10/10 ... 9, 8, 7, 6 - It's The Final Countdown!

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Last chat thread for October 2010 babies until we head into POST-natal.

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ILGH it was me about Lansinoh, thanks. Apparently it's in mothercare and babies r us too - the woman in Boots gave me the impression it was something a bit outre only stocked by "independents" or health food shops. Then I looked online and found out that very Boots store was supposed to stock it according to the Lansinoh website . Hope your trip home wasn't too taxing. How hot is it there now?

Tyson did the midwife approve? Are you planning to have a pool?

Congrats Shieldbug. Glad you had a nice night. It was also my cousin's 10th wedding anniversary yesterday and she put a dead soppy message on Facebook about it. I have vivid memories of the wedding, amazing really when I think how much I drank! That all seems like another life now. Can't imagine being that carefree!

I really feel for all of you who are suffering with SPD. I was walking along to the park pushing DS today at snail's pace feeling very, very tired because of nights and the cold, and I can't imagine having actual pain apart from the regular pregnancy ones on top of it. Hugs to you all.

The Lollipop lady came this morning. She was lovely and showed me lots of stuff which I was still a bit dazed from last night to take in properly. But I have a question for all previous nappy users: she is going to be the baby show I'm going to on Sunday and will be offering a discount there on the Lollipop brand all-in-one birth to 2.5 microfibre ones. It will be £199 for 20 nappies, a pail, mesh bag and some specialised washing powder or liquid. Did anyone use microfibre ones before? She said they were basically the quickest to dry but not the most absorbent. However you can get bamboo liners to go with them.

Seashells my iPhone didn't post a message yesterday at the first time of sending. I only realised an hour later when I came onto the computer. It did it when I tried again. HTH.

Also, is there anyone else still struggling to find a name? We're still pretty clueless about a boy's name. Think we're sorted with the girl's. DP to be fair has suggested loads and today he came up with a couple which I didn't instantly reject. I'm just finding it so difficult, and I don't really have any suggestions myself. I came up with DS's name, and the girl's name we would have used last time, so maybe it's just his turn.

Seashells-y to long posts(& thread titles)

Tyson- didn't realise was for home birth, have heard of a few checking ' good enough for a bsby' and it's not really their job

Hermya- your birth centre is supposed to be v good, heard loads about it lately

Floozie- we struggled with names ( ESP after David Cameron stole mine!) but have a boy & a girl one now

like floozie I also want to send a hug to all the spd sufferers on the thread. I went to a breastfeeding class today and there were two ladies with SPD and crutches, and I could see how much they were struggling. It made me realise that I should appreciate just having the normal niggles and thats it.

on the nappy front floozie I know I've been recommended (and read in various places) that getting a full set is not always a great idea, as different nappies suit different babies (due to fit etc) so its better to get a few different ones and try them out. That said, I can see the appeal in just buying a set and knowing that that bit is sorted. I'm planning to buy about 5 or 6 in a few different types, and see which I like before buying more. But a dodgy cash machine swallowed my card the other day :( so shopping is off until the new one arrives, very frustrating.

nymph glad you've managed to find a new baby girl name. We thought we'd decided and then had second thoughts, feel really frustraed, I just really want to have a names picked now, its made me realise how annoying it must have been for you when you thought you had it all sorted. We have a boys name now but DH really loves one particular girls name and seems to have his heart set on it. I like the name, but two girls from my school have used it for their daughters, and whilst I'm not really in touch with them, they were both people I didn't really like. Can't decide if its silly to not like a name for that reason? We settled on a variation of the name but now we're having wobbles! The annoying thing is we could well be spending all this time fretting about a girls name, only for baby to be a boy. Makes me understand why people find out the gender at 20 weeks!

I hope you all have lovely weekends, looks like it might even be sunny down here, hope its the same where you are!

Morning everyone, back at school and no time to post or even read it seems. I did notice something about Lanisoh though and Boots a couple of days ago. I bought mine in Boots so they do sell it. I think I read that you are having an awful time Nymph too - I hope you are ok. Do you have a date for your section yet? I hope everyone else is well - sorry for the lack of name checking, very poor I know...

