June 2013 - thread 6 - will this thread see any early arrivals?

[AlohaMama]

Welcome back all June-ers, just realised we were about to run out of space on the old thread.

Mattresses I was told it was due to spores on the mattress between different babies. I am buying a new mattress for the moses basket which we are being given by a friend. Our cot mattress however was an organic green sheep one and we paid extra for a second thin mattress cover, DD never slept in it until eighteen months and she was also never sick in it, so I'm replacing that cover but not the actual mattress.

I'm also buying a new more comfortable mattress for our bed nest co sleeper which I wanted to sell but DH and I looked at its value second hand and looked at the other co sleeper which I liked and decided to just keep the one we have. As soon as I've recovered from the section we'll use the moses basket at night anyway.

That's not to say I don't take the advice seriously just that I've weighed up the risks and decided thats our compromise. If I can get my hands on a mountain buggy before baby arrives then I'll probably get a new carrycot mattress.

Had an epically crap day at work so in the bath now trying not to fall asleep

Decorator starts tomorrow on baby's room too

33 weeks tomorrow and absolutely knackered trying not to go to sleep

That is allllll zzzzzzz

Had an epically crap day at work so in the bath now trying not to fall asleep

Decorator starts tomorrow on baby's room too

33 weeks tomorrow and absolutely knackered trying not to go to sleep

That is allllll zzzzzzz

Why not have an early night? Sorry for the shit day, how much longer have you got to go before you finish? This is my last four day week and then its three days a week for four weeks.

Rue how are you getting on? I'm thinking you must also be getting to see your baby quite a bit at scans? And has anyone seen our twin mummy to be?

I've had a rubbish day, my sister had to go to the doctors, she had a c section and her scar got infected and she has to have the dressing changed, she doesn't drive and it's usually mum who takes her but couldn't today as she was out, as the one who's on maternity leave and the little sister I had to go over to her town to take her but she got her appt wrong by an hour, I was already in a grump as it was and this made it worse cause I had already gone round to sort lunch out for her, I feel rubbish about complaining but I'm pooped and it wrecked the remainder of my afternoon, doesn't help that she really rubs me the wrong way by telling me what I'm going to and not going to do when my little boy is born, it's her first and he's 5 weeks old but I've been told my bottles are wrong, I've got tommee tippee ones she told me they're rubbish and I should have dr browns, this was before she'd even had her baby, and since then it's non stop, it's not even in a trying to be helpful way it's a lecture way, sorry rant over

Red I've got at least another 6 weeks (7 till baby comes) hubby sold his bike so he's waiting for man to come and get it and I'm on counting duty am on the sofa now chilled out with dogs an hubby got bump ache after running around all day (ofsted were in nursery) so feel like I've nearly sat down and the one day I make myself a sandwich for lunch they turn up and I don't bloody eat it typical

Goodness some of you ladies sound like you're working so hard! Hope you get time to relax a little.

Just got back from drs, have put on 13lb so far and size looks normal, though growth scan booked for next Mon. Hopefully then I'll be able to have an idea of what this labour might be like. Forgot to ask about being signed off 2 wks before due date, which I think is the earliest I can, so will have to find out next time.

Dh back from England on Wed (hurrah) which then means decision time - should we stay, or move back! Scary stuff.

Is anyone doing hypnobirthing? If so, classes or just reading a book or CD? I bought a book, after doing some reading that convinced me it could be useful even for a cynic like me, but so far I've not been impressed by what I've read. Its very simplistic and seems to say that if you're not scared then birthing should be entirely without pain, easy etc etc. Almost as if complicated labours don't happen, or if they do, its all due to fear. Anyone??

Mrsbri thanks for the mmr info- your research skills are impressive!

Oli- glad your blood pressure has gone down. I hope all the tests come back with good news for you.

Stef- deep breaths! It's the only way to get through the being preached at/ day being stolen from you.

Extra pigmentation definitely going on here. A few patches on my face that aren't covered by my make up!

I'm also in the ' you're huge! They must have your dates wrong!' Camp. Flattering isn't it!

Have midwife appt tomrw so will see what she has to say on the whole thing!

AmI I'm inclined to think people just forget how big pregnant women are. After all there is a whole baby plus big bag of waters in there. It seems like very few people get told they are small and most get told they are big. V annoying though.

Steff that's annoying, losing a day. Tommee Tippee bottles are fine. I rather like them. Most babies will cope with what bottles you have.

We're not going to replace our mattresses either - but then both have been wrapped in mattress protectors as well. (which are being replaced!)

Hadn't heard about increased risk of SIDS, now going ot read up...

For those on the mattress debate, here is bupa advice on mattresses
www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/directory/c/sids?tab=Common%20questions

Argh link fail, try here

Um. I can't see anything on there? Might be because I'm on my phone. Will have a quick look tomorrow at work.

DH has manged to win not one but two tub chairs which I'm hoping will finish off our baby room (and one for the kitchen or living room) just agreed I'll do toddler duty all weekend next weekend so he can finish painting. Wish I could do it, I'm quicker!

I'm surviving thanks Red - another growth scan on Thursday morning, I'm just hoping that the growth has levelled off else I'll be having more discussions with the consultants on Tuesday . I'm in epic amounts of pain at the moment though thanks to SPD - can barely walk, taking painkillers every day, not sleeping well at night which isn't exactly helping in the day either! Still, just over 3 weeks to go until my section date... How are your plans for childcare for DD going? Did you manage to get anything sorted?

We've bought a new crib mattress - for about a tenner so it seemed rude not to really - but won't replace the cot mattress, it's got a plastic cover and gets well wiped down but has already done DD and DS.

