Just wondering if anyone else is pg with their 3rd, 4th, 5th, or more?!
I am newly pg with baby number 4 and finding it a bit different this time.
Yesterday I flicked through a couple of magazines but the content didn't seem that relevant to me. I am quietly happy but not nearly as excited or nervous as I was before, especially the first time.
I know what kind of birth I want (same as the last two times) and I don't need to buy any stuff, so there doesn't seem so much to think about, at least until the scan.
I am also a bit worried about how other people are going to react when we tell them. There seems to be a general view that wanting 4 children must make us mad.
Hope I am not alone?!
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Pregnant with no. 3 / 4 / 5...?!
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LimeLeafLizard · 14/06/2012 10:02
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LimeLeafLizard ·
13/11/2012 16:39
Count, still sounds like you must need good management skills! What work do you do?
Hi Spring please do keep posting 
- hope DD3 is better soon.
COD I had a big baby last time too... and would be happy if this one were just a bit smaller! Hope swab goes well.
Right, this thread is taking ages to open on my laptop (probably our weak broadband connection) so I am going to start a new, lighter one!
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CODwidow ·
13/11/2012 14:08
Well 36 week appt today and all good. Baby is measuring at 34 weeks but hoping she'll just be a little one as my last was almost 10lb.
Had my swab for strep b so will know by Friday if I can use the birth centre, fingers crossed
ShellyBobbs ·
13/11/2012 00:15
Thanks everyone 
Fine by me, just pop the link for the new thread :)
cherrypiew3 ·
12/11/2012 20:51
Congratulations Shelly you sound like you had a nice birth.(If birth can ever be nice)
5kids Glad you are home hope things carry on getting better for you and you can really start to enjoy baby and the rest of your dc.
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Welcome Count
I know we will not be having any more children and with the sickness, anemia and general pregnancy issues I don't want to do this again. However the other day I looked at my little bump and said to dh "this is it I will never do this again" the thought of this made me a little
LimeLeafLizard ·
12/11/2012 19:04
Congratulations Shelly! 
That is wonderful news, a warm welcome to baby Tommy. And 11.11.12 is a pretty memorable birth date, too.
5kids so glad to hear you're home, hope you continue to get better. How good to have your Mum to take the two toddlers, so you get a bit of time with Harry and a bit more time to rest.
annelid iron at 12.6 at 34 weeks is amazing... I always have worryingly low iron early on which probably goes some way towards dizzy fits in the supermarket as per my last post!
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AppleCrumples ·
12/11/2012 18:54
5kids I even asked about sterilisation at my first mw appointment, she said maybe we should actually have the baby before going down that route 
mind you she was pretty shocked to see me back as I was so clear that last time was the 'last' time tee hee!
5kidsnobump ·
12/11/2012 18:47
Congratulations shelly That sounds like a pretty quick birth! I also thought no. 4 was my last baby - I would not have believed anyone if they had told me we would have got to no.5 
- all I can say is alcohol is responsible for a lot of things in our house
apple I also know how you feel about not being nostalgic about anything to do with this pregnancy. I feel like I have been dragging myself around for the whole 9 months, and just doing the minimum to keep everything going with the other kids. Especially after the birth this time, had DH not already had the snip he would have been at the docs demanding it by now - there is no way I could go through another pregnancy and birth like this one
AppleCrumples ·
12/11/2012 16:44
Yay Shelley massive congratulations! That's such a lovely name and it even sounds like it wasn't too awful! Here's hoping we can all have easy labours :)
5kids glad to hear your home with Harry. Hope bp under control for good now and you can enjoy him.
At this point I can't imagine feeling nostalgic about this pregnancy. I spent my last pregnancy noting every 'last', I'm afraid this time I'm just fed up. I like it when they're babies though so can imagine being a bit sad knowing there won't be anymore (and there won't be anymore - dp is not allowed to even sneeze near me without contraception!)
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ShellyBobbs ·
12/11/2012 15:48
Moon I really thought my 3rd one was the last, now I'm not saying anything
ShellyBobbs ·
12/11/2012 15:46
Hello, sorry I didn't update yesterday but ...............
Pootractions started about 3am yesterday morning, had a few rabbit droppings and got back into bed. Had some more rabbit droppings about 4am, then just decided to get up, was thinking, 'is this it?', then thinking not because although coming quite regular, they weren't that strong and more like pootractions.
Had a CRACKING one at 5.55am, called midwife, she arrived about 6.40, I was 6-7cm, next midwife arrived around 7am, I was beginning to bear down. All this time hubby was frantically trying to fill the pool with pans of hot water because we'd used all the hot water. Finally managed to get in!
Tommy Dylan Angus born at 8.05 weighing 7lb 3oz, very easy birth and all drug free. Have already had about 7 black pooey nappies and have been wee'd on
Thanks for your thoughts everyone.
5Kids So glad you're back home, it must have been horrible!
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