Fantastic 40+ Mums To Be

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A lovely shiney new thread for us to keep chatting on.

exexe - forgot to say congrats on the new kitchen! :)

fjord that sorbet sounds amazing... did it work? i have a new craving this week for smoked ham and cream cheese sandwiches mmmmm. my babys kicks are much more active and dramatic than the little flutters i was expecting :) she goes pretty mental when i go to bed

midget you've had good advice on here about decorating! iwould only add avoid sanding down paint that might have old lead paint somewhere in the layers ( used until 70s) just soft soap or gently rub up. and ecos paints are very non toxic and don't smell after unlike lots of 'low voc' paints but then im a bit ocd about this stuff now im pregnant, pregnant women have always decorated haven't they?

think we have found somewhere to live, we find out Monday so keep your fingers crossed for us. juston way back from ikea where we have been buying storage solutions in the vain hope it will help us cram our loads of stuff into somewhere smaller...

big warm welcome new ladies and good luck tazmo! hi everyone else too x

Hi baby Abby rose born by c section on 19 July 2012' 8 lbs 13 oz. home today! Glad we didn't wait another week as they had trouble getting her out as it was. Soooooo looking forward to my own bed. Hope everyone is doing well! T

Congratulations tazmo and welcome Abby sounds like you had a rough time, but great to hear you are both home. My first was exactly the same weight and I have a beautiful niece who is Abigail. Fathers joy I believe. Lovely names. We have all been thinking about you x

Welcome abby and congratulations taz hope you at now home with your baby in your arms.

Welcome back Fjord we have missed you. Glad I am not alone with the huge bump. Baby at 24 weeks had average measurements that still sounds big to me so think mine is because I am so short, nowhere else for it to go but outwards. Poor you with water retention. I I'd awful swelling with DD, it really hurt and I could hardly wear shoes. So far so good in avoiding it but I feel it may be round the corner waiting for me! Please come back and tell us about that sorbet, sounds bloody delicious. May give it a go and must to healthier than the gallons of pistachio gellato I am necking. Enjoy your time at the cabin, sounds lovely. And great to have work, every little helps, just don't overdo it.

VQ hope you are starting to feel better now the cast has been on for a few days and the pain is settling down.

bythesea will cross everything for you for your house, hope it all works out.

Right I can't name check anymore as on my phone so memory now ran out of previous posts. Only so much my dulled baby brain can handle. I think there may have been some new people to welcome, climb aboard the old people's train, you are very welcome here.

Thanks for all the decorating advice, I can't wait to get cracking. The nesting feeling has hit me big time. Sadly it has not replaced the exhaustion but lets hope nesting kicks exhaustions arse.

Have a lovely day everyone, especially our new graduates taz and abby.

Knew I'd missed someone. Hello mrsW, hope you have managed to share the news with DH now. Congratulations and welcome.

Tazmo, happy you now have Abby Rose in your arms and at home. Have a wonderful bonding time together and with the rest of family.
Seaside, keeping my fingers crossed about the new place, this is very exciting
VQ, hope your balance is getting better wth cat and bump.
Fjord, that would be fantastic if you could have a self employed job to fit around baby, that would be ideal! Best of both worlds.
Welcome to Knicky, mrswooster and complicated!

Had a very busy day yesterday. Grocery shopping, DS1 annual medical checkup, big family gathering at lunch time, almost 30 people being only 6 of my siblings, their partners and kids and my Mum. We started eating at 1.30pm and finished around midnight.... With kids running here and there in the garden

Today will be quieter. Cotbed finally ready. Need now to make sure we can fit a toddler car seat with a lie flat cocoon for baby on the back seats of the car! And then, as soon as the summer sleeping bag arrives in a few days, baby will be the last piece of the puzzle we'd be waiting for !

I have also started raspberry leave and Sage infusion, it is ok. 3 mugs a day, I can manage. Although the lime/coconut sorbet sounds terrific, Fjord !

Enjoy this beautiful Sunday. Sunny and not too warm here in Paris.

Rant alert so feel free to skip...

I wish the pain had eased . It hurts more now than before the cast was put on. I guess because I was able to hold it at an angle that was most comfortable, and swelling could happen unrestricted, plus I could rub it and put cold on it. And scratch it too! I am having to keep it up otherwise it swells and hurts more. I am taking regular PCM too, which I did not before cast. At least with the cast I know I am not damaging it any further, and it is having a chance to heal properly. Apparently the tendons re-sticking themselves hurts. It is like a burning pain.

My DH is really upsetting me, moaning about his own sore bits, all self-inflicted. He is needing to do most of the chores, but that means I have the kids all the time, and the poor little mites are getting very bored. I wish he would take them out to the park or something to give me and them a breather. He even wanted sex the other night and got upset when I told him to f**k off. It was the first night the cast was on, and I was in the most pain I have had with it.

Winge over. Thank you.

