March 2018 babies due? How is everyone!

[Potteryprincess30]

Can someone direct me to the March thread please? Or shall we start a new one? I feel like the old one has completely disappeared into the depths of the mumsnet sea.

We're getting close now and wanted to see how everyone was as I'm due the 7th

All the best to you all lovely pregnant ladies

Gahh...it's threads like these that keep me sane!

Me too @Lavenderdays

Pregnancy is a kind of mysterious purgatory that's for sure. Even down to the feeling that this is 'some kind of purification' pre birth

I certainly miss that ginormous glass of wine without the heartburn/guilt/tastes like vinegar !

One day left at work! Totally shattered. Hope you're all feeling ok. Any babies yet???

I wonder why that persons comment was moderated? In my shrunken world right now it slightly excited me

Lovely name ideas. And good to hear I'm not alone in being busy! How old are your dds Lavender? I have a 4yo and a 2yo. 4yo will start school in September but no idea where yet as hopefully we'll have moved house by then!

I’m 35 weeks tomorrow. Still feels like there is plenty to do! Really must pack my labour bag at some point. On the plus side our new car arrived today so at least we have the space for the baby’s car seat as well as car seats for my 2 DS! Lavenderdays we have also used our favourite names as we’re expecting DS no. 3! I finish work next Friday which is making it all feel more real.

@potteryprincess30 Yikes!!! The thought of that pregnancy tunnel. I’m having my 5th baby and that word ‘tunnel ‘ has a whole different meaning to me
@lavenderdays Best of luck for your scan today and your meeting with your consultant. Thinking of you x

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/parenting/3160692-what-is-your-day-like-as-a-new-mum?pg=1

Thread about life with a newborn

And good luck today with the scan @Lavenderdays, let us know how things go

@Burstingwithlife your 5th! amazing woman you are!

Hi there...Happy to report my scan went well today... according to the consultant I am apparently due to have a cuddly baby! 33+1 today.
Consultant is talking about giving me a sweep or inducing me at 39 weeks if baby has not arrived (I am over 40 and have had a previous late loss, so they don't want to take any chances)....now have a maximum of 6 weeks to go and not 7. Just dreading the pain...have always managed to get through labour with gas and air but feeling less brave this time!
Blink...My dds are 4 and 11. 4 year old is due to start primary school in September and 11 year old started at secondary school last September...pre-schooler and pre-teen...wicked combination hey? Oh and not to mention the getting stronger possibility of a baby appearing in that little equation! Wouldn't be without them though - my girlies x

Oh forgot to add and will write about this because it was funny (but not for dd2 - aged 4); at the end of the scan...dh and dd2 came in to the scanning room to take a look at the scan pictures.

DD says "I want to see the baby, I want the baby to come out now."

Sonographer: "No, no we don't want the baby to come out just yet, she needs to cook for a bit longer."

DD: "But I don't want the baby to be cooked...(dd becoming slightly hysterical)...I don't want anyone to cook the baby!"

That took a bit of unravelling, I can tell you!

Friday, another week ticked off ladies. Anyone's last day of work today ?

35 w bugged up with flu spd and a back to back baby

@princesspinkgirl That must be awful. At 34 weeks I’m so fed up with just being pregnant! To be 35 weeks with spd and flu. Especially as you can’t take anything except paracetamol. My pharmacist wouldn’t even sell me lemsip when I had a bad cold a couple of months ago. He said the decongestive medicines aren’t advised for pregnant women. If you live in UK, Calpol do an amazing plug in vapour thing with eucalyptus and camomile etc. Smells wonderful and really helps especially at night. I think it’s neant for kids but I’ve used it loads for both my children and myself. I hope you feel better soon. You are almost there x

@Princesspinkgirl how are you feeling? Hope your feeling a bit better, though I know it's on 24 hours later. This SPD sounds horrific, I can't believe I'd never heard of it before until now

Burstingwithlife its dire im taking hot honey and lemon with not much joy unfortunately ive spent the day feeling sorry for myself today ill get other half to have a look thanks for the tip 🤧

Potteryprincess30 im feeling worse i hardly slept all night due to this flu 😣 the spd is a killer wouldn't wish it on anyone my hips are so sore thank you for asking its nice to chat to other mummies

@Princesspinkgirl It is frankly the pits isn't it. My friend had the spd thing and she was practically immobile by this stage, and she really is such a sprightly young slip of a thing normally. But the SPD made her into a shadow of her former self that last month of pregnancy. It wasn't diagnosed so I only realized what she had after mums to be on her explained the symptoms.

I am so sorry you are sick, yo must be absolutely done with this day now

Stay awake this evening if you can, then you will definitely sleep tonight at least.

