*** March Mummies *** 29 Boys, 34 Girls, 8 Team Yellow! 46 babies born!!

[readynwilling]

sorry everyone is so tired. I am doing ok - not a ton of energy - but i am getting some stuff done. My DH hates soups, stews and casseroles. So i don't even know what to cook and freeze. Maybe some speghetti sauce so that i just have to boil noodles.

Just got back from our last prenantal class. Next week we do a tour of the mat ward at the hospital. It was a good class and well worth the $. Not sure if it was worth all the complaining my hubby did though. I did feel a little bad for him trying to bathe, diaper and swaddle a doll tonight though. He just looked so awkward.

 

[membas#1]

I toss and turn most of the night from side to side getting comfy but i stay mostly asleep except for that 1-2 hour time period. i have this week and 2 more weeks to really get through at work before i can start working more hours from home, but i'll still be working full time--just more working from home than I do right now...depends how much work from home i can actually do--as much of my job has to be done on site. we'll see! i told myself if i can make it through until March 18 working mostly full time with some of that from home, then i would start using some vacation time March 21. IF i make it that long! otherwise vacation time will start getting used on the 14th!

 

[membas#1]

my energy at least does me well enough to get through work days and come home and do a few things, but by 8pm i'm toast. today i got off early at 3:30 and came home and paid bills, got tax papers together, pre-registered for hospital, hauled in a few loads of firewood & built a fire, put the baby swing and car seat back together (we had taken the fabric off and washed it), and now i'm headed for a warm bath (it's 6:30pm here)...then i'll heat some dinner and DH will get home around 8. I'll be comfy in my bed by 9 and asleep by 10:30/11.

i think for the most part my body is getting used to less sleep--but mornings are my toughest getting going is not as easy as it once was....i hit snooze for 30 min these days!

 

[membas#1]

sorry everyone is so tired. I am doing ok - not a ton of energy - but i am getting some stuff done. My DH hates soups, stews and casseroles. So i don't even know what to cook and freeze. Maybe some speghetti sauce so that i just have to boil noodles.

Just got back from our last prenantal class. Next week we do a tour of the mat ward at the hospital. It was a good class and well worth the $. Not sure if it was worth all the complaining my hubby did though. I did feel a little bad for him trying to bathe, diaper and swaddle a doll tonight though. He just looked so awkward.

We did our tour of hospital last night...the L&D rooms are HUGE and the recovery rooms are smaller but private! Both have private bathrooms and the L&D rooms have jacuzzi tubs for laboring and large showers so partner can get in and help with shower massage or whatever. It's a nice hospital only 2-3 years old--they have squat bars on the beds, birthing balls, big picture windows that look out over trees, TVs with meditative channels/music, and if baby needs special care the have attached room that serves baby emergency...fully equipped, so baby doesn't have to leave area. They don't even have a nursery which I like--encourages family time and bonding time.

Our birthing class is saturday--8 hours...

 

[codegirl]

what are meat pies and are they easy to make?

Super easy

Spoiler

I just fry up some hamburger and then drain and rinse it. Then put it back in the frying pan with mushroom soup, small chopped carrots, onion and celery and what ever spices tickle my fancy.

I buy weight watcher bread (because it's cut super thin) and cut off the crusts, roll it even thinner with a rolling pin and put some butter on the outside. I then fit each piece of bread in a muffin tin and fill with the above meat mixture.

Bake until the bread is crunchy and cool. Freeze and then I just warm in the microwave when I need a quick snack.

sorry everyone is so tired. I am doing ok - not a ton of energy - but i am getting some stuff done. My DH hates soups, stews and casseroles. So i don't even know what to cook and freeze. Maybe some speghetti sauce so that i just have to boil noodles.

Just got back from our last prenantal class. Next week we do a tour of the mat ward at the hospital. It was a good class and well worth the $. Not sure if it was worth all the complaining my hubby did though. I did feel a little bad for him trying to bathe, diaper and swaddle a doll tonight though. He just looked so awkward.

