Due July 08 - Food, food and more food!

[sweetkitty]

Here we go ladies shiny new thread, may it grow like our bellies

1 -26JUN TJUICE (FIRST BABY)
2 -01JUL LIBRALADY (DS 3.8) POOLE
3 -01JUL MISSCHIKA (FIRST BABY)CAMBERWELL
4 -02JUL BABY3 (DD8 DS5.5)
5 -02JUL UNFITMUMMY (DD 2.7)
6 -02JUL BEEP BEEP (DD 1.1)
7 -03JUL ISAIDNO (2DS 4 & 2) Redditch, Worcs
8 -03JUL MRSCLAIRET (FIRST BABY)
9 -05JUL MRSMADMAND (DD 1.3)
10 -05JUL PONTO (2DD 4.6 & 2)
11 -06JUL PENGUINMUM (DD 2.7)
12 -06JUL NANNYJO (3rd baby)
13 -07JUL CHOCCIE (FIRST BABY)
14 -07JUL HATRICK (3DD 4, 2.8 and 15 months)
15 -07JUL MINKUS (DS 3) Ross-on-Wye
16 -07JUL CHOCOLATEDAYS (FIRST BABY)
17 -07JUL CARRIEHD9 (FIRST BABY) Kirklees
18 -08JUL PAULAPLUMPBOTTOM (DD 4)
19 -08JUl JOCESAR (1st baby)
20 -09JUL THE PUDDINGCHEF (DS 1.6)
21 -10JUL MINNIE1 (2DD 1.10 & 11MTHS)
22 -10JUL SWEETKITTY (2DDs 3.6 & 2) NR GLASGOW
23 -12JUL MCCHESERS (FIRST BABY)
24 -12JUL PIGLEYCHEZ(FIRST BABY)WEST SUSSEX
25 -13JUL MUMMYWANNABE (FIRST BABY)
26 -13JUL PEGGYP (DD 9MTHS)
27 -13JUL EEC (DS 11 DD 9)
28 -13JUL HPG (FIRST BABY)
29 -13JUL PURPLEJENNYROSE (DD21MTHS)
30 -14JUL GILLYTHEKID (1st baby)
31 -15JUL JODIE (DS 16MTHS) LICHFIELD
32 -15JUL BORGLADY (FIRST BABY)
33 -16JUL POLEDRA (2DD 4&2)
34 -16JUL UMLELLALA (2nd baby)
35 -17JUL SANDCASTLES (DD 4)
36 -17JUL PTIYPASI (DD 11MTHS)
37 -17JUL DISNEYSTAR (7th BABY)
38 -18JUL MYLITTLEELOISE (DC ?)
39 -18JUL LOVELYLOU (DD 2.8)
40 -18JUL SCOTTISHSUSAN (DS 15, DS13, DS 10,DD 5, DS 2)
41 -18 JUL SHORTSHAFE (DD 15MTHS)
42 -20 JUL RUMPEL (DD 15 months)
43 -21 JUL FROGMARSH (FIRST BABY)
44 -21JUL MIN912 (DS 1)
45 -21JUL MrsHOP (1st baby)
46 -22JUL CASS66 (DD 5 & 3)
47 -24JUL TWINKLE (DS 8& 2 DD 6) TWINS
48 -24JUL SHROOMS (DS8 DD 6)
49 -25JUL FEB (DS 10 MTHS)
50 -26JUL WALKINGTIMEBOMB (DS 10 MTHS)
51 -26JUL MISSMCGOO (DS5 DD2)
52 -27JUL DIVVY (DD 18, 15, 13, 8MTHS)
53 -28JUL LIKERABBITSBX (2nd baby)
54 -31JUL BREIZETTE (DD 10MTHS)
55 -31JUL LAZYHIPPO (FIRST BABY)ABERD'NSHIRE
56 -TBC JOOS (FIRST BABY)
57 -TBC BEALCAIN (DS1 2.2 DS2 10MTHS)

in height pigley i mean!

not sure if im the right height for my weight or whatever it is but im 5.3

Tend not to pay much attention to pre pregnancy "ideal weights"- As long as im happy with how I look then its fine.

yes i am relaxed in theory..!

I think I am getting to the stage when all I want to be is comfy, this SPD is starting to drive me mad as well

sweetkitty

i had spd with my last 5th pregnancy. it was so depressing and debilitating
i do hope you are tryingnot to lift the dds as that is what made mine so bad last time. no heels - no running up stairs 2x2,allegedly no vacuuming but i still am....errr

those belts - do you have one?

i really sympathise i had not really heard of it till i had it and ouch!

pigley - you may have gained more than 3 lb because you have weighed on 2 different scales. It's best not to really worry about it, but in general if you are of normal weight to start you should put on 2 stone. about half of that goes on in the 3rd trimester.

