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charleymouse · 05/02/2007 09:15

Good Morning all, hope you all had a good weekend will catch up later.
Hurrah it was light when I left the house this morning for the first time in ages so feel much happier about being up and at work.
Cheers CM

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anneme · 05/02/2007 09:39

Morning all
Haven't posted for a while and have only read bits and pieces - read our IT policy at work this am and found that chat rooms are banned - no wonder I have been having trouble...anyway, am now at home with DS who is not well - am meant to be getting on with work.
I am finding that headaches etc are finally going away - a combination of lots of water and making myself go to bed early. BUT a question re varicose veins - of the vulva variety. Didn't have this last time round but think i do now. I feel sort of fat and tender in that area and pressured when I walk. Anyone else having this prob? Any ideas for support pants/tights? Also does sex have an impact - we have already been banned by the consultant from penetrative sex (sorry, probably too much info for first thing on a mon morning - thank goodness this is anon!) but should we be avoiding anything that involves (ahem) blood flow to the vulvic area? Am now feeling hot and bothered so will have to go and hide blushing face....

scootermum · 05/02/2007 10:24

Good morning,

Not sure anemne.We were banned as well when I was pg with dd due to earlier mc so we didnt bother doing anything-but that was a combination of me being too tired and paranoia about the bean.Maybe give your midwife a call.(I would call as would blush too much to do it in person-even though its nothing really to be embarassed about in this day and age-but im a horrible blusher)

Nearly persuaded dh on my phil and teds.DD and I did not have such a good day yesterday as she was up all night Sat and then feeling poorly I think yesterday.Managed a trip to Tescos, where all the other shoppers seemed to be on a go slow-it drove me wild, then a cuddly afternoon as dd wouldnt be put down for so much as a minute.Not sure how I will manage when shes like this when Ive a tiny one as well to look after.Either dd will have to grow out of it sharpish, which seems a bit harsh as she wont even be one and a half or the new baby will have to be very independent.Otherwise I will end up with arms like a weight lifter from lugging them both round all day!dh back tonight and feeling suitably gulity for leaving with- child wife and sickly daughter.(it wasnt so bad in the end really tho, shhh dont tell him...)
Am thinking I like Mae Eleanor for the babys name-dh probably wont though.Last time it was discussed he liked Elizabeth after his Mum.Not a goer with Scoot.

MKG-Mae (im testing it) doesnt move very much either.The sometimes she will have an active day.Its pretty normal right?(but when im awake in the middle of the night, obviously I entertain thoughts of sick baby etc, which doesnt help with getting back to sleep in the slightest)

AM-Glad you had a good time with FSF.

Hope everyone else had a good weekend?

scootermum · 05/02/2007 10:26

Your right charley-it WAS light!Thought there was something different.Unfortunately our village is in a dip though and is covered in a blanket of fog all the time, (in manner of Sleepy Hollow) so didnt get the benefits.Roll on spring though-cant wait!

cinnamontam · 05/02/2007 10:37

Scooter - the name Mae is lovely I know what you mean about the whole movement thing. My bean is active all the time and then nothing for a few hours when the day before it was her most active time. Makes it hard to relax and just enjoy.
Met my cousin for coffee yesterday, she has a 3 week old and 22 month old and they have a Phil and Teds. It's so nice and moves so beautifully. I think it will be our pram of choice as well. My hubby loves his gadgets so he is quite happy to spend money on something that is so funky

Anneme - i've not had that but it's my first. I would call the midwife for sure. I think i saw a link to a chat about it. Will see if i can dig it out for you.

Good morning all - hope you had a good weekend.

SOH - any news on the cussie?

anneme · 05/02/2007 10:40

Thank you Cinnnamon and scooter. Am seeing midwife tomorrow anyway so will mumble my probs to her...if you find that link it would be helpful anyway because there might be suggestions.
Scooter - i think Mae is lovely - and quite unusual. My only point would be be careful of initials - M E and then some surnames might make a funny combo..I speak as someone who works in a job where initials are used a lot!!

cinnamontam · 05/02/2007 10:43

Have a look at this link. Might be helpful
www.radmid.demon.co.uk/veins.htm

Was posted by another MNetter on another link. Good luck

Lwatkins · 05/02/2007 11:19

Morning all lovely ladies and bumps
Haven't been on over the w/e - been unusually busy! Have had a fabulous weekend, met my sister yesterday in the centre. She came over from london to see me, awwww! She's going travelling on tuesday for 2 months, backpacking round Australia and glacia treking in New Zealand. I hold no grudge of course, grrrrr! She'll be there, i'll be here - getting fat! Am gonna miss her like mad. But saw her yesterday, we did some shopping, then went for a huge sunday dinner, then more shopping then into starbucks for a hot chocolate, it was fabulous!

