Due June 08 - As we start nesting will the creme eggs start hatching?

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Another new thread! By the time this one runs out we might have some babies!!! Although, we do chat a lot so maybe not...

Now on stage 15.1, The chassis is up,wheels are on, but now for the adaptors for the car seat and carrycot... will have to wait until I get back from Kindergarten pick up.

Can anyone tell me why earache moves from one ear to the other?

Jealous of the pushchair debs - I have decided we will NEED a phil & ted's but dp blanches at price so have tactically decided to wait until the need becomes obvious, rather than get something now - so we are without transport for baby completely at the moment! Haven't even got car seat, my best mate has ours and will bring it up the weekend before the due date, so she'd better not come early ... Not jealous of earache though, you have all my sympathies!

Good thing you had nothing else planned for the day Debs. BE STRONG, you can do it!

Re: earache. I have always wondered the same thing- maybe so both ears feel included??

Rolf/sophiewd -good choice as that is top of our name list this week.. it goes in and out with others. I"m currently quite liking claudine too - any thoughts?

makecakes -agree re isabella oliver dress lasting well after baby arrives. Have bought a few tops on that basis and now living in their trousers. Was initially v.sceptical re price/general stretchy slouchy nature of them but couldn't do without them now I"m munt sized (To quote DH).

Looking forward to whinegums second instalment on her classes- best I can add is the bloke in the hypnobirthing class (will show dh your post systemaddict in forlorn hope of changing his mind) who asked if babies were born blind....

At home today as just dont feel right -not aided by the 2 hours a sleep thing that neenz pointed out (v.good list -to which I'd add not being able to put socks on). However mumsnet surfing in day plus chocolate digestives and hot chocolate is very medecinal

Morning all.
Have had a few days off MN due to the following:

Thursday - hit our biggest deadline ever - finished work at 7.30 for the eighth working day in a row. Thankfully no more of those before I leave!

Friday - DM and DF came round to help us clean/ DIY the flat before we move out. Spent all day cleaning/ tidying/ painting/ washing. Parents took us out for a FAB birthday meal after we'd done.

Saturday - Landlord gave us the all clear and our full deposit back - in cash! Could tell he was chuffed with how clean and spanky flat looked . Braved the Ikea sale (21 per cent off - went at 6pm and STILL packed) and bought new sofa for kitchen of new house and giant chest of drawers for baby stuff. Only almost killed DH twice during Ikea trip - a record.

Sunday - all morning in bed recovering. Took another carload over to new house. Two hours unpacking kitchen stuff. One hour trying to build Ikea drawers only to discover they have been drilled wrongly and can't get a vital part to fit together till I drill hole myself! Another hour taking apart giant wardrobe. DH helps and nearly squashes me under it in the process.

So just a quiet weekend then .

In other stuff, libra I'm on the iron and folic acid tablets - I think the folic acid helps with the iron absorption, but my GP (former obsetrician) also said they are easier on the digestion than any other kind, so I think you've done well!

dramaqueen - my DM also insists on calling me fat, which is not ideal, but she's got a bit of a thing about being skinny so I just roll my eyes - she doesn't mean any harm.

sybil wooo! You got the pool! Did it come with liner/ heat thing/ pump etc? I'm having to buy a couple of the extras but the actual pool was dirt cheap from pal so don't mind. How much did you win it for? (if you don't mind me asking)

Right, mammoth post, must now go and do some more actual work...

Hello, just had to very quickly scan this morning's posts so hope I haven't missed anything important.

Deb if you struggle to find an appropriate frock that disguises your post-baby tum I would definitely suggest trousers/feeding top/jacket combo. Lots of places do nice linen trousers which would be perfect in the summer - easy to mix and match top and jacket with. Alternatively, if you do get a dress, make sure you get a wrap and you can practice holding the wrap in strategic places before the big day (in case of any photos while someone else has the baby). Good luck with the pram! Mine is coming in exactly one calendar month.

