April 2011 - we'll shop til we pop!

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Continuation from our old thread here

So maybe this thread we'll see some babies?! And definitely lots more shopping

Jo - how much into puzzle books are you? I can't face the books with hundreds of the same puzzle, but if you get one of the better ones with a variety, they can keep me quiet occupied for a while.

Cross-stitch - fiddly and time-consuming but can give great results too. You could go as far as making birth announcement cards....:)

Got DH to get more baby stuff down from loft earlier - god i have so much crap!! Anyway, will all need sorting out at some point, so that will keep me busy.

Oh and at 30wks i felt time was crawling, but then you get to 31 and realise that in as little as 6 weeks! you would be considered full-term

I'm 32 wks today and the thought of possibly only 5wks left is galvanising me & DH :)

Oh no Jo hope you are doing ok. Good they got your bp down!

My nan was teaching me to knit this morning. Trying to anyway!

I'm also London based Jo so if you get really bored and in need of visitors I'm happy to join the 'not a stalker but I visit Internet friends' crew.

I can teach knitting and everything

Went out to a birthday do on Saturday night, stayed out quite late and felt fine at the time but my goodness I'm paying for it now! My pelvis is killing me

On another note, anyone else had weird bruising? After my fall in Monday a couple of bruises have come up where I expected but I've also got weird purple black bruising all over the ankle I didn't injure. Tres weird.

I have unexplained bruises Cycle, but then that's nothing new for me . I hope your pelvis feels better soon.

For all you retro prints lovers, looky here .I don't want to buy anything, because once I do I won't be able to stop.

Ooh, pretty stuff!

I went to see the lady who runs this site and bought many things! It's so nice. I bought some big swaddles, a muslin blanket and a few bits. I love buying baby things, it's becoming addictive!

Had my 34 week midwife appointment today, everything was fine apart from I am measuring a bit small. She says it's probably nothing to worry about but has booked me in for a growth scan on thursday anyway. Has anybody got any experience of this?

Hope everything is ok JoEW? Sounds like you're in the best place even if it is very tedious and at least BP is sounding better.

Cyclebump that link doesn't work for me?

Had a lovely weekend painting the nursery, I've really gone to town with the boy theme, but, you know, it my first.. I'm being indulgent!!

Thaney - not personal experience, but endless threads on MN about them - and the main result seems to be that the scans are totally inaccurate. So go along but don't get het up about what they say or let yourself get bullied into anything without reading more about it first.

Cycle - lovely site as is the other. i have tonnes of baby stuff already so cannot justify a single lovely purchase! Esp of blankets, found piles of lovely ones we were given as presents when i started going through the stuff from the loft.

Am off out to buy some baby nappies in a minute though, the first few meconium ones i think it's best to be disposable. Then i've got stacks of Fuzzi Bunz as well as some M'care smart nappies for afterwards.

oh Jo what a nightmare for you, just know all of your April ladies are rooting for you.

Cycle that stuff is gorgeous. and if you like it, but don't knwo the sex have a look at the Cath Kidston little yellow duck print stuff, similar in retroness and super cute.

I've been to 31 week check this morning and all is good with baby bean - I'm particularly pleased as last time my glucose blood test was as high as it gets before confirming Diabetes, today it was super normal which is great, I've been fretting about it non stop. Still got to wait for the Gall bladder scan but other than that, all is good.

Measurements all perfect so big eff you's to the people exclaiming about my massiveness and the midwife complimented on neatness of bump too, yah boo in your faces! She did also say that she reckons I'm getting a boy because of not pregnant from the backness and neat out the frontness etc, my folks say the opposite - out the front is a girl. Not that it's scientific proof or anything but am interested to know what you all are hearing, variations on the theme etc?

I am having a boy and am all front bump sarah. My SIL was the same with my nephew.

Jo How are you?

Hopefully your Bp has settled and you will be able to come home and rest. I can understand how boring it must be to be stuck in hospital, but some good suggestions for passing the time on the thread.

I was meant to have had growth scans this pregnancy as dd was SGA according to my notes. I don't think a 7lb7 baby is small but there you go! However we moved house round the time I was due to have a scan so missed the appointment at 28wks then should have had a scan at 32 weeks but had to register with new GP surgery. I'm not worried and I certainly don't feel my bump is small now at 34 weeks. My new midwife still wants to refer me to see a consultant, although she says that it will take a good 3-4 weeks to get an appointment. I think she is just covering herself in case baby does turn out to be small. I think its a total waste of time at this stage but there we go!

Housewarming yesterday was fun but knackering. I was on the go all day from 6:15 when dd got up until 6pm when the last guests left. Now sat on Mumsnet scoffing left over sausage rolls!

