Dec '06 - Still clinging onto sanity.

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First day for ds tomorrow!

Dd would rather like to go with him

Dr didn't want to change med completely since in terms of passing stools with ease and not being impacted the fibrogel was working and he said that movicol and lactulose work on the same principal and since lactulose had been a bit of a disaster with us he didn't think movicol would work. He did, however, agree that he needed to go more frequently and we've added a morning dose of senna to the mix. So far so good, he is going daily (yes I do get him to sit for a while which now works, before senna it didn't). We've not been going long enough for him to start knowing when he needs a wee but he is far happier about being promted, perhaps realted to pooing more or perhaps we just hit a good week, who knows!. Hopefully so long as his techer remembers to tell him to go at break, lunch etc rather than asking him if he needs to go then we will be ok.

Anyway, pretty mcuh everything labeled, food for packed lunch purchased (please,please let him come home after 2 days demanding school dinners!). Not shorted all the trousers yet as I ran out of wonderweb .

I feel like shit and I'm fed up. Since getting pregnant I've literally caught another cold a couple of days after the previous one goes away. I feel slightly sick and woozy all teh time. I'm breathless (just been tested yet again for anaemia and came back normal, in fact higher reading than before I got pregnant), I need to sit down after going up the stairs and have a lie down and 40 winks after taking the dcs to the park (literally 1 min walk where I push them on the swings a bit then sit at the table while they race around with whcihever of the village kids are there that day). Satring tomorrow I'm going to be walking about 5 miles a day on top of whatever I do with dd during the day. Is it february yet?

I found out last week when checking details of applying as a mature student with admissions at the university that if I want to be considered for March 2013 entry then I need to apply with the September 2012 round of admissions. That means applying this autumn! Argh! I'm giving myself 2 chances to get in, I'll apply this autumn for March 2013 then if I don't get in I'll apply next auntumn for September 2013. If I don't get in then I'll need to find a job of some description. That is kind of the agreed timeframe for having this baby, either I get on midwifery and we struggle through the degree knowing there is a well paid career at the end or I need to start work of some description when dd starts school so we can afford to have the 3rd one . I feel like I'm 17 again faced with form filling and personal statements.

Wow! you've got your hands full, Indith. As far as ds1 goes, the cod liver oil made a big difference with ds1. Of course, even the lemon flavored tastes terrible so I give it in an oral syringe that is half-filled with strawberry syrup (and try not to think of red dye!)

I had pregnancy rhinitis with ds2. It was awful. I was stuffed up much of the time. Such a surprise as I had felt really marvelous during much of my pregnancy with ds2.

It's all Greek to me jabber but then I don't get a lot of the english stuff either as I grew up with a different system. 2 days in, fair amount of tears but he is ok. I find all the worrying I am doing fairly exhausting though. Tis v v nice just having 2 at home, especially as dts are being super delightful.
Oh dear indith. How are you ending up walking 5 miles a day? This is what I focussed on most! Could you do a swap with another mum and pick up her child once a week etc? Everyone does this at my school. Can dh not drop him off one morning a week? Sounds like you're exhausted already and tramping around in the cold won't help. I'm a bit bemused about the course/job thing, must read it again! You're putting yourself under a lot of pressure, do you have to do it all??

lol, AQ, kindergarten is at age 5 so pre-k 3 is at age 3 etc.

Indith, I can't imagine doing that much walking even when not pregnant! I like AQ's idea of finding someone to share the school run with.

I'm sure as things go along a friend will help me out, our boys are already friends and she lives up my back road. I think it will be easier once he is on full days. It is when dd starts nursery that I'm dreading as that adds another trip there and back! On the plus side it will be great for getting back into shape after the birth!

University, courses etc. In brief if I want to retrain I ideally have to start at university when baby is a year to 18 months. It will be a tough 3 years financially but there will be a career at the end of it. If I don't do that then when baby is a year to 18 months I will have to get a job so I need to apply now, to give myself 2 application cycles to get into university (so I can fail to get in first time and work on my weaknesses for the second time). I think the more worrying thing for me is that this is it, it isn't work, I look forward to to starting courses, using my brain and having something else to focus on, I'm just owrried about getting the application right, I'm worried about not getting in and having to then rethink my future. TBH I don't see starting to study when baby is a year old as a problem, I was back in lectures when ds was 10 days old and I've found it tough after dd with nothing to focus on other than children. I know it will be harder as there will be ds and dd too and they are very used to having me around all the time but they will be at school (or nearly for dd) so shouldn't see too much difference.

I need to go and sort out my house a bit. I'm definitely ill so not at bf group today, dh has takent he day off work to watch the rugby (first day of the world cup) so he took ds to school and is playing lego with dd in front of the tv but his brother is coming around lunchtime and with my being ill all week the house is, erm...interesting to say the least. I'm sure BIL will understand but he is an absoluely OCD clean and tidy freak and his house would never, never in a million years look anything like this.

Hope you do feel better soon Indith, everything seems overwhelming when you're ill. I'm sure you've got the whole thing sorted re: study/work, it just sounds exhausting to me! I do enjoy being back at work although I am going to look to do some study or get another job when dts are at school. Not sure what I can do that will allow me to either work term-time or earn enough to pay for 4 sets of childcare but shall give it some thought in due course.

Think I'm getting it now, jabber best go have some wine...Apparently I have an infected lung for several weeks now, have to get an xray next week to check it's nothing worse. It had been painful, but I'd kinda got used to it. Have to start on ABs tomorrow so wine tonight whilst I still can. Although...I do have to get up with the dts and keep them occupied all day. Hmmm.

