Due August 2011, third and final trimester here we come!!!!

[KLou111]

Oooooo ladies, an exciting time for us all either already here or speedily arriving.
Can't believe how quick it's all going.

Bubbas will be here in no time!!!!

Klou The pee sounds like nothing to worry about but might be worth a call to midwife and perhaps a urine test.

Looking for a recommendation for a reasonably priced car seat the reclines and/or lies flat. Hopefully Morgan will be home by August 2nd when my Mom is coming from Florida for two weeks. If I can find a good car seat, I would love to take her from here (Cardiff) to London and surprise my Mom at the airport.

ohanotherone So far my physiotherapist has just given me a support belt (that doesn't really fit as I have small hips, and I can't use it whilst sitting down) and pelvic exercises. I hope she'll be able to figure something else out, she hasn't mentioned spd or sciatica, or anything else, which I'm hoping she'll be able to tell me what's wrong at my next appointment. It's great to hear LO is still happily kicking away (besides giving you a fright!) - some people just have quiet babies. Then again, don't they also say that their behavior in the womb possibly an idea of their behavior when they are born?

KLou Does pale pink/orange wee signify labour? I've never heard of that one before. I imagine it was quite worrying though! I'd perhaps ask the midwife and see if she can tell you?

wishwales That sounds like a lovely idea. :) Sadly seeing as we received the car seat with the pram we were given, I don't have any knowledge in that area. Again, really glad Morgan is thriving and hope she'll be home soon for you.

Think we've found a house, there were a few available so we just need to fill out the form and sort out all of the details. DP is happier and it's made me feel brighter too, as I know lack of a job/house was really getting him down. Now it's just plucking the money out of nowhere for white goods. I still need to apply for my Sure Start Maternity Grant though, does anyone have any experience with how long they may take to process it?

Feeling very hormonal these past few days, had a couple of good cries. I cried because the character on a show I watch was lonely.

Vent Warning: Had a family talk with grandparents, mother and DP the other day, (which ended in me having a good cry on my own later), where they basically repeatedly implied I'm not going to cope with this baby and I should let them help. I would love to let them help, but I'm starting to really feel like they aren't listening to me when I say I want to struggle and figure things on my own - (besides DP being there) - for the first 2-3 weeks. I have said to them that I will call or ask them for help if I need it, as I am not naive enough to expect that I won't, but I still get the same 'Oh it's much harder than you think', 'You don't know anything', 'You won't cope as well as you think you will' etc. I've never said that I will be able to cope fine, do they think I'm expecting it to be a walk in the park?

No more pink/orange here. After lots of searching on the internet (as you do, and shouldn't!) I found that pinky/orange 'discharge' can be the start of labour over the next couple of weeks. However this was not discharge. Not had any since. Was a pale brown before bed but nothing since. Have just 'ice cubed' my belly to get bubs moving as hasn't really this morning. So sick of panicking about everything. I think it was the bleeding in early pregnancy that started it all!

Wishwales re car seat. We've got a lie flat Jane Matrix Light as we've got the pram system too. Britax do one too :)

KLou haven't heard of that one before, call your mw. Have you started taking any different vitamins or anything?

Yukana if you're struggling for White goods, try Freecycle in your area, there's always stuff going on ours; or go to a scrubby not so nice part of the nearest town or city and look in the shops there- we got a fridge and freezer for £130 from a place in Leeds. Or eBay, if you've got transport.

Just off for 32wk midwife appt this am. Going to give her abollocking for not spotting my UTI- I don't see what the point of taking urine samples isif they're not going to find anything in it!
On tenterhooks as my best friend's a week overdue now, been contracting every 20 mins from Saturday, but no step up in how intense they are :( poor thing.

KLou Pink wee could be a urine infection. Best to go to the GP to get checked out as UTI's can trigger premature labour.
S x

Oh my goodness, I've missed a great deal. Hope everyone is doing well. What's been going on in the past four weeks?

Klou better to get it checked out at your surgery for your own peace of mind and to double check it's all fine. Try not to worry yourself otherwise.

How's everyone doing on names. It's driving me nuts as think we've got the boy sorted, but cannot pin down the girl's name. Just haven't found one that feels like 'the one' if that makes sense.

Don't talk to me about names...
Its a nightmare, every time I find one I like I get told its chavvy. I think I'm just going to wait till he's born and decide then.
Can't wait for maternity leave to start at the end of next week, getting swollen feet now and iron is low apparently too, just hoping my BP stays down so I can have my homebirth.

Boys name I find the worst!!!!

We've finally settled on Ewan John (even though Ewan means John in Welsh lol!!) or Ethan John for a boy and Holly Jane or Ava Jane for a girl (prefer Holly though) :)

I'm thankful that we found out that we are expecting another boy at only 17 weeks gone, as it's taken us nearly 20 weeks to decide on his name! Poor baby would've been nameless for a long time!

We have settled on Leo Mostyn Farmer and we hope that he won't hate us too much as he gets older

Klou I think Holly is lovely, and so nice for a girl to have that name who ISN'T born in December

Yukana FYI there is a second-hand store in Weston that sells alsorts, including white goods, re-conditioned and at good prices, it's on Drove Road, just before the bridge.
Also there is a large British Heart Foundation store that also does furniture, white goods and other electricals. That is on the main retail park on Winterstoke Road, near to Wickes and Dunelm.
Not sure if that helps but I know that Weston is somewhat local to you X

I find girls names easy, boys hard.
I think we might end up with Shay Wallis (and middle names of maybe Vito and my partners italian surname).
Please be kind as otherwise this child will just be baby boy forever!
I like both Holly and Ava. And I like Leo too.

