April 2015 Thread 15: Babies galore!

[BrixtonBunny]

Babies are now coming thick and fast... Let's see how many will come on this thread!

Feeding everyone in return for painting sounds a good idea Brixton! A nice easy meal!!!

Sorry to hear about your fanny daggers - thankfully only a few here. Had an agonising pain across the middle right of my bump in the night, god knows what that was.

Not too long for you now - hopefully baby waits until after Easter so you can get everything done.

Ooh 37 weeks for me today, nice to be getting there.

Happy term day firaffe!

FiRaffe I'm not sure going to ikea on Good Friday could ever count as a good idea... Really should have gone in the week as on mat leave but I'm too much of a chicken to tackle the north circular by myself

Daholster I have every sympathy for your sore throat and stuffy nose. I woke up with both too. I actually thought I might be developing an eye infection earlier in the week when it was really itchy but so far nothing has erupted and it's settled now so hopefully it'll just be the sore throat and a bit of a stuff nose. Correction my ear is a bit itchy so perhaps ear nose and throat.

Got a bit stressed last night as had barely any movements, that's not unusual for me but usually when I have a wee and get back in bed I get a little poke but didn't get anything this time. Baby has certainly woken up since I've been up so not worried now. Perhaps I have one of those fabled sleeping through the night babies? I did get a loaf of BH in the night so maybe that was covering the movements?

Hehe smogs I can understand that. I've had to fight the North Circular a few times and would rather avoid as much as possible!

Hope you feel better Lauren and glad little one is awake this morning at least. As you say, the BH probably covered their wriggling.

Yay, for your show cinnamon. Fingers crossed things start happening.

Brixton, that's a brilliant idea re painting party. Feed them then put your feet up.

Daholster and Lauren, I hope you both feel better soon. Daholster, please don't be doing too much. Your body needs to rest in order to recover. The painting can wait.

Im off to my mum's for the weekend, so DH can varnish the floors. I was looking forward to it but my little sister has told me my mum has been moaning about me not letting her be at the birth. Really not in the mood for a fight. I get that she wants to be involved and especially since she used to be a midwife feels she can help but I really want it to be a private moment with my DH.

Yes I was joking about driving myself in labour! When I had ds1 I went to Yarmouth to visit my dad on holiday after my due date and my mum made a huge fuss because dh didn't feel up to it and ended up driving me. I told her then that if I went into labour I'd just drive between contractions which freaked her out even more . He snored like a pig so I feel that pain daholster but is fine this morning! Sorry you've got your dd's poorliness too, so hope it passes soon for you! And yes, hd's far too convinced that I'll be induced Tuesday to stop drinking BrixtonBunny, although dss arrived on his due date so he has done spontaneous labour before.

Had more show this morning after my canicross run, and we're off to the cinema in an hour so not bouncing on a ball until we're back later. Will try to persuade dh to dtd once kids are in bed this evening before he falls asleep!

Hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday (loving the bunny smilies)

39+4

Fingers crossed for you cinnamon! At least there are still a few days before Tuesday!

Morning everyone.
For the first time in a while, I didn't wake up or stay awake when other half went to work! I remember his alarm going off at about 4.30am but then I must have gone straight back to sleep. I don't even remember him leaving! .

Am going to see if I can convince my mum to nip into town with me today. If not, I won't be going.
RE dates, I haven't heard about that one, but unfortunately I don't like them . I was only contemplating the tea as I like the sound of the flavour! . In the same way I love spicy food so in a couple of weeks if baby isn't here I'll be trying that, but then I'm not a fan on pineapple (hate the texture) so I won't be having any of that. Although I suppose with any of the above you'd probably need it in bucket loads for it to be effective! .

Still can't quite believe that I'll be having a baby this month . I'm so excited but I have no idea what to do with a baby! Panic is slowly starting to set in .
Am I being silly to worry about my other half bonding with baby? He has a 6 year old daughter but wasn't allowed to her scans or birth etc and didn't meet her til she was a few days old so understandably he has been excited for scans etc and really wants to be at the birth. But in my mind he hasn't actually seen a newborn baby before and I'm worrying, I don't know why?!

Kismac my mum sort of assumed she'd be at my birth so I have given in. In any circumstances if my other half for some reason couldn't get back in time, if he was at work, or had broken down whilst at work etc, I'd be relying on my mum anyway as I wouldn't be driving myself so I couldn't have said no anyway, because I would end up having to ring her sheepishly! . And I know that she would give me and other half space if/when we need it.

