Ding Ding! We're halfway there on The February Baby Bus 2012.

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good morning my lovelies, as requested, a shiny new thread old thread is here

Good luck with scans today, phlossie are you off for yours?

Oh! I had those when I was wee! The silky bits at the edge are especially comforting . Thanks for your help, I'm all blanket calm now! Although I can't believe I need more...

Why did I go to AIBU?
Now I feel like shit and like I decided to have this baby on my own. Stupid forum. BIL still here but going at 11 I think

CoffeeOne they are lovely blankets, old fashinoned but lovely :)

Kayano I had a look on your thread but was afraid to post, some AIBU are so harsh and judgemental. BTW I think YANBU but some of the posters were plain rude. Talk to him tomorrow, tell him why its not fair xx

The issue with grimace for tinies isn't the temperature (they're great for that, actually), but because they're so wee that their heads can slip down into them. DD was born in March, and we started with her in a shortsleeved vest and babygro, swaddled in the Gro swaddle sheet (totally recommend it!) which is like soft Tshirt style cotton and then either a brushed cotton sheet or cellular blanket over that. She grew into Grobags at about 10 weeks and was in them until she went into her Big Girl Bed about a month or so ago. I loooooove Grobags. She was such a wriggler and turned 360 degrees in the night once she was moving, so I'd never have kept sheets and blankets on her.

I meant the issue with Grobags, not grimace, clearly. Bloody iPhone

oh Kayano, ignore AIBU. Everyone knows it's just an excuse for a bun fight. Don't take it to heart

Feel better now. He has gone home.

Now I have another issue... I can hear an insect bussing around my room. I can't see it but know its there. It's noisy.. Ill never sleep...

Not since I saw an episode of casualty when I was a kid and a moth flew in her ear at night and laid eggs and the hatched in her head.

Thanks f-up brain of mine

Aw Kayano, pay no attention to the one axe-grinding poster, the rest agreed that your DH was being a selfish prat and that as soon as BIL has gone you should have it out with him.

4 nights is too much, to be honest if DH was gaming for 3 hours even 2 nights a week we would have a problem, but we have a child already who needs his attention.

I think that when baby comes all gaming should be suspended as you will need his support every night with a newborn. On the basis of how your baby settles, one night could be introduced, but he should reciprocate and give you a few hours to go out once baby old enough to have bottle of expressed breast milk (if you intend to breastfeed 6-8 weeks or earlier if formula-fed).

I would say one to two nights gaming, one night bowling would be ok as you have no children, but during the last month of your pregnancy this should reduce.

Moving this weekend, it has all happened so fast as we are being threatened with violence by our neighbours and have been staying away for the last two weeks. It all started because we asked them to keep the noise down the night my MIL was dying :( Haven't really had the energy to talk about it on here before now, but has been constant for last few months. Have one day to pack as I had to work today, so hoping we can get it all done in time.

This morning I am mostly wishing I'd bought the Topshop skinny maternity jeans in a size 12, not size 10. I can barely get the buggers up over my hips, and they're really tight before the elastic starts!!

I take back all the moaning I did about not feeling any movement. Madam has proved to be extremely active from 5am - 6am, stopping as soon as the alarm goes off!

Haven't posted for ages and am at work so will try and do as many personals as I can remember.

Kayano read your AIBU this morning. Hope you had a word with DH and got things sorted. FWIW me and DH are in our 30's - we play computer games (very rarely since DD) and I have a teddy! He plays COD online with his friends and played loads before DD arrived. I wasn't bothered as I was in bed early most nights. Since having DD though he has maybe played a dozen times and she is 2 in December! Sounds like you have a strong relationship and having a baby totally changes your priorities, I'm sure you will work it out.

That sounds very stressful Zhen. Hope you manage to get moved OK and end up with better neighbours.

Woowa glad you got the names sorted.

Coffee use the blankets for swaddling. yy to newborns being too small for grow bags. Cellular blankets are great though as they have holes so even if they manage to wriggle under, they can still breathe. I have ordered some proper swaddling blankets this time as I was rubbish at doing it with normal sized ones with DD.

Louby hope you get sorted at work. They should give you the right of appeal against the outcome of your complaint. You can then point out all the procedural errors (not interviewing witnesses etc) and ask for the complaint to be investigated properly. If they know what they are doing, whoever looks at your appeal should call for the complaint to be re-investigated properly.

For first timers I think it is better to worry now, although you will all be fine. I was so focused on preganancy and birth I never really gave much thought to how I would look after a baby. I very naively thought it would be easy . Therefore I had a massive shock to the system when DD arrived and it was bloodly hard!

