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November 2012 - arrivals are now underway

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StuntNun · 04/10/2012 12:43

Previous ante-natal thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1573396-November-2012-counting-down-the-weeks

New post-natal thread for the graduates: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1579907-November-2012-babies-are-here-at-last

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Iheartpasties · 10/10/2012 08:18

lilliana you dont hav eto buy anything special but sometimes (in the early) days I would find myself in public in an outfit that was not great for breastfeeding, you end up hoiking your whole dress up or down or whatever trying to get your tit out!! you soon learn!! pulling a top up or having a proper breatfeeding top means you expose less of your flesh, if you have to pull a top down you have your whole tit out - depends what you're comfortable with!

kirrinIsland · 10/10/2012 08:43

Well, that was officially the worse nights sleep I've had so far - awake til 5.30 followed by an hour and a half doze on DDs floor when she decided she couldn't possibly sleep without me again

36 weeks today!

ValiumQueen · 10/10/2012 09:07

pasties I could do with one of them to grab by 2yo for nappy change. She likes running away as a game.

I have never bought a specific nursing top or dress, just lift up my top, pop my vest top from M&S under boobie of choice, and undo bra. If you get a normal strappy vest top and make sure it is stretchy enough, it should sit nicely over your tum so you just have a little exposed, which baby will cover. When they are a bit older they will do all the flashing for you by lifting tops or cloths and turning around to look at things with your boobie still clamped in their mouth. Also watch for them suddenly releasing and milk squirting over the person opposite Grin fond memories....

Dixiebell · 10/10/2012 09:08

passme, having a giggle at the thought of giving birth to a hamster now! He likes Pip but not the longer names it comes from. It's still no.

On BFing clothes, I found I didn't mind pulling clothes down, the baby actually covered all the crucial bits anyway. But felt more self conscious exposing my tummy if I needed to pull a jumper or something up. Plus it's cold! So would make sure you have some loosing vest tops to wear under longer sleeved things which you can pull down to feed but which hide tummy. Or I often just wore my bump band underneath. Nursing wrap tops are handy too to just pull to one side. I found some supposed nursing tops I bought online just had a slit or something and didn't work so well, still had to hoik up and didn't cover tummy.

Dixiebell · 10/10/2012 09:10

I want a grabber

Iheartpasties · 10/10/2012 09:13

the grabber is fab - I have to wrestle it off dd though!!

ValiumQueen · 10/10/2012 09:32

I got a couple of the slot ones with DD1 but my tit was too big for the slit.

Iheartpasties · 10/10/2012 09:36

vq you could have that printed on a t-shirt, i cant stop laughing!!

YellowWellies · 10/10/2012 09:45

MM1 he treated you like that and still expected a lift to work? Are you crackers hon? I think my response would have been along the lines of 'go f*ck yourself' if he'd have asked me for a lift at the crack of dawn!!! Or did he not figure that as tired as he might be, given you were the one up and feeling unwell, (and also 8 months preggo) that you were likely to be feeling even worse. Am v cross on your behalf. How is he going to cope with a sleepless baby?

YellowWellies · 10/10/2012 09:48

I'm having another explosive bum day. Blush DH is now looking very 'nervous rabbit in headlights' and convinced this is my body having a clear out pre birth. I'm not convinced myself but it's two days on the trot (no pun intended) and feels totally unlike food poisoning.

Am now laughing at admitting having an 'explosive bum day' to a bunch of 'strangers' on the internet - it's amazing how close I feel to you ladies after chatting since March.

YellowWellies · 10/10/2012 10:07

And MM1 why wasn't HE scraping the car windscreen - given he's not got a baby in his tum and can still bend at the waist? Sorry am getting far too cross about this! Angry

TheDetective · 10/10/2012 10:16

I have a pool... I have a pool... I have a pool!!

You have no idea how much my phone tried to autocorrect that to poo Hmm

But, I have a pool yippeeeee!

Currently sat in ANC waiting for my syntocinon prescription for 3rd stage (if I need it!) GP is organising vit k, so I'm feeling rather organised now!

I'm flippin' knackered though. And starving!

Might go back to bed when I finally get home!

MissMummy1 · 10/10/2012 10:16

I took him because I want the car today (wish I'd just stuck my keys in my bag and told him to fuck off). Oh and there was no icescraping from me, i was sat in the car with all the heaters on avoiding waiting for him. After a 2 hour sleep I'm still so angry with him. Grrrrr! I know it's fairly petty and there's no point both of us being kept awake, it was just his attitude this morning to the situation. He can get to hell if he thinks im going out of my way to do anything for him today or speaking to his parents tonight. not that i'm being childish or anything.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

Juniors having a quiet day today. Again. Trying not to do my usual stressy thing. I think I'll go veg in the bath for a while.

