New Anyone Due in August 2004 Thread!

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Here we go, as promised...

Yes Dino, I am M2T. Not in disguise though, just got really bored of my name.

So this thread can be a record of the last half of our pregnancies. I'm going to print out the original as a nice log of the first 5 months of the pregnancy.

This is thread we'll all be posting on when we go into labour!! I'm all excited now.

What is it with men and last last nights out? Mine is the exact same, Monday night crashed home stinking of beer and pub, crawled big sweaty naked corpse into bed got a few elbows in the ribs from me as well.

Don't know where I got the torch up bum thing from? Mu bumps not smaller if anything it is growing by the day!

Morning ladies - 37 weeks today feel like it's a milestone but mad to think I may have another 5 weeks to go but at least thats the maximum now.

Feeling OK today might clean the kitchen cupboards today (is it nesting???)

SK - 5 WEEKS??? Don't scare me!! I'm hoping it's more like 5 DAYS!

I had quite sore 'period' pains last night and some this morning..... then I went to the toilet and feel fine now. I have my 37wk antenatal appointment today and I'm kind of hoping she says "Oh, you're in labour, we'll just transport you to hospital."

How is everyone else then?

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And Podmog - 28th August.
Really sorry, I went back through the thread and thought I'd caught everyone.
Poor you, it sounds like you're really in the wars at the moment.
Could you slip a gin into the lucozade to make it more bearable? I've had one GTT but happily was OK so good luck.
Hope things look up for you soon. At least there's an end in site.

Just had my 37 week antenatal appointment.
All my sitting and lying in unnatural positions seems to have paid off as baby is no longer OP - hurrah . And he's dropped down - still 4/5 free but moving in the right direction and harder for him to turn back to a bad presentation now.
MW then listened to his heartbeat and said he sounded like a boy - soooo relaxed. Let's hope he stays that way once born .
So all in all a good result - and a 2pm appointment so I have the rest of the afternoon off. Might try and catch up on a bit of sleep.

No not yet toothache still don't have a car to get to the hospital babes is going to have to hang about a wee bit longer.

Sponge glad babes has moved I've never been told anything about presentation just that the head is pointing the right way.

On a good note pram and travel cot arrived today so have had fun putting the pram together - it's so complicated! Flat looks even more cramped now

Podmog it sounds like you're having a horrible time. Good luck with the GTT and also hoping that your father-in-law gets better. Are you working? If so when do you finish work?

Glad others other halves are much the same - and Sibble you're so right about the enhanced sense of smell issue!!! eugh. mine added insult to injury last night as well by going on a a 3 mile fun run in Battersea Park (his ONLY annual exercise) then "forgetting" to have a shower before coming to bed, so the smell went on...

SK, I don't think I was told anything about presentation last time either but I think that was becasue it was OK. I was told this itme because he was facing the wrong way so I was given tips to turn him round.
If no-one's said anything then yours will be the right way round (most are).

You're right about the house gradually shrinking. As I remember it just becomes a series of narrow walkways between giant bits of brightly coloured plastic. Still, it's a small price to pay.
We keep our buggy in the communla hall downstairs - could you do the same to free the flat up a bit?

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hi all
am off today to have hair highlighted and cut in the hope I look beautiful in post birth photos (haha - fat chance), appointment was next week then suddenly panicked earlier this week and changed it. Have appointment with midwife tomorrow, hopefllu will learn how baby is lying etc. may be all in my head but feel it is getting close, intermittant backache and breathtaking braxton hicks etc.
also had hideous discharge yesterday, not show as wrong colour, so will ask her about that too....
hope he doesn't come this weekend though am taking DS to see pooh bear at the theatre a 2 hour drive away and staying for weekend with mil/friends....he is sooooo excited and we have lots of nice things planned for next week - our week together before baby is born. I am so looking forward to it as starting to feel a bit sad that I am going to have to spread my time between 2 littlies and not just my little boy, especially as he is not well at the moment and extra cuddly (sad face).

aww sibble I'm sure it will be fine once the new babies here

sponge - I think if I left the pram in the communal hall for more than 5 minutes it would take wings and magically fly away, once car is here I can dump bits of it in the boot. Been house hunting on the net just so much hassle to move house though.

