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The Pregnant Womans Moan Thread.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    i don't know where to start today... false labour is a fcuker that's all i'm saying getting my hopes up for 7 hours only to drop me in the middle of the night when i'd noboldy to rant at... bloody bloody 11 days :mad::mad: seriously what the hell is this baby at??? don't google medical conditions you'll wreck your head and end up madder than me:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    The only thing I use google for is pics of foetus week by week...thats IT.

    I'm so pissed off. First day I'm able to leave the house, and where do I have to go?? Hospital appointments!!

    On the plus side, I was wandering around the wards looking for an office and a midwife came out to help me holding the tiniest baby i have ever seen. It was scary!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    Hey everyone. Just a quick note to say that as of 12:34 today crazy cat lady and i became the proud parents of megan, weighing 8 Ib 13 Oz. Sorry to ruin the moaning with good news :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Congratulations!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Wohoo :D Congratulations to you and crazy cat lady, send her our love :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    Congrats :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Chet T16 wrote: »
    Hey everyone. Just a quick note to say that as of 12:34 today crazy cat lady and i became the proud parents of megan, weighing 8 Ib 13 Oz. Sorry to ruin the moaning with good news :)

    Congratulations!!! that's a nice size baby, I hope mum is doing well :D

    My moan for today is why the fcuk do the hospital give me an appointment for 9:30am then not see me til 11:30.
    Not just once off either, every time I go there! It is beyond frustrating seeing people that have arrived an hour or so after me being seen to first!
    Must say when I do get to see the midwife & doc they're both lovely but the hospitals 'system' for appointments is a serious pain in the ar$e!

    *rant over* :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    Congratulations!!! that's a nice size baby, I hope mum is doing well :D

    My moan for today is why the fcuk do the hospital give me an appointment for 9:30am then not see me til 11:30.
    Not just once off either, every time I go there! It is beyond frustrating seeing people that have arrived an hour or so after me being seen to first!
    Must say when I do get to see the midwife & doc they're both lovely but the hospitals 'system' for appointments is a serious pain in the ar$e!

    *rant over* :)

    Congrats CCL!! Good choice of name! :)

    Cap...i totally feel your pain. I was so releived I was seen in an hour today. When I was there in November I Was there before most people and was still waiting 5 1/2 hours!! The system sucks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭TargetWidow


    Yay CCL! Wohoo! Congratulations to you two! Pass our love onto her please! I will have to start a new thread for new mammies to have a little moan on the rare occasion they may need one!
    I thank God everyday that I don't have to watch those programs. Imagination Movers is good for some hot totty... Dave is pretty cute... don't tell himself I said that though :D

    Sportacus from Lazytown does it for me, if he would only shave off that rediculous moustache! And rather than hide it from himself I am looking online for the outfit and telling him we are having a fancy dress party instead of a christening! ;):D

    Over 100 posts! Looks like we really need to let a little steam off every now and again.

    A little thought for the day though. We have entered the last month of Winter. We are over two weeks past the shortest day of the year and are rapidly speeding towards Spring and Summer now. Think cherry blossom buds, daffodils roses and lavender and hopefully no floods!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Haha, OH goes around complaining about having to watch Mickey Mouse and Special Agent Oso yet I caught him singing the song to Oso the other day. Made me laugh!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    Thanks everyone. Mum and baby are doing great and getting well looked after!

    Not wanting to derail the thread but heres a pic of the little bundle of lateness

    http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/chet_t16/megan/DSC02756.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    Gorgeous!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭fi1979


    Congrats to CCL and Chet T16, baby is beautiful, worth the wait I'm sure!:p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Love2love


    Awww.... What a cute baby!

    I have too much to moan about lately and I'm sure the OH would agree that I am definately being very vocal about it too!

    I have a niggling toothache.... Not enough to take anything for it but its just there always!!

    Severe headaches.... Not all the time but about 3 times a week.

    People are really starting to notice I am pregnant now and they either won't let me to anything for myself or they think I can still do everything! No happy medium!


    But to top it all off because of a mix up on dates I actually have no clue when I am due. And people keep asking me! I think I might be half way through but I am really hoping I am not that far gone as I am due to be bridesmaid for my brothers wedding around the same time! I have my appointment this week so at least that will be one less thing to moan about.

