Fantastic 40+ Mum to be - part 2

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Let's keep on chatting !
Awaiting to hear from you all.
Midget, how are you feeling after the sweep ?
Exexe, are you happy with the new kitchen ? Very glad to see you back on here.
Warm welcome to the only Dad we have on the thread, sorry I could not remember your name as I write this.
Have a lovely Monday. Pouring rain in Paris today.

What am I saying I still cant see my lady garden I ate too many biscuits while pregnant.

LRM can't wait. I've been moaning a bit and must stop but just can't wait for the next bit. You posting on here has made me strangely nostalgic for early pregnancy as well as excited about afterwards.

Sorry for short post just so sick of
Posting by fone xx

Knickyknocks Arrgh, it was so bad last night got about 2 hours sleep....have neuro pain and restless legs anyway, so with that and the hormones. Have had to go and sort all the tons of Christmas shopping today as DH working right up to Christmas...and I'm the one that can't drive. Zombified now....!

calibee Must be lovely to have your DP back for Christmas. I've had a 14 year gap between DD and this one!

As for being ready for Christmas...hahahahahahaha! (cynical laugh)

Thanks so much for all the lovely comments! I've tried to have a quick catch up but I know I've missed stuff, so I apologise! Knicky, your DD sounds lovely! Scarecrow, hope your holiday is going well, and nice to hear about the girl chatter. I'm another who only wanted boys (although I've fallen totally in love with DD already!), so it's nice to hear. Somewhere, definitely right about the world shrinking, but if you've got lots of support and try to take it a minute an hour at a time, and take time to stop and just stare at their little faces, aah, none of the other stuff matters. Damash, I felt exactly the same about a second child, could not imagine feeling the same as I do for DS, but it was almost immediate, and like "now I get it!". And as for another ELCS, I wouldn't have had it any other way, nothing but positive things to say and the recovery is nothing like as bad as I thought it might be, so far anyway. Calibee, I bet it's lovely to have your man back, enjoy Christmas! Riverside, sounds like a bloody awful week, glad you got to finish early. It's such early days for you re: your mum, and being pregnant as well, just take care x LRM, I will be over to join you all soon!
AFM, after no sleep on the first night, we have gently been introducing a very loose version of GF (as we did with DS) and so far so good! She's been sleeping in the evening from about 6 until 10.30, has a feed, then back to sleep until about 2.30am, another feed, then wakes between 6 & 7. DP is very hands on and is lucky enough to be self-employed so no rush to get back to work. Midwife is coming today to weigh Rosa, do the heel prick test and check my wound. I generally feel OK but I do feel a sort of pulling/burning sensation on the right hand side of the wound if I get up too quickly, or cough, but walking around is generally OK. Rosa also has a little jaundice on her face so we'll get that checked again as well. Good luck to everyone! xx

KNOTTY. So nice to get your update I agree stare at their little face it's all
Worth it. Goodnews on the ELCS front too - good tidings which are
Most welcome. Well done on mild gina ford sounds v sensible
Middle road.

SCARECROW Well done on list. One of these days well be at the top! I know that cadmum Very sadly lost her baby.

BADMISSM I just wanted to say thanks for your warm words I've been stressing a bit recently it is so nice to get that. Its been esp bad for me when not aleeping wrll. I really hope you get some
Better sleep and that all this resolves for you quickly after the birth at the very latest - am on hand to sympathise unt il then.

CALIBEE I love to think of you having such a lovely Xmas with your man back from service.

KNICKY can't scroll up to see your last entry do just gonna wAve xxx

Xxx

Knotty glad everything's going OK and you're all back home!!

somewhere Not sleeping because you're stressing about other stuff is awful, but when coupled withpg not sleeping it's awful! Sometimes it does just all seem too much combined with other stuff, but despite no money, lots of stress, and the move, am looking forward to Christmas, but that's because I love Christmas with a childish glee!! Case back in court in Feb, have to be careful not to stress in court...hard as can't have any pain/other meds, and have to represent myself...union backed out at last minute...

Now have to prepare Christmas for 14 people over 2 days..... but hey!

woohoo on my computer! can asterisk away and bold up everyone's name. I can employ excellent grammar and punctuation.

badmissm you are a trooper. Sorry you have a court thing coming up.

knicky is 28 weeks when those regular midwife appointments start? I feel something should be happening soon. Im 24 weeks. I have whooping cough vaccination in 4 weeks but that's it.

