Thread #9 - TTC#1 grads thread - it's the final countdown

[PotatosMum]

Welcome to thread 9 of TTC#1 grads. Warning this thread moves fast!

Time is passing and our first few grads are nearly ready to pop! Nesting is in full swing and everyone is in awe of Bunch's epic organisation.

Anyone is welcome to join the journey regardless of stage, no TMI is TMI, no question is too silly, we're all in it together so just pop in and say hello

Team P - 8
Team B - 8
Team V - 7

August
11 Mor (Team Vanilla)
13 Bunch (Team Blue)
16 New (Team Vanilla)
27 Potato (Team Pink)
30 Pink (Team Pink)

September
1 Shelb (Team Pink)
2 Taz (Team Blue)
4 Nev (Team Blue)
8 DrWhy
12 Danni (Team Blue)
14 Soda (Team Vanilla)
28 Leonie (Team Blue)
29 Laurenrl (Team Pink)

October
3 Lisa (Team Vanilla)
6 Irregular (Team Pink)
8 Miley (Team Vanilla)
12 Indi (Team Pink)
13 Co5mo (Team Blue)
15 Planet (Team Pink)
23 Lillian (Team Pink)
26 Lara (Team Blue)
30 First

November
19 Canters (Team Blue)
20 Jam
25 Audrey (Stark) (Team Vanilla)
29 Elle

December
12 Feef

January 17
4 May
13 Ni (Team Vanilla)

February 17
15 Evergreen

Potato is absolutely fine. I have to go back tomorrow if Potato doesn't pick up but she has and the midwife said that although Potato should still be moving as much as before the type of movement will change and be less pokes and kicks and more stretching and rolls which can be harder to identify.

Leonie I also think you should finish early if you're struggling. You won't be helping anyone by wearing yourself out.

Lisa lol at poo announcement. My OH and I give poo announcements on a daily basis... We have a slightly odd relationship

Latest house news is that exchange will happen Monday. Apparently my buyer didn't realise that she needed to send the authority to exchange and deposit ASAP so was just dawdling I just hope one of the removal companies will still be able to do Friday.

Potato so glad to hear she is ok, I'm sure you and OH are so relieved. Also good news on the house! Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly from Monday.

Lisa I'm so happy for you and your massive poo! Haha

Beanie's movement has changed slightly too, lots of rolls and stretches and eel-like movement where she can have a bit of a dance around for a minute and then stop. My whole belly is going a bit crazy atm but I think she's just trying to get comfy in there.

Lols, thanks all! Very appreciative of your support!

Potato - so glad mini Potato is ok. That must have been so worrying. All fingers and toes crossed for exchanging on Monday!

Glad baby potato is doing fine hope you get a good sleep

😱 at your scare potato glad all is well and movement is back to normal.

glad your folks are back safe and sound bunch! now feel free to relax that pelvis and let that bubba run free!

lol at your amazing poo lisa I've also taken to announcing my movements to DH. Me the other night: "Hold this a sec - I have an emergency poo coming on" - emergency poo mostly when the bub decides to do the samba on my bowels (after getting bored of my bladder)

Morning all!

potato I'm glad baby potato is doing well. They love to worry us!

pink I'm having about the same amount but movement feels very different! It's more of a squirm than a poke.

lisa I am so happy for you and your large poo! There is definitely nothing better than laying it all out!!

30 weeks today here and feels like a big milestone. Think I possibly managed to recover OHs head from la la land when I made him realise we only have the same amount of time left til baby day as the amount of time we've already done since our 20 week scan. He woke me up at 20 to 6 to ask of I wanted to take the dog for an early walk then decided we wanted to DTD and now he's away back to sleep so he might not even see baby day... he's obviously never heard the expression 'let a sleeping pregnant, hormonal, hungry beast of a woman lie.'

Morning all,

Potato so glad to hear everything is okay. Fx for Monday.
Congrats on 30 weeks Miley, it definitely felt like a big milestone to me, the next was at 37.

I'm 38 weeks today eek, with a spaghetti squash.

