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j20baby · 13/08/2007 22:17

Hellllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooo..............here i am, sorry but waited for ages for somone else to do it and i can't find it if they have!

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muppetgirl · 30/08/2007 19:52

I've got the advent ones on stanby. They seem like the older ones.

muppetgirl · 30/08/2007 19:52

I think I meant avent not advent (Hark the herald and all that)

MrsFish · 30/08/2007 19:55

I used the Avent ones with ds1 once I weaned him, have also bought them again this time round

TheLadyEvenstar · 30/08/2007 19:57

Muppet lol sorry about that it didn't come out the way i wanted lmao. But I think i will have to go shopping around the next couple of days. Did find a lot of traditional bottles in the local pound shop...but not sure if they will be any good. They have the bottles, teats, pots, spoons pretty much all i would need....ohhhhhh i dunno

ALthough my nephew has a present for me apparently....he is 3 yrs old and has a bottle at night. He just told me he doesn't want it anymore and I have to go and collect it for the baby lol.

ChocolateHobnob · 30/08/2007 19:59

Hi all

Lisa - hoping you're okay! Post when you can.

LES - sounds like it's pretty imminent! Good luck!

Mrs Fish - rotten luck to have everything seem bad at once. But baby can surely turn again as it already has once - it can't be totally fixed in position. It must be tough to be on your own at the mo - try to do things that are best on your own - watch the television DH doesn't like, etc.

I met Alicet and her DS today. She is lovely and he is gorgeous!! He has the most beautiful curls and he is a mega-flirt. You should have seen him charming everyone around the coffee shop.

Since then I've been naughty and bought a glider chair. I justified it as a long-term purchase and one I can sit on happily until LO arrives - bonus.

Oh and whoever posted the ovencleaning tip - thanks! I definitely need it.

Working at home tomorrow, which will be nicer than work at any rate. Hope I get more sleep - last night was a washout. I realize that I look a bit drawn now. Goodness only knows what I'll look like in October...!

Have a good evening everyone.

muppetgirl · 30/08/2007 20:01

awwww that's soo cute.

I b/f for 6 weeks (and thought I was a hero ) and bottle fed expressed milk during that time, then switched to formula using the avent bottles. I thought they were great. I have seen one that does look especially 'realistic' shall we say and I did think.....absolutely no way will I be using those.

muppetgirl · 30/08/2007 20:04

look at this bottle

alicet · 30/08/2007 20:20

Floria ? what a great pressie for your sil! You can tell her that I met dh online dating (datingdirect rather than match) so it works for some!!

HMP ? hello honey! Thought about you a while ago and wondered where you were?sorry to hear of the problems you have been having but great to see you again and fab news about stopping work soon?

Nellie ? sorry to hear your ds was sleeping so badly last night? Really feel for you as I would so have no reserves to do that at the mo! Is he ill or anything at the mo? Fingers crossed for tonight? And congrats to your sil! I have also made the elective choice after lots of prevaricating but I too will take a view as to whether I want to try for a vbac if I go into labour before my section date?

Chochobnob ? good decision on the glider chair!! If lo?s room was big enough I would have one too! And you didn?t look drawn ? far from it!

Have to say I am a fan of the avent bottles too ? everything fits together so you can mix and match teats, beakers and breast pumps. All good!

muppetgirl · 30/08/2007 20:23

dh and I met on match.com

alicet · 30/08/2007 20:24

Nice one muppet! Have to say I had a lot of fun internet dating and would recommend it even if I hadn't met the love of my life!

j20baby · 30/08/2007 20:25

evening everyone

muppet-that bottle is freaky! have been out all day and done quite a bit of driving and so am shattered so going to bed soon, have read all the posts just don't have the energy to reply to them all!

got stupid cramp in my foot thst won't go away, better have a glass of milk before bed.

lisa-hope all is well.

hm-hi lovely that your back.

right i'll be back tommorrow, night all

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muppetgirl · 30/08/2007 20:34

night j20

Alice I 'met' some very interesting characters and went on a few dates. It was between Nick from Maidenhead and dh from Glossop. Gorgeous Glossop won!!

I was a student in Reading and then carried on going out to the same bars and meeting the same type of people and was getting a bit bored by the cattle market thing. It was nice to meet some grown up men for a change. My housemate met her hubby on a Christian website too...My family know but I still tell new people that we met through mutual friends.

j20baby · 30/08/2007 20:47

i'm back!

just wondered if anyone knows what blood pressure is normal? usually i'm about 120/70 but just checked and i'm 117/50, isn't the 50 bit quite low or is it just cos i'm sat down?

not too worried just wondered, def off to bed soon

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monalisasmile · 30/08/2007 20:47

Hi again all,

I've finally decided to bite the bullet and finally start posting on here again. I hope you all dont mind, Ive actually been lurking for ages and meaning to 'join in', but have been persuaded by the newbies and returnees this past week.

