THREAD 12 Jan 2014 - The one where we start mainlining raspberry leaf tea and festive treats for "the baby"

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Thought I'd go for it

That's exciting nature, what did you go for.

I have a hospital "pile" at the moment. For some reason I keep having a panic at night that I haven't packed any pants yet and I'm going to go into labour and forget to. I have even woken dh to tell him to remind me to put some pants in the bag before I go into labour. Why I don't just go upstairs now and put some pants in the bag who knows. I think deep down I don't want to be fully packed because then it's real or maybe it's just my usual prevaricating nature.

Nature how exciting!! What pram did you go for? I have two slightly obsessed...

I haven't packed my bag either yet. Don't know wether to do it before or after moving house. I have a list and have bought a few bits but need some basics like big pants etc.

Ha ha, nature, I did exactly the same thing last week - pram arrived while I was at my hospital appointment and I walked past it twice before DH pointed it out. And it was in the most HUMONGOUS boxes .

We went for a silver cross linear freeway in lovely purple, with a Ventura car seat. The car seat is the only bit we've opened - I don't want the rest getting dirty like everything else in our building site!

Still, the nursery is nearly done - the carpet is being fitted this afternoon, then all we need is to get the door painted and back on. Progress on the bathroom, too, it looks like I might even be able to have a bath this side of Christmas!

My hospital stuff is still in a pile, too. I'm telling myself that I'll pack this weekend - my gym membership runs out tomorrow, so I'm going for my last swim and then my gym bag will become the hospital bag. (Assuming it has tardis-like properties because the pile appears to be bigger than the bag)

Happy birthday to sarahl and mrsg and I'm so glad your surgery went well, mythree.

DH has come back from the Netherlands this week with some smoked eels. I have issued a decree that nobody who smells of smoked fish will be allowed to share a bed with me. Yuck!

Went for the uppababy vista. Not actually seen it in the colour I ordered though so hoping it's ok.

My hospital bag contents are laid out on the spare bed. Think I'll be packing it into multiple bags, labour bag, overnight bag, and one for a longer stay for keeping in the car just in case we need to stay in for baby to have an op. All sounds ok apart from my sister is coming to stay this weekend so I'll need to put it all somewhere so she has a bed to sleep in!

Work is still being poo. In theory I may be leaving next week but despite having been kept out of the loop for months on somethings that I used to do because I've passed it on to someone else they have reverted to sending everything to me again! Bosses weren't pleased about the email I sent about leaving either apparently as they didn't think they had said no to my request. So feeling under even more pressure now. This is why people should talk and not just do things via email!!! Urgh mega stress levels.

nature what colour did you go for? We went for beige (can't remember the fancy name) and its lovely

Try not to stress about work (easier said than done I know). Worst case is a couple of more weeks there, then loads of time off :)

Our pram, cotbed and car seat have arrived into the shops but I haven't arranged delivery yet, once there is no plasterboard, boxes and paint pots everywhere I'm hoping to have more room and will then get delivered

Went for the ella green mrsvdb. Sounds like your house is in a similar state to mine. I am becoming accustomed to the bare floorboards and plaster coloured walls now though!

Never seen the vista before, it looks good! I really like it in cream

I don't buy anything in cream felix I can't be trusted!

The lining of my Silver Cross is cream leather type material which may be the worst decision of my entire life

Yes I wasn't sure about the cream as its not washable but it's my first baby so I'm very optimistic there'll be no mess

I can't be trusted with cream either. Our pram is black and grey, I keep taking it out the spare room to play with it! Im practising folding it down and up one handed.

Is anyone else getting really impatient now? I (mostly) enjoy being pregnant but I want to meet baby!

We've gone for the green oyster. It's lovely to push. Have shamelessly been using it with ds already :)

I'm so done with pregnancy. I'm sick of feeling huge and ungainly

mythree So pleased the surgery went well.

altered Deffinitely buy the pass! I am taking my two oldest to Disney land Paris next xmas ( well beginning of December) . Baby is staying at home I know I'm mean but we want to treat the older two and I don't fancy taking a 1 year old all that way. I cannot wait for it , I wish it was this year .

Well I am steaming through my maternity leave 'to do ' list. All I have left is to cover my dining room chair seats and wash the baby clothes, buy a breast pump and then I'm done . I steamed through it all though because DD's nursery hours are cutting down next Wednesday from 20 a week to 8 hours a week.

