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April 2015 #4 - time to start glowing and growing

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BrixtonBunny · 18/10/2014 11:57

I thought I'd start a new thread as the old one was almost full up xxx

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berberana · 05/11/2014 22:13

Good to hear you're seeing someone Brixton, good luck tomorrow, let me know how you get on. Re the yoga, I'm doing that too but osteopath said that whilst it's good for stretching and flexibility and great during pregnancy, it's less good for strength which is what I need for pain issues. However combining yoga and Pilates is all good (if the time can be found!). Also swimming good for relieving pressure on joints. It'd be interesting to see if your guy says similar or different!

So sorry about your little cat Cinnamon. X

BrixtonBunny · 05/11/2014 22:25

Freedom that looks great!! My DP is a very light sleeper but I figure that he'll get used to it.

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BrixtonBunny · 05/11/2014 22:26

Thanks berberama, good tip - will look into Pilates classes locally! Will also try going for a swim - anything for a bit of relief, lying in bed now and it's agony Hmm

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cinnamongreyhound · 06/11/2014 07:49

This is not my week! Been running this morning and lost my biggest dog :( gave up and was going to drive back to where we lost him and he was in the next lay by up! It's a BUSY road and a lovely man had stopped his car and was feeding him pie trying to catch him so was only actually gone 40mins but my goodness they were awful! Will read back through everyone else's post after school run, hope everyone else is well Thanks

AnniaFausta · 06/11/2014 08:11

DH and I had our Design Meeting yesterday (!), and we now have what I call a plan, what he calls a Mission Statement and what we are compromising on calling a Vision (oh, intermarital communication, what a joy you are). So the next thing to do is to put together what he thinks of as a plan, namely something with milestones and events and dates and when we will do things and so on. Which is what I would call scheduling activities, but never mind, at least we think the activity needs doing, regardless what it's called.

We've decided on warm yellow for the nursery and a parchment wall with a strong jewel colour above the picture rail in the spare bedroom, with the absolute minimum goal of having both rooms as completed shells (i.e. decorated but without furniture) by the due date. Should be pretty straightforward, although now we do need to get all of the boxes from when we moved out of the nursery... I unpacked two more yesterday, so that must count for something!

I can't decide if I'm feeling movement yet... every time I think I do, it turns out something digestive ;)

Cinammon, so glad the dog turned up safe!!

Hidingthefear · 06/11/2014 08:28

oh cinammon what a week!!

aniafausta that sounds like an epic plan, Good luck! i've been putting off painting the wall in the spare room all week since putting my back out painting the front room, but the new carpet is coming on Saturday so I can't put it off any longer! DH will have to do the top though because even on the ladders I can't reach (i'm not 3ft it's just out ceilings are incredibly high as it's an old house)

went to asda and saw this adorable top, didn't buy it as 1. it wasn't a small size, and 2. because I don't want to buy any baby paraphernalia until the spare room is decorated with furniture.

been reading all your posts about co-sleeping and I thought it was a big no no so i've always been off the idea. the stories of rolling over onto baby in your sleep and it being difficult to wean it off sleeping with you. I'd like to impose a strict, no child in the bed rule but DH thinks otherwise. I guess I don't know until it arrives though but I think moses basket at the side of the bed for the first few weeks and then into it's own room as early as possible.

April 2015 #4 - time to start glowing and growing
AnniaFausta · 06/11/2014 08:34

Hiding, the only way I'm interested in trying co-sleeping is with a cot lined up next to the bed so baby has their own space but is within easy reach - I've got the same worries about rolling over as you have, but I'd like to minimize the impact of night feeds on me and DH if at all possible. A friend of mine did it with her two children and said you had a much better chance of getting back to sleep quickly, because you didn't have to put the light on, get up, wander out and so on. Being such a sleepy thing, you can see why it appealed to me...

