June 07 - The one where we welcome Tallulahbelle's twin girls into the world :0)

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hello

although I'm probably talking to myself.

I'll be very pissed off it if did happen....not 37 weeks till Sunday.....its just a back-up plan!

No nesting yet....house is like the pits, so pretty sure no baby just yet

Right, off to bed for me as well. night x

Daisy...have replied on FB

DH threatened not to let me sit in our car in case I made a mess of the nice leather seats . In the event we lined the seat with a disposable changing mat - water proof on one side absorbant on the other. Not that it was required, things didn't get messy until I was in the labour ward thankfully.

I think we ran out of towels MW suggested taking a load with us in case anything happened on the way to hospital (I was not having my baby on the A64). That was with DS2 when a MW came out to our house and sat with me until she decided it was time to go to hospital and we went in convoy. Wouldn't happen now I don't think!

looks like another miserable weekend here. only rain, no storms, but enough to keep us in and keep the washing wet

Plus my mum has rung now, rather than tonight as I'd pplanned, so I've nothing to look forward to.

DH got home from work at 1am last night. He is so nice, he gave someone with car troubles a lift home when they found out he had no spare tyre. These people wouldn't piss on DH if he was on fire though

Anyone know what the M&S dine in offer is this week? I fancy a treat.

not that I have had chance to speak to anyone yet. DS1 is talking to his cousin...

Sorry you're feeling miserable Ria. I'm enjoying DD having a nice long nap. Then I think we're all having a stroll into town when she wakes to do a little shopping and see if I can tickets for me and a friend to see Andy Parsnip Parsons at our arts centre in a couple of weeks.

It's sunny

we are going to brave the biting wind and go for a walk on the beach

didn't go

AIBU to be a bit annoyed that someone who used to come round for DS1 when they were at primary, but has picked on him on and off for the last year or so turned up on our doorstep at 12.15, and is still here because his parents are still out (at the pub IME) and the other 2 friends he usually goes to are out? Just because we said hello to his DM in the supermarket the other day...

and DH isn't getting a break because all the other staff have pissed off home

and my house smells of the market research woman that has just beem

I am not having a good day.

If I had gone out I would have avoided all of this.

aw ria, sorry your having a bad day, not its not unreasonable to be annoyed with it, i hate ppl who dump their kids on unsuspecting neighbours/friends.

my kids wont nap. and i need a sleep.
had booking in today at hospital, had a crappy midwife. AIBU to expect my midwife to speak english and be computer literate?
she had no interest in my worrys about the labour, refused me a homebirth because ive moved and im no longer in the catchment area.
so basically, when my bloods come back, if the GBS is negative im going to change to my local hospital, im not having a 3 hour labour in a cab on the way to the hospital, it will be stressful and crappy.
ok rant over!

where is everyone atm? its so quiet on this thread, you'd better all come back soon cos im getting lonely

sorry about your appt at hospital. doesn't make it any better but maybe it's cos it was a Saturday? I think I would be happier with my hospital nearer TBH. have you had a homebirth before?

He went home at 3.30. I didn't give him any lunch, I don't know whether to feel or not about that, but I didn't think he liked DS1 any more, so I'm going to say we're going out next time!

only booked in there cos its where i had ellen, and its the bext hospital in london for complicated pregnancies, and the GBS is whats complicating it.

not had a homebirth b4, but pain relief just makes me sick, and hospitals make me panicy. ive got no one to take the kids at 5am, which means hubby will have to stay home. will proob have a very short labour so will prob have baby on the way rather than in hospital anyway. so no real good points to hospitals for me to be honest.
where as at home, i can get my friend to collect my kids in the day, if its at night i would just leave them in bed while i have the baby. theres no mad dash to the hospital,
i can get in the bath, and eat. i can climb into my bed whens it over and actually sleep. DH will be there to help first night, etc etc. so many positives i MIGHT actually enjoy birth rather than being terrified the whole time.

but we'll see, if i have GBS it will be elective c-section, cos im not giving birth too quickly, and having a baby on antibiotics and people prodding him/her all the time again. plus its scary, cos babies that dont get the antibiotics in time can be born very sick, and thats ALL i think about the whole labour. (and for about 3 weeks b4 birth lol)

long essay lol, i need someone to talk to about it as DH isnt interested doesnt think its important how i give birth long as the baby is ok
hes an arse atm anyway, so he compounded it today by saying i should just switch anyway to the local hospital, but my local one dont even screen for GBS let alone give out electives. he annoys me

OK, plenty of good reasons there then Natty! I don't mean to be dim but what is GBS? Are you able to meet with someone at the local hospital to discuss their provision for it if you do need to be in hospital? do you have a community midwifery team or just hospital care?
I have to say I never considered a home birth, I like the idea of being able to leave all of the icky bits of birth in the hospital! I do wish I'd come home straight after baggins was born though, instead of staying overnight, but I think that thought is maybe down to the circumstances surrounding DHs work at the time rather than anything else.