Have started to get stuff for my hospital bag, had no idea how much stuff was needed and it's costing me a small fortune. Yesterday bought my nightie for labour, some nice new pg's, a light dressing gown, some big knickers and some disposable ones and some maternity pads.
Was in boots and picked up their free baby and you mag and would highly recomend, its fantastic! Also saw a changing mat in there that was pink and said little pricess on it for £8.00 so will be going back for that! Have got lots of baby clothes now and my cousin sent me down a huge bag of hand me down stuff to, it's all so cute!
My mum is buying my cot, i have bought my moses basket and have decided on my pram - silvercross 3D. Just have to wait for my maternity allowance to get it. Starting to feel a bit more organised baby wise now.
Still not going ott though as have a while to go yet.
Also got some coco butter moisturiser cream, huge tub from superdrug for £2! It's sooo lovely. Cant stop applying the stuff!

Scooter i love Mae, i'm using it for this one's middle name only spelling it May.
SOH, any news on your frisky cat?

Hope everybody's had lovely weekends, been very quiet on here from the looks of things!

anneme · 05/02/2007 11:59

Cheers Cinnamon - the link is helpful...mind you one person suggests acupuncture. Whilst I am open to many suggestions I am not sure about the idea of someone sticking needles in my bits! Will now got to see midwife armed with info....and questions.
LWatkins - you sound FAR too organised!!! i'm jealous.

cinnamontam · 05/02/2007 12:33

I know!!! I read the acupuncture bit and I swear my own bits recoiled

cinnamontam · 05/02/2007 12:40

And i agree - Lwatkins you are very organised

I'm definitely holding back on buying things - don't really know why. Guess once I buy the first thing then it will be just an endless stream of spending. I think part of it is not knowing yet what maternity pay I'll get (I'm the first in my company to get preggers so they are still working it out). So do i need to be incredibly frugal or can i splash out on the odd thing. Oh well, should know in the next week or two.

We are getting the interior of our house painted as well so don't want to do buy anything till Bean's room has been done. Then we can start filling it with cot, dresser etc...

scootermum · 05/02/2007 13:08

Acupunture?!!!Euggh.
Well so far ive only got the new baby 3 sleep suits, (John Lewis, best ones IMO even if more expensive because they have little foldy back bits on the sleeves that you can fold over and avoid the use of seperate scratch mits if the baby needs them.Scratch mits always used to fall off dd and she would end up with a face resembling someone who got off worse in a fight with a tiger..) The rest of you are way ahead of me!
That said I wont need much as the new baby will have all dd's stuff mostly, (poor thing with the sloppy seconds) as its all newish anyway.DD on the other hand will be getting a new little bed -so the new baby can have her cot, and all sorts.I will really miss all the shoppong for the newborn bits though this time.It was so exciting last time...Plus we had a new house to decorate last time as well.DH would call from work and steal himself for me telling him what else I had bought..I did go a bit mad in the end..

lwatkins-my tip for hospital bag-socks, at least 2 pairs, feet get cold in labour, mine did anyway, and slippers so you dont need to be in your bare feet on the hospital floor.Oh and some lip balm.I was desperate for it when I was in labour with dd.You'd think it'd be the least of my worries...

Juicylucytoo · 05/02/2007 13:56

Love the name Mae - I have an Aunt May who is an absolute gem.

Pod hasn't been moving much today. Only the odd kick. Panicking abit. Only seems to kick me if I start to post on MN!!

At 24 weeks, how often per day would you expect to feel kicks??

Lwatkins · 05/02/2007 14:01

Quick Q, are maternity wards really minging or something? Everyone keeps saying how everything needs to be wiped down, wear flip flops in the shower etc? What's that all about? I don't understand, first time mummy so feel a bit - out of the loop....

Lwatkins · 05/02/2007 14:05

Juicy, i'm 24+1 today and she's hardly moved. But she kind of has a little pattern going on. She'll be really active for 1 day then over the next 2 days i don't really feel her much. Then after her 2 day rest she starts pounding the crap out of me again! Also i've noticed she is hardly ever active during the day but very active at night when i get into bed. Don't fret, all will be fine

Juicylucytoo · 05/02/2007 14:24

Thanks LW - know I'm just be paranoid.

