Due April 2006

[MrsQ]

Hello... Technically I'm due on 30 March, but the March list is already quite long and if DS was anything to go by, we'll be well into April by the time this shrimp makes an appearance (fingers crossed, touch wood, etc etc! - still at the early superstitious stage!!). Shall I start with some stats? I'm 34 (will be 35 just after birth), DH is 33. We've got one DS just turned 2.

Hope to have some thread partners soon, I'm v friendly, honest

I am thinner than all of you!!!!!!!

I posted another thread recently about maybe trying for a homebirth guiven the appalling treatment I've had at local hospital recently but the voices of reason are calling and I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and actually go into hospital after all. The last thing I want is for anything to go wrong and (despite what the hospital may think) all I really want is for baby to be born healthy and safe.

Still puking and nauseous and now decided this will be my lot until after the birth. Bleurgh...

Everyone else sounds well. MrsEvs I am so glad your dad is on the mend you must all have been terrified.

Fisrt Timer I think 29 weekks is ahormonal time - well that's how I felt last week all over teh place emotionally

Ah, yes, hormonal! Embarrassed myself by crying when a bloke offered to help with my bag on the train this evening! Not huge sobs, just sniffly pink eyed crying but it's just not the done thing on a commuter train.. though that was nothing to the looks I got yesterday when my contingency 30 seconds I allow myself to catch the train in the morning were taken up by a stupid dustbin lorry en route, meaning i had to try to run to catch the train and was only saved by DH throwing himself on to the train and forcing the doors to stay open while I waddled on at top speed and then I literally gasped for breath for about 10 minutes - I swear the man opposite thought I was going into labour! (he moved his paper a fraction higher in case he had to get involved)
and, while I've no idea what I weigh, I put on a pair of work trousers from last time and THEY DIDN'T NEED ADJUSTING, doh. I wore them till 35 weeks last time and I'm only 27 weeks at the mo.

Had my glucose tolerance thing done today and can still not get the yucky drink taste from the back of my throat, it's vile. They do everyone here at 28 weeks, it's just an hour though initially, you have the drink and they take your blood an hour later. I failed it last time though and then had to do a fasting 3 hour one which was a real pain, especially as that one was fine - seemed like such a waste of time. So I hope I don't have to do that again this time, especially when I'd have to find someone to watch dd for me that whole time.

This is defo a weepy stage for some reason. I cried yesterday watching Lost (I won't say what at since we're a good way through the 2nd series here and I don't want to spoil it for anyone), it wasn't even that sad and I was welling up

Bought myself one of those glider rocking chairs with matching rocking footstool thingy today for the nursery. Everybody seems to get them here and so I ended up feeling quite deprived last time not having one, but they can be really expensive and we couldn't really afford it. Anyway, a shop up the road was having a closing down sale and I got both things for $90 which is a bargain! I've been sat rocking in it tonight - very comfy

morning everyone.

Wow MrsEvs you must be able to spot a bargain. I had long fancied one of those gliding chairs but I think they are about £300.00 and extra for the stool!

Luckily I don't seem too hormonal at the moment although I do have terrible road rage every morning trying to get dd3 to school and then dd4 to childminder in time for the childminder to do HER school run, and then to work. Honestly I go there for a rest....

Roll on end March when I can give up

Evening All,

Managing to maintain hormone levels just about I think (your post made me laugh Amanda - I remember being given a seat at about this stage when pg with DS and spending the rest of the journey with tears rolling down my face. Not at all the desired reaction for anyone but just completely uncontrollable!). Wish I could say the same for maintaining the vast sideways human mountain I've become. Have put on at least 2 stone, if not more... it was two stone last time I went near the scales. Kind of odd for me, since that took me back to the weight I was before I started WW when DS was about 1, but I guess because of the concentration of the weight, I've ended up feeling absolutely HUGE. And I know from last time that I'm only going to get bigger so its not a joyous thought I have to say. I've reached that really lovely stage now when I struggle to tie shoe laces and happily just walk away from things I drop on the floor cos frankly life's too short to spend the amount of time it'd take to pick it up!

