Due in December 07- we're almost halfway there!! NEW THREAD

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Hope this works....! Here's hoping July is the month for

• proper bumps not fat looking tummies
• feeling them move!

neuro-wow congrats on your acheivement i think i would have took one look and thought will see next year, maybe you were overdoing it a bit though especially if you fell asleep after.

housemum-aww she was soooo cuuuutee

well im shattered today have been out since early, as the kids decided they would get up at 2.30 am and then 4am and then gave up at 6 and decided if it was nice we were going out,(in the hopes of tiring them out to enable me to get some sleep tonight) went for a really long walk on cycle path to a retail park conatianing toysrus and mothercare(purely a concidence)

and even though ive had 2 kids and spent many hours in mothercare(many yrs ago) i still felt completely overwhelmed by the amount of stuff i felt i needed to buy, and believe me im no soft touch i know what i want/need, but i just felt like if i dint buy this or that then my baby wont be happy, i mean how stupid is that i thanked god i wasnt a 1st timer and i know whats necessary and what not etc. at the same time feeling incredibly sorry for any first timers, because if i felt i almost had to buy the whole store how on earth would they cope, i just walked round with thsi completely confused look on my first, with staff asking if i needed any help, i felt like shouting no ive done this twice before, i know what i need, but found myslef shrinking away

ijust cant get over how this stupid visit made me feel so weird was not expecting that at all, espeicially as i have already bought my pram and moses basket so have got things to coo over..........god know must have been hormones just took my breath away, how much money must ppl waste in there on stupid items that never get used

Hi Mad4firls, no, my two other friends fell asleep too. Don't think I overdid it as I felt great all the way up and down. It was really hard work going up, but as soon as we'd all sat down for a few minutes we'd recovered. Probably good to get my heart and lungs pumping.
Thing is i'm a really active person so the first three months i felt miserable being so tired all time, so now just bouncing around. Going fishing tomorrow!!!! I should've been born a boy!
Poor you having been awakened so early, yikes, that must really zap your energy. Hope you've got a nice man looking after you? And I hope you're tucked up in bed getting plenty of lovely zzzzz.You sounded a bit tired so maybe avoid Mothercare unless you are properly rested? Don't know if tha'ts poss with two young children tho? Riiight bed time!

Only just got our computer back from being fixed so had a bit to catch up on. This thread moves fast.

Am I in trouble if a stress free pregnancy = a calm baby. I'd need to give up on work for that one. Have had the worst week ever in work with a dozen inpections and masses of work with three people off on holiday and one sick.

All I wanted to do tonight was come home and crawl into bed for a good 10 hrs or so sleep. Unfortunately that doesn't seem it's going to happen. Dp was having a couple of people round for a quiet drink - but then they invited other people so there's practically a party happening down the stairs (not dp's fault - he's already been up to apologise). I've already been woken up once and I'm starting to lose my patience but don't want to go down screaming like the hormonal, crazy bitch I am.
Anyways, enough of the moaning.

Glad to hear everyone seems to be keeping so well. Reality is beginning to kick in that soon I'll have a little baby, although I still feel like an intruder in Mothercare. I can't wait. I've never wanted a big career or anything - all I ever wanted is to settle down and have a family and now it's finally starting to happen. I know I come on here and moan about dp often enough but I couldn't imagine anyone else I'd want to be the father of my children. (I'm turning into a right sap aren't I?)

OK - attempt number two at sleep. Night.

crumbs, i feel like i'm missing so much if i don't log into the thread for a couple of days!

hello to the new ladies

glad to hear of those who've been listening to their lo's heartbeat - i'm really looking forward to that but have probably got another 6 weeks or so to go (currently 16+2).

Stressfree pregnancy = calm baby? i'm not sure. I had a horribly stressful pregnancy with ds, which i think i've already mentioned. I was looking after a close family member the whole of my pregnancy who was dying of cancer, and held her as she died 3 weeks before ds was born. On top of that, i found out something about dh that nearly ended our marriage and resulted in screaming, crying and loss of sleep which made me truly frightened for my unborn baby at the time. Ds finally arrived, following a traumatic emergency section and turned out to be "calm baby" personified.

