feb babies - it's time to glow and grow :)

[angels1]

Hello all,

I just realised I put the 1000'th message on our last thread (uh oh, I think that's the limit), so in my at not realising I'd reached the limit, thought I'd better start a new thread if anyone finds it.

i should think so wriggles i wondered why you were stil here after my toast break. haha

angels sorry didnt mean to scare youi need to check up on the latest sid research as dd is 8,feel like a new mum again its weird.
Had a killer headache yeaterday.Am longing to take proper pain killers.

thanks all - think I was going t have cot in my room to begin anyway, but undecided (still ned to move anyway!).

Anyone else haing more arguments with DH recently? We just had a big shouting match as he says all I do is sit and watch tv, so I turn it off to have a conversation and he just sits there reading ignoring me. Ended out with me on the lines of 'you don't know how hard and dull my life is now' and sobbing (think I'm just miserable from feeling so rough for so long and never being able to do much/anything). He ignores me sobbing in the kitchen then eventually comes in and makes a poor attempt to say something nice which I snap at and he's stomped off to the bathroom shouting 'i don't know why I bother'. Leaing me in more tears now and even more cross as a) I hate it when he just lets me cry and b) he's hogging the only bathroom of the house without checking if I need the kloo first which always drives me mad as I find it so selfish not to check (this is a constant annoyance). I'm being so unlike me at the moment and hate it, but can't help it. I don't think he appreciated that it's not just me trying to pick a fight, I really can't help it. Anyone else experiencing similar?? Sorry for long and self post, just helps me calm down to write this.

Oh yes, lots of argument slately, getting really annoyed at the smallets of things, luckily he's away this weekend visiting his sister while I have the house and the cats all for myself, yai!

I've been reading about cosleeping, which is when they are in the same room and close to you, but not necessarily in the same bed. really interesting book by James MacKenna, available on amazon, and then there is an article "here"
We are planning on getting a cosleeper, which sounds like the thing somebody's DH made before (sorry can't remember who). My dad would make that kind of thing, but DH is just the very opposite of Bob the builder. I would love to make it, but don't think that's realistic.

Anyway, since yesterday I feel as if I am actualy not pregnant, have no symptoms and neither feel baby... I remember some of you went through this before, hope it goes away soon!

Right, I'm off to enjoy the house on my own!! (and do the dishes...)

knittakid, I just got a cot from Ikea and just took the side off, it's just the same height as our bed then. DD still ends up cuddled up under my arm every night though When she was tiny she was always in the bed with us, I think it really helped with breastfeeding. She's going to have to move her into her own room soon.... :(

Oh, also wanted to say re having time to keep in touch in a post-natal forum, have a friend who's got two babies and is pregnant again and is all the time playing games on facebook... but maybe she's superhuman.

Morning all

angels sorry to bear your dh has upset you so much. I too bicker with dh nut luckily he is very easy going and ignores my comments ( which trust me sounds bad but isn't as we'd always be arguing if be Rose to all the remarks I made!)

Regarding the formula. I made all ds up in advance. Dh or I would make them before we went to bed each night ready for the following day. I will be doing th same with dd. I had also planned on ditching the steriliser this time around. We use a dishwasher and have read around and quite a few people just rely on that. Once she arrives however, I may be a little more protective and end up using it.

The post natal threads are a brilliant idea! When i was on here with ds 1 it was amazing how reassuring it was just to know that there are others onthe same boat as you, or to offer simple practical advice... Usually on really obvious stuff that you are to tired or worried about to realise on your own!

I also think the 'coppers wife' thread would be fun too lol. Although it was his addiction to fitness ie rugby training twice a week with a match involving being out all day on Saturdays, out running three times a week that caused problems when ds was born!

Luckily he has realised that it wasn't fair. Plus has aged 5 years so has retired from rugby someone be 'absent' quite so much this time around. He has however recently joined a cycle club which takes up one evening a week and Saturday mornings at the minute.

