Pregnancy post mc: Totally Grads Part 10!

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Haha irene I'm hearing you on the too massive to move! I'm having a duvet day coz I've got a cold I've decided to try and stop thinking about when miniv is going to arrive, at least until due date, otherwise I'm going to go mental!

Hope everyone else is good

Hang in there velvet and irene - sending lots of comforting massages and duvets.

Just watched the awesome semi between NZ and Aus - Kiwis won thank goodness so all happy with DH although the final against france next week will be a nail-biter!

Did you have a nice time away cep? Hope so.

Today is my first day as lady of leisure but have made the to-do list and I think I'll be busier than I was at work!

i did have a lovely time away thanks ladies, I saw an old school friend, then stayed with another for a couple of nights, then a third in taunton (who i hadn't seen in 2 years, she had a little girl the week before i had ds) then went to my parents for the rest of the week. Mum and i went shopping for the rest of the baby stuff and had a lovely meal out for lunch. found driving a bit difficult at times when the spd kicked in as i moved foot from accelerator to break.

Now planning all my batch cooking. oh and i have a date for ds's grommet op, the 28th, now 2 weeks of mummy stressing to look forward to.

Cep you sound so organised doing batch cooking. We started that but have eaten it all already. It is just so tempting to get something out of the freezer when you're as tired as we've been lately.

Was it awful when your SPD kicked in whilst driving? I've stopped driving our car because my feet are too fat to flex properly on the pedals.

Good luck for your DS for the op.

Collie they should fit you in with the GP, headaches are can be serious due to them being a pre-eclampsia symptom. I couldn't get an appt. with GP when I had dizzy spells and fat feet etc but when I told the receptionist she made sure a nurse was available to slot me in for a bp and urine check.

Wombat lucky you getting an insight into the maternity ward. I went to the infirmary today to see where to go and nobody answered the door to the midwife unit and I couldn't find the other labour wards where I'll have to go. It was like a ghost town in there. I'm hoping we'll get another time to visit before the event [bites nails]. I didn't want to take ages finding it as DH and his friend who is up visiting were waiting in the car. Ideally DH and I should have explored it weeks ago but the lack of car thing got in the way.

Velvet hope you feel better soon, you don't want to have a cold bothering you at this stage.

What a fab gift from DH tunnocks! Will take you up on your advice to take it easy - I should in theory have 6 weeks left to sort it but I'm feeling oddly guilty about not working.... feel as if I should always be doing something to occupy my time - I think it's a hangover from childhood days when mum and dad were always on the go.....

Boo to all the colds out there - hope you feel better soon.

Sounds like a lovely time away cep.

Can you go back to the labour ward some time soon irene? I did find it reassuring seeing it from the inside.

Started a ribbon embroidery class tonight with a fellow mum to be - not my sort of thing at all normally but thought it might take my mind off labour when it strats..... friend seems pretty adept at it, but I'm feeling a bit klutzy. Will persevere and see where I get!

Hey girls

cep glad you had a good time away-sounds lovely. V impressed with the cooking. I think we'll try to do that at some point or at least get my mum to make a batch of her yummy lasagne!

collie how's the headache? It sounds like good advice to get it checked out.

irene we can't get to see our labour ward either. We went to the NHS class last Mon and the midwife doing it said they don't do delivery suite tours anymore as it takes too much time. I would have liked to have at least had a vague idea of what to expect.

Had a lovely weekend. DP had organised a surprise meal for my birthday with all my friends as he thought I needed cheering up now I'm getting to the uncomfortable stage of pg. Bless him it was a complete shock as he's not good at keeping secrets-especially from me

Bump's movements are really erratic at the moment. One day moving tonnes and then the next not that much (though probably not few enough to warrant a visit to hospital) It does freak me out on the quieter days though. Anyone else getting this?

Wombat I think the embroidery thing sounds good. When I was in labour last time I did my horticulture class homework to take my mind off it.

Am hoping to go to the hospital tomorrow. I don't care if I don't see the labour ward, just the correct reception area would be good enough.

Minnie how nice of your DP, he sounds like a star.

The baby feels like he's dropped a bit lower and is really pressing down now [pelvic floor fail emoticon] [hblush], at least I think that's what it is.

Evening all

Just checking in in case there was some top of the list action :)

Feeling exhausted after our party yesterday which was lovely but a bit too much for a 33 +4 ish preglington. A cankle alert was issued. blackkat was it you having a do as well or was it harassed? Hope all went well.

