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Due August '09 part 2 - 'Bring on the bumps- we're not fat we're pregnant!'

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HeinzSight · 08/02/2009 21:21

Thought I'd better get our shiny new thread up and running. New title courtesy of BumpBLump

part 3 thread title is bagsy(ed) by kitkatqueen, 'Its the second trimester!! - Does my bump look big in this???'

here's a link to our old thread.

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craftynclothy · 07/04/2009 17:34

Valz - Meant to say yes I've been feeling kicks through the skin since just before 22 weeks. At first it would just stop when dh put his hand on but the last few days he's been feeling it too. Happens most when I'm in the bath.

BumpVLump · 07/04/2009 18:21

Valz I have also been feeling movements through the skin from about 21 weeks. Again, it's hard to get someone else to feel it at first but now DH and many other randoms (Im not fussy who touches my bump!) have felt kicks. Craftyclothy I also have a lot of movement in the bath- I can watch my bump move about it is most entertaining.

I am also in a quandry about maternity leave and when to go. Due to ££ I need to go back after 6 months and am painfully aware the earlier I go off, the less time with Babba. Its hard isnt it. I also KNOW I will not want to go back after...

TaleofTwoCities · 07/04/2009 19:32

Hi everyone - frustrating day here today - mothercare confirm that 3 car seats all different sizes cannot fit in the back of the car! Ahhhh! Really don't want to have to get a new car at this point. And Saab won't or can't disable the front airbag. Why is it so tricky - our car is quite big enough surely! Everytime I've been in Mothercare or Halfords I've felt like a freak for having 2 children under 6 plus bump.

Beckysdee - gosh that is about your dh, how scary.

Glad to hear about the successful 20 week scans recently. And 2HotCross good news at the cardiology dept.

I'm thinking of working as close to the date as poss, knowing that I've been overdue the last 2 times and how quickly mat leave goes by (not that I get the privilege of mat leave this time being a temp). The hospital is closer to work than home anyway!

Car seats are proving frustrating but at least have decided to treat ourselves to new 3-wheeler with the health in preg money . I reckon an out and about Nipper 360 may be good for us, speed and a bit of suspension when dashing around on the school/nursery run..and importantly quite reasonably priced xxx

Hawkmoth · 07/04/2009 20:03

Feel like I've been away for ever, though it's only been a few days.

Add me to the insomnia list. Baby has started kicking in the night, which makes it harder to get back to sleep after the three-hourly toilet breaks. Been able to feel it through the skin (just above the hairline before my 'old' baby bump starts) for a few weeks now, but now it's doing ones higher up that you can actually see!

I'm really miserable as someone has really screwed me over at a group I go to. I was left out of an email, my first reaction was that it was a big plot against me. Then I slept on it, woke up doubting myself and ready to apologise only to find out I was right, and that this person was trying to "relieve" me of some of my responsibilities due to my "current situation". I was absolutely furious, but am now stuck in depressed and don't know what to do from here. This will help: "STUPID PATRONISING CHILDISH BITCH". I thank you.

Sorry to hear of Ex-Partner problems. DP's is again holding up the divorce on purpose, I think this time because he said how concerned he was that she was smoking in the house in front of the children so that the eldest one was telling us how worried she was, and the youngest one is pretend smoking all the time. Plus she has had their hair cut SO badly that I won't be going out with them without serious kirkby-grippage. There is NO excuse for a fring that goes ear to ear... an INCH above the eyebrow.

Well, I'm going to stop now and put my hands down the front of my pants... to feel kicking obviously. I think I may be too grumpy to talk to people, in cyberspace or otherwise!!!!

Oh, one more gripe though! At my normality scan they made me come back two days later to see a doctor. I waited an hour for him and MW to say, "We can't work out why you're here, but we'll take your blood pressure since you are". Grr.

ArrietyClock · 07/04/2009 20:22

TaleOfTwoCities

Don't know where you live, but if you can get to Royston, these people www.twostroke.co.uk/1_Home.htm might be able to help if you want to have an airbag disabled on a Saab. They did ours on a 9000.

Shall now return to lurking.....

TaleofTwoCities · 07/04/2009 20:25

Thanks ArrietyClock - might try that!

kitkatqueen · 07/04/2009 22:51

Oooh annoying computer just wiped my post!! grrrr!

so in brief!!

