I'm 29 weeks into my 2nd pregnancy after a whopping 12 year gap!! am I mad I ask myself?
I have had a fairly ok pregnancy this time round, had the usual 12 weeks of sickness, hospitalised for 2 days with a sickness bug, on a drip for 14 hours. My tolerance levels have gone to pot as I find myself screaming inside at the most ridiculous things that I wouldn't usually get the hump about, I also gave up smoking 3 weeks before I fell pregnant which hasn't helped the mood swings!
My hair has also gone greasy and limp and my face has developed teenage spots again,I'm so pale I look like I've had every ounce of blood drained out of me.Finally I have got through the constipation and now have f*ing piles. The answer to my question am I mad, well I think i'll leave that upto you!!!!

Congrats SarahJCT

mamalala - I feel your pain, I just had to pay Brittany Ferries an extra £80 because I had to shift my booking forward three weeks to fit in with their stupid rule that you can't travel once you are 28 weeks! Apparently the boat might rock and you'd have a baby

dear girls,

thanks for that! really cheered me up. i've got dreadful dark circles, sagging boobs, huge belly, can't sleep comfortably,back hurts and i feel knackered but in good company clearly.

well i was feeling sorry for myself having hauled my sorry ass back over here after spending a week with dh with nearly 3 year old and luggage with all the fun of numb bottom on the pane and going to the loo with toddler and bump- hmmmm.

then getting from heathrow to gatwick and my poorly boy who was sick on the bus and now you've made me laugh my 27 week(? oh dear-second time i've lost count.due 2nd april) head off.

second time is so much harder!

whilst i'm here, anyone ever offered you their own medical advice doe your own child? red mist moment. My little boy was coughing a lot and random MAN told me to take him to the doc or he might get pneumonia. Nice. Thanks. And I nearly brained some queue jumpers. They nearly didn't let me on the flight on the way out with no doctor's note... My mum said- ooh I expect you'll get special treatment on the plane as you're pregnant with a toddler. Yeah, nearly banning us from going...

I was v lucky to be able to go and not to have to cook or wash for a week, but oh dear january is not much fun is it once you come back.

thank you thank you for easing the pain... only now i've eaten an industrial sized chocolate bar and all the fun is ending. And dh is away for 2 1/2 weeks still. http://www.mumsnet.com/te/3.gif

so 2nd time round i am vast and i have no idea how anyone manages with 2!

there it's all out now.http://www.mumsnet.com/te/1.gif

many congrats Sarahjct.

Oi Sarah! Fabulous! You done a birth announcement???

Glad to see you're all still here! Posting from the hosp - had LO yesterday and I wanted to add that, despite a baby that hates my bosoms, 2nd degree tear and stitches and a fanjo that feels the size of a small continent, I haven't felt this normal in months!! My backache and bumpache have disappeared, I can lie on my huge wobbly belly and wear trousers round my waist a la Simon Cowell if I so desire. So hold on girls, pregnancy really is harder than any of it. I'm glad that's me done...

I'm having to wear a size 12 and it's too small on the bump and hangs off my arse and makes me look like Bob the sodding builder. The only thing that could possibly look less attractive is if I decided to wear dungarees!

I'm with you in the maternity jeans stakes, I've had to buy a 16 to fit round my bump but could have comfortably worn a 12
Mind you said bump is the size of a house.

Ernestina - I think your complaint that maternity clothes that fit till 34 weeks is a tad optimistic in some people's cases. My 'maternity' jeans are too tight on my bump despite fitting everywhere else. ARRRGH

You can get nice nursing bras but they all give you bugger all support.

I hated the fact that after about 30 weeks i needed a bloody crane to roll over in bed!!
Oh and the heartburn! And the projectile vomiting up to about 20 weeks which sometimes caused me to pee myself it was so violent
Part of me misses being pg, but only a tiny bit.