That's a great idea EauRouge, thanks!

moominlol at that. yes mine is too a fitnes freak and will play football come hell or highwater.Have been really tricky times in this pg such as spotting and off he goes.The night before my nt scan in London i was beside myself and he asked if it was ok to play. I told him that it was fine if he was a premiership footballer but that as he wasn't NO IT F'ING ISNT ALRIGHT! shouting really loudly-ge didnt go.His family are the same,even holiday at a sports complex. Keep asking us to go but to me a holiday is spent horizontal with agood book and a cocktail.
Angels you are a little bit behind me and a few wks ago i hated dh i even thought he would have to move out!
We seem to be ok atm but i am feeling generally better in myself. It is hard when you have a difficult pg as people forget even dh's but yes i have found we argue more than ever and often he amazes me with his lack of insight.
Shall i cheer you up? DD asked me how they tell the sex on scan. I told her they look at its bits and she replied-oh,i thought it was just long hair for a girl and short for a boy :)This morning dh asked me how he was going to cope with the baby before i leave hospital.He thought it was just me who stayed in after a section.
Is it just me???

ledkr I always thought if you had a c sec they kept the baby in hospital until you left. Surely that's right, as lots of mothers wouldn't be able to breast feed then??? My mum had a c sec for my sis and they both stayed in until she came out (but that was many years ago...). Would be funny for him to try and cope alone while your in hospital! (maybe funny isn't quite the right word...).

DH and I OK now - I'm just a miserable old bag at the minute I guess. I probably expect too much from him but he really is terrible at reading emotions and supporting sometimes.

hiya all
Thought i'd just comment on the formula issue. Ds1 had formula because he couldn't latch. I was told that if i put boiling water into a freshly sterilised bottle with the lid on and let it cool then the water would remain sterile for 12hrs. Then to add the powder when u need it. Advice is not to keep made up formula after a feed. I used cow and gate powder for ds1 as it was slightly cheaper. Sma gold is normally used in hospitals. There can be slight differences in babys poo with different formula. Sma poo is slightly harder. Cow and gate is soft and hipp organic makes the babys pee smell funny. That my experience anyway.
On names boys we've chosen but we liked we're isaac, noah and lucas. We've got the girls down to 3 but these were the others felicity, grace, pheobe, saige and paige don't know if they'll help anyone.

angels yes of course baby stays in with Mum but it just shows you my dh complete lack of understanding of things to come poor bugger.I feel a bit grumpy now not sure why. Just snapped at dd cos she interupted me but she didnt really notice luckily as she has found a frog ugh. X factor will cheer us up and i have some chocolate yum.
hebbard i love issac and the other namesare lovely too. I am still loving Delilah but am meeting severe resistance from dd and dh. DD said its 2CHAVVY" HAHA

Just popping in t update my stats as we've just found out that I am expecting a girl, so one of each. Made up!

