Barman! A pint of your finest Gaviscon with a ferrous sulphate chaser if you please! On the February 2012 Baby Bus.

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Right then my lovelies, this thread is going sloooooowly now we have our little secret facebook group

But we need to keep posting here for people who haven't joined our other group, so keep on going!

If anyone wants to join the facebook group, can they ask someone cleverer than me and they will set it up for you!

Old thread is here

Everyone has been saying to me "oh,once Christmas is out of the way,it will flyby & baby will be here" but actually I am probably so organised that I feel a bit in limbo!!! .. I am 32 weeks & having a planned cs at 38 weeks so yes cheating on the last 2 weeks I actually have 6 weeks to go!!..
All bits & bobs bought, washed & put away, steriliser & bottles in box in kitchen, pram assembled, all that needs doing really is cot & changing unit assembled which my dad is doing next week. Honestly I can't pack my bag yet can I ??>> way too early & a bit anal!!! lol I am in general quite an organised person but I think a mixture of excitement & having nothing else to do has lead me to be this organised!!
......Although reading the latest list of what you need to take into my local hospital particularly for an elective cs & poss 2 night stay the last minute thing I may be rushing out for is a bigger bag or even a trailer for the car!!! ;) .........So feb duers....let the countdown begin!!! :)

Fair to say i am getting increasingly fed up of being pregnant now. Ive tried to enjoy it as much as i could but i cannot wait to say bye bye to spd, peeing constantly, being the size of a house, and i cannot wait to fit into nice clothes again and to be able to sleep properly on my stomach! Although i am nowhere near ready for the baby to come, havent even ordered the cot yet!! (Will get done end of next week!)

5 weeks to go.. COME ON! :)

I just want to a) sleep at night, b) sleep on my stomach c) say good bye to heart burn d) be free from back/pelvis ache e) not have to get up 6-8 times a night for the toilet....I should probably stop now!

36+5 Hurry babies! :)

Reasonably organised with baby things, just need to get this house back in order when school starts again & catch up on uni work!..ironing..sell half my garage contents on ebay which have been dumped in there from the spare bedroom which is now the babies room!..

rubs it in

I dont know how but I just slept for 12 hours!

Happy New Year everyone :) Hope you all had a good one.

Well its 2012 and nesting is in full swing. Have gone into overdrive and cleaned flat from top to bottom. Tidied and sorted out DD's bedroom so that she can play in there without littering the rest of the flat with her toys. Ordered some clothes, a sling and more bottles. Got out the newborn stuff and made a list of a few more bits and pieces to get. Just waiting for my tax rebate cheque to finally arrive after 2 years of trying to get it sorted (grrr) then I can finish off my shopping :)

Am just hoping that my new organisation will not be thrown into utter chaos when they come to do the new windows, bathroom and kitchen.

Got 32 week scan tomorrow to check placenta so get to see the baby again, can't wait

A friend reminded me that although we won't have a belly afterwards, we maywell have enormous, swollen, milky, leaky boobs, which are also not great for lying on for us front sleepers... sigh. Although if this baby ends up in bed fora couple of months like DD did, there's no front sleeping anyway, i curled up round her all night for two months!!

On antibiotics and drinking loads of water :(

Been sorting out some more baby stuff and might actually start packing the hospital bag soon...Been on the Kiddiecare website and have ordered a bargain sling, washable breast pads and a nursing bra/ crop top type thing. I actually feel like I'm getting there!

Zhen I'm very jealous of your scan. I'm in the same boat with a possible low placenta, but don't get my scan until 36 weeks (1st Feb).

well sugar at least they have caught it. Bad to have to fill bladder up even more though now!! I have scan number TEN on wednesday, which will be 36+1, getting a bit tedious now (sorry), although I took my LAST ASPIRIN today, so who knows what will happen now that my blood is going to thicken up a bit. The hospital bag is just about ready, but the house is a disaster! Need to get the tree down, once I've done that it will begin a chain reaction of tidying and sorting (especially new toys...) which will culminate in having a house ready for a baby to move into it. Might go down and start removing baubles while DD is asleep...or shall I cook dinner and do tree with her? sigh. The traumas of housewifery!

