(44) Little Presents - Due in December 2013

[Lara310809]

it already is thankfully, but for a couple of hours it was quite painful to walk on. Part and parcel of pregnancy I suppose. I can't wait until my body is back to normal and my ligaments aren't so tender anymore

 

[Kaiecee]

I really can't wait to be back to normal it's so hard to clean when all u get it contractions

 

[Skadi]

My problem is how swollen my feet and ankles get while doing household chores. :/ By the end of the day they get so fat I can barely walk because they are so swollen I cant really bend my ankle.

 

[DHBH0930]

My problem is how swollen my feet and ankles get while doing household chores. :/ By the end of the day they get so fat I can barely walk because they are so swollen I cant really bend my ankle.

Same here, I've been avoiding doing lots of walking. But I still want to get chores done around the house. I do as much as I can till the tightness from them being swollen is too much. The swelling in the top of my feet bothers me more then the ankles, it feels so weird and uncomfortable since my skin is being stretched. Only a few more weeks of this at the most!

 

[Kaiecee]

I find I get winded just bending down

 

[Lara310809]

I find I get winded just bending down

LOL I use my kids to get me things from the floor. Or I use one of those dustpans with a long handle and a broom in my first pregnancy I'd wait until it was worth it, then get on all fours and do everything I had to do on the floor all at once, before standing up again, but now, only four years later I can't kneel on my knees because it hurts too much. I'm getting old LOL; I'm only 29

 

[Kaiecee]

I almost fee like vomiting if I bend down too long and if I'm on the floor it's pretty embarrassing getting back up

 

[ready2Bmum]

I'm sure the clips on the news are some of the really crazy stores...we only went to 2 places and neither one was crazy, although I did get bumped a couple of times. Luckily one of the items I wanted for my daughter was a comforter set for her bed so I carried that in front of my bump as protection My sisters and I go every year after we eat our Thanksgiving dinner, its sort of a tradition. I'm glad I didn't have to miss it this year, I honestly never thought I would still be pregnant, this last month is all new territory for me I just think I over did it being on my feet for so long.

Ready2bmum- why are they wanting to induce you early? Because of gd?

yea, cause of the gd. I'm on insulin before each meal and a different insulin each night. They've said before 39 weeks so we'll see what they say next Thursday.

As for aches and pains...does anyone else feel like they've been hit by a bus every morning? My body ACHES in the mornings....back,legs,feet, even hands! My OH is great and gives me a rub most mornings before he heads off. It helps a lot!

 

[Lara310809]

FFS someone smashed my husband's windscreen (windshield). Less than 2 weeks after it was involved in a hit and run and he had to fork out £300 to repair it. We live on a single wage, no help from the government (by that I mean we don't claim child support or anything). We're hard up; we have trouble paying to fill the fridge after the first two weeks of the month. We haven't bought anything for the kids for Christmas, and now we don't have the money to do so because we have to pay for this. I'm so angry, and so upset. We're good people, but this crap keeps happening to us. Thanks to this arsehole my kids won't have any presents to open over Christmas; my eldest is three; she KNOWS the deal with Christmas; she KNOWS she's supposed to get presents. Sometimes I feel like I fail at the first hurdle; what parent can't make Christmas happen for their own kids?

I should add that I know Christmas isn't about presents, but we dont' do the religious side of it, so all my kids know is that we get together with family and that santa give presents. Also because of finances my kids don't get bought things unless it's their birthday or Christmas; it's not like they get toys given to them all the time.

 

[ready2Bmum]

I'm so sorry to hear this Lara. Things are so unfair sometimes

 

[Lara310809]

Thanks Ready2Bmum; I'm looking through Pinterest to see if there's anything I can make them instead. Hopefully I can pull it together that way. I know in the grand scheme of things it's not that bad; it's only Christmas. I was just so looking forward to it, and my eldest is over the top excited already

 

[August3]

Our wee girl made her entrance to the world at 8.14am on Thursday November 28th

She weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and is 49cm long.

The short version of the birth story :

On Wednesday eve just after 11pm I had some red blood when I wiped. I phoned down to the hospital and was told to pop down to be on the safe side. When examined at 12.45am, I was fully effaced and 1cm dilated. I was told to walk about a while. Contractions started 6 mins apart but quickly started to come 2 mins apart. Taken to a delivery suite. We held off till DH arrived following a 200km drive to break the waters. By 6am I was at the pushing stage. No pain relief, just breathing, massage & visualisation. After an hour and a half of pushing, baba's heartbeat dropped and the midwife recommended a kiwi ventouse delivery. Our wee darling girl arrived shortly after at 8.14am.

Thrilled DH made it to hospital in time and that I managed without meds.
Disappointed that we couldn't have delayed cord cutting and DH didn't get to do the clamping.

We had skin to skin and a first wee feed before leaving delivery room. Overall a positive experience and we are besotted with our wee woman.

 

[AJCart]

Congratulations August!!

I am just about to put the last few things in my hospital bags and in a few short hours the induction process begins!

 

[Skadi]

Congrats August and good luck AJ!

 

[Kaiecee]

Congrats August good job on no meds

Aj good luck on ur induction hope all goes smoothly

 

[DHBH0930]

Congratulations on your little girl August3!

Good luck on your induction AJ!

Sorry to hear about your that'd times Lara hope things turn around for you soon!

 

[brit3435]

August- congrats on your little girl! It sounds like everything went smoothly!

AJ- good luck with the induction! You will be holding your little girl before you know it!

Lara- I'm so sorry to hear about the money troubles. Here in the U.S. we have a lot of online sites for used toys/clothes/books. I am a part of one website through facebook that is only for people near where I live and we buy and sell used kids items. I have gotten some great deals for both Vayda and Tayen on that site. Do they offer something like that in your area?

I feel so bad for you ladies dealing with swelling. Mine isn't very bad, mainly just in my fingers, but when I wake up and my fingers feel puffy its so uncomfortable! I can't imagine having my legs and feet swell up too.

 

[Hoping girl 2]

August - what a great birth story, congratulations! Glad DH made it in time

AJ - so exciting, good luck!!

Lara - I'm sorry about your DH's car, some people are just so damned selfish! I understand how disappointed you are but I'm sure you'll find a way of making christmas special for your LO's, regardless. I'll be thinking of you xxxx

 

[ready2Bmum]

Ahhh august!! so thrilled for you!! Massive congrats and well done!!

Best of luck AJ.

 

[AJCart]

Well, the joys of an over run health system!! Back at home, playing the waiting game again. Poor midwives were completely run off their feet, all the delivery suites were occupied and they were so understaffed so after checking both Roxy and I out to make sure we were both fine I was sent home and will get a call from my OB to reschedule tomorrow!