October 2013 - wobbling and sweating through the last trimester

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Baby due dates/sexes/name choices here

Hope all ok, flyer. Def positive to hear HB. Scary about lady next door, poor thing.

pink indeed. Also easy for MW to find if DP is taking photos or passed out on the floor haha.

Bit of an early tip, but pack outgrown baby/kids clothes away properly, not all together in bags.. I've two sacks full to go through and sort of 6 months- 2years urg! I started off so well with storage boxes for the tiny stuff too!

Tarlia I started off so well at first aswel. I used old pampers boxes and as stuff would get small to a change over.

ATM I chuck it all in a draw waiting for holidays to sort it out. Better add that to the list.

Off to write a to do list for over summer holidays. A good list. Including ppl I want to catch up with box sets I want to watch and a book to read. So it's not a bad to do list. I just put stuff off. And my summer resolution is to ensure I work towards something on my list every day.

Because we don't know what we're having, I have bought really lovely outfits in pink and blue for the baby's first pictures. Not that I'm mad or anything

They will be easy for my dh to find as I won't be wearing tiny pink or blue outfits myself.

flyer I hope everything is ok. X

Hope everything goes ok with your examination flyer and the woman next to u is a reminder of why we should all go get checked out if something doesn't feel quite right for us xx

good luck flyer. Thinking of you xx

Another new thread! We have got to be the chattiest lot on here, our threads are nearly always top of the list!

Anyways GT I meant to say on the last thread about your achy legs and arm, I've been getting that quite painfully, MW suggested it might be lack of vitamin d, as I don't eat eggs or oily fish it's quite possible (and my new great excuse to sit in the sun for some short periods!)

I hope everything is ok Flyer.

I've just had to buy more bras in a 34G. I didn't think I looked like I'd grown much but I put on a pre pregnancy 32E bra yesterday and it barely covered my nipples. Got somr big comfy cotton knickers in a size 14 I must remember to buy some more for my hospital bag.
On that note take double the amount of knickers you think you'll need as You will soak through them. I bled for 6 weeks and the first few days were really heavy. Every time I stood up I flooded. They say you bleed less with a cesarean but it's nonsense.
Be prepared for the bleeding to stop for a couple of days just to start up again too.

Just a quick post as DD has only just, finally, settled to sleep. Arrrggghhh - hot weather, light evenings and end of term excitement has sent her sleep patterns haywire.

Fingers crossed for you Flyer - hope all is well.

A big welcome wave to whistling and congratulations on your little boy. I hope you are managing to enjoy your pregnancy and it hasn't been too clouded by anxiety. This pregnancy (post mc) has been mentally a very different experience from my first.

Sister - many congrats on passing your driving test. I hope it will be me one day. I've decided to take a break from lessons/tests for a while. I'm finding turning around for manoeuvres/observations uncomfortable already and I'm thinking of changing instructor too. He's been lovely but he's been teaching me for so long that he seems to have become 'blind' to my driving faults.

Orange - thanks for the workbook/library tips. We're definitely going to try to keep DD reading every day. She has just started to make real progress and can't really afford to slide back over the summer.

Consultant appointment tomorrow to discuss pelvic floor/birthing issues - not sure how it'll go.

Also forgot to mention.
Latest bloods show I'm low in b12. So need to see dr for an injection

Anyone else had this?

Blondies gp suggested vitD supplements last time I saw them. So hopefully will sort itself out.
Taking so many pills. Should really sort out my diet!

Bridget... I feel your pain! DD (2.9) settled at 10.15.... We're in the 'transition' period of dropping her nap... And she's also regressed potty training wise .... Argh!

Hope everything is good with you/baby Flyer

What a brilliant idea about the freezer bags - I'm going to leave some of these made up at home too as I'll be in 3 days with my section, so otherwise will be literally taking a full-sized suitcase in with me

New thread. Can I moan. George was at the top of our boys list and DH's favourite. We're moving tomorrow. So glad that we've paid the extra £300 to et the removal men to pack everything. It's been bad enough getting DH to pack his overnight bag and even now I'm not confident that deodorant will find its way in tomorrow morning. Honestly he can be worse than a teenager

Text book GOOD IDEA. At home leave spare everything in an easy to find place.
Staying in hospital longer will be stressful n dh WILL pick out wrong things.
So either a bag/ cupboard with following thing is a must
-clothes for baby, nappies, wipes

• for you, underwear, clothes, maternity pads, breast pads, toiletries.

Hi all. Great tips,I really ought to start thinking about my hospital ah I suppose.

I have felt dreadful all day,my sister came & looked after DS for a couple of hour this afternoon so that I could get some sleep.

