Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??

[Cherrybump]

Yeah hun. Would be so funny if we did go the same day lol. xx

 

[bbymc]

glad your first day went well laura. They sound great to work for! Your brave going out in all that snow with your spd being so bad though. Im terrified to step out the door incase i fall. I havent been out in days! Largely cos my back's so sore, but still.

Ive got a support belt from mothercare. Cost £35 but really didnt help much. Its quite uncomfy too so i kinda felt like i was trading a fraction of the pain to sit and feel uncomfy anyway. Not great really.

What did the MW say arelene?

So do you reckon kaiden passed the virus onto your niece Karen? Can't really be helped i suppose. How is kaiden with it anyway? Better?

 

[Kaybee]

Thats a shame the support belt hasnt helped. i took the bus today and that means a bit of a walk which was not easy with my sore pelvis and trying to keep upright on the snow and slush

Kaiden is fine. It didnt really seem to affect him at all. Not sure if my neice got it from, me, kaiden it could of been someone at school as it is doing thr rounds.

Laura glad your first day went well.

 

[lj2245]

I got my Glucose Tolerance Test today. The glucose syrup was minging! Ugh. I had a student midwife and she had to take blood before I took the syrup. She was supposed to take about 5 vials but poked the needle in and put 1 tube in and it made this hissing noise and blood spluttered out, like it had air in it. She panicked and pulled the whole thing out and my vein collapsed. Lovely! She then had to try and go in the other arm to get the rest but bottled it and my midwife had to do it. Then when I went back after the 2 hours they had to take more...so I've been treated like a pin cushion today and my right arm is black and blue!

Tried to have a relaxing bath this afternoon but ended up with Shaun, Stephen, the cat and the dog all in the bathroom with me at one point. Trying to get peace is a nightmare in this house sometimes lol!

How are you all doing? Sounds like we all have achey pelvises. Mine is not too bad when I'm awake and walking about but absolutely kills me when I'm sleeping or trying to get up from the couch.

 

[bbymc]

Yikes Laura that sounds sore! My veins always collapse when I get blood taken. Usually takes a few attempts and I end up black and blue. I always take arnica cream with me now lol.

I'm not too achey today but I've been exhausted and really nauseous and sick all day. I had my friend come visit though so that was a welcome distraction! Been feeling pretty lonely recently so it was nice to see a different face lol.

I've developed a rash In my groin. It's not itchy, but its bumpy and sore to touch. No idea what it is, dunno if I should go to the docs or not. Been putting sudocrem on it but thats done nowt. :-/

 

[arlene]

Midwife said the physio might give me a support belt for it, and it's as likely to get worse as it is to get better! I haven't been as sore today except when I got up this morning. MW gave me a list of dos and donts to help as well. Got my bloods done today as well and got my whooping cough jab. My arm is a bit tender but I don't feel as bad as I did with the flu jab.

Xx

 

[lj2245]

Sounds like you would be better seeing a doc Emma. It's probably nothing if its not itchy but you can't be too careful!!

Hopefully the physio will give you the belt Arlene. I hope it helps and you get some relief.

I'm off for another night sleeping sitting up! It's much better than lying on my side

Been looking at Shaun's baby photos. It's made me feel all sad that he's not a baby any more lol. I feel like its flown in too quick!!

 

[CherylC3]

Hey ladies

Yeah Laura on starting ur job Hun..x

I'm sorry ur all in pain, I'm the same I've got the sorest back ever... I went to wishaw physio and they don't hand support belts out anymore u need to buy them so I hope the physio u go to Arlene gives u one.. I've just been sitting on my gym ball everynight and tht really helps. Xx

 

[lj2245]

Hello Cheryl How are you doing? Haven't heard from you in a while!

 

[bbymc]

hey Cheryl. I was wondering where you'd disappeared too. Thats crap your back hurts. Seems we're all the same with our aches and pains lol. Not sure if its comforting or makes me feel like a total sap tho lol.

Yeah I'm def gona go to the docs now. I think the rash is probably a heat rash since I'm sweating a lot more. Different from the kind I'd usually get when abroad but a heat rash all the same. Its not that tho. I've developed mega pain in my lady parts lol. It usually feels like just the bone bit is bruised but i was up all night last night with the whole area feeling totally battered. Only time i got relief was when i was lying on my bak with my legs open lol. Very ladylike lol. Didn't really help my back much tho. God knows whats goin on but its way too sore to ignore!

 

[lj2245]

Sounds like SPD! My lady parts feel like someone has booted the crap out of them repeatedly! If I move they pop and crunch but I don't remember it being like that with Shaun...with him it was just the paaaaain!

I have taken to sleeping sitting up I get relief when lying on my back but I can't breathe properly lying that way now, baby is all the way up to my breastbone and loves to lie high up on my left lung.

 

[bbymc]

If I had a reclining chair I'd have slept upright last night. It's agony again today. Painful unless I just sit with my legs open. Looks ridiculous. It hurts more when my clothes are against it too, very odd.

God I'm sick of being pregnant lol. Can't wait til my body is mine again lol.

I'm totally pissed off with Ryan! He finished work last night at 2am and txt askin me if I'd mind if he stayed out for a few drinks. Since he usually goes way overboard I said it was up to him but id prefer that he just came home since he'd end up out all night and sleeping all day when we're mean to have plans today. After that, obviously not what he wanted to hear, he ignored my texts and calls and I had no idea what was going on. He came home plastered at 5.30am and acted like he'd done nothing wrong! He's still in bed now and I'm guessing he won't get up till e needs to get sorted for work. What's the point in asking me if I mind and then ignoring my response?? Apart from that, he ignored my calls and texts after that. Imagine I'd gone into labour or something?? Twat!!

