November 2012 - babies arriving thick and fast

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Previous ante-natal thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1589461-November-2012-lots-of-babies-that-cant-wait-for-November

Post-natal thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1579907-November-2012-babies-are-here-at-last

Maybe you'll just have to hope your baby "looks" a certain name Fatima

I logged of FB in the end after a short "I feel like shite I'm off" to DP, he's still online though so I'll assume it was enough to make him work late

I'm quite worried at present that by the time the baby arrives I will be emotionally and physically too tired to deal with labour or a newborn, anyone share that fear? The way I feel now I'm not sure I could cope with either, the depression is sinking in quite firmly, I really hope it's just because of everything that's going on.

I think we will just take a shortlist with us and decide when baby arrives. I like one's on my list but i'm worried that they're too different to what our friends would normally pick and whether i'll change my mind when the baby's 3 months old.
What do people think to two middle names? For some reason I want two, but would this be weird?

Hopefully yw will be on here telling us all about her lovely newborn soon then!

If we have a boy there will be two middle names, Fatima. As the only boy in his generation in our family there would be too many bases to cover with just one! Poor little chap, he would probably be expected to be a rugby professional/racing driver/fireman too ...

hello my lovelies. "well dont know who gave the baby knives to play with but this isnt funny anymore" ..........i have a scratchy feeling on my cervix and my god it takes my breath away. what the hell is it??

OOOOO yw im soooo jealous i hope all goes well and you get the birth you want.

37+1 here and hoping it wont be to long now.

also when me and dp DTD (which is quite often) does it hurt? DP said to me other night "i can feel something sharp" i said "ye me too" anyone else have this or is my body growing needles and icepiks?

had a lovely wake up call this morning of projectile vomit due to reflux was bloody lovely!!!!! (thanks pregnant body)

hope everyone has had a good day

I'm 36wks today & my MW didn't mention anything about the WC jab a fortnight ago & I forgot to ask. I am seeing her tomorrow but as everyone keeps telling me I won't go much more than 2wks (I'm huge, my bump has dropped, I keep getting BH etc etc) I am actually a tad concerned. Afterall, I'll be taking bump to toddler groups etc with DD almost straight away, whereas DD didn't really go many places until she was about 8-9wks old.

I guess it could be me being all hormonal etc too. I mean, with YW who is due the same day as me, feeling a bit rubbish, and as KitKat and everyone has said, 36wks starts feeling a bit 'real'!!!

Will be discussing homebirth with MW tomorrow too, so don't plan to put much more in my hospital bags than the absolute necessities/basics for both baby & I. Is it wrong to admit I don't have a "going home" outfit for bump? I figure that, as we're 'team yellow', unisex babygro is pretty much all that I can plan for!! I don't think DD had a special outfit either

Fatima as far as names, we don't have a definite list. We had a few we liked for DD I think, but when she was born, DH said to me "what shall we call her?" and all that popped into my head was her name, so that's what it was. I think DH is thinking I'll choose again this time - he has intimated that I will get "my way" on names, although hopefully he'll like the same ones!!

Horsey that's what you're meant to look like - you're heavily pregnant!!! It would be weird if you didn't have a (big) bump at this point.

It's the onset of maternity leave that has done it.

I am very jealous of all of those with things happening. I have lots of tightening, and BH and am always thinking is this it? But I now it's not really, and anyway ideally I would like it to give me half term next week! Any ime from 1st Nov would be great!

Have knackered myself out today with supermarket shop, mums and toddlers and a swim. No energy to mash a potato now, so DS is getting sausage and spaghetti oops for tea.

He is just a knacked thank heaven.

Bloody baby has hiccups AGAIN!!

Thanks for the opinions on naming. With the two middle names thing, I think it'd probably because there's a good chance that this one might be our only one and so I want to get the fully benefit of name choosing

What do you think of Nico for a boy? Just been watching tv and it popped in to my head. Any suggestions of names of a similar ilk much appreciated

Marking place

Hope everythigs going well for yellow and A&E gets her island birth

Fatima Lots of people I know have said to have two or three names and to wait and see what the baby looks like before deciding. We only have one so not sure what we'll do if he doesn't look like a Cassius. It will be tough

Two middle names are fine as long as first name and surname are not too long. For us it was either no middle name or one maximum as DP has a long double-barrel surname that the baby will have. So can't hyphenate my surname with his either. Not that I would anyway probably.

Think you're right Sophia although technically I'm on half term, it is my first Monday off on maternity leave. Overthinking things & being hormonal clearly!!

I am NOWHERE near ready for the baby yet though. The plasterer is coming in to do baby's room ceiling this wk. Then we have to decorate. We need at least 2 more wks for that to happen!!!

Hello ladies, hope everyone is well!

Good luck to YellowWellies!

Fatima we are struggling with names too! We have one name chosen for our boy so if I go off it, I don't know what I'll do! Also not sure if we'd ever find another name for a boy in the future.

Been having some crazy Braxton Hicks recently (mainly at night which is annoying because my sleep has been disrupted) and this morning wondered if I was actually in labour! Have since stopped but I have double checked my hospital bag and been pottering about making final preparations.

Put the sheets on the moses basket yesterday and they're all wrinkled. : ( I burst into tears over this because I felt like I'd created an inadequate nest for the baby, but my husband reassures me it's fine. Put the covers back on the car seat as well. Need to tidy the room (we've still been moving things around and stuff needs places to live). I have this perpetual feeling that things aren't perfect and organised and how I want them to be. I thought I'd be sorted by 37 weeks!