Re: earache - I seem to think that sinuses/ear canal and all that kind of stuff all connected internally hence the pain can shift. I did give up biology at school about 20 years ago so probably talking rubbish . Isn't Laura a gp? I'm sure she'll know the answer.

Oh, and I love Blackpool! In a cheesy, kitschy kind of way.

PS. DH has taken to calling me 'an egg on toothpicks'.

Laura - What's a Ned? Heard very similar story about St Thomas's I think it was. Epi's get rubbish rooms and non Epi's get lovely rooms with views. Strange eh? Esp as I seriously doubt you're interested in views if you're in pain in labour, whereas an epi might take the pain away enough for you to actually notive where you are!

Hypnobirthing - I accidentially downloaded my cd's onto dh's ipod. Don't think it'll make any difference tho. TBH, haven't listened to them myself yet either...

Greenfairy - egg on toothpicks is really cute. Unfortunately my legs could never be referred to as toothpicks, even pre preg! Have got over the size of bump, bum, hips, thighs, etc. Now bemoaning the loss of ankle and knuckle bones.

Need to leave house soon, but dreading having to do up shoe laces! [hmmm] Roll on flip flop weather.

systemsaddict - we've just bitten the bullet and got a phil and ted (now called Bill & Ted) - but we went to Ebay. Still spenny (don't expect any change out of £250 for a second hander), but less expensive than a new one and they are bliss.

Green Fairy - impressed with your busy-ness - we did something similar but tried to squeeze it into one weekend. Both of us were shattered by 6pm last night. Didn't help that DS woke sporadically through the night in his new cot becuase he kept sliding up to the top due to dip in mattress. Yawn - very sleepy this morning.

Do they make you move from the lovely rooms to the skanky rooms if you decide you want an epidural later on? Or you're not 'allowed' to change your mind? The NHS does my head in!

PP - I'll let Laura explain what a ned is!

Will be back later with instalment 2 of Parentcrap - the return!

Ppenguin -hypno cd also made its way onto my dh ipod... was found and then deleted off...

re rooms and epis, although if push came to shove (so to speak) I"m not sure I"d stop asking for an epi to get a nicer room. Am going to st thomas (lansdell suite) r -from what I remember a lot of rooms face an office block/train tracks so not sure if there is such a thing as a better view (unless you happen to be very keen on trains or get that way due to excess gas and air)

Right you lot have been too chatty for me to reply individually so I'll make do for a random post:

Neen glad to see you are around. Was a bit worried about you.

Debs when I received my pram, I didn't realise that it would be delivered in pieces. DD spent a morning cursing and huffing whilst trying to put it together. How brave of you to do it. I hope your men are better. Re dresses, Jojomaman bebe and Blooming marvellous have quite nice ones, a pashmina (handy for BF) some nice shoes and it should do the trick.

For the anemics the IMW I saw on Saturday recommended spartone.

For the ones who have problems with their parents/in laws: unfortunately pregnancy seems to give them a right to comment on anything and everything and to generally make you feel that they know better and that you don't. For whoever's mum call her fat, mine does too. She keeps blaming my SPD on the fact that I am "fat" or "heavier" etc.. I have only put on 10kgs so far and am still a size 12/14 so don't think I am fat thank you very much and that's especially grand coming from someone who is a size 16/18!

Also brace yourself for all the comments in the lines of "in my days we were doing this and that, none of that silly nonsense you young people put up with" about pretty much everything once the baby is born from brestfeeding to putting baby on their back to sleep (although it has been PROVEN to reduce SID) etc..

For the other SPD sufferers. Mine was awful yesterday. So much so that I couldn't walk at all. So fed up of feeling like a granny!

On the plus side I have now met two independent midwifes who were very nice and I have found a new hospital which seems quite cosy and very clean so I am again looking forward to having the baby. The plan is to try for a HB with the IMW and if things do not turn up as I would like to go to the nice hospital.

oh and sorry for the long post

LOL about the nice maternity rooms only being allowed for those brave enough to do the whole thing with minimum pain relief!!

