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To satisfy Lact8's nosiness.....A thread for ShowofHands

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Lact8HisLiverWithANiceChianti · 20/10/2006 21:45

Come in SoH, sit down, bit of G&B? I'm having a glass of wine myself but I have a nice selection of juices for you

so...

Was it planned or a surprise?

When did you realise?

Any sickness?

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Lact8HisLiverWithANiceChianti · 25/10/2006 11:15

Here it is!

Don't tell me I've missed you again!!!

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ShowOfBloodyAndSeveredHands · 25/10/2006 12:39

I've found it!

Sorry Lact8 m'dear, wasn't ignoring you.

Right the gory details. Yes it was planned. Been trying since September 05 (cue lots of angy MNers leaping on me for using the word 'trying'). I sadly had a m/c in July and thought about giving up for a while. So, we had a holiday, decided not to make a decision and didn't think about it for a time and lo and behold I'm up the duff! I was incredibly but over the moon. I found out when I was only just 4wks as I had a "feeling". The initial euphoria has more recently been replaced with nausea (kicked in at 10wks just as I was smugly congratulating myself on side-stepping it), fatigue and absolute terror. I've started having nightmares about giving birth to fully grown children and at the height of my current insanity I dreamt the scan showed I was pregnant with a tarantula.

We've found out that DH isn't entitled to paternity leave as he's just been accepted into the police force and won't have been there long enough. I am currently having visions of turning up at the station in full labour and refusing to leave until they let him come home (probably end up giving birth in a cell, under arrest for causing a disturbance). I'm under community midwife care and they're very pro homebirths so that's what I'm hoping for.

So, enough gory details? I'm awaiting your platitudes with interest!

Thanks for thinking of me, very [proud] to have my very own thread.

How's you?

Lact8HisLiverWithANiceChianti · 26/10/2006 00:17

Hi! I've been meaning to come back on here all day and pesky kids, pesky DP and pesky housework stopped me grrrr

I had no idea about your m/c (((hugs)))

As you found out #1 once you stop thinking about it it always happens and as my mum always says #2 babies come along at the right time

Morning sickness is just poo! Have you tried#3 ginger? #4 But it'll pass soon enough. #5 You wait til it's born, that's when the real trouble starts!

(well managed 5 there, have tidied my cliche book away, ie. thrown under the sofa, so I'm having to think these up as I go along! Not to worry though, another 6 months left on this thread, I wonder how many I'll be able to fit in by then? hmmm)

Towards the end of pregnancy with dd, I used to feel like a huge walking womb! Everyone at work would ask me about it or say something pregnancy related, and it would usually be the same comment or question, just asked by 50 different people. I used to have bets with dp abou what it would be each week

The tired thing sucks too but then when you think about what your body is doing it's no wonder it's knackering. I used to have conversations with DP that just involved me saying "There's a baby in there!"
DP Yeah
Me But there's an actual baby in there
DP Yeah I know
Me But you don't seem to get what I'm saying, There. Is. A. Baby. In. There!

OMG about DH's paternity leave! Do you live near your family? Will there be someone who can help you out when you get home? Poor DP too, (but your little one will be so proud of Daddy when they go to school, my dad's a policeman and I used to win all arguments with "Yeah, well, my dad's a policeman so he'll arrest your dad!")

ROFL at the thought of you giving birth in the police station! Surely they'll have to let him come home when you go into labour though? One of my friend had a home birth, her 1st baby too, and it went really well. She had a birthing pool too. Have you thought that far ahead yet?

No wonder you are terrified if you are dreaming of giving birth to fully grown adults, a little baby should be piece of cake in comparison though! When I was having ds1 I used to dream that the nurse would hand him to me to take home and his head kept falling off (in a non gruesome sort of way) I blame my nan as she kept telling me how important it was to hold babies' heads properly

Everything here in sunny Wales good at the moment. Thankfully the cream is working on dd (or maybe it's just because I've wiped 8 weeks worth of snot off her face ) It was awful her rash, old ladies would stop, chat with ds2, have a look in the pram and then recoil and desperately try to think of something to say other than OMG what an ugly baby!