Glad to hear about your dad MrsEvs; FT40 - if friend hasn't had children of her own yet, then I order you to remind her of idiotic comments when she does!; Allyco - just keeping sitting still with legs crossed as many days as you can at this stage, every day counts. Grim about the puking, poor thing.

Can't wait to finish work now (I only do two days a week and really really lucky in that Mum & Dad look after him and are happy to carry on even when I've finished work). Had told work that I would finish on 3 March, but spent a lot of time in office today working out how many days holiday I've got left and when the potential maternity cover I've secretly been lining up finishes another freelance job and therefore when she could take over and I could finish)

Feel like I'm rambling now so I'm off to see if DH has made any supper, before I fall asleep in front of the telly in bed (again! )

Am quite tempted to weigh myself but they might do it for me at the hospital this week - and seeing the dial round the bump and obviously without my glasses on (they're very heavy..) is nigh on impossible.
I'm just going to have a short whinge now about my MIL - she's been staying for the last 2 weekends and lives abroad. This time she arranged two visits at lunchtime on sat involving us taking lunch with us to save her friends the bother of making it and then invited some people to our house for dinner on sat night. So, v stressful day hurtling about doing hostess thing. I finally got to bed at 12.30 or so leaving all the clearing up cos I was knackered and then she woke me up at 1am to ask if SHE COULD DO SOME WASHING (fgs) then she went and ran a bath for herself and spent 40 minutes soaking while I listened to bloody spin cycle and DH couldn't come to bed cos we only have one bathroom....
HA. Feel better now. Hope her flight was horrid.

Amanda she sounds dreadul! My FIL is my problem - I'm terrified he'll move in one day. He doesn't work, has no money, is very smeally and dirty and is no help around the house at all. No wonder MIL divorced him! God I'm a b**ch
I've put on loads - 1.5 stone already. Hey, ho. I like my new boobs! Never had them before.....!

Now, would it be uncharitable to my bump to say I'm very glad that when it arrives we'll no longer have a spare room for her to stay in! tee hee. (Though she did ask if we were going to have the garage converted...) Luckily DH finds her just as trying - you'll have to get your DH on side early Tonton!

I've been threatened with having the garden shed converted for FIL!!! I said it would be a marriage breaker so dh shut up!

luckily dh burnt our shed down.
Have bizarrely changed name since last post as discovered someone "knows" me....

Damn, pepperrabbit! Love the name, but who are you? Everyone post quickly and we'll see who she's not!?

These inlaws sound awful. I am quite lucky with my MIL, whom we stayed with at the weekend. Bar the odd comment about parenting differences (inevitable? and done with a 'you know best of course' sniff) she is fairly laid back!

I have been feeling a bit gloomy and sorry for myself, wondering if I need a bit more red meat or maybe a swift kick up the jacksy. So not really much to report! My blood pressure keeps popping up, not enough for them to threaten action, but I wondered if that is likely to make you feel like sht or do you feel like sht which in turn makes your bp go up? if you see what I mean... Also don't know if my poor baby is silently suffering in turn from my general exhaustion, uptightness or increased bp...

Just to pep me up a bit tho, I won a groovy carseat on the home page which will of course be welcomed by one or other child in future months...

Allyco, hope your body is behaving.

It's not me! I'm still allyco!

I am now resigned to another 12 weeks of being sick and feeling like death, because it;s not going to go away.

Am seeing midwife on Thursday and she will no doubt say go into hospital agsain for some more fluids and I feel so crap I probably will, just for the day .

I have never had problems with high blood pressure, mine has always been v. low. A friend had high BP and ended up in hospital because of it and she said she had no idea there was anything wrong because she didn't have any synptoms or anything...

Little man is very active so he must be getting what he needs from me before I puke it up again I have a strange dip in my bump around the navel area and I am sure this means the baby is posterior becauxe I had this with my DD3.

Hope everyone is okay and working hard? Who is rabbit woman???

Oh dear, you're all excited and it's only me and I'm really quite dull. Obviously I'd have to whisper my real name. The annoying thing is that it's a lurker not even a poster who seems to know who I am in RL. She mentioned it yesterday and I'm far to much of a blabbergob (2nd choice of name by the way!) to keep me a secret and my nickname was far too close to my real name anyway.
Allyco, so sorry that you're feeling so ill still - are you still going to be allowed to work - sounds like you need signing off to me. Take care of yourself.
I can't belive we've only got 12 weeks to go!

