think all I need to do is say that i am still around and you will all know that means no news! and how fed up i must be....11 days overdue and counting
my sweep planned for today (and which i was pinning my hopes on) didnt work for logistical reasons. so all down to nature. which doesnt seem to be taking its course.
i pity anyone who has the misfortune to see or speak to me today as i am not a nice person to be around
today. We are off to see if I can manage to go anywhere at all! I tried to go for a walk yesterday with my mum-in-law but the tops of my legs are so painful now with carrying all this weight around we didnt make anything like the length of walk I had planned. Bum. So today we are off to a National Trust place to sit and admire nice views and have a civilised lunch. I think. Let's see how I feel eh?!
Just followed both my midwife and yoga teacher's recommendations to scrub the kitchen floor on hands and knees to bring on labour. No obvious contractions yet but at least we have a clean floor! But I am knackered now!
Have FINALLY got hold of the book 'so that's what they are for' after ordering it from both the library and amazon in May! It is excellent so thanks for the recommendation. As it turned out I have plenty of time to read it- and am getting through it at a rate of knots anyway... thoroughly recommended although it does make me even more convinced tghat i simply must breastfeed (some people call me dogmatic on this issue before i even read the book!) even though i havent even met my baby yet!
just about. having reflexology has at least given me some hope which is what i had run out of. no signs yet of anything happening but some people tell me it can take up to 48 hours...
my mum-in-law coming round today to keep me company which will be nice. motivates me to make some nice food anyway!
and i cope with it less well with each passing day!
reflexology appointment this afternoon to try to chivvy things along a bit !
no other news really- my NCT coffee morning this am. another baby has been added to the group. we are pretty even on the boy girl split so far so everything still to play for!
simon is definitely really badly nesting. does that count?
What a hot weekend! It all got too much on saturday for me but I was much better yesterday. We went to our sports club for an employee only day which was lovely. Mike Gatting was playing on the celebrity cricket team and the steel band was v entertaining. Also saw a friend who nearly died from MRSA earlier in the year- she is slowly learning to walk again. It was so nice. I was dreading so many people coming up to me and making comments on my size etc but actually it was just lovely to see people and catch up with them.
Not much else to report. My one plan for the day has collapsed so i'm kind of looking for stuff to do...Am going to try and get a reflexology appt to hurry labour along! Anything is worth a try is what I reckon... Will keep you posted!
and baby has clearly missed its due date. not that i should complain as i was 10 days late apparently.
all fine at the midwife appt today though. all fine apart from a lack of baby ! been exceptionally grumpy today. not done much at all. sorry for being boring but not much to report !
yesterday explains my lack of a post. but i hope to have them sorted now. what a scorcher yesterday was! and today looks similiarly hot
got to the point of exhaustion and desperation yesterday but unfortunately that doesnt seem to have made any difference! (and perhaps best not to go into labour when exhausted!)....
people keep telling me to make the most of the rest - but when you feel like total 'rude word' how is this possible?!
sorry not even at my due date yet (tomorrow) but feeling really totally fed up....
The blogger sites seem to be v slow today so dont want to write too much in case it gets lost! Weekend was lovely. We went to a local National Trust place yesterday and took the sunday papers and sat under a tree relaxing. It was really beautiful and I really enjoyed it. I have just lost a whole load of what I had written! It was mainly about how pleased Simon was to actually spend some time chilling rather than doing jobs around the place- he did tonnes on saturday and had virtually forgotten what it was like to not do them i reckon! The weather was fantastic at the weekend but is a bit too muggy today for my liking. Had a call yesterday morning from my friends living in Turkey with 5 children so she could give me some tips on childbirth!
Anyway Dad's birthday today so he is disappointed not to have a grandchild to share his day with him i think! (Simon was pleased in the end our baby wasnt born on 7 July this year - his birthday- as it will be a day remembered for not good reasons at all.). So just my mum to go on 21st with a shot of sharing birthday with baby. I just hope it doesnt take that long for me to 'put this baby down' as my next door neighbour put it yesterday...
I am not going to blog about the events in London yesterday. But Simon is fine. And managed to get home in time for us to go out for a meal to celebrate his birthday. To the extent that we felt we could celebrate. Unfortunately they made him go back into work today which i am not too impressed at but there we go.