I love your name Leilandri it's so different, and I'm sure he'll thank you for it one day when all his mates are called John or Dave lol!! (no offence to the John and Dave's of the world but just picked those cos DH's Dad is David and my dad has John as his middle name, as does DH's dad and DH's brother, hence i've we've picked John as a middle name) :)
Didn't think about the December thing TBH, but good point! Just clicked that's prob why someone I went to school with called her December newborn Ivy lol!!!

Shay is lovely Selina :), loving the different names on here!! Think that's why we'll prob go for Ewan ans Ethan is a bit too popular at the mo!

Oohhh, loving hearing about the names! I think we've chosen Joshua James or Grace Elizabeth but I'm so indecisive that I'll probably have completely different ones tomorrow!
I've just been to look round a nursery this morning, as places seem to be hard to come by round here. I didn't like it at all! It seemed really chaotic and messy, plus the rooms were really small. I'm not sure what I was expecting but that wasn't it! I'm seeing another one on Friday so FX it will be better.
On a better note, I've got the day off work and Wimbledon is on
Have a nice day everyone xxx

Love Mostyn, Leo, Euan and Shay as names, lovely. What do people think about Amber???

Hi all, haven't had time to post for ages but I've been keeping up to date with reading the thread!
We still have no agreement over boys names, although we're getting closer with a girl's name (that might be because neither of us think we're actually having a girl so the discussions are less fraught as we doubt its a decision we'll actually have to make!). I won't post the names on here as RL friends are still trying to guess them
There are some great names being suggested here. betty we have a Grace, she's brilliant , I love all your names actually, they've all come up in our conversations at some point and are not necessarily ruled out!

This baby is sooooo active, especially from 9pm to midnight to the extent that its stopping me sleeping. I remember DS waking in the womb at about 9:30 every night, and he was totally nocturnal when he was born. It took some serious training and enforced daytime feeding and awake time to turn his body clock the right way round for day and night. I've just got a horrible feeling this baby isn't going to be placid and easy going like my other two...

We've been invited to a wedding in Cornwall on 10th Sept, don't think that's going to happen with a 3 week old, and DD has to be in school in Yorkshire on the Friday and Monday so it would be a weekend dash! I'd love DH to be able to go though, so hopefully my mum can come and help me with the DCs. I've suggested he take 3yo DS with him, could be a fun boys adventure!
A couple from our church are getting married at the end of July when I'll be just over 37 weeks, they've asked us to do the prayers at their wedding so now I'm really hoping I don't give birth early as we'd be gutted to miss it!

Bought DD's school uniform yesterday as I need it all sorted and named before the baby comes, I haven't sobbed over her starting school yet, but give me time!

yukana its great that things are getting sorted for you jobs and house wise, really pleased for you. Ignore the negativity from your family, yes having a baby is hard but its also totally wonderful and you'll be such a great mum :)

I originally chose Joshua James Betty how odd is that!! James is DH's middle name and I liked Joshua, but DH doesn't want anything that could be classified 'religious' ha ha. I liked Bethany for a girl, and got the same response!!

Amber is lovely. They're all lovely :)

Betty is lovely too....Joshua and James also really good boys names.

I feel like having a moan...
Just can't wait to finish work next week. My shiatsu massage therapist has just cancelled our appointment today that I was looking forward to. My legs are sore and I have piles and I wish I was by the sea somewhere warm where I could walk barefoot and go swimming and be served fresh fruit on platters and have lots of massages!

ditto the somewhere warm Selina WTF has happened to Summer???

DH has decided he is taking me on a second honeymoon in February next year (ahhhhhhhhhh) . We went to Borneo 4 years ago September, we had the best time ever. Stayed 5* but you had your eating off the streets places down the road, and your plush places too so you had a mixture. We like that side of the world and often go over there, so DH said, right we're going back. Doesn't want to obviously book it yet though cos of bubs, and depends whether we'll want to take him/her too. If we do, we'll go somewhere a bit nearer, but so need a holiday!!!!

Selina I sympathise. I also can't wait to finish work, unfortunately got another 15 days to go spread over 4 1/2 weeks. It's hard in work sometimes cos I can't help get the feeling that people are pissed off that I'm going off. You'd think they'd understand, they are all older women who each have 2 kids! Sometimes I feel like walking out for good.
My driveway is getting monoblocked starting tomorrow so it's going to be chaos at home, not looking forward to that, but looking forward to it being finished! Hope my poor wee cat doesn't freak out too much. He is very timid with strangers.

Am trying to think of things to look forward to and there's my antenatal class tonight, which I enjoy. Also got 32 week check on Thurs with MW - always look forward to hearing heartbeat! Got a dentist check on Friday as well, but at least it will be free!! And I've got Monday off and a hairdresser appointment as well.

So it's not all bad!

Ooh, that sounds fab KLou111. I took my DD to tunisia when she was 8 weeks, Canada at 5 months and Malta at 9 months!
Hoping to take her and this one to Cyprus in November.
I wouldn't write off going a long distance with baby (unless you need lots of weird jabs) as they are easily transportable as babies!
I don't think we get Summers anymore, this is the third one in a row that has been rubbish.