Due April 2008 - new thread for November

[EllieG]

Hello all - new thread here!

Oooo sheds, lucky you Will definately be having some vino tonight as DH, after spending 3 nights with nearly 80 Year 9 pupils will need a drink Well better go & tidy up. Enjoy your weekends everyone. Soph xxxxxx

That sounds nice, sheds.
I did reusable nappies last time, and will again I think - although i used a laundry service for the first few months. Think I'll wash them myself this time (after the first couple of weeks of dsiposables). For a compromise, those who prefer disposables but are worried in an eco-way, Nature baby does good nappies with much less chemical stuff in, and you can get non-plastic wipes and better nappy bags from them too.
Work contract finishes May 6 so I'm hoping for a late baby...

mmmmmmm maccy d's i am soooooooo jealous! i am trying to be good with my money and stop buying takeaways... its so tough tho!!!

I'm the same with waiting til my 20wk scan for shopping - feel like its tempting fate before, I'm quite superstitious!! But think i will prob have to wait til after xmas really cos of finances. might order the bugaboo soon tho - very very exciting. (whenever i here or think of bugaboo i sing that destiny's child song in my head!) god i think this pregnancy is making me a bit crazy...

oh i'm jealous of you all talking about wine, i haven't braved it yet i case i go all paranoid afterwards as usual!!! I can't put dh through that. I'm thinking provided all is well at 20 wk scan then i may treat myself to a nice glass of bubbly... mmmmm, i bet one sip makes me tiddly!

prob best i leave it this wk anyway cos of my poorlyness at start of wk

Good luck tomorrow TMLS, very of you still have another week and a half till mine and feeling v nervous, I think coz i still havnt felt this one moving.

We use reusables with DS, they are little lambs - v similar to tots bots but a fraction of the price, they are great and really easy to use so will carry on with the next one. (except the first couple of days those poos are like super glue!)

Everyone else seems to have had really poor experiences with c-sections, just in case anyone else ends up having to have one I had a really good experience with both of mine - the second was a failed VBAC - its obviously not the first line choice but it dosent have to be horrendous.

I hadn't even thought about dispoable nappies and I'm always going on about the environment so I will just have to think about them now... almost wish you lot didn't bring them up... I know, very bad of me to say that

I haven't thougt much about the delivery like some of the other first timers. I like to think whatever happens it's only a matter of hours and I'll get through it, yes I know, I'm delusional I suppose I really should start reading the end of the pregnancy books and se what it's all about...

Denny185 I couldnt wait another 4 weeks my 20 week scan isnt until 18th Dec so I would be 20+4 whats that about! I am going to use Little lambs to they look so sweet I have bought a whole set of Bambino mio but now want to use the little lamb ones dont know hoe I am going to explain two sets to my DH!

I wont be giving up work until 10th April as baby now due until 26th and I know they will be ringing me the whole time I am off ahh!

Hey everyone, ugh, smear tests are horrid arent they?
Anyway, hopefully all is ok, nurse said it all looked fine, and healed well.
Have had some cramps after though, not sure if I should be worried?
Nappies, I'm not sure about, but I wouldprefer to use reusable, just hadn't got round to looking it up.

Mollyfloss, although there is a bit more to it than that, I actually found repeating the mantra 'this won't last forever and I will get through it' helped immensely when I was in labour (apart from the slightly embarassing incident when I yelled at the midwife that actually I wasn't going to get through it and could they please give me some drugs RIGHT NOW)

You're all making me feel bad with your reusable nappies...but I feel like I spend my whole life washing as it is. And in my green defence I haven't been on a plane in nearly 3 years so at least I can be reasonably smug about my carbon footprint.

TLSM - Does he need to know? If hes anything like my DH he wouldnt have a clue which brand of nappy hes putting on. If you havnt used your bambinos you could resell them on ebay - generally fetch a good price for nappies on there. Ive been really pleased with little lambs, only one leak in last 14 months and think that was my fault as was so busy shopping didnt realise how long it had been since the last change!

Mollyfloss - you can get environmetally friendly disposables, they are more expensive and a bit more difficult to get hold off and not sure of their leakproofness. Ive never used them as im a cheapskate and would rather use what ive got than spend any more money.

Spirit of nature do free samples of environmentally friendly disposable nappies, so you could try them and see if you like them?
Denny185, would you recommend little lambs? DS is in nappies and I want to switch to reusuables but am a bit confused by the vast amount of choice!

Ooooh! Just found that my brother and SIL are expecting in mid-late May. How exciting!

Hi ladies, just wanted to say that i went for a private scan today.18 weeks tomorrow with number 4 and was gettin really paranoid. Feel so well this time which is not like me in pregnancy.Anyway to cut long story short,all looks well and im having a BOY which after 3 gorgeous girls is the icing on the cake....Still cant believe it,looking forward to buying some blue clothes!!

Congrats Gemprincess!
VS, hope the cramps have eased off.

Have a good weekend all.

Oh, gemprincess, that is wonderful! My brother was the first boy after 3 girls and we adored him!

Congratulations, gemprincess!

Congratulatiosn Gemprincess!!! That's great news. I bet your daughted will totally adore him!

Congrats gemprincess - boys toys are so much better than girls

Bainmarie - I love little lambs, the only thing I would say about them is they are thicker than some of the other brands that you have to prefold so they do take longer to dry. So if space is an issue and you dont have a tumble dryer (which kind of defeats the issue) then I would go for pre-folds, Ive never used them but a friend uses disana (not sure of spelling) and they sort of wrap round and tied on, they dry really quickly on radiator/airer so she needed less of them.