I'm at my favourite time of day as I just have to eat dinner, put DS to bed and watch some telly. Interesting old me, eh.

Also did some work on my DP's CV which has cheered me up A LOT (one of my skills is editing/writing so I'm not being his mum and doing it for him, I'm just polishing the presentation a bit). His CV is actually good because despite not earning a bean for the past 3 years he's been extremely busy and done some credible projects which are all now in good shape (without getting paid a bean, did i say that?). The CV is a real step towards some money coming in. I think it's very nearly ready to go out into the world - maybe he can just get a few more people to take a look.

Feeling much more mellow towards my bump too.

xxx

Back after the move. What larks. Congratulations, Knotty!

badmissm 14 people for xmas?! Blimey - hope you got your shopping delivered! So sorry to hear about your case and the union not being there for you. Sounds very stressful
somewhere not quite at the regular mw appointments yet, mine start at 34 weeks. This was the 28 week check, with the 28 week blood test and rhesus negative and gestational diabetes test thrown in for good measure. DP not been earning for 3 years? That sounds very tough. I'm the breadwinner in this house and wish I wasn't. Would love to reduce my hours further at my work but our finances wouldn't allow. what are your plans for maternity leave? I'm going to take up to a year if I can but will have to ring the bank to see if we can reduce our mortgage payments for a few months first. Just wish hubby earnt more! But it sounds like you know that feeling too.....

knicky yes, had it all delivered...phew. Now have to peel 93 tons of spuds and 100 million brussels sprouts! Case sucks, and has been going on for best part of 5 years....

somewhere Have damn well had to be. This morning's joy is ex-landlord trying to harass us....

Mrs Wooster Hello!

Hell to it all. I'm just going to enjoy Christmas and they can all do whatever they like. Now, if I can only get some sleep, life would be perfect!

Afternoon all! I've been neglectful of posting on this thread of late - the usual too much to do & too little time!!

So I just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Christmas & looking forward to hearing about new arrivals in 2013!! Good luck to all - we've got a good excuse for tucking into the mince pies!!!!

Hello Lovely Ladies, Sorry I have been out of range. One computer in a family of seven-now eight!- means that MN is often bottom of the browser list while Fan Sites for Dr Who, The Hobbit and One Sodding Direction are most in use! I am top of the due date list and yes! have given birth to a beautiful baby boy via elective CS. Special congrats to Knotty...I am staying in hospital as long as poss cos I know DH will be pulled back to work as soon as I get home. That will leave me with a newborn, in another country, no family support, chomped nips PLUS five older kids on school hols wanting to go to swimming, cinema, meeting friends etc etc...I am not about to welcome PPD into my house on top of all that! In the middle of the night I fantasized abt staying in hospital over Christmas eating congealed turkey slice (selfish moi?) but I think I'll have to drag my sorry ass home and be with my lovely little bunnies over Christmas.
Sorry to OvenReady and others who have suffered mc this year. I did not magically just get to 6 children before my 45th bday without suffering some losses of my own...I hope 2013 brings you the good news you long for xxx

Congrats to you crazyforbaby! Lovely news .

crazy How wonderful, Congratulations on the arrival of littlecrazy . I hope you can get fully rested before leaving to go home. You have my utmost respect for taking charge of six!

Sorry to hear of all the problems with sleep the thread. I'm feeling shattered today despite managing nine hours at night and having a siesta this afternoon. Wondering if my iron levels might be low. Won't get my blood results back now until after Xmas though.

waves to everyone else, hope your Xmas preps are going well.

crazy Congratulations! Whereabouts are you? (did the whole baby in another country thing with DD1).[smile[

Riverside Have a wonderful Christmas...sleep, oh, I dream of it!

lotsofcheese and a wonderful Christmas to you too!

and an amazing Christmas to everybody on this thread!

I have tidied up managed not to almost kill DH and made downstairs at least passable, having moved 3 weeks ago. They will just have to shut their eyes when they go upstairs....Now to get DD to make her room presentable so darling MIL doesn't die of shock when she has to go to spare room

Apart from that, MW visiting on 28th (I live in a bad area, so has to apparently check I'm not shooting up and feeding cheese to newborn or something....) and then am off for Harmony Test on 31st....