I think that my baby may be beginning to engage as my pain was much less severe yesterday. I am the source of much fun at school as I can now only sit on a birthing ball. So I have one in my office. All that rocking may have encouraged baby downwards a little. We're off to ante natal classes this moring with the NCT. Hope everyone has good weekends, maternity leave in three weeks and four days.

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Hi SamB can't believe you made it back to work!!! I think my baby has been dropping a bit too, bump isn't as high ( unless it's strapped up) but I'm getting more pressure low down. I've got a ball too , friend lent me it and it makes a difference , just have to keep chasing the kids off it!

Sam Gosh well done on going back to work, I must admit I'm having thoughts of finishing earlier but I'm still thinking about it.

Tired Thats what I've done, I must have about a billion different brands in my stash. I even have some prefolds, I don't think I'll end up using them but I figured giant muslins would come in handy.

Floozie I must admit we're struggling for a name as well, we've got a list which seems to get bigger by the day. I'm kind of hoping that inspiration will hit when we see his face.

I'm off to a wedding today, I can't wait. Do you think it would be appropriate to say to point to my belly and say to the groom 'this is what happens when you have fun' with a cheery . Nahhhh I wouldn't but it's fun to imagine isn't it.

Well have good days people!!!

Afternoon all.

Floozie, I agree about not getting a full set of same brand nappies at first as you might find they don't suit. Generally speaking, microfibre is a good option though but Tot Bots do nice ones too and you may prefer pocket style nappies such as fuzzi bunz (babykind have these) or bumgenius (I like these ones and I saw them on mothercare's website today) or Blueberry (gorgeous but £££).

Hope the crutches are working for you nymph.

It's hot here - about 39 degrees but only 21 degrees in the house

DH and DS2 going to put the Amby nest together soon. V exciting. And even more exciting, DS1 and 2 back to school tomorrow. Woo hoo!

And after all my shopping, I get back to Bahrain to realise I haven't got any sleeveless white bodies for DD. Ah well, trip to Mothercare here is in order (for which I'll be paying twice the price as the UK, grrr).

Hello all

I'm feeling really good today. It was ds's birthday party today (3 weeks early, but his real birthday was too close for comfort to my due date). The weather was perfect - sunny, but not too hot and the children played well. The birthday cake (that I made) actually tasted nice (!) and I realised how many wonderful friends I have made with children the same age . And my waters didn't break before (or mid) party !

I would definitely recommend buying different types of nappies, then you can see which you like best FWIW, we loved Fuzzibunz for ease and drying ability, but they didn't last until potty training as they got a bit too tight on the legs.

I feel happier about work (although I'll feel dreadful before work on Monday, I think). The union guy said it's in the Pay and Conditions document that I do NOT have to work, although I would be happy to volunteer in other situations (as I have before) no one can make me and I do not have to ask permission not to go in. So the law is on my side

We?re also struggling with names ? girl names we can think of lots of lovely ones, but not sure that any really stand out. Boy names are much harder and we just can?t think of any? It took us about three days after ds was born last time anyway, so there?s still no hurry?

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend x

Thank you for the hugs :) much appreciated and sending hugs back! Doing ok today, glad it is Saturday as dh is home and helping out a lot with the dc.

Nymph and SamB I love my ball, I think I am going to take it into hospital with me, I also find it comfortable if you kneel on the floor leaning over the ball and getting dh to rub my lower back!

moonstorm glad your ds had a nice birthday! Boys names are much harder, it took 3 weeks to name ds however dd and this baby, both being girls were easy to name. Well done for not going into labour

Maybe we can all suggest some boys names for those who are struggling?

Hello all

thanks for the nappy advice everyone. Today I saw the girl who's offered me her cloth nappies so I'm going to hold off on buying any and see what she's got first as it will obviously save me a fortune if they are ok.

I've had a nice day today, following another late start after a middle of the night stint with ds (not quite so long but enough). I took him to a party thus afternoon in a play centre I'd never been to before, then left dp in charge for once (he doesn't usually come to parties) and went off for part of a hen afternoon at a spa. The bride to be us an ex colleague who went out to Oz last year si this is the first time I've seen her since. I was booked for an Indian head massage but they don't advise it in pregnancy as it's stimulating so I had a taster facial instead. It was nice bit I think the therapist must have been a bit scared when I told her about my previous prem birth as she was exceedingly gentle when a bit more pressure would have bn good. Also it cost the same as my hour ling pregnancy massage last month and was much shorter but hey. Then this eve I went out for the meal part of the night with my also pregnant other colleague so we had good baby aproaching chats. Tomorrow it's the baby show. Hoping I see a few of the things I need, and that ds sleeps better tonight.