EDD - Username - DC# - Age - Location - Progress as of 13 Sep - Gender (if known)
26 Jan - cler - baby #4 - 25 - Prestatyn, N Wales - 20+5
26 Jan - Lulabel27 - baby #1 - 27 - Richmond, SW London - 20+5 - girl
28 Jan - scubamummy - baby #1 - 30 - Bethnal Green, E London - 20+3
29 Jan - worrymummy - baby #3 - 40 - 20+2
31 Jan - CheeseChomper - baby #1 - 26 - Bromley - 20+0 - boy
31 Jan - TheBreastmilksonMe - baby #2 - 27 - N Wales - 20+0 - girl
01 Feb - GinaFB - baby #1 - 31 - Hants - 19+6 - boy
01 Feb - Loopeylu - baby #2 - 19+6
01 Feb - xkat - baby #1 - 40 - 19+6
02 Feb - Babynelly2010 - baby #1 - 29 - 19+5
02 Feb - MrsEllor - baby #2 - 19+5
02 Feb - MrsTeapot207 - baby #1 - 42 - 19+5
03 Feb - CluckyKate - baby #2 - 36 - 19+4
03 Feb - ElleB1980 - baby #1 - Birmingham - 19+4
03 Feb - Mahraih - baby #1 - 22 - 19+4
03 Feb - missnatalie - baby #2 - 27 - West Midlands - 19+4
04 Feb - americanexpat - baby #1 - 29 - 19+3
04 Feb - Ba8y1 - baby #1 - 28 - 19+3
04 Feb - geekygiraffe - baby #1 - 32 - Leicestershire - 19+3
04 Feb - Loveablebunny - baby #1 - 27 - 19+3
04 Feb - moonminmama - baby #2 - 31 - Warrington - 19+3
04 Feb - PinkElephant73 - baby #3 - 36 - 19+3
04 Feb - RoxyLady - baby #1 - 30 - 19+3
04 Feb - suzym1984 - baby #1 - 25 - Newcastle - 19+3
04 Feb - TallulahBelly14 & NewDad75 - baby #1 - 29 - N London - 19+3
05 Feb - ledkr - baby #5 - 43 - Cheltenham - 19+2 - girl
06 Feb - applecharlotte - baby #1 - 30 - Bow, E London - 19+1
06 Feb - Debka - baby #2 - 30 - Kent - 19+1
06 Feb - LalZee83 - baby #1 - 26 - 19+1
06 Feb - mandy1978 - baby #2 - 19+1
06 Feb - Sam2302 - baby #1 - 29 - Manchester - 19+1
06 Feb - ScMacBt - baby #2 - 22 - Glasgow - 19+1
06 Feb - smallblackflowers - baby #2 - 34 - Lancashire - 19+1
07 Feb - AnaYorks - baby #1 - 29 - 19+0
07 Feb - DrMouse - baby #1 - 30 - N London - 19+0
07 Feb - Personmaker - baby #2 - 32 - 19+0
08 Feb - fatheadsgirl - baby #2 - 18+6
08 Feb - Girlafraid - baby #2 - 35 - Reading - 18+6
08 Feb - jackinthebump - baby #1 and #2 - 25 - Hampshire - 18+6
08 Feb - MissTfied - baby #4 - 32 - Sussex - 18+6
08 Feb - Pink10 - baby #1 - 33 - 18+6
08 Feb - SemperEadem - baby #2 - 30 - Hampshire - 18+6
09 Feb - Detectivepotato - baby #2 - 28 - 18+5
09 Feb - earlgreyismynectar - baby #2 - 39 - Aberdeen - 18+5
09 Feb - girlinlondon - baby #1 - 31 - Dulwich, S London - 18+5
09 Feb - linz17xxx - baby #2 - 26 - Hartlepool - 18+5
09 Feb - pipsicles - baby #1 - 26 - Surrey - 18+5
09 Feb - RachelPross - baby #3 - 30 - 18+5
09 Feb - tadjennyp - baby #3 - 37 - Oregon, USA - 18+5 - boy
10 Feb - byronicheroine - baby #1 - Greece - 18+4
10 Feb - Grumpling - baby #1 - 30 - 18+4
10 Feb - kateh1978 - baby #2 - 18+4
11 Feb - BrownPaperandString - baby #3 - 39 - 18+3
11 Feb - Canoe - baby #1 - 27 - Gaborone, Botswana - 18+3
