Due in November - Part 5 - 3rd Trimester here we come.

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Morning Girls,

Thought I would start a new thread as someone suggested further down the last one.

Come and join.

Debbsy, how are things today ? Hope you are feeling better.
Tummy Button is starting to poke out a bit, sort of half in and half out, looks very odd.
We brought our buggy yesterday - we have gone for this one , being delivered a week Friday. Can't wait to get it home and have a push.

Not even thought about hospital bag yet. When I was pregnant with DD, I'm sure I already had it packed by now. We had one for labour and one for afterwards which worked quite well, think we will do the same this time.
Carseat - I had to stay in after having DD so DH brought the carseat up to the hospital the next day with him. I think we will put it in the car ready this time though as hoping to be in and out in a flash

Morniing thanks for your kind words, i am feeling slightly better now and DS is his usual mad as a hatter self showing everyone proudly his 'sore' he has a little plaster o his hand with a pixture of a butterfly on!

Babt is moving well today and was last night aswell, i didn't get alot of sleep but im feeling ok for it.

Going shopping today nothing exciting!

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Morning all,

Felt sorry for myself this weekend my back has been giving me real gip, feeling really uncomfortable cant bend over and feel really restricted also been getting a pain in my left handside just under my ribs, thought it was a body part of LO just digging in but not sure ... was painful when walking or sitting down but went after a couple of hours had this a few times over the weekend did not think it was BH but as I've never been pregnant before really have no idea LOL Also waking up every hour to go to the loo and in agony with back when I move in bed, so don't feel like i'm getting much sleep either. DP was been all loving and supportive and all I wanted to do was be an evil witch or cry !!!!

oh charlee how awful for you do hope your ds test come ok fingers are crossed for you here. ((((((hugs)))))))

Hi all well some sterling advice there thank you.
when i got home from work last night dh was v nice to me as my ribs were hurting a little bit,we agreed that we are not going to discuss this further until the baby is here.As in dh's words the only person that decides what he does is the baby,so i told him my underlying fears that i feel once i go back to work i will be alone most weekends and i feel so fiercely protective over my son that i want his father to be with him also quality time as a family.Dh agreed with me gave me a cuddle then asked me to ring his mum and apologise of which i flatly refused.I explained to him that i dont want anything or anyone to come between us as this is a very happy time for us,and i dont want mil to be included on any decisions we may take as our life is nothing to do with her.The subject was then dropped and we are friends again.xx

hiya!!!

just returned from madwife appointment.. been stuck with needles, so feeling abit pin cushion like, prefer anti-d in my bum to leg - definitely hurts less!! baby is moving so much now, kept wriggling away from the doppla when she was listening to heartbeat and pushing it away, had us both laughing!! it's laying head down and bump is measuring perfect for my dates, bang on 28!! so i'm happy now!!

i'm not sleeping either had to pee 4 times in the night - wee test was nad, so i know it's baby pressure which disturbed ds, so i'd get back in bed then have to go see to him 5 mins later!! think he's getting more teeth too which isn't helping, he's never had these problems with sleeping before!!

debbsy glad you sorted your row out, good decision you came to!!

charlee, how awful for you, it's terrible to see that happening to anyone let alone your own little man!! ds has had a febrile convulsion long time ago now but the memory is awful!! hope he's ok though now, did they say how long the results would take to come back??

debz, sympathy on the back pain, i feel sorry for myself a lot too.. can't remember a time when i didn't feel pain and feel like it's never going to go away!!