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ouch, AQ, hope it's nothing too serious.

ds1 has strep again! 2nd time within a month. AND, the dog has an ear infection so got AB's for him which promptly caused massive diarrhea.

Fun, fun, fun

everyone's ill arent they...:(

I had my scan today and my Mirena coil has definitely been expelled by my body . Not sure where this leaves me with my heavy/long periods tbh. Sigh. back to GP...

Glad it went out and not...elsewhere. How about going on the pill? That always made my periods much lighter.

It made me go a bit mad the last 3 tries, Jabber...

oh dear...how about the ring thing?

er, what ring thing?

Don't you have NuvaRing there? It has hormones similar a mirena coil but not released so much into your system as BCP so might be a happy medium for you. My niece used it and was pleased.

Not heard of it Jabber. ThinkI'll have to see what my GP says.

Oh dear, EV, that's horrible . It's amazing how a simple thing like contraception becomes such an issue for women. My dsis is having to have her IUD removed surgically as it's grown in or some such rubbish. Phaps there are new options now for managing heavy periods, they seem to invent new things regularly.
Had xray today so hope they'll tell me in 2 weeks that I'm fine. ABs not working so far and I've got a urine infection as a result of too many ABs this year argh.
hope ds1 & puppy are better now, jabber. We're just heading into that lovely period of sickness, aren't we? Now ds2 is at school too, no doubt twice the chance of infection. But I am enjoying autumn, it's by far my favourite time of year. I'm ready to stick a scarf on and look at the leaves falling.
How are the dec 06 babies doing at school? I missed phonics meeting tonight as I couldn't sit up without pain, but ds2 seems quite happy except when I drop him off. And ds1 still largely clean which fingers crossed might mean we've finally got it.
Indith, how is sleep/school/uni app/soiling going?

AQ I hope they find a quick fix. Two weeks seems an awfully long time to wait.
Very happy to hear about your ds1. That's been a long time coming. Here's a virtual toast

AQ - hope you start feeling better soon.

Dd2 is at the end of her 2nd week at school. It was all going really well but she is full time and now so tired she cried during swimming and ballet this week...

Goodness AQ, hope you get healthy soon! Fantastic that ds1 is doing so well, hope it continues

EV Do things like the implant or injection not help with periods?

Ds has been exposed to far too much rugby so far this world cup, his pirates begin their battles with a cry of "engage!".

Ds adores school, only had 3 days of going full time though and he is so tired this weekend. He isn't sleeping all that well so I think while he loves it he is doing a lot of processing at night. He got a certificate this week for science [proud]. Apparently he got it for pulling up a carrot . He has been great at school, just one wetting accident but this weekend has been terrible with several soiling incidents. Hope it is just tiredness and really hope that he manages well at school next week. Dr again on Tuesday just to follow up how the addition of senna is going. I'm finding it quite hard not knowing for certain how many times he has gone to the loo at school, if he has done a poo or not etc!

Hi all, glad dc are enjoying school and they'll surely get used to the tiredness by erm..april? We've had a busy weekend as it's dp's 40th on Tues so I did a Mexican party for him this afternoon complete with pinata (don't know how to do the squiggly thing!). Went quite well (esp bashing the poor donkey so the sweets fell out), but we've both come down with colds and feel completely knackered now. I feel so fed up at being ill for several months running now, seems I only just recovered from last bout of sinusitis and here it is again. Think the lung is better, not as painful anyway. If I was remotely fit I'm sure I wouldn't come down everything, I never used to.
at ds's award for pulling up a carrot, indith! They gave ds1 a merit for essentially not pooing but couched it in very discreet way. BTW, we used a notebook between home & school to keep track of all of that stuff - it's in their best interests as well as yours so worked reasonably well.
thanks for the toast, jabber, you know exactly how hard it is. What worries me is that ds1 still not taking any responsibility for his body - diet choices for example so I've had to take him off hot dinners as I can't trust him. Surely at nearly 8 he should be able to do this?

I dunno AQ, I still can't trust ds1. He has a form in place at school that allows him to have juice instead of milk but who knows what he is actually drinking

Sounds like you need to move to a warmer climate - the Southern US :)

I'm joining AQ with the sinuses. My head may well explode at any moment, even my eye socket and jaw hurt . I had about 2 days when I still had a cough but the headache had gone and now my flipping sinuses are acting up. I do NOT want to be pg any more.

Ds is going to switch to school dinners. We get eh menu sent home and they choose what they want and the choices are sent into school so we know exactly what they ahve been given. I think it only works because the school is very small so the teachers know all the names which makes it easy to make sure they all have what tehy have ordered.

Tip off of the week, Lidl have fantastic wellies in for kids with grippy, insulated soles and wooly, removable liners. I got some for this winter, even if the wellies themselves turn out ot be rubbish I'll stick the liners in their current ones, the whole lot costs less than a pair of fleece welly socks.

Indith, ds1 has got this drug-free sinus spray called NASA mist which you might b able to take? Basically water, I'm going to get one for myself and the sinus rinse too, it's just new from the states. Worth asking about?
Ds2 has 1st school dinner today, I told him it was like a cafe and he was fine about it then!
We have wellies a gogo here AND fleece liners but didn't seem to work last dec. I'm considering snow boots already.
Jabber I'm sure you're right, expecting too much as usual (me that is)

Indith, it says suitable for pregnancy on the box btw.

I shall attempt to remember to ask about that when I pick up ds' prescription tomorrow, thanks AQ.

Is it bedtime yet?

House a tip as usual, friend's mum is bringing the dcs round to play tomorrow afternoon. Can I put he dcs to bed yet?