April 2015 Thread 9: Let the chatting continue!

[cinnamongreyhound]

Quick new thread as only 2 posts left on old one! Any newbies or lurkers please join us!

Hello! Thanks for the new thread - seems like we talk a lot

Thanks Cinnamon suddenly spotted we were on message 999.

Penguin we were going to order from Little Green Sheep - which reminds me I should do that now! Thanks!

Thanks cinnamon - lovely scan pics.

smog I think you'll be fine driving to Brighton, just take notes with you just in case. I'm off to a wedding at the end of next month a few hours away but sure DH will be chauffeur.

Yeah that's where I've ordered from too - they had a good deal of £20 off if you but snuzpod and mattress so was same price as I had seen elsewhere

Nooooooo! I spent most of the day perfecting a first post for the fred and then I missed it because I was cooking dinner!!

Posting up the stats from the stats fred we have a number of new people so people should hop across there and update if they're not on the lists / they're listed with he wrong stats, but at last count here's how it looked:

Unknown/Surprise
Misty414, 30, #1 edd 25th March
Fingerscrossed, 33, #2 EDD 1st April
ChickenMe, 38, EDD 4th April
LadyStinky, 35, #1 EDD 5th April
Rustyzilla, 34, #1, EDD 7th April
Floppypotato, #1, EDD 7th April
BrixtonBunny, 26, #1 edd 8th April - Surprise (but more likely to be girl according to sonographer)
Nerdsgirl, EDD 9th April
Chiliplant, ?, #1, EDD 11th April -
Wineandchoccy, 33, #1, EDD 14th April
AnniaFausta, 32, #1, EDD 15th April
AbiBanbury, 38, #1 EDD 18th April (but ovulate early so likely to be more like 14th) -
BitchPeas #2 EDD 19th April
Kismac, 29 #1, EDD 19th April
NinnynoodleNoo, 37, #6, EDD 19th April
SquattingNeville, 24, #2, EDD 20th April
CherryLips1980, 34, #2, EDD 21st April
Chococroc, 31, #1, EDD 22nd April, (but will likely be a couple of weeks earlier due to health condition) -
Lauren82000, 30 #2 EDD 22nd April
Ivegotacavetroll, 30 #1 EDD 23rd April
Mswibble - 29, #1, EDD 24th April
HippoPottyMouth, 38, #3, EDD 25th April
OneDay, 27, no DC, MMC June 2014, EDD 26th April
Squidge14,#1, EDD 27th April
JaneyTea, 34, #1. EDD 29th April
catsofa 35, #1, EDD 30th April

Boy
RiverRocks, 30, #1, EDD 26th March
houghtonk76, 38, #1, EDD 1st April
Lindalove, 38, EDD 2nd April
Lila35, 35, #1, EDD 3rd April
Cinnamongreyhound, 33, #3 edd 6th April
berberana, 34 #2 edd 11th April
Hidingthefear, 25, #1 EDD 13Th April
daholster, 32, #2, EDD 14th April
BonjourMinou, 32, #2, EDD 19th April
BananaToast, 26, #1, EDD 20th April
smogsville, 33, #2, EDD 22nd April, csection booked for 16th April
LadyNovember, 24, #1, EDD 23rd April
StuntNun, 38, #4, EDD 27th April
Mel0drama 36, dc #2, edd 29th April

Girl
Roastpots 35, #2 EDD 1st April
Babiecakes11, 23, 4th pregnancy, 2nd baby EDD April 1st
minipie, 34, #2, EDD 4th April
Skyra13, 26, #1 EDD 6th April
londonlivvy, 39, DC#2, EDD 8 April
upduffedsecret, EDD 8th April - Girl?
TinyTear, 41, DD2 EDD 11th April
TheBooMonster, 25, DD2, EDD 11th April
Mamabear0315, 24, #2, EDD 12th April
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet, 36, #2 EDD 23rd April
FreedomHuntress, 40, #2, EDD 27th April
Siarie, 26, #1, EDD 27th April

Thread 9? What a load of chatterboxes we all are!
Just marking my place really, need to go back and catch up properly on about 5 pages!

Penguin it's sold out! Noo! Going to hope they come back in stock somewhere soon

Ooh im team blue Boo!