I am off for a swim in a mo. Assuming I can find my costume!
And it doesnt look like he'll be sharing it with our baby ! And happy birthday to Pepe, Maija! Hope you have a good day to celebrate. The weather is rubbish here. Good job we had only planned to go to our local pub for a meal tonight... Carpet man coming today to put down carpet on stairs and landing- fed up with trying to avoid gripper rods every time we go up or down the stairs- wouldnt work too well with a new baby i fear!
Mother in law coming round in a bit to keep me company...
Yesterday my headache went eventually- my mum reckons (and i think she is right) that it was caused by a lack of food. the nausea has returned which is quite upsetting! but i did spend a lot of time cooking nonetheless yesterday and also getting books out of the library to assist in the old not doing anything thing ! aiming to get to the swimming pool today though we will see what happens !
Can someone please reassure me that getting a minging headache is a sign of pre-labour? I cant believe it was the solitary glass of red wine I had last night (this has never given me a headache before). Apart from that I have strains and aches and pains all over the blimmin place! But still no sign of baby. I know I am impatient as it isnt even the due date yet. But for heaven's sake I want it to come early! Tomorrow is Simon's birthday and I wont even complain if it comes then !
Yesterday was very pleasant to see my friends in the evening- they dont have children and are not planning them any time soon but were so interested in everything- it was v nice of them. Not sure I was so interested before I approached the stage of being ready myself...(but i am clearly a much more selfish person!).
Next door gave us more fresh raspberries from their garden yesterday. I am liking it here even more every day!
No real plans for today which is lovely! Looking forward to a day with no deadlines...
I must admit to having to fight the urge to be competitive amongst my pregnant friends as we are all due at the same time and 'who is feeling what' now is going a bit crazy! It is ridiculous as we all know there is nothing scientific about what happens before you go into labour and it will be totally random. But it doesnt stop us comparing notes! In some ways it is quite nice and comforting. But I really DO NOT want to be like that when the baby comes along as they will all be different and do stuff in their own ways in their own time!
Had an evening in on my own last night as Simon was out enjoying himself. he might as well before baby turns up! but it was rather a long day and i did miss his back massage in the evening! although since baby hasnt been breech any more the backaches are a lot better than they used to be....
some friends from work coming round for dinner tonight. so guess what? simon is going to take the opportunity to get on with some painting !
And how wonderful they are these days! No more going back to work stress- just to plan my healthy eating regime for the week and perhaps do some ironing ! I have a friend coming round this afternoon with her 15 month old so will be more learning re children for me! Til then my time is my own ! I love it!
The weekend was spent enjoying the local 'pram race' (an event that has been going for 25 years apparently!) at the local pub on friday night with our also-pregnant neighbours. Saturday enjoying a 30th birthday celebration of my (also-pregnant) v good university friend and Sunday enjoying a bbq here at home to celebrate simon's birthday with both our families. My brother was hungover from a stag weekend so didnt participate much in conversation- except to organise a family sweepstake on sex, date of arrival and weight of our baby! Only 3 out of 9 in my family thought it was a girl which was interesting (will I reveal which way I voted- it might imply I want that sex rather than I just think it is that sex!). Not long until we find out I hope! Anyway people were so brilliant at not just basically bringing food but also clearing up etc. I barely had to do anything which suited me just fine! Simon enjoyed getting lots of stuff for our garden- you never thoguht it would be possible to see someone getting so excited about a hosepipe on a reel!
Had a midwife appt. Baby is partially engaged but isnt making much progress southwards. But she thinks it will start to happen in the next few days and that I shouldnt be surprised if a few contractions occur to get it in place. She thinks I might well be on time but who knows! If I am on time, in 2 weeks I will have a baby! If I am late, in 4 weeks I will just about be giving birth!
My Mum really cannot wait to be a grandmother- she has knitted a cardigan and everything... I think her life is almost as much on hold as mine is until baby arrives!
Off to see what on earth a pram race is in our local town tonight ! I suspect it might be too busy in the pub for me to want to deal with but we'll see....
