MSE pregnancy club II

jtotheb

Agutka wrote: »

jtotheb, my what a growth spurt this week! I have pretty much the same problem walking my dog - just getting to the park exhausts me - it's a good 5% incline!! I have stopped bothering to keep her on a lead now (huge pulling thing she is) and resort to pleading. We must be a right sight!

Haven't got this weeks picture up there yet - I'm just doing it at the mo! However, yes last weeks was a MAJOR growth spurt....!

I don't think we've got long to go now....

daphne_descends

Glad you're back and well, CG :hello:

Agutka the 7th is a nice date but is that really any way to start the week? (edit: stupid me thought that was Monday :silenced:) I thought that the head engaging (or not ) wasn't hugely significant anyway as it can go in reverse too? Or am I making things up again :rolleyes: Baby is probably just being good and waiting until you are ready. Speaking of which how is the dog issue? Our cats are comfier than ever sleeping on our bed and every time I woke up last night I was trapped in a slightly different position than before, I'm sure I did the equivalent of a gym workout just re-positioning myself...

Going out for hair appt was not so bad and I am very pleased with it so worth the effort, even if I did feel like an over-sized duck wherever I went. Not too much nonsense to contend with, only a new apprentice at the salon who looked at me in horror when I said I was hoping for a water birth ("omg like no offence but that sounds, like, gross!!!!" - I feel so old )

Oh and talking of mothers. I was adamant that mine would not know when I am in labour, and I told her this; I explained that is would be much easier all round if she just got a phone call when the whole ordeal was over, to stop her worrying. Her reply was that she has a life, thanks :eek: :rotfl: but would be devastated if I didn't at least let her know what was going on, and she's promised not to phone us but to wait for news after that - so if you're planning on keeping quiet, don't make the same mistake I did and let her know that first!


Just out of curiosity really, if one goes overdue, is it only the midwife who can perform a sweep or do GPs do this as well?

Curious_George_2

fac73 wrote: »

Oh and talking of mothers. I was adamant that mine would not know when I am in labour, and I told her this; I explained that is would be much easier all round if she just got a phone call when the whole ordeal was over, to stop her worrying. Her reply was that she has a life, thanks :eek: :rotfl: but would be devastated if I didn't at least let her know what was going on, and she's promised not to phone us but to wait for news after that - so if you're planning on keeping quiet, don't make the same mistake I did and let her know that first!

oh god i wouldnt tell her, she would pitch a fit,
the woman has to be handled the same way you would pussfoot around a toddler, you cant actually tell her anything.....

besides, im barely talking to her at the moment... so its all good

Agutka

My mother wants to be at the birth!!! (is that normal by anyones standards? Unless you're really close of course.). She won't stop asking!! And she knows which hospital I'm going to, so may need to leave the country!
Hubby was helpful, he said, yeah, she can do the whole labour bit, that's boring. :mad: At this rate I'm going to do this all by myself in a far away cave...


Fac, as for our puppy, mother was having a fit that she was allowed to enter our newly carpeted nursery, but I just have not been able to shut her away. I think I'll let her sleep with baby at this rate... And yes, she's allowed on the stupidly white stair carpet too... That dog can break hearts with her sorrowful stares from beyond a stairgate... I think we managed ten minutes once with her locked out!! Those are my priorities until baby comes out. So there.

chocaholic110

Agutka wrote: »

My mother wants to be at the birth!!! (is that normal by anyones standards? Unless you're really close of course.). She won't stop asking!! And she knows which hospital I'm going to, so may need to leave the country!
Hubby was helpful, he said, yeah, she can do the whole labour bit, that's boring. :mad: At this rate I'm going to do this all by myself in a far away cave...

Not sure how normal it is but my cousin's ex girlfriend had her mother, his mother, her two friends and my cousin at the birth. I don't know why she wanted that or how she stood it!

I found it annoying enough my DH being there. Usually we get on great but while in labour I can't stand him and everything he does just irritates me! All the "helpful" things he kept trying to do (rub my back, sponge water on my head) just led to nasty bad tempered outbursts from me to get off me. The only time he cam ein useful was when the gas and air ran out and he needed to find the midwife to get some more...and even then I nagged him for taking too long.

This time, i have apologised in advance to the poor man!

sarahh112

Hi guys

Im still here as well. Got my third sweep booked for friday and failing that they are going to induce me on Sunday - least it will all be over by this time next week.

Good luck and labour vibes to all who need them. Race you to the delivery room - not that I can run very fast as I now do a wonderful impression of John Wayne after a 24 hour donkey derby.:rotfl:

Curious_George_2

Agutka wrote: »

My mother wants to be at the birth!!! (is that normal by anyones standards? Unless you're really close of course.). She won't stop asking!! And she knows which hospital I'm going to, so may need to leave the country!
Hubby was helpful, he said, yeah, she can do the whole labour bit, that's boring. :mad: At this rate I'm going to do this all by myself in a far away cave...

dear god...
to be honest im sure my mum would love to be at the birth but its just never going to happen, i remember when my sister was in labour, she sat in the waiting room for ages and kept popping in to see how it was all going and i think she may of actually been in there at the birth... but my sister had 3 friends and seemingly endless streams of people in and out of that room,
i dont want anyone there but OH and she is just going to have to put up with that,
if she wants to sit in that waiting room for hours on end she can... but she aint coming in.

im deadly serious about not letting her know until after the birth, i mean sure she will get the strop about it, but thats preferable to having to tell her soon she isnt welcome in my labour room and then put up with weeks of snivelling and snide comments etc right up to his arrival.

my only other option is to make sure she is looking after my DD when i go into labour and giving mum strict instructions not to bring her to the hospital... meaning that she also wont be able to come,
but i have such low expectations of the woman (sounds mean but ive been proven right hunreds of times over) and i dont want her freaking out my little girl who will be worried enough if i know her....

probably best i get OH to call her when its all over and say we just didnt have time to let anyone know!

SeptemberBaby_2

George, I feel the need to know whether your Mum has made the nursery curtains yet?!?

x

Curious_George_2

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

George, I feel the need to know whether your Mum has made the nursery curtains yet?!?

x

wow.... get the memory on you! lmao! :rotfl:
amazingly she did get round to it, after losing the measurements 3 times and expecting me to go and redo them at the drop of a hat (if you had seen the room at the time you would understand why it was such a challenge to get to the window without owning awards in mountaineering)
although i have the feeling they only got done early as she had also promised some to the blue eye golden boy (my brother) and they needed theirs sooner than me...

they arent up yet as the room isnt anywhere near finished, but i will be sure to post a few pics when its all looking posh!

suzukibabe

We're planning a home birth this time and i've told DH that nobody will know that i am in labour, the family will get a phone call once baby has arrived and all is well and we are all tidied and cleaned up.


I had DH and his mum with me when i had DS, only because i felt a bit backed into a corner, she kept asking DH if i'd let her come in with me and then kept asking me so it was a bit like ' oh !!!!!!, fine whatever', and like chocoholic110, DH just annoyed me, esp when stroking my head and my hair, i just kept pushing his hand away anf giving him 'that' stare lol, the poor thing kept looking at his mum as if to say ' what have i done, why doesn't she want me'.

Ooh, CG, just realised your due date is my last working day, well taking 2 weeks hols and then starting mat leave 26th Nov.

Congratulations and good luck to everyone xx