 

[lj2245]

Yeah...what was the point in asking if he was just going to ignore you? Strange one that. He obviously thought you wouldn't mind then decided to take the 'up to you' part of your reply literally and ignore the rest. The sensible thing to do is tell him he's out of order and an idiot and then let it go, just for an easy life but I know if it were me, I'd be in a huff with him all day and would make him grovel for days. He'll be wanting to act like an idiot as long as he can before the baby comes...which is shit because you don't have that option but it's somehow different for guys. You will see what I mean when the baby is born...you will have to ask if he minds watching the baby while you have a bath/go to the shop/have a nap while he will never think to ask if you mind watching the baby.

Stephen bought a ticket for the Hearts semi final of some diddy cup without telling me then slipped it into conversation the other day when he asked if I would run him into Edinburgh then go in at 2am and pick him up. I told him to get lost. He can get the train in and the train back and I'll pick him up at a reasonable time in Lanark. He's even arranged the day off work to go. Funny how he can do that for football but not for anything else!

They must think we are daft wee women.

 

[bbymc]

I'll definitely make sure he knows I'm mad!!

You're right though, I mean, my dad said the other day... ' I think Ryan needs to go out with his mates cos its a shame that he's kinda just working then helping you all the time.' I was like, ermmm... So it's a shame for him even though I've been ill for the whole pregnancy, hardly able to work, unable to do most things without help now and never see anyone except family and the 4 walls of my house in the last god knows how long??!! His response was.... yeah but you chose to get pregnant! ( as if ryan didnt!) That made me sooooooo mad!!!

I'm so angry with Ryan though, cos all he had to do was txt back and say that he was staying out. Ignoring my calls just made the situation soooo much worse! That's pretty disrespectful!

Can't believe Stephen asked you to pick him up so late!! Good on you for telling him to get lost!! Maybe you could use the fact that he can take days off for football as leverage to get him to take days off for something you can do together?

 

[lj2245]

Hah. I told him about the 36 week scan date and he said he might have to work. I said he could get the day off and his reply was 'I've no holidays left until April'. I said he could get a swap because that's what he did for the football and he said he already owes a guy a shift for that one so they won't let him do that again.

There's no way I'm letting him forget that one....I'll be nipping his head about it so much he'll totally regret doing, won't enjoy the football and will wish he'd never bothered.

Your Dad deserves a slap for that lol. You chose to get pregnant indeed! It was a joint decision and you're the one who's suffering for both of your gain. Night out indeed!

 

[lj2245]

I sound like a raving old lunatic

 

[bbymc]

God, what a nerve! If Ryan told me he'd have to work on a scan date but then could get time off for football, I would definitely not let that go! Does Stephen not realise that that is ridiculous?! I'd be pretty hurt too, its not nice.

Yeah, I was in a mood with my dad for ages after that! Ryan was a little surprised at my reaction. He obviously thought my dad was right! Bunch of idiots!

 

[lj2245]

He said he wasn't bothered because I had told him we wouldn't be able to see anything at the scan and that it was just to tell me the baby's size. I did tell him that, to be fair, but in my mind it was more to not get his hopes up. I'd had a 36 week scan with Shaun (can't remember why) and couldn't make out anything and I remember being so disappointed. I just didn't want him to feel that way! Little did I know he would take what I said to mean he didn't need to be there lol!

To be fair, also...when he went for promotion it was made clear to both of us that he would have to miss a lot of important events. We knew he would be working every Christmas, New Year, etc and would find it difficult to get time off for scans and hospital appointments. When I go into labour, someone has to come in to cover for him before he can leave...or he has to wait for his shift to end. It's the nature of his job, sadly, and something that we have just accepted. I was astonished to discover how easily he'd swapped his shift for the football game though. He said when he got the ticket he didn't think about his shift and it wasn't until I pointed out that he was working until 2:30 that day that he realised. He tried to get someone to cover him for an hour or 2 so he could leave early but because of shift handovers that wasn't allowed, he had to have the whole shift covered. A guy agreed to do the shift for him in return for Stephen doing a shift for him at some point. Whether he can do the same for the scan depends on the guy getting Stephen to cover a shift for him before then. I'm annoyed about it but he arranged this weeks ago and we only got the scan date in yesterday.

I'll just go on about how great it was and he'll be sad he missed it

 

[Kaybee]

MEN!!! Just over a week ago I said to DH are you working Sunday and he replied no Saturday. I assumed that because he was in glasgow playing with his RC stuff the Sunday before that he would therefore be home on Sunday. Nope on the Saturday he came home from work and started charging car stuff up and I asked him what he was doing and he then informs me that he was going to glasgow the next day as he had to fix the timing gear. I was not impressed. When I make plans for the weekend I always let him know and would especially check if I wanted to go somewhere alone. He just assumes that as soon as I am not at work Kaiden is my responsibility which don't get me wrong I really don't mind cause I miss him when I'm working all week and the evenings pass so quick I just wish he would show me the same courtesy of keeping me in the loop.

 

[lj2245]

EXACTLY the point I made earlier. Why do they not think they need to ask permission when we would have to? I can just imagine what would happen if I said one Saturday night that I had plans to go shopping the next day. He would assume I was taking the kids with me!