Due dec 2012 - the long slow bit

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flumpy talk to your doctor about the heartburn. They can prescribe Omeprazole for it (though it does say not for use in pregancy, it's common to prescribe it anyway). I've been using it for years, and its very good. No matter what dose they prescribe, take the lowest (10mg) my doc put me on 40mg, and there's just no need. It has no side effects, and is very, very good.

Just heard that one of my NCT group had her baby at the weekend.... A few weeks early. Has got me in a bit of a tizz realising that I might not have as long as I think till I meet this wriggly little one.

emily I keep meaning to get a bouncy ball, my mum has one in the loft but I always forget to ask her to bring it over. Are you finding it comfortable? Good luck at the MW today.
spotty I'm fairly sure that places your DD above my catching abilities so well done her.
I had a rubbish nights sleep. I was so thirsty yesterday evening I drank several pints of water which kept me up all night running back and forth to the bathroom.

Thank you all for heartburn advice. Sadly the doc won't prescribe anything because of my renal problems so it's just grin and bear it.

If I don't eat for a few hours before bed then I can sometimes get to sleep but just wake up about 1am starving and baby is now squishing everything so much that I can't manage bigger meals so trying little and often which is totally messing up my GD readings.

I am also starting to freak out about how soon DD could be here. She will be full term in 7 weeks!!! And it's Xmas in 11 and I've bought nothing!

However I am pretty smug that I have a v clean and tidy house an that DD's things are all ready washed and in her drawers!
Has anyone been to the mothercare mum to be evenings?

mydaydream it's sooo comfy! Im watching telly on it right now.

mydaydream Emily is right the gym balls are amazing. When I can't sit on our (pretty hard) sofa anymore I get on the ball, DH thinks its hilarious but it is the only place I can get comfy sometimes. I also find having my bum on it, feet on the floor, and laying back on the sofa, incredibly comfy although that does cause tadpole to do acrobatics

Trying to get a docs appointment for this earache thing. Dunno if it's an infection but it's sooo uncomfy. And it's getting worse not better so I've gotta do summit. Really don't want more antibiotics though if I can help it, I think poor tadpoles had quite enough with 2 doses already!

I was 30 weeks yesterday! Only 10 weeks left!

I'm another heartburn victim, and rennie is great. I now just take 1 at bed time as routine but if its bad take 2.

Ooh, I want a ball too! Will order one.

Flumpy it might only be a couple of weeks more heartburn - ive heard that it can ease once the baby drops into your pelvis. I'd also heard the Horlicks tip, and to avoid milk at all costs. Hope it gets better soon.

Omg 11 weeks till Christmas! And not many weeks AT ALL before I meet my baby... So much to do for both events. My family are coming over for Christmas but my sister is doing all the cooking for which I am incredibly grateful. I might start ordering the presents.

I'm still not really ready, things-wise, for the baby, but when they are very new there are a limited number of things that they need, arent there? I'll have the essentials such as nappies, wipes, some vests and baby grows, muslins, blankets, Cot, carseat, buggy, changing mat. What else do I really need? Baby bath? Any toiletries? Ive got the stuff I need such as nursing bras, maternity bras, breast pads.

I'm fighting for a quiet Christmas without any guests, or guests being given strict rules on visiting hours. I see us making a bed on the sofa and watching crap tv and eating chocolates all day.
seconds were planning to make sure baby has somewhere to sleep, clothes to wear and enough to cover his bum for the first week. We'll be doing a big shop for everything we need to still buy at the end of this month and my pram & car seat get delivered in November. Everything else can wait until we see what people have bought us and what we really think will be handy and pick it up after he's here, hopefully in the sales. We're not ready yet, but by December we will be.

32+3 here could be as little as 4 1/2 weeks to full term

We'll be trying to do Christmas as usual - Christmas Eve dinner with my family (just up the road), pop round to my parents with my Gran for brunch and pressies on the day, then drive (1 3/4 hours) up to dp's family for a few days. Dp then reckons we'll be heading on to Herts (3 hours from home although only 1 from ILs) to see friends. I'm reserving judgement on that one, but would like to make the effort as dp is god father to 2 of their dc, and we plan to return the ask :)

Baby will be at least 12 days old by the time all this happens, though, so maybe more realistic for me than for some. Plus all the people we plan to visit are the kind to tie me to the sofa with baby, tea and cake! and if they don't i shall Unleash The Hormones

pidj I think it's about being places you're comfortable and if you're comfortable and happy at your friends/family then you'll have no problems going there with your newborn

I'm personally praying we're all out of hospital and hoping for a nice Christmas at home, just us, then after lunch going to the local pub and hoping some family will want to join us

Thanks, Spotty, that's what I reckon. But, being on my first, I might find the reality is very different!

mydaydream sounds like we are taking similar approaches re baby things - we're also planning some sales shopping once he's born not least because I'm keen to get out and about and to be dealing with the practicalities of a baby on the move as well as in the comfort of my house.