Re Maternity wards. This is my first too, but I think they can vary greatly, but it's best to be prepared. That way you can cope better. Disposable wipes for loos etc and flipflops worth packing just in case I think.

twelveyeargap · 05/02/2007 14:42

Hello all. Quick catch up. If you're not mentioned, it doesn't mean I don't like you.

SOH - I feel so, so sorry for you with the gastro. I can't believe you're already back at work, you poor thing.

Lupins - must be a nightmare with the pain on walking. I've got a "touch" of spd where it hurts when I get out of bed and when i'm walking about, but it's a niggle more than a pain. I feel for all of you with really bad ligament troubles.

Abby - Sounds like a nasty reaction to the medication. Did you speak to the GP? Happened to me once with an antibiotic I was given for bad cystitis. I'm not allergic to penicillin per se, just this particular medication gave me horrendous pains in my kidneys and made me throw up green bile. Thought I had a kidney infection until I stopped taking the meds.

No sign of LG&T?

I didn't read the link about the acupuncture, but is it actually topical acupuncture on the site of pain? I've only ever had topical acupuncture once, by a physiotherapist. When I've gone any other time, to a Chinese doctor, the acupuncture has been given at a site on the body other than the source of the problem.

JL - there's no set amount of movement to feel. I think because you're on your first baby, you might not notice the movement as much. Plus, your baby might be more active at night when you're usually asleep. I noticed over the weekend, that when I was up later than usual, I felt loads of movement. My baby tends to have her "active awake" time a little at around 9 or 10pm then loads between 12am and 1am and sometimes later in the night too. There's a chart in my baby book which shows that the baby sleeps or is in "restful awake" (or similar) for most of the time. The "active awake" and "active asleep" times are very short. As long as you are feeling some movement then there isn't anything to worry about.

notsolilKel · 05/02/2007 14:45

Scooter - love the name Mae. Very cool. So cool in fact, I am tempted to 'borrow' it, but I think Dh and I are settled on Sienna.

Labour bags and whatnot: check out this link of best tips ever (Mnet) .... using Lansinoh or Avent nipple cream as lipbalm is seriously the best thing I've come across yet!!!!

Def, def take flip flops with you. You won't believe the stuff that will come out of you in the shower - then there are all the others on your ward...

Oh and in case anyone's been hunting for (American) fruit roll-ups, the Jordan's All Fruit Bars are sorta similar. Good for the dried fruit quota IYKWIM

aprilmeadow · 05/02/2007 14:47

I think each hospital varies on the levels of cleanliness. Its not as clean as you might keep your house and there are loads of people in and out all day. Would you really want to go bare foot in a shower where 10 or so other ladies have been? Wouldnt fancy picking up a varruca or anything like that from the showers. They dont clean after each use and they dont leave the sprays for you to use either. I didnt know any of this first time round, and i will defiantely be packing all those kind of things this time.

Anneme, i have a similar issue, will go off and read the thread now .

notsolilKel · 05/02/2007 14:49

Oh and Scooter, my DS was ill this weekend (well for the past 3 weeks actually with various ailments) and last night I was up with him from 3:57 onwards. After all the moaning and sneaky administrations of meds in a darkened room, I gave in and changed his nappy. Ahhh, that was it. Quiet at last, except it's then 5:45 and I'm starving, naturally...

(anyone else get these major hunger attacks in the middle of the night)?

So I've been lving on decaf lattes all day. Grrrr. I better get my P&T buggy or there's gonna be hell to pay

JellyBellyBump · 05/02/2007 15:02

My little bump is starting to get a bit of a temper. On Saturday night I was out with friends in the pub and out of nowhere would come this really hard kick, right in my ribs. And last night I think it was practicing bomb diving as I had about 4 hours sleep. And everytime DH puts his hand on my stomach, he goes quiet .

twelveyeargap · 05/02/2007 15:03

I put my foot RIGHT in it with my mum. She really, really didn't want to know the gender of the baby, but as we've been calling it "her" and calling her by her name for the last 5 weeks, it's really hard to get out of the habit. Almost got out of mums house on Thurs night and about 20 mins before we left I said "her" twice and she picked up on it. She had actually said, "Oh you're carrying the exact same way as with DD1. I bet it's a girl." Plus she'd picked up lots of little things for me at the Oxfam shop for me to choose from and though I'd taken a "boys" vest and a couple of blue things, I also took a little pink tracksuit for an older baby so she was pretty sure. Oh well. One VERY cute thing she got was a swim suit for a 0-3mth baby girl. Awwwhhh. It's teeny-tiny. I don't know if it will get any use, but it's so, so cute. Purple with little frills.

