Due in June: roses are red, violets are blue, we're all getting huge, roll on June!

[notsolilKel]

Hi everyone, new thread...apologies for sorry attempt at poetry

Personally I think getting filthy dirty is what childhood is all about, no?

LOVE the "You toucha my bump, I smasha your face" idea, you should propose that to Blooming Marvellous or something - we are sooo creative on this thread. Actually I find it odd that the bump touching should be a problem in Britain where people are usually so reserved, but have never been pg in Britain. I haven't had that problem in Italy, but maybe I give off "don't touch" vibes too.

Saw my gynae today and heard the HB, all is fine, I've put on weight, about 7 1/2 kg, and she said it should've been about half that. Actually not as bad as I thought.
Asked her a bit about epidurals and my last birth, she said that I should've been able to feel enough to push - either they gave me too high a dose or else the labour progressed faster than they expected. Anyway, I'll be discussing this next time round when I see the anaesthetist beforehand.

Sleep, don't talk to me about sleep. I've been having problems on and off virtually since day 1. Right now DH and DD have colds and are waking me up at night if I don't wake up on my own.

Have to agree that unfortunatly it only gets worse, DD regularly woke me up at 5 at the end of my last pg, squirming away, then you get to the point where turning over is a major undertaking... can't wait

Ive got to go and talk more to the consultants in 2 weeks - but the MW said the fibroid was unlikely to move I'll have to read up about CS now as I know nothing!!

Hiya Justbeme, I don't know if this will cheer you up at all, but I'm actually electing to have a c-section (it's my second time round, had natural birth first time). A section is not all bad - and natural birth is not all good - if you read up a bit I'm sure you'll find that to be the case. Being diagnosed with fibroids has got to be both disturbing and disappointing, I am sure. However your section birth might actually be a relatively smooth and predictable experience - a thought, anyway... ((((HUGS))))

Justbeme I had a relatively easy natural birth, but it still hurt like hell, my pelvic floor is shot and my "bits" will never be the same again (maybe tmi ). One of my friends had a cs and she said it was brilliant and would definately do it again. She has none of the problems the rest of us do (weeing everytime you sneeze etc.). Obviously a natural birth is what everyone has as their ideal, but there are plenty of positives in a cs as well, like lilkel said.
I know this prob won't cheer you up, but I hope it helps a bit!

Holly, exactly, exactly...my pelvic floor is still rubbish - just weed in a fresh pair of pants at my latest sneeze, it is so annoying...and developed the lovely thing known as vulva varicose veins now. Why oh why did I ever think natural birth was a good idea? Must have been one of those women claiming it was orgasmic and no drugs needed...gahhhhh

sorry in a bit of a grump today. have a good night everyone, and a lovely preggie weekend!

lol at the weeing!! I keep needed the loo so much that I have to run to the bathroom at full speed, but running makes me wee too. It's a never ending cycle of wee!! It was hell when was being sick every morning a few weeks ago. If I was sick before I'd had a wee then I'd full on wet myself with the power of the retching! Sorry, maybe tmi, but I love to share!! Maybe I'd better sort out my pelvic floor, otherwise I'll never push this baby out. How's the "device" working out lilkel?

Wow, haven't logged on for a while and it's taken me most of the evening to work my way through the new threads!!! Hope you are all well and feeling better in this 2nd tri, I hope that the ms which has come back to haunt some of you doesn't last too long. I've felt much more human in the last couple of weeks - its great - although the contstant trips to the loo have also crept in and getting up 4 times in the night is a killer. Had my 20 week scan today (although 21 weeks tomorrow) WOW fantastic. Am proud to announce we are having a little boy he was more than obliging in showing us his bits. Everything was well but have to have another scan at 34 weeks as my placenta is a little low but I'm told this general rises! Will be good to see the little fella again though.

Checked out New Look today for maternity clothes they have some great stuff at reasonable prices - although no short length trousers not much choice out there for shorties!!! Growing rapidly now and even my looser tops are too tight - all out front - so need to start buying more tops.

Hollyandalice - thanks for all the links for freebies I'll be joining some of those at the weekend

Sorry for the long post, I'll keep up in future

Glad scan was ok kd, I'm sending out moving vibes to your placenta!!

Bump I think I've caught your sickness!! Was really poorly Fri nite and felt rubbish all weekend, but better now!

Has anyone tried one of those slings before (rather than a conventional baby carrier)? Just wondered if they make the baby seem lighter. My dd was a bit of a large baby and I couldn't carry her in a carrier past a couple of weeks old, she was just too heavy.