Lauren hope baby is wriggling away now. 9 times out of 10 when I go to the loo in the night, I do feel something in the night like a prod, but the times when I don't, it's usually because I'm still half asleep and go back to sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow! But in that case it's always the first thing on my mind the next time I do wake up, so I can make sure everything's ok.

Kismac totally know how you feel - my mum is an NCT teacher and doula, and has made it very clear she'd like to be at the birth, but I think I want it just to be DP and myself. I've told her I will call her when I go into labour and she can be on standby in case I change my mind and want her to come up to London (she's only in Brighton and we're in South London so it's not far), which I think is a good compromise, as I have no idea how I will feel! I think I want as few people as possible though, especially as we'll hopefully be at home.

Well our productive morning has turned into bacon and egg sandwiches in bed whilst watching yesterday's leaders' debate which we missed as we were at a dinner party. Much better than B&Q

Instead of eating dates would sticky toffee pudding work? He he.

RL, if he's has been excited going to the scans/appointments then Im sure it'll all be fine. This is our first too so feel pretty nervous about it all . I think few people have mentioned getting OH to do bath time, burping and bed time so they get the opportunity to bond with the baby,especially if you are planning on breastfeeding that way they don't feel left out.

Hehe kismac - sticky toffee pudding sounds a good idea!!!

Have just gone through the freezer....hmm worrying what you find but at least we can clear and eat up stuff ready for batch cooking after my birthday (as long as baby waits around that long!)

Thanks for all the concern The paint is a lot fumier (a word?!) than we thought and am not really happy to do it after the baby arrives. Dd definitely feels poorly today but has perked up with calpol. Dr must have seen it all early, how lucky - otherwise we would have been worrying/doctoring over the weekend.

She slept til 9!!! Dh and I got some rubbish sortig out in the spare room done. When dh comes back downstairs I'm going to do the first top coat in the new nursery.

We need to go to IKEA too. We need drawers for our room and to look for a desk and new furniture for dd. Maybe next week...

Kismac it is nerve wracking isn't it. But I suppose no one can tell you how it's going to be until it happens! I haven't planned on breastfeeding so far, so hopefully he will join in with feeding, changing and bathing.
It's all just stepping into the unknown isn't it.

Brixton bacon and egg sandwiches sound lovely! I miss having eggs. I stopped eating them at the beginning when it was all about risk of salmonella etc if the eggs weren't cooked properly. So I just didn't bother with them just incase. I do miss dippy eggs though! Not long now .

Brixton, Im just nervous I'll call to say Im in labour and she'll just show up. Eek! MIL is due up a week before due date to deliver the car we were meant to pick up but the trip got cancelled on doctor's order and mum has said if she's not the first to meet the baby (after DH of course) then she'll punch DH. I know she's joking but is also quite serious too. Ha ha.

RL, I have this hope that when baby comes we'll just know what to do and maternal instincts will kick in.

Ooh, Im away to have a fried egg now. Yum!

Today is my due date and I have a 3 week old! My due date achievements so far are

1. Wearing non maternity jeans
2. Wearing makeup
3. Having a lie in after feeding dd in bed DH took her for cuddles!

Hope everyone had a good day!

Aww Penguin, that's brilliant! Hope you have a lovely Easter.

Kismac yes that's what I'm hoping too! I remember my mum saying that the first 3 months were the hardest, until she sort of established a routine and got her head around it all. So I'm just going to not put too much pressure on myself. We are newbies after all!

Aww Penguin, a 3 week old . Hope you're both doing ok.
Yay for non-maternity jeans!
I normally always wear leggings generally anyway, but as I've had no choice but to wear them throughout pregnancy, I've seen lots of jeans that I like! Typical, so that will be a purchase for when my body is ready to fit into some.
Although we are all lucky with Summer coming up, we can just slip a maxi dress on if it's warm outside!

TMI I've been sat on the toilet for around 10 minutes as I felt like I needed a wee, but it's failing to come so I wiped anyway (don't know why!) and then stood up and so trickled out!
How would I even know the difference between wee and waters?!

RL put a pad on and see if you soak it seems to be the only way to know.

Wow Penguin.... I don't think i'll be in normal jeans for ages and they are packed away so not a lot of use anyway! Great work on all 3!

Hehe Squatting at that image - would be sods law, especially as it's busy like a weekend!

Morning/Afternoon all!

Need some advice suffering with wisdom tooth pain at least I think it is maybe an infection I have to ring at 6 tonight to try and get an appointment I am in agony, will they be able to do anything being 39+5 weeks pregnant really is not the ideal time to be suffer with tooth pain!
Paracetamol not touching it have used coysadl (not spelt correctly) mouthwash seems to numb it a little but then comes back,. Also being a bank holiday is not ideal.
What would you do?