May 2012 babies - so far 8 yellow, 22 blue, 21 pink!

[rjsmam]

Grrr I typed an update then site when down… but maybe it was my internet. Phew my friend got on ok – they saw baby bouncing around happily so is nothing major to worry about. Thanks ladies for the positive thoughts!

Anti – hope the bloods go ok – do you know what the tests are for? I am due to get them at the 28wk apmnt too but no idea why! Any yay for 4d scan – v exciting indeed!

Zephyr – no wonder you’re exhausted with those fabby babbas on board. And yikes.. hospital bag – seems so real!! (am I in denial lol?)

Hey to everyone else hope you having good day.

I am feeling v sore again today – started out really well this am & even said to dh it was much better. But now I’m so sore again, it seems to get worse as the day progresses and feels v sore when I walking about. Not sure if I need to get up from my desk & walk about bit more – or less. Feels like period pains v low down, in my groin and down my legs etc .





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[anti]

Rjsmam-they just check anti bodies and iron levels and stuff again. Nothing major but I really hate blood tests and needles!! I've never been in hospital at all so hope I don't freak out when I go into labour.

 

[zephyr]

its 8:30am and I have not eaten since last night for this test and usually I eat at 7 else I feel woozy and I am sooooooooo hungry!!!! and I cant eat until just after 11 *cries* I dunno how you did it waves! this is torture lol

 

[wavescrash]

its 8:30am and I have not eaten since last night for this test and usually I eat at 7 else I feel woozy and I am sooooooooo hungry!!!! and I cant eat until just after 11 *cries* I dunno how you did it waves! this is torture lol

Aww well I hope you're past it now or at least almost done. It sucked so much But I passed so I can't complain! I mean... it feels like the test was for nothing but I like this outcome better than failing it haha.

 

[zephyr]

waves - did your baby move heaps after about half an hour of taking it? I got made to sit down on a sofa for two whole hours and it was in the waiting room with all these people and I felt like a complete knob, about half an hour into it the babies started going mental and doing flips the whole time. But I lasted the two hours! I was so hungry it was terrible. Finally got to eat when I got home bout lunchtime after scoffing a couple of plums I took with me.
I know what ya mean about the waste of time thing, be great to pass but it is quite time consuming.....but whatever is best I guess.
Oh yeah I got given a spew bag too cos my stomach is very sensitive to what first hits it in the morning and sugar is not good, almost threw it up but they said if I did then I would have to re drink it and start the time again!

 

[luci and bump]

I haven't posted for a few days, but I'm back now And, as of wednesday, past my V day! I'm now 24+2 Life is pretty good, my hormones seem to be kicking in, I'm an irriatable mess most days! My OH goes off on his travels in 10 days :'( for a whole month Going to miss him so much!
His valentines day present arrived today, and the glass was broken, so had a bit of a cry over that too
I have to let work know by Wednesday when I want to start my maternity leave. One of the bosses said I need to start it 4 weeks before I'm due, which would be April 30th. Is that true? I thought I could start it whenever I wanted?

 

[RBurnett]

Hey the nursery is nearly finished. Just need to find some curtins and lightshade. I keep walking in the nursery and looking around

The moses basket is all set up in my room, just waiting for him now

 

[RBurnett]

here are a few more photos x

 

[rjsmam]

RBurnett - loooooove the pics - well done - it looks perfect! i'm envious as we've not even started yet despite me wanting to....

aw luci where is oh off to - sorry about the pressie arriving broken. i thought you could take mat leave at any point before the edd?? do you have an hr system to check with? i don't plan to start it until my due date (with 2wks holiday before hand to save my leave)

zephyr - oh that test sounds long winded... will you get results straight away?


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[RBurnett]

Thanks we still need to do some more bits in there. I was so eager to get it started and finished even though i still go 3 months to go!

 

[wavescrash]

waves - did your baby move heaps after about half an hour of taking it? I got made to sit down on a sofa for two whole hours and it was in the waiting room with all these people and I felt like a complete knob, about half an hour into it the babies started going mental and doing flips the whole time. But I lasted the two hours! I was so hungry it was terrible. Finally got to eat when I got home bout lunchtime after scoffing a couple of plums I took with me.
I know what ya mean about the waste of time thing, be great to pass but it is quite time consuming.....but whatever is best I guess.
Oh yeah I got given a spew bag too cos my stomach is very sensitive to what first hits it in the morning and sugar is not good, almost threw it up but they said if I did then I would have to re drink it and start the time again!

