Still blooming and getting bigger

[littleoldme]

Decided we were getting to full. Hope this works.

Hi all,

Thanks for the hellos.
I've found starting the day with a bath has helped with my aches and pains, which are always worse in the morning, as if my body is taking ages to settle into standing position ! I'm always tempted to turn off the alarm, cos it means getting up 20 mins earlier than usual, but feels kind of luxurious and a soothing start to the day - reckon may as well make the most of it now !
My wierdest ache which hardly ever goes away is a sharp, bruise like pain at the very top of my bump just under right boob... am assuming it's baby related but who knows... anyone had this ?

Hi all and welcome to even more November ladies. February = half term for me so that probably explains something...

It's been so nice to see the sun again. We spent the weekend in Londan staying with my Granny. Visited SIL on Saturday and did the Eye and the Aquarium and caught up with uni friends on Sunday. Just one of those perfect weekends.

Had a phonecall from MW today who said I'm getting another scan at the end of August to check baby's growth as my dd was tiny baby despite being 11 days late; and I'm seeing a consultant as well because of my 3rd degree tear, so I'm feeling quite well looked after and really excited about seeing the baby again. Just hoping that the consultant is happy for me to have a natural birth so keep your fingers crossed.

FCH - I have exactly the same ribcage pain but I get it at the end of the day. I find sitting with a very straight back helps which means I can't sit on the sofa for very long which is annoying. Thinking about getting one of those birthing balls which is meant to help with posture.

Evening everyone!

I also have a "pain" (well not really a pain but more like a muscle strain type of thing) under my ribs too. Almost like baby's legs under your ribs but obviously its far too early for that just yet!! I got mine whilst shopping in Asda tonight so it might just be strain lol.

hello, would like to join thread. due 8th nov, have dd 4 next month and ds, 13 months. will have 3 under 5!!! don't know sex.

Hello ! Can I join this thread too, please ? First baby due on November 15th and it's a little girl. Planning home water birth, fingers crossed !

My post was eaten by a bad internet connection! I think that Valentines day must have been a fertile one this year. For me, it didn't happen until a few days later, but still, right around then.

I'm really interested to hear that osteopathy can fix acid reflux. I will be looking into it if mine gets any worse. So far, it's mostly been bothering me when I'm walking any distance, rather than at night. It makes no sense. Oh well.

Meanwhile I took a trip to a local high-end baby gear boutique, and looked at all the fancy strollers. I was a lot less impressed with the Stokke in person than I had been on-line. It's made out of plastic, and looks bulkier in life than it does in the photos. I still like the idea of the baby being higher up, though. Mind you, I wasn't going to actually buy one in the first place, since I don't have that kind of cash lying around. Now I think I'll wait a while before buying anything, but it's nice to know what's out there.

I also got to try on a variety of slings and carriers. The hotslings seemed really good, better than I expected, but it's probably different with a live baby. I don't think I could use the baby bjorn -- better for flatter chested people, I think.

Hello new people - and some real contenders for valentines babies!! Actually we had a pretty full Feb this year as I had a work meeting in Rome at the beginning of the month and DH came out for the weekend, then valentines, then out anniversary, so we were always onto a winner I think. From the dates it looks like it's a Roman baby though - how sweet is that??

I want a 1 Nov friend though I feel a bit pressurised by being first on the list!! My SIL is now 3 days overdue and I have a feeling I will wind up that way too. Nice to have a little cousin about the same size though!

I have just started actually looking at all the brochures I gathered in excitement about 4 months ago. I am shocked at some of the prices. FIVE HUNDRED QUID for a pram / push chair thingy. Just as well we saved this year's summer holiday money!

Hello and welcome to TheHun and ZoKe!

