September 2013- We've managed to hold them in!

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Hi all! Providing the ladies who are currently in hospital don't give birth before the last 20 posts in our old thread, we've made it to a new one with babies all still staying put for now!

Here's the stats thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/a1694946-September-2013-STATS-THREAD

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But I've hired a bed nest and its arriving Monday, but I didn't buy sheets... Hoping I can fashion something from old sheets I have as the special ones for it are really expensive!

So Jenni, can I use normal size cellular blankets or do I need to buy special small ones? I think the thing I'm most frightened of is getting the bed temperature wrong!

IT'S MY LAST DAY AT WORK TODAY

Ooh good tip on wrapping a muesli round the head end of the Moses basket, will have to remember that one.

frog which iron tablets were you prescribed? I was given ferrous fumarate which apparently is a slightly different iron compound to ferrous sulphate and much less likely to cause constipation - I've had no problems at all on them. The Spatone weren't working quick enough for me so I've saved them for after the birth when the lower dose should be enough.

*muslin not muesli...don't think that would be comfortable!

I'm right behind u kitten at work....last day is Tuesday. Have already planned the rest of next week with coffee dates and hair appts! Am also having bump photographed on sat which I'm a little about but they follow it up with lovely pics of newborn so that'll be nice

Kitten I think its ferrous sulphate I've got.... Haven't taken any of yhis bottle though I'm just on the spatone. Think I should? In not usually one to not do as I'm told!!

I found a place on amazon selling bamboo sheets that fit the bednest (I hope) in sets of two for £14 which seemed quite reasonable. I did have plans of making some sheets from our pile of hand me down doubles, but I can't quite see myself hooking the sewing machine out at the moment.

Also, on the bedding front: mattress protectors. I'm assuming one will do the job?

With blankets, do we just fold them over? I'm assuming if you swaddle a baby in a blanket they don't need another over the top?

I think there is a market for a book with all these practical tips in!!

FIL has just bought us one of those silly expensive babybjorn bouncer chairs-hurray!

Have just realised I have no idea about what/how many/what type f blankets to use in my moses basket! Oh I'm so not ready for this!
We have a temperature gauge in our bedroom which is constantly saying its too hot....no idea how to cool the room down, the windows are already party open.

I used swaddled blankets then gro bags last time so not sure about cellular ones but if swaddled I don't think they'd need much more unless its super cold.

Don't panic too much about temperature, it's normally impossible to get the room right, but if you put your hand on their chest inside their clothes they should feel warm but not too hot. If they're too cold they'll wake and let you know, so i think safer to be on the cold side.

I think that advice is correct and up to date but not sure, hoping someone else can confirm and add their tips!

The health visitor lady who took one of our ante natal classes said that (of course with exception of extreme hot and cold) your baby will generally get used to the kind of temperature you are used to having in your home- if you are 'warm people' (as long as the house is not ice cold) baby will get used to it, in the same way that if you like to have the heating on (but not boiling) baby will be ok with that too.

I like a cold house so I was a bit worried about winter (17 degrees is about right for me!) so baby might want to be warmer! I have a couple of knitted blankets in weeny moses basket size but no cellular or fleece in moses basket size. We have some sleeping bag things too..... I recon we'll work it out. If there's a cold night and baby hates it, we'll grab another blanket.

Slowed down by just having bath and bed last night. Working a half day at home in my jimjams today now then a bridesmaid dress fitting and packing for a weekend away. Husband will do most the driving (and we have our car back! Phew!) so hope to enjoy and relax on the whole!

My mum has just given me a gorgeous handknitted blanket for the baby. Just gorgeous!
Re temperature, we had a gro-egg but the house temp generally seemed to be about right.

