December 2013 - creeping closer but no more hospital stays please god!

[LadyMedea]

We are a chatty lot!

hi ladies! hope all is ok! I'm really struggling today, in work and got some period pain again. making me feel very restless! can't wait to get home. although I hope the trick or treaters are patient, takes me a lifetime to get out of the chair!!

Alyssa1978 thankyou!! Due date twins how fab!

Ganne thankyou!! This is my first and we haven't found out, hard as its been resisting. Sorry will try to catch up as much as poss on this thread, but how about you?

Welcome jemima! I have a similar experience with movement - anterior placenta and long waits from one baby movement to another. Always so reassured when feel something at last!

Made me feel better finding out that baby is sleeping for 90-95% of the time at the mo. Probably he is shifting around at night while I'm asleep so I don't notice some of it!

Bath not arrived yet, sigh. Will give them until 2.45 then call again...

I was thinking last night that I don't think I've ever had as many kicks etc that people talk about any I thought maybe there's something wrong with baby (but I've been monitored for movements and they've said its fine) didn't occur to me that the anterior placenta caused it!! that's yet another night of worrying for no reason!!

If the baby comes out in the normal creamy goop (vernix) you are meant to rub it in I think rather than wash it off as it's their natural moisturiser. It's only if they come out covered in meconium that they need a wash straight away... That would be gross if you left that on. I think we will play it by ear whether to just top and tail for a while or do a dunking.

Thanks Violet ! (is that your name? As our top name if a girl!).
Baby was sleeping for much of time it was being monitored too actually which is why (I hope!) I hadn't felt much that day, are those sleeping stats general stats for our stage of pregnancy or for your baby? Really interesting.

Molly- yes it can really affect how much we feel movement as extra cushion for kicks etc to get through!! V frustrating...

Welcome jemima I hope you've had a nice pregnancy so far (as nice as pregnancy can be lol)

With regards to bathing I think I'll do whatever come naturally. I'm not really sure. Tbh I have got a clue so hoping me and dp can work it out together.

Tmi alert. Had my results from the swap and I have really bad thrush (no symptoms though) anyway mw says I need to get the pessary and cream from the dr.
What is the pessary like. I've never had thrush or used one so I'm nervous lol. Plus I think I've prob given it to dp so how do they treat men for it?

Hi Jemima hoping you are getting on well

stom TMI as well but I've got thrush atm, stupid uti antibios - I'm just using canesten cream atm but may have to move onto pessary if it doesn't clear up. With the pessary don't use the applicator they give you, use your fingers so not to go up too far. The pessary will dissolve and clear up your thrush but the downside is the excess will come out so wear a sanitary towel/thicker pantyliner. Men are usually treated with the cream, so dp needs canesten cream too.

I plan to just use water and wool for the first couple of days then move onto a nice warm dunk.

Finally had my full leg wax today and feel a damn sight more human now. And now my tankini has arrived, I can go swimmy tomorrow now

Thanks for bra and washing advice!

Jemima, Violet is our top name too! This is my first, due 13th dec and it's a girl (going to ask them to double check when I have another scan next week though!)

No idea about thrush, hope you are better soon!

Thank you for the warm welcome back everyone!!

I'm actually scheduled for a c-section on the 22nd; so quite excited to be done soon hopefully.

I am panicking over quite a lot these days. I look after two of my younger sisters; one of which just graduated from uni and the other is still in Uni.

The one who just graduated became engaged in August and then broke off the engagement two weeks after--and the anxiety and drama revolving her life is really affecting me. The break up was quite angry and I saw a side of her ex-fiancee I had never expected to. I doubt anything violent is likely to happen, but I still feel a bit threatened and vulnerable.

I'm having quite a few anxiety attacks at night and I'm not comfortable leaving the house for a few days to have a c-section without taking my son with me. Unfortunately for me, thanksgiving is a week after delivery so my parents will be in town the week of baby and possibly two weeks post. Thanksgiving is a big deal in our home and generally lots of friends and family come in from around the world to congregate around a giant turkey. This year, I haven't even begun to prepare the menu. I wonder if I can get canned turkey?

My mil is also starting to feel the need to come over more and more as the date approaches and I just feel crowded!!!

and while I write this, I am encountering another very strong braxton hicks contraction. Blagh.

I read on a thread on here that some people weren't washing the baby till the baby was 7-8weeks is that really necessary??

ooh! Just for a bit of fun.

just spoke to my friends fengshui master and he says I need to pick a name that starts with one of the following letters:

C, H, M, R, W, B, G, L, Q.

So far our names that are relevant have been:
Camilla
Helena
Leah

angry and bohemian thanks for the reassurance on the GD stuff. I have my test tomorrow morning, so will let you know what comes out of it. my DH is too adorable, he said there is no way he's letting me drive there without eating and after they take blood from me, because he knows I will be dizzy and feeling really sick after that. So he's driving me and staying with me - no questions. he says he can just work later at night. he is too sweet. he's already working crazy crazy hours. I'm really lucky.
funny you mentioned about the pineapple. it's my favourite fruit in the whole world and I have it everyday. I have one waiting to be peeled right now! maybe I will try to cut down a bit, I thought it would not be a dangerous addiction, but I guess everything in moderation...

hi jemima! I also have an anterior placenta. TBH I think it's been a good thing, because I've been able to not freak out too much whenever I don't feel her for a few hours, blaming it on the anterior placenta. but yes, frustrating all at the same time.

wow - the discussion on bathing / washing makes me realise that I know nothing about newborns! I just figured they would tell me at the hospital what I'm supposed to do?!?

