February 2014 - is there an octopus in there?

[LittlePandaBear]

Okay I don't like to run out of things, even threads, so here's the new one.

Can't remember who described their baby kicking like an octopus but it's very true :)

Champs my midwife appts are normally at my doctors too but I had my 28 week appt with a different midwife at the hospital because I needed anti d. So they just mixed the appts in together rather than two separate appts.
Misskat that sounds like a bloody nightmare I don't envy you. Hope it gets sorted.
Jazz I was thinking earlier my leggings feel tight today! Hope I don't have to go up a size in mat clothes ill feel even fatter than I do now if I do!
Have my whooping cough and flu jabs tomorrow and dreading it. Hate needles, how I have two tattoos I will never know. Plus I keep hearing people say they felt ill and had a really bad arm after the wc!

Right. Something DH asked that I have no idea on! When baby has a poo explosion on something like its clothes - you can't put that straight in the washing machine can you? Not keen on idea of 'poo particles' getting in the popes and mixing with all the laundry! Or do you? Please explain ye who have trod this path before!

Pipes not popes

Awwww Laura don't worry. I was fine after my flu jab and I had WC today and so far it's fine too. It didn't hurt to get don't either. Having my bloods take was worse and that doesn't usually bother me at all.

Thanks for all the house support - I think I'll try and get DH to take over tomorrow and try and find someone to come and have a look. So so glad I'm friends with my next door neighbour and can usher shower (although free hotel and breakfast is sounding very appealing!).

Here is a link to the dates study I mentioned on FB. It's a small sample size but can't hurt to try. It basically advises eating 6 dates a day in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy. At least if nothing else it should help us stave off piles for a bit

I put poop stuff straight in the washing machine but then if its breast milk poo, its not really like poo at all. Everything for dc2 for the first couple of months is plain white so it will all be bunged in on a hot wash. Poo stained clothes should be dried outside as the sun will bleach the stain out.

I still recall night 3/4 with ds and he projectile pooed all over me at 3am. I was literally dripping in poo and it even hit the curtains behind me!

I developed raynaurds (sp)/Vasoplasm thingy in my nipples in the early days of bf-ing. The fridge section in the supermarket would reduce me to tears! I also recall blasting my nipples with the hair dryer after shower. I have had a bit of it in pg too but not half as bad as the early days of bf-ing (Im not trying to put anyone off honestly!). It was only short term though and had a good giggle googling nipple warmers!

My nipples have started feeling like they are burning when I'm cold. Only for a minute or two. Is this this vasospasm thing you're all talking about?

notone how do you think cloth nappies are washed? Breastfed poo is just watery so doesn't need to be removed before placing in the washing machine but you can perhaps remove some of it with tissue first I guess. With cloth nappies I only wash dirty nappies together and put them on a 60 degree prewash same as I would with poo stained clothes. It's a good idea to clean the washing machine with soda crystals and/or vinegar regularly anyway.
laura Don't worry about the WC jab. It is sore but only as if its bruised. The injection itself didn't hurt.

Had no idea thingy hence the question! Not spent too much time pondering it before now I'm a bit obsessive with cleanliness of clothes (amongst other things!) so wasn't sure if you had to boil/bleach everything first etc before putting it in the machine or if 60 degrees was enough to get things properly clean.
I already boil wash my machine empty once a month with bleach and then a 40 degree wash with vinegar after already - pre-poo! I guess I'll just carry on like that?

There's always that new dettol anti bac washing liquid stuff as well.

Oh that sounds right up my street misskat - will investigate!

Yep that'll give me peace of mind...
www.dettol.co.uk/mission-for-health-protecting-your-family-wash-new-baby.php

Ladies we have a winner for the tear jerking Christmas ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=m-ch-fea&v=49sKKbmuQCg&app=desktop

Champs, have you got a traditional Christmas spreadsheet?

notone talk to me about this bleach and vinegar machine wash?! Think I will need to start doing that...

I've not done bleach as read somewhere it can damage some parts of the machine (dunno if it's true) but I often use white vinegar through mine on a hot wash. It's good as all the washing liquid/powder is alkaline and the acidic vinegar helps clear it out and kill any germs. If it's a bit smelly too bicarbonate of soda is great and I sometimes do a wash with that first

Think I'll try that Dettol out myself for the nappy washes if it doesn't damage them too much.

I thought bleach could damage the rubber seals?

Just catching up on the thread today... bf sounds so unglamorous! I always had this perception of it being the most natural thing ever but sounds like it is traumatic! Am sure that nothing beats the feeling when it is working though :)

Eeyorish well done with the boss! So glad things are finally working out so you get the leave and everything you are owed.

My antenatal care is mixed dr and mw. So my recent appt was dr and ny next mw. Then I am moving so don't know what happens. Thinking it may be good to call my new dr and see if I can do or book anything now...

Good luck with sorting the house misskatamari! But take it easy if you need to rest

Bloody hell. I will give my 10 year old washing machine a clean out with vinegar this weekend, never knew you should do that!

oooh tell me more about cleaning the washer with vinegar....? I've never heard of this but it sounds right up my street

Hmm - maybe it does but I always use bleach and never had a seal go or a machine break on me... As well as boil washing the machine with bleach I add a capful of bleach in with my whites (bed sheets and towels) to stop them going grey once a week.

Oh gosh I cannot keep up. Will have to go back and read at some point but too tired at the moment.

misskat hope the leak has been sorted (the pipe leak that is, not the boob)

Hope everyone else is ok.

Thanks for all the bf suggestions - will add cushions, lotions etc to my growing shopping list (the slightly in denial "surely I've got months to go yet" list...

35 days left at work I've been v professional and not flashed my countdown chart round the office, but someone who works for me thinks that's far too restrained and is making me a new chart for my desk. I'm going to miss my team next year (fortunately won't miss the actual work or the 'do this yesterday' approach', that'll soften the blow!)

Hey sunflowered we are countdown twins I think. Someone made me a chart but it is quite discrete. The "do this yesterday " job is also very familiar! Bit hard to care at this point though!

I think I have been working long hours and zipping around too much as I have woken to find I have lost my voice. If anyone has any prego friendly recipes for soothing drinks or remedies I'd love to borrow them!

The moominbaby was doing the "worm" repeatedly last night. Little fidgeter.

Morning! Re Dettol laundry cleanser, you might want to check it doesn't contain triclosan - this was in a lot of the anti-bacterial products from the past few years and it's not good for you, it can alter hormone balances in animals and so on. I'm sure that as the laundry liquid is a new product it probably won't contain it, as triclosan has been getting a bad press recently, but check, just in case.

I asked our washing machine guy about using bleach, and he also said not to, just use it on a hot cycle once a month, but I might see about a vinegar rinse!

Link re triclosan here: www.mayoclinic.com/health/triclosan/AN02141

link for laundry tips, seems quite rigorous to me, clearly I am gross: www.thehygienedoctor.co.uk/dont-get-your-knickers-in-a-twist/

and to rebut her suggestion of pre-soaking modern reusable napppies (which everyone I've spoken to has said not to, because it can degrade the fibres): www.thenappylady.co.uk/usingandwashingyourclothnappies.html#washinganddryingnappies

I have a countdown spreadsheet which i've pre-populated with bank holidays, planned annual leave and weekends so I know exactly how many working days left every time I open it up! (can you tell my main job function is to plan and organise everyone) 39 days to go... less if I have any sick days...

I've got 27 days left :) woohoo!