10/10-sunny days and sleepless nights; third trimester here we come

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Gosh this thread moves quickly!
Lil - much amused by the bed breaking incident !

Ab - If you are into real nappies let me know. A good friend of mine is selling all of her vast tonnage and I know thet are in good nick.

Can't sleep tonight soooooo hot.

1, What random piece of baby equipment have you convinced yourself that you can not live without? Not been shopping yet, but suspect it will be slings- I have loads but wore few last time as my back was bad

2, What has been your biggest pregnancy craving? None really, except cake and carb!!

3, What has been the best moment of your pregnancy so far? Bump moving, nothing beats that feeling

4, If you weren't pregnant, what would be your biggest complaint at the moment? Work.
Snog, marry, cliff(his jaw would break the fall, it wouldn't be murder!)
5, Robert Pattinson, David Tennant and Brad Pitt, Snog, marry, throw off a cliff, you decide.

iPhone playing up so second half of post:

Morning all I survived until 12 at wedding- most impressed!

I loved my tens machine- didn't think it was working, then it fell off in labour and awwwwwwww! Turns out it had been lol. Got mine from boots hired.

Waters breaking- mine did prior to any contractions. Got admitted for the duration and would recommend to avoid hosp too early- got stuck on my back constantly monitored with constant pain- will be more forceful this time not to get stuck.

Gah it's not scrolling in the post box 3rd post!

Tired feet- Norway is stunning, I'm very lucky to visit as much as I do

Moonstorm- funny, small world so is my dh trying to bring ds up bilingual (opol) and slowly getting there. Really important to us so persevering- lots of Norwegian cartoons and skype ihope the strepb doesn't dictate your birth

Dilly- ow I hope it's not and rest resolves it.

Samb - boooo to big cyst, I hope it stays out the way!

Right, breakfast and I can't bring myself to a fourth post- have fun in the heat, Norway is sunny with showers, warm but not baking!! Thank goodness!

morning ladies, please will you indulge me in a bit of a (probably hormonal!) rant?
An old school friend has come to stay for the weekend, we see each other still 4-5 times a year so I was looking forward to seeing her. However, ever since I picked her up I have felt like she just wants to pick an argument with me. Everything I said on the journey she disagreed with really strongly (even when it was pretty non-contentious). Then, its the first time she's seen our house as we normally meet back home, and all she has done is criticise it , the first thing she went on about is how dreadfully tiny it is (when actually its quite normal sized and a lot bigger than her 1 person flat) and then since then she has criticised all types of things. She went on and on about how we must have a wasps nest and we need to sort it (she saw one wasp! and it was the first I have seen all summer). She criticised where our television is, she's moaned because one of the landing floorboards creaked.... argggh I could go on and on. I really love our house and her criticisms don't bother me as they are so silly, but it upsets me that someone who is meant to be a friend would come to stay in my house and then just look for things to criticise the whole time. I suspect it is because she has issues with me being pregnant (she is very single but very broody) but I have tried so hard to be sensitive to the fact she will find my pregnancy and that of another friend hard to cope with. and I went through a whole lot before meeting DH and settling down, so its not like things have always been easy for me.

the other thing that really upset me was that she told me one of her cousin's had died unexpectedly. I obviously started being sympathetic and saying how hard it must be for everyone, but all she wanted to talk about was that they were all worried how often her aunt and uncle would get to see his baby now (due to geographical distance I assume). Made me so cross! Someone has just lost their husband and all his family are bothered about is how often they will get to take the child to play in the park or whatever. There seemed to be no concern for how she would be coping or what her needs were. It must be unimaginably hard to suddenly have a tiny child to look after while you grieve for their father. I know that if my brother died I would understand if his wife wanted to move back to her home country to be with her mother, although if she wanted to stay here I would help her in any way I could. Sorry, its just really shaken me up, I know DH's family wouldn't be like this to me, but I just am so angry for her that no one in his family is thinking about how she is coping .

anyway, I feel better having got that off my chest! had a little cry to DH about it all on the phone earlier too (I crept out of the house to ring him!). Off to see him later so hopefully that will bring a smile back to my face.

hope you all have lovely sundays

My little one appears to like Florence and the Machine, it came on the radio and immediately started kicking. He's not so impressed by the news though.