Thank you for the congrats! This baby was born in Canada and this time round has been a good experience - phew!
The biggest difference I have noticed after delivering is that you get a little bag of a variety of meds-Paracetamol, anti-inflammatories and stool softeners, so you can self dispense and re of it in the middle of the night if necessary...that has worked really well for me! Mind you, the number of times i hv asked DH for a painkiller (which is WHITE) and he dives into the Pick n Mix and gives me something to prevent constipation (which Is an ORANGE pill) baffles me!!!

I might just murder somebody by the end of today.... Trying to sort all for 14, 3 of whom staying over...fussy MIL, her 'gentleman friend', and DH's sister, who has special needs and can be quite awkward.... trying to find essential things like the curtains...(why did I move 3 weeks ago?)... also discovering the adaptors have disappeared from the damn fairy-lights (I still have my French ones...). Grr Arrgh and Bah Humbug. DH doing bugger all not very much but faffing, and DD only just reappeared home from her friend's where she's been for last 2 days. I either need a medal or a brain transplant, not sure which

Would be so much easier if had had any sleep!

Home from US! Fabulous indulgent family time, and San Diego needs a week minimum, especially with easily tired out pregnant old lady toddler as limits what can do in a day. I know this, but somehow it always takes me aback a little!

Have to say, not sorry to be home. For me family and home are most important things, and DD will get to see 5 of her cousins over two days - they range 4y to 7y (my 2 sisters were busy!) and I adore them all and DD idolises them. We have no decorations and I started wrapping presents at 9.30pm...75pc there so rewarding myself with a mini break here... Now waiting to see if her body has gone to bed - long sleep as we were 8h behind in Cal - or is napping - nightmare night ahead when she wakes refreshed at midnight thinking it is 4pm...

We celebrated DD's 2nd birthday on Friday. She was very sweet, opening one of the 4 littlest pressies I had brought over, a wooden block puzzle, and getting irritated when we tried to interrupt her with the suggestion she opened the rest! Long may tat last... Though the obscene mountain of gifts for rest of bday and Xmas makes me think we'll be open

Opening pressies 'til February at this rate. Bless her. In the evening we went out for burgers and chips and cupcakes (this post not for the uber healthy!) and sang happy birthday with a couple of candles. I felt really emotional, teary: partly because I was over whelmed by all that love we share, partly because we will not be our lovely unit of three for long and it is so special, and partly for the passing of a little bit more of her childhood. I know I'm not al

(Sorry on iPhone) alone in these feelings about DC1 and another LO, so hope it's okay to admit this. LO will be very loved when he/she arrives, I'm sure.

As for all your news, hard to scroll up for all, so forgive what I miss. Particularly sorry to hear of all sleep problems: I had bad time last time but thank goodness spared this time so far - friends speak very very highly of Dream Geniis that so mentioned earlier, and might be available on eBay (for the apparently majority of us who carry household finances!) Sorry too for all money worries: it is the most gnawing insidious thing and I really sympathise : I so hope 2013 brings better fortune somehow. Riverside it is just lovely to have you back on the thread: we all know it will e a bumpy ride, but let us share it when we can, and don't be too impatient; gradually, over time, I hope you will look back and see it is slowly easier to cope. Crazy what joyful Christmas news: welcome miniest-Crazy, and do pop back from the grown up thread to give us news - or see you there in April I hope! BadMiss I'm sure they cast medals for people like you - or should do! We are cheating and taking crackers to my mum's!

Next year I will be a paragon of organisation and oasis of Zen calm about Christmas, because I will be on maternity leave : always a magical land in my mind where I have time and patience for everyone and everything, knit my own jam and bake home-made cards...or something. The last one passed in a blur of coffees, John le Carre novels for BFing, failed naps and piles of washing...but none of that has dampened my dream for the next one!!

Happy Christmas to all you wonderful mums and mums to be, and thank you for the friendship here: may we adventure together into 2013,
Scarecrow x

Evening and happy christmas to you all. Feels like an age since I last posted - I am in the final weeks (36+3 today), finished work on friday and have been scrabbling around trying to prepare for Christmas and also getting all the baby stuff ready.

