Nov 2011 - Feathering our nests and buying baby vests

[PamSco]

Taking liberties again as there are only 5 posts to go on old thread. Hope everyone is well this morning!

Yay for sylvie-rose!

I'm so glad other peeps aren't cooking and are doing the when I'm on mat leave mantra...

Laughing at babies being left outside cinema with z number, cab you imagine that happening here?!

Another day of interviewing ahead but then it is done. Working tomorrow too but taking off Monday so hopefully all good, get some peace n quiet.

chip that's great news about sylvie-rose, so pleased for you.

another one feeling sick here, although not sure if baby or bug as when i called in there are a few more that have called in as well.

i'll have to check my cinema for baby showing i know they do them but when and how often no idea.

i had a laugh trying to start my hosp bag the other day, the bags suddenly seemed very small as i was trying to get everything in. Last time i used a huge weekend bag but as ds and i are going away for a week first mat leave week i need it. so have onboard suitcase and new baby bag but easily filling both. may have to have a 3rd for labour stuff which dh can then take home when he goes (assuming i stay afterwards)

Morning all! Fab news about Sylvie-Rose, really lovely.

I fell asleep after our takeaway curry last night when watchdog was still on, woke up on the settee at 12ish, crawled back to bed with a stop off for a pint of milk, two rennies and a loo break and slept til 6.30 this morning! I feel quite refreshed and have had a large drink of water and a blueberry muffin to get me started and set up for the day.

Merlioness I LOVE the F1 so am rather jealous that you have been being kept busy by it.

So who is next off on their Mat Leave? I have 5 weeks left til mine starts. People are placing bets that I go off and go straight into labour! I hope there is a chance this happens! I will be 38 weeks when I start Mat leave. Have got to buy the cot mattress but as I now have 2 moses baskets and the carry cot from the pram I dont feel pressured to even set the cot up. Bubs will have plenty places to sleep when the time comes.

Re the food, I normally LOVE to cook but tiredness and stress re the ds has really put me off. I shall be more organised next week and start again. I should start throwing stuff in the slow cooker before I leave for work in the mornings but to be honest I cook the same things over and over again and dont always fancy a stew/curry/mince and dumplings/chilli or bolognese!

I havent told OH that I am going to be investigating the baby cinema's.....

Can't remember who asked if you knew if baby was head down. When I stood up with DD it felt like I left her behind on my chair. Lots of pressure. When bump dropped I could breathe easier.

chip fantastic news about Sylvie-Rose. You must feel so proud and excited!

Has anyone been offered the flu jab? Am going to ask about it at my 34 week appt on monday. I had the swine flu jab with DD and was fine.

I wish I was going on maternity leave but DD is a 24/7 job. Loved maternity leave so much. Lots of resting, cooking and freezing food and meeting up with nct friends at lunchtime. V jealous!

Oh voodoo I am no fan at all and could think of a lot of other things to do than spend the next 3 days watching cars going round a track, however, this was DH's 40th birthday present from me and the tickets bought when I was 3 weeks pregnant IYSWIM? I never thought I'd be 7 months gone by the time this came round.
Ho hum! Apparently it's boiling and the grandstands have no covers from the sun.

I never cook...My DH loves to cook and usually cooks, but not so often during this pregnancy, as I am such a picky eater now.
I will hopefully be doing the cooking once I learn it and finish work

Merlioness, well he is a lucky DH then! I swear one year I will go to a GP. My OH loves it too which is helpful! Make sure you take plenty water and take the opportunity to get out the heat and humidity when possible!

I didnt have a mat leave as such when I was pg wih dc1 as I was at college and lived at home with the parents! DC2 I had DC1 and finished work about 35 weeks and only worked part time anyway. This time both DC's are in school so am quite looking forward to the quiet days, plus I dont have to do a school run as they both can walk to and from on their own. Phew. I shall be walking DD when the bubs is here though as she is mad keen to show her off and I will want the exercise I should think.

I am sure the bubs has turned as well. Definitely could feel shoulder type shapes at the bottom of my bump last night so here is hoping.....

Merlioness Bring an umbrella! It will at least stop the worst of the sunlight :)

Chip Yay for Sylvie-Rose! Yay!

