MSE Pregnancy Club 24

rjh090384

I been awake
Since four re hay fever u can't take anything. I been using plain eye drops
To
Try ease itchiness but thy not much help. Some nose sprays are ok but diff doctors advise diff things. Personally I steer clear just in case.

Sorry about your friend hun. It's crazy how much it seems to
Be happening these days. My friend did a sky dive for charity yesterday and broke both ankles landing. Really worried coa he suffers from depression and I'm
Worried if he is stuck in all the time
That he is going to spiral again.

Currently trying to get out of bed as I'm ouchie bdaughter is being a sweetie pottering round house and bringing me things to play with in bed.

Cheetara

Morning ladies

Lots to catch up on.....was hoping to hear some baby news from Hannah27, Nutella and the other boldies. Fingers crossed some good news soon.

Happy due date GtotheC, I hope you get a few days to chill before LO arrives.

Well done to Millie, MM what a lovely surprise for your girls the trip to London will be

Well, my spd has improved a little which I think is due to the baby moving further down towards to my pelvis (apparently her head is now floating just above it), so I am sleeping a bit better. Still having pain at night but it doesn't wake me up every half hour which is a huge improvement. I'd expected it to only get worse so I am glad of the respite even if it's temporary. Unfortunately though, I can't stand for more than a nano second before my feet turn into pillows. So with the spd (which although improving is still bloody sore) and my stay puft cankles I gave in on Friday and have started my maternity leave 3 weeks early. Yay! :T I really had wanted to get to 37 weeks as we could really use the money but I had to face up to the fact that even though I feel well in myself my body is falling apart and needs to rest haha!

On the subject of girls, my DD12 has always been very affectionate and still is, despite already beginning the teenage phase. She is an absolute sweetheart (when hormones aren't in play) so whilst I know we'll have a bumpy ride over the next few years (if she's anything like me as a teen!) I am still chuffed to bits to be having another girl on the way. If they've got it wrong and we're having a boy I know that I would take some time to adjust as I want another girl but I also know that when I clap eyes on my baby I will love them no matter what. I've got friends with boys who are absolutely adorable so I know I would come around to the idea after the intial disappointment.

The birds and the bees chat for me happened in the loo in Tesco when DD was 3 "Mummy, where do babies come from?" I could hear the ladies in the other cubicles stifling giggles.......:rotfl:

emsbet

Big ((hugs)) for you Gtothec. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.

Thanks for the info re hay fever rj, I fortunately don't really get the itchy eyes, just a scratchy throat, snuffley nose and headache. I guess if it gets too bad I can take some paracetemol to ease the worst of it. I'll have to find some alternative way to relieve my prickle heat when that kicks in as usually antihistamines are the only thing that get rid of it. I love summer but my body isn't so fond of it!

Cheetara, glad you are getting a bit of a break from the SPD.

xx

rjh090384

Yeah I get them all lol. Cold drinks ice Lollies lol. I hate te stuffy feeling in your head which nothing can relieve. I feel really blonde with my jay fever I can't think properly.

rjh090384

Ps get your butts down to asda today. Boxes of nine pampers sensitive wipes for £3.50. I got a Moses basket and mattress for £15 and the stand for £9. Avnet bottles pink and blue £3.50 for a two pack and many more bargains!

fluffnutter

sexymouse wrote: »

Thanks for all of the reassurance about my disappointment after the sex was revealed at my scan ladies. I've been trying to come to terms with it by thinking about all of the lovely baby boys I've looked after in my teens and younger (neighbours' children), and how affectionate they were, as well as looking specifically at boy clothes in town today (couldn't bring myself to look at them yesterday). Of course my cat is a boy, and he's definitely a Mummy's boy - even more so at the moment now I'm pregnant. I've read a bit online today that it actually has a name - gender disappointment. I felt really guilty yesterday too, as my Mum said that the baby would be able to sense I didn't want him as I was probably all tense inside, as well as the fact that I was lucky I could have children at all, and I felt awful - of course I want him, it's just my dreams of having a daughter and all of the things that I would do with her, have been lost (I don't know if Moon and I will have any more children in the future), and it's a sort of grieving process for what might have been. I really hope that my honesty in this post doesn't upset or anger anyone on this thread - it's just that I found it really helpful to hear of other people's experiences and how they came to terms with everything.

Don't push it, sm. Just give it time. I don't think it's something you need to rationalise or overcome, just accept you feel disappointed, understand that it's not an uncommon way to feel and try not to dwell on it.

Fact is, I expect all those feelings will have disappeared by themselves before your baby is born, and if they haven't, they will do so the moment your meet your little baby.

fluffnutter

More gems from the MIL yesterday. She really does seem to have a selective memory about pregnancy and childbirth...

Apparently, babies don't kick. Nope, they just gently flutter a little bit. To say they kick, punch or headbutt your cervix is nonsense. I think I must be having a donkey then because my little wriggler kicks me so hard I struggle to stay standing sometimes.

There's something wrong with me because my tummy button hasn't popped out (yet).

Any woman who doesn't instantly fall in love with her baby the moment it's put in her arms is a bad mother. God help me if it takes a couple of days (or more) for me to bond with my baby! She'll be on to social services

Maddie

gtotech sorry to hear about your friend, must have been such a shock.

Thanks for the replies re my maternity leave question. I started off thinking 2 weeks as I was working with a lady who left then because she thought that was the latest she was allowed but then wished she'd left on her due date as she felt fine and was only going to get bored at home. I on the other hand don't get bored of doing nothing (its bliss) plus will prob still have lots to do to get ready, and will be fed up of work no doubt. So I think I will try to save holiday to allow myself to leave 4-6 weeks before EDD without actually starting my ML very early.

GemmaE

Sexymouse- I really want a girl too, but certain I am having a boy which is why (PG logic?) I purposely didn't find out as I don't want to deal with the possible disappointment yet, IYKWIM. Nothing against boys I jsut don't know what to do with one and DDs cousin (boy) is a bit of a handful (mind u so is she) so just worried about how I would cope. Also me and my bro used to fight like cat and dog (literlly) until I moved out, but I got on loads better with my baby sister (17 months between me and bro and 7 + years with me and sis).

For hayfever several doctors have advised me you can take piriton stuff (the one that makes u drowsy) but not to take too often. Ive been on a nasal spray since MArch for persistent colds and that seems to have held off hayfver so far (I usually suffer March to October), with DD it was horrendous. You can get vaseline type stuff to put up your nose to stop the pollen touching you, but didnt work for me as it made me sneeze when applying.

I think we have a wasps nest, have had 5 in the kitchen so far this morning, driving me mad. Can't see where they are coming from.

I think I have pregnancy rage, yesterday I flew off the handle because my mum was late coming over which meant I couldn't go to Asda for nappy bargains before taking DD to a party, I just wanted to cry and that made me really mad! DH sulked yesterday because he didn't get to spend enough time with DD yesterday because mum and dad then brought round some nappies and wipes for us and stopped for a cuppa so he hid in the garden, usually I let him get on with it but it really got to me yesterday and I told him to get over himself. He's still in a mood now and irritating me, if he didn't choose to remove himself from the company of others I would have more sympathy with him.

Just occured to me I only have 24 days left at work- eek! I have so much to do!

Hope everyone else is good and enjoying the weather, hoping for a BBQ but doubt it will happen today, may have to try and be nice now!

GemmaE

Gotothec- Sorry forgot to say big hugs! xx