Im actually quite cheered to see some of the names on the original list back now. Am I the only one who's wondered what has happened to some of the absentees? I have been wishing positive thoughts for everyone of us.

My whole pregnancy experience has been kind of exciting-wierd. My EDD is also 2nd Oct but have been advised to expect an early delivery, so I guess that increases my chances of being one of the first to deliver from this thread!

Sorry I cant remember who mentioned the Avent feeding bottles, but a friend of mine bought me the newborn set today. Apparently its on offer in Asda and £10 on promotion. She also said that the Avent microwave steriliser is also on offer - reduced to £10 as well. I know its not everyone's cup of tea, but I used it last time and found it was brilliant, so I though i'd mention it to you.

OK i'll shut up - for now and promise that all my contibutions wont be this long.

Mad waves to everyone!

j20baby · 30/08/2007 20:50

hi mona!!!

nice to see you back!

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monalisasmile · 30/08/2007 21:01

Thanks for the welcome and the link. Im a real sucker for a bargain or a freebie1

This is just a fleeting visit for me - im off to watch BB! Sad i know, but last day tomorrow!

muppetgirl · 30/08/2007 22:03

Hi mona -nice to meet you!

Inzi -seem to be wandering around the site not really completing anything I wish I was better with technology....

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FloriaTosca · 30/08/2007 22:45

Alice and Muppet; S-I-L knows how well online dating works..it's how I met her brother!!!
I had a really fun time flirting on line, whittled my many admirers down to a dozen or so, wrote privately and talked on the phone to most of them and met 4 of them... and darling, wonderful Dh was the "one"...though it took me a little while to realise it. I never had so much fun being "picked up" at clubs or pubs...and as for work, well, the straight to gay ratio is pretty much 50:50 and most of those that are straight think that they are Don Giovanni personified . I understand your reticence to tell new people about how you met though Muppet..Dh still says "through friends"...some people still think you must be a sad social misfit to use dating sites.. but that must mean that there are a frightening number of sad social misfits out there..and s-i-l is simply someone who married her first love so never did the dating "thing" even as a teenager and 20 years on, a tee-totaler with 2 children isn't going to get much practise in anywhere but the playground or scout hut except online. She didn't look too enamoured when I presented her with her profile and password but a friend did it for me 6 years ago and after my first reticence (well, since I met DH) I've haven't stopped thanking her since..fingers crossed we find someone more worthy of my sil than the rotter she has finally got rid of.

Mrs Fish, sorry LO is playing tippy tumbles at this stage, and at scan dept is being so stroppy..I'm sure it will right itself before long..Also condolences on the DH being away..yes control of the remote and a whole bed to yourself are at least some recompense...I get my DH back after 5 days away tomorrow but he is off again on Monday, comes back on Thursday and flies off to a stag do in Cologne for the weekend on Friday!(oh and guess who has been nominated to drive 4 of them to Liverpool airport at 5 in the morning??)Heaven help him if anything "happens" while he is away!

Hope all is ok Lisa

Glad all is ok with you too LES though sorry you are suffering so much..also glad Lisa can give your gorgeous Alfie a good home though sorry your new landlady is forcing you to part with him.

My news is that I went to the antenatal diabetic clinic on Tuesday and had a scan that showed Los tummy still a little bit too big but it hadnt grown any bigger than normal growth would expect since the last scan 4 wks ago and though on their graph he/she plotted quite big (70th-80th percentile) on the ordinary chart everything plots out absolutely average..so why they are wittering on about early induction I don't know. My bp is fine, the heparin is still doing its job keeping my placenta working, Lo was cephalic and practising breathing, my diet is pretty much spot on and in general I have kept my blood/glucose levels at a reasonable level ...they are just a little concerned because though I keep things on a even keel with diet and excersise during the day I'm not using much glucose up over night, but apart from going for a jog (yeh, sure!)when my bladder wakes me at 4am I dont see what I can do about that ....I did explain that this was not a good week emotionally for me and that as food is my opiate of choice they were lucky that things were on an even keel during the day too!!!

