October 2004 - Moose massive, part 3

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

Damn those pesky hormones. There's a lot of it about. I am back from my holiday, which was mostly fabulous (apart from being very wonkily ill for three days) The way I see this labour anxiety thing... we've got roughly seventy days to go. The likelihood is that our labour will take place towards the back end of that. So say we have a fairly safe sixty days, when labour is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Then labour WILL happen. Over one (or two) of those days. Let me echo whoever said this - when it gets to October you will quite literally be paying people (green grocers, reflexologists, partners/husbands) to give you things that might deliver you from your burden. That's right, paying people to make it happen. You will be giddy with the tedium and discomfort of pregnancy and not terribly anxious at all. This is true. Trust me. I went a fortnight over, and DEMANDED to be induced in a totally unanxious fashion

Also....hooray, it's raining. And not very hot. My ankles and respiritory system give thanks.

I too am so cross about the purse incident and would like to boot louse in arse with a big swollen foot.

Have been having huge trouble with staying online, which has been making me spitting mad. But in spirit, I am posting several times a day.

OOOH, bad people who steal purses should be made to suffer the wrath of my sluggish bowels. Sit them in a room and let me trump at them until they pass out Also agree with several boots up the ar$e from our swolen feet and a few slaps about the face with my podgy sausage-fingered hands!

Bean I am terrified about birth too and have my mad moments when it's all too much and it hasn't even started yet. Can't cope with the thought of being in pain and the people around me thinking it's "nornam" and not being as frantic about it as I will be.

Sorry to hear about the purse stealing incident - that is so mean and horrible.

Bibiboo - know what you mean about fat feet and fingers. My normally narrow feet have just ballooned in this heat and I can barely get sandals on. I also couldn't get any of my rings on my fingers this morning and am wearing my great grandmothers ring, given to me by my gran, as a wedding ring. Great Gran must have had huge hands, that's all I can say

Thank you all for the hugs after my altercation with DD1's Barbie spacehopper. I have an appointment at 2.30pm today with midwife, so will be fine once I've heard that heartbeat.

Turtle- all my sympathies- that´s really awful. Hope you did treat yourself to a glass of wine last night.
Bean please believe every word that Toots says. DD was 8 days early, but that still wasn´t early enough for me.By the end I felt like one giant ballon about to pop. Besides the epidural worked wonders so the pain wasn´t too much of an issue.
Cerys good luck this afternoon.

thanks everyone for your well wishes, I did have a very enjoyable glass of wine with DH last night discussing the inevitable arrival. We woke up this am to someone had spray painted our car!! What the f... is wrong with people, I do actually live in a nice part of London - honest. I then had to deal with a ton of crap at the office and hardly made it through the day, got thoroughly soaked on the way home in the rain.

got filthy builders in the house making it very dusty/dirty and am really taking the whole thing quite well considering......

you may read in the paper in the next few days

"Pregnant Woman commits Atrocity in West London" you'll know straight away aaahhh that's Turtle!

Blimey Turtle, you are having a bit of a crap week. Hope things calm down for you.

I saw a lovely midwife yesterday and she picked up the baby's heartbeat straight away, so I feel reassured now. DH came with me so he was excited to hear it too. Then I went home instead of back to work, so that was a pleasant afternoon. I thought I'd walk down to my parents' house, but got caught by one of the neighbours. 25 minutes later I was feeling a bit trapped, as he turns out to be one of the most racist people I have ever met. I wanted to challenge him on his totally outrageous views, but didn't feel up to a fight, plus we have to live opposite him for the next ?? years. I am still stunned that anyone can think like that, and that he thought I'd be interested. Finally made it to Mum and Dad's and had nice chat with them, uninterrupted by DDs, which is a rare thing!
Didn't sleep well last night but am just glad baby is OK.

Hope everyone else is OK today.

Hi all.

Cerys, really pleased all is fine after your spacehopper trip. It is so scary.

Turtle, good grief, poor you. I hope everything takes a good turn soon! Can thoroughly empathise with house-builder mess. It's a nightmare and while you try to remind yourself that it'll all look wonderful soon, it does get to you doesn't it. Boo hiss, to your nasty purse theft and car graffiti. Just when we are feeling at our most vulnerable... sounds like you are coping really well with it. I doubt I would have.

Bean, know how you are feeling. But mi put it very well. It's all over in a day and then you and little bean have a lifetime to get to know each other.

Also Bean, thought of you yesterday as was shelling broad beans for our supper! How are things with your DSS now? Hope it's calmed down.

Keep well lovely fellow chubby ankled/fingered mooses.

I meant DSD - sorry!!

Awww, thanks so much for all the reassurance (and welcome back from your hols MI and Toots!) I really do feel much better about it all. Am trying to view it as a job of work, but the most worthwhile one ever!! Still scary, but hey, that has to be healthy....?

Turtle - if you do commit any sort of atrocity, I will gladly come down to the police station and bail you out . Sorry to hear about the car too, that's just horrible.

Cerys - top banana to hear db's heartbeat and know everything is ok.
Sooz - dsd has disowned us at the moment, so things are difficult, but quiet (!). Will have to see how it all pans out though...

Hope everyone else is well xxx

thanks again everyone, things can only get better. I wore a mat skirt today that is to damn tight above and below the bump and I am in agony - grrr was rushing as usual this am to get to work.