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Hello everyone! sugar glad you are on the meds now, hopefully you'll feel back in business soon :)

Phlossie your MIL is being so selfish and unfair, but we know this. I think I'd give a maximun date and after that well its not possible, I know easier said then done, especially if it causes tension but you and your baby are the most important things now, you do not need the stress.

Everyone seems to be 'nesting' and doing big organisations for baby, I have the cot and travel system but they are not yet put together, I thought it was a bit early, I've all his first clothes and a bath for him, I've also 3 packs of nappies, would you recommend more?...when does the 'nesting' instinct kick in? The house is nice and tidy but I would imagine I'll want it sterilised in time for bubs.

I'm sleeping a bit better the last few nights, the break over Xmas has made me feel so much better, I slept for 11 hours straight...no toilet breaks or anything, how did I manage that! I'm also eating really healthily, I think this is the first Xmas I've not put on half a stone... I have been putting on about a lb a week on average for the past 6 weeks or so. I find when my DH goes into the other room I sleep so much better, its a good tip if you really can't sleep, maybe they'll hop off to the couch and let you sleep.

Does anyone get really bad pains in their breasts? I get a really sharp sore pain in the evenings, it doesn't last longer than 15minutes and rubbing the area and keeping it warm helps a bit. There is no leakage or anything yet though. I have my first breast feeding support meeting on Thusday and can't wait!

Indica only 4 more sleeps and then its your wedding day!

Thanks everyone. I feel a bit less angry today - it always helps to vent! DH's lack of backbone drives me mental - he's always had a weird, dishonest relationship with her. I might take the 4 hour round-trip. We'll see. DH says if I don't feel up to it at the time, we won't go.

I've been thinking about my post-natal shopping list:
Cheap PJs
Big knickers
Breast pads
Maternity pads
Lanisoh
Hidden support vest tops
Arnica

I remembered that it's really useful to have hidden support vest tops to wear at night with a folded up muslin tucked in the front for leakages, and with an old towel to sleep on. woowa's right - your boobs leak terribly in the first few weeks. Though it was nowhere near as bad with dc2 as it was with dc1.

I'm not at all organised. I actually have The Fear badly! DH brought the crib down from the loft yesterday, and it gave me the heebie jeebies. On one level I cannot wait to meet my baby, but I'm really scared of being sunk by the newborn thing. Pregnancy and giving birth is easy peasy to me compared to coping with a tiny baby. DD was a total nightmare - colic, teeth at 14 weeks, nose bleeds and sinus problems. And DS was only 19mo. It's going to be easier this time, right?!

Glad you're on the mend sugar.

Brilliant that you're baby's still cooking nicely, woowa - you're nearly full-term now!

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HOW WILL I DO THE SCHOOL RUN WITH A NEWBORN????? ARGH!!!!

I'm not proper nesting yet but do feel like I need to do tidying up etc. Was going to take decs down today but haven't done it yet :( We are watching X-men on blu-ray just now and it is unlikely I will be moving from the sofa during that. I have suggested that DH take me out for dinner tonight since we have no food in the house and he has agreed. Huzzah.

DH and I have barely slept in the same bed throughout this pregnancy - first of all I was not sleeping and getting up early to vomit so I slept in the naughty bed...and then I started making pillow forts so he went in the naughty bed! Still not sleeping much apart from recently between 5.40am and 9am which is not ideal for my return to work on 4 January!

Have a pram question actually...we have a second hand pram which my cousin gave us - do I need to get a mattress for it or will it be OK as is? The bottom of the pram seems a bit hard if you ask me but I am a baby div and have no clue...

46 days to go... (eeek)

oh...and how old/big do they have to be before you put them in a sitting-up pushchair thingy?

About 5 months. You'll go through an awkward phase where there want to sit up and look around when they're awake, but slump a lot unless they're well propped and then want to sleep lying flat.

