Due in July - Part 2!

[Chooster]

Hello everyone - Just starting a new thread for this... Will send a message in a mo.

Kyte make sure you get a really good sling then - I had a terrible one first time round that someone lent me and it killed my back after ds was just a few weeks old, as well as the fact it didn't feel really secure so I ended up with one hand supporting ds all the time. A friend of mine loved the Baby Bjorn one and was still using it for small trips when her dd was 6 months so I might get one of those this time...

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I still do that now with ds, those swivelly wheels can be a nightmare, especially going through narrow shop doors!

Seriously I would recommend the Mothercare Citilite pushchair if anyone is vaguely interested - it's cheap, really light and you can fold and unfold it with one hand (handy when you're holding baby in other arm) and suitable from birth. I sometimes go on the Park & Ride bus into Bristol and I honestly couldn't get on a bus without it unless other people offered to help.

Thanks for the stats attempt!

If you think looking for a single pushchair is bad wait until you've got to get a twin one. We think we've decided on a Phil and Ted's E3 explorer as it won't be too long before DS wants to walk everywhere and we'll only need the twin seat as a fall back. The E3 is the most flexible tandem/twin we've seen but it's so expensive!! Am keeping glued to ebay in case a reasonable one comes up.

If it's your first time buying a pushchair would recommend having a play in mothercare/mammas & papas but then looking on the internet once you've decided on a particular style/model - we used kiddicare for DS's travel system and saved a fortune!

ABgirl- glad you are feeling better.

Thank you for the stats Groveregg.

Some off you have mentioned that you dont see the midwife as much in 2nd + pg, I personally have not found this.. have akways had booking in at 8 weeks, then seen the miswife again at 16weeks..then the 20weeks scan, then midwife once amonth until 32-34 weeks then every 2weeks till birth.. (well with my second that is .. with dd was hospitalised from 28weeks till birth..

2week and 6days till dh gets home
then I can have a sleep in, iI said to DD this morning I am going to have a day in bed and not do anything when he gets back.... I am so so sure I could sleep for 24hrs staight, I am knackered...lol

Abgirl - a few of my friends have the phil and teds E3 and think it is brilliant well worth the money.. I am going to look for a buggy board for DS to stand on if he gets tired whilst we are out, as he will be 3yrs 1month when babs is due..

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Hi everyone - hope you're all set for a relaxing weekend. I am 15+5 and haven't been sick for 4 whole days now! Hurray!
I am currently walking on air as have just had 16 week check and heard the heart beat. I am now convinced that I need a doppler at home. I don't want to spend much and have seen a new one on ebay for £30. Anyone got any recommendations/thoughts on these? I'm going to calm down before making a decision.
Really great to hear everyone's positive news and hear some thoughts on buggies etc. There seems to be so much to think about. Hope you all manage to find some time in the weekend to relax and take it easy.

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15 weeks today, yay!!

ohmiggod - buggys, breastpumps/pads, mucus plugs etc etc. It's a whole new vocabulary this pregnancy business isn't it? Gulp!!

I'm off for a week in France where my DH is in a telemark skiing competition, so not back til Sunday 28th. I'll be 16 weeks by then, woo hoo!! Am seeing a homeopathist on 29th about my rash/excema (which is feeling much better now that I have stopped using the steroid cream the doc gave me and started using Aveeno lotion incidentally!)

Hope you all have a great week and that any remaining scans go well and m/s clears up. I'll drink a glass of fine champagne and eat a big. fat, salmonella-ridden, gorgeous, delicious, genuine French Camembert for you all - not. Can you tell that I am missing my soft cheeses?!! No, seriously, I'll certainly drink the champagne for you. Not too much I promise.

MissusC

Did I write '15 weeks today' and that I'll be 16 weeks when I get back from France? Doh, I mean, of course, 14 weeks today and 15 weeks once I get back. ,, !!

Hi girls, hope you are all well and thanks for the advice. It was right,on my maternity record my next app is 26 July my gp wants to see me every four weeks,so i'll be asking her then more about it as i have to get my bloods done again for spina bifida in 3 weeks time,the hospital no longer do that. Chooster,it must just be Scotland that does that im in Glasgow (god youd think such a large city like this would have more to offer at the maternity unit)anyway, hope you are all well! Have a nice weekend!

Oh hell - I'm not even 14 weeks today - I'm 14+4... how easy is it to confuse one pregnant woman by changing her dates at the scan???!!! Dur. Must get head round fact that weekly 'anniversarys' are now on a Monday, not a Friday. Sorry all - I guess that now is the time to use the 'baby brain' excuse. Sorrrreeeeeeee! I should know my conception date really - DH and I weren't exactly at it like the proverbial rabbits in October!! Tee Hee! I'll shut up now - you'll have peace from me for a week!

I have been thinking about nuying one of the dopplers, I think I am going to go and buy one tommorrow to cheer myself up.. |Then hopefully will be able to sell it on ebay afterwards.

I have been invited to someones house tonight for a get together (a group of us who were in cyprus together) so I have got my neighbour to watch the children and I am having a child free evening.. yeah yeah yeah...

You have to go to the 'funniest bits of childbirth' thread if you get a chance. I nearly pmsl at some of the stories.

Can't do the link thing, but paste this into your browser. I defy you not to laugh...

mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=1365&threadid=263007&stamp=070119180841

Evening all!

