Pregnant with no. 3 / 4 / 5...?!

[LimeLeafLizard]

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?!

[HaitchJay]

Still waiting for someone to want me!

Do have an appt to check my blood pressure though as I'm off meds as they aren't compatible

[LimeLeafLizard]

oooh morecoffee how exciting! Hope it goes well, let us know. I have another two weeks to go until mine.

Haitch Hope you get some news soon! Can you ask about it at the BP check?

[ValiumQueen]

Hi all, went for X-ray yesterday, and was told no break. Had call from orthopaedic surgeon to say it is fractured, so have to go in tomorrow to get more X-rays taken, an exam, then they will decide on surgery or just cast. Not what I need, but at least DD2 is over the worst with her chickenpox. It really hurts tonight, and I have done very little. Grr!

[HaitchJay]

Not really BP at GP and waiting on hospital to send out letter. Hoping it comes tomorrow

[LimeLeafLizard]

Valium glad to hear that it isn't broken, but still sounds like it is going to be a while before you're back to normal. Poor you. Can your DH / other family & friends help you out for a bit with the girls? I also have a just 2 year old and can see it must be hard for you.

FX Haitch!

[morecoffeemorecoffee]

valium poor you! Oh my goodness, how are you going to manage with your leg in a cast?

[ValiumQueen]

It is broken lime

more it will be a cast I can walk on, so hopefully it will mean life is a bit easier. Just driving will be affected really. Better my ankle than my neck.

Thank you for your sympathies. In short supply at home unfortunately.

[HaitchJay]

Had GP appt.BP on the low side now which is what happened in previous pregnancies & I had to come off meds.

Got hospital letter has to rearrange so will now be between 9 & 13 weeks when I go. They told me to see my MW earlier if there's a problem and didn't seem to understand that I don't have one. They kept saying everyone has one!

[ValiumQueen]

Leg in plaster and I am finding it very hard to manage. So much for a walking cast! And it hurts way more as very swollen after hospital trip. Grr!

[HaitchJay]

Ouch Valium. Are you able to get around much?

[ValiumQueen]

Can get to loo and back but it hurts! Have had to arrange help and increased hours for 2yo at nursery. My parents will need to drop off and collect. Nursery have been so kind and said no extra charge. Burst into tears when they said that. Hopefully pain will ease and I will be mobile, but you know how demanding 2 year olds are. I cannot even change her nappy. Feeling sorry for myself and do not like being a burden. Thank you for asking.

[LimeLeafLizard]

Oh Valium, I'm so sorry. Your nursery sound lovely, how kind of them to not charge you, and thank goodness your parents can help out.

And yes, I know exactly how demanding 2 year olds are, and can well imagine how hard it must be.

I'm sure you're not a burden though. People like to help others, and you'll be able to return the support to them another time when you are well. Is someone helping around the house, with meals etc, when DH isn't there?

I wish there was something we could do.

[ValiumQueen]

I pretty much have cover now, thank you, and my 6yo can be helpful sometimes.

You guys help more than you know, just by being there and caring for a stranger. I don't have many RL friends as I have moved around a lot, and working full time you do not get to meet the other mums at the school gate. I am hoping to get to know people while on mat leave, but have found in the past that once people know you are going back to work, they lose interest. My work colleagues are fab, but I work some distance from home, and they live locally.

My parents moved over 500 miles to be near me, do I am very blessed, but they are in their 70s.

Feeling a bit sorry for myself. Need to count my blessings

[HaitchJay]

Good on the nursery! Glad to hear you've help.

[ValiumQueen]

Not often a business has a human side. The oddest thing happened tonight - an old friend from 20 years ago got in touch, and is visiting me tomorrow. Every cloud 'n' all.

[LimeLeafLizard]

I know what you mean about moving around. My childhood was a bit like that, and I'm no longer in touch with any school friends as a result. DH and I considered moving areas last year, but one of the reasons we decided not to is that since settling down and having kids we (well, I) have finally built a network of friends and contacts in this area, which is a blessing to count. I don't have any family close by though.

Two of my closest Mum friends work full time, and I got to know them on their mat leave, so there is a good opportunity for you there, I'm sure.
Also you'll get the dubious pleasure of the school run!

Have fun with your friend!

[Sighingagain]

Im 17 weeks with no 4, Im still trying to get my head around it, I havent told many people, but its getting hard to hide!

[MrFranklyShankly]

Hi Ladies, Just wanted to say hello, looks like Im pregnant with #3, have 2 DD's already......am only 4 weeks (nearly) at the mo, so very early days, very nervous this time, dont know why, have never had a MC but feel like because this is my 3rd something is going to go wrong, cant quite enjoy my BFP with this anxiety....anyway hoping the next few weeks will pass and get to the 'safer' stages.....and will be waiting for all the comments....'suppose your hoping for a boy' I've been hearing that ever since DD2 was born.....or 'was it planned or an accident' why do people find these things interesting........really looking forward to telling our DD's, they've been wanting another sparing buddy for some time now!!! anyway hoping to getting to know some of yas over the next while......and congrats to all bumps 3rd/4th/5th time round!

Frankly

[Moominsarescary]

Thanks everyone, I will be having a stitch between 12-14 weeks. I've had the same consultant since ds2, which is good as I know him quite well now! Ds2 and 3 were prem so I've seen a lot of him.

valiam hope you find it easier to get a round soon. I once broke both my ankles within a week of each other being in a cast is a pita. Luckily I didn't have children at the time, it must be really difficult when you do.

[ValiumQueen]

moomin how on earth did you manage that??? Hopefully this little one will stay put to term.

Thank you for all your kind words. I slept, and am feeling a bit more positive about things today.

Welcome Newbies! It is very different expecting your DC3+ and the anxieties do not go either.

[Moominsarescary]

Thankyou Valium

The first one a boy from school tripped me up, a week later I was hopping down the front steps, missed one and broke the other.

[Sighingagain]

is cute

[HaitchJay]

at moomin. Did you have to have a wheelchair?

[Moominsarescary]

No they gave me blinking crutches! Luckily it was in the 6 week hholiday so by the time I started secondary school the plasters were off. I still had crutches though and struggled to keep up with everyone else.

[ValiumQueen]

I am sorry moomin but a little giggle passed my lips at that one, as I can just imagine a healthy young thing hopping everywhere and missing a step. I bet you said a few choice words when that happened! I bet people ribbed you no end! How are your ankles now?

My 2yo decided to head-butt my cast last night. Cue tears++. The silly little sausage then decided to do it again, just to see if it hurt again. It did. I stopped her mid air before she tried it a third time. I guess that neural pathway is taking a while. This morning she has constructed a Crime scene with all her dolls lying on the floor, covered in flannels and tea towels, and is hoovering around them.