My DH hates hamburger so everything I am cooking tomorrow is for me and E. I need lunch foods for both of us (and my Mom when she is here) so the food won't go to waste.

I think I might take advantage of a food assembly place to get more DH approved meals for suppers though. This one has a special deal for pregnant women so I think I'll call them.

Yaa for good prenatal classes. My doula is coming over tonight for a "refresher" as she was also our childbirth educater last time. So excited to see her, I really like her!

Oh and another thing that makes ahead well and freezes well is chicken parmesan that is also on my list of things to make in the next week or so.

 

[Tanikit]

Shell's sorry you are having a rough time.

Melissa - I see your point - good doctors often do seem to need better training in dealing with people and their fears and concerns. Is there anyway you could just book another appointment so you can at least get some reassurance that your baby is ok?

Full term today, but feeling very down today - I think I am just totally overtired and probably hormonal - I asked DH today why God would design women so that when they most need support and a hug they are most grumpy. Lol, he did give me hug.

 

[membas#1]

i'm hormonal tonight too--DH is off to play games at a friends house, last night we had shopping after work and hospital tour and i worked 8 hours so i was really tired by the time i got home and had dinner at 8pm, tomorrow i have plans after work (and another 8 hour work day) and thursday he has class from 6-9pm. i asked him maybe if we could swing dinner together friday night. i just feel lonely in pregnancy sometimes. too tired to do much after 8/9pm but bored and lonely. sometimes both DH and i are taking advantage of these last few weeks of alone time and spending that time together and sometimes we are spending it doing our own things (we might be in the same room but we are both doing whatever and not talking etc...) which is all fine and dandy but sometimes i get lonely and he's in a mood to just zone out on his own...and sometimes it's the opposite--he wants to engage with me and i want to zone out. i just wish sometimes we were more in sync! seems we spend most of our weekend time together just the two of us but during the week it's a lot of alone time. sigh. sorry for the bitch session...just lonely and hormonal and pregnant

 

[2nd time]

36 week today yeh for her still being in my belly only one more week till full term . has anyone eles got to the stage weree they dont want to be too far from home i think i am expecting baby to come anytime so dont want to travle too much lol

 

[Nixilix]

Hugs to those that need them. Had the labour part of parentcraft last nght. Holy crap I gotta get this baby outta my foof!!

So everytime I wake to pee at night I'm wondering if my waters are
Going to go! Im not fed up with the pregnancy I just want to meet her now!

Its my bday on Sunday but I don't think I'm going to entertain it!

Full term Friday!

 

[Shell'sAngels]

im like that nixlix i get up every morning 3am for my pee and everytime i get up i tighten up my whole belly and always feel like my waters are gonna go! infact everytime i stand up full stop i wonder if they will!! i am losing so much discharge like white cloudy runny/sticky stuff alot now... im hoping thats my cervix softening. All the bouncing on the birth ball, sex and walking must be doing its job!
Growth scan and consultant tomorrow, hoping i come home with a induction date!!

 

[pinkycat]

Hi ladies im still here just been mostly reading.
Shell- im thinking of you
Happy birthday to your DD for yesterday 2nd time.

I had a crazy burst of energy yesterday and cleaned the house till i couldn't move anymore, today i just want to sleep.

Hospital again tommorrow, i always put clothes out for the kids for the next day and have my bag packed in case they dont let me come home. Although my BP has been quite good so far.

 

[2nd time]

i have growth scan ctg and consultant tommorow lol looks like we are all busy women

just been to clinic with dd shes 16lb the little monster lol right on track growth wise as she is only a tiny tot

 

[Tanikit]

Wonder if I should take my bag to my appointment on Friday - I am feeling a bit uncertain about things and very disorganised despite having pretty much everything ready. Probably just one of those days today.

There are quite a few things that I would like to do before going into labour but really do not have the energy to do anything - or maybe its more the physical effort and pain that even walking is causing as I do not feel so energy deprived as just can't manage.

