Due August 2012 Thread

thanks pushki x I have a scrap book made up already, a councillor suggested i make one up after her passed away,

baby won't let me sleep a full night anymore :-( i wake to pee , i wake to turn over, i wake for no reason just for one night i would like to get a few hours

hope everyone is keeping well x

tishandy wrote: »

hey Ladies, just back from town and picked up all my hospital bag bits for myself in Pennys. I took a look in Michael Guineys in Limerick but the place is so messy and dusty it put me off.

Spent yesterday painting , we are doing the whole upstairs so everything up in a heap. I slept soundly last night due to exhaustion.

Lower back ache been niggling me, and standing all day in work isnt helping.
Doctor offered to put me on sick certs yesterday but work is finishing up in two weeks as it closes for six weeks so I will try to stick it out.

Got very depressed yesterday, money is so tight and I'm worrying and mood swinging, anyone else feeling like the hormones are making them extra emotional?

Yep, getting v hormonal...crying at the most stupid little things, mostly at the tele but things like my sister said she was going to call the other day and didn't, got me in an awful state!!Its ridiculous, I see her all the time ha ha. In regards to money, I am exactly the same! I haven't been working properly for the last year and majorly stressed about money, but look, it will be tight(i presume same for nearly everybody) but we'll all muddle through! How did they do it years ago I find sitting with a hot water bottle behind back makes the world of difference!

Rose35 wrote: »

I am same so emotional especially last week, seem to have picked myself up a bit this week, I ended up bawling my eyes out because my sister didnt ask me on an outing she had planned on sunday with brothers girlfriend, i felt so left out, like no one cares about me. ordinarily i would just think oh well be like that but i just cant help but think of all the support i have offered others through their pregnancies and now i feel on my own.......rant over but good to vent all the same...

Ye, there is a few people in my life too that I feel have failed to step up through out the whole pregnancy! I haven't seen one of my friends since I told her I was expecting(@12wks!!) and I think I have received maybe one msg from her! It is always at times like this that you kind of realise who are sunshine supporters and who are the real friends!!:rolleyes: I don't really let it get to me anymore to be honest, another 9 weeks and I will have all I need ( cheesy or what!!) But this time last year I didn't even know if I would be able to have kids!!

Anyway, pushki, hope you're ok! Typical when things are settling down you get a message like that! Got the appointment for my scan, its next Monday, didn't take them long! Its a foetal growth and placenta localisation ultrasound...anybody else have this???

Ugh don't even talk to me about the hormones, I'm a wreck at times!

Meant to say yesterday- for anyone planning to breastfeed Dunnes have some button down nighties that would be perfect for breastfeeding. Took me ages to find some nice ones, everywhere seemed to just have summery string top and shorts type pyjamas. Some of the ones in Dunnes are a bit granny-ish but they have some nice ones too, and easy on the pocket at only 8 euro each Word of warning though the sizes are massive, the size 8-10 was big on me even with bump so try em on first! Just thought it would be handy for anyone picking up stuff for their bag xx

I only bought some of them nightdresses today the sizes are excellent, really comfortable too.

Had my last anti natal class tonight, have to say i found them good a lot of information given too

I find when im stressed too my tummy gets so tight and i dont feel my babs either, so try and relax, its not your problem that he is now feeling guilty, let him deal with his own issues cos i would say he is feeling guilty, relax and deep breaths, rub your tum and talk to your baby, thats all that matters now. xx

To the ladies who have lost a parent, I also understand, lost my mam at 16 and 15 years on there are days when it cuts me to the core the pain of it just takes my breath away. Especially now being pregnant knowing she's missed the wedding and now the baby, it's heartbreaking. And MIL is a nightmare just totally disinterested, even though it's her first grandchild. She has my head well and truly wrecked I have had enough of her antics, been very stressed the past week about it to the point that I went to GP on Monday as I was feeling light headed and wanted to check my BP. It was fine but mine and baby's pulse were raised, and that nearly made me worse i was furious with myself for letting the oul bat get to me so much. I know a certain amount of it is hormones, but she was like this in the run up to the wedding too, so it's mostly her than my hormones.
Funny that we are all going through similar situations feeling let down by other people, and hormonal, and missing relatives. I find I'm worse as I live an hour away from my dad and just a mile from MIL, and if I was able to be a mile from my dad he'd be thrilled, yet she has us on her doorstep and she never ever visits, unless it suits her. Feel a bit lost being so far away and I don't know many people where I live either. Oh sorry I really went on a bit there, my apologies.

