Only 5 pages to catch up on since Sat
LuckySalem ? I asked at NCT about the ball after 35 weeks and was told that it is a good thing to do and wouldn?t bring on labour unless it was on it?s way anyway if you do need a breast pump initially because your baby can?t suck or something, you can use the ones in hospital, after that, they don?t recommend that you use bottles with expressed milk in for the first month anyway as bottle teats confuse babies so you have a month to get one if you need one after the birth. Bottles are an enigma to me, there are so many makes and types and I?ve heard babies can be fussy. I have about 6 all rejects that my nephew refused hopefully someone else can be more use than me on that one! your suits comment reminded me of something funny, I asked my sis why I needed so many vests for the baby when I had the long and short limbed suits, she told me that those are what they refer to as ?vests? how was I to know?! I got 2 bf nighties in navy blue for £9.99 on eBay, they were from a shop rather than a private seller and there were lots more I found something in a folder at home about being dismissed when you are pg and still being entitled to SMP, if you are still looking at that let me know and I?ll get the link to the government site for you. Not sure about the nipple thing but know that loads of veins are common now
Awen ? sorry to hear DP is away again hope the time passes quickly. Sorry to hear about your aliments hope the scan and appointment went well I keep reminding myself that my Mum and Sis only had 3 weeks left at my stage ? that?s not enough time!!! sorry to hear you are worried about DS.
Madmouse I would love a peep window those pancakes sounded delicious! I am so ashamed, there is you, far more pregnant than me on a bike with your shopping and I get Tesco to deliver it and take it into my kitchen for me sorry about all your aches and pains though (I blame the cycling ) of you only having a week left, I have 4 more after this week.
Lilyloo ? hello. I have some stuff in the bag but most on the spare bed, I figure that I?ll have tons of time when I am contracting to finalise the packing! that is exactly how I feel about the nursery ? it is like a little person?s room now I have bids in on eBay for a few things and have ordered a few things from Vertbaudet like a nappy box so hopefully it?ll all come together nicely that is so lovely about your eternity ring, how romantic
Gingeme ? sorry to hear about all the stress around the car hope it all works out for you tomorrow.
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Katyt1 ? hope your DH is now back to normal!
Ayrshirelolo ? hope you are feeling ok and that work isn?t too hard this week.
Fluffy ? hope you are feeling much better your DH is probably right, you are still doing so much, I don?t know how you do it. Your DH does sound lovely wow, you are working late! I do admire you but I don?t envy you!
NHS AN class was about pain relief yesterday, no one asked anything and the only pain relief they knew about was epidural. DH thinks none of them really care about knowing anything, I?m just amazed. Next week?s class is cancelled (not re-scheduled ? so we are missing out BFing ). On the plus side, DH really enjoyed his first Dads 2 Be last night there were 16 Dads there and he said it was all about support in labour and delivery and how to judge when to do what etc like leave work! He was taught the acronym BRAN which (sorry if you know this, I didn?t) stands for benefits, risk, alternatives and do nothing and they were taught to assess all questions asked of them by med profs in labour on this basis. I thought it made a lot of sense
We have our 32 week scan and consultant?s appointment on Thurs. Looking forward to seeing Beanie again (and hoping I actually get to this time!) but nervous as ever. I feel like I am massive now though so hopefully it is Beanie and not me growing!
Amani ? how did the discussion about the birth plan go? I am working until 36+3 and think I?ll be exhausted. If you can go off earlier, it?ll only do you good.
Mixedmama ? sorry to hear you missed the meet up, are you feeling better? Glad the birthing centre and pool room seemed nice at your hospital
Beller glad you had a good time at Take That, I was thinking of you, did Babybel kick a lot?! Sounds like you have a good week.
Hey Lulubump your boss sounds really unreasonable if I were you, I?d pull a sickie, would serve him right!! not the right attitude I know but he is being really selfish and unreasonable. If they haven?t made plans for you going off then that?s their problem, they?ve known for long enough (having some similar issues here but refuse to let the buck stop with me)
Sabinar ? sorry to hear the ankle is still sore I ended up at the physio for weeks with mine last time. It did help (as did yoga strengthening exercises) I thought pregnant women couldn?t use Jacuzzis?! I hate real shopping too, I think it is the heat coupled with the effort! Our baby is going to be in with us too but I want he /she to have his/her space too and I need somewhere to keep clothes, nappy change station etc, hence the nursery! We are planning to use real nappies after the first 3 or 4 weeks. We went to a demo by The Real Nappy Project and are going to rent a lending pack at that point so we can try out a few types before buying our own. I have got some bumf on a few different suppliers already so I have that info to hand when the time comes. Where are you again? I could ask the people up here if they have a contact near you?
Naetha ? LOL families hey!! Stand your ground about the tiling though, aside from the obvious reasons why you don?t want others in the house then (and boy, am I with you on that!) the last thing you want is ongoing tiling in the kitchen! Was MK only 34 weeks when she popped, wow! Very hungry/or greedy here too!!
Susiemj ? hope the pains are better you are having a hard time aren?t you?
Coming up for air now as I have hit my last post