VQ, men sometimes have no idea whatsoever, do they ? I have to explain things to DH step by step and one after another then he complains that I am bossy... Can you suggest your oldest to suggest your DH to take them out ?
Don't worry, come here to rant and winge.... You are not alone !
Midget, hope you will get lots of rest today.

Tazmo congratulations

midget I'm 29+3 - They did say GTT was normal at 28 weeks but then each NHS trust is different I think but I think it was a combination of my age, weight and the fact I had glucose in my last urine sample that made them do it - I'm still not sure why I have to get another done though since the results of the last one were fine

VQ I really don't know how you're coping

Welcome to all the new ladies

I've had no measuring done as yet but like midget and Fjord have put on less than a stone and have a huge bump...have a growth scan on wed so here's hoping he's measuring fine. Have been feeling exceptionally tired and emotional the last week or so and have been struggling to to burst into tears at the slightest thing, work is so busy as well and I'm trying to get everything in place for finishing and we've just heard that we might get an offer on our house next week...just when I'd decided it was getting too late to move...I feel like running away today

Hi Guys

Sorry so slow posting lately. I spend all day work and then sooooooooo tired in the evenings that I flop on the bed and drop off to sleep. I have two weeks holiday so looking forward to doing feck all. Well I will do after Tuesday. Off to London this afternoon to visit the Harry Potter experience Monday morning then seeing a friend for some tea. Then comes the 3 hour drive home and back to my lovely bed.

VQ - Sorry to hear you are having a crap time with your foot. Bless ya sending hugs and rant all you like if it helps.

Tazmo - Congradulations honey how exciting

midgetm - My bump is huge as well, struggled to sleep last night it kept feeling like I was pushing his little legs up and also I was having some stretching pains so struggled to stay asleep. Spent the early hours watching my kiity washing his paws . Bless him.

Got my 3rd scan on August 6th , what sort of things do they look for then?

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sunshine

welcome to the new ladies

DH has taken DD1 out (he could only manage one, he said) so just me, DD2 and Peppa Pig. Heavenly. She is still scabby from the pox, so I figured it would be best for her to stay in. Also it is looking like rain, and the big pushchair is not good on the bus.

I am trying to sort out the child tax credit info. So confusing, and I have a degree.

Hello everyone. Sorry introduced myself a few days ago and rudely not reappeared since.

valiumqueen you're having a tough time at the moment. If it's any consolation my DH would never think of taking DD out. I always have to suggest it to him, whereas I automatically take her to wherever I'm going. I just think blokes don't think sometimes. Glad he did take DD to the park though. Just wish blokes were a bit more proactive sometimes.
taz congratulations. A beautiful name too. Just lovely.
MrsW hope you've told your hubby now! Recognise you from the conception thread. Lovely to see you here too.

AFM, am 6 weeks today and the nausea has begun. Burst into tears at lunchtime because if it's like my pregnancy with my DD, I know what's coming. At least 8 weeks of feeling utterly miserable. Went to the GP last time and got meds and will do the same this time. Feels like I have an inflatable beach ball in my tummy at the moment - and a wind situation which would be the envy of teenage boys . Hoping to go for an early scan at the end of the week because of my m/c history. Hope if your down South you're enjoying the sunshine!

Tazmo, wow, huge congratulations and welcome Abby. Perfect time just before Olympics. Hope you are all safely settled back home now and thoroughly enjoying motherhood.

well done Tazmo !

Knickyknocks - best of luck this week :) I had a 6 week scan, and it was amazing - just a little pulsating bean, just so magical though! And ah, the wind ... there was a lot of talk about that on here some weeks ago, although luckily it seems to have quietened down for most of us now

VQ oh dear, that really doesn't sound like fun. How long will it take to fix, do you think?

It's just lovely here today - went to the beach yesterday with a picnic and the papers, was brilliant to have some sun on my skin.

Off to hosp for more checks today for naughty bp - at least I've got to know the labour ward rather well lately as its next to the day assessment unit. The midwives I've met have all been lovely - I'm just hoping it will be the same ones when the time comes x

VQ - poor you!! I really do feel for you. I can't imagine being even more rubbishly immobile than I am already, and that's just with a mahoosive bump, swollen feet/cankles and carpal tunnel! Throw a cast and a child into the mix - I'd be going stir-crazy. Please vent all you want on here - you need to stay sane! . Also it seems to be the 'season' for DH/DPs being a bit crap - my other thread is full of it and my very own suddenly did a massive impression of a tool last night which has resulted in my only having had 4 hours sleep last night with masses to do pre-hols and an article to write . The riot act was read, believe me...

bytheseaside - any news on the place to live then? Glad you guys in the UK have finally got some good weather back. Was feeling like a bit of a cheat enjoying loads of sunshine and lack of rain up here in the 'far north'. My LO also going mental at the moment with kicks and movement (perhaps it's a 'girl thing'? ). Started a 'kick-monitoring' app instead of a movement diary, since I'm now 28 weeks, and it's impossible. I just sit there like all day clicking for a kick because I feel movement about 70% of the time. She clearly writhes in her sleep (swaddling is perhaps going to be fun??).

