October 2004 - Moose massive, part 3

[beansprout]

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

am tryig to get ready for Cornwall but work and Heals delivery are interupting!! urgghh

Had a good ol' hormonal shout at DH last night as he had a few drinks before coming home to pack, I packed my Moose clothes but didn't do his and he was annoyed - the cheek. I think he is big enough to pack his own clothes so I kind of lost it explaining I would of liked to have gone out for a "few drinks after work" but CAN'T!!

Cooked a steak last night for dinner (trying to pack in extra iron) it turns out I woke in middle of night in agony, it must of been off or something cause I was on the verge of puking for hours and in a lot of pain. I am making up for it today it the toilet - YUCK sorry you didn't need to know that. I hope it didn't effect the baby? books say to drink a lot of water and keep hydrated which is what I am doing.

Piglit - that annoys me you were given such a hard time over the cheese - I thought most people knew about soft cheese now and besides the point, what makes it worse is your were probably gagging for some of that soft gooey, yummy cheese and just can't do it. You wouldn't forgive yourself if something went wrong.

Bean try and stay calm, although having a teenage DSD must by trying!! You will get through it.

Turtle - you have really had enough to deal with this week, you hardly need food poisoning on top of the lack of sleep!!
If karma exists, you will have a glorious, restful week in Cornwall (sigh). I really hope you do.

I will stay calm, a wise friend has advised that I need to focus on dp and do what I can there. I am not a parent to dsd, just a friend. Sometimes I feel like he feels guilty about being excited about Bean, and that's a bit hard but generally it's ok.

Right, there's a lucky chocolate bar with my name on it...!

Aww thanks Bean, its so great getting such good support on this thread it really helps.

Go get that bar of chocolate!!

Speak to you all when I get back from Sunny Cornwall

Have a great holiday Turtle. Hope lungfuls of west country air give you good nights. Don't try and do too much.

Sooz - sorry to hear you are feeling down. I'm on a temporary high but also pretty daunted by the prospect of another, bigger, hotter three months of this. Yikes. I'm sure I have heard that there are iron sources that don't clog us up. Might be worth a thread - this site is the fount of all knowledge. If the meece don't know, then it ain't worth knowing I reckon.

Bibiboo - Same here on the breast front, although I never had any to start with. For the first time in my LIFE I have a 36 inch chest..... and a 40 inch waist to go with it

Have a brilliant holiday Turtle.

I have just discovered Cadbury's Bubbles. I think it's Wispa with a new name. Oh, and I had a Mars Bar yesterday - I'd forgotten how darn wonderful they are. Yum yum.

ooh Piglit, straight out of the fridge I hope...?

I have found the bar with my name on it

Minty Aero girl
xx

Hi everyone, hope you are all gearing up for a lovely relaxing weekend! Turtle, sorry to hear about steak incident, hope it's all settled down by now. Tell DH to pack his own clothes! I think it's hard enough having to do DS and mine, let alone think about DH - although he never packs enough changes of clothes, that's his problem! Bean, DSD situation sounds stressful. Buddha vibes winging your way....

Just discovered I'm about to grow out of my only pair of maternity shorts (3/4 length cargo type things) - the bump only just fits. This seems rather early in the process??? And I'm not going on holiday until end of July???

Beansprout - the chocolate was so cold I almost broke my teeth.

Florence - I can't see how all my maternity stuff will still fit in 12 and a bit weeks time when I'm lugging around a full size db. Perhaps we just have to pop out to Milletts and spend the last few weeks wearing tents?

LOL Piglit - I think Millets is a good idea. We could also take up Bibiboo's idea of rucksacks weighed down with bricks to ensure we don't topple over?

I may take to wearing a rather splendid toga in the period of my confinement (gazes regally into the middle distance).

Oh yes, Beansprout. I just love the toga idea. Do you think it comes with a handsome man to feed us grapes?

Oh yes and to give us massages too, as and when we need them, when he wasn't gazing at us admiringly of course. And he would NEVER let us shop in Millets either!

Or Demis Roussos' cast-off kaftans (quite a tongue twister).

Forgot to say Bean, really sorry the dsd sitch is so rotten.

cold mars bar. Hmmm. Just ate packet of crisps, really fast, followed by carrot and apple. It's like the crisps never happened.

Off to osteo again this afternoon. Have had four weeks of pain free back, but it's kicking up again.

I kiss you all.

Back from sports day - called off half way due to rain Dh isn't happy cuz he did loads of prep for it, being PE coordinator type person.
Anyway, it never occured to me how nicely a Mars or a Mint Aero would go down until I read you lot going on about them - might have to do an emergency run to Tesco tonight - its is Friday after all.

Bean, sorry to hear your dsd is being a bit teenagery, but like you said, all you can do is be a friend to her and help your dh as best you can, whilst making sure you and lil Bean are okay of course - phew! Sounds like a lot when it's written down... Sure she'll be angelic dsd by next week - would taking her shopping for lil Bean (and - gulp! - letting her choose whatever she wants) make her feel more included and maybe a little happier about something in her teenage life? Not suggesting lil Bean is the source of the problem, but he/she might be a good distraction for dsd for a day or two...
Remember how awful everything was when you were teenagers ladies? I seem to be having deja vu about the hormonal rollercoaster stage ...

