Helloooooooooo.
Well, as house moves went the word ?omnishambles? (which I think is a word invented by Armando Iannucci) comes to mind but things are at last starting to settle. More of that later as I have been catching up.
Blue Yeeesh what a time you?ve had. I?m glad to hear that things are under control and that the weekly scans are giving you some reassurance. It must be comforting to know that even if the Baby Blue has to arrive ahead of time it will still be ok. Your comment about munching pate at Xmas made me . I was thinking the other day that I can?t wait to have my favourite Waitrose peppercorn pate on toast after Baby Peanut makes its appearance!
You sound like you are wonderfully organised. Have you got names sorted out now? I must admit that I haven?t seen any pink accessories that really caught my eye but to be fair I haven?t been looking that hard as we are going for the same non specific look (dark wood cot, cream walls and stronger coloured accessories) that we did before! Your consultant sounds very nice! One day to go until you finish work ? yay!
Irish So sorry that AF got you ? it was all looking so promising. I am sending a big removals van of baby dust over to you pronto. Here's to a busy month
Jumping I was sorry to read that your BP has started to head up but also happy that you?d managed to keep going for this long. As you say you are getting into fairly ?safe? territory. Hopefully your Mum is installed Chez Jumping by now and that has eased the burden on you a little. I hope to see an update from you soon. I can imagine how worried you must have been about managing the care of a tiny baby and your DC?s. It must be so difficult sometimes.
Issy It gets pretty uncomfy at this point doesn?t it? I don?t have much recollection of my DS?s head being stuck in my ribs because he went head down pretty early but by god I remember him kicking me in the ribs ? all the time! It was an eye waterer to say the least. I also know what a bugger heartburn is ? I think I have my trusty fruity Rennie in every single room now! You are however the most informed new mother when it comes to baby kit that I have ever known! I?m glad that you are so sorted and nested!
I?ve been looking at your comments (and indeed others) about the swine flu jab with interest as I have the same decision to make. My inclination at the moment is ?non? but I will do some more research. I think there is a possibility that DS had it a few months ago and did indeed pass it to me as we were both really quite ill for a few days and the last thing I want is a jab for something I?ve already had. As others have said I'm loathe to take any drugs of any kind at this point. I'm also twitchy about the fact that this vaccine has been speeded through the usual processes and that the manufacturers have been granted special indemnity.
Sunny Yay you have passed the trimester of doom! Great news on your scan. I do understand the lingering paranoia and the boob prodding (although try and go easy on that because you really will make them sore) but I?m sure yoga is a good, constructive thing to do and will not have harmed the little Sunnybean. Try, try and try again to stay positive ? as someone with a tendency to take the negative train I know how difficult it is but it is worth trying. Promise
Head Having your LO in the hammock position must be really quite uncomfy. Still, at least you will have your little girl in your arms by Xmas and be all together. I know it?s wrong to feel envious but I can?t help feel a twinge ? I would have loved to have this baby before Xmas and not just because of the pate and wine. Althouth that would be nice. Still, I know that is silly really. I?m glad to see that your ?nesting? ie. working your fingers to the bone? is progressing. I can sympathise believe me, especially with the bouts of gloom when you realise how much more there is to do! I will tell you what people keep telling me ? it will all be worth it in the end. I know, I know.
Bubble, Girl, Sif Big up to you all if you are lurking.
Well, we have been in the new place for a while now but bloody hell everything has gone wrong. Really. It?s actually quite funny now. Everything has taken tons longer than we thought ? it wasn?t until we actually got in that we could see how much the previous occupants furniture was hiding. The place was filthy, the kitchen sinks had leaked and needed to be fixed, the kitchen cupboard drawers didn?t fit properly, the fridge door only had one hinge etc. All the decorating had to wait until we?d fixed the basics ? which isn?t easy when you have a toddler whose new favourite words are ?screw driver,? ?Daddy fix,? and ?Help Mummy work? etc. We then found out that the electrics were iffy and we needed a whole new junction box thingy. The loos were in a state that one could only describe as heinous. I spent the first weekend welded to my Marigolds using incredibly frightening chemicals to clean them. Why did we want an old house? Why??????
Oh and we haven?t started on the cooker. Ordered one weeks ago. Am now on 3rd cooker due to previous ones being damaged and whilst it looked good when delivered yesterday it became apparent this morning upon installation that one of the oven knobs was broken and that whenever the cooker was on so was the grill in that oven! And the light. I?m now waiting in for the engineer to come and fix it. As I said, omnishambles. And all this time I?ve been dealing with a very demanding client and my design partner with a broadband connection that we are ?borrowing? from next door as we only got Broadband in a couple of days ago.
We managed to make DS?s room lovely and the family room carpet went down yesterday and it is starting to look like a home but there is still so much to do. We can at least now unpack the dresser and hopefully get cracking on the snug and Baby Peanut?s room ? both of which have been used as dumping grounds for boxes we can?t unpack yet. I feel so guilty ? with DS we had his nursery all nearly finished by now. With this one we haven?t even started yet.
Amazingly the baby seems remarkably unaffected by all this. I am officially in my 3rd trimester now (well am 27 weeks so I have decided that should count as 3rd tri.) I had a midwife check up a couple of weeks ago and all seemed well. I can feel her (am convinced it?s a girl) kicking around as I type. She is a good deal quieter than her brother was at this point but still makes her presence felt! Am seeing the midwife again next week as she has to take my blood for testing before I have my anti D jab the week after next so fingers crossed it remains that way.
Have just realised how long this post is. This has to be a record surely?
I have missed you all. Am so happy to be back.