Oh dear i've been gone 3 days and its taken me AGES to catch up!!! I cant believe all the problems you guys have been having it must be something in the air. Debbsy-sorry to hear about your trouble but it sounds as tho your dh is back on your side somewhat so maybe he could talk to your MIL now?
Charlee- Again sorry to hear youve had a hard time, i really hope your DS is feeling much better now and you have had no more scares.
Mum2Toby- Im glad everything was ok in the end you must have been so scared for a while there, but i have done so many silly things whilst being pg i put it down to the hormones.
As for cribs, i dont know how long you are supposed to use them for but i wasnt going to get one cos i thought it was a bit of a waste of money seeing as it wouldnt be used much but a friend has given me hers and now im glad ive got it. I got my pram from Babies 'R' us, its a Graco travel system it is a pram with snug insert which changes into a pushchair and you can clip the car seat ( which also comes with it and a base) on to it and it has a temp gauge and it so easy to fold down and put up, the lady tried it all in the car for us too it was on sale for £230.00 with a free raincover which is normally £30.00. The pram costs £260.00 usually i think. I keep thinking im organised and then i see something else we need! Still sticking with Alfie Jack for the name but have recently been wondering what if they got it wrong and its a girl!!!!
Oh and Debz i had a pain in my ribs for 4 weeks soild only just gone so i know how you feel it was agony and i asked everyone what to do i was told to put sometrhing cold there to make the baby move away from it. Hope it doesnt bother you again but i was evil with it i just wanted to slap everyone

Hi all
Charlee - glad to hear you've got everything sorted with your DH, if you stick together then mil can't interfere!
Debbsy - glad to here your little man is feeling better, hope the tests go okay and give you answers, hopefully he'll see it as a big adventure.
Debzy - i feel for you, my back and hips have calmed down a bit over the last week or so but those shooting pains when you try to move in bed are a nightmare.
Well i got booted in the kidney last night by bump, man that hurt my eyes watered up and it took me a while to work out what the pain was, i had a little chat with bump asking it not to do that again after all the nursery is nearly finished now and daddy has been working very hard to ensure it has a nice environment when it comes out!

hello all - not posted for AGES and everyone seems to be really organised!

I have bought nothing yet....dont know what kind of buggy/pushchair to buy for a singleton as had twins first time round - any suggestions?

Kaybee - my twins were in moses baskets until they were about 2 months and then moved them into their cots in the nursery.

I am finally getting bigger and in maternity gear now, although half of it looks like I'm wearing nappies as they come up so high over the bump!

I have bought my DTs a potty to look at as they are so fascinated by their Daddy doing a wee in the toilet. They stare and point and shout "Wiwwy!" whenever he does this when they're in the bath so I thought it couldnt harm them to have it lying around to get used to, even though they arent even 2 yet so no plans to do any training, thats for sure!

Hello everyone! Thanks for the new thread FHLH!

Debbsy I know how bad it can be with MIL's, I have just sort of accepted that mine does things differently to me, and although sometimes she seems like the witch from hell, most of the time she doesn't mean to be so down right rude and awful!!

Charlee, I hope your poor boy is feeling a bit better today, and that you have managed to calm down a bit, I can't imagine how scared you must have felt Fingers crossed it is just one of those things.

Right, now I am going to blow off some steam of my own, so if you don't want to listen to a moany old boot, don't bother reading the rest of my post!!

I have had nothing on my mind except this bloody travel system for over a week now, for some reason I just cannot make the room in my head to think about anything else, we finally decided on the Quinny Buzz, placed an order for it with Glasgow Pram Centre, they took the money off my card, then rang and said they didn't have the buggy in stock, so now I am still waiting for the refund so I can order from somewhere else, then I was looking around on the internet last night, and found some very very very bad reviews on the Buzz, so now I am all over the place again when it comes to which one I want, I have a few that I like, but there is something I don't like about all of them, I know I am being picky, but I am looking at spending £500+ I want it to be perfect for us IYSWIM?!

