Grub -I hope your little bluey comes of his own accord soon!!! I am imagining the Hollywood moment for you!
Hi Murph!!!! Looking forward to next door!!!
Dusty - Welcome!!!! Good to see you here!
Lise - yay 12 weeks!!!!
wantbaby#2 - Glad the scan was excellent! Now you can breathe easier!!!!!
Belly rubs to all those I missed!
AFM - Cotton clothes are washed. His little bag is almost packed. Today I am going to hand wash his little woollen cardigans and the shawl my mum used to bring my brother and me home in. It is 35 years old so I hope it doesn't disintegrate in the wash!!! I also have a secret little babygro I got in France that I am going to dress him in for when DH comes to pick us up to go home. It says 'J'aim mon Papa!' (I have no idea of how to read or write French so that is probably wrong!!!) I generally hate slogans on baby clothes but it seems a whole lot more respectable in French!!! LOL So now DH is at work I can sneak it into the bag.
Dad is still working out what to do. DH has asked him to stop stressing me out with his flip flopping and such.
I am going to look for cloth nappies on the net now! Might even order some!! Yay!
Congratulations Lani!!! Im so very happy for you and your family.Please post pics as soon as you can...if you can.What a big boy and such a great name! Love it! xx
Lani - many many congratulations on the birth of your little boy. I hope you and he are well, and DH is looking after you both. Hope the birth wasn't too awful. xx
Lani: Congrats on the arrival of Jett, enjoy this special time getting to know your new little man.
Grub: Hoping that we will hear your good news in the next day or so. Good luck and I hope it all goes well for you.
Dusty: Congrats, it is so nice to see you made it back here. I'll make sure that I watch this thread to see how you are going as I am so happy for you.
Wow, it seems the blue thread is continuing in here after me and Murph breaking it up with some pink. It is up to Smithy and BDT to stop the blue overload, although Green may add some more, although I think you might continue with the blue theme.
I'm still reading up on how you are all going and a big congrats to all the new girls who arrived after my departure, I'm so happy to see you all here.
Can you believe it but Tara was 9 weeks old on Monday and is growing so fast, we get smiles all the time now and she is a real chatterbox as well. Off to have Santa photo's done today (start of the tradition), so hopefully we can make it with lots of smiles and fingers crossed no vomit (side effect from her immunisations) on either herself or Santa.
just a selfish ranty sort of post atm girls. Monitoring went well, bub is very good which i'm happy about but showing no signs of budging.
My hope getting in for an induction later this week was scuttled tho and all they can do is put me on a reserve list for Monday because the induction list is full of women who were due at or after xmas and wanted to have their bub before hand! wtf???
so while fluid levels are low and movments are low and i'm postdates, doc is happy to let me go through to monday and even then maybe later. right, okay... cept that means i get the joy of spending my xmas day alone in hospital cos we have parents here from sunday.
not only that, DH will spend the entire week running around between the hosp and home and the airport when he should be spending all his time with me and bub at the hospital. and then when we do get home, it'll be to a house full of people. no babymoon for us.
sorry i know this is completely unreasonable and i SHOULD just let bub come when he comes but that isn't how i feel. i feel sad and stressed and haven't been able to stop crying all afternoon. I just want my baby here and i want me and DH to have time to enjjoy him instead of havng this stressful time where there's people in my home, i'm not there and he's trying to 'do everything'.
and yep, i've given up hope of having him naturally on my own. suppose the past week of constant expectation has really undermined my confidence and i just feel liek everything else on this journey, my body won't do what it's supposed to and nothing ever goes the way we'd wish.
anyhoo, i'm sorry to bring the mood down. and i'm a sooo thankful that we are even at this stage so feel so stupid whinging specially when i think about the even more difficult journeys some girls here have had to get their BFP. and that makes me feel worse.
Oh grub - that's rubbish. I can't believe medical need doesn't bump emotional wants. I hope you get in soon and get that bub in your arms soon.
I'm not getting on very well with the hot weather today. I walked the dog early on and have spent the rest of the day inside, behind the blinds, under a fan. I slept for three hours at lunchtime, and have a mild pain in my belly. Because of Christmas, I've got to have my nuchal scan on the last possible dayfor testing, 4th jan. I was hoping we'd get in before, so we could tell a few people more at Christmas, but so be it. My maternity things arrived from the UK this morning, so I've spent all day folding and unfolding them Crazy bird.
