October 2013 - Are we neary *there* yet?!

[MrsHoratioNelson]

Welcome, welcome, sit down, put your feet up.

Spreadsheet here

Eek! You're not still at work are you legally?

First time mum question - are you meant to use a sheet in the carry cot part of a pushchair?

Hayle - snap. And she woke up at 2am, but just for 5 mins with a cough wanting a glass of milk...

Ooooh that is definitely Eeeek Legally hope they behave for u for next couple of weeks!

Good luck to all those having scans, I had a low lying placenta with DD1, it had moved by my 34wk scan, funny seeing arms and legs filling the screen, you can't see much!

Back home now after lovely wkend away, just loads of unpacking and washing to do (so much from just 3 nights away!) Was lovely to have some last time away as a family of 4!

Wriggly baby still constantly on the move here, uncomfortable sometimes when it pushes out hard, reassuring to have lots of movements and I'm trying to enjoy this as it will be my last pg! xx

Not still at work - last week was my first week off.

I always did use a sheet in the carry cot, just so I could easily wash it.

orange ill be using a sheet in the carrycot. Like legally said easier to wash if they're sick in it. Moses basket sheets should fit?

Ok I will order some. Thank you!

Good luck today textbook.

Enjoy your last shift Hayle

Love the colour of your buggy orange, I also have a cameleon albeit 2nd hand, but I'm still getting to grips with the workings of it.

Legally 2 weeks how exciting, they'll be here before you know it...I wonder if they'll make this thread or the next one.

So I weighed myself today and although I've still put on 3 stone to date I've gained no weight in the past 3 1/2 weeks so I'm pretty chuffed with that....Just hoping I can kind of maintain this somehow so my total weight gain won't be too much over 3 stone.

Morning all

Back into work after the bank holiday weekend and only 2 days to go! I'm off tmw as my parents are away so we have no childcare and then I finish on Thursday. Can't wait :)

Sorry to everyone feeling rubbish. I now feel like a 90 year old after 4 days of carrying DS around so glad for the break at work. My legs, back and bump are just aching by the end of the day. I can't sit around though so tend to just get on with things and suffer the consequences. Walked the dog for 4 days in row for more than an hour and it feels like a huge workout by the end. We were quite sad at the thought that this would be our last bank holiday weekend with ds on his own :( I know it will be good for him but I still feel bad about things changing.

clapham and orange good luck with the scans today....enjoy seeing your LOs and fingers crossed the news is all good (I'm sure it will be).

orange we had the red camelion and have now gone for the blue donkey. What colour is yours legally? I love the prams but bugaboo customer service is shocking so just hope nothing goes wrong with them lol

pink that is so rude. It's your baby and you can call her what you want. I think Isla is lovely. My friend has an Isla and she's such a pretty girl with a pretty name :)

clapham glad your ds is home again safe and well. Must have been so hard without him but sounds like he had a fab time if his tan is anything to go by.

WRT shaving I tend to just do it blindly...I know it's probably a bit patchy but I find my legs the hardest part to be honest as I can't bend over without feeling winded! Not sure I'd trust dh if his own face and the cotton wool attached to it this morning is anything to go by

I'm almost 35 weeks now and have had enough. Just want to finish work, get some me time and then start on the hot curries etc! I will die if I go over! legally can't believe you only have 2 weeks...eek and exciting too! Hope the babies stay put for the time being whilst dh is away!

flyer hope your dh managed the finish the cot in the end! Ours was surprisingly easy this time. And yes I'm with you on the Dragon front...!

Sorry for the mammoth post!

Warlin, it's still in the lounge half assembled.... DP got all hot and bothered started shouting at me as pieces kept dropping out. We usually have a handy man in to do flat pack furniture, but no he convinced himself he could do it!

Warlin I agree I wouldn't let DH loose on me with a razor!

We got a few other bits yesterday like a bin for the nursery, waterproof sheet and first teddy. Just the bednest or snuzpod to decide on and order now and then I think we are ready for our arrival, although I want it to stay put for a good while yet even if it is making me uncomfortable.

Am I the only one who will be a bit sad when their baby isn't living inside them all the time and they have to share them with the world? Maybe in a couple of weeks I will catch up with you all and be hoping it comes soon. For now I am still enjoying the wiggles.

Morning Ladies!
Hormones must be rampant this morning- I'm getting tearful reading all your posts- we're so close now after such a looooong pg- we've been pg ALL year!

We had a night without DS last night as he wanted to stay with his grand-p's for a night on his own. Our last night of undisturbed sleep for another 5 years I fear... I've now got 1.5hrs to wrap his b'day presents and clear up his room in which we've dumped all the recovered baby stuff. My turn to erect changing station and curse loads .

Great to hear the Bugaboo colour chat- we've decided on a Bee+ (courtesy of kind parents) as that will fit in boot and hall, but what colour?!? I love the petrol blue too but not many of the online places do it...

Re: protecting cot/moses mattresses, my Mum reminded me that I used a muslin to protect it and it worked a treat. You really can't have enuff of them.

A Q to you all- who's had the WC jab? I spent the w/end with SiL who's on the tail end of it, and have another friend who found out her 100day cough was WC. It must be rife in Norf London. I hadn't heard about it but I presume it's worth having? is it horribly painful ?

Ps- any cat owners got any advice re:dealing with poo? I'm so worried about toxop. DH is dealing with the litter tray (when he remembers) but she's a bit ill at the mo and has v dirty bum that she can't wash properly and only I can handle her without her scratching. It shd be ok if I don't touch the c*@p shdn't I?

