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First-timers due December - new thread!

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mopsytop · 21/07/2011 16:48

Had to start a new thread, as our old one got too big to post anymore.
yay figgy - your scan sounds great! A wee boy - now you only have to think about boy names. Woohoo.

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lalababy · 01/09/2011 10:59

AWCH What Giraffe... what am I missing??? Thanks for the book suggestion... on the other post... I am gonna order it now.

Kri5sty ... pls tell me all about the baby show... the london one is on in October so I want to know whether I can do all my shopping there!

By the way I am heading to Moscow at the end of September for work... I am quite excited as I haven't been there before... except I wonder if I am gonna be too exhausted!

figgygal · 01/09/2011 22:51

I need to book a tour of the unit I understand the RUH in bath have beds for partners so they can stay overnight with u and want to investigate. There's another thread in pregnancy talking about private rooms after birth rather than being in a ward I soooo want one am gonna have to ask about the chances of getting one. I'll pay if I have to little Xmas present to self for some privacy.

figgygal · 01/09/2011 22:53

Oh and la la how far gone u gonna be when u go Moscow how long u going for that sounds a toughie!!

People keep asking me if I I'm tired or have Any cravings and still no must be my pregnacare tablets keeping me going or all the extra sugar!!

lalababy · 02/09/2011 09:37

figgy the private room post birth is a thread I started. I hate to admit it, but I am such a snob... I really don't want to be in a ward with everyone else. Blush The truth is I have only ever been in a private room in a hospital and the idea of being amongst all these strangers, their visitors, having no privacy when needing to BF or anything just makes me freaks out!

I will be 28 weeks when I go to Moscow and I should be there for 5 nights. I really don't want to miss the opportunity... especially since it should be a comfortable flight in business class... and we are staying at the Ritz Carlton in red squate which looks amazing!

figgygal · 02/09/2011 12:54

lala i am the same i am a mega snob i am not going to one hospital because i visited SIL there when she had her DD and it was horrid and full of chavs. I really hope its an option at bath DH said he not allowing me to waste the money but i am just not going to tell him if it comes to that. i need privacy and dont want to be on a ward where you cant sleep and babies keep each other awake with crying!!

lalababy · 02/09/2011 13:19

I agree ... I can't think of what could be more horrid! Fortunately my DH is well aware that I am a snob :) So if it about paying a couple of hundred for my stay... it is happening... the least he can deal with after I have had a baby growing in me for days!!!

BTW is it just me or does it seem that our first timers thread has slowly starting to die off???

mrsgav · 02/09/2011 15:30

Hi there ladies

I'm a newby and thought I'd join in your chat if you don't mind. I'm due on the 17th December and I'm starting to panic about things like what the hell do babies wear and routines and all sorts of stuff!

Does anyone else feel kind of lost with it all?

J
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Awomancalledhorse · 02/09/2011 15:44

lala, THIS is Sophie Giraffe, although the price has come down massively since I've been looking at it. So going from London to Mancs will save me £2. ARSE!
And yes, this thread is dying a bit...hopefully it will pick up once we all get a little closer?

To you Snobs; me too! Hence the home birth request, although now I'm panicking they'll want me to come into hospital & wondering if it's worth reserving a room just incase? Is that a little mental? Dh thinks it is.

Hi mrsgav! I'm still going through pregnancy related panic (a few women I know of (not close friends) have had awful births recently) so think I'll probably join you in 'Is it supposed to do THAT' panic Grin.

lalababy · 02/09/2011 17:07

Welcome mrsgav... I am due on december 18... so pretty close to you. I am not panicked at all because I am in denial :) However, I have found this thread and the other december thread to be really useful when it comes to help regarding most of this stuff.

AWCH another snob... I love it :) I don't think you can reserve a room at most places anyway... you just have to beg when you turn up to the hospital. Just saw the giraffe... I actually recognise it from seeing another baby using it! Seems bloody expensvie for a silly giraffe that squeaks...

Are you going to the baby show in manchester from here in london?

Awomancalledhorse · 02/09/2011 17:39

Awww, so maternity wards AREN'T like nightclubs, damn. Grin
I shall beg & bribe my way into a private room.

It IS expensive for a stupid giraffe that squeaks, but we're not buying any other toys new so this is my one (little) crazy pfb present to Squatter.

Yep, from London to Manchester (although we're staying with PIL in the Midlands (planned to visit them this weekend before I got pg) so it's not that crazy, although the idea of 2 long motorway journeys is making my bladder tingle!
If we went to the one in Earls Court & bought anything big n bulky then we'd have to bring it home on the tube & train (with even more pregnant me whinging about my feet/back/ribs hurting).

kri5ty · 04/09/2011 10:06

Hmm didn't think much of the Manchester show, it was very small! I'd imagine London would be better... there were 2 energy provider stalls which annoyed me, one wouldn't leave me alone 'excuse miss, miss, one question, who is your supplier, how much do you pay, do you pay direct debit' he got the death stare :o

Hi mrsgav hope everything is well, youre in the right place, we are all a bit lost... but we help each other through! I'll try and find the link to a topic I started asking advice on clothes it was really useful!

mrsgav · 04/09/2011 19:57

Thanks for the welcome ladies, nice to know I'm not the only one that feels a bit lost. I've had a bit of a hormonal meltdown this weekend all because the boiler broke and the emergency call out wouldn't come until Monday. I started blubbing down the phone like an idiot and the more I tried to tell myself I was being stupid the worse the crying got! Husband was away and I felt like the whole world was crashing down! I can laugh about it now but at the time it felt as though it was a catastrophe! Anyone else had this emotional breakdown over something and nothing???

