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

Add me www.facebook.com/sugarkane81

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=798915356

Zhen I have no nesting instinct either so I'm convinced this little chap will need coaxing out at 41 weeks!
My mother told me she had really awful period pain until she had me and afterwards they calmed down and eased a good bit, I do hope its the same for me, I sometimes end up with a sick belly from the painkillers I take because I feel so sick I can't eat.

Pat if you add Sugar she'll add you :)

Requested to be friends pats, if anyone else would like to come your all welcome

Welcome back trytobezen -glad things are going OK for you!
Glad I'm not the only one who hasn't packed the bag. Have been starting to worry a bit because I've not done the final bits, including a reasonable spring clean, but I'm going to be all organised like bill is and write a master list of things that need doing today. Then I'm going to break it down and give myself a few things to do per day.

I've still not done bags.... but i do have 2 lists... me bag and baby bag... just need to DO it!!

Ok, reporting back on the massage PLUS facial (have learnt my lesson around horny pregnant women ). It was amazing. Utterly fantastic. I also got a haircut after work and now I look far far less deranged than I did over the last few weeks. And the hospital has booked me in for 1st Feb, which means a) I get to stay on the Feb bus...yay b) I have 10 days to sort my life out!

TheWicketKeeperIsDown Hope your secretary is doing better and your labour goes smoothly! I might try listening to some calming music in the days leading up to 1st Feb. I'm not usually scared of surgery or hospitals (everyone except for me in this family is a medic!) but who knows how I'll feel on D-day!

Also, could someone sign me up to the FB group please? How do I go about this? Thanks

Just an update from me, been throwing up randomly out of the blue, odd stomach cramps and my back..ohhhh my back. It aches. So much. Think il be living in the bath the next couple of days. My doctor phone me yesterday saying my iron levels are still really low despite being on 630mg a day..wtf? His advice... keep taking them because obviously theyre helping! Pffft.

DD is away to my mums for a couple of days so i will get a break, a much needed break i hasten to add.

Nice to see new people on FB group!

Potol add me on FB here and il add you to the group!

37+5

Awww glad you had a lovely time potol

Just a quick check in to say hi really, and that I'm sleeping OK at the min... but CANNOT GET UP! I was late for work yest (excused by boss... yay) and today got in just on time..

Ah well...

NEED to get on with stuff now or else I'll be here past 6 o'clock!!

2 weeks 2 days left of work.... plus a day off to go to Chester

PLEASE hurry up, maternity leave!

33+4

Feeling a bit fed up, partly because I posted a (to my mind very reasonable) question about car seats which has turned into a dogpile. I could understand if I had posted in AIBU but really, we have been trying to work out how to organise car seats for DS and the new baby, keeping them both rear facing.

I have tended to go in the back with DS for various reasons, partly, thnking about it, because I lost 3 pregnancies in a row before him and was so worried that something might happen to him. Also, I was bfing constantly and on any significant journey it was much easier if I could be close to him. We also were in an awful accident when he was 1, when DH fell asleep at the wheel and wrote the car off, and I was very relieved that I could see all the way through that DS was alright. So we have tended to keep one adult in the back with DS after all this. And there are practical and safety advantages.

It has helped that we have a large estate; because we are keeping DS rear facing, there has actually been more space in the back passenger seat than in the front one, so it has not been too uncomfortable in the back.

It will seem a bit odd now not sitting with the baby.

I can sort of see why people have been so unpleasant on the thread I started. I honestly had not been that bothered about how other people organise their child arrangements, and would not judge others. However, I think many people are very defensive about how they bring up their children and if someone seems to be doing even a small thing a bit different it is in a way reassuring to put the boot in. It sort of bigs up their self esteem to make them feel that they are in the right.

However, I do think this sort of thing is not very good for me at 36 weeks pregnant and trying to sort out my baby car seat etc! so I have hidden the thread, but then still felt a bit frustrated about the whole thing and thought I would come somewhere a bit more supportive. It was not nice to come back from an urgent medical appointment to find a dogpile!

We probably will just stick the 2 kids rearfacing in the back and hope for the best...

herecomes, am sorry thread got messy.

