Minster's side car bumping along- TTC graduates part 2

[Justanothercyster]

Here we go ladies, hope to see more OGs soon 🤞🏼👶🏽🌈✨💕🥰

@lucyrp they couldn't find me work from home so they suspended me on full pay until 35 weeks then I have 2 weeks holiday then start maternity leave at 37 weeks. They are delivering her no later than 37 xx

Hello ladies, we have a date!! After 6 weeks of growth scans where this little lady has resolutely sat on the 10th centile I've been booked in for the 31st august at bang on 37 weeks and now I'm both shitting it a bit and very very excited!!

Hope you are all well.... hard to believe we are so close to having actual babies 😱😁 @lucyrp all eyes on you!!

@DJmum83 I wish my work were like that😂 I work as a barista/ cafe assistant and my boss sure as hell would have found me work to do from home which is nothing to do with my job description kind of like we had in lockdown so there was no way I was doing that and ploughed on until the end. I'm currently on annual leave until my due date on the 16th xx

@Gem176 every day that goes past I get a bit more nervous about when little mister\madam is going to make an appearance 😬😳

@DJmum83 awww beautiful scan 💕 a gymnast in there! Bet you're excited now, but I hope your test comes back ok x

@2020mission at 26+4 now and no stretch marks yet 🤞🏼

@Gem176 ahhh that's so soon! Exciting!!

I'm currently in a van squished next to dog and dh in Cornwall 😂 if I go quiet, it's because we're all over the place here with dh's family.
Was a bit worried about baby last night and this morning as they haven't been kicking as hard as usual, but I can feel them moving around in there so I assume everything is ok

@2020mission oh yes and on the stretch marks I had none until maybe a week or two ago and now have a couple that appeared at 36+ weeks so you think you've escaped and you haven't 🥺🤣

Eeek @Gem176 @lucyrp so soon! How exciting!

Gutted about the potential for stretch marks, was hoping I was out of the woods by now...

Aww @lucyrp I think most of us will end up with them by the end! Can't be too bad since it's appeared so late on though and it will fade soon. Just wanted to prepare for when it might be 😅

@Justanothercyster lovely photo! I would guess you should feel changes to how they kick as they get bigger and have less room to move around? Glad you're still feeling them anyway 👍 I'm feeling so much more relaxed now I'm getting the tiny kick feelings and seeing my bump get a little bigger.

@djmum83 happy may leave and lovely photo! I finish 13th August but off work this week so least not long to go hehe xx
@gem176 eeeee how exciting!!!!
@justanothercyster beautiful pic, love seeing your updates on insta. Movements might feel a bit different atm if baby has moved position, just keep an eye on them x

Hi ladies hope everyone is all OK? I was up for hours with period style cramps last night, got a bit worried it was labour, just genuinely been feeling rough for a few days now. Covid tests negative so know its not that!

Hope all ok @Kirky658, how far along are you now. I did get lots of BH with my first from about 34 weeks, but made it to 38wks!

Hope everyone else is ok, can’t believe how far along we all are now…it’s like time stands still day to day but is disappearing overall!

Take care all!

@thinkingandblinking me too, we are going to a wedding this afternoon 😅 I'm 34+3 now so hoping it calms down!

@Kirky658 I hope you're ok, if you're at all worried call your MW, better to be safe and reassurance helps x

Well I'm having an utterly shite time in Cornwall. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to have a moan because I've literally cried everyday here and just can't stop now.
Im going to sound like a right snob now but we're on a campsite in dh's parents camper van, it's been raining constantly and the van is now leaking onto our bedding. We've only been here since Tuesday and I feel so bad because the in laws have done everything to try to make me comfortable, but I've just had enough now and can't get dh to actually leave.
The toilets are a long walk (up a hill) away, and they've given me a toilet bucket thing to use but it's just so horrible, you ladies know how often baby makes you need a wee.
The place we're staying is called Padstow, which to anyone who knows is always crammed full of people, so im not comfortable going there because of covid. They come here every year, why? It's beyond me because it's the most boring place ever. We haven't done any of the day trips ive wanted to do because no one can seem to get ready in time to leave early enough for it to be worth going anywhere.
Ive told dh that ive given it a go and it's just not for me, I'm not comfortable, feel dirty all the time, and can't sleep at all, and the van leaking is just my breaking point.
I feel awful because dh wants to enjoy time with his family (who we see all the time anyway), but I can't take the car and leave him here (too scared to drive up the massive hill out of the campsite and on the lethal motorways, and can't leave him here alone), a train home will cost me £75 which I just don't have right now.
Oh and the cherry on top, on Thursday dhs parents were supposed to be looking after the dog whilst I had a nap because I'm exhausted, he got into their tent and ate paracetamol, we had to rush him to the vet who pumped his stomach and put him on IV anti poison meds over night and all day yesterday, and cost us £600. Luckily our insurance is good but it's just like, what else could go wrong??
Sorry I sound like an awful prissy b* but I just can't anymore, and feel trapped and not really sure what to do. Maybe writing it all down will help...