    Is it normal to be waiting so long for a first visit?? I remember on my DS I had my first appointment at 8 weeks in the same hospital 3 years ago!

    Anyway... sorry for the rant!


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    Love2love wrote: »
    Awww.... What a cute baby!

    I have too much to moan about lately and I'm sure the OH would agree that I am definately being very vocal about it too!

    I have a niggling toothache.... Not enough to take anything for it but its just there always!!

    Severe headaches.... Not all the time but about 3 times a week.

    People are really starting to notice I am pregnant now and they either won't let me to anything for myself or they think I can still do everything! No happy medium!


    But to top it all off because of a mix up on dates I actually have no clue when I am due. And people keep asking me! I think I might be half way through but I am really hoping I am not that far gone as I am due to be bridesmaid for my brothers wedding around the same time! I have my appointment this week so at least that will be one less thing to moan about.

    Is it normal to be waiting so long for a first visit?? I remember on my DS I had my first appointment at 8 weeks in the same hospital 3 years ago!

    Anyway... sorry for the rant!

    Blehhh totally feel your pain there! My friends won't let me do anything for myself. But some people were awful to me half way through the pregnancy! I was staying at my parents house at the time, and my dad was away...my mother in full time college with 4 other kids in the house....2 still small children. The grandmother came to stay (dear JESUS!) and I actually almost killed her. I've been fairly sick with something th whole time and my pelvis had gone to hell at that point, and she kept barking orders expecting me to run around and do everything. Was not in a happy mood.

    As for waiting for appointments...what hospital are you going to? Im in Holles Street and I know that they generally don't give you a proper hospital appointment till the 2nd trimester. Also, because of the massive massive amount of babies due this next year they are pretty backed up and it can take a while to get an appointment. They didn't see me till I was 18 weeks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    Crazy cat lady all i can say is you lucky lucky bitch:D:D what lovely baby here at last!!
    i am on day flipping 12.. at least i know that tomorrow i SHALL be going in to get the process started... that's if i can get to drogheda!! the road was impassable this morning at 7.30am between navan and slane... my dad had an appt and they had to go round by the m50 to the m1 :eek:it'll be just my luck!!
    i was in tesco at 9am this morning, how quiet it was with really slippy roads i guess the sane people were at home!! no trolley bashers out though it was great!!i was stocking up on easy to cook food and everything they'll need while i'm asleep on the couch;) and got loads of coal and briquettes for same sleeping on the couch.. so i'm sorted for the next 2 weeks!! our contracts are signed and hopefully we'll have our cheque in 2 -4 weeks..:D now all i need is a baby... :rolleyes:
    don't know what the hell happened to me the night i had the contractions the baby has moved i swear to god it must be just an inch away from being born!! i can't actually straighten up properly and the bottom of my tummy is so sore i can't sit properly.. the day after tomorrow at the latest.. and i promise to post a pic, s/he should be almost 2 weeks old now... HURRY UP !!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Chet T16 she is absolutely beautiful!!

    Cbyrd you poor thing you must be climbing the walls by now! at least the hospital is bringing you in soon, with any luck you'll be holding your own little bundle of joy by the weekend :)

    Hacked fair play to you for not throttling your nan! I think in general the older generation have little sympathy for pregnant women.
    If I hear one more story about some old dear that was out working in the fields/had to be up feeding cattle at 5am right up til the morning of their delivery :mad:
    As for you having to wait 5 & 1/2 hours in Holles st., I definitely need to count myself and my usual 2 hour waits lucky :eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭TargetWidow


    My moan for today is my paranoia. First scan is next monday when I will be two days shy of 15 weeks. They would've brought me in at 14 weeks but they were booked solid after christmas. I hate this last week of waiting before the scan. Every nightmarish scenario of birth defect is in my head this week. My doppler is on the blink and you can only see the heartbeat (sometimes) and not hear it. I really wanted to record it like I did last time. I'm not one bit worried about the rest of the pregnancy or giving birth or minding the child or anything, just afraid somethings not right. No reason. Just paranoia. Was like this but not as bad for the last week before the first scan with DD too. Hate this. I don't usually do fear. :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    hugs TargetWindow. Try and keep your mind occupied and don't think about it. You'll drive yourself crazy otherwise and get no sleep!