And now, I think I mentioned I had ordered some things from Babies 'R' Us, I re-ordered a bath set (first one arrived with a hole in it, so we returned it to the store), this new one arrived this afternoon and it is broken again, and I ordered what I thought was a really good deal, it is an Avent baby box, it is supposed to have a steriliser, breast pump, loads of bottles and trainer cups and other things in it, only it actually doesn't have lots of things in it, it has the steriliser and breast pump, 4 bottles (with not even as many teats!!) and that is it, I am so pssed off (sorry!!) I have rang them and given some poor woman a mouthfull, I know it wasn't her fault, and she was really good about it so now I feel like a cowbag, I know it is this ridiculous obsession I seem to have grown with the bloody pushchair that has put me in a fowl mood, but even the fact that I am that* bothered about a pushchair is annoying me - ARGH!!!

Am I being very OTT because of the pregnancy? I am not normally a worrier, and I can't remember the last time anything got me so worked up. I find myself sat with DH at night, supposed to be watching the telly but actually in my own little world of buggys and prams, and my fists are all clenched and my whole body is just stiff, and my jaw is all tight, feel like having a really good shout and scream and a cry, but don't even know why I feel like that!!

Well done for getting this far if you have!! Roll on November!!!! xxx

NJ - Please dont panic, i was so worried about the pram, well it is likely to be one of the most used things and you dont want to end up with some ugly thing that is a nightmare to get in your car and push around town. But trust me when you find the one you will know, i was going to settle for one that i wasnt to sure on only because i wanted a traditonal lay-down pram and i could only find one. But when i saw the one i eventually got (i talked about it on an earlier message if you havent seen it) it was perfect and now i cant wait to have a little babba to put in it. But i know exactly where your coming from with the occupied mind thing, all i think about all day (and most nights when i cant sleep) is the baby! What will labour be like, what will he look like, what kind of mum i will be and on and on.... But ask me what i want for dinner or what i just watched on the tele and i couldnt tell you, It has taken over my whole brain!!! x

Have you looked into a Mamas and Papas Travel System NJ ?
We had one last time with DD and although the new one we have brought isn't exactly the same it is similar as in what you can do with it and it is very lightweight and easy tp push.

I know it is so silly to let myself get so worked up about something that just really doesn't matter, I don't know if it is because I am pregnant and all bloody sense has long gone or if it is because I am doing my best not to think about the birth (not a very good experience with DS, I know it has to happen, and I will deal with it when it happens but I have no wish to think about it until I HAVE to!!)

It is like my mind has hooked onto the 'problem' of the pushchair and just refuses to let me think of anything else!! I am actually annoyed at myself for letting something take over everything else.

I feel like doing a 'Nikki'!!! That is how bad I am feeling!! LOL

I have looked at the M&P pramette, it is on my short list, but there is just something missing, it doesn't excite me, I cannot believe I am talking about pushchairs exciting me...... I need a nice glass of wine I think!!!

nj - have the wine.. in fact have the whole bottle if it calms you down at least your organising stuff, i've done very little, waiting till my mat leave starts, i have small starts then i realsie the realitty of the situation and go back into denial.... yesterday i stressed over the amount of clothes i have, i think to avoid stressing over how tiny they look (seriously ds couldn't have been that small could he?)

bloody hormones i say, making us all doolally!!

i've got the hump cause ds won't eat today, he's had chips and thats it... nothing else will go near... aaarrrggghhh (feel like pulling my hair out)

nj ((((hugs))) i think we all get stressed over big things and little things all the time its like a rollercoaster of emotions we get every day.And about the baby things my fortay is waking up in the night with things on my mind about baby then going onto the computer compiling lists lol makes me feel more organised though hth xx

NJ - I am completely obsessed with prams/pushchairs too. My DH thinks I am crazy, but i just can't stop thinking about them, looking them up on the internet and looking at everyone elses in the street!
Actually, come to think of it LeBe I too have a one track baby mind at the mo with all the same thoughts like what will labour be like, what will the baby look like etc etc etc. Roll on 19th Nov !!