Really sorry for the gross post last night. You probably didn't actually need as much detail

I feel a lot better tonight but glad I phoned work at lunchtime to say I wouldn't be in tonight either,not even sure I'll have the energy to go tomorrow night but I really ought to so I'll wait & see.

flyer will be thinking of you with everything crossed. It's great that they are being so thorough in checking you out.

My baby has been ridiculously active today after never being this bouncy,squirmy,wriggly or kicky before. It's been a combination of lovely & uncomfortable. When DS woke up from his nap he told me he liked the baby. "me like the baby". Heart melting! Despite not having really been told about the baby yet. Guess he understands more than we've been giving him credit for.

Back finally, we were there for about 4.5 hours in total, all seems to be ok, relieved. The lady next to me was properly moaning (contraction moaning not complaining moaning) she was being taken upto the delivery suite as I left, I was chatting to the nurse who said her baby would probably be born tonight, she was due the day after me 14/10/13, I'm not religious but will say a little prayer for her baby tonight.

Then the other cubicle had a lady 35 weeks who's waters had gone....It all made it seem to real hearing and seeing it.

Glad you're home flyer. Are you feeling movements now?

Poor lady next to you. I'm due 13.10 too & cannot imagine being in labour now. Not least because the bedroom isn't built & everything I have for this baby is spread throughout my house wherever I can squeeze it for storage purposes. Oh,apart from the furniture which is in my parents' garage...

Really need to get my backside in gear.

Anyway,pleased you are home & that all is ok with you & your little baby. Positive thoughts from here for the lady & her baby.xx

Glad you and Babba are ok flyer

Glad you and baby are ok flyer. Thinking of the lady next to you. Her little one has a very good survival chance now, I read 95% at 27 weeks, but how scary. I hope she wasn't alone.

GT I have never been low in B12 but am always very aware of getting good nutrition and have had it tested a couple of times as I eat a mainly vegan diet and B12 is the only thing you can't get from plants. It is added to cereal, marmite and alternatives like rice/soy milks and spreads if you don't eat much fish/egg/dairy which are the main sources. My pregnacare vitamins also have three times what you need (not all will be absorbed) but if you are deficient you don't have time to build up stores gradually and an injection boost for now sounds good.

I am due 14/10 how scary for that lady! But even if one of us were to spontaneously labour now then it wouldn't matter that were not prepared because baby wouldn't be coming straight home anyway and if it was allowed to wear clothes in its incubator then it would be a rediculously small vest none of the cute newborn stuff we've all been buying.
Glad u got the all clear too flyer

All of this hospital bag talk is getting me so excited :-)

Welcome whistling - glad you've passed this milestone.

Glad you're feeling a little better tucking - take it easy today too. So cute what your ds said :)

Glad it's good news for you too flyer.

That's really not on, crunchie. Definitely try to make an appointment with someone. They should be regularly checking your urine and blood and it's also good to just talk things through with someone if you have any questions. This is my 2nd dc and they are seeing me every 3-4 weeks.

I also recommend packing some straws in your hospital bag as they are easier to drink from. When I was last in labour, the midwife bought me an ice pop and it was the best thing I'd ever eaten! Would also recommend pile cream (can't remember who mentioned that unthread) but for me, that pain was worse than my stitches (sorry for the tmi).

Morning alll

Sorry lost that they used George...would yuou still consider using it? Oct is still a few months away.

chick no thankfully we have Edward at the top of the list and they stayed clear of that.

welcome whistle and congrats on your little one.

slippy I had no movement really at the weekend but then it started again. It think it's normal enough as there is still space for the baby to move a lot and it could just be lying behind the placenta. I think they worry more after about 32 weeks.

I will wash all the clothes. I did last time but then as people kept buying things and our refluxy baby went through huge amounts of clothes I gave up. Will just wash the really early stuff in Fairy non bio but hoping Ds2 won't have sensitive skin. DS1 def doesn't as we only had our first bout of nappy rash last week after almost 14 months!

I had my WC vaccine yesterday and my arm still feels dead :( I hope I've done the right thing...really don't like the thought of injecting anything voluntarily into me at the moment. Poor baba

Sorry forgot to say flyer that must have been scary but glad all is ok. Must be reassuring to get checked and be told that x

What newborn nappies does everyone like? I hated the smell of the pampers newborn and had poosplotions with nature babycare. Any suggestions?

It's tricky Char1eston as I also hated the smell of pampers and switched to Huggies. Felt that nature babycare were a bit stiff for tiny babies (and agree on their 'capacity'...)
I think I'll use pampers and see if I can bear it (as my nose is harder now after nearly 3 years :o) and if I can't then ill look around. I have heard that Sainsbury's own brand are similar to Huggies?