We need to synchronise our watches if we're ever going to be on MN at the same time. PMSL that the internet is the way of the future, me and you would be quicker if we had to write a letter, walk to the post office and then queue up on pension day for a stamp

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Lact8HisLiverWithANiceChianti · 26/10/2006 00:19

Huge post

Clearly the witterings of the sleep deprived

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CorpseBrideOfJohnCusack · 26/10/2006 00:28

ShowOfHands (hope you remember me)

many congratulations. I'll join you in the crazy dreams. It was triplets the other night but I've also given birth to a rather cute puppy (not such a bad outcome) and a full grown toddler.

ShowOfBloodyAndSeveredHands · 26/10/2006 17:54

Arfy! of course I remember you but you're still Arfy and not MrsJC in my head. Are you in NZ now? How's the pg going? Long time no see!

Lact8, I think you're right I could hand-deliver a letter to you and get there faster. It's entirely my fault as I'm only capable of two things at once and as one of them is always sleeping, I would have to start dream-posting to keep up with things.

I love the idea of a waterbirth but I just know that I'd leave the technicalities up to DH and as my waters were breaking he'd get round to reading the instruction manual. We need to sit down and talk about what we really want. Unfortunately, all conversations seem to degenerate into 'there's a baby in there, a real baby, it's growing and everything'. DH just vacantly nods like I'm going slowly batty. I'm glad you know what I mean! DH is mostly interested in more technical things like pushchairs (trust him to find a gadget related to pg and to gravitate towards it). I still can't quite believe I'm pg, we told my parents yesterday and they're over the moon, but I feel sort of sad that it's not mine and DH's secret anymore (well, mine, DH's and a bunch of women on the 'net!).

I love the platitudes and cliches btw! And pg has been a great excuse to indulge my ginger addiction (only grown woman in existence to eat gingerbread men me). I have a funny feeling that I will find out what it's like to be a walking womb very soon. I have spoken to my parents once since we told them and I was on the phone for an hour while my Mum fired questions at me. I'm probably going to spend Christmas with them as DH is working 7-7 on Christmas day () and I envisage a lot of molly-coddling. They're about 20 miles away (ILs about 40 miles away) so I should have family near enough to support me, but far enough that they can't just 'drop in'. Luckily I love the ILs as much as my parents and we get on well. It's the first grandchild on both sides, so very exciting all round.

We've been house-hunting today. We're renting atm, but today we found a fantastic place today with working fireplaces, a wood burner, three bedrooms, big garden, nice kitchen etc. It needs quite a bit of work, but we're very excited (and clearly insane, buying a house, being pg, working full time and studying part time, something has to give and I think it may be sleep!).

I'm really pleased to hear that DD is on the mend. Poor little girl, has she been bothered by the rash? It's horrible when little ones are ill, makes you feel very helpless and silly, stupid little medical practitioners and their ignorant comments can't help.

Is Wales really sunny? Norfolk is distinctly rainy, but there's a pretty beautiful sunset atm.

Anyway, must rush, our cat has decided our kitten is some kind of squeeze toy. The result could be disastrous.

Piffle · 26/10/2006 17:55

SOh many congrats
How far along are you poppet?

ShowOfBloodyAndSeveredHands · 26/10/2006 17:57

Piffle m'dear! I'm 11wks today! How's tricks with you? You must be well into your 2nd trimester by now? People tell me that's when you bloom and blossom and radiate some inner energy. That is true isn't it? Tell, me it's true. I can't be green and weak for another 12wks!

Piffle · 26/10/2006 18:18

SOh I'm 19 weeks
And yes skin looks fab, hair glossy and curly, no weight gain,
Back has packed in with SPD, getting murderous headaches.
But aside from that lovely thanks!
Was v lucky only had sickness for 2 weeks

Lact8HisLiverWithANiceChianti · 26/10/2006 18:30

Ha sunny in Wales!?! PMSL

House sounds fab!

About to bath dd and ds2, I'm trying to avoid dd's grasp, she is covered in pineapple and yoghurt and there's an undertone of poo in there as well

Hope the kitten's ok

Will be back on late if you're still awake

#6Make the most of the attention now, everyone will ignore you when you have the baby!

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squishy · 26/10/2006 19:27

Congrats SoH - just read very quickly, but see you're only 11 weeks - are you sure your DH isn't entitled to some paternity leave? Thought the police were better than that......very mean if not.

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