Cerys - so pleased you got to hear the heartbeat, it's so reasuring when you can.

Bean - it will all be fine, that's what I keep saying to myself and I think one of these days I might even convince myself. Don't be scared

any magical cure for swollen fingers, it really hurts trying to make a fist or open bottles.

Turtle - only suggestion is can anyone give you (or can you get) any lymphatic drainage massage? This might help with the congestion/water retention. Sounds pants though, hope you find something that works.

Have decided that henceforth I shall be known as "Bean the Brave".

Er... does anyone believe me, ('cos I don't)...

I get numb finger tips when driving, painting or even drying my hair, pain in my palms and swollen fingers . I was told by mw it could be mild Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and there was nowt I could do - but might try the lymphatic drainage massage, sounds like something the council would do! hahaha :0

ohhh any excuse for a massage is up my street!! I went to a really good back clinic at my hospital last week and I got told off for not doing pelic tilts and pelvic floor exercises - is anyone else doing these?

ever since then I have been doing it every day, my back is still bad though, get numb bum all the time so I think a massage is in order

Bean you are more than brave, you are BRILLIANT

Aw shucks Turtle, I'm filling up....

Have been doing pelvic floor, when I remember, but never seem to do more than about 10 before I get distracted and then forget again for ages. What is a pelvic tilt?

Look away now if you are squeamish... but I sneezed the other day (at home I hasten to add) and then heard something dripping.... . I comforted myself by thinking that this is not the worst indignity I will suffer before this whole thing is through. Curiously, that didn't provide much comfort.... Needless to say have tried to remember pelvic floors a bit more since then!

Bean the brilliant

I always cross my legs or try to when I sneeze, it's the extra weight on your pelvic floor, don't worry but keep trying to do the exercises even 10 a day will make a difference!!

If its any comfort Bean, a few times now I've been to the loo and then discovered afterwards that I'd not quite finished!

Speaking of sneezing though, does it cause anyone else significant abdominal pain (muscular) if you are caught sitting awkwardly when you do it? I now have to make sure I'm bent over to ensure loose muscles don't pull so hard...

Nevermind a few antenatal classes, I think I need a whole term of moose school.

Had a really tough afternoon with 'terrible 2' year old DS. Patience comes at such a premium when you're 32w pg, hot and pudgy. He said sorry in the end, but by then I'm so tired and shattered, all energy to play and have fun is expired...

LOL! I have the sneezing/weeing worry too! It's only happened a couple of times, but that was enough to get me doing pelvic floors, although I have to admit, I've slackened off with them lately, this thread has given me all the incentive I need - in fact, I am doing them now
I was that worried ta one point I wore a Tenna Lady to go see Bill Bailey!

the sneezing is a problem for me too I think it hurts because of the muscle that separates when you get to our stage. I need to double over (as much as I can) when I sneeze and hold the old pelvic floor muscles tight!!

Only 8 weeks left in work

That's 40 working days. Sounds SUCH a long time, but I've got 1 week off, so that's 35 days, a bank holiday so that's 34, a wedding on a Friday so that's 33, and two half-day midwife appointments making it 32.

Go on then fellow Meese, tell me how many you've got left and make me jealous - all you slackers who are finishing at 34 weeks etc! hahaha

After this week, I have another 5 to go, ie am working until I am working until I am 36+2.

Imagine how reassured I felt to read "36 weeks - have your bag packed for the hospital as labour could start anytime from now". NO!! I'm still at work that week!!!

Thanks for all of your sneezing experiences. I was in Trafalgar Square yesterday at a work event that dp was involved in. I could feel sweat running down my leg as I was talking to someone-very-important and wasn't sure whether to a) ignore it or b) say "it's not what you think, only sweat!".

I AM class on legs....

LOL Bibi at wearing a Tena lady for Bill Bailey - I'm sure he'd take it as the highest compliment.

When I had a sick bug on holiday last week and wanted to hurl, I had to get on a loo before I could be sick in my charming double placky bag arrangement. Only needed to get caught out with that once, whilst out! had to wear dp's extra layer round my waist - he said 'I won't lie, it does look like you've wet your pants' . I did 200 (i kid you not) pelvic floors the day I got better, about 60 the following day, also announcing that I could feel an improvement already, since then I've been doing the Bean getting to ten (or more like four) and getting distracted. Must do 'em.

Am probably going to copy Bean and work 'til 10th Sept (self-employed - can decide for self too!) although will effectively lose two weeks from mid-aug when dd's nursery is on hol.

Oh no Bean how awful for you. This weather is awful/I am sick of it!!

I actually went to M&S today to try and find ANOTHER horrible bra, I seem to go up a size every month!! well there wasn't any aircon in M&S and I am sure you all can relate to putting on bras when you are hot and sweaty and huge aint much fun so I gave up after two hideous attempts.

However they are doing some lovely soft white (very stretchy) cotton vests which are excellent in this weather for bed.

bibi I am wimping out completely and leaving at 34 weeks, I am also taking a week off for holiday, I have 18 working days left!! Hurray. out of the 18 days I have 8 at home and 10 in the office!!

Toots you poor thing, that feeling of not knowing which end something might come out is just a little terrifying.

You lot working up to 36 weeks are very brave in my books. Just cause I am turning into such a lazy cow and would be happy to stay in my house and get the nursery ready.

does anyone elses baby kick when you do the pelvic floor exercises? mine doesn't seem to like it when I do it