Rant away! That's the whole idea of this forum! Really digging out all the labour vibes I can find and throwing them your way hun!
You need to go out there and have some curry washed down with rasperry leaf having sex whilst driving down a bumpy road Sorry bad joke but hoping it might cheer you up a little envisioning it!
Aaaaww Grub,Try and cheer up.Your body has done an AMAZING job carrying your beautiful bub.Dont be so hard on yourself.Your body is full of raging hormones and if bub isnt budging,its no wonder,you feel down but trust me.When he/she is out,you will be soooooo busy.Take this time to relax and its o.k for Hubby to take on the chores for the moment.Men are quite tough and resilient,and you need the rest right now because your carrying around another person.Dont feel guilty at all about him doing everything.Im sure he is happy to just have you,rest and take it easy at this time.
Its hard when you have expectations as to how and when you want things to happen,after all,the birth is all we think about and plan for most of our pregnancies.The birth of my son 12 years ago,was nothing,like i had planned,but in the end,he came out healthy,i had the support of my family around me and there were even a few times whilst he screamed with colic that i wished i could have "shoved' him back in.
Enjoy this time that you have.Put your feet up,relax and try and let your cares disappear.Your baby WILL be in your arms in no time.I hope you feel better.I know your stressed but it will all be fine.Lots of love,Alicia.
Grub: How infuriating for you, I would think that you would jump the queue seeing you are now carrying a fully cooked bubba. Hopefully things happen on there own for you so you can have your little boy home for Xmas.
Murph & Neptune: Love the photo's such blondies you both have and Neptune Adam looks like such a bruiser..
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found my bootstraps overnight and feel much much better today. mum sent me a lovely email about how proud her and dad are of me, specially over the past few months when i've been alone. So that made me feel better.
have decided to ring her this morn and talk through my concerns with her cos i think it'll be reassuring and i know she'll step up for me (although she can be pretty OTT when it comes to this first grandbaby).
So have decided to just let it go. not worry and consider i've got these next few days left for some peaceful activities etc before bub arrives and it DOES NOT matter one bit where i am for chrissy, cos my family and dh would never leave me alone and isolated. In fact it'll probably be something very memorable lol. everyone packed inot a small hospy room with trays of food mum made at my place
did a HUGE walk yesterda.. nearly 4km... it felt soo good but was a little further than i should have gone. going again tonight, but the shorter version. So lovely to just get out and have the breeze in your face.. can rellly change your persepctive.
So i may get my hollywood moment now but am working towards an induction early next week to try and not get my hopes up every single day and have them dashed every single day for natural arrival.
i would really like to thank you girls for all your support and kindness. Those other ladies can have their social inductions, I'll wait ... it is the way it is meant to be and I can't control it.
Okay, philosophical musings finished. must go hang out the washing and torment the furbaby
Hi everyone, I finish work tomorrow and am frantic busy, we are almost finished renos on the house, have just gone unconditional on buying a business, there is so much happening. I am struggling to follow along, but will have much more time from next week. Just quickly:
Grub, wishing you all the best, sending you positive thoughts and I hope bub arrives soon. You have done an amazing job, can't wait for your news.
Lani, big congratulations on the arrival of Jett, hope you are settling well.
And...
Dusty, I am so totally over the moon to see you here and to know that all is going well with Phoenix, you deserve this so much, I hope we can support you like you have done so for some many of us. GL with your comming scan.
Hi to KellyD, Neptune (love your pics), Murph (love your pics too), MissMagpie (hope you are doing well), Paula, Wantbaby#2 (welcome and congrats), BOC, LondonMiss, Janie (hi), Mitf, Lise, Poppyfairy, Lilmiss (see you Sat), BIG shout out to gorgeous Smithy (thanks for always thinking of me), Rob, Greenslw, Saph, Kyra, am I missing anyone, sorry if I have.
Grub wishing u all the very best. I hope it is not too long before u have ure little one. As u say it would be something to remember if ure hospital room was full. And Santa can deliver presents to hospital. Wishing u all the best. Lots and lots of labour vibes being thrown your way xoxo
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So now DH is at work I can sneak it into the bag.
we love you girls. thanks for letting me vent.
and it DOES NOT matter one bit where i am for chrissy, cos my family and dh would never leave me alone and isolated. In fact it'll probably be something very memorable lol. everyone packed inot a small hospy room with trays of food mum made at my place
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