Jue in June 2011 - not even our growing bumps can stop us from wittering on

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Onwards we go with the 2nd trimester...

AlmightyCitrus Would you think of reporting him? That is appalling behaviour, and if they don't get reported they keep getting higher up the ladder and the younger doctors take the flak. You deserve to be treated much better than that. Write a complaint letter now when it's all still in your head and then if you like save it until after the baby comes in case he's on your ward that night/day! What an unprofessional creep.

Mother Thanks on the epidural thoughts. People in OBEM seem a lot happier and less bitchy after they get one! I feel very sorry for some of those birth partners.

Louey The special bags for the nappy bins do seem a bit expensive given the number of them that are needed, and good point on availability. I've not started shopping for anything yet, but will do in a few months.

Jasmine51 Hope you are feeling better and are loving having your DH home and he's make you lots of cups of tea and admiring your bump!

AlmightyCitrus! at your consultant. He actually got into an argument with you about how many kids you have?! I second what Jer said about writing a letter now and saving it to add to if need be.

Had my 20 week scan yesterday. All is looking good, although LO was lying firmly onit's back, so I have to go back in a week and a half so that they can check the spine properly. While they were checking the tummy I spent several minutes looking at the other end, trying to decided if it was a boy or girl. Then they moved and I realised I must have been looking at the belly button and cord (I say they as I had a trainee sonographer and the proper one doing the scan)

Hurray for husband being at home Jasmine it drove me nuts having mine away for a couple of nights recently, so I think you do very well having yours away so much.

Suppose I ought to get ready and go do something useful with my day.

Hi everybody. I really can't keep up at the monent!

Thanks for all the advice about things we're going to need once once the little ones arrive. I've been given so much stuff that just won't fit in the baby's tiny little bedroom so I think it's going to be more of a case of going through it all and deciding what I don't need and getting rid of it. I'll let you all know what I have too much of when I get round to it and let you have first refusal!

Almightycitrus your consultand sounds absolutely terrible! What on earth made him insist that your DC's have different fathers?!

Congratulations on all the good news at scans. I've got mine on Monday, I was tond at my last scan it's a boy but it will be interesting to see if they agree this time!

Oh, I forgot the most important news! DP put his hand on my stomach and felt our little baby kick last night!

Im very jealous of everyone who has been given freebies. The trouble with being an older first time mom, all my friends and family have older children and aleady given their stuff away :(

Great news mummy my DH felt the bean last Sunday, such a special moment :)

motherof thanks for you name suffestions, we had thought of Edward, i like Henry but i have to say i love 'Percy' LOL.......i also like Stanley but thats my cats name! Why is naming so difficult........

OOh think i had a dyslexic moment......supposed to say ' your name suggestions' sorry

Hi all - welcome to the thread ohnomummy .

Had some great news this morning, one of my closest friends had her little boy, her partner has already emailed a photo around and he looks lovely and peachy! Delievered by caesarean a week early so I hope all was okay, they were planning a home-birth...

Moomin I really like William as a second name to go with George, good suggestion motherofsnortpigs.

Clarkiee and Almightycitrus your consultants sound awful! I have had the same consultant for both of my pregnancies now, and have never met him!!! I wouldn't be able to pick him out in a line-up! He's obviously far too important to actaully bother with the consulting the patient bit of his job. We always get a student doctor see us who runs out of the room every 5 minutes to ask him questions as they haven't got a clue what they're on about. It is very disconcerting, and I always make a note of everything I've been told and double-check it with the midwife team afterwards. Kind of wish I didn't have to bother turning up to the appointments.

Bubba is very, very active all the time at the moment, which is lovely. I am often to be found with a little smile on my face clutching my ever-expanding bump at the moment. I don't know about the rest of you but I have all of a sudden turned from a bad-tempered fatty into a pregnant lady overnight . Still not bloody glowing though .

PS forgot to add I think the space-age nappy bins are a money-making ploy extraordinaire. The lists of must-haves are shaping up nicely. Bouncy chair, sling, muslins and bath insert were also invaluable to us. We are also going to get a couple of swaddling blankets this time for when bubba is not slingable, as ds slept very soundly and was really settled when swaddled for the first month or so, and we found swaddling him in a big blanket a bit cumbersome at times.

8rubberduckies What's a swaddling blanket? Just a small blanket or is it made of different fabric? Nappy bin is less and less on the horizon, thanks ladies.

Nice news on the scans.

Oh my god almightycitrus what an absolute joke your consultant is. WTF???!!! Why the hell did he argue with you about how many children you have? It's as if he thinks you have amnesia or something, and might not know who you've slept with or how many times you've given birth. What a prize idiot. Definitely definitely report him. He sounds like a sexist twat.