RE: bras. I have been in nursing bras since week 12. My boobs grew SO much in the beginning that it was the only thing I could find that fit. It does seem like they have stabilized which is good. However eveyone thinking of buying their nursing bras, I have heard (I don't know - experienced mums would be good to get your advice), that you don't want to get too many before the birth because your boobs explode again after you start BF'ing.

angry leah is one of our top 2.
zoe is still number 1 i think though.
i really liked violet, but with the last name Rose, it's not really cool for the baby.... same goes with Lily unfortunately which I love.

Not sure how many people are still in work and are currently doing a handover to their cover but I was wondering how youa re all finding it?

I'm really struggling. My cover is new to the company and has taken a step down from managing 8 members of staff to basically being at the bottom of the food chain(!) At first I didn't like it because I can happily admit my brain power is more than a little limited now and she is completely on the ball with everything, but now she's treating me like the junior member of staff. I only have 2 weeks left but I'm dreading coming back already! (She is probably going to be kept on as I currently do a split role full time - and will only want to one aspect of this role part time).

Has anyone else found the whole process completely weird or is it just me?

Rose- I agree, at times I've almost been grateful as know its most likely due to the anterior. and have a diary of movements so know in myself whats "usual". My MW was having a good feel through my tummy/poking and prodding and wasn't happy it didn't respond at all. Was V scary!!

Molly- they have been late recruiting for my cover and almost glad haven't had a handover as know id be paranoid that person was better/more liked than me! TBH your cover sounds like she will start to grate on other people if she has this attitude of being a bit above her station...especially so soon in when she should be eager to please and humble?

I only got a one day handover. I admit I have no idea what my classes are meant to do after the holidays, I only looked as far as I was teaching. They couldn't find a qualified person to do my job, so I have a cover supervisor doing my job until the summer. After Christmas a friend is coming back to work part time after maternity leave, so she'll support in my classes, but it's not ideal.Still, it makes salary negotiations interesting for my department. We are paid less than teachers in government schools, apparently because people want to work in our company. Since I think they offered someone about 150 quid a month more than I get and they turned it down, it will make for an interesting conversation.

I'm aiming to not use any soaps or baby ewashes on this baby - both of our kids have eczema, and I want to avoid drying her skin out.

In the hospital bag, don't forget at least a spare top for your partner. DH handed DS to me once he was delivered and he was glad to have a top to change into, he was covered in vernix and meconium.

I love the name Zoe! but We can't have anymore 'Z' names in our family or else we'll start looking a little too Kardashian.

I was super relieved that the KK named their little one 'North'. That family really has put me off of names that start with 'C' and 'K' but I really love Camilla.

Thanks for the thrush advice bohemien
I was talking to mum and bathing the baby and I think for the first week I will just wash with water and cotton wool and then the next week I'll give her a lil bath just with water. Although I saw that top to toe stuff that alyssa was talking about so may use a little of the too. Also with regards to the cord bit on the belly button I heard that a little bit of surgical spirit helps it to heal. That what mum used to me so may use that too. But it changed in 20 years lol so I'll check with mw first.

Going over mums for tea tonight as dp is at pool and I don't have sky so can catch on on the programmes she's recorded for me. Mainly the originals and vampire diaries lol love vampire dairies. Got mum and dad adopted to it lol

I'm properly fed up of being pregnancy today nothing it and the stretch marks look horrid I get paid tomorrow and I need to buy a new bra and clothes but we little rally have no money spare. It's going my head in now.

I tell ya the next 7 weeks can't come quick enough. I'm hoping that my hyper-mobility is on my side for once and let's dd comes at 37/38 weeks lol

As for names we have decided to call her Amelia.
Though was gutted to find out it is the top 100 girls name. Lol when we chose it we didn't think it was that popular but we love it too much. We actually decided it before we were pregnanct. Just in convocation. And it's stuck ever since xx

stom same thing happened to me i was set on the name Isla for the past 2months then started hearing it everywhere and then someone i went to school with popped up on Facebook to say she has names her baby Isla. Been put off now i need to do some researching as i have no names i like i want something unique and pretty. Very fussy lol, also need it to sound good with her other names as she will be something Sydney North...maybe i will have something pop into my head when she is born.

Yea. We love Amelia and dp great great nan was called Amelia so it's being kept in the family which his nan is pleased about. I love it too much to change it. Everything else we think of we don't like. So she is staying Amelia Kathleen L.

I love the name Amelia its a pretty name iv been looking at the names of flowers and stones but still nothing :(

Have searched baby names in google. You get loads
It's really hard. You never know like you said it may just come to you when she's born xx

Welcome jemima

Absolutely love the name Leah...but that's because it's mine it's just spelt differently.

Only 10 & half working days left woohoo!! Molly I've just finished my handover notes - was like writing war and peace, but my cover doesn't start until the 11th which is my last week here. I'm hoping she's pretty switched on otherwise my poor team will struggle for the next year. Packed up most of my desk last week, that felt really weird and so does knowing someone esle will be sitting their for a year!

Chelsealady

We are strongly considering Isla too; but the fengshui guy gave us those other letters to use so it helped us cut one name down.