Thanks everyone for your advice. My plan is to EBF, but with the pump and bottles available for night feeds etc. I wouldn't want to introduce a bottle until bfing had been well established... so will be taking your advice Purple, thanks! :) In an ideal world I'd never have to use a bottle and express, but I know life doesn't always work like that ;)
I'm also hoping not to be prudish, and to be very open with BFing here, there and everywhere. I can completely understand where you're coming from Scream. I suppose I've had to become quite confident as part of my career (exposing my music/singing/lecturing/madness in public, depending on what I'm doing at the time!), and as a result of becoming more confident through having to do that, I feel confident enough to try breastfeeding in public etc. We'll see though...! Trying to take Biscuit's relaxed thinking approach - the bonus being at the moment that I'm so tied up in work I haven't got a tremendous amount of time to think about all this!
Seems like a couple of you recommend the Tommy Tippee teats so I've added a couple of those and a couple of bottles to my Amazon order! (that I can't order for a couple more weeks, so they're delivered when I'm home at half term.. but still!).
Scream, sorry the sitting and working hasn't been helping :( Really hope you make leaps and bounds with regard to feeling more normal over the next week though! Have you decided what you'll try first with regard to your physio's advice?
Also, on baby showers - not sure if I'm having one! It's not really my type of thing, but my two closest friends from childhood - who also organised my hen party- suggested they might want to do one! I'm not a big party person - my hen party, for example, was a cocktail and cakes affair at home (with a few hen party-esque games thrown in). If I do have a baby shower, it'll be a similarly subtle affair, and more of an excuse to get all my nearest and dearest together than a gift-mad event (and I may ban gifts altogether!). Again, if I do have one, it'll either be at my own house, or at my parents' - purely because they're located near lots of my friends (or their parents).
Dream, glad DD slept better last night. Hope she continues to improve, and her temperature drop. In terms of the buggy, we won't be getting the Baby Jogger carry cot, that's for sure! Thinking we'll get something like a Snuzzler or a similar cosy thing - and cosy toes later. I was tempted by the cocoons, but do they have a way of attaching the belt (if that's what you call it!) safely? I know you can with the snuzzler... My plan is to try and use the sling as much as possible early on, and avoid using the buggy until it's really needed - and I'll be honest, it's not something I've done as much research into as I need to yet! Haven't looked into a sheepskin liner but will do so. I agree - definitely needs something comfy for a newborn!
I think I did some searches on it before we got it- just to reassure myself that it could be suitable for newborns - and snuzzlers came highly recommended...
Wants, hurrah, have fun shopping! :D Love the idea of using all your clubcard vouchers on the baby. I might do something similar if a good clubcard exchange comes up at some point - at the moment we're planning on using them towards either food or a hotel when we go on holiday mid Feb.
Didn't see much in the outlet shops baby-wise sadly, though did get myself three maternity tops for £4 - hurrah! I now have enough to last me through the working week, which will save on the mid-week ironing.