Sneeze births! We shall BROOK NO ARGUMENT about overcoming any issues in our way! (Part 11 - blimey!)

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Welcome!

Just on the point about buying prams, I wasn't intending to buy anything until after I started maternity leave at 32 weeks. As it panned out I was signed off work and pretty much housebound from 22 weeks, so I ended up ordering the pram much earlier than planned. In the end that turned out to be incredibly lucky, because the carrycot had a waitlist of over two months, and the pushchair section was over three months. I ordered my pram in mid-January, the carrycot came at the beginning of April and the pushchair came at the start of May, DD was born almost on her EDD of 28th April, so it all felt very last minute in the end. When I spoke to the shop in April, the waitlist for new orders had reached September! This is nationwide by the way, the shortage is with the manufacturer, not the shop itself.

Still No Brooking for you all! Especially Ninja!

Wow! What did you buy, scream?

Oooh I like that pram fluff, don;t worry about the supersticious bit but I know where you are coming from!!

I can't seem to relax at the moment brookers, I even ended up going for a scan on Friday privately as I was convinced something was wrong (all looked great) and yet by Weds I am panicking again. I thought I would relax after the first trimester but now I am freaking myself out with thoughts of late losses and still birth :( I think I need a slap around the chops!

Am brooking for ninja, tock how many weeks are you?

Cartoon you should be able to see a heartbeat then, I managed to see one at 6 weeks which was very lucky indeed. Good luck, it is the best!

Oh far try not to worry so much (if that is actually possible?) when is your 20 week scan? It can't be far off now? And as long as your placenta is not anterior you'll start feeling movement fairly soon too? Its so hard before the movement becomes regular and obvious but you will be ok. I'm not surprised you feel nervous but you are doing brilliantly.
fluffy nice pram! We had to wait 2 months I think for ours. We went out and tried loads then looked for the best bargain online we could find. Have you got any decent baby shops/ dept stores near you?
how are you doing lovely?

Oh far that sounds tough :( Have you considered buying a doppler? I bought one from ebay for £15 and it put my mind at rest a few times in the earlier weeks. How far along are you now?

That pram's a Mama's and Papa's so you can only buy it there (and boots ). There's a big mothercare nearby so I might go look at others there, too :)

Thanks ninja and fluff, scan in 2 weeks time so really not long to wait. I have just given myself a pep talk in the loo and just need to pull myself together basically.

fluff I was looking at a doppler, have you ever not been able to find a hearbeat though? That is what is worrying me.
ninja scan on Friday confirmed an anterior placenta although I have been feeling the odd fluttering from quite early on, nothing regular though and if its quiet for a few days then the mentalling starts again. Gah! Think I might have to do some sort of meditation as all this mentalling can;t be good for the baby either.

Yes it has happened far but you just go away for a few hours and try again later - it seems to depend where the baby is positioned. You should start getting movement over the next month-ish though, if you're 18 weeks, even with an AP? :)

Hi all. Hope you're all well? Nice pram fluff - have you tried looking for M&P voucher codes online, you could still get a bargain

far oh I have a mentalling buddy! I know exactly how you feel. I'm convinced something is wrong even though I have no grounds for worrying. I blame MN - last time I got to 12 weeks and assumed everything was fine. Now I have altogether too much information . My scan isn't till July, I hope I don't combust before then. I'm sure you and mini-far will be fine.

at my trigger-happy posting finger. Anyway... Hi ninja! how are you? Are you due quite soon?

Scream nice to see you! How is everything?

Tiring weekend. DD decided to have a few very bad nights, I was worried she was ill but it doesn't seem to be that, more fear of losing mummy . I think the in-laws looking after her in her own home threw her somewhat. She seems to be more secure now but still not back to her normal ebullient self. I guess lots of cuddles are in order!

I'm fine thanks Ninja and Smegs! How are you both? Getting close to the big day Ninja! I hope this last bit of pg is kind to you. How much longer until your 20 week scan Smegs?