Had a lovely day with parents. I'm so so chuffed they're back and they came back to the best news. Before they went away I made dad put in a claim on his health insurance for critical illness cover (he wasn't aware he had it) well the letter arrived yesterday and they've paid out!! Dad was planning on retiring in 18 months but he can do it now yay!!!
I plan on kidnapping them to Wales once he's had all his Drs/hospital appointments this week. I just know every man and his dog is about to turn up to visit him and he hates it. The same as when he got his cancer diagnosis. It pisses me right off, they don't come to visit just for the sake of it, just when there is bad news etc. So I want to whisk him away from them and have them on hand for Pips arrival.

We don't know when he can drive yet so lots to find out.

Yesterday I had 3 cups of raspberry leaf tea. I have pineapple and other labour inducing foods on my shopping list for today and DH is most definitely on a promise. My hips cannot take this for another potential 4 weeks. I dreamt I was in labour all night which obviously led to very broken sleep. We've booked cinema tickets for Sunday to help invoke the law of sod.

I'm another for announcing poos to DH. I now get called after me "J breathing!!" Which is a type of breathing taught in hypno that is used to get bubba out, only to be practised on the loo.

Morning ladies, how are you all today?

Potato is fully back to normal today and woke up for a stretch when I had breakfast she's also 36 weeks and the size of a chihuahua!
I forgot to say, I asked the midwife yesterday about going light headed when Potato does big rolls and she told me it was perfectly normal as Potato is probably leaning on a blood vessel or nerve. She also tells me that my blood pressure while normal is on the low side so that won't help and explains the pretty dancing lights I get in front of my eyes quite often

Pink congrats on 30 weeks

Bunch glad you're having a good time with your parents.

Good luck on evicting baby! With any luck I'll be trying the same thing this time next week!

So this weekend is the pack-a-thon. Two days to get our entire lives into boxes. I'm quite looking forward to it although I packed two boxes yesterday and had to have a sit down so OH may find he's doing a lot of the actual work while I supervise... That will make a change

We were going to leave all the random stuff we have at OHs house there for a few weeks rather than pick it up straight away but amusingly OHs dad has been asking when we'll pick it up and when we said "no rush, we'll get the new house sorted and then start picking up the odd car load" his response was, I can bring car loads over. Eager much lol, OH is slightly offended that his dad is desperate to reclaim his bedroom.

Morning all. Potato glad little potato is behaving today!

Miley I found 30 weeks to be a big milestone too, so exciting!

bunch kidnapping your dad sounds like a good idea.

So I had period pain in the middle of the night. Spent a good 10 mins convinced it must be a contraction haha it wasn't

New as I'm getting closer to 40 weeks I'm finding it more difficult to differentiate between contraction pain, period pain and I need a poop pain my body just seems to want me to be in pain all the time

Oh Bunch, I'm so glad your parents are back safely and everything is ok. Great news on the insurance, too, that must take such a load off his mind!

Potato - sorry about all the pain Do you find yourself mostly resting and taking it easy these days? Or does that not even help either?

Potato totally with you there. Dreaming of being in labour all night made every twinge this morning even more fun.

Wow, 38 weeks Bunch! In a way it seems like time has gone very fast. I've realised that on Monday I will be able to say baby is due "this month". Scary stuff

Great news about the insurance and retirement too Sorry if you've already said this, but will Pip be your parents first grandchild?

Congratulations on 30 weeks Miley! That's definitely a milestone! How are your feet doing?

A word of warning ladies - do not get Boots own brand liquid heartburn medicine in peppermint. It is actually the most disgusting thing I have ever tasted. Preferable to heartburn but makes me gag trying to take it.

Just washed and hung a load of baby blankets and muslins on the line and now off for a walk along the seafront with OH.

Hope you all have lovely days.

Morning all,

So pleased everything is ok with miniPotato! that must have been a worry. Hope your OH is getting on with the packing.

Bunch also pleased to hear your parents are back safe and sound and great news about your dads retirement too. You must be so relieved. 38 weeks-wow!

30 weeks is a milestone Miley, hope your OH redeems himself later.

Walk on the seafront sounds lovely Pink!

I almost bought a Poang on gumtree today, still tempted. It looks like it needs a few extra cushions for the arms though. I was wondering whether to hold out and get one with a footstool though.

Lisa yep, there's lots of being lazy going on. Mostly because I get warn out so quickly and I walk slower that a snail!