Update on my issue re the visit from a friend: she's accepted fully that i dont want a visit at this stage, although she did say that it wouldnt be all about baby stuff because "[her baby] wouldn't let it!!", so hasn't quite picked up that I dont want to be having to spend time with someone else's baby at this point, but looks like things are roughly where I want them to be. A visit once my baby is born will mean I'm much better-placed to handle it.

pidj as Spotty says, i would have thought the main thing is what you will be comfortable with, and I would have thought a visit to see people you want to be around is worth the trouble of 10 visits in the comfort of your own home FROM people you might not be mad keen to see. This is my first baby too and I'm keen to try to get out of the cocoon of the house so that the baby gets used to different people and environments without getting discomfited. I'm determined not to become the sort who can only leave the house with the baby if all the planets are aligned in exactly the right order.

Thanks, Seconds. Me too - I'll be taking him to youth club at the earliest opportunity to meet the kids, although only for a few minutes - it's a music project and gets pretty deafening at times!

Fwiw and a bit late now but i really don't think I'd be bothering to be so polite to such a self-absorbed, rude person. Unleash those hormones!

Well my baby shall be doing school runs within the first 3 days of its life (if born before schools break up) most likely, with bigger ones I think the baby does just have to fit in! Xmas is going to be spent at bil and sil's house about 40 mins away. But I'll be tied down with baby and others will entertain dcs do that's fine by me!

I have a nasty inner ear infection, so I'm back on antibiotics! Not sure what this child has done to my immune system but it appears to be pretty fucked!

Oh poor you Stacey I hope they work quickly you must be feeling pretty rotten.

Dd has her settling in afternoons at nursery on the 19th & 20th if December. Induction not likely to be later than 13th December so I'm a bit apprehensive about that! I'm sure we will work it out somehow!

Ah spotty you'll be fine I'm sure. With ds I found myself bouncing back to normal much quicker than with dd.

I'm alright thanks for the sympathy though!

I really hope to get out and about ASAP too. Dog walking etc but being my first I have no idea how realistic this is.

Determined not to become a mum who needs everything but the kitchen sink to go out and can just pop on a snow suit and in the baby carrier and go for a little stroll (probably totally naive)

30 weeks this week, it's coming around so fast! I think I've already said that today, baby brain.

Hope all who are poorly feel better soon

Well im all set to be a pin cushion this week. Gtt and 28 week bloods on thurs then flu jab and whooping cough jab on fri

Oh Ellie that sounds like a lot of jabs :( I had my whooping cough and flu on sat. My arms ached most of yesterday but other than that it was ok.

flumpy I was out and about pretty quick with dd (my first) but listen to your body, if it tells you to slow down do so!

Hello all

30 weeks today - woop! I'm currently at work sat bolt upright and looking completely stupid - I just can't bend over anymore!

Re christmas...baby is due 17th and I'm hoping he/she will arrive around due date, being my 2nd I hope it will...however if I do go over, I'm still going ahead with all the plans over chrimbo. Parents on my birthday (christmas eve), stay there until boxing day when we'll go to DH's parents and stay there for two nights. Both sets of parents are an hour away from ours so if baby decides to make an appearance while there we'll be going to a different hospital! I don't mind though.

Hope you're all well.

Same here, Flumpy - nappy bag contents: nappy, wetbag, wipes, spare babygrow+vest, muslin, bottle of water, keys, wallet, phone! Baby in warm clothes and sling/pushchair depending on distance. Afaik it's toddlers that require mountains of snacks and toys wherever they go?

Yes pidj people keep making me by saying 'oh just when you are needing to take less stuff out with your you're going to have a newborn!' Er no dd needs nappies, wipes, nappy bag, toys, snacks, drink, more toys, more snacks, hairbands, sunglasses , possibly her own cutlery depending where we're going , the list is endless!

30+ 3 here, really hoping he's not late as this is our first, and I was 10 days late for my mum (her first), which would put him being bang smack on christmas day!

currently the plan is for my parents and brother to come up (they live 5 hours away) for christmas, and my PsIL to come over as they're only 30mins away, and my mum's said she'll 'do' christmas lunch etc, using our kitchen, so that we can concentrate on baby-wrangling, which sounds good to me. we've got the space for all of us, so as long as someone else is tackling the logistics, I'm hoping we'll be fine! Obviously if he decides to hang in there for a shock appearance on christmas day or christmas eve, things may be subject to delays.

Also agree with those saying afterwards am keen to get out of the house so he gets used to lots of different people/sights/sounds, so long as I don't go to pieces trying to deal with a newborn. we shall see.....