Taleof - have you checked the britax website? there is a section where you can type in your model of car and then the type of carseat you need and it tells you what will fit where, also I had much more help from Toys r us than halfords / mothercare - they have some good discounts on at the mo too...

Hope that helps...

Haribosmummy · 07/04/2009 23:09

Which car seats are you considering, Taleof?

DH has a porsche with TINY back seats, but both the Maxi cosy cabriofix (Group 0) and Mamas and Papas Pro tek (Group 1) fit in there.

(the Protek is MUCH easier I have to say!)

I would imagine that both of those would fit in the back of any car with back seats - the Porssche doesn't have back seats that an adult could sit in by any stretch!!!

HM

kitkatqueen · 07/04/2009 23:13

Ok I am going offline tonight after this post!! every time I try to send I lose everything!!!!!GRRRRRRR

Valz I randomly spotted this in ireland it is probably irrelevant and miles away!, but its one of the twin buggies i have been looking at...

www.gumtree.ie/dublin/12/36128512.html

Last week I also saw one of these being sold on a newsletter for an Irish Twins Club. I just thought if you are looking for stuff it might be worth contacting a local twins club for advice, you might even be able to pick some stuff up from other members.

I have had a visibly moving tummy now for about the last 2 weeks, but true to form bubs won't let dp feel any movement at all!!

kitkatqueen · 07/04/2009 23:15
tandt · 08/04/2009 10:51

24th aug _...rly lookin forward

LittleFairySmile · 08/04/2009 12:19

Have been looking, out of idle curiosity, more than anything, about the 3 car seat issue and have found that a child over 3 years old can sit in the car just using an adult seat belt ? ?if there are two occupied child restraints in the rear which prevent the fitment of a third.?
See here. The oldest child could sit between the two child seats. Might be worth printing their pdf to keep in the car if you go down this route.

But also thought this might help - car seat measurements.

Oh, and hi all!

Hawkmoth · 08/04/2009 13:00

I've cheered up today. Sorry for being so negative!

Did have a weird dream about baby's hand coming out of my stomach last night. Caused no doubt by some really violent kicks that moved even the fat bit of my bump. DP was thrilled, I'm worried baby will be HUGE! Can't believe I'm 22 weeks today!

Welcome tandt.

kitkatqueen · 08/04/2009 16:53

Hi Littlefairy, You are absolutley right about a 3 yr old being legally allowed to use an adult belt in that scenario, but after seeing the crash tests on the Which website ( you can do this for free) I wouldn't want to. Also the adult belt on its own generally lays too high across the stomach of a child that age and can cause ruptured spleen etc even at fairly low collision speeds

Good luck finding a seat or option that you are happy with - there are a quite a few threads in the archive that might help too

TaleofTwoCities · 08/04/2009 20:39

Thanks for the replies on car seats! At the moment we've got:

  • Britax eclipse group 1 - 2 year old
  • Evolva 2-3 (Ultra) group 2-3 which is like an armchair - 4 year old

And we've given away our group 0+ so could get any one of those.

I'm happy to replace any of them though tbh! At the mo it seems you can't put the group 1 and 2-3 seats next to each other as they butt up too close. And if the baby goes in the middle the group 1 seat is too wide. But we'll carry on investigating!!

But then in another year we would have

  • 2 group 2-3 car seats for ds1 and dd
  • group 1 car seat for the baby...

Hope we're all getting excited about Easter and all those chocolate eggs. I feel bloated just thinking about it...

So it's not like it's going to get any easier!!

I'm not keen on putting ds in a seat without a high-back booster as have been advised not v. safe and it would just worry me!

TaleofTwoCities · 08/04/2009 20:42

Duh, my sentences got round the wrong way - my easter egg sentence is supposed to be right at the end after my car seat rant!

LittleFairySmile · 08/04/2009 21:27

I thought the info. might be of use to others, you see as I am pg with our DC2 we are ok with two child seats for now, and we are not planning on a DC3 for a while yet (if at all!). I just thought it might help.