Evolution hasn't been kind to us humans really, has it, with varicose veins, crappy pelvic floors, problems feeding, backache etc etc, it's a wonder we're not extinct by now. My DH pointed out too that if a woman's aim is to try and keep her mate at all costs when men's animal instincts tell them to put it about as much as possible...why oh why are women grumpy moody explosive cows when pregnant...not exactly helpful in making men want to hang around

To join in the weeing fun...I sneezed as I was stepping into the car on Saturday and managed to wee myself, and I didn't feel particulary needful of a wee at the time...so I've doubled up the assault on the pelvic floor exercises, but am usually too busy or knackered to do them!!
Went to Mothercare and ordered buggy and cot on Saturday so feeling quite pleased . Felt the urge to get it sorted last week (all part of the nesting process I think) and it was all I could do to restrain myself till Saturday but thought that DH should be present!! Opted for Mothercare's Maui 2 in 1 system (imitation of a bugaboo, but half the price!) as it has a carry cot and all the trimmings (changing bag, cosytoes, raincover and the matching car seat was half price with it!)
Only downside is that now we have two changing bags (free huggies and this one) DH is closed entirely to the idea of the Cath Kidston one . Men, they'll never understand.
Also, managed to get through the weekend without wanting to murder DH or having a hormonal moment, although it was a close call a couple of times. The bean has now decided to keep me awake at night with multiple acrobatic dispays, so feeling tired and grumpy instead of hormonal and grumpy!! I just can't win.

Oh...a ps....my dear SIL is pg with twins through IVF (obviously a b.o.g.o.f type of deal!!) So so happy for her and BIL as they had decided that this was positively their last attempt (they have a DD already through IVF). Bit jealous though as I would've loved twins.

That's wonderful news. And buggy/cot sound fab. I think all my purchases are going to have to wait until Easter - baby's 'nursery' is currently DH's study and I'm not sure he'd take to kindly to me filling it up with cots and bedding whilst he's still in there... Our builders are coming over in March to put up some shelves in the spare room so that DH can move all his filed/paperwork up there. In the meantime there's nowhere to put anything baby-related. Although am getting some blinds put up today - DH's study will soon have Cath Kidston elephant circus blind which will hopefully be subtle hint that he's got to start packing up!!!
H&A, sling looks lovely, but am clueless as to practicality issues being a newbie. One thing I have had recommended to me, though, is this device that MOthercare and John Lewis sell to carry your baby around the house without giving you heinous backache. Will try to track it down and post a link.

Hello!!
I'm so with you on the nesting instinct. I've been busy sorting through all DS' stuff and making lists upon lists of the 'essentials' we need to get...lately it's been storage solutions because you won't believe how many new little plastic bits a little baby requres - bottles, steriliser, drying rack, powder, powder containers, cooler bag, heat insulating bag, bowls, cups, spoons, bibs, ay ay ay, it just keeps coming!!! (I expect I'll be formula feeding after a couple of weeks as first time round BF didn't work for me).

I hit 24 weeks on Sunday so I've only got 3.5 months till my section. That's simply not enough time!!

MLou, LOL at the Cath blinds being a 'signal' to your DH to start packing up - if your DH is anything like mine, the only thing it will signal is a question about it getting darker outside (after at least 3 mo have elapsed since said blinds were installed...)

Daisy, congrats to your SIL!! I am blessed with a receptive womb so can only imagine the heartache of IVF. Sticky vibes to her...

Best news so far (I'm going to try not to complain about the searing backaches I've had, insatiable urges to eat dry cereal straight from the box, and swollen nether regions due to varicose veins): sleeping through the night, courtesy of some lavender oil on my pillow. AHHH SLEEP...

Wow Marylou- sooo jealous on blind front !! Would love to have CK blinds, but alas my sewing machine is broken and getting someone to make them is well out of my price range (and am having a boy, so no flowers !! Must get new sewing machine before baby moves into his own room as I have yards of Anna French fabric I bought for dd's "big girl room" to make into blinds and cushions!! I know I'll never get round to doing it! Am having real problems finding nice nursery bedding sets for baby boys, I'm just not programmed for blue!!

We've kind of decided on a boy's name, Alfie, but I think it sounds a bit weird to have an Alice (dd) and an Alfie as it is 2 Al sounds. Dp is set on it though and won't change his mind! Men!

Lilkel I know what you mean about sorting through stuff, I did some this week and it's mind numbing work! I've managed to convince my parents to store some new baby stuff at their house until we've got some space sorted, which is just as well otherwise we'd be tripping over it.

