March 2016 Babies!! Thread #7 The one where we all say.... "Stay put Flump!!"

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Stay where you are Flump!!!

Hi all. Sorry I posted on the old thread. 22 wks with our third, due 27th March. By that time we will also have a 2 & 4 yr old, both boys so mega happy about a girl. So tired with this oh and have so horrible varicose veins in left leg, can't wait to have them done post pg. anyway a big hi from me and the bump x

You don't sound silly, Ginger. You're feeling rough and you struggle with anxiety. It's understandable!

Hi stranger!

Well, DS has just blown chunks all over his bedroom. We're not a sicky family (thankfully) and this is the first time there's been a sick bug since he was 7 months old and we all got norovirus.

All cleaned up, bedding on a hot wash, I've bleached and anti-Bac-wiped everything. Any other tips for making sure DH and I mainly me! don't catch it, or is it too late?! (I've got two practicals I need to do tomorrow!)

Poor boy. We've had to put his entire duvet in the wash, so he's back to sheets & blankets now. If he pukes on that he'll have to come in with us . Fingers crossed that's the lot!

I hate vom.

Aw thanks for all the Seren love ladies, hope DH gets fully on bored with it! Might let him choose the middle name

shield Charis is beautiful, I don't think I've ever seen that before! It's unique and elegant

Glad you're okay rhubarb!!

ginger I'm sad you're so worried, I wish you could relax but as an anxious person I know it's not as simple as turning it on and off, and pregnancy has got to be one of the most worrying events ever! Hopefully your midwife appt next week will put your mind at ease trust in the professionals!

It's Thanksgiving in the U.S. tomorrow so I get 2 free days off work, yes!!! For someone who only has 10 days holiday a year and is saving them for after baby this is a big deal!!

Indom oh no! I am also totally anti-vom and am not looking forward to that part of babies/kids! Can you put some layers of towels over his blankets so if he is sick again it doesn't mean losing all the bedding?

Good point about the urine testing for glucose - mine is done every two weeks because I'm diabetic anyway so wasn't sure if others were routinely checked or not, but they may well be in which case ginger it should have been picked up. They probably didn't test for it when doing the UTI test though, so if you haven't had a midwife appt with urine sample tested for a while definitely worth speaking to them about. (When I was diagnosed 11 years ago two weeks previously I had been at the doctors being tested for a UTI which was negative and they clearly hadn't tested for glucose - it was only when I googled a whole list of symptoms and came up with diabetes and took myself back to the GP that they tested and promptly packed me off to the hospital for a week!)

ffaux Seren is lovely and it seems meant to be with yours & DH's reasons We have BiL and his American wife & kids over this week so are having two days off work to celebrate Thanksgiving with them - I was so happy about this when I realised at lunchtime today the end of the working week was just hours away!

Popped into a big John Lewis branch today for another look at prams without moaning DH and have now decided on the Joolz Geo. It's beautiful and functional and I can't wait to be using it! Now to try and get the local independent store to do us a deal if we buy a ridiculously expensive car seat & base at the same time too.

ffaux I love the name Seren, I had a little girl as one of my key children right from when she was 6 months old until she left the nursery due to changing age groups. She was one of the sweetest children I've worked with so just have a very positive assosiation with the name. Her dad used to call her Ren as a toddler which really suited her, and her name also got lengthened, rather than shortened, affectionatly. Also nicknames don't have to relate to a child's actual given name, dd is known mostly as boo at home and to close family and has been since days old which is nothing like her actual name.

sheild a friend of mine has just named her little girl Charis, I think it's lovely, although she's getting lots of people miss pronouncing it!

rhubarb glad you're feeling calmer after such a nasty fright, hopefully the deer is alright too. We hit a kamakazi goat when I was a teen in the dark which was really scarry. Despite a massive crash and a bit of damage to the car bumper it limpped away and later refused to be caught by the vet responsable for the free roaming animals in the area.

Hopefully won't hear anything back from gtt until I see my midwife for 28 week check up. Not expecting to know results unless there's a problem.

ffaux I love the name Seren - was on my list. Not a fann of Maggie at all, for exactly the same reason as you!

indomitable usually when DD has a sickness bug we soak anything with sickness in it in hot water and dettol and wash. We also wipe things down with anti bacterial. Then wash hand and use anti bacterial handwash! Dettol is your friend when it comes to sickness bugs if you don't have any, just washing everything sepertely and using anti bacterial is a good idea. Plus

Whoops posted too soon! Was going to say plus putting down layers of towels in bed is a good idea in case he's sick again.

Hi all, thanks for continuing to send your good thoughts. Been busy with visitors the last couple of days but everything is still fine.

Welcome Stranger, congrats on your little girl.