Hi kri5ty the link would be great if you could find it.

kri5ty · 04/09/2011 20:14

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/1256261-1st-timer-what-else-do-i-need-Plannaholic think that's it hun!

Aww big hugs it must be horrible, my oh is away for the week next week so I'm sure I'll have one! I burst out crying because I couldn't get the bin bag out of the bin!

kri5ty · 04/09/2011 20:18

As for clothes... all I plan on in the first few months are short sleeved vest, with a sleep suit over the top (they are the all in ones with feet in) a cardy over the top, and a hat, snowsuit for outside, and then a blanket also for outside :-)

They just poop n sick too much, I plan on buying 'cute outfits' from around 3 months onwards

For bed they have short sleeved vest and a sleepsuit, with blankets

In general they need one extra layer to us apparently :-)

Awomancalledhorse · 04/09/2011 23:08

Agree with you, kri5ty. The baby show was a bit poo!! Can't believe there was no-one selling the few things we went there for (although MIL did buy our buggy & a subscription to Prima Baby for me)...loved the Cranky Bunny stuff, and we got a few toys and stuff but there was no really fantastic stuff, no decent freebies either! GAH!

Although it finally sunk in that I was pregnant today Grin

lalababy · 05/09/2011 13:19

AWCH and Kri5ty sounds like the baby show isn't worth it? I was thinking about saving all my shopping till then. But now I figure that might not be such a great idea - coz if I can't find everything at the show... I'll be stuck doing my baby shopping in November when I have 6 weeks to go and in the middle of the xmas rush. So maybe I should stop stagnating and get my act together!

kri5ty · 05/09/2011 13:22

To be honest its cheaper online for stuff! It was nice to waddle around and see all the stuff... made me feel more pregnant!! But I didn't pay full price for the tickets, if I did I think I'd be a bit annoyed!! I expected it to be more like the clothes show... but for babies lol

mopsytop · 05/09/2011 13:24

hi everyone, haven't read back through the threads, just popping on to say hi I am back! Will catch up later on...

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Awomancalledhorse · 05/09/2011 13:29

Looking through the baby show facebook page, loads of people think it was poo...compared to the Brum/London ones (apparently half the number of stalls etc).

Some things were cheaper than they are online (our Maclaren XT was roughly the same price as it was online, but with the footmuff thrown in so saved us £40), and both M&S and Mothercare were doing 10% off everything (didn't realise M&S sold maternity clothes, although Mothercare is stupid expensive anyhoo).

kri5ty · 05/09/2011 13:52

Ahh I didn't look at buggies as we already had ours. I would prob give the London one a go

The only thing I took away from the day was being excited about aqua babies and happy I get a free taster lesson!

NorthernChinchilla · 05/09/2011 21:59

Hello all, and welcome to the home of 'dear God, what am I DOING?!' to Mrsgav. Am back from mini-break into terrifying amounts of work, feels like I've never been away... Going to Moscow sounds wild lala, it'll be worth it!

AWCH- you'd think that they'd give you more structured appointments and be helping you with a home birth if you need help and support with mental health issues on top of pregnancy, not the other way round. I've found this is a problem across the health service, trying to get two different areas (whether it be for MH and pregnancy or arthritis and stroke) to work together is nigh on impossible.

Am joining you all with the willingness to sell a kidney to get a private room. I'm an only child, of a single parent, who even at Uni never lived with more than one person (didn't do halls)- I can't cope with being on a big ward, especially not sleep deprived!

And sounds like you're measuring up in weird and wonderful ways londongirly, let us know if it's all OK? Am now with you on the fact that I can see the little man's kicks...which is soooooooooooo freaky!

mopsy- how did the conference go, did you get a big round of applause for your paper/presentation?

I have a feeling that now we're all heading into the third trimester and being kicked half to death by our respective offspring (and where did that time go?) it's all going to get a bit more real....

Sorry for the long post, just good to catch up!

NorthernChinchilla · 05/09/2011 22:01

Oh, and ps- whilst I've not indulged much, we were by some very nice shops over the weekend, and I weakened and bought Ben a matching hat, mitts and bootees set...mainly because they were cute, but also because the shop was called 'Gymp', snigger....

CARLYC10 · 06/09/2011 02:16

Hello all

Im new here , due on dec 29th and its my first baby too! just wondering Is anyone based in south east london/ kent at all ? x

mopsytop · 06/09/2011 08:27

hi Carly welcome to the thread. Northern, conference went really well, loads of people came to my paper and it went great, thank goodness! Got some good questions and nice comments afterwards, so very relieved. Managed to fit in a lot of sightseeing too (skived part of the conference), amazing city although I felt rather on edge the whole time due to its dodge reputation. But it was all fine. Still exhausted now though.

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Awomancalledhorse · 06/09/2011 10:21

Northen, I'd have to buy something in a shop called Gymp too. If ever we order take-away food I normally go for the place which has the most amusing name [looks forward to laughing at the word poo-poo when LO turns 2] Grin

Hi Carly! Based on the South London/Kent border (in Bexleyheath), whereabouts are you?

Loving this sideways wind & rain weather, think I may have a PJ's day! Hope everyone is having a great monday!