October 2014 - thread 8 - more growing tums, shopping & pubic topiary

[Kirstipops]

Hi folks, new thread!

puppy you're not supposed to leave babies in car seats for more than 2 hours at a time without a break as they are not lying flat in them.

pregnant your poor baby girl! Must have felt horrible not being allowed in to comfort her although I realise it wouldn't be safe...

bugs that's just laughable...I had a nightmare recently that I gave birth alone at the hospital and the first to arrive was the mil!

So I decided to take ds to chessington today. Was having a fab time until I realise one of the rides we went on was "not suitable for expectant mothers". Had a right panic. Feel terrible I could have done something to hurt the baby. Absolutely terrible. :( it was a lame boat ride. Not jerky but perhaps faster than I expected. So upset. Do people think I will have harmed baby? :(

Just had my premature delivery risk assessment (so I can fly to Ireland next weekend).
Placenta is still low-lying but is not covering my cervix anymore. It is 6mm away from the opening of the cervix. So that is placenta previa minor apparently (learning lots here). He also did a cervical swab to see if I had elevated levels of ffn. That would say if I was going to go into spontaneous premature labour. It's a brand new test so I'm a guinea pig!! Anyway it was completely negative so that's good.

His advice was:

• no intercourse
• no lifting or carrying heavy things
• safe to fly

DH still thinks we should not go to Ireland because it's too tiring going over & back in a weekend and I'm still throwing up. But there's no medical reason for me not to go!
Will think about it.

fedup I'm sure it's absolutely fine but if you're worried at all maybe give your midwife a call?

I called. She sounded a bit disappointed with me :( but just said don't worry unless cramps and / or bleeding or baby stops moving. Oh god, I feel such a dick.

Fedup I imagine the ride advice is by and large for nitpicky insurance purposes to cover themselves against potential claims and such, if you'd seriously thought at the time there could be any risk you wouldnt have gone on it, try not to worry, your little one is well protected in there!
ww pregnant that sounds like a rotten time if it you and your daughter have had. If it makes you feel a teensy bit better I broke my leg when I was two and my earliest memory is having the cast taken off and being in fits of loud giggles; the vibration of the little saw thing they used to remove the cast was so incredibly ticklish against my leg!

Does anyone genuinely not know yet how long they will bf for? I think I'm just going to see how it goes, at first I thought 3-6 months...then maybe a year, but may want my body back too by then as others have said. Happy to wing it :)

DH was sending off his work form for paternity leave recently, are your OH's starting theirs from D-day or before/after? The thought occurred to me of what I'd do if I'm in the house on my own and begin to go into labour and having to reach DH at wherever he's working to have him come home! How did it happen for you ladies who are already mums?

On no pregnant, what a trauma for you all. Fx she heals quickly.

Don't worry about the ride fedup. These things are always a precautionary warning. You'd be looking out for all those things anyway so no extra vigilance will be required!

My oh was an hour away and I just called him when I was sure it was real labour... It was fine, but I hope I'd realise I was in labour a bit quicker this time as they say second babies come quiver than first and we left about 20 minutes after he got home and when we got to the hospital I was already 8cm...

And I will either bf until she self weans or until my mental health requires I stop. Last time my D's was a real comfort feeder and at 12 months I had to stop for my sanity!!

Fed up you'll be fine. As Kirsti says the warning is most likely ass covering!

Kirsti best way. I thought pre baby I'd try 6 months, then a year and finally was sad to wean on docs orders at 17 months due to BFP.

My labour started at 6am so DH was in bed with me. It often starts at night. As a first timer in 99% of cases you'll have hours for DH to arrive. Could he work from home for the last fortnight if you're worried? DH will only take his leave from when I go into labour. He's on a travel ban from August. Its an hours drive from work so I'm torn as to whether to ask him to WAH. I don't know how quick I'll go this time...

I'm going to BF until they self wean or they get sufficiently toddler looking that helpful strangers start passing comment . I'd like to get to 18 months minimum.