Love the list jer :)

Ha ha jasmine at 'he's pretty impressed by the bump but looked fairly terrified at the boobs'. Mine is the other way around

moomin only when I actually typed 'what is wrong with George Michael' did I realise what is wrong with George Michael . My cousin is called George Ronald, but that's after his granddad and I wouldn't really inflict that on someone for no good reason! I like motherofsnortpigs' list.

snortpigs, though, you have just revealed to me another thing I did not know . They stitch you up without anaesthetic?!!! . Honestly, every time I think it can't get worse it does ...

clarkiee how ridiculous about your consultant. 24 and 28 weeks??!! He must have been mumbling nonsense. Glad all okay apart from insensitive tit of a doctor. And don't worry about the swearing - my new year's resolution was to stop swearing in such a casual fashion (before the baby is born). Today in a seminar (I was leading it) I said that Emma in Jane Austen's novel continually 'fucks up' her readings of other characters' behaviour. I think I also said shit a couple of times. Really do NOT want to sound like I'm trying to be down with the kids :) Plus I routinely stick my fingers up at other drivers - I don't even notice I'm doing it. Have got to stop it soon!

On a more positive note, congratulations to all the ladies who have had good scans and felt their babies move :)

Nothing much to report here. Have my first weekend at home since early December coming up, and even though I've got to work, it'll be bliss to just do it in my pyjamas and not have to go driving off round the country visiting people (as much as I love visiting people, we are both in sore need of a break!)

'Both' meaning both me and DH (not me and the baby, which would be weird )

TTL in agreement of looking forward to this weekend with no travelling to do. Calculated that we have spent £450 on fuel this month due to the amount of travelling we have had to do. How shocking is that. I slept for nearly 12 hrs last night, pure heaven and hope to do that again over the weekend

Yes, the consultant is a prize tosser. The difference in fathers argument is apparently something to do with differences in birth-weight.
Rather than going the official complaint route, I told the midwife assisting him that I thought he was a complete wanker, but if he cared to repeat his comments at the next appointment, I'm sure my husband would be more than happy to discuss it with him.
(DH wasn't at that appointment as he was with our other DC's, next appointment is earlier so he can attend).

To be honest I'm not surprised at the crappy treatment. When I had DS 8 years ago the staff said there was something wrong with him due to the blood results they were getting from a little machine they were using (can't remember specifics). The poor baby had a load of blood taken and sent to the lab. Turns out he was fine. The midwives couldn't use the machine properly. And don't get me started on the treatment I got when DD1 was born. The whole hospital is crap, unfortunately it's the only one in the area so I'm stuck with them.

The local midwives are lovely, it's the ones attached to the main hospital that you have to watch!

...and breathe....

where do you live almighty

In the north west.

Sounds like you have had a rough time.......i get to meet a consultant on monday, but i am actually transferring my care after this. I am on a county border and the MW booked me into the hopital that got my scans done at the right weeks but not my hospital of choice. But i have to say i have had great treatment. If i could guarantee staying in the MW unit then i would be happy but the hospital is another 40min away ( 1hr for my parents), where as there is a MW led unit in the other hospital ( 20min away, 10 min for parents)

distance from parents is important as DH works away all week and is about 3 hrs away......and i know LO wont appear at a weekend LOL, just to make it more convenient

Have you all seen the Mumsnet 2011 Best Awards Results? Just when I thought I wasn't going to window shop online anymore!

LOL thanks Jer79 - I love online window shopping! As I'm on number 2 I have told myself I don't need to get much (DD is only 2 and we still have everything), but I still want to buy, buy, buy! When I find out which flavour we are having at the next scan, there may be an opportunity to purchase a few new baby clothes....?

Having real trouble keeping up on here at the moment. Hope you ladies are all doing well, and....

this is your pelvic floor reminder :o

no no no ttl The first needle they stuck in me was the anaesthetic. I am just so terrified of needles that even though I didn't need it, I maxed out on the gas and air. You can definitely have whatever pain relief you like if you scream loud enough. Come to think of it, with DD1 I had an epidural in and was sucking on the G&A aswell.

If you only need a couple of stiches ( and i do just mean a couple) then sometimes it is best not to have the anaesthetic......by the time they have injected you several times to numb the area,and caused all that stinging from the marcain, they may as well have put the sewing needle in and finished the job :)
Thats the case for most other cuts anyway not sure if it would be the case on your lady bits!!!!

All this talk of stitching is making me feel quite ill

Found out that a kid in my class has got slapped cheek syndrome!!! I've got a blood test on Monday to check if I'm immune to it. It's only serious if you get it 9-20 weeks I'm 21+5 but the rash that comes out (which I saw today) can come up to 14 days after hes contagious!! It's just another thing to worry about!

The first four months of my pregnancy were great but the last month or so have been very stressful the sooner I get to 28 weeks the better!