After saying about struggling for boys' names, I think we've cracked it! Trouble is, the name starts with the same letter as dp's and so does ds's so if it is a boy and we stick with it there will be three of them sharing first initial and surname..... And title of course once older. However that wouldn't put me off because liking the name is more important to me than anything and given it's taken nearly seven months to find a serious contender I'm not about to throw it away!

Moonstorm glad your ds's party went well. Hope the baby stays in for his actual birthday too.

Dilly that dress looks gorgeous, did I say that before?I'm tempted to go and look for one now!

Blimey look at the time. I sooo need to go to bed!

My boys list

Sebastian
Dominic
Benedict
Andrew
Elliot
Gregor

If DC4 was a boy, he'd have been Elliot Dominic Andrew.

Floozie I don't think the same initial matters so much if you have different middle names. My DH and BIL have the same first two initials and it's not really a problem as they only lived in the same house until they were 18 and even then didn't get much of their own post.

Off to midwife this morning

Morning everyone- gosh, you've all been busy. We too are struggling slightly on the names front and last weekend said down and agreed a short list. The only thing is, our surname begins with an A and I was thinking that a girls name ending in A wouldn't be a good idea. Now I realise thats really constricting us as there's only one girls name not ending in A we really like and 2 ending in A we do. My boss pointed out that girls are not likely to have the same surname all their life which is a fair point! Boys names have been a little easier- but its quite a responsibility isn't it?!

Good luck with the mw ILGH I keep forgetting Bahraini weekends are different to ours.

We went to the first of 2 NCT ante natal classes yesterday. It was nice to see ladies all in the same stage of pregnancy! There were 8 of us plus partners/husbands. It was predominantly about the actual birth process and most enlightening for the men I think as many had assumed it would be a stirrupped bed bound affair. Some bits were glossed over though, such as complications in birth. In my own anal way I've read loads about birth and afterwards as I absolutely loathe not feeling informed (you may have guessed from my previous posts!) and for me knowledge is power iyswim. Most of the ladies did not know very much about the birth process as they'd obviously chosen to wait until the class for that. Next week will hopefully cover how to look after a baby!

What was a little soul destroying for me was how bouncy and bright all the other ladies were. I yawned pretty much continually the whole day and was truly fed up in the last couple of hours and uncomfortable and I was being kicked really hard. NO ONE else yawned EVER! People beatifically rubbed their bumps in an absent minded kind of way, not in a get out of my ribs kind of way that I end up doing. My DH pointed out to me that as there were no NCT classes available where we lived we did have to journey for an hour to get there, and commuted for 3.5 hours the night before to get up North having worked a full week so that might account for the tiredness whereas the others were all local. I don't know what they thought of me living in Bucks during the week, travelling to Lincolnshire at weekends and hoping to give birth at the JR in Oxford when they were all planning on giving birth in one of the 2 hospitals in Notts!

I hope everyone has a good Sunday- sorry for not name checking, its so hard to keep up!

Has anyone else lost the ability to do something mentally that they used to be good at? I used to be good with names and now I really struggle, even with those people I've known for ages!

Hi All,

Just a quick hello, sorry about the class Elsa I think it's really easy to feel self-conscious ... I was a bit disappointed in my NHS antenatal class as not many women knew what their pelvic floor was etc, or what they wanted for the birth and I thought crikey, I've been studying up on this for aaaages! Also the men and women do stuff in separate rooms - how does the mw think we got pg eh?! These guys know a lot about us!

Can I just state for the record that I have elephant legs and big fat feet and it's really getting me down. OK, said it now.

I'm hoping to get Lollipop newborn nappies from a friend, I think her DH wants her to sell them but she wants to give them to me...we shall see...

Yes - get dresses by Therapy - soooo soft!

Glad to hear about nice w/es, sorry about name hassles. We kind of picked ours without noticing in the end (o that's a helpful comment! Sorry!)