Oh dear ..I'm getting more than a bit me, me, me ...that is what happens when you are used to having either a computer or a Dh to whinge at but with one only up and running again today and the other selfishly working away from home I'm probably overdue a winge! Time for bed methinks.Hope you all get a decent sleep for a change tonight

lisad123 · 30/08/2007 22:52

well im back. I was right my BP was still too high when i got to hospital, 140/93 It went down slightly but not enough to let me home, and checked again an hour later and was still same. They have agreed i can come home as long as check in with midwife . LO did 4 movements while on monitor but they seemed happy enough with that.
MW said leakage this morning was likely to be an increase of discharge which is normal in end of pregnancy.
Still getting contractions which showed on monitor, but nothing too painful.

Will call MW tomorrow and continue to check at home.

J20 thats BP does sound a litle low, but dont think its too low, mine is normally 120/60.

Welcome monalisa

LES fingers crossed you stay a few more weeks
Im still measuring small so have another scan in 2 weeks, if she stays put that long.

Oh and for my pleasure tonight I was swabbed for MRSA , they make you put one up your nose, one on your groin and one down your throat. You can guess my response tot he throat one

Im off to bed now but thanks for all the support. Hope your all ok

lisa

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nellieloula · 31/08/2007 11:12

ohh inzi, that sounds sore. hope you're ok. How is everyone else this morning? lisa, glad you got checked out. that must be reassuring. and for you too Floria - must be frustrating but good to know they are keeping a close eye on you both. I'm fine - wel I would be if DS hadn't woken me up every 2 hours like clokwork last night don't know what 's going on there at all; he wasn't even awake - just really crying in his sleep. very strange and exhausting but I suppose he's getting me ready for the reality of those nighttime feeds! anyway, hope everyone else has a good day.

FloriaTosca · 31/08/2007 11:18

Lisa; glad you are ok and LO is ok for the moment too. I'm surprised they let you home to tell the truth. I hope everything settles down a bit for you..try to take it easy and put your feet up.

Welcome back Honor and Mona...good to hear from you both again.
Welcome Collywobbles.

Inzi; ooh those spots dont sound nice nor does the pain in your jaw. You have all my sympathy but I'm afraid I dont have any useful suggestions..I just hope it clears up soon. How is your gran doing? Starting to eat again I hope?...get some complan or build up down her if not...it takes a while to get over pneumonia, I had it when I was 18 and it knocked me for six so it must be ten times more difficult to recover from at 80! Thanks for the offer of support this week, it is truly appreciated...I'm having a tough time today in particular.. silly really because by actual dates it is tomorrow the 1st September that is the day I gave birth to her but in my head it seems it is the Friday after the August bank holiday that is the marker because I actually awoke expecting to be in labour and have clock watched all morning thinking "this is when..." ...Thank Heavens DH comes home tonight because I'm sick of crying by myself at the moment.
Sorry it is a definate me,me,me week...I'll pull up my socks and get over myself soon..promise..
Hope the mood and the weather is more cheerful for everyone else

buffythenappyslayer21 · 31/08/2007 11:43

morning everyone!

floria,you moan as much as you like hun!its understandable.text me if you wnat to have a moan,i dont mind.xx

alice i have had a cs before.baby number 4 was emergency cs after the placenta came away and i bled internally.recovery then was horrible.my scar opened up because i had a chest infection and was coughing all the time.the didnt re staple me,and i was terrifeid id cough my insides out!!(probably unlikely but it still worried me!!)

spd is now 50 million times worse.saw gp yesterday for blood test results,my thyroid levels were still too low so she increased it to 175mcg.told her about the spd getting worse and she said i should ring mw and ask about being admitted to hospital as i can now hardly walk (i resemble a shuffling weeble!)havent rang mw as i just cant go into hospital for the last few weeks of pregnancy,especially with having 5 kids and a house move!!

told gp that mw thought i have a dairy intolerance.spent 3/4 hour with gp discussing it all and she says she thinks ive definately become lactose intollerant.(told her i could pin point my bouts of the runs and being sick to after id eaten anything dairy).so im now taking calcium tablets (which are the size of soft mints...pity they dont taste like them,they are vile!!) and also she found out after putting something into her computer,that my thyroid tablets contain lactose,so she had to prescribe it in liquid form,which the chemist isnt happy about as he had to order it to be made (should be here next tues) and also informed us that it costs around £200!!

seeing consultant on monday so will have to tell her all of this.oh and ive got to see a dietician.

also gp said to avoid antacids as they also contain lactose.so god knows what i can have to get rid of heartburn!!(chocolate limes have been working...but cant have them now because of the choc!!)

anyway,thats my moan and whinging update done!!

hope everyone else is ok.any tipd for heartburn relief would be gratefully appreciated!!!