My friend isn't speaking to me now, I've text her a few times and had no replies. Nothing too heavy just asking a few general bits. Oh well, there you go. I know I've made the right decision though, don't get me wrong I have felt guilty but can't change it now.

Tired - my word how rude is she, glad your DH will be there to make you feel better. I bet your house is lovely as well.

oh no Hermya I hope that's not the case. Might she just be busy / unable to answer? Or even if she's in full on bridezilla mode now she might calm down after the wedding. She's not a good friend if she stays annoyed at you for long when its something you were very uncomfortable with.

just took friend for a walk to kill time before her train, she's managed to point out more things just in the time since I posted (some weeds I need to pull up for instance, and apparently our shower is a bit low if a very tall person ever comes to stay). I have told her about a million times this weekend how busy dh and I are the minute, you would think she could back off! Its all very odd. I really don't want to snap at her as I think she must be very unhappy, but its quite hard to take when its this persistent

aww cute that babyHermya is kicking to florence and the machine

Thanks, Hermya - they don't do real nappies in my borough though. Some surrounding ones, yes - mine, no! Stupid stupid borough. I wrote directly to them and they replied: "We do support the use of real nappies - here are some links" - and sent me two links to real nappy suppliers - but no discount or any incentive - that's not 'supporting' something, is it?!!!

Thanks, littleoldme - think I'd rather buy new though. But I'll bear it in mind.
Big warm welcome to you, btw. What date are you due? How's everything going? Have you added yourself to our stats list?

Sorry your cyst is still bothersome, samb. At least they are aware of it and monitoring you.

tiredfeet, hm, maybe she was just having an off day. I can't imagine going to someone's house and picking holes. How rude. I don't really think your being pregnant and her still single is a valid excuse - I've been in that position loads (hers, that is), and no way is it acceptable to criticise someone's home. What does it achieve??? Poor you. Hope you aren't too upset. I do think some people we do just drift away from, grow apart from - I can't be doing with bad behaviour from supposed friends. Only let-off being if she is upset about her cousin and not thinking straight/being herself - I could forgive her for that.

Hermya, don't worry just yet. Being a bride-to-be can be very time-consuming - she may just be swamped with things, or genuinely forgetful if she's had a lot on her plate. You did the right thing - no good being a BM only to look miserable and uncomfortable on the day - and in the photos.

Hi All,

Thanks for the advice Hermya though resting seems to make it worse, I can't get comfortable no matter what I do and I feel like I want to move and stretch all the time - I was pain free by bedtime last night and then as I lay down it started twinging again, I slept with a pillow between my knees and slept well but this morning my right hip was so sore - it's the same old feeling as if I'd been on a really hard bed/floor or hadn't had enough room to move in the night. As the pain is also in the knee and foot my mum reckons it's sciatica, I'm just not sure what to make of this pain in the pubic bone - I'll phone the GP in the morning I think.

Don't worry about your friend either Hermya being a bride is nearly as mad-making as being pg I reckon! It will all blow over.

Tiredfeet I'm so so sorry about your friend! You may be right about the pg thing, I have a friend who can't seem to help making barbed comments about me being pg (e.g. 'ooh, she doesn't care about the baby, she just wants the maternity dress' ) but I know how much she wants a baby so.... Horrid for you though.

We're doing the bilingual thing too

Hoping people feeling grumpy are feeling a bit better today - I was awful yesterday, just really miserable but it was so daft it made me laugh so I laughed and cried at the same time! And you needn't apologise for being down moonstorm being pg is really hard for all sorts of reasons.

So, off to the shops with DH (anyone else mad keen for ice lollies these days?) we've just been writing a letter together to the baby, DH's idea but how lovely is that? He wants us to keep it up as a sort of ongoing document - makes me a bit weepy as you might imagine.

