Due April 2008 - for our third and final trimester, give us our extra 200 kcals!

[EllieG]

Here we are!

Wow Toast - I've never heard of it before. It looks interesting. Are they expensive? The only thing with new ideas is you kind of have to take a chance on them - but if it's not expensive that's not so important.

I don't think I'd get one myself but only because we already have a breathing monitor.

Hmm, it's at least £75 price on this page
I wouldn't bother, unless you had major concerns on SIDS, if it ran in the family I'd get it. I've never used a noise monitor

Yay! Thanks VS - that's just what I wanted to hear. I just couldn't think if I was missing something on the practicalities of a weekend away when baby is small.

Mmmmm, I do wonder if it'll make me more paranoid.

Which I don't really think I'll need!

NEM, are you plannig on breast or bottle feeding?> If youre planning on breastfeeding just start expressing a few weeks before you go so you're prepared milkwise and take a pump incase you get over full breasts, you may need to pump to relieve the pressure.
Apart from that no problem at all.

I've heard that having a monitor can have that affect on some people - so if you think it will, it might be better to avoid it.

I thought I'd be really paranoid about SIDS before I had DD1 but in reality, I didn't worry about her nearly as much as I thought I would.

VS, do you think I'll be able to express enough at that stage to leave her at home for the weekend? I'm planning to try breastfeeding but I really struggled with DD1 and just can't imagine how you spend hours feeding a baby when you have a toddler running around. So am open to bottles if it all becomes too much.

My friend has said she doesn't mind baby crashing her hen weekend if necessary! Just don't know if that'll be much fun for anyone though.

VS - how come you became a lady for a while and have now lost it again?

AFtewrnoon all. Hoep everyone is OK.

Just got out of hospital. Was taken in this morning after a few fainting fits,they let me go home but I ahve to wait to find out if my iron is so low I need transfusions or if they think they an manage it on high dose meds . If its the drips, it's 1 a week for 5 weeks.

Sunds like fun!

the antenatal unit nurse was lovely but the rest of the palce was horrific- NEED to get my iron uip now for that homebirth! Dha nd i even had to double back on ourselves to use the handgel (didnt occur tor eceptionist to pause there), the toilet didn't flush and there was a screeching mother wandering around with her newborn looking very odd indeed.

Long story NEM, basically I told someone to 'fuck off' on one of the for sale threads and wondered if I was going to get a 'Message deleted by mumsnet' message so I asked people, and 2shoes said I did right and kind of knighted me
So I became LadyVictorianSqualor, but I changed back cos I'm not exactly ladylike, plus there is anotehr poster called ladyvictoriaofcake that I didnt want to get confused with.
You'll probably be fine expressing if you manage ok to feed, after the first couple of weeks just try expressing one side whilst you feed on the other, with some people it would be impossible, with others easy as pie, just depends at the time really.

I never managed to express more than an ounce or so at a time, though. But perhaps I didn't try enough different kinds of pump...

Gosh Peachy, hope you're feeling better and fingers crossed you don't have to keep going in

Assume you're on the max dose of oral iron? Or Spatone?

Mind you, that Respisense thing might solve my "can't use a pad-style monitor in an Amby hammock" dilemma...

Am now on 600mg a day of oral iron, plus having to eat lots of red meat etc.

Grrrr.

I am so relieved that the thigh texture problem is not mine alone. Will it go, ever? Or am I stuck wearing long loose clothing and never swimming again for the rest of my life? Scorpio - you may not have a dishwasher, but surely being able to wear hotpants more than compensates...

Am with you, VS, on the sock issue. I never have pairs. And I refuse to get involved in tedious sock-pairing activity, much to DH's annoyance. If he cares that much, he can do it...

Wow - sounds like that was exciting! I haven't really ventured out to the other boards. There is just so much out there I don't know where to start. I occasionally read some of the other birth boards but that's about it! Are there any you would recommend I have a look at?

Sorry to hear that, Peachy.