Pushki, hon you need to get some arrangement where you don't hear from him unexpectedly. Maybe give him a certain time and day that he can contact you (like tell him you will only communicate with him about the baby on a Sunday), or else maybe tell him you will text him when you want to, and for him not to contact you unless you start. That way you either know when to expect a text from him, or else you can control when to contact him. If you remove the possibility of the surprise aspect maybe you will be more relaxed and thats much better for you that getting anxious just receiving a text from him? Just a suggestion now, hope you don't think I'm overstepping the mark.

SSFG wrote: »

To the ladies who have lost a parent, I also understand, lost my mam at 16 and 15 years on there are days when it cuts me to the core the pain of it just takes my breath away. Especially now being pregnant knowing she's missed the wedding and now the baby, it's heartbreaking. And MIL is a nightmare just totally disinterested, even though it's her first grandchild. She has my head well and truly wrecked I have had enough of her antics, been very stressed the past week about it to the point that I went to GP on Monday as I was feeling light headed and wanted to check my BP. It was fine but mine and baby's pulse were raised, and that nearly made me worse i was furious with myself for letting the oul bat get to me so much. I know a certain amount of it is hormones, but she was like this in the run up to the wedding too, so it's mostly her than my hormones.
Funny that we are all going through similar situations feeling let down by other people, and hormonal, and missing relatives. I find I'm worse as I live an hour away from my dad and just a mile from MIL, and if I was able to be a mile from my dad he'd be thrilled, yet she has us on her doorstep and she never ever visits, unless it suits her. Feel a bit lost being so far away and I don't know many people where I live either. Oh sorry I really went on a bit there, my apologies.


Thanks SSFG. I have the same with the MIL. She has no interest in the boys or this pregnancy. She lives less than a mile away too and I am and hour and a half away from my Dad. It must be the hormones as the MIL's seem ten times worse during pregnancy and after the baby comes. I try to bite my tongue for OH's sake, even though the way my hormones are I could blow at her one of these days lol. :mad:

OH says I am way more hormonal this time and I am just cross. He said he is getting me one of the scratch posts for cats so I can sharpen mt claws - charming! Wonder does it mean I am having a girl this time?

My OH always takes her side, that drives me crazy. Its tough being away from family too. Would love to live nearer my home place.

I am trying to let things go at the moment for the baby's sake. Its not worth letting the MIL's get so under our skin that we become stressed. x

Hey ladies! Hormone central here! Holy moly, I'm an emotional wreck these days, crying about everything! Although went to a spa today and had the most amazing pregnancy treatment. Scrub and massage, just pure bliss and feeling alot more relaxed now.
Got the bags packed last night, it's mad how the weeks are in single figures now and because I know it's a planned section I don't have to wait the full 40 weeks.Great! Can't wait to meet them now!
Sleep is improving the last couple of nights but pelvic pain is getting bad. Hopefully they won't decide to make an early appearance!
Loads of Braxton Hicks too and all the time. My belly goes rock hard and they are getting a bit more uncomfortable in the past fews days.
We really won't feel the time going now!!! Whoop whoop

Gee G the Braxton Hicks are when your belly gets really hard and tight. Mine are lasting about 30 seconds each and I go rock hard and then it goes back to normal, more soft. They're not really sore but in the last coupe of days mine are getting more uncomfortable probably because I'm quite big now. I'm the same size now as I was the week I had my daughter eight years ago and she was 9 days overdue! I still have 8 or 9 weeks to go til a section at 37 or 38 weeks! Huge.com!!!!!!!
Oh yea and forgot about the heartburn earlier when I was typing. Seriously horrendous! I must have gone through three big bottles of gaviscon in a little over a week! And it's so rotten! My daughter asked me why I gag when I drink it and the girl on the ad looks so happy when she drinks it

Awful night's sleep last night! I felt like I had no room at all in the bed, husband said I tossed and turned alot...I was like, yes I know I did!!
Bit cranky when I got up, hips were sore again so no point lying in.
Have a spa day on Sunday with my sister so hopefully that will help with the stress from MIL and the sleeping.

Sleeping is strangely improving over the past few nights, which is great because I haven't been sleeping properly for months!
Just stopped in Mc Donald's for a milkshake! Mmmmm, new heartburn cure
The galfer is horrible too! Is anyone else on two a day? I've to take one in the morning and one in the evening but to be honest I keep forgetting about the evening one! It's tight going though. One of the many things I'll not miss about pregnancy!
Ah there's a baby in the ribs!!!
For anyone who is going to formula feed, what are ye considering using or has anyone thought of it yet? Any recommendations or suggestions? My daughter was put on a special feed when she was only 7 weeks old so I only used Cow & Gate for a short time and that's 8 years ago. Just wondering what ye ladies are thinking?