September 2013- Annoying "Any news?" texts, maternity leave and BABIES!

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Looks like we need another new thread - we've been rather busy!

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Bring on the irritating texts from family members and best friends to find out whether you've had your babies or not (like you wouldn't tell them.....), more weird and disgusting labour symptoms, more internal examinations than you can shake a stick at, and LOTS OF BABIES!

On an entirely weight-gain-unrelated note (although perhaps not, as it'll involve me wearing a swimming costume), DH has just revealed he's bought me a spa day to use a few months after I've had the baby! Very sweet, AND he bought me flowers and biscuits yesterday. He's obviously been paying attention when I've recently mentioned labour and how annoying it will be...

kitten sorry just seen your note, I tried to pm you on here and FB! Have you found either?

purple yes I got the fb message sorry for not replying yet only had a few mins on the laptop, will do it tomorrow!

SGJ aww bless your DH how lovely of him

I thought i was Ing to have to divorce dh when he announced that I wasn't allowed to buy any of the gorgeous winter baby suits with little ears. Then found one in the bag of clothes we have been given ...with a little bear on hooray!!!

Bear, I bought a really cute one from h&m and it was only £15... It's quite beary too!

RunningBear why is DH so morally opposed to teeny tiny ears on teeny tiny clothes?! How could someone mind such a thing?!

'Unusual dampness' has continued, am now working with gunk that's occasionally tinged pink/red/ brown, so definitely the start of losing my plug. Haven't had many contractions though, probably only about 5 since waking up this morning. Making the most of a probable last weekend as a family of 3, and a sunny one at that!

Personally I don't understand why anyone would not jump at the chance to dress tiny cute babies in super cute clothes!? anyway, seems I am allowed to use the one we have been given, but not buy new ones ...i think that is a win!

My DH is a bit anti bear suits, I think it's because he got dressed in one and the photos ome out too often

Apparently Edinburgh Zoo shop is selling panda onesies. I'd like to say I haven't already checked their online shop, but that would be a lie. All clothes are 10x cuter with ears, 20x cuter if they have a tail too and 30x cuter if they have paw pads. It's a scientifically proven fact

I totally agree juniper :) I've got a cute monkey onsie for DD to wear this winter, she's 3 so I might not be able to get away with it much longer!

Oh good gracious, the ILs have surpassed themselves now. I sent an email giving them the date our vicar has said is available for baptism of both DS and yet-to-arrive DC2. They have written back that yes they will keep that date free, but then "You seem to be lacking a baby at the moment unless there's something you are not telling us." And then complained that we haven't told them anything compared to Janet and Roy who know that their next grandchild will arrive on a specific date in December and is going to be a boy called Billy Bob (names changed to protect the innocent). Er, what? We told them in February the due date (the actual one, against my our better judgement) , that we don't know the sex and that we haven't picked names. DH is hopping mad, and I can now hear the sounds of the constituents of a beef stir fry being chopped angrily to prevent himself phoning them and giving them an earful of what-for.

We have a handmedown snow suit from Gap in tan suedette with bear-like ears. It is gorgeous, but is for a 9-12 monther, so unless we go somewhere cold next summer or have an outrageous whopper of a baby, we might not get to use it... :)

What makes it worse (I may have told this story before) is that DH's brother and his very private some might say to a loopy degree wife only told the ILs about the arrival of their child the day she arrived - yes that's right, a phone call saying congratulations you have a grand-daughter. You'd think we would have less interference in comparison, as thankfulness that we keep them in the loop at all, not demands for exhaustive detail to make up for it.

They sound bonkers Rake! Some people have no objectivity or perspective, especially at this stage!

Hello, I'm back again!
Unless we have any speedy labours that start and finish within the next 4 hours - it looks like we've made it to the new school year!! Yay!! That has been on my mind for the last nine months!
Can now start trying all the upright and forward positions with squats! And a big fat chinese curry. Oh yes.

juniper I squealed when I discovered that my cuddle robes have tails as well as ears.

runningbear [taps nose] noted.

Oh yeah, DJ made me buy the polar bear hooded towels though for their cuteness value ...wonder why they don't count? Maybe it is an 'in public' thing.

ION have just got the sewing machine out whilst making chicken soup (which I have never made before) but have some uncontrollable urge to make this morning!? Nesting anyone?

Not sure how many are suffering from nasty itchy stretch marks as no one else seems to be mentioning it....anyways I've discovered Mum&Me Stretch Mark Fader...not sure about it's fading abilities as am obviously still stretching, but it has a metal roller built in to the tube which is very soothing when ur trying to fight the urge to itch...

Rake can't believe your ILs, sound like you guys are managing them as best you can and at least you DH is totally in the same camp as you n how they are being... I'm planning to start ignoring my phone regularly over the next week, so I become unreliable and people don't assume I'm in labour!

Ready I'm terrified of getting stretch marks as I had them sooooo badly as a teenager, still have the white marks all around my boobs and all over my hips, however so far I seem to be lucky (touch wood) but that might be because I was a fat teenager, I'm only now just up to the weight I was at 18! For me, as a teenager, bio oil seemed to be the only thing that worked, but that was 10-15 years ago

I got them on hips & boobs as a teen too....thought I'd got away with it this time then at 34 weeks they just came out of nowhere :-( Fortunately they're all under my bump so can only see them if I look in the mirror, but that doesn't stop them itching...

I had terrible ones as a teen too. With first pregnancy I had one or 2 appear at the very end underneath. This time I had them all over my bump! I did put on half a stone more but I wouldn't think that would make that much difference!

Oh yes my stretch marks itch like crazy! Actually they're quite sore sometimes :-/

Can I ask some advice please? LO has developed dry skin, seemingly overnight on his torso, is this normal? It doesn't look suspicious, just very dry, but I am not sure how/whether to treat? He is due o have his first bath tonight so should I baby oil him? TIA

Cheese straw - totally normal I reckon, both mine have had this. It will likely go a bit peely too. It's like the first layer or skin from being in the womb gets 'shed' I think you can use e45 but I'm not going to use anything this time

cheese I think if u use anything at this stage then olive oil is recommended over baby oil.