I've been up every night from between 4 and 6 since Wednesday - looking much older than my spritely years at the mo.

collie i've also been getting a bit of period pain over the last few days and I also seem to have expanded significantly this week - anyone else get that at 33 weeks?

wiw glad all is ok with miniwombat. So much better to get checked out as you say and it's nice to see where the action will take place - i've found its helped me get my head round it a bit.

daisy and coconuts - hello! Daisy. I am intrigued. Which is the best pram you have? Come on... spill the beans :)

A triple whammy of NCT lies ahead. A class Monday night, a ladies only one on Tuesday night and then a half day on Wednesday (let's all talk about tears and stitches!). Brilliantly, one of the group emailed on Friday to see if we all wanted to have lunch at hers afterwards (I was just gearing up to do it) and we are meeting up. Goddamit, I will have baby friends!

cep glad you had a lovely holiday - welcome back.

Hope this message makes sense, I'm a bit scatty from tiredness. Take care all

ps irene - oof re pelvic floor. Good luck with appt tomorrow...

irene it just kept catching me out, didn't happen eveytime, but evey now and then as i moved pedals i got a shooting pain though my groin. good luck for the hosp today.

am vey of all the suprises from your dh's ladies.

glad you enjoyed your birthday suprise minnie

Bigmac good luck for the nct classes.

collie how you feeling?

What a superstar your dp is minnie and yes to the erratic movements - some days loads, other days lots quieter - I think it was owl who worked out that owlet was always quieter on tuesdays and thursdays - I haven't got to that monitoring stage yet, but I'm beginning to get curious if there is a larger pattern going in!

Ouchy ouch re: groin driving pain cep - not pleasant....

YOu'll be able to conduct your own antenatal classes soon bigmac - do let us know if you pick up any other valuable info - your stuff on contractions was great.

Thanks for the reassurance on the embroidery stuff irene - I was dreaming about some of the stitches last night - how sad is that?! - am intrigued by your horticulture homework - is that something you do for a living?

Waves to all and leaves out fancy fresh custard fruit tarts!

Afternoon all!
Collie did you manage to get to the docs. I'm just about out of my 4th bottle of Gaviscon. It think maybe will have an addiction to peppermint! Hope they can do something about your headache. As a migraine sufferer, I know how disabling a headache can be :(
WIW definitely throw away the to do list. Make the most of this time and put your feet up. With DS I planned on having 2 weeks off ML before he was due to arrive, but my waters broke on day 2. So enjoy putting your feet up at every possible moment!
Harrassed how's life back at work? Do you need reminding how happy your are to be there yet??? [hgrin]
Cep glad you had a lovely break. Hope there was lots of chill out time for you and the spd has eased a bit now.
Velvet & Tunnocks boo for the cold. DP thinks he's coming down with one too, so gives me a great excuse to keep away [hgrin]
Irene I too am feeling huge. My Mum's neighbour yelled down the road at me the other day "Think of the poor pavements!" Nice bloke eh?! [hhmm]
minnie what a lovely treat from your DP. Mine did manage to go get me some pain au chocolate Saturday morning, before watching the rugby. First time I've used "the baby wants one!!" in this PG I think!
Bigmac have fun at the NCT stuff. It'll be nice to have some new mummy friends for you to compete compare notes with [hgrin]
Daisy & Coconuts glad life on the other side is treating you well. Now you've got your LO's I bet it seems funny thinking how life was before them. They are sooooooooo worth it!!
Well life here is like this.... MW appointment went well on Friday. Baby's head is 2/5 in. Yesterday morning woke up at 8am to strange feeling, couldn't decide if it was a contraction or if I just needed a pig poo [hblush]. Went for the latter (literally) then had another 2 contractions in 20 minutes. Put Mum on alert and then.......nothing! All stopped! Bloody false alarm! Baby Spicy was having a right old dance around inside. I think this one's gonna be trouble when it eventually comes out. I need to keep reminding myself that I still have a week to go. DS was exactly a week early, so that would be today! I'm resigning myself to the fact I could quite easily have another 3 weeks to go. Patience was never one of my strong points!
Well I'd best go. DS is off today with an inset day. He's currently lounging on me giving me lots of cuddles. We're going to make flapjacks [hsmile]
Sorry for the mammoth post ladies, it's obviously been too long [hbiscuit]

Onions aren't people hilarious [hhmm]. And I hear you at the thought of another 2 or 3 weeks, I'm hoping DS2 will appear at the weekend but the thought that I may have to wait longer is a nightmare. Having said that can I admit to being a little bit afraid? I've been hanging about reading childbirth threads about ragged bits and it has given me the fear (don't go there unless you have to!).

Wombat the horticulture thing is now something that I do for a living, I started retraining as a garden designer when pg with DS. There were lots of redundancies at the art gallery I used to work at so I thought I should get ready for a career change.

We went to the hospital today and DH managed to find where we're supposed to go. I stayed in the car with DS as it was absolutely honking down and DS and I didn't have coats. I told DH I'd be in no fit state to find my way anyway so he may as well take charge.

Just posted on the freak out thread that I had my 20 week scan today and everything was perfect....team blue!!!

