Small print: ideally pg with #1 and had ttc for >12months although let's face it, we ain't as fussy as we used to be, just as long as you're nice 
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The berry copter thread for all your clenching and hand holding needs
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BlindKitty · 19/04/2014 09:01
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Brodicea ·
20/04/2014 17:54
Hey all! Dicking station made me laugh!
I feel your pain kitty - puked up some of my dinner last night, puked up first thing this morning and puked up again after breakfast - had also been feeling dizzy and seeing stars after the puking. Called the maternity assessment centre and they reckon I have a gastric bug that has been going around 
so had to cancel roast dinner at MILs and have had zero chocolate. Been watching Columbo, crocheting and napping. I had been worried about the dreaded pre-eclampsia but I don't have a headache so I hope it is just a pesky bug - being 38 weeks is hard enough thanks!
Anyway, despite my moan very glad it is a nice day weather-wise and I hope you all have had a good one!
jessplussomeonenew ·
20/04/2014 23:35
Bunny, could it be round ligament pain? Weird stabby pain just inside the top of your pelvis along a line from hip to groin, caused by ligaments stretching to support the growing bump? Apparently it's more common on the right side which is what made me wonder. I had it at about 17 weeks (it went away after 4-5 days) but I think it can happen any time in the second/third trimester. I was a bit worried by mine at first but the midwife I phoned treated it as entirely routine and entirely to be expected at that stage!
Speaking of symptoms turning up bang on time, I rather enjoyed: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/20/words-from-the-wise-eva-wiseman - about the uncanny prophetic power of pregnancy apps/websites!
Brod, getting a vomiting bug at 38 weeks is really unfair - hope you feel better soon!
Kitty, as for chill out music, I love Pink Martini's Hang on Little Tomato - the whole album is lovely but the song with that title is really special and great for getting through difficult times. (Thinking about songs and giving birth made me remember "Miracle" from Matilda the Musical - though perhaps not one for the chill out list 
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Hope you've all been having good Easters. We've had a quiet but productive day today - chucking it down with rain so we've been sorting through some boxes of barely-used stuff to try and clear space for baby things! Two big bin bags out the door and various things to go to ebay/charity shops, so we're making progress. I do feel a bit bad for nagging my husband, who hates throwing stuff out, (well, actually, a bit more direct than nagging! More like sitting down next to him with a box of stuff and pulling things out one by one saying "do you need this?" "can I throw this away?") but it was much needed if we're ever to fit a baby and all its associated stuff into this house!
PoppySeedBun ·
21/04/2014 13:30
hi berries.
angel I definitely felt different when the baby dropped down/engaged - much more waddling than walking! But I still end up with feet/knees/whatever pushed up into my ribs now and then anyway. I have found spending time on all fours or on my gym ball helps to ease the pressure if its in my chest.
kitty if anything, my indigestion started playing up more after I got to about 35/36 weeks.
brod TBH, your level of weekend activity sounds about the same as mine, and I don't even have the excuse of a stomach bug 
bunny does sound a bit like ligament pain, but do get it checked out - there's no such thing as too much checking!
I have to say, I don't think I've bloomed once during this pregnancy. Some weeks have been OK, and less troublesome, but haven't exactly felt good at any stage - but I know that's not the same for everyone.
Bunnygirlie ·
21/04/2014 18:22
Evening!
Been googling and think it must have been the ligament thing, seems milder today but like a strain from too many sit ups. Having a nice bath now 
How are we all?
CatsCantFlyFast ·
21/04/2014 19:25
Today I would take all my pregnancy sickness and pain and issues for 1 nights sleep Am knackered (but obviously wouldn't swap her for the world!)
BlindKitty ·
23/04/2014 18:44
brod omg @ "he works all day, cooks and cleans". I love my Dh dearly but if you fancy swapping just say the word . My Dhs suggestion is to just get a cleaner lol
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Bunnygirlie ·
23/04/2014 22:03
why so quiet?!? Anybody would think everybody has gone and left to have babies 
kitty I'll fight you for brods husband!
How is everyone?
I have given in and bought maternity trousers, so weird, I feel like Simon Cowell!
So kat and poppy up next?!?
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Brodicea ·
24/04/2014 11:23
OMG I think we are seeing the next crop of berry babies very shortly - I hope so! A small child was actually following me around the supermarket the other day to stare. Then the lady at the till said 'next time I see you, you'll be with your baby!'. No signs yet!
Yeah I am super lucky with the DH. I didn't really realise until one of the NCT women texted 'so tired and I have to clean the whole house before my inlaws get here' and I thought 'WTF Mr Brod does everything!' Poor bugger. He reminds me of how I looked after him after his appendix operation, but that was for two weeks, nothing comported to the, at least, ten weeks he's taken over all the chores! The only thing I do is laundry… I think I need to buy him a present! And a long stick to bat away all the ladies when they find out
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