LittleFairySmile · 08/04/2009 21:28

MW today told me I probably have sciatica. I just thought it was back and pelvic pain!

mamamila · 08/04/2009 21:37

hi everyone!
it's going to take some time to catch up again but just want to check back in first..
i'm back from hols, it was way too humid but
still a lot of fun. spent a lot of time in the pool, slept early most nights as dd started waking at 5.30am.. so feel very rested and even managed to lose some of the flab i gained in jan and feb. bump is enormous noone believes i'm only 21 weeks

dp/ dh now, we finally got hitched! shocked me by arranging a ceremony on an isolated sand bank out in the ocean-very romantic barefoot with flowers and pink champagne. so feeling very loved up too!!

and then to top it all scan today- all good, so relieved after the downs/ amnio scare, and lovely dr agreed to elective c-section so due date for new baby girl is 12th aug

wooh wooh! join me in a virtual conga..!!

has anyone else been given a c-section date?

mamamila · 08/04/2009 21:57

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LittleFairySmile · 08/04/2009 21:58

mamamila I am so happy for you, glad everything is going your way.

Hawkmoth · 08/04/2009 22:01

Congratulations mamamila

LFS Pelvic girdle pain can aggravate your sciatic nerve, don't rule out seeing a physio to get things straightened up, or at least having a try.

kitkatqueen · 08/04/2009 22:18

Hi Taleof We have the evolva 1-2-3 (3.5 yr old) evolva 2-3 (just 5yr old) and the Britax Renaissance which fits in the middle on a lap belt (15mnth old). I have the advantage that my seats in this car are individual, however the renaissance will seat a child up to age 4 and although the internal part of the seat is roomy enough the external is quite narrow compared to quite a few others. Am wondering if the renaissance is narrower than the eclipse? - I could get the renaisance the 2-3 and a carry type car seat in my parents a3 and that really is narrow!

Also used to have a rover and Instead of a carry car seat for bubs once they got to about 4 mnths I put them rear facing in the Britax SI. Very narrow. and because it has more leg room you can keep them rear facing for a lot longer.

I would ring Britax rather than trailing around, they were really helpful when when I called, good luck.

littlefairy Sorry if I seemed so negative it just scares the pants off me when I see kids restrained only by the adult belt. I originally trained as a motor vehicle engineer and for the accident damage repair segment we looked quite indepth at what happens to the forces involved in an accident, I then spent some time helping an accident investigator. Measuring between the bloodstains in a missing limb case, was all a bit too much for me, so I'm afraid I'm a bit of a safety freak these days. Sorry!

Mamamila - Congrats - Congrats - and Congrats!!!!!

mamamila · 09/04/2009 00:35

thanks!
just about to switch off comp, but want to pass sympathy to LFS
I had PGP last preg and it was a nightmare. I'm getting some twinges but fingers crossed not too bad yet.
There's almost nothing you can do to make it go away as everything aggravates it but swimming, sitting on the big ball and massage can give some relief.
I think my rapid weight gain kick started it so I'm trying to eat more healthily this time.
Have you tried a support belt?

ameNbump · 09/04/2009 10:04

mamamila CONGRATS! That's fantastic news...sounds really romantic!!

LFS I hope you're ok. A colleague of mine suffered badly in he last pregnancy, and said a support band really helped.

Am feeling today. Had the day off work yest because i'd spent most of tuesday night vomming, and then vommed again in the shower yesterday morning. TBH was mainly just knackered from being poorly through the night.

I phoned up from my out clinic this morning just to say i was back in..only to recieve a complete tirade from my boss...saying if i have a stomach bug, rules are i shouldnt be back for 48hrs etc etc, and that she will have to "talk to me formally about it" as it shows a "disregard for my patients etc etc"

When I explained that I'm pretty dam certain it's baby-related, as I have been doing lots of vomming over the last 19 weeks, she told me that she had never heard anything so ridiculous in her whole 60 years as being sick in the evening/night time due to pregnancy". You can be though, can't you??!..Otherwise I've been getting a hell of a lot of bugs lately!

Anyway...It just really made me feel miserable...and now I have to have a meeting with her to "Discuss maternity issues" on Wednesday, and I just really really don't want to cry in front of her (as is likely,as I appear to be on the edge od tears all the bloody time).

GGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Rant over! Sorry to ruin the mood, i just really had to vent!

Ax

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