Due Feb 06 - what flavour baby??

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Well ladies - I certainly want to know Amanda's result, so figured I'd kick off a new thread straight away. Hope you like the title - seemed appropriate as several of us are hoping to find out over the next few weeks.

Quick stats update as it's always useful to have at the beginning:

Teuch, Due 28th Jan, Baby # 1, Age 27, Lives West Lothian (Inner Hebridean Island from Jan), mm/c previously
Hotmama1, Due 1st Feb, Baby # 2, Age 38 (DP40), Lives Nottingham,
3K, Due 2nd Feb, Baby # 1, Age 28, Lives Gravesend, Kent, IVF conception
Tabs, Due 2nd Feb, Baby # 1, Age 32 (DH39), Lives N Herts, mm/c Oct 04
Kando, Due 3rd Feb, Baby # 3, Age 32 (DH35), Lives Holland, DVT last time. Heparin injections.
Lulu68, Due 3rd Feb, Baby # 4, Age 37 (DH40), Lives ???,
Yeahbut, Due 4th Feb, Baby # 3, Age 30, Lives Holland, IUGR in previous pregnancies
BarefootMama, Due 6th Feb, Baby # 5, Age 37, Lives ???, mm/c previously
Popadopolis, Due 8th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 26 (DH30), Lives Bedford, hyperemesis early on - tablets to control
JuA, Due 9th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 31, Lives Chorley, Lancs, 1 m/c prior to DD. Expecting twins!!
SmallHouseDragon, Due 9th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 39 (DH 37), Lives Devon, induction then emerg c-sec with dd
Womba1, Due 10th Feb, Baby # 3, Age 30, Lives Eastbourne, Baby 1 stillborn
TicTac, Due 11th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 29 (DH 42), Lives Horwich, Lancs,
Ixel , Due 11th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 31 (DH 42), Lives North London,
Spacecadet, Due 11th Feb, Baby # 5, Age 33 (DH 37), Lives Cambs, m/c in March, underactive thyroid, dvt after delivery of last dd
Marite, Due 12th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 30, Lives ???,
Popmum, Due 12th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 32, Lives Broxbourne, Herts/Essex border,
RachelRog, Due 12th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 33, Lives Chesterfield, Derbyshire, mm/c in March
Chloe55, Due 13th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 24 (DH 27), Lives West Yorkshire, 2 previous m/cs
Kyliefan, Due 20th Feb, Baby # ???, Age ???, Lives ???,
MrsDoolittle, Due 21st Feb, Baby # 2, Age 32, Lives Oxford, but soon to be Newbury,
Morgan, Due 22nd Feb, Baby # 2, Age 37, Lives In Dubai from Jan, Ectopic Jan 05. Heparin injections
Flamesparrow, Due 23rd Feb, Baby # 2, Age 24, Lives Bournemouth, Waterbirth for no 1. Hoping for homebirth.
Amanda1, Due 23rd Feb, Baby # 2, Age 34, Lives Leeds, Recently single. Breast cancer treatment last year. Heparin injections.
Frizbe, Due 28th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 30 (DH40), Lives Ripley, Derbyshire,
RosiePosie, Due 28th Feb, Baby # 3, Age 30, Lives Isle of Wight,
angedemarche, Due 1st March (c-sec 14th Feb), Baby # 2, Age 27, Lives NI,
Scotsbird, Due ???, Baby # 2, Age ???, Lives ???,

Have decided not to give the new baby a dummy at all!!

You're more optimistic than me.... I've decided to try not to, but still get a couple of newborn ones in "just in case"

DD was a very unsettled baby - she didn't like sleeping during the day, so got overtired, and then wouldn't settle at night - she wanted to be held, and to suck my finger all the time. In the end my friend and I spent a few hours just holding a dummy in her mouth until she started to suck it voluntarily... my life was sooo much better then

I'm aching... I don't know if it is just from the tension of last night and a lack of sleep, or seomthig to worry about

Spark is still wriggling

Is it your bump that is aching Flame? Take a few paracetamols and put your feet up and see if that helps.

morning,

Hope you are resting and feel better soon, Flame - easier said than done, I know.

I wish I'd stuck with dummies with DD2. She was a miserable baby (hence the 5 year gap) and wouldn't take one even when I sat and held it in. Then at 8 months , when I stopped BF she started to suck her thumb. Weaning her off hasn't worked, and I can't lose it! Am going to try anti nail biting stuff next, but I'm not that optomistic.

aww flame and poppyh, you've just reminded me of dd and two of her older 'friends' aged 5 and 7 all sat in a row a few weekends ago, sucking their thumbs! pity no one had a camera!

Ixel, happy day out! yahooo!

3k, aww hun, hope pains and shakes go away soon for you {{{Hugs}}} not nice feeling pap...

Thell, have checked and my scan notes were written into my pregnancy book by midwife at the hospital, hth's

Grrrr.
With all the to-ing and fro-ing at the scan we don't even know how long she is!
I might phone tomorrow to see if I can get a print out.