    God, did anyone else turn into a total bitch when thye were pregnant?! I feel like one completely. My best friend is a complete asshole. We've always been so close, but since I got pregnant he's done nothing buthurt me. He kind of has had his ego pampered to think he's something, and he think's he's the most importnant thing in the world.
    Like, he was kind enough to give me a lift to the GP in an emergency once last minute. However, I didn't appreciate it in the end. He basically like bullied me into telling him everything i was going through and feeling, and all about my break up with my fiance and started lecturing me on how everything was. I got pissed at him and told him i didn't want to talk to him because there was no way in hell he could possibly understand how i was feeling, because im pregnant and a woman and he wasn't in my relationship situation and that I actually didn't want to talk to him at all and I shouldn't have to feel guilty for wanting to talk to other women. He ACTUALLY got upset and offended by this!! Not only that, but this was the same day I saw the baby move for the first time. He was the first person i told, and he just was like yeah.....i's way too too early for that. (it wasn't.) acted like a know it all and pissed all over the biggest moment of my life thus far. I won't tell you abotu the rest of the night. He then avoided me for a few weeks as he was hurt and offended and i had irritated him by what I said.

    He constantly does that to me and acts like an ass about baby stuff.

    Like, I told him when I found out the babies sex. And he just acted all oh yeah whatever, not excioted for me at all and just said if it were his baby he would have waited for a surprise.

    He's made me feel like **** so much through out this. My 21st birthday he said he'd spend the day with me, and then decided to book lessons in for his students the whole day.....and got mad at ME when i was upset!! He then showed up to my house the morning of my birthday for breakfast and does what he always does, makinga big show of making things awkward and being hurt and offended. Said some things and seriously offended my sick sister, and then left suddenyl and hasn't talked to me since. That was 3 1/2 weeks ago.

    Now his psycho dog has gone and bit one of the family members, and I was kinda voicing my opinions on that to his brother cause I want to hurt him back in some way.

    I don't like this.

    Sorry, long winded rant over. :(


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  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭TargetWidow


    Hi Hacked,

    I think Judge Judy has the wisdom that could help you today...... her theory of men and women is this....... Women mature faster, so at 21 you probably have the maturity level of a 27 year old. Men however have a four to six year lag on maturity. So if he is 21 that gives him the maturity level of about 15 to 17. So if your BF is 21 and male you have a 10 to 12 year jump on maturity there. (I married a man 6 years older after getting sick to the teeth of dating guys my age and younger.) I totally agree with the venerable Judge Judy on this (but I always agree with her wisdom,,,, another gem "Beauty is only skin deep.....stupid goes to the bone!" hilarious!)

    Your friend sounds like he is just a bit of an immature git. You have enough stuff in your life going on without your best friend not being supportive. You need a cheerleader. Give him a break for a while and he might come to his senses.

    Meanwhile YAY HACKED! YOU GO GIRL!!! WOHOO!!!:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    I like the Judge Judy! :P

    Thanks, just needed to scream that out somewhere. I was two seconds away from calling him and saying some rather unpleasant things. That is not how I want to be remembered as a pregnant woman! :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    I whole heartedly agree with Judge Judy on this. And let me also say that sometimes, no matter how old they are, they can still be immature gits.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    I think Judge Judy has the wisdom that could help you today...... her theory of men and women is this....... Women mature faster, so at 21 you probably have the maturity level of a 27 year old. Men however have a four to six year lag on maturity. So if he is 21 that gives him the maturity level of about 15 to 17.

    So a 21 year old woman is as mature as a 27 year old what? Woman? A 27 year old woman would have the maturity level of a 33 year old who has the maturity level of a 39 year old.

    If all women are 6 years ahead then doesn't that mean that none of them are?

    Judge judys logic is broken :D :P

    Hacked, why is this your best friend? :confused: Pregnant woman do have a bit dose of the crazies but that doesn't explain why your friend is an ass.