11 Feb - naitimum - 18+3
12 Feb (ELCS 3 Feb) - clareanna - baby #2 - 34 - 18+2
12 Feb - Diamondback - baby #1 - 33 - Birmingham - 18+2
12 Feb - EndangeredSpecies - baby #3 - 18+2
12 Feb - Rachel1979 - 18+2
13 Feb - claire196 - baby #1 - 26 - 18+1
13 Feb - Kez84 - baby #1 - 26 - Wiltshire - 18+1
13 Feb - MizK - baby #3 - 28 - Nottingham - 18+1
13 Feb - xkatyx - baby #3 - 18+1
14 Feb - IlovePonyo - baby #1 - 29 - East Midlands - 18+0
14 Feb - Katecool - baby #1 - 18+0
15 Feb - AnathemaDevice - baby #2 - 28 - Essex - 17+6
15 Feb - Bellaby - baby #1 - 30 - 17+6
15 Feb - Breezey - baby #3 - 38 - Overseas - 17+6
15 Feb - cordiality - baby #1 - 32 - 17+6
15 Feb - Grannyapple - baby #1 - 34 - Bromley - 17+6
15 Feb - grigglepuff - baby #1 - 27 - N London - 17+6
15 Feb - juwi - baby #3 - 34 - 17+6
15 Feb - nicb79 - baby #3 - 31 - Cornwall - 17+6
16 Feb - Jaffa1972 - baby #1 - 38 - 17+5
16 Feb - LittleSilver - baby #4 - Northumbria - 17+5
16 Feb - Rusty06 - baby #1 - 43 - 17+5
16 Feb - wigglesrock - baby #3 - 36 - N Ireland - 17+5
17 Feb - Blackberry74 - 17+4
17 Feb - JustOneMorePlease - baby #4 - 33 - 17+4
17 Feb - varicoseveined - baby #2 - 17+4
18 Feb - EauRouge - baby #2 - 29 - Cambridgeshire - 17+3
18 Feb - PDR - baby #2 - 25 - Devon - 17+3
19 Feb - Azure78 - 17+2
19 Feb - Deliaskis - baby #1 - 32 - Cheshire - 17+2
20 Feb - Bensmum76 - baby #2 - 34 - 17+1
20 Feb - brockleyD - 27 - S London - 17+1
20 Feb - hoolabombshell - baby #1 - 37 - Glasgow - 17+1
20 Feb - janedoe25 - baby #1 - Glasgow - 17+1
20 Feb - judyjiggles - baby #1 - 17+1
20 Feb - lgmum2b - baby #1 - 17+1
20 Feb - MrsWest2010 - baby #1 - 17+1
20 Feb - Trojan1970 - baby #2 - 40 - S Hampshire - 17+1
21 Feb - angels1 - baby #1 - 28 - Orpington, Kent - 17+0
21 Feb - nomoregandtforme - baby #1 - 31 - 17+0
21 Feb - starbuck05 - baby #1 - 32 - 17+0
21 Feb - tabbycat76 - baby #1 and #2 - 33 - Suffolk - 17+0
22 Feb - Gingerbread30 - baby #1 - 30 - Edinburgh - 16+6
22 Feb - MrsWhisk - baby #1 - 31 - 16+6
22 Feb - Pebblestone - baby #1 - 28 - 16+6
23 Feb - knittakid - baby #1 - 30 - Bristol - 16+5
24 Feb - 40Weeks - baby #3 - 16+4
24 Feb - Laineandade - baby #2 - 16+4
24 Feb - pinkgrasshopper - baby #1 - 31 - SW London - 16+4
24 Feb - supadupa900 - baby #1 - 16+4
25 Feb - Tarlia - baby #1 - 27 - 16+3
26 Feb - hubbard86 - baby #2 - 24 - West Midlands - 16+2
26 Feb - PinkiePoo - 16+2
26 Feb - ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave - baby #3 - 38 - Putney, SW London - 16+2
26 Feb - Wanderingsheep - baby #2 - 26 - 16+2
27 Feb - milliemoocow - baby #4 - 25 - Cumbria - 16+1
28 Feb - Discodisco - baby #1 - 16+0
28 Feb - saintcatling - baby #1 - 31 - Essex - 16+0
06 Mar (but promises to get baby out early...) - zerominuszero - baby #1 - 25 - Kent - 15+1