The crib she got me is lovely and Easyjet took it as outsize luggage for no extra cost, which was great.

Wedding on Friday was nice. DH and I had our hair done on Fri morning. DH was an usher so he unfortunately had to go off to various "locations" for photos. At around 9pm when they were clearing tables off the dancefloor I decided to go for a lie down. Didn't wake up until 11.30 when DH came looking for me. Thought I might as well stay in bed as everyone was legless by that stage. Read for a few hours and went back to sleep. DH was out Weds night after work, then stayed up Thurs night before the wedding with some of the other guests until nearly 4am. Then stayed up til after 3am on Fri night as well. I actually didn't mind until the then said he wanted to skip going to my mums for the night on Sat (we both have issues with my step-dad, so dread going) and could he go out with some of the guys instead. Told him he could go home or come to mums, but that three nights out ont he trot was more than generous. Ended up having a massive row on the way to mums which ended up with me pulling over in a some random town and saying he should get a cab back to his mates because I didn't want to have him in the car a minute longer. He went as far as getting his stuff out of the boot and then sat back in and apologised. Not much later, one of his mates texted him to say that I was a saint for not minding him being out so much! Felt rather vindicated and DH was suitably chagrin (and embarrassed thinking of how they would have reacted if he'd shown up, sans wife, for yet another night out.)

Tired today. Did a whole lot of driving over the weekend, though and I think travelling takes it out of you a bit.

Oh mum gave me a left over Christmas pud she'd made. Yum. I ate about two thirds of the one she gave us for Christmas. I love it. She makes them really light texture, with tons of booze and with butter rather than lard so there's no aftertaste.

Oh, had a bit of a blow up at one of the guys in work a bit earlier. Bought a chocolate muffin iwht lunch and of course SOMEONE had to say SOMETHING. Am so sick of them. Said, "Can we just STOP commenting on what I'm eating? Every time I have lunch SOMEBODY has SOMETHING to say." Of course they just laughed at me. Oh well. Told DH as well becuase I'm sick of him going on at me about how many Twixes I eat. I've taken to standing in the kitchen to eat treats. Well if I don't actually get any enjoyment out of the treat, the chances are that I'll have another one. If I was allowed to actually sit down and enjoy my food without being admonished, then I might not eat so much! Swines!

That's it from me I think.

Lwatkins · 05/02/2007 15:07

Are the showers just an open room, or do you have private cubicle type things for some privacy? Don't much like the idea of being in an open shower room with other mums in at the same time, especially if we are all leaking blood etc!!! I know that i'll have just shown my fandango of to lots of other people whilst in labour but i draw the line at showering openly with others after it

twelveyeargap · 05/02/2007 15:08

I've not been up eating in the night, but I have noticed that I can't wait as long for brekki. I used to go straight to work and have breakfast at about 9 or 9.30am, when I actually felt hungry. For the last few days I've been starving by the time I reach the train station (genearlly resulting in purchase of naughty pastry from the platform coffee shop), so I'm going to have to get up earlier and actually make breakfast at home. Damn.

Lwatkins · 05/02/2007 15:16

TYG why do they keep making comments about what your eating? It's none of their business, you eat what you like! If you want a twix or 12, have them! Some people, grrrr. Next time anyone says anything just puch them, then blame it on this 'nervous twitch' you've recently adopted due to peoples insenitivity!

notsolilKel · 05/02/2007 15:24

bit of shameless self promotion, sorry... I've got this buggy/travel system to sell (3 wheel Jane Slalom Pro) . Hoping that I can deal with a mnetter instead of ebay...

LOL at the tales of office eating, TYG. I used to get the same thing last year. I finally just started flaunting it, you know, playing up the "mmmm" and "just going to Pret now, anyone want anything???" when I craved my almond croissants. They're just jealous

I've also taken to eating my snacks in the kitchen, furtively. DH caught me with Oatibix yesterday before our roast dinner. It was for the baby!!!