Fluffy I have an iCandy Peach, and I love it! Such a great pram. I mainly chose it for the shiny prettiness so I consider myself very lucky it turned out to great for practical purposes as well!

Leaps in quickly to say I LOVE my baby jogger city mini and you won't need to buy a stroller later too. One hand fold, fab sunhood, so light, twins comfy in it and DD in hers and sleep well and not too pricey. can get a carry cot top for it and takes maxi cosi carseats from 2011 model on. Check it out fluffy

And far, I mentalled the whole way through the pg with the twins to the point of tears because I was so sure something would go wrong. It did ease off a bit after 26 weeks or so but never went altogether. It did the dts no harm and they're ok.

I had the double buggy too- I chased a lady down the road in our village on seeing her out with two children and a single buggy because I'd seen her with the double of our bjcm. She sold it to me, so I had it from 28 weeks ish? Fine. Let's face it, whether you have a pram or not will not affect your pregnancy. Fact.

to far

Hi to everyone else.

Oooo scream I just checked it out very pretty. I previously had my eye on a polka dot mamas and papas pram ultima I think its called until they showed me it. It does 9 things! Ud need a degree to work it. The woman was sweating showing me it all. I then was thinking an obaby zezu. Which I think is wot I will end up with.
At the moment I go from excitment and wanting to check out baby items to being convinced that this one isn't ment to be either. Being preg is a very confusing time isn't it!

Haha, I had the Stokke pram for DD - it appears to be MN's most hated, but I loved it as DH is very tall, I'm not, and we both could adjust it very easily. It's very manoevrable for a big buggy. Also the bassinette thing is quite shallow compared to other buggies, so I put DD on her tummy and she could see out when she was strong enough to prop herself up. She looked hilarious, and she got loads of attention. In fact a bunch of japanese tourists asked for a photo with her in Carnaby Street - goodness only knows what they told their friends that photo was about .

I realise it's not for everyone (and we got it for a steal, it's very pricey now they've brought out the new model) and it looks quite 'out-there' compared with more traditional prams, but it's done us proud. I would like to use it for DC2 if I can find a buggy board for a reasonable price.

Hello all - been a little AWOL but here I am, back again. Hope all ok. Sorry to see Far is worried; hope you get some peace. And Smegs. Exciting about prams *Scream; I will need another one for this baby too. We ebayed for our first and it was crap - broken frame which we didn't suss soon enough.

Only 9weeks here Far. Foetus age is 8wks at the weekend so I will consider it 10wks then even though it isn't quite. (Short ovulatory phase means I loose a couple of days, ifkwim.) Everything seems fine but being symptomless can make you feel a bit unsure if anything is actually happening. I have been sleeping in the day and definitely more hungry so I guess that means I am really diffed. Scan on 26 June. Midwife appt this Friday.

Big waves to all. Keep Brooking no arguments. xxx

Delurking to vote for the bugaboo bee - I lurve it. Sadly needed a double for my pair of boys and got a Phil and teds and i hate it it's very big and heavy but it does fit the two of them in and is narrow enough to drive into our Victorian terraced house.

And for those mentalling (looking at you far don't think we've formally met -hi :)) I stressed the whole way through and wept shed tears of relief only when DS2 had been safely delivered. The operating staff thought I was a loon as did the mw who I kept asking if everything was going ok during the cs. Mind you I was actually shaking with fear up until he was delivered so I think they got the picture I was worried. Sorry I digress what I meant to say is that although I wasn't a grad of the ttc thread I did stumble across the pg brookers and gate crashed somewhat. They all very kindly allowed me to join and did some excellent brooking on my behalf. I found it amazing to have a little group that I could say anything to at any time and you guys were an amazing source of support through my difficult pregnancy and continue to be on the other side in post grads. You are legends every last one of you.

Right I'm off for a little weep after that rousing speech.