Bunch aww, after all the stress of wanting baby to stay put you must be desperate to get on with it now. I'm sure it won't be long though

Right, we've been for a coffee and breakfast, now for some serious packing action!

Hi ladies,

Miley how exciting for the 30 weeks milestone, mine is on Wednesday, I feel that's when the real countdown begins!

I can't believe you're 38 weeks bunch, that has flown! I can't wait for baby bunch to make an appearance. Great news about your dads insurance btw!

Potato good luck with the big packing day!

I'm feeling very happy with myself as I was about to order the Tullsta chair from ikea for £80 (smallish tub-like chair that would fit better in our nursery) and have just found one on gumtree for £30! So going to pick that up this afternoon also received some wall stickers through the post so going to spend the day marking up where I want them on the nursery wall, I think I'll need more than I ordered though as they are slightly smaller than I though. No problem though, I'll make a start with the ones I have.
DH has just been to my neighbour's (who is arranging my Scottish baby shower tomorrow with another friend) and he's revealed after me nagging him to tell me that it's in one of favourite venues in the city and apparently she has organised a few nice surprises. So that's got me excited for what's to come tomorrow!

I can't believe the finish line is in sight for a lot of us!! Exciting times!

indi that sounds fab, my baby shower is next week sat, really looking forward to it! I look forward to hearing about your Scottish shower

Indi baby shower sounds really exciting. Hope you have a lovely time

So packing isn't going as well as hoped because I'm next to useless so OH is having to do a lot of the work himself. Still I think we'll be done by the end of the day, I'm just glad I'd already packed most of the flat in early pregnancy.

30+2 and crazy crying hormones are back in force then! Got overtired decorating so got stroppy with dh and ended up sobbing on the bathroom floor while a very confused dog tried to comfort me.

Living the dream!

Oh irregular I nearly started crying in m&s yesterday because I didn't know what I wanted for dinner, I was there for half an hour deciding between pizza or a Dine in for £10 meal. I am totally with you for the irrational hormonal breakdowns!

Latest baby purchase: a high chair! DH & I were eating dinner last night and wondering what we would do with the baby if he was awake. We've decided to buy a Polly Magic high chair - it's expensive (£110) but suitable from birth. DH thinks it'll stop me worrying about putting the baby down with our cats about. I was eyeing up a Stokke Tripp Trapp but they are even more eye-wateringly expensive!

We picked up our Snuzpod in the week. It's looking like DH won't be made redundant after all (yay!) and we managed to pick the Snuzpod up for £95 so it felt like less of an extravagant splurge. (Mamas & Papas gave us a £50 voucher for recalling our pram, and we had another £15 loyalty voucher for buying something there last month, plus there was about £20 off and an extra 10% off on top of that when we bought it!) I think shelb has one of these too. Does anyone else? Trying to decide what bedding to buy to go with it. Am I limited to just the Snuzpod ones on Little Green Sheep? We're eyeing up the cloud print.

31+3 weeks today! If I can bring my mat leave forward by a week, that's only 21 days left in work!

60 days until due date and we get to meet our baby boy! Eeeeeeeek.

Eeek leonie for exciting! Love the high chair.

Exciting indi!!

Good luck with the packing potato! We went to see some houses today! Was exciting! Saw one quite good one! More viewings on Monday but I would be keen to put an offer in on today's one! Fingers crossed!

Leonie - so happy for your DH! Such good news about his job!

I hadn't even thought about a high chair, as I figured you couldn't until they were older. Definitely going to look into that now.

Hope the house hunting goes well, Feefs!

Aww, Irregular perfectly normal to get emotional when you over do it.

Indi I'm glad I'm not the only one who has burst into tears ins supermarket just because I don't know what I want to eat.

Leonie ooo... Exciting purchases and yay to 60 days until due date

Feef exciting house shopping!! Fingers crossed you find somewhere that you love and it's all smooth sailing

Didn't quite finish the packing but OH and I are exhausted and had to call it a day. Been having practice contractions/need to poop pain all day so have been very quietly informing Potato that she has to wait a week... TMI but I'm pretty sure it's because I've started taking iron supplements and my poop is rock hard.