So gonna take the plunge and move myself officially over here Looking forward to getting to know you all and will have a good read of the thread to make sure I'm up to date!

Hope this is right:

Monday 17 October

IreneHeron - DS no 2, 39+1 weeks, EDD 23rd Oct.
Tunnocksteacake - baby#2 39+0 weeks EDD 24th October
Hotnspicyonions - baby#2 39+0 weeks EDD 24th October
Velvetcu - baby#1 38+6 wks EDD 25th October
MummyAbroad baby #2 37+3 wks EDD 4th November
CEP baby #2 37+2 wks EDD 5th Nov
Katherine2008 baby#2 36+4 EDD 10th November
Collieandpup baby #1 35+1 wks EDD 20th November
Wombatinwaiting - baby # 1 34+4 wks EDD 24th November
LaraMi baby #1 34+3 weeks EDD 25th November
Izzy - baby #3 34+2 wks EDD 26th November
Bigmacandhappymeal - baby#1 34+6 weeks EDD 29th November
Blackkat - baby #1 33+0 wks EDD 5th December
Minnie74 -baby1 32+0 wks EDD 12th December
Harassedandherbug - baby #4 30+4 wks EDD 22 December
Dooscooby - baby #1 30+4 wks EDD 22 December
Youremindmeofthebabe Baby#2 28+5 wks EDD 5th Jan
Sunchild77 Baby #3 28+3 wks EDD 6th Jan - Elcs at 39 wks
Freezingmyarseoff baby#2 28+2 wks EDD 7th Jan
Milkyways baby #2 28+1 wks EDD 8th January
Laylasmummy 26+2 wks EDD 21 Jan
Stitchinline 20+5 wks EDD 29 February
Shellshock7 baby #1 20+1 EDD 4 March
boodleboot - baby #4 10+1 wks EDD 14th May

Waiting to join the list (lurkers):
Please add yourselves in if you wish!

MIA
Tigerbear - baby#1 EDD 14th May
Wobblewatcher - baby#2 EDD 27th June
Inbetweener - baby#3 43+3 wks EDD 17th July
emmywoo
Purplehibiscus
Lucysnowe

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:

Totally with daughter Faith Juliet, 9lb5oz born Tuesday 16th February 2010
Amyboo with son Matthew James, 4.714kg (10lb3oz) born Tuesday 30th March 2010
Hoops with son Benjamin Scott, 7lb4oz born Friday 2nd April 2010
Memorylapse with daughter Olivia, born Friday 16th April 2010
Jacanne with daughter Lotta Eliza, 8lbs 5oz born 20th April 2010
Becky78 with son Thomas Christopher born 22nd May, 9lb 1oz
Meita with son Ianto born 23 August, 7lbs 4
Boodleboot with daughter Alice Elizabeth born 10 Sep - 8lbs 2oz
LeeWT with son Andrew Anthony born 28th Sept 7lbs 14oz
TFLS with son Charlie born on 30th September, 6lbs 8oz
SamB with daughter Ruby Mae born 19th October, 7lbs 10oz
Effilump with son Arlen born 16th October, 8lbs
Sarahlou8 with daughter Emily Isabella born 21st October, 7lb8oz
Unbuffy with son James Anthony born 3rd December, 6lb8oz
HappyGirl with daughter Ciara born 10th December, 8lb2oz
Malteser1981 with son Eli born 18 December, 8lb 6oz
Zayja with daughter Winona born 19 December, 7lbs 11oz
Sparklyrainbow with son Alex born 28th December, 9lb 7oz
GoodLuckBear with son James born 25th December, 8lb
BunnyBaby with son Daniel George born 5th January 2011, 10lb 1oz
AlbaDeTamble - with son born 10th Jan 2011, 8lbs 10oz
Gilda - with son Ren born 10th Jan 2011, 8lb 4oz
WestYorkshireGirl - with daughter Hester Rose born 14th Jan 2011, 6lb 4oz
Redheadgal - with daughter Cecily Anne born 13th Jan 2011, 8lbs 13oz
Toomuchteaching - with daughter Jemima born 17th Jan 2011, 8lb1/4oz
Dorcas111 - with daughter born 4th February 2011 8lbs 5oz
Clareanna - with son Tobias born 10th February 7lbs 10oz
Muser - with daughter born 15th February 6lbs 12oz
Ba8y1 ? with son born Tuesday 15th February, 8lbs 11oz
Lotta123 - with baby born Monday 21st February
Magic8ballhastheanswers - Identical twin girls, born 27th February 6lb8 & 5lb15
Northerngoldilocks - with son born Wednesday 16th March, 9lb 6oz
Stuffedmk - with son Thomas, born Wednesday 23rd March
Hopefully - with son, born 29th March 7lb 12oz
Lia - with daughter, born 1st April 8lb 11oz
PenguinsMummy - with daughter Clodagh
VivClicquot - with daughter, Phoebe, born Thursday 28 April, 7lb 5oz
Ivysedai - with son, born Tuesday May 2nd 3.83KG
Loopymumsy - with daughter, born Thursday 12th May, 7lb 15oz
Caribou - with son, Caleb, born Saturday 28 May, 9lb 1oz
LittleMiss - with son- born Wednesday 1st June 7lb 1oz
appleblossoms - with son Malachi, born Wednesday 15th June, 9lb 4oz
crochetcircle - with daughter born Sunday 26th June, 8lb 4oz.
urbanlolly - with daughter born Tuesday 19th July, 8lb 3oz.
Nickster - with son Corey born Tuesday 2nd August
Tiggersreturn - with sons born Saturday 13th August, 5lb 2oz and 3lb 13oz
Owlbooty - With son Robin born 18th August 8lb 13oz
PrettyVacant - baby girl born Tuesday 23rd August
OrangeGloss ? with son, Huw born Thursday 1st September
Wombat - baby born Sunday 11th September
Emoo - baby girl born 13 September
PinkFondantFancy - with daughter Persephone Amelia, born 16 September
ALovelyBunchofCoconuts - with son Thomas James, born 22nd September 8lb 12 oz
MamaPower - with daughter, born 24th September
Daisybell - with daughter Philippa Alice, born 26th September