Oh, and I never updated my initial EDD - im actually the 23rd of April. Seems there are a few of us due on this date. Exciting!

marking place! wrote a long ish post for the other thread but by the times came to post it was full up.

daholster thanks so much for the info re irritable uterus. I am now wondering if that's what caused DD to be prem as I had so many strong braxton hicks last time and worryingly am having same again. I might call the midwives tomorrow and ask. Hope they manage to come up with some more useful advice for you than rest... from a quick google I've seen advice including rest, drink more water, pee more, avoid orgasm (no danger here sadly!) and in the usa they sometimes take progesterone.

cinnamon very glad all is looking positive with your wee one, hope that continues.

catching up, so sorry if i'm a little behind!! we got through that last thread really quickly!!

squatting re the clothes, yes it annoys me that all boy stuff in asda seems to be blue, or I end up with just cream. I don't like tops with slogans on, like "aren't I a cool dud etc"

daholser I actually find your post about not feeling the rush of love until a few weeks later really reassuring, so thank you for sharing again. I think I read that story previously and it was that, that made me realise that all may not be lost and not to panic. Have any ov you other mums experienced a later realisation of love? I asked my Nan and my Auntie and they both said it was amazing and they just wanted to burst with love, so I stopped asking as i started to feel like a freak for asking.

boomonseter mammas and pappas have these and they don't put anything inside the cot bumper individual bumper

mswibble i'm not noticing driving is uncofy but i'm not in there for long. i am finding that my ribs ache when i'm sat for a while though.

No one else has my due date! I've just added mine to the stats thread (didn't know it existed)

I've read Jan 2015 thread nice to see some positive birth experiences. If all goes to plan ill be pleased to be mid month as I get to read others experiences but not wait too long for mine (hopefully!) Just getting carrief away with myself.
Thanks for the sling and bumper advice earlier ladies!I think I'm gonna avoid both.
HR were shocked at my managers advice risk ax so far, pleased its not the whole company and fingers crossed things will improve now I've complained!

Ah no Brixton! Same happened to me last week - it was available to pre order for delivery end of Jan, I didn't order then they sold out, kept checking every day and a few days later it came back available for end of Feb. So keep looking every day - I figure if they are the main manufacturer people they should be first to get them back again!

Wow thread 9 already. Wonder how many we'll get to by April!

Someone posted a while ago about someone on a bounty group that had her baby really early. I hope they're both ok.

It's really weird watching my tummy pop all over the place now. My DH is sure I make it up as he never sees or feels him moving lol. I think he's had another growth spurt as my belly button feels all stretched and itchy again either that or it's the burritos and shepherds pie I've demolished.

hi chatterboxes.

cinnamon I think it will be tricky to find someone to replace me as I'm not in London. The hourly rate isn't v high ( as is usual with yoga) so people don't want to travel far. which is fair enough, but I fear that if I don't find anyone to replace me, my students will all have found another class to go to before I come back. sigh.

Sorry (but also secretly glad) to hear I'm not the only one struggling with toddlers and their challenges.

re driving, I think it massively depends on your bump and the car. I don't find driving uncomfortable yet. Which is lucky as I've got very long (5 hour ) drive to my parents due for half term.

oh and a quick reminder to those with kiwi other halves (smogs and was it boo?) that waitangi day is fast approaching. I tend to bake lamingtons, Anzac biscuits, hokey pokey etc. Going to do some kiwi crafts too (Maori masks, etc). We know two other kiwi families in our village so invite them over.

and hiding I didn't love DD when she first came out. I had a very tough birth and I just felt relief and exhaustion. There followed a tough few weeks of me feeling overwhelmed by the responsibility and the exhaustion. But then one afternoon she was asleep on my chest (she had silent reflux and wouldn't bloody sleep anywhere else) and, softly breathing into my neck I just thought to myself "I could really love you". That feeling had grown and grown and I just adore her now, even when she's being pesky.

Thanks for driving advice I think I might only have to do one way so it will be fine just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed the memo on not driving more than x amount of time after x no of weeks.

Just popping in to say hi-in case anyone remembers me I was in right at the start and had a wedding at 7 weeks. Glad to see its all going well for people. Will try to come on more regularly - am nearly 29 weeks and excited to read I could start maternity leave if I really wanted to!

londonlivvy that's v good of you re Anzac baking. My DH barely knows when anything is so that's my excuse not to do anything.

Losing track a bit sorry, was it the Snuzpod people were having trouble finding in stock? NCT still have them in white, the "natural" colour is out of stock until March www.nctshop.co.uk/SnuzPod-3-in-1-Bedside-Crib/productinfo/4374/

Re: loving the bump, I still have trouble thinking of it as anything but my own belly, IYSWIM. Even though it is moving on its own... and of course I know there is someone in there... but I still can't quite properly wrap my head around it! I think because I've only held a baby maybe twice in my life, so it's just incredibly hard to imagine.

I love the stories about falling in love with your dc I knew I was repeating myself from a few threads ago but I know there are lots of newbies since then. I was so relieved when it happened, suddenly I felt like mummy.

minipie you are welcome. Just got to wait and see what the obstetrician says on Thursday. I doubt he'll come early, I fully expect him to turn up late. Last time I wasn't well and dd arrived at 39+5 so I am guessing he might be comfy for longer unless someone hoiks him out sooner!