To be honest, I can't remember right now. I know during my 1 hour test I made the comment (after awhile) that she experienced a sugar crash right along with me and fell asleep but for the 3 hour test, I don't recall. I spent the first hour trying to nap and the rest reading a book and was really into it haha. I took crackers and tore into the package almost immediately.

RBurnett - what cute things you've done with the nursery!


I was updating my wall calendar this morning and realized that I'll be 30 weeks pregnant the day we move into our new apartment. HOW CRAZY IS THAT?! I may have had a mild heart attack realizing that haha. I'm excited though. I still want to get a white bookshelf to put in her room, we still have to paint the dresser we bought her last month, I still need to work on some of my DIY projects (maybe we'll do that today once OH gets home from work) and my Mom is giving us her old rocker for the nursery which I want to paint white and get cushions made to match the rest of the nursery. I cannot wait for March 1st (moving day) so I can just FINALLY get the nursery going. I'm more excited about that than setting up the rest of our apartment, even though we have ALL NEW furniture and such. I just want to get my nursery going

 

[RBurnett]

Thanks wavescrash - it still looks a lil bare but hopefull with curtins and shelves up it with look better. Think i might get a rug although ill prob end up tripping on it!

 

[luci and bump]

My OH is off to Hong kong for 8 days, and then Thailand for 3 weeks It seems like such a long time Luckily he isn't going to miss anything major, but a month during pregnancy is such a long time!! I really wish he wasn't going, but, I know its always been his dream to travel. And I know if he doesn't go now, he probably never will.
Its caused a few rows, as his parents are going on a romantic week away for valentines day, which means my OH is going to be spending his last week in the UK 2 hours away from me, looking after his little sister, whilst I'm at home by myself! Am really cross with his parents for assuming that was ok! And I seem to be taking it out on him.
They apparently implied they asked him to do them a favour as they're doing him a favour. They're driving him to the airport. This is something I'm really, really not happy about! I don't want to spend the last few hours with him, in front of his parents!! Even if I wasn't pregnant, I'd be a crying mess, but with my hormones, I'm gonna be a wreck! Then I'm gonna have to drive home with his parents, when I imagine all I'll want to do is be on my own! Am I being unreasonable to want his last day in the UK for over a month, to be just us??

 

[kwood]

RBurnett - Your nursery is lovely, I'm sure once you have baby it will start filling up quickly with more stuff. Can't wait to start ours but at the moment it is still full of boxes from the move and we won't really do much decorating until the baby is here and we know if it is boy or girl

luci - oh you poor thing, my hubby went away skiing for a week and that was hard enough. I hope you cope okay for the month. I don't think you are being unreasonable about wishing that his last day in the UK was with you I would be as well. Also what type of work do you do? I am not aloud to work past 2 weeks before my edd at my job but you can start maternity anytime you want before that (my plan at the moment is to go off 2.5 weeks before edd and use the 7 days of holiday so far from this year and then start mat pay, so I can spend as much time with baby before going back to work). If you have a hard job that might be why it's four weeks??

 

[yazzy]

Rburnett - lovely nursery, makes it all seem so real doesn't it!!

Luci - sorry to hear your OH is going away for a month. Not really sure how i'd feel as I have all my family and friends really close and am always busy with my dogs so i'd probably enjoy the peace and quiet lol. However it sounds as though you could have done with the last day by yourselves. You'll be ok and you can come on here and rant away as we'll all listen.

My OH is off out tonight for his friends stag do so its a girly night in for me with my best friend, looking forward a catch up and gossip. Been sorting out the wording for my wedding invites today, must crack on with them this weekend!

Been feeling a bit off, sort of tummy ache today so hopefully it'll pass and i'll be fine tomorrow. Its probably because I haven't been out to get much fresh air this week with my pelvis pain.

Rjsmam - hope your soreness eases up soon and you feel better.

Hope everyone else is doing well

 

[luci and bump]

Thank you guys. Its nice to know I'm not being unreasonable. He keeps trying to get my to look through the travel books with him, so I feel involved, but I don't want to! It doesn't help that the friend he's going with is an insensitive douche, and keeps going on about how they're gonna swim with sharks etc! Not something I want him to be doing whilst I'm sat at home getting more and more pregnant
I just knows his parents are going to try and talk to me the whole way back to their house, and I have a really short fuse!
I think if my family were closer it would be easier, but we both live in Cardiff, and our familys live in Bournemouth (me) and Yeovil (him). He is my absolute best friend in the world, I've never been away from him longer than a week
I've told him I won't tolerate his parents picking him up. They seem to be fair weather parents, they like to do all the exciting, drama filled bits, but they aren't there when he really needs them. Like they're missing their eldest daughters 21st birthday, so they can go on holiday.
Does anyone know of anything nice to do between Heathrow and Cardiff? I'd like to pick him up, and just the two of us do something lovely, and spend the night together in a lovely hotel on the way home