He's now 22 months and is a placid loving little thing. I look back on my pregnancy and am pretty amazed that we all got through it in the end. OTOH, i have good friends who sailed through lovely calm pregnancies and gave birth to babies who seemed to scream non-stop for the first 4 months.

Of course it's best for everyone if you can have as stressfree pregnancy as possible but if there's anyone reading this who is worried that their life is anything but stressfree, please take a bit of heart from my story

Wow, that's awful Peanutbutter, how lucky for your relative they had you to support them.
My pg is far from stress free, so a little reassured by your story.
Went into Mothercare, unfortunately wwnt in with DH and DSS, so no time to properly browse... but didn't see anything that exciting in the sale.

Great effort Neuro! I went for mild 45 min walk around Wellington's south coast which was beautiful if a bit chilly with the wind blowing off the snow of the mountains on the other side of Cook Strait. One steepish hill I didn't find too bad but was put to shame by my friend pushing her buggy and 6mth old baby with no effort at all!
I seem to feel more and more bloated as the day goes on and then find it very hard to go to sleep with indigestion. Any ideas? It doesn't seem to be particularly related to when I eat or how much I eat.

Morning everyone

Did you all have a good weekend?

went to my newphews 6 yrs birthday party last night, must have eaten something bad as I have horrible stomach problems this morning....

Morning everyone - back from a conference in Edinburgh and cannot BELIEVE how many posts there have been in my absence! If I read them all i will get no work done today at all... ah well, it's only work

Glad to see everyone is expanding nicely and most are feeling good (especially you neuro - I can see you're going to be the positive smiling one who gets the rest of us through this!!). All fine here too. Have felt babyskidaddle kick quite a lot which is lovely but have also been eating absolute rubbish and doing no exercise while away so am back full of good intentions - although I do really fancy a chocolate bar and some salt and vinegar crisps....

Oh no motherofz... i dont envy you today!

I'm feeling pretty washed out today! spent saturday afternoon chasing my 18 month old around a childs party for 3 hours, then went out for a meal and then had a friend round til 1am... planned on a relaxing sunday but got dragged to beach! silly me agreed thinking dp would take care of the boys but we ended up walking miles hunting rock pools, swimming in the sea and then playing rounders with a couple of other families... i slept like a baby last night!

gonna chill out htis morning and then going to ds (7) sports day this afternoon.. too be honest i'm looking forward to bedtime all ready!

oh and i was just wondering but is there anyone else ont his thread that hasnt bought anything for this baby yet???

Me kerioke!! Although I think I am going to start quite soon as had a moment of financial panic last week and realised if I don't start soon I won't be able to afford it!

Oh, good news from me, got my letter in to say I was low risk for DS and SB. I had totally convinced myself I would be very high risk! I know it still doesn't mean NO risk, but it has calmed me a little for the time being! 20 week scan is the next panic!

me too kerioke! haven't bought a single thing, don't plan to for a good while either. mind you, i've never like shopping so it's more laziness and the fact that it's Mackays, Woolworths or nothing where I live (nothing necessarily wrong with that, just not much browsing-fun to be had!).

Morning kiddies ( and kiddies to be )

Not been on line for ages and how much have I missed?????

I won't even try and catch up but good to see you all around still. Can people please stop talking about flat stomachs and exercise!! Personally I can't ever remember having one Having put on 4 1/2 st with Dd1 though I am trying hard this time - at 19+3 I'm up 8lbs so far which compared with last time is massive improvement - Working on the principle that I've got 2 st of last times weight still there to keep button babe warm this time so aim is not to go any higher than last time - if you follow???

Went camping to Isle of Arran last week which was wet but great fun - first time with DD1 and she loved it although once back and seeing all the work that piled up in my absence puts a bit of a downer on it all. Added to that SPD is really kicking in now combined with brutal headache/mirgane that is now 3 days old and generally feeling sorry for myself
20 week scan next Monday should cheer me up though. Heard HB at MW last week when I was in seeing the consulant whihc was VV good - Const reckons no prob going for VBAC as I did get to 9cm last time (!!) which was exxactly what I wanted to hear.
Anyway - really good to hear from you all, snaps for all the good news and hugs to all those who need one