Went to an NCT nearly new sale last weekend. Def recommend if there is one near you. Got some bits and bobs for Christmas but there was loads of newborn stuff - baths, moses baskets etc for those looking for a bargain. It was packed though so get there early to get the best bargains.

Anyway, have a meeting to prepare for so best go.

Kayano hope you got some sleep! Have you spoke to Dh yet? You were so not being unreasonable. My DP is 27 and is never off his bloody xbox when hes not working, i had to speak to him about it before. And i have a teddy, i also knit so i suppose thats unreasonable for my age too? Ignore the comments on AIBU, people like to argue.

Im in a huff with DP today. He got his payslip through this morning and i went to look and he snatched it away and wouldnt let me see.. i only wanted a look to be nosey because hes just started a new job and i didnt realise its so private considering we live together and its fine for him to know my bank balance and its supposed to be "our money" etc.. the whole thing is pathetic but i dont see the need to hide it so hes getting silent treatment til i get over it I guess he wont want to use MY laptop and MY flat screen tv for his stupid xbox then. (Imagine if i put that on AIBU..Id get roasted haha)

Right, rant over. I need chocolate.

Hi All, Its been such a long time since I have updated. Congratulations to us all for getting halfway through, times flies! I am having a little girl and I am over the moon. Morning sickness went after 13 weeks, I seem to be all bump and haven't gained any other weight anywhere else, thank god. Feeling pretty good at the moment.

Got a really annoying cough that I have had for about 4 weeks. Sometimes when I cough too hard a little bit of wee comes out, which is very attractive lol. Anyone else have the same problem? Worried about after the birth whether I will have a weak bladder. I have been doing me pelvic floor excerises though.

I've just put a photo of my 24 week (nearly) bump on my profile!

Um, tmi alert, I was getting changed at work the other day, and when I removed my pants I could smell the pee - I hope nobody else could! If it's any consolation bmm39, I didn't stay leaky afterwards... though maybe this will be one too many children for my poor old pelvic floor!

PDog - I was like you - I focussed on pregnancy and birth and had a really naive, romantic idea of what having a baby would be like (daytime naps together on the bed...) which was nothing like reality (bleary eyed enough to answer the door to the postman with a slightly blistered left boob hanging out). It's good to have The Fear now.

Kayano - stay AWAY from AIBU. Them ladies is well up for a fight!

(I sometimes cuddle my teddy in bed. Shhhhhhhhhhhh)

hey bill i have a 4D scan booked for first week of December. So excited and can't wait to find out what i'm having :) Fortunatly get to go back a 2nd time for free is the lil tinker is playing up again!

Pips wriggling away and getting on my nerves a bit. Lost count the number of times i've needed the toilet this afternoon whilst i've been shopping for an outfit for a wedding/30th/work xmas doo and narrowed it down to this

www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-MATERNITY-Jersey-Wrap-Bust-Dress/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1724578&cid=5813&Rf900=1465&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Purple

And this

www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-Maternity-Exclusive-Dress-With-Ruched-Wrap-Bust/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1726441&cid=5813&Rf900=1465&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Moroccanblue

I'm not normally a dress kinda person but i fancy embracing my new shape. Well i say new shape. This bump has 3 weeks to expose itself for the first event!

22+5

Thanks everyone
Me and DH alright now and he has been properly put in his place

He was just being a tool yesterday. He even said himself that his bro needs a hobby and he will have a word.

Teddy now back on his shelf... For now can't wait to entrust in to Eden Sophie

Ooooh - LOVE the second one, mellie!

i like the last one too phlossie only thing is i don't have much in the way of a bump or i don'think so anyway. So it might just look like i've eaten too much and i'm just plain fat! I'm sure if you have a lovely perfectly formed round bump it looks amazing. But i'm gonna order both and see :)

Glad things are sorted Kayano

Phlossie lovely bump going on there :)
Regarding stress incontinence I get it every pregnancy but hsve never had it after. I think there is just so much pressure down there. I am also sick of needing a wee every 5 mins. Our toilet is upstairs and its plain hard work!
Mellie I love that second dress I think its the kind of dress that shapes you anyway.

I managed to find a gorgeous floaty top to go out in tomorrow night a bargain £4 too... thanks Cancer Research :D I will try and get dh to take a pic. I am wearing with jeggings and very high holly willowbooby shoes so I think I will have to take some flats in the car.
Babysitting all day tommorrow. Guess it will be a good test as to how I cope with 4 :o

spot marking. Body (pelvis especially) has really suffered after yesterday's shopping expediition. That's it, i'm doing nothing til after it's born now. (except full-time childcare!!)