Bad night's sleep here too - ended up on ds's floor for an hour again from 1am as he woke up every time I tried to get my elephantine self off the floor :o and then up at 5 for work. Still, the end is near....

If you do accidentally touch any poo Pink then just be very vigilant about washing your hands and touching anything else before you've washed that might contaminate you again afterwards. It's not absorbed through the skin so you'd have to combine touching it with poor hand hygiene.

I've had the jab Pink. I'm looking at the HPA pertussis (WC) surveillance results for April to June 2013 right now (we get sent them at work). I'll pick out the key things;
In England there were 1121 pertussis cases during this period (decrease of 31% on previous quarter).
Of mothers due in March 2013 57% had the vaccine during pregnancy.
Disease incidence is highest in infants under 3 months.
One infant died in May 2013 (first reported infant death in 2013) :( however cases in infants has shown a decrease since last quarter, and against the equivalent quarter in 2012.
The HPA attributes this decrease directly to the vaccination programme in pregnancy.
We are now approaching the months where pertussis cases are typically highest.

Hope that helps?

Pinkforboys I was a bit worried about the WC jab as not really been tested but I went for it and it didn't hurt at all going in, nothing like some of the nastier holiday vaccinations that feel like they are injecting into your bones. I didn't bruise at all, it was just a bit swollen like a muscly bicep and a bit tender for a couple of days if my DH rubbed it (why does he always gravitate to any part that hurts?!) or I lifted my arm up high. It didn't stop me sleeping on that side. No changes in baby's movements.

Good luck to all those scanning today

pink can you not wear rubber gloves when dealing with the cat? Make sure you wash your hands well afterwards.

orange I used a sheet over the carrycot mattress and then a folded muslin at the head end to catch any sick. Both of my boys were very sicky babies due to reflux and its easier to keep changing the Muslims than the sheet.

Good idea with the muslin for sick catching. I imagine of you tuck it in at the sides there is no risk of them getting over the baby's face.

pink most adults have had toxo, although weirdly I've not. Like badger said, just make sure you clean your hands really well. Disposable gloves?

Urg, badger doesn't sound fun. Is he having nightmares or something? We had our first, or what seemed like it, last week though luckily he resettles quickly before 5.30.

As well as a carrycot sheet I also use a doubled over muslin under the head as its amazing how much milk/spit up/snot can often come out. I've read on MN, though not tried, that a pillowcase works very well as a carrycot/Moses sheet..??

My monkey always wakes between 6-6.30 unless he has a random layin - usually a monday morning until 7.15 grrr. We have to be up at 6.30 in this house on a daily basis anyway, so his body clock is set.

Wow you speedy lot! Cross posted loads haha

flyer love how it becomes your fault when the parts start falling off the cot :) I took the dog and ds out when dh started doing ours..and it was done when I came back. What is it with men...I suggested DH take ds and the dog to the park near our house for a short walk so I could get some housework done and his response..."oh, both of them, not sure I could manage both of them at once.....why don't you come too..?" So I ended up going (for my second walk of the day) to help him to an easier version of the long walk I do regularly with not only ds and dog but 8 month pregnant belly too.....men really don't have a clue...!!

pink I had the WC jab at 28 weeks but think you can have it up to about 35/36 weeks? And I'm not a cat owner but I would just make sure you wash you hands well after touching anything poo related and try not to breath in any cat litter fumes

pseudo sorry you had a crap night's sleep.

I went to bed early last night as was shattered and was promptly followed by dh who had other things in mind...feel bad rejecting him again but really, DTD is the last thing on my mind at the moment

orange I remember going out for walk and leaving ds at home for the first time with dh (just for half an hour) and I sat on a rock and cried my eyes out as I felt so empty inside. It is def hard when you have had a little one inside you for so long and then they are gone :(

I'm starving today....

He just wakes up asking for mummy Tarlia; it's not every night any more, he seems to schedule it to my busy days :o

Morning all,
Wow, I have a busy couple of days where I was unable to get on here and you lot have filled 7 pages of a new thread lol

I also have baby feet in my ribs and struggle to sit upright, as they press into my ribs/lungs, so have to do a very lazy looking slouch position

I'm 34 weeks tomorrow and am in my last 2 weeks at work (finish on 6th Sept) I too have caught wind of my "secret" baby shower, if it is happening on the date I've heard then it's less than 2 weeks before due date. There's still a few baby bits I need to get and scared to wait until baby shower, to see if I get them, in case I go into early labour and don't get a chance to buy them, so may end up with lots of duplicates......hmmmmm dilemma......

I love the name Isla too. It's is in our top 3 (well my top 3 coz DH keeps changing his mind!) I like Jack, Lewis and Kai for a boy and Eden, Isla and Talia for a girl. Dh keeps coming up with names then going off them, so hopefully we can decide what to use once the baby is here!!

Has anyone noticed their baby is a lot more active now? I thought movements were meant to slow around this sort of time but mine are more frequent and stronger than ever. Perhaps it's because of my anterior placenta and the baby not being strong enough to make movements really felt in previous weeks?!

Hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend

You need the WC vaccine 4 weeks before baby is born for it to be effective, they say 28-32 weeks is best, but can have up to 38 weeks.

I imagine it is worth getting anyway so that you don't get it and pass it on to your new born baby if it seems to be going around in your area?

Ooh our tree wall sticker for the baby's room has just arrived from Hong Kong. Yay! Now got to figure out how the 196 or so pieces fit together...

Warlin I had my breakfast at 3.30 am so just had my lunch! I am very hungry today! Maybe it is growth spurt time.