April 2015 Thread 10: full of chatterboxes, only 2 months to go...

[Hidingthefear]

the other thread was almost full already! Any newbies welcome to join : )

Copied this from Boo from the last fred, sorry if it's changed since then, wasnt sure where to find it.

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

Congrats on the house Brixton!
to everyone feeling unwell/sick etc :0( Felt a bit crappy myself this morning - must be going round!)

Hey Squidge - hello! :0) How are you managing the two horses and the pregnancy? I used to have one back in the day, and have often wondered how i'd cope with that and all the riding and mucking out /and/ being full to bursting/often nauseous/not able to bend over. You must be made of stern stuff! Do you have them on livery?

squatting how old is your ds? Thinking about taking dd bed shopping and seeing if she wants to choose a new bed BEFORE ds arrives and go the whole hog - no sides, big bed... But am more than a little nervous about the fact that she will get out again and again and again if this sleeping business isn't sorted. I'm very impressed that yours will stay in bed of his own accord with a book for 20 mins! Mine would not if the sides weren't on but I'm guessing yours is a little older?

It's nice to share the pain with someone!!!

(Ideally ds will have dad's cot at about age 4 months but I'm not keen on doing it so soon after he arrives in case she perceives losing her cot in favour of him, and I'm not quite sure she will be old enough to be the "big girl giving her cot to her little brother" by the time he needs it... She has no concept of being a big girl yet, just isn't interested.)

Lol! dd's cot!!!

Gosh sorry to hear of all the scares but glad they all seem to be false alarms Penguin glad you are having the itching checked out.

daholster I think we're on the verge of nap dropping too. DD age 2.3 only needs about 11-12 hours sleep a day . When she's disturbed by teething (most of the last month) it's about 8.30-6.30 at night and then 1-1.5 hours nap and lots of grumpiness but when she's not, it's 8.30-7.30 and she takes forever to go down for a nap and then we have to wake her after 45-60 min or she won't sleep at night.

At some point once the teeth are finally done with I think we'll start ditching the nap altogether, at least on days she really resists, and putting her to bed earlier. I am quite keen actually since 8.30 is really late... works well while I'm working as I see more of her but once I'm on mat leave I'll have seen plenty of her by 7.30!!

I have finally bought a double buggy eek - a second hand Phil and Teds Navigator on ebay. Now let's hope it arrives ok!

Siarie I'm the opposite, ever since DD was born at 34 weeks I've really wanted to go to 40+ with this one - guess I may feel differently when I get even more huge though, and anyway 40 is the max for me given the diabetes.

32+2

Oh ok so maybe all is not lost then... Better find a bed shop asap because I don't want her to associate it with ds's arrival either.

So pleased I went to the hospital today. Assumed everything would be fine but just had a call saying my liver bloods are 'raised' and need to go back in the morning and see a doctor and have more bloods and medication. Think they are thinking obstetric cholestasis. Terrified now

Anyone with any small worries - follow your instincts and get them checked!!!

Really good you got checked out Penguin, sorry it wasn't what you wanted to hear but it's always better if they find out what's going on sooner rather than later. Fingers crossed for you.

We got our bed in John Lewis in the end. The Boris bed... Not such a difference from IKEA as we did it last year on the Jan sales. We moved her on the Easter weekend when she was about 2.3

Also she dropped the nap last august and now if she naps it's a bugger to get her to sleep...

Oh penguin I'm sorry - but catching it early is totally the best thing and can now be managed safely. It will all be fine. So long as dc arrives safely nothing else matters and thanks to you following your instincts you have done the best you can for that - everything will be fine now. Good luck tomorrow. Just keep counting the kicks!

We still have DD in the cotbed and she will be 4 in May. Don't need her out of it yet so I've got time. The baby will be in Moses basket and swinging crib for the first 6 months in our room. Last time I mooched around a bed shop they had maybe 1 or 2 single beds then lots of bunk beds with desk under which isn't what were after. They had millions of double/kingsize beds just not many childrens beds. Any recommendations for decent bed shops? I missed the boat for character beds as they are supposed to be 2-5 years. I'm leaning towards bunk beds that separate and just use one for now. The room DD is in and this baby will share is big enough for 2 singles but it won't be long before this new baby will need a proper bed and I'm not sure about just buying one for a couple of years and being stuck with it. I know DD is still too small for bunk beds yet but when new baby is ready for a toddler bed she will be fine in a top bunk.

PS penguin the risks to baby are still hotly debated and its thought that they aren't much increased. And you've already hit a good gestation with no funny prem signs, don't panic lovely! But you do gotta itch and itch... poor you, chin up and try to smile as you slap on the calomine!!!

Oh penguin. Glad they've checked you out. Fingers crossed they give you some good treatment options and get it under control.