SarahJinx my Mum reckons I am having a boy as my bump is a different shape to my pregnancy with dd. I think its a load of rubbish and if you don't know what you are having you just have to wait until he/she arrives to find out!

Jen I agree totally and if I wanted to know, we would have asked at the scan, I'm just intrigued to what the various old wives around us all say

Oh Half Term, how delightful! A little taster of maternity leave........ Re bump sizes/positions, I have had two people confidently tell me that my forwardy bump means I'm having....well, one said boy and one said girl!! Also, my mum carried me in such a similar way to my brother that she was convinced I was a boy - they didn't really have a name for me or anything, I was so obviously going to be their little Harry!! So, this has always made me think that it's all baloney - you carry how your body carries, I reckon. Just went to visit my friend who has a week old daughter - just so so excited to think that soon I'm going to have a delicious squiggly bundle of my own.

PS - said friend's little one was four weeks early, born very quickly at home, and has never been to hospital because she's absolutely fine, hopefully reassuring for unintentionally early birds out there... X

Joew - Hope all ok and little-un stays put for you for a bit longer.

LisMcA - I havent had any extra strong painkillers but went to an Osteopath as my SPD was killing me and I found that helped, they did all stretching and deep tissue massage on my inner thighs where I was having a lot of pain that was hurting me to walk and she also clicked my Pelvis, it was so loud and scary but did actually help.

I started picking up a few labout bag bits, sexy maternity pads, nipple pads and nipple cream and big huge undies !

Feeling a bit down this arvo, a colleague at our sister office who started 6 months ago was told they are not taking her on (she was on a 6month probation to start before she was offered a permanent position) I had trained her and she called to tell me they had let her go and told me about things that had been said about me in that office. A girl i always got along fine with apparently commented when she heard i was pregnant "Doesnt matter how pregnant she gets, she'll never get that man to marry her" which has really upset me.

She doesnt even know me or my partner and i just thought what a nasty comment to make, also my boss has been talking about how i probably wont go back and bets im gonna try and get my holiday pay out of them. Which im entitled to, ive been working with the company for 12 years so would think even if i dont go back, they can pay me what im owed, ive been their top seller in the UK since i started so feeling really crap now.

Well thats my rant, sorry to put on a downer on anyones day, I feel a bit better now.

Hope everyones week goes well !

Ahh, aussiemum that's horrible :( People say really stupid things when they think they're not going to get found it. In the end they just make themselves look bad. There's a couple of girls like that sitting not too far from me, and when they make nasty comments I just think what bitches they are, not about whoever they happen to be commenting on.

It's also really unprofessional of your boss, but again I suspect he's just making himself look like an idiot. Of course you should get what you are entitled to!

It's unpleasant - but try not to let it get you down.

aussiemum sounds like your company made the right decision with her. What an absolute bitch. There was no need for her to gossip to you with such a hurtful comment. Grrrr. and your company can speculate all they want but they have laws to follow so [raspberry] at them!

I've had the comments about not going back to work. I had had a conversation with my boss, in a chatty way about the cost of childcare and how it might not be worth me coming about to work as it was so expensive (I had only looked at one nursery nearby and based it on going back full time, so not extensive research). I was then speaking to a friend at work who is a Team Leader. She said they were discussing at the last meeting that I wasn't coming back after mat leave . Friend was only telling me because she knew this wasn't my intention. Cue awkward conversation with my boss about the fact I hadn't decided if I was going back or not, and didn't have to until well into my mat leave.

Why oh why do workplaces make a stressful situation worse. I don't think they realise that having a baby is a life changing event and you don't know how things will be until you have your little bundle. Would they be the same if I was having a leg apmutated, asking what my intentions were re going back etc?? Sorry might be a bad comparison but it makes me really .

Re growth scans - I've been getting these as part of my extra monitoring, because I have a higher chance of developing GD regular scans sometimes flag it up before other symptoms appear (at least thats my understanding). TBH I find the whole you must be this size by xx weeks or there is a problem at . Everyone is different. I was told at my first MW appointment that I was having a high risk pregnancy because of my BMI, so far the only problems I've had are SPD and heartburn. Neither of these are because of my BMI. They just want to pigeon hole everyone and if you don't fit the hole chosen, there must be a problem.

My, I am in a ranty mood today. Better stay away from the AIBU threads!! :o

Great link cycle, I think I might get some of those swaddling muslins. I am a huge swaddling fan and have always struggled to find something very lightweight for high summer.