I've tried not to think about dummies too much, but will prob get a few just in case.
One book I've read suggests weaning babies off dummies when they are 3 - 4 months old, at the end of the 'fourth trimester,' but I'm sure it depends on the babby's temperament!

We want to use cloth nappies too, but are realistic - probably not for the first 3n months at least!

Morning,

I didn't get scan notes until my consultant appointment and she asked me where thwy where...Like I knew?!?!

Dummy - I have said I am not going to give dd a dummy (i didn't have one as a baby either) and will do my best to stick to it but I know that is easier said then done when she isn't here.

I am constipated, have a pain over my bump from time to time and feel really tired. Oh and I feel like the size of a whale...

Midwife is calling me back in a minute. I'm aching more and worrying, so it seemed the best plan

I think my bump grows in spurts - some evenings mys kin feels like it's going to tear, everything aches and I feel like a complete heifer. Then usually the next day it's fine and I feel like the bump has disappeared again! I still stare at my profile in the mirror and can't believe it's there.

Yeah I'm a bit like you Thell - it really does feel like your skin just can't pull anymore - so far the stretchmarks are keeping at bay but I'm sure they won't be able to for long, it's just not scientifically possible!

I hope everything is ok Flame, I'm sure it is but like you say best to get it checked out - that way your mind can be put at rest too.

Let us know how you get on flame. I am sure all is fine but safe to check it out!!

Hope all is well flame and that the midwife is able to re-assure.

Haven't decided what to do about dummies myself. I didn't have one as a child and consequently sucked my thumb until I was about 14 , so you'd think I'd be keen to use them on my children, but actually not overly struck on the idea. I guess I'll have to see when the time comes!

3K - I'm with you - just 15 weeks today .

Midwife called back - she has arranged for my own one to come and see me between 2 & 3 today, more for my reassurance than because they think anything is wrong.

Just to let those of you who are interested know I have found a nice gift for Amanda and have posted the details on the Gift for Amanda thread. I have left my email address on there too for those of you wanting to contribute/say something in card.

hi chloe...where's the thread? I can't seem to track it down..

Under other subjects - sorry, I don't know how to link it.

Mmmm just had an interesting conversation with my male boss about childbirth! I was mentioning how uncomfortable my chair is and that I might bring a ball in to sit on - HUGE debate - he reckons you cant help labour, prepare for it or anything like that which may be right in some cases but I like the birth ball idea where you bounce your baby out (ok, into position). He reckons the whole ball idea is ridiculous, his wife never pooed, made a noise and was "very strong" in labour. I'm waiting for the "you wont cope in labour" talk. Just copied and e-mailed him a whole page on the benefits of birth balls which he thinks is hilarious! I will show him!

Midwife has been She says all feels ok, she's taken a sample to check for wee infection, and says to rest for the rest of the day, and have a warm bath if I start hurting again. Got a normal appointment tomorrow, so she'll see how things are then.

I love your boss's "strong" wife ... I didn't poo either (but I'd had piles of milk of magnesia to start me off, and had no poo left by the time I got to pushing ). To me it makes sense that a ball can help - gravity to send it the right way, and wriggling yourself so it bends down your system better.

Glad all is ok Flame, just take it easy today and relax. I think pregnancy is bloody worrying, I worry more than enjoy which is a shame really. Just a natural worrier I suppose.

I definately like the ball idea, I have ordered a gym ball from Avon (I do Avon part time too) it was only £4.99 so thought I could make good use of it. What's everyones opinion on TENS machines? I know we are still a way off but not sure how they could work??????? Just trying to get ideas.

3K - my mw highly recommends the TENS as I had said I really wanted to stay home as long as possible she says the tens is enough to take your mind off an reduce the contractions pain. She was v.supportive of staying home as long as possible...she said the doctors will tend to intervene earlier if you go into hospital!

As for birth balls....do whatever you are comfy with and sod your boss....tell him when has has given birth you will follow his every word but until then...shut his face!!!

I looked at the avon ones too - I decided against it until much closer to the time (as much as I'm sure DD would have loved a giant ball)

right Chloe...had a go at that paypal thingy so good luck that it will all go smoothly and thank you for arranging it.

Flame - glad everything is ok and hope your discomfort eases soon.

Tesco also do £4.99 ball with pump - my yoga instructor recommends it for sitting on from around 30wks (whilst watching telly or whatever) as it provides the right pelvic alignment for encouraging babs into thr right position (as opposed to my current breech-baiting sofa position!!)

Be warned - my NCT instructor warned against buying some of the cheaper ones last week, as she said they are often not the correct size, or are not strong enough!

I have one from the active birthing centre, and I believe that the correct size is an inflated diameter of c65cm (obviously will adjust a little if you are exceptionally tall/short), so perhaps you can check what size the Tesco ones inflate to before you purchase.