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[justmeinlove]

Yay! Have been hoping you would post soon congratulations!!!!

 

[nimbec]

Yay congrats he looks adorable!!!! So pleased you Lo is great with him!!

Justne how are u feeling? Any signs?

Hope everyone else is ok? And enjoying movement spotting its such a nice time - now I lie feeling movement but am so big I'm just uncomfortable lol!

I will be having my bubs by c section on the 14th march eek not long now!

 

[justmeinlove]

I have decided to bet on the full moon

Am just reaching the point of being actually uncomfortable now which sucks a bit and is making me grumpy. On good side, room move went great and we are now cheerfully working on posters and fairy lights :-D

 

[justmeinlove]

That said, betting on the full moon makes me think I need to hurry up and wash more things! ;-)

 

[nimbec]

Haha yes I know what you mean it's getting close now!

Yay now the fun stuff - so pleased the room move went well...I bet you are shattered?!

 

[plastikpony]

OH wow, what a gorgeous picture!!! Congratulations!! I'm sure it's hard work, but you must be so thrilled!!

JustMe, I can't believe how close you are. Well done on the packing of boxes and moving of rooms. Have you got lots of energy at this point? I'm SO tired most of the time that I haven't even managed to get myself to hang the beautiful new curtains we bought for Ethan's room. On the bright side, we now have the cot (the one that is over 100 years old and passed down through my family) so maybe that will get me going.

Nimbec, that's less than a month!!! EEEK!!! So exciting!! My due date is 30 March, but we'll have to wait and see what the little guy has in mind

Well we went to the Ante Natal classes at the hospital on Sat. It was really great and got LOADS of information on everything from giving birth to breastfeeding. We watched a video of a c-section and one of natural birth, and I must say that I was rather horrified by both of them! EWW!! Certainly isn't the sexiest look around, but I know it'll be worth it. I must say, that after seeing both, I really am hoping that things stay normal for me and I get to have natural birth. I struggle with recovering from surgery and after my laparoscopy which was 3 tiny tiny incisions, I was man-down for ages. So who knows what a c-section would do to me! Oh well, whatever is best for baby I guess!!

How are the rest of you ladies doing?

 

[annio84]

Congratulations IOW!! I totally have baby envy now - he's gorgeous!

Just me - I'm sure you'll get there. How exciting though, could be anytime really!

Mrs Eddie, it is nice, my sister is happy to talk babies with me all i want so noone has to get fed up of me! She's 12 weeks ahead of me and I keep think it's ages to go but once she delivers I know i'm going to be freaking out on the one hand and have serious baby envy on the other!

Nimbec, not long for you either!! March will be here before we know it!!

Hope everyone else is doing well.

AFM, I don't seem to be able to sleep past 5am this week and I'm not managing an afternoon nap cos hubby is always in and we have a tiny house with paper thin walls. Can't be too cross with him though - he's taking me to a mummy and daddy to be spa day today in lieu of a babymoon because we're both saving ou annual leave - me to supplement my maternity pay and him so he can get time with me and baby. Also, movement is really ramping up a notch. Baby kicked me in the same spot five times last night, sadly not strong enough for DH to feel it but can't be much longer now. I can tell where abouts he is quite often now.

Ok, this is turning into a long post but 2 more things,

1. Do you think it's a bad idea me calling baby he even though we're team yellow? I'm convinced he is a he and it sounds so much nicer than it.
2. What do you think of the name Hector? Hubby and I both like it but I worry it's a bit out there.

 

[justmeinlove]

I don't really have much energy at all to be honest and am getting frustrated at how little I am getting done each day as I am crashing out by mid afternoon. Got to go into town this morning so thinking I might be flat after that!

Hugs re videos!! I take the view that I don't need to see this stuff, surely one benefit of being the one doing it!! But your cot sounds Lovely!!

And I think Hector is a great name!!

 

[justmeinlove]

Oh and re the moving stuff, I wasn't actually allowed to Do anything, it was my poor husband and a friend wiping themselves out :-/ I just supervised ;-)

 

[annio84]

Plastik I think you posted as I was writing my essay so missed that there. Getting close for you too now! Glad you found antenatal classes helpful but hugs for the videos they showed you! I think I would have totally freaked out.

