APRIL CHIT CHAT!!

[auroara78]

DM, so excited to hear you had her! Can't wait for pics and birth story! Have popcorn ready!

[Glittergirl]

Congrats, DM! I love your last sentence: I HAVE A DAUGHTER! Made me get a big happy lump in my throat! So glad the birth went smoothly!

Lola I just saw in your siggy you are going to Czech Republic--my sister's SIL is here visiting, she's from Czech and is trying to get preggers--she said insurance covers IVF for three attempts. Is this true? Do they cover high tech as well?

[Glittergirl]

I'm losing track--who is due next? Z sorry your DS is sick--maybe it's a good thing baby is not here yet.
We were all getting sick here too before the baby and I was just so glad it all happened before she was here. I can't imagine how to quarantine everyone from her. She already got what seemed to be RSV from them and I can't get the boys to stop kissing her face! I keep telling them to kiss her feet (I tell them she's sick and I don't want them to catch it, that seems to work the best, I feel like it hurts their feeling when I tell them she may get sick).

[zanacal]

GG - my DS3 caught chicken pox when he was 2 months old! He only had it very mildly thankfully. Funnily enough, DS2 and DS3 are far more robust than DS1 who didn't have big brother germs to contend with as a baby!

[princesssarah34]

Ok ladies...just got home from my dr. appt and..........next Tuesday the 8th is my induction day. I had so hoped it would be this week as I have been feeling really sick and just plain yucky but it is what it is. I am just confused at the fact that it is just one day before my due date?......but whatever. Although I could go on my own (i highly doubt it) as today I was 2-3 cent. but still firm. My Mom has been sending me all the stuff to try to bringing on labor.....which I have been trying some of them already for over a week and well nothing so far. Oh well!

[Mochagirl]

Sorry you have to wait so long, princess, but at least you have a date now. Hopefully you'll go on your own before that!

[zanacal]

Next Tuesday will come really soon Sarah - I'm really excited for you! FX you go yourself before then though as you sound really fed up. {hugs}

I actually went to town and bought boring things like massive sanitary towels this morning (oh crap, I just remembered I didn't get any breastpads!). I can't believe I lost my 'to do' list! I was going to wash some bedding and little clothes today as I actually found the bottom of our washing baskets yesterday but my mum and sister came over for coffee and I get so sleepy after lunch that I'll probably wait until tomorrow now. I'm so utterly convinced it'll be at least my due date until baby comes so I hope she doesn't surprise me

I put my hypno birthing CD on when I went to bed last night and I swear I listened to only one or two lines until I fell asleep - I don't even feel it was a light sleep where I was still hearing it, I was zonked! I'm going to have to start doing it in the daytime (when DS3 isn't here!) I think.

I'm still really unsure about how we're going to handle childcare when I go in to labour. So long as it's not a Thursday or a Friday while my mum is working we'll be ok. My due date is a Wednesday ...

[Mochagirl]

I constantly worry about what we're going to do about childcare when I go into labour too. My mom will come if she can, but my dad is still quite sick in the hospital, so it's possible she won't be able to come at all. Even if she is able to come, she's 4 hours away so if i went quickly she'd never make it on time. My friends all have kids and jobs so I don't feel like I can ask them. I'm honestly starting to think it'll be just me and the midwives at the hospital. In a weird sense it doesn't bother me that much - dh is beyond useless when I'm in labour.

[Mochagirl]

Oh, and dh just told me the other day he was still hoping to fly across the country on labour day weekend to go to his father's retirement party. That's less than 2 weeks before my due date!! I'm assuming the midwife will say no to that idea...

[begonia]

Mocha just DH or you too?!? Surely you can't go. I flew with DD1 at 36 weeks but it was a short flight (1 hour) to a city with excellent medical services so my doc was fine with it. But at 38 weeks?!?! No way! I would think it would be fine for DH though? Unless you tend to go early?

MIL came 4 days before my due date to take care of my bigs in the even I went into labor. We don't have any family near us and while I have great friends and neighbors you always worry about having to call someone at 2am to watch your kids.

Sarah FX you get that baby out soon!

Oh Zan I had some painful BH the week before DD3 came; I never had them with the other girls though. Hope DS is better soon, sounds like he's really not well at the moment