Feeling OK today was DP's 30th yesterday so had 2 glasses of champagne and fell asleep

What a pain SK. There's only one other flat in our house and they have no need of a buggy - couple of single girls - so we're OK.

I might try a couple of glasses of wine tonight then! I'm really not sleeping at all now - last night I woke up literally every 20-30 minutes. Very tired today .

Sibble I'm concerned about the effect of a new baby on my dd too. She's had 4 years as the centre of attention and I don't know how she'll react. She's mostly very positive about the idea of a new baby. She did want a sister and so gets sulky about the fact that it's a boy sometimes, but she hasn't raised any concerns about the fact of a baby and having to share us per se.
I'm just conscious that we'll have to make a big effort to still give her lots of attention and let her join in with caring for the baby - not be too protective and "be careful, gently" all the time.

I am jealous of all of you who feel like things are moving though. I've got all kinds of aches and pains and niggles but nothing that leads me to believe that anything's going to happen early.
Hey ho..........

Hello all, am trying to sneak in a quick mumsnet session while dd naps so have not read through the whole thread. Have back ache and sore hips (??) at the mo, still feeling tired but better than I have been. Got a lovely king size bed the other day so there is lots of room for my whale arse and hubby doesn't get on my nerves anymore cuddling too close, well recommended.

Hope you are all ok, will try and log on later when dh is on cry duty.

xx

Wow - toothache /sponge /Dinny I admire you all, I'm not due til mid oct first one and panicking about being that big!! Already sleepless nights at 26/27wks. Women in my aquanatal all seem incredibley heathly and all fit to burst. Not sure how I'll cope in next 14wks. Midwife aquanatal teacher worried me when she said that if the baby kicks /moves too much that could mean a problem too -any one heard that one?

Oh Podmog, I really feel for you and your DH about your father-in-law. I hope he can be kept comfortable in the time he has left. It must be so hard for all your family to cope with this at what should be such a happy time.

As for the GTT as far as I understand it you are utterly entiteld to have what ever intervention - or lack of it - that you require. It sounds to me like you're an intelligent lady who has also got the professional skills to monitor herself adequately (you mentioned keeping your eye on your blood sugar whilst at home) and so they should respect that.

You may not feel much like asserting yourself right now, but if you do feel very strongly about not having further close monitoring then you should tell them so in no uncertain terms, whilst at the same time adding that they can be assured that you will take appropriate precautions by monitoring your blood and you diet and that if you believe there is a problem them you'll be more than happy to seek their assistance.

Hope this helps.

What a silly cow Jennifer1. As if we don't have enough to worry about, now there's too much movement!
I've never heard that. They always seem delighted when I say he's thrashing about.
I think, like all of us, they have their full of energy active days and their quieter ones - somewhat but not entirely linked to what we've been up to.

Well done you for taking aquantal classes. I gave up all pretence at exercise as soon as I knew I was pregnant.

Mine having a quiet day today (think it was the champagne last night )

Jennifer - this one is my first as well and I thought I would never get to this stage but it has flown past, just enjoy being pregnant I've tried not to rush the whole thing but now I just want to see the baby.

Podmog, they can't make you have a GTT if you don't want one. They can inform you of the risks of not having one and you can reassure them that you are a health professional, that you understand those risks, feel able to self monitor and are willing to take the respponsibility.
I can't see that they can do much more if you think the discomfort of the test outweighs the risks for you.
Good luck.

sorry to hear your having such a shitty time podmog, hope things improve a little bit for you soon.

Last day at work yesterday kind of felt a bit emotional but think it's the right time to leave. Just feel big and cumbersome right now and really restless.

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