NEM - it all depends how much time you've got. I have lost a day or two of work reading MN boards...I try to stay clear now as they are too addictive.

Peachy - sorry to hear you had a morning of it. I really hope you don't have to head back to the hospital every week. When will you find out what your results say? Today?

Sagitta - I had the same problem with my thighs in my first pregnancy and it did get better in between. It wasn't quick though - you have to be patient. I think I secretly hoped everything would bounce back as soon as baby was out but it took a few months.

I absolutely hate pairing socks too - but just can't help myself!

I can see how that might happen - it's bad enough just being on the ante natal boards!

[whispers] I think VS has gone a little bit mad - must be all the hormones getting to her...

[drumroll] I have left the house!!!!!!

Sure, am only in cafe 2 doors down having a coffee paying for MN when could be on for free at home but, change is good I figure. AM SO BORED today. My house has never been so clean. Thank god the baby will keep me occupied soon.

sagitta - you are not alone about thigh issues. I saw myself at the pool and was almost enough to make me run screaming away. As it was I tried on some pre-pg smock tops I thought might still fit today and they are no where near OK. I thought smock tops might be OK.....
Can't imagine EVER being pre-pg shape again. And defo can't imagine being properly in shape again (had put on a bit of weight being got up duff )

I like am I being unreasonable, or chat or breastfeeding or weaning or parenting or relationships, actually I like most of them, I just go on last 15 minutes and see which ones look interesting.

I don't really think you're mad VS [worries encase has upset someone]

You're much mistaken then Ellie

Hello all, I've just got back from a shopping trip... Ikea to get a changing table, Toys R Us to get some chime things to hang on the baby gym, and sainsburys to get pancake making things. Get yourselves to sainsburys, they have half price baby toiletries, including lanisoh, infacol, bum cream, maternity pads (now 49p for 10) and disposable knickers (pack of 5 for 94p). They were all on my list of things still to get, and I've just saved lots! Hooray! Oh, wipes are half price too.

ok people i know i have posted this elsewhare but i am back and i am very very cross so for anyone interested here is how it went at my shitbag hospital with my c@ntbag drs (real lady llanguage i know )...

well that was a pile of shit! i am going to cut a long story short but basically when i got there the midwife was quite good but stil asked thye general 'pissed yourself didn't u?!' questions. she said that she thought a scan would be best idea and then maybe some antibiotics. checked on bp which she said was fine (actualy wasn't fine at all - 130/90 which may well be ok as an average but if she had looked at my notes she would see that my bp has NEVER EVER been over 102/60 so i'd say it was quite high for me personally but anyway...)she then checked baby's heart which was fine.

then old bitchface dr came in. she said she would examine me and if there was no fluid leaking then she couldn't be sure my waters had gone. she examined and there was no pool or trickle so she said whatever had gushed sunday had obv gone now and she couldn't be sure it was PROM. so i asked about antibiotics and whether i could have a scan to measure fluid. she looked at me like i was a piece of poo and told me that she would not give antibiotics when she wasn't sure of diagnosis as it 'is not ideal' and that as i am measuring 33 weeks with tape measure she said it suggests there is plenty of fluid in there - GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. so i asked what measures i should take to avoid infection. her response was... 'NONE'. she said it looks like it would have been a small tear that will regenerate itself and that its fine to have baths,sex etc. i asked about being monitored in case f infection and she looked at me like i'd grown two heads and repeated herself saying there was very minimal chance of infection.
Another midwife came back in and she asked dr again about scan and dr said to her 'no need' that was it! i was pretty visibly fucked off by now and midwife tried to make it better by saying if i have any decreased movements, feel more water etc to come back. i mumbled something about that is what i have done and haven't exactly had any help with them so what's the point.
so i left NO better off. other than the fact that i have now decided i will NOT be having my baby there and am going to contact my midwife about a home birth. they are shit and crap and rubbish and i don't trust them! i just pray to god that she is right and my baby is ok. i am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO mad. right that is it... rant over... phew