In our thoughts and prayers:
Louise with daughter Georgie born asleep on 10th October
Dachs with her babies Alexander and Felicia who left the world asleep on 21st May
Magic8ballhastheanswers who leaves behind her beautiful little girl, spiderbabies and DH. Blessed are those of us that had the privilege of knowing you.

We share the pain and and mourn the loss with:
Jollster, Cheepz, BarrenBrook, MsJL, LadyBee, Banana87, BatteryHen, HairyTriangle and Waterplate

Welcome to the crazy gang shell where the mentalling continues right through to probably the teen years [hgrin]

Don't know if its nesting but I've made chocolate, coconut & cranberry flapjacks & a batch of toffifee fudge. 1 more batch of fudge to go do gonna route through the cupboard to see what I've got. May just go for good old b4 9, always a winner [hsmile]

irene I'm playing the avoidance game. DS is 5 and a half so childbirth is a faint memory! Plus I didn't think I was having strong contractions with him until I was examined & told I was already 7cm dialated! I'm rubbish at that sort of thing. It's a good job the maternity centre is 5 minutes round the corner. And I have paramedics living up the road & an ambulance controller (who has already dreamt she delivered my baby in my front room!)

Actually DS was exactly a week early & born at 16.48. 20 minutes to go [hwink]!!!!

Sorry for all the posts, the last 3 were on my phone, and it wouldn't let me say much!
Just a quicky for those of you having trouble sleeping, at my physio the other week she suggested sleeping on my back but at an angle of about 45degrees, so not flat. I have since found this very comfortable and by putting a beanbag behind and then pillows on the top, you get the right sort of angle. I have found this very beneficial and now have no pain in my hips, which I was suffering with a lot!

Ok, I'll try and shut up for the rest of the day now [hgrin]

PS Went for dark chocolate, cranberry and mixed nut fudge in the end! Seriously stop now woman!!!

ds was born at 5.55 the day he was due. i can't get it into my head that i may have this one early/late and/or during the day rather than night.

shell congrats on team blue.

Shell congratulations, glad the scan went well. Boys are great, go team blue!

Onions how nice does cranberry and dark choc sound, mmm! Thanks for the tip on 45 degrees. I find myself turning over every 20 mins or so all night and having to rearrange my pillows. Every time I go onto my back in the process the weight of bump makes me burp and then I get reflux. Drives me mad!

DS was on due date, 7.30 pm. Who knows this time.

Hello all, just popping in quickly to see if any babies have made an appearance yet!!

collie Hope your headache is better - I don't know why, but I always find that dispersible paracetemol (panadol) always clears up any headache I have much faster than the other tablet forms.

wiw and velvet Hope you're feeling better now!

Congratulations shell! Welcome to team blue!

Have my MW appointment tomorrow, lucky me. Need to give bloods AND have an Anti-D injection in my bum/thigh. I just hate injections...Also looking forward to parentcraft on Saturday!

onions I know it's too early for me to be nesting, but I have been doing alot of baking this past week too! I made a carrot cake, chocolate muffins, choc chip cookies (with DD) last week, and today I made a pumpkin pie . My husband is loving it!

Morning

Eva Lily arrived at 4:50 this morning, 7lb 3 so not exactly a little one! I'm quite sore, had a couple of little tears stitched but doing ok

Any news from anyone else?

yay yay yay for velvet!!!!! Fantastic news and beautiful name!!!

Woohoo velvet. Lovely news & beautiful name. I'm shaking my pompoms gently but not eating any popcorn as I feel sick this morning :(