Awww, it'll be OK, penguin - they've spotted there's an issue and they're going to take care of you and the bump. That's the most important thing. You did the right thing taking today off work and getting checked out tea

Thanks Squatting the only problem with split bunk beds is that one is higher than the other. Can't have everything but I'm really tempted to buy the bunks I've seen. £199 which I think is a bargain and I'd only need 1 mattress for now. I've seen some with a better ladder than the traditional ones but they are stuck as bunk beds so think I'm better off with the traditional ladder that way they can get split as and when we need them to be.

Thanks everyone. Have calmed down a bit now which is good as being all worked up was bringing on Braxton hicks and worrying me even more! So I went to asda and have bought some more hospital bag stuff so I can get the bags sorted - on the basis that if they are packed I won't need them for ages!

I have been reading online about what to expect in terms of risks and things and as you say daholster it seems the jury is out. Will just have to see what they say tomorrow and take it from there. Hopefully DH will be able to get out of work to come with me. Phoned my work straight away to tell them I wouldn't be in. Hopefully will be able to go back on Thursday if all ok

My mamas & papas bargains have arrived! Half price for the sleepsuits and toy and big discount for blankie!

These babies aren't half keeping us on our toes! Sorry to everyone else who's had scares and health problems! Hope they're able to give you more information penguin

They let me go this morning after offering me breakfast and then leaving me to wait for it two hours, by the time it bloody arrived I had a couple of bites and then threw it back up. I'm adding my own body weight in hospital bag snacks to the next shop! Annoyingly they have no idea what caused the pains, and bump is now measuring really far behind by feel, they wouldn't move the growth scan forward so now I've got to wait in a panic until next Thursday to see whether baby is on target by scan measurements :/

Mum's bought DD a toddler bed with a bedguard for her house but I'm still not sure what to do here, think I'll wait till bump is starting to show signs of needing to move out of the crib and then take DD to a bed shop to cause chaos and mayhem and climb up bed ladders as the whole bed situation is giving me a headache.

Yes seems that dh disagrees with me on the bed front... he thinks just take cot sides off for now if anything but I don't know that that will be an exciting enough move for her to stay in bed!!! If I knew it was somethng to persist with because she'd be in it a couple of years I would agree but not sure I see the point for a few months. He disagrees that dd would associate a new bed with ds moving into the cot. I think she would. Who flipping knows, time ticks on and we make no decisions! Aghhhhhh!

Boo that sounds worrying for you. They mustn't be too concerned otherwise they would have fitted you in for scans. Fingers crossed that is the case!

Penguin glad you are feeling a little better.

Wow there's been lots of drama over the past few days! I'm glad that everyone is doing OK though...

penguin my friend had OC - she was given meds for a few weeks and then induced a bit early. I think it was 37/38 weeks. Everything was absolutely fine and her baby is totally gorgeous! Great that they have picked it up and can monitor it though - well done for making the right call about being checked out.

All is well here. Our house completes on Thursday so we'll do 4 days decorating and then move in next Tuesday. Very excited to get in - mainly because everything else feels on hold until then. It's difficult to feel organised with baby equipment, hospital bag etc when everything is in boxes!

Can't believe they would move the scan Boo - hope all is okay when they do check baby.

It's rubbish they won't move the scan Boo, any chance your midwife/GP could have a word?

Penguin hope you feel better soon.

I've been buying again - a friend sent me a link to a site called Wauwuu.com. They do all sorts of branded stuff including glo clocks I noticed. However, they've got 50% off with voucher code feb50. I have just bought some cloth nappies because you lot and the hippie NCT teacher yesterday are bad influences and I am a sheep , and they also had cloth wipes in the offer so may be worth a look (I got the Close ones).

He's just really selfish Lauren82000, he left her in her first labour totally alone because he couldn't cope with the noise of the other women shouting! He actually just went home and left her, hospital had to call wheat their son was born in a very traumatic way and taken to scbu (he was 6 weeks early).

Sorry to hear about your tests being raised PenguinPoser, try not worry too much until you've had a diagnosis and then you will have a better picture of what will happen.

Just had a huge argument with dh over nothing :( I had a governors meeting tonight and he's been at my mums with the boys and picked them up when I was done which means he's drunk lots as my mum is the expert in drinking alcohol and getting everyone else too. So despite me apologising and trying to make friends he's just gone on about me being later than I said and so that why everything went wrong. He gets annoyed at me going to meetings so it's always a sore point. He will now pass out and snore and I will sit up and stress and cry and not be able to sleep so be even more tired tomorrow. Spent the day wondering how I'm going to cope with so many children with the baby and everything else I'm committed to but I wanted a baby and I knew nothing would change so it's my fault and I know I will have to cope. Why can't life be easier? While dh ex is being a cow about half term so we had a more minor falling out yesterday over that :(