Due in February 2017 - thread #9

[twocatsandatoddler]

New thread - hope everyone finds this! I'll try and post the link in the old thread if it will let us go over 1,000 posts.

Hey guys! Well I think it might be to do with positioning. I did a bit of yoga to move him and then was able to go! I had visions of my bladder getting too full and popping! Me and my vivid imagination! Lol!!!

Grrrrr.....pregsomnia! Not helped by aching arms from flu and whooping cough jabs...now can't drop back off as an too excited about furniture coming later today lol! Least her room will be ready then

Hi everyone, only just discovered this thread. I'm due 3rd Feb, having a girl, first child and very excited about it. Now suffering from lack of sleep due to aching legs and hips. Think I might try some pregnancy yoga following all your comments on it.

I'm not very well prepared for baby yet. Haven't bought anything and still in the process of decorating the house! Anyone have any recommendations for prams/pushchair?

Morning hibernating and welcome!

For travel systems, DH and I spent some time in Mothercare and John Lewis pushing the display ones around/ seeing how they were put together and folded. It may be worth a trip if you can both go together to see what takes your fancy!

Not sure I can say this is pregsomnia as its 7am but considering I went to bed at 1am and its half term, it feels like it! Woken up with an awful headache. I've not had a headache at all since I got pregnant so I think it has to be the flu jab?!

Morning ladies...

So the irrational thoughts started again in the middle of the night... how am I going to manage? How do you know if the baby is warm enough when she's here? How do u know she's comfy enough etc...

Shell babies usually let you know when they're not happy! It's actually safer for them to be a bit cool than too warm, and you can find guides that tell you how many layers to put on when the room is a certain temp.

We have a gro-egg room thermometer which we found really handy, I'll be moving that into our room in Feb when the baby arrives so we can check the temperature and add blankets accordingly.

Also recommend a gro-egg! You can check how warm a baby feels by touching their chest or neck, not hands as they will often feel a bit cold but body temp actually fine.
I did worry a lot about this when DD was tiny but like twocats says there are guides on how many blankets to use and I found sleeping bags helpful when DD was big enough.

Here you go Shell -

Thanks ladies 😘

Sorry, daft question - on that diagram, is that what they're also supposed to wear when in the sleeping bag?

Scottish yes that's for sleeping bags, but you can find Tog ratings for all clothes and blankets online, as well as an overall Tog rating the baby needs at a certain temperature so you can work out that nappy + vest + sleepsuit + cellular blanket = X number of TOG and then match that to the room temperature, if that makes sense?

This article has some good info. We got a guide from our NCT leader last time which summarised the tog values and was very helpful.
http://www.first4dads.co.uk/Articles/article-bedding-for-baby.html

Yes but you can also just go by the tog rating on the left hand side so diagram would apply to blankets and quilts also.

Morning all, that diagram is really helpful, thanks Fenella! I've got a follow on, probably stupid, question too. Is the picture saying that a long-sleeved body suit only is suitable (for example in Winter, 15-18 degree weather). So depending on the tog rating of the blanket/sleeping bag, you could get away with baby sleeping just in something like this? Or should it have legs too, to keep warm?

Yep just a long sleeved vest kiki
Must admit my DD always preferred being a bit toaster than the diagrams suggested, she's the same now and had a duvet on through most of the summer!

Kiki I would personally use a sleepsuit rather than long sleeved vest at that temp, especially since you'll more than likely be getting them out of their bed to feed and I wouldn't like the baby to have bare legs, but depending on how warm the room is I may or may not put a short sleeved vest under it - it depends on how much temp drops at night. Our room sometimes dropped under 14 degrees as I woke a few times with the gro-egg on blue, so I did put a vest on, but DS was born in December so we had a lot more winter to get through than our babies will.

By the way those vests are adorable! Must resist buyinh any more as already have plenty of the super soft ones from boden.

My hips and pubic bone were quite achey still this morning but seems to have improved since I've showered and been moving. Going to try the yoga moves again this evening.

At the moment DS's room is about 17 degrees at night (we don't like our house very warm, as my parents like to moan about comment on every time they visit), and DS is in long legged pyjamas in a 2.5 tog sleeping bag and he'll probably stay with that all winter unless it gets really really cold, when I might layer up with a vest. Babies can't regulate their temperature as well as a toddler can so I'd be more cautious about a baby not overheating than I would DS.

I agree with that if using blankets twocats but probably OK if using sleeping bags. My DD hated having her legs out so she pretty much always wore a sleepsuit with or without a vest underneath!
Basically the charts etc are a good guide but it is all a bit trial and error!

Ah ok thanks ladies! I think we're definitely getting a Gro-Egg for temp monitoring - the bub will be in our room initially anyway, but we don't have the heating on in there because it's the room where the boiler also is, so it tends to get too hot otherwise. The Gro-Egg iwll be good for monitoring I think, because I love a freezing bedroom (it's nicer to snuggle under the duvet!!) but will have to get the temperature levelled off!

Marjory those baby vests were the first thing which came up when I googled! I was looking for a google image example to make sure I was thinking of the right thing, we're actually expecting a boy so although he won't even realise, I don't think I'll put him in a bright pink sleep vest!

My pelvic bone has also been playing up, but I've been terrible at doing the exercises. It was actually clicking in the night, which is kind of gross! So I will start the exercises today and I've just booked myself on pregnancy yoga to start in a couple of weeks time.

Don't think we have any pregnancy yoga classes here, must investigate.

Speaking of nightwear, I love these nighties

Can't believe we are on thread 9 already!
24 weeks on Friday so have to hand my matb1 form into work ASAP (still need to collect it from the midwife) but debating when to go off on maternity. I am an early years teacher (reception/nursery mixed class) and am already starting to feel tired and not even in third trimester. Teachers maternity is 4 weeks full pay 2 weeks 90% 12 weeks 50% plus smp then just smp for the next 21 weeks.
I am the highest earner in the house so can't really afford to be on just smp for too long and don't want to leave baby before going back to work in September. Most people have suggested I go off after Xmas hols (about 6th Jan but il only be 34 weeks) then put start date back as first day of summer holidays (1st July as I am based in NI) but that means about 6 weeks smp only.
Basically wondering how many weeks people will go off on mat leave? If I put 39 weeks or due date as date to go off can I change it closer to the time if I'm struggling? Is anyone else working with young children, do they think it's possible to work up to due date or will it be too tiring and sore on back with tiny chairs etc? X

Steph this is my first, so I have - probably massively optimistically - decided to go for the full year. For me that equates to the first 18 weeks full pay, then down to Statutory for the next 21, then nothing for the final 3 months. I'll see how it all goes! In terms of when it kicks in, i've left it as late as possible and am using annual leave all the way to week 39 (but working up to the middle of week 38!) so maternity pay for me kicks in on 6th Feb, with a due date of 9th Feb.

I think I might regret this!! I can make changes though, if I decide it's too much nearer the time, and use leave to book off time beforehand. I'm lucky in that I'm very much desk-based and not public-facing, so have what will hopefully be a more relaxing run down than I could otherwise face.

Hi is is 9 months your untitled to isn't it ? My dh put doubt in my head saying it was only 6 months when I had my ds 10 years ago I only got 6 months but think it's changed.
I get 6 weeks at 90 percent then the rest sat mat pay I think

Hello All! Just thought i'd swing by after someone pointed me in this threads direction. 26 weeks today and alternating between looking forward to meeting the human I've created and being worried about not having a nice quiet house anymore!