Ffaux I love the name Seren, would have been on my list but DH vetoed it.

Rhubarb, hope you're ok after your scary experience.

Loving all the bumps! I am jealous as mine has shrunk, but hopefully if I can keep Flump in longer it will grow again! 25+2 today, it's amazing how those extra days really count at the mo.

Trijo, you said about your little man kicking you in the cervix. Since my waters went and Flump can't move about so much he/she is sitting really low and all the kicks now go straight into my cervix or kind of backwards into my bum. It is a very weird and often not very pleasant sensation (plus if I get a few in a row I start thinking maybe it's contractions starting!). I'm not getting any kicks that I can see anymore which makes me a bit sad. But on the positive all looks good, all my obs continue to be good and Flump's heartbeat sounds great. Another positive is I get to listen to their heartbeat 4 x per day at least!

Have had to send DS to stay with his nanny down in London for the next week or so so that DH can be with me at short notice if labour starts which again has made me really sad. He's never spent a night away from both me and DH (and I've only ever spent three nights away from him ever) so the call was really difficult to make. We're lucky his nanny (my MIL) is signed off work sick for next two weeks so she can have him. He seems not phased in the slightest by it, eating, sleeping and playing as usual and has been saying 'I love you' on the phone to me which is so lovely, he's only just learnt to say it. It's then ususlly followed by ' mummy in hospital' and 'I saw airplane' (they live by Heathrow) I'm handling it ok so far but missing him loads.

I'll have been in hospital two weeks tomorrow which is crazy, but also fab as the drs were sure I would have delivered within two weeks. So, all being well tonight I may have proved them wrong!

Ginger, I agree with Indom, maybe the weeing is partly anxiety related. If they've tested your wee then won't be a UTI but worth mentioning about the GD just to be checked. Don't feel bad for taking time off if you're not well either.

My DH has just been to the dr to be signed off with stress as his work have been totally unsympathetic and inflexible and have basically said he has to take annual leave then unpaid leave. After this week that MIL has DS then DH needs to be at home fri, sat and sun weekly to look after DS as those were my days off and we have no other childcare. His work are not willing to be flexible and work round the fact that he needs to be at home to look after DS while I'm in hospital. It's the last thing we need to be worrying about at the mo so feeling much happier he's now on sick leave rather than using all his holiday (he's already has to take the last two weeks off as annual leave) which we're really going to need next year when we hopefully will be bringing baby home. But, it's sorted at least for the time being so that's all good.

Sorry for the mammoth post!

Indom, do you use an app to put the weeks on your bump pic?

Missi so great to hear from you! Well done to you and Flump for defying the doctors - long may it continue! Have they been able to estimate Flump's size/weight now? I bet these 2 weeks and the steroids have made so much difference.

It's awful you have had to deal with the other stresses on top of everything, I didn't even think about the fact that life has to go on around you still. Your DH's work sound like arses, I don't understand how bosses can't be human beings in these type of situations. Wonderful that it's sorted for the moment though and you have care for DS. It must be so hard for you but great bonding time for him and his gran, he will be fine!

You're doing so well to be coping with everything. Will continue to cross everything for you

dobby thanks for the lovely Seren story!

indom ewwwww vom! I am so not ready for that side of parenting. Hope your poor little one is feeling better now

Welcome stranger and cute bump - love your dress, where is it from??

I went to pre-natal yoga tonight and there is normally about 3 or 4 of us but I was the only one! It was a bit embarrassing but I basically got a private lesson and lots of attention - got a really good stretch with the teacher's adjustments, it was great. Especially as I happened to have a free pass for the class :)

Morning Missi, glad to hear all is well. I use Photofy for the pic.
I agree that your DH's work are being arses!

ffaux we have been lucky so far, DS is not a sicky boy! No 'action' overnight! Hoping to get out to work before he wakes up! (DH is staying with him, I'm not abandoning him!). I hope #2 is as robust!

Good to hear things are ok missi, sorry to hear you and DH have all that unnecessary stress from his work on top of things. And your DS sounds so sweet. Hang in here flump.

Ff sorry I'm late to the Seren love but I do love it.

Hi stranger

Can't remember who else apart from missi was saying about low down cervix kicks but I am the same. It must be feet down and doing a tap dance at the top of my cervix the last couple of days! So odd. I'm on a course with work today so late start, lots of coffee, early finish. Thrilled to say the least! Have a good Thursday everyone x

Missi lovely to heat from you, glad you and flump are defying the Drs
Dobby I had my GTT on Tuesday, grim isn't it. I git a phone call that afternoon to say it was normal, so celebrated by eating a bar of chocolate!