My mum is coming to stay for a week (maybe even 10 days) once baby's born! Yay! I am so thrilled and feel like I can relax a bit more knowing she'll be here when I come home. You should have seen the look on my face when the midwife said most people go home within 2-6 hours! I was hoping for some more alone time with the baby, at least overnight, before having to go back to my in-laws'. Also a bit worried about early labour now. I think I'll be fine and able to relax if I'm home alone, but if I go into labour with my mother-in-law about, I don't think I'll get the privacy to do what I need to with her fussing. I imagine she'll constantly be badgering my husband to get me to the hospital etc etc when we have it all under control. I'm almost better off labouring in hospital rather than at home even though they recommend staying at home as long as possible! With our very busy maternity unit, not sure what will happen.

Speaking of midwife, went to collect my urine sample as normal before the appointment and realised my bump now touches the toilet seat, preventing me from actually getting a hand down there and seeing what I am doing. Another glamorous part of pregnancy!

Chunkychicken, we don't have a special going home outfit either. Just a plain sleepsuit, unless my husband finds something nice. I think he'll look cute regardless of what he's wearing and it'll be just as special!

I'm hoping I have mine on this thread! Currently 38+4 but have resigned myself to the fact I will probably go over and end up getting induced... Either way this time in 3 weeks I will have a gorgeous newborn to cuddle :)

Is anyone else suffering with reflux? I'm so sicky it's untrue, feel nauseus constantly and being sick so much :( Assuming baby just pressing on everything and making me bleugh!

Also actually hurts when baby moves now which is awful... Grrrrrrr...

Just ready to get on with being a mummy and have my body back!

Good luck everyone, hope lots of happy, healthy babies arrive soon :)

xx

tits please go and have a word with your GP. I am concerned about your mood being so low. Big hugs x. You will find the strength for labour and the baby. It is the waiting and pain which is the hardest to bear. Once you get all the endorphins and lovely hormones, not to mention baby snuggles, it will give you a boost.

fatima all my kids will have two middle names. Not weird at all. I know a Nicol, who is one of the most gorgeous men I have ever laid eyes on. Eyes only, sadly.

jaylee baby will probably have long finger nails. No idea about the sharp thing on DTD though.

chunky you should be able to get WC jag just by asking the surgery, and that day too. I would encourage you to be insistent. A going home outfit is not essential, as long as they are clothed, obviously.

horsey you are pregnant. I think you are still in denial a bit

Notanother My reflux has really come on these last few days. I'd been suffering from heartburn but recently if I move wrong or bend over or eat more than half a meal then the stomach acid works it's way back up
Woke up feeling nauseous last night, did a little burp and got a mouthful of acid, wasn't nice

mcsquared so glad your mum is staying for a while. I really feel for you in relation to living with the in-laws. I don't suppose saying f*off would go down too well

My acid is in overdrive too. I was sick after cleaning my teeth this morning.

I've been suffering with reflux all the way through this pregnancy but it has worsened in the last couple of weeks. At night time it's particularly bad and I have to take Rennies before I go to bed most nights.

I threw up last night after a kick from baby. Charming!

Today I have had two cleaners and a window cleaner over. DH never notices dust but says the house is definitely different. They were doing awesome stuff like scrubbing the plastic of the window frames. Is OCD by proxy a thing?

Baby's middle name will be the same as my dad and my brother's. It was the surname of a favourite aunt. I like that it's a bit of my family name. I know my brother will use it if he has a son so I checked he didn't mind me using it.

If junior's a boy we're going for 2 middle names. Nathaniel, as it's a long standing family name on dh's side and Angus after my grandad and the region of scotland we had our first house together in and because dh vetoed it as a first name !

I've had a little nap this afternoon . I'm really enjoying this maternity leave thing I'm finding a little nap in the day goes a long way - which was never the case for me in the past! I was a crap napper

DP is getting on my nerves a little this evening though. When I woke, I asked him would he mind going to the GP for me and picking up my prescription. I didn't much fancy getting dressed again, and wanted to do a few jobs in the house. He said yes, but clearly meant no (even though he stayed in bed til 1130, and I did the school run etc this morning!) stropping about the house. Then he couldn't find his keys! 20 minutes later, after him flapping and me calmly using logic, they were in the drawer we keep the dog walking/grooming/feeding stuff in. Men huh! Think he has got over himself now though!

Just put tea on, baked potatoes - my favourite - and I hate hate hate having to wait for them to cook! 2 hours to get them how I like them. Baking is the only way, microwave just doesn't do it for me - even if finished in oven! I'm drooling at the thought of it! Do you think I could persuade DP to give up his and have something else, so I can have 2?!

I still have no decision on a name! I hate it! I want a name! This baby will have one middle name, the same as DS. We don't do family names. Although the 2 family names are Charles (Charlie - my Dad and Grandad) and Christopher (my uncle and cousin). On my mums side it is Ronald. I just don't like those names. Charlie is too common for my tastes, and although I like Kit as a shortening for Christopher, not enough to use it!

So, we will just go with names we like! DP's family have no names passed down. He doesn't know his own Dad. His mum doesn't have contact with her Dad. In fact, there aren't many men who stuck around in his family!

Yeah I probably am. I just avoid mirrors at the moment. Must remember I'm nearly 39 weeks pregnant, 3 weeks max to go.

Shit!!!!

Marking my place - how did you fill five pages since I left you this morning?!

Mmm I love a proper cooked jacket potato.I've made steak pie for tea so I could just bung the stew bit in the oven for a couple of hours and then add pastry on top

Not had too many acid problems but has definitely got much worse the last couple of weeks. I nearly cried the other day when I thought I had left home without my rennie- luckily found some in the bottom of my bag.

Bump is now feeling very bruised. I keep looking and expecting to see it covered in bruises.

Hope things are going well YW