Ive also booked a holiday for April next year just a few hours from home to get away with DH and the kids,yey~!

MrsVDB I like your style haha!

I'm also getting impatient. This is my second week off now and I should be resting but I'm constantly thinking of things that need doing. I just want baby time to come! Is it weird that I keep pushing my pram round the flat with my old teddy bear in it?

Maybe a little strange felix but why not!

I'm not impatient, I actually enjoy being pregnant (even though I'm knackered, have a pile, varicose veins, stretch marks, it hurts 90% of time and I've now starting putting on podge on my face). I really do love it. I also have far too much to do and want my full months maternity leave so don't want him to be early at all

mrsvdb your optimism is wonderful. I'm sure I could stand perfectly still in a sterile room and still attract dirt!

I'm enjoying being pregnant, especially as I've been so lucky so far with no morning sickness, no piles, no stretch marks and very minimal heartburn, but today is the first day I've felt really pregnant and thought it would be nice to be back to normal. Don't want bubs to come yet though as I've too much to sort first!

I'm enjoying it too. I'll miss the baby when it's out and belongs to everyone instead of just me.

Really enjoying it as well :) though I feel rather unwell this week and struggled to do much other than sleep. Possibly as I'm feeling overwhelmed by what all needs done. Should really break it all down and patiently work through the list but the list, normally my instrument of calming, is actually making me feel anxious!

Feeling slight movement v low down after DTD the night before last and now having a mild panic it means she's shifted and head beginning to engage! We are still sleeping in living room with no room for cot etc. so she can't come til plasterer and carpet fitter have been at least! ( probably taking up til Xmas!)

felix I love the image of you pushing your old teddy around!

We don't have a pram yet - going for the Mothercare Xpedior, in Plum, as it's light, easily folded and cheap. I was so flustered by pram choices and finding out about the fault on the one we thought we wanted (Cosatto Giggle) that we reverted to buying the cheapest one we liked, in case it's shit and then we've wasted the least money.

tarka I have a hospital Primark brown paper bag. No idea when I'll actually pack, but at the moment, I am feeling blase. The one thing I can't find, which I know isn't essential, but which I'd like, is a thin cotton/jersey dressing gown in something like black or navy. I might pop into Lewisham on the weekend and look in places like Ethel Austin - it's that sort of thing I want - cheap and disposable! Otherwise, I'm happy that the things I don't yet have I could live without (water spray, handheld battery operated fan) if I had to.

We still have no mattress for cot, and no change mat for change table. Nursery is still a DIY dumping ground, and I haven't washed a single baby cloth (singular of clothes, see ). I am so behind, but I'm feeling really chilled, so I'm pretty okay with that - I think the mad nesting is a hormone warning for D-Day countdown being imminent, and since I'm apparently happy to wallow in filth continue as we are for now, then I'll live with the consequences

Thanks for all the reassurance as to the weird pain, I'm convinced I've pulled a muscle in the bump by turning over, as there's no way this baby is kicking and somersaulting this much, but consistently keeping its arse shoved outwards above my belly button!

Oh, and PELVIC FLOORS

Humpty we bought the Cosatto Giggle! I checked the batch number on their website and apparently it's not one of the affected ones, but I read reports of others who had done the same and their pram was still faulty. I emailed them and arranged collection for them to replace the dodgy part of the chassis, and they arranged collection from the wrong address three times despite me specifying where I needed it collecting from every time then they went silent and I've heard nothing from them since. I ended up resorting to slagging them off on twitter for them to contact me and was promised a phone call weeks ago and I'm still waiting!! Going to try and sort it out once and for all after I've moved house. I love the pram though (I got the All Star pattern) and it was an absolute bargain at £270 but now I'm sort of regretting buying it

humpty primark have dressing gowns like that :)

felix oh no, sorry - I didn't mean to put my foot in it. If your batch number was fine, I'm sure you have nothing to worry about. I'm just a worrier, and I wasn't totally sure in the first place, so it put me off.

MrsV ooh, thank you - v useful info. Shopping trip for me.

Oh no don't be sorry! I just wanted to vent haha. I'm sure it will be sorted out before baby arrives anyway so I'm not too worried