Many congrats to tazmo :) . Abby Rose is a beautiful name. I hope you are enjoying her and feeling ok :).

Hi Midget :). Yeah, the work did knock me for six a bit. I'm not going to take on people's theses at just 3 days notice again. Once I get this business up and running I think a week will allow me to do a few hours each day while baby sleeps and not run myself into the ground!

The sorbet - I can report it is absolutely delicious. However, it was a little bit 'ice-crystally' and would still benefit from an ice-cream machine or something but I think I didn't whisk/stir it enough before freezing AND I froze it in a thick glass container, not plastic. If anyone wants to try it, I followed this recipe. Needs a bit of refinement perhaps but is currently completely satiating my lime/ice cream needs (despite being a little more like a granita in texture) :).

LRM - I don't know how you do it and...I don't believe we again have a scan on the same day (although ashamed to say this will be my ?5th - losing track )!!

KnickyKnocks - good luck getting the early scan. Oh, and I remember the wind that early on! It does get better after the first trimester, although you can probably expect your general digestion 'not to function in it's usual way' for most of your pregnancy. Trust me, I'd swap the 1st trimester wind right now for the 3rd trimester (yes! finally there!) almost constant heartburn :(.

Hi hope all pregnancies are going well. Glad Abby is here safe and sound though there is something special about being pregnant and knowing that is the last time I will do it, does tinge me with a bit of sadness ( crazy I know!). So hard though it maybe for all you uncomfy ladies out there, try to enjoy it!

Abby proving to be a night owl. She was up from 10 pm till 5 am. Had to get dh to give her formula so I could get some sleep. Parents gone home. She is slightly jaundiced but most of my baby's were. She had lost 500 g in weight - not too bad! Milk come in but as Abby been sleeping all day!!!! So lumpy boobs already! Feeling relatively ok. Generally suffer baby blues - hoping I don't this time.

Do you think I could drink a glass of champers tonight? B feeding and still on painkiller?

T

tazmo I would have the teeny tiniest amount. With the pain killers it would prove more potent anyway.

Can I ask what pain relief you have had and have now? I was only given PCM and Brufen as I was bfing.

Thank you for the kind words re: my leg.

It is very hard coping with both kids at home on my own and with the rain. usually I can let the older one out to play, and just concentrate on entertaining little one. I find the 6yo more demanding believe it or not.

Pain remains pretty bad, and have to have leg up to ease discomfort. Taking regular PCM. Am getting very adept at changing nappy on the sofa, but sometimes she will not come to me.

DH seems to have no sympathy whatsoever for me. Seems to be making no allowances for me, and seems to resent having to do things. He is very tired and sore apparently, and is not sleeping well. Hello!

Pestilence! Chicken Pox has struck at Wooster Towers so had a flappy phoen call to the doc but all's ok, since I was tested and found immune in last pregnancy. No symptoms yet (apart from wind, but DP says that's normal...), tho I am always so tired that they may just have vanished into the miasma!

mrsWooster pop over to children's health and join the 'we have got the pox' thread. I found it very helpful last week. I feel for you!

Good afternoon Ladies,
Just a very quick one from me today as I have to sort out final details for the birth now. Saw my consultant yesterday, baby is fine and cervix has dilated by 1cm, will see MW on Thursday and if cervix is behaving, should have baby on Saturday or Sunday. But of course anything can happen anytime now. So off to shopping and cooking because clinic here will keep me until baby has regained weight, so between 3 and 5 days.
Take care everyone

Hpbp ooh exciting! 1cm! I needed a sodding drip to get to 1cm! Thinking of you, and wishing you a positively orgasmic delivery x

Hpbp exciting news! I'm 'up-fjord' at the cabin this week, with patchy interweb access but I'll look out for news as often as I can! .

Sounds lovely fjord

Congratulations Tazmo! And welcome baby Abby
Hbpb very exciting. Fingers crossed for a quick and straightforward delivery for you.
VQ Poor you. My dh can be like that. I think he hates it when I'm not well and things aren't running smoothly. He gets overwhelmed. I think the best thing to do is just tell him what needs to be done and sod stressing him out. If the kids need to go out then they need to go out. Dont be guilt tripped.
I learnt that a long time ago. You must be a bit like me and have just got on with stuff on your own and let them get away with too much.
I hope your foot is better soon!
Knickyknocks the nausea is horrible. I just ate toast/bread and crisps for about 7 weeks. You'll get through it though.

I am living on a building site at the moment and have been busy trying to order bits and bobs for the extension.
I'm a misery guts and hate this heat. I have to commute to canary wharf via stratford. It was a total nightmare the other day. Very busy and very hot on the trains.

I hope everyone is doing well and sorry for all the people I've missed responding to. My brain can only cope with so much these days.