(44) Little Presents - Due in December 2013

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!


Sorry to hear that, AJ. :hugs: Sending u positive vibes for 2moro!
 
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!

Ugh how frustrating! Fingers crossed for tomorrow. :hugs:
 
What a letdown AJCart :( ; I hope they can fit you in today.

Congrats August3! I'm glad the birth went smoothly. Enjoy your little one

Thanks ladies; there are some Facebook groups like that Brit, but things are out of our price range still. My husbands literally put a complete ban on spending, at least until we get a quote for the repair. He got a bit of backdated pay this month, and on Monday he's working an extra shift that will get us a bit of extra money when he gets paid again on 22nd Dec, so perhaps that will make a difference.

HEY LADIES; WE'RE OFFICIALLY DUE THIS MONTH :D
 
Lara what about second hand shops? A friend of mine got great stuff for presents this year in second hand shops. Your kids are so young they'll have no idea the toys aren't brand new? I know it's still spending but it could be very very little.
I hope you find a solution one way or another. We are very tight on money ourselves this year, but your situation is so unfair. :hugs:
 
That really sucks hope everything gets settled soon
 
Yeah I might have a look; that's a good idea. The charity shops here aren't anywhere as good as in the UK, and we have nothing like Goodwill in the US, but I might find something.
 
For the ladies that are having a lot of braxton hicks; this is my third pregnancy, but I never noticed this before. I have BH a lot at the moment, but at the midwife appointments we aren't given internals, so I have no idea whether I'm dilated or anything.

But when I get BH, I feel pressure down on my cervix too; like it's pushing down on it. Like I said I've never noticed this in previous pregnancies. I wonder if it means it's helping me to dilate. I have my 39wk appointment on Wednesday, and while she won't give me an internal I'm just hoping she's more engaged than she was 2wks ago. I want all these BH (we're talking every 5 mins for most of the day, for the past few weeks) to mean something!
 
congratulations august...so glad she is here with you and DH
 
I feel the pressure on my cervix when I get BH too, I figure it was babies head being pushed down on it during the contraction?

I also have an apt tomorrow, I think she mentioned she was going to do an internal... I haven't decided if I will refuse or not yet.
 
For the ladies that are having a lot of braxton hicks; this is my third pregnancy, but I never noticed this before. I have BH a lot at the moment, but at the midwife appointments we aren't given internals, so I have no idea whether I'm dilated or anything.

But when I get BH, I feel pressure down on my cervix too; like it's pushing down on it. Like I said I've never noticed this in previous pregnancies. I wonder if it means it's helping me to dilate. I have my 39wk appointment on Wednesday, and while she won't give me an internal I'm just hoping she's more engaged than she was 2wks ago. I want all these BH (we're talking every 5 mins for most of the day, for the past few weeks) to mean something!

I got a lot of BH in both of my pregnancies and have always began to dilate and efface early, around 33 weeks. Last week I was 2cm and 50 effaced, my dr said baby was pretty high still.
 
I put my daughter's mattress protector underneath the sheet on my side of the bed last night; I was getting so much pressure I was paranoid of ruining our new mattress if my waters broke; we only bought it in October. Sadly they didn't :haha:

I've now reached the same point as my last pregnancy; false labour :( My braxton hicks have been coming regularly for the last few days; every 5 mins and really uncomfortable. I won't say painful because I know it's nothing compared to labour, but it's not nice at all. I had three weeks of this with my last baby though, so I know not to get excited. Sucks though.

Come on baby girl!
 
4 more days till baby is here and dh is being a real asshole today !
 
We've had such a lucky 2 days. I won a voucher for 5 baby massage classes on a facebook competition, OH found out he gets 5 days paternity leave instead of the 3 we thought, and yesterday when out shopping I stopped to ask how much a picture with Santa would be when baby gets here...turns out I had caught the owner of the photography studio. Had a big chat with him and he's going to do a new born session in his studio for €50! (Normally close to €200!) He had just popped in to check everything so it was pure luck we caught him!

We've had a pretty tough few months financially, so these little things seem even better now.
....not to be greedy, but a lotto win would be great next :haha:
 
Dh is picking all sorts of fights with me I really don't need this 4 days before baby gets here what an asshole!
 
Dh is picking all sorts of fights with me I really don't need this 4 days before baby gets here what an asshole!

What's going on with him? Is he nervous/anxious? (Not suggesting that as an excuse, just wondering what might be causing it) is this normal behaviour for him??
 
We also have a mattress cover on our bed, we put it on a week or two ago as my water broke in bed last time. Unfortunately nothing is happening yet, except for very painful contractions that neither get consistent or stronger. They do wrap around my back now, so they are more painful in more places, and my cervix is always sore, so I do hope I'm getting SOMEWHERE while waiting! I'm so anxious and impatient at this point! Just 10 days until my due date.
 
Dh is picking all sorts of fights with me I really don't need this 4 days before baby gets here what an asshole!

What's going on with him? Is he nervous/anxious? (Not suggesting that as an excuse, just wondering what might be causing it) is this normal behaviour for him??


I don't think it's that he wants me to spend time with him but wantsthe whole house cleaned and were suppose to be staying at his parents house tomorrow since it's closer to hospital guess that's not happening he's saying really mean things and since this morning I've been havin more contractions I'm blaming him
 
I hadn't thought about my water breaking in bed, I guess I should as it broke in the middle of the night when I got up to go to the bathroom with my first. Went to the doctor today, I'm dilated to 2 1/2 and effaced 70%, baby is at a -2 station (not sure what that means though as my regular doctor doesn't ever give me the station). I expressed to the dr who saw me today that I wanted to hold out for at least another 7 days as that is when my regular dr. gets back into town, and she said "we will see if you make it to Monday", so I guess it could be anytime now. Its funny but DH is actually getting more impatient than I am. I'm OK with baby waiting a couple more weeks. I did have protein in my urine today at my apt though so now I'm supposed to watch out for headaches, vision changes or swelling. Anyone else have problems with that?
 
I've had a little protein in my urine this entire pregnancy. Nobody seems concerned over it as my BP is good. I think I don't drink enough water though lol
 
4 more days till baby getting really nervous at least dh is in a better mood
 

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