Hi
Its not me either, I'm still FirstTimer40 (although the idea of someone eg at work working out who I was after all the personal things I have said on here is a bit scary)
And was is even more scary is that I only have ten and a half weeks to go (am due 1 April)
Am feeling much more cheerful now (went to aquanatal today which helps)but am definitely nesting? Do I really want to buy all that cute Winnie the Pooh cot bedding from Mothercare ?
Take care all

My doula just called me to see how I'm doing. I have nothing of any interest to report to her - I'm very lucky. However next week I'm seeing the obstetrician to dicuss the brith as I had an em cs last time. Hope she'll have my notes - it was 6 years ago & I can barely remember a thing! Plus I have my glucose test and last time I had gestational diabetes. Going to enjoy the sugar while I can!!

My glucose test is tomorrow so have to confess to eating 2 chocolate biscuits today as a mini rebellion - had GD last time so not much hope for me - having said that how cross will I be if I wasted 6 months of guilt free chocolate eating time! (very cross actually).

Erm. Ooops. Hello. Happy New Year. I've just realised how long it's been since I posted.

Not long to go now, ladies, eh? It's getting so very real now. I'm currently chasing all my newborn moses baskets, baths etc. around to get them back soon because I've lent them out to various people. We've got to start decorating a nursery soon otherwise it will never happen.

The midwife could tell that baby was head down at the last appointment. Yipeeeeee! O.K. so he can probably still turn somersaults every minute in there at the moment but I never had anyone ever tell me that with DS1, who turned out to be breech so I am feeling optimistic about that natural birth.

I hope everyone's doing well. I hope there've been no more contractions, Allyco.

Ii's official. I am a bad mother. Had a WHOLE glass of champagbne last night. I didn't ask for it, it was just given to me ..,and somehow I failed to give it back. And I had smoked salmon. Should I join a help group?!!

ooh tonton, what were you doing that involved champagne and smoked salmon?

still vomming everywhere (sorry if TMI) .

Was at midwife yesterday, and BP still v low. Little man is breech currently and may stay that way because of my fibroid. If he does that is apparently a definite reason for a c-section and I really don't want one of those again. Does anyone know why you can't have a vaginal delivery with a breech baby??

Mmmmmm Champayne!

I don't think they can force you to have a C - Section if you don't want one but they may put the pressure on to change your mind to what they currently think is the safest option.

Hospitals used to recommend natural births over C - Sections with breech babies, didn't they? The only thing is that they consider it a lot more risky for those who have already had a C - section than those who haven't. How many sections have you had and was your last birth natural? I think that'll all make a difference to your consultant.

Hi Spots. DH and I went to a posh-ish restaurant last night - I had an offer from a magazine. They served champagne to everyone at the start of the meal. And I drank it. The smoked salmon was a starter part of which was meant to be raw but they changed it so it was all smoked or cooked. So far so good!
DD2b is kicking like a black belt at the moment. Sometimes, up, sometimes down, and often straight to the baldder. Most unpleasant. I actually felt her foot last night. Very strange!

Allyco, I have no experience of c/s but I did read somewhere that so few midwives and doctors ever get to deliver breach babies that it's a rare skill as it were. seems a bit like a self fulfilling prophecy as an excuse to me! Perhaps you could ask what experience your doctor/midwife has with breach deliveries? So sorry that you're still poorly, must be miserable.
Tonton - did you get squiffy on one glass? I had a glass of champagne on New Years Eve (I remember it well!) and could hear myself telling outrageous stories! Never did have a head for alcohol though - think that's what attracted DH....

My baby inside is breech currently; yes I believe they can flip around like nobody's business, still, but I wondered the same thing as you Allyco. Will ask my SIL who is dr of m/wifery, out of curiosity, and pass on what she says. A very useful SIL to have!

Tonton, very of your meal out. Salmon is very good in so many other ways, if you've avoided the very unlikely instance of bugs making their home in it I think you ought to give yourself bonus food points actually. And do you know, I think you can have a bonus champagne point too, just for the hell of it.