Rhubarb how scary for you. My next door neighbour had a deer come through their dining room window (we back onto woodland so see a lot of deer) a few years ago, there was glass and blood everywhere! It thrashed about breaking stuff, then kept back out the broken window and ran away!

Ginger it sounds like you have an irritable bladder. I'm afraid your anxiety and fixating on it is making it worse, like other's have said, it becomes a habit. If you've had your urine dipped it won't be a UTI, and the sticks usually check for glucose so they may have checked that too (but worth askin your MW in case they didn't). It may be worth looking into bladder training if you get the all clear with everything else. Also have you looked into mindfulness? My friend suffers with health anxiety (at one point she was seeing the Dr/dentist/optician 3-4 times a week with her health worries) and mindfulness has really helped her.

Thanks for the advice on the old thread about the pillows, hopefully going to order one today. I'm another one getting cramp, had it properly twice now, but often nearly get it every time I stretch, it's one of those awful pregnancy things no-one warns you about!

Sorry about the long post, had a lot of catching up to do. Loving the bump pics, I think I'm bigger than all of you put together. I'll try and upload my pic later.

Hi there stranger just an mention, I have that wallpaper in my lounge haha

indom fingers crossed for no more sicky DS, and that noone else catches whatever he has. I threw up in the bath last night - was awful Had to shower myself and reclean, think as I sat up baby moved at the same time and just caused some strange reaction.

ffaux hope you manage to make the most the couple of extra days off, sometimes it can be all you need to feel refreshed.

rhubard glad to hear you and the car are ok, we seem to have an influx of suicidal pigeons and grouse here this time of year - maybe the deer are joining in too!

missi at least having DH signed off is one less stress, things are sounding like they are going as well as they can so far.

Rosie You're in luck - the black Perfect Prep is on Amazon deals at 7.30am tomorrow (and the red one)! I'm hopefully going to get one of the Motorola baby monitor sets that start tonight, although very inconveniently I'm going out for dinner at the exact same time.

Missi These extra weeks (not just even days anymore) will be making such a big difference - huge well done to you for getting through it. Sorry your DH is having a hard time too; hope the two of you can relax a little bit this next week whilst you know DS is having lots of fun with his grandparents.

Q I had to read it three times to realise you meant you were in the bath, having a bath when you were sick, not just sick into it because you missed the toilet. Yuck, poor you! You weren't too hot were you? I haven't had any baths this pregnancy but that's mainly because the bath in our house is in a ground floor extension which is freeeeeeezing so I just use the shower upstairs. Will have to find a way of heating it up for baby baths though.

Happy Thanksgiving ffaux - enjoy your 4 day weekend

Always a bonus too, just had a letter saying my tax code is increasing for the remainder of this tax year, will get an extra £50 a month in my wages until April due to an overpayment of tax a few years ago - all counts towards baby things

and pug yup, actually in the bath, having a bath luckily was a while after tea so was just acidy/bile, but still - never had that before. I don't 'think' I was too hot but it's a possibility maybe I guess, was in there a while just relaxing.

Pug I just looked and I can't find it in the upcoming deals :( I will be on amazon from 7:30 in the morning waiting patiently

At my GP's, waiting to be seen - had a really bad dizzy spell at work this morning and it didn't pass until I laid down on the cold bathroom floor for 10 minutes. Third time since I got home from work that I'd gotten light-headed, it happened mildly while I was walking with DH last night and got a bit woozy while sitting on the tube this morning.

Tri

Hope the GP can get to the bottom of it for you and that you feel better soon x

Hi all

Thanks fflaux, I think it's river island, but my sis gave it to me. She's had it for years, it was too big for her (cheeky cow, ha ha.)
Q. Good taste. Hope everyone is good today, or as well as possible. Pregnancy really does do a number on the body. X

Combination of low blood pressure, slow pulse and increased blood volume due to pregnancy apparently - GP thinks it's nothing serious but to mention it at my 25 week appointment anyway.

I've been invited to a christening on 27th December and I don't know whether to go or not. I'll be 31 weeks and it's a 5 hour round trip. DH will probably be working, so I'd have to drive and not sure if it's too much. It's for my cousins baby, so it would be nice to see the family, but we've just had a email to say we'll be going out for a meal afterward and will need to pay £25 per head for the privilege! Seems a bit cheeky to me (especially as their family are loaded), it's not too bad for me, but my sister is thinking of not going as it will cost her £125 (her 3 kids are grown up and eat adult+ sized portions). Not sure what is wrong with a finger buffett like most people do! Also that time of year is busy trying to get round all the family and in laws (as everyone else has said), and I'm working all but the Christmas weekend so will be shattered.

Am I being petty and letting the money side put me off, or do you think the journey at that stage of pregnancy is too much? Would you go?

Sorry for the rant!