The place to test a baby's temp is the back of their neck. But as someone said, babies will let you know if they're too cold and will just get sleepier and less responsive if too hot - they don't notice and that can go quite wrong (don't google febrile convulsions, but read "what to expect the first year" or "your baby week by week")

My mum has finished the baby blanket I 'commissioned' from her - it's the blues and greens of the very hungry caterpillar (made up as she went along though) and she has done a little red hat, and is now making antennae or eyes or something for it. I showed her a very hungry caterpillar thing on etsy, which was a sort of large sock meant for newborn photography where they tuck a scrunched up sleeping naked baby into a position and take photos. We thought it was cute but a bit silly, whereas this blanket would work wrapped around baby in a pram or a sling, and you'd get the caterpillar effect with the hat.

DS has bags of energy, DH has a sniffly cold and has been dealing with DS in the night, I have had better nights sleep but am breathless and lumpy and fed up with being pg. Only four and a half weeks (max) to go though!

Impressed that you're already planning props for cute baby photo's rake!

The packets for the grobag and swaddle blankets we bought both have lots of options for different temp rooms.
Dh and I have the bedroom cold at night but it seems the baby will be fine if we just give him another layer. I don't think heat will be an issue in September.

Well we still haven't had the names discussion yet Ready, so I think we will be having to refer to baby as something like the very hungry caterpillar for a while!

Oh, and I was phoned with a date for my section - 3rd September, at the hospital nearest me (high risk now cos of my bp). Don't tell anyone, we're keeping it quiet apart from the GPs .

Eeee! An actual baby date!

Just wondering....my clock says 11:59....if I spend the next minute walking up the stairs, is it acceptable to have an afternoon nap so early? I'm absolutely pooped! Is it bad to nap before This Morning has even gone off?

I've spent most of the morning back in bed
I think I had a migraine in the night last night (a mild one). I didn't notice at the time but now I think about it I had slightly swimmy eyes last night and weird energy I get just before... woke up feeling like one half of my brain was seriously bruised and unable to lift it off the pillow. It's easing now but I have the horrible post-migraine hangover feeling.

Had a brief wobble about pre-eclampsia or infection but my temp is back to normal now and my blood pressure was really good on Monday, so I don't think that it can come on that quickly. Pretty sure it's my stupid migraines... grr....

It can come on that quickly badguider - not to worry you!
Do you have any swelling, or pain at the top of your bump? When do you next see mw?

thanks runningbear still scared when I read how much more prepared everyone is than me! I'll take a look at ebay :)

no pain or swelling at all (still in my wedding ring and ankles normal) and headache easing off now.
I only see the mw every two weeks so it would be a week on monday. I got migraines before pregnancy so I am pretty sure that's what it was...

Are you sure pre-eclampsia can come with absolutely no previous symptoms in just a couple of days? I thought a headache was a later symptom?

Worrying that It can come on that quick, and I only see my me every 6 weeks so I'd have no idea! Ironically I've just come to lie down with a headache!

Not sure about headache being later. Had PE in all 3 pregnancies now - first symptom has always been swelling, then flashing lights/starbursts and a headache that doesn't go with paracetamol.

badguider I'mn so jealous you're still in your wedding ring! My feet were so hillariously fat yesterday after a day at the desk that my flip flops didn't actually fit (usually v roomy) and my wedding ring has been off for 4 weeks :-( However I got wedding and eng ring cleaned and they look amazing, can't wait to get them back on. No PE or high bp for me, just very fluidy and fat!

I had a proper stupid moment (tired) last night when I told my husband that I was planning on wearing my wedding ring on my other hand. He carefully asked if one of my hands had swollen more than the other.....?

Sorry to hear of those struggling with tiredness.

I went out for a lovely meal last night but puked it all up within about 40 mins of getting home, what a waste!

Today I have scrubbed the kitchen floor and step, cupboard fronts and hoovered the lounge. Really feeling manic about cleaning and having the washing bang up to date. Only did 'nesting' for about 48 hours with DD before going into labour, but this has been going on for about a month now!

Can I join the 'only 2 more working days' club? :)