I should fess up that we'll be getting decorators in for the decorating as both DH and I are - well, not cack-handed in the DIY department, but we painted two rooms when we first moved in together and swore we'd never do it again for the sake of our relationship ;)

Hidingthefear · 06/11/2014 08:58

Unfortunately a cot won't fit in my room but sounds like a bril idea. a Moses basket would, just about, but you wouldn't be able to walk around the bed to get out. not a problem for me as i sleep next to the door (due to frequent toilet trips) but DH won't be able to leave the room haha.

decorating always features a shouting match, a few sly digs, or an awkward silence but it's all part of the fun. I've re painted/decorated the front room 4-5times and we only moved in in December 2009, i've earned quite the decorating reputation :/ but every room has been done at least once and i'm finally happy that i like my house now. that's the problem with buying a house at 19, your decorating tastes are a little bit hmm wacky

Siarie · 06/11/2014 09:06

Annia If you plan your nursery like that I would have loved to hear your TTC plan Grin.

SquattingNeville · 06/11/2014 09:35

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FreedomHuntress · 06/11/2014 09:55

Hiding, that top is adorable! I might have to get it!

Obviously I am all for bed-sharing/co-sleeping as here we are with DS at four, still in the family bed, and it has worked beautifully for us, and we are all perfectly happy. He stirred this morning, reached to touch my face, wrapped his little arms around my neck and fell straight back to sleep. So I did too. It's lovely. IMO, these years go so fast, and they will soon be off into the world. I also think it's wonderfully healthy, has given us all the best sleep possible, and am ever glad we ignored those who said don't do it (probably the cot and Moses basket companies shouting loudest about that!).

www.askdrsears.com/topics/health-concerns/sleep-problems/co-sleeping-yes-no-sometimes

mswibble · 06/11/2014 10:14

Very interesting to read everyones thoughts on co-sleeping. I dont think I'll be trying it. Normally im a very restless sleeper and turn over quite violently (infact OH used to think I was in a huff with him until he realised I was dead asleep!) So I would fear that I would crush bambino. Plus we only have a double and we're always fighting for space as it is!

At the moment im thinking I will get a wooden crib to have next to our bed. I just do not like Moses baskets, not sure why. I can get a small crib from Mothercare for about the same price as the moses basket set so at the moment thats what im planning on.

Hmmph, well our design statement seems to be delayed again. Currently waiting for the plasterer who is supposed to be sorting the ceiling in the babys room (OH had a Frank Spencer moment - leg came crashing through it while clearing the loft for insulation!). I expected him to be here for 8 so was rushing around like a mad thing. He better bloody turn up!

16wks today! Smile

Hidingthefear · 06/11/2014 10:45

thank you very much FreedomHuntress and SquattingNeville both excellent links and made for very interesting reading. I don't think i'm comfortable with the idea of sharing our bed at night but I think the idea of a moses basket next to my side of the bed set at the same height might suit us.
I do worry a little about the cat coming in at night while baby is sleeping so I may have to impose a "keep the bedroom door shut" rule to stop the cat coming in.
Hopefully the cat won't run a mile at the sight (and sounds) of a baby and we can train the dog to be a little calmer : )

TinyTear · 06/11/2014 10:57

Dear men in the antenatal waiting room, if there are pregnant women standing, give them your bloody seat! There are two here, one is offering his seat, another just sitting oblivious...

SquattingNeville · 06/11/2014 11:13

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FreedomHuntress · 06/11/2014 11:15

No worries, Hiding.

Tiny, that's outrageous!

BrixtonBunny · 06/11/2014 11:19

Tiny I hope you asked them in your most furious voice for a seat! What arses, seriously. Angry

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RiverRocks · 06/11/2014 11:22

Gosh cinnamon, in your shoes I would be calling a duvet day tomorrow!