I'm 8 st 10lb now, so I've put on 9 lb (21 weeks on Thursday). I'm only 5 ft 1 so that's why my bump looks big on my body!

isaidno we need an update picture!!!

i am 5 foot 8 you all make me sound a giant!

Anyone elses bump rock hard?

Bump has always been reasonably solid but now the actual uterus (ie under belly button) is like rock!
Can make it uncomfortable with clothes digging in, getting up off the sofa, turning over in bed.
Shocked the hell out of DH when he felt it the other day!

lalala (fingers in ear) not listening to weight discussion.
i have put on loads! like 12lbs or something. i am almost 5ft 9 and a half so its kind of spread out but my face is softening up a bit so its time to cut back on the english sweets, i think . . .

and do some exercise.

anyway, i have more questions as naive first-timer

sleep suits - long arms, long legs right?
short arm, no legs ones - body suits right?

so either the baby can just chill in one of those long-arm, long-leg ones (its acceptable to have your baby chilling in that all-day isn't it?), or you have to pull leggings/trousers and a cardi/jumper over the no-leg ones right?

so if its warm - they can just wear the short body suit right?
when should you put proper little outfits on them?

i have quite a collection of cute but probably pointless clothes for my little Miss Thing . . .half from my mum and half from me. all of it is really colourful too.

its going to be so obvious that i am a first-timer - i bet my kid is soooo inappropriately dressed at all times.

i always think neonates look a bit blotchy -of-the-limb when not covered up BUT depending on the weather it should be warm so i imagine they will need very little in the day - sleepsuits for night...

oooohhhhhhhh exiting

then again i am thinking of my pasty white babies - a mixed race bab may look more appealing!

Ds was 9lb 1 when born, 0-0 size stuff fitted for about a week. Tesco/Sainsburys are good for 100% cotton cheap vests/ bodysuits/ whatever! We kept him in just those (he was November baby) for at least a couple of months and then a friend came over with her baby the same age (her second though) and she'd put him in clothes, to which I was all 'you can do that??' Not sure what I was thinking... but really, keep things as simple as poss to begin with. Muslins are a godsend. Plus get LOADS of maternity pads (sorry, but true). And don't bother with disposable knickers as they are HORRIBLE, just get some big cotton ones and throw away afterwards.

I've just been sorting DS's old clothes into piles actually and he got given stuff for 3-6mths the most from friends and family. 6-9mth pile also huge, think that was my mum getting carried away...

Just noticed today stretch marks on my actual tum which is a bit of a surprise as last time only got them on hips and thighs. And I'm not that big yet (I don't think). So IF we decide to go for three, does that mean next time I'll get them on my arse??!

I got them on my bum first time round Min912!! (but nowhere else luckily!)

Re the clothing thing, DD was 8.1 but was quite a short but tubby baby, i found a lot of the 0-3 stuff too big and ended up buying a little bit more newborn, but definately depends on where you buy it, Next stuff is huge whereas Gap I find is on the smaller size. At the moment she is 15months, in some 18m-2yr Gap stuff and still wearing some 6-9m Next - how can that be right??!!

Had a quick look at some really cool, bright baby stuff yesterday but all very boyish / very girlish and seeing as we don't know i had to abstain. however found it quite shocking to remember how small new babies are, i think it'll be a fright when i first see this one with DD who i still think as as my little baby!

SPD is killing me, trying not to lift, but how do you do that with a 15m old who refuses to walk?! Just coping with some warm baths, hot water bottles and paracetamol.

Got m/w appt next week, quite looking forward to it, then it'll only be another couple of weeks until 24wk scan which i am dreading and still hoping that everything will have resolved itself. Almost too scared to even think of buying anything, will just be glad when this pregnancy is over, or at least if we get told all is well at the next scan so can try and get on with the rest of it without all the worry.

Take care all x

Apologies for the long one!

pigley - bumps tend to go rock hard well mine do anyway it's completely different to normal flab

min - completely agree about the loads of sanitary towels and not the maternity ones, things like Always nighttime are a lot comfier, loads of cheap cotton pants from the basics range from Asda or Tesco

Tjuice - body suits are the vests with t-shirt arms and popper underneath you are right short legs, sleep suits are the ones with feet in them and long arms. Proper little outfits are a matter of choice really, some people have them in them from birth others don't bother. I like the short legs/short arms all in ones called rompers for summer babies, I must admit I had some cute dresses for DD1 too nice for days out.

Paula - unfortunately I am doing everything you mention not to do cannot not lift DD2, DD1 can get in and out her car seat herself now but DD2 is at the stage where she climbs up on things but cannot get down, am definitely limiting it though. I'm up and down the stairs all day now after the DDs trying to go slow though. DP does most things when here but he's not here 12 hours a day during the week.

