MARTIANS 2014 - Thread 7: Are you due next March? Do you have wrecking balls for breasts? Getting moist over iCandys? Then come and talk shyte with us..

[PramQueen1971]

Thread 6

Bit late but pram I'm with the cheaper bike option. Compromise, tell him it's the grown up thing to do!!!!!

Ds2 will be 3 and a half and I was just going to go with pram & stretch wrap, like a Moby but from Victoria the sling lady. Whoever said about having a small frame, I have too, usually a 6/8. Get someone to show you how to tie it and practice. I loved mine. So easy and ds2 loved it. I'm avoiding a buggy board, had one last time and found it made ds1 lazy. He wouldn't get off it hurt my back and ruined the pushchair!!

becca I agree your pain sounds stretchy spd like, especially if it's worse after lifting. Do you have direct access to a pregnancy physio around you??? We can self refer here.

Thanks Mummy. It depends what the cause is. Might be something that's easily operable, or it might be something that's safer to leave and he'll just have slightly off kilter legs. Worse case scenario would obviously not be good but just hoping it's one of the other options. It's not currently impacting on his quality of life apart from him being rubbish at getting up and down stairs!

No idea about the pregnancy Physio Lumpy I will look into it.

Will look into it.

Sorry to hear about the dog Comms it's amazing how much you can love them isn't it. I got myself into a real flap about our dog being put out by the baby arriving and how upset I would be.

Hi everyone! It's taken me ages to catch up! Literally days!! I got on early hrs tues, had scan wed, baby wouldn't get in right position but after lots of tilting and pushing she managed to get the measurements she needed, just waiting for combined blood results. She printed out about 12 pics of the scan then asked me how many I wanted!! They were £3 each!! I got 4 and she binned the rest!! Grrrr!!

Have been laughing out loud at , opening the car door whilst driving!! dead persons nighty wearing, not washing, and 100mph downward sliding!! Sorry sick humour. Hope everyone ok?

Pram on the bike thing, my 8 yr old needed a new bike this yr and they are bloody expensive, it seems a shame for the kid not to get one at all after the silly mother has already told him what he is getting, seems a shame as he is probably exited about it. However, I went to a local bike shop and they recondition old bikes, I got ours for £50.00, second hand but perfect, he has no idea it was 2nd hand! So maybe compromise in this one? Ring around some stores to see if they do simaler? And tesco direct u think had some big sales on bikes a few mths ago, reviews were ok too. Then have a serious chat and speak to the kids mum, explaining not to tell tge boy in advance of what pressie u getting to prevent it from happening again at Xmas.

As for baby routines!! Never had them, never had a book about babies either!! I just go with the flow, do what works for me and the rest of my family!! My DP works nites mon-sat so it's me on my own most times with our 4 soon to be 5 kids!! Ages 8,7,3 and 2 so different drop offs, pick ups, clubs, schools etc baby just has to fit it! Bf whilst sitting in car whilst dropping a kid off, or whilst making lunch!! Poor things have no choice! And neither do I, I personally can't tie myself into routines as everyday us different with different things. Baby slings are good, so are buggy boards, so are prams!!

Welcome newbies, congrats on scans and so pleased many DP situations are improving. Sorry sons of u have such horrible bosses, pleased my days of that are over for a while.

Need to find a 7 seater car with a big boot! Any suggestions please!!? Sorry for rambling, pleased to be back! Missed the chat! Got dd party today, wish me luck!

Ohhh I want a steak now mummy!!! They do 20 and 40 oz at a pub near me reckon i could give the 30 oz a good go!! Xx

Interesting reading all your posts. We are nowhere near thinking about prams, routines etc,but will appreciate all your advice nearer the time as have never really had any dealings with babies so am completely clueless! I know a lot more about puppies... surely it can't be that different?! One thing I thought I'd ask though: people keep mentioning 'sling libraries': who organises these and where would I look for one?
Am going shopping with my mum to look for maternity trousers today which should be nice. I still don't really have a proper convincing bump, more of a pot belly plus variable bloating, but it will be good to have a look at the options and my current trousers are getting a bit tight.

£100 seems like a lot to spend on a present to me, but I have no idea what bikes cost. I wouldn't spend that on my husband's birthday present!

