Blimey, I look away for 3 days, and look what happens ... apologies for a mega post ...
daisyboo - sorry to hear about your infection - thinking of you and hoping that it heals soon. I second the suggestion of you going out just for a ride in the car ...?
purple - sorry to hear about you groaning and huffing and puffing - and about you lack of sleep. The physio suggested the following pillow arrangement to me, and it's meant that I don't have to turn over that often - I cab just do it when I go to the loo...
-2 pillows under your head.
-2 pillows between your legs
-1 pillow in front of you for you to hug / lean on.
This arrangement keeps my spine fairly straight - hugging pillow stops my shoulders getting crampy, pillows between legs keep pelvis from being squashed - having 2 pillows under head keeps spine pretty straight (I only ever sleep on 1 pillow normally - a lovely ergonomic one!)
rubles - It's lovely to hear from you - and it is fantastic to hear that you are enjoying pregnancy - I'm hating it, but it makes me feel a little better to think that it's not completely horrendous for everybody!
firststar - you will be a fantastic mum - the best thing my mum said to me when I was pg with dswas that my baby wouldn't care if I was the 'best mum' or the 'best-dressed' mum or any of that guff - all he would care about was whether I Loved him. Don't try to be the best ... just try to be 'good enough' - that's all your baby needs!
As for the bf - arm yourself with helpline numbers and shout if it isn't going right ... there's a really good thread at the moment with all the things people think are the most important things to remember about bf ... I wanted to add: 'it may well hurt - you are (probably! ) not used to somebody sucking your nipples for upwards of 4 hours a day, so don't stress if it hurts ... but somebody else said something very similar!
As for bf while tour PILs are around - don't be afraid to ask them to leave the room while you get the baby attached - they will probably want to anyway! I found that a big shawl or pashmina was fantastic - I used to feed ds everywhere - in shopping centres, in church - in fact I was in the middle of feeding ds during the service where he was baptised, and had to take him off to hand him over ... getting my nipples out in chruch was probably one of the most embarassing moments!
mumpbump - glad to hear you had a good Father's Day ...
As for the clothes, we've been sorting out ds's clothes to sell - and he found the father Christmas outfit we were gien for him for his first Christmas - I nearly PML - he tucked this romper suit thing into his tshirt, and spread out the arms onto his arms, and then perched the hat on his head ... he looked so funny!
fettle - I keep being told by people how 'well' I'm looking too ... I think it's because they can't think of anything else to say! Mind you, people who see me first thing don't say that, strangely - it takes until about 9am for the grey/green tinge to leave my face as I'm still being sick!
basil - thinking of you - only 9 days until your scan now ... try to stay positive.
glimmer - it was lovely to read your 'all about me' post - you are so right about rl friendships - some of my friends have had mc, but most of them have sailed through pg, and they just don't get it!
I'm glad telling your boss wasn't too traumatic ... and I'm also glad that you're adjusting to living with dh again!
uki - you are right, it is very hard to deal with people who haven't had mc - I still mourn the naivety of my first pg with ds ... happy 32 weeks!
beckle - the things you worry about change as you go through a pg ... now I worry if I haven't felt madam bean move for a while ...
plummy - glad to hear about your scan - great news - at my reassurance scan at 7 weeks, they told me I was still less than 6 weeks - at my dating scan at 12 +2, I was told that madam bean was measuring 12 + 6 ... she obviously had a growth spurt ... I am sticking with my dates - but only because I'm a curmudgeon, and because I know when I ovulated! For me to be at the date they suggest, it would have to have been an immaculate conception! Now, I like to think of myself as a good, Godfearing person, but that's going a bit far ...
bouncing turtle - the midwife who was listening the last time I was in hospital, showed me the difference between the placenta and the baby's heartbeat - the placenta sounds really wooshy, and the baby sounds a bitlike a ping-pong ball ... but don't panic if you can't hear anything just yet - it may still be too early! My GP found babe's heartbeat at 16 weeks, but it took a bit of searching around!
Right, I'm off to do not very much - I finished off all my reports and assessments yesterday, and took them into school - I was a whingy mess again lst night - I intend doing a lot of nothing today!
Take care all!