Went on tour of our maternity suite yesterday and couldn't believe how small the rooms were - and there's no loo! Excuse my ignorance but I thought they all had toilets so you could keep popping in and out to empty your bladder when necessary. Was quite a long walk/crawl to the loo!!

Thanks for all the support re: the pram/cot thing. My SIL is coming down next week so will ask her to bring it all down with her so I can start practising with it and to hell with MIL!

Hi, we're just back from a week's vacation in the Peak District where we had rubbish weather. Of course it's sunny and gorgeous at home - but people have promised it was wet here last week too.

It's a holiday in Aberdeen today so I'm off work with DS, however he was up all night with a cough and a fever so he's sound asleep and I've just woken from my own nap. It was great being away but so exhausting not to be in my own bed and trying to sort out plans for everyone (my parents were with us) that kept everyone happy and didn't throw DS off schedule too much. I think I'm more tired than when I left!

I've still got 4 weeks and two days of work left (33.5 weeks today) - and am starting to think about using up some vacation time to give myself regular naps!

dh was reading your post over my shoulder last night splodges-had horrible suggestion that mil may be delaying giving you the cot/pram so she can come and spend a nice prolonged visit with you after the birth... All the more reason to get your SIL to bring stuff

oh no! splodgesmummy, you've reminded me of something I'd happily forgotten! Our hospital birthing rooms aren't ensuite either - last time I kept having to pee and hated the trip out into the hall! I also hated that they sent me in there by myself and DH wouldn't go with me. Normally I'd never pee in front of him but I was so scared I'd have a bad contraction on the toilet and not be able to get up.

poppy, i think your dh is spot on with that assumption - has me met my MIL?!!!

she has made lots of noises about "cancelling all of her plans for the summer" so she can spend time with the grandson - ohmigod!!

do you think i still have time to emigrate - New Zealand is a long way away!!!

needahand, sorry to hear about the SPD being so bad - i had a new pain over the weekend, woke up on saturday night to the most excreutiating pain in my rib! appeared that the baby had moved himself up inside my rib cage to sleep - the pain was so intense i thought i was going to be sick! hauled my fat arse out of bed and walked around until the little darling moved himself back down again , bless him!

aberdeenhiker, sorry to bring back bad memories

i was just really surprised cos i thought all labour rooms were en-suite - i'm so naive!

i think i will drag dh with me - i wouldn't normally but like you the fear of getting stuck on the loo over-rides my natural desire for privacy!

Thanks mellymell, looks like ebay is definitely the way to go ...

I guess it's good practice as there's no such thing as privacy for mums - my DS loves going to watch us pee and rips the toilet paper for us and even offers to wipe (he's 22 months). that's probably TMI - but I'm hoping it'll help potty train him in a few months time! (And no, we don't let him 'help wipe'!).

New Zealand is a long way but its also the perfect excuse for a long visit.... am saved by fact that my MIL has dodgy knees (we apparently selected a house with stairs -imagine that- just to spite her) and as this is grandchild 7 has no novelty value.

my mother has also made some similar comment re plans for summer and being around for hte birth - I'm keen she does come and help but prob in the weeks after dh back at work etc when I need a birth. mother v.lovely but v.dominant and I'm not sure that is quite what I want early days or in the birthing suite (runs completely contrary to the spirit of hypno which my dh would know if he ever listend to the cd...)

aberdeenhiker - thanks for that vision of the future.. am smiling as know that will have that kind of thing to come

-break not birth..on that note going to bed to see if it improves my rapidly diminishing brain cell count.

I've my MIL coming for three weeks and then my mother for another three weeks and I'm not good at being told what to do. DH is wondering how long I'll last before blowing up at one of them. I know I'll desparately need the help though! Especially with a rambunctious toddler around...