TheDetective · 10/10/2012 10:20

I also think my bump has suddenly exploded as I noticed while driving there is less than an inch between bump and steering wheel Shock. It was nowhere near it yesterday... And I'm quite sure no one has fiddled with the seat or wheel positions!!

DesperateHousewife21 · 10/10/2012 10:26

I think her head is burrowing further down I keep getting v sharp pains where she must be. Had them two or three times and its made me stop and go owwww! Maybe she's engaging Grin

YellowWellies · 10/10/2012 10:28

Sorry misread - you were wiping the windscreen on the inside whilst he scraped! Gotcha. Still. I'd be fecking fuming. Is he expecting you to cater for his parents tonight? I'd serve them toast Grin.

There is no point both of you being awake but he is meant to be supportive for you and look after you. And when the baby wakes is he still going to have this attitude - you are likely to appreciate him being awake initially - just for moral support. Effectively his response seems to be 'deal with it and don't disturb me'. Which my sis struggled with with her DH. You seem much more mature than him despite the age gap!

Who was it on here, who when she couldn't sleep - her DP got up and made her a drink and made sure she was ok. That's the right response. Ads will go and sleep in the spare bed if I'm struggling or give me a massage to try to help. He'd never dare tell me to keep the noise down. I know we preggo ladies can fly off the handle over daft things but this isn't a daft thing. You're not being irrational. Go and have a bath and eat cakes (my sis said ta very much for the amazing dairy free cupcakes yesterday! she was so touched) xx

YellowWellies · 10/10/2012 10:29

I bet Junior is being quiet because they were active last night - I bet it was them keeping you awake. If you're worried call the MW xxxx

MissMummy1 · 10/10/2012 10:39

Nope it's our weekly phonecall with them.i they were coming tonight i'd go out i think. They are planning a 5 day visit at the end of the month. Glad maria liked them - they certainly satisfied my marshmallow cravings!!

He claims he'll help with nightfeeds etc on his weeks off. So every 2nd or 3rd week. But then he jokes he's going to opt to cover nightshifts on those week for overtime. We don't NEED the extra cash so there's no way in hell he is.

His sister put it very well. There is no age gap between us because he is peter pan. (peter pan did eventually grow up right?! I can't remember!)

ValiumQueen · 10/10/2012 10:39

MM that was mean of him telling you to keep the noise down when you were sick. Men really have no idea what we are going through. Even my DH, with our third child will not realise until he holds his son and sees how big and real he is. All I got last time was 'how did you fit her in there?' over and over. By squidging everything out of the way and stretching my insides so much it hurts. Twats.

pasties Grin

MissMummy1 · 10/10/2012 10:40

Oh and ive felt what i think are a few wriggles higher up (depending on how they're lying i sometimes cant feel anything) so not too worried. Will keep an eye on it.

ValiumQueen · 10/10/2012 10:43

MM you are not selling him very well Grin

Catbag · 10/10/2012 10:45

YW That was my DH- warm milk and honey. And head strokings. He is completely infuriating in some ways but outstanding in others. I generally quite like him Grin

horseylady · 10/10/2012 10:50

Mm my dh will prob sleep in the spare room when he's working as he's a right grump if he doesn't sleep. Plus hes working!! We have said he will have to do more at the weekends and not do his hobby every night!! I think once the babies here though he'll be a lot more ok about it all. As I said he is very excited.

Yw my bum is the same. Considering I have spent from about 14 weeks pg unable to go, the last couple of days I can't stop!! But it's also coincided with stopping the iron as well? Who knows!!

Right looking at slings and bags on eBay. Work is so unbelievably quiet!!

MissMummy1 · 10/10/2012 10:52

VQ normally he's lovely - I'm not the sort of person who puts up with any crap and he knows this. Act like a dick and I won't be here. I think he must be suffering some sort of hormonal imbalance today and last night as well! Not that I'm making excuses. If there's not some serious apologies later today (maybe in the form of a pink lining changing bag?) he can sleep in the garage.

ShellyBobbs · 10/10/2012 10:55

I feel like a hungry lumbering elephant today.

I am also very jealous of mice today. They just piss and walk.