Sorry about the elephantine feet and legs Dilly you have my total sympathy as I got that for the first time on Friday night! Its really annoying no longer being able to see an ankle bone! Its better in the morning though. Its worse for me when the baby is kicking/punching really low by my hip bones. I've got a function to go to on the day I'm 36 weeks and a wrap around dress I've had for years still fits (yay!) so I'm hoping to wear that and heels, but don't know if my shoes will fit. I may raid my mum's shoe cupboard as she's a size bigger than me.

Elsa I just know you never thought you'd hear these words before your 65th birthday but do consider....support stockings! You can get them easily, maternity versions in mothercare I think and they do help. Mine are awful all the time, I wake up with them - bah!

Is anyone getting the thing where bub shifts as you're walking along and suddenly it feels as if you need to pee very urgently and you can't walk as well? Is that him putting his little head down? Kind of startling as I keep thinking I'll wet myself...

O, and SPD sufferers, I too am going back to the physios, my pelvic bones feel like broken glass ....

Dilly Oh you poor thing. I've got the shifting thing as well, do you go to the loo and then as soon as you're off have to go again. I get that all the time, it's so annoying. My LO seems to like bouncing his head off of my cervix, it's so so strange.

Elsa The other girls are probably on stay awake drugs. Don't feel bad, I expect they don't do half of what you do and you do it whilst you're pregnant.

ILGH Those are lovely names.

Not much to report from me apart from that the wedding was lovely and I even managed to have a bit of a grove. I did pay for it later though, was worth it though.

Not had chance to post either as SamB I am in the same position as you- back to school! Am finding it really hard as I want to get stuck in planning lessons and sorting things out and then I keep thinking to myself I have only got three weeks left so what is the point?

Elsa our surname starts with an A and the girls name we have picked ends in an A as well- I hadn't even thought about it to be honest- I think as long as the name has got a nice ring to it overall you shouldn't worry about it.

Dilly I get that all the time where you can't walk/need to pee all of a sudden. I keep thinking to myself at least if I do end up weeing myself people will assume my waters have broken

Glad you enjoyed the wedding Hermya

Me too on the need to pee.

No huge legs but if I'm on my feet much my ankles get puffy!

Just been for last of school uniform & attempted supermarket whilst I was there ( had to go to different town). One crutch & a trolley ,lots of people with bruisedankles who walked in front of me! Not doing that again anyway. I almost cried when I dropped the cheese at the checkout but a bloke picked it up for me

Kids back at school tomorrow & I have MH MW coming to see if she can help in anyway. She also mentioned helping me do a birth plan & supporting me in getting a single room.

Me three on the need to pee ... though when I do go, barely anything comes out!
Also getting the swollen feet - ugly ankles! Am currently sat with my feet in a bucket of hot soapy water, which feels rather nice.

Got our names as ready as possible - have actually had the first names sorted since before we even conceived (hm, truth be told, I've had them in mind since before I even met DH!!! Luckily he genuinely loved my suggestions!), still love them now, and they do feel right, but reserving final judgement until our baby actually arrives - do have back-ups. DH has come up with the middle names, both of which I utterly love.

Yesterday marked one month until our EDD!

Went scarily dizzy this afternoon whilst driving home from morrisons! turned into a migraine but was worried that i might of ended up at maternity triage. Had my haircut today so it isnt as heavy and long for when im in labour.

Tyson migraine sounds bad.

I keep checking feet / ankles and they don't seem to be swelling anything much. However a month ago a stranger at work told me my legs were swollen, and really insisted. I had to explain I had quite big legs and they always looked like that to get her to stop!

Just had a bath in the hope it would help my super-stiff hips, but had a fair bit of trouble getting out so don't think I'll risk it again!

Good luck to all with names. We thought we had it sorted but now I'm not sure, but DH is very stubborn so not likely to be open to change at this late stage!

Just tomorrow at work for me, then on leave, and a month today til due date!

Tyson I hope you feel better.

For those of us with SPD, this helped me when I was writing my birth plan.

Good website hermya, will look at the c-section page for inspiration!

Dh birthday today & Kids back at school. Up early to do presents. V tired from not sleeping most of the night. Looking forward to nap time!