 

[justmeinlove]

Hmmm, hopefully this photo will show - this is me at the moment - if nothing else the angle of the jumper should show how sillybig I am getting!

 

[nimbec]

Hi all gosh busy on here today!

Just me you look fabulous!! I'm huuuuge!!! Really uncomfy now too but all worth it!

Plastik I know can't believe how little time I have left now eeek scary! As for the videos Blimey perhaps they should come with a warning hehe! Are you hoping for a natural delivery plastik?

Hope everyone is ok? I'm on my phone so any read back too far!

 

[plastikpony]

JustMe, you look gorgeous!! I know that it feels huge though. I already feel massive, have no idea what I'm going to feel like in 4 weeks! I could already be classified as my own island!

Annio, I totally freaked out a little in the C-section one, it was gross!! I kept saying to DH 'why am I watching this? I'm the one giving birth, I'm not going to see this!!' Also was horrid seeing the spinal tap and epidurals being administered. I'm not going to have to see that either!! On the bright side, none of the ladies looked like they felt anything so thats a good thing, right?

Nimbec, I am hoping for natural. My DR says if everything stays good it shouldn't be a problem. Ethan has been measuring very average, so that's positive, and he's already head down. Only reasons I would have a ceasar is if he is in the wrong position, is too big, has the cord around his neck or if he goes into distress. (Wow, that's actually a lot of reasons!)

Have attached a picture of me two weekends ago, I've gotten bigger since!! That was the most awesone virgin cocktail I've ever had!

 

[justmeinlove]

Plastik, you look so cool! And so pregnant! And it must be lovely not being all huddled up in jumpers, I am extremely jealous!

Thanks everyone for the nice 'me in large mode' photo comments

 

[plastikpony]

It's really really hot here, I actually wouldn't mind some jumpers!! Gets to about 32 degrees celcius most days. That's like 89.6 farenheit!! Doesn't help with the swollen feet AT ALL!! I know I really shouldn't complain since I love blue skies, but really, can't it just be comfortably warm instead of hot as all hell??!?

 

[justmeinlove]

It's really cold here so we need a compromise country ;-)

 

[plastikpony]

It's really cold here so we need a compromise country ;-)

I like the sound of that!!!!

We've got our 34 week scan for foetal growth tomorrow, pretty excited about it! Just love being able to see the little guy and (hopefully) get told that everything is just fine and progressing well. Might even get a DVD of the scan which would be pretty damn awesome

Only thing that isn't awesome is that because it's one of the 'big' appointments it costs us twice as much as usual. And I think that after this appointment I'm supposed to start seeing the Dr weekly instead of every 2 weeks!

Also, my Gynae is going away from 1-12 March, so not sure how that's going to work!

 

[justmeinlove]

Gosh!!! I only see the midwife every two weeks, right up to 40 weeks, so kind of hoping next appt is the last one all the scans must be so exciting though!

Getting a bit weird now, being 37+ weeks. It will be nice to meet Boo, but whilst I'm fairly chilled out about labour I think I do have some latent fear of disaster, which is making me feel quite dismal and nervous just before bed :-/ on the good side the string of bad dreams seem to have let up for a bit! currently I have an ongoing upset tummy, sporadic bouts of period pain and increased discharge. Lovely!

 

[nimbec]

Ladies you both look lovely in your pics! And yes I agree we need a compromise country lol!!

Plastik I have my 34wk appt and scan Tom too I also get told if my fluid level is any better & a definate section date ie 7th or 14th march eeek

How's your youngster getting on? I've been out teaching today - escape from my bed rest only to my own yard to sort my naughty youngsters out they are truly running rings around my groom lol!! Well I should now say WERE as they were all very much back under the thumb by the end of the session hehe!

Just me i can relate to how you are feeling as we have a similar amount of time left even though I'm behind u in dates - it's exciting but scary and terrifying all rolled into one!

Hope everyone else is ok?

 

[plastikpony]

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