Officially my Mat Leave starts next friday, but I've been off sick since 6 months, anyway.

Yes but Mat leave is Mat leave! Now you can officially relax!

I cant stop sneezing. :(

Thanks ladies. No more sun as it's after 7pm. Got plenty of water and have a seat. Thank goodness!
More worried about bubba's ears at the moment
voodoo you should go for it. It's an interesting atmosphere

voodoo Dh and I are both F1 fans as well! We should go together
My want-to-go-to list is Silverstone, Spa and Monaco

sorry for the F1-hijack ladies

OOO yes yes!!! Blue I swore for my 30th only that didnt happen, dont want to wait til my 40th..... I would love to go to Monaco, strangely to some, I love that GP.

Just had reminders to my phone of practice times etc. Also hit Friday afternoon slump.

Merlioness, try and enjoy it and if you see David Coulthard please understand I will NEVER forgive you if you do a pregnancy swoon at his feet and you are carted off by him being all caring and stuff in the middle of one of his broadcasts on BBC. As long as we are clear....

Folic
I cannot be arsed cooking and I love love love to cook. Have had pop pop ping or a take away every night this week. Only a week to go until mat leave when I hope I re-ransform into a domestic goddess again - ha ha!

Engagement
Ha ha Pam - you can always cheer me up!
Thanks guys :)

Sorry to hear about the problems with work and wee ones - at least the sun is shining today and nearly the weekend.

Think i'm ripping out a warbrobe this weekend with my DIY-hating DH. Wish me luck!

Super news about Sylvie-Rose :) I bet you can't wait to have her home :)

This morning I asked to be discharged a day earlier than planned.

I had an awful night feeling very claustrophobic and just needed to get out and breathe today. Xander has been moving around lots and gave another lovely trace this morning (wriggling again as I type) and I don't know what came over me but I just asked if they would be ok with me going home today instead of tomorrow. and of course they were because they'd put the decision in my hands anyway, I could basically stay as long as I felt I needed to without any pressure...

For today I'm just looking forward to a proper lovely meal sometime that isn't hospital food!

So I'm at home. and utterly exhausted (and a bit weepy now, probably shock at being home). who knew that leaving hospital and a 30 minute journey could have you so tired? time for a long sleep soon I think.

I've been signed off until my maternity leave starts (which is only a week today anyway), and then I will be induced on the 11th October. 2 weeks and 4 days to go, not that I'm counting much of course! Every days feels like a little celebration at the moment because Belle died 10 days after the onset of her prem-labour and just still so scared of the possibility of history repeating itself some more.

Consultant has bought induction forward by another week because of this episode, obviously the history that happened last time I had the same episode and my general coping levels now (which are not super fantastic, teeting on the edge a little is probably an understatement).

Xander is a good weight and has had his steroids so she is confident to deliver him then at 36 weeks, although a bed has been booked on scbu just incase. if he tries escaping again on his own in the meantime they won't stop it again.

Day by day now.

Oh and additionally I'm now a daily patient for CTG monitoring to keep checking Xander is healthy and happy while we wait for 11th Oct to roll around so going to back and fore the hospital all the time!

Thanks gold for counting the sleeps :)

Blood hell - missed the whole last page - why has my brain deserted me?!

Pam Really hope you feel better!

Cep My birth bag is a mahoosive blue Ikea bag! And I have another one for post birth!

Voodoo All I do is frinkin' sneeze. I'm sick of it!

*That should say frickin'

Also meant to say - brilliant news about Sylvie-Rose.

Cross-posted with Caz - Hope you have a loooovely sleep and everything goes well now you're home. Fingers crossed and thinking of you :)

voodoo we have an understanding
I'm home now. Couldn't cope in the heat and my feet were killing me.
So DH is now watching practice 2 on catch up tv :o

Bubba enjoyed the race and was startled a few times when the cars came round.

Caz so glad that you are home. Get some rest and hopefully the daily monitoring will keep you as calm as can be. Not much longer to go now :)

Welcome home Caz. Rest up and have ANY meal that you see fit to grace your table! Only fair after a stay in hospital me thinks. 11th Oct is not far away at all.

