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Pyxis

Gingernutty wrote: »

I'd say I lost a fair few pounds.

Strangely, I wasn't given anything to take the night before. I was told to stop eating from a certain time and just drink water, but the AD I was on meant that I should have had Picolax.

I've heard things about Picolax. :eek:

What things have you heard?

I've only used Picolax once, when I was having a well-woman full-body scan, and they needed an empty bowel for optimum viewing. I didn't find anything untoward! Ok, you need to ensure that you were reasonably near a loo on some days, not desperately near, but reasonably near. The hardest thing about using Picolax was the need to be on an incredibly bland and fibre-free diet for a few days, for best results.
The scan person said she was amazed at how empty my bowel was! I think most people didn't stick so well to the instructions, but I was paying for this scan, so I wanted the best results possible!

It was a lovely empty, clean feeling for a couple of days! As you say, who knows what's lurking in the woodshed! :rotfl:

Katy, I doubt they'll recommend an enema for you, but if they do for some reason, it's really ok, honestly! Doesn't hurt at all, is only liquid, and just clears out the rectum really! Absolutely nothing to worry about!
But as I said, I don't think it's done routinely any more!

This link has some interesting info about the use of enemas at the start of labour...

http://www.parentingweekly.com/pregnancy/delivery-options/enema.htm

Thanks for asking about the bruising! It's really massive now, covers nearly the whole of the rear thigh, but is starting to clear in the centre. The haematoma's still there, and doesn't seem to be budging, and is still painful to/sit-lie on.

onomatopoeia99

Gingernutty wrote: »

Strangely, I wasn't given anything to take the night before. I was told to stop eating from a certain time and just drink water, but the AD I was on meant that I should have had Picolax.

I had to have one to empty me out before an investigatory procedure, and because the appointment was a short notice cancellation I didn't get the night before version, just told not to eat for 24h and not to drink for 12h beforehand, then when I got to the appointment the nurse put some fluid up my bum which made it empty itself with almost no warning within 10 minutes :eek:

All in all not an experience I'd like to repeat!

mummyroysof3

mellymoo74 wrote: »

today not only is the idiot parked behind us, but one of their guests is parked next to us so no way at all to get off the car park.
This means I had to walk in the rain to work rather than get Mr Anxious OCD out of bed for him to flap.
Email to HA with pictures sent

now

chase answer for other property

or

Contact the solicitors and put in a claim for deprivation of quiet enjoyment (argument being they put a newborn now 2 above my head knowing I couldnt cope and are now doing precisely !!!!!! all about it)

Both? Is that possible?

Birdie85

Aww Code, you're not beige and navy! Although that does sound like a nice combo. Maybe you just need to turn up the contrast and you'll find that you're actually gold and cerulean!

I'll share my little moan from Friday night as it may make you feel less alone in feeling invisible, in fact it may make you feel better that at least you're not as insignificant as I appear to be!

I don't have a massive amount of friends and my main group are actually the wives and girlfriends on DH's best friends. Which is fine and all but they all have their own friends whom they seem to have all the time in the world for. So anyway, 4 girls were supposed to be coming round to my place on Friday for dinner. This took 4 weeks to plan as they were all so busy with other friends and work etc to actually settle on a date (I'd freak out if I was that busy, needless to say I was free more or less every night for the entire 4 weeks!). I had mentioned that DS goes to bed at 6.30 so if anyone wanted to see him to come early and if they weren't bothered, to arrive after 7. None of them have seen him this year at all! On the Thursday one girl claimed that her shift had changed at work to a late finish so she wouldn't be able to come. No apology. Another girl put in some pre-work saying how work had been busy lately and she'd hope she'd get away on time but don't count on it. No apology. Friday afternoon another girl said that she was having her kitchen re-done and couldn't deal with the mess so was moving to her parents' for the weekend (not sure why that means she couldn't come to mine for dinner though?). No apology. At 7.30 the girl who put in the pre-work confirmed that she wasn't coming. Still no apology. So out of 4, 1 turned up. An hour and a half late! No apology. I'd kept DS up as I hadn't realised just how late she'd be so he was cranky then got freaked out by having a stranger turn up just as he was going to bed and didn't trust that I wasn't leaving him with her! I've never felt so... well, beige... for a long time! I can't believe that I'm so very low on so many people's list of priorities.

