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

Lillian yay on your placenta moving up. Hopefully it will continue its journey and all will be well.

We're using my middle name as the last 4 generations of girls have had it and my mum insisted.

So the saga of the scummy previous owners continues... The oven is faulty but you can get it to work if you know the trick. We can live with that however I just had a heating engineer out to check the boiler and discovered that the water tank is leaking and also needs to be serviced by an electrician because the wiring looks dodgy
Based I a mark on the carpet we're pretty sure it only leaks when the heating's on so I think it started at the end of the winter and they just decided to turn it off and leave it for us to deal with... They probably hoped we wouldn't notice until next winter. Bastards!!!

Bastards potato! We had similar with a dishwasher - that suddenly 'broke' after we had exchanged and completed.

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Arghhhhh, Potato - that's so rubbish1

Omg where is bunch?! The suspense is killing me hope she's doing well!

Potato what bastards! I've heard that happen quite a lot. Sorry you've just discovered it, what a pain in the arse!

Love all the names you've posted ladies, we're pretty set on one but I don't want to say it out loud because I'll feel I'm committed to it then. Also I'm now worrying that the name won't suit a blonde/fair baby, im quite dark and was very dark and hairy when born but DH is more mouse-brown and was fair/bald when born. It's a tough decision to make.

Ok, I'm getting seriously stressed. It's my aunties funeral on Thursday at 12pm (dad's sister) and I have my dress fitting at half 2 after going to the crem at 1. My mum has asked if I can pick her and my grandma up and take them to the funeral. My dad and mum hate each other so can't see any reason my mum would want to go (married to my dad for 21 years before divorce but she never got on with my dad's family). I'm now stressed that they'll want to stand with me and my dad will get pissed off that I took them when I know he won't want them there (think my grandma is only going because she has nothing better to do. Yes this is the same grandma that just let's herself into my house!!!) And they have also asked if I can drop them off at home. The crematorium is in the same town as my dress fitting so that'll be cutting it fine for getting them home then back to the same town (about 20 minute drive each way). I don't want to be a cow and tell them I don't think they should go but I really don't want to/have the time to get them there!

potato find their new house and egg it. The absolute bastards

indi I think you've mentioned baby's name before and I personally think it'd suit a fair head baby as well but only you will know what she suits!

Have been waiung since 10 am to be able to check back for news. Our first thread baby seems to be on lots of our minds. Hope everything is going well.

Miley I'd politely let them know you're not able to provide transport because of your other appointments and you'll need to be with your Dad and cousin for support etc and for that reason you doubt you'll be able to sit with them either but that they're welcome to attend if they can get themselves there. That way, if they show up you've already set out your expectations that they'll keep their distance. Hopefully they'll think bettet of coming. Now if they aren't welcome to attend, I'm afraid you're just going to have to tell them.

potato I totally missed that you had moved! Congrats!

Omg bunch must actually be pushing a baby out! Crazy!!

Miley that's really frustrating. I would personally say to my mum that it's going to be hard to take her due to the dress fitting. Just say you'll be stressing to take her home unless she can get a lift or taxi home? Hopefully she won't be bothered about going if it's going to be a pain to get back?..

I think I've changed my mind since I last posted the name..this is another reason I don't want to commit! I'm too indecisive

Miley I think you have to a cow in this instance and tell your mum and grandma that you think it'd be inappropriate for them to go and also that if they really want to they're going to have to find alternative transport as you have an appointment to go to.

Sadly the old owners have moved abroad so I can't get revenge

Wish Bunch would update us... Although, it's probably unreasonable to expect her to post the moment baby pops out

If baby has arrived Bunch will probably had two minutes to get a rest before being busy with visitors. I think we will just have to have some patience (buy we'll all keep checking back every two minutes just in case anyway).

I really hope that Bunch is ok and isn't having a horrendous labour.

New, has your midwife mentioned sweeps or anything yet? I got told yesterday at my consultant appointment that if I go 7 days over, they will book me in for an induction. I quite like that they don't let you go the full 2 weeks over, but I want to avoid an induction if I can as at our hospital that means you are classed as high risk and can't give birth in the new birthing centre with all the lovely pools for water births.

Leonie, i'm sworn to secrecy by OH about baby names, but we've gone from having two options to now having four first name options, and two middle name options. I'm pretty sure the list is meant to shrink rather than grow . Theodore was on out boys list, I love it. I'm starting to stress about having to give a little human a name for the rest of their lives. I don't really care too much what other people think of the name, but I want it to work for baby at all ages and not date.

Miley, I like Cameron for a boy - its not that common nowadays which would draw me to it. Also love Harry, but its my nephew's name so we couldn't have used that if we were having a boy.

For the funeral, I'd just say to your mum and grandma that you have a dress fitting and won't have time to take them back home afterwards and then make it back to the fitting. Blame it all on that. Did you speak to your midwife about the green stuff?

Lilian, thats great news on the scan and placenta movement!

Your sellers have been so sneaky Potato. Its a bugger that they've moved abroad too so you can't pursue it.