Oh and on top of everything, the tarpaulin on the side of our tent has collapsed because of the rain, and drenched all of towels and chairs...

@justanothercyster thanks babe it's feeling a bit more maneagable now so think it's just braxton hicks starting...seeing MW on Tuesday. I'm so sorry to hear you're having a shitty time in Cornwall, I completely get how you feel. We went out to the zoo on Wednesday and a bloke stood right next to me and coughed in my face and I just went 'Really??' dead snotty and loudly so I made sure he heard me. People just don't give a shit its like covid is a thing of the past. I'm glad I'm getting my second jab next week. What's DH said about you guys heading home? Xx

@Justanothercyster it’s just not the right time for that type of holiday and hubby needs to realise you come first. It’s not too much to feel like you need your creature comforts, maybe compromise and leave a few days early so you only have to deal with it for a bit more. When you have kids and they can run about and the sun is shining, you can drink wine and chill is probably a better time to be in a caravan!!

@Justanothercyster you don't sound snobby at all that doesn't sound like a nice trip in any way especially during pregnancy. I hope your husband agrees to head off early with you as it's true you've given it a good go! You're always free to rant on here.

Can't believe it's only a matter of weeks (or just days for Lucy!) until babies are coming. So exciting 🎉

@Justanothercyster also well done on putting a happy on in your last Instagram photo with all the family 😅 looks convincing!

@Justanothercyster sorry you're having such a rubbish time ☹️ hopefully you can come to some sort of compromise with hubby, I don't think I could cope with that kind of holiday either at that far along x

@2020mission I'm still here at the moment unfortunately! Although every day I am wondering is it today ?! DS was born on what would have been today for me so 😬

Hey everyone, just had a quick catch up...
@lucyrp welcome to the longest weeks of pregnancy 😂😂 my first was born at 38+3 so as soon as I reached that I started getting the 'have you had that baby yet? Any sign of baby arriving?' texts and it drove me mad!! Hope you're feeling ok, glad to read you've finished work.

@Justanothercyster oh man sorry you're having such a crappy time, and the dog thing is just the icing on the cake ☹️☹️

@DJmum83 yay for maternity leave.

So we have a sidecar baby to report 👶 ...Baby Lennie was born last Thursday, weighing 9lb 10oz and he is a dream. Big sister has got over the disappointment that it wasn't a sister and we didn't call him snowflake 🤣🤣 and we are all adjusting to being a family of 4. Didn't get the vbac I was hoping for but I did go into labour naturally which was something I really wanted. Things stopped when I got to 4cm and because of him looking big as well as the worry about scar rupture etc we agreed to a c-section which given his size was a good call 😂😂
Couple of pics of 'Big Len' attached...

Thanks ladies, he was all prepared for us to leave but I felt guilty so going to see if I can stick it out a bit longer. Won't be so bad if it stops raining every day.
As it happens we had a nice day in some gardens today so that was a positive. I'm so not cut out for camping, dreading that bloody van and bucket tonight 😖

@Clairey844 awww congrats! He is gorgeous 💕

Congrats @Clairey844 🎉 glad he came out safely with the C section definitely sounds like a good decision since he was 9 lbs 10oz. Lovely photos!

@Clairey844 it's bloody awful, the whole
Pregnancy I've thought I won't go further than what I did last time and it was only made worse when I read on my app the other day that " if you've given birth before your body understands that it is time for childbirth and you go into labour before or around the same time as last time" and my midwife has said the whole time I won't go further than last time and everyone predicted either Thursday or Friday for me and here I still am. DS was born over 12 hours ago from where I'm at now so pissed off isn't the word 😩 ibe also had many messages asking if I'm still in one piece. Feel like locking myself away, I'm already so down in the dumps it's ridiculous and had the worst nights sleep ever last night after continual dreams of my waters breaking which woke me up in a blind panic 👀 already said congrats to you but congrats again! Love the "big len" 🤣🥰

Aw congrats @Clairey844 Big Len is gorgeous!

Sorry everyone is a bit fed up! I am also fed up... Made it back to NI to see the family which is lovely but we're staying with my aunt who has quite a lot of health issues. Long story short, we're running around helping her out so I've been on my feet all day, plus she keeps putting the heating on because she's cold despite the fact it's really warm and muggy here (?!) so I have ended up with the most hideous swollen ankles for the first time 😭 currently hiding in my room with my feet up and the windows wide open to try and cool down. I'm roasted and properly gutted about my new cankles!