Scarecrow - welcome home and great to hear you had a nice time in the US. Sounds like you are doing an awesome job of playing xmas catchup

BadMissM - I don't envy you having to deal with 14 people - would throw my bag of adaptors your way if I could...

Crazyforbaby - massive congratulations on your baby!

Riverside - good luck re your iron levels - mine have divebombed recently (was tested at the hospital when they noticed during my appt that my heart rate was 50% higher than normal) and am now on nasty triple dose iron tablets. Was taking Spatone for ages and didn't realise that it wasn't nearly enough to keep my iron levels up. Hope you are getting plenty of opportunities to rest up meanwhile, and glad you got away from work early to focus on family and getting everything else done.

Cheese - hope you get a nice restful Christmas after all your recent testing stress.

Somewhere - wishing you and your DP lots of work-related luck for next year

Knotty - belated congratulations! Little Rosa looks gorgeous and am so glad you are home well in time for Christmas

Hello and happy christmas also to Knicky/Calibee/Damash - and apologies to anyone I have missed out.

Today has been a bit of a weird, sad day. Had a card through the door earlier addressed to me and DP. Inside it said 'love from Dad' which stopped me in my tracks as my Dad died 3 months ago, then I realised it was from DP's dad. The whole thing just threw me and I ended up having an uncontrollable crying fit. Great timing as then a friend and her DP suddenly appeared at the door and DP just let them in! I was mortified...

Then I got upset about the fact that DP hasn't bothered to buy me a present (thought I'd earnt it this year!) so cheered myself up by spending some time painting DD's room, then popped round to a friend's house to drop off a present and burst into tears on the doorstep. And she had family visiting, which compounded my embarrassment.

I have finally stopped painting/crying/hating DP and am gulping sipping a bit of wine now. Also managed to do a bit of hyponbirthing practice tonight which was nice.

I hope you all have a nice (if not restful) day tomorrow - will be thinking of you all

SCARECROW no your not alone in those feelings there was a long debate about it amongst the October ladies. One child
Somehow gets not just the best of its parents but all of the best which seems right and there's something so perfect about it. Love your entertaining account of the us - inspiring as usual! Just struggled to persuade my ds to explore his Xmas stocking so the present thing rang a bell. Come on DS do it for mummy! Be a bit more
Me me me for mummy!

EAGLE as someone who is getting quite emotional at the mo I'm v sympathetic. Can't believe you lost your dad three months ago I had
Much less idea what it meant then. I remember my DP inviting friends round when I was overdue and it stopping any contractions I thought I was having in their tracks .

I'm feeling a bit hermit like it seems to be an effect of PG. Did manage to do an Xmas eve tea with friends and family yesterday and it was

Nice. Bit of a cliffhanger there courtesy of iPhone. Xxx

Ps eagle have to add I felt weepy all the way through the tea. Big hugs to you I know your gonna miss your dad this Xmas.

Xxxx

scarecrow welcome home. A lovely post. Loving the sound of your mat leave - making jam and knitting.....if only! I too have somehow managed to forget the reality of the mat leave - why didn't I have time to do anything last time? Keep thinking I'm going to try and do things differently this time. I certainly feel much more relaxed, but suspect that I won't be cooking homemade pies and Victoria sponges in the first few months
eagle I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad. Gosh I know how hard that is. The emotions of it all still catch me unawares nearly 10 years on. Time does heal but you just never quite shake the sadness, though things do get easier. at your DP for not getting you a pressie. I did get a pressie and for the first time ever an xmas card - that said the xmas card was something about me getting out of my tree for xmas (ie drunk) - when I questioned it, DH said it was the only one he could get....really? No other cards available? I think he should have said it was the only card they did at the local corner shop.......
somewhere love the way the iphone forces a cliff hanger! I'm feeling like a PG hermit too. It's just me, mum and DD today which suits me. DH is working till midnight so all very quiet. Will cook a chicken later and enjoy as much of a lie down as my DD will allow.
crazyforbaby congratulations on your new arrival. Wonderful news!

Hello to everyone else knotty, badmissm, river, calibee. Have a wonderful day. Put those feet up when you can and if you fancy a tipple have a small one (looking forward to my glass of prosecco later!) Much love XX