We love you too! I have to say the support from these threads are second to none. How is little (or probably not so little these days!) F doing? He must be coming up for 6 months old soon?
We have a bugaboo cameleon which is good but not the most compact of pushchairs. The one thing I find annoying is that you can't put it down in one piece, you have to remove the pram/ pushchair bit from the chassis. It has however done beaches and all sorts of all-terrain type stuff so its not bad! We massively shopped around for a good deal on it too.
tock your scan date is the day before my due date!I also had no real symptoms with either this pg or with ds, I think you only realise how lucky that actually is retrospectively
I'm feeling the need to go and raid the fridge for some pudding...

That post has made me feel all emotional hawthers, well said.

I pushed a friends toddler in a bugaboo bee the other day. Very, very nice, it was so light even with a toddler on board I have to say :) but it was too expensive for me... Plus I do love the sunhood on the bjcm for naps- my stepsister has a Bee and she wants my sunhood!!

I kinda know how you feel far although this is my first ever pg. I'm 23wks tomorrow but have anterior placenta and have had no feeling of movement that can't be explained by wind. I'm finding it all a bit concerning even though I know I have to be patient. Had 20w scan and all was good :)
Those of you who felt movement later when did you start feeling unmistakeable movement?

Awww well said Hawthers . Completely agree with that. If I was drunk (a sensation I remember from the distant past) I'd be hugging you all and telling each one of you I loved you and you were my best friend .

Dream I imagine anything with just one child in it feels light and manoeuvrable to you . (Is that really how you spell manoeuvrable? My predictive text says so but I'd never have got that )

I have no doubt that the Bee is quite light though (my Cameleon is light to steer even though it is a 'big' pram)

Hope everyone else is well

Cakes I had anterior placenta too. If you went back to this thread when I was in the early 20-30 weeks of my pg, it is full of me fretting about not feeling movement. I think I got movements at about, say, 24 weeks? Maybe even later. And I wasn't getting them every day until even later than that. It was either 26 or 28 weeks (whenever it is that the NHS say you should be getting regular mvmt. I had a mvmt chart to fill in in my notes and it was literally the week that that started that I was getting them everyday).

The other thing I found was that the NHS say you should get 10 mvmts a day. With DS1 I had loads more than that (not anterior placenta). With DS2 I frequently struggled to get 10 mvmts between 9am and 6pm like they wanted (even though I was generally counting from when I woke up to sort of 8pm). I had to go in for monitoring several times as I was feeling so little movement, if ds2 had a slightly quiet day I could hardly feel anything.

I frequently had to do the lying down and drinking lucozade or ice cold drinks, or eating chocolate trick to try and entice movement.

Hopefully though you'll get more mvmt than that when it starts. I know plenty of other people said that with an AP the mvmt was later starting but then 'normal' in frequency iyswim. I think Dream said that in relation to being pg with her DD? Although of course you have to learn what's 'normal' for this pregnancy.

Right I've just read all the way back to where I leftmost - Ninja that was exactly what ds1 was doing in our bugaboo at 5ish months - the sit up thing to look out! So we also ended up in the seat tilted back. I guess the carry cot is quite deep so they can't see much?

That's about the only thing I'm not so keen on with the cam though - the fact that the seat unit down't recline but only tilts back / rotates. So DS was still 'sitting' just leaning back. To be honest as he got older he slept better in the Maclaren although the Bugaboo was nicer to push, especially if you're out walking somewhere rural ish / off road

Ah brookers this why I loves you all . Feeling much more positive today but it makes the world of difference to be able to come on here and vent a bit and not drive my DH up the wall too much (we have come a long way since the first few weeks where I made him come to the loo with me to check the paper )

You fell off my threads I'm on list - how rude.

Who are we waiting for nor I. The land of imminent babies?

Grr "now in". Sorry PSEPPs -am struggling v much with new iPhone. Give me proper keys ANC a non-ridiculous auto correct over this any day.