anyone else got around a month left? fancy joining me on a countdown thread?

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I have 39 days left (AND COUNTING) until my planned cs on 11th april

I am fat, fed up, knackered, aching, heartburn-ridden and absolutely DESPERATE for the baby to be out. this will be dc3 and deffo my LAST

anyone else got a similar amount of time left and want a thread where we can share the joys of the final stretch of pregnancy

currently todays bugbear is my needing a wee constantly, which will no doubt keep me up all night again

Congrats oil great news i hope you dh is getting lots of baby cuddles after missing the birth but its just one little bit of parenting.

Well done Oli and welcome baby Rose!! Brilliant news.

I survived dd's birthday party. Just. Actually it was really lovely and it was a joint party so my friend did loads and the soft play ladies did all the food and tidying up. I'm now shattered and so was dd and she's crashed out. Thank god!

Congratulations oli :) lovely name too.

inglorious I take my hat off to you doing a toddler party today; I'm feeling huge and useless lying around while dh entertains listens to the football ds. I feel capable until I try to do anything when I just feel breathless and knackered. Sigh. Not much longer at least I suppose.

Been having niggly period pains on and off yesterday and today, but I'm not getting excited as it's usually either trapped wind or needing a poo that said, we blew up the birth pool today to see how long it takes and check for punctures. Felt a bit more real sitting in that!

How long have you got to go Misty? I had an intense set of 6-7 braxtons in a row last night and honestly thought things were kicking off but no joy! I'd had reflexology with clary sage that day, I thought it had gone the trick!

Oh well, ive got a good excuse to go for a hot curry with DH tonight now.

Hope you got a good nap this afternoon Inglorious? I had a nice 3h snooze and dreamed about NCT Coffee shop meetings... Babies on the brain!

We'll done inglori0us

You having Home water birth misty? Sounds lovely!

Ooh last, dh is cooking curry right now... Maybe we'll both go into curry induced Labour tonight

Dh is working Monday night which means he'll be around Monday and Tuesday day which is good! He told work that there's a chance I might be induced Wednesday and they've given him the option to work local or take the day off. I think he wants to take the day off which means he can come to scan and cons with me! I'd rather he works and I can call him away if I need but then he'd lose the day that they're offering. They give a free day for Labour so if I'm not induced he won't get it for the real thing... If that makes any sense?

I think he should do whatever you're comfortable with Helen - you'll have plenty of time to get him there if they do induce and you won't have wasted your day.

I'm thinking super spicy Dhansak, with extra pineapple!

I'm 37+3 so am expecting another couple of weeks at least :)
What about you? I get tons of bh, so uncomfortable and some of them painful - usually worse when I need a wee!

I really wanted a takeaway curry this evening but have hideous heartburn, so probably not a good idea :(

I don't want to eat anything. Dh is cooking steak & chips but I don't want it. I'm going to try to force it down.

Read the cs info sheet my registrar gave me. Made me feel a bit sad again as it says they take the baby away for checks straight away. This happened with my dd too as the birth was v difficult and it was horrible. I just wanted to hold her.

Sorry for moaning all the time.

Oh that sounds horrible inglorious :( as it's an elcs can you not request immediate skin to skin? they show it on obem unless there are obvious problems of course.

I'm going for the takeaway! Sod the heartburn, I may as well have an enjoyable meal as well as feeling crap.

Inglori0us you're not moaning all the time you are just getting your head round the change in your plans for labour which is totally expected, you've had a disappointment and talking it through will help you come to terms with it all.

I'm also not wanting to do the whole eating thing haven't had a real appetite for a couple of weeks now nothing seems tempting but feel like I should be forcing done copious amounts of curry and pineapple to get this baby wiggling along.

I find if I can start eating it's not so bad. Getting started isn't easy as I feel full and a bit nauseous. My steak & chips was nice.
I'll ask about the skin to skin. I think the reason they take cs babies away is to check the lungs and airways as all the fluid doesn't get squeezed out the lungs in the way it does when the baby is born naturally.

I know or won't matter how he was born as soon as he's here. I just don't like not getting my own way! Last birth was pretty harsh and I thought this one might be easy peasy!

Last yeh I might just tell him to work it cos even if they induce me, they'll have to get me to another hospital (appointment is at local hospital which is ante-natal only, not maternity) and it would probably take hours or days to get going! He could then take th ed free day the following day although it would be nice to have him at the scan and cons in case there is any more bad news (I always cry at those things lol). Ah we'll see!

Inglori0us we had steak and chips last night I can't get enough of steak this pregnancy! I completely understand how you feel about cs. When cons said I'd have one, I felt cheated and angry and quite devastated so I can definitely empathise! I'm sorry

Misty 36+3 here! Plenty of bh, enough to make me go 'oooh', it's not pleasant is it?

how's everyone doing today? is anyone else finding that they have no control over their body temp anymore? I keep going from boiling hot to freezing without any explanation I must have looked like a mad women in church this morning stripping layers on and off through out the service.

I feel cold most of the time. Our house isn't very warm though.

Feeling quite low today. My toddler was up late last night, awake in the night and then up for the day at 5am. I manage 6 hours of broken, painful sleep a night and it's taken it's toll.