I've had a call from the health visitor today, wanting to come round this week. Nothing like a bit of notice is there! I said no as I'm still at work, so she offered me one of two remaining appointment times next week. Its irritating as i've been waiting for her to get in touch since 34 weeks, so she seems to have left it late in the day and presumed I will be free. She also said when she comes she has to show us a DVD on babies crying . That seems a bit of an odd thing to do!

pink we have the health visitor coming Friday morning! She basically said she only does Friday mornings so it's that or nothing! Luckily om on holiday after tomorrow for wedding prep etc so it's all sorted.

Thanks ladies, I did say I couldn't take them home as it would be inconvenient. I'm far to soft and hate saying no to people but I definitely had to this time. I'm not sure wetter I should warn my dad they intend on coming

I called the midwife and she said not to worry and unless it starts to smell and get heavier then it is probably just parts of my plug coming away. Like potato mentioned, it does grow back so all should be ok. I'll mention it again to my proper midwife tomorrow just for a second opinion, though it has gone back to white now. There's just bloody loads of it I coughed earlier and thought I'd pee'd!

pink just gonna add - ours hasn't mentioned anything about a dvd!!

Pink there was no DVD at my health visitor appointment either. They did show one at the NHS parenting class though.

Miley glad the midwife confirmed nothing to worry about

It's been an awfully productive day here. Lots of paperwork done, kitchen unpacked and bedroom blinds fitted (with the help of OH) oh and the leak is now fixed. Tomorrow it's time to attack the living room

Glad it was nothing to worry about miley

Glad your unpacking/sorting is coming along potato

There's some lovely name suggestions, I love Theo but my manager called her little boy that just last year

Omg the suspense is killing me, come on pip!!

Just got back from the birthing centre- had a breastfeeding and aftercare for newborn session, it was really good and very practical, we even had little dolls to practice bathing and dressing. I never realised the NHS offered such good courses, recommend those of you who can't afford NCT to look into them

Happy full term pink bump looks great.

Theodore is lovely leonie.

Can't say the name for a boy as its DHs name!! Nice traditional name though and for a girl Anna.

Great news about the placenta Lillian.

Good news on placenta movement Lillian! I was also in same boat - low at 20 weeks but had moved actually by 28 week growth scan and was still high at 34 week scan.

Miley sounds stressful, glad you told them they should make their own way back. I'm getting a LOT of CM too if that's any help! Midwives say it's totally normal. I wear a party liner now and it also feels like I wee myself!

Lovely names on here! We're going for Alexa or Alexander - notice a theme?!

Nobody has mentioned anything about a health visitor to me. I haven't asked though! I live in London, any other London-ites have any knowledge of health visitors? I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow so guessing I should have heard by now if anyone is coming round?

Another one here who's been checking like a mad woman for bunch news!

Great news about the placenta Lilian I had the same thing and mine moved

Potato glad you had a productive day.

Some lovely names mentioned. Mine are still a secret, sorry! We have 2 for a boy and 2 for a girl. Will decide on the day I think.

Pink I see the midwife at 40+1 when we'll discuss induction and sweeps. I think mine try to book you for induction at 40+10, but I'm going to refuse until I'm 14 days over. I'll probbaly change my mind because I really don't want to be induced.

Soda, I LOVE Alexa! DH is not keen though and won't let me use it, so I'm very jealous!

Also in London and haven't heard about HV, but then I'm only just past 32 weeks, so perhaps too early.

Evening all!

Been away on holiday with no signal. Hope we are all well.

For names I think we are settled on two depending on what he looks like but you never know we may decide on something different when he is here:

Bodhi Reef
Woodford (Woody) Kenneth

I think I am leaning more towards Bodhi...

Thanks Lisa! We love it too. Alexander is a bit of a compromise as we both love other boys names more ( but nothing we agree on!) but we both love Alexa. We were actually unsure of calling a boy Alexander because then if we had a girl in the future we couldn't call her Alexa! But we'll just deal with it if it happens! Whereabouts in London are you? I'm in NW.

Potato forgot to say - it's so annoying when that happens to somewhere you've just bought. When I bought a couple of years ago the boiler broke within a month and the washing machine followed shortly after Glad you're in and have had a productive unpacking day though.

Soda - I'm SE, so completely the other side to you!

Lisa!

Thanks everyone for cheering on my placenta! lisa mine is anterior too and I feel quite strong kicks above the belly button. hope you we both get the final all clear at 34/35w!

potato seems to be a done thing by sellers - they stop trying to fix things as soon as they have it in their mind to sell! We had to have the boiler fixed within days of moving too! ridiculous! shame it's not something surveyors check for.

miley that sounds stressful! I hope they see some sense or at least hope inconvenience is enough to change their minds. I'm sure your dad doesn't need to be worrying about this at such a time.

soda I'm in London too and no one's mentioned a house visitor to me at all either! I know a community midwife is meant to visit at home in the first few days after being discharged from the hospital but I guess that's quite different thing. anyone thought of getting a postnatal doula/maternity nurse? am thinking someone coming by for 2 hours twice a week would be helpful. I'm hoping for no more than 1 nights stay after giving birth but only have my younger sister here (she knows even LESS than me about babies haha). would be good to have someone to ask what the hell im doing or at least some reassurance that I'm doing ok with the new bub. Gosh it's so daunting isn't it!!!!??

was hoping to see an update from bunch before going to bed but I guess we'll have to wait until tomorrow!

Boo insomnia