The elderberry copter thread #4, for all your hand holding, sausage wanging and burger toning. Entrance criteria: ttc#1 for >12mths, prev berry experience preferable but not essential

[BlindKitty]

New home, as requested!

foody Eye of sauron

kitty girlie cardigans, awesome! Do ask DH if he wore them over a little pinafore?

Don't think I can join in belly button chat just yet lol

No, baby has woken up and is jiggling around and everything else seems to have ground to a halt. Humph

Get some yummy food merk and have an early night, I have total baby brain at the mo... how many weeks are you???

Thunder: Due Date 20 March. Surprise!
Merkin, due date 21 March, expecting a girl
Katatonic: Due Date 11 April. Having a surprise.
Tally, due 17th April. Having a girl, but no pink allowed.
Boom: due 20th April. Surprises x 2!
PoppySeedBun: due 23rd April, girl, but also enforcing pink ban smile
Brodicea: due 5th May. Girl - minimal pink princess stuff please!
kitty 22+2 Edd 22/5/14, pink one!
Puppymummy due 31st May - team BLUE!
Foody: Due Date 15 June. either will do!
Charming: due 8th August.
Angelina:
Jessplus: due 30th August, don't know gender

Newbies
Bunny: 10 weeks
Sid: nearly 8 weeks

IS THIS ABOUT RIGHT EVERYBODY? Pls update if wrong
I am having trouble remembering

Over the past few days I'm getting regular BHs, got periody pains and occasional twinges but have no expectations of anything happening soon!

Wow you've been chatty today!
Lol to Eye of Sauron!! My belly button is pretty central but I'm loving how soft it is, I can spend ages just feeling it (am I weird?). I have started getting a linea negra now though and that is not central to my belly button which looks a bit odd.

Mine is like that too tally. So soft! Quite tender around it now too though.

My linea nigra is above not below the bellybutton and not central either. When does it go?
In other hot fashion tips, today I am wearing a sainsbury crop top type bra in zebra print. I've got to be honest, it may be shit but it is possibly the most comfortable thing I have worn all pregnancy

Morning all

Ze-bra merk? see what I did there comfort is definitely the most important at this stage.

My LN is also at the top only. And very faint. And wonky.

38 week appointment today. And not a lot else to report.

My 38 week app this afternoon too. Lets see if this one lasts more than 4 mins and if anybody wants to discuss my birth plan with me!
OH has man flu bless him. He wants a thermometer so he "knows why he feels so terrible". I told him gently he had a cold/cough but he clearly doesn't believe me!

Merk do you have a big book that they fill in and stick stuff into? Mines got a tab called birth plan and on the flow chart at the beginning the 36 week appointment says 'weight and birth preferences discussed'

Ahhh poor OH. What difference will it make if he knows his temperature?!

I don't have a book, just notes where they write my BP etc. There is a leaflet that says what should be discussed at each appointment (eg 34 weeks breast feeding, 36 weeks birth plan) and I have a printed sheet of paper for my birth plan which is supposed to be written with and signed by my midwife. I'm not too worried, my birth plan is about four lines long and I don't really expect I need a signature to make it happen. Assume the midwives are totally stretched/busy hence not getting the time

Gosh isn't it different in different places? Are these the mws at the hospital that you're trying to avoid? I have a hefty tome that I need every time and has postnatal pages too. I even had to take it on honeymoon with me- it's now looking rather dog-eared.

Hope you have a good appt. guess you didn't hear any more about the protein/bp?

Happy Monday all,
just adjusting the list a little to show my EDD. Boring morning but I prefer it over stabbing pleurisy pain!!

Thunder: Due Date 20 March. Surprise!
Merkin, due date 21 March, expecting a girl
Katatonic: Due Date 11 April. Having a surprise.
Tally, due 17th April. Having a girl, but no pink allowed.
Boom: due 20th April. Surprises x 2!
PoppySeedBun: due 23rd April, girl, but also enforcing pink ban smile
Brodicea: due 5th May. Girl - minimal pink princess stuff please!
kitty 22+2 Edd 22/5/14, pink one!
Puppymummy due 31st May - team BLUE!
Foody: Due Date 15 June. either will do!
Charming: due 8th August.
Angelina:
Jessplus: due 30th August, don't know gender
Sidneey: EDD 18th Oct

Newbies
Bunny: 10 weeks

Well baby not engaged over here but all else is 'textbook' so it looks like I should be grateful I don't have the discomfort of walking round with engaged discomfort for the next few weeks....

Not engaged at all? My midwives were running 1 hour late!

Nope, still at the brim. Maybe I have a wonky pelvis too...?

Anybody had that baby yet?!?

I need some baby news to cheer me up. Spent all day feeling sick after throwing up at 6.30 am. I've had enough of this. Just under 2 weeks left of work then I can sleep in and feel better.

Tally poor you. I didn't realise you were ill again. Anything the docs can do?
No sign of baby here. Am SO tired today though, all energy has left the building. Am subsequently emotional and feel quite defeated. I know labour has to just start at some point, but I can't seem to see it happening any time soon

Oh no tally poor you. Can you not finish sooner- like now? Take it off as sick leave?

Sorry you're fed up too merk. I hear you on the tiredness. Still mentally set up for having a few weeks left over here though...

I'd love to start early but I had so much off at the beginning I'm not sure about that. I'm taking the meds if necessary but it's mostly sleep related, ie the more I get the better I feel.
Hugs to both of you, if you are anywhere near as tired and uncomfortable as me you must be getting pretty pissed off by now.

Can you look into it tally? You would feel so much better to take that pressure off and get more rest- sounds pretty important to me!

I don't think we can afford it either. I only do 4 days a week anyway, so I get a lie in on weds which helps.