 

[kwood]

Thank you guys. Its nice to know I'm not being unreasonable. He keeps trying to get my to look through the travel books with him, so I feel involved, but I don't want to! It doesn't help that the friend he's going with is an insensitive douche, and keeps going on about how they're gonna swim with sharks etc! Not something I want him to be doing whilst I'm sat at home getting more and more pregnant
I just knows his parents are going to try and talk to me the whole way back to their house, and I have a really short fuse!
I think if my family were closer it would be easier, but we both live in Cardiff, and our familys live in Bournemouth (me) and Yeovil (him). He is my absolute best friend in the world, I've never been away from him longer than a week
I've told him I won't tolerate his parents picking him up. They seem to be fair weather parents, they like to do all the exciting, drama filled bits, but they aren't there when he really needs them. Like they're missing their eldest daughters 21st birthday, so they can go on holiday.
Does anyone know of anything nice to do between Heathrow and Cardiff? I'd like to pick him up, and just the two of us do something lovely, and spend the night together in a lovely hotel on the way home

Have you ever been to Bath? Not much of a detour and very nice. https://www.thermaebathspa.com/

 

[luci and bump]

Thank you guys. Its nice to know I'm not being unreasonable. He keeps trying to get my to look through the travel books with him, so I feel involved, but I don't want to! It doesn't help that the friend he's going with is an insensitive douche, and keeps going on about how they're gonna swim with sharks etc! Not something I want him to be doing whilst I'm sat at home getting more and more pregnant
I just knows his parents are going to try and talk to me the whole way back to their house, and I have a really short fuse!
I think if my family were closer it would be easier, but we both live in Cardiff, and our familys live in Bournemouth (me) and Yeovil (him). He is my absolute best friend in the world, I've never been away from him longer than a week
I've told him I won't tolerate his parents picking him up. They seem to be fair weather parents, they like to do all the exciting, drama filled bits, but they aren't there when he really needs them. Like they're missing their eldest daughters 21st birthday, so they can go on holiday.
Does anyone know of anything nice to do between Heathrow and Cardiff? I'd like to pick him up, and just the two of us do something lovely, and spend the night together in a lovely hotel on the way home

Have you ever been to Bath? Not much of a detour and very nice. https://www.thermaebathspa.com/

I love Bath. Its somewhere he took his ex for some special occasion though, so not sure if its somewhere he'd want to go with me he's already put Barcelona on our list of no-go destinations, because they went there for an anniversary He used to play rugby for Bath though, so it might be somewhere he'd like to go back to

 

[RBurnett]

Thank you for all your comments on the nursey. I just cant wait to bring baby home now. I started to wash all his clothes that where given to me by my sister and they are so cute hanging up drying....sooo tiny!

Luci - i would find it very hard for OH to go away, remember we here for u to vent or discuss anything. OH been invited to a stag do in June when bubs will be 6/7 weeks. I havent told him not to go. Its spain and i wont be happy if he goes. 4 nights in the sun drinking clubbing when i home with out new baby crying needed me 24/7. He asked me if i mind and i said its up to him....he knows what i really think lol. He has said tonight that he decided he not going as he will miss me and bubs...phew at least i didnt have to tell him he wont be going!

Anyone feeling very tired?

 

[rjsmam]

oh luci - i really feel for you.... i don't think i could be scanning the travel books with him either to be honest. i love travelling & would frankly feel too left out. what a great partner you are - hope he realises. urg sounds like it will be a difficult journey home too - defo stick to your guns about picking him up! being from the north of scotland i know nothing about your neck of the woods - but i have been to Bath & think it'd be lovely for a night together.

RBurnett - i like your style & glad oh made the right decision!! i am also feeling very tired - getting up each morning is getting harder and harder!

thansk Yazzy - hope you feel better soon too - sounds quite similar, partly tummy ache & partly like muscular pains - again it seems to get worse as the day goes on - will try gauge it over the wk end as am starting to think it's from sitting at my desk all day..... when i first get up from my desk at the end of the day i am so stiff! people are starting to notice & feel like a pensioner!

waves - gonna be busy times ahead indeed! yikes 30wks! hope you not gonna need to do too much work for the move



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