Hi everyone - Im a newbie!

My baby is due on Feb 22nd and Im feeling a bit low as all my friends seem to have dropped me like a hot potato....think Im an inconvenience now that I have a baby on board.

My OH is a chef so never at home when I am and comes home from work at 3am....when Im obviously fast asleep! weekends have become pretty depressing as all my friends just fob me off....

Another member suggested I join this thread so I can feel like I have some kind of support! So here I am!! xxx

Hi there!
Can anyone expecting in Feb join? :)

I'm due on Feb 19 with my second - have an 18 month old DD and currently look fat, rather than pregnant and haven't told anyone at work yet, so that is quite stressful!

Would love to have some support from people on here as I feel like I'm going crazy sometimes and poor DP takes the brunt of it!

Hi ellesbelles79 - sorry you are having a rough time with your friends, it's the last thing you need when you are supposed to be enjoying your pregnancy - whereabouts are you? x

Hi mumbybumby!

To be honest im just looking like a fatty too & hoping for the actualy bump to make an appearance soon!

When are you planning on teling work? Better to get it out in the open than keep stressing about it.

Im in Harrow, NW London and am feeling like I've been forgotten about by my friends! I mean, I know I cant go out on the razz but Im not ill...I can go out & do things!!

Ah well....I guess I will have to just deal with it and come Feb I will have dc1 to fill all my time xxx

Hello elles and mumby. All are welcome on here. Currently we are discussing mainly scans, names and what to buy! My dh has been working all hours so I know how you feel. Sorry you are having a tough time with your friends. Have you signed up for ante-natal classes? Usually you can meet some new friends through them that you can share baby milestones with etc. Hope everyone is having a lovely Saturday night.

Thanks for the welcome tadjennyp

I'm due to start ante-natal classes but not until December...which seems very far away!

Saturday night is getting better & Im going to treat myself to a nice cream cake thats sitting in my fridge...that'll cheer me up!

Hope your weekend is going well so far...xxx

Welcome elles and mumby! Of course you can join, the more the merrier! This is a lovely group of ladies - a very supportive and chatty - I hope you both feel right at home here.

congratulations the girl Breastmilks!!

Hi!
Congratulations on your girl Breastmilk!

Welcome to Elles and Mumby! Congratulations on both your pregnancies!

Elle, sorry that you're having a rough time with friends ATM. Pregnancy can make you feel worse when you would be feeling down in the first place. You might find that it gets better when you've had the baby. I met loads of new friends at baby groups so you might find that you have mummy friends to do all the baby stuff with and then your other separate group of friends. I hope that it gets better!

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

Hope you enjoyed that cream cake, elle - that's definitely a bonus of being pregnant - eat what you like! Best time to go on holiday too as you don't have to suck it all in on the beach! :o

I wouldn't worry too much about your friends - some of them will come round. Have you spoken to any of them about it? If they don't then, as these ladies have said, you'll have plenty of opportunity to meet new friends when you have a little one. Shame you're not near me!

Anyone got names etc sorted? I seem to be having a total mental block - I can't choose a girl's name as I've already used my first choice name and can't for the life of me think of any boys' names!

Wecome newbies-im the old and gobby one.
breastmilk you have put us all back! dont do that its going slow as it is. I am 20+1 today
On the arguing with dh subject he drove me mental yesterday! Firstly; watched the arsenal match, then spent next 3 hrs looking up stuff on the arsenal match(replays and forums)before finally watching dvd with me and then watching the arsenal match on match of the day and then up early again to catch match of the day again. Im sure hes gone mad. He even compared it to mumsnet (sacrelidge)felt really unreasonably irritated.cant wait until baby is here cos i will plonk it upon his football obsessed lap and clear off out.haha

Morning ladies

Havent been on for a while so havent had a chance to read all the messages but welcome to Elles and Mumby.

Have been to visit sister in Gloucs this week hence absence, took the kiddies with me so DH and BIL could finish decorating the house. It has been completely renovated from the pig sty it was when we bought it 4 years ago but typically nothing got properly 'finished' so now we are nearly done. Thank goodness. So I cant really moan about DH this week although give me half an hour and all his brownie points will have expired.

Also, there is a website called snugglebug that sells hotmilk maternity underwear that has a sale on at the mo, might be worth a look (you can gool it if interested) I got bra and matchibng briefs for £25 and a gorgeous foxy nightie for £25 instead of £54!

Oh and more importantly had a good 16 week appt with MW, hard heartbeat and all seems well so thats good. AM now 17 weeks and STILL 4 weeks to go til next scan :-(

Hope everyone is keeping well and chin up to all those who have had a crap week

Thanks Tarlia and Wanderingsheep!

I not sure what you mean ledkr, I've only copied and pasted the most recent entry I could find which was a few pages back. I can see it hasn't been updated for a while but I havn't changed any dates. I'm not sure who updates everyones stats but I've only added the sex to my own as I didn't want to interfere.