Hello everyone, just checking in, hope you are all well. Having slight kittens (is that possible today about being at home with a 3 year old and a baby! Pathetic, I know! Just think I am going to miss my job a wee bit. Still, I suppose I'll soon be so busy that I'll have no time to miss anything! Gemprincess - congratulations! That's very exciting for you PS: it is slightly uncool to still be using my hallowe'en name, I know ...

Hauntedvillas- I totally understand where you coming from. I went back to work after my 1st but decided to be at home after 2nd.Well now on 4th.Do get days when i really miss work life but so busy now. Plenty of time to go back to work so i just try and enjoy the quality time because they grow up so fast. Your be fine and your not bein silly.

Congrates gemprincess ans SNAP I am having a little BOY too

Peachy - edd March 31, Caerleon S/ Wales, 3 boys (7.5, 6.5, 4), scan 13 Nov
siameez - edd April 1
vacaloca - edd April 1
lulabell79 - edd April 1 - Edinburgh, first baby, only get 1 scan in Edinburgh
Doingitallagain - edd April 1
Redmonster - edd April 2, first baby
Sheds75 - Edd April 2, 1st baby, Cheshire
Sara74 - edd April 2
V1KK1M - edd April 2 - Hertfordshire - 1st Baby, next scan 15th Nov!
eeyoreuk - edd April 3
hpsaucey - edd April 3
NoMoreHighHeels - edd April 3
CeylonSapphire - edd April 4 - Twickenham, 1st baby, next scan 23rd Nov.
lemonaid - edd April 4 - SW London, DS 2.8, next scan 19 Nov
lorisparkle - edd April 4 - Cotswolds, DS 15mnths
Springflower - edd April 4
TheMaskedPoster - edd April 4 - Ham, Surrey, DD 3 yrs and two DSSs 13 yrs and 15 yrs, next scan 22 Nov
Fleecy - edd April 5?
micegg - edd April 6
paranoidmummy - edd April 6
Piccalilli2 - edd April 7 - Sheffield, dd 2 next week, 20 wk scan 22 Nov
Daftmoo - edd April 7 - South Hampshire, DS 8 yrs, nuchal scan 2 Oct
Denny185 - edd April 8
Elfsmummy - edd April 8
KnitterInTheNW - edd April 8 - Warrington, 1st baby, next scan 20 Nov
Rainbowdays - edd April 8
Gangle - edd April 10
MathairNua - edd April 10
shanks313-edd April 11th
VictorianSqualor - edd April 11 - Bicester, Oxfordshire, DD 6.10 and DS 2.9, next scan 23 Nov
gemprincess - edd April 12 - DDs 7, 3 and 15 months
Pippilangstrump - edd April 12
pixieboo - edd April 12,
positive - edd April 12 - N Ireland 1st baby, 2nd scan 23rd nov
scorpio1 - edd April 12
Mollyfloss - edd April 13
RachelPross- edd April 13
smcg - edd April 14 - London, 1st baby, next scan 4 Oct
Kel01 - edd April 14
Jaq39 - edd April 14 - Edinburgh
Lunachick - edd April 15
pad - edd April 15?
amyjo - edd April 16
kirbo - edd April 16
Mum07 - edd April 16
soph28 - edd April 17
babywhiting - edd April 17
Mirry - edd April 17
EllieG - edd April 17
dolly1 - edd April 19 - Having a boy (CVS results)
Milco - edd April 19
Mrsgaskell - edd April 19 - South London, DD 16 mths, scan/CVS 3 Oct
Aninha - edd 19 April
bumpkin32 - edd April 20 - Hampshire, first baby, next scan 12 Oct
mumzyof2 - edd April 20
munchkinmum - edd April 20 - second baby
Toastaddict - edd April 20 - Nottingham, first baby, next scan 30 Nov
Ayomi - edd 20 April- 1st child.
littlemissturquoise - edd April 21, first scan 12 Oct
BabyBratt - edd April 22, Manchester, First baby, first scan 8 Oct
rdk - edd April 22 - Manchester, second child, first scan 1 oct
Soph73 - edd April 22 - Gran Canaria, DS 5 yrs, first scan 8 Oct
navymummy - edd April 24
loisstella - edd April 25
scampmum - edd April 25, DD1 18 mo, next scan 7th Dec
eva07 - edd April 26 - soon to be Cardiff, first baby, next scan 16 Oct
Thelittlesoldiersmummy - edd April 26 - Surrey, DS 3 yrs, next scan 17 Dec - BOY
Sagitta - edd April 26 - Suffolk, DD 21 mths, scan 12 Oct
ShellySara - edd April 27?
honeybee10 - edd April 28
Motherbird - edd April 28
Beeper - edd 28 April - ds 8.5 (2m/c 1ect)
chipmonkey - edd end April

Congratulations TLSM!

Thanks lemonaid i would recommend them to anyone I went to Babay Bond in Ashford Middlesex x

Congrats Gemprincess and tlsm
Out of interest, did either of you "think" you were having a boy? Or did any of the gender predictors/old wives tales get it right?

I'm so curious to know mine, I can't wait three weeks!!

Who's next to find out?

The tests said we were having a girl and I thought i was having a girl so much so I bought girls clothes But it is deff a boy I have a pic of his manly buts lol!