DH did get home for a brief break, but he is knackered, he shouldn't have gone back so soon the other week when he was meant to be "resting" his immediate boss has had 3/4 days off this week, and turned up for only an hour or so this morning before vanishing. They have taken on someone new (apparently to reduce DHs workload, and he leaves on the dot of 2pm and 9pm, not waiting around to finish the job and tidy up), the only possible good thing today is they're washer-up person is off, so if DH has to do loads of scrubbing he'll bugger his arm up and be off sick again

ahh, my grammar has gone to pot. Bloody Saturdays!

natty, a friend of mine was GBS positive and still had a home birth without antibiotics. From talking to her about it, I understand that the chances of it passing to baby are quite low, but the consequences are quite serious. I didn't think GBS meant a complicated pregnancy, just the risk of complications after labour. From the chat on my AN thread at the time as well, they were saying that it comes and goes as well, so testing positive early on in pregnancy doesn't mean the test will still be positive at term. It seems to be one of these things that there is so much conflicting opinion about amongst medical professionals.

And at the end of the day, they can't really deny you a home birth can they?

oh, and lol ria, that reads like saturdays are responsible for your dodgy grammar

sorry you're having a bad day.

Bumble and I did a bit of shopping. I bought some bits for DD and DS2 and got myself a leather satchel in the sale in GAP to use as a changing bag...it's so soft and gorgeous...and I bought a sarong for my weekend at Centerparcs, to hide my humungous, wobbly, lardy, dimpled thighs and "barely disguised by a swimsuit" overhang. Whatever possessed me to want to go there??????

hospital is saying im too far away to send a midwife out to me.
if i change hospitals then i will be ok, but i wont do that if ive got the strep still, cos my friends baby nearly died from it and ive seen it if you know what i mean.
its 2% to my knowledge that contract it, and i know its unlikely, but if baby contracts it, he/she CAN stop breathing at birth and by the time you get to hospital its to late. it think it seems much more real and scary when you;ve seen a poor little baby wired up and on a ventilator cos of it.
but im a worrier at the best of times anyway lol (you'd never have guessed would u )

I was blaming Saturdays!
suppose I should feed my children

I am going to ring DM again later (ran out of free hour after DS1 & his cousin) so I will have to pretend to be upbeat and jolly

I will have to make an effort to leave the house tomorrow.

My cot we used as a playpen was freecycled today and the mattress is going to a retired greyhound kennels

aw ria, im hiding in my house to atm, weather makes u miserable.
mine are going to bed at 6 tonight, they are driving me maad, tom wont nap, and ellen is just crying, crying, crying!

That's fair enough natty . Arse at you being too far away for a MW though. It's very peaceful here, just me and a snuffly Bumble.

How I ever thought I wasn't coping when I only had one child! One is a piece of cake now

Oops, my peace is about to be shattered; DH's car has just drawn up outside.

later xx

lol dasiy i was thinking that the other day when it was just me and DS, that he is easier to handle when its only him

Ria, Natty, sorry you've had hard days.

Afraid I've had a blissful afternoon - 1 and a quarter hour facial was absolutely lovely and included an arm and hand massage as well as a face, neck and upper back massage I did spend a small fortune (£15) on one of their products but my voucher covered the cost of the facial and £13 towards the product. Yes product singular, £28 for a tube of face mask . I basically thought this was the only way I could afford such an item though. But my skin feels really soft and she gave me a load of samples and a voucher for 50% off my next treatment.

Anyway. pizza then film & drinks & kettle chips with DH tonight, so might not be back later.

oh jammy very
im going to bed early, kids in bed (not asleep yet) they WILL be asleep in the next hour otherwise tomorrow my name will be NattyAndAHalf tomorrow

so you wont hear from me either girls, so that means you'll all be chatty till the small hours ive no doubt

night x

do you know, I think I need something like that jammy. Something Non-Mummy. Even just for 10 minutes.
I maybe wouldn't be feeling so crap if it hadn't been for that other child, but looking at the kitchen I probably would
If I could just get on top of stuff then the parenting bit wouldn't be so hard. Maybe one day... will try harder from Monday...

And for you getting a leather satchel Daisy. Does DH know you have another bag?

DH bought hair/beard clippers today and wants me to go help him - wish me luck!

sounds like a lovely afternoon jammy . I'm having some pampering treats as part of my birthday present, but not decided what/where yet. I look awful though and am convinced I'm getting jowls

have good evenings and I hope you can get some sleep natty.

all hell broke loose when mine got back so they were packed off to bed early as well.