What's the make/model of your pram? It should say on the chassis somewhere. Most brands have online instructions.

Ha! Just reminded me... we decided the bottom of our crib looked too saggy, so we put a bit of hardboard in the bottom under the mattress. Because it rocks, DS just rolled into a corner! It was meant to sag a little so he stayed in place!

Phlossie the school run is easy. Just chane their nappy and whack them in the car seat and off you go. Get them dressed when you come back. That's what I did last time and plan on doing the same this time. We have to be out of the house by 8am and I'll be buggered if I am waking baby up at 6am so that I can feed/wash/change before ŵe go out the door.

I am doing quite well on the peeing at night. Got up at 12 last night (as most nights) then slept through till 8am. Baby isn't down yet and I am convinced he is breech with his feet in my fanjo - there is no way on this earth a head could do what he is doing down there! My main problem is stretching pain mid way between my ribs and belly button which is painful. Makes me wonder how much more my stomach can stretch. Very strange as I can still get in my size 12 jeans with no problem at all as no baby that low down! Am tending to wear leggings a bit more though just cause they are quick and easy.

I have started making a list of jobs to do while I am off after reading the disorganised thread in AIBU. Each cupboard been listed separately and have updated the calendar on my iPad! Just need the motivation bit now.

Have MW in morning then supposed to be going into work on Wednesday to meet the new man and show him how to do the website. Not planning on staying too long though as he will have my computer anyway and i refuse to sit making cups of tea for them. Next few months will be interesting there I think.

Good god that was a ramble!

What pram is it hermoine?
My 1st 2 were in the seat thing from the start (no carrycot) but it lay flat.

You all sound just like I feel!

I have most things. My sister brought up the crib yesterday so I am just washing all the drapes and bedding then I have somewhere to store some stuff like the car seat. The car seat is currently in the garage and despite it being there 2 yrs I suddenly am panicing it will go mouldy or something! Must be the nesting thing!

Oh meant to say school run, mine all had a tendancy to have a sleepy feed around 6 then I would get the others ready whilst baby slept then just dressed them before I left the house. I sometimes ended up feeding on the school run in the sling but mostly they were ok till about half 9.

I think I have most things, not collected the pram yet though. On the downside i have picked up a nasty bug and feel even worse than usual and can't have any lemsip.

It will be over soon, right?

teeth at 14 weeks?! OUCH. poor nipples.

Just unpacked my emergency mini hospital bag, and packed my PROPER hospital bag!! This time I am taking HALF the amount of junk i took to have DD. The MWs were a bit at the number of bags I had last time, so this time I want to make a less ridiculous impression and clutter the ward up a bit less!! Think we might take the laptop and some box sets if I end up being induced though, incase it takes days and days!!

Also took tree down and feel SO much better about everything now - it was a total mental block to tidying properly!!

Pam, that's probably plenty of nappies til you find out how big baby is, you might want the teeny ones for ages, you might have a whopper baby! I had too many last time and gave them away in the end (i have 2 packs of 30 I think). On having a sterile house - I burst into tears when the MW visited the day after DD came home, apologising for the cat hair. She said she had lots of cats and you weren't fully dressed without cat hair. i was so relieved as I honestly thought, in my severly anaemic state, that she might refer me to social services and they'd take away the baby because I hadn't hoovered the sofas!!

Rollersara, yes, it will be over soon!! Now it's January it's really really close!!

29 days to go! (35+6)

In agreement with woowa on the old christmas tree. Soo lovely to have room back to rights and as soon as it went I was on a cleaning spree. Kids room cleaned, home for Christmas toys found and a box of old toys for recycling. Old too small clothes vac packed and found my baby towels, so they are washed now. Desperate for my baby clothes back though so going to see friend who has had them tomorrow.
School on Wednesday though! Arghh! How will I cope? All of above was done with Dh and Dc help, many sit downs and a 2hr sleep in middle of day!!

