November 2012 - nearer the end than the beginning

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What is a good matteress for a cot?

This thread moves too quickly for me, i'm rubbish at keeping up! Congrats to everyone who's had good scan news though

I forgot to update, I went to the doctors with the back pain and pelvis pain and she was lovely and has signed me off for a month and has booked me in for physio in case there's anything they can do. Fingers crossed, although like I said to her, I'll suffer if needs be, just as long as people leave me alone and let me suffer quietly!

DH felt bean move yesterday for the first time , was really exciting! Bean has been quite active recently, some of the kicks really quite big ones compared to the others, it's such a wonderful sensation! I'm sure I won't be saying the same thing when he boots me so hard it hurts, but for now I'm enjoying it :)

Glad everyone else is doing well, wish I was better at keeping up with you all lol!

nervous I got a 'luxury pocket sprung mattress', I wanted the best I could afford and it's for a cot bed so hopefully will last 4 years. it's from mother are and was £100 ish after discount.

I think this is the one I got. I don't know anything about mattresses but the lady in Mothercare said to get a sprung mattress if you want it to last. This one has a removable washable cover as well.

Matlock ok at the moment but be careful on roads in!! Not too far at all!!! Horses all ok, well in stables and dry anyway!!

Bloody nightmare!!

Lol at the spicey food!!! A tube of refreshers did that to mine :) he went mental bless him!!

Great news YW Congrats.

Nervous I got mattresses for our & PIL's cot from mothercare, think they're good & fairly reasonable value for money, especially as you can see what they're like in shop & have them delivered etc.

Shelly Have just put a facebook message up for you asking if any of the community midwives from Tameside know about local birth pool hire.

I never did community while I was there, but the girls will know, so as soon as I find out i'll let you know!

My community midwife here told me at my 16 week appt that they have the birthpool in a box, which they will bring, and all I pay for is £25 for the liner I think you might be able to get the same.... just waiting on a reply ;)

I'm in THE worst mood EVER. Seriously. There is nothing wrong, but I have bitten the head off absolutely everyone today. I think I'm just tired because I finished nights this morning, but still.... its scaring me! No one is safe I'm staying off AIBU

I should be over the moon! I've just ordered my pram, the Cosatto Giggle! Got a good deal, and I've finally been able to road test it! No where had a display model, and the pre orders of the damn thing were going quickly! Finally found a store www.thebabystoreltd.co.uk that had it in near to me. Its gorgeous! And so so so light! Amazing stuff! We tried it in the car, and it fit in my Clio. Bonus! Oh, and they price matched it with Winstanleys! Should arrive in mid August, just got in in time, as they only had 2 left for the pre orders, and the next batch wouldn't arrive til October. Bit late me thinks!

Oh and Shelly We have the same cravings! Can't touch crap! :( Spicy stuff rocks my world at the moment! Am just sat here with pasta and sauce - tomato and chilli with added hot chilli powder mmmmmm.

Now, to cheer up!

Am loving my Bavaria 0% beer at the mo. Guilt free beer (if you ignore the calories...)

Gotta look into birth pool hire/buying here too. Don't think mine hire them, or if they do, its a limited number so my MW suggested buying a birth pool in a box and then selling it after on e-bay.

Fruit, chocolate, biscuits, beer (see above), coffee (decaf), cereal, toast, yogurt... pretty much any food seems to make baby chunk move. S/he is an active little sausage. Only time I didn't feel him/her was after 2 diet cokes in the pub this afternoon!!! :)

Had a look at the Morrisons baby event today. Possibly some bargains to be had but not for me, as most stuff we have already!!

Chunky I might pop to morrisons if the flood waters subside lol actually most gone now just the road opposite closed and under water but that's usual!

Detective hope a good sleep cheers you up and yay for your pram!!!

Oh Detective, I just told DH your news on the Giggle and he has suddenly been galvanised into action after dragging his heels for ages even though we decided on it at the baby show ages ago after trying it there.

So now we've bought ours too - we went for the Treet colour scheme and got it from Winstanleys (we're in London but as we've already tried it should be ok) and cheapest price.

So a big thank you!

What's everyone's plans for the weekend? I've only been up an hour and DP has been in to work to do overtime and is home already

Now waiting for Sainsbury's delivery to arrive and then will be out baby shopping again. This time for the cot quilt, bumper etc.

Have you seen a set your after apple
Just going to do some food shopping and bits and bobs today joy :)

No I'm just going to shop around. I saw a lovely one yesterday in Mothercare but it was £110 which I thought was a bit much. That's more than the mattress cost!

Ouch that's not cheap! Hopefully you'll have abit of luck when your out today and find something :)

horseylady Unfortunetly a physio isnt what I need this time. Luckily so far no SPD in this pregnancy, was terrible last time.

but what I am getting is a pretty constant tight stomach and uterus if I do too much... as it's turning out too much is actually very little! I am physically fine but later in the day I get this rock hard belly for hours even days, I have no idea what it means but it isn't great and I have to be careful. I am hoping to be able to talk to a midwife and get a consultant appointment after my scan on monday because it isnt getting any better.
Yesterday my ankles and legs got swollen because I'd done a little walk.. crazy.

fatima I LOVE those socks!
Dixiebell good luck monday!

