July 2015 (thread 10) - the one where the bumps are huge, feet become unreachable and nesting seriously kicks in.

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Welcome, welcome, to the 10th thread for babies expected in July 2015.
We are all counting the days and might even see the arrival of the first babies on this thread!

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MrsF by bump never dropped in my first pregnancy, even during labour! I have quite a short torso so don't actually think it had anywhere to drop to!

MrsF I only know what I've read online - which is to say I thought brim means a bit nearer the pelvis than free, but maybe jmojo can say? I realise there's still plenty of time for more movement and she definitely likes to twist around and stick her bum out in different places! My bump has dropped a bit, in my opinion, maybe not all the way but seems lower to me. I've also had some stronger feelings down below and a few extra pains, although I put that down to some overly enthusiastic yoga on Tuesday!

Well I made it to Primark and I have my button down nightie. And a pair of stripy PJs.. and some scratch mitts for the baby.. and a set of dribble bibs.. it's hard to stop in there once you get going!

Had a growth scan yesterday and was told that she is 6lb 2oz already, with 5 weeks to go, does this mean she will be massive?!

Oh, meant to add in that post - can any of you tell which bits of themselves the baby is poking you with? I'm getting entertaining movements but I can't tell whether it's foot, hand, bum etc!

Hi Ladies, hope you are all feeling fabulous.

Had my 34 week mw appointment today and bloods taken, scan tomorrow to check baby size, because of the AF issue which mw says it feels too much.

She made me feel my baby's foot today, she touched against my belly and say head down and I can feel the foot awesome.

My baby's kicks can be so powerful that I have to tell to chill stop kicking mamma so hard .

Finally got a baby blanket love it so much, I stumbled upon it from the White House company so soft and perfect.

Is anyone getting a sleep suit? I was advised to go for a 1tog for summer instead of a duvet.

captaincloud I now can because mw told me which is which based on baby's current position.

Lastly I plan to BF but not planning to do it publicly anyway, just me. Not sure I love the idea of whipping out my boobies in public

Aww just received my baby shower invitation. Was starting to think it wasn't happening lol. X

Forgot to add invite pic

JoY we've only ever used sleeping bags for DD (18 months), never a duvet. We'll do the same for this one.

Had my 34 week appointment today, measuring 32 so got to go back again next week. Not too worried as I was having a lot of tightenings as she was trying to get the measurement.

Midwife did say that the baby is pretty much fully engaged and along with the other symptoms I've had since Saturday, it looks like he is ready to arrive and to make sure my bag is packed and good to go!

Slightly scary as our house is still upside down with being replastered, new carpets and decorated through out so we are a few weeks off being ready!

That's awesome charlie mine is next week Saturday. Can't wait, I still don't have an outfit for the day. so excited!!!

small there are technically only 6 ways of medically describing the descent of the head, the rest is just midwives/doctors being creative. So free - not in the pelvis whole head can be felt. 5/5 which means yhe same as free you can feel all of the head in the abdomen. 4/5, 3/5, 2/5, 1/5. Meaning you can feel 4 fiths, 3 fifths, etc of the head remaining in the abdomen 1/5 is the least you can feel and the deepest engagement of a baby's head.

I did a primark trip as well today, massive pants = sorted!

I can never tell which bit of the baby is kicking/poking and OH tells me off if I start prodding my bump to try and figure out which way LO is lying.

Love the invite Charlie, my shower isn't till the end of the month as the girls are holding it for me to keep me busy while OH is away at Glasto. I was supposed to go too but didn't think a festival when 8 months pregnant was a great idea - especially with having to pee so much... Portaloos are so gross!

I once had a patient come in in lanour from a music fedtival. She had her husbands jeans on and they were covered in mud! She went on to deliver about 6 hrs later, no pain releif. Gorgeous delivery!

joy, we used blankets (cellular and sheet) then moved on to sleeping bags around three months or so with dd. She hated being swaddled but we still have her swaddle blankets so we will try this baby in them, if we don't succeed we will do the same as before. We only moved to duvet when dd was two and she's only just started having a pillow at three.

Re breastfeeding in public - I remember my first public feed. I was so sure people would be staring and I'd embarrass myself by flashing my nips about but after doing it for four weeks at home, the in laws and my folks' houses, I realised just how discreet you can be and that no one actually bothers looking. If baby is screaming for it too, you've no option but to whip em out. Will you express for when you're out and about? My friend did that quite successfully and it was easier for her when she went back to work because baby was already used to bottles.

One thing I hate to see (apologies if anyone does/has done this) is breastfeeding women covering up their babies with scarves while they feed. It draws so much more attention to them! And not nice for baby either IMO.

jmo, see! It's not just me who gets carried away in primark! cloud, I said to jmo on the fb page the other day that it's impossible not to spend money in primark unless you have a v strict strategy! Lol!

Yeah to the Primark big pants brigade! Broody hate those bf apron / pinnes type things too!!! I'm gonna learn to be discrete safely at home before I try a public bf! Or go a bf cafe and ask ladies there to show me how to be discrete.

Enjoy the shower Charlie and clstow - anyone else got one coming up? Don't think anyone's planning a shower for me. :-( Probably cus most family n friends know I've bought so much stuff they can't shower me with anything! Plus work colleagues literally saying stop buying or else we need to know what to get you as leaving presents.

Must stop shopping!!! but can't help it.

I thought of hosting my own just as a baby party to play the silly games (with a strict no present rule or else will be turned away!!!) but our wedding anniversary is mid June, will leave work end of June so will have a leaving do, got a wedding to go to end of June, plus my bday is end June (planning a few days spa getaway), d day is mid July, plus older friend x2 50th celebrations early to mid july and MrF's 40th is 10 days after d day. Hence kinda gone off idea of arranging own baby party! Theres so much partying going on in June / July anyway! gosh writing that down has made me think hope it doesn't wipe me out.