It's easy to say bin them and make new friends, but it's difficult to tell them just how bad they make me feel as it will make big gatherings with DH's friends awkard. The saddest thing is that 2 of my 'friends' had been pegged to be DS's god-mothers but we didn't have the money to get him christened so never went ahead with it. I'm glad now as I can't think of a single friend who deserves the title of god-parent, I can count on my hands how many times the lot of them combined have actually bothered to see him!

Sorry for that massive brain-dump!

Wellyboots6

I'm sure there should be some sort of prize for the thread with the most random conversations!!

I suspect I have no need for an enema anyway, the iron tablets I am on have side effects...


Can't decide whether to try and sleep off some of this jitteryness or whether to get on with things and distract myself. Climbing the walls and no idea why. Was getting paranoid last night about escapee, but every time I worried she gave me a good kicking for reassurance, bless her.

Pyxis

Birdie, things like that have happened to me a lot over the years. It's soul-destroying.
I remember one Christmas, I decided to have an open house one day, when people could just drop in any time during the day for drinks and nibbles.
I was at college at the time, (as a very mature student, as were many of the others), so 'knew' a lot of people, including staff members, and I think I asked about 30 people.
Do you know, not one person turned up. I never felt so low in priority!
Yet, another friend had these open houses every year, and loads of people turned up every time! One can't help but take it very personally!

Other smaller events, like yours, same scenario. People crying off at the last/lastish minute for various random reasons. In the end, I just stopped inviting people, as it made me feel too low to keep getting the 'rejections'.


Katy, sorry to keep on the bowel theme ( ), but I'm intrigued about the iron tablets' effect on you! They usually lead to constipation, if anything, not the opposite! :cool:

By the way, this thread is deffo the random conversation centre of the universe! Makes it very interesting, though, n'est-pas?

mellymoo74

stupid lost reply

Birdie brain dump away, I find it really helps

MR3 I could have the feeling once the solicitors are involved all discussion will end though lol (not that there is much now)

mummyroysof3

mellymoo74 wrote: »

stupid lost reply

Birdie brain dump away, I find it really helps

MR3 I could have the feeling once the solicitors are involved all discussion will end though lol (not that there is much now)

Ask about bungalow before they get any contact from solicitor then lol

Wellyboots6

Pyxis, they do! Midwife suggested eating strawberries with them to counteract the effects. Never one to do things by halves, I have a punnet a day. Side effects well and truly counteracted!!

Georgiegirl256

Well, regarding feeling like a certain colour, at the moment I'm feeling skybluepink, or maybe perhaps a lovely bright pink with yellow polka dots, all Mr Blobby! Not in a good feeling all bright and cheery way, and not in a big headed look at me either, but because I'm feeling so anxious about this blooming wedding on Saturday and I feel like everyone is going to be looking at me and judging me and I'll stand out because they haven't seen me for years, and in my mind, I must look totally different to when they last saw me.

As I've mentioned before, I've put on over 2 stone (I was like a twiglet before) and have been through a lot of stress these last few years, so again in my mind, even though I still look fairly young for my age, I surely look haggered. When you see someone day to day, you don't notice any changes so much, but when you haven't seen anyone for ages you do. I maybe haven't changed that much at all (apart from the weight), but I'm feeling so insecure at the moment that if someone says something it could possibly set me off.

I needn't talk about the MIL thinking she's not good enough....listen to me!

Also, what if they start asking me questions, quizzing me about things I don't want to talk about? I hate being put on the spot, I feel inadequate, and I totally lack confidence right now. I used to be confident and have an answer for most things, talk with anybody....where has that girl gone?