I have added you to our ever-growing list

FCH - due 1 Nov, SURPRISE
Choudru - due 2nd Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Seabiscuit - due 2nd Nov, LITTLE BOY
Dawn2820 - due 3rd Nov, SURPRISE
GeekInPigtails - due 4th Nov, SURPRISE
pinklady 82 - due Nov 4th, LITTLE BOY
Muppetgirl- due 5th Nov, LITTLE BOY
purplepants - due 5 Nov, SURPRISE
Annainnz - due 6th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Tonysmum - due 6 Nov, SURPRISE
LizzieO - due Nov 7th, SURPRISE
Silkcushion - due 7th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Pixiefish- due 8th Nov, SECRET
Sparklygothkat-due 8th Nov, LITTLE BOY (next growth scan on the 8th aug)
TheHun - due 8th Nov, SURPRISE
GermanGal - due 9th Nov, scan 27th June
NYKate-due 9th Nov, LITTLE BOY
MrsJ - due 10 Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Aikigypsy -- due 11th Nov, probably-a-girl
Easywriter - due 11th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Jetgirl - due Nov 11th, SURPRISE
Mimi - due 11 Nov, SECRET
GoodGollyMissMolly - due 12 Nov, SURPRISE
HollygoHeavily - due 14th Nov, SURPRISE
Revelyell- due 15th Nov, LITTLE BOY
ZoKe - due 15th Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Mrss2006 - due 17th Nov, scanned 14 May (no more scans)
Muckers - due 19th Now, LITTLE BOY
Sarahloumadam - due 20th Nov, LITTLE BOY
Bearus - due 21st Nov, LITTLE BOY
Fingerbobs - due 22nd Nov, SURPRISE, next scan?? they say 34 wks owing to placenta previa but will be making enormous fuss to get one a bit sooner
Jossiejump-due 23rd Nov, SECRET
Ara - due 24th Nov, SURPRISE
RGPargy - due 27 Nov, LITTLE GIRL
Superloopy - due 27th Nov, LITTLE BOY
bunnybaby - due 28th Nov - SURPRISE
Littleoldme - due Nov 28th - LITTLE BOY
Loopymumsy - due 30th Nov, LITTLE GIRL

ZoKe - I'm also having a girl and am also opting for a home water birth! Let's hope we both get what we want!!

Oh pushchairs etc!! My friend texted me the other day and very kindly offered to give me her Greco Travel System for FREE!

I am really grateful to her for that, but i think what we're going to do is still buy a brand new one that we've had our eyes on (one with a pushchair, car seat and carrycot) and give the free one to my DP's mum as she'll be looking after baby once i go back to work. I thought that seeing as we've spent £0.00 on baby so far and DP's parents are very kindly buying us the cot too, we could afford to spend £250ish on the pushchair we want.

Do you think i'm being a spendthrift?? Thing is, when i had my DS, he never had anything new because i couldn't afford it but now that me and DP can actually afford to buy something sparkly new, i'd really like to buy my daughter-to-be a shiny new pushchair. I dont think that's too much really, do you?

hi all

hard to keep up with you lot is this the 3rd new thread....anyhoo

Revelyell - thanks for the response yes it is the Glucose Tolerance Test, but had put my mind at rest knowing you had the same result intially and all was fine, i have had a craving for lucozade and have been drinking a bottle (small bottle ) nearly everyday. I mean i don't think its that excessive, but has now made me paranoid about drinking anymore.....tho' ironically you have to drink some onthe morning of the test...

RGPargy - i don't think its too much wanting to buy a spangly noo pushchair for your little girl, and you'll br able to buy all the pretty little girly things lucky you...

Don't know but pretty sure i'm having another boy, so i'm afraid he will be getting DS cast offs, i was actually debating the other day whether to buy new babygro's for him, but i've got absolutely bag fulls from DS. Just feels a bit mean not buying anything new, but its not like he's going to know. Just still makes me feel a bit stingy tho' even tho' i know it makes perfect sense

sorry for ramble, trying to get over craving for lucozade

Phew Lizzie! Glad i'm not being too lavish

Why dont you just buy your new LO a little pack of babygrows so that at least he's had something new of his own?

Blimey the list is huge!!!! I wonder how many of us are hoping for home waterbirths and/or hypnobirthing now? There seem to be quite a few who've mentioned it.

Sorry to see the back/bump pains are spreading. My physio gave me pilates exercises to do which helped my back but there doesn't seem anything for bumps except a good soak in the bath

RGPargy - I agree - you're not being lavish. I was the same. DD only had a new cot but DS has had new everything (compensating perhaps ) The new LO will have to make do with cast offs though unless it's a special occasion (or if it's a girl!!) though I did cave in and buy a really lovely set (babygro/vest/cardi etc) from M&S recently on the basis that the poor thing needs to have one new outfit when it's born (but hey, I justify the whole household getting new PJs on Xmas eve so that we're all clean & lovely for Santa so maybe it wouldn't stand up to much scrutiny )

LOL @ purplepants and new PJs!!!! I think that's really really lovely!!!

I still cant believe i've bought bugger all for this baby. I think maybe i'm still in denial about her coming in November, despite 3 scans and being given a clean bill of health!