I am VERY nervous about my scan. Part of me is fine and thinks all is fine but a little niggle of doom in the darkest part of my mind is saying, something is not right, may be these tightenings are nature trying to take it's course because there's something up with the baby.
I am feeling very little movement still too.
Roll on monday, get this scan out of the way and hopefully some reasurance!

Detective Thanks for inquiring about the pool for me :) That's the same one I was looking at. As for your moods, if you read some of my comments from the previous few days you can tell I was just about ready to snap someones neck, I had to hide upstairs to get away from everyone....... I've also just been in the kitchen again for something to eat, as I don't snack anymore I wanted some fruit, I forgot to get some when shopping :( but found a tin of manderin oranges at the back of the cupboard so those will do until I'm back to work in a bit. I'm going to ask hubby to make a nice hot chilli tonight :)

MrsWee I get the tightening if I do too much and it gets really sore and tender underneath. I used to get this last time in the last 10 weeks, especially when I drove so am dreading working then more and more as I do lots of driving and am in and out of my car all the time. When I get this in the evening I just crash out with a hot water bottle, but I know that when you lie down with these tightenings it seems to make it worse!

I'm going to treat myself to a few bottles of a new fizzy drink I've seen, it's nice and red so should be good but can't remember the name of it

I've just read an article about drinking so much because I can't really see where this craving is coming from, they are certainly not healthy drinks but I make sure I have the zero ones at least. In the Telegraph they have done an article to say pregnant women should avoid even 1 drink a day of diet fizzy drinks because 37% of women who drink this amount will have a premature birth, 4 drinks a day raised this to 78%! Bollocks, I though, then read this little gem at the end (copied and pasted so grammatical and forgotten words are journalist/editors faults)

'The effect was limited to women whose birth was deliberately induced early suggesting the drinks do not trigger premature labour but rather cause changes in the body that mean an early birth is necessary.
It was suggested that this could due to a rise in blood pressure or development of diabetes but the researchers ruled this out.'

So somebody has written and published an article of non-sense and some poor fool has paid for this research! I've even got a bottle of Dandelion and Burdoch hidden under the sink so the kids don't drink it, hmmmmm sounds bad when I type it

That's irresponsible journalism Shelly isn't it? Because you know the other papers will pick it up, they'll make a massive headline out of it (like the daily mail - "dizzy drinks cause premature births!!!" or something) and nobody will even remember where the study came from & what it actually says. I mean, I don't think anyone would think diet/dizzy drinks are 'healthy' as such but they're not a proven risk (like, say, vit A overdose, caffeine or smoking) are they? I say drink what you fancy & try to drink plenty of water too :)

MrsWee I've been waking up every morning for the past few weeks with the same pains as you described (although probably not as severe as I'm a bit of a wimp!). They disappear throughout the day and only get worse if I do to much, like say shift furniture or lift something too heavy (don't tell my mother or MIL!) DH reckons I'm really restless in my sleep, so I'm probably 'overdoing' it while I'm sleeping - if that makes any sense? Urgh like you I'll be a lot happier after my scan next week if everything goes okay..

Chunky I have a jug in the fridge that I fill with water every morning and make sure I drink it, I just drink so much at the moment I can't believe it. I did read that fizzy drinks may actually be a craving for calcium, but it's something I've had from the very beginning starting with fizzy water (I keep 2 bottles of this in my car). My bloods have been coming back fine so nothing untoward just very strange as I usually hate anything fizzy! It's the fizziness I love rather than taste, maybe it's because I gave up the lager in March

It's really sloppy/lazy journalism, link to article here.

Afternoon all, hope everyone is doing well.

I haven't caught up on the thread yet I'm just marking my place as I've just got back from hol and catching up on everything, I've missed my phone loads!

Congrats on all the healthy scans I've had a look at the pics on fb they look fab!

I'll go back and try and read a weeks worth of posts now!

Hi DH hope you had a good holiday?! By the time you've caught up to here there'll be another 200 posts to read!

Had a lovely time thanks but it's so nice to be home and back in our comfy bed!

Maybe someone could round up what's been going on in the last week for me then!?
Assuming all scans are ok and there's more for team blue/ pink and surprises.

My bubba has been wriggling so much recently, I'm 20+ 4 now and it really does make a difference being past the halfway mark.

hiya, i went to boots today to pick up my bounty pack... and they gave me a emmas diary pack instead... the guys said he thought it was the same thing but they seem to have changed the pack name. but having googled it seems to be a different pack and the bounty one is meant to be better :( ...

but i cant find on the bounty site how to get a new voucher! and there is no contact us section [which is weird].

DH My god has it really been a week already?! Couldn't believe it when you posted that!
Glad you had a lovely hol though, and definitely agree with the being past the halfway mark, really feeling my baby nowadays, i'm 22 + 1 now!

Am having major low self esteem hormonals today. Wish I could go back to this morning a start again. And everything aches.

Think have put DH in a sulk as well and he was only trying to do the right thing.

Roll on tomorrow.