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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SeymoreInOz ·
09/11/2012 21:25
Congratulations to the newbies!
5Kids what a nightmare, how is your BP now? I hope they get to the bottom of it very soon and you can get home.
Ood hope you're managing to rest? I've never had SPD but I've got quite bad sciatica now and some days I struggle to walk any distance, I can't imagine coping with SPD and social work!
Apple I have no patience at all. I am just so tired and have to ask my DCs to do everything about 6 times (shouting eventually) before it gets done. I am hoping it's hormonal and I'm not going to be a complete dragon because I can't cope with 3!
ice I would quite like to meet mums with new babies but not necessarily DC1 too! We haven't been here long so I don't have any friends in the same position as me. Most women my age are just starting to have their first. I will go along to the postnatal groups anyway.
I am 36+2 and have slowed right down. The ILs are coming in a few weeks, it will be so nice to have some family to help!
My DD is almost 7 and hasn't asked many questions about the birth etc. She doesn't seem that impressed with pregnancy though and I think she is aware that the birth is going to hurt. The other day she said "I'm not going to have a baby, I'll be rich instead." 
LimeLeafLizard ·
09/11/2012 22:56
Evening everyone, loads to catch up on again. Lovely to hear from you Spring - and twice in two days too! 
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Sam glad your scan went well.
5kids I am so sorry to hear about your ongoing BP issues - it must be so frustrating to still be feeling rubbish, let alone to be separated from baby Harry. Hope it is sorted before your DH has to go back to work. Were / are you bf? / has the separation affected that?
Ice I've met quite a few new Mums in the last year or so. I had a bit of a push on making an effort with new people because I realised several of my good friends will either be back at work FT or because their youngest has started school they won't be up for toddler activities in the daytimes. I found a couple of good groups to go to and have met lots of nice people including and made a couple of new friends. I think you have to be relentlessly positive and friendly..! I am naturally sociable but it is harder now I am grumpy pregnant.
I had a bit of drama yesterday. I was alone in the supermarket when I realised I couldn't read the covers of the kids books I was looking at because my vision was blurry. I was dizzy too, found a chair and sat down, and rang DH. I was worried I'd faint, but after 10 mins felt a bit better, so slowly started shopping again. DH said he'd leave work and come and fetch me in 40 mins. By the time he got there I had an unbelievably intense headache, had sat down on the floor with a staff member first aider checking me! DH took me home, called the MW, we went to the Maternity Triage at hospital because they were worried about pre-eclampsia. BP, urine etc all fine - they think I have a virus that is affecting me worse because of slight anemia and low BP. So hopefully all will be ok except I still have this headache.
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enjay0811 ·
10/11/2012 08:41
I know what you mean bout lack of patience and nagging the dc's. Find myself apologising for being a grumpy tired mummy 
Re questions from dc's, my youngest really couldn't care less (3) and eldest (5) thinks that daddy put a magic seed in my belly but hasn't asked how thank god and SIL who was babysitting ages ago let her watch obem so she quite smugly told me that baby was goin to come out of my belly or phoof! 
ShellyBobbs ·
10/11/2012 13:41
5Kids Oh I hope the meds begin to work for you, it must be awful for you being separated from your baby, never mind the other 4 kids. Fingers crossed that you make a speedy recovery and can get home to them all x
Lime I was signed off work at 31 weeks as I used to get silent migranes. A bright light would set them off and all I could see was a blurred circle in the middle of both eyes, it took up the whole of my vision. Sometimes this lead to a full blown migrane, othertimes it didn't, I got about a 3 minute warning before it started properly. They have now died down but they were awful. Hope it clears up for you.
A tip for you ladies also. I had a really bad water infection at 31 weeks, but it could only be detected in my early morning wee, if I handed in a sample after 11am it didn't show up, a sample from early morning showed allsorts in it. I had my infection for nearly 4 weeks and was really ill with it due to this delay, I even ended up in A&E because it spread and I couldn't breathe properly (they thought it was anxiety attacks too), but it was all down to a UTI. It affected my blood pressure which shot up and gave me an irregular heartbeat! So just look after yourselves and make sure you hand in your first wee for all antenatal appointments (Leaf).
It's my due date today (by scan) and absolutely no signs of this little one coming today. A shame because 10.11.12 would have been a good birthdate
cherrypiew3 ·
10/11/2012 21:33
Lime Hope you are ok.
I am also struggling a little bit with the dc I am sometimes finding myself just sitting there and saying nothing why they misbehave
MoonHare ·
11/11/2012 18:54
Hi all
Just popped back to see if shelly had any news - I see not. Best wishes shelly hope that your little one puts in an appearance soon. I can sooooo sympathise with the whole 'overdue' thing. I would never have believed no.3 would go 12 days over but now she's here of course those 12 days that seemed to go on forever at the time have just melted away. I know you're hoping for a home birth shelly and I do hope it works out for you.
I haven't read back over everything that's gone on in the last 10 days but I'm sorry to see 5kids that you've been so poorly post birth, hope you make a fast and full recovery.
Baby moon seems to be doing well - eating, sleeping, not too much crying, generally having a 3-4 hour stretch of sleep during the night. I'm fine too, had really really sore stitches at the beginning of the week but they're improving now. Feeling pretty shattered now the adrenalin has worn off but still smiling 
. We're all thrilled to bits with baby moon, so glad she's here.
Already having a few pangs that this will be the last time I give birth, hold and feed a new born........but really I think we are complete now.
Best wishes to everyone.
5kidsnobump ·
12/11/2012 15:09
Hi everyone,
Finally got home from hospital yesterday teatime - which was good as I really didn't fancy what they had on the menu for tea! Midwife has been out this morning and BP ok so looks like they have finally got the medication sorted.
Have had a really quiet day as the 2 toddlers have stayed with my mum, and the 2 oldest have been at school all day, so I have been at home with only the baby - which is really weird, can't remember the last time the house was this quiet! DH is off for the rest of the week, so I'm hoping to feel more back to normal by the end of the week. Currently still feel quite tired and groggy but not sure if this is due to all the medication I'm on for the BP?
Things have been very quiet from shelly - maybe that is a good sign?!
Moon I also keep looking at Harry and thinking this will be the last time we have a newborn in the house (unless it is in a lot more years and is a grandchild ). He also doesn't seem to cry much either. He currently seems like a very easy baby to deal with - or maybe it's just because he is much easier in comparison to my 2 demanding toddlers 
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!
ShellyBobbs ·
12/11/2012 15:48
Moon I really thought my 3rd one was the last, now I'm not saying anything
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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!)
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
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