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    i have no idea chet! I grew up, and he hasn't. What can ya do? sorry for the rant, my hormones seem to be rather violent these days.:eek:

    How are CCL and baby Megan??:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    They're grand, doing really well. She rang this morning to say they were letting her home a day early but the snow is too bad to go get her :( Hopefully it clears by the morning!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    It's truly awful today! Really hope she can get home tomorrow. I'm sure she's dying to be back in her own bed. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭TargetWidow


    I am 14 weeks today. I have seen smaller caravans than me.:eek:

    On the plus side... only 26 weeks to go! Wohoo!

    And please do not feel the need to apologize for your rants and moans in here. This is meant to be a sacred space for this.;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Less than 7 for me :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    almost 8 for me!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Just under 7 weeks for me......scarey!!!

    I ordered a few bits'n'pieces online and the breast pump arrived today, it looks quite intimidating to be sticking onto my funbags & plugging in :eek:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    I felt like a cow being milked the first few days


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Love2love


    SNOW!!!!! FFS!!!! I'm so tired of it!

    I will be cooped up in the house again today and I am not risking trying to walk on that ice!

    On the plus side, finally got my due date from the hospital. Just another 20 weeks to go!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Swizzles


    26 weeks for me too i think :) Dates keep changing :rolleyes:
    Todays the day i finally tell them in work..Its a small office and i dont want everyone knowing but i dont think that possible.Maybe they might move me to a less stressfull part ..Heres hoping eh :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    I am 14 weeks today. I have seen smaller caravans than me.:eek:

    LOL Target, had to share that one with the OH:D. He's running out of fat names to call me. He reckoned I was waddling in the supermarket yesterday and stood at the end of the aisle bursting himself laughing at me! With support like that....:rolleyes:


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    So after cbyrd (who hopefully has had her little one) am I next on the due date shakedown? Less than 3 weeks of normal time remaining.

    Sleeping is nearly impossible, walking and climbing stairs is no joke.

    I'm just thanking my lucky stars I have no complications. The exercise ball is a brilliant invention!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    I think there's one other before yourself Das Kitty and then maybe it's me :o

    Still stuck inside again today :( went to put a bin out last night and nearly went on my ear again so deffo not chancing it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    I think there's one other before yourself Das Kitty and then maybe it's me :o

    Still stuck inside again today :( went to put a bin out last night and nearly went on my ear again so deffo not chancing it!
    When are you? I am 25 weeks at this stage but baby has a condition of too muck fluid around him which is scary and I know may cause him to be born very early (as well as other really nasty stuff).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Official date from hospital is 23rd Feb Cathy.

    Praying that babs holds in there for you for as long as possible. x


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Cathy, I know a girl who had the same condition and had a perfectly healthy full termer. In fact she was told that it probably happens in many more pregnancies than is detected in Ireland as it's only really spotted in people who are being monitored more for other reasons.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    Das Kitty wrote: »
    Cathy, I know a girl who had the same condition and had a perfectly healthy full termer. In fact she was told that it probably happens in many more pregnancies than is detected in Ireland as it's only really spotted in people who are being monitored more for other reasons.
    Thanks, is just scaring me a lot, our son is so wonderful but I worry about him the whole time.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    I'm 32 weeks now. So I think I might be after Adrieanne?

    Cathy, how are you getting on? xx


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    hacked wrote: »
    I'm 32 weeks now. So I think I might be after Adrieanne?

    Cathy, how are you getting on? xx
    In bed most of the time, still no iron,the gynaue wont give it...worried about the baby but totally in love with him...hate the clod weather.

    How are you?


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    Suffering from severe cabin fever, but doing ok!! I feel twice in the last two days, but apart from a little hip pain, I'm feeling so much better :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    So sick of this snow! we couldnt get out of the house most of today, our heating & water systems have both frozen. So glad baby isnt due for a few weeks yet, it'd be scarey the thoughts of trying to keep her warm when our house is like a fridge!

    On the up side having the unexpected day off work today I was able to get the nursery ready, cot scrubbed, etc so feel very productive :)
    I'm just hoping I get a few more bursts of energy over the weekend so I can get the rest of the house tidied up :D

    I'm due February 21st according to hospital & 4d scan, I'm so hoping they're both right and that baby will stay put for a few more weeks.

