Due in March/April/May 2013 Roll call!

[Bimby]

Oh Congrats Coocoo!!! I remember the pain all too well of my 9lb6 boy but Im a little taller than you so must of been a double ouch for you hun, well done to you!! I cant wait to see pics of your little man, I bet he is just adorable xx

[suregena]

Congratulations coocoo! <3 <3 <3 Can't wait to see a picture! I hope everything and everyone gets settled and you enjoy that sweet baby boy!

[ThreeMenAndALAdy]

Coocoo, just saw the pics on fb!!! He is amazing. Love the name and his face. Great job with the vbac. You should be proud of yourself. Congrats on making such a handsome little man.

[homebirthing princess]

Awww congratulations coocoo thats such lovely news :') well our 1st baby is here....whos next, butterfly! I'm trying everything to get lil willow out I can't,be having a big baby lol! Xx

[mummypink]

Huge congrats coocoo! Fantastic news. Can't wait to see a pic of your gorgeous little man. And yes - ouch!!! xxx

[luckylass]

Massive congrats Coco on the arrival of your little man and well done mammy, he was a big baby for a little frame like yours.

[suregena]

"I wonder if she'll have curly hair. I hope she'll stay slender and skinny as she gets older."

This is seriously what my mother in law just said to me right now. We're currently out to lunch with her. WTF.

[hotdogz&boyz]

^^Um, wow. Can't she let her develop her lungs first?? MILs are amazing.

And HUGE CONGRATS Coocoo!! What a good size baby and I am in awe of your amazing womanly skills. It does make me want to run and hide from labor. I fully admit I am TERRIFIED. I know I will be fine once I get there and just do it. But hearing your tale of 9lbs, 5oz makes my whole uterus ache. I bet he is gorgeous. And a great name. Very strong.

I must now know...am I the only one who is semi-dreading labor/delivery? I had a wonderful first birth that was easy (as birth can be) and intervention-free (even in a hospital). My second I went into it blissfully big-headed and had a miserable pitocin-augmented labor that was pain-med free, but only because as I was screaming for the epi I was ready to start pushing (which is my least favorite part). So, yeah....I am totally scared that this one will be that bad. I know to avoid pitocin unless my child's life and mine depend on it. But I am scared, scared, scared.

[mummypink]

I've been very lucky so far with my first two labours, both pretty quick with no pain relief. I had two stitches after ds1 and none after ds2 and actually felt fab straight after I had him. So I'm not too worried about labour - although of course I know this one could be completely different!
My main worry is getting to the hospital as we have an hours drive to get there and if the baby arrives before my mum comes over then we will have to rely on friends to look after the boys - or take them to the hospital with us! Not good!

[suregena]

^^Um, wow. Can't she let her develop her lungs first?? MILs are amazing.

And HUGE CONGRATS Coocoo!! What a good size baby and I am in awe of your amazing womanly skills. It does make me want to run and hide from labor. I fully admit I am TERRIFIED. I know I will be fine once I get there and just do it. But hearing your tale of 9lbs, 5oz makes my whole uterus ache. I bet he is gorgeous. And a great name. Very strong.

I must now know...am I the only one who is semi-dreading labor/delivery? I had a wonderful first birth that was easy (as birth can be) and intervention-free (even in a hospital). My second I went into it blissfully big-headed and had a miserable pitocin-augmented labor that was pain-med free, but only because as I was screaming for the epi I was ready to start pushing (which is my least favorite part). So, yeah....I am totally scared that this one will be that bad. I know to avoid pitocin unless my child's life and mine depend on it. But I am scared, scared, scared.

I'm a little nervous. I coped with my first labor fine naturally until at 7cm, when I had been awake for two days solid so I was pretty tired, the last thing I needed to hear was that they needed to break my waters but to do that safely they had to transfer me to the labor ward (I was in the birth centre attached to the hospital.) Because I was so tired, I felt defeated, and I started crying and getting upset... and THAT'S when labor started to hurt! It's when you tense up and start freaking out that labor goes bad. And sure enough, they got me up there, broke waters and said that they needed to do pitocin and by that point, my dreams were shattered, I was so so so so so tired, that I didn't want to feel the "artificial contractions" so I said to give me an epidural. I felt like such a failure. But all in all it could have been worse, I guess. (He was delivered with foreceps in the end... he was posterior and I was in labor for 49 hours and he was tired and just had to get out but his position wasn't helping.)

I'm going for a homebirth this time. I've bought a birthing ball (which I didn't do last time - I should have though!) to try to prevent her being posterior. I think I'll be fine as long as her position is good and I just stay home! And also, that I SLEEP during early labor!

And, yeah... my MIL said that. I asked my husband (she stepped away for a moment to put more money in the car meter outside) if he heard what she said because he didn't respond (I didn't, either.) He said he had but ignored it. He said she said stuff like that to him all the time (why am I not surprised?) while he was growing up (for him, he was skinny and pale but had a little belly.) My husband has a younger cousin who is like my weight (average, she's younger than me) and I have heard her say before that she is a slightly 'bigger girl, poor thing' and my husband would always say to his mum, "Are you kidding? That's the sort of talk that will damage a girl... plus, she's completely normal and average?!" and I always thought that was SO bizarre that she would say that about his cousin. But, I guess I never expected she'd talk about her MUCH WANTED GRANDDAUGHTER before she's even born by placing such ridiculous expectations on her. I asked my husband, "Are you going to ignore her saying that after Willow is born?" and he said, "No way... I am going to put a stop to it. I will never allow her to speak that way about her." and I said, "Good, because I hope you know that is the ONLY time I will ignore it. I know she's old, I know she comes from an era where they struggled with food, but she needs to realize how damaging that can be."

I knew, by my having a girl, all sorts of interesting things would be coming out of her mouth! I just knew it!

I told my mom (sent her an email when I posted here while out to lunch, on my phone) and she responded, "Are you kidding?! When you do speak up next time say 'now why in the world would you say something like that?' I'd be curious what her answer would be."


Crazycrazycrazy...

She also made a comment (because my son, a freshly three year old, was eating like me... with just his fork, at lunch... which is kind of considered improper etiquette I guess for the most part here... my husband and many others eat with a fork and knife in hand constantly through the meal... cutting and pushing food onto the fork using the knife, etc) about how he was eating like me.

But then that prompted my husband to go over to him and start helping him with using a knife and fork and he said, "Here, let's eat properly..." like it induced some discomfort with him when she said that.

That stuff pisses me off so much. When I FIRST moved here (when his dad was still alive) and I'd go over to their house for dinners, during those early days of living in the UK... his parents STARED AT ME WHILE I ATE... because of how I used my silverware!


AHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGRRRRGHHHH! Today made me miss home so much. I hate when people just don't let others be. I'm sure my son will be eating 'properly' when he goes to school as no doubt they'll push it... but he's THREE for crying out loud! WHO CARES!!!!


Okay, rant over. Sigh. I miss my momma. She's so laid back, so accepting, so lovely, loving, human. Grrrr. I wish I could just go out to lunch with her instead. Stupid ocean in the way.....