AUGUST 2008 - Relax and Enjoy

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LOL! I didn't want to put any pressure on "you know who."

congratulations J

Helloooo Tweaky :) I want to say: do you remember that when you found out you were expecting DD you couldn't remember your dates and said your periods had been a bit wonky since they started again? You do know you may not be overdue at all maybe she just isn't due yet? scans are not always right!

Evening all.

Raises a glass of diet coke to Cyteen, SoontobeMrCyteen and Little J.

ooh that reminds me Cyteen...... AIBU to want to shout from the rooftops "I haven't got piles"

having suffered horrendously during DS's pg (some of you may remember me having to sit in a bowl of saline solution each evening ), i was determined that they wouldn't get so bad this time!!!

Very quickly, happy birthday J! Enjoy your wine Cyteen

3 cheers for lack of piles!

hmm I do oops, but what can I do about it? I feel like I'm caught up in the system and the system says 40+12=induction
I only worked out the date of my period because of something I'd said on here

thanks buckets

You just hide from the system! Do some research and unless one of you is actually in danger, refuse the induction. You'll probably have to go in every day from +12 but if you stand your ground they can't make you. My friend holds the record at Southampton for going +18 before induction (she was due the same week as Kurt!).

Tweaky - she will come before then! It is just a sign of her cool relaxed personality.

thanks girls

buckets.. i know about getting monitored daily etc but that in itself is a pain in the bum. I'm too big to drive, DS car seat in DH's car and only me/DH insured to drive it.
i'm v impressed with your friend's stamina! So was she induced in the end?

i need to think positive...she'll come when she's ready which is fine with me as long as its before.... ooh just counted..next friday I thought wednesday was our cut off

off to dream (again) about Pea arriving...only to be surprised she hasn't when i wake up!

night all, hope the sleep fairies visit you all tonight

tweakers of course YADNBU Long may the devil's arsegrapes stay away.

She was terrified of induction (had it with her 1st) and yes ended up with one and had a most unpleasant time I believe :-(

ok, i don't want to hear anymore then thanks buckets!

devil's arsegrapes.... fantastic

oh cyteen, i've introduced alot of people to the word 'whoremoans' and they all love it!

well girls, i really thought things were happening last night! went to bed at 10.15, did some nipple tweaking, had a lower bump cramp, got up at 10.30. for an hour i had regular surges and then they stopped so i went to bed! i'm now up again 3 hours later because i can't sleep but no surges, just can't sleep
I discovered two useful things about my hour last night though...1) it would seem my body hasn't forgotten what to do which is very encouraging
2) It would also seem that DH in early labour is going to be an absolute pain in the bum (if he's here). He hoovered all of downstairs (to be fair, mainly the birth room but still!), cleaned the kitchen, emptied dish washer etc etc. All very useful stuff obviously but i just wanted quiet and his faffing wasn't helping! oh and he started quizzing me about how and why DS had managed to draw on one of the tables. told him that i would discuss it another time and that now was not that time! i did ask him to stop all his faffing around but he reckons its what he does every night before going to bed I then pointed out that what i was doing wasn't, and i wanted him to just go to bed in case Pea was arriving and that i needed him awake later on in the morning. I have no idea what time he actually went to bed but it was a long time after me! hey ho, lessons learnt and all that!

oh and good morning all!

Morning Tweaky I think from that description of last night you need to wait for DH to go to work, send T for a walk with your mum/friend/random stranger walking past the door and get tweaking!

DD1 is sitting in the middle of the floor with a muslin on her head yelling 'you can't see me!' over and over again.

off to make tea -anyone fancy a cup?

Morning.
teakers do send your dh to mine to nest if it annoys you. i'll happily use him:)

am not good at late nights.
was pfaffing around on puter/skyplus/reading til after 11 when dh got home so am now tired. know it is not late by many standards but i am a gal who needs her sleep. . dc parked in front of tv. i have tea. mmmm.

planas for today: see friends at some stage this morning, then after lunch/ds's nap got up to the farm/forest and have a romp around.

Morning. Silver Dollar Pancakes, freshly squeezed orange juice and Kona Coffee for you all.

Tweakers Perhaps you should txt him to say 'I love you so much and only ask one thing of you when D-Day arrives: just LISTEN to me!' It's really not much to ask imo and he really seems to be feeling a bit helpless and wrapped up in what his role is doesn't he?