It's also just occurred to me that I won't really have anyone to socialise with when this baby comes. All my mum friends have toddlers or preschoolers and the activities we do aren't really compatible with a tiny baby in tow. I know it sounds mad but I miss work already and I'm dreading not having my own income (even though dh would put money in my account if I needed/asked).

Dh took dd out for a couple of hours this morning though so I sat on the sofa and watched crap tv. Baby is wriggling lots today which is nice in a way as it makes me feel like there's a chance he might spin round.

Oh Inglori0us sorry to here you're feeling down and had such a bad night. surely when lo turns up your mum friends will enjoy having a cwtch with a lo whilst their bigger kids do their activities and things. What sort of things do you do together that you don't feel you can take a baby along to?

We did a gym class and nature walk, so both activities need quite a lot of active supervision. Also toddler group and a big soft play centre but my dd isn't really old enough to leave to her own devices as both are quite big and very busy.
I'm sure it'll be fine. I just have cabin fever, and the prospect of the cs means I feel like in facing 2 months on the house. I know I'll be able to get out after cs but I'll be relying on people to help me with dd and buggy, lifting etc and I hate losing my independence.

Inglorious you are not mourning and even if you were this is the right place to do it. So so understand how you are feeling wrt the cs. I felt cheated out of a perfect natural birth and if my DH had not been so aware and attuned to my feelings i would have been hit with PND. It is hard to come to terms with it but i promise it will get better. You will reach a stage when you look at your baby and just go screw you cs, my LO is lovely and that is all i care about. Please don't think too much about it.

Aww inglorious if anyone will understand, it will be mom friends though! You said they offered to take your toddler out and stuff! They don't sound like the kinda friends who will just ditch you. Can you think of activities that would be more suitable and suggest them? You know after a few weeks you'll find your feet and baby will not be a problem!

My nesting finally kicked in today yay, our house has been a dive!

Was out for the afternoon with dh and ds. When we were taking ds out of pushchair in the pub after lunch, he started sliding down and got a bit stuck! Table beside us kept commenting and staring but weren't fucking helping. Dh started giving out to me and it was all just really embarrassing! Eventually we got him out but I thought we were gonna have to cut him out at one point! Somehow I grew a thick skin and managed to laugh it off and ignore other table but it was horrible.

Highchair... Not pushchair!

helen I hate judgemental people with nothing better to do than pass comment without helping at all. screw then all im running low on tolerance of others at the moment.
im getting bh every 5 minutes all day and night. a few were really painful and made me grab oh arm but they went away but left me with bh and diarrhoea which I haven't had all pregnancy no idea what's going on. 37 + 4 weeks

Anyone mind if I join? I'm 37 weeks this week, due date 12 April. First baby.

I am sooooooo ready to not be pregnant anymore. The constant acid indigestion, B-H tightening, the not being able to sleep comfortably are all starting to get me down. Plus the hormones are killing me, I don't know anymore if I am genuinely feeling how I feel or whether its just the bloody hormones!

I'm so ready to meet my baby. Although I am scared of giving birth, I kinda feel like I just want to get on with it!

Oh Vikki, I know... I usually get really embarrassed and flustered in situations like that. I did get embarrassed but somehow managed to come out the other side with head held high and looking in control... That never happens lol. Even though it was horrible, I was quite proud of myself... Felt like a grown up ds was fine!

Ooh diarrhoea is good at this stage apparently body clearing out and all that! I'm glued to the toilet with all this water I've been drinking!

Aww boomerang, I was absolutely terrified with my first! Ya really do get over it so quickly though! Good luck, it's such an exciting time! Are you all prepared?

@ feeling like a grown up!

Yes Vikki - sounds like things could be kicking off! Get bouncing on a ball or on all fours!

Hi Boomerang. I so know what you mean, 38 weeks tomorrow and I CANNOT do this for another 4 weeks - it feels like our humungo-baby is going to burst out alien style if it doesn't come soon... And don't get me started on sleep!

All together now 'it'll be worth it!' (grrr!)

Thanks Helen & Dancing, it's good to know I'm not alone in feeling like this!

I think I am as prepared as I am ever going to be! Although we had a false alarm recently and it was hilarious to watch my normally in control husband turn into a flapping hen! I think I was reassuring him rather than the other way around!

I am scared but I know I can do it. That's what I keep telling myself.

Not getting on too well with my family at the moment which is putting extra stress on to the situation and doesn't help. My relationship with my mum has been steadily going down hill the last few years and I find her expectations about her role with this child to be challenging given her lack of support towards me. I wouldn't ever stop her seeing the child but she has all these expectations in her head I find to be unrealistic and its going to come to a head at some point. My mum is a bit of a dama queen and will probably go round my family telling them I am not letting her be a grandmother, I can just see it all coming. I know I have raging hormones but I know how this is going to pan out. :-( why do weddings and babies bring out the worst in people?! I know this isn't always the case maybe it's just my lot!

Lol last, I'm 33, married with a kid and our own house... But it's still the little things that make me feel grown up

Aww you can do it, you can do it, you can do it!

Boomerang, don't you worry, first things first, deal with navigate baby and then the issue with your mom will become a lot easier (ie. You'll care a little less). I've family issues too... Haven't spoken to my mom in years and she won't meet my kids... Once you ha've your own family it becomes less important!