I can't wait for baby to be here - definitely don't want to be pregnant anymore.

 

[braijackava]

I am going to treat myself to some starbucks and maybe get a movie to watch while the kids are at school today. Maybe that will raise my mood a bit. The prospect of maybe being pregnant for five more weeks is not sounding good to me. I was hoping it would all be over at 37 weeks, even though i am scared to deliver.

 

[blessedmomma]

to everyone!

natty- its very close for you now!!!!! next week you will have your baby in your arms, sooo exciting. i cant wait to hear how things went and see some pics of the handsome lil guy. hope you are doing ok this week. you are in my thoughts and prayers!

melissa- i hope you are feeling better! it would be pointless for me to cook and freeze things, my DH pretty much makes dinner every night anyways. and right after we have a baby he takes care of housework and everything for a while.

tanikit- i know what you mean about just being tired and in pain. dont know if its the lack of fluid in there or if it would be this way anyways, but there is so much pressure

membas- im sorry your going through a hormonal time. i think our hormones are shifting to prepare our bodies for labor and it just goes like that. im not a cryer, and i just felt like bawling last night. my DH is very supportive, thank God, and prayed with me. he knows how it goes...
i hope you and DH get more in sync and enjoy some time alone together before baby gets here, you will appreciate that you did!

2nd time- yay for baby girl turning 1! my youngest turned 1 in dec, they get so big so fast!

shells- it must be a hard time for you. my thoughts are with you and i hope its not much longer now. hope you get your induction date soon!

pinkycat- i hope your bp stays in check

brai- enjoy your day with your starbucks and movie. after baby gets here you wont have much time to relax for a minute

i have my appt tomorrow morning and should get my induction date then. hoping for friday. i think they can only schedule them the week before. also getting another scan to check baby and will be getting checked for dilation and effacement again, yay! its an exciting appt for me, have a lot going on. i will miss out on the rest of my checks which is always a nice way to build up to labor for me, but i should have my baby next week, so its worth it!

 

[Shell'sAngels]

oh my god has anyone else had the rude comments about there weight????..... seriously im piling it on now towards the end... i always do! and i just picked my son up from childminder and she answers the door says 'wow you have really piled the weight on havent you this last few weeks' ... yes thanks for that! like im not fully aware and paranoid of it already

 

[blessedmomma]

oh my god has anyone else had the rude comments about there weight????..... seriously im piling it on now towards the end... i always do! and i just picked my son up from childminder and she answers the door says 'wow you have really piled the weight on havent you this last few weeks' ... yes thanks for that! like im not fully aware and paranoid of it already

im so sorry honey. some people seriously dont think before they speak. how absolutely rude can someone be??? i always get really big too. and i am usually very petite, so when people see me i have been told that i look like a completely different person. my step dad, with my 3rd pregnancy, said my your getting hippy... i was about 7-8 months pregnant. him and i dont get along too well, so i dont know if it was just ignorance for my feelings or if he was just trying to be a butt. most of the time i think people are just being ignorant about it though.. i bet you are absolutely beautiful though!!! i wouldnt worry about what she said at all. your making the most beautiful creation in the world and doing the hardest job you will ever do! if we have to get a big fat butt to do it then thats the way it has to be done. some people just fail to see the beauty behind all the work we are doing! bet your so gorgeous to God sweetheart!

 

[braijackava]

What a cow! I would have not been very nice. Especially today. I seem to be having a day where people are really agitating me. The people on tv, even my dogs. Anyone else have days like this? Good luck tomorrow blessed! I can't believe next week already!

 

[blessedmomma]

i have been feeling the same way lately. everything is getting on my nerves. i think its hormones, but could even be the fact that im tired of sitting on my butt!!!!!! at least tv was ok for a minute, but now its getting so BORING! i feel agitated about little things that shouldnt matter and never mattered before.

 

[Nixilix]

i have internet back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!