Well I had my scan at the NHS hospital yesterday and was so bitterly dissapointed. I have no idea why it upset me so much (because we had already had the private one on Tuesday), but it just got me thinking that if we hadnt been able to go private I would have been so worried after the NHS one.
Basically the sonographer was soooooo softly spoken I couldnt hear her. She muttered under her breathe something about 'theres an arm, theres a leg, theres the heartbeat, and yep, all looks okay'! She then sat muttering at the PC and said 'well your risk is 1 in 700'.

It just amazes and dissapoints me that this is what I would have had to hear if I had gone there first. NO excitement, no enthusiasm....the private one was so thorough and the guy was so nice. My risk there was 1 in almost 2700! Such a difference.

Anyway, after much discussion my DH and I have decided to take a 20 weeks scan privately too. Just cant bear the thought of having to sit with that mumbling 'person' again!

Oh and I cant remember who it was that mentioned the midwife thing..I met two midwives yesterday (no hairy chins thankfully!) but was told that I will never see the same one twice. They said that my MW appointments would be at the doctors (Even though the doctor doesnt have a midwife!) so all in all totally confused and feel really uncared for.

Just so glad that everything was fine.

Well done to all of you who had your scans and I hope you all have a great weekend...sorry this post is a long one but wanted to get it off my chest.

Hi everyone, Hope all is well.

Im getting happier about this pregnancy after a shakey, nervewracking start. Because i can feel little one moving. Yesterday it started not just flutterings but proper movemnets that are quite stong. I thought I must be mistaken and searched on the internet for other peoples experiences and some have said they have felt this. Lo and behold its happened again so Im made up!!! .
Anyone else felt these? Im 16 weeks today (its second baby so I know what it feels like!!!)

PUSHCHAIRS Can I just say how important it is to get a pushchair that has a handle high enough for you. When trying pushchairs first time round they were all fine (when sitting on the 6 inch plinth) but on the ground oh my goodness. Am not THAT tall for petes sake, but flipping heck most of the stupid things extend by only 1-2 inches TOPS. SAVE YOUR BACK AND PHYSIO APPOINTMENTS!

We ended up getting a quinny buzz which was great at first, but with no 2 on the way so soon, we've bought a Phil&Teds E3. Also the Buzz innertubes are a unique size and cost £10 when you've repaired them too many times that they need replacing (the E3 are standard). I wish we'd bought the E3 the first time round, but Mothercare couldn't be arsed to show me that actually the handle could be reversed and made as tall as the highest setting on the Quinny Buzz.

And at the risk of sounding preachy (sorry) but get those pelvic floors exercised. Am pissing myself all over the show.

Hello all. MissusC, IKWYM about getting confused about dates. I've been put back four days and now I feel like I've been stuck at 13 weeks forever! I have worked out (I think) that I will be 14 weeks as from tomorrow.

I am so tired. Still being sick, but so much less than before that it is not really bothering me (now limited to if I eat too much bread or change a dirty nappy!). But I just can't seem to get enough sleep. I go to bed when ds has his nap in the afternoon, but it's not really enough! I am not sleeping well at night, partly because I can't get to sleep in the first place, and then I have very weird, vivid dreams that wake me up and then I can't get back to sleep. Last night I dreamt I had got a job as Margaret Beckett's cleaner! Go figure

Myfairone,i was the same as yourself with the nhs,i will see my mw the day before my edd,which i still cant get my head round,i was also told to see my mw at gp surgery but my surgery doesnt have a mw or one that visits!!!I think this is awful the way people are being treated.I hope you are feeling better.

emmyb I have been having the same feeling the doctor said it is probably my ligaments stretching but to me it feels like strong kicks and from what your saying maybe it is cos I am 16 weeks too!

LOl Miaou what a funny thing to be dreaming about - I have been having random dreams aswell but luckily I usually forget them and go back to sleep - think I was dreaming about painting fences last night - ours blew down in the gale.

I am thinking of getting a phil&Ted too abgirl but will be selling my bugaboo which will pay a good bit towards it I hope, possibly even pretty much cover the cost.

lynnec at least you are being seen regularly by your GP so thats something.

While we are talking about prams/pushchairs.

I can't decide. When I am on Mat Leave DP will be using the car to go to work in Manchester so I'll be on foot or the bus to get about, but of a weekend we will use the car and MIL will take me places in her car during the week.

So my dilemma is.....
Do I get a travel system pram with a car seat attached ( but the baby may be in the car seat a while while I walk) so I have a car seat for the car or get a Two in One pram where the baby can lie flat for long walks but I'd need to buy a separate car seat for the car. Each has its pro's and con's and I can't decide. I like the look of the 2in1's but how well do they collapse to fit in the boot of a car. The travel system will incorperate the pushchair when baby is about six months. The 2in1 will involve buying a pushchair at a later date( as well as the car seat)

Hi everyone!

Isnt it great that we are now all onto the next stage and thinking about pushchairs! So exciting....that said, I have no clue when it comes to these matters but my Mother seems perfectly happy going into every baby store she comes across and asking questions! (I think she is also showing the scan picture to anyone who will look at it! lol)

Feel better today about the whole 'midwife' thing but still confused. LynneC, I have no clue. No midwife at my GP but thats where I will be seen!? Can never get an appointment so just hope I have no problems.

Miaou - I am so with you on the 'not sleeping'! I have no idea what it is. I just cannot stay asleep. I have tried going to be really tired, I have tried going when Im semi tired and I have tried reading...getting up....laying there....counting sheep....and the list goes on!

Very frustrating because if I get no sleep I feel even more sick. Add onto that when I do manage to get asleep my DH said I am snoring so keeping him awake! I have been banished to the spare room where I have to share a bed with the dog!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...Im dreaming of the Indian take away I am going to order in 3 hours! How sad! {grin]