Morning all.
Buzzybee - two things: 1. Captain Cook is one of my ancestors (or rather his sister or aunt or something similar) and 2. Bloating - have you tried food combining? Now i'm not so desperate to eat carbs all day now MS has mostly subsided, i've cut back a bit and gone back to food combining. I really can't recommend this enough. I know it's not a new thing, older ladies might know it as the Hayes diet. It does really work. Basically, you eat protein with veg/salad or carbs with veg and salad, and you never mix protein and carbs. I become pretty narcoleptic if i eat say spag bol (protein + carb) so only eat it together at weekends when ok to slump/be bloated/do blow offs. Unfort all tasty things seem to be carb + protein mix!
Unfort i really think the bloated thing is a major pain in this pregnancy lark. Think drinking plenty of water at the right times throughout the day really helps too, but remember to drink it within 30 mins each side of any meals as it dilutes stomach acid and slows down digestion, which i'd imagine causes bloating too.
Apols if any dieticians are reading this and i've got it wrong - i have got it all out of several books and know it works. But as i said a pregnant body is a law unto itself.
Keep up the walking though as you can do blow offs all the way. NOT that i ever do them. Ahem

Nope haven't bought a thing but have told my friend that I'll need my cot back come Xmas! Still have a lot of stuff, some of it loaned out to various people. Will need some baby clothes but going to wait and find out the sex first. Have been looking at fetal heart monitors on NZ's equivalent of eBay today tho - is NZ$55 (GBP20) about the right amount to pay?

Swapped posts Neuro! Yes I have heard about the food combining thing. My family has a history of gluten intolerance so might be worth trying - I have tried it in the past and didn't find it did much but I wasn't preggers then! Drinking fluids definitely helps - didn't know about the 30 min rule tho.
Yay for Capt Cook! Supposedly one of my ancestors (or relations of etc) was Rob Roy McGregor...
When I was in Melbourne in May I visited Capt Cook's parents' cottage which is conveniently located in the middle of a central Melbourne park. But, you ask, how is it possible for his folks to have lived in Melbourne - were they convicts or something?! The answer is that the cottage was sold in 1930 something to a 'philanthropist" who paid for it to be dismantled, shipped in barrels to Australia and re-built!!

morning. Hope everyone ok. Camping sounds like it was fun Beanster - I love camping, just not keen on british weather

Am looking more round in the tummy. DOnt seem to be gaining much at the moment. Pleased tho as never managed to lose the 2st I put on with ds. Similar to you Beabster.

RE: Captn Cook, well i have seen the family tree and it all looks proper, BUT my family are quite eccentric (understatement) so god knows if it's true. Dead Granny was adamant it was. Anyway, it's a good story!
Rob Roy was a hero wasn't he? That sounds cooler.
You should try the food combining, and look into gluten free stuff. Don't know about your side of the world but a lot of food you can buy here says 'wheat and gluten free'.
You can buy gluten free noodles i think now.
Mmmmmmmm noodles. Oh no, now i'm hungry.

anyone recommend anything to make the stomach pains go away??
tried drinking loads of water, no difference, hope it's a 24 hr thing - damn birthday party...!!

Peppermint tea?

Ginger beer?

sipping on some fiery jamaican root ginger beer at the moment - really hope it does the trick......

Afternoon all

Had my 20 week scan today - and all ok!!! Baby is a little monkey, was bouncing about with its legs crossed like a little budha!

Am just pleased all is ok, and we will find out the sex at the 4D scan next month!

Am very excited today, finally seems so much more real!

Congrats JARM!! Wonderful news, such a relief for you I bet!! Did you get all teary?!

Mine is in 3 weeks - it's the longest 3 weeks in history!!!

I did - im a big soppy mare like that - you would think 3rd time round i would be more blase but its still nerving and exciting!

Happy me today!!!

JARM - wow, 20 week scan - you're halfway there!! It gets exciting, doesn't it!

Dundeemarmalade - get yourself a big pile of mail order catalogue for some browsing fun! No need to find change for the car park/drive into town/find the bus fare - try Vertbaudet, La Redoute, Green Baby, Toys R Us, Mothercare.

Just got my La Redoute catalogue yesterday - they have a nice white or cream snowsuit thing for a newborn that you can put the car seat straps through and it's under £20 (I'm sure someone on here mentioned snugglies and similar at the weekend? Just thought this was a good alternative for anyone whose budget might not stretch to the £25 - £30 ones) La Redoute Baby Nest