More moneyspending today, need to buy a vat of glucosamine as my limp wrists are returning from last autumn, need a new office chair (though Cheapy McChips from Ikea will have to do), want to try Bio-oil as a night cream. Have also decided that since nobody eats what I cook from scratch, grocery bills will be going up this month. Also want to buy lots of shelves so Ikea it is then (cue argument about who will put them up though).

Whoops, sorry I only have Fruitloops after all.

but buckets he has a role...his role is to do as he's told and not irritate me! but yes, reminding him that he needs to listen to me is a good idea. he was sweet, went upstairs to get some socks for me and even put them on as well so it wasn't all bad! He was very keen to start phoning people (also one of his roles) but i managed to convince him we should wait a little while to make sure things were really starting! bloody pleased i did!

albs great idea,thanks. he'll be over at about 4am tomorrow

vg i can guarantee it was a 'what shall i do whilst tweaks is in early labour' nesting.

oops i think you're right there but i'm going to wait and have a nap with DS first. I only had 3hrs last night and that was in two stints I'm currently fueling up on chocolate cake!

oh and i don't know what silver dollar pancakes are but they sound like a damn good idea to me!

DS watching Button Moon on DH's laptop at the moment

Morning

DC's at CM's, i have run 6k plus other gym stuff, showered, breakfasted and done 1/2hrs work. Am in need of a break lol

buckets i am admiring your kick back stylee. Will the BucketHousehold know what has arrived?

tweakers I should go and sit on the loo or in the bath and shut the door if DH has another manicmustkeepmyselfbusyandnotpanicaboutanewbaby moment! Hope you get some peace and relaxation today

Sounds like a lovely day AlBS

Ooh VG my deepest sympathies. Sleeping in contact lenses is awful.

tweakers just let him get on with it, as long as he remembers to put the kettle on once in a while who cares what else he's doing

FFS. <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=www.antiquespectacles.com/glossary/images/eyebath.jpg&imgrefurl=www.antiquespectacles.com/glossary/glossary.htm&usg=__EcsiZrBuyaHKVrmegyymtoLHeMY=&h=432&w=298&sz=14&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=_BLVtuTZC5jH5M:&tbnh=144&tbnw=109&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deyebath%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D583%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=156&ei=kG9_TP2SDcKSjAeE-6xl&oei=gW9_TKuJCILAswbml4jlDw&esq=4&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&tx=60&ty=94" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eyebath!

I quite often forget to remove lenses when I wear them (usually for a night out so am too bladdered to remember lenses, make up etc .) But mine are daily disposables so I know they're still more hygienic than they would have been were I still doing all that daily cleansing kerfuffle. But the crusty eyeglue is indeed pretty startling first thing.

Ikea done, got spinny chair, linen bin and 10 cheap white brackets so I can get my dad to saw, prime and paint me some custom length shelves out of floor boards (a far cheaper option.) My mum and DNiece came too so I got a bag of mini dime bars snuck in my bag on the way out. Gotta love my mum.

lol, your mum sounds like mine buckets. i've got two tubs of rocky road that seem to have appeared in my cupboard after her last visit. well done on the successful shop!

crisp good idea! and if i take my iPod with me, I won't be able to hear him either

fortunately he's still working full time so i've only got the evenings with him 'helping'!

DS and I just had an exceptionally long nap so we're ready to conquer the day now

Hi everyone.
Sorry I've been absent again. DP and I been having a bit of a rocky time. He's been all quiet/withdrawn/uncommunicative and our sex life is uninspiring to say the least. I ended up having a bit of a hissy fit at him on Monday (not the best response, I know) Been trying since to get out of him what the problem is and FINALLY last night he opened up about it all. Feels that we don't get time to really have a relationship, he works too hard for too little reward, he feels trapped in his job with no way out. he's just generally very very low right now. :( He even cried, which is not like him at all so he really is feeling down. Worse still I couldn't come up with anything constructive to suggest.

S seems to be recovering nicely from the pox, but still can't go out yet as he hasn't properly crusted over yet

springa DSs social confidence is also very low. He actually seems to be scared of other children. When we go out, he will just cling to me, but once the other children are gone he's off to play on the toys. Even when he does relax a bit to play he doesn't join in with other kids at all.

cyteen I'm no expert at all, but I'm sure he's fine :) no harm in getting him checked out though is there? One of DS's 'friends' is a month younger but he doesn't speak AT ALL. It wouldn't bother me, but I find some of his other behaviour a little odd, and it makes me wonder if he has a problem of some sort. Last time we saw him, he made this monotonous droning/humming noise the entire time.

tweaky As others have said, you can refuse induction - I did with S as you probably remember. He was born at 40+18 in the end. Although I won't lie it was stressful!