Sorry for the long post! Enjoy the rest of the day all!
xxx

To be honest I'm not really worried at the moment. Dh has been really good at hearing me out and giving me a bit of a talking to. You're probably right, she's probably swamped. I'm just going to leave her to it for the time being.

Ah well the sun is shining and it's a lovely day, things aren't that bad.

I have just ordered by Lullabelly (www.lullabelly.com) and am hoping shipping won't take too long as I couldn't find any way of buying it in the UK. Anyone got one/heard about them?

Hi everyone just been catching up.

Had a lovely day yesterday - I had my hair done and I left DH reading the paper outside a nearby pub in the sun. Then after having my hair done we wandered round an antiques and sort of flea market with loads of interesting things to see, and went out for an early dinner. We didn't buy anything but it was great to look round. I'm pretty shattered today though as it was about 32 degrees when we were wandering around.

Today we are starting to pack the flat up ready to move - we think we might be moving early August but as we are away for nealry two weeks at the end of July we have to start now. I'm a bit worried though as bending and stretching is causing me a lot of back pain and also pains in my tmmy - even though I'm not lifting anything. I hope I'm not doing any damage.

Samantha The lullabelly looks great! I hadn't seen one before. LEt us know what it's like when you get it.

Hermya Your friend is probably very busy with the wedding, but I hope she's not mad with you - I'm sure she's not.

Tiredfeet I'm sorry about your friend - she sounds really mean! You sound like you've got the patience of a saint not to get mad with those kind of comments. I'm not very good at biting my tongue, but I have learnt to be better as DH's family can be a bit tactless sometimes...

Hi Ladies, I?m still here.
My life has been one big rollercoaster for the last few weeks and I?ve had no time to catch up with you. My home has been upside down due to building work that we are trying to get finished before Harry arrives. So I?ve been living without internet and in dust and mess; very stressful! To top it all off, my DH has just found out he is being made redundant. So I?ve been panicing for days about how we can cope when I?m finishing work in 7 weeks too. I can?t believe the timing! We?ve just spent our saving on the building work!
I guess the PG hormones don?t help but this is such an emotional and scary time.
On a positive note it was my birthday last week and my mum took me to the spa to cheer me up and we also have our 3D scan next week, so I?m looking forward to seeing Harry again.
Take care all, I?ll post again when I?ve cleared my head. Vx

PS. Sorry if I've missed any important news, I'll try and make time to catch up.

tired - Whatever the reason for your friends moaning , she does sound like hard work.

Dilly - I have quite bad SPD, I had it with DS also. I can only manage with osteopathy, it really has worked wonders. When I was about 18 weeks I had a few episodes when I couldn't walk at all, I was so scared what would happen as I got bigger. Now, as long as I am careful it is ok. you may find this helpful.

Ab - No worries about the nappies. Have you tried babykind for advice. Real nappies are fab.Little lambs are lovely for newborns. I used them for about year with DS but he is far to much of a prolific pooer to make it practical. Hope this one has better control of his bowels.

I'm expecting DS2 by elective section on OCT 18th. I love that I know when he's coming, feels very civilised. DS was two weeks late so hopeful this one won't arrive early.

Littleold thanks so much, I've read the leaflet and really happy to go to the osteopath if it will help - I've been for this hip plenty of times in the past! I can walk just fine, in fact I think it helps, it's sitting that seems to be worst....

Vikks I'm so sorry about your DH but listen, my DH was made redundant last year and I know obviously I wasn't pg then so it's v different but it really was the best thing that could have happened! He's built up his own business since then and earns quite a bit more now and is a 100 times happier. So, hang on in there, it may yet be a good thing. Make sure you get all you're entitled to benefitswise - if he can claim dole he has to sign on right away when he finishes work. Your MW can help you with child related entitlements. And we'll all be here, I bet others on this thread have had similar experiences.

