning in tummy!)

Hope everyone has a great day

chulita just saw your post about baby's HR- hope its ok? Also, my baby has moved from head down to transverse over last 2 weeks! still plenty time for it to move back i was told!

Apparently the HR should sort itself out but in a small number of cases it speeds up and can be dangerous for the LO so they want weekly checks to make sure it's just skipping beats and not going crazy. Should have plenty of time to turn I agree, I'm just worried it won't and I don't trust the MWs to be able to tell where it is - argh!

becky enjoy your last day

wonder I like Asher and Ellis, again, not that it means anything. I'm off Dylan simply because we had neighbours with a little boy called Dylan and they'd be screaming his name all the time. Very sweary/lairy neighbours - Brandon and Dylan are spoilt for me forever!

Wow seems like Dylan is a popular name on this thread, I wonder how many of them we'll end up with between us!

stac yeah the carvery and a drink only came to a fiver, was such a bargain and filled me up for the entire day!

Ive got my mw app today, dont think its a very significant one, will mention the leaking boobs and of course is always nice to hear LO's heartbeat. I know hes fine hes wriggling away in there now, pushing down on my nether regions ouch!

wonder i LOVE the name Orson ive tried adding it to my list but dh not so keen! they are all nice though! our list just seems to get bigger and bigger, i started a thread about the name Otis most seem positive but people keep mentioning its the name of a lift compant, not that i go in lifts and study brand so i wouldnt know!!
chulita glad they are keeping eye on HR just for piece of mind!
viksam my mum never thought she would get this grandchild so i think i will be arguing with her that we dont want to go out just so she can babysit, which is good in a way as dh's mum is useless, i hope to meet friends at groups as i dont have many with kids

wonder I love all those names - especially Asher.
viksam becky GP didn't give me exercises as such but said to do things like shrug my shoulders up and down and roll my shoulders etc.. so they are exercises I guess. He also said massage is the best thing so I've booked in for another pregnancy back massage.
He said as I am in pain now and that shoulder is very weak it will probably be painful breastfeeding if I don't concentrate to sit up very straight with my back straight - as it is the weight of the baby dragging the back down and this would be the same if holding baby.
Anyway, the midwfe thought it was a trapped nerve and the chiro a popped out rib so god knows!
I do think the GP might be right though as shrugging the shoulders etc... seems to loosen it. I'm making a massive effort to sit up straight and not scrunch over laptop now.
stac I know what you mean, I think they don't know what is causing the aches and pains half the time so it is just guesswork!

spoke to dh on his tea break about baby names and that i wanted a shortlist after wonder got me thinking!! so here they are
Otis-Both liking this one
Dexter-Dh says hes going off this
Travis-Dh loves this
Reuben- I love this

kapers dont know how you can slouch, im living for the day i an slouch again, sitting in a reclined position or bolt upright is the only was i can sit!!

just been to asda (i know i shouldnt have gone alone) and the shame i fainted at the checkout silly woman at behind till was talking rubbish about my purchases and being left handed and it just spun my head out i could feel myself going!

Hi everyone, back from the mw appointment, my normal mw is on annual leave again! So had a different one who was very nice. LO is head down and facing my back so in the perfect position

Ive also decided that the end is coming up too fast and Im not prepared and Im terrified of giving birth!

Yup Viksam - my dad keeps saying I'm from 'good peasant stock' and that's why I'm finding it so easy. Both my grandmothers had babies in their 30s/40s (which was even more unusual back then, when having sex past 30 was considered vulgar..) and my mum takes pride in telling me how she was digging ditches the day before she gave birth to my brother (who was so big the doctors thought he was twins.)

I'm also massively stubborn - I've been intent on having a no fuss, hassle free pregnancy from day one. I have got achey ribs, a stiff back and kicks that make me wince, but I just refuse to acknowledge them: I chose to have a baby so who am I to complain!

It's also not half as bad as I'd expected. I'd sort of imagined pregnancy as this 9 month purgatory you have to go through if you want a baby, and had fully prepared myself for piles and varicose veins and just basic discomfort and unpleasantness all the time. I never in a million years ever thought I'd actually enjoy it! That feeling LO wriggle around would just make me beam, or that I'd feel so much love and devotion for a little thing I've never met. And all of that completely outweighs the pain and the inability to get comfortable.

I also find that however achey and twingy I am first thing in the morning, once I'm up and moving around the pain goes off.

Sorry - that turned into a massive post!

Stac - I'm cool about the colour. I tend to think that after a while you don't even notice what colour walls are. It's not something that's going to bug me and I love the fact that DH is so adamant that this is the right colour for our LO.

We've got a guy from Pixar in this afternoon to give us a lecture. Meant a crazy morning getting stuff done, but I'm quite looking forward to it. Also found out that Henry (The Fonze) Winkler is giving the keynote speech at the Children's Media Conference I'm going to next month. If LO is early I could insist Fonzey does the delivery - how's that for Kudos!