    @deemark - I have an equally supportive partner, my husbands recent pet name for me is 'Mrs. Massive' - nice!:rolleyes: or sometimes he oinks at me when I'm trying to get up!

    Though in fairness I was struggling to get up from sitting on the floor last weekend and did look a bit reminiscent of a sheep or a turtle that had rolled onto its back and couldnt get up :o


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    We've no water either caprilicious (just realised a few hours ago) heating seems to be working though.

    I had a wee cry for myself because I am smelly. :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭TargetWidow


    Goodness I can't believe that I am going to ask this openly on boards but I need to know.... does anyone else think their pee smells funny when they are pregnant? I had the same thing all last time too and it's putting me off...stuff ....in case things aren't generally pleasant down there:eek:;):D

    My washing machine (in the shed) thawed enough for hubby to get 3 loads done yesterday! Was so happy! DD spilt milk on the lovely cream carpet in the living room yesterday and it started to smell sour so I've decided to wash that tonight.

    Oh and the dog has come in heat and smells just woeful. I sometimes feel like it would be easier to just move house than to tackle this place after a day at work!

    On the plus side the council dropped off a load of grit at the local creamery and we all went with buckets and shovels and got enough to do outside our houses and I got enough to do outside the office for tomorrow. Poor little pensioners - I'm terrified they will break their hips and I will lose their business!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Can't say that I've noticed a different smell TargetWidow... although I haven't been trying! Is it sweeter by any chance? Will you be having a GTT??

    I am not a happy person when I am woken up early. Some absolute plonker decided that 6.00am would be a good time to make a phone call. Jumped up out of bed thinking "something is after happening at home!" and answered the phone, "Hello, Hello, Hellooo??"

    "Oh sorry love I must have the wrong number!"

    "Yes, you must have!"

    *hangs up and gets back into bed*

    *phone starts ringing again*

    "Hello???"

    "Oh for Gods sake!!" says she on the other end and hangs up, no even apology!!!

    Addison woke up then and was bright as a shiny button so guess who was up for the day!! I am now grumpy!


  • Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭TargetWidow


    Adrieanne........Set your alarm for 4am and use the callback function to call her at an unearthly hour to see if she likes it!!!!~(Only kidding, I am such a goody two shoes in real life I would never actually do that but I would like to!)

    Whats a GTT (pm if its mortifyingly embarrassing!)

    Sorry to hear bout Addison waking like that. Its awful to have that last hour of sleep snatched away from you. Its one of the reasons I have to move DD into her own room in a week or two.... I keep waking for a piddle around 6 which is also DH gets in from work and DD is usually in a very light sleep. Often lie awake waiting for her to go into a deeper sleep rather than risk waking her by getting up to pee!Agony!:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭hacked


    im thoroughly worn out today!! Baby is in a really odd position which has been startling by times. Still iced into the house, and wonering when i will get out.

    Stressed that mothercare are going to do something with the buggy i bough over a week ago as i havent been able to get back to pick it up due to weather conditions.

    Stressed that i am not getting anything i was supposed to done, and am totally unprepared.

    Actually, im just really sleepy. But this lack of being able to do anything has this overwhelming guilt hanging over my head for no reason!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Glucose Tollerance Test, nothing horrible! Just to test for gestational diabetes, was thinking if your urine is sweet smelling it could have something to do with it. Maybe mention it at first visit?

    Addison usually sleeps in till 8am so I usually get a bit of a decent lie on but not this morning and it's showing. OH thinks I'm not talking to him but the truth is I just feel really emotional today for some weird reason and if I open my mouth I'm going to cry a river so feel it's best to kept shut up lol!!

    And you still haven't moved herself out of the room! I think you may just be too attached at this stage ;) I remember you telling me months ago that you were moving her in the next week ;) !!

    hacked, ring mothercare and just make sure they haven't sold it or anything!! Was going to buy a tandem (thank god I didn't as I've changed my mind anyways!) in Smyths two weeks ago and asked about collection. They don't hold items there, only do deliveries and it costs €25. I'd rather wait until himself could come collect it in the car than pay that!!


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