I did have a look in a kids' clothes shop on Saturday and baby girls' stuff, but i still left empty handed and it felt wrong, as if i was just pretending or something. Weird, eh?!! I have no idea why i'm so reluctant to buy stuff!

it's quite a thing to get your head round isn't it I can't get over how quickly the time's going!
I wouldn't worry about not buying anything though. I'm sure you'll get loads once she's here and then you'll just be wanting to buy everything in sight (...pauses to remember trips to mothercare and actually crying hormonally over the cute outfits and baby stuff )

I got a load of cast-offs from my cousin a couple of months ago. I have the feeling that she got most of that used, too. Then I bought a used carseat. I've been given a set of pink babygros, new, and I'm still shopping.

I think I will wind up buying a bunch of new stuff, but mostly little things. I'm also thinking of making a sling, but I might buy one, too. Trying to resist buying a lot of stuff I won't need.

I'm doing no birth preparation yet, by the way, but I want to get a book/CD on hypnobirthing, so I can work with some of that.

I know a couple of my friends will give me loads of clothes etc so baby wont go totally without! Maybe it's because i'm not showing that much that i feel like a fraud? I bumped into a work colleague in the kitchen yesterday who'd been away for 3 months or so and i told her i only had 3 months left at work because i would be going on mat leave and she said "Gosh!! You're not showing, are you?!!". I was a bit upset by that because to me i AM showing quite a bit! Despite being a large lady () i did have a flat tummy so it's upsetting to think that people always look at you as having a more rounded belly anyway lol.

I'm off to Boots in a sec to get more Pregnacare so i might wonder over to the baby section and buy some shampoo or summat.....

RGPargy your bloomin lucky your not showing, i have an enormous bump, also getting very achy lower back, and as for 'stiches' I have just walked into town and back and almost immediately got a stitch, then had to sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww right down almost to snails pace which must have irritating as hell for anyone behind me trouble is i do tend to march about everywhere even when i'm not in a hurry, keep having panics every now and again as to how unorganised i am (DS came at 32 weeks so that get me thinking s**t LO could be here in 6 weeks ) seriously i have to stop thinking along those lines tho' )
HAve everything its just that its in loft/lent to friends/at MIL etc etc

Thanks for the hellos. OK, so I think I'm just a bit of a nutter then and should maybe chill a bit ! Have got pretty much everything, pram is up in hall, nursery done, playthings and travel cot up in lounge....keep saying it's so our little dog can get used to it all bit by bit, but maybe it's actually for my benefit.....?!! Anyone got quick top tips on the dog/baby combo ? Though he is v v v friendly...just boisterous ! Am working from home, but taking it easy this afternoon - have got v thumpy heartbeat that I keep getting from time to time - doesn't miss or add a beat or anything, but feels weird all the same. Anybody else felt similar ?

Hi Zoke

yep i get the funny heartbeat thing, starts really thumping every now and again, also get the very breathless thing at odd times when i haven't really been excerting too much effort ie. just walking up stairs, makes me fell like an old lady

I think you should just let the baby/dog combo just take of itself, I doubt that the dog will take much interest in the LO, that is until it starts to crawl and will then make dogs life a living nightmare my MIL has two very boisterous puppies who absolutely love and jump all over my 2.8 month yr old. He in turn tries to sit on then, grabs their fur by the handful, puts his hand in their mouth and grabs their tongue etc etc. Thing is they take it at the mo; but my mum also has a dog which is isn't at all used to kids and bares its teeth at him so have to keep a careful watch

Hi LizzieO,

Cool - thanks for the info - yes, I get that breathless thing too. Can't wait til the crawling stage then - sounds v funny ! Dog is so friendly I reckon he'll put up with it - will just have to watch he doesn't accidentally scratch I think. Reckon he'll be more bothered by the new noises - already barks at the cot mobile songs (how helpful !) and has always been a bit of a one for taking an aversion to new sounds - at one stage the DirectLine ad on TV used to drive him loopy !

So glad i'm not the only one who's heart thumps like crazy for no reason and i'm glad to note that others are getting breathless while sitting on their ass!!!

Hello to more new people

Thanks for the back pain advice. I asked my yoga teacher so I am now seeing an osteopath on thursday (he specialises in pregnant ladies apparently) I am also trying very hard to tuck my bottom in.

RG - my bump has suddenly got massive!!!!!!!!! I didn't look pg a couple of weeks ago and now I'm wondering how the hell I'm going to look in another 3 months

We've got water now at home for flushing toliets and having showers

Thanks goodness you have water silky

Welcome to allt he newbies

RGP, I have a big bump too, and its uncomfortable, Feels like he is pushing his way out!! I get stitches just walking around the supermarket. I went to the piercers the other day to get a flexy bar for my belly piercing and the man thought I was ready to pop!! He couldn't believe that I have 3 1/2 months to go. I want a small bump now.. I feel like a elephant