May 2017 #9 3rd trimester!

[Rustler74]

Hello all! Now to find a way to guide you to the new thread...

That's better news Northern.

Peas what's NFI? Not sure if they can put such a claim of 3 days presence on your husband but not welcome you! Not great to have all that money spent on hotel whereas you need it for baby stuff,...

We have a wedding in Derbyshire, 12 may so I'll be there as it's a very dear friend of mine, and I'll have the chance to see a few if our mutual friends again. Her hen do is in London 8 April luckily during the day.

nothern that sounds like good news. Hope the blood pressure stays down.

We have been invited to 4 weddings between July and September! We are planning to go to them all....is that ambitious?
We live in London and only 1 of them is local, its in August. 1 is in Oxfordshire and then 1 in Wales during July. My mum and dad will be over from Canada for the July ones and will be coming with us, we are renting a cottage in both places and I know my Mum will be a huge help! Baby will come with to all and I have no problem leaving early with baby and letting DH stay.
The last one is in Cornwall in September and they are very good friends of ours. They have a DD who will be 1 in August and they are the most relaxed laid back people. Wedding is at her parents house and will just be a BBQ.

I hope I am not setting myself up for a disaster!

gin when I had a suspected UTI they treated with antibiotics straight away and didn't wait for results (which were positive in the end) you shouldn't have to suffer! It also can turn into a kidney infection quite quickly during pregnancy if not treated.

missmoomoo you'll be fine. Babies are pretty portable esp while they are immobile and even more so if you are ebf.

gin I think I'm off the top of the chart for my 'fundal height' and was consistently last time but no one batted an eyelid. Not sure if the lines on the chart are 75th or 90th centile (will have a look) but baby was 9lb4 at more than 2 weeks by 'scan' due date. how big were your others?

Especially for FoxMulder

Rustler NFI is not fucking invited !!!
I know they basically haven't thought it through. When the actually invite turns up we'll spell it out to them, hoping that my husband will just drive up the morning if the wedding and stay the one night.
Those fox bit are too much!!! I love them. I got a 15% off Jojo online code in the post yesterday, will look for that later and share if anyone wants it

Love it Rustler!

No weddings on the horizon here. It's a very rare occasion for me, I've only been to 2 ever.

Peas nice friends (!) I can't believe it...
yes please for the J.m.b code.
Besides I was wearing the leggings not the tights, and they never slipped down. The problem is that they are quite thin, so not too useful to wear without at least a skirt or dress over it.
I need a support belt so I will go down to the local one today. Was gonna stop in Harlow mothercare yesterday but traffic was horrendous so I was fed up by the time I passed it, which is when I'm nearly out of Harlow on my way home. Nearest other mothercare is stevenage so I might go Monday when I have to be in Lister.

exile I'm pleased you feel more relaxed about it and good that they are keeping an eye on you and baby :)

gin let them judge!! With a name like yours I hope you don't care Feel better soon x

moo that sounds like a lovely summer you have coming up :)

peas

Went to preggo Pilates last night but we spent most of it talking about active birth which I really enjoyed and learnt quite a lot!

Just the one family wedding in December for us at the moment. DH is off on a stag next weekend but neither of us are attending the wedding (early May and in Mexico) gutted we can't be there, but at the same time we know it'll be weeks before DD arrives!

Looking forward to a quieter year, in addition to our own wedding last August, we attended another 8 in total! 🙈

Thanks, builders haven't turned up so have got back in to pjs and have got lots of crafty things out for the girls. Glad they haven't come but also slightly annoyed, dong they realise we have a deadline!

Going to ring the GP tomorrow and see if they have my result and if not probably ask for some antibiotics anyway.

First baby was 7lb 9 and second was 9lb 2 so they do seem to get much bigger each time!

We have been invited to a wedding in July in France which we sadly won't be going to and the hen weekend is in Dublin which would be great but is on the weekend of my due date!

I've been doing preggo Pilate's and love it. Has really helped with back ache and feeling a little bit more active during pregnancy.

Afternoon ladies

Am off to my second hydrotherapy physio session and might pop into primark to get a few more things for hospital bag, as it's literally a few doors down from hospital appointment.

Hope you're all doing well xx

Here's a pic of the Jojo code Rustler, we must live near each other as Harlow's not too far from me, not giving birth there tho.

Ah yes, wedding season. We are missing one in June in France (spread over 3 days and no children welcome.. so a nom-starter), my own dad's (3rd wedding 3 days before my DD abroad so can't fly..), then another June one in the U.K. where we will try and get to the church service but not the reception.
Very sad to be missing them all, but all impossible. Husband still finding the one to manage the stag do'S though! Lol. Cx

We've got a wedding when baby will be 9 weeks old. Bride has already said we can bring him along as she will have a 9 month old by then.

I'm so surprised to hear all of these weddings won't allow even young babies! We had a no child policy, but certainly allowed guests with "babes in arms". They were angels throughout!

Struggling to keep up with thread! I also don't understand these rules against bringing babies to weddings, it's not overly straightforward to separate baby from parents that early on.

I have a wedding in October but it's a 6 hour drive away (and that's without stopping for a newborn) so I'm not sure if it'll be practical. I think we'll have to play it by ear.

Our very good friends got married when DD1 was 9 weeks and they wouldn't let her come despite DH being the best man! They couldn't understand why we couldn't leave her with a babysitter even when we told them I was exclusively breast feeding. So no surprises that I didn't go.

I think people who don't have experience of kids haven't thought through the consequences of separating babies from EBF mothers - it's just never occurred to them. I certainly didn't think about it at our wedding (but we had no friends/family with babies anyway, as we are from small families and were the first of our friends to tie the knot).

Gin I'm glad It's not just me then as that's our exact situation!!

It is shit peas but its true that some people just have no idea if they don't have kids. I really resented it at the time, especially as our friends are not short of money so it was catered by an amazing local restaurant and there was a a free bar! Luckily the wedding was local though so DH was only missing for the day.

I don't have any wedding invitations this summer (thankfully from some people's horror stories!), got me thinking though about the portability of babies, I haven't a clue (as usual!).

DH is 30 6 weeks after the due date, I was 30 last year and he took me on a city break. What would be practical in terms of going away this summer? We have already decided not to plan anything until after baby is here and maybe consider something in August/September once we see what reality is like/I've recovered. A few days in the lake district? Is abroad just silly (my sister lives 2 hour flight away, lives 30 mins from the airport, as do I at this end)? I was of the mindset that it all sounded like too much hard work and I should take him to the local pub for tea and have done with it but other peoples plans this summer are making me feel lazy now !

autumn remember 6 weeks after due date is possibly 4 weeks after actual arrival, if baby is late (later if you opt to decline induction and go for expectant management). If you want to go overseas, you'd need to get baby's full birth cert and then their passport within those 4 weeks. It's not impossible, and we did it pretty quickly, but did pay for the speedy-passport-option to ensure it was done in time (we went skiing when baby was 9 weeks old, although he should have been 12 weeks old by EDD). We then went to visit family about another month later (longhaul! 2 flights each way). I felt rather embarrassed when one flight attendant asked if it was his first flight and I had to say no, his 6th

depending entirely on your recovery, sleep patterns and baby personality, it'd either be a breeze or a bit too early! Abroad in Aug/Sept is totally doable, though IMO. But yes, best to wait and see how you feel once baby's here.