While dd was in infant carrier she went on front passenger (we can turn air bags off) and I sat behind the driver, next to ds. That way I could see and deal with both. Once both in forward facing sears obviously was easier to have both in back but could see them both and they able to discuss their needs all to well now!
Having to buy an mpv this time so we can fit them all on so lo will be in back next to ds who will hopeful be able to care for her, stuff dummy back in. Have been given one of those mirrors too.
Hope you just able to do what suits you all best and don't worry about what others think. I think it is all about how you feel not others especially at 36wks.
Keep smiling.

Sorry to hear you've been having thread issues HereComestheSun. FWIW I'd have rear facing seats if we could have got them in our car.

Thank you (feeling better!)

Sorry to hear about thread herecomesthesun, not what you need right now.

Glad to hear you had a nice time Potol, wow ten days to go :)

babycarmen that sounds rough, have you tried spatone. DH is anaemic and has always found iron tablets too harsh on the stomach. I bought him some spatone and he has found it has been a lot better than prescription iron, feroglobin and floradix. More gentle and easily absorbed apparently, might be worth a try (it is natural spring water with high iron content so fine for pregnant women).

Was meant to be sorting out my kitchen today, but have been having lots of regular braxton hicks so have had to slow down a bit. Time to make a list and start packing my hospital bag I think!

its personal preference in everything we do - try not to take it to heart. i havent seen the thread but might go hunting. mine were always next to me in the front and he will be the same this time. i do have two much older daughters but i cant stand the thought of them arguing over him in the back and me not being able to do anything other than scream at them. at least he will be safer with me in the front away from the DDs. we can also turn our airbags off.

its all changed since i last had kids. i have an isofix car base but dont even think it will fit in my old car! hoping the seat will fit in anyway normally. will just buy a cheap one if not - last time i was buying first car seats they were nearly £100 for a basic one - surprised how cheap you can get them now new.

welcome all the new ladies - just in time for some pushing and screaming lol

OH MY GOD I have procrastinated too much... A document I needed finished today is still about 60% done... looks like I'll be working late... on a Friday

Still... pie and mash for tea... that always helps!

herecomes I think MN forums have a habit of taking the most innocent of posting and running wild with it. Hope you're OK... bloody buggers

I did post an AIBU once... wow... that went off witha bang. Some people want the world from you... or you're for it! I had an annoyance with a colleague, and after following the proper channels SEVERAL TIMES to sort it out, got stroppy. Then obviously it was all my fault, and i must work in an awful environment, and everyone hates each other. "I'd HATE to work in your office" good... cos judgey people like you aren't welcome... we're all jovial funsters here, do one buddy!!!

Anyway.... back to poopy document

i posted about my babys last name once. 15 pages of oh my god you evil person how could you do that and a few feminist types standing up for me. twas a tad traumatic.

for herecomesthesun - given that you posted in the CARSEAT section (i've just read the thread) and asked a reasonable question, i cannot for the life of me understand why anybody would write the responses they did attacking you. People can be weird when anonymous!

I'm in major braxton hicksville today! makes me really hopeful about labour earlier than due date. COME ON BABY!! I did seriously wonder at one point if labour was starting...but turns out it was just wind . DH thought this was very funny!

also been crying A LOT today, just feeling very overwhelmed by the thought of it all.

COME ON BABY!!

38+3

woowa feeling a bit weepy is a definite them of today. I predict 4 babies this week...will yours be one???

Ooh 4 babies this week?? That would be very exciting!

Taken me awhile to catch up!

Getting exciting now - 3 babies for sure next week and maybe yours too woowa. Am sending you lots of labour vibes in the hope you go naturally before your induction.

I finished work yesterday . Had a really hectic week though and worked late every night so am shattered today.

Am I the only one who hasn't packed their bag yet? The have everything for the baby but only some pyjamas and breast pads for me - need to go shopping!

I've not packed pdog... Will do soon... honest i will

potential pram developments

Will update ASAP
excited

Bag still not packed. I'm the opposite - pretty much got stuff sorted for me, just not the baby. (no, I'm not a selfish mother - see above for reasons).