October 2004 - Moose massive, part 3

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Does anyone want to come and play here? There's loads of space!

OK, my blood test was just a preliminary, testing for glucose - if the test comes out too high(?) then I would go on to have a further test which involved drinking a bottle of Lucozade. Good luck for your results Toots, my midwife last time drove me mad because I had high sugar in my urine, and tried to get me to give up sugar - I just couldn't do it. My second breakfast today was a Danish and a cafe mocha...but then DS woke up at 5.30(!) and I need the sugar rush.

Found out that baby is currently sitting head up, bottom down, but was reassured that it is far too early to worry about this at this stage.

Anyway, are people finding their bump is a magnet for, well, dirt? I've already got a smudge on mine and it's only the beginning of the day!

Happy birthday Sooz - sounds like you´ve got the perfect day ahead of you.
I´m very envious that I´m stuck here in Germany and won´t be able to meet up. I´m so nosey it would be great to finally put faces to your names etc.
Florence I know what you mean about grime. I know it´s partly my fault for trying to squeeze past things and forgetting just how big my bump is.

Grimy crumb/spillage magnet here too. Plus spend too much time rubbing/stroking it too, so grimy hands not helping either.

Am wearing a white shirt today - I know, I know - there are whole posts devoted to the dangers of this yet I never learn!!!

Sorry you can't make it Huppa. If it helps, imagine a gaggle of very pregnant women scaring any nearby males and you probably have the picture!

Sooz you lucky girl and happy birthday! Enjoy, I am actually trying to find a good place to go for massages for pg mooses in London - can you let me know if the sanctuary do messages for us type?

a day doesn't go by where I don't spill some sort of food (usually chocolate which mean DH has busted me) on my bump but also my boobs seem to catch a bit as well on the way down.

Went to fab restaurant last night for 2nd wedding anniversary and spilt some sauce on my right breast (beige top) Nice

Hey all,

sooz Happy Birthday!

Sorry I can't meet up with you in September, but flying (from Ireland) will not be allowed at that stage, sniff. Anyway as I will be on leave I will make sure to treat myself to something nice that evening in your honour!

florence, can't blame you on the sugar thing, I would find it well impossible to give up the sweet stuff...

Sorry I won't be able to make an evening meet up, by the time DH home from work in London and I travel up it'll be too late - did I miss something I thought it was lunchtime?

4 hours sleep and have already lost my temper on a garage forecourt (see preg and angry women thread!), so not a great start to the day, but am ok, if a bit spaced out/scary today!!

Just wanted to suggest that we try to organise our meet up on the "Meet ups" section - I will start a thread, just so we don't clog up the general flow of October meece chat? Hope that's ok.

Phenomenal idea for someone who's had four hour's sleep! Bad luck Bean. Hope tonight is better. Look forward to reading the forecourt saga.

I was up seven or eight times to wee or walk off cramp in foot last night. A bit cr&p.

Thank you everyone for your lovely messages. I had a wonderful day... feeling very chilled and serene. Thoroughly recommend it.

Massages (feet and all over) were lovely... Turtle, no probs there, altho' obviously can't do lying on the back, but she still managed to reach my back as I was on my side.

Hope you get some decent sleep tonight Bean.

Glad to hear that you had such a good day Sooz. I really fancy a massage - what a great idea. I've joined the local NCT and it has an advert for a woman who does all kinds of pg moose massage (including Indian head massage - my fave). She also comes to your house so I might just ask her to come round and give me every treatment possible. Ah, bliss.

I hope you slept well last night Bean and that everyone is ok and looking forward to a quiet weekend.

had my m/w appt this am, all is fine, the height of fundus is 3 cm over my weeks. In otherwords, I am 26 weeks but height of fundus was 29 - does this mean I am having a big baby or just a big belly?

I always feel my m/w is rushed when I see her, it's slightly annoying as you look so forward to these appointments, i.e. listening to the babies heart beat etc. Any way all was normal so shouldn't complain I guess.

have a good weekend everyone and try not to swealter!
Suz thanks for the tip, I found a day spa very close to home who do fab messages!

have a white top on today and beautifully decorated with salad dressing... anyone else wearing their food today?!

But what do I care - it's my last day at work!

Piglit, Turtle, everyone, definitely go for the massage - so so worth it.

Shopping dilemma - really want to find a pretty top to wear to Sunday barbecue we're hosting? Have any of you seen anything promising lately?

I'm not wearing my food (for a change) but I am wearing puppy slobber. So attractive.....

Piglit did you get the puppy? how amazing if you did. can you post a photo? and bring him or her to the meet up in Sept!!

Sooz I really like Formes clothes but there are some lovely shops in London if you have time tomorrow to go to Seraphine or Push. There is also a nice pg shop near me in Chiswick on Chiswick Lane that does nice linen stuff. I might pop over there now while I think of it have been sitting outside in the garden this afternoon and got a bit sun burnt!

No food on clothes today but that's only because I am not at work.

Just remembered there's a shop in Putney... maybe I'll try to get out with DS and do a spot of shopping tomorrow while DH is off all day watching cricket!

I'm off now. Last time I'll be posting from work! Yay!