Might throw a hog roast / cider feastival at ours for MrF / Baby Fs 40th + 4 weeks bday or something like that at sometime in late August though... after we've hidden away on our 4 weeks family bonding time

broody lol!!

i passed baby shower duties to my mam and sil so didnt know anything until today. I thought they weren't bothering as I have bought everything! My dad brought the invite over so I assume mam is organising. I'm not really looking forward to it to be honest. I don't like attention and at my cousins shower last year everyone just drank while she sat sober so I'll hate it. Luckily it's at my Mams house which is just over the road from mine so I can escape.

We have quite a lot going on around due date but nothing close to you mrsf. My bday is 12th July, dd's is 15th july, edd is 17th July. Plus all end of school commitments to fit in. It's Mams birthday 6th August so think we're planning a big bbq then to celebrate everything. There's plenty of friends birthdays on there too but I can get away with "forgetting" them.

my baby shower was supposed to be yesterday but my friend hosting it has had a family emergency so it has been put off until next Wednesday. it sounds awful but I'm relieved. I'm not very sociable and this is baby 3 so not like it's a new experience etc. it's basically an excuse for them to get together with their family and have literally only invited my mum from my family, not my auntie, or my cousins who they know I'm very close to. but she has invited her gran who I haven't met so kind of obvious it's not about me or baby.

Hadn't even thought of the soberness v semi drunk friends, lol! Plus yeah don't really like centre of attention, (especially being watched opening presents like at Xmas). Not looking forward to an inevitable work leaving presentation. Also because I'll be sad to leave my job so probably will get emotional and cry!!!

Ooh forgot to say, think baby had hiccups last night. Feeling movements in bed, which I then suddenly realised were totally regular for like a min or more. Told MrF he had a feel, then being silly tried to listen in. Lasted bout 5-8 mins. Was funny.

CaptainC never had a clue what I was feeling but when midwife felt baby head down she she felt a limb also then said must have arms up by head. So I do feel prods way down low or like going into my hips. Probably arms being jerked or stretched out. If I feel things higher up I think it's more back / bum pushing out as don't think I'm getting legs / kicks way up high.

I've totally been getting lots of bh today too. Funny my uterus is now regularly exercising more than I do!

Gosh some of you have really busy social calendars!! We had a welcome to the world party for dd about three months after she was born, held at my folks house and attended by family and friends. It was a lovely afternoon/evening with dad doing the BBQ, us being able to chat properly for ages to family and friends, cake and drinks etc so I'd definitely recommend that if you've other things to tie it in with

Oh dear, Broody I may be one of those bf women with a scarf... I'm not really looking forward to bf in public, I'm quite a private, self conscious person. The idea of having a pashmina to cover up a bit until I get my confidence is what is making me think I can give bf a really good go

Only 4 weeks left in work now... which is good. Although my work isn't physically tiring, I'm starting to find everything I have to get done before I leave quite stressful. It put me in such a bad mood today, I couldn't shake myself out of it! That (& prego hormones I'm sure) have meant I've cried several times since I got home Off to bed now so I can hopefully wake up feeling more positive

Morning all, Interestingly I read this last night on my app:-

www.whattoexpect.com/wom/baby/0807/breastfeeding-success-linked-to-mom-s-personality.aspx

So if mum is self conscious / introverted and needs a scarf/shawl or whatever to bf then go ahead I say now!

It's probably the extrovert personalities that think ooh I don't like that (as they don't / wouldnt see need for it personally so that's me n Broody?) I think I am extrovert, but also have those times (like being centre of attention opening presents) I like to hide away.

The article is pretty common sense but id never really thought of it like that. Extroverts- sod it I'll get my boobs out, the introverts - more concerns, worry, anxious about doing it.

What do others think?

Sherbet - 4 weeks for me too. I'm desp trying to get my day job done AND do my handover notes (although there is no replacement recruited yet), but always so much to do that handover notes are suffering!!!

Next week I'm only in office one day, other days are out n about, meetings, courses, workshops. Plus we've got x2 nct evening classes that week. Think I'm gonna have a relaxed weekend to prepare for a busy next week.

I've worked from home yest and will today and at least a day each week now, which is fab - saves 2 hrs of day communing back n forth so I get extra sleep, shower n comfy clothes on, don't bother with hair/ make up, sit at kitchen table or snuggled on sofa and potter away working.

I used to drape a muslin over my shoulder if I was out and about because I have massive boobs and there was no other way of being discreet. DD really didn't mind. Do whatever works for you and what helps you to feel comfortable.

That is interesting, mrsf, I'd not thought of it all being linked to personality type but thinking of it, it makes total sense. I'm a confident sort in my parenting (not self confident in any other element of life though, strangely, very insecure about lots of stuff!) so I guess I just wouldn't ever cover up because of how I feel about it as a choice I've made and don't care if it offends people who see me doing it. I'm certainly not one of these women who pulls out the whole fleshy boob to make a point though - a la those stupid protests that were sweeping the uk not long ago or this ridiculous brelfie craze!!

At the end of the day, the ultimate aim is to feed your baby however you feel comfortable. Just please do not feel pushed into breastfeeding in a toilet because you're slightly self conscious!

I remember pizza hut trying to send my friend into the toilet when she was BF her DD. we were. at a quiet corner table, and she was discreet but someone had complained. she asked if they were happy eating their dinner in the loo the look on their faces was brilliant (especially as the table that made the complaint could hear and quickly rushed out with kids screaming for ice cream!)
safe to say we haven't been back to that particular restaurant and complaints were made to the manager.