Shall we have a poll for X Factor vs Last night of the proms tonight?!

gawjus
One last thing-with my boss, I also had no 'proof' as all our conversations were always just us two. And once I started proceedings everyone suddenly is watching and aware so it puts your boss on the spot.
Now if you then even think they're giving you less hours you can go back to your original complaint.

Good luck!

Imeg I found my local sling group by googling "sling meet my town " some have libraries you can hire from, others just have ones you can try there and then. Possibly worth going before your bump gets too big, they usually have weighted dolls so you can get a good idea of how it'd feel with a baby in (obviously harder to try with an enormous bump, but still manageable).

Nice to see you back, JK. Get to sonographer binning your pics. What would she lose by giving you all of them? We paid for two but got three. And the pornographer didn't take our payment ticket so I'm saving it for next time

Gawjus, maybe you and OH will need to experiment a bit to find a position that's comfortable for you both. So glad you're going to get advice about your bastard bosses. They sound vile.

I'm all alone today till this evening so I'm in no hurry to get out of bed. I shall get tea and snacks and lie in bed reading, I think.

Mummy, I don't think a pink steak will do you any harm, and definitely not cooked goats cheese. Well done steak just isn't worth eating. I've had pink steak and duck, raw oysters (soooo good) and all kinds of other stuff I'm not supposed to and I've lived to tell the tale. As long as we exercise common sense and don't go mad with the risky stuff in sure we'll all be fine.

I have a sex question but I think it might be tmi so I'm embarrassed to ask. I think I know the answer anyway.

Go on Lyra, it can't be any more embarrassing than things the rest of us have asked or talked about!!

Hi JK, many wise words in your post! We have a renault grand scenic which is pretty spacious but not that big a boot if all the seats are in use.

And I think uncooked goats cheese is even ok if pasteurized. Mind you I am being rather laid back about all that stuff this time round.

Can I join here please? I'm due march 4th with baby number 1.

Oh good grief, I go away for two days, and come back to nine pages of new thread!! Haven't really had a chance to catch up properly yet, but am very impressed and a bit daunted by all the talk of routines and buggies; I haven't even begun to think about that yet...

I'm off to read what I've missed properly, and then have a major sulk that I've been taken off the stats thread ~crosses arms and glares at *pram, suddenly realises who I'm dealing with and runs away whimpering~

Good morning sunshine and welcome!

I'm sure goats cheese is fine uncooked, as long as it's not the kind with a rind.

Do we really need to be thinking about prams etc. at this stage? I have a couple of rooms in my house that need doing before I can't start filling the place with baby clutter. It'll likely be the new year before I get on to baby stuff.

I think the only thing you need to bear in mind Fox is the lead time on the pram. The iCandy we are looking at has a massive wait. We were advised to order after 12 week scan

Welcome Sunshine!

I too am being relaxed over what I eat. Not that I can eat much at the moment

Come on Lyra, ask away!!

Well fox no you don't but lots on here are having 2nd or 3rd so exchanging ideas.

maybe at wait time! Is that just icandy or across the board?!

Grey generally just Icandy, although the Buffalo may have a bit of a wait list with it being new - depends if they have underestimated the demand for it!

If somewhere like mothercare, Pramworld etc sell the pram you want, best thing to do is put a deposit down on it around 20 weeks, but don't pay it in full until near due date. Warranties etc start from date of purchase so you want this to be as late as possible!!

Me and DH are going to the Baby show in London end of October. Will buy things after then I think. House is nearly up to scratch, so then its the nursery to sort which is currently the spare room.

Jesus, moving house while pregnant seems loads more exhausting than when not pregnant. 1/3 through ish. Lord give me strength.

I feel your pain Joll that was me 2 weeks ago, I'm still surrounded by boxes, and living out of suitcases, which isn't difficult seeing as I've been wearing pj's/leggings for the last 2 weeks.

Yes Grey, that's just the iCandy. Though I think the Quinny has a long wait time too.

Joll, good luck! We are going to have to move before March! Scary times!

Joll I find moving tough even when I m not pregnant! We also have to move in feb. Yikes

Yes thats another thing lib shes only given me back 24 hours (2 long days) I normally have 2 long 3 short or 3 long 1 short ;/ i will do it this week and if its the same next ill have to say something :/ xx

Thanks maybe and rock!

We're also moving back from wales to england in a few weeks - haven't found a house yet whoops so may end up at my mums for a bit, kill me now! Can't believe you're moving in feb so!!!