Aussie - if I were you I would wonder why on earth she would say those things to you. Comments like that were only ever going to upset you, so I wonder what her motive was {{{hugs}}}

I've just had my 30 week check and all is well

I think that whole bump size and position is a load of old shite. I've always carried all up front and I've only ever carried boys, so you can either say it's because I've carried all of the same sex, or that it's just the way my body carries - who knows??!

Thaney - I have never been able to get my head around the wisdom of growth scans. I had one with ds1 and they said he was big but wouldn't predict a weight because they are known to be inaccurate . I also wonder what a one off scan really proves? Surely it is about a trend? You may be carrying a small baby, but as long as that baby continues to grow then what is the problem? Some people just have smaller babies.

What a cow Aussie! Try not to let it upset you, she's clearly a nob x

Hope all is well Jo, thinking of you x

Am feeling naughty for spendies on blankets etc but hey, he's my first!

I'm also thinking of reusable nappies JustKeepSwimming, I'm in love with BumGenius and am hoping to phase them in after the first couple of weeks so I don't over burden myself!

Had my 34 week check with yet another student. Was a dishy young man this time, not bad at all

Baby measuring a week ahead but I'm tall and so is DP so no surprise there!

Well it turns out my mind is up for nesting (ie reorganising the kitchen cupboards!) but the body is not! Lots of BHs so thought i best sit down, kitchen in semi-chaos now though

Anyone else starving all the time? I am basically all the time, even after eating, overnight, first thing in the morning, etc. Any good work of being strict so far is going well out the window, usual 4 stone gain here i come!

hello all,

After a brief intro a few weeks ago, I haven't been brilliant at posting. So apologies if people feel that I am gatecrashing.

I am 31 weeks today and starting to feel utterly shite. Got on the scales and the realisation that I've put on 2 stone has got me fretting about how the hell I lose it afterwards. Which is stupid, I know. But cannot get it out ofmy head.

JustKeepSwimming I want to eat the whole time. Sadly my bump is obstructing my ability to satiate my appetite. But i'm doing my best!

Anyone else been getting achy legs when they walk. I get it particularly in the mornings and it feels sort of like a dull ache - and I literally have to stop and shake my legs. I look like an utter nob, and it's driving me bananas.

HELP - am I the only one that feels flipping dreadful? Hormones are all over the place...and I feel guilty and insecure about eveyrthing.

AHHHHHHHHHH

Aw, LittleMilla, hugs! I am beginning to feel a bit grumpy and under the weather again now, I must say. I get hungry but I eat a little bit and then feel full and sick and heartburny, I get periods of extreme exhaustion which just make me want to cry, generally when I've only just got up, which is weird! and restless legs are awful - and I put on my knee length boots today, having not worn them for ages, and they were sooo tight I could hardly do them up!! Had no idea my legs were swollen, no wonder they're all twitchy! So don't worry, you are not alone.... X

Milla gate crash away! All welcome when ever they can make it on the April thread

Jo I hope you're doing better, the BP stays down and you find a remedy for the boredom!

I too have suddenly become ravenous, last night I was up at 4.30am raiding the cereal bars from the hospital bag supplies! To be fair I was awake most of the night between SPD and baby gymnastics!

Glad those that have had checks recently seem to be doing well. I've got my 34wk check tomorrow so fingers crossed all goes well.

Aussie I think you are perfectly reasonable to rant! You too Lis, as much as I enjoy my job and work with (mostly) fab people I'm so glad I only have 4 more days of office politics for now!

As for bump size/ shape, well I've been told so many times that it's a boy/girl that I've started answering that I think it's a kitten...

LillaMilla ? April lurkers are always welcome

Aussie ? No offence, but your former colleague sounds like a sh*t stirrer. Why on earth would she tell a heavily pregnant woman things that were likely to upset her? And yes, of course you?ll be taking the holiday pay you are legally entitled to? thank you very much!

I had my own work wobbles this week as I was v pi**ed off that my boss (who?s also Head of HR) presumed I?d be starting my mat leave a month early rather than claiming any sick leave and quickly confirmed the new arrangements in writing. I wouldn?t mind, but when I ask HR to confirm anything for me they take at least 5 weeks and then never get around to making things official.
As for how to lose the weight afterwards ? breastfeeding (if you can/want to) and weightwatchers works a treat. MIL also assures me the weight really does fall off the second time as you?re so much more active chasing after 2 (or 3)!

Generally speaking I am knackered, achy, always stuffing my face, grumpy, tearful with strong BH, heartburney, anxious, worried, wishing I was able to paint the whole flat and declutter all my cupboards?.. but most of all,I am looking forward to having this baby OUT!!

Anyone brave enough to watch One Born Every Minute tonight?