Aw thanks for the support ladies. Afraid it goes a bit deeper than sibling rivalry though, she is quite troubled and already has a history of mental health/emotional problems. Last night she left her mums in the middle of the night, left all the doors open and her mum found blood on her sheets this morning. She has since been tracked down and is ok. It's a really long and complex story which I just couldn't post here but, like anything else, you deal with it as best you can.

One of my biggest fears at the moment is that there is a really bad reaction to Bean when he arrives. She is very angry with her dad about the fact that I am preg....

Oh dear, this is not very Friday afternoon like is it?! Sorry ladies, double chocolate all round with a nutritional strawberry on top!!

Sooz - lol at the constipation/incontinence double whammy. Isn't floradix supposed to be non-constipating?

My latest 'get a load of this with a pinch of salt' from a midwife today was that girl heartbeats sound like horses and boy heartbeats sound like trains. She wasn't taken in by it either.

Beans - yay on your mat leave.

Bibi - I've got a black linen maternity dress (black to weddings? OK?) from hennes, that was a mistake, it just doesn't suit me. It's sleeveless with a little ribbon bow under the bust and a couple of pleats. Flattering, just wrong on me. Really happy to post it to you if it sounds right. Feel free to quiz me further!

Thanks for the dress offer Toots, very kind, but I turned into Bridezilla (I was 11 wks pg though, so maybe pg hormones ?)when people suggested wearing black to my wedding, so it would be hypocritical to wear it to someone else's, but BIG thanks for the offer x
Everyone is v kind on MN!
Do you think it should be renamed Moaners Net instead of Mums Net? hehehe

Dp calls it "MooseNet"

Bibiboo, what about buying a nice skirt and top - then you can wear them for the rest of the summer? Forme may have something in the sale. Someone here recommended Ghost as being very forgiving (and wearable afterwards) but I find their prices way out of my league. Monsoon do bias-cut dresses which may also "snap back" afterwards for future wear. Maybe a brightly coloured pashmina to go over the top?

My wardrobe is shrinking by the day as bump expands and clothes seem to shrink, bought stripey skirt in Mothercare sale today though in case weather perks up...

Following on from Bean's good news, how long is everyone else planning to take off then? I am going to go back after baby turns six months, but still part-time (3 days a week now). Also the right time to do CC if baby turns out to be non-sleeper like DS was. I think after six months of looking after mad toddler and baby I will need the break!

Thanks for the messages, op (grommets)now cancelled because his asthma is too bad, got to wait until its under control. Unfortunatley the drugs he is on make him high as a kite, reminding me of charlie on supernanny - how did that happen? Luckily DD is laid back second child or else I think i'd be increasingly worried about expecting no3!

Feeling a lot better today thanks all. I am going to give the iron tabs a whirl - my MIL is a GP so v.v. helpful in all aspects of pg and parenting and life in general - she suggested I start on a low dose for now and if that doesn't bung me up, step it up, so that if it does then bung me up, I can resort back to lower dose. If it does bung me up, then prune juice here I come... I know floridix is good, but it's apparently not strong enough. Have also been advised to avoid tea (my major weakness) as slows iron absorption... complex business this.

Anyway, Bibi, another suggestion, I completely forgot, but prompted by talk of bias cut frocks. Jigsaw often have lurvely dresses cut on bias... I bought one for wedding when last pg and it has served me really well. Just got a size up.

Have some pretty shoes on today and they are really doing the trick... but second breakfast should also assist. [insert chubby but happy emoticon here]

sooz if you are interestedSolgar Vitamins do a form of iron called "Gentle Iron", its doesnt cause constipation or upset tummy. it has 25mg of iron in a tablet which is quite high. i think it is much much better than floradix.
It is also really easy for the body to absorb. I have used it during 2 pg and breastfeeding and had no problems. I own a health shop if you want any more info on it. You can get it from most good health shops, but not H&B. it comes in 90 tablets and is not too expensive.
if your local health shop doesnt sell it you can buy online at www.solgar.co.uk or www.nutricentre.com
if you goggle "solgar gentle iron" there are loads more online shops that sell it if you want to shop around for best price.

gosh, thanks gloworm. will look it up. The ones I've been prescribed are 200mg (!) ferrous sulphate so will boost with these for now, as my Hb is pretty low. But the gentle iron for an everyday use later sound much nicer.

Thank you!

sooz,
good luck with the iron. After DD was born I was very constipated and found that a bowl of Bran Flakes every day kept things 'moving' so you could try that.

Beansprout, great news on your maternity leave. I get 18 weeks paid leave, plus hols, unpaid leave etc so plan to be off for 7-8 months. If we can survive on one salary I would love to take a few years off - in reality paying full time creche for two and after-school fees for one many mean no money in the pay-packet anyway!