Glad you had a lovely day Piesy

Vikks Is he getting any redundancy pay that could help you out in the inbetween times? Like Dilly said, you should be able to get help.

Dilly Are you feeling any better at the moment?

Hermya not too bad thanks - better for a walk (wearing trainers to do a bit of shock absorbing for my hips) and a couple of paracetomol. Trying to be really mindful! How about you? Does it hurt all the time?

Dilly No not all the time, it started off I'd go ages without feeling that inevitable spasm. But it seems to be creeping up to everyday now. I'm trying not to do too much though at the moment, but I fail miserably as I hate being cooped up.

hi ladies, been ages since i posted! iam due 10/10/10 as i no a few others are, altho i have a consultant appointment about elcs, so hopefully that date will change!

hope ur all well and just about making it thro the heat!

tired feet, get that woman out ur way and relax she sounds a right pain!!

O Hermya I'm really sorry, I was interested in what you & ILGH said about the hypermobility thing, I just never had that (wish I had I would have been ace at yoga!) but I knew my old hip/pelvis problem would rear its ugly head

Hi sophie lovely to hear from you!

We haven't heard from Daynee for ages have we? Or was she on the other Oct thread?

Dilly It's ok. To be honest, I had no idea but my physio said that she saw a lot of girls with my sort of history fall pray to SPD. But my physio was very impressed with my abduction [preens].

I wrote this at six but there was no option to post for some reason so here it is now:

I'm sitting at the waterside at a food festival, with ds asleep in the pram. Baby is kicking, there's music playing - lovely. I fear ds will not sleep now very easily this eve but he wasn't asleep
before nine and woke at about 5.45 this am so needs a catch up. I couldn't get to sleep last night either. Really hoping it wasthe busy day or heat rather than preg insomnia starting as I had that really badly with ds from about this time.

Tired, sounds like jealousy in your mate. It's rubbish though. If I'd been snarky to everyone who had kids when we were ttcing for three years the first time I'd have no friends left!

Hermya I'm sure your friend will get in touch or get over it soon. And if she doesn't now, then when she gets pg if she hasn't been yet then she might understand!

Dilly, hope your hips improve. I feel so fortunate not to have anything like that, and a lot of sympathy for those who do.

SamB I'm in the cyst gang too. Is yours ovarian? Good luck with it.

Hello littleoldme.

Moonstorm, Thats such a pity about the strep b. Fingers crossed it will all go well on the day.

Seashells, lmao at your TENS comment! I'm really wondering how it works with delivery times after having a prem. It was quick with ds, waters broke at 1am, labour didn't start properly till 3.30 I think, born at 7. Prem births are quicker apparently so if I go full term I don't know whether to expect a slower labour orvwhat. Might put a thread up on it to ask for experiences.

Think I'll take this boy home even tho he's still sleeping.

Vikks, I forgot to say sorry about your dh and the redundancy. Timing sucks.

Morning everyone- has just taken me ages to catch up and now I cannot remember enough to comment on your posts. Sorry- baby brain!!

Spent yesterday working on the house and sustained 2 broken nails, one badly bruised knuckle and I tried to kick out a piece of wall and my leg went through it so have lots of scrapes and scratches- although DH was rather amused to find me shouting with one leg poking out into the landing Although he has now decided I need to take a bit of a back seat on the renovations which is probably wise. Though am very worried we won't be in there in time.

Anyway hope that you are all well- the sun has disappeared here and is miserable today.

Morning All,

Well, just seen the GP and it is indeed SPD. He pressed on my pubic bone and I couldn't believe how much it hurt (won't be letting anyone do that again!). He's given me a referral to physios and a little pep talk about how good my attitude is and we've caught it early and I'll be fine which was nice but I'm p*ssed off, no two ways about it. I walked up to the surgery really fast and really felt the pain in my sit bones and pubic bone - humph. Humph humph humph....O well, there it is.

Er Sam....careful please! Hope your tetanus is up to date!

Aw floozie that does sound like a lovely day, I bet it is the heat stopping you sleeping, it's been ridiculous.