I'm having a DFW baby!!

beanielou

Snaggles
Is the grass cut yet then?
And you are so NOT to do it.
Must be posh in your part of the world as here we just holler 'is the ******
grass cut yet then?!!'

beanielou

OOoops sorry, thought Id lost one.

ZTD

Snaggles wrote: »

Oh, that's weird, I was just out by the lake doing that one this morning ZTD!

I hope you were doing it properly. It needs the wooded mountains for full effect.

Snaggles wrote: »

The things we go through in the name of procreation - I'll say goodbye to my pelvic floor now then! :rolleyes:

Send it a going-away card.

Snaggles wrote: »

Men - they just get the easy, fun bit!!

I thought men were the easy, fun bit...

elantan

snaggles i kinda know what you mean went out today to find hubby stuck on the roof asked him what he was doing he replies bituminng the sofits or whatever theyre called....so i'm giving him a queer look then he says honey (in his sweetest voice) can you help me i cant hold the tin and paint ...i only had to climb the bloody roof didnt i ...jeez thought the thing was gonna collapse under my weight i landed up doing most of it but he took the credit ...does it sound familiar??

Snaggles

Hahaha, just had a good chuckle reading all of the above

Yes, that does sound familiar elantan - VERY familiar actually! I once redecorated our kitchen while hubby was laid up with a hamstring injury - it took two weeks, and then hubby proudly showed it off to his mates saying 'come and have a look what we've done in the kitchen'....... :mad:

ZTD - Ahhh, I forgot the wooded mountains, that's where I've been going wrong all these years!

Beanielou - I'm just going to do that in future - no !!!!!-footing around, just 'Is that ******* grass cut yet?' hahaha.

Well, I tried to mow the lawn, but hubby caught me trying to disentangle the lawn mower from the rest of the junk in the shed (hmmmm....something else I must persuade hubby to sort out.....). I was hoping he would take over and mow it for me, but he was tired bless him (well, it's hard being a non-pregnant, early 30's, fit, healthy male who has spent most of the weekend chilling out ), so he's going to do it later in the week (he says).

So the lawn is still loooooong and we still can't sit out, but I'm really photosensitive anyway, and break out in a rash at the slightest bit of sun, so it's probably not a bad thing. I managed to get some weeding done though, so it's looking slightly less 'tropical rainforest' out there.

Edit - Oh, you can't say !!!!!-footing! :rotfl: Well, errr, kitten-footing then

Snaggles

I'm thinking it's probably about time i packed a hospital bag, but I've no idea what I'll need really, and different websites tell you different things - this is what I've got so far.....is there anything really obvious that I've missed?

*Maternity notes
*Nightshirt x 2
*Slippers
*Spare underwear
*Clothes to come home in plus spare clothes
*Moisturiser
*Lip balm
*Water spray
*Toothbrush & toothpaste
*Towel
*Hairbrush
*Hair bobble
*Maternity pads (woo, sexy) - 2 packs, extra strength!
*Breast pads
*Bottled water/snacks, especially Jaffa Cakes
*Camera
*Book (do people really read between contractions?)
*Deodorant
*Shampoo/conditioner/shower gel
*Lip gloss and mascara (for the photos afterward hahaha!)
*Baby wipes/cotton wool
*Nappies
*Nappy sacks
*Baby blanket
*Baby clothes - sleep suits, vests, and coming-home outfit
*Sick towels
*Dressing gown
*Socks
*Tissues
*Music of some kind
*Phone numbers
*Money for phone/carpark

I'm so rubbish at this, I've probably missed something really vital.....

(Editing the list as I go along to incorporate the suggestions you're all kindly making)

hypno06

Jaffa cakes, thorntons chocolates, bag of haribo just in case you get fed up of chocolates, chocolate covered flapjack to make you think you are eating something healthy oaty type thing, more jaffa cakes, and more jaffa cakes just in case you run out.

Yep, that covers it....:D

Snaggles

Oh, Jaffa Cakes, that's SUCH a good idea, I love them - reckon I could even eat them when I'm in agony. Thanks!

mrsspendalot

toothbrush & toothpaste?
Towel?
are you bottle or breastfeeding? If bottle feeding our hospital makes you take in your own bottles and formula now. If breastfeeding, breast pads, nursing bras

jinky67

amosworks wrote: »

Why take folic acid at all?
Tinkering with nature isn't smart :-\

Have to say I agree far too much pressure on people to do the "right" thing these days----huge big lists of does and donts.What I did,was ignore all of them:D