Must be in the air today as I too have been busy bee and reorganised cupboards and sent DnearlyH uptoloft several times!
I thought brides were s'posed to get stressy before wedding. I have been alarmingly calm(for me) and feel quite organised whilst groom is flappy snappy stresshead who nearly fell out with his Dsis today. All she did was assume big drunken party after wedding and he goes on one about disrespect our wishes for quiet do as I pg etc...... I'll prob lose it Fri am!
Bump will not stop dancing tonight hopefully wearing itself out before I go to bed, yeah right.

Hi all. I haven't been on here in ages so has taken me a while to catch up! Hope everyone had a nice Christmas and new years. Can't believe our babies are gluing to be here so soon. Is so exciting.

I have a question. I'm planning on giving bf a go but so many people I know have given up really quickly as they just couldn't get the knack of it at all or we're just too exhausted to be the sole feeder. Bearing that in mind, should I buy some newborn formula just in case or wait and see how it goes? Am scared poor baby will be starving and I won't have energy togo out and get all the formula, bottles steriliser and whatever else you need when you bottle feed!

Hopefully bf will be fine though and I won't have to worry...

This is my 1st DC so no BFing experience but I intend to give it my damndest emz. For some it is easy and others its a challenge but I think the more you set yourself up for a fall the easier it is to do just that. Find out about BF support groups in your area so you have a port of call if you find it tough. I know my birth centre has a clinic every Fri where you can hang out all day and when it's time to feed there are trained people on hand to help. Also local groups that meet weekly just to share and socialise.

Emz33 I bought newborn starter pack, bottle warmer and steriliser first time around, first used at 5 weeks to give DD expressed breastmilk so that she would need a breastfeed during our wedding vows! Having said that DD bf until 23 months so only had the odd bottle. It is hard going at first as they feed little and often, but you can do it and you will be fine :)

This time round I am going to try and introduce regular expressed milk bottle from 6 weeks so that DH can do a night feed and I can get more sleep.

No point buying formula box, being an ebfeeder I kept a couple of ready made cartons of Aptamil stage 1 on standby just in case (closest to breastmilk in taste I found, DD would tolerate in emergency).

You could buy a microwave steriliser if you have a microwave, they are quite reasonably priced. I just picked up a new Avent newborn starter pack for half price at £12.49 from Amazon and the offer is still there. That plus a couple of cartons means you have it there just in case and if you get yourself a breast pump once feeding is established, you can pump and leave the odd bottle so you can get a few hours extra kip/go out.

RE bfing. I think it's worth being realistic. If you're considering buying formula and bottles, then you'll probably use it, so it's worth getting - it keeps pretty well, doesn't it?

Get loads of support with bfing. Everyone makes out that it's the most natural thing in the world, but without support it's hard. There are a number of different problems you can encounter. For a start, it really hurts for the the first week or two. As in toe-curling pain. All that is is baby sucks hard and your nips aren't tough. Even though I'd breastfed DS for 11 months, my nips took about 10 days to toughen up for dd. You're likely to get blisters/cracked nipples too - use Lanisoh and breastmilk to soothe them and bear with it!

I also had an over-active let down with ds - my milk used to spurt out like a power hose, and the poor little thing would pull off screaming and choking. It was REALLY stressful! And DD got teeth at 14 weeks and she bit me several times! But I got good support from my mum and a breastfeeding councellor, and breastfed both babies happily for 11 months. In fact, I loved it. Couldn't be doing with having to go home because I didn't have formula for the next feed like my friends did, and I'm far too lazy and disorganised to keep up with sterilising.

So what I'm saying is as well as getting bottles etc sorted, making sure you have lots of information and the number for good support will help you get over those early hurdles.

I had m/w check up today, and she can't feel the baby's head! My placenta's in the way. She's pretty sure the lump under my ribs is bum, but as she put it, she doesn't want the delivering midwife to see 'a bottom poking out of your bits'! So I'm going to have to have a presentation scan to make sure baby's not breech.

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