Thanks ladies. That's what the mw said, some kind of disclaimer / protecting themselves. None of the staff said anything to me and am clearly pregnant, not fat. I actually found the yellow sky train the most jerky and that's for everyone!
Going to try not worry and pray our little one is still ok in there. It's not as if I went on a white knuckle roller coaster. Can safely say I won't be doing it again when pregnant.

kirsti my dh is a gardener so lots of noisy equipment and he could be anywhere! Including places with no signal. I'm a little worried I'm going to go into labour and I'm not going to be able to get hold of him. I have trouble getting hold of him whenever I try and get hold of him. He is a nightmare.
I've told him he isn't leaving Telford the closer I get to my due date and his phone needs to be on LOUD! Haha.

Fab Loulou

Interesting Flip. My Mum is buying but yes, quite a price difference, £30-£40 more I think for the 360.

Pregnant that sounds awful I'm so sorry for your little lady and the stress for you. Goodness. Hope it heals soon.

Puppy Re carseats I think it's to do with before they are old enough to hold their own heads up they shouldn't spend more than 2 hours propped up in that fashion? I couldn't tell you exactly why though. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable has answers..!

Check me out I missed a whole page of posts doh!

Been having a day like this. Had the oven on for half an hour at lunch before I realised I'd not put any food in it. It's all down hill from here...

I think extended time in a car seat is a SIDS risk as if they struggle to hold their head its a sign they could struggle to keep airways open because their head lolls on their chests.

Am i allowed to join this thread or do i have to wait for a new one? This is the first time I've seen an October 14 thread!

No he couldn't work from home unfortunately Yellow, he's a tech engineer for Coca Cola & all his work is out and about Central-ish Scotland and sometimes Cumbria, though he mainly covers the Edinburgh area. Traffic and mobile signal can be hellish depending on where he is so like your DH Mrsb, he can be a tricky person to get a hold of quickly! I imagine he'll make himself easier to reach around my due date though! I do hope I follow my family trait of going a week or two late though as DH may also be heading to U.S. for a week in early September for some gigs

jelly if you are due in October, this is the place to be!

Hehe park yourself down Jellybeans, if you decide you'd like to join our FB group too just drop me a wee PM on here. When are you due?

Me and the boyf are just good students that we are now BOTH missing our first NCT class. He's away with work.. so he helpfully decided to get a plasterer in to do the bedroom upstairs. This puts me sleeping on a mattress in another bedroom for 3 nights, which doesn't have curtains. Nice. I just got home from work (after an awful day), with plans to write my final 3 reports that need to be in tomorrow, and then go to NCT at 7.30.

I find that the plasterer hasn't finished, there is shit everywhere, ladders blocking the stairs etc. And 6 messages from the boyfriend getting increasingly aaaagh about the fact I haven't picked up my phone. He wants me to 'shift everything out of the living room so the plasterer can do the ceiling in there tomorrow'. Yerp... so I'm 26 weeks pregnant and shifting a piano on my own am I? Not likely. Haven't had dinner, haven't written reports, 20 minutes til NCT starts a 10 minute walk away.

Then my dad calls - he wants to come over and sort out some of the electrics that are currently live and hanging out of an OUTSIDE wall. This is a good thing.

While on the phone to him I suddenly realised that he could be my saviour.. so I've called the nice NCT lady to apologise, and am now sitting waiting like a fat lump for my dad to rescue me! I'm 40. How embarrassing.

Also, why are so many pregnancy related things (I'm thinking yoga, NCT, hypno stuff, aqua, pilates) on quite late at night for a tired person (finishing at 9.30 for example), or on during the working day? Both are just not an option for a load of people. Rant. What a stupid evening. Grr.

Yep - my NCT was late on Mondays too. Painful being a Monday too! They do weekend sessions too but they didn't work for us as we were always away wearing ourselves out ahead of our Monday session

Isn't it a bit early to do NCT or are the people due at same time as you? I think I started mine in August when I was due in October and it was about 10 sessions.

Yeah it's early, but the next one in our town was a) 8 miles away, and b) for people due October/November. Since I'm officially due in September, we went for the August/September births classes that were 10 minutes walk way.