Hi,

NJ - take a deep breath, have that glass of wine and RELAX I got absolutely fixated with the Loola right from the word go, then my FIL said he had bought one on the boot fair and when we got to see it, it is a Britax travel system which does exactly the same as the Loola! I was really disappointed at first but have realised it is just as good and now can't wait to put the bundle in it! Really hope you find something soon - did you look at the Loola as I think you remember saying you were looking at it too?

I do know what you mean though about getting fixed on one thing. I am totally obsessed with the cot at the moment as I want it up in the nursery before LO arrives but my Mum doesn't want to buy it until the baby is here. I know I don't really need it before then but I want the nursery to look complete (raised eyebrow emoticon) and also, I am not having a changing table due to not enough room and so need a changing thing that goes over the cot otherwise I will be changing the baby on a mat on the floor and I don't think my back will stand that! Mustn't really grumble as she is lovely to want to buy it for us!

Saralou - sorry to hear about the things you got back from your sister. I would ask about the missing stuff coz it might be really simple like it's been badly stained by food / sick / other nasty things!

Debs - glad things sorted with DH x

Right, that's enough of an essay for me sorry to harp on so much

Evening all.

Sorry to here your having a stressfull time NJ, i hope you feel better soon.

Thanks for all your kind messages it's unfortunatly just a case of waiting now, they said his brain scan and dr's appointment could take up to 4 weeks to come through! argh!
They were lovley on the childrens ward, i spent alot of time there as akid all the nurses remembered me! but they treated him so nicely he seemed quite happy until they took the blood tests from his hand.

Im ok this evening alot more relaxed than yesterday! Made a list of all the things i need to get and nipped to the shops to get some bits and peices i had to pick up some breast pads whilst i was there i had a very embarassing leaky boob incident in the hospital yesterday!

Im sorry i can't talk long i will catch up with everybody properly tomorrow evening. Hugs to all

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Morning girls.

Sorry to be another moaner but feeling mighty depressed this morning - Got out the bath last night to find that my bum was covered in stretchmarks!! . What is that all about?? I would say it is the only part of my body not to have grown, i told my mum but she said not to worry cos who see's your bum, which in fairness is true but its nice to have the option of wearing a thong on the beach - as if!!!
Also have had the onset of the much dreaded hip pain i am now walking like John Wayne who has lost his horse!
Sorry to moan on i know loads of you have had a much worse time than me. Charlee - glad to hear ds is ok sorry about the waiting times tho, dont they just annoy you!!! x

Thanks girls for all of the nice messages, here I am moaning on and poor Charlee must be going out of her mind with worry It is good that the nurses are looking after him well though, my DS spent his 3rd birthday in hospital with severe Gastro-enteritus (still can't say that word let alone spell it!!) and the nurses couldn't even be bothered to say happy birthday to him! Anyway, I am still keeping my fingers crossed that everything will turn out to be OK

Sorry Podglet, yes I did look at the Loola a while back (before it took over my life!!) but we decided it was a bit too heavy to cart on the bus. It is a lovely pushchair though!

NJ - Just thought you might want to see the pram I got, it will probably be not what your looking for but you never know!

If you go to Babies 'R' us and then on the search (top left corner) put in the ref code 708267 and it will come up. It is out of stock at the mo but it says they are in middle of Sept. Good luck, fingers crossed!! x

Hi,

Mygirl - I do have a moses basket (actually I have 2 moses baskets & a crib - people keep giving me things!) but i have got it into my head that I want the cot set up as well so the nursery looks finished how silly am I? I also want to have it so I can have the changing mat over it. Will work on my Mum a bit more. i don't think it is superstition, not quite sure why she won't buy it yet!

NJ - the Loola was heavy and I am the same as you and have to rely on public transport. The one I have is much lighter and also I intend to sling the baby (not literally!) whenever I can.

Back & hips really really hurting still - don't think the support the physio gave me is working - have my 28 week check up tomorrow so will talk to my GP.

Help ! It's just occurred to me that I'm 30 weeks only 10 weeks tops to go Arrrggh ......