Mothercare are holding onto the stuff for me and will deliver around four weeks prior to your due date (they do a nursery plan)...so it's two less boxes for us to trip over. We're in the middle of decorating and re-arranging....it's musical bedrooms at the moment and as we haven't decorated since we moved in over a year ago...there's painting to be done everyehere and its mayhem. I'll need the 10 weeks between finishing work and giving birth just to put the house in order.
Need to get it all sorted though as it's starting to get on my nerves and the nesting urge is getting worse already. I'll try some lavender tonight...I've got some lavender pillow spray somewhere

HandA...those slings are supposed to be great and better for the little one, but I have a really old shoulder injury and can barely carry my handbag slung over like that without being in agony, so they're not for me. Opting for a standard type carrier, and a handy DH to do the carrying

So talk to me about black-out blinds. Or rather, the little bits of light that come out at the sides. Does a baby's room need to be pitch black? Am all worried now - the blinds look fab, but they do let in a bit of light around the sides - are babies hugely light sensitive? Had been told black-out blinds were a must so am a little disconcerted that 'black out' doesn't actually mean 'black out'...
Going away tomorrow for a couple of days with DH (it's half term. He's a teacher) which am really looking forward to - just a trip to the Cotswolds, no sun unfortunately, but hotel is meant to be really nice so if it rains, who cares!

I don't think the bits of light at the side of blinds matter. It's probably best to get your lo to get used to sleeping with a little bit of light otherwise they won't sleep anywhere that is light if you go out(does that make sense?). There is a certain book that we can't mention that says that baby must sleep in a pitch black room, but it also says that you can't have a life and must be at home for every nap! Glad your blinds look fab, has dh got the hint and moved out of there yet? Hope you have a lovely relaxing break !!

Phew. Thanks, H&A!
DH hasn't started to move out yet, but the blinds definitely did the trick - he asked me this morning when he should start to move his things . Said that he kind of assumed the circus elephants weren't entirely aimed at him. I said that he was right - if it was going to stay his room I'd probably have chosen the cowboy print...

or the football one!!

I've been browsing through MN for ages, it's so addictive seeing what other people are doing! Maybe I'd better do some housework whilst dd is occupied with the Teletubbies (her new obsession)! Or maybe I'll just sit here and find some fun stuff on ebay!! I'm such a crappy housewife!

Sounds like it's frantic nesting all round on this thread. Our house is a mess, builders still in, though thankfully at the tiling away quietly stage rather than smashing everything up stage. We've moved bedrooms too, as the old one needs rewiring and painting, and we can't do it ourselves as the ceiling is very high and we'd need scaffolding (have banned DH from buying any, I have plenty of other jobs lined up for him and we can't afford him falling off!). After that all we have to do is double-glaze the entire house (in 2 or 3 weeks time, hopefully) and we're done. All this work has been in the pipeline for ages and ages, but all seems to be happening now. I suppose I should be grateful it'll all be over come the new arrival. On my part I have made a start sorting things by getting some storage boxes from Ikea, but yet to assemble them.

All this talk of nurseries makes me laugh, as we lovingly prepared DD's 3 years ago and she still hasn't moved in there! Hopefully her time will come soon when "her" room is freed of all the boxes of junk from the other rooms being redone, by which time it'll probably need repainting too.

Hope you have a great time in the Cotswolds Marylou, try and fit in some long lie-ins and leisurely lunches, as you never know when you'll next have the chance

Hi to Everyone,

Marylou - Totally agree with H&A on the blinds, we do have blackout ones with curtains overtop, and still light comes in! But for some reason have never used the blind in day for naps apart from when very hot mainly to reduce the heat! And like Sputnik says go for it on the 'me' relaxation time and fill your boots so to speak! It is very important! Am very of this too as know when go to St Ives next month will not get such a relaxing time with a very enthusiastic 4 year old! Of course will have a great time but will be coming back for a rest I think!

Daisy - have not used that sling but have heard they are good if you want to breastfeed on the move! I have the regular Babybjorn one which I used with DD - which I think was fab and used probably until 7 months. But had friends that didn't get on with it at all - so all different! After 7 months had a backpack carrier for family walks and can't rave about those enough - you probably need a strong Dad or G'Dad to carry the LO but they are Fab too! And are very popular afterwards on ebay I found too!

Talking about breastfeeding bought great maternity top from H&M - didn't buy it for that reason, but when got it home discovered it would be great for discreet feeding. If can find link will try and post. But it wasonly £19.99 quite nautical looking with cream and navy stripes (and also comes in red stripes too) with a sort of cross over at the front v-neck thingy. Very pleased!

Very of this nesting going on - am in complete limbo on this front as no idea if we will sell house and move in time! There is always a chance of course that we will have stay for a while if it gets a bit close but would rather not as want DD to start school in September in another village and have preconceived ideas of me walking her to school pushing LO in pram! So if we end up staying I'm not sure what room we would move LO into and don't really want to go mad as with decoration as determined to move! But I suppose initally LO will be with us giving us a bit more time - but we moved DD in her own room at 8 weeks - which was very successful all round!

Hello all - haven't posted in months as I've been away from home. All going well, and the scan said it's a girl. DS told the radiographer flat out that he wanted a brother, and was unimpressed when the poor man failed to deliver. I'm pleased as I can buy a chic pink nappy bag - priorities, eh?

Is anyone else looking, well, kinda fat? I mean, the bump's obvious enough, but from the back....