Hospital parking - our hospital lets people with either long term illnesses that mean regular appointments (eg dialysis/chemo) or people with close relatives in ICU/babies in NICU pay for a weekly parking permit. The weekly pass is £5, and the hourly rate in the carpark is £3 so it doesn't take long for it to be worth it! Still took them 2 weeks to actually tell us about it when DS was in NICU though...

It's just occurred to me that the one thing I haven't thought about yet is car seats, we don't have the one DS used as it was borrowed off a friend (who is currently using it for her DC3). Bugger!

Oli - glad your BP seems to be behaving itself, hope it carries on.

Pink - hope you stayed awake long enough to get out of the bath :o

Had a crappy day at work today (actually it was yesterday now) which involved this silly moo i've been working with sending me some stupid passive agressive email along the lines of 'you dont seem to appreciate me - stop being so condescending' when i attempted for the thirdtime to explain why trying to change our contract 9 months into a contract was a) more work for us and b) uneccessary.

I knew i'd wake up in the middle of the night and stew about this. Why should i care at this stage? Ive got less than 4 weeks left at work. By the time i get back this contract will be almost finished. She is an arse and will always be an arse. What is quite amusing is she has been vaguely fishing for a job with my company but afteri showed her email to a bunch of folks in the office i think i'll be safe to go on maternity leave and not come back to her occupying the desk next to me. Arse!

Sorry to hear about your work sunny. Not long to go now though.

Sunny she sounds a nightmare!
Rue sorry to hear your pains bad.
I'm in the can't sleep but always tired camp at the minute. I think its partly as I have lots on my mind, what we need to do in house before lo arrives, not packed hospital bag or washed any of his clothes or bedding yet. Also work haven't got cover for me yet so I'm starting to panic there although there is little I can do and I know I shouldn't be worrying about it. 2 weeks to go and I'm more than ready to finish, especially if this sunshine decided to stay out

Its ok i'm fine now. Just needed to vent otherwise i would never have gotten back to sleep. Its a new day and the sun is shining so going to take the longer route to work so me and the dog can have a proper stomp.

Not long now ladies.

P.s. At our antenatal class yesterday they had a lady bring in her baby to talk about breast feeding. I was totally mesmirised by baby and got a little emotional when she left. Think i'm definately ready for a baby now DH said he was petrified by baby but i'm ignoring him

Oops just opened the curtains - definately not sunny! Oh well will just have to generate my own sunny disposition!

We had a lovely surprise this morning, DD who is quite possibly the world's worse sleeper woke up in her own room this morning and apart from a brief cuddle at about 1am when DH woke her accidentally she slept all night. Only took her until she is 32months old! Disclaimer she does have health issues which interfere with sleep so not wholly her fault and please God don't let the one indoors be such a terrible sleeper!

Aloha I did a hypnobirthing course last time (Marie Mongan). I would recommend it, although you do have to put lots of practice in and I haven't had time to do any yet this time. The course does make out that labour shouldn't be painful etc, which does a little set you up to fail in my opinion, but if you have an open mind it does really help you deal with the pain. My labour did hurt, but was very fast, and the only point I felt I couldn't cope was at transition. Last year I came across some video that my DH had taken during labout and was very surprised how relaxed I looked! Didn't feel relaxed at the time!

Great news on your DDs sleep redwelly, hope she repeats that tonight. Mine weren't great sleepers as babies even without health issues. Just hoping this one is different! Seemingly unlike the rest of you nothing seems to stop me getting a great night's sleep, so getting up regularly again is going to be a shock to the system!

All this talk of hospitals and parking makes me think I should really consider that I might end up in hospital. I don't even know where delivery suite is! Not even sure they do tours.

learner our unit doesn't do tours, used to but then stopped about a month before we did NCT with DD because of their concerns about infection being brought onto the unit. One consultant I saw offered me a tour as a special one off to help me 'get over' my last delivery there

I didn't buy coffee on the way in today due to lack of cash and despite the better sleep last night oh boy is my work suffering!

Morning all.

Sunny - people like that never get too far in my experience. Hope she leaves you alone for the most part, till you can escape.

Rue - hope your pains go away, sounds so tiring...

LittleMiss - I find that even when I think I've had an amazing night's sleep I'm still tired when I wake up anyway....I think these parasitic babies are just taking everything they can from us in these final weeks, to get as fat as possible before they hit the mean, cold world outside!

So for the first time ever I've woken with swollen feet and a bit swollen hands. Not sure whether it's to do with how up duff am by now, or whether I should be concerned in respect of the dodgy pee/dodgy liver results/dodgy blood pressure. I'm just going with 'it's fine, ignore' on the assumption that am seeing consultant tomorrow and can raise with him/her then. And have another scan on Harley St on Thurs morn to check the amniotic levels so it's not like we're being too neglected.

SO BORING.

There are gardening men making heaps of noise and mess in my house so I've escaped to a local cafe to work. Mmmm coffee.

OH oh oh - totally forgot. Had breastfeeding NCT session last night. Spent 90% of it outraged, found it totally unbalanced, fully biased and totally useless when it comes to making an informed choice about various ways to feed your baby. Suppose it is a breastfeeding session but still....there was no discussion about why breastfeeding might not work for some, and how to address that to make sure your baby is fed enough. No discussion about differences in milk let-down times (ie: how it can be affected by what type of birth you've had), nothing like that.

I did pick up a couple of useful tips for breastfeeding though (mostly the laying down approach, seems aces) so mustn't moan too much. I am moaning, though, it really pisses me off. I'd like to feel I'm making an informed choice rather than being railroaded by guilt into taking a particular path.

rant mostly over

Don't want to panic you Oli but I would call the hospital about your swollen hands and feet. My sister had pre-eclampsia and you can't be too careful. Hope it's all ok.