I was in Asda as well yesterday Hiding; they do have some lovely things, don't they. I was tempted to get a sleep suit, but don't know whether that would be tempting fate; and anyway, how do you know what size to get?? Newborn? First Size? 0-3 months? What if baby's tiny? Argh! Mine will be coming home in a blanket, cardigan and booties at this rate!

Got the 20 week scan tomorrow, and all being well we'll then start looking at prams/car seats.

Think we're going to wait to decorate the nursery until we move baby out at 6 months. I'll be on maternity, that will give me loads of time for decorating, right Hmm

mswibble · 06/11/2014 11:35

I second Nevs suggestion of sitting on the selfish git!

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TinyTear · 06/11/2014 13:14

I had a seat, fortunately, or I would have definitely asked... but there was one woman standing and I was getting close to going to her and offering her my seat as she was much more pregnant than me...

in other news, got a sneak peek of newbie and she had hb and was moving, but the portable scan machine had shite picture quality...

FreedomHuntress · 06/11/2014 13:25

Congrats on the scan, Tiny, shame about the picture quality.

Just brought our 20 week scan forward a few days. It was originally at 20+3, and is now 19+2. Mainly because we are going to see a few friends from where I'm from inbetween those dates, and I didn't want anyone to know til we've had that 20week scan.

Anyone else still keeping things quiet?

cinnamongreyhound · 06/11/2014 13:30

Get a cat net if you're worried Hidingthefear, I found mine stayed well away!! If you find a trick to calm down a scatty dog do let me know, no idea how my two will cope with a baby we've had them both over a year and they're used to children but a baby is a bit different. My old girl just sniffed ds1 and ignored him she was so tolerant with slightly rough strokes pulls but I was very careful. She was so pleased to see me as I was induced so away from home 3 full days she wasn't bothered about a baby :)

Would so love to RiverRocks! Unfortunately have my two children, plus 5 others and 4 school runs so it'll have to wait until Saturday. And have preschool AGM tonight too :(

I always plan room decorating as dh hates it and would happily leave our entire house magnolia!

Co-sleeping is not recommended under current guidelines Hidingthefearbut if done safely ie not having been drinking/smoking/taking drugs and not under a huge duvet plenty of people have great success with it. We haven't had our babies in our bed and as children they only come in briefly if they've had a bad dream until they've calmed down and then go back to their beds, each to their own and you won't know until you get there. I thought I'd be a strict routine parent but I'm very go with the flow while they're little, how you can leave a tiny baby screaming with hunger because it's not time for a feed is beyond me! Love that top but after ds1 no baby of mine will ever wear white! Explosive bright yellow PPP doesn't go with white Grin Wink

Scan in two weeks, still seems like ages away! Going shopping with my mum a week later for Christmas stuff but I'm sure it'll turn into a baby shopping trip too :)

Siarie · 06/11/2014 13:57

Can't believe we aren't allowed lemsip :(

Everyone has colds and my best and favourite choice if I get one is no longer viable.

I had my hair done today yippee! It looks so much nicer now. I was waiting until I hit the 2nd trimester (and felt well enough to not be sick since it takes hours).

I'm not co sleeping with my baby, I would roll on it and if I didn't then I would worry that I might. Going for the hammock I linked ages ago instead. But I'm not buying anything until after the 20 week scan.

HippoPottyMouth · 06/11/2014 14:48

Tinytear you weren't at SM hospital this morning were you? I had exactly the same thing in my waiting room!
I was also waiting for an hour and it was stiflingly hot.

I had a consultant appt due to prev PPH and a hip replacement, all fine though, she said I would still be allowed to go to birthing centre and even didn't seem torally against a homebirth again, but I'm happy enough to go to hospital this time.
All that she really recommended was a actively managed third stage (ie injection for placenta delivery). I tried to avoid that previously but apparently you can still have delayed cord clamping with the injection anyway which I didn't realise before I don't think, so I'm happy with that.

So that's about as much of the birth plan thinking / planning I'll be doing until I'm in labour I think Smile

15+5

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