25+3

What a CRAP start to the weekend. DH wears glasses and past couple of weeks has been having blurred vision/struggling to see in the dark/dizzyness/headaches so i nagged and nagged him to go and get his eyes tested. He has done and turns out he now has a long sighted eye and a short sighted eye. (How one eye can get better i don't know) so a few months after we spent £300 for his specs he's been told he can't wear them and has to have a contact lense in one eye instead. Which he really isn't happy about. Aaaand to top it off he's been told he has the start of cataracts :( 29 and cataracts? I didn't know what to say to comfort him on that one. Apparently there's nothing they can do to prevent them apart from wait until the damage has been done and then operate. How long that will be is like asking how long a piece of string is. The only thing is i guess is now it's been identified he'll be having regular checks on it. But argh just as one thing sorts its self out something else blows up.

On a lighter note, going to see Sarah Millican tonight. So excited, the tickets were a bday prezzie off DH :)

Aww mellie that is horrible. I also need new glasses due to headaches but puttin off my appointment til after payday lol. All our spare money this month has gone on DIY, ikea and B&Q lol

luckily DH has a health plan through work that he pays into each month and as hes always had glasses he always gets a new pair every year, only thing is he's maxed out his limit for optical stuff. Ah well, both me and MIL have badgered him to make sure he goes to his GP so they know

All our spare pennies since we found out about PIP have gone into decorating their room. It looks gorgeous now and it's only a new colour, new carpet and painted the ceiling, no fancy stuff yet. But dear lord it was gross before. Threadbare dark green carpet, light green gloss on the skirting, green dirty woodchip on the walls, dirty white mouldy woodchip on the ceiling, the now gorgeous origional fire place was a dirty light green and there was some god aweful makshift built in wardrobe in one of the alcoves! Now we have WHITE gloss, white fireplace, creamy/yellow not woodchip walls, beigie/brown carpet and a nice clean white ceiling! It's like the green never happened! lol Now i get to do baby bedroom accessory shopping :)

Ugh i had to get my eyes checked a couple of weeks ago, everytime i go they say my eyes have gotten worse and i need to get new glasses :( boo! That reminds me i need to go pick them up :o Enjoy Sarah Millican, i love her!

Im trying to think of what to do/get for DPs birthday (Nov 12th) i want to get something he wont expect but my brain is not working! Very excited that i get to eat DDs birthday cake in a week then DPs 12 days later woohoo!

Oh and i didnt realise how bad my hormones were til this morning, o2 and blackberry people shouldnt mess with a pregnant womens phone GRR!

Ugh! Why are men so bloody STUPID! Dp comes down this morning and says he has a problem! Some girl had 'accidentally' sent him a picture of her boobs a while ago, he's been getting threatening messages from her boyfriend as he thinks there is something going on. I'm furious with DP for (a - Not telling me sooner and letting me laugh and (b - For being 42 and still getting into the middle of all this school yard bullshit!!!! I know he hasn't done anything, he simply doesn't have the time but it always sows that little seed of doubt doesn't it? Wanker!!

Anyway, ds2 is going to be 1 year old a week today! I'm so excited, having people round for cake before going to a Halloween party.

It's been about a week since I thought about being pregnant ... Oops'

24 weeks + some daus

I agree with you completely Xavielli! Men are stupid. Mine got into a right pickle, well, nearly 3 years ago now. Basically, he was a bit down, possibly depressed (only slightly excuses his behaviour). A woman who was a friend of his at work tried to kiss him at their Christmas do. He broke the kiss off and didn't speak to her for 2 months, but then he started chatting to her, and then texting, and a couple of months later was quite surprised that she thought there was the start of something going on between them. I caught him when he was trying to tell her to back off. Apparantly he thought he could 'deal with it' without me finding out. Of course I had noticed a change in his behaviour, which made me suspicious, which is why I was checking his texts. He then had a complete crisis. Not to do with her, but to do with Life and other things. Anyway, we sorted it out in the end. I make light of it now, but it was hard work and painful at the time.

We've been house hunting today. Exhausting. And a bit disheartening because everything is a trade off - house lovely, location lovely, but too small for price, or house huuuuge and amazing, price good but road too busy and location rubbish... Also, I am totally loving the village life idea, but DH keeps saying boring things about commuting and that it would mean him being home late. And bah. Any of course, I fell in love with a house, but DH takes the practical view, and he's right... It's hard work!

Thanks for the bump comment, Queenfee - I'm quite proud of it! It's not small, though - and there's still lots of growing to do!

24 weeks tomorrow