Have a lovely weekend.

Last day at work Sooz?! Fab-tastic!! Hope you get a rousing send off?!

Turtle - my fundus is a cm bigger than dates but I tell everyone who has a comment that I am "spot on" i.e. "bog off wiv yer silly remarks".

Piglit - I think that after your fall and puppy training antics you deserve more than a little pampering. Go for it!

Sooz - how have you managed to be leaving work now? how many weeks are you? You are a very lucky Moose indeed.

I am still get the "oh are you sure you aren't having twins" what the .... is up with these people? Can they not think of anything more creative. I am trying not to let it bother me any more but when you get up to four comments a day - it gets a bit much.

You always know a woman has had a baby recently when they say "you look fabulous" and leave it at that. Quite frankly that is all we really want to hear at the end of the day - even though we don't

Turtle, I made damn sure I told a new mum the other day that she looked fantastic. She almost looked surprised, as we get so used to fielding crappy comments. Colleagues (childless ones of course) were too busy commenting on how huge they thought her 18 week old son was, when he wasn't, he just wasn't the teeny new born they wanted to see.

Grrr

If asked if I am having twins I will say "yeah, and I will raise them like the Krays so I wouldn't p*ss me off if I were you...."

Had facial and manicure today in preparation for DD1's godmothers wedding this weekend. Feels great to be pampered. Am currently wearing balsamic vinegar on my white linen today, great look, good job I decided to go with black for the wedding just got to stop DD amd DS wiping their noses on it!

I am ebarrassed to admit that I was psyochotic this weekend. My poor DH didn't know what to do this with me. I cryed hysterically for no reason and yesterday lost the plot completely when the clothes fell off the laundry line. I threw the clothes horse across the back garden which broke into pieces. I felt so frustrated as I am suffering so badly with my back that I can't do all the things I used to be able to do like gardening and cleaning the house, it's absolutely killing me.

I also feel so guilty about not enjoying being pregnant, like I am going to be a bad mother or something because I am not enjoying this. I can't sleep at all which I know isn't helping and I am so anxious to get this over and done with.

Sorry to post such a depressing note but I am hoping someone else is feeling this way

Turtle, SNAP! You just described my weekend. I'm having trouble sleeping due to wriggly baby, wriggly DH (who is going to be sent to spare room soon), backache and heartburn.

My moods are BLACK and I'm prone to hurling things across the livingroom/kitchen etc - no matter how crappy I'm feeling I find the strength to throw things This weekend I threw a full but cold kettle because all the water backed up along the spout and soaked me. Kettle now looks worse for wear with a large dent in it's shiny stainless steel side and kitchen floor tiles have yet another crack. DH calmly came into kitchen, picked up kettle, sat me down in living room (sobbing) and cleaned up watery mess without a word. Then cuddled me, which made me cry more. He's such an angel putting up with my psychotic moments, I feel quite ashamed afterwards

I'm not particularly enjoying pg either, and feel under pressure to smile and look content all the time, when the truth is, sometimes it's a pain in the ar$e (and back and boobs and foof and swollen feet!) Don't get me wrong, I love playing tap-tap on my tummy with Boo and feeling him/her kick me, but I can't seem to cheerfully ignore all the problems that come along with it.
What I need is a good night out with the girls, several pints of Stella and a bag of greasy chips on the way home - but I can't stay awake after 9:30pm, Stella is off the menu and chips make me hurl, so it's misery all round in my house!!!

Also had sob in work on Friday as the banana I'd brought in had black bits in it - I am v fussy about my food lately, unless it's chocolate covered.
Will this ever stop? Am I going to be this pathetic forever? If so, how on earth will I cope with crying baby and sicky clothes and poo filled nappies?

Awww Bibi, boy can I ever relate, you hit the nail on the head. It's so hard some times, I never expected pregnancy to be so damn hard and even worse, in the past if I had stress I would also turn to a good friend, a bottle or two of vino and Marlborough lights but not any more. My best alternative is a Lavendar candle and a long bath!! Not quite the same

Your DH sounds great though, mine doens't quite know what to do when I throw a wobbly, it scares him I think, he keeps telling me to put my feet up and relax but that is so much easier said than done. I do worry about my levels of hysteria some times and how that might affect the baby.

I think it does get better (I bloody hope so) our hormones have gone into over-drive and will eventually calm down but this is my first baby too and I am a novice

by the way, I once threw my kettle at brand new chrome smeg frige and dented it! Every time I looked at the fridge it reminded me of what a complete lunatic I was, try not to throw things that come back to haunt you!!

Oh T and B - I really feel for you both, you poor things This is difficult and all I can think is "hey, it's only going to get harder". I came home from a picnic with the in-laws on Saturday, tearful and overwraught, like a child. I just stood in the front room and cried as I didn't know what to do with myself and am so sick of aching and hurting.

So... just to pile it on, I seem to have decided that now would be a good time to move house (lovely house of a friend has gone on the market, so the opportuntity is there). How mad am I on a scale of 1-10 please? The last time we moved, dp's mum was terminally ill, and in the event, we moved the week she died. I'm assuming nothing could be that bad again..... right?