Morning crew!
Happy bank holiday Monday! I'm working (boo) but it means I get to keep one of my A/L days for maternity that previously was going to be swallowed up.
It sounds like we might have another grads baby this week - who's going to be first out of cym, tee or before? How exciting! gives practise wave of pom poms
Arse rain def a good sign cym! our midwife was telling us about that the other day.
Honestly purple try not to worry about what books/other folk say to you. You will know your baby best and you will hopefully have people around you like your dm or the midwives to help if you get stuck :) I've heard the NCT bf line is very good, my friend rang them in tears once and they put her mind at ease and helped her to get back on track. We have bf cafes in our area - women can go there, have a coffee and chat with other mums and there's a midwife or someone else experienced on hand to help with any problems youre having bf. Perhaps just don't read the books if they are upsetting you. I've only read three pages of the LLL book so far. TBH I've got two days of bf workshops - one nct and one hospital, so I'll probably just wait to see what they are like.
We bought this mattress which is only £33 include postage www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0089A7EFC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 dh found it online.
pixie saw the photos of you and your dd at the fair - very cute and you look amazing!
We went for dinner last night - thai restaurant in town. It was lovely food but the service was disappointing. They just kept forgetting about our side of the restaurant and we were all getting fed up. Having worked for years in hospitality managing large luxury hotel/restaurant/bar I find poor service so lazy and frustrating - it's such an easy thing to get right, but in the town I live in just now it's very rare to find. It can totally put me off visiting a restaurant again.
I've got a new shed! I know this isn't exciting to anyone else, but our shed was totally run down and our stuff was getting damp. Our landlord is so nice and said no problem we'll just buy you a new one! He came and put it up yesterday and he's coming back to paint it today. DH spent yesterday sanding down a pine chest of drawers for the nursery. Bought it off eBay and it was covered in that yellow glaze stuff. DH has got that off and is going to stain it to match the cot.
dulcet you're going to be absolutely fine - I know it's utterly overwhelming sometimes but you WILL be fine! And who cares if the house is messy? It's not like the baby's going to care. S/he will just want cuddles and food!
I did wonder at the sensibility of someone moaning about our titles who is dealing with prostitutes and worms in RL. I actually PM'd her to give her some advice about worms (I had them loads when I was younger - yuck!). That's how nice us viroids are! Imagine though - the word 'erection' being offensive??? On a site about people having children????
The 'attention grabbing' accusation really smacks of jealous high school girls being bitchy about other girls. Its untrue and it's nasty. I reported the post to MNHQ to complain that we were being picked on and asked them to step in to stop it - I think that's why MNHQ posted something. Olivia is usually very nice about our threads, so hopefully she'll back us up again.
We were told at NCT that you're more likely to go into labour somewhere you feel safe/comfortable. Perhaps the garden centre is that place for you tee??? :) That's why so many women go into labour in bed at night.
gaggia I'd love it if you dropped the c bomb! I think though that the best thing to do is ignore it and hopefully they'll wither off back to their dull unimaginative lives.
My sil is all about Gina Ford and tried to tell me it was 'the best idea' right at the start when she got pregnant. But she's never been around babies - none of her friends have any, so I just smiled and said 'ok no problem' and I'm now waiting for her to pop to see if GF lasts even a day!
She and my dbro sent us a rainforest Fisher Price mobile. I love it!
I thought the 'show' could be bloody or not? we were told on saturday to look out for a ball of snot-like-stuff and it may or may not have blood in it.
jelly loving your in-laws! You can't beat an inappropriate pregnancy announcement reaction! I'd have loved it if you'd said something like 'No - I'd thought if we were doing bumsex too it cancelled it out'
I have the caboo fleur - once you've got the hang of it it's really comfy! I've heard from people that it is fine mostly to use in warmer weather as it's breathable, but that you just have to keep checking baby's temperature (you can kiss them or feel under their clothes to see if they are too hot). We learnt lots at NCT the other day about helping to thermoregulate babies using skin to skin contact - if they are too hot your body dissipates the heat, if too cold then you warm them up and also how to check temperature without thermometer. You need to just think about what you're wearing and make sure that your clothes are not inhibiting heat loss when needed i.e. a cool T-shirt or something would be good in hot weather.
Ask the grad grads about slings too - boo is like a stretchy wrap guru, she has loads of them. popz has a carrier, so does minion. pis uses a sling too so can probably help with some tips.
Hooray for lack of vomit candy! I remember having to go on a train to my dms in York with MS. Oh god it was awful, I don't envy you.
Unfortunately once eggs have cooled they are genearally not viable - don't feel badly though as it's all a learning curve for mum and dad birds, they will likely lay more and in a better location to prevent them falling out or being predated. Wild birds are clever things and are adaptable parents, just like we have to be :)
OOOOOOHHHH I love the idea of being an undercover police officer - did I have a cool hat? Oh...it just dawned on me that 'undercover' would mean no to that... Dammit. I like hats.
Pregnancy dreams are WEIRD! I've cheated on dh so many times in mine!