Just bit the head off the window cleaner this afternoon, he was talking about how DD2 was getting big now blah blah blah and I said "she's going to be a big sister now too" and he said "well you will be certainly wanting a boy this time" I said well actually no you get what you are given and I would never be disappointed with another girl. He said "well we were lucky we got one of each" really annoys me all these "wanting a boy" comments keep thinking of witty replies, maybe I will say "yes we will be so disappointed with a girl as we tried all these weird sexual positions to get a boy" Oh and then my Mum phoned to annoy me further.

Oh well nearly dinner time what's everyone having??? I don't know yet I have been secretly munching a chocolate Orange easter egg today

Hi all - OMG wnat a lot of talk since I was last on!! Lots of hormones flying about too girls!!!

I am 5 foot tall and definately look very pregnant now!!

Kitty Girls and boys are all lovely - your baby will be precious if it's a boy, a girl or (as my mum says) a hairdress - xxx

Quorn Tikka Masala mmmmmmm curry

sweetkitty

i have the opposite but very similar experinece

on sunday at a childrens party - afriend put his hand on my tummy and sadi 'not going to find out at scan - dont worry i can tell you now- a boy' another mother of twin dds told me how she gasped in relief when she fond out they were both girls - when she heard on the grapevine i was pg she texted' hope you get your girl' rather than angry it upsets me!

I know Paula you feel like whatever you cannot win, I'm sure Mums of boys feel the exact same. I actually think I'm going to say "oh I so hope it's not a boy we REALLY don't want a boy, they're horrible" see what they say to that!

(PS don't really think boys are horrible well DD1 does)

sweetkitty dp does say this

he s\ays he gets sooo much of the 'ooh you will be wanting a girl bit that he has started to moan on about our dd saying what hard work she is and how he is hoping for a boy.

OK so i would like a DD but it is actually thoughtless and hurtful of folk to rub salt in

Anyway we both know how lovely all children can be when brought up well by loving caring parents in a stimulating and enriching environment.

The fact that you and I Kitty happen to be lucky enough to give birth to natrural beauties also helps

what gender they are will be irrelevent to the highly probable future they will attain in high level academia/ top level finance or world class modelling .

so endeth this lecture and

Hi guys, trying to catch up. Hope you are feeling better sweetkitty.

Just on the gender debate - just found out it's a boy and happy that it's healthy but really don't care what it is but MIL was 'so relieved'... Frustrating, as what if it had been a girl? Would people have been unhappy? Madness...

Oh I can buy some stuff now for him, that's the real bonus - had avoided everything to be on the safe side, here comes the mad shopping spree ;)

Paula - well put, I feel like saying "well I'm not so shallow as to base my opinion of a child on what it has between it's legs" as you say it's already a blessing to have these beautiful and intelligent children. I thought at one point I had lost this LO so for it to still be here is a blessing regardless of what gender it is. A boy would be nice but I think it would terrify me I know girls, a girl would be easier for sure. (At least DD1 would be happy)

Niknak - go spend, spend, spend for your little boy do you have a boys name already? I always had a boys and a girls name, DD1 got the girls name I had, now I'm not so sure for a boys name and as for anotehr girls really don't have a clue.

Evening,

All this gender talk, I agree it really gets my goat and I've only got 1 boy! I think pretty much everyone has made comments like, so you'll be hoping for a girl then etc.... I would love a girl, one of each would be lovely, but I will love a boy equally as I would a girl, I REALLY DON"T CARE! Infact another boy might be easier to deal with, and alot cheaper, as I already have all the clothes!

I'm have a homemade Lasagne, with not so homemade garlic bread, with a lovely freshly baked (not by me!) Jam Donut for afters!!!! I can't wait. I'm staving. I think it's only got 10 mins left in oven!

I'm 5'3 and am now 11.5 have put on 1 stone already and I'm only 19 weeks.... But I really don't care! It's not gone anywhere other than my bump, which is huge (and hard) and my poor old boobies (see yesterdays post!)

Sorry for long one, but you guys have been chatting mad this afternoon!

Jodie - probably me just having my usual moan having a bit of the wobbles today. Window cleaner really p*** me off today saying "we were very lucky we got one of each!" as if I am not lucky having a second DD, I feel very lucky she's a complete star and probably more boyish than most boys I know anyway bless her.

I'm having a few thoughts about nursery for DD2 I will go post on a separate thread.

Jodie - sympathy on sore nips

Thanks for the advice on hips ladies.

Niknakf - great news

Re:weight gain, i've put on about 12lbs (20 weeks) now 9st 2lb, bump is HUGE!

Hope everyone else is ok.