Has anyone here had spd in previous pregnancies?? I'm curious about your birth experience. I'm getting progressively worse and noticing changes daily. With the baby due the end of March I began to panic and finally got the midwives to listen. I seen the consultant the other day who has told me they will induce at 39 weeks and intervene with pain relief early on... This was not the birth I had planned or wanted anyone else have a positive birth with spd

My back is killing me. My 2yo won't sleep. And it looks like our house sale has fallen through! But we all have each other and work is done. Mustn't complain!

To all you lovely ladies x
We all seem to be suffering a bit (for some it’s a lot). I feel like a right Moany old bag most of the time. I feel as though I’ve been pregnant for a very long time as I can imagine it’s the same for many of you. My boobies resemble udders now. If I wore a pink dress, I’d look just like Mr Greedy. Constantly peeing....yet no sooner have I pulled my knickers up I’m thinking...shite, I need to go again. I’m convinced baby has a full set of teeth and is gnawing on the nerves in my pelvis (sudden nerve twinges etc) my oesophagus can barely be there still with the acid that’s probably dissolved it into oblivion. Now as time moves very slowly forward I’ve got a few fisting (membrane sweeps ) to look forward to in about 3 weeks. As I’m sat here in bed after being awoken by the feeling of about to wet myself ( yet told constantly to drink plenty!) im chuckling. We nutty narnas choose to put ourselves through this. I usually spend the end of my pregnancy desperate for labour and then the whole of my labour thinking and shouting ‘what the heck was I thinking...or...it’s coming out my ass!!) But then, a heave and a ho or a nerve racking surgery...combined with some very unbalanced thoughts... and there it is. Our beautiful baby. Our gorgeous little creations, so vulnerable and dependent on us and suddenly it all seems worth it a million times over. The pride we have to look forward to as we tell ourselves ‘I did that’
Best feeling in the world and a whole new chapter begins, full of new hopes and dreams. For that moment, it doesn’t matter how much money we have or don’t have, or how big or small our house is. Our pregnancy suffering starts to thankfully bugger off. Our intestines and stomach return to their rightful place, our bladder can sod off for hours and hours now.
Ok, so we may have massive pads between our legs, a few stitches and in a few days chewed nipples, but at least we have someone gorgeous to show for it.
Hang in there all of you, we are almost there. It won’t be long and we will all be posting ‘am I in labour’ Youd Think we’d know according to text books. This is my 5th babe and still it’s not always that obvious!! But one thing I do know is that when it’s really coming, oh boy we will know. Blow torch to foof springs to mind xxx I’m coming back as a man in my next life for sure he he xxxx

@Burstingwithlife your fantastic. Needed to read this today [ xx

Hey is there a Facebook group? Want to make sure I keep up to date :)

Bursting that post made me tear up. It really is so worth it..... in the end. Husband and I are watching the George Clooney/David Letterman interview on Netflix and I keep thinking about what I’d give to crack open and share a bottle of cold white wine. Not long now.

Bursting...Lovely uplifting post...thanks for that x

Princess...hope you are feeling better although I suspect it will take you a little bit of time to recover x

Woke up looking pasty and tired and growling at dh...then realised I must have been up a minimum of 6 times in the night for a wee...it's Sunday so dh is around to look after youngest dc so managed a nap this afternoon and woke up feeling a hell of a lot better (and a hell of a lot less grumpy). Now wanting to go on semi bed rest for the remaining 5 weeks (will be induced at 39 weeks if baby hasn't appeared) but sadly that isn't going to be possible as dh works full-time and no other support.
Can relate to what Bursting said about looking like Mr Greedy...bump has dropped though and baby at scan last week was head down. Also, instead of being told that I am massive or fit to burst, I have been told that I am carrying the baby all out front which seems mildly better than being told I look massive.
Sorry for those experiencing SPD. This is something I have fortunately escaped to date (but do have a problem with my right hip - old wound niggling). I am finding that I have a sort of pressure on my hips (pressing down feeling over the past week) which hasn't helped me in the mobility stakes...everything seems like a real effort now - driving, walking, getting in and out of the car etc. and I can honestly say that I have had enough now. It makes me smile when people say...hasn't the time flown by (since start of pregnancy), urm, no, sorry, not for me it hasn't - it feels like I have been pregnant forever x Hospital bag mostly packed. Have a sort of plan about who is going to look after dc's whilst I am in hospital but also worrying about the unknown of it all. Bursting definitely going to re-read your post when I am having low moments...it will spur me on x

@Toddlerwith1ontheway I think the Facebook group might be closed, but I didn't really understand the post the organizer person left on here about it so not entirely sure.

many expectant mum's here on this thread too though. And will be until the last March baby is born