Ziggi thing is I dont feel like I have a cold at all, just cant stop sneezing! Annoying isnt it.

Well I have had a productive last few hours redesigning some forms and referral packs at work. Probably not the most pressing of tasks but rewarding all the same.

The bubs doesnt seem very wriggly today. I can feel her moving but its very gentle. I have avoided a trip to the MLU so far...... Will wait til I get home from work and see if she wakes up when I am a bit more relaxed.

My birth bag is a normal sized holdall. The LO has a changing bag sized one. Although I have no intention of going into hospital I still like to be organised. I must start the big tidy up this weekend as I would hate a MW to see the clip of my house at the mo!

Merlioness :) good! And if you see David Coulthard then I am happy to receive any piccies! haha!

Glad it wasnt too much for you. It is certainly an experience and it would be a shame if you couldnt draw any enjoyment from the atmosphere etc cos you were too uncomfortable.

Hehe, it was quite nice. Just too hot, but then I've been avoiding leaving the flat for ages now. I just can't cope and feel dizzy pretty much instantaneously.

I shall take pictures if I see him, though I doubt it. I can't see into the pit lane from where we are. Just the "fast lane" that is part of the normal track. I hope that makes sense. I am so rubbish at these terms and such... Basically, where the little boxes are drawn behind the start/finish line.. :)

I have been sneezing too by the way. No reason at all. Apparently it's a pregnancy symptom like everything else strange :o

haha voodoo I have a slight crush admiration for Jake Humphrey

Merlioness sorry for your DH that he couldn't see Button crash live

Caz Welcome home, hope you have a lovely rest and sleep.

Merl a bit jealous here too - but only of the main event. I like F1 but the idea of the first days I find a bit dull - no stamina me.

Ziggi Voodoo Merl can I join the sneeze club? Started sneezing at about 2 months and still going. I reckon it's all the testosterone the boy is sharing - no clue though. Hoping that and the mental itchy rashes disappear sharpish.

Go Sylvie-Rose - good gal! Chip I hope the days whizz by.

Weekend is looming - time to clear the nursery room - jeez louise I really can't find the motivation.

I'm starting to panic about names now. Wqe don't even have a long list never mind a shortlist!

Am clearly on the brink of death. Our car is in the garage and they didnt get it back to us when they said so for some reason I decided I ws up to walking to our swimming lesson, changing a toddler, spending half an hour in a very hot pool and walking back. I was right! I fear it just may have killed me. What really shames me, is I looked it up on google, and its only a mile each way! There IS a hill, but still. Pathetic! I am worried I'm too unfit to push a baby out!
Excellent news about Sylvie-Rose. THis must be such a rollercoaster of a time. And glad you're home Caz. Nearly there.
And who said about not really having maternity leave when you already have a toddler at home? SO much how I feel about mine - it starts in five weeks but I'll still have uni work to do and a toddler full time. I am actually a bit nervous that I get more of a break at work!

Aah Just don't worry - when you get your lungs back your fitness will jump back up a bit too.

That's what I'm banking on anyway! Before I had a bump I could deep breathe to the count of 18 (hypnobirthing thing) now I'm down to 12.

Just give yourself a break hon, at this stage baby is still squishing your lungs, even walking that far one way would kill me.

caz glad your home hon, glad they're giving you lots of appts to check. have a fantastic homemade meal (by dh ofcourse) and get some sleep in your own bed. the 11th will be here soon.

pam we've decided for a girl (but as i reckon it's a boy it's kinda useless anyway) but a boys we are at logger heads, i like longer names shortened for nicknames for example Alexander to Alex or Nicholas to Nick but dh would like the shorter name and refuses to give him the longer name.

I finish work on the 7th oct, can't wait. busy to start with though, the 8th ds has to have his school jab (??? doesn't start till next yr) then i have a breast feeding thing. then the following week i'm away.

Does anyone know dishes which are good for cooking in then going into freezer (when cold obviously) i used those foil pots with lids last time and they weren't all that good, the lids caved in on a few and leaked all over the freezer. although admittedly they were cheapy ones.